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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON", FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 1934.
SPOT MAllMffi
SYNOPSIS: All that really
ttande between Bob and Uareha
Power i Bob' reueal to under
ton4 Mareha'e relation with one
of her old trlende, and Itareha'e
inability to force Bob to tltten to
reneon. But It ie enough to bring
them to the edae of a divorce. Boon
Bob mwit return to Mexico: he con
elders whether it mtnht be wlee to
aek Uareha to ao wilh him.
Chapter 39
BOB IN TROUBLE
rHEHE was much to trouble Bob
in hl third week at home. He
heard that Geoffrey Tarleton wa
attending a dancer who could hard
ly write her own name, but who,
for one sort ot male, had vast ap
peal.
With dlstatete, but thoroughly,
Bob verified detail! to find that the
rumors were bated upon truth.
Marsha, with thatl It wa unthink
able! There were good things about
bar which were, he knew, too good
to be wasted In such a way.
Again and again be decided be
would have It out with her; ask
her, no matter what else she did,
to keep tree f-om Tarleton's soiling
touch. But she was obviously avoid
ing every chance for Intimate talk
with him and be did not once, dur
ing tbe week, find the moment
when be could force upon her tbe
topic he wished to discuss discuss
"coolly."
He planned what be would say,
with opportunity for words given,
as he ley awake by night, and as be
saw, by the silt ot light beneath ber
door, that ebe too lay awake.
She was even thinner and ber
trail appetite bad dwindled yet
more; that troubled Bob deeply. He
supposed, with a chilling of bis tired,
suddenly old heart, that she had
beard ot Tarleton's deflection and
waa wounded by It Bob knew that
Tarleton would always wander thus
and that she must, for the sake of
ber future and tbe peace that might
be In ber future, know It
Conjecture, too, distressed him
that week. Marsha had, before she
married him, endured an unhappy
life In ber aunt's company In order
that no aspersion be cast upon the
acid maiden lady by those who
might wonder too deeply about
Marsha'a living alone.
He did not want Marsha to live
with Miss Gertrude. "It would be
absolute bell for ber!" he mur
mured aloud more than once, con
sidering tbe matter that with oth
ers which were equally unpleasant,
dogged his weary footsteps.
He wanted to talk tbat over with
her, and be had no chance to talk
anything over with her. She eluded
blm deftly; she squirmed from
every net he spread to trap her.
"She hates me," he thought; "It
hurts ber even to be In the same
room with me!"
It did not seem quite fair to him
that she should bate him; he felt
he bad been fairly atolo about tbe
blow that had come to him through
bis realisation of how he had been
cheated.
Ot course, he reasoned, she bad
not known how hard tbe blow had
been, still was. He presumed, when
be was an old man, ha would still be
thinking of her with yearning and
with the thought ot her return to
blm which throve despite every real
ind sometimes brutal discourage
ment H ARSHA, on her aide, kept from
I'-l Bob's path as much as was pos
sible, and a deft woman can make
that easily possible. She kept from
him because, with him, she feared
she might betray herself.
If she said, "I want to go hack
with you: I want another chancel"
he would remember all she bad done
tor him to respond with a consent
be would make sound hearty.
And then another hell tor them,
with her wanting more than he
could give her, knowing ber; and
he forcing himself to give as a ges
ture of gratitude.
Marsha thought often: "If he bad
been aa starved tor love as 1, be
would know tbat the way rcar
does count, no matter bow second-
rate I am." She knew tbat no other
woman would ever love Bob
deeply, wholly and truly, and she
felt that any woman who knew blm,
must love him.
Perhaps after the divorce be
would marry again; tbat possibility
appeared against the black curtain
of dark, each night, to make ber
sit up In bed. turn on the light, try
to read.
Trying to read waa all sbe could
do; a page half understood, and she
would lay down ber book to think.
"1 do want hlra to be happy." She
did. but she could not yet subdue
Claims Hallowe'en Besting
ST. CLAIRSV1LI.E. O. (UP Lester
French celebrated Hallow-e'en by best
ing her, Garnet French charged in a
divorce petition.
Wrappers Talk Code
ASHTABULA. O. (UP) Trl-Stste
Wrapping Paper association delegates
st their convention here dlscus.ei
the terror tbat came with, "He may,
of course, marry again."
