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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOli I). OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1934.
Marian Gordon
liv MAXX1S HOMAX
HYSUPMH. Lon and Htirtan
Casad art developing a beautiful
htltsid tract into a region of tmatl
but beautiful home for people of
limited mean. Uut Lon't backing
disappear and he mutt took for
work. Stiver Ilondon, beautiful
young divorce" who hot threatened
to tteal Lon from Uarian, ak
the Catad for dinner and Uarian
overhear UrSwain, Silver fa
ther, plot tcith William Brown to
tramp a construction lob. Uarian
threaten to erpnet tfnStcain.
MARIAN'S OFFER
"r DIDN'T need to see too man,
1 Mr. McSwaln," Bald Marian. "I
beard what be said, and 1 under
stood. "Your father's daughter," he
sneered.' Vou wouldn't need to
see; you know everything, always."
"1 know you gave ten thousand
dollars to William Drown as a bribe,
buying protection for Jie rotten
material you lntet4 to use In a
school building."
"You're out of your senses. Let's
talk this o er reasonably: you're too
bright a girl to think you know
more than the courts of the law."
Ho was becoming conciliatory.
' - "In this Instance 1 do now more
than the courts," she returned
calmly. "I was more fortunate than
our District Attorney, 1 found
proof "
"You what . . . what proof?"
no unsafe building wiilcn would
house children, Just bo you could
save yourself financially."
Again the silence. Marian, looking
over ber shoulder, was conscious
again of the mountain's presence,
the brooding quietness of It, a pro
tective quietness. Her temper had
cooled rfs she talked, now she was
wondering If she bad done right In
telling this man of the letter.
"Young lady," be said, still In
that low voice, "you don't know
what it mcuns to be desperate. I've
been desperate ... a lot of builders
have these last few years. This
business slump has hurt us worse
than any other trade. We've had
buildings we thought were sold
come back on us, white elephants,
new contracts based on credit . . .
never cash. I've had a bard life, I'vfl
fought ever step of the way and I've
come up from a stratum of living
you'vu never known, couldn't com
prehend. I've never Intended put
ting up a building that wouldn't bold
. . . wasn't saTo. Our restrictions
here In this State are unusually se
vere . , . foolishly scvore. 1 only In
tended to slash th jin a little . . Just
enough to break even.
' A FTEft Brown'd trial 1 meant,
before God 1 meant to live ni
to my agreement in the contract,
"I know you gave Brown bribe," declared Marian.
"It Isn't necessary lor mo to tell
you what proof I hold. I'll produce
It If you do not change your plane
on that school building."
"You think a bit or a girl can toll
me how to run my buslnoss, eh?"
"1 know 1 can force you .to build
according to the specifications, or I
can take a letter I bold written by
Cliff Ilondon, before be attempted
suicide, to your daugbter "
"Intercepting the malls. . . . 1 can
bave put put In the Podoral prison."
"Oh. no you can't." countered
' Marian. "Silver gave me the letter
to read . . . only, tbore was one page
she overlooked, a page whlcb tells
of how you got the money 10 pay to
Brown."
"(Java you the letter to road, ehr
I knew It you'd had the letter In
your possession you would have
turned It over to Enrlo'i crowd . . .
they'd have paid you well tor surh
a thing."
"I have the letter." Marian Insist
ed. "Someone stuffed It Into my coat
pocket thinking It was my note pa
per. I found It thcie, ro-road It, dls
1 .covered this Incriminating page. I
I knew 1 could do no good by expos
ling you then."
, A rcSWAIN was convinced, Marian
-"I could tell that by bis attitude,
'lie sat down on a rustle bench
whlcb circled a magnolia tree In
front of the summer house, hoad
supported lightly by one arm. The
mention of Cliff Ilondon, the one
rati besides Brown who know of his
duplicity bad convinced him.
"Where Is that letter nowT" he
asked at length. In a low volet.
"In a safo place," Marian an
wcrr-d. "I'm koeplng It thcro. 1 had
Intended giving It back to Silver,
soon after I found It, but she dls
appeared from the city. I've only
known since this aftornoon whero
to reach her."
"And now you're returning ItT"
"Not after wbot I board tonight.
1 don't reel I have the right to. You
weren't satisfied with sacrificing
Cliff Ilondon, you were going right
on with your criminal plan to build
but . . . Silver could bavo helped . . .
she won't, 1 don't know vhat's got
into the girl. She lovos money net
tor than nny humnn being I've ever
known and yet" he throw up both
hands.
"She won't marry Blaine Kelly,"
offered Marian.
Here, said a cunning thought to
Marian, Is where you may drive a
burgaln. If she marries Ulalne, It
monns Lon's protection fruin Silver.
, At this thought Marian's head
came up. She didn't want Lon pro
tected. If he preferred Sllvei to her.
sho didn't want him, no half loaf
would satisfy her. Thlr .is what
Humlln had meant that night In
Reno when he sold "You'll de
mand what you want wtihout com
promise. If you enn't have K you'll
take loneliness and honor as barren
substitutes."
