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PAGE EIGHT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON.' TUESDAY. APRIL 7. 1936. Golden Rain y bMJjargartt CWIddemer SYNOPSIS: 7ru Lanntut hat lound. with the help of Morgan Black kor brother Utm IrW Aunt Mlla had hidden the oMMtence of Owen from Irie lino ehudhood; nout trie. Morgan Own and trio Aunt Joeephtne art together ! o 'hotel trying to loam to knots eoeh other IrU to a etrange girl lor the modem teorld a kind ot living eaoriflce to the memory or her dead painter father. And Morgan to e young man eomt meant who flndt boarding vith tho Lannlngt . very amuting. ( " Chapur .U. MALI DRESSMAKER ' A UNT JOSEPHINE bad watchful Ah black eyea and a (act whose bard bright outllnee displayed luit enough maka-np for tba tuition. Her dreia tt perfection, .black with a touch of rad. and a atrlni of odd ngly beads. Tba ityle of bar clothes waa ao new Iria bad sever aeen anything Ilka them. .. Everything about bar waa aa per fect aa the modeling of bar balr and gown. She cam to Irla. putting a firm possessive arm around bar. "My own dear lltUe nlecel" aha aald. Her volca wai certain and controlled. Ilka everything alaa about ber. Her manner bad a don lcatlng enthusiasm. Morgan, watch ing her, and not liking her too much, admitted to himself that aha did aeem honestly glad to find Irla. "Sit down here, darling, and talk to me. Think of finding a alater Ilka this. Owen why she's lovely!" "I alwaya thought yon hated aa and didn't want to bava anything to do with us." Owen aald with a bluntnoss Irla liked. "11 waa aw fully bucked about finding you did." "Didn't Morgan ei plain?" Irla aald a little embarrtssedly; aha hat ad to aeem to blame ber aunt and uncle. "Ob, yea." aald Mlaa Ross, bitter ly, tightening ber arm around Irla . "Ella would. She alwaya had the romantlo methods of the old-tasb loned melodrama, from tba time aha anatcbed you out of tba baby car rlaga and walked back to Persia wltb you. Vou poor child, never to know you bad a brother! "Well, I do now," aald Irla quiet ly, smiling up at tbla kindly, new Owen, who yet seemed ao well known. "And now you must let na make you forget all the worry you've been through, aald Miss Rosa caressing ly. "Darling child, you're lovely. All you need to ba a complete auccasa la a little expert attention from your old auntie. Stand up, darling. Owen, look at ber and tell ma what you think." ' ; i Irla knew the small signs 0 an noyance Owen dldn'. know ha showed. Uncle Will's own tiny knot ting of the browa before ba smiled In acquloecenca and did as ba waa told, being a gentleman who must yield to bis women-folk. Ha said matter-of-factly enough, "She should keep to a certain amount of the pe riod note. , Ida, another shy ttlenca tell Iris broke It "Please tall ma things," aha aald gently after a minute, leaning back la the old wreck which served Persia aa one of lta two official tula. "Re member, yon may bava known about me, but 1 never knew anything aboul you, at alL" "There Isn't much. I'm Just ao ordinary sort of person. Phlna says 'a regular Lannlng" when my alow waya bother ber." Ha smiled. "But, yon know. It waa atrange that they did not. tell you. Is Aunt Ella a little queer?" "No on, nol She's like somabod) oof of a romance or a .tragedy grows old, that's all; one Idea, and that Daddy." "I never aaw anybody Ilka that. Owen aald, hla face lighting. "Mosi - of the people I know want audi little, shallow, day-by-day things Evan If aha waa wrong. It waa n sort of aplo wrongness." Iris looked at him In astonish menu Then aba sighed. He was lib. the Lannlng. Dncla William phllos ophlted Ilka that over things and did nothing about them. 'Aa for Aunt Josephine," be con tinned, "yon know who aha la. Wt live in New York. She made a big fortune In stocks, with the help 01 one of bar cllenta: aha took It oui In time and atlll baa It, which li queerer yet. She la trying to buy a Long Island estate of extreme gran deur at a great bargain." Don't you like grandeur?" Hh voice had been dry. Well, lta not primary with me Pblna haa a private fury driving her, I think sometimes being s Lannlng I" DOT youl Tell ma about you! L She ahook hla arm affection MORGAN. In the background like a sentinel, moved a little aa If tbla dialogue told him something. Miss Ross saw It She nodded and amlled. "1 thought you were of the great world!" aha aald to him graciously "You're right I'm Phlna Weather ley." ' Irla gasped. Phlna Waatberley- aha might as well have laid, In the algbtlea, "I'm Jean Worth." Phlna Weatherley, the famous couturlere. oaa cf the few American dresamak ara who really had a great namal No wonder aha waa dressed 10 per tectly. "Tba change ot name waa what made finding you so difficult," Mor gan said gravely. "You were hidden In plain sight, like the children's game." A !!! -Hence felL Owen moved restlessly; Miss Rosa and Morgan were quiet. Then Iris said, "Won't you coma to our house for supper? We'd be lad to put you np. I know Owen will Ilka Uncle William a lot. Aunt Ella la In a aort of dasa slnca Daddy died, but she would be glad. I know-" , "That woman's house? Not yetl" Josephine Ross burst out, bar amooth dominant manner breaking tor the moment Then she had her aelf In band. "Why not of courae?" aha aald. "But I'm afraid, darling. I'd only ba a bother. Take Owen over, he says ba Insists on going. You might 1st Mr. Black dine with me In ex change." 