If he married again, everything
would be so entirely done for ber.
Doubtless, in time, sbe would reach
tbat tepid ground where sbe could
drug berself by collecting little
pieces of porcelain; rare books or
fans or dolls. Dolls, she dismissed,
after consideration. No, she would
never collect dolls.
Mrs. Powera bad thought she
would be a lovely mother. Tbe tears
rolled down her cheeks remember
ing this of the woman sbe bad called
"Mother"; the woman whom ahe
had felt to be "mother."
She ached from her need of tbe
small, old lady; and sbe never suf
fered thus without thinking. "Poor
Bob! Poor Bob!" But Bob's suffer
ing, real as It was, was not so tragi
cally real aa was Marsha's.
She could not speak of Mrs. Pow
ers without a trembling of Hps, a
harsh aummonlng of control wblcb
made her tense. Bob, seeing this,
realized she bad cared; it touched
him deeply. One day, at the end of
tbat long, third week, he laid bis
band upon ber arm to say "How
shall I ever thank you tor all you
did?"
She cried to answer, "Love me! or
if you can't do tbat let me follow
you, around the world, wherever
you go."
She aald: "You gave more to me
than I've given to you and some
thing that has lent a light to my
living, tbat will never dim."
Then she had left him quickly,
realising that she had spoken a
truth tbat was beautiful, but a truth
that had left her uncertain and
tragically lonely.
She sat a great deal In Mrs. Pow
ers' room, Bartholomew told Bob
after a cough and a little hesitation.
"It isn't tbe best thing for her, Mr.
Robert," Bartholomew pointed out,
"to brood so."
TTANNAH said her clothes were
1 only hanging on her, so thin she
waa. Bartholomew reported this to
Bob, adroitly and after a plea for
pardon.
"I know," Bob answered, sharp
from strain. "God!" he flung out
then, running nervous fingers
through bla hair; frowning.
"I have a definite feeling, sir, if
you will pardon me, please, Mr. Rob
ert, that something Is weighing on
Mrs. Powers' mind, a something be
yond her sorrow."
Bob turned to Bartholomew who,
years back, had taught a small, lean,
freckled Bob to make sailors' knots
and who had helped this same Bob
to collect marbles and to make fish
nets from twine.
They had once been punished to
gether, tor trying to get a hornets'
nest that Bob wanted In bis collec
tion. Bob atlll bad a tiny ahlp that
Bartholomew had whittled tor him
. . the bond between them was an
old and tight one and memories
made their relation gentler and
more real than tbat of man and ser
vant Bob could remember Bartholo
mew's weeping at the death of his
father, and how Bartholomew had
said, "So long aa you'll let me serve
you all, 1 shall do all I can. and
thank you and God for the chance
given me!"
Yes, the relation was more than
that of man and servant
"What can 1 do, Bartholomew?"
asked Bob. "What haven't I done?"
"It you'll forgive me, sir, she's
that painful dependent upon affec
tion. We've all noticed It to speak
ot it, end it baa quite touched us.
Never have we seen the like. She Is
like a child, as one might say, sir.
when she feels affection : like a child
wbo baa been a bit naughty and who
la forgiven and that Is tremulously
grateful for it! 1 think with an un
usual gentleness, she would tell you
what Ilea on her mind."
"Thank you, Bartholomew."
"Thank you. sir! That will be all,
sir?"
"That will be all."
For some time, alone, Bob stood
by a window staring upon the misty,
chill world. He had never known, he
reflected heavily, ao dismal a spring.
He tried to draw Marsha out that
evening at dinner.
"Child." he said, "la something
troubling you?"
For a moment stark panto was In
her eyes; she grew pels then she
flushed hotly.
"Why do you ask that?" she ques
tioned. Did he know, she wondered,
what sbe had done one day when it
seemed she could not go on alone?
But he could not know. No one save
she knew; no one save she could
know!
riTtll. Kit. K jr. Snilni-Terler)
Tomorrow, Marsha trlts to optn
a box.
cod provisions and trade practices
William 8. Hewlns, Ashtabula, pres
ident, presided.
