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PAGE TEN MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOK1J. OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19. 1935. SMORNING STAR by Marzan Sims ttrHOPBlSi When David Carroll Jitapptared into tne urlenl alter tlit CarroUt lost their plantation, ht took Emily Felton't heart ustth him. But Davld't titter Judith hat written Emily that David it now n Ittanbul and expectt to ttay there alwayt. And Emily hat agreed to marry Edwin Barnet. tchom tht hat known and liked from child hood, but whom the doet not love, .jit tht latt moment the hat tried to rebel, but Francet Felton, her mother, hat onet again over-ruled her. iVBRYONj! laid it was the lovell- cat wedding that had ever been held In the Firat Church. ("June Is uch a lovely month for weddings!" And Emily waa the loveliest bride. . People always aald that at a wedding, and, astonishingly, always meant It Other weddings had a convenient way of fading before the Immediate one. .'Emily couldn't tell, because sbe it nothing of It She only saw Ir relevant things; like old Mrs. Ford- barn's gray hair straying from under her yellow transformation; and the difficulty one of the ushers was bar ing with bis up-creeping rest; and Edwin's set, white face. ' She wished forlornly that Edwin would relax and smile reassuringly at ber, or prer . her hand against his sld aa she slipped it beneath bis rm. - But EJwIn was too overcome by bla own good fortune. He was tunned and bumbled by It Edwin who bad been a little stunned and humbled by Emily all his life. He felt grossly unworthy and great deal frightened, like a child that bar wantei an elephant all Ita life and that baa suddenly been pre- "anted with thi elephant And ha was horribly afraid be would drop the ring at a crucial moment But It vas a lovely wedding and Emily wa a beautiful bride. Justin James bad said: "I wish 'here hadn't been something about the child's face that made me think of the Bride Lammermoor," but Justin James waa always saying queer things that nobody paid any attention to. . Upstairs, Emily was changing the white satin and lace for a beige suit and a little hrown bat that looked much more natural. 8he still felt raw and quivering, and the voices of her friends were thrill against her ears, but she could hold up now, she knew, until she got away from home. Now thera was only the final ordeal of rice and raillery and the Inevitable smirks' of the elder people. Her mother waa kissing ber ten- erly, and Emily suddenly felt closer to ber than vei before. That was the tragedy of families: It wasn't until something tore you apart that you realised how much you had loved each other The rest of the time you quar relled, spiritual!), if not in words, and struggled for dominance or Inde pendence, depending upon whether . you were a parent or a child. And then she was In Jeffrey's arms, and It aeemed that all ber de- ' tenses would be swept away In tears. . But Jeffrey Felton was schooled in stoicism; he shook her and grinned. "Quit It Mick. And remember to , keep a stiff upper lip." 8he swallowed hard. Smiled at him. "I'll try." IT was over. Or rather, It had only begun. They were In the lmmacu tate small sedan, and Edwin was wearing a new tweed suit and a new straw hat set primly on his head. Ho was gripping the wheel to tightly that his hands were corded and strained. She hoped that Edwin would let her pick out a hat for him some time. Almost always, she thought hysteri cally, yon could tell a faithful hus band by the way his hat sat upon bis head. Hats like David's were absolutely incompatible with dependability. Bhe wondered wistfully stout Da vid and was ashamed of herself tor wondering. ; Edwin looked at his watch. "Ten minutes after six. We ought to be at Signal by nine." He hadn't particularly