MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOKD. OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17. 1935
PAGE TEN
IMORNING STAR
Chapter 41,
BAD MOMENT
;pHB horses war tied to trees at
L the other eld of the clearing.
Dan's horse nickered softly as he ap
proached. - 'This on 1 yours," be said to
Emily, laying a hand upon the flank
of a small chestnut next to his own.
"He's got a soft mouth and he's as
rare-footed as a goat."
She caressed the horse's shoulder,
feeling the play of muscles beneath
his skin. "I think," she turned Im
pulsively to Dan, "that a good horse
la the most beautiful thing in the
world."
Dan's face looked Queer In the dim,
frosty light "Not quite," be said
thickly, and before she could guess
his intention, he had her in his arms.
None of Dan's casual caresses had
prepared her for this. Not even mar,
flag bad warned ber of the exist
ence of such sheer animal passion.
She fought against it terrified,
aware that Dan's mouth was bruis
ing hers, that one arm crushed her
against bis bard body, that one hand
lay against her breast.
Sb tors herself away Anally and
leaned against the horse's warm
shoulder, sobbing for breath.
', "Dan! What a rotten thing to do!"
He straightened, lighting for com
posure. "God knows I'm sorry," he
aid huskily. "1 forgot for the mo
mentwhat sort you were."
"That's no excuse," she said hotly.
Tb no baby!"
' "Yes, you are," he said roughly.
And added, "Oh, 1 know you're been
married, and all that, but not to a
man."
She stared at him, wondering if
Judith He read ber thoughts.
"Nobody's been telling tales," be
reassured ber. "I guessed that for
myself. A real margrould never have
let you go, or if he had. would never
have left you so untouched."
' Sb couldn't reply to that; she
could only lean against the horse
shivering. Dan closed his eyes for an
lnitant and cursed himself.
' ' He came close to ber and took her
hands, very gently. "Emily, honey.
It won't happen again. Please for
give me and trust me." He lifted ber
hands and kissed her Angers softly;
turned the hands over and laid their
palms against his burning face.
"Please, Emily "
She relaxed. Perhaps Dan was
right, and she was childish and un
touched. "I'll try." ,
He said, "Thank you," almost
humbly, and slipping one of ber
band through his arm turned once
more towards the cabin. At tbe door
he paused, shamefaced.
, "Have you got some powder In
your pocket!" '
She flushed, thinking for the flrst
time of what he must have done to
. her appearance. She powdered ber
face; tucked her disordered hair
under th little hat. Together they
: went into the aback. ,
THE group'before the Are greeted
them without looking up. Only
. Judith glanced swiftly at Emily and
fussd what bad happened. Dsn
. was a beast, she decided; perhaps
. after all she had better tell Emily of
, David's cable of David, speeding
across the Mediterranean.
. For two weeks, now, she had car
ried th words of David's answer In
her heart: "Take a sixty-day option.
Home next month. Cheerlol David."
(It was like David to have disregard
; ed cost end added that, "Cheerlol")
. If Emily showed signs of becom
ing too Interested In Dan she'd have
to tell her, but shs did want It for a
surprise
; After seeing Emily settled Dsn
sank to the floor beside her. '"Deal
me in," he drawled, bis voice normal
again. "Emily's not playing. I need
her for a mascot,"
' Th gam went en. Honey
ehanged hands swiftly and In breath
taking sums. Dsn lost heavily; re
couped; lost again. At eleven he
turned to Emily.
"Time for you to sleep a while.'
She wanted to protest, but ths
thought of sleep was too alluring.
One of the girls and the Intoxicated
gentleman had already succumbed.
She Isughed apologetically.
"I don't seem to be able to help it!
Ha drew a dilapidated couch
Bearer the Are and found a heavy
blanket that smelted strongly of
horseflesh. "Lie down," he ordered
She curled up gratefully and he
tucked the odorous blanket close
about her, then stood for an instant
smiling down at her. She returned
the smile, reassuringly, and his
weathered face flushed painfully.
rive minutes later she was asleep.
A hand upon her shoulder awak
TAX FORECLOSURES
: HELD UP IN CURRY
OOLD BEACH, Ore., Oct. IT. Wi
legal proceedings have caused in
definite postponement of tax fore
closures sgalnst a long list of prv
arty In Curry county.
In an answer to eummons John
Ooss. through his attorney, O. H.
Bufflngton, declared his properties In
Curry county have not been duly lut
ed for taxation and that the assess
ment, levy and equalisation and sll
other sets required by law to make
the taxes a first Hen on the proper
ty were not done regularly snd at the
proper time.
"KICKERrf CK"
Cndergarmenta I'.ist fit at
by MJiRXAN Sims
ened her. Th room was alive with
activity.
"Time to get np." Daa told her
briskly. "Mac's cut the pack loose and
we'll have to hurry."
He helped her Into ber coat and
they ran for the door. The Intoxicat
ed guest snored loudly on the floor.
"Aren't you going to wake him?"
she asked.
Dan grinned. "Try and do It He's
never seen a fox-hunt in his life:
this is as far as be ever gets."
Outside the moon was high and
bright The horses were saddled and
waiting and several of the party
were already under way. The yap
ping of the dogs came faintly from
a distance.
They rode hard for several min
utes along a sandy, uneven road, to
wards the barking of the dogs.
"Have they struck yet?" Emily
asked between breaths.
"Not yet" Dan was close beside
her. "They're Just making conversa
tion." They drew up even with Judith
and Aubrey, and reined in to listen.
