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MEDFORD MAIL TRTBUXE, MEDFOKIJ, OBEGOy. SUNDAY. AUGUST 25, 1935
READY MADE WIF
.BY C Oft A LI E STANTON .
SYNOPSIS! Laurf la worried
out of mind. Bht and Rex Moor
love each other, but Hex la engaged
to Wanda Steele and Laurie to
Mark Albery, who employe both
Ren and heraelt. Albery ie in Ber
Un, alter vneucceaafully trying to
force Rex Into an airplane "acci
dent." And Laurie haa gone to eee
a friend of her dancer aletcr
Qladya, beeauae aha la aura Olodya
and Jimmy Dallae, young man
about tovn, are up to mlachtef.
Chapter 44
THE TRUTH
"TS Gladys with that young Dallas?
Don't He!"
Nellie nodded.
"He's left London. Wlrare has she
(one with him?
Nelly broke down altogether. It
was with difficulty that Laurie got
the sense of her disjointed words.
Paris Hotel Meurlce rue de Rl
roll they lett yesterday were to
be back In the middle of the week
a dead secret.
"Are they married?" Laurie asked
in s dull voice.
"I don't know. Glad was awfully
close about that. But I expect so.
She wouldn't have gone, would she?
I couldn't get anything out of her."
"Nelly, you've done a cruel thing,"
aid Laurie unmercifully. "You
ought to bare told me at once. You
ought to have stopped her going
somehow. I'll be getting on now.
I must get to Paris as soon as it
can be done."
Laurie knew well enough that
girls went away on holiday trips
with their young men nowadays.
She knew that the world at large
thought little of It But Glad was
her sister, the apple of her eye.
The qulckeat way to Paris was by
air, of course.
She found the neareat telephone
call box and rang up Rex Moore at
Gretton, only to find that he was In
London. Half crazy with anxiety,
she got the Chelsea flat, and when
his voice answered, she felt sick
with relief, but spoke In the calm
est voice.
"I want you to take me by air to
Paris at once. Can you?"
He did not show the faintest sur
prise. "Of course, I can, Laurie. As tt
happens, I flew my plane to Croydon
this morning, and it la there. But
what about Albery?"
"I must get to Paris as soon aa
possible." She took no notice of hla
question. "Could we get there to
night?" "Certainly. I'll ring up the air
field. Where are you?"
"In Streathara."
"Then you'd better meet me at
Croydon."
"I haven't any money. Perhaps
lust enough to pay a taxi."
"That doesn't matter. I have
plenty. You're In trouble, Laurie?"
"Yes."
"Get to Croydon aa aoon as you
can. I'll be a little after you, but
when we get there, we won't waste
any time."
Laurie did not have to wait long
ror Rex Moore at Croydon.
His plane waa ready for him when
, he arrived.
Ha gave her a awitt handshake
and a piercing look from hla grey
eyes, lit up with the energy of action.
He also gave her pada of cotton
wool to put In her eara to abut out
the noise of the engines, and bor
rowed a flying coat for her, aa It
was going to be chilly up aloft.
TT was a scene that Laurie never
forgot The last lingering raya of
daylight swallowed In the glaring
lamps of the field. The sense of
unreality, of adventure; and, In the
midst of It, the casual chatter of a
party of Americana who had Just
landed from Cherbourg, and the
ealmly sleeping little face of a baby
In the arms of a nurse.
Rex Moore did not ask her s
Ingle question.
Laurie waa too preoccupied to ex
perience the sensation of flying. It
was perfect weather. She noticed
nothing, not even the noise of the
engines.
She sat in a kind of trance behind
Rex Moore. Now and then she
caught sight of his profile, as he
turned his head. His face was set.
He had no thought, she felt, but
that or steering tbem across the
sight skies to their destination.
But she waa wrong. Rex Moore
was thinking of her. His thoughts
were gloomy and harsh. He was re
membering what Wanda Steele had
aid to him yesterday. Her words
of sympathy had been like so many
stabs.
"You know how I hate gossip and
scandal, Rex, but you were well rid
of your wife. I hate running down
women, too, but 1 can't forgive bei
treating you as she has done.
"With my own eyes I saw her
coming out of that young Dallas'i
chambers the other day. They were
on the best of terma, evidently. He
waa in his dressing-gown, talking to
her on the landing. And my friends,
whom I had been visiting, tell me
that he leads the wildest kind of
life.
"He has a shocking reputation,
and a young woman often visits him
there quite late at night I sup
pose It's she. I do feel you ought to
know, aa you're making the sacri
fice of letting her divorce you. I
can't think how she's going to get
away with It I suppose It's Albery'a
money that lias turned ber head."
He had ailenced her with a few
words, but the poison worked In his
veins.
