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It PA'GE TEff frfEDFORP MAIL TRIBUNE. fEPFORD, OREGON. TUESDAY. SEPTFFBER "1, 1935. THE WORLD- WITH A FENCE A New Nov! by Marian .XWOPBI8: Carol Torranoo hat left two 0 her caret behind her fco returning to her family in Here tilth tor the ChrUtmat vacation. One it Denit Ford, whom the might havt loved: Denit it in Wathing. ton. The other it Hike Hanntgan, a pupil of here in Aehboro high tchool. iltke it in the olutohet of Annabel Monroe, another etudent and Carol it helplett. To her re lief, her brother Pat telle her that Don. who three montht before begged Carol to marry him, it now tailing tor her younger titter JilU Chapter 17 FROM DENI8 MILLY gave a buffet supper the next night "to tart the ball rolling," as she put It, although the ball usually rolled In their direction without assistance. She and Carol spent the morning cutting up hens (or creamed chicken while Annie, the Negro cook, "did the house." They talked steadily and happily, about small, unimportant things. Annie popped In and out, beaming, Inventing opportunities tor conver sation with Carol, whom she adored. "Lawd, Miss Carol," she had said In greeting, "you looks younger an' prettier than ever! Carol grinned skeptically and af fectionately. "You darned liar. How's that no-'count husband of yours?" Annie shrugged ollthely. "1 atn ven speakln' to 'im rat now, ax eusln' when I tells Mm to bring In some stove wood." Annie and Bud led a tumultuous life, alternating periods of fierce loyalty with Interval, of very ar ticulate contempt, and Annie's ao eounts of their battles were well worth preserving. , MUly cut the conversation short "Be sure and go over the furniture well, Annie." Annie departed reluctantly. "Yes'm. I wui jus flxln' to do that." At seven the guests began to ar rive, and the house became noisy and alive. Like most small town groups the "crowd" was heteroge neous: friends of Jill and Pat and Carol, and one or two of Mllly's own contemporaries .who nad Mllly's youthfulnesa of spirit They were very glad to see Carol and their wel come fitted her again into a niche yot her own, a niche she could never occupy as a teacher In Ashboro. Don came a little late, and Carol guessed that he wanted the taper tonality of a crowd to help him over the first few minutes. She met him exactly as she bad met the others, and then resumed an Interrupted conversation. His eyes found Jill and greeted her above half a doien beads, then swung back to Carol. Over the sbaker Pat watched him unobtru stvely; saw him weighing and com paring; saw uncertainty mirrored for a moment in bis candid face, Carol chatted gaily on, Ignoring blm, and the uncertainty began to fade. He greeted Mllly warmly. squeezing both ber hands, and then began Inexorably to forge his way towards JUL Across the room Carol and Pat exchanged a single expressionless look, so brief that It scarcely lived. Pat bent over to fill a glass, but In his heart the gesture was an obei sance to his older sister. They played bridge for a while after supper, and thon deserted the tables tor the hilarious unity or guessing games. The party reluctantly broke up at midnight With his overcoat on Jim Stamper grumbled: "We haven't played no Thumbs Dp all night Pat leaped Into the broach with both thumbs upright and Jim In turn elevated his. "Simon says "thumbs up.' Simon says 'wigwag.' Stop!" Jim obediently stopped, and Louise sniffed. "You're not so hot Come on. Idiot; you've got to drive the sitter home, and tomorrow's your week to take Muff to Sunday school. It's been perfectly elegant folks. . . ." They all drifted out and the house was suddenly very still. Carol smiled at Mllly. "It was a swell party, darling." And vory different she thought from Alice and Tom Harrison's af fair that had been her Introduction to Ashboro's social whirl. "Leave the house as It Is," Mllly had begun itralghtonlng things "Annie can do It all before we're even awake." 