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MEDFOKD MAIL TRIBTJNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1933. PACE EICFHT 14MORNING STAR . V by Marian Sims aryvraia: trn&n omuy aarnoa ran away from her husband. Sd win, on their wedding night she also ran smash into a' nervous breakdown. But Dr. Christopher Wards pulled her through that, and a fob in Birmingham, together with the society and help of Charlotte and her friends, has completed tits cure. Kovt Dr. Wards has called to take Emily out to dinner, and at course to check up on tho progress of his patient. Chapter 21 CHECK-UP "T'M beginning to believe that lib erty agrees with, yon," said Dr. Wsrde. ' "Oh, It does!" "And hard work?" Amailng, he thought with reluctant admiration, how this generation ot women en Joyed work for Us own sake. But then, didn't he enjoy It hlmseltt "Even hard work. Do you know, Dr. Waxde, I'm really beginning to get somewhere? I was errand girl and general flunkey at flrst, but now I've been promoted to a desk and regular assignments. Charlotte says that II I keep It up I'll be really good, and coming from her that's the epitome ot praise." "Charlotte must b pretty good herself." "She Is. And she's a great deal more than that to me. Since I can't have you to strengthen my will, I a rather have her." He smiled, pleased at the Idea that he and Charlotte might fill the same need. Then he put the ques tion that he had sought her out to ask. "And what about Barnes? No re grets?" The brightness faded swiftly. "Yes," she said slowly. "A great many regrets." Ho had dreaded that. "Why?" "Why not? Because I've failed them all so miserably. "But, my dear," the tone was Im patient, "you'd be falling yourself otherwise." "Perhaps. But Is my life any one life so Important as all that? And besides, I haven't really tried; I've Imply run away from It What right have I to refuse to go on to ask tor a divorce until I've done my best to make It a success?" "Emily," he demanded, "what have they been writing you?" She smiled at the menace In his rolce. "Nothing like that. But my father has broken a great deal late ly, mother says, and It tears my heart to think of him!" It was utterly Impossible, he thought bitterly, to keep some worn tn the Frances Feltons from cheating. He dwelt momentarily gpon the Idea of murder. . "It isn't what they've said," she went on. "It's this beastly Puritan conscience of mine. Whenever I stop to think It begins to plague me. "Does this mean," he asked harsh ly, "that you're thinking ot going back?" "I've thought of It all the time, but it doesn't mean that I'm going. I'm not crowded that close yet, I'm Kill holding on tight." He patted her hand. "That's the spirit You keep on holding on." It be could provent It, he didn't Intend to have his best cure ruined by outside Interference not until the cure was complete. Then, If she went back, she would be equal to the situation. He drove her home feeling that he had done a good eve ning's work. When he had gone Emily went first to Charlotte's room to report, on his visit Charlotte put down the book she was reading and Emily saw that her eyes were troubled. "There's a special delivery for you on tho desk. It came while you were away." EVEN before she opened the letter Emily know that something was wrong; that her house of cards was about to be destroyed with a single blow. She read the letter quickly, and Charlotte's apprehen sive eyes never left her face. She stood very still wben she had finished, holding the lotter in an un steady hand. Charlotte could stand It no longer. "Emily! What Is It?" Emily dropped Into a chair snd looked nnsoelngly at the floor. "Ed win Is terribly III. Pneumonia. He seems to no(d me." Sho held the letter towards Charlotte Charlotte read It quickly, standing with one arm about Emily's un steady shoulders. It was from Frances Felton. snd It was, Char lotte thought fleetlngly, the most marhlaveUInn document she had ever read. My rtetr Emily: 1 Iibv. hesitated about nrltlr.g this to you, .nri yet 1 am raving you thft compliment of thinking Mint you will want to know It. Edwin U dernarately 111 with pn.u. montn. OM Mrs. Latl.am illed lax wk and was buried In th mldat of a CHARMING SENORITA CONFOUNDS REPORTER NEW YORK. Sept. 33. (UP) When Senorlta Maria Elena V. De Rlvero, for whose love Jun Pombo reputedly flew from Bpain to Mex- tco, arrived today, reporters thougnt I 1 vt' 1 -or tminaor-sicmi. Edwin was a pall, bearer, and the exposure, together with the rundown condition he has been tn for several