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Newspaper Page TextPAGE SIX MEDFORD MATL TRIBUNE, MEDFOUD. OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1934 Marian Gordon bv JEA.X.XK ItOWMAX SYXorsiS: in epite s the etlt ish effort of Silver Hondon to tnke Lon Caead away from Marian QOT' don. Lon and Marian are eafely on thrir honeymoon. Marian hae not told Lon of the dark background of Silver'e life her betrayal of Cliff Hondon. her hutband. and the eon. neetion which exist between Bil. ver't lather and the bribery charge of which one William Brown wae acquitted a ehort time before. Lon and Marian are at breakfaet. Chapter 20 NEW PLAN 1 O.N buttered a few biscuits and J-' et them aside In true Southern fashion, ate his berries, drank some coffee then looked up. "Y'know lan. sometimes I sort of pinch myself wondering It ... It all tbls la true or If I'm going to wako up and find I've been dream log. And then again It seems like we've always been married. "1 know," she nodded seriously, "and It's been only eight days." She bent bor head over the newspaper folded to an account of their wed' ding, then chuckled. "Listen Lon, Isn't this rich? There's nothing like a country news paper: 'Like a windswept garden of flowers the bridal party moved down the aisle. The bride, a virgin Illy with a golden crown, was attended by the matron of honor, Mra. Albert Steele, and a bevy of bridesmaids, Including the sisters of the bride, each depicting some spring flower In frocka of pastel hue.' "I felt 'windswept'," ehe con' tossed. "More coffee, Lon? We'll send south for the kind you like as , soon as we're settled." "What do you mean 'windswept'?1 he asked, holding his cup toward ber. "Between my mother and the 'bevy of bridesmaids' It's a wonder .1 ever got dressed. I really believe If Anne with her dimples and enlct ency hadn't been there, you'd still be waiting at the church. . "No, I wouldn't. Your Dad had me helping him pack the gifts and the supplies . . . they must have ithought we were starting a hotel, 'Hams, bacon, fruit . . . We're going to bare to build a storage house for It all. Darned nice of them though, .wasn't It?" "Umhuh, and I won't have to buy a stitch of linen or bedding or dishes or sliver. We even have some rare pieces of furniture." Silence a few momenta, then Lon spoke "Hey, Ian, listen to this. doesn't this sound Ilk the place we're looking for: 'Twenty acre fruit ranch, more acreage available, ten minute drive from city, run' nlng water, electricity, priced rea snnable. See Morblad at Lafayette.1 Where's Lafayetto?" "In the San Ramon valley; It's beautiful there." "Ian, let's," he hesitated. "Let's," ehe said. "We've the rest of our life for a honeymoon. Let's start right away." QUICKLY they washed the break fast dishes, packed their bags, whistled to Hero and started tor the valley of the San Ramon. Down through Santa Crus and up over the mountains, along the valley road to Mission San J one and over other hills. Noon found them swinging their heels from the high stools of a landwtch counter at Walnut Creok, and early afternoon In the office of Morblad, at Lafayette. The owner of the land mentioned in the advertisement, Morblad ex plained, was an eccentric orchard 1st, who resented the city's encroach ment on bis land. He bad thought he was sate In buying on the far side of the mountain which lay be tween the city and the land, only to find that the tunnel being bored through the base of the mountain brought him closer to the city's main street than many of the sub urban districts. "I tried to got him to wait until the tunnel was finished, so he'd get a better price for his land, but be wouldn't. Seemed to think he'd be contaminated by city folk It he held out much longei." He gave them directions, then stood outside his littli office and watched them leave with the com placent air of a man who has per formed bis duty. Lon drove while Marian repeated the directions, "first road to the left," she said, then, "wooden gate with a 'ben-are dangerous dog' sign . . . there It Is Lon. No, Hero's all right Morblad said there wasn't any dog." Her eyes were wide with wonder as Lon left the car to opeo the gate. The orchard lay In a valley hem med In on all stdes by hills, low hills to the east and north, Jagged moun tains to the