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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORU. OREGON. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 16. 1934.
Judith
Lane
Marian Gordon
bv JEAX.XE ttOWM W
KYSUl'SW: Uarian casad's A-is
band .oil is worried almost be
yond endurance. Bit bote, the
cranked contractor UcSwain. holds
a check over Lon's head tohteh he
eavs Lon hae raised, and vlans to
use it to force hie employee to vase
defective material in a high school
UcSwain's Arm is building. Ifartan
wants to tree .on. and to do it ehe
must And Max Hamlin, who is the
only man tvho can furnish the evi
dence necessary to control sic-Strain.
Chapter 41
MESSAGE FROM KING
THE District Attorney bad laid
tbat be believed McSwaln would
force Lon to bear the reaponslblllty
of the blgb school. Perhaps Lon
was realizing tbl; peruana this was
what waa worrying Mm. Marian
wondered If ha would have to
choose between McSwaln'a orders
and prosecution . . . persecution.
Choosing wouldn't be an easy mat
ter for be wculd have ber to con
sider. She must hurry her counter at
tack. King should have an answer
to her query before rery long.
Lon stirred, awakened and Ma
rian thought aba detected a new
attitude as ha arose and prepared
tor the day. it was as though be had
made a decision tbat night and bla
mind was at rest.
"Ian." he aaid at breakfast. "I'm
going to be late again tonight, only,"
and be gave a wry smile, "I won't
be out with the boys."
"Oh, Lon." Sho couldn't help the
fears which arose like a bost about
her.
"Tell you what, Ian, you come tn
on the five forty-five and we'll have
dinner together; then I'll take you
to a theater and call for you."
Marian hesitated a moment. She
felt tbat after bis vigil of the night
before he waa going to someone,
either for advice, or with bis de
cision.
"Lon," she said, "you don't want
me to go with you, or know where
you are going ... no, don't misun
derstand, I don't need to know . . ,
but, would you want anyone else to
follow you?"
"I don't know what yon mean.'
"I mean tbis, and don't laugh or
be bitter. This house Is being
watched and I am being trailed.
Wherever I go, one of McSwaln'a
Kanaka boys follows."
"Ian!" He was .shocked, she saw
tbat, hut she saw something deeper.
He believed ber.
"That's why I didn't want bis
jgardener here. That Is why I keep
: Wakl here. He understands and will
;protect me."
He waa silent a few moments,
i Marian saw the steeling cf the grim
'lines about his mouth, then be
spoke. "Can you find someone to
come out and stay with you?"
"No, this is the Steeles' Saturday
night on duty. I'm not afraid. Hero
will give the alarm; I have my re
volver and as I said, I know bow to
use it."
"Maybe we'd better take an apart
ment in town," he aaid in a worried
voice.
"No, I'd rather not leave here."
She didn't say she considered It In
advisable to frighten McSwaln Into
action before aha had tha evidence
she needed. "There's really no dan
ger, aside from having someone
know every step 1 take."
"I won't be out late," he promised.
TJE wasn't, but until he waa well
1 within the gatea of borne Ma
rian stood guard at the window. As
he approached the house from the
garage she noticed that his arms
were II lied with bundles.
"Ran Into Tony Oaiettl, and he
aent these things out to you," he
explained, handing her a box which
she found contained Mrs. Gatettl's
famous chicken ravioli, "and this."
be banded her an armful of ahaggy
astega In rose and purple, pink and
mauve.
"These, 1 brougbt," and Marian
accepting the two small cornucopias
flashed him a smile of understand
ing. Violets and marigolds. It
proved that by some alchemy of
thought, his understanding of ber
and belief In ber bad been restored.
"Ian." be said, after ahe bad ar
ranged the flowers In bowla and
joined bim at tha Oreslda, "I'd like
to hare a aerlous talk with you. To
begin with, do you trust ma?"
"Trust you? In what way?"
J mean, if in the fulure I were to
do things that looked mighty
strange to you, would you and could
you overlook them, knowing I did
them with a purpose?"
"Now that you've forewarned me
I could and wcu'd."
"I am going to spend tomorrow
with .McSwaln."
"Oh. Lon." the words fleshed out
of their own volition, "be careful."
"Don't worry," he sitlled at her,
.a t worry, be bad said, aa If
ttio could keep from worrying while
he was with any member of that
family. And then a new question
arose.
