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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1935.
THE WORLD AT ITS WORST
WREGKOF RUSSIAN WORKERS RESUME
E
By CLUYAS WILLIAMS
(Copyiighvms. by Th, BU Syndic t. Die.)
Alison Rede's step-
. -.v-l.s is Daphne Burners.
. ,i'.uie not only has persistently
:.us.mlerslool Alison, but eien has
persuaded Alison's easy-going la
ther that there icas something pe
culiar in Guj Weslum's actions the
night a mistake in telegrams sent
Alison alone to a house In RusscT.
And the mistake ie Daphne'sl Ali
son and Gup are on their way to
lunch.
Chapter 22
MORE MY8TERY
ALISON told Gny the entire story.
The telling took some time,
lnce she must tell him everything
from the beginning, from that llrat
letter from her father, her doubts
and difficulties In the train, her go
ing to the house at Warley, right up
to -her father's sudden change of
front last night.
A waiter waved a card at them,
they chose and ate; but to Alison,
at least, the strange dishes that
were flavored with paprika might as
well have been sawdust.
Intent on tolling her story, she put
spoonfuls of soup, macaroni with
chicken and over-sweetened stewed
fruit Into her mouth as they came
along, tasting nothing, hardly no
ticing what she did.
Guy hardly ate at all. He sat listen
ing with strained Interest as If each
word mattered dosporately. Once or
twice he nodded, now and again he
"She didn't say it to me, only to
father. 1 gather she thought that
you were a crook and after my
mon " She stopped dead, the words
cut off her lips, that fatal flush rising
and flooding her face. It was as It
the unfinished word bad been writ)
ten there, and he could read It.
"I see." Kls whole face seemed to
set stiffly.
"1 wish I did!" It meant next to
nothing, that. She had spoken to
hide her own embarrassment. Hur
ried on with no other end. "Can you
make head or tall of It? I mean, the
telegrams and everything?"
"I don't know . . ." He said It slow
ly, still abstracted and upset. Rose
suddenly. "I say, let's get out of
this!"
lis paid the bill; when they were
In the car, he turned up North,
drove straight towards Regent's
Park In silence. Alison, watching
his face, wondered why her story
had worried blm so but she did not
like to ask. They were halt way
round the arc of Hamilton Place
when he spoke unexpectedly.
"When's your father getting mar
rlcd?"
"I don't know. In about six weeks,
1 think he said."
He considered that soberly, as If
It made a great deal of difference.
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The strange dishes might as well have been sawdust.
put a question; shrewd, pointed
questions those, chiefly about her
father's first meeting with Mrs.
Sumers.
"1 don't know much, really," All-
son had to admit. "Out I bellove they
met In an hotel."'
"Who Introduced them?"
"I don't think anyone. I gathered
It was just sort of by chance."
He said. "I see . . ." thoughtfully,
and after a pause "Go on."
And In the end he declared,"! still
don't understand. What's she got to
do with Warley?"
"It's her house."
He gave a little nod as If he had
expected that; sat staring at the
table. Drumming softly with his An
gers, deep in thought. After a while
he looked up and his eyes were
sombre.
"Do yon think she really mixed
those telogrnms by mistake?"
"I I don't know," Alison admit
ted, reluctantly. She had tried
throughout her story not to say any
thing unkind against Daphne. "I
suppose it's possible."
"Possible, yes," he admitted.
"1 don't qulto see what point there
Is In doing it on purpose, do you?"
"XJO." He socmed not quite certain.
"What did you say hor name
was?"
"Mrs. Sumers. Daphne Sumers.
Why? Do you know her?"
"No. 1'vo never heard the name
before." She fnnclrd that for a mo
ment he hesitated before saying
that, "Your father hadn't known her
long?"
"No. They only mot a few wooks
ago. Dy the way. It was out In Nice."
He said nothing but his hand went
suddenly up lo his mouth as II to
hide It. When he frowned like that,
he bad a d?ep vertical tine between
bis eyebrows. It wiped the boyish
friendliness out of his face, made
him almost frlRhtenlng. Alison had
a feeling that he did not see her
sitting there on the high bsckod
wooden settlo opposite, as If be was
looking through her at something
far away. Ho asked abruptly, "What
did she sav shout me?"
"I don't know," Alison confessed.
HE said slowly, "I'm not quite surt
what to make of all this. I I'd
like to think over it. Will you do on
thing for mo?"
"Mm. Of ooursel" she agreed
readily. "What?"
"I want you to say nothing about
our lunch today. I mean to your
stepmother. I mean, nothing about
me. Will you do that?"
"Yes," she promised at once.
Then. "Can you tell me why?"
He hesitated.
"She may be someone I know. I
I'd rather not talk about It till I'm
sure."
"J see." Then, doubtfully, "What
about my father?"
They had reached the gate out
Into Biker Street before he an
swered, "I don't know. What do you
think?"
"If I toll him, he's going to tell
her," said Alison doclslvoly. "I won'l
If you don't want me to."
He smiled suddenly at her.
"I'm asking rather a lot of you,
am I not?",
"No!" she smiled back. "I trusl
you."
