MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUTE, MEDFORU, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1935.
PAGE TEN
READY MADE WIE
.BY CORALIE S T-ANTON .
BYNOPBIS i The unexpected re
turn to London of Rex Moore, the
airman supposedly lost in the Pa
cific, hae exposed the desperate lie
of Laurie Moore, told to eave her
eelf and her eintet tram a etill more
desperate eituation. Bhe hae told her
employer . Mark Albery that she is
Moore's widow: now she must keep
tlti the dereptlon eo that Ret may
hold his job. Albery has lent them
a furnished flat until they can "set
tle themselves "
Chapter 12
MONEY MATTERS
TT was In this bard and controlled
mood that Laurie prepared to
meet Hex Moore.
But be was not there. On the
breakfast table was a large buncb
of daffododlls, with a card beside It
"Good-mornlngl Hope you slept
well. I'm off for the day. Sorry din
ner and show off tonight Albery
wants me. R. M."
His handwriting appealed to her.
It was neat and Arm. This greeting
rather took the wind out of her sails.
Her emotional side rose to answer
It with a rush of disproportionate
pleasure.-
Bhe was so easily touched and
gratified. How nice of blml He could
be something else than a boor. She
remembered his last words of the
sight before "If you're ths girl 1
took you for, you'll play the game!"
The day went by swiftly. She took
possession of Miss Dixie's office
near Mark Albery's private room.
It was Sat rday, and the Chief only
came In for an hour and dictated a
fow lotters.
"Moore told you I sent him down
to my place In the country?" be
asked her. "1 want his advice, on
something. I'm just off there myself.
I won't keep blm longer than 1 can
help. It's bard on you. Mrs. Moore,
but you'll have to be patient When
we'vo got things going, you must
have leave and go off together on
your second honeymoon."
His rare smile bad Us usual flash
ing charm, but It affected ber
strangely. She felt uncomfortable;
that vague' premonition of evil re
turned to her.
Rex came in while Laurie was out
that night She bad gone to a movie.
As she opened the door, she was
aware of the tremendous energy of
bis presence In the Oat
"Have you had anything to eatT"
he asked.
"Yes, thanks. The old body bad
left me a tine cold meal."
She did not tell blm that she had
sent Mrs. Budd home early, and
prepared It herself and left It when
she went out In case he should
come In.
He was In some way transformed.
When be told her that he bad been
up In the air In a new machine from
Albery's private aerodrome, she un
derstood. That was his life.
"Thank you for the flowers." she
said; and then added nervously:
"I'm sorry 1 made a fool of myself
last night"
"And I'm sorry I said that to you
about Albery," he replied. "It waa
mean and silly."
"You're right about us," she went
on, and gave blra a frank smile. "It
Is a joke, and wo must treat It like
one."
"Good. We shall manage fine, I'm
sure. I won't Interfere with your life.
I know you hate me."
"And you despise me!" she put In
quickly.
"That's where you re wrong. I
do nothing of the kind. You're being
a sport about this. It's a bargain,
then. Will you shake on it, LaurleT
We look on the funny side."
"We look on the funny side, Rex!"
she repeated, giving him her hand.
TJT It was not sucb plain sailing
all that
During the next fortnight, which
-flashed by, there wero many difficul
ties In this unnatural household.
They were constantly at logger
'heads over some question.
Money had been the first one.
Laurie Insisted on paying her way.
'Rex objected. He had brought her
there, he said. The flat cost him
nothing. Albery said they were to
stay In It until they found something
suitable.
Laurie was adamant, and be gave
way. She pu. It on a business basis.
He understood nothing about house
keeping. Fbe would board blm for
so much a week, and be could pay
Mrs. Budd's wages. This was a con
cession to bis masculine pride.
She was astonished at what she
thought was his meanness. He
wanted to spend nothing on himself,
and as little as possible on anybody
else. When, on two occasions, be
asked some men to dinner, he told
ber to be as economical as possible.
It did not seem to go with the rest
of blm. And be so often talked of
money, of making aa much money
as be could, as quickly as be could.
When he wanted to be specially
amiable to ber he told ber that she
was helping blm to do It
She did not ask any of ber friends
to visit ber. When he spoke about It
sbe said she had very tew; she
wasn't one for making friends easily.
He was in one o' bis rough moods,
and remarked curtly:
"I suppose not Tbey ask too many
questions."
He would say sucb things, with
what she took to be the deliberate
desire to hurt her. She hardened her
self, but she was sensitive to excess.
And she .old berself that she hated
him more every day.
He was away tor several days on
end at the Albery factories In Cam
bridgeshire. Then she breathed free
ly. Sbe could not get accustomed to
him when be was In the flat His
very presence was overwhelming.
Sbe was aware of it all the time. Sbe
lay awake in her room, while be was
sleeping peacefully In his.