wanted to talk about the time; he would have preferred to tell Emily how lovely she looked, but the expression In her yea frightened him. "Unless," he added, "you'd llki to sto? somewhere for supper." She said between her teeth: "I ouldn't eat a thing, thank you." Than she caught herself up. "After all," Jeffrey had said, "It's what you make of It." This wasn't making anything of It; tbls was frightening Edwin aa badly aa she herself was frightened. She moved closer to him; managed a smile. "I'm glad It'e over, aren't youT" Ha. flushed and moved an eager boulder to touh hers. "I should say o." I After that t: ey talked about the I wedding; about the present, whose cost woulc. have endowed a college chair; about the house that Edwin was building. It would te sice, Emily thought eagerly, to have a house of your own. Perhaps you could make It like Car rollton, the sort of bouse that held out lta hands and said. "Come In, come In!" (It was funny how the memory of those you'd loved In the past rose to plague you now! ) And at last they were climbing the heights that led to Signal Inn. In the lobb. of the hotel panic once more claimed her. The clerk knew them for bride and groom, of course, and grinned broadly and sig nificantly. Edwin was crimson, and so ner vous he could hardly sign the regis ter. A negro bell-boy whispered be hind bis hand. She wanted to turn and run anywhere Just so she ran alone. They had the bridal suite: Ed win, In bis anzlety to do the right thing, had cho-en an Infallible way to make them conspicuous. Far below them the city lights twinkled mock ingly, Just as the clerk had twinkled, and across the Tennessee on Look out a gigantic air beacon circled In exorably The bell- .o - secure in the know ledge that bridegrooms tipped exor bitantly, bustled until there was no further excuse for staying and then bowed his way out rejoicing that thla one was no exception. Emily was alone with her husband. She dropped into a chair and dragged off the little brown hat, which slipped to the floor beside her. Edwin crossed the room eagerly to pick it up. He laid the hat on a table and stood looking at ber. "Tired, dear?" he asked at last Sbe closed her eyes. "Awfully. I'll be all right tomorrow." He agreed quickly. "This has been bard on you. What you need Is a good night's rest" She knew without looking at him that he had flushed as he said the words. She tried to meet his eyes: to smile at him. It wasn't quite convincing, to either of them. "Yes. I think I'll bave a bath and go to bed." He said, with a gallant attempt at carelessnes. "I think I'll run dow i and get a paper." T was her withdrawal that made Edwin so nervous and miserable, and the fact thai he was nervous made her want to fly. A vicious cir cle, each reacting on the other. She thought again of David. A honey moon, with David, would have been a golden adventure. He would bave said Joyously to the smirking clerk, "This Is my new wife; isn't she the loveliest thing alive?" Anfi the clerk would Immedi ately have become their champion; would have .'ought to the last '.or tbeir privacy and comfort Sbe knew thai If she had really loved Edwin things would have been different She could have met him halfway, or more than halfway, since she lacked the Inhibitions that hound him. . She could bave helped him; but now, when she needed help so badly, Edwin was too frightened by her re moteness even to try to break down the barriers. She arose wearily, sllppei on her gown (white satin, sho thoi.ght with shudder: what a ghastly relic of barbarism! ) and an exquisite chiffon neglige. Edwin waa coming towards her, and the expression In his eyes waa dlfferont from anything she had ever seen there. She closed her eyes against It Emily lay tense; her bonds clenched, her face hidden against the pillow to keep