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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOUU OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1934
1
anan oorcion
by .lEAWK IIOWM.t.X
ersorsiS; uarwn uoruu,
porter tor the Horning Dupu.
hae euppreeeed two damaging . ci
elatioue about Silver' Hondon. ec
that Cliff Hondon. the huttanc
Bilker met hae divorced, may hue
a chance tor lite. Clttf had eh',:
himeeit uthen he heard ot the
vorce. Nov Silver te makinr a plop
for Lon Caead whom Uann
iovee. and Uarian hae a ehanee to
ehoxe Lon the true Stiver n.'t
grief etrtcken u eht had pre
tended to he but gajl't gambling
4h a Reno caeino.
Chapter 14
SACRIFICE
XIARIAN itood before the casino
i-'J mirror, apparently trying t
weave a oft atrand of ball Into the
fold of Iti ware. Tbe other girl In
the mirror (tared back at her with
accusing eyes.
Tbe other glr. bad no decision to
make. It showed In tbe Arm line of
her lips, the steady gaze of flolet-
blue eyes. She bad made ner neci-
lon (n the log cabin the previous
night She bad protected Silver from
herself. She had protected Cliff Hon
don from Silver.
She turned from tbe mirror. It
was too late now to revoke that act.
Simply because Silver had recog
nised Lon's charm was no reason
for ber to change. Besides, Cliff
Hondon wun't yet out of danger and
he Lad -he right to an unhampered
fight. An angry Silver couldn't be
handled.
They drove now to a queer little
hack on a hill overlooking the
lights of the town, sat on benches
before a rough boarded table and
llstenod to boys In cowboy garb sing
ongs of the range.
Hamlin seemed preoccupied, Ma
rian subdued, only Lon remained
cheerful. -
"By the way. Cased," Hamlin ven
tured at length, "did you see Mrs.
Hondon off on the train?"
Marian looked up quickly. Ham
lin bad been protecting her. He
badn't known but that Lon knew
he was s laying In town. Ha had
been trying to give Marian this eve
sing without competition. She lis
tened eagerly for Lon's answer.
"Yes, and po," be returned. "She
asked me to leave ber at tbe Moun
tainside Ho'el and said she had a
little business to attend to and
would have a friend take ber to tbe
train. Poor girt," he added, "1 sure
ly felt lorry tor her. She curled up
In tbe car seat and sort of whim
pered. Prom what she said that bus
band of hers must have been a Jeal
ous, weak sort."
"No," countered Hamlin, "1 don't
think so. Silver Is attractive. She
demands the admiration of every
man she meets, and no husband
likes to share his wife's company
too much, '.a to his weakness, I be
lieve be was more Impulsive than
weak. A lot of us would do such
thlngn on the spur of the moment If
the . . . the tools were bandy."
"I don't know about that," Lon
countered. "I've got too much curi
osity, myself. She surely was cut
up about the shooting."
Hamlin smiled bis crooked smile.
"I hope you offored her the proper
comfort," he said,
Lon's face flushed. "Afraid 1
wasn't much of a comforter, 1 was
pretty tired and I had other things;
lmporia.it things on my mind."
"I thought you might drive her on
down to Oakland," Hamlin con
tinued. "Be easier on her, ot course,
than the train."
"CHE did suggost It," Lon ad
u mltted, "but I told her I was
afraid I'd go to sleep at the wheel
and ditch us. 8he offered to wait
until 1 rested, but I dldi't want any
one wangling In on that trip be
cause I was taking Ian, so I told ber
I probably wouldn't leave before
neit morning . . . that's this morn
ing. Isn't It?" be said, looking at his
watcb. "Besides," he defended, "I
figured she had other friends who
would be slad to drive her down."
"1 don't blame yon for not want
ing to share Miss Gordon," said
Hamlin, rising.
At the hotel he parted from them
In the loungti. "You'll be leaving be
fore I'm out In the morning, I Imag
ine, so I'll tell you good-bye here.
It's been nl- to meet you both, and
somehow," he looked at them both
with a qulislcal look "somehow I
feel we will all meet again.
"Tell you what, Casad, I'll be leav
ing for California soon. I'm going
up to my shack on the Russian Riv
er to work out a play I have In
mind." Ha handed him a card with
his address on It. "Drive up some
week end. Bring Miss Cordon with
you."
When he had lot Lon and Marian
at on a divan speaking ot the eve
ning and of Hamlin.
uuess to oeiter let you go up tor
u,..e rest," Lon said at leugth. "I
.ought we mlfhl start about eight
.'clock, If you think you'll be raids'
U that time. I'vo got a lot to talk to
'h.' handed bei into the elevator.
"Goodnight, dear." Marian made
a song of It as tbe lift moved swift
y up. "A loi to talk to you about,"
she told tbe girl In tbe mirror.
She wasn't sleepy; couldn't be.
