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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.
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