PAGE SIX
MEDFORD MIIL TRTBUSTE, MEDFORD, OREGON, 5 OXD AT, OCTOBER 28, 1935
HIGH COURAGE&
Bowman,
SYNOPSIS: Anns, vthoss father,
tuka Farnsuiorth, owns larye fish
canneries in Oregon, has gone to
Astoria on an inspection trip with
her father and mother. A presenti
ment of trouble in her mind has
already been justified by a quarrel
between her lather and the rela
tives associated tcith him over the
matter of buying fish from traps.
Koo she is parked Kith Rob
Crocker, her fiance', ioatchlnn the
storm-blown waves roar over the
brach even Hoh has had words
Kith iMkt Farnsteorth,
Chapter Seven
ALONE
TO A.VXE, Iresh from the emo
tional turmol! ot the previous
hour. It was peaceful Inside the car.
The rain slashed at the windows,
the wind howled around the hood.
She looked expectantly at Rob.
Wouldn't he maxo some explanation
of his anger at her father? It seemed
he wouldn't He wasn't even curving
his arm out In pillowed rest for her
head, but was tapping the wheel ner
vously. "Anne," he barked suddenly, "why
did your father decide to go back to
Portland tonight?"
"Why Rob, I don't know."
"Think, did he receive a wire at
' the hotel, a long distance message or
anything?"
"No, but one might have come to
the cannery."
"Didn't." returned Rob, "Tom
gone on immediately and crossed the
grade in seml-dayllght, before the
core of the storm had burst .
"See," came In triumph from
Charlotte Farnsworth, "Just as I told
yoj. She cares nothing for either one
ot them, she never has. Time after
time I've noticed it ... and Lee's car,
brand new"
Anne broke from Rob's arms and
charged forward. "You would think
of "our car before you cculd think of
anyth leg as precious as lives, you , . .
you . . . you person!"
"Anne, Anne, quiet, girl." Rob
caught the hands which struck
wildly at the livid face ot Charlotte,
"Quiet, she didn't mean It that way.
She meant ycur father wasn't accus
tomed to that new model; maybe be
drove too fast and the motor froze,
that happens In aew cars. Maybe the
steering gear was stiff and didn't
respond on the sharp turn."
ANNE stared at Mm mutely. Why
hadn't she gone with them?
"Well, arent you going to cry?"
demanded Sharlee Indignantly.
"Cry?" repeated Anne. She tried
to draw a deep breath. It caught In
her throat, caught in her breast,
pressed on her heart The fare of
Charlotte and Sbarlee, were
splotches ot white against a dim
background. In their place was the
.-ill J- II III! I I1IU1II11HII' MMIMM -..JfJtZji!MW
yr;
nmi iwifUMiiiiiiiieiiii iiTii'Hiwrr i'
thecked there. Well, let's get back."
Hurt Anne sat In the far corner ol
the car seat They drove In silence
nntil they caught their first view of
the Farnswortb, house. Anne looked
op In surprise; It seemed every win
low was gleaming with light
"I wondor what's going on?" she
- asked ot Rob, as they drew up be
fore the verandah
At the sound of their brakes, the
front door swung wide, throwing a
carpet of yellow light down the stair
way. Leo and Tom Farley stood
tbore In overcoats. Mabel, hanging
to Farley's arm, was crying. Sharlee
ivas scroaming hysterically. '
Rob Jumped out of the car and
opened the door for Anne, Then
ibove the rush of wind and patter ot
rain they heard Sbnr(ee cry out,
"Anne, your mother is dead and
Dncle Luke Is dying."
Anne reached for Rob's arm. It
irasn't there. He had dashed up the
iteps. Alone she stood, rain pepper,
tag down on her bared head, spatter
ing the coral frock where the cape
tell open. s . '
Someone was talking, she must
listen. "They drove off the third
turvo on tho crest Service station
below heard the crash. They tele
phoned here because Lee's name was
an tho registration card. Lucluda
Sled Immediately. No hope for
Luke."
SHOCK Is an anesthetic. Looking
back from the time numbed se
curity ot years, Anne was to realize
this. Now, while her Intellect grasped
the meaning ot the tragedy, her emo
(Ions failed to respond.
3he saw Rob hurry back down the
steps, place an arm around her and
lead her up to where the family bad
knotted Into a group ot staring eyes
For a moment the sobs were stilled
In oipoctancy, then Charlotte Farns
wortb stepped forward. "She didn't
hear what Sharlee snld," the woman
declared, "Rob, make Anne under,
etoud that bor father wrocked Lee's
brand new enr, killed Luclnda and
may be dead hlmselt, by this time."
Anne's mind .ecorded those three
facts, then she Oeard a shrill laugh
She looked around In surprise. Shar
lee wns staring, open mouthed. Fven
Mabel, her tat face puckered, seemed
frozen Into ludicrous astonishment
at the souud.
