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METTFOTTO WAIL TRTBTTNE. rEDFORD, OREGON1, MONDAY. 'APRTT6. 193(5.
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS.'
SOAP
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
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Golden J&in&?
61 NurslBt Morgan Black mnd
Irit Lanninp havt tormtd a torn
radtihip; m not dtvtloptd 4nlo
mori than comradethit or More an
ie l boarding urtt Iru1 iunt Ella,
Htloino Irlf Unelt WUKam In hit
law praetitt f fill H"W and amu
Mnuel, and on lot loo at u trying
to Ind )rt orotf Ou wry
xulenca or iekom Km (Ua Ao
kopt from t olrl until rocmlly
Uoraan hat oono to U OHnor'i
cock-tall party; Irtt It at Mmi !
eaujo A no nocMito III to loear.
Tht lanninat art poor - e4 era alM
slaves to tht mtmory at Irir tathtr.
tenon UHt la ooniklori to jd
betn a grtat otniut.
Chapter It
LETTER FROM OWEN
T'AT u warm and cheerful and
friendly. She was honestly en
chanted with the Idea that ah waa
gtrlng a cocktail party: that aha
had on a brand-new maroon ahaer
with puffed aleerea and a lac tie.
all tucked to look like waffle.; that
ahe bad loat Bra pounda title laat
week (ahe waa the stocky kind that
haa to watch pounda): that bar
brown hair waa curled In three
rowa or tight little amart rtnjlets,
and that Morgan Black bad come to
tbe Darty wblcb could be beard jell'
In happily within the lace-draped
wlndowa of the OlUara' handaome
eml-detached atone bouae.
"1 tried to drag bar, but ahe bad
lome work to do," Morgan aald.
"She aald aba could bare come If It
had been next week.
"I'll aak her to tbe very next one.
then," aald Kay, her eyea crinkling
up wltb the pleasure of doing some-
thlng nice.
You could do worae, it you were
a almple honaat email -town lad,
tban go after Kay Oliver, Morgan
thought dlalntereatedly. You would
alwaya be aure of bounding pbyalcal
good-nature, of ktndneaa and era-
clency, cbeerful obvious Jokea told
with a buret of laughter, of every
thing. And perbape that blunt trlendll
neaa, and that nice friendly obvious
neaa weren't tbe worat thing! in
the world for that lucky email-town
lad to have ahead of him. He clipped
bla arm through tbe one Kay held
out to blm and went lnalde and
helped with the yelling.
There waa a friendly rough-houaa
going on lnalde. Aa one of tbe other
men grabbed blm It waa leapfrog,
aometblng to do with tortelta or
aome other parlor game, be gath
ered a latter dropped from bla
pocket. He had atopped for mall at
. the poat office, and (ben forgotten
all about It. Aa he atooped to pick
It up the name acrosa the back
caught bla eye.
"Here, let me out of thli," be aald.
"Oat to read a letter."
HIS went brlakly borne, ber ling-
Ing leaaon once given. She waa a
little tired. But the men would be
coming In soon. She would hear
Morgan'a quick light atap, and Uncle
Wlll'a heavier one, on the creaking
porch.
She aprang up, amlllng a little at
being ao clever aa to hear from ber
eat Is the dining-room window;
ehe ran out to tbe kitchen, where
tbe kettle waa boiling, and every
thing aet ready for tea; allced
lemon, teapot, augar, cream, and
thin bread and butter.
She had been doing tbla tor a
month or two now. Morgan liked It,
and Uncle William, tired from the
day'a work, waa picked up by It;
It made eaay their two boura' wall
tor even-thirty dinner, which Aunt
Ella atlll kept to because Irla'a fa
ther bad preferred 1L
She had the big defaced beautiful
black Japanned tray on a corner of
the table by the time the men were
wltb ber. Before Uncle William
could bend to klaa her, Morgan had
her by the hands.
"Irla. I've found blml"
She did not need to aak whom.
What abe aaked waa "When!
Where 7"
Uncle William looked dlaplrlted.
He did not epeak.
"Your brother wrote me; 1 picked
np the letter at the poat office ee I
came by I"
Morgan dropped It In her lap.
She alood nearer to the window
to get the fading light, and benl her
toaaed duaky bead above It. Her
handa ahook ao ahe could acarcely
hold tbe paper.
The writing and atatlonery were
correct He waa no tramp, at leaet.
Owen Lannlna and bla aunt, Mlaa
Roaa. would meet Mr. Black and.
they boped. Irla, at the Perala Ho
tel. at nve-lhlrty on the day they
received thla. That waa all.
"Am I to goT" waa all abe could
find to aay, now It had happened
It did not aeem real.
"Yea. dear, you must go." ber
uncie aniwered, and Morgan waa
putting her Into her heavy rough
coat and pulling her beret down
over ber flare of duaky hair, even
putting her glovea on. Both men
were oddly quiet She waa fright
ened, and yet more excited than
abe had ever been In her lite.
HER first Impression waa of tbe
velveta and tapestries, of tbe
"private aulte" of tbe hotel. She bad
never been Inside It before. Her
second was of a tall Impressive slim
woman rising with manner from a
chair In the background; and then
before her dlziylng eyea a young
man waa coming to meet her, tak
lng her hands In his hands aa cold,
aa excited aa ber own.
