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TiIEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOKL). OREGON SUNDAY, JULY 21, 1935.
READY MADE WIF
.BY CORALIE STANTON
SYNOP818: Laurta Uoorm haa
appropriated Rex Uoore'a noma to
auva heraelt from a bad attuation.
thinkinn him dead. Now that ha haa
returned, ahe muat eonttnua to pre
tend she ia hia eifa to aave hia iob.
lint Wanda Hteele. Rex'a benefac
tor, audtlenly oppeara. a uidout
note, and makea demanda upon
Rer.
Chapter H
tiHOCK FOR WANDA
ITTANDA continued:
' ' "Ferdy left me all his money
(Ve can do everything we Hko. We
can forget everything about the
past; we can go all round the world
All I van! I to make you happy
lo be happy with you."
"I have my Job," Rex Bald.
"Nonsense! I couldn't bear to
think of you flying again!"
She was In a way like himself;
he was pulsating with strength,
with energy; the wine of lite ran In
her veins. And she was a woman
starved of love, and she bad found
the man she desired more than any-
thing on this earth.
She -vas looking at him with burn
Ing eyes.
"You have forgotten because you
want to." she said bitterly. "And all
this time I've been thinking of you
and longing to Bnd you Ferdy
thought you must be dead, because
you never let us hear from you. But,
somehow, 1 always knew you were
alive."
"1 am sorry." His voice wa grave.
"But 1 bave my life to live. I have
my work. I have my cbance again.
It's seldom a man gets such a chance
twice over. My life Is my Job. 1 will
pay you back all that I owe ynu In
money. 1 can't bear to be In your
debt. Ever since 1 came back, I've
thought of nothing else. Bu' beyond
that It's Impossible."
"How dare you Insult me like
that?" Her eyes glowed red with
the fury of balked passion. "You
are a miserable coward. No, I don't
mean that. Rex!"
Her voice changed, became ab
ject. "I'll watt, I know bow you must
feel coming back to your Job. I won't
stand In your way. You shall do all
you want to. You shall .bow the
world that you are the finest airman
In It. Everything I have shall go to
help you. But say you haven't for
gotten! Only say you'll love me as
I love you! That's all I care about'
He shook his head.
"You mean you want me to marry
you, Wanda?"
"Of course."
"1 can't do that."
"Why? Because I am rich? Don't
be a fool! You owe me so much al-
ready."
"I know. I will pay It back."
"You can't. Rex, you can't bave
forgotten what you said when we
sat out those nights In the garden,
aud you were so dear, so sweet to
me? 1 told you 1 couldn't live with'
out you, aud you said on. so many
things, but always that fate had
beon uuklnd to us, we had met too
late, and "
He interrupted her harshly.
"Please don'tl 1 didn't mean I
don't know what I said."
A ND Indeed, he did not know. In
1 1 that dazed period of seeing
again, of looking on a new world,
of the miracle of emerging from that
awful darkness what had be said?
What could a man have said to tbls
woman to whom he owed his eyes,
his life? To whom he could give
nothing real, nothing that mattered,
nothing that she wanted? Only
gratitude. What could he say to ber?
The man was strldlnt up and
down the room, his hands clenched.
The woman's eyes did not leave bis
face. They were both lost to what
was going on around them. Rex
Moore bent only on escape from
ber; she best only on grappling htm
to her, so that he could not get away.
The .ige-old drama of passion pur
suit and flight. But against the
fundamental laws of nature. For
man must be the pursuer, or he Is
no man.
So that neither of them was aware
of a key turning In the lock of the
front door. Nor of a woman's voice
In conversation with Mrs. Budd In
the kitchen.
Nor of the sitting-room door open
ing and Laurie coming into the
room.
Not until she was there.
Hex stood still when be saw ber.
Laurie stood still on the thresh
old In surprise at Hading a visitor
there. And a woman so arresting, so
distinctive, so wonderfully dressed.
A figure so sophisticated, so as
sured, so Intriguing to the girl who
bad been brought up so roughly and
bad to work her way through so
much hardship and sordldness and
tragedy to the little spot In the sun
that she had achieved entirely by
her own efforts, only with the
miraculous help ot a dead man.
And Wanda Steele looked at
Laurie through her heavy lids
lowered over her enormous black
eyes.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't know there
was anybody here!" said Laurie.
Her voice was like a breeze stirring
the congested air of the room. She
stood, looking from one to the other,
feeling Instinctively that she was
In the way. "I'll tell Mrs. Budd to get
tea," she said, turning to the door
again.
But Rex Moore Intercepted ber.
"Laurie, this Is my friend, Mrs.
