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PAGE SIX MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 6, 1936 mnm mm im lot wva mno nm itr NtW MM im UST NlVtt MtNO THI UDT NEVER MIND THE LADY by David Garth MIVIl MJN9 IM lAOT nivu mino TNI LAOT MVU MM TM UST MtVIt MMO FMS LAOT Ml VII MIMft mt LAOT MCVU MMO TMt LAOT SYNOPSIS: Terry tVUfatl U rs- furninp 10 New York Irom Car' tertt. va.. where ht iiut hae buried hie lalhtr. Herhavt he wilt return to the tropica to flnlfh up tht enoi' netrino job ht and hit father had beoun. tit hat boarded tht tatt New Yerk train at a tank ttov and it in the private oar ot Hay (vest by accident. Wett It tht father 01 Altnire Wett. and Allaire it a Ctrl Terrv met tn the tronitie and hat not been obit to torret tinet. Chapter 20 FAST WORK JIIIS scanned Mm Interestedly a J a moment, beginning to amlla. "Haven't I seen yon soma place sefore?" "If you have you're been tn some lueer places," Terry answered. "That's not tbe right answer, but rou're elected anyway. Come on In." "Sure," aald tbe army officer. 'Have a drink with us." "Thanks, no." There was a study In amazement. "You don't want a drink?" "Not today." aald Willett. The girl sat down on a soill divan ind drew up a pair of silken legs under her. "Then what do you want, Lance lot?" "Just a ride to New York," said Terry. "Who owns this work of art?' "Ray West,'' said the girl. "We've been over at a bouse party and we're booking a ride back with him too. He's In bis stateroom recovering from a bad afternoon." She gave him a long slanting ria&ce. Her eyea soemea violet in Quality. "My name's Carolyn Har rington." "Is It?" said Willett. "Her old man's a Senator," con tributed tbe officer. "He won't be for long," said the girl nonchalantly. "They are after his scalp." She put a dgaret In her mouth and leaned forward for a light, a subdued scent ot Jaatoln mingled with rye whiskey brushing his nose as he bent to comply. She patted a place on the divan and ha dropped down beside her. Willett waa offered a drink again. Again he refused. Too easy to drink on this day when he'd left hla father behind for good. The trek up from the Palva hadn't been long enough to make him (orget bla feeling of numbness and a aense of onus. Tbe army officer waa talking ami ably. Hla name was Denbigh and he informed Terry that be had joined the Army because Puff had told him he couid love a man la a uniform and then after he got stuck with the Army, he found she meant a gen eral's uniform. He waa on leave from Fort Myer, and what good waa the cavalry with out sabers? That waa Congress again. Congress vaa ruining the Army, but he'd die for his country Just the same. He waa very emphatic on that point He repeated It half a dozen times. 'pHE other man was Steve Perry, very good-looking, with black hair and eyea. He had big shoulders and a sunburned face and waa In troduced aa the objective fort of many a fond mamma'a atrategy., Puff aald be played polo ao well that a atrong suspicion prevailed be could probably do nothing else. Steve reminded her that he was a vice-president of a big bank. Puff asked hlra It he knew where the bank waa, and Steve said be wasn't aure, but his father waa president, so what the hell difference did It make? Aa tor the girl, there was some thing very Intriguing about her. Her mouth waa scarlet with too much lipstick, but there was some thing leisurely, and careless, and softly challenging In tbe way she spoke and lounged lnsouclantly on the divan. She smoked a great deal, looked at him often, and seemed perfectly agreeable to Denbigh and Perry'a doing their drinking out on the ob servation platform. "You don't aay much," she com mented, "but 1 like your style bind of" "Thanks," said Willett. "1 can see where you have a lot to learn." She watched him, one hand poised on blp, the other alowly ca ressing her throat "Have you, 1 wonder, anything to teach me?" "Who knows? But I'm not going to try." "You discourage me terribly," she sighed. "You really do" Somehow she seemed slightly eloser to him suddenly. Once again he was conscious ot the ecent of her hair. Ha knew she wouldn't mind a bit If he ktsscd her. She worked fast Puff Harrington. Maybe that came front riding on fast trams. "But" she went on. "I Ilka you )ust the same. You're brown and tall and please smile more often Lane lot." Willett grinned. If Bucky Corrl J gan were here! Bucky worked, at a speed approximating airplane' velocity. "One ' of these days," be com mented, "you're going to wake up married." "Well," aha said, considering, "that would be a break for Honor. Loosen up, Lancelot How about youraelf?" "Nothing much," be returned. "Tbe name Is Willett Terry Willett I've Just come from South America and one of these days I'm going back." "Oh I" Her red mouth forued the word. "How Interesting. 1 knew you'd been placer Tbe dlckenal" she said auddenly, sitting back. "Here cornea Kay. He would recover now." Ray West made his Initial appear ance, coming from a private com partment at tbe other end of the car. He wore a sports camel's hair and a wlilte silk muffler about hla throat Hla gait waa a little uncertain past the effects of the train's motion, and he bad the servant mix him a pickup Immediately. "Say hello to Terry Willett." Puff requested. "He dropped Into our lives at Carteret" Ray sbook hands. "Haven't seen you before, hare I?" he said. "Are you one of Allaire's frlenCs7" Willett aat up. Something clicked in bla mind. He remembered Fox's introduction to a lovely girl In tht Legation Club gardens "Whoae?" "That'a bis daughter," Puff ex plained. "But don't get him atarted on the subject. He's peeved." "Well, why wouldn't 1 be?" de manded Ray, with the argument tlreneaa that la rooted In strong waters. "She won't do a thing'l want her to. I'm her father and 1 can't do anything with her. Nobody can." DUFF waa raatly bored. She called In Denbigh and Perry and re sumed tbe crap game. Willett re jected an Invitation to participate. He sat down next to Ray Weat. Ray seemed favorably Impressed with him. "Awfully glad to meet you," hs said. "You look like a nice young fellow. Did you aay you knew Al laire?" "I'm not sure whether 1 do or not," said Terry. "Was she In South Amer ica recently?" "Yes," said Ray. "So waa I. Polo trip." Pur sat back from the game for a minute. "They're talking about Allaire, Steve," she aald to the broad-shouldered man. "You'd better retire to the platform." "Why should I?" said Steve. Hs rolled the dice In his hand and looked moody. "Don't mind me. bat STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX For further proof addreaa the) author. Inclosing a (tamped envelope for reply. Reg. TJ. 