Is McSwaln In town again?" aba
asked. She remembered Lon having
said be bad returned to the northern
part of the 8tate where he was bid
ding on a building.
He comes In on Sunday).," Lon
said. "He sent word today that be
wanted me there for a conference."
But tbat won't take long," Ma
rian Interposed.
"No, but he also left word that I
was to come prepared to stay tor
dinner."
Oh," a monosyllabic answer. It
sounded stupid. She felt stupid, but
after having promised to trust
bim. . . .
"Will you ba too lonesome here?"
he asked. "Why don't you telephone
your folks and have them drive
down, or you might tako me over,
then drive up and sea them."
"No," she answered, "I'd rather
be here . , , right here uu the spot
I'll read and then there's the radio."
But she didn't read and she didn't
even look towarda tha radio. Tbe
day waa warm and clear and aba
worked In tha part of the garden
from ffhich sbe might bear a tele
phone, and when she could find
nothing else to do, followed Lon'a
newly formed habit of pacing up and
down the path which led to the bill
top. ,
Inaction, ahe decided was more
trying than actual suffering. To be
forced to wait while unseen forces
seemed to be gathering about ber
was tbe most nerve wracking ordeal
aha bad ever faced.
"Here I sit while be goes putting
bis bead Into a noose," sbe thought
once. Not tbat she waa sitting, or
felt sbe would ever sit peacefully
again.
HERO gave a short bark. Some
one coming. She raced to tbe
top of the bill boplng to see the fa
miliar V of Lon'a car; Instead aha
saw tbe snub-nosed top of Wakl
machine valiantly trying to make
tbe grade. Wakl bent earnestly over
the wheel as It by pushing ha would
help.
His face waa beaming when be
arrived. May at hla side. Tbey bad
coma to call, he explained. May
wished to see the garden, but first
tbe Inside of the bouse.
Marian conducted them inside
and, assured that be wasn't being
observed, Wakl brought a telegram
from the Innermost recess of tbe
coat, sweater and vest ho wore.
Marian tore It open eagerly. It
was from King.
"Have locatd party stop h IS
walling at Oakmera for word from
you stop suggest you telephone for
appotntment atop advlsa Immedi
ate contao' John."
Marian read the telegram, then
looked at the mantel clock. It was
five-flftoen. She could make the five
forty-live wltb Wakl's help, and the
car would go downhill, of that she
was sure. She would leave May tu
catch any cbanco call from Lon, and
to guard the bouse.
Like a whirlwind she flew Into
town clothes, pulled tbe new bat
down over her hair at a rakish an
gle, grabbed gloves, purse, keys,
talking meanwhile to May.
"If any strangers come, don't lot
them In," she admonished, "and
don't let Hero out. Better keep the
lights on, and tba blinda drawn. If
Mr. Casad cornea home, tell him I
went to . . . let'a see . . . to Mrs.
Steele's. Remember that?"
"I remember sat," May assured
ber. "I say, Mis Casad, she go Mil
Seeles."
"You'd better say Anne Steele,"
Marian decided, "and It he needs ma
you have bim telephone there,
won't you. May?"
"I do."
Tba Wakl car charged down tha
Hill, V.irlar, huddled down In tbe
front seat trying to look as much
Ilka Mra. Wakl as her tall form
would allow. Perhaps her ehadow
would decide the Wakls had mere
ly come to call and were returning
home, and would atay on, guarding
the bouse.
They reached the depot Just aa
the electric train pulled In and Ma
rian was relieved to And no trace of
a Kanaka boy or anyone else wbo
seemed Interested In her, tn the
background.
Aa they sped towards tha city,
she thought of tha wire. The Oak
mere. je of tbe more obscure ho
tels. She would go directly to
Anne's, then telephone frcm there
and wait tor bim.
(CsiwuU, I'il, r hens ,...)
Marian's talk with Hamlin Is dis
turbed, tomorrow.
E
GROWN 100 EASY SMS
I COURT 1
DETROIT. (UP) IVno soon will
be crowded out of the divorce pic-
AKRON, O (UP) Ohio's
Mason nre going to battle
om propaganda" whlrh
lieve largely renpormlble
35.000
insidl-
they be
for "law-
lesfnesa and lowering tone of mor-
ture In favor of Michigan. Judge l,, "7"uu; .