Steele," he said conventionally. "I
want you .o meet her. Wanda," he
turned to Mrs. Steele, "tbls Is my
wife."
Wanda Steele was too much a
woman of the world to show any
surprise. Her composure was some
thing to marvel at. From under ber
heavy lids there flashed one murder
ous glance ot Jealousy at the girl
and one ot furious resentment at the
man.
But they were looking at each
other at the moment, and when
Laurie came towards Mrs. Steele,
she was smiling and gripped the
girl's hand warmly In her long, lean
fingers.
"Why, to think I didn't even know
my friend Rex Moore was married!"
she said. "And we've bad so much
to talk about since 1 came that he
hadn't even time to tell me!"
I?OR a few momenta Laurie was so
" occupied In following Moore's
lead and saying the right thing that
she was hardly conscious of the
other woman's personality. She was
only another person who had to be
tooled. Rex explained that It was
she and her husband who had picked
blm up In their yacht wben he had
crashed and looked after htm In
California while be was blind.
Gradually, Laurie got the bang of
the situation, and was able to take
notice. And the first thlnrf she saw
waa that Mrs. Steele was in love
with Rex Moore.
The wonderful-looking lady was
cordiality Itself to Lands. On leav
ing, she said with an almost affec
tionate note In ber high-pitched
drawling voice:
You must let me be your friend,
too, my dear. I'm sure you don't
mind, but 1 feel tbat a tiny bit of
Rex really does belong to me, al
though he baa treated me ao shab
bily, the bad boyl Now, positively.
you must both come and dine with
me tomorrow."
She would take no refuaal, al
though Rex tried bard to make an
excuse.
"1 shall expect you at eight," were
her Inst words. "Rex, I suppose I
must forgive you for not telling me
that you bad such a charming little
wife!"
When he came back from seeing
her down to her car, be said to Lau
rie gruffly:
1 owt everything to Mrs. Steele
and her husband, my eyesight as
well as my life."
3he la wonderful," Laurie re
pllod enthusiastically. "One of those
women one reads about In the Il
lustrated papera Just perfect In ev
ery way. She must be enormously
rich. Is her husband nice?"
'He Is dead."
"Ob!" Laurie did not know why
ahe gave him such a bright smile.
'She Is In love with you, of course!"
"Don't be absurd!"
"Anybody coula see IL And you're
not blind any longer!"
It sounded unkind. She could not
understand why she felt unkind. It
must bave been the surprise.
He gave ber a furious stare.
"Ynu little cat!"
"1 didn't mean that It waa horrid
of me!" she said Impulsively; then
hurried out of the room.
She came back a few minutes
later.
Mrs. Budd says Mr. Albery has
sent In some lovely trout and
would you like them for dlnnor?"
don't want any dinner," he an-
awered roughly. "I'm going out for a
walk."
When she was alone, Laurie gave
way to a tew painful sobs. Her
nerves were going to pieces. How
she haled him! Why couldn't she
make him pay, as be was making
her pay?
(Copyright. Itii. Coralta Stanton!
Rx trlts to borrow soma menty,
tomorrow.
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OF
IN SUICIDE PACT
CHICAGO. July 20. A, Jonh
Oornik, 21, confeivwd today to de
tain John McOlnnln of the New York
potlc. thts cttptain Mid, that he itib
bM to death Miss Mae Uikavloh, IL
Cornik in his alleged confession tn-Int-tvt
the slaying waa part of sui
cide psct to which the (Ctrl had
agreed. She was killed In i clump of
bushes in a parkway between an au
tomobile drive and t street cat line
on the southwest side.
McGinn Is quoted Oornik s saying
st the slaying scene:
"First we went for a walk. We stop
ped at my home and I got my ki.tfe
Then we ccme here. We sat down and
she reclined across my lap She M.d:
'Why don't we die'?"
FRETS GARAGE In new location, Phone M3 We'll nu! sway jouj
01 N. central. Fnoue 1388. refuse, city aiaitary Seme.
I
FOR WIFE THEFT
ftPOKANB. July 30 -,4V-Convicted
tn federal court of a Mann act chance.
Robert Kennedy was se n te nvd to
serve his fourth penltenttery term.
Kennedy admitted taking a younjj
marrlM woman from her husband
and transporting her from Pendleton,
Ore., to Walla Walls several times.
He was sentenced by Jude J Stanley
Webster to serve four years. He pre
viously had served sentences In Ore
gon for burglary, theft and bad chads
operations.
The grave of Peter Stuvvessnt.
famous Dutch governor of colonial
New York, ts situated at St. Mark'i-on-the
Boery.