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WiMPlE 6ETS A WTlE FiD6ETv SAYS SUDDENLV HE CM CLIMB CHAIR5, AND HURLS HIMSELF UP BACK OF HER CHAIR, STARTLING HER IMfO ft LlftlS SCREAM MOTHER FORTUNATELY RETURNS WITH TE.fi THlNSS, REL1EVIH6 HIM FROM ENTERfAlrJ' MEUT DUTIES i (Copyright, 1938, by The Bell Syndicate. Inc.) -3o vJiujArlS S'MATTEB POP- PAYNB Strange aa It seems, all the discov eries of medical science since medi cine began have been unable to in crease the span of human life. Man today lives to no riper age than he did centuries ago when Hla were treated with crude end sometimes worthless or even harmful "reme dies." Nor la there sny reason to believe that science, on lta past record, will be able to Increase the life span. In aplte of the great advances In public health and disease oontrol, nothing has happened In bhe last hundred years to encourage the hope that the span of life might be length ened. Today, aa It was a thousand years ago, tho upper limit of man's of man's life Is a few years past the hundred mark. There have been, however, notable exceptions. i ne greatest success oi meaicine i life In giving everyone a greater ex poctancy of life. As each frontier is pushed back, and one after another disease la conquered and controlled, the average life increases. A new born baby today has a much greater chance of living through childhood and on Into middle age than one that was born a generation or a century ago. People do not live to any great- TAILSPIN TOMMY The Plane Is Destroyed I was nice enough about the whole has been in Increasing the average tning even though 1 felt like aeven kinds of a tool. Oh, the hell with It Ray. Allaire has always done Just as she damned pleased and she always will." He bent over and rolled the cubes "She's too enooty," said Ray. "That'a ber trouble. She has somi queer ideas. I told her ao this morn ing." "This mornlngl" said Willett "Where la she now?" "I don't know," said Ray. "Wash ington, maybe, with Nell. New York. maybe. Havana, maybe. 1 don't know whore she Is half tha time or what she does." He fined something into his s-lssa He was Just gottlng warmed up. rou d think ber own father would know where she was once In a while," he oomplalncd. "Well. I don't unless she chooses to let me know. And she's had a lot of chances to marry nice men and some down. 1 don't know what the devil ahe's waiting for John the Baptist, may be, to come down on a mow whits ox That'a Jupiter, Ray darllna." Puff interrupted lastly to Inform him. Perry asked them please to talk about something else, and then ha got up and went out on the platform. roor Steve," said Puff. "He's bad to take it for once In hla life Instesd of dish it out He's still bouncing. its a damn shame. " ssld Ray. "8tev'a all right" The train waa coming Into Ut.lon Station. Puff war standing up, pull ing on a smart little black hat She turned to face him. "This is wbsre I get off," she said. Ever been in Washington? Lovely city. Give me a break, Lancelot and 1 11 show yon the town." Wsshlngton, maybe. That's what her father had said. He stood up. 1 think," he ssld, "I'll get off here myselt iCopifrtpM. I1JI, by David Oarth) Tsrry Wlllttt Is frost. blttan by e girl, tomorrow. (m(wTTar!WR!GLEYI ITfc INEXPENSIVE--- Gj IGfl: !4J B . t er old age than they used to, but more oi them approach that ago limit if an before. According to Metropolitan Life tables, a child born In : United Ctatea now may look, forward 'to 01 years of life. A summary of old life tables from 1687 to 1814 shows a life expectancy at birth of only 26 to 38 years.' Many diseases have been con quered, but old ar-- has not. Tomorrow: Acres of Diamonds. Drinking of salt water can change a man's life Iron, one of acute fa- I tlgue and Inertia to one of bright ness and activity, said Profeswr K. Neville Moss in a paper read to the r institute of Civil Engineers, Lon don. WRIG LEY'S. 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TO LET S TH1KCS J By EDWIN ALGEE Ration and Is conaldrred sn excel lent llaht farm tract. Mr. Craw ford, an Installer for the Pacific Telephone A Telegraph company, plans modernlMtlon of the prop erty. Mr. Tengwsid said. The former Seeiy V. Hall prop erty on the Parltlo highway two miles south of Medforri was sold for the commission by Mr. Trne- wsld to Mr. r,nd Mra. HnnaM I. Brenner who formerly realdrd at SU I Cottage slrret. Tlie property romprlnes aroit four acres. It contains a fl-room home and severs! arcrwory buildings. Mr. Brenner Is employed bv the ' Peoples Electric company and Mrs. I Brenner by the Farmers k Fruit growers bank. They have taken pos session of their new home. Helen ('utlhrnal BI1.VRRTON, Ore. Jan. e v A trurkload of 'J.VOOO small cutthroat trout wrrr relra.-icd In Silver creek ahout a mile above Slh-erton the past seek, f u aia LxS m U WT-f Mil . liT J IC1M ICC lC VM I lLir t IMPl . . X. --"- 1 wm- . BRIAR. VH0EVER? ON Kl Mt AM ER1AR. 60 FOR A ROW-YOU 0 1 . 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