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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOUI). OREGON". TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30. 1934.
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Marian Gordon
bv jea.wk non.H.t.x
;if.Vul'H; Work on .
tatl'a beautiful ieu development
has been etopped becauee Lon'e
money hat been ttolen. Silver lion
don, the girl who lost Lon to Ma
rian Gordon, aeke Marian and l.on
to dinner with her parenti, the
JJcKwain. Marian overh :are Mc
fiwatn plottina to ecatnp a high
lehool Jra i building, and agree
not to erpoee him it he will plan
air. He hae not anfxtred.
Chapter 2
NEW SURPRISE
McSWAIN 1U01I. bead to one itde
aa If listening. In a moment Ma
rian also caught faint rolcei calling.
"Daddy," called Sllrer, men,
"Ian."
A whlto-garbed aerrant came ioft
ly down the path, aaw the two of
them and turned to go Caen, huh
McSwaln didn't answer. Marian
heard footsteps now, and the rolces
of Silver and of Lon, coming towards
them.
"Haven't time to say much," be
gan Mc3waln, "I'm mighty thankful
my fate fell into the hands of a girl
of honor, like yourself. Give me a
little time; this has been a shock,
a tremendous shock."
"Daddy, you old sheik," cried Sll
rer, rounding the shrubbery at the
corner, "the Idea of your being out
In the garden mooning with that red
headed gal. Marian, shame on
you" her laughter rippled out, coy.
erlng their silence "been looking
all over tor you. If you don't come In
and drag mother and Wylle apart
there's going to be another bridge
murder."
Lon stepped to Marian's side and
as the other two preceded them
down the garden path, slipped one
arm abjut Marian and found ber
trembling. "Honey, what's wrong?"
"Oh, Lon," she whispered, "I wish
we could go home right now."
"We can't rery well, It's only half
past nine."
"Only half past nine?" she re
peated. She had left the card room
at nine. Had that whole episode
taken only half an hour? To her It
bad seemed hours.
The group cut for partners. Ma
rian found she had drawn Blaine
Kelly, McSwaln, Mrs. Wylle. Lon,
Silver, Mr. Wylle and Mrs. McSwaln
were at the other table.
Marian, who played with bril
liance at some times, and stupidly
at others, found this was one of ber
worst nights. She could not forget
that McSwaln waa sitting near her,
watching her covertly wltb his
heavily lidded eyes.
Midnight came with truj of
sandwiches and tall, Iced nightcaps,
and after these were consumed, the
Casads left. Escaped, Marian felt,
as she sat beside Lon, heard the
purr of the motor and the clang of
the gates behind the car.
They drove In silence for a while,
then Lon spoke. "Silver has certain
ly changed; she's evidently decided
to act her age."
"Either that or she's been taking
lessons from Mae West."
"Prr-meouwl" trilled Lon, chuck
ling, "I like her a lot better this
way."
"So docs Blaine Kelly."
"Sliver says he's a new kind of
porous plaster, sticks so close she
doesn't know how to get rid of him."
"She might try marrying him,"
came In Ironical tones from Marian.
Lon looked at ber. "Night cap up
set you?" he asked solicitously.
"Sorry," she answered softly, "did
you enjoy yourself?"
"I'll say I did. It's like getting a
fresh grip on life, stepping out with
that crowd. I feel, oh I don't know,
all confident again. I was going to
take the car down and sell it to
morrow; now I'm going down and
beat one of those fellows Into giv
ing me a Job."
MARIAN felt crushed. Her weeks
of yearning to help had meant
nothing, this one evening with those
people, had Inspired him wltb fresh
conlldence In himself. She ahould
be glad, should rejoice In It, but
somehow she felt that coming away
with this renewed assurance, he
would go back there whenever the
opportunity presented Itself, and
that was the last thing In the world
she wanted him to do.
Hero greeted them boisterously
as they drove In. He seemed In as
good spirits as Lon,
"Iet's go sit on the hill." sug
gested Lon, "I'm too pepped up to
sleep. I'll bring a rug and we'll have
a nice powwow before we turn In,
h?"
Hero, tired of chasing shadows,
came close, settled down at Marian's
side, mirzled his soft nose Into her
hand. She looked down and thought
of the night tn the Nevada cahln.
Here was cne creature who wouldn't
desert her for Silver.
"I believe that dog likes yon bet
ter than he does me," declared Lon,
arrested In his talk of Silver.
"No," countered Marian, softly.
...i 1 need protection, he
iu-ows you don't."
"You need protection?" repeated
Lon. "Don't you think I can protect
you?"
