PXGE FOURTEEN
READY MADE WIFE
BY CORALIE STANTON OH
Chapter 48
REX IS MIS8INQ
pvXLY on ona point did Laurie
stand up firmly to Mark Al
bery. It waa about Gladyi.
"I cannot be aeparated from my
lister until the time when the tup
posed divorce will be made public,"
aha Bald. "Gladys will have to be
told the truth, ao that ahe can come
and be with me. She la not strong.
I don't want her to work for a little
while. She would break down. I
should be worrying about her all the
time."
"It is surely foolish to force her
to give up her work," Albery re
torted, with a certain amount of
reason.
"I'm not thinking of doing that.
I'm too fond of work myself. And
GUd will be a great dancer so.tte
day. I want her to have a chance. I
want her to go to the best teacher
In the world. I want her to go on
working and learning until she Is
ready. But I want her to have a rest
first She Is really 111. And she la
all I have In the world."
"You surely don't want ua to take
her on our honeymoon, Laurie!" Al
bery asked, with his disturbing
smile.
Physically and mentally ahe
shrank from him, from the very
thought of their married life to
gether. But she must not show 1L
"If Gladys Is III," he suggested.
"let us leave her In a good nuralng
home. I will tell my cousin, Mrs.
Dent, to look after her. I can think
of some plausible story to tell her.
She la very simple, kind woman. And
then we can decide where Gladya la
to go for her training. Anything In
the world that is possible 1 will do
to please you, my dear little girl."
So It was settled that way.
Laurie had a fairly easy task
with Gladys. The girl was really
broken. She was In a sense desper
ately ill. She had a great deal more
motion in her nature than her sis
ter had thought, and mora power of
suffering. She waa listless; she
eared for nothing.
Laurie told her that she had to go
away on a business trip for her em
ployer. She also told her that she
and Rex Moore were going to be di
vorced. Gladya was not well enough
to finish her present contract. Laurie
bad communicated with the manager
of the troupe, and he underatood.
Laurie wanted her to go Into a
nursing home for two or three
weeks, so that aha could get quite
atrong again. Mr. Albery'a cousin
would look after her. Mr, Albery
was being kindness Itself, as usual.
"T3ocause he's potty about you!"
remarked Gladya, with that strange,
divining glance of hers. "When you
and Rex are divorced, are you going
to marry him?"
Laurie admitted that she was. But
It was a dead secret.
"Does he know about Jimmy?"
"No, darling. Not from me, of
course. And It isn't likely that he'll
hear it from Dallas himself. Only
Rex knows, and you may be sure
tbat he will never tell."
"You're funny, Laurie," said
Gladys. "I can't help feeling that
you're In love with Rex all the time.
And yet you're divorcing hlml But
I suppose you've got a reason. Men
are all alike."
But she was not really Interested.
She was too much takes up with her
own misery. She fell In with
Laurie's plans for her without a
word of protest.
TV f ARK ALBERY went over to
1 France.
Not a word about Rex Moore
passed between him and Laurie be
fore he left.
Laurie did not communicate with
Rex, or he with her. She supposed
he waa back at Gretton, making his
final preparations for the great Pa
cific Sight
She did not know of Wanda
Ettele's death. There had been only a
brief reference to the accident In
the papors, which she had missed.
The day came when, as Laurie
told herself, her Ufa would end.
Everything waa ready. Her mod
est luggage was on a cab. Gladya
waa comfortably Installed In the
nursing home. She had Immediately
taken to the role of the luxurious
patient, and her beauty enchanted
the nursing staff, who, one and all,
were only too eager to wait on her
hand and foot The rest and the se
clusion from the outstde world, were
Indeed a boon to the girl, and her
sister knew that
T OF
BALEM, Ore.- (UP) Sentiment for
a unicameral lystem of government
for Oregon ts growing, especially
among the Orangera.
Oovernor Martin haa been peti
tioned by a score of oraanlta lions.
most of them In Deschutes county, to
call a joint meeting of the two houaes
of the state legislature at the forth
coming special session to determine
the feaalbiltty of a one-house atate
government.
