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TA'GE SIX MEDFOHD MATI TRTBTINT:, TrET)Ffw!), OTiEGOX, TUESDAY, ATJGrST 7,' 393. SPITE MAHEHM5E . WPR18: Bob Powert hat left incurably ill mother in the cart ' hit wife, Martha, and gone to Itxico to flnith hit work thert. Martha ana he had been on the verge of divoroe : then have de cided, however, that Are. Powert mutt not knout of their trouble. Martha, ttill in love with Boh, hat even learned to knit wathelotht to please her gentle mother-in-law. Chapter 10 THE LETTER "pHAT evening Mr. Poweri wrote Bob of Martha as l( he were tour- teen, and rather given to robbing birds' nests and or to washing little girls' faces with snow. She did not show the letter to Marsha, It ran, after the start: "I wish I could be certain that you under stand, fully, the rare qualities that are your wife's. I want to feel that you will always be deeply consid erate of her needs, Robert. "Her life has not been bappy. She cried today when I told her of my deep and growing affection for her, Her aunt had called. I cannot like Miss Moore. Her manner Is both stern and bold. "She Is knitting a wash-cloth (or you, Robert " (Robert understood that this last applied to Marsha and sot to Marsha's aunt) "and, while the work Is not, I write In confidence, the best, I want you to remember that It is her first wash-cloth. "She has tried very hard to make It nice, so please write her entbusl? astlcally of her wash-cloth. She knit It for you. Considering, I think the work Is exceptionally good. She has had no training whatsoever In the housewifely arts. "Miss Moore Is a person who - serves upon committees. She spoke to me loudly of a work with women which I would not mention even to you, my son. (I requested Marsha to leave the room; telling her to fetch my shawl. I then, 1 tear ab ruptly, led the conversation to safer channels). "I have written that which I wished to write, but I want you to consider Marsha's needs. She loves you In a manner that makes her, perhaps, too dependent upon you. At times, as I speak of you, her eyes are extremely wistful. "I sometimes worry over having parted you, Robert, but she assures me she could not be elsewhere, with me a trifle 111 and In need of her, and that you would wish her by my side. I am certain, Robert, that your choice has been wiser than yon know. "On my knees I thank Qod each night, for this daughter you have given to me; the dearest daughter, Robert." And the writing was a little tremulous. Marsha laughed a little as she began to wrap up the wash-cloth; and then, because tears and laugh ter are sometimes not far apart, she wiped her eyes on it quickly before he turned from the desk and to ward Mrs. Powers. "It la a very strango looking thing," said Marsha, "and he will be sure to laugh at It!" "Ob, no, dear! He won't. I have written to explain that it Is your first work. I think perhaps" (a twinge of conscience troubled Mrs. Pow ers) "I did not show that letter to you. He will be very pleased." THE wash-cloth was full of air holes and lumps and, for some reason that Marsha could not fathom, It had acquired the shape of a skull-cap that had been designed for a human who wore an adult wen. "I shall write Robert directions for stretching It to shape after use," aid Mrs. Powers, "It can b done!" And Marsha laughing unsteadily, bad said that. If It could, Dob was more of a genius than even she bad supposed him to he! Rob did not laugh at the wash cloth; his mother was correct In thinking he would not. Instead he grew violently tender over the air holts and the lumps and the shape, which made him think of an oriole's nest. There are men who feel such emotion as they look on foolish, useless tilings over which the wo men they love have struggled. He held It closely between his hands. For a second he held the absurd thing to his lips. Then he saw It aznln; Tarloton holding her close kissing hor. That mm.t him drop the wash cloth to the table to sit staring at It. He put It tn the top drawer of a crudely wrought, unpointed bureau. He formed the habit of taking It out each nlRht before going to bed, to look at I' The Idea of Marsha'a knitting troubled blm absurdly. He became obsessed by the feeling that the new life might be too much for her; that she might break down to settle Into nervous condition. And If she did that, he knew that Geoff Tarleton would throw her over. (He had not needed that let ter from his mother In which ha had been asked to think of Marsha's needs!) Tarleton wasn't the sort who could love a sick woman or b patient with her. Bob lay awake too many nights worrying over the pos sibility of this. Then he decided that if she did grow 111 and Tarleton did throw her over, he, Bob. would ask If he might care tor her, ' explaining that he would prefer to care for her, and that the care would be most imper sonal. That would quiet her fears; any fears of hers, made by the thought that he might "bother her