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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOUl). QREGOX, MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1934
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by JEIME I. V
mwnfHitl; iltinun Uurdtm hi
Hived Cliff Hondon'e llle by furcln'i
Stiver llondon to come back from
Reno. where ehe fuel hae divorced
Cliff, and pretend a reconciliation.
For Cliff had that hlmeelt at netct
of the divorce, and had refuted to
tight back to health. Now Stiver re
paye Uarlan by throwing herself
at the head of Uarlanrt fiance',
t.on Caead. on the very day Lon
hoe put on engagement ring o:
Uarlan' finger.
Chapter II
WARNING
THEY wore In the corridor, Silver
interposed between herself an1
Lon, and Marian uncaring. Marian
watched the deeply impressed Lon
lupport the now supposedly exhaust
ed Sllrer to the curb. Watched Sll
rer slide Into the car first with a
backward glance of defiant triumph,
without thought of either of thorn
"Ma) I take you wherever you're
rolng, Mrs. Hondon?" Inquired Lon.
is they drew away from tbe curb.
"Drop the title." she chlded. "call
me Sliver. And you'd betier rush
Marian to her newspaper, she'll
probably want to expose my heart
che to the world."
"I'll drop you both there," said
Lon. "1 have business to attend to
xn mediately."
He helped them out at the Morn
ing Dispatch building And drove
iway, leaving the two girls looking
She annul towards tbe a.olrwa)
and, before Marian could romon
stratc, fled swiftly down.
Marian turned to the editorial
room, admitted to the city edltoi
that she had the yarn he wanted,
then tried to write IL Discipline and
a scnao of honesty forced the story
from her reluctant linger tips. Shi
bad croated the Silver of the bos
pltal room, it was up to her to re
veal that Silver to the world.
Wise eyes from nearby desks
watched as the floor about her be
came strown with paper. She would
Insert a sheet, strike tbe typewrltei
keys as though fhe wished to teat
each from Its bearing, slam tbe car
riage shift until .fce bell clanged a
protest, then rip the offending sheel
from the roller, crumple It Into
ball and throw It aside.
"A grand yarn, Ian." said Sander
son when she had finished It. "I'm
going to have to change my opinion
of that gal If you play her up like
this."
Marian said nothing. Then
seemed to bo nothing she could say,
WhoL Lon arrived half an houi
later, he told Mai-Inn that Silver bad
been waiting at the curb In a taxi,
for her bags.
"She's a queer one," he remarked.
"Said good-bye, and then told mi
sWnSF fjiggii i I ill I
4 weiili v
The two Qlrlt faced each other.
at each other. Silver was as welcome
to Marian as a wobbly wheel to a
carriage. Marian was welcome to
Silver as a source of Information
concerning Lon.
"Ian," she confided, snuggling
close to Marian and linking her arm
In hers, "I'm In love for the first time
In my whole U'e. 7s n't be wonder
ful ?"
"I don't undorstand," returned
Uarlan.
"Cliff waa rU'ht, real lore Is glori
ous. Can't you Imagine how 1 felt
pretending to love Cliff with him
watching? Juat think 1. Silver Hon
don. flow down here to be with htm.
Ian, I'm going to have that man If
It's the last thing I do."
"Do you mean Lionel CasadT"
"I do . . . Ian, he has money, hasn't
he? That oar and something about
him makes me believe he's . . well
fixed, you know. Not that 1 mean to
be morcenary. I'd love him regard
less, but It would be so much more
convenient"
'THEY had paused befor the ele-
vator door. Now It clanged opon
and tboy stepped Inside. Carefully
Marian stripped her glome '-om he
bands. "Suppose," she said, looking
Into the elevator mirror and adjust
ing her hat, tbe blazing gem catch
ing the Immediate imprest of Silver,
"suppose you find he's already
taken."
"He said he wasn't married, wasn't
even engngod." Cared Silver.
"He wasn't when be told you
that," agreed Marian, and pllolod
Silver from the elevator to the up
per floor. "He proposed to the girl
wltb the . . . golden balr . . . after
that."
Sliver looked at her for a moment.
"You mean?" she questioned.
"1 mean that Lon and 1 are en
gaged to he oiairled."
In the dimly lighted corridor the
two girls facod each other. Marian's
checks were pale. Silver's flaming
Silver was the first to speak.
"1 know, 1 felt like that once. I
thought marriage ended everything
else. I know differently now. I re
peat. I am going to have Lon Canad
If it's the last thing I do." j
sho'd see mo again whon I'd comi
to my senses."
A AMAN folt only relief at thi
moment. Later, upon arriving al
her apartment, sho found the lettei
from Cliff to Silver, slipped It Intc
a pin in envolopo and addressed It
to Silver Hondon. The next morning
she telephoned every hotel In the bay
region, and a few of Sliver's former
friends seekli.g her address, but Sll
vor had disappeared.
The day before she and Lon left
for tbe Gordon ranch, she placed the
envolopc and other Important papers
In a safety deposit box which she
and Lon -nd tnken togother, and foi
'he first time caw the signature
"Marian Cnsnd," In black and white.
