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Golden Rain
btjJjarqartt OrVlddemer
SYNOPSIS: tflti Slid totinOij to
ttsmijlp a very muiteeJMce voman,
except in detenee 0 her dead 6rotV
er'i nem"P U"( eh beUevee.
a oetUuj ae well ae a patnfer and
ei Aai eacrtlned Aer olfter brother
William and ner nlere trie Lan
King to hie nmufy Uo. 0'in lll-u k
who board at the once-tftertit
oulened Lanmno nouee ie not onv
in love leitn rte he hae promtetd
to And trie' brother Ouien whom
Jrii believed dead until recently.
J lee Bltn te not vmpathetto; ncle
William le.
Chapter Nina
PARTY
A S Irla wiped iff the bljr wooden
kitchen table with the wrunf
oat dishcloth, and rlnaed It under
the faucet, she asked Mlsa Ella,
hanging np the rlnaed dish towels
at the other end of the long room,
one audden question.
"Didn't any o( you try to get my
brother Owen back?"
i And Miss Ella answered as mat'
ter-of-factly, standing on tiptoe to
tretcb the damp towels along tbe
rack.
'"After I took you out of the baby
carriage In fropt of the boarding
house where the Roaa glrlr were,
your mother came doffn to try to
get you again. But your father had
tbe law on bis side, and tbey bad no
money to flgbt. They wr Just two
ordinary little dressmake a who had
settled here, and entrapped my
brothers!"
Iris crossed the room, her eyes
blazing.
"You're talking about my mother.
I don't care what she did. she waa
a good, kind, lovely woman. 1 re
member enough of her for that"
"All right, child. Perhaps I
shouldn't have aald It," said Miss
Ella.
Iris stared at her. This was so un
like her aunt!
When she followed It up with ber
old suggestion that Irla might be
able to make something to wear to
Katherlne Oliver's out of ber own
only best dress. Iris breathed again.
That was mora normal.
She refused the offer, mechani
cally. Katherlne Oliver and ber teas,
which bad loomed so Important,
teemed to matter little now.
She met Morgan in the ball.
"I've found out all about It that
he knows," he said. "B. kind to Dim.
It was oh, well, your Aunt Ella had
a brother-complex, and smashed
four lives on .the strength of It,
that's all. That's Uow I figure It
out."
"And now whatr Iris said eager
ly. She knew little about complexes.
"Now in going to put inings in
motion. But don't hope too mucb,
child!"
"Ob. you're so good to me!"
But she spoke as she might hare
to an uncle, or to a brother.
He was stung Into answering wltb
ome of his old bitterness.
"Don't blame me If you're sorry.
Tou'ra In a place wbera there's
peace and beauty and honesty and
love, and If you bad any sense you'd
want to stay here and not Investi
gate."
"Yon aren't fair."
, "I suppose not It's bard to be
fair."
THE months went on; the sum
mer drifted by. Uncle Will still
was not very well.
"He's nvr been tbe same since
the accident" Miss E'la aald, trying
to spare him, Morgan noticed, In
everything that meant waiting on.
but not at all as regards suggesting
that he do less ork. Saving for the
dead brother's memorial came first
with her.
Morgan stoo ' by. He bad never
known what It was to be needed be
fore. He waa an unofflc. partner
In the old man's law practice, and
the genealogical work that meant
extraa. More and more became
a part of tbe household, petted
fiercely by Mlsr Ella, leaned on by
Uncle Will, Iris's comrade and
friend.
He bad not told Iris that he loved
her. He would win ber, flrat And be
would be aure that aha waa aa dis
interested, aa crystalline, as she
seemed, A little of hla old bitter
ness remained.
Iris waa reatlesa at first She
would come to him every day or ao
and aay, "No newa about Owen?"
But by degreea tbey both loat hope.
Tbe detectives he had hired worked
faithfully, but tbey had no results
to report
Presently.be thought. Irla stopped
thinking about It She went on. busy
like the rest Lau did her exqulilte
place-cards and bet perfer- embroi
dery tor sale. She went on giving
her French and sinking lessons to
the little sliters of her acquaint
ances. And - to Morgan's suppressed
INCOME GOING UP
BAM FHANCISCO, April 4 (API
The far weet's farm income went up
In January lent year, final tig tree
gathered by the department of agri
culture show.
The department reported tales to.
talcd KUt.7ai.ooo compared with SMV
713.000 In January laat year and M,
307.000 In January, 1P34.
Thee figure covered the II wcat
ernmoat eta tee of the onion, ell of
them Joining In the rialng returns.
Callfornta'a farm Income topped 35
millions, up from around 34 millions
a year ago.
