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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,
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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
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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
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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
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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
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By GLUYAS WILLIAMS