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HfEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MED FORD, OREGON", TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 193(5.
Golden Rain
e fcu. Margaret CWIddemer ' -
BYNOPB1B: irll tanning unburn
4 en herself to a strange young man
who aeke her where Orandin Lane
ie..8he thlnke ehe will never eee him
again-but when ehe gets home eh
. find that her Aunt Ella hat taken
Aim for a boarder, to boleter up the
exhausted banning exchequer, trie
resent her indteeretlon, resent
having a etranger in the houee
"even reeente the tact that ehe and
clt othere within her aunt'e reach
were sarriflred to her painter
J other's so-called genius, as long at
o lived. She is showing Uorgan her
father's studio.
' Chapter Five
"GENIU8"
tHESE are my father'! picture-,"
' Iris said. She stood tilde with
pride. "He was a genius. Aunt Ella
plant to endow a room In the town
museum, a permanent exhibit of
them."
"Then will you have the room to
five parties In?"
.. Re wanted to hear what she would
say.
"Oh, no!" Ehe looked up at him,
surprised. "It will be kept Just this
way, always."
"It's rery handsome." There
wasn't much else he could say.
.The boughs he had carried stood
about the fireplace. A couple of
freshly upholstered deep padded
armchairs flanked It Modern Inlaid
end-tables beside them were littered
"You musn't think you have
with pipes, and held an ashtray and
a tobacco Jar of bronie.
A decanter stood on one end of
the mantol. balanced by an unusual
ly perfect, bright-colored Tanagra
girl at the other. The walls had
been tacked over with brown burlap
to make a background tor the plo
tures. ' Morgan knew something about
pictures. He moved from painting
to painting, Iris standing still by the
clean, empty hearth. Some of them
were, like the painting In the dining
room, family portraits; a powdered
Stuart gentleman and lady; a tur
baned young person In green satin
and a curly bob of Jefferson's day:
finally a parent-and-child group of
the nineties, with Sargent's signa
ture unmistakable In the corner.
"You could sell those tor a lot,"
he ssld.
"But they're family portraits,"
said Iris with an air of complete ex
planation. It bad never occurred to
her. It was plain. If her eyes lighted,
be did not know It. He went on look
ing at the others the paintings of
her father, the "genius."
lirOOLLY literal landscapes with
' ' knee-deep customary cows.
Large flat-looking somber ladles
conveying an air of painstaking
plainness which unquestionably
supposed Itself realism. All the
worst faults of a long-past fashion:
as bad. now, aa triviality and un
tashlonnbleness could make them.
And the poor kid, all alive and
wild, waa sacrificed to thlsl Before
Morgan know It, he heard himself
saying himself, who had never ex
pected to fool pity for a girl again.
"It's a damn shame!"
Irla mlsundoratood him. "Aunt
Ella says sometimes people never
are appreciated till they're been
dead fifty years!" she said. "Now
shall we go bsck to the dining
room? We sit there."
The dining table had been hidden
uuder an old brown and rose chenille
cover. William Lannlng's deep
lined long kindly face lifted Ita steel
spectacles from a pile of books and
papers. Miss Klla was silting at the
other end, darning with nervous effl
clent Jerks. Morgan dropped Into s
chair between them. Iris Invested
herself mattcr-of factly with a long
smock, by Its paint splashes a die
SALEM, March 81. (A1) Miles H.
MrKey, 40, aaalstant attorney-nen-rel
assigned to the Industrial accident
commlMlon died Monday, after ; ut
tering several weeks with pneumonia.
MrKey was born In Oervala, Marlon
county, and attended the Albany col
lege, graduating later from the Uni
versity of Oregon law school. He ha
been with the attorney-general's of
fice here for .more than 10 years.
McKey waa a lieutenant-colonel In
the reserve officers corpr and a for
mer member of the Oregon national
guard. He served during the Worlo
was, and was discharged a captain
Bnrlel -icnM ' " t'-ntllnr
K PHuiuc lie. Feaajey't UiuOw.
carded one of her late father's, and
sat down with a battered blsck tin
watercolor box and a pile of place
cards.
"You mustn't think you have to sit
down here It you don't want to," said
William with a kindliness so father
ly that Morgan warmed to him more
than ever. "Rooms enough In this
old house If you want a separate slt
ting room. I suppose you're looking
up genealogy; that's what peopli
usually come here for. It has the
best library In the state. Glad to
help you If you like; I do It myself
In my spare time."
He pushed a paper over.
Morgan accepted the loophole.
"Some of my mother's people came
from around here," he said truth'
fully, as It happened. He glanced at
the paper, and added a won", or so
which made Uncle William say.
"Lawyer, aren't you?"
"Not practicing," Morgan an
swered, amused at the old man's un
expected acuteness. "The curse of
enough to live on."
Miss Ella gave him one of her
darting, all-seeing looks. Iris paint
ed steadily on. A little silence tell.
which Morgan broke by leaning
across and looked at Iris's work,
saying, "Why, those are too good for
place-cards. You could do minia
tures." 'I
to sit here," said Uncle Will,
"These sell," she said, smiling.
"It's after eleven," said Miss Ella,
and the other two rose obediently.
"Books If you want 'em," said Mr,
banning. "The library's on the sec
ond floor."