She'd pak. She did. and when she
came to the coral pink knitted dress
she decided to try It on again. It
was good looking, she thought, with
its square shoulders and trim oeck
llne . . . and the beige Alpine bat
with Us curling feather of coral
pink , , . she pulled It over her balr
"Not too bad," she said, and
chuckled.
Still In hat and frock, she sat In
a deep chair near tbe window and
looked out at a distant bill which
held Its whl'.e line clean cut against
tbe dark blue of the sky. "A lot to
talk about." She knew what It would
be and knew her answer. There had
been other friends, beaus galore
sine she started s 'bool. But Lon
was different.
Silver. Queer ber Inslatance that
Lon pay ber attention. Not queer,
for Lon was a "lovable cuss." Any
one with half an eye could see that,
and Sliver knew men. She wouldn't
give up easily . . . but this time she'd
have competition, Marian promised
ber that She arose, started towards
the dressing room and stopped as
the telephone rang , , . her editor
perhaps.
"Ian," came Lon's voice, "guess
what I found In my rcom when 1
reached horo." .
MARIAN'S heart seemed to fall
with a thud. Surely Silver
wouldn't dare sucb an unconven
tlonal thing. "A white elephant with
Ivory tusks," she answered quickly.
"A white elephant all right. A
note from Mrs. Hoodoo. She hasn't
left town and wants to drive down
. . . In fact she says she's going to
drive down wltb me In the morn
ing." Marian's pink tongue dampened
suddenly dry lips. "And you," she
questioned, "what do you think
about that?"
"Marian Gordon," said Lon, "I'm
surprised at you asking what I think
of Mrs. Hondon or anyone else rid
ing to the coast with us. Listen to
this " be began, reading the note
he bad found In bis room:
Dear Mr. Cftsnri:
1 didn't leave for Oakland ai I
had planned. I rocolved word from
the hospital Mint 1 wouldn't he al
lowed to Itoe Mr. Hondon for an
other twenty-four hour, and ai my
pnyaician. wno uvea here al the
Mountainside. Initiated the train
trip would he too much for me In
my orenent nervous atnte. I decided
to remain for the night.
And so, Mr. Casad, If you're real
ly rested. I'll drive down with you
In the mornlrut. , thlfik Its Rolnn to
be a heavenly day. I've ordered a
grand lunch put up for us. fried
chicken, potnto snlnd. aandwlchea,
coffee and nthel Moulds ... all the
things nice he-men like yourself
enjoy
1 telephoned your hotel saraxe
and lenrnod they wore to have your
car ready nt eight o'clock, ao I'U
meet you there, a', that time . . .
Cheerio. Silver.
"Can you beat that?" Lon wn
asking.
Marian couldn't. She bad listened
to the reading of tbe note, feeling
with each word that the world she
had thought so Joyously golden was
rapidly turning Into a drab disap
pointing sphere Lon couldn t talk
about the things he bad mentioned
with Sliver an observant listener.
She would Insist upon snuggling
close to him, leaving Marian on the
outer edge.
"Marian, you haven't answered,
what do you think of ... of that
note?"
Marian forcod a laugh. "If I were
to tell you what I think, there would
be a short circuit on th,e telephone
line," she answered.
"Good girl. Sny, Inn, are you doad
tired!"
"I'm not tired at all . . . In fact 1
felt so refreshed after my rest to
day anu our party tonight that 1
couldn't sleep, and so I packed for
morning."
"Ian, would y.m bu game to leave
with me right nowT I've all ready
checked out ot my hotel and my car
Is down In front of your hotol. I'm
telephoning from a lobby booth. If
you're willing wo'll start and be naif
way home before little "Cheerio"
keeps her eight o'clock appointment
with the garage. How does that
sound?"
"Heavenly," returned Marian, a
singing noto In hor voice. "Have the
clerk sond a boy for my bags and
I'll be wltb you right away."
(CefrritH. I9it, . gntmm)
Marian learns a let about Lon,
Monday.
FIRST 9 MONTHS
NEW YORK, Oct. 16. ffl T:ie
American Telephone and Telegrap'i
Co., In report for the nine months
ended September 30, laaued today,
showed net Income of $90,303,873
after charge and federal Uxefl, equiv
alent to 4.83 a ah are on the out
standing capital stock. For the flret
nine months of 1933, net Incomo
amounted to $101,3G1,844 or $543 a
share.
For the quarter ended September 30.
net Income was $28,204,683, or $151
a share, against $28,007,078 or $1.55
share In the June quarter and $32.
127,710 or $1-88 & share In the Sep
tember quarter last year.
In a statement accompanying the
figure. Walter fl. Glfford, president,
said that "treating the system as a
whole and Including the Western
Electric Co., preliminary data Indi
cate earnings In American Telephone
and Telegraph Co. e toe It of about
$4.32 per share for the first nine
months of this year, compared with
$3.80 per share for the corresponding
period of 1033."