Marian hesitated a long moment,
then "You can If you recognize the
danger."
She recognized the danger now
that It was too late. Looking down
Into the bowl of shadows, beneath
the mountain, she picked out tbe
cluster of lights that marked the
village In which McSwaln lived.
Whatever had possessed her to talk
as she had? She needed the counsel
of a wise, older head than her own
to deal with a man like that.
"But the more I see of other wo
men," Lon was saying, "the more I
love my wife."
"Do jou, Lon?" she asked eagerly.
"Um-huh," be answered. "You
should dee the two of you together
as I do. You're like the sun, vital
and warm, and she's like the moon,
mysterious and . . . perhaps white
Ice Is warm, but I prefer sunlight."
"She's very beautiful," Marian
said.
"TlfHEN she's all dolled up, but I
wonder If she'd be as sweet as
you are In the mornings, when
you're flying around a hot kitchen
cooking for your worthless old man,
I'll bet she wouldn't."
"My old man Isn't worthless," Ma
rian reminded him, but, comforted,
went back to the bouse, grateful at
least that Lon was roused Into be
lief In himself.
She watched him leave In the
morning, assurance In the firm Una
of his chin, confidence In the warm
hazel eyes. The stamp of th.i unem
ployed had been sloughed off dur
ing the night. He was the Lon Casad
she had married.
She waved from the hilltop, then
raced to the house; there was much
to be done before Lon returned. It
was Lon's birthday.
After taking a shower and don
ning a cool, green linen dress she
walked down to the highway to the
mall box r.nd found a handful of
mall, and a package.
A letter to her from her mother
and a ten dollar bill. "Juat remem
berod It was Lionel's birthday, won
dered If you had change on band,
am sending this for you to use tor
him as you please."
There was a letter from her father
to Lon, a very thin letter. She held
It up to the light, It was a check.
And the box, addressed to Lon In
her brother Jack's scrawling writ
ing. Bless them. What a birthday
party they would have! She would
use some of the ten dollars, lake a
bus to Walnut Creek and buy gro
ceries for a dinner royal.
Late that afternoon she tolled
back up the bill. No trace of the car
yet. Another ahowor, a fresh frock.
The beat was scaring the hill side;
Lon would be tired, hot. S-he went
Into the kitchen and started the llro.
A salad of avacado, cronmwhlpped
potatoes, filet mlguon steaks with
mushrooms, hearts of artichokes
browned In butter, fresh sliced
peaches and Sauterne. She would
compete with the McSwalns.
She laid the table In the patio,
after hosing the stones until thoy
were cool. There was a car coming,
sho dashed Into her room, fluffed a
powder puff over her nose, patted
her hair, sprayed porfume over her
shoulder, and dashed back. t
It was Lon, alono, his face aa ra-j
dlant aa the westering sun. She
rushed Into his arms. "Happy birth
day, Lon."
"Birthday?" he asked In surprise
"Well, by George, It Is . . , and whatl
a birthday. Ian, I've got a Job."
I know It," she answered, wrin
kling her nose.
"Who told you?" he asked In sur-l
prise.
"Your face . . . and Lon, you've
got a package and a couple of let
ters and mother and dad sent you
some money and I used part of It
to build you a grand birthday din
ner." She paused for lack of breath.
"Hurrah for the Casads," chortled
Lon, walking towards the house.
Hero nibbling daintily at one hand.
the other arm about Marian. "Looks
like winter's over, doesn't It?"
The cake was duly admired, then
Marian started dinner while Lon
showered and changed to cool lin
ens. Coming In sleek, Immaculate,
he smiled at her.
"You haven't asked about my
Job," he chlded, "don't bother, I'll
tell you. I'm the new foreman for
the Maddern Construction Com
pany, building the Cast Brazos high
school."
Marian gave one gasp, then crum
pled In a heap on the kitchen floor.
(Crfmet, till, h ..., tmmm)
Oni mors complication tntsngltt
Marian, Monday,
IRRIGATION RFC
CORVALLIS. Oct. 30. UP) R-
j financing of at least four Oregon lr-
Irlgation district with RFC funds
within a month Is assured, accord
ing to word received from Washing
ton. D. C.t today by Dr. W. L. Powers,
I secretary of the Oregon reclamation
' congress and professor of soils at
j Oregon Bute college.
Dr. Powers waa notified that
1 Chairman Jesse Jones has Informed
Congressman Martin that the Md
1 ford, Ochoco. Gold Hill and Hood
River districts are the farthest ad
vanced, and It la believed money for
the first two wilt be available tihls
month If details are handled prompt
ly. Special arrangements have been
made to purchase the old securities
Instead of requiring a relseue, Jones
indicated.
