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PAGE TEN GAfjtw Sjvdaft (nj unapter 30 HUNGER SERENADE TpHE wild piss. bowsver, vara soon exterminated end so tin. the leer and the antelope which had iwum ashore from the Boldero. The monkeys were watchful and mute. They aleo, when they came down tut of the trees to drink, posted ten- llnels and were not to be cauiht. To Ivy. the varied founds which a tiger makes were a language, and the sounds In the nlgbt told her a itory of gnawing hunger and bitter llscotitenL She acknowledged to herself that It bad been Idiotic not 'o leave the beasts In their cages to irown. The time came when she and Bow irs no longer felt free to roam the Island at will. Food, of course, had to be sought and gathered, or caught tnd fetched, but tbey began to fore- ee a time when tbe might hare to itand a regular siege In tbelr cliff lwelllng. One dusk the tigers appeared sud- lenly In the opening below the front loor and complained that tbey were sungry and demanded tbat some thing be done about It. During the light they remained In the vicinity tnd while tbelr nearness was not in Immediate threat II was disquiet ing and presaged worse things to :ome. When dawn broke tbe tigers were still In the neighborhood and Bowers remarked: "It's lucky for us that tbe bunt In pairs because whenever tbey are In the front valley as tbey are now It Is perfectly safe for us to potter iround In the back valley." "It's all my fault." said Ivy, "and It makes me sick to think what a tool I was." "I was a tool too," said Bowers. "1 im stronger than you. And I ougbt to have used force to keep you from opening tbat cage and letting them go tree. If I'd bad the rifle and had killed tbem. would you be accusing me now of breaking a promise?" Ivy shook ber head. "I am begin ning to understand lots of things," she said, "that I never understood before. 1 would kill them myself If I could." Even It It bad not been for tbe threat of the tigers. It would have occurred to tbem to make experi ments In food storage. Bananas, tbey discovered, It sliced sufficient ly tbln could be so dried In tbe sun tbat tbey would remain edible and sustaining. If not very appetising, tor a long time. Guavas and mangoes could also be drlnd after a fashion Dut tbe guavas even when freshly gathered were barely edible. Tbey however, made a store of such things and of course ripe coconuts They had most of tbe csoned things from the Boldero and also Dsn which tbey had dried In the sun. but kfter a tew days this began to smell so unpleasantly that tbey got rid of It. "If It weren't tor those damned cats," Bowers said more than once, "we could turn our back valley into a regular garden!" AND more and more he brooded over his enforced Idleness and bis helplessness. It was bad enough to be pitted against the ordinary conditions of a troplo Island, but these conditions could have been In finitely bettered by careful planning and bard work. He was a strong man with a good average brain, and a definite gift for mechanics, and yet be saw himself continually frustrated and worsted by two creatures who excelled him only In strength and In the weapons which were a part of them. If be could not devise some means by which he could get the better of them, he would not be able to look himself In the face. He became absent-minded, and try almost thought at times tbat bis love tor her was cooling. This was not the case. He was ashamed be cause the woman be loved saw bis helplessness, and be was cudgeling his wits to devise some means by which a naked man may be tbe death of two naked tigers. He bad an ax still In good condi tion but this, opposed to tbe claws strength and the swift overpower Ing weight of a tiger's charge, could not rightly be considered a weapon. He had In addition an overslted pocket-knife and lira. With tire he could turn a tiger and even control it to a certain extent, but he could not hope to kill It. On the other hand, couldn't he? Wasn't Are tbe answer? COLLEGE STUDENTS' SPRING NEW RACKET WASHINGTON (UP) Tht lf ! ft