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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON. SUNDAY. JUNE 9, 1935.
8YSOPSI8: To set Quy We
turn, to whom ahs owes a great
ileal, ,4 Its oh Rede hat been forced
to run away from her stepmother-to-be,
Daphne Sumers. Daphne ban
-( only bemused AH&on'a easy-going
father, but has let Alison know
she expects to rule her as well. And
Guy fe.ems odd about Daphne, and
suspicious, fie just has told Alison
they must not meet or a while.
Chapter 23
THROUGH THE WINDOW
ALISON'S heart sank.
"But suppose there's something
1 want to tell you," she protested.
"Ring me. My number's under
Dundas, Or, Noel Dundas. He's a
friend ol mine and I'm staying with
him. Any time between nine and
twelve, or after seven, you can catch
me there."
"Thanks, Dundas. All right But
there's just one thing. Vou haven't
forgotten what 1 asked? About my
getting a job?" she appealed. "I may
need It."
"1 haven't forgotten," he returned.
"Let me know If anything else, any
thing funny, happens."
They had stopped at the corner
and were standing on the pavement.
He took her hand, held H tight, and
for a moment Alison thought that
he was going to say more. Then,
abruptly, he dropped her hand,
Jumped back Into the car and drove
off fjutckly without looking back.
Alison walked slowly along to
wards No. 712 Chester Square.
He had been very mysterious she
thought. First the mere mention of
Daphne had upset him, then, all
through their long conversation he
had given her the Impression that
he was Intensely excited, almost
nervous over her news.
His questions about It all, partic
ularly his question about her father's
wedding, his statement that Daphne
Sumers might be someone that he
knew, all fitted In with the Idea that
what he knew of Daphne was not
to her credit.
But If that was the truth, why did
he not come and meet her straight
away or suggest that he might And
some chance to see her when she
came to Chester Square? Surely he
would know her If he saw her again.
"It's funny," thought Alison. "It's
almost as If be was afraid of her."
Yet she could not doubt Guy.
Whatever his reasons were for keep
ing back what he knew, she felt that
be himself was clean and straight
When she had told him that she
trusted him, she had meant It com
pletely. She trusted him now.
Only her curiosity was roused
and she found herself trying to
think of possible reasons why he
should want that ten days silence.
Why was he so anxious that she
should not tell Daphne of their
meeting? What was he going to do?
Hating lies, Alison would have
hesitated to give her promise hut
for one thing her feeling that
Daphne on her side was deliberately
making mischief. And she had
argued with herself that after all
her lunch with Guy was no business
of Daphne's anyway. If she chose to
ssk questions about a matter that
did not concern her, she must ex
pect evasive answers, that was all!
AT the time, with Guy waiting for
her answer, she had not hesi
tated, had felt that to refuse would
sound as If she did not trust htm at
all, so she had given the promise at
once. But now, alone and back on the
familiar steps of her own home, she
foi nd herself hoping that neither
her father nor Daphne would ask
any questions, that she would not be
forced to He.
And she comforted herself with
the thought "If he knows something
about her, father ought to know it
too, before he gets married. It'a In
his Interest to And out"
But to find out what? She wished
that Guy had given her an Inkling of
what he suspected, of bis connection
with Daphne or the wouian whom
he fancied might be Daphne. Was
It a love affair? Alison wondered.
Had he himself at one time been In
love with Daphne Sumers, on the
verge of marriage perhaps, and had
(he found out something which had
'made him change his mind? Much
as she disliked and distrusted the
woman her father was to marry,
Alison found herself hoping that
that was not the truth. The Idea of
Guy having been In love with
Daphne hurt
Vet the more she thought of It,
the more likely that solution ap
peared; it would account for his
showing no wish to meet Daphne
face to face.
"Mrs. Sumers has left, miss."
There was a faint note of rebuke iu
ASTORIAN GUILTY
SHOOTING POLICE
ASTORIA. Ore.. June 8. (AP)
Arnold MattAon, fisherman, wa con
Ticted In circuit court on charges
of auault with a dangerous weapon
here todny as the result ol an at
tack on two members of the Oregon
atat police Liny 13.
