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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDPOKU, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1935.
HIGH COURAGE
m
by Jcnn
tiYXUFSlR: Anna Farnaworth i
on trial for the murder of her unclt.
Lea Farnsworth. who it tha only
one of her "relatlvea" who has been
kind to her fine the accidental
death of her foster parents, Luke
otd Lucinda Farnsworth. Worae,
her moat bitter enemy, Tom Farley,
is assisting the district attorney.
The latter l aumming up his case
aoalnst Anne, at the beginning of
the trial which may result in a sen
tence o death belno pronounced
against an innocent girl.
Chapter II
TECLA'S STORY
ANN'S had come down to Astoria
tha district attorney charged
and once there set about fomenting
trouble among tba people working
for her late foster father s fisheries
When her uncle bad gone out to
Investigate one of the many ground
less charges, that a "bootleg" trap
was working with the Farnsworth
canneries, she bad followed and had
shot blm down.
She had used Luke Farnsworth's
gun. stolen from the bouse when she
ran away frqm It. She bad thought
to throw It away but It had become
entangled In a flsh net, and did not
clear the boat and drop Into the
river as she had Intended.
She had forced tbe Sorkl brothers,
whom sbo had helped purchase the
boat she used. Into landing her at
an Isolated pier, and had sneaked
borne.
Upon hearing they had been ar
rested for the crime, she had de
pended upon her former prestige as
Anne Farnsworth to try to free them.
All of these things he would prove,
he said.
LetMiolm outlined his defense, and
It was pitiably weak. Anne realised
how slim a chance she would have of
being found not guilty.
Wearily she listened as the State
presented Its case. Each line of evi
dence seemed a cord, binding her to
a verdict of murder In tbe first de
grce. She returned to jail that night,
worn In body and spirit. What
chance hail she against the hatred
of the mon condemning her? Per
haps It would be better, as tbey bad
suggested, to plead guilty and re
ceive an Intermediate sentence.
If only John . , . but she had
- searched - the court room. John
wasn't there.
Days sped along and then came
1 the words, "The State rests."
Lenholm had little to offer save
tha word of the Sorkl brothers. He
panned these qtllckly and called
Anne to the stand. She heard the
name "Nlkkl Nielsen." and arose.
The eipanse of rug from chslr to
witness stand stretched before her
as fluid as water.
"Miss Nlkkl," prompted the at
torney. Anne CJght sight of Charlotte
Farnsworth's triumphant expres
sion, and chin up, walked steadily to
the chair.
She looked out on the sea of facos.
noticed newspaper roporters watch
ing her Intently, and then she saw
Tecla, little Tecla, jlttlng bravely In
the front row smiling, the high
dimples wet wltb tears.
Anne relaxed and turned to Len
holm. "Your name Is Anne Farnsworth?"
he asked.
"I object," burst from tbe district
attorney. "There la nothing to prove
this girl Is other than Nlkkl Nielsen
as charged."
"Your name please," Lenholm re
quested. Anne was silent.
"Young lady," tbe Judge leaned
over," what Is your name?"
"As far as I know, It Is Anno
Farnsworth."
"This Is moat Irregular, this young
womnn Is charged undor the name
of Nlkkl Nielsen. She given her name
as Anne Fnrnsworth."
"70UR honor." explained the dls-
1 trlct attorney, "we have used
the namo Nlkkl Nielsen as an ex
pedient, the girl Is nameloss."
"She Is not!" Tbe words spat out
across the court room like an elec
tric shock. "She has the name. I
give the proof."
Tec-la Sorkl had darted to the rail
ing which divided the court from the
audience. Anne w atched her dig doep
In the bng she held.
"Your honor," Lenholm was be
fore the bar," may I ask for a re
cess? It is possible this woman, who
was tho childhood nurse of the de
fendant, has information vital to our
case."
"Five minutes," agreed the Judge,
and to the Jurors, "You will remain
In your seats."
Tho five minutes wore scarcely
necossary. Lenholm, his face alight,
returned, oxcused Anne from the
witness chnlr and askod that Tecla
Sorkl be sworn In as a witness.
Use Mull rrlmine want t4
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"Mrs. urkl, ' be exiled at her
reassuringly, you say this girl's
name is Anne Farnsworth?"
"Yes," came emphatically from
Tecla. "1 have the proof."
Anne sat In ber chair, trembling,
feeling that at last she was to bear
the one tblng she longed above all
else to bear. Sho watched Tecla. Tbe
woman was nr.try.
"And now." suggested Lenholm,
"your proof that the defendant Is
Anne Farnsworth."
"I tell now." Tecla nodded con
tentedly." Luke Farnsworth make
me swear on the Bible, never I tell
a living soul. 1 swear, but I t'lnk be
forgive me for breaking that swear."
"Mrs. Sorkl," the Judge leaned
forward, "why did Mr. Farnsworth
wane this Information kopt secret V
"I tell everything." she promised.
"He say even to himself be must not
t'lnk she Is not bis own.
"First I explain how she belong to
them. My brother Orvl Nielsen"
"Nielsen " Anne started at the
name.
"Yes, Orvl Nielsen, he Is the cap
tain of a boat wblch sails along tbe
coast. In Monterey California, be
meets a school teacher and is mar
rled to her. Not often does be go
there to port, so he bring ber to
Crescent City, where his ship alwaya
stop. They come one night. Next
night there is a storm.
"Many fishermen are caught and
he goes out to save them. His wife
Is worried. She goes to the wharf to
wait. She waits all night and be
comes very sick. When she falls,
they carry her to the hospital where
the baby, Anne, la born.
"AT THIS hospital Is Mrs. Farns-
worth whor baby dies at
birth. Luke Farnsworth Is nearly
crazy because he thlnkB his wife die
when she bears. Then, my brother's
wife hear her husband Is lost at sea
and she dies. The nurse thinks It
would be good, for the time, to give
the little Anne to Mrs. Farnsworth.
