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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUXE, MEDFORD, OREGOX. THURSDAY. AUGUST 1, 1935. PAGE EIGHT READY MADE II I I t BY CORALIE STANTON Ob BYXOPSIS: Ties Moore hae come home from a dangeroue Kpit over Africa to find that Laurie, the girl who ia pretending lo be his uife in order to eaie hie fob. i dining with Hark Albery. who employe both of tbem. Rex it telephoned by Wanda Steele, a woman to whom he owee a great deal, and goes to call on her. Sire. Steele'e generoettv hae eaved Rex'e eight, hut ehe -ioante more from ReV than gratitude. Ehe toonte love. Chapter 24 THE MEETING IT WAS news to Rex Moore that , Laurie and her alster bad spent jthe week end at the Albery bouse I In the country. Well, why not? Al ibery was evidently In love wltb (Laurie. And when they parted, he and she, when this farce bad played ;itsolf out, Albery would no doubt jmarry her. And It would be a great jmatcn lor her ana a spienaia me. : What had It got to do with him? I She would have done very well out jof being his widow for two years. , He stifled an angry laugh, as be irose to go. I But he was going to do very well 'out of It, too. He was going to get jeverythlng he could out of Albery. ;Thls flight, after two years, had Ibeen like the taste of blood to a 'tiger, and It was only through Al ;bcry that he could continue bis ca reer. Laurie was alone In the sitting room when Rex came back. "Gladys told me you were here," she said. Her voice was cold, but she took an Involuntary step for ward, as her eyes met bis. "You might bave let me know." "I'm sorry 1 didn't think of It," he answered. His voice was rough. "I'd clean forgotten that your sister was here and that 1 ought to do the prop er thing. But, after all, It will make things easier tor you for her to know from the first that I'm an unman nerly boor!" Her voice was withering. "I've had enough of It. You've covered yourself with glory again, haven't you? Mr. Albery thinks tbe world of you. Your position with him Is quite safe. We can make an end of It now, can't we?" "That was the last question you asked me before I went to Africa," he reminded her. "You seem to think of nothing else." ! "Why should IT It was our bar gain, wasn't It?" "Yes " And then, all In a mo ment, he looked at her, and she was quite different. She was not the same girl. He could not explain It; he did not understand. But for the first time be saw her blue eyes, soft and dark, like sapphires, and her Blossy chestnut hair, and he knew that she was beautiful, desirable, wonderful. And he said to himself, "But 1 don't want to make an end of It!" And his eyes held Laurie's, and, strangely enough, It was the same with her. She saw him for the first time, his strength, tbe fine, lean poise of his bead, the deep, com pelling gaze of his grey eyes, the sudden pulsating humanity of him when he smiled. She saw him. splen did, wonderful the most wonderful man In the world. And she said to herself "What's the matter with me? Ke hasn't changed. He's Rex Moore no, he Isn't! He's the Rex Moore 1 dreamed of! I don't bate him any more. 1 want to go close to blm. 1 want to stay with him, I don't want to go away" A ND because a woman Is always more frightened whon she dis covers that she loves a man than a man Is when be discovers he loves a woman, Laurie suddenly gave a stifled little cry and hurried to tbe door. "I'm tired I've got a busy day tomorrow. Good night!" He put out bis band, but she brushed past him. She was shaking In every limb. She was terrified ot tumbling down, when be would pick her up and she would be losL "But Laurie. I've got a lot to tell you!" Wby. even his voice was newl It was warm; It drew her to him: It stole round her heart. But there was only one thought In her mind to hide this madness from blm. "Tomorrow will do." she called out llshtly. "Honestly. I'm tired. We can talk much better In the morn ing." Through the long, sleepless hours rf the nlRht Laurie said to herself. "I must be msd. 1 can't be in love PEORIA 'MONSTER 10 PEOPIA. Auj. 1. (AP) Th elec tric chair loomed for Gerald Tomp son, 2fl. today as atonement for rav ishing and killing Mildred Hallmark. 