Sergeant Kenneth Healea ana
state trooper Cal Throme were shot
when tliey approached Mattsons car
iter thp latter's brother had in
formed officers thnt Mattaon was
armed and waa threatening to shoot
Andy Gorman, driver of a car which
Itguied in an accldpnt In which
Mattson was injured aoveral months
ago
Dolense ba.-cd iu plea on tempor
ary Iiim ni i y aswr i ed 1 y r e.Mi It 1 ng
from in Junes sustained in the mis
hap. Sentence was delayed and 3U
days were grant -i t-j : motion
for a r.ev. trial
Cat Mai) Tribune want a da.
Perter'i voice "ne waited half an
hour."
Half an hour late! If Daphne
could enlist her father's anger on ei.
small a point as that delayed answer
over cream, what would she make
of this? That vas Alison's first, dis
mayed thought as she looked at the
ball clock. Her second was that It
might be worth while trying ro catch
Daphne at her house. If she could
see her for a moment and apologize!
"Get me another taxi, Perter." She
dived Into her bag to be certain that
she had enough change. "Oh, what
Is Mrs. Sumers address?"
"Number 13 Bolleau Mansions,
Fulham Road, miss." Perter prided
himself on never forgetting details;
he could always produce a telephone
number, once heard, without the
book.
It took the butler a few minutes
to get hold of a cab and though
Alison told the man to hurry, be was
either too deaf to bear or too old to
care. His cab was even more mad
deningly slow than taxis generally
are when one Is In a hurry; he
seemed to choose the longest route
on purpose and hjs engine was aa
ancient as the man
Bolleau Mansions, too, was at the
far end of Fulham Road and it
seemed to Alison that that must be
the longest street In all London!
Unfortunate enough to be late
doubly unfortunate today, for Mrs.
Sumers would be sure to ask what
kept her and whom she had lunched
with and after all It would be neces
sary to lie!
VI f HEN the taxi stopped at last,
' Alison came tumbling out, her
purse ready In her hand. She thrust
money Into the old man's Angers
without waiting for change and ran
up the long steps.
Bolleau Mansions was one ot those
huge blocks which are on the divid
ing line between mansions and
workmen's dwellings; a grim, grey
block with stone steps and no porter
or elevator. A hurried consultation
with a green notice board In the
hall showed Alison that No. 13 was
next door and would be a basement
flat She ran down again and hur
ried along the pavement, was turn
ing In towards the right door when
she stopped dead
London waa darkening, as London
can in late autumn, even D half
past three In the afternoon. In the
basement flat that faced towards the
road, the lights were on, thin net
curtains hardly veiling the Interior.
Alison, turning up the steps, found
herself looking down Into a lighted
room, a sitting room furnished
brightly1 but not expensively In
modern furniture of red and black
and shining chromium, a big silver
divan with red shining cushions oc
cupying the space under the window.
But it was not at the room itself
which Alison stared as sho stood
there as though glued to the pave
ment It was at the two people In
side. A man and a woman.
They were standing in the middle
of the room, locked in each other's
arms, their eyes closed, their lips
clinging In a long kiss.
A slight, very dark and foreign
looking man with a smalt black
moustache and Daphne Sumers.
Alison turned suddenly upon her
heel and walked away.
She walked straight down the
road, her mind whirling, her heart
seething with anger. It was horri
ble! The whole thing shocked her
profoundly by its meanness that
Daphne should choose to get engaged
without love was had enough but to
let another man kiss her like that!
For It had been a lover's kiss. No
mere relation would greet one like
that Those two had been wrapped
up In one another, lost to all the
world.
What should she do?
That was the problem which faced
Alison. Halfway down the Fulham
Road, she boarded a 'bus and sat
there still wrestling with the answer.
Tell her father? On the face of it,
he ought to know. Yet to Alison,
scrupulously fair always, there was
something unfair and dastardly
about such a course. To look In a
lighted window was in itself uncom
fortably like overhearing a private
conversation.
To use knowledge gained like that
to end Daphne's engagement was
like playing the spy.
Yet could It be right to let her
father go on; allow him, unwarned,
perhaps to ruin his tlfe?
(Copvripht, 193$, Evelyn Jf. Winch
Alison flott vary bad ntwi, to
morrow, from her fithor.
ALLIED VETERAN
O RANTS PASS, June 8 AP)
Formation of an Oregon Allied Vet
erans Council by representative ol
the four larger veterans organlta
tlons. was urged In a resolution
adopted by the state convention ol
Disabled American Veterans of the
World War here today.
