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PAGE TWELVE SIEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1931 SFIU1 HYSOPSIB: Martha ant Boa era at tha brink of divorce, du to Hob' ttubbom miiunderttandintl ot Uartha't Mendthip with Geof frey Tarleton. But Bob'e mother fnlft ill ot an incurable dieeaee, and Bob decidee that ha and Martha mu.it pretend happinet until hie mother ie nana. It to Chrietmae time : Fab leave Perember Se to fXnith hit work in Utxico. WANT to go on with mjr drnei- Ing, if you'll pleas leaTO," Marsha Bald dlatantly. Bob nodded, mored toward the door. Id bis own room be stood by a window Angering the heavy cord that tied back tha old-taehloned hangings. The early winter dusk had shrouded the small court which In dented Itself between two bouses, court that, upon the brightest days knew the sun for only a fleeting space at glaring noon. The space had depressed him as a little boy and It still could and did; the city grit which scratched nnder heel and that could never be quite awept away: the Ivy that was both soiled and frail and that had traveled so few Inches In so many years; the sort of moist, tropic and evil looking plants that In summer. would grow in the shaded spot Occasionally he had with a smile at himself tor his own self-pity and that which be deemed, his "rather yellow habit of analogy" likened the court to bis life; he bad worked much of the time in remote spots that kept him far from people ot klcdr&d spirit. He had worked steadily, sometimes grlndlngly, since his college days and the mo ments ot sun had been short and few. Then Marsha had coma and he bad felt hie "court days" were done and be had gone almost mad from happiness ... and then the clouds bad so thickened that the court. In contrast, seemed bright. Ha had lost Marsha. He would lose bis mother, and he must walk the rest of the way alone; Si. the Ill-luck to be a one-woman man. "Going weak again," he said nn (er breath and sharply. He saw self pity as the most sapping of all evil habits; a destructive habit which laid low hope and usefulness. He must not let himself go that way, he reminded. Turning, he heard a light Up on bis door. His, "Come In, please," was tnswered by Marsha's pushing the door open. She crossed the room. "If It will Bake you happier," she said, and I If she had learned her message word by word, "I'll take your money. But I don't need it." "I thought tor ctgareta and things " "I'm dot smoking much; your mother thinks I smoked rather too much." "But you Ver so dependent" "So. 1 have other things now. I don't miss smoking," she broke in to say; "but if you'd rather I took jour money, I'll take it." "You've been so wonderfully good," he said, "and kind!" "No, really I have notl" rON'TXyon think I should en gage a nurse-companion be fore I leavef I've thought It wonid be too much tor you; the constant strain. Yon should get out." "No. please don't. I like It this way. I'd much rather you didn't Im port enyc-.e else. We get along beau tifully. Bob" "My dear?" be murmured. He could not help that nor did be want to; In this role she was perfect and he was cortaln that she did not pre tend In It. "I wanted yon to see what I have for your mother . . . Christmas, you know . , . and wo'll have to give each other things, yon know, be cause of her." "Yes, I have your present. You needn't hint any more!" She laughed a trifle unsteadily. Ills banter had carried her swiftly to the dead days. "I have something splendid for you!" she assured him proudly. Ho followed her Into her room. Ebe brought from her closet vari ous packets; he saw, with a rise ot tendcrnese, that she enjoyed opon trig them for him, that she was as excited as a child would hare been. They re beautifully wrapped," he said; "It's a shame to make you open them." "Oh, but I want tol It's no trouble. Tve wanted to show them to you for some time, but for some reason I rather lacked courage. I thought It mlBht bore you. Then I thought If I took your money, you could look at my presents. I do want to know whether you think she'll like them." He stared on a lavender dressing gown; be who didn't know buckram from chiffon Angered It. But people did that, he'd seen them doing it. "It's lovely!" he assured her. She said, softly, shyly, "I put tblngs in the pockets, I thought