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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, HfEDFDltM. OREGON, "WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1934
Marian Gordon
by ,IEAXXE ttOWMAX
BYSul'SIS: Lon and Harlan
Caaad have vut all the turbulent
vast behind them, and have em'
barked on a lifelong honeymoon.
Lon hat bought an old orchard on
a mountain eide. and ta developing
it at a tectton of email and faate
tul homee. The (illllop theu have
eaved tor their own houee. and it
it at last complete and thr" 1
moved in.
Chapter 21
THIEF
AND then the Lionel Caaads took
up the business ot living. Life
settled Into routine. On early
morning shopping trips to Walnut
Creek, with Hero as a chaperone.
Marian felt very matronly as she
Inspected vegetables and discussed
meat cuts. Lon was treated by the
tradesmen with the respect due any
man who could write a check for the
price ot the orchard land he bad
purchased.
While Lon waa 1" the tract with
surveyors,, or In r.ne little room be
had built tor an omce adapting blue
printed plans of future houses to the
peculiarities ot the land, Marian
busied herself around the house ex
perimenting with recipes; experi
menting wi new and attractive
ways of arranging the dishes, the
ifurnlture, the many gifts.
Strawberries came in, were duly
purchased, turned Into Jam and Ma
rian, with pardonable pride reluct
antly took them from the window
sill where their ruby light threw
rings on the white sill, and closed
them Into the dark fruit closet.
Sometimes, especially when Anne
and her doctor ran out for a day,
;Marlan would think of the other life
he bad lived, ot telephone calls
which would send her rushing for
a glimpse of life In tbe raw, ot long
tedious days of monotonous assign
ments, and of long nights when she
lay too tired to sleep. Sometimes,
also she thought ot Sliver Hondon,
and once Anne mentioned her.
"Say, Ian, remember tbe nurse on
the Hondon ease, Koran RelllyT
Well I think she and Cliff are going
to be married," and when Marian
had expressed surprised disbelief,
"Silver only went back to the hospi
tal once. Cliff had a temperature
that night and Norah balked at let
ting her see him,
"She left tor the Islands a couple
ot days later, without a word. Norah
ays ClitC thinks she Just played the
part of a good sport to pull him
through. He'd never bad a woman
take care of him before and be says
If Norah doesn't mind playing sec
ond fiddle to a dream, he might have
a chance at some future happiness."
And then Into their paradise ot
perfect happiness, came the ttrst
suspicion of a cloud. Marian noticed
a peculiar abstraction In Lon- Sev
eral times she surprised him check
ing and rechecklng his bank state
ment. Instead of the gaiety she had
thought was part of Lon's nature,
there came a quietness. He made
several trips Into town without ask
ing her to go along, and on the last
ot these came In so worn, so white
lipped, that she cried aloud.
"Lon, what Is ltT What's hap
pened to you?"
He made a brave attempt to smile,
then threw himself Into a chair,
crossed his arms on the table and
burled his head in tbom.
"Lon, it can't be as bad as that
Tell me dear."
Instead ot answering he drew a
crumpled telegram from his pocket
and handed It to her.
70NDER1NQ, she spread out the
creases and read:
"Regret to Inform roe further In
veetlgaUoD fuUW QArrddta gave
Lanelnc P9"U of alo,-ner elou b
wllh-lree lioie Uft to on declar
Ins be wee to m.et rog veal tao
we um rear ie'iulur eoeslej
lib hit timul thU lake nbuN
too feAO no reaeoe to .ueUoe H ft
Tot h&4 preftotiiiy .bade aneve
vour tounUea af .sr1ne oat
raprnlh ! .. . V .... . . .
704 hare WoaJ potto Mnoaaotu
vlth it elee tare nmnl 4r.we !
for Lanetnr'a arreet clot will sup- I
plr ro vita pwtuaa ito with.
drawaJ of thla (art t imeuat baa iaft i
a in mram4ini ooaluaa onabl
to ad rust inr loaa lo rva rtop
aapt our atnaara retreta
CilU. CaTAJN
"What does It oiaan. Loaf she
asked after a moment's bewildered
study.
"It means I'm sunk." he antweree
thl.-kly. "Old (.anting, my guar
dlan't secretary, hat decamped with
my monoy."
"Perhaps there's a mistake, Lon.
He may be on hit way out bere.
