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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOKD. OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1935.
HIGH COURAGE
-jjt -f.-,,,. by Jeann Bowman,
t fAui'A Jo .i . it tumwuui
i'ia jost fcer name, the fortune hi
fhould have inherited from Luki
nnd Lucinda Farnatcorth, and even
her lotted, Hob Crocker, who dc
ecrtcd her the moment ho found mIk
van not to inherit the Farnaworth
Flahcrire, But her life at "Nikki
Ktclaen" in the Finnish colony of
Union Town ia happy, nnd $he
knows now that she loves John
S'euman, leader in the community.
And the hopea to learn more of her
print and to improve her future
with hie help.
Chapter 29
FISHER GIRL.
ILL you marry me, Ntkkl, when
I come back front Alaska? You
mow I love you."
"John, I'm afraid."
"Afraid?"
"Afraid to trust my feelings. Two
months ago I was going to marry
nob Crocker. Now I don't love blm.
Tbls feeling I bave for you Is so dif
ferent, I'd Ilka to believe It would
last forever, but how can I? How do
I know? I'm cot like you. I haven't
been true to a dream, as you bave.
Oh, 1 liked you tbat night at tbe
dance, 1 hoped I'd see you again. I
' even asked Duke Lansing to and you
and bring you up, but you didn't
come and Rob did."
"Forget It, Nikkl, let's sit here and
talk. We've a lifetime ahoad of u
I'll sail tomorrow and during tbe
tlmo I'm away I believe you'll learn
to trust your own toolings. Somehow
I believe wo're destined for each
other.
Anne sat on a gray boulder, and
John at her foot, bands clasped
about his knees, looked up at her.
Wordless communion, until a family
of bluejaya clattered down Into the
dell and began scolding.
' Wed bettor get awoy before
Papa Jay has apoplexy," Anne von.
turcd.
"Wont to walk to the top of tbe
bill? There i an old logging road
near here."
Slowly they walked, trcon meeting
over bead, wild currant waving
plumes of fragrant red blossoms in
their path, (lowering dogwood wllh
blossoms llko carved Ivory dipping
and swaying above them.
They crossed streams on plank
bridges Bwung on cables and then
came out on the beads, tlio river bo
low thorn, and beyond the Pacific, sil
vered with afternoon mist,
"1 know a short cut back," John
sold, looking at his watch. "Porlmps
we'd better take It."
npHlSV talkod as they walked; that
Is, John talked and Anns lis
tened. "It won't be eaBy being the
the wife of a fisherman, Nlkkl, I
want you to understand that. Not
that 1 Intend to remain one always."
"What do you Intend to do, and
what did you major In, at college?"
"Political economy," he answered,
"It's always appealed to me. My
Irish sldo, 1 guess, llut 1 believe
thore Is going to be a need of states
manship In this country. I believe
there will be the need of men who
can seo both sides of the class strug
gle which Is making Itself felt these
days.
i ni as anu-ranicni as men are
made, but I roallie that unless lead
ers come out of tbe ranks, agitators
will speak for them and the chance
of welding the two factions Into a
harmonious whole will be lost.
"I want to be financially free to
carry on this work. I've been asked
to run for the legislature but I'm not
ready to accopt. I'm too young for
one thing, nnd I'm not financially
ablo for another. But with you to
bolp me. Nlkkl"
Ue looked down, and when ho saw
the tcntlorness In her eyes as she
looked up, be waited for nothing
more.
"Nlkkl," he whispered, "I know
now what you'ro going to say when
I como back from Alaska. I do, don't
I?"
"1-1 think so, John," she agreed.
She wondered If a ship coming In
from storm ridden seas, knew the
peace she found In tho hnvun of his
arms. And then breaking Into the
charm of the moment came John's
voice, low. curt
"Nlkkl, hlilo there, behind that
thlckot. quick."
Llko a shadow. Anno obeyed. Sho
saw John walk towards the beach
and stretch out In the sand, back to
a log, A moment later she hoard
voices.
For a while she could not Identity
them, and then she looked out across
the water. There was a llsh trap
thore. The pilings to which the dif
ferent sots of nets were hunj were
old, weatltorheaten. some of them
broken off at the watorllne. Tbe lit
tle shed which sat on Its long legs at
the mouth of the trap looked as It
it were teaiij lu bu.taiu at luc Ills,
wind storm.
For fully Ave minutes John waited,
then noncbalantly stood up. brushed
tbe sand from bis clothes, and saun
tered back towards tbe road. Once
there, be motioned Anne to Join blm
and hurried ber back over the trail
without pausing to explain.
When they were In view of the
others he slackened his pace.
"That s an old Ash trap the govern
ment ordered abandoned some time
ago. Evidently some tramps biding
out there."
"I thought traps were always set
where the current carries tbe fresh
water."
"There's a current there, some
freak sends It Into that cove. The
trap there used to be one of the best
on the river."
"But why were you afraid for
me?" Anne persisted,
John smiled down at ber. "Must I
remind you that you are. very pre
cious to me?" w
They Joined the others and a few
moments later embarked upoc
smooth sea, tinted with tbe last of
sunset.
Anne, going up the steep flight ot
stairs to the grey shingled house she
called home, smiled at John,
"See that window?" she asked,
pointing to the one looking west.
"I'll wait up there until I see your
ship come home."