It would surprise her." She brought forth a matching handkerchief, a little lavender bot tle ot smelling salts, a small. Ivory elephant; a tiny, gold sclseors, a packet of solitaire cards In a laven der lea1 her case and from the last pocket she brought a silver chain that was studded with amethysts. He was deeply touched, but be said, as lightly as he could, "I would think now that even you could use a little ot what you see as my money." "But Bob, the investment wasn't great. Not as great as I wanted to have it. The chain was my mother's. I wanted your mother to have it. I never was nice enough to wear It And I thought she'd like knowing I wanted her to have it, you aee?" He turned to her; she was looking up questioning?. "I'll never be able to thank you," he murmured thickly and then, rather slowly, he lifted one of her hands to bold It against his lips. He eaw her lips tremble; he thought she said "Thank you," but later, re membering mistily, he could not be certain ot that TTB did remember that she had 1 hurried on to tell him, with lips that still trembled a little, that she had, too, for his mother an as sortment of very old-fashioned plants In small pots; that she had thought his mother would like them on a window sill, and that she had scoured Now York to And them . . . mignonette, and heart's-ease, bens-and-chlckens and such . . . and that she'd loved doing It "They're sweet," ebe said; "Han nah bas them In a corner of the pantry where she's certain your mother won't And them. I visit them each day! And If anything happened to anyone ot them, I think I'd ex pire! I'll show them to you tomor row," she ended shyly, "If you have time." "I'll have time," he promised. heart swelling. He stared down at her, flushed, happy, young. Where waa the girl who had drawled, "Bob, darling old thing do get me an orchid or two, with a few valley lilies thrown In for luck! You know?" And how could this new creature have suffered Geoffrey Tar leton's soiled caresses? But she bad. The dlnnor gong rang as he stiff ened and grow rigid from recollec tion. "Lord, and I'm not even changed!" he murmured. "Could I put etuds In for your she appealed In little above a whls-por. He answored loudly, chilly, with, I can do very well for myself. thank you." Her face changed, she grew pale; then she flushed hotly. And as he closed the door he saw that she had stood, motionless, look ing after him. She had thought, "To have yon back I To have you back; I want you so; I don't think I can live with out you!" Hurrying with his dressing he de cided he must hereaftur, avoid such moments when he could. Otherwise (why the dovll must ties stick at the back ot a collar?) he would some day let go, sweep her Into his arms and hold her close. He would tell her that nothing mattered but having ber whom he loved, despite everything she waa, wag not But he must not think of that! He met Marsha at the head ot the stair. "We're frightfully late!" she said with compunction. She explained breathlessly, to Mrs. Powers, that they had talked and forgotten the hour. Mrs. Powers nodded, smiled. Bob. having settled his mother, pushed a chair beneath Mareha and. leaning down and over her, be kissed her cheek. "She's quite a marvel!" he said to his mother, (Bartholomew's tray tilted dangerously!) "and we know it don't we?" "Very gay," Bartholomew report ed In the kitchen, "and he's a show In' his feeling as a gentleman should and would. Quite, if you'd ask mo, an hlnfatnatlon and of the kind that will Inst." "And what did he do?" asked Ella whose cap had slid to a rakls) angle. (CefyeitH. IPX. h X. MW-W! Bob lvt, tomorrow, for Mexico. COLD WINTER HINTED IN HEAVY NUT CROP CARSON, WaMl.