prominent lofl attorn?, btlng an nthxututlc girrwier recently wu rictimlwd by nw racket utility! by a Mlwmin "working hit wty through foil." A young mm. prtatnub'.t In p prne. iirlved on the romtn'i doort?p with ft handful of rich loim Pointing to a truck out front loaded with km cits, he claimed ha was aecir irw funda for hi roliVjra count by elllng topaotl to gardener. The lawyer's wife purchased four sack. Sht wai quit dUmayed. however, when preparing later to fti up nar gardene with th "eicellent flower food." to find the aacka contained not ding but an aortment of com non, very -day cindera, , CjouvmmuA Mcxul Tbe undergrowiu , .d.ano was dry as tinder. Tbe tall graasei and reeds had turned to bay. Olves the right wind It might be possible to lire tbe Island In many places and burn tbe tigers out. In a blgb wind tbe Are would travel like race horses. Fruit trees and palm trees might be damaged but they would not be destroyed, and It would not be nec essary pr Indeed possible to burn over the entire Island. But It one could set Ore to the back valley when tbe tigers were In It, nothing could save them unless they had the reasoning powers of a man. If they were In tbe lower part of the valley, there was a scrambling way of escape over the tarthei shoulder. But Bowers believed thst tbe beaats would not think ot this. They would retreat before the flame until there was no longer any way out, either to tbe right or to the left or straight ahead. If the attempt were to be made at all It should be made as soon as pos sible. Tbe rains were due and even overdue and one good shower of course would spoil everything. He consulted with Ivy and tbey per fected a plan. They collected bun dles of dried splinters wltb which to start two fires, one at each side of the valley, and thereafter to hur ry to the center, starting blares as they went. ON the following day tbe tigers made tbelr presence known In the back valley, but there was no wind and the aky was overcast. Bow ers cursed himself for having been so slow to think of fire as a weapon. That overcast sky could mean but one thing, tbe ruination ot their plana. It was making up to rain. But It did not rain that day or tbat nlgbt. Dawn came over the volcano, a gray watery-looking dawn, and from the opposite direction cams wind In strong gusts. The surf rose higher and higher along tbe barrier reef and whltecaps scudded shore ward across the lagoon, also cloudi darkly gray scudded across the sky The tigers had greeted the cbangs of weather and tbe drop In tem perature with a series of short coughing barks. Tbey were rest less, uneasy and very hungry. Thl time tor action bad come. Ivy and Bowers made their was to the beach well loaded with thl makings of many Ores. Helen, belted and chained, was left behind In thi cavo. They hurried as fas I aa they could. Both had a feeling that then was a great race on between fir and rain. When Bowers had reached tht farther shoulder of the back valley be signaled to Ivy. as prearranged by raising his arms straight abovi his head. No more than a quarter mile of beach separated them. Ivy who bad already laid her tire, wen! down on ber knees. He thought that be saw the flash of the match wblcf. she had struck. Then he lighted hit Ore. When tbey came together at thi mouth of the little river and looked up the valley they looked Into i furiously receding furnace of flr and smoke. Above the crackling and the roar of the conflagration whlcb they had started could be beard ih tar-off roaring of the tigers, at onn defiant and apprehensive. Just when Bowers was certalr that the great race between fire and rain bad been won by tbe former tbe Brat drops tell, and these wen followed a few moments later by i doluge. In live minutes the slow me anderlng little river was a rusblm torrent and had overflowed 111 banks. The flames of the roaring confla gratlon, fifteen to twenty teet high were flattened to the earth and quenched. The lower regions of thi valley bad been burned black, but the narrows at the head to whlcb tbe tigers bad retreated