19-year-old convent graduate, the mslu of June in. Only nrvm weeks alter the glrl a I battered and denuded hdv a found In a cemetery ditch. Thompson u under sentence of death ordeted by a rircutt. rnurt lurv which deltbera- iA lat tli sin fmir hfMir In at tilifht ! Onlv two ballots were reported taken. Indifferent or evasive during a 10 dy thrill filled trial during which his counsel fought to put Into the rerord the defendants own account of cnreB of attempts to despoil Pe oria women. Thompson broke after the court pronounced sentence. Tears appeared in the toolmaJcer a eves as he waited In Judge Joseph E Pallv'a chambe for his return to Jail. KEYs and expert t tepuiruisH Medina Cjciei?, U H. FU, fix 161, with him. Why should I? What would he think? How he would laugh! It would just appeal to hla cruel sense ot humor that I should end up by falling In love wltb him I "It will be all right in the morn ing," she comforted herself. "It must be this ridiculous artificial life. Of course. It's al) rubbish. My nerves are In pieces. When we sep arate, there's Mrs. Steele waiting for him. Ot course, he'll marry her. Look wbat she can do for him with all her money. He'll be quite Inde pendent of Mr. Albery of every body. The first thing be did when he got back was to go to see her." And so on, round and round In a circle, the same thoughts, all merg ing Into the memory of Rex Moore's voice that had suddenly caught her heart, saying: "But Laurie, I've got a lot to tell you!" Rubbish! What could he have to tell her? With Rei Moore It was different To begin with, he was physically and mentally exhausted after his arduous flight, and he slept quite a good deal. But when he did wake up now and then, and especially after dawn, bis thoughts did run on somewhat the aame lines as Laurie's, although he was not so shattered as she was by the discovery, but more angry with himself. "Might have made a fool ot my self," he reflected. "What ever would she have thought? That I was crasy, no doubt I think I am. But there It la, I believe I'm in love wltb her. How ridiculous! She hates the sight ot me." AND so on and so on, the same thoughts, all merging Into the memory of Laurie's face, seeing tt as If for the first time the soft blue eyes, the loveliness of tbe little trembling smile, tbe sudden appeal to bis manhood, the fierce desire to take ber In bis arms. And then the blankness when she hurried out of the room with light careless words of rebuff, like a slap In the face. Well, anyhow, he hadn't given himself away. Presently, he was splashing In his cold bath, and planning to spend the whole of tbe day on the last of the articles for the American newspaper. He had written all tbe others while on his trip, waiting for the reacue party to fetch tbe missing airmen. He bad bad no sleep for two whole nights. When this one was written, he would be able to pay back half the money Albery bad lent him. That would give blm a freer hand. As to Wanda Steele and his debt to her, he would have to find some way of settling that His discovery that he had fallen In love with the girl who was sup posed to be his wife, therefore, had undoubtedly altered hla outlook on lite, but It bad not altered bis world, as was to be tbe case with Laurie Laurie came Into the dining-room when Rex had Just finished hli breakfast She looked very smart and cool In her neat dark blue office attire, and she seemed to be In hlgb spirits, although ber eyes had s somewhat fixed expression. Gladys had gone to rehearsal lc Flnsbury Park, where they wen opening In another week's time While they were In the nearer sub urbs, she was staying In the flat; but, later, when they went farthei afield tiie troupe would have to llvi in lodgings again. Laurie had had her breakfast wltt her sister an hour ago. Rex bad bees for a run around Battersea Park be fore his. as his was his custom. "Well, you said we