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PAGE EIGHT AfEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOKD, OREGON, TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 24. 1935. MMORNING STAR ay Marian Sims SYNOPSIS: Emily hat run aioay from Edwin Barnet, her husband, on their uedding night. Bht hat only just escaped a nervous break' down, and now is happily en. sconced in a new home and a new job, in Birmingham. Her best friend, Charlotte, has taken her trt call on a group of her friends, and Emily is finding their conversation and manner a stimulus as well as a pleasure. Chapter 23 EDWIN WRITES A NNB waved i fork at Steva. "Qo tell VI that ahe'a got to make the omelet, and that I'll be ready by the time It Is. And don't come back.' He went reluctantly out, and she heard him bang on Viola's door and repeat the message. Then he ambled Into the living-room and an Instant later the sound of the piano reached them. Emily lifted her head and stared at Anne. He waa playing, with feel ing and a beautiful precision the Chopin scherio In 0 sharp minor. Anne answered the question In her eyes. "Iff his real calling, of course. But be says he hasn't the attributes of greatness, and that being a sec-ond-rate musician Is worse than be ing second-rate In any profession in other. Because Anne doesn't Insist, I suppose." Days In Birmingham passed for the most part pleasantly and quick ly, but during the odd moments that she couldn't fill, or when she bad gone to bed and bad no resources but ber own thoughts, all the un solved problems from which she had fled came trooping down upon ber. Then she knew that this was only a reprieve. She was like Joshua, who had stopped the sun for a briet span; but afterwards the sun bad gone In exorably upon Its way. She bad cried over Edwln'i letter, so like Edwin himself In Its resignation. "If only he would threaten to beat me!" she thought wildly. "It would do us both good." She wrote urging him to divorce her It he wished, and Edwin replied quite characteristically that ne was willing for her to divorce blm If It would mean ber happiness, but that he would never take the step him self. TTE was finishing the little house, J- A "because It had no market valu as It stood," and was planning to put It on the market at once un less . The "unless" had been scratched out and the sentence ended there, f) I iff ' f the world. Bo he works on a news paper." Viola came In, managing, In spite of her scented and shining cleanli ness, to look a little untidy. She nodded cordially to Emily and went capably to work on the omelet. When supper was ready they served themselves from the buffet, then gathered round the table. It was a lively meal, and again the con versation was reminiscent of Ard more. 1 A voice from tbe living-room In terrupted them. "Am I too late?" Everyone shouted at once at the man who appeared In the doorway, and there was a general shufflllng to make a place for him at tbe table. He was very different from Jed and Steve. A man In early middle ige, Emily guessed; beautifully iroomed, assured and smiling. He ' laid a casual hand on Anne's shoul der In greeting and Anne's eyes Darned for an Instant and then were julckly veiled. She said carelessly: "Charles, you haven't met Mrs. Barnes over there. Mr. Kincald." He bowed, found a plate with an ilr of being much at home, and lelped himself from the buffet. Steve foung said solemnly: "I ate all your caviar." Oharles Kincald eat down. "Thank leaven for that. 1 hate caviar, Just ts 1 hate ail kinds of fish roe. It lives me the croops to think of all tbe billions of fish that I'm depriving t life at every bile." "All the more reason to like It," Bteve Insisted. "It Isn't often you Save a chance to do so many favors tt one fell swoop." CHARLES K1NCAID drove Emily and Charlotte home a little later, saw them Into the house and bade tbero a courtly goodnight. Emily stared thoughtfully after him. "He's quite different from the rest of the masculine element there. Where does he come in?" Charlotte waited until they were upstairs before she answered. "He's really a prince, and I'm frightfully sorry for him. He bas a neurotic invalid for a wife: a female devil that won't divorce him and won't live with him." "Why doesn't he divorce her?" Charlotte shrugged. "Ask me an- It was a lively meat. but beneath Its Imperfect conceal ment It gazed at her In mute re proach. The "unless," Edwin had decided scrupulously, was not en tirely In the spirit of the promise he had made to Dr. Warde. He added wistfully that the place was very attractive now; even more so than the plans had Indicated. He had put out a number of shrubs, too; blue spruces and boxwoods (Emily had suggested them both,, he re frained from adding). She put the letter away with the. momentary throb of tenderness that Edwin, at a distance, always in spired. Frances wrote once a week; not from inclination, since she felt that Emily had acted incredibly and should be severely punished; but because she wanted If possible, to paint so moving a picture that Emily would soon return, crowned with remorse and humility. So potent was the menace of Dr. Warde that she neither reproached nor urged; she merely catalogued, glowingly and touchlngly, the beau ties of Elston and the manliness of Edwin. She also managed