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MTCDFORD MAIL TRTBUNTC, MEDFORD, ' OREGON. 'FRTD'AT.'AUflUST 28.' 1936.
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By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
THE WORLD-
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
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WITH A FENCE
A Nttv Novel by Marian Stmt
BY&0P8IB: Carol Torrance had
been determined to use her job
teaching high school in Aehboro
merely as a stepping stone, but the
And she cannot. One reason is
Denis Ford who ie verv attractive
If a trifle unreliable. The other ts
a pupil of here named Hike Han--irtAH
...fin im thu handsomest vouth
Carol ever has seen, and who is, un-
. fortunately, in tne tons or Annuvc,
Monroe. Carol sympathises with
Mike's determination to rtss above
his poverty out Bistro!, Mnni
bet's intsntii
xtione.
Chapter It
MIKE AGAIN
A-vCTOBER cams, prying loose tut
clinging, dusty flngeri of Bum
mer. The air wa different: elea'
and heady and foreign, ai It It came
from far awa and brought with It
the promise of different, more ei-
citing tbingi. Before long there
would be the alow, porvaslTe smell
of burning leaves; ai.J tben winter,
to make a mocker of the unfulfilled
promises of fall. -
"Why Is It," Carol demanded of
Ellen,' "that far. Is so unsettling?
Spring la supposed to get Into your
blood and make you do rash things,
but all spring ever does lo me Is
tu make me quiet and lazy." .
They wero walking In the woods
beyond the high school. The woods
were still green and quiet, and pen
ells of sunlight wrote In warm gold
upon the ground. How summer In
Georgia does hang on, . Carol
thought. Ilka a woman who won't
grow old. ...
Ellen sat on the trunk of a fallen
tree. "Search me. It makes me want
to fall In lore with somebody en
tirely different." She chuckled.
"Even when I'm already In lore (all
tries to bust It wide open." She dug
thoughtfully In the soft black dirt
beneath her feet.
- Carol sat down beside her. "Do
you ever resent the fact that lore
Is so Important to women? Some
where In the world there ought to
be a Job I could do well. 1 might
eren make a good teacher, and
heaven knows that's a crying need
If ever there was one; but the Idea
doesn't set me on Bra at all. I keep
thinking about getting married! I do
tho beat 1 can, but If 1 thought I'd
spend the rest of my life teaching
I'd Us down with a lily In my hand
tnd wait for the blessed release."
She added frankly: .
"I like men so much better than
I do women. Even their vices are
on a more heroic scale. ..."
Ellen laughed. "You should have
been one."
"No; I'm too big a coward tor
that. In spite ot all the propaganda
women have spread It's men that
have the hard time." ' . '
"Ob, (or Pete's sake I" Ellen
frowned at her and produced two
bars of chocolate. "You scare ma.
Stop worrying about the universe
and eat thla before we have to drluk
It. Worry about school Instead."
CAROL laughed. "That's easy.
Mike's In trouble and I can't do
anything about It."
"That Is something to . worry
about," iCllen Admitted with her
mouth full. "What sort of trouble!"
"The Monroe brat has him booked
tad he doesn't know what to do
about It."
Ellen looked skeptical. "Who
doesn't!"
"Mike. Yon forget that he's In a
atrsnge land now. Four ysara at sea
may teach yon a lot of things, but
not how to shake off a hussy who
was bora on the right side of the
railroad tracka. Ha doesn't know
he can slap her down and leave her."
Ellen looked sober. "Can't you tell
tm?"
"I would It he'd let me. But not
ten I'm brassy enough to dive In
without a lesd, because I may have
guessed wrong."
"I don't believe It's serious.
Thty're nothing but kids."
"That's what you tblnk. Annabel's
kind Is bora a thousand yeara old,
and Mike la a man whose mind won't
catch up with bis body for several
years." She got up abruptly. "Oh,
damn! Let's walk."
They went silently out of the
woods end turned Into the street.
