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PAGE BIX MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORI). OREGON. MONDAY, MAIiCIT 25, 1933 8YXOPSIB: Jamet Stlmton, at the latt of the btimton Mi.'t hue in Sew Concord, fiat., hat oc cnuied a prominent position in A'cif ;'ncoiii today from birth. He ha lived in the old Rtimton maneiov on the bluflt overlooking the ifif touri river, and hit future hat been a tubjeet of interett to all the taunt bett people. S'oir. however, he hat been tent to tchool in the Earn anil it, pveeltely, a nobody. Chapter Klgbt SCHOOL DAYS IT MUST be confessed tnat Jan.es at tbls period was neither a beau tiful nor a prepossessing young man. The year before he suddenly had be gun to grow and after he got a good alart It aeemed as If ha were deter mined never to atop. He grow, alaa! only In one direc tion and waa ao exceedingly thin for Mb height be finally reached all feet one and a quarter that when he sat down he had the effect of dou bling up like a Jack-knife. Hl carroty red hair was another cross. Cach morning he soaked It In water, parted It In the middle, plas tered each half firmly Into place and put his cap on to set the mold. But a certain cowlick on hla crown refused absolutely to stay where It was put more than twenty minutes at a stretch. JameB' eyes were not bad. When he grew older the girls used to claim they were "speaking eyes" but at present he avoided girls, consider Ing them pests. His best feature In after lite, deeply musical and resonant apeak- Ing voice, had as yet only foreshad owed a later appearance. While It was already Inclined toward the bass and bad many notes extremely pleas ant to the ear, It unfortunately was punctuated thickly with little so prano squeaks which not only spoiled the ensemble but embar rassed their owner to the verge of tears. James was sent, of course, to the famous old academy In Massaohu aetts where hla father and grand father had beon such shining lights, James, however, lacked altogether the grand air possessed so abundant ly by the senior stlmsons. , Ha waa much given to dreaming and was neither alert nor self-contt dent and appoared Just what he was somewhat helpless and Inefficient. Possessing at thla time what looked to be the longest neclc In the world utslde a roo ha waa violently ad dicted to collars so high they looked more llko cuffs. James' clothes bad been made by Mr, Davis, the best tailor In New Concord, of hla Mnest weaves and cloths. That they were well and care fully made cannot be denlod, but not thor la there doubt that thoy, like ilieir owner, lacked that Indefinable Hair and atyle which distinguished both the clothes and the manners of the gilded youths with whom James now found himself surrounded. Miss Sarah went East with her nephew and, the dormitories being full, found him a room recommended by a helpful member of the faculty, In a charming old Colonial house whose owner, Mrs. Bliss, was In "re- . luced circumstances" and forced to rant rooms to young gentlemen. Miss Sarah, after arranging for the payment of James' room and hla board with a friend of Mrs. Bliss, gave her nephew twonty-nva dollars In cash for Incidental expenses dur ing the remaining three months of school, kissed him goodbye without breaking down and departed brave ly to visit her Eastern relatives without lotting Jamea guess In the least what the parting cost her, TO JAM 3 who had never noeded more than a dollar or two at a time, twenty-nve dollars seemed an ample amount and he wondered vaguely when his aunt gave It to him what he would do with all that money. He waa to learn very ahortly. That very evening when he was 'unpacking his trunk a delegation called on blm for a subscription tor the school football team. Jamea was about to offer them a dollar when the supercilious upper classman who was spokesman, shrewdly tak ing James measure, made It plain at once that anyone giving less than ten dollars would be branded for the rest of bis life aa a piker. Jamea. fairly trembling with relief at the aarrowneaa of bis escape, promptly handed over ten dollars. The news spread. The next morning he gave