PAGE TEN
READY MADE WIF
.BY CORALIE STANTON .
BYXOrslS: Kei Joor,
whom Laurie Moore ia in love and
to tchom ahe haa pretended to be
married to that Rex's career
ahov.ld not auffer, haa floit-it the At
lantic both ivaya, but haa crashed
on the Irish connt. He icoa lost
aeen bit aome Irian tarmera; then
ha vanished. Laurie ia frantic, and
Mark Albery, airplane manutaC'
turer, who employ them both, ia
tritlna for news. Albery alao ia in
love tctth Laurie.
Chapter 32
OR. PRIEST
AT that precise moment, Hex
Moore was closeted with Sir
Fabian Priest, the most famom
oculist In England, who had made a
long and thorough examination of
his eyes.
"It's a most unusual condition, Mr.
Moore," the doctor was saying. "It
Is quite impossible (or me to make
a definite statement now. I must
ibave you under observation (or
week or two. You say you were to
tally blind (or more than a year?"
"Yes, and was cured by Pro(essor
Varlck, o( San Francisco."
"And after that cure, you never
bad a return o( the blindness until
yesterday."
"That's right. I called It crashing,
but It bad nothing to do with my
nglne, or any part of the plane. I
simply lost my sight all of a sudden
and, I suppose, my head, too. I went
stone blind. I was lucky enough to
make a (air landing I couldn't tell
you how. And, as It was a lonely
spot, It was hal( an hour before any
body came near me, and by that
time my sight was coming back. So
that nobody knows anything about
It but you, Sir Fabian."
"I quite understand," the great
iman reassured blm. "Of course, I
'Shall strictly reBpect your confl
uence. Tlint Is my Job. These ner
(Toua conditions are hardly under-
'Stood," he went on, with deep Inter
est. "I have myseK had three or (our
cases, and one almost similar to
jyours, but that patient did not fol
low a dangerous profession.
"I cannot say much (or a week or
two. I am of the opinion that the
first temporary bllndnees was
caused by a cranial Injury when you
crashed Into the ocean. There may
be aome actual Injury to the optic
nerve. You said you had certain curi
ous sensations In New York the
other day?"
"Yea: but I didn't take any notice.
I put It down to the fuss and food
and speeches."
"Well, we must be thankful that
you got over safely, Mr. Moore."
"You must tell me the truth, Sir
Fabian. Do you think It might come
on again at any moment?"
"I can't rule out the possibility. Of
course, you must have been In a
state o( physical and nervous ex
haustion." "I don't want comfort; I want the
naked truth."
"I have told you, I must reserve
my opinion for a little while."
"You think I might go blind alto
gether?" "It Is possible."
"But I must try the Pacific flight.
I've nearly made my preparations.
Can you do anything to help me
bold out a bit longer a few weeks,
even?"
TTE was a pathetic figure, this tall
young man with the lean-jawed
face and the angry mouth, begging
In a harsh whisper for what perhaps
even the greatest eye doctor In the
world could not do.
"I will do everything I can. As
your attack of yesterday was so
light, I have a good deal of hope."
;"1 must do the Pacific flight," mut
tered Rex Moore Is an unreal, In
spired voice. "I must do It. After
that I don't caret"
His handgrip, as he took leave of
6lr Fabian, was as strong as a mad
man's. And there was a kind of
madness ln bis mind, as be remem
bered suddenly that he must go and
face Laurie.
The bottom of his world had
dropped out, as If the earth had ac
tually given way benenth his feet.
He was dazed, as he drove through
the streets towards Chelsea, his
haversack and his flying coat and
helmet on the seat beside him. He
cemed to hang In space.
He suffered the pangs of hell, as
be pictured himself In darkness
gain. The agony yesterday had al
most driven him mad. And then, the
blessed relief, when the black world
turned slowly grey. If he went blind,
a bird that would never unfold Its
wlngi again, a blinded eagle? Far
better death.
There was Indeed madness In his
mind, as he absently answered the
porter's amazed and halfsrared
(reeling, and went up to the flat.
ERE SUICIDE LEAP
BELLINOHAM, Auj. 10. (AP
Jolly Meyers, 55. watchman t th
Fid a 1 go Hill. Anacortes. drew hU pay
check yesterday, went up town and
paid his union dues for two months,
returned to the mill dock and dls
cued various event with a Kroup
of friends for about half an hour and
then doffed his jacket and hat and
plunged into the bay.
