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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOKD. OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1934.
Marian Gordon
by .IE.IXXK HO 11.1 I . V
BYSOPSIS: When Harlan Cor
don telle her old echool friend.
Bilver llondon, that the huaband
Btlver just hat divorced haa tltot
himeelf, Silver ie angry. Cliff llon
don otiy ivanttd, according to
8ilv&rt to make hie former wife loea
fact ulth the world. Marian tela
phonea her paper and learn that
Cliff may live. At that moment. l.on
Caaad. vhom Uarian lovea better
than anyone, arrlvca. He haa fol
lowed Uarian all the way to Itrno
but Silver catrhea aioht of him
an anon aa he arrivea. Uilver aeke
Uarian to tell Lon about the alfui-
Chapter 11
CHARMING LON
I ON looked at Marian expectant
' lr. but the remained silent.
"Ian," prompted Silver.
"War not let her tell you what
he learned when she called the boa-
eltal." auggeated Hamlin with gen
tie sarcasm.
"Ian," Stiver leaned forward, eyes
dilated, one exqulaltely formed hand
aver her heart "he Isn't, don't tell
m be'a "
"No," replied Marian ahortly, "he
lan't He haa more than a lighting
chance. He decided to fight after
e'd received a telephone mea
lage "
"Ian" the color waa back In su
rer cbeeka.
And "Silver," came the aharp re
minder from Hamlin.
She leaned back again, waa allent
a full minute, then whlBpered "the
relief of It . . . almoat too much to
bear." Then ahe turned to Lon. "I
(ueaa I'll have to tell you, It doesn't
eem fair to you, that you aliould be
Here with ua and not understand.
a,nd ebe closed ber eyes to veil the
rloam of triumph which came aa
Lon cast an Indignant look at Ma
rian. "1 was married when 1 waa Just a
roungater," Sliver explained. "My
parenta Insisted, and 1 . . . well 1
'.bought It would be a lark to be able
to have aome freedom. I learned bit
terly that freedom waa the last thing
1 had won.
"My husband, considerably older
than I, was insanely Jealous. I stood
It tour yeara and then I broke. 1
didn't want to go on living that way.
It waa easy enough to win a divorce
under the . . . the circumstances.
"I waa given my decree today . .
resterday now, and then be did aa
be threatened. He aald he couldn't
live without me and he shot him-lelf."
She made an effective pauae, then
continued. "Of course I feel terrible.
I feel as It I bad murdered the man.
I don't love blm. It's all over be
tween us, but ... I had to do some
thing about It, so I sent word to him
that I did.
"I lied to save blm, but I know I'll
be forgiven that ... 1 told blm to
light tor hla life and I'd rush down
to be with him. I couldn't do loss
could 1, Mr, Casad?"
"I think you've been wondorful,"
blurted Lon, sincerely. "Just ono
grand sport."
"1 knew you'd understand," mur
mured Sllvor, gratefully, "and now I
have to Dnd some way of hurrying
Into Reno to catch the morning
tralu. Mr. Casad, would you, could
you drive me In?"
"I should say 1 could," declared
Lon heartily, and turned to Marian.
"There'a room tor the three of us.
I'll rig up a place for Hero In the
luggage carrier."
"Ob, but Mr. Casad," protested
Silver, "I don't fool that I could be
crowded at a time like this ... my
nerves are simply shattered. I foel
ready to break down. Ian can stay
here and rest She's worn out; sbo'll
look after the dog. won't you, tan?"
Lon and Sllvor turned to look at
Marian, who aoomod concerned
chiefly with a blaze in the heart of
the hearth fire.
f ARIAN aat looking Into the
' glowing embers aa though
stricken with sudden grief. Not by
any rule of sportsmanship could she
turn to Silver, or to Lon, and de
mand the other woman'a true char
acter be revealed.
"Marian, you won't mind, will
you?" queried Lon In a voice that
took ber acceptance aa a mattor of
fact "I'll carry Mra. llondon to
lleno, then come back for you."
"But you don't need to, Mr. Ca
sad." Interposed Hamlin. "I've all
ready arranged to take care of Miss
Gordon, during the remainder of bor
stay In Nevada. I'm leaving for Reno
thla morning, and we'd planned thai
I should take ber In, then alter she'd
had a good rest, take her out to see
the sights."
"Oh, you had?" demanded Lon
belligerently "Well, I'd made dif
ferent arrangemonta."
"Too bad." said Hamlin. "How
ever, If you care to Join us thla eve
ning we'll be glad to have you. Oh,
and we can take care of Horu In my j
car, He aeema to accept Mlsa Gor
don aa bla mistress."
