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PAGE SIXTEEN MEDFORD MAIL TREBUOT. MEDFORI). OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 193-f MSJ Marian Virnrrinn by JEAXXB IHWMAX Lane SYNOPnlS: Jutt at Martant husband, Lon Oatad. utat getting a good (art on hit plan to develop on old apple orciard iillo a region ot tmoll hornet lor people tvtlh laatt and lltlle iot- teortlarv nine aujaw with ttit money ooefc o the venture. Lon trie to net o fob, and not no luc. Marina Inollx peraunrfe him to pay 0J7 nil men with her eavlnoe. Chapter 13 NEW NEIGHBOR ION returned home next day with no levity In bit greeting. He bad transferred Mnilao'l laving! to Joint checking account of their own The next day waa Saturday; they had agreed to let the men work oui the week. He would nay them off and there would still be one bun dred and eighteen dollar! In the bank. "Wealth. Lon," Marian Insisted Saturday night, as be showed her the stub with their balance. The next day. Sunday, a crowd from the Mepaicb drove out for din ner. They'd formed a bablt of that lure of a hearty welcome. Marian was amazed at the Quantity of food they consumed. A whole ham, two quart Jars of Jam, a pound of coffee ... she checked herself. Did this mean that In the future ibe would entertain with one eye on the lar der? On the first of the month the maintenance bills rolled In . (talked In, Lon corrected ber. As be v bent over them bis face looked aa If It had been planed by one of bis own tools, so thin was It becom Ing. The electricity bill was much too 'high, they decided. Perhaps they'd better turn ol the refriger ator. They could keep things In the storage bouse, It waa below grouod. cool. Lon said there bad been a wood cooking stove In the old farm shack be could clean that up and they'd oso that for cooking. With the advance of summer the beat became Intense. They took to going for long drives on Sundays, and after the gang had come, tar rlcd and left unfed, they understood and came no more. And then the drives wore stopped; even the price of gasoline must be considered and they walked. "It would be fun any other time," Marian conllded to Lon as they stretched under the coolness of giant redwoods In thr Moraga valley. Lon bad said nothing In reply to ber confidence but she waa becom ing accustomed to that. She was even learning to refrain from cheer ful cotnirenta. His silent reception of them made her feel like a silly. piping bird, tbe kind they'd seen on the coast during their honeymoon. funny little things fussily waddling along the beach on oversized toot piping, eternally piping. She musl sound like that to him. 8undowb and they walked back through the beat of the bills to tbelr borne, Lonlan Lodge, thoy bad named It. Marian watered tbe gar den while Lon tinkered with tbe car. He was driving Into town In tbe morning. Tbe Sunday morning papera, each folded to the "Men Wanted" column, lay on his chiffon ler with black dashes opposite ad vertlsements he felt qualified to answer. rpilAT ulght Marian slipped a ill 1 ver dollar she bad been cherish Ing, Into Loo's vest pocket. He'd think he'd forgotten It. the thought, and luckily didn't iee the lluib of humiliation on his face as be look the suit Into the patio to brush It and hoard the dollar roll down on Che stones. That next morning In the patio, when he stooped tor his farewell kiss, she clung to him as though she would never let blu go. What did wives do to let tbelr husbands know they were suffering with thorn . . tor them rather, because life never seemed as dark to them as to the men who were trying to protect them. This night lUe would try again. She would wear tbe plum colored Ilk Lon bad never seen, an old dress, but