MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOKD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 23, 1935.
PAGE SIX
READY MADE WIFE
BY CORALIE STANTON Ob
SYNOPSIS: Desperate, amotl
starving, Laurie has posea a Rex
JUoorc'e widow in order to support
herself. But Rex returns unex
pectedly after two years, and now
Laurie must keep up her deception,
or risk costing Rex his fob with
Hark Albery. the airplane manu-
iacturer. Now Rex tells Laurie that
e must fly tn the rescue of two
airmen, presumably lost in Africa.
Chapter 1
GLADYS ARRIVES
THE arrival ol her lister Gladys
was a relief s well as a Joy to
Laurie.
She found herself Incomprehensi
bly anxious tor Rex Moore's safety.
In her two years' work at Albery's
she had heard so much more than
the general public of accidents, ml'
nor and major. She had been stupid
from surprise when she asked him
whether his flight over Central
Africa to search for the missing air
men was dangerous. She knew It
was. All long-distance flights were
dangerous.
But she could not understand why
she felt as she did. Sbe reasoned
with herself. He was nothing to her,
no more than any other airman do
ing his Job. He had gone out of his
way to be horrid to her. He was Just
making use of her tor as long as It
suited him. Why should she worry
about him?
In a few days, however, she found
"Who gave you that elgarst
something more definite to worry
about.
It bogan when the first excitement
ot having Glad with her had worn
off: ot waiting on her, ot ordering
her favorite meals, of showing her
off to the admiring Mrs. Budd. Then,
she began to notice a change In the
girl.
It was what she had seen In Liver
pool at Easter, only more definite.
Glad seemed older, not ao trans
parently simple, not so childishly
gay. She was always restless, eager
ly excited, as If she were expecting
somothlng. Dashing to the door when
the postman came, to the telephone
when It rang.
Besides, sbe seemed to have "shut
herself up", as Laurie called It. She
did not talk all the time about her
dancing, and the other girls, and
"old Carstalra", the manager of the
troupe.
BUT how lovely she waa! It was
the Saturday after her arrival
when the doubt first came Into
Laurie's mind, when she had met
her sister for lunch In a little cheap
foreign restaurant In Soho.
How she sat, smiling her Inde
scribable baby smile, as If knowing
that everybody waa looking at her.
In that thin navy-blue silk two-piece,
with the Ivory scarf, and the tiny
navy knlttod silk cap on ber glorious
loose curls, sheer sunshine gold on
top, ilarkor' underneath. With her
grcy-blua eyes and Jet-black curling
lashes, and her warm peach-bloom
skfn, and her lovely mouth that no
llpsllck could spoil.
Yes. Glad was exquisite, as near
physical perfection as a girl could
be. But, all ot a sudden, and for the
first time, Laurie felt that Glad knew
1L
"What a pretty pin, Glad!" said
Laurie, as the younger girl detached
a slender bar of platinum, with little
blue stones set In it, from her scarf
and fastened It Into her coaL "You
are an extravagant kid! It looks as
If It cost a heap ot money."
"It was a present." Glad replied
carelessly, and went on to tell her
1HE DALLES PREPARING
10 ENTERTAIN LEGION
THE DALLES. Ore (Spl One of
the most ambitious programs ever
arranRed for the entertainment of
delegates and MM tors to the annual
state convention of the American Le
gion will be presented In this city
August 14. 15, 10, and 17.
The convention will open officially
at noon on Thursday, August 1!V,
with the arrival of National Com
mander Prank N. Belgrano. Jr. The
convention celebration, however, will
bftctn At a p ni., August 14, with
prewnuitlon of a glpanttc spectacle
of world war service on land and sea
Soldiers, sailors, legionnaires and ci
vilians to the number of 500 will
take part In this spectacle, to be
Btngfd on The Dsllr htRh school
fltvd lishiftl fombail ground
Other contention h.-ih lights tn
ciuaa ih u4iuja Lcgioa ia4
sister that she had seen the man
ager In Maiden Lane that morning,
and that they were going to rehearse
again for the suburban tour In a
week's time.
Laurie said nothing mora about
the pin.
But. two mornings later, when
Glad had gone out early to spend
the day with one of her girl friends
In the troupe, and Laurie was help
ing Mrs. Budd to make the beds be
fore she left for the office, she stayed
behind to tidy up Glad's room, and
saw a glittering object at the bot
tom of the wardrobe.
It was a gold clgaret case. A very
expensive looking one, obviously
real. Glad's initials were engraved
on It.
Laurie frowned, and a pang of
dismay shot through her. It was a
beautiful thing, as simple and costly
as the handbag Mr. Albery had given
at Easter.
BUT this was quite a different mat.
ter. Sbe berselt waa only an or
dinary girl whom nobody would look
at twice. And Mr. Albery had been
pleased with her work, and It was
because he thought so much ot Rei
Moore that he was so kind to her.
But Glad, who drew all men'i
eyes with her beauty, who was sc
young, who naturally loved pretty
costly things . . . Laurie conk
eaief demanded Laurie.
hardly contain herself all day until
she got back to the flat.
But Glad was not there. She did
not come back to dinner, not until
ton o'clock. Laurie aaw awful vis
ions, lived through an age of fear,
and was so keyed up aa to be hys
terical whon the girl did appear, as
fresh and slendor aa a young peach
tree, greeting her sister with bei
enchanting smile.
"Sorry I'm late! I've had a great
time. Nelly's brother took us to th
pictures. I've had my food."
"Who gave you that gold clgaret
case.?" Interrupted Laurie, speaking
sharply tn her anxiety. "I found II
lying In your wardrobe. It must havi
cost pounds and pounds."