For a moment sbe did not dare
look at blm. And then, lifting ber
eyea. It was all right, for what ahe
saw might have been the kind, wlae
1
There waa a frlendl, rough-houee
Inside.
face of Uncle Will a generation
younger.
The same rather long aqullln
olive face, Ihe iinii large black-
puplled gray eyes with thick laahea
that all tbe Lannlnga bad; a nar
rowly hulll. mlddle-ilzed man like
Uncle Will, but wltb a quick youth
ful suppleness and noticeable grace
of movement under the perfectly
tailored blue serge. ' There waa
something, she thought at Drat a
llllle hard In hla young tired face.
But be waa kind when he smiled.
Here waa a brother with whom she
would be safe.
"Oh," she said, "you are Owen."
"Yes," said the voice, which ex
cept tor Us younger Intonations
might have been her uncle's, alow
and reflective and ateady. "I'm
Owon."
They regarded each other a mo
ment longer, trusting and liking
what thoy saw. Then Irla Impul
sively kissed him. He waa her
brother!
Thla la Aunt Joaonhlne," he said,
turning her to the rigid handaome
smiling lady making converaatlon
with Morgan.
Irla aaw, aa they came close.
someone she did not teel quite al
ease with, bul Instinctively wanted
to live up to. A miner handsome
woman whose figure would have
been girlishly perfect bul for a stiff
ness which bespoke dieting rather
than natural sllmness. Her hair.
dark red by nalure or art, was
waved and rut at perfectly as a was
head In a window.
ICrtrriftl, ItU 'e ittt,u WiUtmnl
1Mb lorn, tomorrow, how Owtn
ttakt a llvlno.
FLOATING FLYING
FIELD LAUNCHED
NEWPORT NEWS. V.. April 6
(AP)-Mrf. Franklin D. Rocwewlt
broVtfl ft bottlf of chmpgnt on th
prow of th 17.000-ton ftlrcrftft rr
rl?r Yorkiown BaturcUy and aent the
broAil-tlecttrd vftsrI down t way
to bwome the ftm ihlp launchrd
In th Rooaevlt navkl construction
prop-ram.
A th first Udy chrHUnM the
10.000.000 craft, tug bout whUtln
creamed, the band of th aecond
const artillery blared and cheera went
up from the crowd that parked the
mammoth yardji of the Newport
New HhlpbvilMiiid and Drydork
company, lor Ut Cvlotfu. wrcffi.n).
EI 10 RETIRE
LONDON. April (ITl John
Mi-Corma.-k. Irlli truor. announced
today that he will retire next year
after a farewell concert in London
MrCormark la M. lie Intimated he
my renounce ,l American cltlren
ahlp to become mlnt.Mer of arte ot
the Irlali free Bute.
MoCormara. who made a great
part of hla fortune in the United
State, wan naturallred In New York
In 19ID. He aald he would dlallke
giving up h! rltlrenshlp but would
make the am-rlflee If he thoURht he
could he rf M-rvlce to Ireland.
rnoue A4i We II haul aaay )oui
rvluts. Cil aauitarjr Seine.
kite 708$
tTuii.itviijp lO.durvi rfi
MORE TrtftN HM T
Of TrttM ARE NAMELESS S
nLinsiiivJ iko tJAif,? '
rSN-ttKCrt Of- I'v&rUPiKt
'It ii rT - I u -MBBakuB. W Tl lV jVXAI k vTW -ivfcnal
1650-fli'h.
aiouK, (' Yll
Oliver Goldsmith's novel, "The
Vicar of -Wakefield." is considered a
classic In Its field. Upon It, his com
edy, "She Stoops to Conquer," and
bla poem. "The Deserted Village."
the writer's fame solidly rests. Gold
smith's "Natural History" was ft
very unscientific work undertaken
without research on his part, and
consisting of rewritten parts of
other similar works. Goldsmith In
his "Natural History" showed an
amazing disregard for accuracy and
in It may be found some startling
contradltlons.
Yet. Insplte of the vast difference
In literary value between the two
works, the "Natural History" paid
Goldsmith ten time more In money
than did hta classic, "The Vicar of
Wakefield." Publishers gave him
4,000 for the former and only about
$400.00 for the Intter.
Revolution In Panama goes back
far beyond the middle nineteenth
century, but In the half century be
ginning with 1650. the little coun
try averaged more than one revolu
tion a year. Colombia, which con
trolled Panama, put down one after
another of the rebellions after Pan
ama first declared herself Independ
ent until from lBOfl to 1003 there
PTm Here's'
Q0fi 6010SMITH
frte vicr? of wmefieid
wojwr yiom-
NfiTilf5ftl.HTbRy
4-3-
wa almost continual revolution In
one part or another of Panama. In
the year following that. Panama
overthrew Colombian control, and
the United States hastily recognized
her Independence a fact which
probably guaranteed Panama's 'ree-dom.
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Lane Case Closed:
EUGENE, Ore.. April 6. (AP) A
said today that Otto H. Maurer, secretary-treasurer
of the Pehn Lumber
company at McOlynn, apparently
committed aulclde, although death
could have been caused by an accident.
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