"No." cams the hopeleas tone, still
muffled ht arms "LantlDi haled
me. He ei peeled Oarrdutb to lane
him tonne aotnaj money Instead ot
Jutt t lift aenalty for actlnt at te
rotary to my Inttrettt. Dm I trusted
him," hit voice brok(s then a mo
ment later he went on. "When 1
wired for money to huy the. place be
auggetted 1 ute cath on hand to
we'd receive the fiscal year's inlet
est on the principal.
"Then when things began to get
under way and 1 wrote him, he
didn't answer. 1 wired and be didn't
answer. I kept on wiring until
I realized something was wrong and
wrote Eaton. No, lan, we've heard
the last ot that money. We've got
this land here and," he laughed,
"that's all we have."
Marian listened to tbe laugh and
longed to reach down and lift his
head Into her arms. "But It I do
that," she reasoned, "he'll break
down and then he'll hate me and hate
himself for doing It 1 have to think
of something . . . something."
"Well. Lon," she began, "as long
as we bave tbe land, It seems to me
the thing to do will be go out and
find tbe money to go on with your
work."
Lon looked up In sheer surprise.
"Ian," he said, "and you a business
woman. Where in the name ot good
ness would I go to tlnd money tor
an altruistic scheme like mine."
"Places," she said vaguely, "not
all at once, maybe but you could and
enough to build one bouse at a time.
And Lon tbere'd be a lot more dis
tinction In winning out It you bave
to earn tbe money with which to do
It, wouldn't there?"
Lon looked up and laughed "you
funny kid, you are a tonic What
would you suggest for the Immedi
ate relief program of a chap In my
fix?"
"A cup of coffee," answered Ma
rian promptly. Later she would sym
pathize, but now It seemed to ber
the thing to do was to keep up bis
morale. She realized the bitter dis
appointment ot bis shattered
dream; unselfish as was Ita motive.
"And, Lon, I made the grandest
cake this afternoon. Believe It or
not all three layers stood up Instead
of sinking In the middle. It's a Wash
ington, nope, a Baltimore, well,
never mind, f m bazy on Ita geog
raphy but Its topography's grand.
And nuts and raisins . . . and If
you'll build a fire I'll stop shivering.
That fog comes straight through the
Qolden Gate, shoots up over the hill
and drops down on us like a . . .
a . . ." she couldn't think of a simile
and, seeing Lon start to arise, flew
to the stove and the coffee pot.
"TT AD a percolator ever worked as
Tl slowly?" she thoughL Poor
Lon, no little houses to build for the
people he loved, people like bis
mother.
She spread a tray with a gay
peasant cloth, then turned to the
window. Fog, a heavy, low fog that
would drench the tree tops by morn
ing was scudding across the bine
black barrier of bills to the west,
pouring Into unseen canyons In
swirls ot grey and black and foam
ing out again In white billows.
It was unutterably dreary. She
started back then saw the move
ment of a figure. Lon was standing
on tbe edge of tbelr land and slop
ing away from him lay the plot over
which be had worked so faithfully
these weeks.
Winding roads cut through the
orchard, made so that each house
might date an unobstructed view ot
the hllla. The lots were grouped In
circles with a round playground at
the huh for the Imaginary children
who would slide down chutes pro
vided by Lon, swing In his swings.
build sand houses In painted sand
boxes.
And that bald, flat place on the
edge et the plot was to be a base
ball diamond aafely away from win
dows vniet alght be broken by
tlrmy ball. This, Loo t dream; the
Irwvm at a boy who had played on
aol earementa.
Tbe percolator began to bubble
and Hartaa turned to It. mechani
cally toe-ertn) 2 heat. Poor Lon,
hat eoouU aba tax what could the
lot 80a tan inadequate, wished ber
methtv were there, the'd know what
to aaj ute vaai to do,
A nun ant later she heard the
erufc et wood on the hearth, the
rumpling of paper, and then the
roar at the blaze caught. Picking up
tbe tray, tbe went Into tne big room.
"Iook, Lon." the begged for at
tention. ' ,
He turned from a ttudlous con
leuiplttloa or the Are. made a brave
ntenipt to smile. But when the saw
the m leer j in bit eyes, the three
Here ot glazed perfection elld to the
floor vllh a crash, and she Dow Into
hts arms.
la tbe wordless communion ot
that moment all of her unspoken
sympathy was given and received
tCrr"tl. l"e Immte)
Tomorrow, Marian arranges a
temporary eotutton tor Lon.
(By Charlet w. Auatln.)
