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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
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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.
Kingdom for a Hair-
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WARM.V .
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FEEl NAPKlH SUPPlHfe OFF '
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WITH WOMAN ON HIS RlfiHf, WHO
IS REACHIK6 FOR HER NAPKIN
WHICH HAS VANISHED
AP01J3GI1ES, PRACtfCAUV
INCOHEREN'f IN HIS CONFUSION
(Copyright, 1935, by The Bell Syndicate. Inc.)
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AND 15 HtLPiESS IF HE SPILLS A-
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By SOL HESS
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Portland. Ore. submitted a low bid
of S48.ft.H tcday on constructing a
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