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BEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MED70RD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JTJLT 20, 1931.
OTE MM13M3IE
HryOPSlS: lforeha Moor lilts
Hob Powers, because she believe
that Geoffrey Tarleton is "mors her
tyve." But she disoovers that Tarte
ton apparenlu is married, and takes
Bob after ait. Now they art await
inn dinner in the charming house
Bob has chosen for their honey,
monti fitirt starsha, finds that Bob
is very dear to her.
Chapter IB
THE DINNER
,f ARSHA moved to stand by him
x befors the hearth; he sllpped
an arm around her.
"Dear," Bob said, "I're leen how
you hare felt all day. I want you to
know and to remember that there'i
nothing you need tear, because, yon
ace, no need of mine le ao great as
having you unafraid, content, ai
happy as I can make you. Do you
understand?"
A hand on her shoulder, he
turned her to him.
'Tea," she answered.
"I love you rery much," he said
next; "You don't at all sense what
that means, now . . . you will some
day. It means that I don't want to
take from you, but that I want to
Hire to you. Do I make myself at all
clear?"
"Yes," she answered again.
"You are not afraid of my taking
your hand now?" he queiitloned.
"You were this morning at about ten
minutes past eleven when you
thought 'I'm alone with htm and
I'm married to hlml' You wore a pit
iably frightened child and It would
kill me to hurt you In any way.1
She moved closer to him; he felt
her bands clinging to his. And look
Ing down, he saw her lean forward
to kiss the shoulder of ilia coat.
He held her close; "Thank you,
he said, "and I shall hope that with
time you'll aim a little higher.
She raised her face to his; "You
don't need to pretend gaiety, light-
ness." she said. "What I want Is to
have you happy. I have never wanted
anything so much."
8he had never spoken so much of
'trnth, she knew. She must, deficient
thing though she was, make him
happy. lie must nevor be hurt by
'Jier; his fiueness must never be
lessened by her. His arms tightened.
"Are you certain?" he whispered,
latter a sharp lntni - ' '
, X BSI
He bent his face to ben.
Later, they drank to the future,
after Ella had appeared, with a dis
creetly prefacing cough to announce
dinner.
The wind howled around the cot
tage as they ate their first dinner to
gether; a very gay meal that was
punctuated by odd, shaken silences
when he stared at her, tried to smile
and could sot.
"Whero are we, Bob?" she asked
onco.
, "Paradise," ha answered.
1 "Oh, I know that" (She was go
Ing to be able to do It easily after
all, she decided) "but the name that
others call It?"
"Kasthamplon, dear."
I "Really? It haa been so odd not
knowing where I stood In any way!"
"Yon're going to learn. No thank
you, Ella. Oh, Ella, I will. I didn't
aee what waa on your tray."
TTB TOOK a generous serving of
- the candled aweet potatoes
which he liked usually, Ella knew,
!but he hardly ate anything. She
'blinked.
' Bhe remembered him so clearly as
ia boy, and his bravery atter his
'father died In that "cruel, quick
way" ... hit In one of the old "light
buggies" on the railroad tracks.
Aud how he had helped his mother
by his bravery.
None flnor, and young Mrs. Pow
ra, Ella Vr.aw, was worthy of him
... a beautiful, beautiful young lady
with eyes that looked as If they
must cry, whlla turned on him. And
"gcntlctpoken and seeming rather
why-like."
"She asked me to tell you," said
T.lla later and In the pnnlry, "how
he enjoyed the dinner."
! The cook waited by the table.
I .Well, go on" she ordered.
"I never saw two more In love,"
(ald Ella. "She liked my serving.
She said, 'It was a delightful din
Bar, Ella, and so beautifully served,"
and be stood, as she spoke, his hand
on her arm. She wore the dross he
liked best. I heard him thank her
h, . . and she says to him, at that,
ahe says, 'I always want to do what
Jou want me to,' she says, and ahe
choked savin' It,
"It seemed like they'd !oth been a
bit lonely, to me, serving them. I
never saw two more In love, sor
needing of each other!"
By the end of a week, Marsha
realized that marriage was mora
serious than she had dreamed It, or
anything, could be. It awed her and
It filled her with discomfort. "Do be
less tragic about this. Bob!" ahe
begged once. "The solemnity is
dreadful! I And It getting on my
nerves!"
"Anything yon order or want, my
dearest," he answered; but he could
not change. He waa carried upon a
current that waa stronger even
than his strong restraints.
And Marsha found herself fright
ened; never by blm, but by the way
she mattered to him. Her enduring
of his love was equivalent to the
facing of a mid-day sun by one who
has long been confined In a prison
where light Is ever gray and muted.
If only, she thought, again and
again, he would not see her as a
perfect blend of all that waa most
beautiful In spirit and flesh. Life
would have been simpler If he said.
aa would Geoffrey, "You're Satan's
little sister, Marsha; don't think I
don't know that! But I have the
bad taste to love youl And, that's
that!" Instead, Bob, being Bob, said.
I can t believe It even yet, ycur
having stooped to me!"
The words disconcerted her, but
not so greatly as the adoration that
was In his eyes.
SHE knew herself, she was certain.
She was no eood. But nn tn this
point she had not lied. She bad not
bad to, with her aunt. Miss Cor-
trude, who from almost the first.
had classified her niece. In a Grand
Central Station train announcing
tone, as "A moral Irresponsible."
Now she had to lie; to pretend tc
be all she felt she was not and oevel
could be; she must pose as a gentle
loving woman who waa not given tc
tree gestures; who considered otb
ers, their comfort and who thonghl
nothing of self.
She prayed, In her manner, to hi
able to hold the posture. "It would
kill me to hurt hlra In any way!"
she thought Intensely, at least i
hundred times that first week; s
week when she knew she waa "reallj
happy," that she bad never been
happy before and that happlnesi
could ache within a heart.
