PSGE SIX
!MEDFOItD fATL TRTBIJyn, fEDFORI), OHEGON, MONDAY. "AUGUST 19, 1935.
READY MADE WIF
.QY CORALtE STANTON.
SYSOPSlSt Fex Itoor hear the
bitter new that Laurte ie marry'
trig her employer, Mark Albery, at
toon at the pretended marriage of
Laurie and Fex can be disponed of.
Rct diti-uesft hit proposed facifio
flight u.ith Albery, who command 9
most of the air route of the world.
Then he leave Albery' office high
up in a huae hannar, and almost
falls throuah a hole in the cattralk.
Iter and Albery Hare at each other
in horror.
Chapter 31
DISAPPOINTMENT
l CROSS the ilz foot gulf, the two
men looked at each other. Hex
'Moors had. In his miraculous act of
.saving himself, landed on the far
ther tide.
. "If anything had happened to you,
my dear fellow, I should never hare
jforglven myself," said Albery. "I am
responsible for my men."
'Oh, don't worryl" replied Rex;
and, Just to show that nothing hsd
happened to him, be leaped over the
opening and landed lightly by his
employer's side. "Ton can give me
nother drink. If you like," he said.
"I could do with one now. And then
:I'U get off to bed."
Mark Albery sat on In his chair
'for some time after the airman had
tone.
There were papers In front of him
on his desk, but he was not looking
at them. There was a contemplative
expression on his face. Ills eyes were
Almost shut.
The madness In his brain, fed by
the accident, was increasing, was
growing beyond control.
While Rex Moore was alive, Laurie
vould not glvs a thought to any
ether man. lis knew that beyond a
doubt
It Rox Moor had fallen down on
to the floor of tbe hangar, he would
have been dead by now.
He would have been out of the way.
The next day Rex Moore again
earae up to Albery's office in the
hangar, and laid on his employer's
desk a little bundle of bank notes.
"This Is the other halt nt the
money you lent me," he said. "Thank
70U very much."
"You didn't take long paying It
back. Rex," said Albery. Ha spoke
with Indulgence, and yet a touch of
sarcasm. It was the first time be had
called the airman by his Christian
name. It seemed as If the accident
of tbe night before had changed their
'relations.
"I've been lucky In getting seversl
more articles to write," was the re
ply. "Journalism seems a paying
game." "When you're a public Idol, cer
tainly!" remarked Albery, with
genial cynicism. "It's a different
story when you've got nothing but
your bralna to sell. Try It, my boy,
apart from flying!"
"I know all about that," was the
young man's quick rejoinder. "I owe
It all to you. 1 couldn't pay for my
Sights by writing about them."
"I have told you until I'm tired of
It that you needn't worry about
anoney," put In Albery complacently.
Then, hla voice changed. "You're
worth far more than money. Rex.
.You're an asset you belong to the
aatlon to England."
And, apart from the personal mad
ness In his brain, he was speaking
-the truth. He needed this man more
than he needed any man upon eartb.
'And yet he wished hira dead.
i'DEX," he added earnestly, "I
I definitely want you to put off
jthe Paclflo flight. I'm sure it will be
best tor you, as well ss tor me. It you
wait until we're quite certain about
-the new fuel. If It comes oft, It'll be
the biggest triumph for you. If. It
doesn't, yon enn do the flight all the
same."
Rex Moore shrugged his shoul
ders; his angry mouth looked petu
lant as a child's. Rut, of course, be
did know what It would mean to hlro
If the now fuel turned out a success.
He would be the first man to fly at a
apeed hitherto believed Impossible.
Although he hated this Inaction, he
could not deny thnt It was worth
walling for.
"That's settled, then." said Albery
"By the way, I didn't sack the chap
who left the trap open Inst night
You ssked me not to, for one thing,
And It turned out to be Flood, the
foremen of the hnngar. one of the
men we could least spare, lie was In
a terrible state when 1 told him
what mlpht have happened to you."
"Yes, I've seen him." Rex replied
carelessly, "lie's a good fellow,
know. He seemed frightfully npset
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And Be said be had strained bis arm
rather badly and was afraid b
couldn't manage the trap alone, and
all the others had gone. I'm glad you
didn't sack him, Mr. Albery. Hi
won't do It again."
Rex Moore was In London on tbt
following Sunday.
He rang up Mrs. Steele from the
Chelsea flat, which he was still oc
cupying, at Albery's urgent request,
or, rather, command. Albery said it
waa necessary for their plans that
Rex should use it when In London,
after Laurie bad left.
Rex did not want to see Mrs.
Steele, but he could never get over
his bsd conscience where she wss
concerned. He hsd behaved to her
with auch rank Ingratitude.
She was at home, and invited him
to come to lunch, with that throb of
emotion In her high-pitched voice
that made him so uncomfortsble.
'1 thought I was never going to,
see you again," she said, when be
arrived. But this time there wss no
reproach In her voice, only un-
ahamed delight, which made him feel
very amall and unworthy. -
He explained how busy be bad
been, as they sat In the sitting-room
of her luxurious suite. And then.
realizing that he might have had the
decency to pay her some slight at
tention, such as sending flowers, or
an Invitation to a meal and a show,
he ended up awkwardly:
"I'm afraid I'm not fit for civilised
lite, Wanda. I must seem abominably
ungrateful."
"My dear, I know how you only
live tor your Job," she answered gen
erously. "As long as you don't try to
pay me back what you think you owe
me with money! That hurts too
much. I have a terror of opening a
letter again, like that last one you
sent me!"
HER eyes were misty; her Isrge,
eager red mouth trembled, as
she gave him a smile of pathetic ten
derness. The man was touched.
