PGE FOUR
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOKD, OREGON. FRIDAY, AUGUST 30. 193.
READY MADE WIF
.BY CORALIE STANTON
Chapter 49
LAURIE'S MESSAGE
TT7HERB was Rex Moore, then?
Did he bear a charmed life, or
was he dead?
So the madness worked on that
brilliant, unbalanced brain. Until,
on the fifth day after Rex Moore had
been reported missing, Mark Albery
was found unconscious on the floor
of his study In his Chelsea flat.
When he recovered from the
stroke, his mind was affected, and
he babbled nonsense about having
sent Rex .Moore to his death In a
plane that had been tampered with.
Nobody believed It. of course. His
doctors sent him Into a nursing
home for such cases, and declared
that It was only a temporary break
down and that he would recover his
reason very soon.
TT was on the following day that
1 Laurie received a wire from a doc.
tor In a remote French village, ask
ing her to come at once, as her hus'
band was laid up there with s
broken ankle.
The journey was like a dream to
ber. She flew to Chamounlx, and
from there hired a motor car that
took her up Into the mountains.
And there she found Rex, under
the shadow of Mont Blanc, the
snowy giant on whose Icy slopes he
might so easily have found his grave.
He was bruised and shaken by the
crash, but had no worse Injury than
the simple fracture of his ankle. Ho
had been delirious for three days.
from the results of exposure In a
high valley, where a party of guides
had found him, hence the delay In
letting anybody know of his plight
They met In a simple room, with
Tarnished wooden walls and
scrubbed floor. From the balcony
one looked on the tall, solemn pines
and the eterzal snows, under the
blazing sapphire arch of the August
sky.
Laurie walked slowly to his long
chair. Then, she suddenly knelt
down beside It.
"Oh, Rex Rex I've found you at
last!"
"I had to tend tor you, Laurie,"
lie answered In a strangely solemn
voice. "I didn't want to. I knew you
wouldn't want to coma but you
would come, because you think you
ewe me something."
"Oh, Rex, bow did It happen?"
"That's what 1 felt I must tell you.
Albery tried to kill me."
"I knew It," she whispered. And
he told him what bad happened at
the London station.
"He tried before," Rex went on.
"That time whon you were going up
with me. You romember, 1 couldn't
find my usual mechanic. He must
have told the strange man to All my
tanks with the new fuel. Luoklly, I
bad warning from the engine In
time, and had a parachute."
"And this time?" she asked fear
fully.
"This time the plana had boen
tampered with. You wouldn't under
stand. It was dona by an expert. No
body could bave discovered It
until the plane fell to pieces In the
air. I was lucky again. I started off
the day beforo I Intended to, and
the job wasn't quite finished. So I
escaped with my life. I had to tell
you, Laurie. I couldn't bear the
thought that you were going to
marry a murderer."
"I knew It, Rex. And I'm not going
to marry him." She was distracted.
"And 1 think an guue mad. They've
put him into a home."
.But hero there seemed to be no
comfort, either. Rex Moore was still
so far away, so remote. His face was
set; his eyes had that Inhuman,
snowy look; bis mouth was angry
and stern.
"1 knew that day at the station
that 1 couldn't marry him," she went
on. "Not for anything In the world,
not even for ' She stopped abrupt
ly. "Not even for what, Laurie? Why
were you going to marry him? For
his money, for his position for
what else?"
"No no!" She broke down. He
was all she wanted In the world. He
was her happiness; he was her man.
Nothing mattered but that he should
know the truth.
"Rex, he forced me to say 1 would
marry him. He found out about us;
I didn't tell him. I had to He to you.
And he threatened to ruin your ca
reer If I didn't marry him. Ha said
be could. Ha wouldn't help you any
more, he wouldn't let anybody else
help you. He said he had the power,
and I believed him."
She looked at him in an agony of
fear lest he should not believe her.
His arms closed around her and
held her with a fierce tenderness.
"T AURIE, you did that for me!
How could I be so blind? Of
course, Albery could bave ruined me
in my job. Then, you do love me?
You love me as much as that?"
Their lips met. They were one In
that tremendous and awesome rap
ture that Is both violence and peace.
A long time passed before they
spoke again.
Then Laurie said:
"But your career will be ruined.
Mr. Albery will never forgive us.
You don't mind now, but later on
you will oe unhappy. Can I make up
for that?"
"You would make up for anything,
my sweet, my wonderful Laurie!"
he told her. "But I'm no longer a
penniless beggar, thanks to Wanda
Steele."