'T'HE days before Christmas were crowded and swift, dropping away like beads from a broken string. There were hurried trips to town: Mllly ran short of tissue and ribbon, everybody ran short of Christmas cards. Carol groaned as the cards poured In. "This business Is ruining Christ mas for me. Instead of being pleased and touched at all the people who remember me, my first reaction Is: Oh, Lord, I didn"t send them one!' " Pat shruggod. "Do you get all Arrangements are being rompleted for the opening of the Riverside Mar ket. 313 and .11(1 North Riverside. Katurdny, September 5. under the management of chuck Bnteman and Norman Clall, well-known young men of Medford. The modern new food store Is con veniently located where there Is plen ty of parking epsce and displays of merchandise will be available for self-service It desired. Wall shelves have been liuln'led on all sides of the Riverside Market. t tuU lias, of high quality breads Stmt wrought up hca . ...id and don't get one back ; ' "Of course not" "Well, then, give 'em credit for the eame amount of sense. Quit stewing." Christmas day was crisp and clear. Mllly had hoped to the last that there would be a flurry of snow, but Pat discouraged her. "Sugar, there never Is. Don't get your hopes up." When the packages had been opened and admired the Inevitable sense of flatness and reaction set tled over them. Pat jumped up. "Let's go play nine holes of golf before the callers begin to descend" They went gladly, to escape the realization that something had gone out of the day and the season. That was the worst of Christmas, Carol thought: you counted so heavily on it and then after all it was just an other day. And she was crowding back Into her heart the thought that so tar there bad been no word from Denis: not even a Christmas card. Don had very diplomatically sent flowers to her and Jill and candy to Mllly, but Denis was silent Si)ly of her to mind, because he'd said he hated It and yet . . . The course was rough and heavy, but the golf was only a pretext so they waded gaily through nine holes, and cams home wet and cold and pleasantly tired, to a huge Christ mas dinner. At half-past two the callers began to arrive, and the last round departed at midnight When they had gone the Torrances went gladly to bed. One more bead, Carol thought sleepily, had slipped off the string. Two days later a package arrived from Denis, accompanied by a scrawled note. Carol read the note first "Sweet, I'm grovelling. 1 went out with a couple of fellows two nights before ChrUtmaa and rot gutter drunk, mainly to drown the realization that you were In Geor gia and I was in Washington. It took me two days to' sober up enough to remember where I'd put this. ..." "This" was a beautiful copy of South Wind," signed and num bered, with a card: "For Carol who deserves the world with a fence." But I don't want the world with a fence, she thought wearily; I want a very small corner, with Denis In It and I'll never have It Even If Denis were there he wouldn't stay put She tore up the card and the note, and tossed the book on the table, where Pat found It In the evening. He picked It up carefully, his eyes shining, "Say, this Is beautiful!" He glanced Inquiringly at her and she nodded. It was late because he got gut ter drunk." The light In Pat'i eyes faded. "Well, Christmas usually calls for celebration, doesn't It?" be asked carelessly. OOMETHINO, Carol realised in the " remaining days of her vacation, bad also gone out of Meredith or or ber relation to Meredith. There hadn't been time In the rush of Christmas Drenar&tlon fr. think nt It but now the knowledge followed ber doggedly. I don't actually belong here any longer, she realized, and was faced with another mora tarrlfvlnv fnnt. and God knows I don't belong In Ashboro! By her own act she was without a country. She dared, before she left, to break through Jill's reserve and die. cuss Don with her. JIM mi finahod and uncomfortable at first but her sisters casual air disarmed her. "Being the sort vou are." Carol said calmly, "you've nrohsSN mt qulxotlo notion that Don still be longs to me. even thnurh h nh. vlously doesn't want to. That's fool. Ish: It I'd wanted Don I wouldn't be teaching in Ashboro. He's your type end not mine, anyhow and that's a compliment to both of you. loun make a swell nalr. end ru. a lot of healthy, intelligent children, and justify your exlsteni-a I -ih i could say much for myself." JiUS VOlca was ihskAn "Th.f, rot You've tot a divine dl.nnt.m. It's your sort that blazes trails for my sort to follow." She laughod harshlv. 