Other states: Oregon. 4.1 millions
agalnat 5 7; Washington, It against
1.7; Idaho, 5 3 agalnat 4.3; and Mon
tana, 4 5 against 12.
3
anger what aha made went as It
always bad Into Miss Ella's baoda
for the memorlr tu..J; she wore
ber shabby dresses, made over irom
old things In the attic or yeara old;
she bad nothing for pleasures And
she was gayer, bappler than Mor
gan bad thought anyone could be.
He took her to movlec occasion
allynot too often, she would not
let him. They went tor loug walks.
He would bave been caught up In
the tide ot small town life himself,
the parties that went on steadily,
Including Iris on their edge. If be
bad permitted it But he would not
more tban once In u lo.ig while.
"You know, you put your worst
toot foremost When i met you I
thought you spent your whole time
grousing," bb said to her one Jay,
when be nad man gd to lure ber
from her sewing for one ot tbe long
walks In tbe leaflets woods tbal
tbey botb liked taking. It was No
vember weather, but ' - laughed,
swinging along beside him. In bet
old brown tall coat
Well, to begin with, I do It only
on my Saturday afternoons off:
and besides, since you've been here
life's so mucb better. Its a little
lonely, being the only young person
In the bouse all your life. They were
all mlddleaged when 1 was born. It
was a grand day for the Lannlng
family when you and 1 met on 'be
courthouse steps with our mutual
bad tempers. You're not so lowering
yourself, you know, Morgan. In tact
1 think, you're a grand pi rson." She
laughed up at him with her sudden
brilliance that was sometimes al
most blinding. - ,
He was on tbe verge ot telling hei
he loved ber. He put au arm around
her, and she leaned against ' m as
If he had been her rcle. No. He'd
wait Just a little longer.
SUDDENLY she stopped anil
looked at her watcb. a lady's
gold watch of the eighties, swung
aronnd her neck on a black ribbon
and tucked Into ber belt aa unlike
a modern girl's possessions at
everything else she owned.
You'll Just have tlm- to get to ,
Kay Oliver's. She'll never forglvi-
you or me or anybody If you don'i
turn up at her party.
"I'll go If you wIlL"
"It's the same old story, Morgan
I can't go like this. And 1 can't go
any other way. But you can. and you
must One of our best-dressed young
men, you are!"
Her pluck, her smiling braver;
and generosity, suddenly came ivet
him.
"If I go this time will you corns
with me next?"
"1 will. But I will not be lured Into
taking even a bungalow apron from
the ten cent store at your tali
bands." .
She laughed. "Uncle Will 'actually
held out ten dollars from tbe maw
of the memorial tun- If he'd given
It to me yesterday 1 could bave
blossomed out In an elegant gar
ment and even liew shoes but be
forgot till this morning, bless bit
absent-minded old heart and the
layette for Mrs. Warden bad been
promised. You go on, and sbe'll In
vlte me some more tor your sweet
sake. You don't know what a boon
a young man from the city Is?" Shi
began to recite cheerfully:
"There was a young man from tbe
city
Who saw what he thought was a
kitty.
He save It a pat
And Mid 'Nice little catl' . , ,
"Only you dldn'tl Vou said torrid
little cat' "
"You're not a catl You'ri a grand
little sport"
"Morgan, this from youl Why, 11
will keep me proud and puffed ui
till I tee you again."
She gave bin a little shove.
"Come wltb me."
"No, 1. have something to do."
"Place-cards again?"
"A singing lesson to a smai: child.
I'll have tea for you and Uncle Will
when you get borne."
She shook her bead, turning and
going. . . Well, he'd go on to Kay
Oliver's party, a oad Imitation ol
New York's whoopee-before-last
Irla wanted him to. And be would
make sure of an Invitation tor next
time tor Iris. -
Kay, friendly, exuberant brown
eyed, met him on the stone porcb
of the Oliver house.
"It's simply swell to see you," she
said, putting a couple ot tanned, ef
ficient bande on bis sbolders and
giving him a friendly shake. "Come
on In. I've got some ot the grandest
new records you ever saw. and they
aay you know how to make Dai
quiris Just like old man Daiquiri's
eldost son. You ehould have dragged
Irla along."
CCfv.iX. I'll-, llerfrtt WUitmt.)
Tomorrow e letter changes a
good many plena.
OREGON BUTTER
PORTLAND. Or., April 4 (API
Pmoldtnt H. C. Ra-en of the tmttor
m&krs' sMoclstlon of the United
8ttes prexilcted Uxlsy Urt moiit
United States butter would be graded
A, B. and C aoctirdltm to quality.
Home from a meeting of tlv, or-
Aanlaatlon, the Portland dairyman
aald aterner -ere amared at the
progress mrt by Orryon butter the
laat lew yeara.
