SfEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON. WEDXESDXY, JULY 24, 1935.
PAGE TEN
READY MADE WIFE
BY CORALIE STANTON
BrNOPPtS: Laurie tt pretend
ing to be the wile ot Res iloore- In
order to eave Hex's 10b and in re
turn tor the tact that ehe herself
started the pretenee long ago be
cause ehe and her eister Gladys
tcere etarving and 'eaperate. How
Jtes te flying to rescue some air
men in Central Africa, and Laurie
Is complaining to Olattus about the
loner's tree and easy attitude to
vard one Jimmy Smith
Chapter 17
TABLES TURNED
"iLAD, I don't Ilka th Idea ol
yon picking at with men like
that" went on Laurie. "Ia he young?"
j "Fairly. Not a kid. I haven't any
use for Infanta, old girl. I met him In
Manchester first. If you want to
know the whole dreadful truth. I
rather think he came to Liverpool
sot Just by chance."
' "You mean he followed you? Has
he asked you .to marry him. Glad?"
"Kind of hinted that I'm the only
girl In the world."
"Are you In love with him?"
"I like him a lot"
, "Have you heard from him since
'you've been beret"
Glad shook her head.
So that was the reason of her daab
to the postman and to the telephone
bell.
Laurie's anxiety was not much
allayed. At the jame time, on the
lurtace, there was nothing uncom
mon In a lovely, girl on the stage
making friends with a rich young
man. It was Laurie's nature, her In
tense capacity for emotion. There
was something maternal in her de
Totlon to her young sister.
'I suppose I'm silly," she said,
looking lovingly at the girl. "But
you're such a child to me, Glad, and
you're so terribly pretty. If your
friend wrltea or comes to London,
you must ask htm. here and let me
meet him."
She dared not go on and ask other
things she wanted so much to know
bow far it had gone, whether the
young man had kissed Glad, whether
be really meant anything. But, If
aba could see him, she would know.
"He's bound to turn up," said Glad
complacently. "1 gave him my ad
dress. You'll be crazy about him.
He's got 'It' all right. And ha says
I've got lota of sex appeal."
This upset Laurie again, and rat
tled her so much that she spoke as
If she herself were very wise and
very bitter, and knew men Inside
out
Glad gave a little shriek of laugh
ter. "If only the girls could hear youl
You ought to do one of your comic
turns on the stage, Laurlel 1 can
look atler myself," she added con
fidently. "And it's all very well for
you to preach, you've got your hus
band back again and you're In tor a
life of thrills.
"What's he really like, Laurie?
You haven't told me anything, hard
ly. Is he as wonderful as you thought
when you married him? You were
a queer girl, never talking about
blm after you thought be was dead
you were always the same old
oyster! By the way. Jimmy taught
me to eat oystera that's it I have
enough champagne! Tell me about
Rex Moore, old girl! Doea he know
bow to make lovo?"
Laurie flushed. There was a curi
ous quality about Gladys's wide
grey-blue eyes. It seemed sometimes
as if they could look right into you.
but not with love and understand
lng; rather, with some strange
"fey", merciless insight into your
secret thoughts and your Inmost
heart Laurie had memories of that
piercing vision when she had Orat
bad to lie to her sister after Rex
Moore's supposed death.
"It has been rather a difficult
time." she said stiffly. The words
came to her Hps unbidden. "You see,
Rex and I have to get to know each
other all over again."
"And I suppose you're In a stew
because he's gone off again so soon?"
put In Gladys, with an arch assump
tion of knowledge that roused Lau
rie's temper. She had never been so
angry with her sister before, and
burst out with what she Immediately
felt to be a most Imprudent retort
"Rex and 1 are not at all sure that
we shall get on well together. Two
years Is a long time. But he la a won
derful man. We'll leave it at that.
Glad. 1 don't want to say any more."
",rOU got my message all right
last night. Mra. Moore?" Mark
Albery asked Laurie the next after
gpon. when he sent tor her to take
SALEM NOT LIABLE IN
'S!
SALEM, June 24 (API The City
of 6am was held not liable for In
juries sustained In an automobile ac
cident of one of its police officials
when the latter was driving the j
mayor of the city to his home, in act
declared outAlde official dune it a
police officer, the Oregon Supreme '
Court ruled Tuesday.