to Insert insidi ous bits of Information that tore at her daughter's heartstrings. "Your father has looked very badly of late. I had him go to Dr. Morgan for an examination, and there Is no or ganic trouble; but be sems to me to have broken a good deal lately. In spite of his protests I'm having WU Ham drive him to and from the office regularly now; the walk wns tiring him too much." Dr. Warde's note came too; a brief, paternal scrawl saying that: he would be In town next week, and that he hoped she would have din ner with him. His talk was at four o'clock, and the meeting would sure ly be over by six She answered the note promptly, assuring blm that she would be ready any time after six. Dr. Warde arrived at the appoint ed time, greeted her bruskly but warmly, and took her to dinner at the Southern Club. Having ordered dinner, he looked at her keenly and professionally across the snowy table. I Copyright, jjjj, by Harlan Sims) PEACH BLIGHT FUNGUS PROTECTIVE SPRAY IS ADVISED By CO. AGENT . With the beginning of fall r&ln. tbe peach blight fungus will become active and destroy many bud and fruit Bpura unlee a protective epray la applied soon, etatee 0. B. Cordy, assistant county agent. This disease attack peach and apri cot trees In the fall and early winter and Its effects are not noticed until early spring. When the tree starts growth many twigs and spurs are blighted snd ha,ve lumps of gum ex uding from them. Severely attacked buds fall to develop, others bloom weakly and fall off. In severe cases large limbs may be killed. An application of 5-5-30 bordeaux before the fall rains Is necessary for control. The trees should be thor oughly sprayed, particular attention should be given to covering all the fruit spurs, as they sufer most from the disease. Further Information on the disease or the home mixing of bordeaux spray may be obtained at the county agent's office. Farmer Suicides LONOVIEW, Sept. 23. (AP Fin ley E. Wyncoop. 40, fire marshal In the upper Kalams. river district this summer, committed suicide at his Pegron Springs farm home lata Sat urday night or early Sunday morning. Coroner Marsh said today. His body was found by two hunters when they went to his house Sunday seeking permission to bunt pigeons on his property. NAPKIN TROUBLE By GLUYAS WILLIAMS Use Mall Tribune want ads. STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX Sot further proof address the author, Inclosing a stamped envelope for reply.' Reg. V. S. Pat, Off. Dr. Wardi doe a spot ef buck IPO UP Monday. LANDIS IS CHAIRMAN SECURITIES CONTROL WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 (API Be lection of Jamea M. Landla ss chair man of the securities and exchange commission we announced today by Joseph P. Kennedy, retiring chalr man, after a conference with presi dent Roosevelt. Kennedy aald to newspapermen: The commission meet this after noon to elect a chairman. They will elect Landis. He's a damn good man." Judge Improving SEATTLE. Sept. 33. ( API Atten dants at Providence hnejiMal today re ported the condition of iide Trends A. Garrecht of the United States cir cuit court of appeals as "good." He la convalescing after becoming Ul here ten daj;i nq, if flAMONDS ARE -seeps,,. , Wei6rVT0Ff4EE0 C0KM--RE6-. Proohltjrt Dodder, i&r -36 years ou?. JpsN MCOOHMP ClfcH- Mft. Mfc Me MPWNM4?. Am0sk$ &L, 0xx HOWE DUMCJ VXUWzv ocruisc. runraiinuw CAPITOL COMMISSION WILL BE SUGGESTED SALEM. Sept. 34. (API A cspltol commlsalon ...of five members to be appointed by the soyrrnor snd con firmed by the nennte will be recom mended to the state legtalature by the atat planning board, the fourth proKreaa report of the committee on the new structure stated today. The board Mated It would have next month snd hope to have it 1 ready for consideration by the special j aeaalon of the legislature. Since ancient times gold and pre- cloua stones have been weighed in karats and long befoie there waa any arbitrary standard of units of weight the karat was almost per fectly standardized. The original karat was the aeed of the coral tree of Abyssinia. This tree (Erythrlna Abyaslnlcn) pro duces seed that, when dry, never vary In weight. The karat used today in weighing precious metals and atones Is equal to 3.168 grains or 305 8 milligrams. Btrange as It seems, the four chil dren in the McDonald family all married McDonalds, and before the marriages none of the in-laws were related In any way. The children, son and daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Alex McDonald of Long Beach. Cel., are Jennie McDonald of Long Beach. CTirrle McDonald of Port Huhon. Mich.; Katie McDonald of Loralne, Ohio, and Dougald McDonald, the lat ter now deceased, survived by his widow, Mrs. Llllte McDonald of Orlndstone City. Mich. Bitterness Is more quickly detected by taste than either of the two ex- tremes of sweetness or sourness. Things Just slightly sweet or sour are difficult to detect but you can taste bitterness In very dilute solutions. Zack Wheat, Brooklyn player of a decade ago, reached nls peak year at an age when most big league players are thinking about retiring. In 1924. when he was 38 yeara old, Wheat batted .375, played In 141 games, came to bat 568 times for 313 base hits and scored 93 runs. Tomorrow: Cut. 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