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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBTjyE, MEDFORD, OREGON", TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1934.
GAslw SjvuxJ! Inj (jcuvvuvtwt AIcvul
BYN0PB18: The oumere of the
"Boldero" Captain Wong Bo an&
Flint, the "tparke," plan to lent,
tie her tor the tnsuranco. Aboard it
Angut UcLeod tollA a cargo ol
wild animal! . Uol.eod tatlt ' and
nun oo athore. But the animate
mull 00 on to Singapore, and Har
vey Bovert, hunter volunteere to
take them. Bowert vieite a etrand
ed Unlay etrmtt at the Httle Duteh
port where the "Boldero" t tied
up, to nnd on antmat expert to at
Ul Aim.
Chapter Four
BIG BERTHA
QOME of tba ballyhoo poatera wer
w itlll In place, and l( yon had Judged
from these and not from the small
ness and ahabblneaa of the tents,
you would hare Judged that the Ma
tassorl Clrcui was of monstrous
caliber and world tame. The dark
jungle beyond was lighted here and
there by long strong slanting shafts
.yt sunlight
Bowers and bis Malay chauffeur
bunted about for traces of an animal
trainer. In the drat three irtdejhow
tents they found only erldences of
hasty packing and abandonment
But In the fourth tent, which was
rery little, tbey found a woman who
was bit.
The ballyhoo posters without bad
Informed them that her name was
"And only a gulden sac..." said
Bowera. " And that 1 cannot be
happy with less than six."
He selected six of the photographs
pretty much at random, Docketed
them and paid tor them. This was
the easiest money that Big Bertha
had aeen in ma-y a day, and she
wondered if by any chance, tba
youuc and obviously rlcb uLni mao
waa one of those rery rare Ameri
cana xho admire fat His next ques
tion seemed to sugpest to net heart
whlcb easy money rendered ex
tremely susceptible, that he waa.
"Now that the ahow Is on tba
rocks," he said, "what are you going
to do for a living?"
Big Bertha bridled and even sim
pered. "In Oriental countries," she
said, "women of my type don't have
to worry about the old dally bread,
It aba thought to have made a
conquest she was undeceived by the
next question which waa asked her.
It waa asked In a very businesslike
way.
"Can you perhaps," said Bowers,
"tell me it the animal traln.r Is still
on the premises?"
Big Bertha became Instantly cold
and distant Doubtless she thought
she resembled a queen dismissing
an unsatisfactory subject
"Last tent down the road," shi
said icily.'
-
"I'm reading 'Eat and Grow Thin',"
Big Bertha, that she was a genuine
English lady, and that she wolghed
six hundred pounds. To many Ori
entals, adiposity and beauty are
synonymous.
At the sight of the representation
of the vaat woman on the posiei the
Malay chauffeur, who wa young
and by nature predatory and a was
trel where women were concerned,
made a clicking nolee with the tip of
bla tongue. Big Bertha, wbo must
actually have weighed very close
to six hundred pounds, dressed In
ber best pink tights and velvet
trunks, sat on a tin trunk, reading
.a book.
Bba bad clear-cut features of the
usual alia; but by the scale of ber
body, tbey aeemnd small and u ean.
It la probable that she hearo the
ounda of the two men entering the
tent for they bad lifted a flap of
the canvaa and let It tall rattllngly
behind them, but aha did not look up.
Bowera cleared bla throat and aald:
"I beg your pardon."
With a most snobbish Imitation of
in English gentlewoman's way 01
apeaklng, and transferring ber gate
from the boot to the Intruders, Big
Bertha murmured tne one rord:
"Granted." Then aba laid ber book,
open tni face down, on thi trunk
beside ber, and picked up a bandy
sbeat of highly varnished photo
graphs. "You will 'ardly wish to snow up
at 'ome," ahe said, "without one o:
tbese."
DOWERS took the photog.aphs In
"bis bands and looked through
them. Willie be was thus engageu
Big Berths perceived that the cuauf
feur stood rooted and gated upon
ber with awe and rapture. She
dropped blm a wink, accompanied
by taint twisting of her gigantic
torso.
Thla incipient romance waa Inter
rupted by Bowers, who bad beon
reading the One print at the bottom
at the photographs.
"Did you really weigh twenty-nine
po'inds at blrtliT" be asked, and 'O
his voice thera vai a kind of borrl
Bed admiration.
"Twenty-nine pounda to an ounce,"
aald Big Bertha, "and the mater only
a little aprlta of a woman. Fancy!"'
BOWERS, who bated to nlva of
fense, realized that be had dona
so, and as the imperious woman
reached for her book, be smiled most
engagingly and asked:
"What are you reading!"
But Big Bertha was jot to be
mollified. Her answer waa cold and
stately.
"Eat and Grow 1 bin," she said.
It was all that Bowers could da
not to guffaw In ber face. With a
choking thanks and a goodhy, be
turned and fled.
Not so the chauffeur. His eyes had
not for a moment quitted the person
of Big Bertha, and bla adulratlon
bad grown steadily. He now moved
toward her bs If drawn by an Irre
sistible force. Her face aottened,
tor somewhere among the tolda of
bla aarong. the chauffeur produced a
dirty little purse well stuffed with
sliver.
"If you please," be said, "1 like to
buy pitch."
It was not the ballyhoo posters,
depicting the most dangerous tar
mala in the most enraged and devas
tating elates oi mln is wqtd caused
Harvey Bowera to hesitate at the
entrance to the anlmal-lcnt but a
woman's voice.
It waa a cold, hard voice to which
worda seemed to. come easily. It waa
a kind of voice often assoclat Jd with
persons who. because of economic
pressure, bare no time tor tbe In
essential. It was a voice of author
Ity, and It waa laying down the law.