The question la often uked me as
to the ranking Importance of the
dairy industry of the United States
at compared to other farm products.
The following estimates were given
by the California Dairy Council for
the year 1928:
The production waa 14 billion gal
lons of milk. This amount poured
Into 10-gallon cans would girdle the
globe 15 times. , thus making a high
way of milk 10 feet wide and two feet
deep all the way. They further state
thla amount exceeded by bnefourth
the gallonage of all the gasoline uaed
that year. The report adda thla "The
consumers of the world paid In caeh
for thla product five billion five hun
dred million dollars."
Some business, I'd aayl Thla amount
was over one-fojrth the value of all
farm products for the same year.
Are we Interested m milk? Well, I
guess so.
The following extracts are taken
from reports of Dr. E. V. MoCollum.
neutrlt'.onallst:
"Milk la a complete food, capable
of aupplylng all nutrlenta necessary
for the prolonged maintenance of
growth, health and ability to produce
and rear young. It'a the beat and
cheapest food obtainable."
"Butt3r supplies the vital food val
ues In a most tempting and digestible
form."
"Cheese, because of Its high pro
tein content, has three times tse food
value of a roast beef sandwich."
"Ice cream la more than a dessert:
lt'a nourishing, atlmulatlng, and when
properly made la an easily digested
food."
So one la Justified In thla sort ot a
summary of the doctor's remarks:
Anyone who drinks the minimum of
one pint of milk dally, eata plenty of
butter, takea a cheese aandwleh for
lunch, and a liberal diah of Ice cream
for dessert, lives better, longtr.
stronger snd cheaper than the fellow
quaffing beer, drinking "his toast"
over champagne, or "dunking" his
doughnut In coffee, or what have you.
The month of October has been tet
aside u "Milk Month" by the gov
ernor of New York atate, and It is
being so observed.
Why not Oregon, my Oregon?
If there la aurplua of market milk
thla winter, the Industry la largely to
blame for It. because It la "hollering
down the well."
FEW HOURS LIFE
FOR QUADRUPLETS
NEW CORK. Oct. 24. (AP)
Quadruplets born to Ocl!a Mulligan,
25, of the Bronx died today In Lin
coln Hospital, after living only a, few
hour.
Two baby boys died at 7 o'clock
thla morning. Another boy and a
girl had. died at 1:30 a. m., leas than
three houra after birth.
Mrs. MuV.lgan, the mother of three
other children, waa reported recover
ing. Be correctly corseted la
an Artlat Model by
Ethelwyn B. Hoffmann.
HITLER EFFORTS 10
HOME WORK
SAVANNAH. Oft., Oct. 24. () j
The United Statea Lutheran church in
America, in convention here today,
addreaaed a resolution to Chancellor
Hitler, protesting "the reported ef
forts! of the leadership of the Ger
man relchakirche to force the pasters
of the Oerman church Into the serv
ice of a political program."
The church plans overtures for
closer relationship with other Luth
eran church bodies of the county to
consolidate against the "forces of evi.
In the social order."
The convention directed the church
president. Dr. Frederick H. Knubel
of New York, to appoint a com mis-:
Inn of pAatov nH Uvmn in vHirtiif !
discussions on a closer church unity
and to Invite other Lutheran groups
to confer on the subject.
The convention referred to the ex
ecutive board for study a suggestion
from the English Evangelical Lutheran
synod of the northwest that the ap
portionment system of the church be
changed. The synod urged a "free
will basis" of raising benevolence In
stead at the present system of fixing
proportionate assessments.
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Governor III
PHOENIX, Ariz., Oct. 24. (AP)
Stricken with a recurrent attack of
heart trouble, Governor B. B. Moeur.
of Arizona, was In a serious con
dition today at the Santa Rita ho
tel. A special nurse la in attend
ance. The state executive Is a phy
sician by profession. ,
By (f-LUYAS WlLsJAMS
(Copyright, 1934, by roe Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
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SALEM, Oct. 23. (AP) Governor
Meier today Issued an order author
izing Palmer Clarence 6 warts, arrest
ed for driving an automobile while
Intoxicated, to pay hit fine of 1100
In Insuilmenu of 110 a month.
SANTA CRUZ, Cal.. Oct. 34. (AP)
Miss Jennie Herrman. S7, for many
years active In California library
worx. died here yesterday. Survivors
Include I. J. Hetmsn. a brother, of
Sparta, Biker county. Oregon.
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