A Joint state convention of the
four organizations D. A. V- Veter
ans of Foreign Wars, United Span
lab American War Veterans, and
American Legion for next year was
also proposed.
Time and place of the 1938 con
vention was left to the incoming
nft'.rera. to be nominated and elect
ed later today.
The coin em ion will end tonight
with a ball and with scenic trips
to the Oregon Cave and other
points Sunday.
Use MaU Tribune want adj.
SHORTER HIGHWAY
TUNNEL THROUGH
SEXTON MT. URGED
Survey Also Favors Route
Changes Roseburg And
Grants Pass And Curve
Straightening
SALEM, Ore., June 8. (AP) The
alignment of the Pacific highway be.
tween Roseburg and Grants Pass was
found to be generally correct, a rec
onnaissance survey of a super-highway
between the two points Just completed-
by the state highway depart
ment revealed. '
The survey has not yet been pre
sented the highway commission but
was made for the dual purpose oi
finding If it were necessary to change
the entire Pacific highway route, ana
for the Improvement of the route tf
federal money were available.
The cost of the construction would
be 87,684,000 and would save from
10 to 11 V& miles over the present
route, depending upon selection of
several alternates. The distance of
the present route Is 77.23 miles.
The new highway also would re-
q'lJre at- laat three major tunnels
and four small ones, the highway
department's survey revealed. The
maximum grade would be 0 per cent
with a maximum of 10 degree curva
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ture. Much of the new route would
be over the present highway.
The highway would leave Roseburg
on the present road to Shady cross
ing, where It would run on the east
side of the Southern Pacftlc railroad
'tracks and Join the old road at Kelly's
corner. About five miles south of
Roseburg the route would go by the
way of Roberta mountain for the
major saving of the entire stretch, a
distance of four miles. If that alter
nate is adopted.
This route would require a 1300
foot tunnel and would eliminate the
old road through Dlllard. After Join
ing the Pacific highway on the other
side of the mountain the super pro
ject would follow the present system
nearly to Grants Pass, with the
exception of straightening curves and
eliminating some grades. In the lat
ter process three small tunnela would
be built approaching the summit of
Canyon mountain, and a 1752-foot
tunnel at the summlnt of Stage Road
pass and a small one approaching It,
the survey showed.
The second big alternate would be
at Sexton mountain. Going through
the mountain a 3100-ft. tunnel would
be necessary but the distance would be
shortened by more than a mile over
the other proposal which would go
around the mountain near Leland,
requiring but a 1400-foot tunnel.
By the Sexton route the distance
between Roseburg and Grants Pass
would be reduced from 77.21 miles
to 65.07 miles. By way of Leland the
distance would be 66.72 miles. The
highway could be traveled at a speed
of 100 miles an hour.
Madame Perkins Talks
i SOUTH HADLEY, Mass., June 8.
(AP) Prances Perklna, secretary of.
labor, returned to Mt. Holyoke col
lege today to attend the reunion of
the clasa of 1002, of which she was
president. !
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SAYS KIDS EASIER
SALEM. Ore. (Up) "Children
are easier to handle these days than
they were when I started teaching,"
aald Miss Margaret J. Cooper, who re
tired this month from active teach
ing service after more than half a
century In education 53 consecutive
yeara as teacher and principal.
"The modern teacher facea few
real problems of discipline. In the
old days we were supposed to use the
rod on puptla. I never did much be
cause I soon found It did little last
ing good. Talking to an unruly stu
dent was easier and more effective,"
she said.
Mlaa Cooper started teaching In
1883, immediately after her gradua
tion from Willamette university that
year. For 19 years she taught claas
and for the laat 33 yeara ahe has been
principal of Garfield, Park and Cen
tral schools In Salem.
Her first teaching Job paid $40 per
month for handling 60 puptla In the
ft rat three grades.
Many families have had two gen
erations educated under Miss Coaper
and in one instance three genera
tions. Little David Berger entered her
achool a few days ago, both hla
father. Dr. Armln Berger. and his
grandmother, Llllie Steiner Berger.
having gone to school under her.
Legislation passed by the general
assembly of North Carolina In 1913
makes It a crime for college boys to
haze.
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