PAGE TWELVE
MEDFORD MATT, TRTBUXE. MEDEORI), OREGON". THURSDAY. FEBRUARY R. 19.16.
HII'.VOfSKf While iil'iulHD go!)
uith Or. Thomaa. Vobby Jonea
diaoovcra a man lytuu Injured at
the bottom ot a chabm. The doctor
uoea lor help, and while ha ta tiona
tha ma., mutttra, "Why didn't they
oak Uvonal" and dlta. Uobby hid
vromteed to ploy tha orgnn lor hla
father, who la vicar at ilnrchbolt.
and when a pleaeiint etranoer
ahoica up he gladly rellntiutshce hie
viQil and aklaa lor rlie church. But
ha htia aeen a photograph In the
man' pocket, the lace of which haa
a atrange, haunting beauty.
Chapter Three
ENTER FRANKIE
"QORnV. Dad." Bobby broke In.
speaking cheerfully and breezi
ly aa waa hla habit no matter what
the subject, "Not my fault thla time.
I waa keeping guard over a corpse."
"You were what?"
"Keeping guard over a blighter
who stepped over the cliff. You
know the place where the chasm
is. by the seventeenth tee. There
waa a bit of mist Just then, and he
must have gone straight on and
over."
"Good heavens," cried the Vicar.
"What a tragedy! Was the man
killed outright?"
"No. lie was unconscious. Mo died
just after Dr. Thomaa had gone off.
But of course 1 felt I bad to aquat
there- couldn't just push off and
lobby fell In on Hanoi and knees.
leave blm. And then another fellow
came along, so 1 passed the job of
chief mourner on to him and legged
It here as fast aa I could."
The Vicar sighed.
"Oh, my dear Bobbyl" he said.
"Will nothing shake your deplorable
callousness? It grieves me more
than I can say. Here you have been
brought face to face with death
with sudden death. And you can Joke
about Itl It leaves you unmoved.
Everything everything, however
olemn. however sacred. Is merely a
joke to your generutlon."
Bobby shuffled bla feet.
If his father couldn't see that of
course you Joked about a thing he
cause you bad felt badly about It
well, he couldn't see Itl It wasn't
the enrt of thing you could explain.
With death and tragedy about, you
bad to keep a stiff upper Up.
But what could you expect? No
body over fifty understood anything
at all. They bad the most extraor
dinary Ideas.
"I expect It waa the War," thought
Bobby loyally. "It upset them and
they never got straight again."
"Sorry. Dad," h said with a clear
yed realisation that explanation
waa Impossible. -
The Vicar felt aorry for his son
he looked abashed; but he also
felt ashamed of him. The hoy bad
no conception of the seriousness ot
life. Even his apology was cheery
and Impenitent.
They movod towards the Vicar
age. each making enormous efforts
to nnd excuses for the other.
The Vicar thought, "I wonder
when Bobby will find something to
do. . . ."
Bobby thought, "Wonder how
much longer I can stick It down
hero. ..."
Yet they wore both extremely
fond ot each other.
BOBBY did not see the Immediate
sequel of his advonture. On tho
following morning he went up to
town, there to meet a friend who
waa thinking ot starting a garage
nd who fancied that Buhby'a co
opemtlon might be valuable.
After settling thinss to every
body's satisfaction, llobhy caught
the 11:30 train home two days later.
He caught It, true, but only by a
very narrow margin.
He arrived at Padilliiglon when
the clock announced the time to be
U. S. POPULATION
NOW 127,621,000
Bl
WAHHINOION, rVb. fl (AP) The
I1V.& population of the United Slutr
today nfftrisily in mated hy
the emmm hurra u at 127,VJ ,OOU.
The official rot in I I tttkon n Of
the middle of U.r vmr July 1.
Th new figure reprints a (jaiii
Of 0.11 per rent from 1934, and ot
4 per cent from ltl0 when the
IbM actual centum was tnken,
"If the Increase should be con
tinued at ihih vaie until the end
of the decade," ihc bureau said, the
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A-0$'f:M-W :':l' WJftyQ&1 , r -wrf-A- Y; PUT W SALT INSTEAD OF HAS BEEN SPILLING ON BOCR DECIDES To KEEP &LiT
V Of ',-4 t MjM (CopvH,.,.. .936. bTThs Bell 8.1.) l-OjWSJ
11:28, dashed down the subway,
emerged on No. 3 platform juat as
the train was moving, and burled
himself at the first carriage he saw.
heedless ot Indignant ticket-collectors
and portera In his Immediate
rear.
Wrenching open the door, he fell
in on hands and knees, picked him
self up, the door was shut with a
slam by an agile porter, aod Bobby
found himself looking at the sole
other occupant of the compartment.
It was a first-class carriage and tn
the corner facing the engine sat a
dark girl smoking a clgaret. She bad
on a red skirt, a short green jacket
and a brilliant blue bdret, and de
spite a certain resemblance to an
organ-grinder's monkey (sho bad
long, sorrowful, dark eyes and a
puckered up face) she waa distinct
ly attractive.