80 It was settled. The old resent ments bad flashed out for a moment too blackly tor Iris to Insist B aldee. though she admired ber new aunt, she did want to be alone with ber brother. He called a taxi, aa casually aa It be Uvea in them. That small gesture of uxl-taklng showed Iris what a different world be lived In. To af ford tails any time! Together In- ately; and ba looked down at bei wltb that grateful surprise at al fectton In ble face which ehe knev. so well In bar uncle, but wblcb fron young, prosperous Owen a e a m e atranga. "You really care?" "Of course. I 1 think I'm vei. fond of you, Owen. It'a been belni saved up, you know, all these yearr D'you mind?" "Mind?" He put hla arm arouii. her and kissed ber, still shyly. "There. Now we're relations. Nor tell me what you do for a living ana everything, la there a girl?" "Yes." He paused after that; then went on again. "1 bate telling you what 1 do; darn It I hate doing It I've alwaya wanted to be an arcbl tect I am, theoretically put mysell through school at night" "Why wasn't there money tor day time?" "Leavings and lasblngs. Money But no' time. I'm" be Hushed s sbamed red, "I design for Pblna.' All day long. Darn welll" "1 should think you did! But why If ycj don't want to?" "Nobody'd want to baa mala man tua-maker, but It'a almply a quel tlon of decency. Do you know whai Pblna did for me? Supported ma sewing, after Mother died. Just one woman alone. Borrowed money heavens knows how, and bought Into an establishment in New York -drove to the top, Ilka an Algol book. Put ma through an expensive prep; she'd have put ma through college, only I wouldn't take It" "I found when I was around seventeen tbat I could help her out with designing." He flushed acaln at the Idea. "Heaven knowa why I can do It when most of me bates It Slgrld wanta ma out of It as much .a I want to get out; but as Phlna aaya. It would ba dishonor able ungrateful not playing tbe game." Oh, yon aound more like Uncle Will than Is canny or possible." Then she pricked ber ears at the possibility of a love-story. "Who Is 8lgrldf" He turned to her, warm, excited Hla slow voice quickened. She'a tbe most beautiful peraon you aver aaw. She'a a aort of pockei Brunhild; when she came to ua first. at elxteen. aha bad balr like a yel low cloak and ber eyea are the most beautiful thlnga, Ilka blue stars, Ilka sky." Ha showed himself, up, and talked more coolly. "She's only my age, and sba baa a share In the Arm. She began by modeling Her parenta were very plain people. Swedish Immigrants, She's wonder ful. Walt till you sea her." "Are you engaged?" "I am. She won't Phlna Isn't keen on It either, of course women don't like to see their only nephews marry, I suppose. Tba worst of It Is, Slgrld would if I'd take hei money, and go over to France 101 a course In the Beaux Arts and then coma back here and sat up for my self," Iris laarna th truth about htr father, tomorrow. The Jackson County Chamber of Oommerce waa faced today with a mystery dumped Into it lap by Fred W. Ochf ftl, city superintendent. The mystery Is a big bunk of something that remalna to be identi fied positively, it now repose on dlaplay In on of the chamber T dow. It oame from Roay Ann where Mr. Bheftel's department has been excavating ahaie. Mr. ficheltel uld he thought It was petrified redwood. E R. tun to. mineral collector, declared it area pet rified ah. H. 8. Cady. alao a min eral collector, averted he didnt know what It waa but It wasn't aah tout, ie. .tlin UM iaianel at au. tilt, aald It looked like nothing more than a big chunk of common, every-dey. garden variety of rock. David H. Canfleld, superintendent of Crater Lake national park, took a peep at It and ex-preaaed the solemn view that It would require a paleon toloxlat properly to clawtfy It. Is there a paleontologist In the houw? PENDLETON PROMISED PEA CANNING PLANT PENDLETON. Ore , April 7. tT Th Smith Canning Co. of Clearfield. Utah, will build ft pet cannery here for operation during tha 1H3T witton. A. T. Smith and O. L- Ramsey told the board of director of the Pendle ton chamber of commerce Saturday, eatabtlfkhment of a rannfrv hr i contingent upon the chamber of com- oirrcr promiM 10 provide a mte and make a loan for a warehouse building Be correctly corseted In an Art lit Model by JEUMiwya M, HoXlmaoo, SALE OF BIBLES AT LONDON (UP) Record aalea of the Bible In 1839 are announced by the British and Foreign Bible society. "The moat striking advance," said a member of the staff, "appears to be In countries where there la the great eat unreat. In Germany, for instance. the sales of our society alona for 1934-1935 rose to 103,483, an Increase of 30,000 on thw prevloua year. In Spain aalea have risen since the revo lution, the Increase In 1934-193S be ing about 30,000. la Italy the last report showed a decreeee. . "We have been supplying Ethiopian and Italian soldiers with Bibles. Five thousand Bibles In different lan guage! were distributed In Ethiopia. Blblea for Italians were given out 'at Port Bald, but the Italian authori ties objected, and we bad to atop the supply. "The biggest advance haa been In China, where aalea have risen by 400.- 000 to 4.396,495. The growth of liter acy 1 largely responsible." MINERAL SURVl-Y FOR DOUGLAS IS WPA JOB BOSEBtmo. Ore.. April 7 (P) J. R. Keezer. executive secretary of the county planning voard said a Doug las county mineral survey will start this week aa a WPA project. : "Oregon mineral surveys are being watched closely by large lnteresta and surveys launched may ultimately at tract considerable capital," ha sala. 8 PHOTOS 16c. Peasley'e Studio. STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX For further proof address the author, inclosing a stamped envelope tor reply. Beg. TJ. 8. Pat Off. J 6SRMAK PRISONERS JrT; '" ' a? 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