south and to the west the high bsrrler upon which the orchardlst bad placed bis liupe. ol seclusion. The road wound through the or chard up a hill, then stopped on the top where a weatberbeaten aback served as a farm bouse. Mar ian looked at the house, then looked away. "Oh, Lon," she said, and pointed east. Below them lay the great basin of Contra Costa County and tower ing over It, the plumcolored bulk of Mount Diablo. There was something awe Inspiring In the vastness of the scene, and yet there was something Intimate about the mountain, like an often seen acquaintance who suddenly becomes a friend. Marian sat on the weatberbeaten stoop while Lon went to look for the owner. She felt she could sit there forever watching the play of cloud shadows across the green sweep of the valley, the changing lights on the mountains. So en grossed was she In the scene she didn't hear the approach of the men until her ears, sensitive to Lon'i voice, heard him say: "If my wife likes It, I'm ready to buy." "Oh, Lon, I do." She turned to him, smiled at the old man beside him, "only 1 don't see bow you can bear to give It up." "It was fine till folks started movln' In, spollln' things." "But the view, nothing could spoil that." "Houses down there," he said with distaste, pointing to colorful dots, each surrounded by Us square of trees, "that low spot over there. Walt until I get my glasses an' you'll see the red roofs , . , that's where tho swells live." He brought forth the binoculars, adjusted them and Marian saw red- tiled roofs and white stucco walls gleaming through the matted tops of old oak trees. She felt very supe rior to the "swells." Why live there when there waa a view like this? T ON and the owner discussed price, discussed soli, discussed the price of prunes and walnuts In which bis acres wore planted, while Marian swung the glasses to snd fro, picking out spots she knew. She found Walnut Creek, the largest town In the valley. The smoke haze on the northern horizon was Pitts burg on the shores of tho Sacra mento River, and south were the serrated tops of the range beyond Fleasanton, which had served as a wild western background for the first motion pictures. "It you're through with the vlow, you might look around the prem ises of your new home," suggested Lon. They did that together, stepping off possible terraces, finding a gnarled old onk trco with leaves spread out liko a Japanese um brella. We'll build around that," said Lon, "leave It In the patio for our roof tree. Ian, can't you see It? The house, I mean, true Spanish, soft white stucco, reddish brown tiled root, grilled windows, and some of that Indian pottery the folks brought out from New Mexico, on the garden watls." "And the rugs over the balcony," added Marian, "and Lon, you'll have to learn to play a guitar and alng old Spanish love songs." I might learn to play the guitar," agreed Lon, "1 play a banjo pretty well right now. but alng ... no Ian, we've got to figure on selling part of this land snd only a bride could listen to me sing ond not run away." But he did sing In the days which followed, queer songs of the south ern negroes which either had no melody to begin with, or lost It In Lon's Interpretation. Marian, watch ing him with the workmen build ing the house, would smile. He was supremely happy. He had paid cash tor the land upon which he was to build the homes he hoped to sell, lie had paid tor tbe material used In his own home and for the furniture they would need "and that," he ex plained, "leaves all the Building and Loan money for our future. I'll pay myself a salary, enough for us to live comfortably, then use the rest In developing the tract and build ing the homes. There'll be plenty st we won't run In any danger of gvlng broke before tbe payments begin coming In regularly." And then one night when a full moon climbed over ML Dlabolo'a shoulder and spilled lis silver Into the valleys they stood In their patio under the oak tree, too tired for anything hut a deep Inner satisfac tion that this night they would spend In their own home. CrftH. it St. tt ..) Monday, Lon and Marian art loltid out of thalr drtani. 