MEDFORD MATT. TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON. FRIDAY. MAY 3, 1935.
PAGE TWENTY-TWO
SnMTRTRJPES
BY.SOPS18: The Oreat War
served, at least, to poslpons what
teemed an inevitable break between
Jamea and Jane Bttmson. It took
Jamee out of Sew Concord. Kaa.
and away from the law bualnea
that hta miserable home HI ten
elotrlu destroying James tan
back a mator waa arreted at M
Loula bu an apparently pleaeaiu
Jane and found that he didn't
have anything whatever he wanted
to say to her. r.'nic he is home, and
has elmplv walked out on Jane
alter their first luncheon together.
Chaptei 41
JAMES WALK
JAMES had left th Mansion with
every Intention of walking a fast
as his legs would carry blm the two
miles that separated him from his
waiting dinner, at Oak and North
Fifth Streets. He was late already.
Jane would have a right to be sore
as belL
He came to the lane that dipped
abruptly down to the River Road.
Almost Involuntarily bis feet turned
Into It He was a coward, a cur, a
contemptible ass. But be had not, he
could not And the courage to go back
and face Jane.
He knew, nevertheless, that soon
er or later he must go back. It was
Impossible, being what be was, Just
to walk out of her life and never see
her again, as he desperately longed
to do.
Well, thle was his last day In uni
form, the last hours he had left to
feel himself a man and not Just a
husband. Wasn't be entitled to spend
these hours to suit himself? The
Northrups, mere and pere, were cer
tain to put in an appearance that
evening.
If he bad to listen another balf
hour to more of Mr. Northrup's slob
ber there sure would be murder
done. Godl How be would enjoy
squeezing that fat purple throat,
grinding his hob-nailed beel on tbat
blotched overfed face!
James ate bis "welcome borne"
dinner out of a can beside a camp
Are. It consisted of stew, baked pota
' toes, coffee and raw corn whiskey.
His host waa an extremely dirty
but engaging member of the I.W.W.
who bad been thrown off the Kansas
City local a tew miles north of
Leavenworth. James saw the camp
fire from the road, made tor It and
was Invited to dinner.
He stayed until after ten, arguing
the merits and demerits ot the capi
talistic system. He had a glorious
time. So did his host. By the time
James had drunk his full share of
the quart bottle he bad pledged him
self solemnly to a war ot extermina
tion ot the capitalistic class.
Shooting was too good tor them.
He'd bostn In the morning. And be
knew just who he'd begin with. But
first he bad a little matter to settle
which could not be put off any long
er. It his friend, bis dear friend BUI,
would look him up In the morn
ing. . . .
James heaved himself unsteadily
to bis legs, wrung the hand of his
new-found comrade and started
northward. The first mile or two he
sang, be danced, be capered. Afraid
of Janet Afraid of the Northrups?
He laughed long and loud. He hadn't
been afraid ot the Germans, had he?
He badn't been afraid to tackle a
nest ot machine guns? Well, yes, he
had. He had been damned afraid.
He'd even been sick at his stomach.
But he'd kept on going, hadn't he?
Just as he'd keep on going now until
he'd had It out wltb Mrs. James
Stlmson and told her a thing or two
that needed telling. One thing was
that her paunchy nitwitted old bore
of a father should never step toot
over their threshold. The damned
old capitalist! His friend Bill was
right.
BY THE time James came to Com
mercial Street his head was a
little clearer. He was not so anxious
now to face Jane and have It out
with her. Jane had a nasty way of
getting under his bide and putting
him In the wrong, no matter how
guiltless hit actions, bow virtuous
his motives.
It would be like her now to say
that be was drunk. He had never
been so sober In his life. Let her say
what she liked: he wouldn't listen.
After she had finished he would have
his turn. He kept doggedly on.
When be came to the house at Oak
and Fifth Streets he saw that the
lights were on. Crossing the lawn
cautiously Jnjnos peeked under a
blind. Jane and her father were In
the back parlor. Mr. Northrup was
asleep In his chair. Jane was sitting
bolt uprlsht with a red spot on
either cheek. She looked aa It she
aad been crying.
Mink Attacked Woman
NEWCASTLE. Me. (UP) A mink
Invited trouble for itself when it en
tered Mrs. Howard Cuamman'a kitch
en here. After hearing his wife's
screams, Cushman came to her rescue
and the mink Jumped at him. He
waa able to strike the animal on the
nose and kill It before It touched
him. The pelt brought the Cushmans
a few dollars.
Pet Snake Expensive
ST. LOOTS, Mo. (UT) A pet snake
proved an expensive item to Charlee
Sleloff. manapcr of a packing com
pany rrtall store hf:c. It cost him
4500 in circuit court when a Jury
returned a favorable verdict to Mrs.
Jennie Jefferson, wife of a police
man, who charged Sleloff frightened
her with the reptile.