from screaming. All her life, Emily realized, she had been putting up half-hearted fights and being beaten. She knew now that this was the end of It If sha was to keep her reason she couldn't go any further, even though revolt meant the end of every'hlng. She slipped noiselessly out of bed, found her clothes by the shaft f light that filtered In from the street, and carried them Into the bathroom, where she could dress without wak ing Edvln. Her dresslnt-case hadn't been un packed and she flung her toilet ar ticles hastily Into It and closed the case. Racked with pity for Edwin she wrote hasty note. My dar U'a no ua. 1 can't to on to hvi my life. If you knew how 1 ttel you wouldn't want ma to. Vou'ra tha best person I know, and dolus thla to you breaka my heart, but It can't he helped. Pleaee, please don't try to nnd me : Just tell everyone the truth that I failed you; and put the blania where It helonga. Emily. 8he drew off her rings snd.lald them on the rote, then stole quietly out. (Copyright, lijj, 6V Hnrlaa time) Emily's Itrtngth fall her, to morrow. 1 CHICAGO. Sept. AP Mrs Leonard Koenrrke, wife of the Brook lyn Dodgers' ball player who was killed In an airplane, said here today be would "never believe" her hus band Intended to commit ettlctd. The ball plsyer waa In "good spir its" when she last hesrd from him, Mrs. Koenerke declared, scoffing at tn suicide theory advanced by at torneys for the filer who hit Koe Becko with a fire extlngulaher dur ing a fight In the atr Tueaday. "I got a letter from htm Just yes terday," aha aeert4 In a brief In terview while on her way to the Koe- home at Ada ma. Wis. "Ha waa happy at being able to IN AUTO SMASHUP HAOERSTOWN. Md . tVr.. 10 ! (AP Mahle Walker Willmntlt w reported "renting MMly" '.n hoopllal here today. Her rm fractured in nn automoblta crash Her mother, Mrr. D. w walker of Fairfield, Pa w mm to twin ner tout condition. althoi.Kh hojptui ftU. thorttlea Mid she will recover. She received aeT're head Injuries and lost much bloc j. Mr. W.llebrandt. uMlatant atnr:..! general in charge of prohibition dur ing P'ealdent Hoover's administration, waa driving as big sedan which col. Ud-ft head on last night with one F LEADER, IS TAKEN EUGENE, Ore., Sept. !. fAP J. O. Holt, ona of the agricultural lead en of the state, died here last night on his 68th birthday. Besides being active in city and state affairs. Holt was secretary-manager of the Eugene Fruit Growers as sociation, a director of the National Canners nwwclatlon and formerly president of the State Horticultural society and chairman of the .State Agricultural committee. ' With his parents Holt came to southern Oregon in 1880 where he at tended Ashland high school. Later he attended the University of Oregon and waa graduated from the Mon mouth Normal school In 1803. - Returning from the Alaska gold rmsn, hoji purcnaseo a iarm near mlssioner, decreed cugeno ana upon organization oi cne Portland officials Eugene Fruit Growers association be came Its secretary-manager. Funeral arrangements will be made later. FACE TRIAL IN NEVADA STEP SAVER i'hone 643 We'll naul away fuse City 8anttary Service. your PORTLAND. Ore.. Sept. IB. (API Kenneth Frazer, United Statea corn- today that four of the Colonial Trading company must go to Nevada to face trial on mall fraud charges. The four are Nelson J. Sykes, A. D. Kenworthy, S. O. Olaxkolb and Henry C. Prudhomme. . e . Use Mall Tribune want ads. STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX Tor farther proof address the author. Inclosing-a stamped envelope for reply. Reg. XI. B. Pat. Off. detfMMV lost "'J: lO.OUU WURKU MIIE5- N. V. Oiants, IN nn rlr3T 06 LfcrVbUE'SerVSOrt -rite uveo in vmopf IMPsfilNED WrASeUF TO PC ft OKftlN C7r WHEftl The diamond la pure crystal car bon, no dlfferont In substance from graphite or