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PAGE EIGHT BEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOKD, OREGON, "WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1935. READY MADE WIFE .BY CORALIE STANTON . SYHUHSW: The unexpected re turn to London of Hex Moor the airman supposed' lost in the Pa due. has exposed iie desperate tie ot Laurie Moore, told to save her selt and her sister from a still more desperate situation. She has told her employer. Mark Albert that she is Moore's widow ; now she is forred to pretend to be overjoyed, althouah she does not particularly like him. Rex and Laurie must pre tend to be happily married for Rex to hold his iob j PORTER brought Laurle'i bags up In the elevator to the third floor. As she opened the front door with her key, a panic seized her. Was Rex here? No. He had dressed and gone out jhe was rather late. Her friends at the office bad kept her talking, congratulating her on her husband's miraculous return. She bad smiled and thanked them. How often In the last twenty-four uoura she had with a drives fatalism burned her boats behind her! Her husband. It was a Joke, ot course. It was a very humorous situation. But It did not Seem a bit like one now that she was alone In the flat and would be alone nntll Bex Moore came back. How could she have bees so crazy as to consent to this Impossible posh tlon? Where was her pride, her In dependence, her eeltrespect? She went over all tbe arguments toil somely, as she put a kettle on to boll on the electric stove asd' made pretense of getting herself some supper. She owed It to him. She had stoles his name; she had lived on It for two years. So had Glad, through her. It was the least she could do to pre tend to be his wife for a little while. She drank her tea, but could not eat anything. She went into her bedroom and unpacked. It was an austere apart- ment in dull blues, with a large built In walnut wardrobe and a man's high dressing-table. All polished wood and plain coverings. No fern- IniuS touch. Her rose-colored dress ing gown looked almost Indecent, she thought, with a twisted smile. She looked into Rex Moore's bed room opposite, at the other end of the flat. It was Intended for a man servant. Very comfortable too, but plainer than hers. He seemed to have so luggage but the suitcases she had seen In the train. His day clothes were neatly piled on a chair. Could it be possible that she was gplng to share this Sat with that man of the train? She was filled with a fierce hatred ot blm again. He was cruel. Inhuman; a monster. He must have been able to find some other way than this. She went out for a stilt walk tor an hour and could hardly bring her self to go back. When she did, she fetched ber sewing Into the living- IT was a little before eleven when Rex Moore came In, and saw Laurie's chestnut head bent over the shimmering sky-blue material of Glad's evening frock, a patch ot color that looked Joyously fantastic In that severe brown room. Every light was on In the flat, -which he noticed, at once. "Good evening! Afraid of being lone in the flat?" he asked. "Why didn't you keep the woman?" "I'm not afraid." She raised her head and gave him a startled glance. He looked so different In evening dress, so much more sophisticated. She hadn't noticed It last night at Mark Albery's. She bad been too confused to notice anything, too busy fighting to keep ber composure, to appear natural, to say the proper thing. "Everything wont fine," he told her. "It won't take long to fix thlugs up. Albery Is keen on my trying the Pacific again. So am L When you've crashed badly, It's no good funking the same trip. It's a secret, mind! Even'from you. Would you like a drink?' "No thanks." Laurie was quite cool now. "Mind It I have one? A