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m.ufaia. uoo romere a.
ttijr( th'it Slartha divorce htm.
ulten he learnt thai the married
him because the thounht OeoSreu
T'irlelon had viarried another olrf.
Hut now Martha lovee Uob deeplv.
and It almost alad when he learn
that hit mother it the victim of an
inrurat'te disease, and derldet the
must iM ihe part ot happily mar'
ried people until her death.
Chapter 25
CHRISTMAS COMES
-pllE eort of Christmas that Mar
Bba found io the Powers' house
ras one he bail Dover suspected
could bo wltb adults; disillusioned
folk who must know tbere was no
Eanta Claus of any kind.
Tbe murmur of tissue was blend
id wltb human whispers; Mrs.
Powers was, obviously, planning
many gifts tor ber, Marsha realized
when sbe found Mrs. Powers hiding
mysteries behind cushions, or clos
ing table or desk drawers at ber
approach, looking too Infantllely
guileless and Innocen' the while.
Marsha began to wonder wbat sbe
Eould give Bob's mother that would
make Bob's mother very happy. Tbe
mattor demanded mucb thought.
One day she remembered sbe bad
always deemed the season, "that
ghastly stretch!" It bad seemed a
time to ber when people lied un-
Mrs. Powers was knitting by firelight.
usually well, through gifts and
wishes, and that intensification of
tnslncorlty that was forced by cus
tom. It did not, she knew wltb sur
prise, soem "a ghastly stretch"
now.
It was Instead, a happy an ab
surdly happy and an exciting line
of hurried days. Somotlmes sbe
even forgot that her connection
with Bob was measured by the beat
of his mother's hmrt, her place In
the house Boomed so pormanont, so
olid; she was so entirely at home.,
"If It could last!" she thought at
Orst. Then the wording changed:
he began to think. "Make It last I"
Which was probably a foolish peti
tion to something that did not hear,
she reasoned, yet It kept ringing
through her mind with an Intensity
that hushed her breathing and that
made her close her eyes
Ot course It oould not last: sober
moments told her that. Bob was
through with ber, and thus her
chanco for real life was gone. But
over and over; over and over!
"Make It last! Please make It
last!"
VIKS. TOWERS told Bob that
" ' Marsha was "losing weight";
Boh studied Marsha anxiously.
"Marsha," said Mrs. Powers one
evonlng as they waited the an
nouncement of dlnnor, "Is It cus
tomary for you to lose weight In the
winter senson?"
"I don't know, dear." Marsha an
swered. Rob was looking at hor In
that strained, tired, worried way.
Marsha sow. Poor Hob! "I am quite
well!" she said quickly; "I'm the
eironRost person! I'm nover III!"
He must not be troubled by herl
"But you are losing wolghl." said
Mrs. Powers: she added, "Robert
must get you a little scales. Ho will
tench you how to use It. dear. It Is
a matter of adjusting the weights
yon will soon learn!"
Bob know that hie :ousln I.etltla,
with many of hor contemporaries,
would have had to suppress a rising
mile over this, nut Marshs was not
imuscd; she laid her hand on his
on
ROOM CITY, Au 1 i,Ti Mrs.
U Clark, SIS. ot Portland, wis
killed
aiiotlifr woman. Mrs. Nellie H
Mend
ciwi, eo, or rortianfl. was crit
s nana; she said a full
rather tremulous, "Darling!"
Sbe said next, "It's rery dear ol
you to care "
"I can't hay you growing 111,"
said Dob, voice a trifle tight
"I won't! I promise youl I'm the
strongest person!" she assured him.
"You mustn't be troubled for a mo
ment about anything to futile. 1
won't do anything, cross my heart,
to trouble you In any way!"
"I know that," be said; and ha
turned bis band to grip bers and
hard. Sbe bad been splendid about
everything; tactful, gentle, patient,
understanding. 1
"You're quite a wonderful per
son," be said and not for his
mother's benefit. His mother smiled
on them; tbey did care and deeply
and It was plain to see now. Occa
sionally, tbey bad seemed a little
remote; sbe reasoned that they had
been made to seem so by their con
sciousness. It snowed persistently, delight
fully, during the days that prefaced
Christmas. Full days that were
gently slowed toward the close of
each afternoon when Marsha with
Mrs. Powers, waited Bob's return.
He was hurried by getting ready for
bis start for Mexico which was to be
made on the twenty-elgbtb ot December.
VtARSHA and Mrs. Powers wait
i'l ed Bob on the afternoon ol
that day wben the papers had
blared, "TWO MORE SHOPPING
DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS."
The day had boon particularly
beautiful for Marsha. Mrs. Powers
had felt no pain; It bad snowed with
dramatic torror: Bob had looked at
her often during the luncheon hour
and once he had smiled "almost In
the old way."
And Hannah had said to her,
"You've no Idea. Mrs. Powers, If
you'll forgive me the saying It, bow
mucb of good It's doing ber to have
you here, and all of us. The sound
of the plnno and your laughing and
joking. Mrs. Powers. Tbe cook said
to me last night, she said, 'We
couldn't love ber more it she'd been
with us always,' she said, and Ella,
sho'd die for you!"
And this from Hannah, usually
contained, silent!
"He's coming!" said Mrs. Powers
that afternoon. She was knitting by
flrollght. Marsha was on a low stool
at her feet Marsha turned her face
toward the door. She wished her
heart did not hare to beat In that
silly, excited manner at his most
casual appearance, or threat of It!
