aiEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFQKD, OKEGpy, TTEDXESDAY, JULY 31. 1935.
PAGE SIX
READY MADE WIF
BY CORALIE STANTON .
BYNOP8IR: Re Uoore, the air'
man, return from a dangeroue
rtiiAt over Africa to find that
Laurie, the girl who ie pretendlno
to be hie wile in order to eave hie
fob with Mark Atbery. ie having
dinner with Alberu himself. Laurie
is aleo employed by Alberu. (iladye,
Laurie's eieter, ie meeting Res or
the first time, and ie appropriately
thrilled. She does not know hi
marriage ie a pretense.
Chaptsr 31
MRS. STEELE AGAIN
GLADYS glgglod. She wai slimi
In her facile emotion. '.Vital
funny girl Laurls win! ?ncy bal
ing been married to this mat before
be left Australia, and never baring
talked about blm at all. Wby. he
was tbe most alive tiling sis hid
ever come across! She had Ls
most curious feeling herself. It was
like being In a room with a bomb
and never knowing when H was go
tng off.
The telephone rang.
Moore bad a moment of curious
panic tor a hero. He slgnod to
Gladys.
"Answer It, please! It It's a news
paper man, say I'm not here and
leave the receiver off!"
"Hello!" said Gladys's light and
clear but very ordinary voice. "Mr.
Rex Moore? I'll see!"
"It's a lady," she said, putting
Jown tbe receiver. "Mrs. Steele."
Rax went to the telephone with a
heave of bis shoulders.
"Roic It's you! Oh, what a
lief!"- Wanda Steele's high-pitched
voice, with the little drawl, and at
the moment a throb of emotion.
"I've Just seen on tbe tape-machine
In the hotel that you're back. I bad
to ring up. I wanted to be tbe Hrst
one of your friends to greet you, and
to say you herol"
"Please, cut that out!" Moore
gave a shamefaced laugh. "I'm feel-
lng blue because I had to leave my
comrade over In France. He did Just
as much as I did. He's a splendid
fellow."
"You're much too modest. How
proud your wife must be of you! Do
give her my love."
"I will when I see her. She's ou!
to .dinner with a friend. You see, I
came back unexpectedly."
"Ob, then, you're alone? I suppose
you wouldn't come round here, Just
to have a little chat? It would be
such a pleasure."
Why bad be said that? He was
furious with himself. And yet be
found himself accepting Mrs.
Steele's invitation, the last thing he
:bad Intended to do.
"Thank you very much, I should
like to come for a few minutes. We
must have seemed very rude the
way we put off our dinner the other
day."
He turned to Gladys. It was a re
lief to get out of the flat. He felt
ineip!lcably shy of this lovely girl,
;with her great blue-grey eyes that
'looked at you so queorly, as it she
could see right through you. From
the first he didn't And her sympa
thetic. He had an Idea that she could
:be very nasty If she chose. He could
.not Imagine her being Laurie's sis
ter. "If Laurie comes In before I get
lack, please tell her that I've gone
round to call on Mrs. Steele at Clar
fldge's Hotel," he said.
Gladys gave her little giggling
laugh.
"You're one of tbe boys, aren't
you? You don't lose much time."
THE Interview with Wanda Steele
was bound to be embarrassing.
When he reached the hotel Moore
almost turned back. But he had bet
ter get It over. This woman must
always have a call on him. He must
always feel & worm in her presence.
She looked radiant, all In soft
grey, bor eager red Hps parted In a
smile of welcome, her dark eyes de
vouring his face.
But almost at once she began to
reproach him.'
"Rex, how could you bare sent me
money? Crude bank notes a thou
sand pounds! It broke my heart. Do
you think you could really repay me
like that? And with such cold, bust-oess-llko
words? I felt I could never
lee you again. But when 1 heard
ou were back tonight, I was too
lad I couldn't help myself."
She was not actually crying, but
he held her lace handkerchief to
her eyes.
"Wanda, you must try to under
itand," be said firmly. "I should lose
sll my self-respect If 1 did not repay
you what I can. Your care and kind
nessthat is impossible. But the
Evans Valley
EVANS VALLEY. July 31. (SpU
Mrs. Vlvtnn Norman Ijnrto hua open
ed n ttM cut At office thn?T-ftfth of
a mile south of RoRue river, on tle
Pnclffc highway, at the location that
waa formerly th California Sand
wich ahop. Mrs. Barto will handle
..Mings, aalea, exchange and rentala.