could tall better in the morning." be said "Have you time now?" "If you like. I am not due at thi office for three-quarters of an hour." That touched blm on the raw, ai from now onwards every referonci to her association with her employet must do. "1 understand you bad something you wish to discuss," be said gruffly His voice and manner romtnded ber of the man In the train the first day they had met. And it came to ber more that from that moment this spark bad been 'struck from her being that was now alight and that made her furious and miserable at the same time. Yes, It was true. Morning hadn't changed It She wasn't mad; he mat tered more to her than anything In the world. f Copyright. IfS$, Corolie Stanton) Tomorrow, Rtx and Llurts try lo pun thair future. PAST YEAR ftALEM. Ore.. Au 1. (UP North west lumber production In 1934 he'd It own and even (rlned about one and a half per cent over 1P33. an nounced the North Pa.lfu regional headquarters of the U S forest ser vice Oregon and Washington produced some S.441.913 (V0 'M board feet last year and some 1 ner cent more than In 1M2 Of the total rut. 3 8AtV 102.000 board feet were Douglaj. fir. leading vari ety. Oreon ontrlouted 1 ..Ml "43.000 of thiA figure, and WArunton 2. 374.337 000 Other species quan'a tlvely named Included Pondcroa pine, western hemlock, spruce, west ern red oedtr. Idaho white pine, larch. Port Orford cedar. htte f:r. ur pine and some hard wovi. The canvas showed 1.119 lumber and hlnle mills in the two t.Te. operating at leat a po-t!cn of 1914 Um Mali Hlbual want Ada. BEST DATA SHOWS SALEM, Ore., Aug. 1. (UP) It's about 4:30 Saturday afternoon a you drive your car downtown. You approach an Intersection at a fair clip, planning to go straight through, and see another car approaching from the right. And there you have the perfect set ting for an accident, according to data on 1787 auto smash u pa compiled by the office of Secretary of State Earl Snell. Straight through nearly every clas sification of condition of driver, car and road. It shows up that most ac cidents occur under the best pos sible driving circumstances. Dry road surfaces gave 1422 acci dents to 169 on wet or slippery. Of 2245 drivers Involved, only 6fl had been drinking. Most drivers were be tween 25 and 39 years of age. There were 2098 men. 333 women drivers among the crashees, and 1832 of the total had had six or more years experience. Clear weather conditions and straight roads lend themselves to the greater share of highway accidents. Intersections, of course, are the dan ger spots of the cities, with about equal numhers of accidents in busi ness and residential sections. "Not having the right of way" leads the actlon-of -driver listing. Other major conditions were exceeding rea sonable speed, cutting In, falling to signal, and turning left. S-MATTER POP THE BUNGLE FAMILY In Hey! Listen! Conv tuck! I ni.l I..J.J I i jum ijixje.i r.ere... in k" " frj d L (Copyright, 1935, by Th BnVndkat. Inc.) TAILSPIN TOMMY Tommy Is Delirious! By Hal Forrest Ism I BlfrIlA'WfAO'' P30 1 rQUT"BCTTY?IU)0NIERl JliriFnDO(LJ NOT SLEEP Hsl jS4-1 I " ,A MADRt DE 16S lOMMY IS ?Si3KGOY"He ,S ; IP-JF- IT MUST BE tnu0UND MAV BLEED ASAVN-- BETTY, 1 Wv-To"-OH-- DELIRIOUS SCTTV!-Z23J5 DELIRIOUS StNOR TOMMY TOMK1NS, BETTY-- iPERMAPS IF I PRETEND TO 8 TjarlingI i W5, WHAT SUA! L FCOn HIS B&TTVl.-T&ST -BETTYS AMOR- WHERE- iBETTV-H I KNEW 4i F&T-rT - coenUou1ly i fer 8Sw "(f) kiE life ?tS mMk iim fell Jrllfe BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER The Christening! By Edwin Aler Air g v. mi ji.iiiii .I hi j . 1 1. ii .p. Hi. I i J , j VMELL, BEN, YOU'VE ' MOU 6URE iA WES THE MOST Viji l ! j t V r SOU -SEEN HIM THE WAY I WAS HOPIU'V Hi HAT WHITE MARK OM HlsY THATS IT "SEEN HIM NOW- WAS J ( VJERENT.CAL- XJ ll BEAUTIFULEST ANIMAL U j-lfj YOL) WOULD" BOSS o'TWE RAN6E! WILO R FOREHEAD... THAT VJHITE MARK-) BOY' ' I EXAGGERATE' ANVr WHV, HE'5 L - THE SIG FELLER. UP il II ' 'ili'l A4 THE MARCH WIND.' PURTY AS PURTV 1 WHAT ABOUT lONESTAt?? 