"Mr. Farnsworth he wish to adopt
the baby but he cannot because the
mother Is dond and he can't find her
people. The hospital people know
him, so they let him take the baby
back to Astoria with him. Then he
puts the detectives to trace and be
finds me, Orvl's sister. He finds also
Anna Nielsen's father, but he Is a
widower, a professor of English, and
does not know what tp do with tbe
baby. He say It Is all right for them
to adopt her, but me, I do not.
"I wish first to know these peo
plo, so Mr. Farnsworth he say he
will bring my husband and me to
Astoria. He buys us the house and
my husband the boat and he hires
me to nurse the little Anne. So then,
we make out the adoption papers.
'Your honor!" Tom Farley was on
his feet, "I can prove this an un
mitigated falaehood. 1 was at the
hospital at the time this child was
given to the Farnsworths."
"Just a minute Mr. Farley." the
Judge was watching Tecla. "What
have you there?" he asked hor.
"Tbe papora give to me," she an
swered. "You would like to see?"
And as he roached for them, she
hosltatcd. "But yon don't give to the
Farloy man? Luke Farnsworth say
I must nevor let him put hands on
thorn."
"Your honor," the district at
torney was appealing to the bench,
"this Is completely Irrelevant, it
has no hearing on tbe case In hand,
but It Is bringing In cross currents
which may affoct the Justice "
' "Mr. District Attorney," countered
the Judge dryly, "1 believe I am quite
capable of handling thla case. As
long as you neglected to ostnhllnh
this defendant's Identity, I feel that
In all tnlrness to her we should do
so at this time."
He pushed his glassos back to
their rightful place on his nose, and
studied the popers. "Ilmm," he mur
mured, "limn." and of tor a momont,
"well, gentlemen it soems the de
fendant was born Annlkkl Nielsen.
Hor name was changed to Anne Lu
cinda Farnsworth, at the time of
her adoption."
"Your honor," Lenholm was up,
"I move a dismissal of this case. The
charge of murder haa been made
agnlnst Nlkkl Nielsen. The girl In
custody Is Anne Farnsworth."
"Your honor," Anns scarcoly knew
sho had left her chair until she felt
tho tug of a doputy at hor arm, "have
I a right to say snmothlng?"
And without watting for his an
swer, "I sm the one chargod. It
doesn't matter whether I am called
Nikkl Nielsen or Anne Farnsworth.
1 want to be tried. I want to prove
my Innocence."
"Your honor!" shoutod Farley.
(Copyright. tM. by Jeanne Bowman)
Monday, Anna haara s familiar
and walconit volca.
Runaway Youths
Stage Jail Break
VANCOUVER. Wh Dee. 4. (API
Tnree youths held for return to
their home In Junrau. Alaftkn. es- j
cspel from the county Jail last niht I
nnd were st large today.
The three. Jnme. Leroy and How
ard Morftan, lo. 17 and 18 years old.
wrenched the bars from the Juvenile
ward of the county Jail and squirm
ed to freedom. They allegedly came .
to the United States several wees 1
aan as atowaways. They were ar
rested at Camas, Wash. !
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Thrills and laughs Intermingled with
much good entertainment made up
the 13th annual season of the San
Francisco Opera company, upon
which the curtain fell early today.
The biggest thrill: When the audi
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area of only 38 square miles, yet It Is J
as If two nations occupied the tslnnd, I
differing totnlly In customs and
characteristics. Half of tho Island Is
a French colony, and the other half
la Dutch.
Each half has Its own government,
set of laws, language, coinage ays-
tern, religious affiliations and mother
countries. They have extslted side by
aide for about three centuries In per
fect friendship. The history of the
strange double colony goes back to
1048 when Dutch and French explor- 1
BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER
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Conductor Artur Bodansky aa he
entered the pit to direct the last act
of "Gotterdammerung."
The biggest laugh: When the call
boy forgot to summon Tito Sen i pa
for the third act of "Martha." and
the orchestra, after playing his en
trance music twice, had to give up
and wait for him.
Thla year the attendance was
higher than any season since the
(4,000,000 musical opera house was
built. But there will be a deficit, for
the company gave Its first produc
tion of Richard Wagner's "Ring ot
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claiming tne Island ror hib nation, rigid set or Health rules by which he : t 1 J I "iSrExi 1 l!
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press their claims ngmnst each other health Improved and he recovered j Xsi l',"orNchL 1 w V I
and signed a treaty dividing the entirety. j 1 H&fysT ' J lL' 1 IjwW "A" v r
Island between them. When he was 83 Just 43 years; i L. J vj-TTi H p'-'V. rwuSr T f v
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itot. a tvniral French settlement, whilo he wrote his "Essav on Temnerate : CitJ trsA " nLtLJiytie1l V , V
on the south is Phlllpsburgh, typl- Living." He lived 16 years more, dy- '. I riLTfJ t'f SoT?T? V l XtiaB&'Sv Xri, I
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born in 1467. gave no heed to his f00d j,, lve on. ' . ggi!& Z.cLJlSCKX
poor health and by the time he was . 1 - .gef. Q)JJ jtKJCr'n J. s C-J
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built from the ground up, at cost
of around $40,000.
KITCHEN COLOR SCHEME
INFLUENCE ON PRODUCT
DENVER, Colo., Dec. 4. vP) L. D. J
Myers told the Western States Coun- !
ell of Master Painters cook "cannot
put together & good meal If the kit
chen la finished In colors that claaa."
On the other hand. If the kitchen
is well-decorated and the food ex
.cellent, he said unharmonlouc dining
loom wallpaper might ruin the meel.
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