For a moment his expression
startled hor; he looked so terrlblj
upset. Profoundly, painfully moved
I wonder If I'm being fair to
you! He said that almost to him
self. Looked round at her with a
sharp turn of the head, as If he had
not made up his mind. Then, star
Ing ahead, frowning, drove the
length of Baker Street out Into the
Edgwnre Road. He said as if there
had been no break In the converse
lion, "Look here, will you give me
a week no. say ton days?"
es. She met his eyes flrmly.
"You know, you're rather a won
derful person!" For an Instant his
left hand dropped from the wheel,
no more than touehed hers In silent
thanks.
Alison did not answer. She could
not speak.
They wore at the turning into
Chester Square when she asked.
'What about meeting?"
"We mustn't." He said that flrmly.
'It wouldn't be right."
(Copyright, ISJI, Evelyn it TTinrn;
Tomorrow, Allion toes something
dlotiirbino.
PAPER
HOME. June 7 AP The dally
newspaper "O'.totire" appeared this
alternoon with n artJcle faying Eng
land could hnve war with Italy if ahe
wanted It. All cop.ru cl the puhUm
tlon were qui.-kly ei?M by authori
ties. The Oioinale D'ltalla in a three
column front p;e editorial wid Eng
land wihe o pain pos-ie-vlon of
Ethiopia and that for this reason te
nppnting ItsMnn penetrntion of th.it
country.
Similar accusations have appeared
In other newspaper. Message ro -cumhI
BiiUin Kit MitHittflng a MibsMy
wlth Emjwror Hnile HelnMila of Ethi
opia In order to give his troona regu
lar pay.
WASHINGTON SALE
TAX UNDER FIRE
VANCOUVER. Vh . June 7.
(APi The portion of Washington
' anles tax law which la aAaeried to
mKe mandatory the collection of J
jper cent of the purchase price of arji
,clea bought out aide- of the tat Wr
j use within its confines was under tU
j In superior curt here today.
The CH!e was that of the Vancou-
ver Oil company vs. the Ptate Jxx
I Comml.vlon. The oil company charged
that collection of a tax on the por
: tlon of us equipment rvemly pur
I chared in Oregon t discriminatory
and uncoii!.titiitonal.
The tax commKMon In represented
; hy Raymond O. Sharpe. awtstunt at
torney tieneral. Judge George Stmp-
buu It hearing Uie cam.
HANDLING OF EGGS
HElsSTNGFORS, Finland. June 7.
(JP) Deop aea diver were reported
today to have located the wreck of
a Ru&sian tax collecting ship, said
to, have sunk In 1721 with "14 large
barrels of gold" In her hold.
The wreck was located near here,
but the famous cargo remained a
matter of conjecture. As the story
has come down through the centuries,
It should total at least 110.000,000.
Including Jewelry, church clocks, sil
verware and art treasures said to
have been obtained In a plundering
expedition by the Russian fleet along
the Swedish east coast.
COOS BAY MAN DROWNS;
POLICE RECOVER BODY
MARSH FIELD, Ore., June 7. tVP)
The body of Fred Austin, North
Bend service station operator and
sportsman, was taken from the wat
ers of Coos liver by state police
shortly after noon today. He drown
ed earlier today when be attempted
to swim from a rowboat to the shore.
TACOMA Wash.. June (AP)
The present dry weather Is Imperil
ing berry and hay crops In western
Washington and threatens extensive
loss to growers, A. M. Richardson,
counfty agriculturalist agent, said to
day. He said crops will be extremely
ahort unless rain falls' soon. The May
rainfall here was .S3 of an Inch com
pared with a normal of 2.06 Inches.
The last rain fell on May 16.
Ose Mall Tribune want ads.
PORTLAND, June 7. (JP) Eggs
again were to begin moving from the
Portland and Eugene headquarters of
the Pacific Co-operative Poultry Pro
ducers association today, following
the return to work of about 100 egg
handlers who had been out on strike
since Saturday.
The handlers, members of the
American Federation of Labor, have
demanded a 40-hour week and 25
minimum for male employes of the
association, compared to the 48-hour
week and 22 minimum heretofore
In vogue. Terms accepted call for
the shorter week at the $23 wage
scale.
Clairvoyant, palmist. Tmthful ad
vice on business, love, marriage. t3
No. Riverside.
GET SENTENCE
PORTLAND. Ore., June T.
William B. Flnnegan, 31, was given a
two-years sentence to McNeil Island
prison today on charges of having
sent a threatening letter through the j
malls.
He was sentenced by Federal Judge
Fee.
Jack Gaylord Ring, arrested with
Flnnegan several weeks ago at Med
ford, was sentenced to six months In
prison and fined 91000 earlier this
week.
The men were alleged to have sent
a letter to Marls King In San Fran
cisco demanding $300.
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glass and will replace your broken
windows reasonably. Trowbridge Cab
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lisp
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THE' 6AME BE1WEEM YrtE ELM StREEf SLU6&ERS
AMD THE ROSEDAIE MZtiUE 1i3ERS HAD 0 BE
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-THE "TEAMS DISCOVERED THAf AT friB END OF
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Tired of if, and had 6one home To 6Ef
SOMEfHIhOS 0 EAT
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Ey C. M. Payne
TAILSPIN TOMMY Wings of Hope!
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By Edwin Alger
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