OUT Morgan waa tired, too. Miss
- Ella took charge again, rhiwlng
him to a high-celled bedroom, fur
nished like the rost of the house In
a combination of magnificent old
and bad new furniture, but posses
sing a large double bed of un
doubted aoftness, alao a reading
light and an aahtray by the bed.
The late Lawrence had trained his
women folk well.
He slept soon, thinking not about
himself, as had been miserably the
case too long, but of these people.
Kind friendly old Lannlng: little
nervous efficient Miss Ella: Iris,
with her beauty and old-fashioned
obedience, and her wakening rebel
lion. Imagine any girl having to
rebel In these days! ... He went
off to sleep with more of a sense of
home about him than he bad had
since his mother's death long ago.
He came down at what seemed to
him an early hour next day, feeling
treed and rested. No ties, no re
sponsibilities or snythlng of the
sort.
"Whore's Mr. William?" he asked,
looking round Instinctively for the
fine careworn old figure he had
taken such a fancy to.
"Gone to the courthouse," Miss
Ella said. "We three breakfast at
seven-thirty, one gets through so
much more that way: but my brother
Lawrence used to have a tray when
he rang. Iris thought you might like
that better."
He wouldn't humor Iris I
"I get up at seven-thirty no, I
mean seven after this." be heard
himself announcing with more seal
than he had given anything tor
some time. "See here. Miss Ella,
I'm going to be one of the family,
not a nuisance. Going to be en the
footing nf a nephew or second couslo
or something."
Swift feet clattered down the
front stairs; a clear charming voice
was singing with the abandon and
verve of a night-club hostess:
(CUmtSt t'U-lt. HtffH WUdtmit)
Mnroin and Iris begin s friendly
arfire, tomorrow.
RELEASE SUSPECT IN
MURDER OF OFFICER
PORTLAND. March 31. (At In
structlon from the district ttorncy"
olMo of A-nmtda, Cal . resulted !n
the rrlrnrv today oi Edwnrd C. Wid
mir. Portland police Mid.
Wldmrr wan taXrn Into cmt'Ktv
last friday for questioning In con
nection with the death of George Al
berta, chief engineer of the Point
Lohoa. Alberta' body waa found 'n
his rahln on the point l,oho at Ala
meda March 3a. He had been alanh
ed to death.
.Vidi.H tormiTly was employed on
the point Loboa.
lAWNMOWKRS aharnened We call
to' and dfl.vr ii N. Fir 61. 61 Mf
While Oregon anglers were proudly
exhibiting result of their prowess In
taking the Uvea of Innocent Chinook
salmon last week, two local Girl
Scouts worked for three day to save
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
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Simon Bolivar, known throughout
most of South America aa the "Lib
erator," was born in Venezuela In
17B3 while that nation was subject
to the throne of Spain. He studied
law lu Madrid, traveled extensively
through Europe, and returned to tils
own country Just berore the uprising
of 1810 In which he took an active
part. For years he led the revolu
tionary movement until, in 1819, Ven
ezuela sucesafully established her
frrrdom from Spain by consolidating
with another South American state
to become the Republic o. Colombia.
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the live of 150 poisoned gold fish
belonging to Mrs. Walter Dunlap of
the Old Stage road.
Early this week, an orchard 1st whose
land neighbors the Dunlap place, was
spraying his fruit trees. A leaky hose
allowed the spray, which contained
sulphur, to drip Into the nearby fish
pools, poisoning the fish. Lorraine
Orovee, 13, and Leona McOraw, 10,
members of Girl Bcout troop 9, ap
peared on the scene and heroically
went to work.
Transferring the fish from the pol
luted water to other receptacles was
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Bolivar waa elected president of the
new nation.
Three years later he went to Peru
to aid a revolution there, and two
years after that became dictator of
Peru, an office he held until Inde
pendence was complete. In 1825.
stntes In the southern part of Peru
Joined together to form a new nation
which was called Bolivia In honor of
Bolivar, and he was elected to frame
a constitution for this new countiy
Bolivar had hoped to Join much
of South Amer:ca together into a
powerful union, but even Colombia
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no alight Job In Itself, states Mis.
Dunlap, but the young life-savers
didn't stop there Hours were spent
attending the fish, and although the
majority died, 50 were saved and put
back to sport In the completely clean
ed Dunlap pools. Altogether, the
girls worked three days on their fin
ny patients.
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Klckernlck Slips
Tailored and Lace $195 to 14.95.
ETHELWYN B. HOFFMANN'S.
Ever; watch repaired here la given
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which then included what Is now
Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador,
eventually broke up Into these aepa
rate countries. Bolivar died In 1830
at the age of 47.
Chandler Effan won his first United
States amateur golf championship at
the age of 20 In 1904. He won again
the following year and was runner
up In 1909. Thirty years after his
first championship, Egan was still
Important enough as a golfer to be
selected as a member of the Walker
Cup team that defeated British ama
teurs at St. Andrews. Scotland.
SUBURBAN HEIGHTS
IN HIS EMPTf RUBBISH BAkREIS,
SAW ONE OF friEM SUDDENLY MOVE OFF
QU)E1iy DOWN TrtE S1"REEf AND HE DIDN'T 6tf
OVER THE SHOCK UNflL HE TOUhiD THAT THE SMALL BOV
NEX DOOR, WHO WASN'T SUPP05ED To BE OUT PLAYlN6, HAD
SEEN HIS MOTHER C0MIN6 AND WAS TRYIK& TO
SWYAS RECH H0M UNDER. COVER..
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