toast to our new home!" He laughed, but not mockingly. He was evidently very pleased with his evening. He thought only ot himself, the girl told herself. "Tomorrow night we'll go out to dluner and a show, It you like," he went on. "You musn't be bored. And we shall have to have a few people here. I hope this woman can cook. AT CRATER LODGE CRATER LA KB NATIONAL. PARK. (8pl.) For entfrtAlnme nt of th thousand of visitor at the Crater Lake lorte. R. W, Prka, manMr, ha arrsr.crd nightly prMPiuatloni of hLRlwIas!. musical piwrnma tn th apaoious ltx1 lobby, in conjunction with evt?nJns Wrture tlvtn thrt? by rarwer-iiaturMiMa. Carefully pctd with the thought of obtaining the bt talent avail able, the musician and vocal'.s.. represent the pick of the Oregon t.il ent. Their musical rendition have already brought pleasure to many hundreds of visitors. A Girls' trio 1 composed of Alvhild ErlckfrWi of Astoria, first aopr&no; Ruth Carlton. Springfield, second so prano, and Amy Hughes. Vernnu. contralto. A mixed duet presents Ruth Carlton and Kenneth Reduner. Euflfne. tenor, while a man's trio prearnt Rodimer. flrt tenor. Carol Auld, E'-ue, aeooud tenor, Ciia There are some men In my own Job, and i met a man today who was very decent to me In America.' W must keep the gam up. But most evenings I shall be working." "It does not interest me In the slightest what you will be doing, Mr. Moore," Laurie said. "By the way, Albery tells me you are going to do bis personal corre spondence again." There was a new note Is bis voice. "Yes. His private secretary has to go away again tor three months. He was kind enough to jay that I did the work all right" "He's very keen on you, lss't he?" "What do you mean?" "What I say. I saw It last night Asd the way he talks about you. Ha doesn't know he's giving himself away. He has an Idea he's a regular Sphinx. I suppose you've bees about with blm a bit out of office hours?" "How dare you say such things? I've never bees anywhere with Mr. Albery. I hardly know him. He hat only been kind to me because ol you!" Her eyes shot blue lightning! at him. "I see. Sorry I spoke. Of course. It's nothing to do with me. You must be a difficult person to get on with You seem to have such a temper." Laurie was OS ber feet gatberinl her needlework together. They glsred at each other acrosi the table. Her eyes tell first "It'a time you went to bed," hi said Is a detached voice. IT was the climax ot this Impossible situation. Panic seized her again. She cast a look of terror at blm. It was the same unreasoning fear of being Is the .oom with him. Just as she hsd felt In her own little home that there was so space for the two of them. She tried to hurry past him out of the room, but bis voice held her. "You can't be afraid of me? Surely, It's not that? Why do you look so queer?" "I'm not afraid ot you. But you're a brute." He looked at her uncomprehend Ingly. There was no pretense about "I don't understand you. Haven't we made a bargain?" She forced herself to face him boldly. "Mr. Moore, I can't stand It. It's too Impossible too crazy! Shut up here alone with you, a perfect stran ger! I can't go on. You must find some way to end It at once!" "But what's happened since you agreed, since you took it on? You knew what you were doing. Now, for goodness' sake, go and get a good nlght'a rest, and you'll feel quite different In the morning." She was shaking so that she could hardly stand. Her sound, balanced self, the side ot her that bad fought through tragedy Into safety, was In abeyance. She was all quivering nerves. Again she tried to pass him. If he saw that she was crying, she would die ot shame. His face changed to hardnesa again; his angry mouth smiled In ridicule. 