PUIM tor Religion
8TEVBENV1LLB. O. (ITI Wrien
Raymond H. Sthrol dlsls for arty
program other than a religious ont,
his wit,. Bella, turns ths switch, he
testified hers In a divercs action.
COUNTRY ENJOYS
N WORLD TRADE
Broad Bargaining Powers
Given Roosevelt Also Fac
tor in Continued Lead
Japanese Inroad Slight
By RICHARD ORIDLEY
United Press Financial Correspondent
WASHINGTON , (UP) Amerlca'a
already strong trade position, broad
bargaining powers given President
Roosevelt, and the revival of world
trade will assure the United States
continued lead in the foreign com'
meree of the world In the opinion Of
administration leaders and Important
business Interests.
The No. 1 position of the United
States as the world's largest exporter
of goods is not believed threatened
by the series of "trade wars" In va
rious sections of the country, or by
the encroachment of cheap Japanese,
or other foreign goods, on the domes
tic and foreign United States markets.
After leading the export nations of
the world In the volume of foreign
exports for many years, the United
States, according to official figures,
further has increased Us gains since,
the' start of the current year. United I
States exports through April were 62
per cent ahead of a year ago, com-i
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BRINGING UP FATHER By George McManna
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pared with ft gain of only 30 per cent
by Japan, Ita nearest competitor.
Blight Inroadt by Japan.
Some lnroida on American trade
by cheaper Japanese good have been
admitted, but the United States had
more than made up for these loaaea
elsewhere. Oermany at the present
time appears to be the largest loser Of
foreign trade, but atlll maintain
third place m the leading export na
tions of the world.
It was pointed out In responsible
circles that there Is little fear of
Japanese domination of world trade,
j President Roosevelt, In addition to
the huge resources of the United
oiaitrs, nas am pie power mrougn reci
procal trade bargaining powers, to
secure Important agreement for trade
with other nations of the world, and
thus offset any alarming foreign ln
roads on American trade.
WEATHER TOO WARM
J
RAVENNA, O. (UP) Ironically,
nudists of the ''Natural Mends
League," near Rootstown, found the
weather too hot for nudity recently.
That's the way Chester Rlel, colony
head, explained the shortage of
members when Shrlff Leroy Jones
raided the colony.
Only three. In the nude, were
found by the sheriff when he pene
trated the mass of undergrowth sur
rounding the camp. All were men.
sitting around a home-made picnic
table. Rlel, at his office, explained
the scant numbers:
"It's the weather. Too hot.
P. W. Bartlett, Melford a Taxiderm
ist end Furrier, will open shop on or
about Sept. 1st, at 20 S. Central.
1
JAZZ ERA GOING
CINCINNATI, O. (UP) Dr. Iraesl
U Talbert, associate professor of
psychology at the University of Cin
cinnati, believes that society's pen
dulum Is swinging back from the
day typified by the "flapper and
the Jazz hound toward a more con
servative era, he told student here
recently in a campus address.
"The social sciences, once a sub
ject for Jokes and ridicule, are ris
ing In popular esteem. The generous
support given to the courageous and
humane social philosophy of Presi
dent Roosevelt Is Indicative of col
lective attitude. Whatever may be
the outcome of his efforts, for the
time being there Is an upturn In
the status of the social scientists,"
he said.
SUTED SEPTEMBER 1 7
SALEM, Ore (UP) September 17
has been set as the date for opening
of Willamette university this fall.
Acting President Prank M. Erlckson
announced today.
The day will be devoted largely to
registration of the freahman class
and other activities to Introduce the
newcomers to the school.
Sophomores and upperclassmen will
register on the following day, and on
Wednesday, September 19, classes will
begin.
v.-t?SS "'x11""1 ,,v,,,
mvf W HOUR BEFORE TrIE" START Of A
6ftME, the: -term learned that their
BEST" PITCHER COULDN'T PLftV UNTIL MIS LftWM.
MOWED 3 BirC 8V TOMMANDEET?lK ML THE
LAWW ON" TrlE STREET THV WERE ABLE
7&PJ.AY OKI TiME1 AND WlTJ4 TOIX FORCES
(Copyright, 1934, by The Bell Syndicate,
Bv GLUYAS WILLIAMS
(AJIUlAttS
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By C. M. Payn y
By Ha Forrest