1 I'll zigzag all my life." For the rest she spent hor time 1th Mllly: drlvlna her on arranrfa Playing bridge and .olf with her, taiKiug endlessly of plessant, unim portant things. She took a train on Sunriav sft.n. noon, aod the scene of four mnmhi ago was re-ensctod, except that, for herself, It was no longer a voyage of discovery. When the train bad pulled out she turned her face to the quickening landscape and closed her eyes against scorching tears. (Copyright, 19)1, by Uarian Slnt) Carol gets tome shocking news about Mike, tomorrow. snd pastries will be stocked at tbe new food market, which will feature I local produce, canned and aeasonable. A large super-Cold refrigeration case has been seoured by the owners, who I announce that a fine selection of I cut and smoked meats Is to be fea- I turwl. Mr. Batemsn has been employed by I the Reliable Grocery for five years I and previously managed Santford Company In this city. Mr. Oall was associated with the Park Grocery here I for a number of years and la thor oughly acquainted with all siisIn of the grocery business. They will be assisted at the Riverside Market by Mrs. Oall, the former Ellow Mai Wil son, and Mrs. Bsleman, formerly Viv ian Coss. WINDOW GLASS We sell Vinson glass sod will replace four broken I windows reasonably Trowbridge Cso met works AUTO LOANS AND KEHNANCWa W. . Thomss, 49 g. Central. Soldier Caravan ' Will Visit Lake TAC.OMA, Wash., Sept. 1 (AH More than 1000 offlcere and men from Fort Lewis will leave Wednesday to participate In maneuvers through out Washington and Oregon. The third signsl company, com posed of seven officers and 130 men. will be taken on a nine-day trip in 30 trucks to Vancouver Barracks, Eugene, Grants Pass, Crater Lake and Bend. STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX Tor further proof address the author, inclosing stamped envelope for reply. Uog. V. 8. Pat, Off. famous 6 reek woman patriot, ftiitr ft aeeroF ships fV& ftPMlRftU IM r SERIES Op WlMJftMT VICTORIES OVER THE "ttlr?KS Hp QOLOK in tW-36 Vittuitl StbOuU. Im. The Woman Admiral. When her second husband, a cap tain In the Greek havy, was killed during a skirmish with Algerian pi rates In 1811, Lascarlna Bouboulina faced poverty when the Turkish gov. ernment seized her lands and wealth on the Greek Island of Spetza, then under Ottoman rule. Seeking the aid of the Russian ambassador In Constantinople, she gave documentary evidence of ser vices her late husband had at one time rendered to the Russian navy. As a result the Russian government demanded and won the return of her fortune. In revenge for her mistreatment by -the Turks. Lascarlna Bouboulina re TAJXSPIN TOMMY Protection I UiT AS TOMMY WINCED OFF IMTO THE NI0HT...m SEARCH TOR 5kE-fcTfcR, PAUL, FtABIMQ THAT HIS CRACK TtST PILOT IS RUNMING INTO A TRAP, PRErPARtS TO f-OLLOW HIM.. Ml IWUAT'J THE Blfil fl'VE: Bttrl TOO INACTIVE-. I I THAT kID SttMS TO HAVE: A PtMCHAMT rOP. ) I f BUT. ..THIS TIME-... I AIM TO BE- WITUi i BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER Boat for Hire? , ' . a ' .a. , i i , i - .i t .Mi it , - -i . J zyi h iwrt Fix i ll u frr Taking 18 75-mlUImeter guns snd smaller arms, 35 officers and 676 men of the 10th field artillery will peas In 160 trucka through Yakima. Pasco, Umatilla, ore.; Biggs, Bend, Klamath Falls, Grants Pass, Roee burg, Corvallis and Portland. 1 HOLYOKB, Mass., Sept. 1 . (API William Fairfield Whiting. 73, 'for mer secretary of commerce, died at hie home bare Monday after a long Illness. - 0ae Mall Tribune want ada. .vv;.:isr:.Bii s. -Wlkcenfunl- RWMOHP PRlOr?- ONE-l&fifiEX? mWofStffcK, iM, WfrS 3f?P MftN ON Th VERMONT STATE IrflERSCrlOlrVSmc TeA5TeftfAOFI?3? Trig LEMOM-SOUE IS MoT hSolE ftHP V1IV5 NOT NPMD EeCftUSE OFiTs LEMOH turned to Spetza, had a fleet of four large ships built and from then on spent the rest of her life personally leading her men Into battle against the Turks. She died at Spetza, May, 1835, allegedly assassinated. One-Legged Athlete. Undaunted by the loss of his leg at the age of five, Raymond Pryor, 19, of St. Albans. Vt., has succeeded In becoming proficient at four dif ferent sports, tennis being his pres ent favorite. In . 1034-35 Pryor resigned as his city's playground champion in the latter sport and since then has rated high In the results of several state tournaments. i Assured for Tommy 1 I , I I I ' -" 1 -VRUSH, PAUL. ATH Mt-E:P XfcROSEJ lAS ''rc 1 ' I VWSVa !?.?St,NJ7 A SEEM A BELLLw MEVER V StTT SEEIlJ" ,DE J PJp THEM -TWE.V TWIMK vlull WAVE OF PETTY CRIME ARRIVES ON SCHEDULE Further evidence of the wave of petty thievery predicted by city po lice with the arrival of much float ing labor, was given over the week end ae three persona notified police of the theft of groceries from their parked care. Charles Whlllock, 315 South Orange street; Russell McAnnaly, 533 Austin street, and Martin Bell of Phoenix were the victims. Lemon-Sole. Strange aa It seems, the so-called lemon-sole Is really a spezles of dab. The "lemon" part of the fish's name wa taken from the French word "H monde," meaning "dab." Rain Pollution. In a series of painstaking experi ments conducted by the U. S. 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