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PAGE TWELVE
SIMM MAMMffiE
si'SUl'tilS: Tht ont thing Mar
ilia feurt to havt Boo Pouttrt knout
it that tht hat marritti him
eautt tht btlitved Geoffrey Tarle
ton married to another girL And
now Geoffrey hat eome to tee her,
and Bob hut overheard tht truth. .
Too late. Geoffrey realitet that
Uartha hat grown to love Dob tar
more Aeevht than tht tver had
cared tor him.
Chapter 1
HO COMPROMISE
pERHAPS thro minutes alter
Marsha had dropped to tht atool
sear the Sre, aha heard Geoffrey
Tarleton'i car start, Ita motor grow
loud and then, with distance, dim
and tads to notblni. Shock had Im
bued for her ererj faintest sound
with a fierce and an unnatural In
tensity. She raised her head to (lance
around the room wherein she bad
found new Ufa and tba code she
needed. Tbe tranquillity of the room
mocked ber. The tranquillity now
was one of the ilea ah had one
thought necessary for the existence
pt any beauty. It was not true; It
only seemed.
She heard a dull descending tread
bpon the stairs and she rose quickly
to wait, tense, trembling.
Bob entered tbe room to more
toward her. His soddenness, his pal
lor and bis blank eyes told ber
something of bow deeply he bad
been hurt; abe felt the smart of
tears In her eyes. She had entreated
the vague, far something to keep
her from having any part In hurting
blm. And abe knew auddenly that
bis suffering mattered more to ber
than ever could hers; or ratber,
that it waa mora truly hera than
could be her own.
"Bob." she appealed.
He looked at ber but a moment,
and then away. He answered after a
long-stretched, pulsing minute with,
"Well?"
"Will you listen to me. Bob, and
believe me7" ahe queatloned.
"How can I, Marsha? 1 he
floundered, paused.
"I am going to apeak tht truth,"
she stated In a voice that broke.
"I want the truth I" be said loudly.
Ho drew a deep breath. "Answer
this question. Had you decided to
marry me before you thought Geof
frey Tarleton waa married?"
i "Bob "
"Had you?" There vas an awing
Insistence and weight In hla tone;
bearing It, her face grew more
white than It had been. She fal
tered, she became confused, ah
felt her last chance for happiness
slipping from her because sbe could
not lie as she bad before knowing
blm.
He repeated bis question; she
stammered, in answer. "No, Bob,
no, but I you must believe me
Bob!" she ended, but she could not
soften him with any frantlo appeal
r
,xior, with appeal, keep him near.
I He had turned to move toward
'the door; she heard blm cross the
hall to mount the stairs. She closed
.her eyes to shut out the whirling of
very object In the room. There
wore curious and disturbing black
spots In the air too.
When she opened her eyea sbe
aw her world as steady, but tbe
new, numbed normal waa worse
than had been the sudden onslaught
of sickness. She drew a deep breath.
In an effort to dispel the drawn feel
ing that oppressed her lungs and
that cramped her heart, but found
no easo.
j"pTJlUOUS." she thought, "how
physical thla Is." And yet. ahe
reflected further, she hsd learned
through Bob that blend of flesh and
pint that makes perfection. Thst
perfection that waa now gone, of
course. And perhaps some day she
would see Gooff's "dropping in" as
amusing. "No." she said half aloud,
"It will nover be amusing."
She found herself straightening
the turncd up corner of a rug. That
wns strange to do. But on kept on
with the absurd, small, meaningless
motions; squirrels In cages.
She gathered In her palm some
rote petals that had dropped to the
lop of the ptnno, roses Bob bad
brought her. She dropped these to a
basket. She had never liked to toss
thorn to tho leaping flames . . . they
eoomed, somehow, still alive.
What strange paths a mind would
follow, It loosed from th leash, ah
thought. Her eh wss thinking
about rose petals with surfs
thoughts and In the deep still pool
oc the mind which never sleeps and
never rests wns tho feeling of final
ity; the knowledge that It was over,
thst Bob wss suffering.
She settled In a stiff-backed chair
!roni which (ho could see the stairs.
Jaw of Dinosaur
Skeleton Is Found
BARl.EM. Mont. (UP) A dln-waur
rxrlrton has been found on a farm
on Thirty Mils creek north of here.
Only the Jaw Is expound. Darrln
Harbrlcht. well known ra'-eontoltigUt,
"Of course," ah decided leaduuo
"I didn't deserve any more and 1
might hav known I did know It
couldn't last But It does seem
strange to feel aa I hav and then
to know that It, with everything
else, leads only to deeper dark."
Again she breathed deeply; but
th breath did nothing to release
th stricture In her breast.
She moved. She bad beard no stir
from overhead; listening waa be
coming an ache. She rose and, hesi
tantly, aha mad way toward th
door. She crept up tbe stairs slow
ly, silently.