ten more to the baseball team. Tho following afternoon he promised a third ten to the track team and wrote hurriedly to his aunt for tarty dollars. The request stnggered Miss Sarah and she did not sleep a wink that night debating with herself whether to send the money. BLAZE DAMAGES STOCK IN SALEM SHOE STORE SALEM. March 36. (AP A fire, flaring up a few minutes after clos ing time, badly damaged stock and fixture of the Jacob A. Rise shoe store here Saturday night, and re sulted In a painful injury to one fireman. AsMMnnt Pirn Chief William Iwan suffered a r ashed wrist while in the thick of the fight to keep the flami's from reaching adjoining buildings. Simla Anita tnr New Track. RACft AMKNTO, Calif (UP l T phri)"v, i :l MHct-.s of the Kant a A Ita Ikh.t taring trm k. which n ii If held the 100.000 baudlcap a Uu i GREAT RICHES While her father lived It had nev ;r occurred to her to worry over bet nephew's future, but when the Gov ernor died Just as James was bud ding Into manhood and made her his sole guardian. Miss Sarah was , I stunned by the pressure of her re- : sponslbllity. She realized only too well that she ' knew nothing of a certain dark side of young men or of their temptations. On the other hand, James might need the money very urgently. In ( the novels she had read the young heroes often got Into desperate ( straits for want of a little ready cash , during the process known as "sow ing wild oats." How James In forty-eight hours -and under the watchful eyes of his preceptors could have already begun to plant bis oat crop his aunt could not figure out. Miss Sarah's thoughts were as delicate aa wild cherry blos soms. When something was forced on her notice that she did not con consider "nice" she preferred to shut her eyes and pretend It waa not there. I But In a matter where her duty lay plain before her, Miss Sarah could be counted on to keep her eyes fully open no matter what the cost to her I sensibilities. Therefore, after pray- j ing tor help until her knees ached. Miss Sarah rose to what she felt was a "crisis" and prepared to do battle aa best she was able. SI IK wroto James a long and (for her) firm lottcr In which she warned him against temptation, and wondered how he possibly could have apent such a sum In two days. But having finished the letter with out yielding, she added two post scripts: 1 "P. S. Do not think, my dear nephew, that 1 have not faith and confidence In your fortitude. But forewarned Is forearmed, as you know, 1 enclose a postal order for twenty dollars. You must make It do till the end of the torm. Aunt Sarah. "P. P. 8. Of course, If anything should occur that would make the possession of more money Impera tive, you must let me know. I trust, however, no such contingency will arise. Auntie." The letter embarrassed James ter ribly. When he answered It he re ferred only vaguely to Aunt Sarah's warning. The letter made him feel ' more alone than he had ever be lieved possible , A longing for his grandmother more overwhelming than he had. yet experienced Bwept ovor James and twisted and tore his heart. Ills grand mother would hnve understood. 111b grandmother would not have prated about temptations. It came to him aa If for the first time that when he wont home his grandmother would not be there. Ho would never seo her again. It waB yenrs before James could bear to look back and relive hla first weeks at school. James' room was on the third floor front of the Bliss residence and di rectly below him was a suite occu pied by two upper classmen, who had achieved respectively positions no less exalted than the captaincy of the football team and the editorship ot the school paper. The captain of the football team mad It a matter of policy to be on a friendly footing with even the lowli est and most Insignificant. The edi tor of the paper, being a student of human nature, saw In James some, thing of the pup the Judge had vis uallzod shut out In the cold and try ing his best not to whine. Consequently their mightinesses were on the whole Inclined to be friendly, even though they Jibed at James and his native state for the good of his soul. Untortunntoly