"So long, fellows." he said.
They tossed a ptke pole In his
direction but he fought It off. They
then tossed a rone to him but he
refused to take It. He then turned
over on his fnce and drowned. Th
body was recovered In about I if teen
minutes. Meyers leaver a widow and
t tUiter, )ie fcaU been. Ui aeyeraj
Laurie opened the door.
She exclaimed at the sight of him
"Oh! How 111 you look! Are you
hurt?"
"No, no," he said Impatiently
"What have you heard?"
"That you crashed. Ob, I'm sure
you're hurt! Rex, your face is grey,
and, why, you can hardly stand!"
"I'm all right," he said gruffly,
and strode by her Into the ball. "1
had a shake up, that's all. Made a
forced landing. It wasn't really
crash. I came back in the ordinary
way without waiting to have my
'plane seen to. I wanted to dodge
the newspaper men, and I've done It.
The length of this speech seemed
to exhaust him. He stood, blankly
staring at her, and leaning against
the wall.
She poured out some brandy and
brought It to him. She thought he
was going to taint.
He gulped It down, and In a few
moments the color came back Into
his (ace. She did not kpow that the
shock of seeing her had unmanned
him. He loved her. It was true. It
wasn't a dream. But what was the
good now, when he might go blind?
Laurie was very Pale. In ber fact
one emotion chased another fear,
relief, doubt. How more than beauti
ful she was In those moments that
revealed her woman's heart and
soul!
But Rex Moore was set on his in
exorable path. Ixe must not weaken.
At any moment he might go blind
and become a helpless log. He must
not forget that. Already he bad
treated one woman with rank In
gratitude. He must not drag another
one Into his life.
T AUR1B recovered herself, too.
"I am glad you are safely back,"
she said. "Mr. Albery said on the
telephone Just now that you bad
made a marvelous new record."
The name Jarred on Moore's al
ready taut nerves.
"You've been talking to Albery?
Where Is he?"
"In the country." Her voice was
cold because her heart ached so bit
terly. It wasn't true that he loved
her.
What did he know?"
Nothing, except that you had
landed somewhere In Ireland, and
then disappeared, and telephoned to
the air field. I knew nothing but that
you had left America. Mr. Albery
told me that. You didn't aend me a
word." .
I behaved like the boor I am," he
said shortly. "I apologise."
"You needn't. I am sure you must
have been very busy."
"Laurie!" He looked away from
her. "There Is something I must say.
Before I left the other day I had
no business to say such things to
you. Can you forgive me?"
Laurie went cold. Angry, humili
ated beyond belief, she could have
raged at him. She wanted to. But
she said In a perfectly natural
voice:
"I said we were mad. Of course,
you didn't mean it."
"It was a mistake."
"I know." Sho repeated, "I said
we were mad."
"You feel as I do, then It was
that we were carried away? You
were feeling kind to me because 1
was going off on the flight, and you
had an Idea it might be dangerous?"
"Yes, It must have been that. It
doesn't matter. We need not talk
about It. Now that you're back, we
can carry out our plans, as. we al
ways Intended to. If you think"
Her voice took on a sharp note of
challenge "If you think that I have
paid my debt."
He gave a harsh laugh.
"Now It's your turn to rub It In!
You've more than paid your" debt."
His whole being was In a turmoil.
He loved her with the whole
strength of his manhood. But
blindness! The terror that might lis
before him through the long years.
He did not know. He did not know
yet.
He forced himself Into calm. Hii
will was forged Into steel through
the constant companionship of dan
ger. "Laurie, be frank with me! Do you
want to stick by me, so that I can
carry on my Job? Or do you want the
truth to come out that we've been
fooling everybody ever since I came
back? You said you hated me the
other night, when I left. I don't
blame you. Was that the real truth?,
Do you hate me so much that you'dj
be glad to bring the pack down oni
me? To see me found out?"
(Copyright. I9SS. Coralie Stanton)
LaurU tnd Rax make dtcllleni,
tomorrow.
months and this Is the only reason
advanced for the suicide.
EE
SALEM. Aug. 10. .jn The stte
department today announced the di
vision of the 35 per cent of state rac
ing commission funds turned over
to the state treasurer f;om January
1 to August 7, amon the counties
of the tte.
Each county will reoeiv an equal
share amounting to .E9 30. to be
used for the support and maln'en
snce of eouiuy fatrs. expositions,
shows and similar functions as pro
vided by the 1935 suu lv!!ature.