(inl)l Toolh Siilil for .spree
BATTLHSBOUO. Vt. (UP) Two
CCC hr.ys, whose names were with
held, pal.-i for their fun through the
teeth Ir.ry entered a Jrwrlry store
to r .e funds. All they hart that
was f-aiab'.e watt a cold tooth In the j
upper Jaw of one of the youths The I
tooth v in tll.odrd vir:, pliers. The I
Jeweler pnld 61 50 for the gold and,
the boys disappeared.
But he'd bet his Sam Brown belt
against the chances of the Germans
at the Peace Conference that Jane
wouldn't do any crying wben she
saw him. She'd be too busy Haying
blm alive. James pulled bis cap
down over one eye at a Jaunty angle,
straightened bis tie and marched
manfully up the front steps.
Step by step be felt his couragi
oozing down his spine, down bis
legs, out ot his lagging toes. But It
waa too lata now. They must have
heard him. He gulped and opened
the front door.
Jane stood In the archway between
the ball and the front parlor. Jamea
closed tie door behind blm and took
off his cap. One glance at Jane's an
gry contemptuous face, at ber tight
ly compressed Hps and Jamea' eyes
fell.
Mr. Northrup stirred In the next
room. James looked this way ana
that, anywhere but at Jane. He found
himself glaring at the Inoffensive
tables and chairs, glaring at the
walls.
There waa a large photograph of
Jane on the mantel. It seemed to
James that those pictured eyes were
looking down at blm and sneering
as Jane was now aneerlng. Those
eyes said to blm tbat be was a cow
ard and a failure. They knew that
he could talk big to a drunken tramp,
could talk big to himself. But talk
was cheap.
"Where have you been?" Jane
spat at him.
"Nowhere. Just walking around.
"I don't believe you. Why, you've
been drinking. You're drunk. You
loathsome, disgusting beast! On
your first night . . . after two years
. , you leave me here, frantic wltB
anxiety, and go off and get drunkl
You dare to come home drunk!"
She beat ber hands together fran
tically. Mr. Northrup appeared be
hind her blinking sleepily. His hair
waa rumpled, bis tie askew. When
he caught sight of James he was sud
denly fully awake.
"You," he said, "you . . . contempt
ible good-for-nothing. Drunk! You
ought, to be horsewhipped, yes,
horsewhipped. If Itwere not for the
scandal, I would do It myself."
"yOU had better go home, Father
1 dear," Jane' said evenly. "I can
deal with Jamea drunk or sober. 1
have a few things to say to him tbat
I'd rather say to him alone." She
smiled, an ugly thln-llpped smile.
There waa anticipation in this
smile and . . . and pleasure. It would
be a pleasure to Jane to goad and
sting him. Horror of Jane, horror
and loathing engulfed him. He
stared at her a long moment. Why,
he wasn't afraid ot Jane. By God's
mercy he wasn't the least afraid of
her. James abruptly laughed loud
and long.
"It may eoem funny to yo," Jane
said, thrusting her face close to hla
across the table, "but I confess I fall
to see anything funny In a drunken
lout coming home to his wife, hor
rible, filthy . . . God, If you could see
yourself."
Jamw stopped laughing aa sud
denly it h bad begun. He leaned
even closer to Jane, bis bands on tbe
table. "It Isn't tunny," he said sober
ly. "I only laughed to keep from cry
ing. We ought to be crying, both ot
us. It's a mercy tbat you ought to
thank God tor on your knees that
you cannot see yourself ... as I see
you ... as you are."
Mr. Northrup. who had been fair
ly dancing up and down In Impa
tience, broke In. "You'll bear from
me In tbe morning, young man. Yea,
you'll hear from me. It you say a
word more to my daughter In your
present obscene condition I warn
you that . , ."
"Shut up. Another bleat from you
and I'll throw you out of that door.
Just you open your pig sty of a
mouth again . . ."
Mr. Northrup had already opened
hla mouth. He closed It hastily.
James turned to Jane.
"May I ask you one question before
I go? It's a question that's haunted
me for a long time."
Jane, clinging to her father, nod
ned but did not speak. James asked,
"Did you love me when you mar
ried me?"
Jane amazingly shook off her
father's restraining arm and came
forward, came around the table ."Of
course I loved you, my dear. Of
course 1 loved you," she said and put
a timid hand on James' shoulder.
"But I never loved you, so I am
the one most to blame. Forgive me.
And forget me. Goodbye."
(Copyright. 193t Mateel B. Famtaml
Monday, Jtmea goes home again.
free Divorce After M Year
ALBANY. Ore. (UP) After 36
years of married life, Mr. and Mrs
W. B. Campbell, parents of six chil
dren, decided they were not suited to
each other and could not. make their
marriage a success. Mrs. Campbell
filed suit for divorce on grounds of
desertion. Three of the Campbell
children are married. The other three
are minors, the youngest being a boy
of e.
