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P2GE EIGHT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUTE, MEDFOKD, OREGON, "WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1935. READY MADE WIFE BY CORALie STAHTON & Chapter 47 ACCIDENT p EX MOOR:': came Into the little ealon. In hl grey eyes wu a (lint of satisfaction. He ordered food, and a bottle of champagne. With the Quick response of the French to all culinary emer gencies. It was soon brought. Hot soup and cold chicken. Gladys took some soup and a glass of wine, and almost Immediately afterwards tell asleep on the couch. Rex Moore and Laurie said very little. "I gave that young cur & sound thrashing," he said. "I don't think he'll forget It" "How did you come to meet Glad?" she asked. "I followed you, Laurie. As soon as the car turned the corner, 1 got out 1 couldn't let you go off like that alone. 1 saw you go into this hotel. They told me at the office that you had called on Mr. Dallas. I well, I guessed something was up. So I walked up and down outside, and then came across this poor child." "Thank Ood, you were there!" she said aloud. And then, In an Immense revul slon of feeling, she spoke soundless' ly to her Inmost heart "I love blml I love him! He Is the finest man In the world the only man In the world. How can I go on living? How can I?" Laurie and Gladys came back to London by train and boat Rex Moore flew back alone. A shock awaited him when he reached the Chelsea flat He found a message to say that Mrs. Steele had been In a motor accident and was seriously Injured. They had rung up from a nursing borne to say that Mrs. Steele was asking for him. She wanted to see him very urgently. He drove immediately to the ad dress, and saw from the face of the woman who received him that Wan da must be very 111 Indeed. "There Is no hope," the matron aid. "She is barely conscious. A plnal Injury. If she lived, she would be a cripple." In silence he stole into the room, and looked down with sad, self-reproachful eyes at the grey face on the pillows. He thought she was unconscious, and did not speak. "She Is slipping away," the ma tron whispered. "Say something to her. She wanted so much to see you." . "Wanda! " he said gently. "Wanda, Idear. I am here!" It took a perceptible time, but his voice reached her and brought her back literally tor a tew seconds from the oihor side. She opened her eyes; she tried to move. "Rex, darling!" It was a thread of a voice, wandering, uncertain. It bardly seemed to come from the woman on the bed. He tried to stammer out conven tional sayings about getting better; but his voice broke. Then a smile flickered over her faceHer lips moved. He bent down, and that whisper, hovering between two worlds, came to his ears. "I want you to be happy. I want you to have to have " But It was too much. She was al ready too far away. The eager Hps dropped apart. The matron motioned him away end bent over the bed. Wanda Steele, who had saved his live, who bad given him back bis eyesight who bad loved him with a strong woman's tenaclcus passion, was no more. He gave ber bis last homage and bis first true caress, as he bent rev erently and kissed her forehead. A LBERY bad returned to London - on the same day as Laurie. When she was called Into bis room on the following morning, she found bim his usual suave, impassive self. But there was something In his man ner that warned ber. He spoke smoothly, but she seemed to see the whip In bis band. "I got your message In Berlin." he said. "I am sorry about your sis ter. How is she?" "She Is letting on all right, thank you." "How did you go to Paris?" She was startled, but her Instinct was always to tell the truth, and she answered frankly: "Rex Moore took me by air." "You had given me your word of honor not to see him again." "I couldn't belp myself. I had to CUTS ASTORIA. Ore.. Aug. 28. (API Tne Cohimbla river canned salmon pack for this summer fell at least 26 per cent below the 1934 summer sea son pack, packer reports showed to day. The pack this summer was reported at 208, 8S3 full cawg as compared with U M-hl K KH Th. drop in mild ourrt .d tKwn kXfS It. I V i 1 WI.A VI jmSmW. W Y.M ,. iff t 15 - -- - lg POMK5SVASI CORT; ) VWONJT