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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUTE. MRDFORI). OREGON, MONDAY. MAY fi. 1935.
8VNOP8I8: Jamew ttimson an.
hit wilt Jant havt come, at tasl
10 tltt vartino of tht waut. Jam
retumt from two veart in Trait"
and And! he cannot tndurt Janet
naotjino and tadistto broxbeatinn
so ht leaves htr and returns to his
Aunt Sarrth and their oUt and beau
liul home. Sew Concord it aroused
bv the scandal; Jant't lather t
horrifl'.d. But James withstand
them all He and hi-i 1ather-in-lat
iust hart had a sesrton.
Cba-jter 44
THE SIEGE
B. NURTHRUP bolted Into bl
csr and was driven rapidly oil
The truth was that James cut a
sorry Bg-ure before hla faJnerln-law
To bis surprise. Mr. Northrup,
though pompoua as ever waa con
clliaiory. waa anxious for a recon
eiltatton between him and Jane
He apologized both for himself and
his daughter.
Naturally, thoj were both wor
ried and upset over James' long
and unexplained disappearance.
Jane herself bad cooked all James
favorite dishes for dinner. She had
expected him home not later than
five o'clock. James must make al
lowances. A wife's feelings, yes,
wife's feollngs. If James bad Just
teleDhoned. let them know. Her
natural anxiety. . . .
James cut blm short. He ex
plained hastily that he had no In
tension or going back and living
with his wife. He undoubtedly was
entirely to blame, the evening be
fore and at all other times.
But be would not live with bar.
He preferred not to see her. Their
marriage was over and done for.
Mr, Northrup tut-tutted and re
fused to take James' decision as
final. James concluded the extreme
ly painful Interview by pretense
of a pressing engagement
Nothing further occurred that
day. James bad bis lunch sent In
and waa brief and aloof with callers,
claiming to be Immersed In his lung
neglected business and correspon
dence. That afternoon, rather early.
he slipped out through a back en
trance and went home; home to
the Mansion with Nappy limping
In his wake carrying hla brief case.
But the next morning business was
again practically non-existent on
Commercial Street when Mrs
Northrup, heavily veiled, was seen
climbing the steps to her son-ln
law's office. The odds against James
rose hastily.
In all, Mrs. Northrup made six
calls at six different hours of the
day at James' law office, and stayed
and stayed as all of New Concord
very well knew. What they did not
know and bad no way of finding out.
waa that as she opened the outside
door, Nappy, on constant guard.
pressed a button on the wall throe
times as a signal of dire disaster
and James thereupon made a hasty
ilt at the back and bid In an ad
joining and fortunately empty store
room.
After her final unsuccessful call
Mrs. Northrup swallowed her pride
and went to see Miss Sarah Slim
son. She was told by Aunt Lou that
Mlsa Sarey was not at home. She
was at home, as Mrs. Northrup very
well knew, having seen Miss Sarah
at an upstairs window.
So Mrs. Northrup pretended to
leave, but only went a little way
and presently waylaid Miss Sarah
In the garden.
1ISS SARAH waa In faded blue
percale and a disreputable sun
hat. Mrs. Northrup was most cor
rectly gowned In black and white
China silk and a smart black toque.
But It was Miss Sarah who looked
the duchess as she Informed her
'caller haughtily (the haughtiness
was assumed to cover au almost
abject fright and dlamay) that It
was Impossible to talk to Mrs.
Northrup and remain a lady.
Miss Sarah with ahaklng knees,
thereupon walked Into the house
and actually slammed the door In
her visitor's face. Three days later
Mrs. Northrup met Miss Sarah turn
ing a lonely corner by the Baptist
church and cut her dead.
Mrs. Northrup waa so pleased with
herself that she first boasted of the
cut direct to Mrs. Church and then,
as Mrs. Church seemed sympathetic,
told verbatim the story of her call
on Mies Sarah. And how New Con
cord relished this tidbit!
When James went on living quiet
ly with his aunt, when It waa known
that hla clothes and about a quarter
of Uie wedding preeents had been
packed up and sent to the Mansion,
those who had backed James with
their beta began pressing tor pay
ment. VALLEY ARTISTS
Ktn Interest Is bring manifest.