- tt'P You Cn look for a very, very cold lntr year I Indian legend hu It an aburtdn of hnivl nuts la a aure aign of a rcu oua winter. And local reldenu any never In tha history of this oounty have narel nuta been ao abundant. llfli Century Mill to ( Iw. LONDON (IT) An 11th century flour mill, rtn 1 1 nn back to ton, wtU clow when the venerable mill lo.v tu workers and milling to new wcika at Victoria Dorka. At one time the prvnerty of the ancient tyon Monas tery, tha mill haa paawd through many an IlluMrloiia hnnd, Including that of Henry VIII, who. after he dis persed the monastery, gavt It to the ancestors of the Duke of Northumberland. k mm FAS! WISECRACKS OF L0R1NG BLACK Retirement of Brooklyn Rep resentative Removes Prize Jester of Capital Hill Was Leader in Repeal. By IIKRBKRT PLUMMER ' WASHINGTON There, waa more to an announcement that Loring Black of New York waa retiring from tha house than th mere fact that a veteran of 13 years In congress had decided to quit. Departure of tha 48-year-old, whlte-hnlred, diminutive representa tive of Brooklyn from tha nouse re moves from capltol hill tta prize wtsecrncker. Black wm the type who refused to be serloua except on the rarest oc casions. A mantar of aatlre and facile of tongue, he Is credited with having one of the brightest and keenest mind in the house. But with all his fun-making and Jenta Black figured actively In much serloua legislation. He was out In front among leadera of the forces for repeal. He conslstenly fought what ha termed extravagant farm legislation. Mr. Norton'! "Vole." He was an ardent foe of the pro vision In the stale department's bill to protect government records, which ha claimed was aimed at preaa cen sorship, and succeeded In having It eliminated. Black waa the right hand man of Mr. Mary Norton of New Jersey, chairman of the houaa committee on the District of Columbia. Mrs. Nor ton, the first woman member of con gress ever to hold the chairmanship of a major congressional committee, relied on Black as her chief lieuten ant. The hury-burly and confusion In the house at time nukes it virtually Impossible for the voices of the con gress women to be heard. On such oc casions the voice of Black was that of Mrs. Norton. It was a familiar Urht to aee him In the well of the house pinch-h:t-tlng for the lady from New Jersey. Much of the succeae the District com mittee enjoyed during the last ses sion was due to Black. Some Black Sayings Tt was in his wisecracks and his ability to amuse himself and his col leagues by pert observations, however, where Black waa at his best. Witty and satirical Jibes literally rolled of! his tongue. "The brain trust has got brains," he once told the house "They're on the government payroll where the politicians can't get." Perhaps his most celebrated Jibe was aimed at the Wlckersham com mission during the Hoover adminis tration In Its report on prohibition: "A group of weather-beaten little travelers, headed by Rip Van Wlck ersham, sought shelter in the Wh'ti House . , . creaking and groaning pitifully, 'Master, we are Wet.' Hoo ver drew himself proudly to his full height . . . waved his arm over then, saying: "Brethren, ye are Dry. Dry they became, a dust, and blew awtiy. never more to be seen by mortal man." Phone 642- We'U nam away youi refuse City Sanitary Service. ;lairs PLAN WINS VOTES AS PRIMARY NEAR By HERBERT IXNDY (TJnlted Preaa Staff Correspondent.) SAN FRANC ISCO, Aug. 3. (UP) Upton Sinclair, the author who dredged the depth of politics and In dustry for a quarter-century, emerged an important figure today in Cali fornia' tempest uoua primary campaign. Bolstered by what he calla hi "epic plan" to end poverty and promising freedom for Tom Mooney, Sinclair, socialist, stands in a fair way of win ning the Democratic nomination ee governor. The gray-haired, keen-eyed hand some man of 55, whose pen pulled him out of New York's East Side, Is making his fifth and most colorful bid for public office. He la backed by 50,000 Lob Angeles citizens, known as the "Utoplane." He has a Jorge personal following elsewhere in the state. By register ing as a Democrat he gained new support In that party. As a socialist, Sinclair ran for con gress in New Jersey In 1006, for con gress in California in 1920, for United States senator in California in 1322, and for governor of California In 1926. SUBURBAN HHCtfT By GLUYAS WILLIAMS ("ovule Killed In Ohio. MANCHESTER, O. (UP) A coyoW. Incongruous outside Its western plains habitat, was killed at Wamsleyvllle, near here, by a. H. 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TMIMGJ IM ORDLR- MY DMJCHTEP AKjr I NEVER OlSTURS ANY n OP M'-b THINGS- LT Vail PER COODNESAKE; WHfRfi IMTHC WORLO n?rr ALLCC OENJCIL.'s GOME? YvlH THE P-CVMILV WOULDKEEO OUT OP MX ROOM- OH WELL.' I'LL. HAVE TO USE PEN AM' INIK TO ncuRS out HOW rviEAf? 6ROKS I AM- u By George McManiu RWal MO INK TH 1 A FIME HOUSE A LOT I OF HELD I GiT rJTAOUMO HERE