Marian spread two green, cross
barred tea towels across the whltt
porcelnln )f the cabin tnblo. Sh
placed a bowl of cornl pink gera
nlums In the exnet ceutor of thr
grccn-hnrred cross and pushed tb
t n hie close to a low, wide window
which the evening before had looked
out on Monterey Ray and the fai
blue tine of the Pad lie, but whlcb
now took el out a blank wall of fog
against which were silhouetted
ragged cypress trees.
From down where white dunei
rttlsed plump shoulders above thi
ruffle of sea grnss, wild poppies anil
Lupin came Lon, tall figure swing
lag along In white ducks, sky blut
sweater, a flash of color against tbt
gray of the fog.
Marian looked at him. lips twlstef
Into a wistful smile "How," sbi
demanded of Hero who hnd romped
ahoad, "did a red head like me rati
a good looking lad like- him?"
Lon came up, morning paper un
dor ono .irm, a small bottle of crean
and bowl of strawberries In hit
hands.
"Ticked up your home town pa
por," said lon. hulling borrtes a
the sink. "Stole a look and yot
should seo what they've said a bom
Lionel Kdward aad's bride. Urn
um . . . un fair looking now; you
can read while you ent."
(Cefytttkl. 19S4, Bovmam)
Lon and M.irijtn plunge, tomor
row. Into a new hf.
Automoblte accidents, Injuries and
killings continued to Increase during
September, according .to reports In
sued from the secretary of state's
office and It now appears that the
record for the whole of 1034 will far
exceed that of 1033 with many more
persons dead and maimed from ac
cidents caused mainly by carelessness
and failure to comply with traffic
regulations.
During September 34 persons were
killed In traffic accidents this year
as compared to 10 last year; 49fl per
sons were Injured this year and 402
In 1933; there were 1826 accidents
this year and 1603 In 1933. Totals
for the first nine months of 1634 arc
as follows: 14.893 accidents; 318
deaths; 3,664 Injuries. For the same
period of 1033, totals were 13,748 ac
cidents with 173 deaths and 3,958
Injuries.
In Jackson county during Septem
ber of this year there were 60 acci
dents, 16 Injuries and no deaths as
compared to 36 accidents, 7 injuries
and one death In September, 1933.
Sponsors of the "Let's Quit Kill
ing" safety drive pointed out this,
week that unless motorists and pe
destrians alike use more care In driv
ing and walking with closer observ
ance of traffic regulations, the pres
ent rate of Increase In auto accidents
will result In staggering casualty
lists.
Drunken driving Is the major cause
selected for attention during the
current two-week period of the drive
Traffic experts report that while ac
cidents from this cause are not as
numerous a those from other viola
tions, they usually are more serious
in results, because the drunken driv
er Is physically handicapped In that
It takes him longer, after perceiving
an emergency, to apply hla brakes
or turn his car, than It takes the so
ber driver. This, In addition to ;he
chance-taking frame of mind brought
on by Intoxication, Is what makes
the drunken driver such a serious
menace, experts declare.
FIRST METHODIST
At an expense of several hundred
dollars the First Methodist churcn
building which recently waa repur
chased by the congregation, la un
dergoing extensive repairs and bet
terments. Among other things the heating
plart has been completely over
hauled; the roof has been care
fully examined and all cracked tiles
have been replaced. The Sunday
school office has been completely
remodeled, and other needed Im
provements have been arranged for.
Ladles of the church spent two
days this week In their annual
church house-cleaning.
Plsnppeared tn Old Well,
ROCKLAND, Me. (UP) Fortu
nately for Maurice Derry, a compan
ion accompanied him on a walk
through his rock garden. Derry sud
denly disappeared Into the ground
when an unknown well, 15 feet deep,
caved In. He was rescued by hla
companion.
E 2 L
Miss Julia K. Sommer, lecturer
on educational and theosophlcal sub.
Jects, will speak at 8 o'clock Tues
day and Wednesday evenings of this
week, October 33-34, In the Wo
men's club rooms at the City hall.
The public Is cordially Invited,
On Tuesday evening she will
speak on the subject, "Theoaophy
and Modern Trends of Thought,"
discussing some of the recent state
ments made by well known think
ers, scientists, philosophers and edu
cators In the light of theosophic
teachings and revealing the under
lying harmony between them. The
subject for Wednesday evening is
"Inner Government of the World."
Under this head Miss Sommer dis
cussed the existence of spiritual
supermen as a logical deduction
from the theory of evolution ' as
applied to human progress and
achievement.
Miss Sommer U a former teacher
In schools of Chicago, having re
ceived her training at the Univer
sity of Chicago and Columbia uni
versity. From 1930 to 1925 she waa
principal of a progressive private
school in Hollywood where the
practical nature of the Ideas she
discusses In her educational talks
was demonstrated. For many years
she has lectured and written In
the progressive reform movement
In education.
Mlsa Sommer la not entirely a !
stranger to Medford audiences aa
she has lectured here several times
In the last four years, one of her
lectures, "Ancient Egypt's Story,"
particularly receiving favorable com- !
ment.
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has completed a delicate honw-mndr
telescope. The Instrument Is ISft
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has a six-lnrh reflector.
PHILAnF.l.PHIA. (UP) At last 1
Hunting for the keyhole In the dark
lnsy soon be eliminated if home
owners Install the keyhole lights ex
hibited hrre in the electric and radio
.show. It's Jut a mlnature bulb set
in tfi door t!nvtlv above the hole.
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