In the non-Jury art fuhibit bcint
planned for this city early In June,
according to Jnrqurw Mailaqup. ex
hibit manager, with 45 having sl
ready applied for application blanks.
Local artists In all lines of crafts
manship are receiving the Idea fv
orably. Matlaque states, this being
the first opportunity for artists, both
amateur and profe.ulonal, to present
their work for public approval.
Api:!-atlons arc coming in daily,
many from Ashland. Grants Paea.
and the smaller towns of tvnuthern
Oregon Work to he submitted may
be in anv hand-uoft Held, 4iu rt
toc4 Utfor mutton ludKAie Ui. Ui
GREHT RICHES
Finally Jane confided to Her id
imate friends that she and Jaraea
tad separated tor good. Jane said
that her lips were sealed, that she
uerer meant to explain the cause
of the separation or say a word
against James. She intimated, how
ever, that if she ever broke this
praiseworthy resolution, or James
by some overt act goaded her into
telling the truth he would b drub
bed out of town.
This last caused for a time a great
deal of intense speculation. But
Miss Julia Pratt said bluntly thai
Jane ought to put up or shut up.
The men agreed with ber. And after
a time the women. New Concord
finally stopped prying and speculat
ing. The matter was settled, the
debts were reluctantly paid. James
Stlmson bad ceased to be Jane
Nortbrup's husband and became a
Stlmson again. Ills law practice
picked up amazingly.
About this time James beard thai
the Northrup twins bad got their
discharge and were at home. An
afternoon or two later Nappy came
Into James' Inner office and closed
and locked the door behind blm.
"The twins is In the front office.
Nappy said fearfully. "They kotcbed
me when my back was turned and
walked In big as you please. I told
them you bad Jest this minute went
home and they had the Impudence
to tell me I was a dawg gonned Mar
They each got a stick and they look
awful mad. Mobhe 1 better light out
the back way and go after the
police?"
"Show them In," James com
manded after a moment's thought
Nappy backed out. mutterlnk
something about the Guwd damn
edest foolishness he ever had hcered
about, and presently ushered the
visitors In.
Nappy closed the door rebellious
ly. James knew very well he would
remain glued to tho other side with
his eye to the key hole.
THE twins were looking very fit
and brown. They were dressed
exactly alike in extremely uatt
pongee suits and carried canes
James, coatlcss and untidy, re
malned seated at his desk facing
them. "Well?" he asked.
We're under orders to knock
your block off." Nate grinned.
"I dare sny you could do It."
"Consider H done." Norrls said
airily.
James got up and the three
solemnly shook hanU. The twins
took off their coutB, sat down, tipped
their chairs back, put their feet
companlonnbly on Jamas' desk and
lighted clgarots. A few minutes
later they wore all deep in swan
pins war yarns.
Ills brothers-in-law carefully re
frained from mentioning their Bis
ter to James during tho afternoon.
But as they got up to go James Bald
In a shamefaced way, "1 wonder If
you'd mind telling me. Just why . . .
Jane wanted me to go back to hor.
You know as well as I do that Jane
despises me , . ."
The twins exchanged glances.
Nate said, "A woman, a dog, a
hickory tree, the more you beat
em. the better they be." And Norrls
growled, "We told you to boat hor
. . ton years ago."
As they reached the door Norrls
said wistfully. "We can't know you
In public. It would give the family
conniption fits. We're being taken
Into the business and Dad's already
had a slight stroke We don't want
to kill him. Hut If we could slip in
here occasionally ... If you wouldn't
mind . . .
"As often as you ploase. Ring me
up at any time and I'll arrange to
be alono. No one will see If you slip
In the back entrance. Come along.
I'll show you."
Thereafter on many a late after
noon the twins sneaked In the back
way for more army talk. The twins
and Jamos and Nappy believed that
these meetings were shrouded In
the darkest secrecy. Probably every
one in town knew of them, except
the twins' immediate family. They
remained In Ignorance only because
New Concord considered it a good
Joke on the Northrups.
