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PAGE SUC MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOKD. OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 22. 1935 READY MADE WIF BY CORALIE STAHTON . BYNOPSIS: Laurie and Set Moore are pretending to be man and wile, becauee when Laurie thought Hex viae dead ehe bor rowed hie name and when he re' turned ehe wae forced to continue the prctcnee to protect Rex'e fob. A'ow Wanda Steele, Rex'e bene factor, has found htm. and te ob viously in love with him. Laurie hae no claim on Rex but ehe reeente M'anda a little, iutt the eame. Chapter 16 MONEY AGAIN 'TpHB neit morning, ei aoon as Mark Albery arrived at bis of fice, Rex Moore called and asked to see him. "I've come to aak you for some thing," the young man said. "It's a tall order, but I've got nobody elso to turn to. I'm badly In need of money. Would you let me have a loan of a thousand pounds?" Albery looked slightly startled. He was paying the young man a thou sand a year as a retainer. It was his habit, however, to take such sur prises humorously. "What'a the Idea, Moore? Do you want to buy Mrs. Moore s pearl neck lace?" "No. It's a debt I want to pay. It will be all right, Mr. Albery," he added earnestly, for him, almost humbly. "It sounds a lot, I know, but 1 can pay It back soon. I've been offered a big price for some articles by the North American Gazette 'Dead Airman Comes to Life' you know the sort of thing! I'm starting on them at once." "But what about your dislike of publicity?" asked Albery, with up lifted eyebrows. "Can't help It, I've got to get the money. But I want It now." To himself, Albery was saying, "I must be right. There must be some woman In this. He never said any thing about being In debt before.' Aloud, he spoke with quiet cordi ality. "Of course, I'll lend you the money, tny boy. I'm glad you came to me. I always feel I can't do too much for you. I'll write the check now, "Make It so that 1 can cash It, please!" "All right!" Albery wrote, and handed over the slip of paper as If It were a thing that happened every day. "You needn't be In any hurry to pay It back," he said. "Well, what'a the latest report on the new fuel?' "I don't like to say anything yet. It seems too good to be true. I've only tried it in the car. If It really comes off, It will nearly double our range In the air. Gerard la still work ing on the safety test; he seems cer tain of success. Of course, I'm not an expert" "But using It in the engine of the car, you said there would be danger above a certain speed?" "I think so. That's what Gerard Is working on." "Safety is everything, my boy. Don't take risks!" "One must now and then It's all In the day's work." "But It mustn't be In your day's work for the present not that par ticular risk. You've got to be per fectly fit for the Pacific flight next month." Rex Moore took his leave, thank ing his employer with something nearer emotion that anyone had ever heard in his voice. Albery rang on the telephone, and a minute later Laurie Moore came Into the room, and the man's blood ran taster in his veins, aa he looked at her changing face, with the little nervoua linea around the mouth that told of some inner distress. O EX MOORE1 wrote letter after letter to Mrs. Steele, and tore them up. Brought up against what ahe had done for him, the fact that he was trying to pay hor back with a bundle of borrowed bank notes de prived him of words. But he could not help It He sim ply hRd to pay her back some of the actual money that her husband had spent on him. It was probably more than this. The specialist's fees In America were enormous, and they had traveled great distances to see him. Perhaps he ought to go and see her? It would look loss ungrateful It he tried to explain that ha would lose all aelf-respect It he did not pay the money. But he could not bring himself to do It He had always fled this woman. He was In a way afraid of her. He would have to bear the stigma of ingratitude. He could not face her alone. It waa bad enough to go with Laurie to dinner with her that night The same thought of Wanda Steele waa In bis Irritated mind that Laurie had so often had about him: why had she come back Into bis life? In the end. he wrote a stiff letter of thanks, as It to a stranger, and spent the rest of the day cursing himself and dreading the ordeal to come. Laurie was reading a letter when Rex Moore came Into the flat at seven o'clock. "Gladys, my sister. Is coming back tomorrow," she told him. There was a soft, happy look In her blue eyes. "She thinks they are going to make a tour of the London suburbs. That means she'd be here some time. But she can't stay here, can she?" "Why not?" he asked. "I thought it waa