At th top sha paused. Through
a doorway ah aaw Bob throwing
bla tblnga on the bed, shirts, under
wear, ties, th brushes which still
looked strange to Marsha on tba
old-fashioned bureau top, near
hers; tbe lounging rob that had
contrasted amusingly with the soft
and feminine garments she wore
during resting hours.
After a moment he turned, per
baps feeling her eyea. "Come In," he
Invited, "we must talk a little; but
don't let'a row If we can help It. Per
haps w can Infuse even this situa
tion with a sort of dignity, keep It
from being more sordid than It Is.
"Odd you didn't know Geoffrey
Tarleton'a younger brother was
married. Everyone talked of It. We
heard It even in our house had to
and my mother and I don't en
courage gossip."
Maraba dropped to the foot of tht
chats tongue: "We" now meant
Bob and hla mother; "We" was now
a duet, not a trio. Curloua bow It
hurt, ahe mused. For sba had real
ized that tbe marriage would end,
from the first.
DOB went on. "Tarleton'a brother
" waa still In college, I under
stand; the girl waa at th switch
board of some hotel exchange. And
the old people didn't like It; they
were rather badly cut up over It, 1
waa told. Tarleton, tbe boy scout,
reconciled them. Sorry If I'm a trifle
bitter at-momenta, Marsba."
She said nothing. He bad spoken
In Jerka aa he assembled his ap
parel; assembled It slowly, some
what atupldly and In a way that re
reeled th shock which still gripped
him.
"Of course you can hav a di
vorce," hi stated. "We'll manage It,
somehow."
"I don't wsnt," she began. Breath
failed her. "I don't want a divorce,"
she managed to Bay, when she saw
he meant to speak.
Hla "1 do," waa mitter-of-fact In
the extreme, flat and loud. "You
see," he continued, "this has
changed It . . . the person I thought
you were, was a dream. I never
loved a woman who could give her
self entirely to a man In order to
avenge her sense of wrong. I never
but there's no need of talking
about this."
He picked np a leather case, Itted
In It some brushes, snd then hunted
a spot for the case In bis bag.
She looked at him miserably as
he bent above hla bed . . . lean, tall,
thin. Hla narrow face now set and
harsh; bis bronzed skin looking as
It It were atretched over dead
white plastsr.
"I've changed," ahe said.
"It looked It," he commented
through set teeth, "as I came In and
saw you In that that " ha had to
stop. Sh saw the color heighten
that bad been driven to hla cheeks
by anger. It receded; he managed
to speak again and calmly. "Saw
you tn Tarleton'a arms," he ended.
"He lost his head," she said hotly.
"1 bated It. I did. Bob, I dldl I don't
He I"
"How about that evening when
you said you loved me and that yon
would marry me? You loved ma
that evening? Don't ask m to be
Hove that, now. 1 keep romemhor
Ing bow I felt, t was a beholder of
miracles when I found myself ac
cepted by you, the one girl who ever
counted. Do you remember how you
said 'I do care!'?"
She began to sob brokenly, to pro
test, to explain, to entreat. And sh
achieved nothing.
Sh saw him unsteadily through,
th rise and fall of tears. He said, "I
hoped we could avoid this." Sho
turned away and groped along the
hall.
At flv ha approached ia otter her
help with packing, anj sha found
his gentleness more trying than bis
condemnatloa. "I'd he glad to help,"
ha stated, bis eytc fastened on the
wall above her head. "1 remember
you said yoi didn't like packing
And I'm not a bad packer"
fCWmV, I'll, h A. Vmile-J-Ttrltt)
T'.mtrrcw. Bob and Mirihi b
Jlil tntlr nw. and terrifying lift.
) tatlmatpd the Jawbone Is from 23 to
j 50 fret long.
I Dans are afoot to excavate the re-
I maltidfr of the hues braat which
I roamed Montana tn pre-hlatorlc days.
Danclnj Bonnry'a Orltl, Saturday
night, July 3th. 1M4 Bounty's
famous fried chicken dinners.
HEALTH HEADS IN
In furtherance of the cancer con
trol campaign of the American. So
ciety for the Control of Cancer,. Ar
thur M. Geary, a Portland attorney,
formerly a rerMent of Med ford, with
Mrs. Geary has been visiting here
for the last two days. He has called
upon officers of the Jackson County
Medical society and of the health de
partment, to secure their co-operation
In the cancer control campaign.
Recently, Mr. and Mrs. Geary return
ed from a trip to Europe, their Itinerary-Including
portions of England,
Prance, Belgium, Germany, Switzer
land and Italy, .
Mr. Geary Is a eon of the late Dr.
Edward P. Geary, pioneer physician
of Medford and southern Oregon,
who waa a former mayor of Medford.