Give l"T MNT SO LOMAGO TO DWE WITUMm'- I V Xtn it ""W L FS com- 3L ' TASL.E. WIS WIPE I GUESS THAT'S paV WOrvi'T BE NO HOV i jferfS;! get there as quickly aa possible. It was very urgent." "You did not tell anybody that you were going to Paris. My people here thought you were at home." "I wired to Mr. Mortimer from Paris. He bad asked us to dine with him." "That's how I found out you were in Paris. Mortimer told me. Laurie, you're not telling me the truth. That's not only unkind, but unwise." "I am telling you the truth." She felt a furious resentment against him. It was a foretaste of what was to come. She had sold herself to this man with the unreadable Oriental face, and always the whip In his band. She could not call her soul her own. She was a slave. "Are you going to get together with Moore every time my back Is turned?" he asked In that silky voice that; stabbed like a stiletto. "Do you want to call our bargain oft?" No no!" she said. What was there behind his eyes that gave hla words such a slnlstei meaning? On the face of It, he was In the right She bad given him her word and broken it And she could not explain. She felt actually that she would rather die than explain. But their bargain that was another matter. That meant Rex Moore's career, which was his life. 1HAVE settled my business," he went on, and now be waa the smiling, ardent-eyed lover on the point of achieving his desire. "So there Is nothing to wait for. I am going to take a holiday, entirely away from business. I have a place in France, not far from Paris. Wo will go over and be married there, and then we will tour through Spain for our honeymoon. 'And wlun 1 have to come back here, you will stay In some quiet lit tle place and I will come over every week-end. Mortimer Is going to work things when be gets back to Aus tralia. 1 can trust him. He will wangle It so that we can announce that you have divorced Rex Moore down there, where you were mar ried. "So you see. It's all fixed up. Get ready to leave London In the middle of next week. Don't bother about anything In the way of clothes. You can do your shopping In Paris. I shall have to go over a few days be fore to arrange about the wedding. Laurie! Laurie! My lovely girl!" His voice changed to passionate exultation. He took her in his arms. She was caught In the merciless spokes of the wheel of life. She was helpless. She could only submit Next week she would be Mark Albery's wife. And life would be over for her. Wanda Steele was burled, In Eng land, acordtng to her wishes, and the cabled confirmation of her nearest relative, a brother in New York. After the funeral, Rex Moore learned tho meaning of those last words that she had breathed. A member of a firm of solicitors that had been acting tor her, who, besides himself, her maid, and her chauffeur, were the only mourners, drove him back from the little coun try churchyard of the village that her family had originally come from, and asked him tr come into his cilice. Here be revealed the tact tbat Mrs. Steele had made a fresh will the very day before her accident, in which she had left him nearly the whole of tier property In California, and securities that would bring him in a very comfortable Income. Rex was overwhelmed. His first thought was that he would be Inde pendent of Mark Albery. He felt an Inexpressible gratitude to the dead woman who had demonstrated ber love for him beyond the grave. Everything was In perfect order. the lawyer assured bim. He had ex changed cablet with Mrs. Steele's men of business in California and with her brother. There could be no question about the validity of the will. Rex Moore went out. dated. Into the hot July afternoon. He felt hum ble; so unworthy of the dead wo man's great love. He walked swiftly through the streets; not only a free, but a rich man. The next day an even greater blessing was bestowed on Rex Moore. On paying a visit to the fa mous eye specialist, he was told by the great man: "I can find no more trace of the trouble, Mr. Moore. I am happy to pronounce you completely cured." (CttfyrigM. Ml, Ceralfe Stentonf Laurie defies Albery, tomorrow. 