The high school wss quiet end de
serted, hiding Its time until Monday
morning. Over the front doors a
huge cloth streamer shouted: "COM
INCJI Joe Bacon. The World's Most
ITamous Ersngellst! Beginning Octo
ber 10th I"
Carol'a eyea hardened "The cir
cuses seem to be heading south (or
the winter."
Ellen looked hurt. "You're a
heathen. It may not be your lnd ot
religion, but they do a lot of good.
They say he's converted thousands."
"Yeah? Tor how long? And to
rvhat?" She broke off.
A disreputable Ford groaned and
stopped beside them. Somebody
shouted: "Hey, Mlsa Torrance! Miss
Sands! Wanta ride?" .
; Three boys grinned on the front
seat. One of the boys poured himself
over the edge and opened a door
bearing (he chaste Inscription: "She
may be old, but she still gets hot!"
Rather than dampen enthusiasms
tbey got In and were propelled nois
ily and cheerfully to Mrs. O'Connor's
doorway.
The boys wero reluctant to leave.
They pummelled each other and
guffawed, and Mrs, Taylor, cutting
zinnias in the yard next door, looked
and listened avidly.
Carol said quickly: "Tbauka tor
the ride, Jake. We're got to run . . ."
and dragged Ellen up the walk wltb
her. The Ford churned away. .
"Tbat old devil would be there,"
she muttered. "Hurry up; the bath
room's probably pre-empted fill mid
night already. . . ."
DENIS arrived earlier than usual
tbat night, and Carol came down
to And him In the living-room star
ing Into an empty fireplace. For the
first lima since she had known him
h- didn't rush to meet her: be
turned slowly where be stood, and
she looked at him and stopped
breathing (or an Instant,
The room was busbed and wait
ing. She said finally:
". , . When, Denis?"
"Next Wednesday. Oh, , Ood,
Carol . . , 1" He turned bis back
again and the silence throbbed.
She sat down, not because she
wanted to, but because ber knees
were shaking.
Well . . . we're supposed to re
joice, aren't we?"
Ara we?" He moved across the
room, took ber bauds and pulled ber
to ber feet. "Come on, tben: let's
go over home and rejoice."
Mr. and Mrs Ford were out, and
Carol (elt a vivid embarrassment
at -the obviousness ot ber destina
tion and Denis's. In bis father's
study Denis took bet In bis arms and
crusbed his mouth against hers,
tben they stood apart . nd looked at
each other. Denis's eyes, sbe real
lied Incredulously, were as wet as
her own. She had never before seen
a man cry, and the sight was shattering.
He said hoarsely: "Sit down,
angel, and let'a talk. . . ." But when
they were on the couch he kissed ber
gain, longer and harder than be
fore.
Tell me about It," she prodded
him. Anything to dispel this (eellng
o( a rope tightening about them,
drawing them togethe again.
It's the Washlugton Job. Hunter's
leaving Saturday (or Russia, con
found him I"
"Don't be an Idiot." Sbe tried to
cay It sharply, but tbe word sounded
like a taress. "You can't sit her
(orever; you're lucky to get a Job.
And I can't think of a better place
from wblob to laugh at the show.
Right at the ringside."
"Yeah." His mouth looked harsh
and young. "Only I don't (eel like
laughing."
Hut you will." And a lot sooner
than even I think you will, she re
minded herself bitterly. Men didn't
fall la love ss precipitately and
thoroughly aa Denis without a great
doal ot practice.
Ha lifted bla head and looked at
ber. "Carol com wltb me. It's
titty a week. We could llv on that."
You know aa well as 1 do tbat
It won't last. You lor me now: I'd
be an Idiot to doubt It. But you've
loved girls before, and you'll love a
lot more. And for all my loos re
marks, l'v still got a passion tor
permanency and stability."
II took ber head and looked
thoughtfully at It. "You'd be the beat
ballast In the world, angel. I can't
Imagine going haywire It I had you."
iNo, Denis."
He searched ber face tor seversl
tids. then vlslbl, pulled himself
together. "Well, 1 guess I'm
licked. ..."
She tried to explain her refusal,
but ber role was toneless.