The three never again spoke of
Jane or of James' domosttc difficul
ties. James considered the hint the
twins had given na to Jane's state
of mind from evory posslhlo angle
and dismissed it as bosh.
The Judge had loft Jamos ten
thousand dollars. This James of
fered by letter to settle on Jane.
Jnne sent bark a stinging roply re
fusing to take a cent from him.
Mr. Northrup had other Ideos.
.CoryHffM 1915 if et ml H. Fnrnhcm
Tomorrow, Jnt takti her da
partur.
work on display will rnnpe from
oil paintings to pencil cartoons.
Community r-ohocls have sent in
applications for grfup work, and
the affatr will probably be made
a permanent feat tire, Matlaque in
timated. An Interesting side-liulit of the
exhibits will be the ei lusive art
ists entertainment and revrption on
the eve of the opening, to give the
artlsta a chance to pet acquainted
Application blanks nre nvuttahte at
the Chamber of Commerce
Spring Muli- lete Planned.
FKKDFKIC. Wis. il'Pl Tbe fUM
annual spring music festival Is
being planned for the I'pper St
Croix alley. Approximately 300 stu
s'.enia from schools at Frederic. St
Croix rails. Webster. Urantsburg and
Oaceola will participate. Orchestras
ptee Clubs, bands and choruses will
be featured.
lendenre it!i -cn et hiii.,.u t'
n (Vanned Corset. Maivm Jeaum
ti. 467.
PLAN UNION ALL
PORTLAND. May 6. MP) Steps
toward uniting all branches of Ore
gon's extensive dairy Industry lntj
one organization will be taken here
next Wednesday at a meeting to
which 400 producers, producer-distributors,
manufacturers and dealer
have been Invited.
O. O. Simpson, Oregon City cream
ery operator, elected temporary presi
dent at a recent preliminary meet
ing, said the new organisation will
coordinate the activities and repre
sent the Interests of about 25.000
market and factory milk shippers
presently unorganized; the 2.000 producer-distributors
and distributors of
market milk, who now havs only city
or county organizations, snd the
loosely affiliated creamery, tee cream,
butter and condensed milk operators
numbering 500 or more.
The chief alms of the organization,
Simpson said. Includes improvement
of quality, more efficient production,
manufacture and distribution, and
stimulation of use and development
of wider markets both at home and
abroad.
Dr. Edgar S. Portner of Salem,
producer, in temporary vice-presl-
acnt. ijevi wicrt.ee 01 rcrryaaic, a pru
! ducer, U temporary secretary-trens-f
urer.
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the nation's favorite Ice cream. Choc
olate Is next snd strawberry ranks
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GLASS, KNIVES EATEN
DAILY WITHOUT HARM
DU QUOIN. 111. (UP) Here's the
dally menu Rolls Clark enjoys most:
Breakfast Ground glass and tacks.
Luncheon Fish hooks, paper clips
and window panes.
Dinner Fried razor blades (safety
or straight) with ground glass.
And what's more, Clark refuses to
be a "goat." He makes his living
munching tacks and electric light
bulba with the greatest of ease. Clark
Is 35 years old and a native of this
community. He estimated that in
the past 12 years he had consumed
180 pounds of glass, 100 gross of fish
hooks and a like number of razor
blades.
IN STAGE DEPOT:
VANCOUVER, Wn May 8 (AP
A tiny, walling Infant was found
abandoned today In the stage term
inal here with a despairing note
from his mother pinned to hla
wrappings.
His feeble cries led to his discovery
on -the mezzenlne floor. A note
printed in pencil said:
"He was born the 20th of April.
He is Irish and English. His daddy
is gone and I can find no work
and so I shall give him up and go
to Join my husband."
Police took the little wriggling
bundle to a hospital until anther
home Is found for him. They start
ed a search for the mother.
BROPHY'S JEWELERS, specialize
in designing and modernizing you:
old Jewelry.
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AND BUW5 MISSING A 6A
WINDOW BV INCHES
. (Copyright, IMS, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
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