were un touched. "Well," said Bowers, "that's that,' They went home to their cave wondering what they had better trj next. What they tried next was a sam pie of weather. All day and all night the rain fell without abatement The cooklng-flre which hitherto had been kindled on the ledge In front of the cave had to be brought Inside and put out aa soon as It had served Us purpose. Tbey were stickily damp, and their eyes smarted. During tbe morning of tbe fourtb day the sky cleared, and tbey looked out upon a world as clesn and sharply bright aa a cut Jewel. Bui they were still provisioned and did not leave the cave. tCrtmtU. I'll. Cntnw Utrtlit Tomorrow, Boworl makes s gun. KITCHEN IS DANGER CRBANA. III. ovit of the klk-hen snd avoid srcldenU. ssys Oladya J. Ward, horns management specialist of the University of Illinois, to housewives. It is filled with equipment snd utensils capable of InMtctlng eerlou. snd sometimes fatal, Injuries, the aavs. and cites a survey showing that at leaat half of the accldenta occurring In the home take place-In the kitchen J Ilk tn lie led MOSCOW. Ida UTl More than jnoo head of elk win be fed thla wm. ter In Idaho. Slate Clams Warden J. R. Robertson has announced, sweat flrea during the summer de atroyrd numeroua same preserves In the Selway national forests where Ihe apreadlnai-nntlerrd animals cviatomai lly forage for themselves. MEDFORD MAIL E SHELTON, N, IS Funeral services were conducted yesterday at the attcklln parlors In Centralis, Wash., for Mn. An ge line Ford Bhelton, formerly of Medford, who pawed away Sunday In Seattle, according to word received here. . Angelina Ford was born June 8. 1847, near the location of the city or Centralla, Wash. She waa the first white child born In Washington. She was tha daughter of Captain and Mrs. Sidney Ford, who crossed the plains In 1844 and settled on Ford's Prairie In 1845. She waa the wife of John O. Bhel ton, first postmaster of Centralla, Wash., who paased away September 24, 1897. He served two terms aa s member of the town board and held other Important posit! ona In Cen tralla. Mrs. Bhelton was a close friend of tha first governor of Washington, Isaac I. Stevens. She la survived by two children, Mrs. C. F. Stanley snd A. h. Bhelton of Seattle: six grand -children, one of whom Is Mrs. Ira Luman of Medford. Mrs. Luman, having lost her mother when but a few days old, was taken by her grandmother, and reared as one of the latter's own. Mrs. Shelton also leaves six great grandchildren, two of whom are Mrs. Luman 's children, David Luman and Mrs. Herbert Thomas of Medford; two great-great grandchildren, also of Medford, these being Mrs. Thomas' two daughters, Oeraldlne and Iris. With the exception of four years spent In Medford, Mrs. t Iicltcn lived S 'MATTER POP- TAILSI-IN TOiViMit .breaking the Mews! ' ; gy Hal Forrest jTSo 1110 r-Jn WCN)t li'l-ljir01 'vCl leXTRAl BEAUTIFUL XfYllflfuDeUUOR5!--- M . . v HEIRESS TO . $3-SVgA JjSB. L n UPl STAUT &OUAG feXTRA! L-rV- i SAKE! V XVsS, col. j. h. porter. W tr S' ivi Slt, stokv of the fs 9m i sfTti I fWm M? Y -E3iP i i'-j Ml h; l'l bgPI j?mM 11 mmMw . j BEN WEBSTER'S OAREEA Silenco! . By WwiN Alu.B J ( BETTER. HURRY, CPPN SI U! ( AH 5 DONE OE S ( TAKE ISrrNT THEY IN A SZ '-gg 17 WHAT'S HAPPENED l I BELAY THAT CHATTER J ( IKE -JACK iAY; THE KID ) W UST PARTO'MvVT THAT, yQVST ( TANGLE ALL RIGHT, ) ft . ' UP HERE.'' WHERE'sV OR YOU'LL FEEL THI5 j ,,7; , Pl C' L-lOr 1 THE NEBBS The Plottera I. ' . ' IjBmi "'UllVllr''' ' TiWimjltHll.lluSBiiiJUIIIIII ssltajSrxa-a.'tMa' ; I HI I II II II 1 1 II I . nil . lT well, whw Dio lijr i otOWT SET A v Ti6i;:iS:l;i IT STicLJS "'lw!ite; a' there's a suV aftgTOM veah r. ujeuL.sue.Mir f VOO DO FEft WRSELPff DIME. SPEIOT Tt-OO f J??i- rV-s." SOPT - VOU DOWT&rti T DOlAJKJ THERE BV WER PLAIOS AMD IP 1. 