They stood for a moment In the
darkness of the room. "And as soon
as we sight land, I'll start looking up
here, Nlkkl, and It's the last thing
I II look at when I put out to sea."
The next morning Anne stood at
the window, watching a puffy little
tug escort The Star ot Lapland to
the bar, then stand by as tbe sails
unfurled to catch the brisk morning
wind. Long sbe stood there, until the
last fluttering pennant bad merged
with the horizon mist, and tben she
turned to pick up the threads ot liv
ing, frayed by John's departure.
KNOW I'm a girl, but even a girl
1 has some brains."
Anne sat on a wharf piling, curls
tucked under a seaman's cap. slim
figure boyish In blue slacks and high
dark blue swoater.
But, Nlkkl," George was protest
ing, "girls don't flab . . . It's . .
well It Isn't nice, you know, what I
mean, no girl wants to go around
smelling like a flsb market."
I wouldn't be a very big market
smell, George," she Insisted. "I only
weigh a hundred and twenty."
And the men swear something
awful, sometimes."
But they swear In Finnish, so I
wouldn't know but what they were
reciting pootry."
"Yeh. but you're learning the lan
guage fnst."
"Wouldn't that be fun," said Anne
hopefully, "1 could learn to swear
In Finnish and folks wouldn't know;
oh. George, you've cinched It now;
there are two or three persons I'd
Just love to practice on."
But, Nikkl, there's storms and
fogs. It's dangerous being fisher
man." He paused and looked at the
girl, who sat looking west, chin
thrust forward and out,
"And we'd like to take care of you,
Orvl and me."
Anne smiled at blm. "I know you
would. And I'd love to have you take
care of me, but 1 have roasons for
wanting to do this. George, won't
you trust me?"
"Sure," began George dubiously,
"but, gee, I wish John was here."
"So do I," agreed Anne lightly,
and Jumping up thrust out bet hand.
"Is It a bargain? Am I hired?"
"You know you would be," grinned
the big follow sheepishly.
But having agreed to take Anna
aboard the Nlkkl. as part of her
orew, both George and Orvl set about
making a fisherman of her.
At firs!, determined to cure her
of her peculiar Intentions, they gave
her work that taxed her strength,
duties which had sickened girls who
hsd made holiday trips wltb them.
Anne said nothing. She stood duty
at tho winch until she thought her
back would break and her arms pop
out of their sockets She learned to
use a gaff without closing her eyes.
She became acquainted with all th
Intricacies of the engine, and horri
fied Lllsa by returning from the drift
one night ns oil smeared as any ga
r.iRe mechanic.
The flsb wore running; they
poured Into the Columbia. And the
Sorkl boys were jappy. They would
go a long way this summer toward
paying off their doht But there were
others who wure not contented, men
who fished for the Fsrnsworth can
neries.
tCopyrioht. UJJ. by Jeann Bfltfftnttnt
MA FE DIESEL"
FLIER HAS BLAZE
GALLUP, K. M., Nov. 21. (&ftU
ahlny new motor scorched by a per
plexing fire, the Snnta Fe railroad's
experimental Diesel locomotive Idled
on the track here today aa officials
opened an Inquiry Into the bfaze
which abruptly stopped It attempted
record breaking dash last night.
Why the flames suddenly licked out
to damage the new type engine unit
as the train sped two hours and a
half ahead of Its schedule on the
trial run from Chicago to Los Ang
les was the predominant question
confronting the executives.
Hardly had the fire cooled and the
train of Industry's notables been
hoked to a regular steam locomotive
for the continued Journey to Los An
geles when 8. T. Bledsoe, Santa Fe
president, declared the "mishap will
In no way cause the company to
change Its plans for a faster schedule
and the use of the new equipment."
DIFFICULT DECISIONS
Engineer Quits, accord perfect
NORFOLK, Neb. (UP) H. J. But-j
ler, Norfolk, No. 1 engineer on the
Chicago and North Western lines west. !
has joined the ranks of retired train-!
men after 63 years of service with no
accidents, no wrecks, no persons In
jured or killed on his trains. He had
reached the automatic retirement age
of 70.
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
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considered venture of fortifying the
entrance to tho Oulf of Mexico
Costly, futile, nnd abandoned, the
old fort now stands like a ghost
town of gold rush days on Dry Tor-
tugas Island, 120 miles off the
coast of Florida.
It wu started In 18-111 as the
Rock of Olbraltar of the Oulf, to
give the United Stntes control over
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went Into the fort before construc
tion was halted. The Idea was
almost abandoned and the plan was
dropped. During the Civil war, the
old fort was used as a prison. In
the Spanish-American war about
8000.000 wns sent by the navy In
repairs, but Fort Jefferson wns not
used. It lay forgotten until the
World war when at last It became
useful lend was stripped from win
dow casements and anlvaged for
munitions manufacture.
Every year In St. Ivea, Hunting
donshire, England, 13 boys and girls
gather at the council schoolhouse
to shoot a game of dice and Bibles,
strange as It seems, are given to
the winners. Instructions for thla
strange ceremony, together with a
legacy to buy the Bibles given to
winners, were In the will of the
Rev. Dr. Robert Wllde who died In
1078. Dr. Wilde's will has not bean
followed to the letter he Instruct
ed that the dice be rolled on the
communion table, but in I860
church officials vetoed the idea and
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