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Newspaper Page TextPAGE SIX BEDFORD MATE TRIBU3TE, JLEDFOKD, OREGON. "UTDNESDAT. 'AUGUST 14. 1935. READY MADE WIE . BY CORALIE STANTON y.vops;s; Bream Iinrli does not approve of certain sugnes lion made by Mark Albery. her employer, the resitws. Albery hod hern under the impression that there had been something dnmnif tna In the relationship between Laurte and Rex Moore, Albery's star aviator. Row i',aurle is telling her former employer the whole truth, and ia rather relieved to he ahle to do ea, and very distrait at e necessity. CHE (lung th whole story at him, , scornfully, nd h listened In xmazemenU As Leurle's rich Tolce rang out, he desired her more than erer, and hated Rex Moore more than ever, because It was so plain that she loTed him and. would willingly tar nish her own character to defend his. ! "But why did Moore go on with It?" he asked, when she had flnlshod. "Because he said you'd never for give him for deceiving you and pre tending he had a wife. He said you thought such a lot of yourself and you couldn't stand being fooled, and he said I'd done well out of being his widow for two years, and I owed It to him to help blm In his Job, now that he had come back." "You're a good pair of actors, I must say," remarked Albery very 'quietly, but with a note of concealed anger that frightened the girl. Then he fixed his glowing dark eyes on her. "And so It was all a pretens 'your married life?" "It was a pretense," she said dully. "We lived In the aame flat, because 'wo had to to keep It up. Mr, Al bcry," she added, raising her voice, "1'vo told you the truth, because I will not allow you to misjudge Rex Moore. "He baa treated me wonderfully. He forgave me for what was wicked thing to do. It was not until 1 saw him that I realized J had been a liar, a cheat, and a fraud. And I deceived you, too, and I ought to be sorry for that But I am not ao sorry, because, after all, I did work for you as well as I could." "You need not be sorry, Laurie,' he said, and in bis voice trembled his overmastering passion for her, which might have been a fine thing but for its underlying madness. "I think you are a wonderful girl. And I know you did It all for your sis ter." She was the most beautiful, the most enchanting woman In the world to him, as she sat there, so white, her face working with such tragic emo tlons. "Laurie, wtll you be my wife?" he lashr-il. "Oil, no, Mr. Alhery, I could not mnrry youl I don't care for you." "I will take the risk." Ha spoke slowly, suavely, as usual, and with out sign of feeling. "You are (he only woman I have ever asked to be my wife. All my life I have had a preju dice against marriage. The women I met never soemed worth while. From the first I loved you. Now I want to marry you, to make you a part of my llfo for good and all." He came towards her, smiling, In spired by his own vision of their fu ture; but she waved him away. "Mr. Alhery, 1 can't marry you. Please don't say any more!" "1 hope you will change your mind," he said. lie himself was a Ichangod man. Gone was every trace of the admirer, the lover. Even the friendly, considerate employer was 'TTB SAT down In an armchair and 1 looked at her with a face aa un readable as the blank, sightless carv lings on an old Egyptian (emple. "1 cannot change my mind," Laurlo said. 'Terhaps when you have heard what I have to say you may change II," he remarked Impersonally. "Or have you no Interest In Rex Mooro any more, now that you are going to part from him? Do you not care what becomes of him? If he never achieves bis ambitions? If his career comes to an abrupt end? I thought you said you owed him something." "What do you mean?" she aaked In a shocked voice. "That unless you marry me, I will ruin Itcx Moore. He will have no mora career." "You mean you wouldn't help him any more?" "Not only that, but 1 would pre vent anybody else from helping him. He will have no more backing from anyone in (he world of aviation. No money behind him. He will standi FOR THIS SEASON Oiling operations for tht year on Jackson county roada hnv been completed, providing 13', miles ot oiled and emooth surfaces. In close to a doen sections of the county. It Is the start of the county court five-year program for oiling. Next year the same pollry will be pur sued. Roads oiled this year Included the Table Rock and Sams Valley sec tions, the Airport road, Kings' High way, IVnll Lane, the Taylor road, west of Central Point and East Mnln fcitfet In Ashland. In some In stances the area through which the road piui&cd , co-opera ted with the county In payments for the oti:ny Most of the roads oiled thi. : were. In need of lnipro eiv. n mv the ba.e. Durinv the two that