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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOUU. OREGOX. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 14, 1934.
sfcj4ljl
Judith)
Lane j
Marian Gordon
bv JE.iX.XE ttOWMAX
A I'., ui't IS . Marian Vaead
knows that UcSwatn. the contrac.
tor tor whom her husband, Lon
Caead, works, is a crook. Nou lie
Swain hat pot the upper hand of
Lon because ht hold a raised
check, apparently ton' pav cheek,
and ha convinced Lon that he
raised it while drunk. But Harlan,
who is lure Lcn t to be made the
'lall guy" in an even more impor
tant matter, has sent a letter to
the district attorney throuah Wakt,
a Japanese gardener she trusts,
asking ftjr a eecret meeting at the
nursery el TValei'e relative, uashya.
Chapter 89
THE MEETING
AKI appeared the next morning,
(ace wreathed In smiles. He
had delivered the letter through
Hasbya, and the Gentleman At
torney had hurried orer to talk to
him.
"1 tell him aomealnf." Wakl aald
earnestly, "I tell blm. man McSwaln
he make rother. he fend him
Kanaka boy alia tame watch, alia
same bide In bush. 1 link Gentleman
Assorney be very much excite. He
aay, 1 come two clock before."
Marian Informed Lon that night
that she Intended driving to town
with Wakl the following day to shop
for shrubs.
"You're an optimist," I.on In
formed her. "Do you think his fire
eating chariot will make the hill
grade?"
Marian wondered that afternoon It
It would, t seemed doubtful until a
powerful car pulled up behind and
offered to belp It orer the bump,
much to Wakl's embarrassment.
During the drive Into the city
Marian was conscious of a truck
which trailed them at a conserva
tive distance, and which parked
across the street when tiey pulled
up before the florist's.
With Wakl and one of the clerks
he wended her way through the
shrub-dense gardens until she bad
lost sight of the waiting truck, then
by a rear entrance approached tbe
florist's office.
"Well young lady, what kind of a
mesa are you In now?"
The District Attorney rose as she
entered.
"A Jim-dandy," she admitted, and
plunged into a detailed account of
everything that bad happened since
the night she bad gone to Reno to
aee Silver Hondon.
"Why In the name of Heaven
didn't you bring that letter to me?"
he Interrupted as she told of finding
tbe letter In her pocket and learning
of the un-read page which connected
McSwaln with the bribery of Wil
liam Brown.
"McSwaln'a In so deep be has to
take the same rosd out he took In,"
her friend Informed her, then, "go
Marian continued with her ac
count of their connection with the
McSwalns. When she told of con
fronting him with her knowledge of
tbe letter, tbe District Attorney
stood up. "Good Heavens," he said
baking bis bead, "I don't know
whether you're brave or foolish."
"Foolish," Marian Informed him,
"however at the time I was so angry
at blm 1 didn't reallre what I was
doing."
"Little Red Pepper," remarked
the attorney. However be did not In
terrupt her again, and after she bad
finished he sat for a few moments
thinking.
"Without that evidence 1 can't
come out In an open charge against
McSwaln. If you try to, he'll close
In on Lon and 70u will be a 'felon's
wife,' whose testimony would be
looked upon as an attempt to gain
vengeance for his prosecution of
your husband."
"Then what can I do?" asked
Marian, "I can't let Lon go on this
way. I know It would be practically
Impossible for Lon to defend him
self by saying be was drugged be
cause he himself doesn't believe It."
"'"PHE only thing you can do," re
' marked tbe District Attorney,
thoughtfully, "is to produce the evi
dence of McSwaln's bribery and
charge him before he has a chance
to touch your husband." He paused
to look In astonishment at Marian
who was laughing hysterically.
"What Is so tunny?" he Inquired
"1 am." she answered. "I'm the
funniest girl that ever lived."
"And why?"
"Because, Cliff Hondon Is the
only msn who can produce that
evidence and 1"
"Yes, go on."
"I spoiled any chance of his doing
that. I lied, thinking It might save
his life. 1 fought Silver In order to
reach the telephone and send a mes
sage to him to fight to live. 1 let
Hondon and the world believe that
It was Silver who sent the message
and now be feels he owes bis life
to ber, aod be wltl never do any
thing to hurt her."
"Little old Don Quixote." mur
mured her friend, "so you were the
one i .. . message. I remem-
br tbb Hi-- j l the Emergency Hos
pital talking about It. Marian," he
said suddenly, "why not go to Hon
don and tell him tbe truth?"
"Do you think he'd believe me?"
she asked bitterly. "I wasn't satis
fied with telephoning; I accom
panied Sliver to the hospital and
prompted ber on what she should
say to him."
"Isn't there any way of proving
this? Isn't there anyone who knowa
the truth?"
Marian shook her head In the
negative, then stopped. Max Hamlin,
of course. "Yes, there is," she an
swered, "there was a man there;
he held Silver's arms while 1 tele
phoned. He was the one, I'm sure,
who slipped that letter Into my coat
pocket You aee. Silver liked Lon
as soon as she saw him. She's since
threatened f. take blm from me.
Hamlin realised 1 might have to
fight for him. because Lon knows
only tbe Silver I created with my
He and thinks she's a grand little
sport
'But," she concluded, "1 don't
know where to reach Hamlin."
"Thare Is only one course for you
to take," the District Attorney told
Marian. "It's up to you to find Ham
lin, let him give you the evidence
you need, then go to Hondon and
tell him you were tbe one who saved
his lite."
"Oh, I couldn't do that," protested
Marian, "I told that He, It's up to me
to take my punishment."
' "You think it wouldn't be honor
able, eh?" he questioned.