They talked ot all sorts ot things
over the delicious and light lunch
eon. Wanda skillfully led him on to
his own subjects. He told her about
his preparatlona for the Pacific
(light, and sbe said she would love
to travel to South America with him
on her way home. Perhaps she could
arrange It, as he wss having to post
pone his departure.
He did not tell her about hit ace).
dent of the middle of the week. For
some reason thst he did not quite
understand, he would not allow him.
self to think of It It waa too fan
tastic, and at the same time too dull.
He had looked death in the face
many a time, but never In an tg-
nominoua way liko that.
It was not until the end of the
meal, when the coffee waa bubbling
In the glass globe on the table, and a
box of cigars was laid by Rex's side
before the waiters withdrew, thai
Wanda Steele asked him the ques
tlon ha bad been waiting for.
"Is It true what one bears, that
you and your wife have parted?"
"How did you hear?"
"From several people I have met.
He gave a rather doletul laugh.
"I didn't think we were Important
enough."
"Rut, of course, you are, Rexl Tin
public Is wild for the slightest bit
of news about you. I was very mucr
surprised."
"Yes, it's true. Tou see, It well
It wasn't fair to her. I mean my com
ing hack Ilka that. After all that ttnu
without letting her know."
"You mean she wanted to leave
you!"
"Of course. She was very sportlns
about It She did her best."
"What are you going to do get
divorce?"
"Yes. What else can we do?"
"I see!" Wanda burst out indig
nantly. "And you'll take the blame
Rex, and she'll marry Albery."
"I am to blame," he said simply.
"How did you know sbout AlberyT"
"Anybody with eyes could see thst
he's crary about her. Anil, of course,
he's a great catch for a girl like
that!"
She had slightly forgotten herself.
She flushed and apologized. "I didn't
mean anything against her, Rex. I
know how chivalrous you are. And
she seemed a nice, quiet little thing.
But 1 can't help being angry with
her for letting you down.
"She hasn't let me down. Wanda.
Please. I'd rsther not discuss It. We
have agreed that It would be for the
best to part."
(Cppyrlffht. tut, Comlw Stanton)
TUNA SHIPS HELD
BY MEXICO FREED
SAW Dn?00, Cl.. Auk. 19. fAP) :
Release of the IS southern California
tuna bonu seized by Mexican "mys
tery ships" at Magdalena Bayafter
the Mexican vessels had taken them.
under armed guard, some 150 miles'
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
For further proof address the author,, Inclosing a stamped envelope for reply. Reg. TJ. S. Pat. Off.
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One of the strangest military weap
ons of the world has ever ser-n, was
Orban's cannon, a monstrous field
piece cast In the middle sixteenth
century by a Hungarian founder, tor
Mohammed II to una In the siege of
Constantinople.
The gun had a 35-lncb bore. It shot
stone balls and It took so long to re
load after each shot that It could
only fire seven tlmea a day. Immense
quant t ties of powder were required
for each shot, and the barrel was
thoroughly greased before each firing
yet the firing range was only about
a mile. The noise range was much
greater It could be heard for 13
miles.
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u hw'6! fE, an' toe) L j, waiting Time here? jeueS o otureo the nooses of cutmbert Sadi'i i V .
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CAMPF1RE, OONE -S I U'S LOOKIN6 FOR RIGHT, ) ,.J, ANSWER- .sjftpwft C.-'Jh l Y
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raSsTk .-r. , ,4b AJSTjSiJ liSfe c- sr-C hold hxm.mijwt J mSiXSk Jr v 47, I) t JSSJ
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off of their courses, waa reported here
Saturday by Fred Bchellln. preMdem
of the American Tuna Boat associa
tion. In making the wholesale seizure of
vesnels, valued at 91,200.000. Mexican
officials alleged that there were lr
regularltlrs in their fishing licensee.
It also was Intimated that there were
supposed to be certain fictitious li
censes in existence, and It was these
that the commander of the Mexican
vessels were Krklua. Juan Durate.
commissioner In charge of the local
office, said that "It's a. case ot honest
fC AT
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Strange as It seems, this huge gun
required a personnel of about 650
men to operate It, It had no car
riage, and had to be drugged over
the ground on rollers. Two hun
dred men were required to stand on
both sides of the gun, handling the
rollers and weights. Another force of
250 carpenters and workmen marched
ahead to strengthen bridges, and
build roads, and In other ways pre
pare the way for t he cannon . A
hundred head of oxen furnished the
motive power.
The sound of the shot was much
more terrifying than the shot Itself
people of Constantinople were
hum ! --this k ysyTW
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FATIGUNS- jCy
mssm
The "Thunder-
shin owners suffering for the sins of
! dishonest ones."
A Boj Oof.
FAIRMONT, W. Vu Aug. 19 fAF
Forty dogs taken In a roundup
that followed a rabies scar escaped
when a small boy pried the lock of
the pound gate to rescue his own
pooch,
WINDOW GLASS We eell window
j tjlau and will replace your orukeo
i windows reasonably. Trowortdge Ca-D-1
met work.
PKlMTED OH 60MV&
CURING frit WORLD WN?
awed by the tlrce appearance of the
cannon, ft did not last long, how
ever, for after a few days the giant
gun burst, blowing the body ot Ha
own creator Into bits.
During the World War. when, metal
was scarce in Russia, postage stamps
were resorted to for making small
chnngp. This practice has also been
followed in other countries, even In 1
our own. but In the case of the Rus
sian postage stamp money, notice i
was prlntpd on the back of each
stamp giving It value as a coin.
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