weeks, was dls sstrous. He has looked dreadfully for some time, and whenever he has been here for meala has eaten noth ing, so It wasn't at all surprising that his resistance was tco low to cope with the diaease. Dr. Morgan thinks he has a chance to recover If he can be per- suaded to make the effort, but he doesn't seem to care. 1 took some broth to him yesterday and tried to cheer him up by saying that he would soon be up and about and he simply looked at me and whispered, "What for?" Of course this may not have any effect on your course of action: 1 am not suggesting that It should. But as I say, I have paid you the compliment of thinking that you would like to know. Your affectionate. Mother. Emily laughed wildly. "How like Edwin to have gotten his pneumo nia being pall-bearer at a funeral! It he'd been sailing a boat, or hunt ing" the voice trailed off. Charlotte's arm tightened. She knew all about hysterics. "Stop It!' What do you want to do, or haven't! you decided yet?" Emily steadied. "There's no de ciding about It. There's only one thing to do." Her voice was a life-, less monotone. Charlotte said In a matter-of-fact voice, "Then I'll find out about trains and help you pack. I'll wire your mother as soon as I And out when you'll get there. Go over and He down on my bed." Emily shook her head. "I'd rather do something." "All right. Run along and pack, then. I'll be back in a minute." There was u train at eight the next morning. Charlotte found, so they finished the packing and lay down to wait for morning. "This had to come some time," Emliy said wearily. "So perhaps It's Just as well to get it over, it Edwin doesn't die." "TIE won't," Charlotte assured Tl her, trying not to think what an ideal solution it would he if he did. "And you're right about Its hav ing to come. But It doesn't mean that you're beaten and that you have to stay; you can leave him again as easily as you did the first time." "I wish I could be sure ot that!" "You can. You can buck them all, now, because there's nothing to lose and everything to gain. You've got to promise me that you won't let your mother dictate to you in this; that you'll do what you think Is right, no matter what happens. Will you?" Emily said doubtfully, "I'll try." "She'll really admire you for it," Charlotte Insisted, "because she'll know then that you've grown up.' And It yov. do decide to stay, the same thin., holds: women ot her type have Bitch a superstitious re spect tor matrimony that I don't be lieve she'll try very hard to run things. If she does, smile sweetly and say nothing and do what you Intended to do all the time. You told me once that Judith Carroll non aged her that way: try It yourself." Judith! The name belonged to another ago, another world. But Judith had known how to manage people, even Frances Felton. ' "It sounds simple," she sighed, "and I'll do my best." "I know you will." Charlotte as sured her. "Now try to sleep a little." see Dr. Morgan opened the door sottly and glanced Into the darkened room. Then he turned to Emily and nodded. "You can go In, now." Edwin was very strslght and mo tionless In the narrow white bed. His eyes were closed and his breath ing was shallow and very Jerky. His face, she realized with a spasm of pain, was the face of a stranger; gaunt and shadowed, with great dark hollows where his cheeks should have beon. "Emily?" The voice was only a breath. She leaned over and brushed tho unshaven cheek lightly with her Hps. "Yes, darling." "Darling."' Edwin murmured. "Will you call me that again, some time?" Sho fought back the slinging tears. "My darling, ss often as you like." "And you'll stay a while, this time?" "As long ss you want me." It was a pledge. Now, she knew, she could never break It "I'll always want you." The voice trailed off. "I think I'll go to sleep now." She turned blindly towards the door snd once outside found herself In Jeffrey's arms. She was st Ed win's end of the rond now, and never as long ss she lived could she look towards the other end, which led to freedom, or to a shadowy figure that persisted In looking like the ghost ot David Carroll. (Copyright, J9JJ. ly Marian Sims) Bmlly readies, tomorrow, that her bridges are burned. ha spoke only fipantrh. "Ak thia charming senorlta with the lovely black eyes whether arte intends to marry the bum," a reporter aairt to an interpreter. "Who can tell?' the eenorlta replied sweetly in per fect English. ""'n' "' R.ifef MlNJ.Kia COMPAMV MRMEBS MRTOLDMErpCETTs- 7 OP MOWEV OUTSIDE TM-S STOCK. tNiflU IfSSiT