becoming. It was the color of Diablo at suuaeL There was traps ulce In tbe cooler, her mother hfj canned It last year. She would serve that . , . canned tomatoes could be mado Into a salad If prop erly drained ... oh, any food would be good It served In the patio and he would be calm, and as near like Diablo as she could. She dressed and with a book In her band, curled up on the divan. She beard lon drive In. but didn't Mr. He must be tired of ber eternal dashing out to meet blm. Stie beard Dim call and wlililled In return, and then she beard volcoa. She stood up and peered out n( the windows. Lon waa laughing gaily . . , the hadn't seen blm laugh HP that wuy lor weeks ... be must have found work, nothing else could cheer blm ... or bad Lansing been found and bad be returned the money? That would bring the sun shine back to bis face. She lay the book on tbe divan and went '.a tbe patio door and there stopped short. Lon, with a wide sweep of bis hand was showing to Silver Hondon, Lonlan Lodge. Marian backed Into tbe room. What waa It Silver bad said to her Just before they parted? "I'm golog to bave that man It It's tbe last '.blag I do." And she bad told Lon she would see blm again "when be bad come to bis lenses." In other words, after the uncertainty of cap turing tbe woman of his choice was ever. Marian's next thought was one of anxious horror . . . Imagine giving 31lver Hondon tbe kind of dinner ibe bad prepared. Silver would see through the pretenses Immediately. Marian couldo't do that to Lon. She'd pretend to taint ... do any thing. "Ian," called Lon, "come on honey and aee whom 1 found down in Walnut Creek." "Why Silver," Marian's surprise passed muster with Lon, but brought a crooked uurve to the lips of Mrs. Hondon. "what brings you to this part of tbe country?" "I live here," Silver answered non chalantly, "the place my big hearted ex' gave me la Just over the bills there," "Soe, Ian," Lon was pointing downhill to the group of red-tiled roots Just visible through the mass of oak branches. "You know, tbe old follow who sold ua tbe place in formed ua that that was where the 'iwells' lived." Sliver laughed, "We're all going down to my place to dinner." aba announced to Marian, "go put on your best bib and tucker, we're bar ing a couple of guests In tonight." Marian waited a moment; surely she was to be asked rather than ordered. She looked at Lon. "Hurry," bo said Impatiently. Mi utar nm ana tucker, i Marian repeated, running heri band along the frocks bung in ber, codar-llned wardrobe . . . the ivory and gold, but no that was too formal to wear with ber hair In the fluffy condition ber out door life bad left I It , . . the orange organdy ... it was cool . . . "thank goodness," thought Marian. "I spent some thought and money on my trousseau." 8he chose a dinner frock ot aprl cot lace, stiffened - with bidden wires, and trimmed wllb halt re vealed bowknoii of turquoise rib bon. A band of turquoise ribbon held the flame of her hair back from her face, ,l)olge powder covered the freckles. 1 ' "Look llko you stepped out of a valentine," said Lon coming in, trim In a smart mess Jacket. 1 Small satisfaction In that, thought ' Marian, even Silver's narrowed eyes, showing she considered hor a formidable rival, brought little peace. They drove out Into the glow ot tbe suusot. Silver chatting of tbe guests tbey would meet, "There'll be mother-and father, ot course, they're living with u,o, a Mr. and Mrs. Louis Wylle we met In tbe islands, and Blaine Kelly, a man fatber would love to have enior the folds of the MeSwaln family, he has that much money." Thoy spun along !!,e highway un der trees that r.et overhead, sitt ing long raa ot sunset through , their loav?i. Then they