Ho nodded at the dog, who had
remained with Marian, nearly para
lyzing the foot across which he had
stretched hla buk, but even the
paralysis seemed comforting to Ma
rian. She was silently blessing Ham
lin for hla "magnificent lie," a He
Silver couldn't question because
she bad hurried to her room Imme
diately after Lon bad assured her
he would drive ber into Reno.
Forcing gaiety Into ber voice, Ma
rian looked at Lon and said in ex
cellent Imitation of his voice a few
momenta prevloua, "Lon, you wont
mind, will you?"
"I think you ought to rest Instead
of running around," he retorted.
"Oh, she'll have time to rest'
Kamlln assured blm. "We'll be li
town In a couple of boura and sb
can sleep until six, then we'll al)
meet In the lobby of ber hotei
around seven-thirty, bow's that?"
"Fine," declared Marian and atood
up. Hamlin went for her wraps
helped her Into tbem. "See you later
Lon: I'm stopping at the El Cor
dova."
Hamlin had been ready to lean
for Reno, as bla bags were all read
In hla car, parked before a nearbj
cabin. He tucked Marian under I
robo, tbon went Into the place for I
last minute aurvey. Hero took bli
place In the seat beside Marian.
Tboy wheeled passed tbe lodgt
Just as tbe sun. topping tbe Slerrl
Nevada, slashed the lake with th4
blade of Its reflection. Tbe watei
along the rlm of the road the)
skimmed turned a Maxfleld Parrlat
blue, against which the pinea atood
like ebony statues.
HAMLIN asked questions; clove!
questions Marian recalled dayi
later. She wondered then how mud
she bad actually revealed to blm. ol
herself, her borne life, Lon Casad
and all she knew of him.
When he seemed satisfied to con
centrate his attention on the road
she sat musing, too tired to be acta
ally disheartened at the turn ol
events, thinking of Silver, ber Intor
ost In Lon; thinking of Silver and
how every frock .she wore told a
definite story, created a deflnlts
picture. Anne had suggested new
clothes . , , ahe'd buy some, she'd
been careful with ber generous sal
ary, now she would , . . would
splurge. She wished aba had some
thing other than the Iliac angora foi
tonight.
"Mr. Humlln. would you think I
was too feminine it I asked where 1
might buy a dress to woar tonight?"
she asked.
Hnmlln gnve her a quick, wist
smile. "I'd think you were very fem
inine and very wise," he returned.
"The storea won't be open when wt
reach Reno. It you'll make a list ol
what you want I'll have a profes
slonnl shoppor chose somo things
and send thorn up to you on ap
proval." "You are kind," murmured Ma
rian, and slept. She had a dim mem
ory of stumbling blindly Into the
lobby of the El Cordova, of hearing
Hnmlln say he would look after the
dog, of being carried aloft to a warm,
lovely room, of allpplng between
sheets then came oblivion.
Then there was a bell. She awak
ened, reached for the Instrument
"It Is llvo-thlrty, Mlsa Gordon," ex
plained tho operator. "You asked to
bo called at that time."
"1 did, didn't I, and will you con
nect me with the beauty salon?"
"Certainly. Do you want tht
boxes sent to your room at once?"
"Uoxos?" questioned Marian, then
remembered she had discussed
shopping with Hamlin and bad for
gotten to leave a Hat. He bad r
memborod. "Please do." she told thi
operator.
The boxes came, big boxes and
little boxes, medium-sized boxes and
long flat ones. Marian watched tht
porter wheel them In and gasped.
Surely the portor needed a sub
stantial tip. She usually carried
small chango In her cent pocket tot
such emergencies. She thrust het
bund Into one pockot and found II
stuffed with paper , . .. copy paper,
aha supposed; she never threw
away any notes until she had
scanned them for future referonca
. . she must do that right away.
She tipped the porter, then stared
In surprise. What she had thought
was copy paper was the loiter Cliff
Hondon bad written to Silver but
how had It gotten Into her pocket?
Then she leaned forward In sur
prlso. The blurred purple stamp at
the top of the page read "The Mad
den) Construction Company." That
was the name of the Arm from which
William Drown waa supposed to
have accepted a bribe,
rcWni'. I'll. It 5.--)
Tomorrow. Marian raalirtl the
Importance of her find.
Establishing of winter camps Is un
derway In the Medford CCC district,
and replacement are being enrolled
both In the Junior and local experi
enced men classifications,
j A special train carrying 183 n
j rolles. detrained at Hornbrook Wed
i nesday, aendlng 71 men to Camp Oak
Knoll, 84 to cam,. Hilt and 48 to
I Camp Indian Creek. These men were
jail enrolled at Fort Wlnfleld Scott,
tat San Franclaco. The train waa In
charge of Second Lieutenant Fred
erick Thorlln and Second Lieutenant
Prank Zeller. flth CA of Port Scott.
