;PGE EIGHT
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDPORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1935.
IMOENING STAR
BY MASIAJI SZMS '
9TNOP81B: gmttg hat tried with
all liar might to bt tht tart at wlft
Edwin Varnet wanted her to be
or, tailing that, to makt him the
kind of a hutband who could under
ttani her. But the attempt hat been
a complete failure, and In a rare
buret of trankneee, Edwin hat
acknowledged it hlmtelf. tmtlu
telle him tht will dtvorct him, and
learns tht fioiua. BiuHn It chocked
nta ImmohUltu ty tht thought t
tht tcandaL
Chapter 14
AID PROM JEFFREY
M" ERCIFULLY, Emily'i mothar
tu npstalri resting;, hr
father was la hii itudy. Emily went
itratajht In without taking oS her
hit and coat
Jeffrey looked np with a de
lighted amlle as the entered, but
the smile faded quickly at the eight
ef her stricken (ace. Be rote quickly
to meet her, took the mink coat that
had been his present to her.
"Emily, child, you're shivering!
Sit here in (ront ot the are while
I tell Nora to bring you some tea."
Bhe leaned back In the chair and
closed her eyes while he went to
g Its the order (or tea. It was good
to be here; to be taken care of
again. Bhe was glad of a respite
from speech, even (or a moment.
Jeffrey came back and stood look
ing down at her from the hearth.
"All my life I've been trying to
do the thing that was expected of
me. To consider other people first"
She laughed shortly. "This Is one of
the results. Now I'm going to try to
please myself; I'm going to reach
out with both hands and take what
ever I can get!"
He said soberly, "I can't say I
blame you. What are you going to
do?"
"First ot all, if you don't mind,
Fm going to move over here. And
after that I don't know; I'll have .
to get my bearings. I'm going to get i
a divorce as soon as I can. and I,
think I'll leave Elston for a while, i
Living 'like a tenement worker'
In some city,'" she smiled dimly at;
Frances's phrase, "has Its compensa
tions."
Whatever the charges brought
against her generation, Jeffrey
thought, a lack of courage was cer
tainly not one ot them. He wouldn't
dictate to her; he'd let her work It
out alone, and help her In any way
he could. Surely she could do no
worse than this tor herself! He said
quietly!
"You know m see that yon don't
live like that"
SOT smiled at him, In her eyes the
love that she didn't trust herself
to put Into words. "Bless you! It
I come out on top after this It will'
"My way didn't work either, Dad."
waiting In silent dread for her to
speak. There was no use in manulao
turlng pleasantries, he saw; she was
beyond that And so he stood and
looked at her, his love In his eyes.
At last she began. "My way
lldn't work either, Dad. It's Just
lone on the rocks gloriously the
whole thing."
He stood quite still for a moment,
absorbing: the shock. "That's bad,
Micky. Do you feel like telling me
about It?"
Bhe told him, almost word (or
rord, because the whole scene was
eared upon her mind. When she had
Inlshed Jeffrey was silent (or a long
. time, while the Ire crackled and the
dock on the mantel ticked.
"Dad," the cried suddenly,
"haven't 1 paid my debt?"
"Yes," he said slowly, "I think
roil have. In full."
"And you'll stand by me now?"
Re had promised that he would, but
It wouldn't be (air to remind htm of
It now.
HE thought reluctantly ot his own
share In bringing this about; of
bis (allure to help her when she
bad been, he realised now, so des
perately In need of help.
He had tried since then to salve
his conscience with the assurance
that he hadn't asked her to stay in
Elston; hadn't advised her to marry
Edwin; and (ound no comfort In
the assurance. This would be his
atonement, no matter what It cost
him.
"Don't you know I will, dearest
child?"
Peace descended miraculously
npon her, but she was weak and
shaken. She said unsteadily, "I
think I'll have to cry awhllel"
He took her In his arms snd she
erled luxuriously sgalnst his shoul
der. When the was quiet again he
said casually:
"Let's talk about this a little mere.
Do you feel like It?"
"Yes. I hadn't really finished."
. "All right What'e next?"
Bhe sat up, and there was some
thing In her (ace that he had. never
seen there before: something re
lentless and determined.
he because ot yon. And I'm going
to!"
The ring of conviction was In her
voice: she had never been so sure ot
anything In her lite. Charlotte had
said that being happy wasn't a tenth
as important as being alive.
( Neither was it, the might have
added, a tenth as Important at being
tree to work out your own destiny.
Had Jeffrey been able to read her
thoughts he could have told her that
the recipe (or contentment did not
lie in (reedom, (or (reedom waa a
myth.-The recipe lay, not in an ab
sence of chains, but in loving the
bonds that held you. But Jeffrey
was not clairvoyant
Frances Felton't voice reached
them from the hall, clear and a little
reproachful. "Nora, you should have
told me that Miss Emily was hare."
Instinctively Emily slipped her
hand Into Jeffrey's Ho gave it a little
squeeze and grinned at her, the same
conspirator's grin that had sustained
her on her wedding day.
"Keep a stiff upper lip, Mick.
We're In the majority, you know,"
Characteristically, Frances took
the blow standing up. Her face was
white and drawn, and aha made one
last stand, but she reallzod, even ae
she protested, that the stand was
doomed to failure.
"Do you realise, Emily, that
there's never been a divorce on
either side of our family?"