Spurs nae Machinery
BOSTON . ( UP ) For 63 years An
tone Hoefllng. 77, hss been repairing
shoes, and not once during that pe
riod hss he used any machinery. I re
teltea pride In his fine work by hand.
After learning his trade In hi native
Oermany. he opened his shoe repair
shop m Buttercup row, Roxbury, in
1872.
A he Srattrred in Square
MKMPHtS, Tenn. fUPl Before
Christopher c. Wanner, P0-yearold
Memphis pioneer, died he requested
his ashes be scattered in Court square. '
a city park This ws d.'nled by eltv
oMlcmls. hnwrvrr A bid precedent,
they decided. So his remains will be
''.i:'.rd In Mmtm! crmetery.
Use Mali rrlbuue wut ad.
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FALL PAR SHORT
OFFICIAL GOAL
Nazi Eugenics Experts View
With Alarm Failure of
300,000 Couples to Wed
Hard Times Blamed
Br Rudolf Jneten
BERLIN CAP) Nazi eugenics ex
pert are viewing with alarm the
failure of 300,000 couples to marry.
They consider the world war a
partly responsible for a hitch In the
"be fruitful and multiply" program
because a great decline In marriages
la expected, alter 1036.
One of them. Dr. H. Burgdoerfer,
says the low birth rate during the
war la an "uneonquera-ble obstacle"
In maintaining the present "record
trend to marriage registry offloes."
Many Thousand "Missing"
This trend led to 360.174 marriages
between May, 1S33, and the end of
1934, with the aid of matrimonial
loans Inaugurated by Adolf Hitler aa
a main pillar of hla repopulation
scheme. The figure Is cltd aa proof
of the plan's success.
But Dr. Burgdoerfer finds that an
other 300.000 couples are "missing"
they "should have married, but
didn't."
Adverse economic conditions are
loana Inaugurated by Adolf Hitler a i ! A-jP'iTsS ffl 38 fi "JSaxiP3?' V' a
a main pillar of his repopulation I ft ft ( jfrTtlf W'SJ S&'LnrtSr"ViTf i JffM 1
scheme. The figure Is cited aa proof pi&l V 1 if jisrVTW Jf i J ftA&BKr V I
of the plan's success. VV'VAWSi Ji IlL'IT -bf?$
But Dr. Burgdoerfer finds that an- V A M f0LjicCC"t LrSSSSt
other 300.000 couples are "mlselng" Wi "TTOp R 1 eJ33ffiKl?S2?, I
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blamed: "These marriages were due
in 1633 but had to be postponed be
cause of the depression," he main
tains. He expects the run on the registry
offices to continue until the second
half of 1936, "when the pre-war re
sources will be exhausted" and a
rapid decline In weddings will set In.
Try to Forestall Prop
Unable to fill the gap of the war
years, during which births dropped
from an average of 2.000,000 annually
to fewer than one million, racial ex
pert now are concentrating on en
couraging fruit fulness among newly
weds. Their Idea la to forestall another
serious drop in the birth rate after
1936 when "the few war children"
will begin to marry.
It seems their efforts have not been
vain. For the first time since the
war, birth registration parsed the mil
lion mark last year, official figures
placing the number of 1934 babies at
1,160,915, some 213,000 more than In
1933.
The report emphasizes that 157,881
children were born In 1934 to cou
ples who married under the matrl-
Mr YM&W
monlal loan plan. Couples who marry
with a government subsidy ' can de
duct 26 per cent of the amount of
the loan for each child born.
Cupid Felt Depression.
LOOAN, Utah (UP) Cupid found
a real depression here: not one mar
riage license was Issued the last
half of the week, said the county
clerk. The first time in history uch
p?rod haa passed without issuing,
or making out sppllcatlon for mar
riage license.
"Baby Ruth" Still ttit GHrt.
SARASOTA. Pla. (UP) "Baby
Ruth" Pontico. circus fat lady, is
recovering at her home here after
a 30 weeks' illness. Baby Ruth has
lost 100 pounds during her long
Illness, but she still hasn't that girl
ish figure. You see. she dropped from
650 to 550 pounds.
4-
Auto p hooting Record Set.
LANTHA, Mo. (UP) Some sort of
record was set by Jack Lawrence,
farmer-marksman, who brought down
a wolf at 75 yards while riding In
an automobile traveling 40 miles an
hour.
DIFFICULT DECISIONS
1HE 1feM0 DDKNrf KM0W WHAY
15 DO ABOU-f 1UE HEfcW MffcR WHO HAS
JUf YOOMZD H0 Y NEIGHBORHOOD, BAUSE
WHILE HE'S SURE 1b LEAD THE LEAGUE BftfflKS,
fHE HhYl 16 RftPlDW S0IW6 BANKRUPT
paying for riE windows he breaks
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
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