He saw that she did not under
stand, and told her of Wanda's
tragic death and of his Inheritance,
She felt a lltle pang of jealousy that
another woman could do so much
for him, so much more than she
ever could, even though she was
dead. But, of course, she had to be.
glad.
Laurie stayed in the little village
until Rex Moore could get about.
Then they went to Geneva, and
were married by the British Consul.
"So now you're really Mrs. Rex
Moore!" he said teaslngly the next
day, as they strolled by the lake.
"And how docs It feel to be married
to a poor devil you started out hat
ing?" "I never hated you!" she laughed
happily. "And It feels too wonderful
for wordsl And life Is wonderful
and you are wonderful! And, what's
more, it's real!"
They went back to England to
pick up Gladys. Rex agreed with
Laurie that they could not leave the
girl alone.
And all the outside world ever
knew was that Mrs. Rex Moore had
gone to Switzerland to be with her
famous husband after his accident,
and the devoted couple sp dramati
cally reunited a few months ago,
were on their way to California,
where the airman had recently In
herited a beautiful estate.
(Copyright. 1SSS. CoraHa SIdWc
THE END.
ROOSEVELT SIGHS
BILL REPLACING
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30. AP)
Legislation letting up a nw rail
road pension ayetem to replace that
killed by the supreme court waa
signed today by President Roosevelt.
He also signed a bill levying taxes
of 3'i per cent each on railroad pay
rolls and rail worKera' Incomes to
pay the bend Its.
Pensions for retired employe 01
11 railroads operating Interstate are
provided.
Those eligible for pension:
1. Any employe or representative
of employes 65 year of age or older.
3. Any employe or representative
of employes more than 50 years old
with 30 or more years of service.
3. Any employes with 30 or more
years service retired because of men
tal or physical ilability.
Monthly benefits sre to be two per
cent of the first S0 of the employe's
average monthly wage, snd one and
one-half per cent of the next $100.
nd one per cent of the wage over
$150. Tne maximum monthly wage
for purposes of the comp-.itstlon is
1300.
The legislation also provldns for
Appointment of a retirement com
mission of thre. and a Joint con
gresslonsl committee to study the
whole subject of railroad pensions.
A Similar measure enacted last
year was held unconstitutional. In
an effort to meet objections of the
court, the new legislation was split
Into two parte pension and tax
and a provision to Include all em
ployes who had been retired within
13 months before enactment was re
moved. Cost of operation during the first
yesr wsa estimated by the railroad
unions at $50,000,000. The pension
plan does not go Into operation
until next March 1.
PLAN ORGANIZATION
BIO APPLEOATE, Aug. 30. (Spl.)
Receiving requests for another
grange organization In the Apple.ite
district, R. t. Nealon of Central
Point, county grange deputy, ha an
nounced that a meeting will be he-Id
WedneAdsy, Sept. 4th. At th Union
town school house to discuss possi
bilities of organizing that commun
ity. Arthur Brown of Salem, state dep
uty, will be present with Mr. Nealon
to explain the purpose and functions
of the grange and to put out its nu
merous benefit to the farmers. The
meeting will open at 8.00 p. m . and
attendance Is expected from Ruch.
Big Applegate and Little Applepste
and Little Appltwave sections. Mr.
Nealon waa In this community Tuesday
interviewing farmers on the subject.
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3 NEW TEACHERS
FOR APPLEGATE
BIO APPLEGATE, Aug. SC. (Spl.)
Schools of the Applegate valley will
open the first and second week In
September with last year'a teachers
in charge again, with the exception
of three. The new teachers are Mrs.
Opal Mooter of Med ford, who will
teach at Ruch; Mrs. Wallace Hasklns.
recently of Ptkln, HI., at Beaver
creek; and Miss Mary Beatty of Ash
land, primary room at Applegate.
The remaining force of teachers in
clude Mrs. Ina Purcel of this com
munity, watklns; Miss Eleanor Maule
of Portland, Union town: Mrs. George
Brownlee of Jacksonville, Sterling;
Carl Ayres of Portland. Little Apple
gate; Wm. Ludwig of the community,
Applegate upper grade room; and
Miss June Rudd, Thompson creek.
Blackboards are being resurfaced,
floors oiled and cleaned, and other
preparations made about the build
ings for opening of the new term.
COUZENS CONDITION
DISAPPOINTS MEDICS
ROCHESTER, Minn., Aug. 80. fi)
Senator James Couzens of Michi
gan was given & blood transfusion by
Mayo clinic physicians, today.
They admitted disappointment over
the "progress he has made In the past
two days.
BEACH PATROL
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
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