It was Jeffrey who answered that
and at the sound ot his voice Frances
knew that she was fighting alone.
"Naturally not They suffered In
silence because divorce waa aup
posed to be a disgrace. Thank
heaven that's over, and If lt't any
comfort to you, my dear, thousands
ot unblemished records like ours are
going Into the ashcan every day."
Emily looked squarely at her. "Do
you remember, on my wedding day,
when I told you I couldn't go on
with It? I asked you If divorce
wouldn't be worse than stopping
then and you agreed, but you In
sisted thst I'd get over that feeling."
(Copyright, 1JI, oy U or ton Slmi)
Idwln does a surprising thing,
Monday.
IN BLAZE AT ASHLAND
ASHLAND, Oct 8 (8pl.) Ken
neth Butherlin, truck driver tor the
Oregon Fruit Express, received pain
ful hand burnt and the front tires
and fenders of hit truck were badly
scorched Monday noon whan two cans
containing drained oil Ignited and
biased up beneath the truck In the
Park garage.
Sutherlln had Just drained the
oil and waa cleaning the oil filter
with gasoline when the fire started
He was unable to place the exact
cause.
A fire department erew dragged the
flaming cauldrons out ot the garage
and estlngulahed the burning oil and
grease on the floor with a small hoee.
GUNSMITH. Repalre for all makes
ef tuna. 81ms Bros., 33 N. nr.
Pboot 941 We'll ntul away foul
niuse, 01 Aanitarj Awiiot,
FIRE PREVENTION
CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK,
Or?- (Spl.) Scheduled for national
distribution, a two-reel motion pic
ture of forest fire prevention and
euppreMlon wu completed at Crater
Lake thle week. The picture, one of
the first of Its Kind ever .made, has
Its locale entirely In the parte area
and emphasize the results of fire
carelessness In the woods end the
steps necessary for rapid suppression.
The film was made under general
supervision of David H. Can field, park
superintendent, and under direction
of George P. Whit worth, assistant en
glneer In charge of CCO activities.
Importance of the Civilian Conserva
tion Corps. In cooperation with park
authorities. In present day forest fire
fighting is stressed.
The danger of dUcarded matches,
cigarettes, pipe ashes, deserted camp
fires and faulty extinguishing of
campflres in the woods Is shown. The
film points out the proper procedure
of campers In the wod lands In an
easy-running story, and the results
when such procedure Is neglected,
leading to devastating forest fires.
The two reels will be released
through the Washington office of the
National Park service tor general dts
trlbutlon to theaters, schools, solleges
and organization.
GULLS HIT THE DECK
WHEN WHISTLE BLOWS
NEW YORK, Oct. . (UP) Cap
tain John New today blew a raucous
blast on the whistle of his ferryboat
Paunpeck and two squirming eels fell
on the deck. They were dropped by
gulls who were scared by the whistle,
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
For further proof address the author, inclosing stamped envelope for reply. Seg. TJ. 8. Pat Oft'
ARE EVEM f&UMP V $1 j . 1 .RwRfAfi "
The gold that man has sought
throughout the ages lies right under
his feet. It Is present In the rock
he casts aside sa worthless It can
be found In the waters of the sea
and there la gold even In ordinary
dirt. The ores that are mined for
other metals also contain minute
amounts of gold Iron, silver, copper,
slno, .lead, bismuth, tellurium, and
antimony ores nearly all contain somj
gold. Some of them contain enough
to be extracted at a profit.
Sea water contains about 3 grains
of gold to the ton enough, if all the
gold were taken from the waters of
the sea, to give every living person
in the world 814,000,000 worth. Solid
granite has one part of gold In 7,
000.000 parts, and even ordinary clay
Is gold-bearing.
Gold, however. Is -like any other
commodity It Is valuele&s when It
coats more to produce It than tt Is
worth. Vou can obtain gold from
ordinary dirt, from sea water, from
granite or almost any ore. but un
less you strike pay dirt. It Is not
worth the cost.
?$m arxitMU, Ik. 0-6-35
Strange &j It seems, a strong wind
at sea caused the death of an esti
mated billion tltlefish, nearly exter
minating the species in 1882. The
fish normally live In the warm Gulf
Stream, but In that year winda blew
a cold Arctic current into the warm
water, chilling and killing so many
of them that their floating bodies
dotted the ocean for miles. For many
years It waa thought that all had
been destroyed. By 1900, however,
tltlefish were found in considerable
numbers.
Tomorrow: Railroad of the Dead.
REACHING
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS'1
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fiCR. SI6H5 AMD EAfS DESSEftf WHrlOUf SU6ARv
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NIW YORK (UP) What chsncs
has a child to beroms a motion Pic
ture star?
That's the qiiMtlon that has agt- 1
tatad parent slnre Jack! Coogan '
mounted the throne that today la
occupied by Shirley Temple. Jackie
Cooper, Mickey Rooney and Jane
Withers. And tha anawer, according
to studio managers, la one chance In
3.000.000.
During the paii decade, they ex
plain, the number of child stars 01
Importance can be counted on on
hand. Tha Interest In child atara la
growing, however. Ou, Edwards be
lieves. He Is known lor diaooverlng
Eddie Cantor, Oeorgle Jeaael, Mltsl '
Mayfalr and others.
WINDOW OLAdo Wa sell irlndow
glass and will replace your Broken
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