The dogs were In the woods to tbe
right of them, uttering those jhort,
purposeless yaps.
"Might as well wait," Aubrey sug
gested. "They seem to be circling."
SUDDENLY a new note sounded in
th chorus, a deep, prolonged
howl.
"That's Lead!" Dan cried. "Wait
and see what direction they take."
Tbe tone of the distant chorus had
changed unmistakably, so that even
Emily could tell the difference. It
grew fainter as the dogs trailed.
Judith eald resignedly, "I hope to
heaven It's not a red fox."
'Why?" Emily asked.
'A red fox runs straight, for miles
and miles. Ths dogs might not get
home until tomorrow night."
They rode slowly forward, rein
ing In occasionally to listen. The rest
of the party was a short distance
ahead. Emily was unable to Judge
tbe distance, but she guessed that
already they must have ridden sev
eral miles. And then sbs realized
that the deep-throated chorus was
growing louder. .
Dan reined in quickly. "They're
coming back. Must be a gray fox,
Jude." '
Minutes wenfby. The entire party
wss together now, tense and silent,
and the chorus was growing grad
ually louder. Suddenly still a differ
ent note was sounded.
'Oh-oh!" Yaller bounced in his
saddle. "Tree bark! Hit's a coon,
Mist' Dan; hit's a coon, sho's I'm
settln' hyah."
Dan turned his horBe and rode
back several hundred yards, fol
lowed by the rest of tbe party. He
veered sharply to tbe left and took a
trail leading Into the heart of the
pine woods.
They reached the milling dogs at
last and Mac flicked on a powerful
seachllght High In the scrubby pine
crouched a furry animal, his eyes
gleaming green In the light
Yaller began to chortle. "Hit's a
coon. Didn't I tell you hit was a
coon!"
Suddenly a shot rang out and tbe
dark furry body hurtled to the
ground.
"Oh!" The cry was wrung from
Emily, a note of pity and horror.
Judith patted her arm.
Slowly, with the aid of the search
light they made their way back
through the woods. Yaller carried the
coon like a banner, as one more ex
ample of Winnie's prowess. Dawn
was breaking as they reached ths
horses, snd they began the long ride
back to the cabin In the dim gray
light of a January morning.
Dan looked anxiously at Emily.
"Tired?"
She shook her hesd. "I was too
excited-to think about It I can't be
lieve we've been out more than a
few minutes." ,
He smiled. "We've been riding
nearly four hours. Was It worth tbs
trouble?"
8he nodded eagerly. "Oh yes. I
hated seeing the coon shot, but even
then I wouldn't have missed It for
anything."
He patted her hand approvingly.
"Atta girl!"
She wondered, seeing him now. if
she had dreamed the scene after sup
per, and wished with all her heart
that she had.
Breakfast was ready when they
reached the shack and they fell upon
It ravenously. Afterwards she was
vaguely conscious of bidding every
one goodby. By the time the car
reached Morton Hall shs was sound
ssleep on the bark seat while Judith
slept sgaln with ber bead In Au
brey's lap.
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Bmlly takss up ntw dutlts, to
morrow.
GOING TO HOMES FIRST
PORTLAND. Ore., Oct. 17, fpi
United States Senator Charles L. Mc
Nary declared her today that the
p-imary consideration In the distri
bution of Bonneville power should be
that It must first be offered to horoea
snd farms. The surplus then, he
aid. should be placed st the com
mand of Industry.
The Oregon senator, leader of ths
Republican party in the upper cham
ber of congress, waa the speaker at a
meetina ot the Bast Side commercial
club of Portland.
LONDON. Ot. n. ,vPi Ths Arch
bishop of Cntrbrr'a twmt appfl
on bhsll ot a British smbulsnct ser
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Sam Hardy veteran actor of the stage
and crwn, died in Hollywood hospi
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operation for an abdominal ailment.
The 62-year-old player, beat known
for his humorous, gambler-type poiy
trayals, collapsed on a atudto set yes
terday as he made up for scene In an
Eddie Cantor picture.
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patience by King Henry II, niiide him
unwittingly become the cause of
Thomas a Becket's murder. The mur
der of Becket, Archbishop of Canter
bury, was certainly not sought by the
king because he must have known
the dlstastrous results that were sure
to follow.
The murder came aftsr ft long
struggle between the church ind
state, end Becket In direct opposition
to his former friend end benefactor.
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director, rushed him to the hospital,
where it was decided to operate for an
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As a result of his collapse and
death, sSamuel Goldywn, the producer,
said much of the Cantor picture com
pleted so far will be scrapped, became
Hardy appeared In most of the scene.
Hardy, educated at Yale; was a
member of ttie Uambs, Players, New
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was married to the former actress,
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of the way. Becket was soon mur
dered, and Henry was held respon
sible by th church.
To save himself from communi
cation, he hod to submit to the hu
miliation of having bishops, abbots
end monks flog him In public as he
knelt at the tomb of the murdered
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LOS ANGELES. Oct. IT. Sup
porter of Gov. Alf M. Landon of Kan
sas for the Republican nomination
for president hope to "have offices
throughout the state opened within
30 days," Eugene B. Case, executive
secretary of the local Landon -for -President
commlteet announced to
day. The campaign headquarters opened
here last October 1 was the first In
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atone, for the murder of Becket start
ed a series of events disastrous to
Henry's reign. He was forced to com
plete surrender on his stand against
the church 's power, a nd In la ter
years even the rebellious actions of
his own sons were said to result from
bis part In Becket's fate.
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