"Denis, It seems to me thst some
body's alwaya depending on me.
Mllly does It, and Pat. Even the most
promising pupil In school. Can't you
see thst I'd like somebody to lean on
myself? Tell me again that I'm a
coward; I know It."
"No." Ills voice was as dead as her
own. "I guess I'm the coward. Rut
would you come If I made It olone tor
a while?"
"I think 1 would. Try It and see."
"1 will." He said It quietly, sub
dued by her passivity. "Now I'm go
ing to fit a drink. And we'll talk
about . . ." he smiled dimly, "what
did you suggest tbe first ulcht? Ein
stein?" (Copyright, tilt, by Marian Stmt)
Carol qo,i, Monday, to s fars
will dinnfr.
RETENTION OF PEOPLE
IN PRAIRIE REGIONS IS
BISMARCK, N. D.. Aug. 38. (AP)
Creation of a federal- late board to
carry out ft prosmn of n.tr and
land oonwrvntlon, Wm dppn1nor
on public grants nnd ublilr, resto
ration of credit of individual and o(
local and Btat government nan rec
ommended to President Roowult to
day by his special drought relief com
mitte. The committee also proposed con
tinued "public acquisition of land
too seriously Injured to warrant res
toration by prlfttt tnterprlM"
through co-operation of federal, state
and eounly government.
A "Ihoivimh-sMiig consideration of
how great a population, and In what
areas, the great plains can support,"
waa suggested.
"The lundamentHi purpuw of any
worthwhile program." the report said,
"must be not to depopulate the re
gion, but to make It permanent ly
habitable. The drift awny from the
great plains has alrendy begun nnd
Is likely to couttnue unlo remedlul
meiisuros are takrn without dlay."
Mr, Mneinan Hurl
OFAHHART. Aig. 28.AF Nan
Wood Honeyman, Portland tv moors tie
candidal fur congress, fell down a
flight of steps at her home her- yes
terday and sprained fectii ankles.
SAOHAMRNTO, Aug 28. (AP, Gov
ernor Merrlam today signed extradi
tion papers for the return from Kkim
atli VAU. Ore., of Everett 6 wader to
El t'rntro, whrre he ta clutrcd with
burglary and escaping from Jail.
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Cemetery Laboratories
In regions whor eearthquakea fre
quently occur it Is decidedly lmpor-
ant that the epicenter of each quake
be determined before a ruined city
la rebuilt. With tho epicenter known,
architect can then reconstruct de
molished buildings so the parts that
take the most strain can be rein
forced ngalnst the possibilities of an
other U'lnblor.
Straugg aa it toci)ia, charting the
positions of fnllcn tombstone lu
cemeteries of qunke torn cities wax.
for yea in considered the most accu
rate method of determining the epi
centers of earthquakes und the
method I ma bee u rn v 1 ve d sever a 1
times In recent years. Results of
the cemetery observation are bnsed
on Omort's theory of columnar fall,
Omorl, a .lapeupso scientist, ad
vanced his theory In .1891 whan he
charted the positions of hundrreds
or overturned stone lanterns after
tho series of Mtno-Owarl earthquakes
of that year. On tho basis or his
observations, lie contended that col
umns lu opeii areas will fall parallel
lo the direction of the earth-wave
which dtsplnres them. This theory
la Btill wtdtily recognized among ge
ologists of the world, though modern
selsmotnelrnl Instruments smiif'tlni
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disagree with the results of the tomb
stone method as wae the case with
observations made in the southern
California earthquake of 1933,
Oddly enough, when seismologists
made their surveys for the California
quake and the more recent Helena,
Mont., quake. It was found that not
a stone had been overturned In either
of the Jewish cemeteries both lying
In the heart of the disturbed areas I
When peanuts wero discovered by
tho Spanish in South Amerli a, speci
mens of the plant were taken acrosb
the Atlantic to Africa, where they
were cultivated. It whs not until
years Inter that the peanut was In
troduced in North America after be
ing carried again acrosa the Atlantic
by African slave ships.
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