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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,
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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.
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THE NEBBS Partners Again
By Sol Hesl
r-IMA PAD
A DREAM OF
GREAT RICHES.
SINCe THEN HER
CONSCIENCE
HAS BEEN
EJOTHERING HER
ABOUT NOT
HAVING SHARED
THE? ASSESSMENT
WITH NEBB
MR.NEBB, I'VE BEEN
TALKING THINGS OVER.
WITH MYSELF AND I MADE
Lf- r-iv MIND I OUfiMTA
oTAND HALF TUAT ASSESS-
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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.
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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. IF TMEY WERE
A YOU .KNOW HOW CL.OSEL PAPPy J n GIVING A COP FDR THE PRIZE
JS, I SHOULDN'T LET VOU Jrt M 1 FOOL TMEV D HAVE TO GET j
TAKE ALL THE CHANCES .fffTnj i'i; I A GUV WHO BUILDS GAS
1 n f n rrrpil'llll' :'; : ,JA TANKS TO MAKE IT
Hoiv discouraiini... every j 'You're making a biCs. leant) Imagine! Off on another wild
time you come home f y (mistake if you think 40 into ( 4pose chase. This time with a
looking like a SMily SAthis is just details.) Jantern. Ha! No wonder other
boywhojusti H rn another but..!i fl women look at me so
shook hands ye-t 1 j Ijpental rTI5' V mournfully when they
with Santa - f-.J i rash. p Uxfc I S pat my arm and
By Harry J. 1'uthiU
Napoleon the first
time he climbed on his
white horse
and said,
Bo:,is...
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