281.210 for the previous season. The drop In mild cured and frown fish pack was even grester, figure showing only 8M tierces of mild cure salmon and 1514 boxes of frozen fish put up on the river. This was a drop of 80 per cent. mended more tten 300 time,, the J'? ""V ( sjf jX'vT. 1 1 JNSw - """lcSvSPil- I 5 contltutlon of the tut ol Celitornle 1 n ' - L-" r LL t:" gr'fteato)., .- U.tr yJ iSjgSgffir "A Ujl contalni mora thsn 75.000 worrfA. It tttw xtwtitjo ru- .mmm j iiar urii A7n Vit.-, 1, .' nxjiiot? xuo ovucuici was framed In 1879 and ta the biggest TO OPEN IN PORTLAND PORTLAND. Ore., Aug. 28. fAPJ The Mutual Fruit Co., Inc., will open a large and modern wholesale fruit and produce house here within 10 days, Ralph McLaughlin, president and general manager, announced to day. The plant will be near the water- STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX For further proof address the author. Inclosing s stamped envelope for reply. Reg. U. 8. Pat Off. Mil f M. ST r" .' Hi. -J'-lia X PiiFtfM-inikK lll - rUrsDI7ill 10 fM 40UTrt Strange as it seems, the most north ern golf course In the world Is also one of the most exclusive in the world. It Is located Just south of the Arctic Circle at Chesterfield Inlet on the Hudson Bay. Its membership to tals three a mounted policeman, a missionary and a trader. i The course has only three holes but these are played six times to ; make an 18-hole round, par for which Is 72. The fairways are northern ! moss, and the greens are made from I sand brought up from the coast. For caddlea the members employ Eski mos, and for membership dues they TAILSPIN TOMMY An Uneven "Dog Fight!" Vyj CONDOR, w MASKED MYSTERIOUS PILOT. WAS ENGAGED IN -SHOOTING DOWN A EEBE.L BOMBER, HE FAILED TO SEE THBEE REBEL PLANES AQOVE H1M--UDH1CH UDAS PART OF" THE TRAP PREPARED QV EL LIBERATOR. TO CATCH EL CDNDOR. 2T7I BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER 5Cfi7 MV CATS'. VJHEM'O ALL THIS GO UP ? VMS. SOU car A CORRAL? front here on the east aide at the old home of the Ryan Rrult company. McLaughlin, for 25 years with the Pacific Fruit As Produce Co., has been In charge of that firm's plants at Seattle, Yakima, Walla Walla. Aber deen, Hoqulam and other points. He has resigned his position with. Pacific Fruit. PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 28. (AP William Frederick Daniels, 15, who picked yesterday's heat as a,' propit ious time to learn to swim, drowned In the Columbia river t Morgan beach late In the day. His body w&a recovered an hour- and a half later. IM W VAC?S - i IMO IttF. LAST IN THE WINTER... mm pay polar bear teeth five teeth pay for a life membership. The Eskimos, strange aa It seems, play golf some times, but they would rather caddy. One of the most miraculous escapes from death during the whole World War was that experienced by the offi cers and crew of the German U-boat 35 late In 1917. The submarine was cruising at the surface when an Ital ian warship took tt by surprise and fired a torppdo. Too late to dive or get out of the way, members of the Icrew on deck helplessly watched tne I torpedo head straight for the mid On the Way! 7 Z Q REBEL PLANES '-"Jj T ' ' SHALL TJCH THZSp MS SPOKANE GROWING AS WHEAT SHIPPING PORT SPOKANE, Wash., Aug. 28. (AP) Pointing to a. prospective increased Importance for Spokarfc as an Inland Empire wheat shipping point, railroad and grain men reported almost a trebling of wheat handled through grain elevators here, compared to last year. They credited the recent removal by the rail carriers of the 2 4 cents for 100 pounds transit charge for the Jump. 4 Use Mall Tribune want ad. Chesfetfield Zilettfucteort&iiJ, tffrS OUST 3 MMBef?J A wmmm, ( mount A MIR "r" U-BOAT 35 Wte MiRftCULOUSiy lwK'w was .HE CKttt-T section of the submarine. Suddenly, when tt waB within a few yards of Its mark, It Jumped out of the water and over the German craft. The torpedo Just cleared the deck, passing between the conning tower and the forward gun If It had hit either of these It would have ex ploded. Again before the submarine could get out of the way, another torpedo was fired straight at It. It, too, sped straight for the middle of the sub but It was fired a little too deep, and passed harmlessly under the craft. 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