"I don't see what It's got to do witb
you, old girl," retorted Gladys huf
fily. "I suppose It dropped out ot s
pocket. 1 don't carry It about. Makei
me look too rich."
"Don't be silly, Gladl You musl
know you can't take presents like
that from men."
"How do you know a man gave it
to me? Good Lord, I'm not a baby!
I earn my own living."
But Laurie was no: to bs put off.
"Deass tell mo. Glad! It you'vs
got a frlond, you surely don't wanl
to keep it from me?"
"Oh, all right. Inquisitive!"
laughed the girl, and her face was
all gay and sparkling again. When
she frowned and her mouth closed In
a downward lino, she could look
quite sullen. It was no easy dispo
sition to deal with. "He's a very nice
boy, very posh, and with pots of
money."
"Have you see much of him?"
"A bit In Liverpool. He came to
the show lots of times."
"And he takes you out?"
Glad nodded.
"Did he give you that sapphire
pin too?"
"Yes. What of it? It's nothing to
him."
"What's his name?"
"Jimmy Smith. Any objection?"
(Copyright. ItJI. Coralis Stanton)
Otadya turns the tables en Lau
rie, Monday.
combined with ths annual Old Fort
Dalles Frolics parade, scheduled for
5:30 p. nv. August 15. and the an
nual drum corps contest at 7:30 p
M , Friday. A program of special
entertainment, including Indian war
dances, will be given on Amotan
Field Friday afternoon, and there
will be steamer trips on the Co
lumbia river, golf tournaments for
men and women, swimming events
at the The Dalles Dip. and a mam
moth display of aerial fireworks at
: 9 o'clock Thursday night,
j Reports from vartoxis sections of
1 the ntnte indicate an attendance of
j more than .iooo legionnaires and aux
iliary members during the conven
tion. Ample housing accommodations to
care for this number and many more
are declared available.
Navy Rule Waived.
LONOVIFW. Wash. (L'P Nor
man 8tms. refused permission to Join
three brothfrs In the navy because
he was a half inch too tall, roie a
letter to President Roosevelt, T!i
president requested the navy to make
an enceptlon. Sims joined the fleet
in Seattle,
FRKE'S OAR.U"iE in new location.
801 H. Cutii. fliona 1346.
BETTY VILM WINS
AT OREGON STATE
OREGON STATE COLLEQE, COR
V ALL IS. (Spl.) MlM Betty VUm,
a June graduate of the Med ford high
school, has Jut been awarded the
annual college Folk Club scholarship
of aSO In cash to apply towards ex
penses of her freshman year at Ore
gon State.
The club offers only one scholar
ship a year to which high school
graduates throughout the state are
eligible. This scholarship Is approx
imately the value of the new state
board of higher education scholar
ships awarded, for the first time
this year.
Miss Vllm waa an outstanding
student throughout her high school
career and was highly recommended
by the faculty members of her school.
She waa graduated with honors, be
longed to the Torch honor society,
was active In the girl's league, dra
matics, and In fact, was one of the
nominees for the honor of being the
moat outstanding girl In her gradu
ating class.
Miss Vllm's application has been
accepted to enroll In the pre-nura-lng
course, which Is administered un
der the school of science. After two
years' work at Oregon State, she will
finish the course at the Oregon Medi
cal School and receive a bachelors de
gree from that Institution.
A year ago the scholarship, which
la offered in honor of the founder
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per Kerr, was awarded to Miss Emma
Denver of Turner, Ore., who made an
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IS HELD AS SUSPECT
MADERA. Calif., July 23 (AP
Edward L. O'Farrell, 30, thumbed
his way Into the automobile of traf
fic captain, B. W. OUvas, and talked
so much about the killing of two
Washington policemen that he la
held today as a suspect In the Ort
lng. Wash., bank robbery.
Washington officers wired Sheriff
W. O. Justine today to hold O'Far
rell for themt Their order was based
on the fact thst his description
tallies with that of the bandit who
escaped after the bank robbery by
killing the Ortlng police chief Frank
Chadwlck. and another officer, H.
W. Storem.
SAY CHIROPRACTORS
BEND, Ore . July 23. -CAP Chiro
practors of Oregon, here for their an
nus! convention, were holding the
concluding conference) of the three
day session here today, with officers
to be elected, a convention city
selected for 1938, and resolutions to
be considered.
At a business meeting Sunday
mornlnf the chiropractors by resolu
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tion endorsed the abbreviated "sun
back" dresses and supported the state
board of health In Its plans to com
bat mosquitoes.
RULES FOR WINE
AID EXCELLENCE
SAN FRANCISCO. (UP) Ama
teur vintners and commercial wine
dealers have been provided with ten
simple rules for the care of wines by
the wine Institute because of wide
spread dissatisfaction with quality
of domestic wine when It la sold or
consumed.
Harry Caddow, secretary of the In
stitute, declared practically all of
poor quality wine reaching consum
ers at present la due to mishandling.
The rules are:
Keep dry wine out of contact with
air else It will turn sour.
Keep all wine out of sunshine;
window display bottles should be
"rummies."
Lay containers horizontally: It
keeps corks wet and consequently air
tight. Never shake or ar any wine con
tainer; the motion disturbs the sedi
ment that sometimes accumulatea
with age.
Keep containers and utensils clean.
Use sound barrels and proper han
dling equipment.
Instruct users In the proper use
for each variety.
Store In cool, even temperature.
Let barrels rest a week before
drawing wine.
Give wine barrels careful treat
ment after using and before refilling.
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