John Kathan waa home from
Klitmath Pulls and pent the week
end with hla family.
Q. A. Axtell of Oranta Pass t
haullnn wood purchased from Wil
liam Cunnlnnham t Mra. Catharine
N. Laws ranch on Evana crre.
L. E. CllnkenbeRrd of Loa Ange
lea has purchased the Powy Interest
in what waa formerly known a the
J. n. Kowen ranch five milea north
of Rogue River and enouKh adjoin
ing land to total 830 acres. Thta he
expecta to Improve and will have
very attractive ranch. Mra. Cllnken
beard accompanied her husband to
the ranch on Saturday. They are
making their home near Aahlasd
on a ranch which they lately pur
chased. Mr. Clmkenbeard haa exten
sive holding in California andaouth
frn Oregon.
Mr. and Mrs. Fom; w moving
money you spent on me that I can
do. Please don't make me say it
again, but If 1 do not repay it, I am
only a beggar and waster you took
pity on. It's not fair to me. I don't
suppose that was nearly enough.
You must look on It as a first Instal
ment. You must have spent a for
tune on me."
Rex Moore did not know women,
ir he would not have said these
tiilugs that made Wanda Steele bate
blm almost as much as sbe loved
ulm.
"1 d.'n't fuel I can discuss It with
yoi:," sbe answered, with a kind ol
magnificent sorrow. "1 haven't the
slightest Idea how much money wi
spent. We didn't think of money
neither Frdy nor L I gave tbi
money you sent the other day to I
hospital. If you insist on sendini
more. I sb&ll do the same."
"Ycu kfo unkind and unfair," ht
said bngiily. "No woman Is evel
Just."
Sho Uughed miserably.
"Is a man over truthful? How
could you have kept me in the dark
about your inatrlago all the time
you ware witn ua In California!
How unkind never to mention that
you had a wife! And she must have
thought you were dead all the time!"
Itox Moore took fright.
"1 behaved shumorully, I know,"
he said. "At flrot. I suppose I didn't
remember anything about my lire.
And afterwards you know how I
felt my bllndnnHo. I only wanted to
be dead to tho world.
"You must be utterly heartless,"
she said somberly. "I suppose that's
why you have such a bold over
women, that's why you're still every
thing in the world to me."
"You will not understand," he
said in a frustrated, discouraged
voice.
"T WILL understand, Rex!" Her
face changed from sorrow to a
smile of radiant tenderness. She
drew nearer to him on the wide
couch, her long, pale golden face
alight with attraction, her deep dark
eyes caressing him. She was a clev
er woman, as be would never be a
clever man. She was determined to
get her way In the end. Sbe knew
bow to hide her passion and to sbow
him tbe sympathetic affection that
she might show a brother or a
friend.
"My dear, I am too fond of you to
let you go out of my life. You mean
too much to me. I want only to for
got the past. All that you said to me
I will put out of my mind as the mad
ness of a sick man. But I want to be
your friend and your wlfo's friend.
too. 1 want you to let me into your
lives Just a little. 1 want to help you
It I can. So tell mo that you will tor
got the past, Rex, as I shall do."
He was touched.
"You are generous," he admitted
In a dlfllcult voice. "But you are
wrong about forgetting the past I
can never forget what you did for
me."
He was thinking, miserably, but
In a valiant effort to do the right
thing "After all, 1 owe this woman
my eyesight and my life. She haa
done nothing against me, only for
me. It's not her fault that I'm landed
In this stupid mess. She can't under
stand that If I don't repny her the
money sho spent on me, I shall be
less than a man. If she wants my
friendship, she must have It. Things
will be easier when Laurie and I
don't have to keop up this game any
longer. I shan't have to be acting
every minute of my life."
Wanda rallied him on his Intro
spection, and made him tell her de
tails of his recent trip Into the heart
of Africa. Her eyes flattered him:
her voire caressed him. She re
stored him to self-respect.
And then she guided tholr talk
back to Laurie.
"It's too had your wife was out
tonight, but If you didn't let her
know, it wasn't her fault, poor girl!
am looking forward to getting to
know her. 1 telephoned her twice In
the first week you were away, but
she was out. I didn't like to disturb
her at ber office.