Was this girl who sat behind him
that aort of woman? Of course, be
knew young Dallas and she had met
at Gretton. But was she carrying on
an Intrigue with him when she was
going to marry Albery? She was
mercenary: she must be. She was
not In love with Albery; he was sure
of that
The Journey to Laurie was like a
dream. They flew steadily on and
on. It grew dark. Every now and
then she looked down and saw lights,
like fire-files, far below. She did not
know whether it lasted six hours
or one. If they rose or dipped, she
was unaware of It
They did not exchange a single
word until they circled down Into a
sea of light and landed at Le pour
get aa easily as a gull drops on to
the sea.
"A LITTLE after midnight," Rex
Moore said, looking at his
watch, when they stood once more
on land. "Not too bad time. Did
you like It, or did It bore you?"
"I don't know," she answered
truthfully.
He said nothing more, but took her
through the Customs and the Pass
port office.
They found the car waiting to
drive them to Paris.
'Where do you want to go to?"
'I don't want to tell you."
'And you don't want to tell me
what you are here for?"
"No. It Is private business."
"It must be deucedly Important,"
ha said In the old mocking way.
"It is."
"Dooa Albery know you are com
ing over here?"
"No. I don't want anybody to
know. That'a why I asked you to
bring me." '
"A compliment, I'm sure." The
ugly poison still worked. Was she
over here to meet this young Dallas?
Impossible. She couldn't have asked
him to pilot her In that case. She
would have to be Insane to do that.
There were no other passengers
for Paris.
"You must tell the driver where
you want to go," he said coolly.
"To the Place de la Concorde."
Laurie bad been In Paris only once
before, last year, when she and
Glad had spent a week there on a
conducted tour. She knew that the
rue de Rlvoll ended at the Place
de la Concorde. "Are you coming
to Paris, too?" she asked him sus
piciously. "Naturally, I don't want to spend
the night here. May I ask, do you
want me to take you back?"
"I don't know oh, no, of course
not!" She realized that there waa no
room for Gladys In the plane. And
she was not going to leave Paris
without Glad.
The car moved away.
Again the Journey was made In
complete silence.
When they drew up at the corner
of the Place, Rex Moore helped ber
out of the car, and asked ber:
"Laurie, won't you trust me?"
"I can't Please don't keep me
talking!"
"Do you expect me to leave you
alone In Parte at thla time of nlght7"
Tm quite all right. Please, I must
hurry!"
He looked at her and his voice
changed.
All right, Laurie. I am going to
the Grand Hotel, close to the Opera.
Promise me that you will let me
hear from you later on In the morn
ing. I'm not asking any more ques
tions, but I'm not budging from Paris
until I've heard from you."
"Thank you. Rex. I'll let you hear
from me If I can, but I'm not going
to promise.
"I'll wait until I do."
(Copyright. IPJI. Corolla Stanton)
Tomorrow. Laurl trios to And
hr Qlddy sitter.
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BAY MERGER JAPAN SWEPT BY
SLEEP SICKNESS
MARSHF1ELD, Ore.. Aug. 34
(AP) New itimului to the proposal
for th merger of two of Oregon
eldest citlea, Marahfleld and North
Bend. wu given by Governor
Charles H. Martin here during a
talk In connection with the c
ond annual "Paul Bunyana birth
day" celebration.
The moat recent effort to effect
the combine ended a few weeks
ago when both cities called It a
"draw" and dropped the matter af
ter propoeala and counter proposals
apparently -ere leading to a free-for-all
legal battle to see wh.cn
would be called "Coo Bay." name
of the deep-water harbor on which
both cities are located.
"I'm staying out of the flight, but
I am ordering the state planning
board to make a study of Joining
the two bay cities and you may take
Its report or leave It." the governor
declared during a luncheon to Hit
honor. The two towna have a com
bined population of around 10.
ooo. Mnr&hfleld la slightly the
larger.
TOKYO. Aug. 34 ( AP) Scores of
Japan'a most eminent eclentlsts and
phyllana Wfre mobilised today to
search for the causes of. snd means
of fighting, the epidemic of sleep
ing sickness which In the lat few
days haa swept over the central
and western perfectures.
The number of cases throughout
the country waa estimated at more
than 600 and the number of deaths
at half that figure, although sta
tistics were Incomplete and con
flicting. In the Tokyo area 78 victims were
reported and scores of fresh cae
were reported from HNOgft. Oaka,
Shlt'.toks and Fukouka prefectures.
Use Mail Tribune want ads.
Senate Extends
Ocean Mail Law
WASHINGTON. Aug. 24. (AP)
The senate today adopted the Cope
land resolution extending from Oct
ober 31, 1933. until April 30. 1830.
the time In which the president may
modify or cancel existing ocean mall
merchant marine subsidy contracts.