A New York sidewalk "merchant"
teaches h!i audience to draw fancy
stencil letter, then nells an tw-y-let-
tering device.
NEW DEAL STUDY
Organization of Med ford women
under the "Reporter Plan" which
Is gaining momentum In alt parts
of the nation as an outstanding con-
trlbution to the education of the
public to the true characerlslcs of
the new deal, was accomplished here
Thursday night at ah enthusiastic
meeting, called by Mrs. A. E. Reames.
vice-chairman of the Jackson county
Democratic central committee, with
Mrs. Nanny Wood Honeyman of Port
land, vice-chairman for Oregon, and
Mrs. Elsie Gardner Picking, regional
director of the women's division of
the national Democratic committee.
as speakers.
In spite of the rising temperature.
32 representative Democrats gather
ed at the Hotel Medford to welcome
their political leaders and launch
organization of the local study clubs.
which will assemble and disseminate
information on all federal agencies,
formed under the new deal. The "Re
porter Plan" was explained by Mrs.
Honeyman and Mrs. Picking, who
emphasized the need for thorough
study of federal agencies by fact
finding groups. The club, they point
ed out. is not limited to Demo
crats, since the plan is not for in
spiration of partisan polltlca but for
the education of people of all polit
ical faiths.
Under the "Reporter Plan" each
major project, such as the AAA, CCC
and NRA, will be thoroughly stud
ied, and the reporter on each topic
will be prepared to answer whatever
questions may arise In forum regard
ing the project. In addition to re
porting on the majoj federal agen
cies, the groups will study unem
ployment insurance, old age security,
children's security and all legisla
tion, now pending. Continuous study
will be required of those participat
ing In the plan and complete clip
ping services maintained.
The summer months will be de
voted chiefly to obtaining Informa
tion, and definite meetings will be
held at regular periods, beginning in
September, with extension of invi
tations to all women, interested In
"becoming informed, on governmen
tal matters." Men will also be in
vited to participate in the meetings,
although the plan is sponsored by
women.
The group of representative Dem
ocrats attending Thursday's organiza
tion meeting included the following
women: Mrs. J. C Mann, Mrs. Geo.
Codding. Mrs. John Peter, Mrs. A
E. Reames, Mjs. O. I. Overmeye'r.
Mrs. Stella Anderson, Mrs. John
Fuller of Ashland, Mrs. Lewis Ulrich.
Mrs. Moore Hamilton. Mrs. Kather
lne Huntress, Mrs. N. S. Oatman.
Mrs; A. V. Graves, Mrs. E. E. Kelly,
and Mrs. Thatcher of Talent.
The great plains drought this spring
resulted. In an exodus of cattle to
more favorable areas twice as great as
that of a year before. About 91,000
head were shipped out.
More small trout "planted" by the
government in streams are killed by
other fish than by the big birds
commonly believed to be the fish's
worst enemy.
The department of agriculture re
ceives thousands of letters a war atk-
llng about means of eradicating weeds.
APPEAL FILED IN
STATE AAA CODES
SALEM. July 21. OP) Appeal from
the decree of Circuit Jude Winter of
Multnomah county in which he held
the state marketing codes and agree
ments were unconstitutional was files
with the state supreme court here
today. The arguments in the appeal
will be heard July 24.
The suit in which the decree uas
handed down was brought by the ice
cream code authorities to restrain
Fred Meyer from selling Ice cream be
low the code price. While Winter held
with Meyer he ordered he comply
with the code prices until the su
preme court decides upon the consti
tutionality of the statutes.
Should the supreme court uphold
the decree of the lower court, 11 ag
ricultural marketing codes will be
thrown out. Solon T. White, dlrectsr
of agriculture, stated however, that
until the state court acts all codes
will be enforced.
William Goebel was administered
the oath of off lea as governor of Ken
tucky while on his death bed from
an assassin's bullet In 1900.
Dr. A. H. McArn is serving his
forty-fourth year as pastor of the
First Presbyterian church at Cheraw,
8. C.
Department of agriculture engin
eers have developed a portable outfit
for Irrigating crops.
SUBURBAN HEIGHTS By cluyas williaivs
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MOW Wb LAWN UH-TiL HE DISCOVERED
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By Sol Hess
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By Harry J. Tu.ihiU
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mgsterg rocket, I theg bnd.are i ejdj A
eh? What do duty
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srviinA if S tv used as a t jnk.sjusAe.
must bounce ?S5l and of course, brings
inc intrii
back.
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thousand.
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does it takeif course, Colonel.no one but no one
to 0,0.. .sag a jus imee must Know nurrjfi tspecialiy
thousand f . aoout imsf , 3 7 no ladies,
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