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
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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
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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.
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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-
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