economy raged Ui road de alone. And I will let the world know the whole story of your pretty little game that you and he have been playing. Rex Moore as an airman will cease to exist." "There aro other people," she mur mured fearfully. "My dear girl, you know better than .that You have been working for the firm for two years, and pri vately for me for quite a llttlu time. You know that I and my friends control practically all the air routes of the world, the air fields, the fill ing stations, the dumps In the des erts and Jungles, the people who keep the lines of communication on Ian1. With me behind him. Rex Moore will be the greatest airman of' his time. Without me he might aal well be dead." Laurie clasped her bands In agony ; : she could not take her eyes from hlsi face. Albery's gaze was fixed on her, un-i smiling, mesmeric, " "Do you wlBh that lo happen, or; will you marry me? What do you say?" Laurie's brain moved In a tortured circle. She thought she was going mad for a few minutes. With Rex she had been sale. He was a man of honor. He was her hero; of him she had nothing but beautiful memories now. That he did not love her was the last thing she could hold against him. "What do you say?" asked the smooth voice again. "Come, it can't be such a difficult choice.'" A N'D then. It waa all clear to her at once. There was only one thing she could do. She must save Rex Moore's career. His Job was his life. And he was her life. It waa simple. "I will marry you, Mr. Albery," she said. "You make me the happiest man in tho world," he Informed hei, with his flashing smile, hut In his heart was rage rather than Joy. So she loved Mooro aa much as that. Even his overweening egotism could not make him believe that she wanted to marry him. Laurie collected herself; slowly, she waa able to think again. She had recovered that cool poise that had carried her through the strange situ ations that had made up ber life. 'I must make some conditions," she sala She spoke as unemotional ly as If she were addressing him In the office on business mntters. "Oh, so you make conditions!" Hli tone was mocking but Indulgent. Hit eyes devoured her eagerly. ' "I will marry you," said Laurie, "but everything must go on as It Is. Rex Moore and I must be supposed not to get on and to have parted, anil to be divorced later on In the ordl nary way, as we have planned. You must wait until It Is all settled." "But that's preposterous! How are you going to piny It out? If you're supposed to be getting a divorce, poo pie must hear about it. And thai means. If you're supposed to start proceedings at once, and get a de cree, I couldn't marry you ostensibly for six months! Something else will have to be managed. "I won't consent to anything (hat rcfiecta on Rex Moore In any way," she said stubbornly. You only (hlnk of him." In hli eyes flamed his haired of tho man, and this time she saw it, and shiv ered, as the old premonition of evil came back to her. "Of course, he'll have to take the blame in any case, In tho eyes of the world. You can't." "No, of course, ho would not allow me to do that," she snld. "Bu( It must be managed so that there Is nothing against him." "My denr little girl," Albery urged, 'don't bother your head about ways and means. Loave It to me. I'll fix It up with Mooro. I can manage some thing that people will swnllow whole. "We'll save Rex Mooro's foce. And you and I will slip away somewhere quite quietly, where nobody knows us, and get married by a registrar, and nobody will be the wiser until the time comes when we can an nounce 11." Laurie's clearness of mind desert ed her. She stared at him In confu sion. You mean you want me to mar ry you soon?'' "My dear Utile girl, do you sup pose a man who is madly In love wants to wait months when the wo man Is as free as air? It shall be made perfectly fool-proof." (Copyright. 1933, Coralie Stanton) Laurie hia anothtr diaturblno blow, tomorrow. teriorated, and oiling waa neof .wiry "to save the original Investment," A number of the main rural roads are now badly "washboarded," and will not be helped any by the tall fruit hauling, now ready to start. The budget for next year ts sched uled to provide tor continuation ol the oiling program, and may be broadened. Country residents travel tnu over oiled sections have been Impressed by It efficacy, and want smooth routes by their places. County road work Is now prac tically at a standstill. Work has started on the rebuilding and re pairing of bridges in the county, and wtll be finished before fall rains, if any. come. HOWARD SCHOOL MADE READY FOR OPENING The Howard school ts undergoing a complete clean-up In preparation for tho opening of school, which has been postponed until September