MARIAN thought a moment . . .
thought back to the night she
had flown to RenV to the scene In
the courtroom while the crowd
waited for tbe verdict In the Brown
bribery trial.
"It wouldn't be honorable," ahe
conceded In a faltering voice.
"And you'd aooner let your hus
band go to the penitentiary, either
for cashing a check, or as the case
now stands, taking the tall for the
Maddrn Construction company
wben I Insist upon a State Inspec
tion "
"What do you mean?" she asked,
startled.
"1 mean that 1 ahall demand an
Inspection before the city accepts
the East Braioa High school. 1 firm
ly believe that McSwaln Intends to
bold that check aa a threat over
yo-ir husband, forcing blm to take
tbe responsibility of tbe school's
construction. When it Is discovered
that faulty material Is used, your
husband will be beld responsible."
"You would do that?" she asked.
"Can 1 do anything else, knowing
what I know?" ha countered kindly.
"Marian, on your way home, do this.
Drive by Telephone and 42nd, ar
rive there at 'bree o'clock, you'll
Just bave time. Get In toucb wltb
me later on and tell me what you
Intend to do."
He shook' bands with her, gave
her a sturdy pat on the shoulder,
then went back to wait until she
and her shadow bad left.
Marian Joined Wakl In the gar
dens, found he had accumulated the
shrubs they were to take back with
them, then went wltb blm to tbe
car and told him where to place
them, conscious she was being
watched from the truck down the
atreet
She told Wakl where to drive and
fortunately for them they were
caught and held In a traffic Jam on
the corner, until she bad seen what
ber friend had wanted her to aee.
There was a high school tliore. the
building and grounds covering two
blocka. Classes bad Just been dis
missed and the atreets were
thronged wltb girls. On the parade
grounds the khaki clad boya of the
R. O. T. C. were drilling.
At their head was a slim, sun
browned boy In officer's uniform.
He looked like Lon must have
looked at that age. She saw him
wheel to face hla company, shout
an order, heard It repeated by bis
lieutenants, saw hlrn wheel back,
hand ome to his cap in a smart
salute.
"Howdy, Miss Marian," be called.
She recognised him now. He had
been captain of a Boy Scout troop
she bad accompanied to summer
camp for a story and she had been
adopted by his group of boys. She
responded to the sslute, found It
ruined by the sudden forward lurch
of the Wakl car, and half laughing,
half crying, took one backward
glance at the school grounds.
Of course 'he District Attorney
could do nothing else. She could do
nothing else.
"I'll fight." she thought, as the
car continued Its lurching progress.
"I'll reach Hamlin somehow."
(CtyrtU, 1W, jr WtjeJ
Tomorrow. Lon ones again blor-ks
Marian's plane.
Ill
and lndebtdnes adjusted In line
with the farmers' ability to pay.
"The Orogon farm debt .adjustment
committee," Secretary Brelthaupt and,
"are broadly representative of agri
cultural and commercial Interest! tn
the state. The committees are com
posed of state and local agricultural
leaders who work on a- voluntary
basis without pey and are actuated
by a purely unselfish Interest, .having
no reason to devote their time to
this work, except for the good of
their respective communities."
PORTLAND, NOV. 14. (Bpl-) Over
3000 heavily Indebted Oregon farm
ers have obtained voluntary settle
ments with their creditors during
the past year and a half, largely
through the work of the county
farm debt adjustment committees,
according to a atatement made here
by Secretary L. R. Brelthaupt of the
Agricultural Advisory Council of Ore
Ron. Mr. Brelthaupt
Washington consulting with officials
of the Parm Credit administration.
The 3fl county farm debt adjust
ment committees In Oregon have
been Instrumental In settling over
75 per cent of the casea of exces
sive farm Indebtedness brought to
them, Mr. Brelthaupt ' said. Each
county committee la composed of
about 5 representative farmers and
business men appointed by the state j
governor.
The settling of most of the exces
sive debt cases, Mr. Brelthaupt said,
has been a result of personal con
tact work of county committee mem
bers. The more difficult cases are
handled before ft regular meeting or
the full committee, the interests or
the farmer and hla creditors being
presented and the recommendations
arrived at by the committee sub
mitted to each party concerned. Mr.
Brelthaupt stressed the fact that
only meritorious cases are being con
sidered by the county committees
!ED
8EATTLE. Nov. 14 fAP
now in j judge jonn c Bowen. acting upon
the petition of the Associated Press,
tcday Issued ft temporary' order re
straining radio station KVOS at Bel
llngham from using Associated Press
news until a hearing November 19
In federal court upon an application
for a temporary injunction against
KVOS.
Attorneys B. W. Howard and J. W.
Kendall of Belllngham filed the com
plaint. The defendant was ordered to ap
pear November 19 and show cause
why an injunction should not be
issued against It.
The radio station was ordered In
the temporary restralner not to "pi
rate, appropriate, use or disseminate"
any of the news gathered by the
Associated Press, or Its members,
during a period, not less than 24
hours, in which the news has com
mercial value. It was also forbidden
to use excerpts of the news or to re
write it, '
Klsfted After Dlvorc
ST. LOUIS (UP) Mrs. Haze F.
Holrkamp was granted a divorce from
her husband. Irvin. in a routine suit.
Federal But court attaches stared In sur
prise at the end of the trial when:
Irvin smiled broadly, handed his
former wife 150. kissed her and
they strolled out of tho courthouse,
arm In arm.
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Mme, Cantanieene-Orant, mother of
Princesa Bertha Cantaurne. for
mally announced today the marriage
of her daughter to Charle Slebern
in Louisville Sunday.
She expected the couple at her
Connecticut avenue apartment here
during the day. Describing her new
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ahe said he had been an old friend
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vorced first husband, Bruce Smith
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