in any way." He felt lightened by the de cision and It started the kind of dream that even a wholly balanced man may Indulge when over worked and lonely and divided by tropic Jungles from the world where he belongs. The fabric of stretched, torn and shocked nerves and loneliness helped blm to make his pictures. He saw himself sitting by Marsha's bed and reading to her. "Haven't you been sitting np rather long?" he heard himself say aloud one night. It appalled blm. He'd known one chap on a Job In the East who had begun by bab bling and then BUT he could not stop the dream ing, although he could keep It from slipping to words. In dreams he drew her negligee close around her; he saw the white, smooth love liness of ber throat Once and again dreams ended by his sitting, sodden with despair his head In hla bands. Dreams will, sometimes, end in this way. He wrote. In parenthesis. "Don't wear yourself out knitting, please!" The rest of the letter was tremulous with gratitude and the letter should have been encased, from start to fin ish, by that sign aba had Informed him, would tell ber of his sincerity. He bad, two weeka later, ber flippant reply; "I know," be read, "that It looked aa It I did It on a crowbar, but I didn't, and you mustn't agitate yourself over the strain. The people who receive them are more to be pitied. When you drop the needle (and they are very slippery) these tunny looking holes get In. I wanted to put on patches, but your mother says it Isn't done." After that he stopped worrying about the nervous breakdown that. In hla poor, tired mind, was oddly connected with knitting, but he found another subject tor anxiety In Geoff. He wondered how Geoff would treat Marsha? He knew a good deal of Gooff, and Geoff had, In the paat, been known to deal rather harshly with people women to be exact who had worn hla Interest thin. After Boh considered this from all angles he decided, and be meant It, that be would kill Geoff if he didn't treat Marsha well, and then he dismissed that particular phase of the Marsha-Geoffrey compiles- ton to go on to another. It she bad thoufht blm somewhat the conqueror, the entirely knowing devil and the keeper of bis secrets, would she have married some one else to let him kiss her? Perhaps, but he did not want that "an af fair." Perhaps, even married to him. she would have loved him if she had felt him to be something of the rake. He, the Judge and Jury and the de- fonse, weighed all aspects of the case. What might have happened It he had kicked this stone aside, or If he had rolled this boulder In front ot her to block her path? If he had said, to Geoffrey Tarleton, tor In stance, upon that day, "No, you can t have herl" And to Marsha, You are my wife!" But ot course that particular boulder was Impossible tor him to roll before ner In order to block her path; no man would hold a woman against her will. And yet perhaps he would. Bob strangely felt that perhaps Marsha needed Just that holding against hor will. Again the ghost ot Tarleton rose before him. What would Geoffrey have done tn that situation? Bob could see him tossing aside a girl to whom he bad grown necessary. without a thought. Ob well, thought Bob, one Is not made to one's own specifications. like a bridge. He was no Tarleton; that was sure. (Crtnutl. I'U. t, K. Hwttd Tt,l) The eltuatlen In New York grows mere acute, Monday. CCC flit FIGHTERS READY IN 4 MINUTES CAMP UPPKR ROGUE. CCC. AliR. 7. (SpH Th 1747th Co. CCC. lo filfrJ nmr Union Crrrk, held drill Prtdny in preprvMlon for fire fight ing. A won; :.nir mtmi'.c to Mum ble 123 .,.,;, ftne Jo ill tool mwi equlni.irnt ns .. ftV ihM. At thr .' ttid mm in. (Hi fire only 1 1 . ..o,., ti v. ere required to luue ovit ru J'lt pnet ffi' .f-mrnt, making t, tv,!u. ,i oniy irinut, exclusive "? w v f i t time, to assemble and .iHp l'.v 'nen nnd pi net? them on the fire line. FOR VIOLATING ACT E Average Six-Room House, Can Be Transformed for $1000 Now Is Estimate Rapid Strides Being Made By Max 'tucklngham. United Preu Financial Writer. NEW YORK, Aug. 7. (UP) Air conditioning 1 reaching the point where the average home owner can afford what once wai considered a bust new man'a luxury, officials of the Industry said today. An average six room house can be air conditioned at a cost of around 1000, one official said In making what he claimed was a "very rough" estimate. The "rough estlmato'' mainly la based on the fact that each Installation differs In cost owing to differences In water, lighting, effects from the sun, etc. Growing Industry. But air conditioning la growing, J. A. Dewhurst, secretary of the Air Conditioner Manufacturers' Associa tion, told the United Press. The In dustry had swept forward by leaps and bounds lately. Many difficul ties still are encountered, new prob lems are arising, the nationwide re sponse has been great. One of the difficulties overcome was In the first public reaction afterl theater audiences had visited the aters and then complained of colds. 