PAGE SIX
EYXOP81B: James Stimeon III.
the catch of Se-o Vonvord, has.,
hits resisted hie Aunt and her
friends nobly ill 1'ielr cimnpl 10
marry him oB to Jans Norlhrvp
the richest girt in town Ho loves
Leslie Harrie. whose father oc
casionally oett very drunk. Jnmea
and t.ealle are on the verge ol
getting thinge atrnlghtened out the
nioht of Jomea' htg party, when
Ur. Herri arrives very drunk and
vera Insulting. He i led away by
Lealie.
Chapter 20
OPEN BREAK
rHKRE came Aunt Sarab, calllnn
film again, and Jane headed
itralght for him. A momeni more
ind be would be caught
Abruptly be dodged behind a big
lilac bush, and disappeared Into tbe
night Alone, until almost morning,
lames waited in the woods. Who
took Jane borne be neither knew nor
cared. And bis aunt warned by some
rare Intuition, never mentioned bis
absence to bim.
James sent Leslie a great box of
white roses next morning and went
that afternoon to see her.
He saw. Instead, Mrs. Harris, who
said that Leslie was out and Insiated
nervously upon apologizing for her
husband's behavior the evening be
fore to James' profound and acute
embarrassment
Leslie was out next day when
James called and the next and the
next When he happened to meet
ber casually a week or two later he
found a different Leslie entirely, a
proud, cold, aloof little LeBlle he
found It lmponslble to reason with
or comprehend.
At first he tried tried desperate
ly and probably would have beon
trying yet If bis lelf-conftdonce had
not suddenly forsaken him and a
sick gnawing doubt not whispered to
blm that perhaps after all Leslie
never had cared for blm In the least,
bad indeed rather welcomed a
chance to break off with blm.
Sam Fletcher still went there and
Bud and Jack and half a dozen
others. She did not refuse to see
them or to answer their letters.
And certainly It wasn't hla fault that
her father drank too much and made
a scene.
He, himself, bad done nothing
not a thing that be could think of to
deserve such punishment, although
be searched bis conscience hour
after hour. Surely, If Leslie liked
iblm even a little bit she would not
treat him so cruelly for nothing at
all except worshipping the ground
the walked on.
Leslie, meanwhile, after a week
of retirement, went everywhere
she was asked, laughed even more
than usual and never once men
tioned James or his party or made
any excuses for ber father.
Howover, not even her mother
knew of the scene she had gone
through that night at home after
Sam had gone when she faced a half
sober, half maudlin and thoroughly
repentant father and forced from
him bit by bit the reason that bad
sent blm to bring ber home.
"What was It Father? You've got
jto tell me," Insisted Leslie, standing
over him and shaking him now and
again Into wakefulness. "I won't go
to bed or to aleep until yon tell me
Iwhat It was." V
John Harris took refuge first In
'haughtiness and finally In self-abasement
Leslie got It out of him
finally that Dill Hawks had told him
that Mrs. Dill bad heard that Miss
Sarah Stlmaon had told Miss Laura
Thornton who told Jennie Sears that
In ber day young ladles were accus
tomed to let the young men do the
pursuing, but that nowadays It
eemed the other, way round, and
that she was thinking of having ber
telephone taken out because that
flighty little Leslie Harris was for
ever calling her nephew on the
'phone and Insisting that be go to
aee her when he wanted to stay at
home.
T ESLIE remembered that she bad
JL-' called James on the telephone
once or twice some weeks earlier
and that Miss Sarah bad answered
It each time. "Oh," she said, "oh.",
and her color flamed. "Is that all?
Was there anything else? she de
manded almost fiercely. "Did Miss
Sarah say anything elaaT"
"According to Dill, It's common
knowlodge that ... old Sarah Slim
son thinks it would be unspeakably
degrading for a Stimson to marry a
Harris. I've been a bad father, Lea
lie, a damned had falher, but I'd
rather see you dead than married
Into a family that looks down on vou.
Why, if your grandmother . . ."
"YesT Tell mo about my grand
mother," said Leslie quickly. That
evening was the first time In all her
life Leslie had heard her father men
tion bis mother.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn., April 8.
The ban on Sunday movies in TVn
neaaee was lifted Saturday and each
city given the right to decide whether
they are to be shown when Gov. Hill
MeAUster slrnd bill providing
"locsl option" plan. '
HOW TO PRONOUNCE
'CABELL' PROPERLY
PORTLAND. April - 8. (API The
nam of. Henry Fulling Csbel, new
chairman of the suite hlRhway com
mU'lon. n on many tonRues these
days but mo-t tongnen no awrv on
the pronoiiii'-tillon ot the f.nnlly
dill III RICHES IKINDNESS WEEK
John Harris rose and aside from a
slight unsteadiness seemed perfect
ly sober,
"Your grandmother was a gentle
woman," be said with more dignity
than Leslie bad believed possible.
"She has been In ber grave many
years and It seems best under tbe
circumstances to leave ber there In
peace. Silo, was a proud woman and
suffored a great deal before she died.