In the midst of an apology, Bobby
broke off.
"Why. It's you, Frankle!" he said.
"I haven't seen you for ages."
"Well, t haven't seen you. Sit
down and talk."
Bobby grinned. "My ticket's the
wrong color."
"That doesn't matter," said
Frankle kindly. "I'll pay the differ
enco for you."
".My manly Indlguallon rises ai
the thought," aald Bobby. "How
could I let a lady pay for me?"
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LX fJWwfelj -3." I'- ..nmJ.HbO veitete wEREMftiisc mf c .tIat Wi tz'tt mav i very HI
tC iiSffe 5 m m!- m TE.A64- M - w . sy M
"It's about all we sooui to be good
for these days," said Frankle.
"1 will pay the difference myself,"
said Bobby berblcnlly as a burly
figure In blue appeared at the door
from the corridor.
"Leave it to me," said Frankle.
SHE smiled graciously at the
ticket-collector, who touched his
bat aa he took the piece of white
cardboard from ber and punched It.
"Mr. Jonea bas Just come tn to
talk to me for a bit," she said. "That
won't matter-, will It?"
"That's all right, your ladyship.
The gontleman won't be staying
long, I expect." He coughed tact
fully. "I shan't be round again till
after Bristol, he added signifi
cantly. "What cnu be done with a smile!"
said Bobby as the official withdrew.
Lady Frances Derwent shook her
head thoughtfully.
"I'm not so sure it's the smile,"
sbe said. "1 rather think It's Father's
habit of tipping everybody five shil
lings whenever he (ravels that does
It."
"1 thought you'd given up Wales
for good, Kraukio."
Frances sighed. "My dear, you
know what It Is. You know how
mouldy parenta can be. What with
that, and the bathrooms In the atate
they are, and nothing to do and no
body to sec and people simply
won't coma to the country to stsy
nowadays! They say they're econo
mising and they can't go so far. Well,
mean, what s a girl to do?
Bobby shook his head, sadly recog
nising the problem.
"However." went on Frankle. "af
ter the party 1 went to last night, J
thought even home couldn't be
worse."
What was wrong wllh the
party?"
"Nothing at all. It ties Just like
any olhor parly only mora so. We 1
had dlmer at the Savoy, and we
nt on from there to the .Marion
ette, and went on from Ihore to
the Bull King I toll you, Bobby, It's
not good enough."
And Monday th,ri will bf an In.
Iut In Mrfhhnlt.
"nation's popultttton in 1040 would
he around OiHUX-0."
InditMUVf . howetr. of a slowing
up lit Hip imtioh fi populntlon growth,
vjw the fM., ihni the i.vrtHK" nnminl
increase wince l30 wns fH4.00tt.
"which 1 only a little more than
one-hslf of the l(iao-tao nverspe
Of t .6A5,0O0."
j The rnte of gsm In lfl:.A tho
I htuheM since I Ml when the popu
jintlon thnt year gained wr cent
over 1M0.
1 The total birth tHtwren April.
; WXW, and July 1, lf:.V included art
i allowance f..r under-regisiration. waa
la oo.oon. The numher of rteth In
the same perlorl. Ilkew Ise allow
for tintlcr-regl r (ion w as 7.42:VOOO
The mtmrter of persons lea Ins thr
country during the ftU xear period
exceeded the number coming In by
2 ft 1. 000.
Huhtractlnji the number of deaths
and the net emlntatton from the
number of births an Increaae of
4.746 000 between the lt;)0 census
dute and Jul) 1, 11K13.
URGE EARLY PAYMENT
OF STATE INCOME TAX
TO AVOID Fl
PORTLAND, Keb. 8. (APj EN
Flhr of the state tax oommUBlon
ured today that Income tax return
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
tor further proof address the author, Inclosing a stamped envelope for reply. Reg. V. 3. Pat. Off.
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TMlt-JviS ARE. MOT
fav a-. vm iq rrvccricsjcor the cpt ovj
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l. -t T- V I 1! t- I
be filed st once to avoid the nwh
and long hours of waiting In line the
final few days.
For the convenience of the public,
officials of the commission will spend
a day or two In a number of the
principal cities of the tate and help
persona malting reports.
Besides the regular offices at Port
land and ttalem. branches will be
en tab llhei for short periods at Klam
ath nil 8, Med lord. Grant Paso, RoAe-1
burg, Eugene, Astoria, LaUrande, Ba- j
leer. Bend ami possibly a few other ,
cities, Fisher said. j
The deadline for filing return Ifi
warn, xmsimmm3&mxcMM 'mszmzmmm
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A.S NPLEKJ-TV.EOMEBOO'S
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' vvfARM TELL M.. iS HE'S SVLOM VL-r-Vi-,
April 1. There 1. a penalty for any
All single persons with Incomes of
tO0 or more, and all married persons
with Incomes of iiSOO or more must
file returns, even though they have
other exemptions. Single persons
tunable, and married persona witn
800 income from intangibles must
file returns..
The Portland office handled 4,000
tax reports the final filing day last
year.
Use Mull Tribune wuit ads.
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