Other enrollments for camps In the
Medford district are local experienced
men, aa follows; 0 enrolled at Rose
burg for Camp Melrose, 4 enrolled at
Camp Oak Knolt for that place, II
enrolled at Medford for Camp Car
berry, fl enrolled at Roseburg for
Camp Bradford.
rive enrolled at Camp Hilt for that
place, 29 enrolled at Roseburg for
Camp Devils Flat, 9 enrolled at Cres
cent City for Camp Oaaquett, 33 en
rolled at Medford for Camp Evans
Creek, 3 enrolled at Camp steamboat
for that place, one enrolled at Camp
China Flats for that place, three en
rolled at Roseburg for Camp Tiller,
1 enrolled at Medford and 3 at Camp
Wineglass for that place, 6 enrolled In
Medford for Camp South Tork of the
Rogue, three enrolled at Camp Mc-'
Klnley for that place.
For Pistol River camp, S were en
rolled r.t that place, 4 In Medford and
42 at Orants Pass, while 8 men were
enrolled at Camp Indian Creek for
that place.
Six war veterana were enrolled In
Medford for Company 1022 In the
Vancouver Barracks district, and have
gone north.
Tomorrow, Jur.lors (between the
ai-es of 18 and 85) will be enrolled for
Camp Bradford. Six from Klamath
county wilt be enrolled here, aa will
the six Jackson county men. Six
1 men from Coos county and four from
I Douglas county will go to Camp
1 Bradford to be enrolled,
j The new men enrolled for Camp
(Carberry creek are now on duty at
ICamp South Fork of the Rogue, until
Company 900, now at Dog Lake,
j moves to Carberry. The men enrolled
1 for Company 1655 are also at Camp
J South Fork, awaiting the movement
I of the 1695th company to Evans
creek from Camp Annie Springs In
Crater Lake national park.
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THE FAMILY ALBUM-FAUCET FIXING
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
SPANISH REVOLT
j MADRID. Oct. 12. (AP) Seen of
horror In the Isolated province of j
1 Aiturlu, now the center of a red. re-
volt which hu raged for a week, were
'described today in. a message from a !
j Spanish correspondent accompanying .
1 government troops. j
The army encountered Instances ,
i where civil guards had been alaln by ,
overpowering forces, the correapon- !
j'dent reported. j
j More than 1000 armed rebels at-;
' tacked the civil guard at Campom- j
' arista nvt 1 1t niiarMs frnm tsm
attempted to relieve the post were
killed- The civil guard quarters were
literally torn to piece by bullets.
Campomanes waa retaken by the
army Sunday.
Five building permit have been ob
tained from the city hall in another
two-day rush stimulated with the
general building program now under
way in the valley.
Mrs. Clarence Fisher of 229 North
Riverside avenue obtained a permit
for building a chimney, at a cost of
$25: M ft son B. Sexton, of 419 Colum
bia, for building an addition, at
$50: George h, Howard, of 331 Crater
Lake avenue, for enclosing a porch, at j
$50; Mrs. Lester Merrlman, of JJ!3
Beatty street, for repairing fire dam
age, at $50. and L. R. Spires, of 116
Laurel street, for rerooflng, at $05.
WINEGLASS CAPTAIN
with a beaming face. Captain John
R. Merrill, commander of Camp wine
glass, CCC, was today paaslng cigars
to fellow officers at the CCC district
headquarters, and announcing the
birth of a young daughter to Mrs.
Merrill and himself Wednesday night
at the Sacred Heart hospital.
The young lady, who haa been
named Judith, weighs 8 pounda, 12
ounces, and with her mother was re
ported getting along nicely at the
hospital today.
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ABANDONS WHOLE PPOJECfl
FAMILY SIGHS IN 1?LIEF
(Copyright, 1934, by The Bell ByndicaU, Inc.)
((i.lrkvtnd Hailed Work
ST. 1.0UI3. Mo UPI Englnrein
are puullng how to dig away a larxe
pocket of quicksand that has halted
work on a a.12.000 aewer projoct here.
Work waa abandoned nix weeks asti'
beeauae foremen feared th Band
would undermine the whole street.
Maliv Swnllimeil lonr Key
SPHINUFlK.l.n, Mo-1 IT I Donald
Paul Buchanan, three months leas
than two year old. awallowed an old
fashioned door key and lived to tell
the tale. The key waa removed from
the lad's esophagus after X-ray pic
ture revealed It had hxUed there.
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