The caw wu brought bv Minnie D
KeKeney against the city end F. C
Charlton, police officer. far tiO.MO
damaes for Allowed Injuries sustain
ed when she was struck by the car
driven by Charlton. The officer wis
taking Mayor P. M. Orefiory home
from a city council meeting.
Fire Threatens T)gh.
THE DALLES. Ore. July 24 (AP)
Fire which threatened to destroy
the town of Tygh Valley, was halteo
almost at the city limits last nlRht
by the combined efforts of Dufur.
The Dalles and Tygh Valley fire
fighters. Two vacant houses burned.
some letters. "Splendid news. Isn't
It? Moora has dona exactly what I
knew he would. He baa found the
men. Did you get It exactly did you
have a map to look it up on?
"They bad crashed In a thick Jun
gle on tba borders of tbs Belgian
Congo hundreds of miles from any
where. Finding them was Jnst the
mixture of genius and common-sense
that Moora is famous for. Ha hasn't
lost his cunning. You must ba very
proud of blm."
"The poor men were hurt you
said. Mr. Albery?" Laurie asked.
"Apparently rather badly. But the
wireless said tbey had already got
a rescue party on Its way. Anyhow,
they're alive, and they wouldn't ba
but for your husband."
Laurie, curiously enough, did feel
a little glow of pride, and Immedi
ately took herself to task for It
"Mr. Wllmer Jones must be very
wonderful too, Mr. Albery." she
said.
"Of course." He looked at her, as
she bent over her note book, ready
for work. Her voice sounded cold to
him, with a raw edge on it She was
unhappy. Now ha waa sure of It.
"Jones is an experienced airman and
a good fellow. But there Is only one
Rex Moore."
As ha went through his corres
pondence, dictating letters and
notes tor reference, nobody would
have thought from bis dark. Impas
sive face that ha waa Inwardly con
sumed with a passion for his business-like
secretary that was growing
every day. Least of all, Laurie her
self. For Mark Albery, with his wealth,
and his Intriguing personality, met
the most beautiful and gifted women
of the day, and could have bad his
pick of them. And yet It was Laurie
Moore whom he desired with a fierce
Intensity that was actually threat
ening to Interfere with his life.
WHEN he had finished, and she
stood up, with her book In her
band, her face caught a shaft of sun
light through the window, and those
little lines of anxiety and distress
showed plainly round her eyes and
mouth.
Albery went up to her. as she waa
moving towards the door.
"Forgive me. I can't help think
ing you are unhappy." ha said in a
low voice.
"Oh, no!" She drew back a little
scared by the expression In his eyes.
This Ufa of subterfuge and pretense
made her afraid in all her dealings
with him.
"I expected you would not admtl
It You are so brave," ha went on.
"But you can trust ma. 1 wish you
would. Is anything wrong?"
"No, thank you, Mr. Albery."
"I can't help feeling that you find
your Ufa with Moore not what you
expected," he persisted, bis smooth
voice enveloping her in a warm at
mosphere of sympathy.
"I we " Laurie stammered, "I
mean. It Is a little difficult tor Rei
and me to get used to one anothel
again. It seems strange. That's all."
"He Is kind to you?"
"Oh, you!" She was perplexed, and
so confuaed that she overlooked the
Impertinence of his questions. Shi
summoned up all her self-control
Rex Moore had been so emphatic
about their keeping up the farce un
til ha came back.
Sbe did not think It would be wtsi
to hint to Alhery that thoy mlgbl
not get on well together, as she hac
done to Gladys. That was not In theli
bargain. "It la very kind of you tc
bother about me. Mr. Albery." shi
added cheerfully, "but really there'i
nothing the matter with me at all.'
Albery took her hand.
"It ever anything should happen
and you were unhappy, you musl
coma and tell me." he said. "1 shall
alwaya ba there, to help you. to dc
anything 1 can tor you."
She looked at him with glowlns
eyes of gratitude. And then, sud
denly, she received a violent shock.
Albery's voice sounded In hei
ears, thick and trembling.
"You don't understand 1 am un
happy about you. You came too lats
Into my life. Don't you see? It li
more than I can bear to watch you
married to another man! Happy
with him. as you say! When I love
you when 1 love you!"