It waa finding faull and reproving,
but it was not an angry voice.
Indeed It seemed to find a kind of
humor In Ita own utterances. But the
voice must Lave been addressing It
self to a very meek and humble au
dience, tor there waa never once the
sound of an answer or a wort) of re
monstrance In aome other voice.
He gathered presently tt,at tus
voice was the voice of an exas
perated mother, dreaalng down s
daughter who had misbehaved. Thi
scolding came to a sudden stop, and
Bowers bad begun to lift thi dap ol
the tent when It started np again.
(Cefyrti!, t91', ey MWtw Uerru)
Monday, Bowers meets a strange
young woman,
E
JOSEPHINE CASES
GRANTS PASS, Aug. 38 (Spl.)
Primarily to check on pending cues
In order that he might draw up nil
docket, Judge H. D. Norton of the
circuit court was here Monday and
expected to remain todey.
The September term will commence
according to present arrangements,
on the tenth of the month. Judje
Norton said It le exported the term
will be rather quiet one.
Monday Norton tuned a decree In
the divorce rase of Mildred Herman
vs. Bert Harmon. The plaintiff waa
granted a dlr on default of the
defendant.
PH Kail Triple wtaf Ida,
LOCAL FIRM WILL
DELIVEI
fn order to deliver products of the
Rogue river veliey throughout the
entire Pacific coeat. the Southern
Oregon Dlatrlbutlng company haa
been organlred by Claude Thompaon
and Warren Butler. Headquarters
ere located In the Bnndererm Motor
company building at 307 South Riv
erside arenue.
Medford trucaa will be employed
by the new commercial transporta
tion company In dlatrlbutlng produce
from thla Mctnlty to a large num
ber of principal citif. according to
Mr. Thompaon.
0
BICVt l.Ks Wo pay ca.h for ueed
blkea. lledXoid, Cycle. 33 ft. raj
90 PER CENT OF OLD
iGE
CORVA1XIS, Ore., Aug. 38. (AP)
Orowers who have algned wheat
control contracts with the govern
ment will be permitted to plant 90
per cent of their former base acreage
this coming year, It waa learned
here today.
, Officials of the Oregon State Col
lege extension service were notified
from Washington today of the five
per cent Increase over the 85 per
cent quota this year.
Legal details neceasary to put the
program Into effect were Being com
pleted by the agricultural adjust
ment administration, It was stated.
The change In the amount planted
will not affect benefit payments as
these are baaed on the allotment of
buahela rather than on acreage
grown. It will mean 7000 Oregon
contract holders will be able to plant
more than 40,000 acres Increase over
thla year. The additional area nor
mally would produce 750,000 bushels
ral mall delivery service In that area
from the Ashland poetofflce to the
Talent poetofflce. scheduled to go
into effect on September 1, to Sena
tor McNary.
Realdenta of the affected area pro
tested the change on the grounds
tnat sued a transfer of mall service
will Interfere seriously with the reg
ularity of their business and social
contacts with Ashland. The major
ity of the 33 families represented in
the telegraphed protest do their
trading and business transsctlons In
thla city.
VALLEYVIEW ROUTE
ASHLAND, Aug. 38. (Spl.) Thir
ty-two families, residing In the Val
leyvlew district adjacent to Ashland,
yesterday telegraphed a unanimous
protest concerning the change In ru-
MEIER CANDIDACY
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 38. (AP)
Whether Governor Jullu L. Meier,
who rode Into office on a non-parti
san ticket, will be an Independent
candidate to succeed himself was ex
pected to be learned dflnltely this
week.
Governor Meier said he would nuke
a definite statement this week In re
gard to his plans In connection with
the gubernatorial campaign.
Since the recent announcement
that Governor Meier waa mulling
over action of numerous persons who
were said to have urged him to be a
candidate, he has been approached on
the same subject by numerous per
sons who were said to have urged him
to be a candidate, he has ebeen ap
proached on the same subject by nu
merous delegations and Individuals,
he said.
Governor Meier declined to com
ment on what sort of a campaign
platform he would use In case he de
cided to run.
'ICT
AGAIN AT LIBERTY
PORTLAND. Ore., Aug. 38 (AP)
With no other Implement at hla die-
DOaal. Clifford DauehertV. AO. whn on,.
being returned to the Idaho peniten
tiary from which he escaped, borrowed
the name of another prisoner and
escaped from the Portland city Jail
today.
Daughertv waa helm. rAttirn fmn.
Kelso, Wash., to Boise, Idaho, for re
commitment to the penitentiary.
Deputlea left him In the Portland Jail
last night for "safe keeping."
Jailers were warned he waa "slip
pery." However, he waa placed In a
tank with prisoners eligible to do
trusty work. When the Janitor asked
for Workers thla moraine- nainrhrtw
waa one of the first to volunteer. He
gave nis name as Juan Erlckson. a
prisoner serving a short sentence.
Daugherty soon was on his way,
TO NOMINATE BENNETT
INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 38. (AP)
J. T. Bennett, city commissioner, who
unsuccessfully sought the Republl
csn nomination for congresa at the
May primaries, will be nominated as
an Independent candidate for con
greas at a convention here Thursday
night, It wss stated today.
In a letter from Josephine C. Oth
us. Bennett wss informed that an In
dependent group had decided he
would be their selection for the can
didacy. -
P. W. Bartlett. Medtord'a Taxiderm
ist and Furrier, will open shop on or
about Sept. 1st. st 30 8. Central.
Ey GLUYAS WILLIAMS
DIFFICULT DECISIONS
problem confronting picnickers
who have left "their. food in the car while"
thet explored around a little, of Whether
to 6ex wet and eat, or stav drv and stare
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