10 SELL ASSETS 6AIJ5M. Oot. 23 . m Awfti of the two building nd loan uocintiom rut yet rtorinlrd or dUpastd of bjr t..? tate corporation commiMior.fr out of th nine auch corporation In aUlu tory recelvfrahlp Match 1, 1933, will b sold on December 13, It wu An nounced today by Chrlt H. Carey, commlanioner. Sealed blda ml, be received for the tw companlea, trie Federal Union and the Weatern of Oregon Anvta were estimated at about one million dollara each. The rede: a. Union had 1. 189 ahare holdera wui'f the Western U.Urd 4 4A4 All other are In the p roc fa of 10 SHOW SLIGHT DIP iE 1 932 VOTE SALEM, Oct. S3. (JP) Registration for the 36 counties for the November 6 general election will be lea than 1.000 voter under those listed for the general election two years a-go, It was eittmated here today when all but three counties had filed their figures with the aecertary of state. Total registrations, estimating 19. 000 for the three yet to report Grant, Polk and Wasco will be 485.3M, com pared to 480,143 for the presidential election year. Total registration for the primary last May was but 401,914. Republicans lost registrations In most counties while the Democratic listing showed a material gain com pared to the 1D33 lists. Total Re publicans, estimating 13.000 for tto three absent counties, will be 303,133, as compared to 319.840 two years ago and 385,501 In the last primary. Total Democrats, estimating 5,900 In tho three counties, will be 183.5I6, as compared to 164,406 two years ago and 100,504 In the primary election. Scattered votes registered for the general election this year will ap proximate 10,009, as compared to 11, 840 two years ago and 9,909 In the primaries. I lifgliinlng Nov. 1 . SPECIAL CLASSES Comm. Ac fine art. Business College. Write Mrs. Ed mondson, 854 W. Second, Med ford. Seeks His Parents 1 .nff?v Identified as Morris Jensen, al though he denies that Is his name, this 21-year-old youth of Barre, Vt, believes he waa kidnaped from the home of wealthy parents In Chica go when he waa four years old. Ha has Instigated a search for his "real parents." His foster-parents say the boy was given them by a woman In Chicago. (Associated Press Photol Dee Mall Tribune want ads The Ladles Altar Society of Sacred Heart Church are sponsoring a card party, dance and refreshments. Wed nesday evening, October 34th, Parish Hall, rlaylng starts at 8 P. M. Re freshments at 10 P. M. Dancing at 10:30. Admission 25c. Come and bring your friends. HOLY NAMES SISTERS EI PORTLAND. Oct. 33. () The memory of the 13 founders of the Oregon province of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary was honored here Monday at a solemn pontifical mass in St. Mary's Catholic cathedral, attended by more than 3.000 persons. Bishop Edwin V. O'Hara of Great Palls, Mont., who delivered the ser mon, recalled that the province of the nuns had grown In 75 years from 13 members to a community of about 000 with 40 elementary schools, 12 high schools, two normal schools, one college for women, and sn orphanage. SUBURBAN HEIGHTS 1 By GLUYAS WILLIAMS I TRENTO, N. J., Oct. 33. (P) Bruno Richard Hauptmann will be arraigned Wednesday at 11 a. m., (E. S. T.) on an Indictment charging him with the murder of the Lindbergh baby. The announcement wag made late today by Anthony M. Hauck, Hunt erdon county prosecutor, after a con ference with Justice Thomas W. Trenchard, Attorney General David T. Wllentz, and defense counsel Jas. M. Pawcett. WINDOW JlA2-tt sell window glass and will replace your brater annaowa reasonably rrowbridge Cao inet Works SmHG ERNIE PLUNER'5 CAR PASS, FREP PER LEV, LAfe FOR HIS TRAIN, JUMPED OtvfHE RONNlrte-BOftRD, MV WAS DISMAVED WHEN THE S-fRfN6ER At THE WHEEL , WHO TURNED Olir 10 BE ERNIE'S OUf-CF-ToWM COUSIN AND WHO TOOK HIM FOR A BAHDVT, SPEEDED UP 50 HE COULDN'T JUMP OFF, AND DROVE". SCREAMING, THROUGH THE TOWN TO TriE POLICE SYaTiOM BY UNCLE SI WASHINGTON, Oct. J3 j.T', The government's expr ndltiires f.r the lis- cl yrsr which betian July 1 today panted the two billion dollar mars. Of thu amount the treasury report ed emeriteney spending accounted for SI.MP.S08.M3. with ordinary outgo at SD01.33l.3iM. Th f'aurea. made tniblle by the treasury today a of October ID. allow ed total tiprndllurr o( SJ.0I0.PS9.8M. This amount was RSo.MII.325 111 I rxctt ol receipts . Bfltrr rlolhea lor ie It will cy i you to rl-.mt, my ala-.taay Klein the J'si.or, ;a cut Maui. 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