If, ahe had heard, a month earllei
of the activities that filled thai
week, she would have murmured
But how woefully dreary!" And Tel
It was not "woefully dreary." Tb
simple days were so satisfying, ac
lovely, that they, too, hurt.
People did have family Jokes.
"They really dol" ahe reflected won-
derlngly. Thelra had begun. Fragile
joaoi that would have amused no
one else; wrought from such sketchy
material aa uooa whistling of 'Ole
Man River' as he always did. while
be splashed In the tub.
She had, with a fow days of hear
ing this, burlesqued the perform-
nce; the neit morning, scrubbing
he had whistled something of
Brahms, calling loudly and trlumnh-
antly, above the running water.
That'll set you!"
And it almost did, for she didn't
whistle very well. It went on, with
uob scowling as he tried to remem
ber melodies that would "stump"
her.
He said one morning across the
table; "You follow everything I
whistle amazingly."
She thought, and again the prayer
without her seeing It thus, "I hope
I'll never falter, following .vou!"
"Do you play the piano?" he
askod then.
A little," she answered.
And holding out on me, weren't
you? Hum? Nice thing to do, and
me, I'm craiy about music!"
I didn't know whether you'd like
my playing." ahe explained; "Aunt
Gertrude never did and I feared you
migm reel you must be polite and
pretend to Ilka It, you aee?"
I don t feel that your aunt's
meter registers correctly," be said
with a frown.
Marsha considered that long: her
eart beat swiftly, thickly.
"What is it, dear?" he asked. A
"Bob." ;
"Yes, darling?"
"You know I sometimes do lie.
don't you?"
"What's your latest Her he asked.
She looked cautiously toward the
swinging door that led to the pan
try.
I told Ella that she looked charm
ing In caps," she answered In a
hlsper. Bob roared.
Tomorrow. Bob ind Mirths con
tinue (heir love Idyl.
SCHOLARSHIP CHANCE
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VANCOUVER, B. O. (UP) Re
port that iurvlvora of the tribe of
wild men known at "Baaquatch," a
race, of ferocious hairy giants who
dwelt In cavea In British Columbia
yaara ago, are still roaming the
rocky wilds near Vancouver, have
bv.cn revived here.
The tribe was believed to have be
come extinct 30 years ago, but dur
ing the last year It frequently has
been reported that survivors have
been seen prowling near cattcrrd
settlements around Vancouver. The
wild men are described aa "hairy
giants, nine feet tall, with a fero
cious appearance and demeanor."
fteen by Woman
Mrs. James Cnufleld, living on a
farm near Harrlaon, B. C. la the lat
est to report seeing one of the giants.
Mrs. Caufleld relates that ahe waa
washing clothes In a liver when she
heard a buzzing sound similar to
that made by a humming bird.
"I turned my head." she said, "but
Instead of a bird there stood the
most terrible thing I ever saw In my
life. I thought I'd die for the thing
that made the funny noise was a big
man covered with hair from head to
foot. He was looking at nv and I
couldn't help looking at him. I
guessed he was a Battquatch so I cov
ered my eyes with my hand, (or the
Indians any that If a Sasquatch
catches your eye you are tn his pow
er. They hypnotize you. I felt faint j
and as I backed away to get to the 1
Storm Troops Chief
Thli It a new picture of Victor
Lutze, new chief of staff of Adoll
Hitler's storm troops. He succeed
ed Ernst Roehm, who was executed
In the abortive German revolt (As
sociated Press Photai
house I tripped and fell. As he came
nearer I screamed and fainted."
Screams Itrouglit Husband
Mrs. Caufield's screams brought
her husband running out of the
house Just In time to see the giant
run off Into the bush.
On another occasion two .canoeists
reported that the giant saw them
paddling down a river and started
hurling rocks at them.
281 ARRESTS BY
. BRECON POLICE
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SALEM, July 30- (AP) Two hun
dred and eighty-one arrests, Including
one for murder and one for man
slaughter, were reported by the state
police department In genera law en
forcement activities for the month
of June, resulting In Jail sentences
totaling 64 years and t2.401.60 In
tinea. Acquittals totaled 29, and BO
cues -vere still pending In the
courts.
Disorderly conduct torouslit about
the most arrests with 2B; drunkenness
the Oreensprlngs Highway Junction
close second with 24 and 23
In the flsli and game law "division
89 persons were sentenced to a total
of nix months In Jail and paid $1,612
In fines. Thirty were acquitted.
In the motor vehicle department
state police traveled 301,11? miles
and spent a combined total of 3,271
days In the field In arresting 350
erring, motorists, and Issuing 12,042
warnings. Fines totaled 16,500.55, with
no arrests reported for motor law vio
lations. Approximately 16 per cent of
the fines were suspended.
The greatest number of arrests In
the latter division - were occasioned
by failure to procure operators' licen
ses, as 106 automobile drivers were
hailed before the court for this neg
ligence. Seventy-five truck drivers
were apprehended for failure to dis
play public utilities commission per
mit tags.
THE MINUTE THAT SEEMS A YEAR
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
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lit red boys' activity leaders, and at
buMdliit; moOei iioleonlc conrhrt 000 are being offered this veil.
for entry In the 1934 Fluher Bcxiy
Craftman'i Oulld competition, It wsa
learned here todny.
Carson Thatchrr, 16 years old, 613
N. Central street, Is the local entrant.
He Is being sponsored by A. H. Fitch,
industrial wtstructor, and C. O.
.Hmtth, principal of the Senior Mth
iH-nwi. as a consequence, uw jouin
has the opportunity of winning a
(complete eoUeue education.
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