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JfEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOKU, OREGON, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 10, 1935.
gjJMORNING STAR
L -- ar Marian Sims .-.
ftYUVfalnt amuy arnil aj
decided to divorce her unbending.
stiSiy conventional husband Edwin.
Unexpectedly, Xdwin reverse hie
earlier couree, admit Emily in
ripht to do what eh' propoeee. and
afters to help ae best he can. Rul
Emily wants to get away from her
hometown, and aiTannee that after
she hoe "faced the musio" for a
week, she shall no to visit enh
lepe friend at Morton Halt, her
Emulation farther eouth in Ala-affld.
Chapter St
HOME TOWN TALK
EVEN Elston. liter twenty-flvs
yean, had Its capacity tor aur
prises. Dorothy Shane relayed the
Tcrdict, the Inevitable twinkle lurk
ing In her black eyes.
"Believe It or not, you've become
heroine over night"
Emily, who wai packing for the
risk to Judith, ihook her head so
berly. "Heaven forbid."
"Rut you hare," Dorothy Insisted.
"Now that It has happened 1 can
come clean and tell you that every
body In town wondered how you
tood It as long as you did."
She faced Dorothy almost defiant
ly. "I can't bear for people to feel
that way about blm! He's been de
center about It al. than anybody
on earth could have been. And be's
got ten times as many good traits as
- I'll ever have. If that's the way
they're going to feel I'll never get
over It: I'd much rather they'd put
' the blame where It belongs on
me!"
Dorothy sobered quickly. "I think
they probably understand that
everybody knows that Edwin's char
acter Is above reproach. But they
know, too, that he needs a nice little
doormat like Lucy Barnes for bis
wife."
"That's perfectly true," Emily
confessed. "If it weren't, and f'dldu't
Imow that I'd actually be hurting
him, I'd be tempted to go back to
him."
Dorothy almost snorted. "Rot! If
you dissolve Into sentimentality
when you've gotten this far I'll never
come near you again! Edwin Is
much surer of coming out unscathed
than you: nobody can pierce that
armor of complacency for long."
That was true. Perhaps he bad al
ready regretted his generosity of the
past week; had already clothed him
self In the mantle of martyrdom.
She snapped the lock on her trunk
and turned her attention to a dress
ing case.
"Anyhow, I hope you'll let It be
known that I don't appreciate being
a heroine. My head Is covered wlln
ashes and I don't care who knows
It."
Dorothy looked keenly at her.
"Ave you regrottlng this thlngT'
She shook her head decidedly.
"Heavens, not I feel as It I'd just
"mined a sentence In Jail. But 1 hate
buying freedom at such a price."
Dorothy lit a clgaret. "Vou have
to pay a big price for anything you
want very badly. Now that you've
paid It, for God's sake remember
Lot's wife and an!! looking back.
What's the little poem: 'Look up,
and not down; look forward, and
not back'" She grinned Impishly.
Emily threw a cushion at her,
which went wild and knocked off a
lampshade. -
"Darn yon!" She held up an era
sing dress of Ice-green taffeta. "I
wasn't taking this, but I don't
know. What do you think?"
The grin persisted. "Of course I'd
take it. You may 'not need It, but
It's woll to be prepared for any
ventuality. 'Look forward and
not' "
Emily laughed helpelssly and
machel for another pillow. Dorothy
tung up a shielding arm.
"I think I'd bettei go home."
I "Please don't," she begged. "With
all your faults, I love you." '
TMrE train connection to Blrmlng
a ham was vory poor, Jeffrey
pointed out, and he had planned a
business trip there in the Immediate
future: there was no reason why he
couldn't go Wednesday as well as
any other day, and William could
drive them both down.
Frances looked both roslgned and
skeptical, and Emily beamed upon
him.
"I'd love It for your company
more than for the convenience." 8he
turned quickly to Trances, lest
Frances feel slighted. "Isn't there
some shopping you ought to do.
Mother?"