turned down a side ;'jad and came to the village i of Panlab homes that made Lonlan ' jdge look like a toy bouse. Oriental servanta were every where, at the gales, at the door, gliding through the cool, dtin in terior of the bouse, mooting Lon to conduct 'lira this way and Marian to conduct her thaL Silver disappeared and Mrs. Me Swaln appeared, a corpulent figure In wlsterU crepe and pearls. Marian, who bad stood In awe ot the slender figure of her girlhood memory, fell a llttlo-iorry tor her now. Tne wynei were prcienled, a mlddls-aged couple with the coimopolltao mark of the Islands on them, and Maine Kelly, a mnn not overly young, and with the plumplsh look ot soft liv ing about Urn. And then came MeSwaln. Marian survoyed blm wllh Intonse Interest. This was the man who was willing to sacrifice his son-in-law to save I IN THREE YEARS COBVALLIfl, Oct. 26. (8pl.) Efrj prices are now tbo highet they have ueen sine November, 1931. says report on the poultry altuation from the office of the O. S. C. extension wimnmiAl Th irlvtrtp at thm nttt n-'onth ha been more than the tuua! 1 fit fcaonal advance and la the result of j a rather sharp reduction In produc tion generally throughout the United ! States. The drouth, with Its resulting high feed costs. Is reflected In an 11 per cent decrease In the number of lay ers In farm flocks on October 1 and a 8 per cent reduction In the num ber of egzs produced per 100 hens in flocks. Poultry feed costs are still rela tively high, says the report, but with the recent rapid advance of egg prices the relationship between feed costs end egg prices has become a little more favorable. Based on current prices. It required during September an average of 6.8 dozen eggs to pur chase 100 pounds of standard poult 17 ration. During June, July and Au gust It required more than eight Cozen eggs to buy 100 pounds of feed. The figure for September, 1933. was 6.1 compared with a September' average 1926 to 1030 of 6.7. I A dairy report shows that consld-1 arable Improvement In milk produc-j Hon per cow has occurred, particu larly In the central states, but that' heavy culling and marketing of m' lu ce ws during recent months has left fetter milk cows on farms than 1 year ago. The decrease in the num ber of cows has more than offse' the increase In production per cow so that total milk production In the United States on October 1 was about a per cent below that of a year previous. 1 IS Photographs of little Leota Mae Ontrall, 3-monthB-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Cantrall of 608 South Newtown street, and of Robert Shangle, 4-year-old son of Mr, and Mrs. J. Verne Shangle, each was awarded a special engraved trophy in the National Baby contest sponsored at the world's fair. It was revealed by the parents of the prize-winning babies today. The two photographs rank In the first 10,000 of the 114,366 entries; Prizes have also been won by pho tographs of Mary Louise Koenig, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Luclen Koenig of 2 Cargltl court, and Phyl lis Anne Russell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Russell of Vancouver av enue. Each of these photographs ranked In the first 6000 entries. All the photographs, which were entered In the largest baby contest ever to be held, sponsored by Be are, Roebuck dc Co., were taken by Mr. Shangle. Cutter CoinmUtlonrd SEATTLE, Wash., Oct. 26. (AP) The new coast guard cutter Cyane, to be stationed at Ketchikan, Alaska, was commissioned today at the Lake Union plant where she was built, , third of a trio of vessels of her type constructed there. The three coat 757,600. FARM WIFE TELLS THROUGH INSULL CHICAof Oct. 38. (AP) Mrs. Mary R. Jones, 70 years old, a farmer's wife from Rldott. 