'You are afraid of me?" he said. with rough Impatience, hiding some deep hurt that did not reach her eara. "You think 1 have got you here and am going to make love to yout You little tool, do you think I've got any room for women In my llfo? Good-night! If you're the girl I took you for, you'll play the game." Laurie woke with a bewildered start, as people do who find them selves in a strange bed In a stranga room. She Jumped up, and remembered, and started the day with a bad burst of anger, against herself, against Rex Moore, against Ufa In general. She had overslept, to begin with. She would have to rush, or she would be late for the office. She had made a fool ot hersell last night In that ridiculous fit of nerves. She waa angrier than ever with Rex Moore because he had thought aha was afraid ot him. As she dressed, skipping a bath In her hurry, the sensible side of her took the upper hand. He had been hateful to her and aha was going to punish him. But she must keep ber temper. She had got to live her own life. And she had now been given this wonderful chance by Mr. Albery. This ridiculous game was only for a short time; but being Mr. Albery's personal secretary might mean a career. (Copyright, 13$, Caralie Stanton Liurls finds out tern strange things about Rex, tomorrow. Flaott, Portland, barltona. An In strumental anaeemble la mad up of Madeline Oulstlna, Eugene, first vio lin; Helen Althaus. Troutdale. second violin: Fred. Splcer. Cujfene. flute, and Alice Holmbach, piano. HUSBAND GO! BOODLE WIFE'S SUII IMPLIES PORTLAND. July IT, ,.jpi A wife's eUort to shotf why her hu band. a deputy sheriff, should pay her 135 a month separate mainte nance from a regular salary of $148 WJ and pension of i6 2S had led to Judge decision to order an ln esti mation today. Mrs. Msyme Love yesterday pre sented an affidavit In her divorce trial declaring her husband, Deputy Bert Love, hsd an income of ;H month from nource other than regular salary. She said she would testify that Love received 1100 from a Chinese known to her as Louie. WINDOW OLASS We "sell wiudow rjlaa and arill replace your oroaeo window resionsDly. Trowone Cab inet Wo.k. UPPER APPLEGATE DAM PLAN TALKED AT GRANGE MEET APPLEGATE. July 17. (flpl.) The Applegate Orange met last Friday night to discus the mater of erect ing dam on the upper Applegate, to furnlah water the year round to farmer down thl valley. The dam under discussion will be erected at an estimated coat of $600,000. Under the PWA. the government will ad vance h&lf the needed sum and the farmers will put up the other half, with 30 yeara to pay for It, aasewlng each man so much per acre of his land. A preliminary survey 1 now under way by the government to determine how much land uch a structure can serve. At present only a limited number of farm are sufficiently Irri gated. Monday morning. Bert Huklll. who la assistant water master, went on duty for the remainder of the mm mer, to regulate heads of ditches. Member of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce attended the meeting, which was an open one. The visit was conducted under the leader ship of C. M. Hurt, chairman of the lnter-clty visitation committee of the Chamber of Commerce. Short talks were made by W. S. Bolger and W A Gates, director of the Chamber of Commerce: by C. M. Hurd. Mr. M. M. Snider, Dr. W. F. Roney and Larry Pennington, members. A. H. Ban well, m&nager of the Chamber of commerce, gave the main A LONo RIPE IN A PURSUED CAR, AND STANDING IN DARKNESS HEAR AN OLD BREWERY WITH A STRANAER, CAVE 6E0Rl?E SOME Of THE THR'LLS HE EXPECTED, AFTER AN EXCITING PHONE CALL FROM HARTFORP OAKDALE, S-MATTER POP- ' , By 0. M. Payne' v atrrTlfT ( ? T' -ipr ( ') ' ' ' ' " ij. aJ r Loowrteht. 