Frances shook her head. The
drive, she felt, was a little too rem
iniscent of a funeral procession: she
preferred not to witness this arm
bollo breaking with everything she
had alwaya held sacred and Irrevoc
able. "I think not, my dear, t have a
Board meeting Wednesday and I'll
have to be here for thai."
And so Emily and Jeffrey went
ai During the drive tried
very hard to be gay and casual. He
went with her to the train and at
the gate they clung to each other
for a long time, wordlessly. Then
be smiled.
"Have a good time, Mick. Have a
good time, and raise bell!"
She laughed unsteadily. "It, If you
could only raise a little hell your
self!" Ha shook his head ruefully. "I'm
too old for It now."
ORTON HALL was less than
forty miles from Carrollton,
but In the opposite direction from
Montgomery. Emily was glad of
that; the sight of the railway sta
tion alone quickened her heart, and
she hated to think what close prox
imity to Carrollton Itself would have
done.
There was a car waiting, as there
had been so long ago, and she gave
herself uo during the drive to
remembering.
it was queer the fascination of
this Black Belt. Cities and towns
were more or less alike the world
over, but lite In this country was
static: you had a sense of having
atepped back into the pages of his
tory.
Negroes everywhere (seven
negroes to the white, hadn't David
said?). Squalid, dusty little towns
(David had told her Innumerable
amusing Incidents about these little
towns).
Sandy by-roads, along which shuf
fling oxen dragged home-made carts.
Acres and acres of cotton flelda:
occasional enormous plantations
some well kept, others in the lasl
stages of docay.
She wondered about the fate of
Carrollton since the passing of the
old regime: some Northern capital
ist, Judith said, had bought It for a
"lodge." Probably his wife consid
ered It "quaint"
And then, Just at sunset, the car
turned Into a long winding drive'
way, at the end of which stood Mor
ton Hall.
Judith burst through the open
doorway and charged down the
steps. They clung togther tor a
moment without speaking, then
Judith overflowed.
That I should live to see this
day! (Gus. those bags belong In the
aouth guest room.) I couldn't get to
the station and I've boon holding my
breath tor halt an hour." She held
Emily off and surveyed her critical
ly. "You haven't broken much."
Emily laughed and wiped her
eyes. "Neither have you. And I don't
believe you've got a child: I thought
people always got fat and matronly
looking." Judith was as radiant ai
ever and as slim as a sword.
; "Not always: thank heaven!" Ju
dith laughed and led tho way Into
the house. -
Morton Hall, Emily realized, was
aa One a house of Its type as Car
rollton. A wide stairway, with all the
sweep and grace of a perfect sen
tence; richly carved mantels; a din
ing-room appropriately paneled In
hunting scenes: that much she saw
in a glance.
Then her eye foil upon Davoy,
grinning amiably at hor from a coop
on the living-room floor.
She went-atrnlgbt to him. laugh
ing aa she went. Davoy had evi
dently Just dined, because his face
waa almost entirely covered with a
lurk) coating of Jam. In one hand he
hold a toy dog, and In the other an
as yet unopened package of clg-arms.1
Don't got noar him," Judith ad
vised, "until he's been fumigated.
Of course it's my cue to run and
wipe his nose (why do mothers al
waya wipe their children's noses
when anybody notices them?) and'
say: '1 hate fof you to see him look
ing like this!' Only I can't say It,
because he always looks like' this
by the time you get him dressed."'
Davey smiled broadly and bit off
corner of the clgarot package.
Emily saw with a lightening of her
throat that he had the Imnlsh. vivid
blue eyes of the other David.
She picked him np eagerly and
thrilled to the feeling of his heavy,
Tlhrant Utile body.
don't car what he looks like.
he's a lamb. Won't this clgaret paper
disagree with him?"
leavens, no: ho'e omnivorous.
He's In that charming contraption
now because I caught him yosterdny
eating all the rhoese off the rat
traps and I didn't dnre leave him on
the loose again. When things get
dull or his dinner's late he picks out
pieces of his rubber pants and eats
e,m.
Pavey eyed Emily critically and
then offered her the package of
rltrnrets. She look It gravely.