For the last year and a half Mr.
Geary has served as lay president for
the Oregon branch of the American
Society for tha control of Cancer.
"Jackson county Is surely to be
congratulated upon the splendidly
equipped offices of the health de
psrtment In the court house and
upon the educational and other work
being conducted throughout the
county.' atatea Mr. Geary.
"The educational campaign mate
rial Issued from time to time by the
American Society for the Control of
Cancer has ready dissemination,"
continued Mr. Geary, "through a
health department such as la found
here In Jackson county.
"Prom the data assembled by the
8 'MATTER POP By C. M. Paynei
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THE NEBBS Keep a Stiff Upper Lip " ' By So) Hess
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t k Lf'I Wi ' rT f' M U CUT HUNT- I I HHIOU-UCWtiM I " 'Ol - Ht DOrIT KNOW
A VI NCNV-WHEMI ? 1 S-T 1 'NO WME' 'SkrA ' FWE-POT W ANYTHING ABOUT
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1 " r1 cE-jj MkffiWlllj. '
American society, the fact U clear
tha certain types of cancer are read
ily controlled when diagnosed early
and scientifically treated. There prob
ably la no scourge of mankind that
calls for more prvmpt diagnosis and
action than cancer. Cancer today
ranks second to heart disease tn the
cause of death. Ten per cent of the
deaths In the United States are at
tributed to cancer.
"Amid the turmoil In Europe over
economic, political and military
questions, scientists are making a.
vigorous effort to curb the ravages
Sf cancer. Anyone traveling in Great
Britain is Impressed by the wide
spread propaganda and education di
rected toward early diagnosis and
prompt scientific treatment of can
cer. Tie British prens tells of con
tribution! to the Empire Cancer Con
trol program being made by rich and
poor throughout the country, even
by 'bookies' at tbe derby. Similar
campaigns are found In moat of the
European countries.
"In the United States the Ameri
can Society for the Control of Can
cer for a number of years haa been
spreading educational propaganda
calculated to lessen death by cancer.
Dr. Clarence C. Little, former presi
dent of Michigan university and a
noted biologist, Is the managing di
rector of this society. On Its board
are leading physicians and surgeons
who have made a special study of
cancer.
"The American society and Its state,
wide branches work entirely in har
mony with the established medical
societies In spreading information as
to symptoms of cancer tint are
recognizable by laymen and that call
for immediate attention by family
physicians."
4
Oil released from the deepest wells
of the Kettle man hills field in Cali
fornia has bee a found to expand to
about 120 times Its original volumes
when brought to the lower atmos
pheric pressure at the surface.
I
Ma J. W. R. Mann, U. 8. army re
cruiting officer, 323 poetofflce build
ing, Broadway and Oilcan streets,
Portland, Ore., announces that he
haa authority to make original en
listments for the 7th United States
infantry, atatloned at Vancouver Bar
racks, Washington.
An organization of which the army
is Justly proud, the 7th Infantry haa
written some of the brtgheat pages
into the history of the United States.
It Is one of the oldest and mora
famous regiments of the army. Van
couver Barracks, the home of the
7th, has a desirability of location
equa'ed by few army post through
out the United States.
Situated In the hert of the city
of Vancouver, Wash., it Is only "36
minutes from Broadway," the center
of Portland's business' district, and
less than ten minutes walking dis
tance from Jantzen Beach, one of
the northwest's finest pleasure parks.
GOOD JAIL MEALS
LURED TRANSIENTS
MANHATTAN, Kn. (UP) Chief
H. B. pwry learned why so many
transients come to his Jail. Chalk
marks about town could be translat
ed by those who knew how to read
them: "Swell grub at Jail." Peery
announced that hereafter only bread,
bologna and water will be Jail fare."
The mere odor of cedar In card
board boxes and closets does not pro
tect clothing from moths, according
to department of agriculture ento
mologists.
SUBURBAN HEIGHTS
r
FRED PFRLEWHO LR5T YEAR' CALLED TrtEPOtKf T5 llWRTteftTC
L16HTS IK ERNIE PLlMER'S SUPPOSEDLY EMPTY" HOUSE, NOf
KNOWING THAT ERNIE HAD UNEXPECTEDLY RETURNED, DOES NT
BELIEVE Iri MAKIN6 W SAME MISTAKE TWICE. SO LAST WEEK
WHEN LIGHTS WERE SEEN DURIW6 THE PLUMERS' ABSENCE, HE
PERSUADED THE NEIGHBORS HOT To DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT, AND
IHt TrilEVtS MADE
7 . BOILING
(CoBrHrfct. 1184. hr Taa BtU Bridie". Inc.) Y-J 1
A PRETTY GOOD HAUL, AND
MAD ABOUT IT
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
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ERNIE'S