soot. It is the only gem that Is a single element. Other prec ious stones are composed of two or more elements. The emerald, for ex ample, contains eight elements; while the ruby and sapphire are made up of three each. One of the strangest fears ever known to poageas a man waa that which haunted Montnnus. famous German monk who lived from Haa to 1S23. He believed 'himself to be a grain of wheat and, worse than that, he feared that be was In danger of being eaten by a blrdj He flatly refused to gn outalde his houae for fear a bird would see him. The Turkish Empire, one of the Central Powers in the World War. suffered greater territorial losses by 16 times than did Germany, the principal foe of the Allies. The land held by the Turks totaled 710,2a4 miles before the partition, and only 204.492 nftcr. She lost Armenia to Soviet Rus sia, Syria went to France as a man date; Mesopotamia was given to the Persians to become part of the king dom of Iraq; Palestine was given to the British to control, and Arabia was declsred Independent. Germany's land losses, not Includ ing African colonlea, amounted to about 23.000 square miles, while those of the Turkish Empire totaled 415,000 square miles. gy GLUYAS WILLIAMS ASKS JUNIOR tO RUN BACK ib -the house and set his CAMERA OFF THE shelf in 1Hf PE Wit WAIT" 'FOB HIM REMARKS 10 WlTE tfS PREV WicE THAT JiJNlOU IS 6CfdN6 m EN0U6H 10 SfliE -Them steps stops to trv To make OUT WHAT OUNIOfO 15 CAIUN6 FROM IH FRONT OF HOUSE WALKS HftLFvVAV BACK. FlrVP5 JUNIOR WANlS TO know where did he sav the camera 15? RETURNS To WIFE AND WArfe. BE6IN5 To MOf feR WHY DOESfSrT HE COME? walks back Toward house, showing for. HIM To HURRV. JUNIOR. CALLS HE'S C0MIN6, HE'S 6riilvS Pi 6LASS OF WATER RETURNS 10 WIFE AMD REPOWS JUNIOR WILL BERI6HT AL0N6. T0H TiNUES To WAlT. WALKS UP AND POWrJ STRIDES BACK To HOUSE AT FRONT DOOR MEETIN6 JUNIOR WITH CAMERA 6LA0 To HAE SAVED DAPDV some steps (Oopyrlght, IBM, by The Bell gyndteats. Inc.) S-MATTER POP By C. Ed. Payne Tomorrow: .Madame Soldier. fp8 a alght. lMg. by The Bell Byce TAJZSPIN TOMMY Conchita '.'Bails Out" I By Hal Forrest ,N A FURIOUS DOS FIGHT" SETLOe.G'N EL CONOOft. ANO JOSE OOU.A. TH MASKED PILOTS PLANE CO AS parti All v DISABLED- HIS MAIN CONCERN Mou & CONCHITA j THe FEOeRAL SPV. WHOM WE uJAS TRAWSP0RTIN6 TO R.IO NOR.TE. 0UT-&UT--1 VOU MJST NOT 3E )F?9:- SI, EL CONOOZ, T IWy T-2xlP AM AFBAU--? NOT AFTBG THE i ? YD ' uJBSH S Mll$J? vf TO-TO'-- jW OU FOG AiZC J k ET-- DO SO-b 4SlKr-if .-o z7k"i1? IW A crtP rVoo3BFoe r s 1 -y- SifeiX A SSii L VYCWeir p BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER "Fifty-Fifty" 6CM5 JOB WOW VJAS TO WIM LOUeSTARS CONFlOEUCE-He FELT THAT WITH BRIARS HELP HE WOULD BE 5UCCL-;SF1)L - he'll knowN ( VOU'RE Hl5 ) xJ&Oo'o. BEN- ( 1SU. fcy tkf Sermtu Wnhuai) Bv Edwin Alsrer ID A HEAP RATHER. HAVE HIM KNOW 1M HIS FRIEND, CAL- I REALtX GAVE HIM A TERRIBLE SHOCK BV JUMP1WO ON jSa!r' s I Wo BACK. ) -6UT THAT WAS NECESSARV, SON-AM MOW HES ALL YOURS VMt vi a 1 -rue cine- r uocc: I IN THE WULL COUNTRY . OWN HIM? HOW DO VOU GET THAT VJAVf YOU BROUGHT NOPE.BErJ-NOPE. ME TO THIS VALLEY- VOL) FETCHED HAA LONESTARS VOUR J TELL YOU WHAT THOUGH PROPERTY I WILL 6O HALVERS WITH THE NEBBS Rubbin It In By SOL HESS WAD A GOOD "TIME" LAST MIGHT AND I'M A CRANK ON FOOD - AND 1 HAD ONE OF TME BEST MEALS THAT I EVER REMEMBER EATING t AND TVIE ENTERTAINMENT 'WAS SO BAD IT WAS GOOD EVERVBOCtv' ENTERED INTO I Hfc. St-MI-ilT TT-JE, FUN EVEN MV WIFE 5MILED ONCE 1 f I OVER TO A PLACE CALLED 'AwCOMONINN.'A 1 I 'MERE DID RtJN RV AN EV-MDVIE AfTOO RV TUP MAMC I vou GO? I f OF MAX My OLD LADV KICKED AEJOUT THE y FOOD HERE WELL. SUE ATE A STEAK THAT ' WAS BIGGER THAN A BATHROOM RUG AND A-J CTC ?vy f?'' DREDGEDFOR THE BUTTER -GRAVyJ. i noma." (VI veil b; tie Rev. Jaoucs E. liuntuo. W . ' ' -iMsHMsMMSl.smM.rf