P, The basements are being repainted, the halls and room fcalsomlned, A new back-stop erected for the boys base ball grounds, floor varnished and pounds cleaned up. A ery lare ntit-iKl.Tn. f ( rpevicd at the ppming of r!u.M - - Us Mali Iribune want ads. EXPERT DECLARES E Before the advent of paved roads In pear valley, when the good people drank from Hal ley's pump and loldlea elevated their skolts only In crossing muddy streets, the Idler responsible for this make classic waa running loose In the ridges hereabouts prying Into the ways of wild things. Natur ally the buzz snake came In for ob servationas one simply must do something about It when the buzzer warns you. The effect Is similar to a speed cop's siren anything but soothing. After dark the effect Is Intensified in all ways, even to such ft degree as to cause a slow and serene fat man to practice running his very best. If It were possible to measure my wlaln rattlers In the tried and true end-to-end manner their length would make the famous Isaacs flsh llne look like a short end from a remnant counter and probably girdle Roxy Anno to boot. The following notes are, therefore, based on exten sive, yea 1 n te nsl ve , research from Crater Lake to Oregon Caves and ridges north, south, ea.it and west. The largest rattler killed by the writer had 16 rattles and was not quite four feet long (May 13, 1035. near Table Rock). The largest known to me was killed on A pp legate river and sported 22 rattles. This orna ment was exhibited In Jacksonville, a mining town with a past, and a large future. The Oregon rattler rarely ex- i S-MATTER POP Bv C M. Payns I8 2rC as l3U Ik.. (Copyright. 1938, by Th. Bell Br Jl X TAILSPIN TOMMV-Low on Fuel! : fla. 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SPINS AND I l ' V, I ) IZl ; OOTTA MAKE GOOD IF r ( 1 9 Ex ?ZV an6 c6me to 1 , YOU INVITATION J 1- rl ' mave 'TO go out ano 1 ) rfA-rS?oA,p VOU F'SJ,"-'- J n V fOr MURDER a V Shoot gold into it J STRAWBERRIES 1 TMOUGMT IT . I . VvlTH A St-OT-GUN V. WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA FO MIM U I'l V TO USE 'OUR MINE I I r -7,, - A , -N THE BUNGLE FAMILY What, Sour story of beinj, in a rocket ror WW ueai's is rather thick.Qeorc. but I love the r y- bound or yuur vriirn. TpII f- xv? it avn RJ-i,---' tlx "1 " Jceeda four feet In lengtfi while alive. They increase rapidly In atze as a rule after being killed. They may be found most commonly on rocky waste lands at all altitudes up to 6000 feet on the Rogue river watershed, and range above 6000 feet altitude further south. During six seasons April to Sep tember while employed on rodent 'control work In rattlesnake country ; my average kill was very close to one 'per week. This, however, docs not include "dens" destroyed by using a i light dynamite charge, j During two weeks In May. 1032. my , average daily kill was nine rattlers. This on a rocky ridge abot six miles in length. Blasting on road work below brought the eriakes to the sur face In this Instance. Unless a rattlesnake Is startled by a sudden Intrusion their natural move is to escape, A deliberate attack by a rattler Is a very rare occurence. Being by nature of comparatively slow movement, the rattler, In the absence of a suitable place to which to retreat, Immediately proceeds to coll up his fighting attitude. Then look outl His striking range It up wards to 18 Inches, and the warning Married? '-.3!, ... wVw EVERY -jssr: A. AL-,&3i .. -jHa I (Vttll..0h here's the I I Just call , 0eciV a'MrP Honey. please don't I Secret jrg ol p nactje. ' JJor&t uourselr in addressinoi J i ? St.irfl oeoriisr'l i a friend of T -Ulis? Uear ; Ht- ! TDictatress buzz Is not always sounded before he strikes. Many persons Imagine that the lar ! ger the rattler the more danger. Such j Is not the case. The eight-Inch rat tler with a mere button on Its end Is ' much more likely to strike and its tiny fangs may cause acute suffering or death. Still the average outdoors- ! man has about 1000 to 1 chances of being crippled or killed In his car rather than by the overly -dreaded rattlesnake. J. H. K. MRS. STRANG TO SING AT G. PASS CONCERT Mrs. Elsie Carlton Strang, popular Medford soprano, wilt be a featured soloist on the program of the band concert at Riverside park in Grants Pass tonight. Mrs. Strang has con sented to sing several numbers at the concert, one of a series prov ing tremendously popular in the Climate City. 4 Call for Warrant 4 School Dist. No. 20 Warrants No. 607-613 Inclusive pay able at Farmers & Fruitgrower Bank. Interest to cease August 15, 1935. 8. S. ABBOTT. Clerk. THE WORLD AT ITS WORST ) ZStTT (Copyright, 1036, by The Bed Syndiuta, lac) I )'our friend? 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