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
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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.'
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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. I
Opportunity will be given for group
discussions at which time various
qticstions will be taken up.
The course is for all men over 18
yeara of age scoutmasters, assistant
scoutmasters, troop committeemen.
district committeemen, fathers of
boys. The course 1; free and the
men taking the course assumo no
obligation to become scout leaders.
Scout headquarters states that even
though a man may never become af
filiated with the scout movement,
tho course will be more than worth
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will receive a certificate recognizing
their achievement from the national
headquarters of the Boy Scouts of
America.
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stand boys, men who want to help
boys, men who want to know more
about the scout program and its ob
jectives, are urged to enroll. A tele
phone call to scout headquarters,
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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.
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PORTLAND. Ore., Mar. 25. (API
A persistent gunman received a stiff
right to the Jaw In a holdup attempt
here Saturday, but a few minutes lat
er found a less quarrelsome victim
and 950.
Brandishing an automatic pistol,
the gunman shouted "this Is a hold
up." But J. R. Fahrlaender. manager of
the store, uncorked a right to the
Jaw which sent the gunman crash
ing Into a rack of wine laden shelves.
While bottles toppled around him.
he fled from the store In which half
a dozen customers were shopping at
the time.
A few minutes' later he entered
the Lou Harris grocery. When he
shoutet "this la a holdup," Harris
dashed out the back door. He return
ed soon and saw that more than $50
was missing from his cash register.
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