It was tho sense of strangeness
tbat got on her nerves. She was not
used to men. And Rex Moore was
certainly a big personality to be
boxed up wltb sucb artificial Inti
macy. By the end of the tortnght Laurie,
who was always pale, looked quite
washed out, and there were haggard
II' es of fa. ut round ber eyes.
Which Mark Albery, at the office,
did not tail to notice, and which con
i faced him that Rex Moore bad no
i -a for j wife ai.d was making
unhappy.
p EX MOORE was alone In the flat
one afternoon, studying maps,
with a row of books open around
blm on the dining-room table.
It was )ut Ave o'clock. Mrs.
Budd bad put bis tea on a side table,
and gone back to the kitchen, with
an admiring glance at his broad
shoulders and fine l)ead and untidy
dark hair.
She was r. philosopher, and bad
glven'up worrying herself about this
peculiar menage the mistress out
at work all day. tlu n-ter away for
days at a time. And the two of them
laughing anil joking and talking
nineteen to the dozen, but not a bit
like man and wife.
She had overheard them quarrel
ling, true, but never making love, as
she told her Invalid husband, whom
she supported, "never kissing or
cuddling, nor nothing of the kind!"
She knew they had been separated
tor two years She could only sup
pose It taou them a bit of time to
get used to each other again. Coma
to think of it, there must be some
thing queer about a dead husband
come to life.
The door bell rang.
Rex lifted his head, frowning. He
did .not want to be disturbed. He
hoped It wasn't that man come to
take bis photograph "Rex Moore,
the famous airman. In bis Chelsea
flat, ptanntn? his next sensational
flight" Damn! Albery had advised
him to submit to a mild publicity
campaign, and he bad consented be
cause of the money. Curse money!
How he loathed It!
Mrs. vBudd came Into the room'.
"A lady to see you, sir," she an
nounced. "I said I'd see if you was
disengaged."
Rex sprang to bis feet
"A lady? It must be for Mrs.
Moore."
"Nq, sir, the lady particularly
asked to see you. I showod her Into
the drawing-room."
He shook his impatient shoulders.
A woman to see him? He didn't know
a single woman In England. It must
be some female reporter from one
of the papers.
He went into the sitting room.
"Rex! My dear my dear, how
wonderful!" said a woman's voice,
a rather high-pitched voice with a
drawl In ft
It was not a roporter who came
towards blm. wltb large glowing
dark eyes and a smile of uncon
trolled joy on eager, brightly-painted
lips. It was the only woman who
had ever come Into his life, except
for little deed Belle Mason, the last
woman In the world whom at the
moment he wanted to meet again.
"Mra. Steele! Wanda!" His voice
was uncertain; his light eyes had
that strange snowy look that seemed
to withdraw him from every day life.
(Copyright. 1911, Coralie Btantonl
Tomorrow, Ran finds hlmaalf
caught in an eJd nat.
ICE
MONTREAL. (UP) lea cnim
manufacturers may soon b flavoring
their products with piece of wttate
wood.
Three research workers attached to
th Pulp and Paper Research Insti
tute at McOllt university report they
have aucoeeded In producing van. 11
from discarded chips of wood and
anwduft.
Heretofore vanilla has bc?n ob
tained from plant in the orchid fam
ily grown In tropical countries. After
lengthy experiment. Dr. Harold Hu
bert and lila two aaalstants. t. 0.
Bddy and George H. Tomllnaon. ad
vlped the Royal Society of Omada
that they have discovered a procen
to produce vanilla from waate '.
phlte liquor, a by-product of paper
maklng planta.
Klkl Cuyler. Cubs outfielder. U con
sidered one of the most neatly
uniformed ball players In th big
league a .
TOWN CRIERS BELL
J
Board of Trade Revives
Custom of Early Puritan
Days Booming Voice
Gives News, Advertising
WASHINGTON, D. C. fSpl) Pro
vl nee town, Mass., down on the tip
of salty Cape Cod. once again echoes
to the ring of the town crler'a bell.
The board of trade has revived a
custom, dating from early Puritan
days, that had lapsed with the demise
of the last crier a few years ago.
"Town crlera have long served the
place of newspapers in many of the
remote settlements of the world,"
says a bulletin from the headquarters
of the National Geographic society
at Washington, D. C. "Should a vil
lager wish to advertise the loss of a
pig, the need of farm help, or the
sale of fish, this bell-rlnglng hawker
Is consulted and hired. Should he
wish to hear the latest news, how
ever raucously announced, of current
domestic or foreign events, he Joins
the audience within earshot of the
boomlng-volced town crier.
Drums, Horns, Announce Approach
"Sunday, after church services. Is
an Ideal time for the crier In one
European village. In a communica
tion to the National Geographic soc
iety, Margery Rae describes the
methods of the town crier In Mezo
kovesd, a village not far from Bud
apest, Hungary. 'Two gendarmes took
their places on opposite side of the
large square In front of the church
and began to heat a vigorous tatto
on their drums. Prom the church
the people gathered In two crowds
about these officials, who drew forth
Important-looking documents and
began their reading.
