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)
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FOR VIOLATING ACT
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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.
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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
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control act.
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having too many close connections
with retail beer outleta the board or
dered It :o auapend all anlra from
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clea for one week, the sUMpenslon to
become effective at A p. m, today.
Rev. Kvelynn Marshall, mlaalonary
ot the National reiteration of Spirit
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