She was speechless. It was so In
credible. His arms went round her. grasping
her shoulders hard. His eyes burned
Into hers. His lips murmured Inco
herent words of passion. He bad
lost control of himself.
(Copyright, lilt. Coralte Stanton)
Albery takes eommind. tomor.
row, of m difficult situttion.
GERMANY DISSOLVES
CATHOLIC WAR VETS
(Copyright, 1P3V bv the Associated
Press)
BERLIN. July a. The organisa
tion of Catholic war veterans was
dissolved In Prussia today by govern
mental decree snd officials of the
Steel Helmets the German ornanirA
tlon correspond lng to the American
Legion In the United St a tea said
they feared their own body, through
out Germany, would be the next to
be smashed.
The dissolution of the Catholic
veterans waa ordered by Premier Her
mann Wllhelm Ooerlng of Prussia,
who is also German minister of avia
tion, as a further step tn the nazl
campaign to purge Germany of "pol
itical Catholicism."
WASHINGTON. July 34 (API
The house today struck out of the
administration liquor control Dill
the first section providing a $10 oc
cupational tni on persons in me
liquor industry.
There arg 81 Georgia towns that
PACIFIC DIVISION
OF AIR LINE WINS
The Ban Diego -Lo Angeles-San
Francisco -Med ford sector, comprising
the Pacific coast division of United
Air Lines' nationwide airway net
work, was today awarded the P. O.
Johnson annual efficiency trophy by
President W. A. Patterson, In recog
nition of its splendid operating
record during the past fiscal year.
The coast division ranked slightly
higher than four other operating
units of the company, said Mr. Pat
terson, who made the announcement
In Medford today while In the city
on an inspection tour from Chicago
headquarters. News of the award Is
annually awaited with Interest by
the JSOO employes of United.
The Oakland division, like the
other four divisions of United, com
pleted the year's flying without a
fatal accident. It also rated first
In percentage of scheduled miles
flown, percentage of trips completed
on scheduled time and excellence ot
personal appearance, and was hlgn
up Jn the ratings on appearance of
equipment, alertness of personnel,
etc.
In determining the winning di
vision, company officials Judged the
records made In 15,000,000 miles ot
flying during the year over approxi
mately 0500 miles of airway serving
35 cities in IS states.
The trophy Is a large globe of the
earth on which appears a map o!
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THE NEBBS To-morrow
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rocket. Weil it's A there and ah'he-e's something... a spark., rr" . Weil it s easg w-rrr lot! I hit my noise..A is closed... and f Smal...thej
takings r 'vjc-' n a ladder! wrr I sputtering over -r nft o"e and ntY' on so-v- i humnni I see I i'rs Jr lco Ve t-s
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Unlted's system, surmounted by a
model of the three-mlle-a-mlnute
twin-engined Boeing transport.
United bases at San Diego, Los
Angeles, Bakersfield, Fresno. San
Francisco. Oakland and Medford, and
flying personnel assigned to the
division were responsible for the
high record of efficiency during the
year. C. E. Johnson Is superinten
dent of the Oakland division.
E27
PORTLAND, Ore., July. 24. (AP)
O. J. Buck, regional forester, today
announced he expected work In Ore
gon and Washington forests, as" au
thorized under allotments recently
announced In Washington, D. C
would be underway by August 1.
Six hundred and fifty-three men
are to be taken from the relief rolls
for the forest work in Oregon and
575 In Washington.
Men to be employed in counties
were announced as follows:
Oregon: Baker 23, Clackamaa 7U,
Coos 5, Crook 20. Curry 33. De
schutes 45. Douglas 36, Grant 27.
Harney 10. Hood River 15. Jackson
27, Josephine 12. Morrow 10. Mult
nomah 30. Tillamook 14, Umatilla 15.
Union 15, Wallowa 25, Wasco 15.
Allotment were: Oregon 601.267;
Washington 1529,521.
McNary Backing
Processing Tax
SALEM. July 24. ( AP) Retention
of the processing tax in the agricul
tural adjustment act will be support
ed by Senator Charles L. McNary, the
Oregon senator Informed Governor
Martin today by wire.
McNary' telegram waa In reply to
Ms rttn's request yesterday that the
Oregon delegation support the pro
cessing tax because of its importance
to Oregon farmers. He informed that
86 per cent of the Oregon farmers
favored the tax.
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