"I don't thlak so, darling, but he'll
be along soon now, I'm cortaln. H
must; It's growing late."
"Yos. Doar, dear my ball again.
I make you a great deal of trouble,
child."
"Oh, no! I love It! There's nothing
nicer than to feel useful. Is there?"
"If you did nothing, you would bs
useful in this house. Marsha."
This was spokon very seriously,
even wolghtly, and to it Marsha re
plied with a warm hand pressurt
and a slight motion that took hei
even a little closer to the knees ol
the woman who called her. "My
daughter."
"Make It last; Please make It
last." Marsha begged silently si
Bob appeared In the doorway.
tCetmikt. Ull. , X, SmlsmJTevler)
Tomorrow, Bob gtU a curtain
lecturo.
ically Injured, and fh-e other persona
were hurt late Tuesday when their
automobile nwerved from the high
way while pajwiud another car, and
crashed over en embakment.
Mrs. Mrndow was In a serious con
dition today from severe head in
juries. She wa the mother ot Mra.
Clark, and In the car were two other
married dsthters and their children.
They were returning from a picnic.
Use Mall Tribune want ada.
MEDFORD MAIL
WESTERN STATES
HEAD MOVE TO CUT
PROPERTY TAXES
Entire Problem Expected to
Figure Prominently in Fall
Elections Many States
Home Building Curbed
WASHINGTON. Aug. 1. (AP)
Mid-western and western Btatei have
taken the lead over other sectlona
In the movement seeking to encour
age home construction through eat
ing of the tax burden on real and
tangible property.
With national attention now con
centrated oti the new federal home
building program, the entire proper
ty tax problem will figure prominent
ly in the fait elections of many
states.
The tax burden always is an Im
portant Item to be considered before
building a, home, and numerous or
ganizations of property owners and
the national association of real es
tate boards contend the levy on real
estate now Is so high It discourages
construction of homes.
A survey of the local and state
taxation committee of the associa
tion of real estate boards shows
seven states have over-all limitation
on property taxes, either by law or
by constitution; 21 states have statu
tory or constitutional limits on real
estate taxes; eight have no real es
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tate tax for state purposes; while six
have no limitation of any kind on
the amount of taxes which may be
levied against real estate lor state,
municipal or county purposes.
The committee's report said unus
al activity In the mid-western and
western states looking toward trim
ming down on taxes on real prop
erty. The findings Included:
Oregon Initiative petition now In
circulation for constitutional amend
ment. Amendment designed to re
duce over-all limit successively over
period of years until l'.i per cent
limitation fixed In 1940.
Washington Active campaign to
reensct statutory 40 mill limitation
(on 60 per cent valuation.) Hope
thus to establish principle of limi
tation eventually making It consti
tutional. FLAX INDUSTRY
SALEM, Aug. 1. ( AP) Governor
Julius I. Meier late yesterday at a
board of control meeting expressed
his pleasure In the report of Secre
tary Wllll&m Elnzlg that the state
flax Industry for the first time this
year showed a profit and that the
cash on hand was 376.000 as com
pared to 4500 when the penitentiary
flax Industry was taken over under
the Meier administration In 1931.
The governor stated one of his pro
mises was to take the Industry "out
of the red" and to make It a profit
able one for the state. This report,
he said, shows It has been done. Prior
to the Meier administration the legis
lature was forced to appropriate
funds to make up the deficit In The
Industry at the penitentiary.
OREGON, "WEDNESDAY,
KILL 2, HURT 30
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LAKEWOOD. N. J., Aug. 1. (AP, -Two
stunting motorcyclists roared
Into a church festival crowd at near
by Holmansvllle and left two persons
dead and 30 Injured, nine seriously,
including themselves.
Drawn from the church by the roar
of the racing cycles on tbe Lake wood -New
Egypt road last night, the festi
val throng saw Milton Showell, 28,
of Whltesvllle. and Stanley Koler
dorskl, 19, of Legler. stand on the
seats of their machines and remove
their hands from the handlebars.
Suddenly Showell's cycle swerved
and plowed through the crowd for 30
feet, leaving a trail of prostrate per
sons. The other machine crashed
Into an automobile.
John W. Johnson, 80, and Everette
Horner, 17, were fatally injured.
Showell suffered concussion of the
brain and Internal Injuries. Koler-
dorskl has a broken leg, and Internal
Injuries.
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 1. (AP)
W. W. Payne, 63. president of . the Pa
cific Export Lumber company and
member of the port of Portland com
mission, died Tuesday at his sum
mer home near Prlndle. Wash. He
had been 111 several months. A heart
attack, following an attack of pneu
monia, caused nis death.
a w.
Phone 642. We'll haul away your
refuse. City Sanitary Service.
AUGUST 1, 1934.
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t( (Copynfht, 1934. r.y Th. Bll urnoicai,
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HEARING "THAT THE FATHER OF THE BEST
PITCHER IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEA6UE WAS
THINKING OF MOVlNS, THE WALNUT STREET USERS, '
WHO ARE PRETTY WEAK IN P1TCHIK6, FORMED THEM
SELVES IKT0 A UOLUNTfTER REAL ESTATE AfeENCY To
TRV AND INTEREST HIM IM WHAT TriEV CONSIDERED
A SWELL -PROPOSITION ON. WALNUT SfREEf
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