The State Orange legislative com
mittee haa been a ked to work for
the unicameral flan. in favor since
lta adoption In Nebraska.
The Orangea pointed out that the
atate In laced with the problem of
building a new capltol and should
rid Itself of a "useless burden" In
maintaining a house and senate. Res
olutions received by the governor de
clare 'there Is no good purpose served
hp me aeration of & two-nous gov-raV
At the Albery offices it was on
derstood that Mrs. Moors had gone
on her summer holiday Laurie was
keeping on her rooms fir Gladya to
go back to. Albery h.. ' 't her to,
so that nobody si:- - -.tfect the
truth.
Albery had come back to London
yesterday, and was meeting her at
the station.
She drove away from her little
home with despair In her heart
Albery was In the station court'
yard. He hurried to her and clasped
her hand, his eyes devouring her
face that looked rarely beautiful
today In ita pallor and fragility, with
the blue eyes, dark and haunted, a
light In them not' of this earth. The
face of a woman who waa offering
heraelf aa a aacrlfice. And Albery'a
face that of a man who was gloating
over a victim, with Insanity In his
brain.
As they went Into the station,
Laurie saw a newspaper headline.
The black letters danced before
her eyes:
"REX MOORE MISSINO.
REPORTED DEAD."
Albery saw the paper at the same
time as Laurie.
The girl stared at him unseelngly,
and turned to go out of the atatlou
again.
"Rex missing!' she said "Rel
reported dead!"
Albery gripped her arm.
"Don't be a little fool! Coma and
get Into the train."
"No. I can't go away without
knowing."
"Don't make a scene here! Com
on we shall miss the train."
BUT she suddenly recovered her
elf and said firmly:
"I am not going away. How can
you expect ma to? Where la Rexl
Where haa he flown to?"
"I can't say for certain. He waa
going to cross the Alps, to make
some tests.
"Why didn't you tell me?"
"I didn't see why It should Interest
you any more. Come, Laurie, don't
stand here talking!"
"Nothing will induce ma to leave
England until I know that he la
safe," she anawered calmly.
"You are being ridiculous. Every
thing Is arranged for our marriage
tomorrow."
Marriage?" She spoke the word
as If it could have no connection
with herself. "But If Rex Is dead"
She atopped. The look on his face
froze the worda on her Upa. Ha waa
looking at the contents bill. He
was smiling that terrible smile. His
close-set Hps parted In that cruel,
triumphant grin of a man revelling
In some fiendish satisfaction. She
had seen It on bis face that morning
on the Gretton airfield when she had
been about to go up with Rex Moora
and he had come and prevented her.
And, all of a sudden, she knew that
if Rex Moore were dead. Mark Al
bery had aent him to his death. She
felt it not aa a suspicion but aa a
certainty. She looked at the man
beside her with horror In her eyes.
"If he's dead, you've killed htm,"
she said tonelessly.
"You are mad!" ha retorted, but
the madness waa in hla own eyes,
and again he gripped her arm and
tried to force her into the station.
But she tore herself away.
"I am going back home."
Laurie refused to see Mark Al
bery during the next days. She could
not bring herself to. That look on
hla face haunted her.
There was no nows of Rex Moora.
Albery accepted her decision with a
surprising meekness, and sent her a
messsge every day to say that he
had heard nothing, In spite of all bis
efforts.
He gave his anxiety about Rex
Moore aa his excuse tor his return to
the ofllce and his postponement of
his holiday. It was natural enough.
But when he was alone, he looked
aa Satan might have looked when
his plans went wrong. Rex Mnore
had started a day too soon. Once In
France, he could have kept all newa
of the airman's flight from Laurie,
And once she was his wife, It could
not have mattered. She would soon
have settled down.
It seemed as If the fellow could
not be dead. The report had coma
from a village In the North of
France, but It waa found to refer to
a young Frenchman who was flying
his private plane and crashed and
been killed, and who was quite un
known In that part of the country.