Axed." "What room is she to have? Share mine?" "No, that wouldn't do," ha said, with his grim chuckle. "We must keep up the conventions at any cost You've forgotten the room on the other side of the landing, where Albery's young cousin put up his men friends. It's good enough for your sister, isn't It? It's got Its own bathroom." Laurie had forgotten It How could she have been so stupid, and made herself look a tool again? She had looked Into It when he had pointed It out But her mind was al ways In a muddle now. She was only her sane, well-balanced self when she was at work In -the office. "7E3, of course, It'll do splendid I ly," she said, and her voice was hard, as It always was when these domestic subjects came up. "But per haps she'd be all right In my place. The landlady would look after her, I suppose." And you'd be worried to death. I can see. She Is certainly coming here. Didn't we decide It would be as well to have a witness to our cat and dog life?" he added mockingly. I'm glad I'm going to meet your sister. Does she mention me? You said she wroto nice things when she heard I had come back." "Glad writes she Is 'thrilled to the bone' at the Idea of meeting you," Laurie told him. Good! I'm sure we shall get on You must think up a small dinner for her tomorrow. We'll celebrate. I suppose we'd better get ready to go to dinner with Mrs. Steele," Laurie said. "1 suppose so." His voice lost all expression. He had been talking be fore almost as If they were friends; at least as If they understood each other. It was a queer kind of com panionship that they experienced now and then. After all, even ene mies can understand one another. The telephone rang. Rex Moore went to answer It From him Laurie only heard sev eral sharp exclamations: "Oh! Yes, of course! Too bad! I hope so! Immediately? All right) 11 get ready!" He turned to her when he hung up the receiver. "A call from Albory. An S.O.S. The two airmen, Kendal and Giles, who wore flying across Africa, have been missing tor a week. No news at all. You saw It In the papers, didn't you? They're afraid they've crashed, or come down somewhere In the jun gle. Albery Is sending me to look tor them. Wllmor Jones Is coming with me. I must got ready at once. We go down to the airport tonight and take off aa soon as we can." "Is It dangorous?" "Of course not I'm damned glad of the chnnce of doing something. Ring up Mrs. Steele, will you, and tell her we can't dine." Laurie's quick temper rose at the words thnt were virtually a com mand. "Look horo!" she said. "This Is qur chance. As you're going away, I'll clear out of here tomorrow. When you come back we can explain that we didn't got on." "Nonsense!" His voice was so vio lent that she started back. "Besldos, I've borrowed some money from Al bery, and he'd be bound to smell a rat! What on earth could you say to him?" How long will you be away?" she faltered. don't know. Perhaps two or three weeks." Then came the old mocking taunt: "You had two years of It as my widow! Surely, you can stand two months of being my wife!" (Copyright. J9JI, Coralle Stanlon) Laurie finds hrilf In Itattt of mind, tomorrow. a bid FINERY TWO LIVES BELLAFONTE. Pa.. July 33. (AP Twenty-nlne-jpTAr old Sherman Strnw Bfr. who klllM to buy his young sweetheart A wedding drew, died In the electric chair today after saying In his lRt mewwifte: "You know women can be a blens Ing and apatn they can be a cuw." Strawaer waa electrocuted at 13:35 a,- m. In Rockvlew penitentiary lor elaylng Charles Gable, elderly Jack's Mountain farmer. In order to obtain funds to be married. The crime netted 177 for a trous seau for the Intended bride, a wed ding llcenae and a honeymoon, but Strnwaer went to Jail before he could be married. Zell a Olll would have been Straw sera third wife. She Is In an eaatern house of correction as an .'ncorrtgtble The words "United State of Amcr Ira' may be expected to dbsppoai oon from the poataj paper of ttt Philippine island. FATHER IS. STRANG Word waa received from Reno. Ner., today of the death there July IS. of Jamea Crawford, father of Mrs. Rob ert Strang, formerly of Medford. Mr, Crawford, a retired capenter and contractor, had resided In Reno tor 45 years. lie waa 85 years old. Born tn Ohio, he came west when a young man and worked aa a logner in the Sierra lumber camps, Ootne to Reno In 1800 he engaged In the con tracting bunlnciui. Survivors Include four daughters. Mrs. Robert Strung of Reno. Mrs. Bertha Smith of Corte Madera, Cal, Mrs. Edith Dunoan of San Pedro. Cal Mr, Rarhael Hareltlne of San Joee. Cal and one son, Major Jamea Crawford, who la a member of the army medical corps at El Paso, Teia. San mill Hiirn BEND. July 23. API The Patrick ! -awmlll and planer In Redmond