The total amount t, N ilitntv.Ked
to the 3fl counties .t- 4 (74 80.
Uw Mali rubuua tOa,
JIEDFORD MAIL
BAR BUS LINE ON
IGNORED ALL LAWS
SALEM, Aug. 10. Both Inter
state and Intra -state passenger car
rier permits of the United States
stages system were cancelled In an
order by the public utilities commis
sioner here today and "all equipment
of the company muat be taken off the
Oregon highways.
Commissioner McColloch announced
that not only the business of the
company within the state, but also
operations through the state were
prohibited by the order. The firm op
erates between Seattle and Son Dleo.
The company, by the order, was de
nied use of Oregon highways.
The atage line was charged with
"viola ting virtually every law gov
erning bus operation In Oregon." Mc
Colloch declared. In making the or
der. The company will be given until
next Friday night to remove Its
equipment for lntra-state traffic from
the Oregon highways.
The order declared:
"When a common carrier deliber
ately loads 40 human beings at a
terminal Into a mechanically defec
tive bus designed to carry 33 passen
gers; fills the driver's seat and the
alslea with the surplus passengers,
thus blocking exit to the front door;
chains the emergency rear door shut:
sendj this load of humans out onto
the congested Pacific highway into
holiday traffic to speed 60 miles per
hour through towns, around daner-
THE BUN0LE FAMILY What
Yes, your yjrn ol the rocket
and the wau uou tell it. is
quite charmin.and I
lot of it,but...Bu
S-MATTER POP By C. MTpiyM
TAILSPIN TOMMY If Betty Only Knewl By Ha) Forrest
jbunG 1 1 ... ... &t II eBELS'-T$3M fiWWM -htCitM ate. PCU I p qtv : .... i
KlNTO THE FIND A J" 1 1 ArD" COMING Ni$4g2$. WM'f DID NOT Jt&ifi. kik liiT riFSHEONWICNEW
Sense jungle , coav-out-v-i Ml 4 Jl . ths--uav--g- WL uKm.--climb see me'-.-a "that these men
AFTER SHE HAD l---nuST-- ,4 jJfJM 1 1, V 1 TVlTS"TC" K-t-T JK . AOvZ-Pt WERE NOT REBELS--
skin is qruiso -J ifA w L MMnwK '
ssssk A&Mmh WfrWk mtWm. irkSBSai $3$
BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER Save Lonestar! By Edwin Alger
LET'S GET BACK I KNOW ;.' YJEVE GOT TO BURY . F 7 AMO CAL, VUeSE VOU'RE RIGHT BOY AN ' N 1
TO CAMP, CAL-60SH, ) n,SOM-K' I MADCAP, BEW, EL5E THE f THERE ARe GOT TO GET S W AIN'T GOT NO TIME TLDSt- )
I I FEEL JLftT AS CA0LY ( I KNOW '' LITTLE FELLER. NMILL I SOWE ( LONESTAR. NOW ( 'CfiUSE THEY'S A KILLER LOOSE )
A4VOUOO- II-" GRIEVE HIS HEART OUT ) I 5HOVELS ( WrVE GOT TO SAVE HIM J U N THIS VALLEY '
v v. . yr -r'- OVER HER- V AT CPMP-J I FROM BEING MURDERED j ,- " '
THE NEBBS Horse Sense ' ' By Sol Hesa
II VOU DON'T MEAN TO TE?Ll" lllT ISN'T THE $Z.SO-VIP VOL! COULD ONLVT-
MAX IS OPENING A ROAD- ME YOU'RE GOIN(3 TO LET THE I KNOW THAT WOMAN. VMIND YOUR OWN EMJSlNESSN
MOUSE ON THE MIGHWAV BEST COOKING IM THE STATE I'LL BE IN A BIDDING J AND WOLD VOUQ DIGNITV? 1
AND WE OFFERED EMMA 2.S0 MOVE OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE . CONTEST LIKE I WAS k YOUR MELP WOULDN'T BE
V MOPE A WEEK AND I TOLD OP TOWN FOR 42 50 A WEEK? yi--, IN THE MINING ApLAVINS HIDE AND SO L
-v WER TO TAKFIT ' ' -s
v V -' ' l rij iN IV'k uitei I
I rw Wmimi 1 1 -1 bktitiggS.- I fcmAiirifl 1 " I 1 ti"ti.,2 U I U!V..,' I r-' f.-.t'-t'.-.fa-.'
me wau.smce rt- i''
uou have mi "s. ivv'ff; a-.
i -
yourself?. ri 1 t I
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TRIBUNE, MEDFOKO,
oua curves, oil trucks and vehicles
loaded with explosives, such acts con
stitute such carrier a public menace.