Approved by , the commerce com
mittee when It failed to agree on a
direct ship subsidy bill asked by
President Roosevelt, the resolution
now goes to the house.
Use Mall Ttioumb want ads.
WEST. LINN AFTER THREE
PROJECTS UNDER P. W. A.
WEST LINN. Aug. 24 (AP) City
officials today were preparing ap
plications for three public works
administration projects costing 62.
000. The projects, approved by the
Clackamas county planning board,
are:
New city hall. $27,850; new reser
voir to serve Willamette. $28,000, and
a new swimming pool for Hammerle
park. 97968.
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KEYS and expert lock repairing
Medford Cycler;. 33 N Plr Pb 201
Hero Of Barrow
Given New Post
SEATTLE. Aug. 24. -(AP) Sergt.
Stanley p. Morgan, signal corps oper
ator at Barrow. Alaska, who flashed
the first word of the deaths of Will
Rogers and Wiley Post, will arrive
here about October 1 to begin
thre-months furlough and will then
enter a nine-months service here,
Capt. Frank E- Stoner said today,
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KEEP COOL and ENJOY meals and
fountain aervloe at the What Not
New air conditioner.
SUBURBAN HEIGHTS
v GLUYAS WILLIAMS
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
For further proof address the author, inclosing a stamped envelope for reply. Reg. U. S. Pat Off.
V j$ I I- - Wmm fMIHfUt UMlb DEATH -
tiwi 1 i llWl MONUMENT IN WIMIN6TON, N.C1, v
V?gs l, !lmtr jyj OMerea w memory ' ,
L if l' l-lMm&i &UI10IN6 RATHER ' '
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flM- fill mlmk imitations mvtf&MAJy
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TRE0 PERLEV SPENT THE BETTER PARf
of -The afternoon WA1T1N6 for ita rain
TO STOP 50 HE COULD PJ.AV SOLFJ
BEFORE HE DISCOVERED If WAS ONLY
ERNIE PLOKIER'S SPRINKLER NW DOOR
(Copyright, 1935, By The Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
SU3VAS
S-MATTER POP
By C. M. Payne
COIWIW
TrlEtfE Ar?E
MORE THAN CO
plFfERENT KIMDS OF
1rE MOST COM MOM
CAME rW BEET- ARE
IPENTiCAU.
MJ,rhl SruJictu. tat
One of the most persistent falla-
clea of history is that Napoleon was
a smaller than average man, runty In
Appearance. Although he was dubbed
"the Little Corporal." and Is often
pictured with officers standing head
and shoulders above him, the fact la
that Napoleon was taller than the
average man of his race.
He was five feet six and a half
Inches tall in his stockings a fact
verified by careful measurements
taken on his body Just after his
death. For Latin men. five feet six.
and a half Inches la taller than the
average.
The common error concerning Na
poleon's height Is probably due to the
fHct that his correct height Is often
given as five feet two inches, French
measure which equals five fVet six
and a half inches on our scale.
There are many kinds of sugars,
some of them much less sweet than
the kind we use on our tables. Su
crose, glucose, fructose, maltose, and
many others exist, each with its own
chemical and physical properties.
Strange as It seems, however, two of
the most common sugars are really
only one the chemist can detect ab
solutely no difference between beet
and cane sugar. ,
The dog. In whose memory the
monument above was erected, chose
death rather than leave his master.
Cspt. W. A. Ellervrock. when the
latter was trapped In a burning
building In 1885. The master and
dog were burled together one side
of the monument bears an Inscription
to the dog and the other side to the
man who owned him.
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TAILSPIN TOMMY Jose Offers a Plan to Trap El Condor!
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fefVSRE. PARACHUTES HAVE. THEES 'EES THO&C LEFT "THIS &
I l3E.tr 6TOLEJH FKONN 1 HE. S THIRD TIME EET MESSAGE- ?
Dssar-TT-l. AIRDROME.. AV 'APPENED A I ( VON
By Hal Forres
I HAVE A PLAN TO CAPTURE.
EL CONDOR. , Ml GENERAL. -
BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER Lonestar's Off Again
loe shal' senb a bombing f esple.no oo --
PLANE. UP TWO THOUSANO S EEF V0E SUCCEED
FEET--THREE COMBAT 1 MAK' VQ' A
PLANES AQOVE IT--HIDDEN j SRAN' ftENERAU
in the clouds--ujhen el jn mv army
Condor, attacks the bombins w-
planc ioe.v Jw!al Xw.
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PURNEO IF 1 AIUT GOT WU-5H
LIP-STAIRS 'STEAD O' BRAIM5?
THE IDEE O'ME LETTIM'US
LEAVE CAMP WITHOUT A fiUN-
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