Theodore J. Rlchter of the Wayne
Circuit court believes.
Divorces have become as easy to
obtain here aa In Reno and Michi
gan will soon be the divorce centre
of the United State aa well as a
large portion of Canada.
Children are the Innocent victims
of these divorces." he said. "Ninety
per cent of the caws tried In Juve
nile Court concerns the children of
divorced psrents. They have been
robbed of their homes and left with
none tA guide them.
If you study the background of
most criminals, you will find they
never had a home In the real sense
of the w ord . The y a re of d 1 vorced
parent, or there waa no religious
training In their homes."
Judige Rlchter suggests that the ;
church takes Its part. He listed three ,
things the Church might do: ;
Work for uniform divorce laws.
For the establishment of a court '
of domestic relatlcns.
Set up domestic relations com
mittee to go Into families which
face - a break up, follow the cese
through the divorce courts tf the
divorce cannot be prevented, and
see that, the children are properly
cared for.
unanlmoua support of the 105th
annual grand assembly of the grand
council of Royal and Select Masters
held here.
"We declare our unalterable op
position to eommunlcm, socialism.
sovletlsm and fascism, or any other
administrative system opposing our
representative and constitutional
form of government," the resolution
said, "well knowing that In those
countrle in which these systems pre
vail, personal liberty ceases, free
speach and a free press are pro
hibited and the Institution of free
masonry destroyed."
QUINTUPLETS GET
(MIMAS GIFTS
CALLENTJAR, Ont., Nov. 16. (UPI
Christmas gltts have started com
ing early to the Dlonne quintuplets
and today five tiny girl babies all
had new mittens to keep tneir hands
warm during their dally open air
naps and new preambuiators tor
their outdoor naps. N
Slcplng baps were given them some
days ago. Identification necklaces,
from the North Bay Ola Home Week
committee, will be presented shortly.
The only additional present the
babies need now. Dr. A. R. Dafo?.
said. Is an ultra violet ray lamp tor
their sun baths.
SUBURBAN HEIGHTS
By GLUYAS WTLLUMS
The motto of Minnesota la "Etolle
du Nord," meaning, "the Star of the
North."
The huge lake formed by Boulder
dam In Nevada Is expected to be
115 miles long and 8 miles wide.
One bucketful of water may breed i
enough mosquitoes to Infest a com-
rminlty.
'I tSf ON THE APttRNOON TriKT THE LADIES'
J lhJ CLUB MEEf5,'Ei;ERV OWE ENVIE6
X &r ERKllE PLUMER WHO 15 THE ONLY j
prA MAM INI -fOWNf VHO DOESN'T HAVE !
TO WALK HOME FROM THE STATION, ;
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S 'MATTER POP
TURTLE EGGS HATCH
AND THUMP ON PIANO $3,158 IN CAMPAIGN'
HOUSTON. Texas W, Two
month ago Mrs, Ethel Reich el
Houston and her hushsnd went fish.
Ing on a cree. near Bugarland. Tex
where they found a soft-shf tr
tie's nest and took from It nine
eftrs
Agalmt the advice of her hurnand
9ALFM, Nov. IB APt Peter
Ztn. merman, who placed second in
the .ontet for tne governorship of
the aute, as an Independent canrtl- !
dAte, stent I3.1M In hla campaign,
he repoted to the 8tM Depart
ment toda..
Bruce Ppa'ildlnf. PemocraMc candt-
date for district attorney of Polk
Mrs. Reich washed and pMlahed theJ.0UntT f,rrnf,(i im snd Chnrles
egrs and tk them home where they
edorned the piano top aa decoration.
Several ntghta later Relrh was
awakened by noise emanating from
the puna similar to those n-nlch
might he expected from an unskilled
planlat. He found tha eggs had
hat-hed nine blinking, but very
much alive turtles. They were slowly
walking along the keyboard.
M Crandall, publican candidate
for d'atrlct att-vney of Malheur
county apent
CLEVELAND V?i Hot dogs
numbering 4VAOO, IS barrel of sauer
kraut. lOOO loavea o! bread. S(H
pounds of coffee, were M ftOOO per
sona at Republican pol.ttcal rally ,
her.
Bv C M Hv?ne
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