To permit such carrier to continue
to use the highways would be a gross
neglect of our duty to the public."
The Investigation of the company
was made upon the commission's own
order July 16. following observation
of the company by the department
and the state police.
BEND, Ore.. Aug. 10. Holding
that the fatal Injury of Margaret
Nlelson. 16. of Bend, killed when she
fell under an automobile late yester
day, "was an accident, pure and
simply." District Attorney Boylau to
day announced there would be no In
quest. Riding on the running board of
the car. the girl, with two other tflrLs
and four boys, waa returning from a
swim when the' accident occurred.
Witnesses aald she fell from the side
end slipped under a wheel. She died
within ten minutea.
Three of the other youngsters were
riding on the running board, they
aald, to keep their damp swimming
suit from wetting the car seats.
.
Hop Murt Dull
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 10 (AP)
Hop markets continued dull this'
week, the United States bureau of
agricultural economics review aald
today, with no trading reported In
the three Pacific coast states and de
mand generally lacking from both
domestic and foreign buyers.
a Future
a?ore Bundle,
name. So.,
Im.
BEND GIRL DEAD
IN AUTO MISHAP
n,-u i-.imMrtariie' . i.
Let me ,-e
uou this r-.
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re '-L
ilTHJUl...!- J.
OREGON, SUNDAY, AUGUST 11, 1935.
MODOC LAVA BEDS
KLAMATH FALLS, Aug. 10. (Vpy
Spurred by the second report of a !
mysterloua figure In the rocky sage- ;
brush hills near the Modoc lava beds, ;
Sheriff Lloyd Low today prepared en
"expedition" Into the state line coun
try to run down the stranger.
The possibility has developed here
that the man, apparently hiding in
the desolate section, might be Rob
ert Miller, hunted as one of the kill
era of Chief of Police Frank Daw at
Dunsmulr, Calif.
The stranger was sighted last night
by two members of a CCC &mp lo
cated In northern California Just j
across the line. Two other persons ;
saw him earlier In the week.
Tracks In the dirt revealed that
the stranger probably wore dress
shoes. The second report said he was
dressed In a leather Jacket.
Seaside Bans Beer
Salest To Juveniles
SEASIDE, Ore.. Aug., 10. (t This
coast resort has taken steps to abate
what It considers flagarant liquor
"nuisances."
One new ordinance provide that
unsealed bottles of liquor may not
be carried in a public place. Includ
ing the beach, streets and automo
biles. Another provides for a severe
penalty for any minor who buys beer,
as well as for the person selling to
a minor. ,
oeoroo! Such an odd Yji nwm th.mw mv
unusual. r;'Ah. did I 'understand
ueoroj?! Aii.are y ; I: i that uou re
JkZ. I!
"if ':t
li, ? or btate
sift TmISS
THE MINUTF THAT SEEMS
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ii r j w raam ' i vw t
3 m
-TlRED MV HDNfcRv' VbO REACH 1rlE SP6Y WPERi. v&u
EXPECTED TO FIND fHE PEOPLE WHO INVllEP YOU ON IHe
Picnic WAVfiWG. Wrrtt luncheon au spre&d,
VSD If OCC0R.S TO VOD THAT MAYBE THEY ME MAT
Tut BEfCH 0M THE" OTHER SIDE OF THE LAKE
Just call me Made.Geor.
Oh it's such a treat to see i
and talk to a man f( J?3
rtho's so utterly 7 O
different from
these timid
t . n .a
A .rtthan
lenows or
today.
You re
so . ve
interest-. IjAfiaK
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A YEAR
(Copyright. 1838, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
I just can't
understand
And d"o the ladies )
un everything,.. f
run everuthinft
y .
about it beini
opvernmenr.and
so much
so rortn.-o(
And the
men are
not even
allowed
to vote?
me
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
By Harry J. Tutbill
Men vote? Oh ha fa hi!
GeoroexouVe so .ir,-;i.
(V-uiVa Oh mir fttVi .
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stunred to
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