Jnmcs remembered the Judge's advlco to go slow In making friends and Ignored the friendliness. Lator, when he had dis covered the omlnonce of the two who dwelt Just below him he was too proud to make any but the most ten tative advances, which wore In turn Ignored. Jnmes tmmedlntoly retreat od Into the fnstnesscs of his own soul and aurrounded himself with prickers. It took but a week or two at achool to make him doubt hla own im portance. It took less than a month to make him wonder whother thore was something Inherontly wrong with htm that made atrangera shun and avoid him. James waa naturally the most sociable of souls and he missed companionship fearfully. He took refuge In books or long solitary walks, vnrtcd occasionally by the company of another pariah like himself. As for the temptations from which his aunt had urged him to flee, thoy seemed to he confined, as fnr as James could discover, to her Imagination. (Copyright. 19SS. Ualeel K. Farnham) But tomorrow, Jimii hat an. ether significant trlumon. nation's richest purse, tempted an other organisation to plan a new 1 track. Articles of Incorporation for the Oolden State Jockey club of Loo Angeles were filed with the state. Capitalization of $500,000 Is provld i ed. Hoi-m Damaged ,u(o. 8ACR AMRNTO. Cal ilip) Thrrr horses owned by John Lee broke from their corral and galloped down the road. Exhausted after a long run, they rested In the middle of the highway. Several autoiuohtles tried to pass. The hores reared In pro test and damaned one machine. They were flnnlly raptured and transport ed to their stable. Nr. en Mimlft In Will. CAMBHIIXIK. Mass- UPt- Aldeti H But trick's will was the smallest ever filed In Middlesex probate court The seven word will, wiitten on p;i per five bv thp-e inrlir in sie, remi 1 Eva Buttrlc to bave all I poa.' E rnn IU Boy scout headquarters an nounces that a special training course will commence In the Roose velt school gymnasium at 8 o'clock tonight. The course will consist of eight evening Mn.uun and one outdoor ses sion. Dr. Walter Radford, president of the Southern Oregon Normal Kchool, who Is criRlrman ' of the council leadership training commit tee, has secured very capable Instruc tor to present various topics on child training, particularly that part which deals with the adolescent boy. During Monday evening's session the instructor will review "The Nature of the Boy," his activity urges, his love of adventure, hla Ideals and am bitions as a hero worshiper, his In terest In facts and skills, his play activities and his physical develop ment. 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Student on lii-.pvMli.in Tour. RALEIGH. N. C. ( UP) A group of 37 chemical engineering students here obtained first-hand knowledge of the business they Intend to enter by making a 1 ,0000-mlle Inspection tour of chemical planu throughout the state. California's ShorlW Trial, SACRAMENTO, pal. (UP The shortest trial In the history of Sac ramento county, was recorded when Prank Morris, negro, was sentenced to from five years to life in prison for stealing 35 cents. The trial last ed 40 minutes. A N V7 fMilF&lVfVTr.J GEYs lY.OUY AND PROPS EXPl.AlH5fb-FAYMER.Wne HANDKERCHIEF HAVlNS IS FlRMlV SEYDoWH IN xNrrV;A JiilJ j!?fTr I fx rf' VERV NEfiRLH' HURL' 16 6pHXg for rr, been resYored o lrp. besi fo murmur 'EAT 1 , ILiXVnm I IS HIMSELF OFF LAP HE PIDNY REALLY" NEED POCKEY, DECIDE? HE'D QUIEYlV BOY sYeaDIlV TRfflSSffi Z! 'jXZr!0W m "ft CM5:H ,r HANDKERCHIEF, BUY HE - LIKE fo SfflND UP fO fritf HE'S fHIRSf'r'. FAfHER. CY t-fn WANfED fo P0 A YRICK LOOK Af fHE PEOPLE. 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He return ed soon and saw that more than $50 was missing from his cash register. ; - Win UaMS USSvf VU2b3v, THE FIRST MOVlfc AS A 6REftt -fREft-f "TAKES JUNIOR 10 HIS flRSl MOtflf JUWI0R IMMEDIAfElV PilR HIM Wlfrt SHRILL aUESflONS ' W0l)f WhaY'S 60IKS OH ON SCREEN . EXPWNS -To HIM HE MUSf BE (JUIEf ArfcR A MOMENT'S SI LENCE JUNIOR WHISPERS HE CANY 5EE . MOVES HIM OVER fo HJS LAP By GLUYAS .. JAMS ALMOSf WotfCE J UNOR 8E6INS COMPLICATED CONYoRfiONS TRVIN6 fo 6EY HANDKERCHIEF 0UY0F HIS -POCNEf