" 'It Is an education and a revela
tion to hear the news of Mezoko
vesd, the writer continues. 'A cow
waa lost on Tuesday. If anyone has
found her let him report to the town
headquarters. There was a long list
of farms to rent and sell; plows to
rent, servants to hire. The usual
monthly wage of the servants Is
seldom more than a dollar added to
certain supplies and their needed
clothing. It Is sufficient, no doubt;
their wants are few. Any national
news of Importance Is told; new laws
are read. It Is an amusingly terse,
clear effort.'
Crier Is An Actor
"Mannerisms of the stage are part
of the crler'a stock In trade. He Im
parts dignity to his calling by var
ious methods standing Immobile
with hands thrust deep Into his
pockets, awaiting silence among hla
hearers. A frown of Importance may
cross his forehead; an Impatient ges
ture Is achieved by placing his hands
on his hips as he surveys the aud
ience that is quite at his mercy. Not
until he Is entirely satisfied that
the assemblage Is sufficiently Im
pressed with his high office does he
begin to deliver his message. Herbert
Corey also describes a crier who an
nounced the presentation of a motion
picture In the Spanish town of Pulg
cerda: " 'He registered emotion. His voice
soared until It reached an oratorical
climax, and then dropped to low and
thrilling tones as he dwelt upon the
pathos of the marvelous film. We
who waited fairly hung on his words.
There Is an art In town crying.'
"Nearby, at Seo de Urgel. the
Spanish diocese town of the tiny
state of Andorra atop the Pyrenees,
the " town crier gathers an audience
by blowing on his trumpet. . 'Water
melons for sale at the first house
south of the church,' shouts the
crier. In a small mountain village
on the Island of Sardinia. He at
tracts a quaintly garbed crowd by
blowing a shrill blast on a brass
horn.
"Among thousands of English wo
men who carried on while their men
folk followed the colors In the World
war, one took her' father's place as
the town crier of Thetford. Robin
Hood's Bay, on the bold headlands
of Yorkshire, has Its town crier even
today.
"Walter Smith, who preceded the
newly appointed crier of Province
town, Insisted on a three-pound bell.
It was, he maintained, an Irreducible
minimum for a proper Job. Several
ringers had gone before him, all of
whom swung authoritative-sounding
bells. Smith complained that his feet
were ruined when the boardwalks of
the town were replaced by cement.
"But Provlncetown now boasts a
new town crier, and what with the
development of modern news-gathering
agencies, high-speed presses, and
split-second deliveries, he may well
be the only surviving representative
of his plctursque calling in America."
Sea Biscuit Hunt Stngcd,
SEASIDE. Ore. (UP) Between 800
and 900 "sea biscuits," little round
shells picked up on the ocean beach,
were turned in during a "biscuit
hunt" staged by the Necanleum
Orange. Charlotte Doolley won wltn
400 shells.
FIRST AID
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
COMES lrl,ANH0UHCIW6
A Llffle PROUDLY "THAT"
HE HAS COi HIS F1W6ER
DISPLAYS INFINITESIMAL
SCRfrfCH WR MOTrlERTb
SEE, AND ASKS CAN HE
BAN0A6E If HIMSELF?
APPLIES AMlSEWlC LIB
ERAUY, MOST OF If
MISSW6 F1K6ER AND
6DIK6 OVER WASH BOWi.
6ES dirt ADHESIVE
Tape aMd cofs off A
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in
Finds That adhesive
Tape adheres koTon-
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To EiCTVtHiKi6 else
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BUT FlNftLLV MAKES
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Finishes. pecide6
That Thou&h .bandage
IS A LlffLE BULKY, If
LOOKS IMPORTANT
REALIZES SDDDEKlVThaT
The cot Was on fingir
OF OfriER HAND. BDT.
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UR VERY MUCH
(Copyright, 1838, by The Bell Syndicate, tnc.)
LOS ANOELES (CT Tin cana go
Into a. huge ahreddtng machine and
com out the other end as acrap ateel
and gle&mlng bare of tin In a new
proceM Juat put Into operation hy a
Lot Angelea plant.
The pro.-ee. developed by David E.
Deljippe, FVniriena Inventor, la ex
pected to aalvafte thousand of dol
lars worth of tin and ateel otherwise
destined to waste awny In rust.
Old cana first are shredded in a
biff cylindrical apparatus like rlnt
washing machine. A strong chemical
mixture la poured Into the tank of
metal ecrapa and the tin comes off
In solution. Pure tin Ia reco-ered
from the aolutlon by electrolyali
The Yankeea and WashlnRton Sen
ators claimed one of the reasons for
thlr aa-hlt apasm In Yankee stiultu-n
waa that the a'adlum turf had been
paoked to pavement hardness by the
crowd at the Louis-Camera, flht
lew da) a beluia.
S-MATTER POP-
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