The orcRon grading reulaiiorm de
fining A. B and C butter were the
moat talked of development In the
Industry, he said. There are many
grade names and terms In the nut,
and many are meanliii'leea, iUven
said.
- MEDFORD lATL
SEATTLE, April 4. (AP) A small
decreaao In the production of 201
down and operating mills In Wash
Ington and Oregon for the ween
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
For further proof address the author, Inclosing a stamped envelope for reply. Reg. TJ. S. Pat. Off.
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Strange as It seems, a highway
caught fire near Waahleh, Minn., and
waa so. badly burned that it was
ruined. The fire started as a forest
fire had spread to the highway, set
ting the roadbed on fire. The road
bed wa made of peaty ground which
burns with a slow, enduring smoul
der, once It Is started,
When Dr. and Mrs. Bourne. Fort
Collins, Colo., were married thirty
yeara ago last September 6, the doc
tor gave his bride a wedding ring
Inside of which were engraved the
Initials of both htm and hla wife.
TAILSPIN TOMMY Tommy
I JAUL 5MITH AT
THREE-POIMT
RECEIVED A
RADIO MESSAGE
WHICH HE
BELIEVED HAD
BEEN TRtflSrHTUD
BY TOMMY, BUT
WHICH ViWS 3EHT
3Y THE TERROR,
WHO TRAPPED
THE THREE-R3MT
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urM WECWJCEUIW6 SI T 'PHKlEf53.WA I I rM VERY GLAD I'M PAVIU6 FOR THE
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TRIBUNE. MEDFOKn.
ending March 28 Is shown In the
weekly report of the West Coast
Lumbermen's association. The mills
produced per cent of the aver
age weekly cut during 1026-1929.
The Industry produced 109,904,519
board feet during the week, com
pared to 113,834,418 board feet pro
duced the previous week.
New business totaled 117,572,848
board feet as against 95.256,801 the
previous week. Shipments were 110.
785,187 last week and 104.634,236 the
previous week.
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st nr.r.i yci f
, W PPIN6 RING, CUT FROM MPS. R. F. eoURMt'S
IN JURE? OH HSR VJEDP1H6 MHMR&MV,
was Fount? To be "severed exactly 37WbN
frt INiHAUS OF HERSEUF ANP HER rtUSBAHP, WHICH
VJER EN6RAVEP INSiPE m
. BURNING HI6HWAY- "
WfV&Kirt(
On September 6, last year, Mrs.
Bourne's ring' finger was Injured and
swelling set In, requiring that the
ring be cut off the finger. The ring
was sawed In two. When they In
spected the ring afterwards they
found that the cut had been made
exactly at the division point between
the Initials o that Dr. Bourne's
Initials were on one part -.and Mrs.
Bourne's were on the other.
,The mole'a, amazing ability to dig
through the earth Is used almost ex
clusively in a never-ending soaroh for
food. The mole lives almost entirely
on earthworms and, strange m It
Tries to Warn Three-Point I
TMEY SHALL PROBABLY
5LEEP....UrtTIL I RETURN. ..THAT
DRUG WAS POWERFUL
The Returning Rocket I
OREOON. SUNDAY. APRTL 5. 193fi,
The association said shifts In or
ders and productions for the week,
one up, the other down, do not ap
pear to have much significance. The
Industry during February and March
should have orders week by week In
excess of production, the report said,
but in three of the last five weeks
orders have lagged behind.
Bones of mastodon found nenr
Saltlllp, Pa., will be hardened by a
chemical process before being re
moved. Minn., kcTuAU-Y
seems, never eate plant food. Their
damage to growing crops and lawns
Is limited to whatever damage their
digging ' entails they do not eat
roots. Moles must have food at, fre
quent Intervals, and If kept without
It for 10 to 13 hours they will die of
starvation. Although most of their
long tunnels are dug In search of
food, molea also dig an Intricate pat
tern of tunnels for their homes. This
consists of a central chamber about
which circles two horizontal galleries,
one above the other. Joined to each
other and to the central chamber by
a series of shafta.
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MOTHER'S EARS
Wishes mcher woued
wake up From her nap.
she mi6hy lehim 60
OUT, rJOW-frtftfTHESUn1
HR COME Ol)f
hstens ea6erly to hear
if 'phone car
back-firing, or -the
doorbell. have roused
her . no luck
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CHANCE BECAUSE IF5HE POOR fHltteS ON,
WERE AWAKE HE 15 WlTrlOUT MAKING
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MKE ACilDEN'TALW-J
TRAMP5 UP AND DOWH
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OPENS DOOR NOISELESSLY
AND IS "flpToElNfi OUT
WHEN MOTHER CALLS WM
UPSTA1R6 "TO COME RI6HT
BACK IN THE HOUSE
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