rvmmn"!V? ' Imvself TvtaTNou had you up fog X" r20M X. wiewEJa. it's goikj' to muss y r IV! UL Illl I Wl!M " "tter or comln endatlon and appre-1 men In a bureau drawer, the letter w I J IJ J 1) I 111 I V WJ tU ) ' l in iu Perhape you've heaid the legend that firefighters are careless fellowa who take great delight In flinging breakable heirlooms from upstairs windows while they carefully carry out the mattresses and sofa pillows, STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX For further proof address the author. Inclosing a stamped envelope tor reply. Beg. TJ. 8. Pat. Off. Vrf . -0ik Sit2ll vod learn ot "tvxz fickleness of women AH Jf fr -riiif ' WHEN. -THE BOY FROM 1h Wltf -' P .WS&m ' BLOCK 6EfS A SUS-fENlNG STREAM UWED an ittOfXn NMnW sCr-SSSS RORDStER, TOR HIS "BlRfrtDAV j6kM&- rKulHCH 5fVPiT g -r-lM i n-1 ' IQoprrlght, W by ThsB.Il Syndic., Inc.) MUJWS M(iM3 jBSiL S-MATTEE POP- By C. M. Payall Legend has it that on the da-y Bern, Switzerland, was founded, several bears were killed. Whatever truth there Is to that story, the fact re mains that today in Bern, as always, the city maintains a municipal bear pit where, several bears are cared for at public expense. More than Just Inmates of a municipal zoo, the bear figures widely tn the history and cul- ture of Bern. It Is found represented TAILSPIN TOMMY Bull 's-Eye BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER VJE WONT DIMJNIE 8RIAR AN TO BEMG VJEU JKT O' 56MT THE NEBBS Out of the Kitchen I I ('"T'WELLO, MR- TECH, VCXJBE TME X II f" 1 WO TME. STOCC " Sm MV GOODNESS I A WIPE DOWT HftVE TO "ST 7A who destroy by water everything that escapes the flames. waii, that legend has no basis la fact so far as the Medfora fire de partment Is concerned, according to a letter of commendation and appre ciation received oday by Fire Chief Roy Elliott from R. 6. Daniels of 407 park avenue. The Daniels home recently was threatened by fire and In his letter to the chief Mr. Daniels expresses his appreciation of the efficient and care ful manner In which the Medflrd fire department put out the blaze. "The protection of the furniture and. household goods was almost per fect, resulting In an extremely small damage, considering the extent of the fire and amount of water that had to be used," Mr. Daniels write, in part. mllUimi ciauon received Bouay ay r-ir. omei reveoiea. (II t II I U If C f X'D r " ' Wl on the clty'a heraldic emblem snd Is Shorn of his hair, the king was also I J WrW&WLyJ 11 I a favorite subject In sculpture. shorn of his prestige end power In Ai tyT m"SZZZSA smm&US3e . I -h.rln S. hi. tl,,. ,. liV iuJ. liKSa&$ll Ol ) 1 Like the character Samson In Bib lical days, King Chllderlc of France lost his power when enemies cut off his long hair. It was a rule in the distant past in Prance that only a man with long flowing locks could rule the nation without them no men could be king. Enemies of King Chllderlc over powered him and cut off his hair. for El Condor 1 Homeward Boundl 1ELV A "50UC VWELt.OUO 6ET4V -VNE LL LEAO BEN, LOMKTAH. BACK. DIONT TAKE M3U VERV LOMC3.CAL-ARE YOU RAMCH.THEM READY FADE OUT In the excitement, Mrs Daniels left her eyeglasaea behind on top bed side stand, and she had given them up as lost when, after the fire, she found them tucked away by the fire men In a bureau drawer, the letter revealed. WILLAMETTE SHOWING . REGISTRATION GROWTH Stamps of Palestine bear Engllah, Arabic and Hebrew words those be ing the languages common in Pales tine. Strange as It seems, each of these languages haa a separate and distinct script. Tomorrow: Lltlng Rat Trap. TO "START ? r . 8ALEM, Ore.. Sept. 25. UP Reg- (f1' , -o-J P ( rVtT aUVT II istratlons at Willamette university to vis-H V 1 xz5fT ffijtAJi j J I date show an increase of 101 atudenta Jttm ' ' 1 " - YT" J VV"Tr over last year, Ethel Schreiber, regis- CffX A ,v" trar, announced. Registrations late w ' III IvQ l.! efvm Monday totaled 801 as compared to -JL "" - Vl ("Q i J" 500 on the corresponding date In 1934. VW , -la- t Many students, held out by work. vbf P ' ' were still to arrive. Jk entered a monastery, there to end "J 6IT VJ I LOWESTAR, J. 1 SOrJ- y I 'J ,. tC 1 wa ted THE WORLD AT US WORST svi iii i ii i r ii i i v i i i i r i i ii 1 1 i ui n vii jj (Copyright, 1938, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) " Pjj .N f 606H, BRIAR, I lometar-wereI- ' 7 BELIEVE LOMESTAR GOING TO TAKE J WOULD FOLLOW US T YOU TO YOUR W i EVEN IF I DIDN'T HAVE 1 KIEVAHOAAe-J CTj VHOLO OF MIS HALTER J By GLUYAS WILLIAMS By HALTORRESt By EDWIN ALGER By SOL HESS