"This Is no time to laugh."
snapped Charlotte.
Anne stared at her. and up trom
yours of secret malicious Insults at
the hands of this woman welled
hatred, lu some unreasoning nayshe
blamed her tor the tragedy.
.1 It bodn t been tor Insufferable
pride, her father and motlici would
not havo boon forced to sit through j
that family dinner. They could havo
It was peaceful Inside ths oar.
Indistinct form of a man, bending
over her. Luke Farnswortb. They
were In the woods
"Catch her she's, fainting,"
screamed Mabel.
"No," Anne whispered. Luke was
telling her that her leg was frac
tured, that people with courage
didn't faint, they stuck their, chin
out, squared their shoulders. lie wai
going to need her to help blra. "Coup
age, Anne, high courage," he said.
Anne Farnsworth squared ' hei
shoulders, thrust out the soft whiti
chin. The room came Into focus. ;
"Rob," she turned to Crocker,
"take me to Daddy, quick!"
"Miss Anne, oh. Miss Anne, Too
say I should call you at seven o'clock.
It Is now seven."
Anne stirred, then burrowed bet
W1
i'i . ' ; 'Sk,',
VP
Anne's emotions failed to respond.
head Into her plIiow. It took courage
to open ber eyes.
As long as she could keep the lash-
fringed barrier between her sight
and the outside world, tho could pre
tend that when the barrier did lilt
she would find that world as It had
alwnjs been. Slio could pretend thnt
sho would hear her mothor's voice
with Its tensing, "sleep head." And
then her lather's, "come down and
havo coffee with us, lazy."
When she opened her eyes she
would know those two voices had
been sillied for all time.
At leant her awakening would not
bo all sorrow. She'd Bnd some gift
of lluwcrs from Rob, placed where
her opening eyes would find It, by
Yvonne.
Copyright, itsi. by Jeanne Bowman!
BIG COUGAR AHACKS
FARMER ON TRACTOI
IN REGION OF DALLAS
DALLAS, Ore., Oct. ?$. (UP), -Farmers
of the Buel tre today or
ganized a hunt with doga and rifles
for a vicious cougar that defied
woods tradition and attacked with
out provocation farmer working in
hi field.
The biff cat tu believed craaed.
Farmers feared for the lives of their
children.
Virgil Thomas, 36, was discing a
field with a. tractor In an area or
man? farms. '
"The dlso struck a rock and 1
turned to look," said Thomas, "There
was the cougar, following the disc
and near enough to spit on.
"I grabbed a, wrench Just as he
sprang snd struck at him. He ralMed
me. I raced the motor to scare him,
but he didn't scare. He came around
to the other side of the tractor,
lashing his tall and snarling, and
Jumped again. That time he passed
over the tractor right In front oi
me, and I swiped at him again with
the wrench. He started loping after
the disc again.
Fearing for his life, Thomas said,
he pulled the pin which unshackled
the tractor 'from the disc and drove
toward the farm house at top speed
of 15 miles an hour. The cat lol
lowered for some time, but finally
gave up the chsm.
HEADING PERIOD
Teff, a kind of millet with plnhead
grains, is the common bread Brain
or jsiniopia.
Fossil centipedes occur In amber of
tnp ongocene age.
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
tor further proof mddrea the Oior, bsdoetnar a stamped envelope for reply. Reg. V. 8. Pat. Ott.
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-The potato, famous food of the
Irlah. failed In the 1840 and by Its
failure It started the utflux ot Irlah
Immigrants that brought four million
Irishmen to America. In 30 years.
Strange aa It seems, the crop failure
of the potato which drove the Irish
out of their own country had Its or
igin In North America the land to
which they fled.
The potato blight appeared In North
America In 1844 and by 1845 had
reached Europe where It wrought
havoc with the crops there. The two
following years were the worst, and
the Irish, who depended so much on
the potato for daily food, were the
heaviest hit. Famine drove hundreds
of thousands out Immediately and
started . the wave of Immigration to
America,
It Is the almost universal rule In
higher forma of animal life that the
male Is the larger, stronger and more
highly colored of the sexes. The pha
laropc, however, presents a striking
exception to the rule. The female is
highly colored and beautiful. She is
larger than the male and she does the
courting. She lays the egga but the
male has to atay home and hatch
them.. 1 ,
Annie Smith Peck, professor of
Latin at Perdue University, gave up
her career as an educator ac 45 to
take up her hobby of mountain
climbing seriously. At 57 she con
quered Mt. Huasoaran In Peru, 21.
813 feet a record that stands today
for both men and women In the
Western Hemisphere. Her last Impor
tant mountain climbing feat waa the
sealing of Mt. Madison In New -Hampshire,
S.380 feet, at the age of 82.
Tomorrow: Unknown Klnp.
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
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