(Copyright, t9SS. CoraUt Stanton)
Lturli hit a miiug from
Franca, tomorrow.
Three resolutions were Introduced
at the last regular session of the ifg
lslature for a unicameral plan. Rep
resentatives Olsen and Hosch propos
ed to abolish the senate outright.
Senator Zimmerman and Representa
tlvea Bull and Hyde and Senator
Chinnock were not as drastic.
.,
NEW YOnJC. Aug. 39. (AP) Jamen
J. Walker-s return to New York ai
successor to the late Will Rogers was
envisioned today by James J. Lyons.
Bronx borough president.
He waa asked If he thought the
former mayor of New York, who quit
under fire, would return from Europe
to re-enter politics, since the Justice)
department has announced It will drop f
his Income tax Investigation.
. "It looks as If he would not," Lyons
said, "but personally I think he will
take the place of Will Ropr as en
tertainer, rolumnift. and radio
speaker.
"In my opinion he is the outstand
ing humorist of tbe country.'
MEDFORD MAIL
REMAINS IN AIR
SALEM, Ore.. Aug. 29. f AP) Fol
lowing an executive session lasting
mora than an hour, the atate bank
ing board today announced It had
not agreed upon the election 01 a
state superintendent of banks.
The term of A. A. senramm. present
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
For further proof address the author, Inclosing s stamped envelop for reply. Reg. V. S. Pat. Off.'
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heavyweight world, the three "Bills"
are the champions of tennla. For al
most half a century, alnce 1885, the
three best men of the tennis court
have been William Lamed. William
Tilde n and William Johnston.
These three men have been ranked
among the first ten players of the
United States more times than any
others. First comes William A. Lam
ed who waa among the first ten for
nineteen years. Johnston, whose pic
ture la the above drawing, and Til
den tie with twelve years apiece
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TRIBUNE, MEDFOKD,
I September 1. Schramm was appointed
to the oiiice Dy uovernor ra-wiwu
and haa served for eight years.
Mark Skinner 01 romana ww yru
posed by Governor Martin for the
nAatHs.n h nravtouslv was connected
with the Northwestern bank In Port
land, and lately has Men asaociaiea
with the federal housing administra
tion. State Treasurer Holman's candidate
waa Clarence Sewell of Portland, for
merly connected with the Hibernian
bank of Portland, now la liquida
tion. Ose Mall rrlbune want ads.
JcSaught tlyndicsu, Ida.
among the ten best tennla players.
Strange as It seems, a blind scien
tist who studied by observation
the observations of others, of course
came to know more about bees than
any other living person. He was
Francois Huber, blind Swiss natural
ist, born at Geneva In 1750.
He had special bee hivea construct
ed with glass sides, and had others
observe the habits of the tees. These
observations were reported to him,
and from them he drew hla conclus
ions. This method, he said, elimin
Accounted For!
OREGON, THURSDAT,
ALBINO DEER VISITS
BADGER LAKE CAMP
THE DALLES. Ore., Aug. 29. (AP)
An Albino deer, described as almost
totally white, waa seen by employes
at an FERA camp west of Badger
Lake yeatesrday, Eric Gordon,, chief
ranger of the Mount Hood National
Forest at Dufur, reported.
Forest fires have burned 3, 168,000
acres of forest land In Washington In
the past 10 years or an average of
216,800 acres every year. Careless
smokers and campers caused most of
the fires.
til
ft3T50 YEARS
rwem-BSEu
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ated any chance of failure that might
occur with Just one observer the er
rors arising from the "personal
equation" were ruled out by taking
an average of many observers.
Huber discovered the routine of
life In the hive. He cleared up the
mystery of the queen, the function
of the drone, and disproved many
popular fallacies then current. He
showed they gathered pollen and pro
polis aa well aa nectar. All these
things he learned and Huber never
saw a bee except In early boyhood.
Tomorrow: The Northwest Passage.
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