'The theaters Installed machines and held the temperatures around 70 degrees regardleaa of the outside weather." he reported. "This natur ally brought ' criticism. Now It has been ascertained that the tempera ture should be about 15 degrees not more than that lower than the out side temperature with the greatest consideration given to dehumldlfy lng the air In the summer time." Means Many Processes. Air conditioning to the average mind, means cooler temperatures yet Dewhurst told one company which Installed auch equipment so that the humidity could be stepped up to 100 degrees the saturation point In delicate tests being made. Air conditioning machinery also must be made for year around usage. In the summer time they are to cool, dehu mldlfy, circulate, wash, filter, add fresh air and elmlnate noise. In the winter they must be able to heat, humidify and the other things nec essary in the summer time. The scope of air conditioning now can be seen In the following: Railroads are air conditioning their better trains. In India a test la being made to air condition an airplane. Some of the major motor car com panies, It Is reported, are considering air conditioning of new motor cars. I A company la manufacturing an air conditioned bed. A mine In Africa la being air con ditioned. Needed In Hospitals. In addition hospitals are conslder lnglng air conditioning for operating rooms. At the time of an operation windows must be closed to keep out any dirt or any drafts. Nurses must stand by to wipe- perspiration from the head of the attending surgeon.. Condition of the air is far from pleasant. "Air conditioning for hospital oper- j atlng rooms would be a great boon I to the medical profession, for not only would it Increase the efficiency of the doctors but It would aid the patient," a prominent New York sur geon told the United Press today. The principle of operation of air conditioning for the home la simple, after engineers have made the Instal lation. It la still a strictly engineer ing feat of pumping and compressing air, but once the equipment la In the home the only necessity la to turn and watch gadgets somewhat similar to those used for modern heating equipment. f THE WORLD AT ITS WORST By GLUYAS WILLIAMS EUGENE, Ore, Med ford has been selected as the second city to be sur veyed by the League of Oregon cities, and a complete analysis of Its fi nances, administration and other de tails will be made available to offi cials of other cities of the state, tt was announced by Herman Kehrll, executive secretary of the league and director of the University of Oregon bureau of municipal research and service. Med ford was selected as a repre sentative of cities from 8,000 to 12, 000. Charles McKlnley, professor of political science at Reed college In Portland, will make a thorough study of all city activities. The Information will be sent out from the Eugene of fice of the league. Oregon City was the first city to be selected for the survey, and the work there has been completed by Professor McKlnley. Selection of a city from 2,000 to 2,500 population will be made as soon as the work Is , completed at Medford. j Phone 542 We'll haul away youi ?-7 . j THE WOMAN WHO. BELIEVES IN BEING PREPARED FOR ArJV KltfD OF WEATHER ON A PICNIC 6UJVAC, (Copyright, 1934, by The Bn Syndicate, Inc.) lAj;iU6r7& 8 'MATTER POP- A4a! MlSY6.1t vliH?Tsjl 'Ph'P SAVS AJE.yE AOTTA CATS NkJtllOVl 3?OKi-r HAVE-To lis. TooW" A-PA1ZT! -4e 5A6 EV6.1W "TIME. MJE51?N6. IT. IT TOE5 IT AU-TiV ITSELF! By 0. M. Payne WA, NW-Po-P rs K ' l M 4 SAYS M -Pcp! 4- (Ciwtak-e. , I srp Take. ou-eA ML out. Catc ataiit J : I J I CVft -a-paistJa - -a V . V TKa. v : ' raaLn sfc-g -t-JV V -f -Jtl tt (Copyright, 1934, by The Bell tfyjdleste, Me.) Jk TAIL8PIN TOMMY "Oil's Well That Ends Weill" By Hal Forrest GOSH.' t SHOULD W0i IM5' iMp1 ' t KAY, TOMMV.' f TAr OV OL IT SI . i, mMX& GOtU.V! W . WZi s ' "AS. 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Flndlnit the company Rullty of having too many close connections with retail beer outleta the board or dered It :o auapend all anlra from Its breweries and distributing; aRen clea for one week, the sUMpenslon to become effective at A p. m, today. Rev. Kvelynn Marshall, mlaalonary ot the National reiteration of Spirit ual flvienoe churches Pre lectuiv Sunday. 8 p m. at 31 So Rtvirsld Subject, Till New Jterelatloo. AH-MY DEAR! IFVOU DO NOT M !RRY ME I'LL. HAVE NOTHIMG TO LIVE POR-VOUR MOTHER A.PDROVE5 OF ME' aVT TIMES MOTHER HJ a OF MUr-OR - A PERSON SHOULOMT EVEM BE TIMED FER CHOK'N' A GUY LIKE THAT TO DEATH- By George McManui VE5'. HAVE SEEM TOUR FATHER- SuT IM SPITE OF THAT 1 AM WlLL.tlG "TO MARRT VOU- WHAT 15 THERE H f 1 TOTAMDiM n HAVE "TTI'1 THE WAY OF US YOU SEEN J GETT'MO M MY FATHER? 1 1 4 K i i II Pvl A I J-J 1 r- 11 tm . J I I II I I ' V. J 1' v v lit FINV ' .-T-llaW. V:::::::JUr I SI I " J-'l x II s-7 L ! l'c -.'..-... w .cfeM Thi