1935 by Tbe Boll Byn -jjk TAILSPIN TOMMY-Unm.ric.dl '' By Hal Fst IWJ . ' AFRAID, n X "lT SEEMS-- llFVDU WILL STUDvV LA CABEZA d I UN AioMEWTO.'S Wfti i-l kENORTA::?APTAN GARCIA-- VpfHILS TOMMY- GENERAL, TWWeV I'VE HEARD ? TUtSE FEDERAL SAN JUAN'. I DO NOT THERH IS f J. 1 EWNES' TteTOnWlNO 13 FLYHS fltOAV SHALL HAVE TO J CtHAT VOCE J PLANS OWCH-x) LIKE TO CHANGE SOMEONE lr-s uiONDER INEZ. HAD AN FROM HIS HECEN7 CHAN6B OUR PLAN BEFORE- jH I HAVE---,Jp THOSE PLAN I 'AVE, LISTENINS-I h I J I Son THAT VOU AERIAL BATTLE OF ATTACK UPON W V,fK CAP1TAN SARCIA ! --z ?'PM6 : t uJS--ROTTEN ' J MTHJOSE RlVERIA DE LA ROSA"? 2. YfllT 'i I T W PIOTO-Vr T5rw1rrSl IT JV?1? --rrWi 1 JJ) Djj BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER The Prospector Wonders By EcJwin Alo-et ffl f '1 L6.9 LIKED THEM- VOL) SPELLS rTffl Mf"OwT SEC -COME ON ,' II dUBnED IF IOOMT LIKE THAT " H A MW O MtTTLES A EVER ) I FEO YOUR BURRO, OWJNIE, I D-I-A-N'A- HOW A M BRARSIE WANT A W ' Y'"""V '""'V" WmA BOV uP-WNOER IF I Ww, rVlUNK A FANG INTO 7Ak TOO- HOW DO VOL) I ELSE'D VOU TWIN. j M LITTLE RUM BEFORE f PARE TAKE AwSw WM T,liMi 1 u, By Sol Hesi llli I maSt'el tSTv15 -Sf Ymst WMAT UT'M GOING TO GIVE tuemX GET OUT OF HERE.f i 1 ''fx M7s MATCHEDV - f I ' ViX-M THOSE- SUBMERGED LAKE - AND THINK- I BACK UNLESS YOU FEEL J F ' M t.l.,1' rAT" RrK AK,h ar.!r' J I 1 'A LITTLE FISW? WMEN OTHER FELLOWS ARE I V LIKE YOU'RE TIRED J M BROOK TROUT AND PICKEREL -v I V"-. SITTING OUT IN THE HOT SUN OF BREATHING T . d I p - I I , V YOU'LL BE FISHIN5 IN yOUR '$ THE BUNOLE F AY-Roh w-j" - I I Listen friend,) . , Hey you! 1 I Excuse. pIms?. I ' Oh I I Hen whfc VVhat. I I ,,h Fnnli fitnni Mm I nTT!rT1 TTT 1 talk ot the evening, optltnlng in de tail many of the features of the re cently formed five-year development program. Banwell stressed in par ticular the agricultural end of this progTun and the various point of Interest to Grangers. Mineral devel opment. Industrial development and other features of the program were also explained. At the conclusion of hla talk. Banwell was called back for an Impromptu program of music and readings. Many of the Grangers at tending were not aware that Mr. Ban well was born in England and conse quently could give the three English interpretations of "Four and twenty black-bliTd baked In a pie" with hi larious ease. The evening' entertainment was arranged by Ed Taylor, master of the Applegate Grange. 46th Traffic Death PORTLAND, July 7.-(Jp,The 48th traffic fatality In Portland during the current fiscal, year occurred to day when Richard Lee Hayes, 4-year-old son of Mr. -and Mrs. Clarence Hayes of this city, was killed when he ran into the side of a wood tru?ic and was run over by the rear whoe'.t. v --TWO FAMILIES ARRIVE 5IMLtLAWE0U5LV i.S",,9fl X fWoRi-fE Picnic spot , where mil&sWi t ill , (Copyright, H(&5. by Tns 1 Syadieati, Int.) WILLKxHS SV&X Cf ermanwholivneor, M... f mother Belfini J Tfriwd. quick! Tdrop'A tin thatV Z of utrV -V, 'al,0 P'rA Ll S i the fK : ' li knife ThiJ For ,pl 1 Tf lfi HEAVY POWER LINE PLANNED TO AIL PORTLAND, Ore., July 17. (AP) Paul B. McKee, president of the Pacific Power and Light company, to day announced plans for the Immedi ate construction of a 66 ,000 -volt transmission line connecting the Longvlew system of the Washington Gas and Electric company with the Ariel Hydro-Electric plant on the : Lewi river. j Distance to be bridged by the line we estimated at 25 miles, 16 miles of which 1 to be constructed by the Inland Power and Light company. 1 subsidiary of the Pacific Power and Light, and 0 miles by the Washing ton Gaa and Electric company. McKee declared the new line would be wood-pole construction. Insulated for 66.000 volts and that about $60.- j 000 of the total "cost of $190,000 i would go for labor. THE WORLD AT ITS WORST I I -wi wlh rjvi.. . i j ASiMr-rfl By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