ERIE, PA., SHAKEN BY
SUPPOSED TEMBLOR
ERIE, Pa., Oct. 30. (yp Buildings
were shaken In downtown Erie and
In the residential districts Monday by
what residents believed to be an
earthquake. No damage was reported.
SALEM. Oct. 30. (AP) The Home
Owners Tax Exemption League filed
an expense account In the state de
partment here today. In connection
with a proposed Initiative measure
and constitutional amendment
launched In 1032 but later abandoned.
Phone 542. We'll haul away your
feuae. City Sanitary Service.
Wholesale Poison
Plot Charged To
22-Year Old Girl
Z..ORES, Yugoslavia, Oct. 30
( AP) Charged with poisoning 10
persons, seven of whom died,
MUka Pavlevltch, a 22-year-old
Crotlan girl, was taken to a hos
pital today for a sanity test.
The police said the poisoned
persons stood between MHka and
her inheritance of a larne estate.
STILL IN ACTION
BOULDER, Colo., Oct. 30. (UP)
The "Phantom Slugger of the Cam
pus,' who hss clubbed at least nine
University of Colorado co-eda. Is still
in Boulder, Chief of Police Rolla, C.
Prater announced today, and revealed
that another co-ed had been slugged
late yesterday In the shadow of the
university.
Information regarding the latest
attack waa guarded as closely by mat
rons of the dormitory as those of last
week, and Chief Prater waa not given
the name of the victim.
The terror has spread anew a eras
the campus and the force of armed
guards patrolling the dark campus
waa doubled .In an effort to put a
stop to the fiendish slugger mystery.
Chief Prater said that although they
were unable to question the victim
of yesterday's attack, they had ob
tained the most complete description:
of the slugger yet furnished.
TREE CRUSHES TOT
BEFORE DAD'S EYES
SALEM. Oct. 30. (JP "Hello,
daddy." These words from the lips
of a proud youngster attending school
for the first time this fall, proved
a greeting and a farewell this morn
ing, for within a few seconds after
they were apoken Tommy Judd, 8, 1
lay dead In the roadway, crushed by
the heavy limb of a felled tree. '
With his sister Jasquellne, Tommy
had paused where his father, Prank
Judd. and a neighbor were starting
l to fell an Immense oak tree near :
the road. In the Liberty district a '
I few miles south of here.
The men had sawed only a few
Inches Into the tree, which proved
to be rotted through, when without
warning It fell, crushing the boy to
the ground. Hla sister wsa knocked
down by the branches and her back
slightly Injured.
THE WORLD AT ITS WORST
By GLUYAS WILLIAM3
OLDEST PIONEER OF
ECHO REGION PASSES
PENDLETON, Oct. 30. f AP) Mrs.
O. P. Thompson, 84, oldest pioneer
of the Echo region, died at her home
on Butter creek last night.
Mrs. Thompson, born In New York
state In 1852, came across the plains
In 1863 to settle on what la now
the Stanfleld ranch.
PORTLAND, Oct. 30. (yp) Mua
Susan E. Kuter. 62. one of the best
known Oregon Methodist deaconesses,
died Saturday night In Sycamore, III,,
at the home of her sister. Word of
the sudden death was received here
today. The funeral will be tomorrow
In that city.
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NASHVILLE. Tenn, Oct. 30. (AP)
U. S. Commissioner Julian Camp
bell ruled today that Thomas H. Rob
inson, Sr.. may not be removed to
Ixniisville for trial on charges Unking
him with the kidnaping of Mr
Allre Speed Stoll.
"Prom all the facta before me,'
Commissioner Campbell said In a
prepared opinion. "I find not only
that there It no probable cause to
believe Thomas Henry Robinson, Sr..
guilty, but no fact to reasonably be
lieve a suspicion of his guilt.1'
FOR HEALTH, try Crystal Spring
falrx Bfeig o& .
PENDLETON HOSPITAL
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8.M.FM, Cvt. SO (AP) Construc
tion of a new receiving wsrd for the I
Eastern Oregon State Hrplta1 at
Pendleton nt a cost or 281.000 to
provide additional room for 160 o
300 pstlenta waa approved by the
state board of control here today for
Inclusion In the 1036-30 budget of I
that Institution.
The budget now goes to the state
budget director and the funds If ap.
proved will be left to the legislature I
for appropriation or rejection. The I
tot nl budget for the next two years
for th institution will be :.M18
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