was destroyed by fire Sundny aa a stiff ! northerly wind whipped the flames out of control. FIVE FACE JUDGE Five men were picked up In the city dragnet Saturday night on charges of being drunk In & public place and reckleaa driving. They re ceived fines ranging from $25 to a request to leave town, In City Police Judge Allen D. Curry's court this morning. Harold Pator, 34. of Hollywood, who gave hla occupation aa an elec trical engineer and t old police that he haa been working In Medford for the paat three weeks, waa arrested Saturday night on a drunkenness charge and t old police that his com panions on a party had robbed him at the point of a, gun, of $10.31. In court this morning he said nothing of this, however, and waa given today to raise a $10 fine. Jeaa A. Walters of Klamath Falls was fined $25 on a plea of guilty to reckless driving. He telephoned to the lumber company In Klamath Falls for which he works, and a check for the $35 was put In the mall. A. D. Sheppard, a companion of Walters, was released on $10 ball, L. C. Stone, a transient, was given his choice of 10 days In the city Jail, or to leave town, on his plea of guilty to being drunk In a public place. He said he would leave town on the first freight train. Charles F. Gentry, arrested Satur day night on a charge of reckless driving, when the car he waa driving failed to make the turn from North Riverside onto Liberty stieet, going up over the curb and Into the front porch of the Henry Buchter residence, pleaded not guilty to the charge, tell ing the Judge that his front ttre had blows out and he waa unable to con trol the machine. His trial was set for Thursday morning, he being un able to appear before then because he is to be called as a witness In the Hit son cace being heard In circuit court. His car was badly damaged, and a hole was torn in the Buchter house. Oregon Heather Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday, unsettled over mountains with light local showers over high southern ranges; slightly cooler northwest por tion Tuesday; moderate changeable winds off the coast, 1 . WASHINGTON, July 22. (AP) The works relief administration an nounced receipt today of an applica tion from the war department for $2,500 for repairing and painting har bor boats at Fort Stevens, Oregon. In the early days of the Hawaiian monarchy, the premiers were woman. Norwegian Fliers Rest In Labrador CARTWRIGHT, Labrador, July 32. (AP) Thor Solberg and Paul Oz canyan, Norwegian-American fliers enroute from New York to Norway, rested here today before continuing their Journey In easy stages. They arrived here yesterday at 5:47 p. m. (Eastern Standard time). Stromboli Volcano In Active Eruption ROME, July 23. (AP) Stromboli Volcano, on one of the Llparl group of Islands tn the Mediterranean, mid-way between Naples and Rome, went Into active eruption yesterday afternoon. Ashes rained on the aurroundtng communities and streams of lava poured down the volcano's slopes. The population of the island was not believed to be In danger. Leslie Howard, stage and screen star, has finally decided to portray the role of Hamlet on the New Yo'-k stage. THE BAGGAGE MOVER By GLUYAS WILLIAMS PWK5 BA66A6E IH0 C AR. , AMD JOOrVrt't' BE6INS, UERV CHEERFUL x wire tF.otK wssehiW -wm" 6rawdma WN ROOM rOR HER TE, AND REDIS'fRI" B)6 BA66A6E RESUtf Of "fHIS IS friftf W EtfcRV BUMP, SUlf CRSF. "f0VPl.ES OFF "TOP OF PILE IHfO GRAND A'& LAP MAKES AMOfriER REARRAHGEMEfW, "THERE SEEM IKS 1b BE MUCH MORE BR66A6E itM BEFORE 50 1rlAf HERE'S NO ROOM Af ALL FOR fH VALISE SEtfUS If BY Pl)ffiV6 IWSt ON SEAT" AND HOLD INS JUNIOR W.LAf WHERE, 5E1YiK6 RESf L&S, HE MAKES PRlVlNS IMPOSSIBLE Wife 50P5 CAR AHD REDrSfRlBUfES BB66A6E ASAir) AS tf WAS IK) "friE TR5f PUCE. SflVS SHE KIW SHE CO'JLD FIX if AIL RkW" 7-2o (Copyright, 1838, by The Btll Bynduata, he ) S-MATTER POP By 0. M. Payn By Hal Forrest 7"r ., ' . !'''' 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WITH MYSELF AND I MADE Lf- r-iv MIND I OUfiMTA oTAND HALF TUAT ASSESS- M I I N ,CpTTthl IMS. brTE 111 STTtdiMU. Ii THE BUNGLE FAMILY Off Again Oh you I knew from the wig uou still up, i.. i '' Y swa&ij?!- in here at this hour 7 Jo?p. (that someone...OaUale....ha5 rVstufred you riht up to the )(; VfT ' ,fc harum-scarum 1 V wrnv nm jui That's why I stayed up. I m stuffed, so ivas sr iwo;eon I knew from the way your eyes fvpp"?d out a hen UiNdale phoned, that you d coTe horre y with that stuffed ook. E r m IB UERE'S SO AND IF- ANVSI-I ; . 1 71 'M IN FOR 1 1Qn P.I Jr--T:lll TUING COMES OUTA THAT MINE I1 AND SHE COMES BACK AND ( BUT WATER WE'RE PARTNERS ! i Z7 EWVS A HALF INTEREST FOR AGAIN. EVEN PAPoy SAID, AND I j ' 30. BUCKS. 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