During the third quarter, Glfford
reported, the Bell System had a net
gain of about 37,000 telephones as
compared with a net loss of 50.000
telephones In the corresponding pe
riod of last year. The net gain since
the first of the year has been about
226.000.
Total earnings for the nine months
period were $175,573 444 against $164,-
937.160 for the corresponding 1933
period- Expenses. Including taxes,
came to $55,578,105 against 36.547,
102. The earnings do not reflect the
current deficit of Western Electric
Co. manufacturing subsidiary.
Dividends received by American
Telephone and Telegraph Co. amount
ed to $04,627,106 for the nine months
were not earned by a margin of about
$2,000,000, the statement said. In the
first nine months of 1933 the dl7l
dends paid by the associated com
panies to the parent company, ag
gregating $85,121,948, were not earn
ed by a margin of $16,900,000.
TO HIKE WEDNESDAY
Olrt Scouts Troop 7 of Washington
school will hold a short hike Wednes
day after school. The girls are re
quested to meet In the gymnasium
at Washington school promptly at 4
p. m. Any girl of ten years or over or
the Washington school may join this
trip. The troop will feature a hiking
and outdoor program throughout the
year. The girls are asked to enter
the gymnasium from the outside
door.
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PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 16. (AP)
Joe Basama, arrested at Klamath
Falls on charges of selling liquor to
an Indian, was sentenced to seven
months In federal road camp and
fined $100 by Federal Judge James
Alger Fee today. He will be allowed
credit for two months spent In Jail.
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Get ready for winter! CIRCULAT
ING HEATERS. 19-ln. firebox, $42 50;
24-in. firebox, $52.00. HUBBARD
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REUNION OCT. 26
AT
THE WORLD AT ITS WORST
By CLUYAS WILLIAMS
WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY, Salem
Ore. (Spl) Over 1000 alumni of
Willamette university are expected to
return to their alma mater for the
annual homecoming festivities here
October 26 and 27.
As the main feature of the two-day
event Willamette will play College of
Puget Sound beneath the lights of
Sweetland field the night of Satur
day, October 27 The teams are prob
ably the two strongest In the North
west conference.
A. A. Milne's mystery drama, "The
Perfect Alibi" will be presented on
Friday night aa the opening event of
the homecoming program.
Other outstanding features on the
program are the annual student body
carnival, the homecoming sign con
test, and the student -alumni banquet.
Richard Arlen In
She Made Her Bed
An amateur wild animal trainer
with a head full of conceit, several
impressionable girls, his wife and
child, and a decent man who loves
'her sincerely but hopelessly--causes a
lot of trouble In "She Made Her Bed,"
now at the Roxy theater.
The animal trainer Is the proprie
tor of an auto tourist camp, and ths
principals of this extraordinary and
thrilling drama are the transient mo
torists who stop at the camp, and the
people who derive their living from it
Richard Arlen, M Wild Bill Smith,
the high-spirited boss of a one-man
medicine show, gives a moving performance.
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CHANGES NOTED IN
STATE PRECINCTS
BALK NT. Oct. 18 W Chn In
four precinct ot the tat mr notM
In rTlrd totRla receive from county
flrk in Oron. It wm ported hrf
today. ToUJ prcincU In the tnt
thrffore wi net t 1.047.
The changM were In Mulnonmh
county, rhaiuird from A40 to 4J&.
BAkvr from 40 to 38; ClaokAmsi Trom
80 to 81; and Polk from 38 to 35
Complete precinct by countlea are
a follow:
Baker 38. Denton 32, Clackamu 91.
ClftUop 43. Columbia 33, Cooa Q0
Crook 14: Curr 13, Deachutrt aa.
Doufflaa 40. Gilliam 6. Orant 31, lUr
ney 30. Hood River 14. Jack won .
Jefferson 18, Joaephlne 37, Klamath
.18.
lke 18. Iane 00, Lincoln 30, llnn
34. Mail.eur 37. Mfcnon 7 Mop ;
rot 13, MuinouifA 438, folk 3d, 6ae I
rr.n 10. Tillamook 33, Umatilla 41,
Union 30. Wallowa 30, Wasco 34. 1
WMhlnton 48, Wheeler 10. Yamhill I
31.
PHOENIX GRANGE TO
Thursday evenlne. Oct. IB there !
will be ft public auction at the j
rhoenlx Orange hall.
Article for anle will Include farm I
product, caXrn, plea and mlscellate.
aua thlnjt.
A free dftnee ticket will be Included )
with each purchase. The aale will be ;
followed by the f tret dance of the
aeaaon to be aponsored by the Phoe
nil OraiiKC.
Efr'oue coutlnlly Invltetl. No ad
mtMlou.
Oel rea.lv for winterl ClRCVUSt
(NO HCAPRltd. 10-in firrbn. UJ M.
i4.;n f-rr ;.x, 5i00. HLBUAHO
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