7 THAT'S IT ijWuwf WON0ERFUL J 1 VON0ER EVER PERMITTED J' j !i'il!llttrTT7'TT!Ti CAN BE ALL RI&WT, PB,VTPr L ONE STAR ) Jrr-S'i'H-'1' i TO BE LETDOWN I - l fcf A WiJIIjpSV WHAT VOU COIN'TO J f . 0$r2VIV f lARTHfW ''ifi'HJgyALLMrM? : v A':Jr-tp& THENEBBS Secret? BySo75esi 1 WAS OUST WONDEQiNgN IT'S MKSUTY FINE. OP VOU.MCJ.5LIDEC? DON'T MENTION IT THAT WAS THE CONt;DNTP ALN IP" THERE VvSr-J'T SOME TO GIVE MV AFFAIRS 50 MUCH I AD'I SOT A LIMITED PCfVEC NEWS J IMPARTED TO MV SWEET MEDICINAL VALUE IN That) CONS DELATION AND I'M DEEPLV REASON BUT WE GOT A HUNDRED 1 WIPE ELL , f. GUESS OUT Uc5 I WATER MINE VOU BOUGHT-' I GWT EFUL - CONS'DER!NS VCU3 BUCKS S'TTRED AaAV RA'NV IN THE STICKS A SECRET is'iw VLETa WAVE IT AMALSZ-EO I LIMITED A3ILIT TO COMCSNTRATE, DAS' -AND I'LL BET IT AGAINST A FlNEC WAV TO PASS ThE-TME AWAV J IT'S LIKE A SEGiAR SHAKING HI5 J LIKE AMOUNT VOU BOUGHT MCSE I J- ' CuS"OP SCiEAD 5TOCK. V HEN V'OU WgE. AWAN- j e....m irw ant to oat. ?20Lt" i,12-7S-l6, and f -Tl! H, VjM k to ; U. 'y.r 'v . 11 him to find out where f-r; I am J I ! . ' r I . . i. w-v v. 'At'-- Saturday la the big accident day, followed closely by Sunday, Friday, Thursday, Wednesday and Tuesday In that order. From 4 p. m. to fi p. m. was the heaviest single accident hour reported, with the 4 to fi p. m.. on the other side of the clock, the absolute low point. WHEAT STOCK IN STATE DECREASE SALEM. Ore.. Aug. 1. (TJP Old wheat stocks In Oregon granaries at mid-year continued to decrease, ac cording to the division of crop and livestock estimates of the U. S. D. A. On July 1 this year there were some 2,250,000 bushels of old stock in mills and elevators of the state, where there were 3.00O.00O bushels laat year at the same time. Washington showed a similar per centage of decrease from 11.250.000 to 8,100.000 bushels during the year. Figures for the whole United States gave a decrease frohl 48,150.000 to 31.464.000. Compared to the fl-year average, however, the bureau remarked, the Pacific northwest is the only area not showing a decrease. Nuts Suffer. SALEM, Ore . Aug. 1. (UP) Many we lnu t grower reported that hot weather ruined their crop this year, with the nuts "cooked" on the trees. RtJV Bee PULLMAN. Wash.. Aug. .(UP) Bees must make 85,000 round trips from the bee hive to the field and back, and visit 800,000 flowers In making one pound of honey, nald Dr. R. L. Webster, Washington State col lege entomologist. The Sweet Bye and Bye Listen bogi.dcT't re mi' US. A? J You're about jo t " i. I won't hurt kl,- 5000 uears l;?. Co oat. uou. I on'j want to r-VT- ''fv!ate in know -at wipr i ' t J- fj asking I i i. this 15. yVffi ' . si I vm FLAG THIRD TIE CAMP WIMER, July 31. Medford district dropped the laurel on Wi nder's brow for the third time in four months. It waa announced here today. The flag awarded to the beet camp In the Mediord district, which has flown from Wlmer flag pole for the month of July will continue to fly during the month of August. Wimer has been called best Junior camp in the district for April, June and July. The letter announcing the award stated that Captain Guy W. Saun ders' all-Oregon company Is to be especially commended for the splen did showing made during the past month. Brass hat have blossomed In Wlmer like a field of daisies during July. Captain H. O. Lane, Ninth Corps area Inspector with Major O. R. Owens and 16 company command ers recently Inspected the camp and noted features for Incorporation in other Medford camps. Captain Lane stated that Wimer La In highly satis factory condition. Recent Improvement at Wlmer In clude varnished floors for recreation hall and mess hall; painted walls for office, officers' quarters, recreation hall and mess hall; and painted bat tens on all buildings. PORTLAND. Atig. 1 . .Support of the Brland -Kellogg pact in the present Italy-Ethiopia crisis was urg ed In a letter enroute today to Sec retary of State Hull from Bert E. Haney. president of the Oregon branch of the League of Nations as sociation. Oi ' :s? T for this- t, brother. 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