"Woll, young lady," McSwaln
stood up, facing her, "what do you
Intend to do?"
Marian hesitated only a moment
"This," she nnaworod. "1 know
the light you business men have bad
and how desperate many of you
must bo. My own husband bas bad
his shnro. His Inheritance wai
stolen from him, leaving him pennl
loss. Ho hasn't been able to llnd
work, though ho's looked ror weeks
and weeks. And ho is young. He bai
bis wholo tlfo ahead or him. You
men t so young, It's harder tor you
to start over.
"Hay tnlr with your contract. 1
wnnt you to ask ror a Stato Inspec
tion at tho completion or your build
ing. You hnvo a good reason ror thta.
You can say. that due to the ques
tioning ot your honor brought
about by llrown's trial for bribery,
you would llko to protoct joth your
self and the yoi-itf, man who was
charged, by having an outside
agency check your work. IT yoc
will do this, I will tell no one, not
even my husband, that I have proof
of your guilt In the bribery con
splracy. Ilow obont It?"
(Ccytit. Z0.lt. J, nm)
Fatt. tomprrow.
Lb at Marian.
talus another
TAKE INVENTORY
OF SOVIET
Success of Collective Farm
ing Plan Among Special
Reasons for Rejoicing
Siberia Is Weakest Spot
By Charles Stephenson Smith.
MOSCOW. (AP) It la a confident
and buoyant government which Is
preparing to celebrate Its seventeenth
birthday here November 7.
The bolshevlst leaden who will
mount Lenin's tomb that day to re
view the uiual parade of soldiers,
sailors, workers and peasants, have
overcome msny of the obstacles
which the Soviet union faced when
it laid Lenin to rest ten years ago.-
The particular reason for rejoicing
among the Kremlin leaders this year
la the success of the collective farm
ing plan. With nearly 70 per cent
of the farm families of the Soviet
Union in colllectlves and with a crop
collection this year which the gov
ernment says Is as large as last year's
In spite of bad weather conditions,
Stalin and his associates feel the ag
ricultural problem Is well on Us way
to solution and the battle with ku
laks la practically at an end.
State farms have not made a good
showing, but they are being split up
Into smalller units so as to correc;
the lack of labor which has hand'.
capped the farms run under the dl
dect supervision of the government.
Siberia Is the weakest spot In the
agricultural program. The vast ter
ritory made a poor showing In grain
contributions, falling far short of the
plan. The government attributes this
to Inefficient party direction and a
general shakeup Is In progress In
Chellablnak and other sections where
the kulak Influence has not been ov
ercome. While light Industry has made a
rather disappointing showing so far
this year, heavy Industry has almost
fulfilled Its plan so far and special
effort la being mads to finish the
twelve-months with a perfect record.
Copper, lead and brass have fallen
far behind pig Iron, steel and other
branches of heavy Industry. Crude
oil has also lagged.
The Russian communist party ap
parently Is In good condition. There
are no evidences of any quarrels
among Important leaders. Rakow
sky, Kamenev and other associates of
Trotzky who confessed their errors,
have been forgiven. RakowsXy Is now
In Japan at the head of the Russian
delegation to the International Red
Cross.
Fear of attack by other powers
which existed In Lenin's declining
days no longer has the paralyzing
effect It did then. While the bol
sheviks are active In diplomatic ef
forts to avoid war. their great army
In Eastern Siberia and new Industries
with an output far In excess of czar
lstle days have given them confi
dence that they can take care of
themselves.
Furthermore they feel the exam
ple of a strong workers' government
which Moscow has given to the
masses, has stirred up opposition to
war w.ilrh will deter imperialistic
governments from hostile action.
THE PURCHASE
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
BRINGS $5 FINE
In the case of Fred Foster, 404
Crater Lake avenue, confining a plf ;
In a small pen In the mud, with no
shelter or opportunity to get out of,
the mire, the Humane society's con- j
tjsri linn that. tVila sra a nia1f i '
mala was sustained by the Justice
court.
Mr. Foster was fined $5, plus the
coats of court, and ordered by tht j
court to remedy the situation imme- J
dlately.
The Humane society gave Mr. Fos
ter ample time to correct the situ
ation before taking him Into court,
as It la not the policy of the society
to take oases Into court unless forced
to," said a spokesman today.
Estimates of veteran dealers were
that le&s wool wou:d be s:,orn in west
Texas this fall than ever In the his
tory of the industry.
REV. PETTY PREACHES
AT
Rev. A. M. Petty of Los Angeles i
preached at the Baptist church here
on Wednesday night. His sermon was
along the line of a preparation fai
ths special meetings that began at
the church today.
. Rev. Petty waa a pioneer worker
among the Baptists of Oregon and
along the coast. While here he was
the guest of Rev. W. H. Eaton and
family. He was on his way to Port
land and expected to make stops at
Grants Pass and other points alon
the route.
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(Copyright. 1834. by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
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leas than the produetlon of 1033. I the Dakota and Wyoming In co-
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