' Thank you."
(Copsiriaht. IMS, by Marian Sims)
Judith makti big puni, temor-row.
BUILDING SPUR!
PEPS PORTLAND
PORTLAND. Or. Oct. 10 (AP
The chwrlnj, complulnt of being
swamped with work rmiutnted today
from the Portland bureau of build
in permit.
The upward trend ha brought 36
ped cent mor work and so lnereaied
tne demand for permits thai the
bureau hria t.ot been able to keep up
with It. H. E. Pluinmcr. chief, report
ed to city Commissioner O. R. Bean.
PJummer said electrical permlta for
the ten months of the rural year
were 13.161 compared with 7787 for
the corresponding period the previous
year,
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35
B.M.PM. Oct. 10 (API Violations
of the Orfimn truffle lawa resulted
In the rfvtioii of SA motor ve
hicle operators lirrtiv. and the sua.
Pension of 18 othrrj. rturltut Septem
ber. MeervMary or S!t Karl neU
reported tortsr.
Thtrfy-ona licenso were woken
ni'ause their onera .vrv txmvjrted
of driving while undr the Influ
ence of liquor. Of the MisprnMons.
13 were for reckons driving.
Convictions for irMnc violations
during the month touted 397.
"Mltzl" pays little attention to
what's going on except when Mickey
Mouse la showing. Then he sits up.
with her ears back and black now
twitching. When Mickey fades out.
to does Mltzl and goes to sleep.
"Mttzt" differs In quite a few re
spects from other dogs. She Is fona
of toys. As a midnight lunch she
must have beer, potato c).ps ana
CINCINNATI -(UP) - A movie-' Pzela before she will go to sleep.
going Boston 'terrier Is owned by
Mrs. P. J. Brtnkmnn, Cincinnati,
and the dog's screen favorite, strange
as It may seem. Is Mickey Mouse.
Mrs. Brlnkman started to take
the Boston, "Mt'tal," to the movies
three years ago.
EARLY HEARING URGED
TO CUT MOONEY COSTS
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10. (AP)
Counsel for Thomas J. Mooney filed
In the supreme court today a brief
urging an early hearing In his at
tempt to obtain his rebate, stating
his resources were rapidly being exhausted.
Ban Credits For
Sales To Italy
WASHINGTON. Oct. 10 (AP) Of
ficials today confirmed a disclosure
that the United States export-Import
bank ' has decided against
granting credits to facilitate the sale
of American goods to Italy.
They added that the samo decision
probably would be made with regard
to Ethiopia In case the question
should ever come up.
NIGHT OUT
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
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Strange as It seems, if the 92 cle
ment,s that make up nil mnttcr on
earth nro arranged In order of their
atomic number, hydrogen, the light
est, first, ond 00 on through uran
ium, the heaviest the list will be
found to have definitely reoccur
rlng chemical and physlcnl proper
ties.' Eight spaces after lithium comes
sodium, and clglt spaces after so
dium comes potn.samm nil three
having physlcnl and chemical prop
erties Jn common. Between them.
however, He such unrelated ele
ment ns carbon, ulumlnum and
sulphur.
This Rtrange fact was recognized
by scientist long ego. They arranged
the elements ' Into table form to
show the re -occur ix? nco of proper- j
ties. '
The RuAAlnn scientist, Mcndctycev. I
first proposed Hip periodic; lnw or I
elements. In lB'W. Working on this
theory, he was able to announce the 1
existence of, and describe the prop- !
ertles of five different unknown
elements. There seemed to be an
McNautkl SjrndirAlt. Int " ef
eiement missing between calcium
and titanium so Mondelyeev put
one there and called It cka-borou.
He even described It. In 1879 this
missing element was discovered and
called scandium. Mendelyeex also
described and predicted the dis
covery of other missing elements
that he colled eka-alumlnum, eka
slllcon, eka -manganese, and dwt
mangnnesn. He was borne out by
the discovery of gallium, germanium,
maurlum and rhenmm.
Tomorrow: You Are Poison.
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
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