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
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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
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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.
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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
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PLANES AQOVE
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PART OF" THE
TRAP PREPARED
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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
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IN THE WINTER...
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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.
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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.
Tomorrow: The Blind Observer.
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