1 must ask you in all kindness never
to mention ber to me again. It brings
back many memories 1 bave spent a
lifetime trying to forget."
"I'm sorry," said Leslie gently,
"I'll never speak of ber after tonight
Out Mother told me once she thought
you bad named me for her. Is that
true?"
'Yes."
'Am I like her? Am I at all like
her?" persisted Leslie.
"In your tact and social gifts, yes.
in your lack of pride, no. It has oc
curred to me occasionally that you
were ratbor lacking in proper pride
Aside from that , . ."
He stopped suddenly struck by
what be was saying and shrugged
his shoulders In a bait Gallic, balf
futile gesture.
"God knows you haven't much to
be proud of." be said mournfully and
broke down and cried. Leslie bad to
call her mother finally and between
tbem they got him to bed.
But before she slept that night
Leslie vowed that she too would be
a gentlowoman, that she too would
acquire a proper pride. She would
die, oh, she would die a thousand
times before she would let Miss
Sarah Stimson say she was running
after James.
Let James marry Jane Northrup
If be wanted to. She would show
Miss Sarah, she would show James,
she would show New Concord!
James would bave to sue on his
knees and bis aunt with him before
she would take him back.
TEVER bad New Concord been so
gay as-- during that summer.
Thore were other dances, many sun-
pors and dinners and picnics. Nine
times out of ten James found him
self partnered on these occasions
with Jane while Leslie continued to
be freezlngly polite to blm and made
much of Sam or Bud or Jack but
particularly of Sam under his very
eyes.
James never saw Leslie alone now
and gradually had ceased to try to
force himself upon her, turning nat
urally enough to the comfort of
Jane's presence. Jano at least was
nlways stimulating and entertaining.
Jane made his evenings bearable
and got him out of himself. '
Nevertheless, James looked so
forlorn and wretched and was so evi
dently pining to rush back and throw
himself at Leslie's feet at ber first
sign of softening, that Mrs. Millard,
after a conference with Miss Julia
and her cohorts, took the bull by tbe
boms and Invited Leslie to spend
the month of August with her at her
cottage on Lake Michigan, offering
to pny all the girl's expenses there
and back.
Leslie, a little white, a little thin.
her head held high met Jamea by
chance one afternoon on Commer- !
clal Street and told him.
"Mrs. Millard has Invited me to
visit her at Harbor Beach," sho said
smiling happily. "Isn't that lovely?
I've been crazy to go there and can
hardly wait to start"
"Why, yes," agreed James unoasl
ly. "That's fine." And added as an
afterthought, "Will you be the only
one?"
"No, Mrs. Millard expects her
niece and nephew he's Just gradu
ated from Harvard Law School. And
Sam Is planning to come up for bis
vacation, but of course he will stay
at a hotel."
If Leslie had lingered a moment
she might have noticed how white
and sick James looked, but she had
caught sight of someone she knew
across the street and hurried off.
Standing alone In the shade of
Moyer's drug store awning, James
quite' definitely abandoned Leslie
then and forever. She must love the I
mutt she must And he had been
so sure once that she cared for him.
If It had been someone else, some
one more worthy who could have
appreciated and understood her. It
would not have been so hard to bear.
Dut Sam wasn't a gentleman. He was
coarse, common, supremely unfit to
own so beautiful and rare a being
as Leslie. It was as bad as a FIJI
Islander owning Venus de Mllo.
It was weeks before he could bear
lo hear Leslie and Sam's prospective
engagement commented upon. It
was months before he could say
without his voice trembling that
Sam was certainly one lucky man
(Copyright. MJJ Uateel tj. farnham)
Tomorrow, Jane t.ikt sn unutu.
at tnterest In hr "poor futhor."
short as In "nk"
Inble accented.
ant the first syl
WHITE ROBIN REPORTED
BY WAGNER CREEK MAN
WAONKR CREEK. April 8 (Spl.)
h. if. Ooddard reports seeing
albino robin at close range near hla i
home remit ly. Mr. Oodrtnrd. who la!
76 yrars old. any this In the first j
albino robin he ever saw. He gives i
the wonderful climate of Wanner ,
'creek credit lor both the robin and'
rIko his
years.
own seventy-five active
Shh1 itiitr ()uli set
WASH1NOTON. Alrll B (API Ttie
Interstate cnmtnrrce eonimlMlon to- !
day aimotinord the flatr and places I
for hrarlups to be hel on an appll- j
cation ot various rntlronda for per
mission to litrrrnse freight rates on
potatoes and vegetables from the !
west and oit!niv.t
I
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MEDFORD MAT!. TRTBUXE. MEDFORD.
IS
Th twenty-flnt
-naU Anniversary".
"Be Kind to Ani
. was Inaugurated
3unday throughout the United States
with the observance ot Humane Sun
day. The anniversary will continue
throughout next Saturday. with
dally ceremonies In large and small
cities and towns In all parts of Amer
ica. Nationally the event Is under
auspices of the American Humane
Association, which coordinates the
work of more than flOO member so
cieltles In the humane field. The
Jackson County Humane Society., S.
P. C. A.. Is among the member socie
ties participating.