I think It's so romantic that she1
should have been working for Al
bory all the time. And last Sunday
lwont to your flat Quite early, hop
ing 1 could get her to come and
spend the day in the country with
me, but I found from the woman who
was working In the flat that she and
her sister bad gone down o spend
the woek end with Mr. Albery."
Copyright, ml. Cord In Stanton;
Tomorrow Rtx and Laurlt eomi
to disturbing roatlzaton.
back to Texas, expecting to atart
Wednesday and go by the way ot
Missouri to look over some land In
that state, which they recently pur
chased from Mr. Cllnkenbeard.
Mr. and Mrs. Bovre and Mr. and
Mrs. Billy Weir are entertaining
relatives from Anaheim, Calif.
Two young daughters, Misses Mar
tha and Betty, of R. W. White ot
the Ron ut River Auto camp recently
arrived from Loa Angeles to make
their home with their father. AH
four children are here now. Mis.
Jane and little Bobby having come
with their father, Mr, White Is ex
pecting his wife to arrive any day.
Johnnie Karkos. the "onion king
of Rogue Htver" Is harvesting his
grain but thta weather has bothered
Johnnie quite a bit.
Miss Harriet Cook u recovering
nicely from her recent operation for
appendicitis. She was operated on
at the Community hoapttal In Med
ford.
Mrs, E. Dawson returned from
Los Angeles the first of the week,
coming north to help her husband
get ready to move back to Cali
fornia. Thev built a beautiful home
i on the an crerk road, but he
! civ.dvt they do not lir fntnune
and prefer to moe back to tfie
city.
GILLETT, FORMER
CONGRESS CHIEF,
PASSES, AGED 83
SPRINGFIELD, Mass.. July 81.
(APJ Frederick H. Otllett. former U.
S. senator from Massachusetts and
for six years speaker of the national
house, died early today at Springfield
hospital.
He was 83, a republican of the old
guard. He aerved Massachusetts In
congress for 38 years.
He became a patient at Springfield
hospital July 10, and on Monday at
tending physicians said death waa
imminent.
Dr. James Seaman said oath was
due to leukemia, a blood deficiency
rare In men of his age, Mrs. allien
and Dr. Seaman were with him when
he died.
The former senator had been in re
tirement, writing hla memoirs and
spending his winters at Santa Bar
bara, Calif., since he left the senate
In 1931.
He divided his time between his
family at WeBtfleld, Mass., where he
spent hla summers, and his winter
home In California. He stopped a few
weeks each year in Washington, where
he maintained a residence.
In 19 19 he succeeded the late
Champ Clark as speaker of the house,
where he had served since 1803. He
was the first Massachusetts man
chusen speaker since the Civil war.
After six years as speaker, he en
tered the Massachusetts senatorial
fight and defeated David I. Walsh,
who was seeking re-election. He re
tired after alx years In the senate.
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IN LAKE TRAVEL
CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK,
Ore., July 31. Travel figure for the
week ending last Sunday night re
veal that 8211 people traveling in
2432 cars visited Crater Lake, aa com-
pared to 6773 people In 2008 cars for
the same week In 1934. This Is a gain
of 21 per cent.
Stage travel showed a gain of 100
per cent or 70 stage passengers as
compared to 35 for the same week the
year before. Indications are that
August will be a busy travel month
with an even bigger lncrense ex
pected. Housekeeping cabins at the rim are
sold out practically every night and
to gain these accommodations visi
tors are urged to make reservations in
ample time. Accommodations at the
lodge are also In great demand.
Ah.now I see
them... people
noiditv, a a
'L.l.
Fishing continues to be good In the
lake, with numerous limit catches of
eight fish made by visitors during the
past week. Rental boats and tackle
are available at the boat landing.
LIVERPOOL
SENDS WHEAT UP
CHICAGO, July 31. (AP) Re
sponding to unexpected upturns of
Liverpool wheat quotations, grain
prices here scored material advances
early today. Traders were looking for
bullish domestic crop estimates on
Prlday of this week. Opening i-l'a
higher, Sept. 92 i . the Chicago
wheat market soon established ad
ditional gains. Corn started 'a
up. Sept. 764-77, and then altered
little.
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CAN'T MfcKE UP THEIR. MINDS WHETHER.
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where (Vr .-; J&fijWPi run For your lives!
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By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
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