111., took the stand in the Xnsull mall fraud case today and established herself as a star wit ness of the elOO.OOO.OOO trial. "Did you buy some stock In the Corporation Securities company?" asked Prosecutor Leslie B. Salter. "If so, how did you pay for it?" "We borrowed money and put a mortgage on the farm," said Mrs. Jones in a determined voice. Xnsull, principal defendant In the case, fumbled with his gold watch- chain. The 16 co-defendants, all of them Important men In Chicago fi nance, looked solemn. She sent In a check for stock In the National Electric company, Mrs. Jones said. "Did you get what you ordered?" asked Salter. "No," said the witness, surprising the courtroom. "They sent us stock In the Corporation Securities com pany, and said It was a better In vestment. They said they had chang ed the check." "Wo though they were working in our advantage," said Mrs. Jones to tbe Jury. "Why, we had Implicit faith In them. That's why we're where we are today." Better clothes for less. It will piy you to climb my stairway. Klein the Tailor, 128 East Main, upstairs. WORLD AT ITS W0RS' 7T ByGLUYAS WILLIAMS THE WORLD AT ITS WORST TriE TERM GEf$ FlRSf 62JNPSE OF A FAMOUS AIL -AMERICAN HALFBACK OF YH1R1V ODD YEARS A6Q, WHO HAS MOVED INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD 0-2.6 ' (Copyright, 1884, by The BH Syndicate, Inc.) WHUAM3 hlmsolf. II, was . . . she sought for a word . . . gross, thai was It. Tiler, waa bolllgnic.n! line to his law, a brut nl line to bis brow. IC'tnt'. I'U. t, ... Bmn) Tomorrow, man's fat, fall, InU , Marian's hand. PATTERSON, N. J., Oct. 26". (AP) employes In the Paajlac railejr ana Prnrtlrally every dye chop In the Patterson area was unable to atari I the New York v metropolitan area. In Patereon. It.-iledon, Hawthorne and Eaat Peterson, fntnuMaetlo. pul; n. .,.... , 1 Rnn .am rninmon, riumniaauc dick-j operations today, aa silk ana rayen , ., , ' . ' t K ' et linen marched tip and down be- dyers started a atrlka which Is el- tcn pnll, ehovitlng, cheering pected to Involve 30.000 dye houaelami HiRlng. mil un m in spuaiaj n sum urn j.LJHf rf" 8 MATTER POP ' Bv C. M. Payne ( l kJL-KoPTtlEM is wot uettimV - i V VI J r !SS3 I V J ml tip ; PM--:g 34 X'SO (ivcr I "t I . II 1 J A7TO( -Ml I U I ST All V ...v...v." ... r . n i -.v.' j.-ji 1 - ::. II. ' l A ff . I ' J " I I r. r f I i.v.vv...... t.v m f Jl-ir- I "' l. ...! .. . gMldM, by1n Bell Syndicate, Iiic.'j TAILSPIN TOMMY A Timely Interruption) By Hal Forrest I OOtfT KNOtO lOHtTHER TO'k i MISmR--l DoNT CRAVE I I OH;- YOU OONT.V MISTER, VOU INTERRUPTedl I KKP YDuft eye ON ? iVA j LAJ Y0U ou11 OR TALK ) f CONVERSATION-AN 't rfH?--THtN C1E.--(OAT WAS SOIN 'TO dUV llpT! LOOW RO--L YFf? , A TO YOU" VOU SeEM DONT LIKE e,eiN' SHOT .SCRAM OUT SAY IS ioh AT I CRAVE OROVe7uP' CS GMT RACK:' rfTWV " ' TOO OUMB TO TALK A PUSTOL Op HErVc. -T34 MOST-- I Sff,AS - FOR. 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LOT OP EX- f?S..-r eM WiME ANJD MOJEV TO BUILD aROukJO MV HOTEL,., Crs IS A LOT M WE MAO TKE DO THE RiSMT locked up these ja.u.s JlZrf prienjd op M.hde,FUKJT5 peaowsloope' tws BUNXH- tWlMG BUT tLLTELL iko the A7r7rTTr--OT p.tld Me "t t""S 3tmt aSdmeJ-tme ck.lv peasoj 7wco there sm-t J ,NJ E i.g 1 II I MI'tfTp? GLW LUOULO LAV JZltSrr C OcJl I LET -OU GO OUT A ASJV POM BElWS MiLLISIGTOf-J J 7 J 11 X I fV TtnfOr ME A.KJD 1 PvT itjPORMATIOisJ S ,s 1 UJASJTED TO V BAIT FOR. TUOSE J OAIL LOMERE 1 TCHTI ! U ir-lnsaaA .g I, T Cr.rtS tf'l"Li&--: I I m I i BRINGING UP FATHER D weiirifB "i;muuai (1 i WELL-iPl ACT MAO- . 1 I 1 1 WELL- WwER?) TWE II T ( YOURE JUST LIKE A Tl I R-v r.o, i tuat 1 I ' , L., V 5n TnTrt O'CLOCK- av X- - TO HURRY J?-4JL, -J WlmmlM nkk Ml7 r'-tlPP