6 DOXJJKJ IKJ DAT UJ ATBR V S4I&WTS IW THE COOP- ' TtP ZXXZL 7. JOuJ THESTORV HP&f; THE MAME OPWEB8 DOMT HAVE TO DO A TAO COREL TOUUNJ? IB YOU GOT A MICE SUIT OF TAl AS,5P BUT OAME , fe-f LO''OS TT-ie HOTEL.. ADP-njCE OM A BEARTCftB SOT SOOD WELDS A ASJO FEATHERS AMD J , PAVED TWE STREETS HTURnJED ME UP.5 HE FRAMED ME AcOO J I'LL TAKE A CHAMCE..' Vveo nurrfi'iW TOUjisJ .' r-rr ' ' 'TTTTTHV-T i "rT, i00 I MV POCKETS up to J ,VCR PACE N OJ. jfeJJ Tyr I'TT ''III!1 S J BIRDS ARESOIMSi kEEP PROM FOOLIMg S BMNOIMQ UP FATHER l . By oLrg, McManM OH, dEWY ME WIPE 6 OM Tut ' s $1 i 'dhONE-BWC me That Talkin1- I wamTVOUTOCOME I ,L I m I MACHlME AN1 THAT RECORD I HOME EARLY-VF. ARE i i' , - wad MADE OF ME VOICE- GOING TOTHECCEQA- v S L " HORRY- I BE AuRE. TO GET YOUR ' (P V T HAIRCUT-5TOPAT. (J? . 0 !T1 TS THE DRUG TORE- .( tftff3 . , I- i AND DOM T FORGET- A J , vf m TT '"7 T-r U , 1! : AUfcjl I J 1 z..'1 m TRIBUNE. MEDF(MI). all her life In Washington. During her residence here, she made many friends who mourn her passing. 'CRINOLINE DAYS' LONDON iVP) Memories of crinoline days sre revived In London's autumn fashion parades. cflnglng satin frocks surrounded from waist to knee bv bell-shaped lace "cages,"' atlffened at , the bo: tom to stand out like old hooped skirts, are being ahown. Other "cage" fashions Include enor mous puffed-out sleeves gathered in at shoulder and wrist. Boned bodices are shown on some evening gowns, the stiffening keeping them in place without the use of shoulder straps. Other designs are of oriental in spiration, Including embroidered trousers worn under a lace skirt. NASTURTIUM AND GREEN STRIKING COMBINATION PARIS Nasturtium and forest green make a striking color combina tion In ont smart costume which ap peared in the 1934-35 fashion shows. Molyneux makes a frock of forest green wool designed on the slender streamline silhouette he favors this season and adds as It only accent a belt of nasturtium velvet tied in a soft bow at left front. He topa It with a hip-length coat of forest green wool. Laundering Sweaters When laundering sweatsra or knit ted blouses, let dry on cloth or bath towel placed on a flat surface. No Ironing la required. OREGON, THURSDAY, CROP OF FOREST SEED STATE SAYS FORESTER SALEM, Ore. (UP) The year's crop of forest seeds, shed at this season of the year, Is better than usual, Lynn F. CronomlH?r, state forester, report ed today. Heavy crops of Douglas fir. western red cedar and western hemlock have been reported from Lincoln, Lane. Douglas and Coos counties In Oregon and from northwestern Washington Port Orford cedar has been reported laden heavily with cones near Pow ers, and good cropa of Sitka spruce have been reported on Saddle moun talln in Lane county. Light cropa of ponderosa pins and silver fir have been noticed. Good crops of different species ap pear in various localities throughout the Pacific northwest region, althouch no speclea has a bumper crop over Its entire range. An abundant seed crop not only means a bountiful harvest for the collector of tree seeds but gives prom ise of more thsn the' usual number of volunteer tree seed lings next year on logged-off lands of the region, the state forester said. 'Dyed Rat' Linings PARIS (JP) "Hamster" la something n;w In furs this year. It la fashion's name for "dyed rat." and Is used by several designers as linings for winter ensembles. Philippe et Gaston use It Is the lining In the three-quarter length coat of a warm henna, ensem ble collared in beaver. SEPTEMBER 27, 1934. PEACE AND QUIET IS TOLD 10 SToP Polite HIS DRUM AND To REM) auiEUV for ft while , BECAUSE PARENTS WOULD HUE A UTtU PEACE WANTS To KNOW IF THERE REAU.V ARE SIAhJTS AS IT Sfvrs iMfms book? Were THERE EVER? HOW po THEY1 KNOW FOR SORE? OPErlS BOOK AWD STARTS RFADIK6, HUMMIK6 To HIMSELV VERY WlXH tff KEY7 ASKS A IrfTEPv'MS DOES 'RE6AL? MEAN? MO 'HALBERD'? AKP WHAT" IS A POSTERN GATr 9 LOSES INTEREST IW BOOK AND TRIES MAKIH6 A STEAMBOAT WHI5Tl" EN BL0WIK6 -THR0U6H WS HAKDS RESUMES FEADW6, 6f T1K6 fb SOME L0H& WORTS, AND fAWH6 BOOK To PARENTS TO SEE HOW THEY'RE PRONOUNCEP (Copyright, 1934, by The Bell Syndicate, By GLUYAS WILLIAMS ' WlUiWfc CHAH6ES FROM HUMMIrJd 0 TaPPiKS Hl$ FEET ON Fl. PftRErWS DEClOE.THM'OlJl THE WHOLE, HOUSE IS MORE PEACEFUL WHEN) K'S PLAYING HIS WW Inc ) 4-27 Bv C M. Payne