"Be Kind to Animals Anniversary"
Is not a fund raising appeal, though
a very large p?r centage of aocftles
for the prevention of cruelty to ani
mals have been handicapped since
the start of the depression because
of a lack of funds. The appeal, how
ever, aMcs only a more kindly con
'deration of all animals for the en
.uing year. Local societies want too,
to advise people without funds how
best their pets may be properly
cared for. Funds have been expend
ed In aiding these cases In the past,
but most society treasuries are now
j bo acpietca mm oniy novice can now
i ds given inose wno appeal lor it.
Hundreds of ministers In alt parts
of the United States devoted all or
part of their services Sunday to the 1
kindness cause. During the coming
week there will be a series of na- 1
Hundreds of ministers In all parts E 8 W W iWWr.J mil t- -I i fr.a tom LOvLV one HRVt jUrip HbWN, 1-KIMtK .8U-5 fOK UNUe fcAT in v nw-
S-MATTERPOP ' " , By C. M. Payne
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j TAILSPIN TOMMY 'Iruu! . by Hal t'Qiiest
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r ARE AGAIN I ILL SURE 6ET I m J3wS? E I POOR BIRD WAS ? THE RAPERS M BEEN A REASON FOR I WHY, JIM DONAN Ll I LUKE' j? SOME CATTLE WE COULD P
I HOPE WE'LL THE WILLIES If ALL-CARRIED YARNS OF THE I WIM NOT CARRYING J SAVS WELL BE THE P HAVE A RANCH IF VENAO 5
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VOU'RE
tlonal broadcasts over the Columbia
and National systems In which prom
Iment stars of the screen and the
Broadway stage will appeal for more
sympathy to the animal cause.
School children everywhere will also
observe the anniversary, whose ac
tivities this year promise to be more
extensive than in the twenty years
since Its Inception In 1915.
Oddly enough "Be Kind to Animals
Anniversary" was conceived by an
obscure and retired printer, who at
the time had no connection with hu
mane societies. He la Henry P. Le
wlth, a former linotype operator of
Charleston, South Carollua. His
suggestion for the kindness week was
firht presented to humane societies
In 1914, and the anniversary became
effective on a national scale In 1916.
Interest has Increased In the move
ment each year, and this year hun
dreds of thousands of people will be
active participants. Millions of ani
mals are treated and cared for an
nally by humane societies.
Oregon Weather.
Unsettled with rain tonight and
Tuesday; snows over mountains: no
change in temperature; fresh west
and northwest wind off the coast.
MENTION THE
SMOKE "AROUN
fll f THIS MOMEST AUKT SUSflU AS MOTHER PiCKSOP FORK AT LAST FA MHY BE6IN5 TO
'lOTSSOT J 1 1 I J il lM IT.! 3 il MOW WmBR AHp HE IS SENT HORACE'S PLATE, BECAUSE HE UP rK lOSI.HMfc
Mlfe TO FILL HER 6LA&5 'CRSoT To 6IVE Hi1 M STUFflKfc I
THlNKlN
ABOUT
FIRED M
CIGARS'
OREGON, MONDAY.
FREE SILVER FOR
ii
WASHINGTON, April 8. (A") The
long dormant senate inflation block
roused itself today for la drive to
put more money In circulation by
cashing the veterans bonus and re
monetizing silver.
At almost the same time In the
iiouse, advocates of a central mone
tary authority, which would have
full control over currency Issuance,
forced the reopening of house bank
ing committer hearings on the om
nibus banking bill.
The senate bloc offered modifica
tions to the Pfttman new money
bonus bill which Its members con
tended would make the measure mo:
acceptable to the administration. It
also orspnlzed to demand action on
the Wheeler bill for free coinage of
silver. 1
JUS' WHEN GHT ME MIND
OFF SMOKN' SOMEONE'S
COT TO REMIND ME OF IT
I'LL LISTEN TO THE RA0IO
THAT'LL KEEP ME FROM
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APRTL 8. 19IW.
DELAYED START
HUK6R1LY WATCHES FAIrlfR
CARvT THE CHICKEN
5FES MOfUfR PICK DPFoRK.,
AMP 6E-T3 AU S HIMSELF
Uiiu-KirfS -n.
ladies amd gemtlemen-this is
st ati on o-1 c located on
top of dovles shovel
fa ctorv-we'll broadcast the.
ball-Game between the
CASS AVENUE SWIPES
AND THE "KERRY- PATCH
RED-HEADS
BUT-
(Copyright. 1934, by Tot Bell Syndicau. lnc
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MOTHER MS FORK TOWN A
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By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
RfALUES FATHER HASN'f SERVEP
NOT P&3IN EWTlNC LWiL 6R&WN
UPS DO
COUSIN ELSIE'S NAPKIN BE1K&
Discovered ori the floor,
FAMILV SEEM5 ABOOfTO BE6IN
By George McManus
BEFORE WE START THE
GAME, LET US REMIND YOU
That the. -Wl LITE CIGAR
IS THE BEST CIGAR YOUR
MONEY WILL BUY- IF YOU
HAVE ANY MONEY-
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