Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, September 02, 1936, Image 8

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Newspaper Page TextPJGE EIGHT SrEDFOftP UfATL TRTBTTNE. TOPFORD, OftEftOSV WEDNESDAY.- SEPTEMBER 2. 1936. THE WORLD WITH A FENCE By GLUYAS WILLIAMS STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HI for tnOzar proof tMnes Che suttcr. tadottog a stamped envetog for reply. Reg. D..E -Pat, Oft; A Nw Novel b Marian Sims DIFFICULT DECISIONS BYNOPSI8: Carol Torrance, vho teach school in Ashboro, hot a major problem in Mike Bannigan, who i too handsome for hit own good. Miks has been sst upon by one Annabel Monroe, who obvious ly expeots to marry him whether or no. And Mike hae good stuff in himt and deserves a better tats. While Carol was home with her family for Christmas, she was able to for pet Hike. Now she is book in Ash Doro, dreading the moment when he will appear beore her. Chapter 18 MIKE AND ANNABEL Mc rONDAY morning, and rain. Whining, nagging rain, beating against the roof and filling the Great Lakes on the celling. Carol thrust her face Into the pillow and felt the weight of five more months crush ing her. She reached the building Just he fore assembly bell, and sat at her deBk, watching the first class file In. They came reluctantly, with mem' orles- of their holiday dragging at ' them, pulling them back Into a rosy, too-recent past. They were glad to see her, but they were listless and distrait because of their memories. She smiled fixedly at them and . began to check the attendance, then suddenly her heart stood still. Mike was absent and Annabel They saw her eyes nick from one empty desk to the other, and anima tion stirred them like a breeze. Two girls said simultaneously: "Mike and Annabel got married, Miss Torrance!" The room whirled dizzily and then receded. The sentence echoed and re-echoed In caverns of space. Mike and Annabel got married, Miss Tor rance I 1 She read the rest of the story In their eager, thrilled faces. She clenched her hands beneath the desk and lifted an eyebrow. "That's quite a surprise, isn't It? We'll miss them. ..." The day went by on stumbling feet, and rain slashed viciously at the windows. She gathered her be longings finally and fled through the rain to the sanctuary of her room. , It was almost live when Ellen came In. Ellen's eyes were sick, too, and Incredulity peered through the sickness. "Carol! Isn't It ghastly?" "Oh, my Lord!" Carol leaned her forehead against the cold, moist glass and closed her eyes. "Let's talk about something else," she said finally. "What else did you do at Christmas?" THAT night Mrs. O'Connor called from downstairs. "There's some body to see you. Miss Torrance." Carol wen' down. "It's Mike Hannigan," Mrs. O'Con nor whispered exoltedly. "He wouldn't come In." ' "Then I'd better get a coat." She went back for her heavy coat, then stopped outside and closed the door behind her. Mike was a tall, blurred shadow. ' She thrust out her hands blindly, and he caught at them like a drown ing man. "Mike!" They stared at each oth er for a long time. "Please come In side; there's no one In the living room." "I'd rather not, please, Miss Tor rance. I won't stay but a minute." She turned towards the soot stalned swing. "Then sit down. It's dirty, but It seems to be dry." He sat down beside her. There was a light In Mrs. Taylor's house, and the cold white shaft fell on his face and emphasized Us desolation. Because he couldn't speak Carol plunged Into the midst of the thing. "Mike, you ought to have written me. Not that I could have done any thing. . , ." "No'm: you couldn't have done anything. Like I told you. It was too late." She ached for hlra. "I told you I know a little about the way her mind worked." "I don't see how you could: you're as different from her as daylight from dark." I wonder? she thought. Suppose I wanted something as bsdly as An nabel wanted Mike: 1 wonder bow far I'd go? She found herself wish ing she could want something that bndly, and turned her back on the thought. "What happens next, Mike?" "I had to go to work In Mr. Mon roe's store. We live at their house, and It's hell." She could plcturo It all. A doting mother and father who were forced to see and support the Hut head who had bedazzled their only child Into a morconary marriage. "They won't consider letting you go on and study law?" He laughed harshly. "Hell, no! I could have worked my own way through school, but I couldn't look out for for a wife. I've got to stay GAS FILLED MINE PIT FULTON. Mo., Sfpt. S. Pi Over coming deadly monoxide gas. rescue workers today claimed the bodies of three brothers who gave their lives In an heroic attempt to save another brother and nil father-in-law from a coal mine. Fire Chief T. M. Walden. wearing an oxygen maek, went down Into the hole where Louis Met!. 32. owner of the mine, was killed, and bis father-in-law. T. J. Wolfe, 53, was over come by escaping fumes from i gao. line engine. At the bottom, he found the bodies of Metis's three brothers, Freddie. 18; Ernest, 2B. and Harry. 39. who had entered the narrow 30-foot shaft In an effort to save their brother, here and try to do It if I can stand if The lest words wen scarcely spoken.. She knew what was In his mind, and she found herself hoping furiously that he wouldn't stand It too long. She sat still, shivering with cold, and stared at the dark. Mike's control snapped suddenly and he hunched forward with his face in his bands. Oh, God, Miss Torrance; do I have to go on like this?". She stretched out her bands and touched his head, and he turned swiftly- to her,., resting his head against her. 'I don't know, Mike. If you can stand It I guess you'd better do It. It's bound to get better after a while." A car drew np before the house and Mike Jerked himself quickly to his feet. I got to go. They'll be wonder ing where I am." He orushed her hands for an Instant and brushed bis lips against them. Then be ran precipitately down the steps, past Miss Morrison's Interested caller. Carol turned and went blindly into the house and up the stairs. She passed Miss Morrison on the way, said: "Hello. Tour date's come," and fled to the quiet of her own room. Mllte plodded back to Annabel's house with his bead down. Mr. and Mrs. Monroe were in the living- room, and he knew from the quick silence that they had been talking about him. Broken sentences hung In the air like smoke. He said: "Evening," and tried to walk past the bright hostility of their eyes into the room he shared with Annabel. Mr. Monroe said coldly: "Where have you been?" "To see my mother and father." He had Intended to go there if he could find a ride out to the village, but the search had been unsuccess ful, and loneliness and desperation had lashed him Irresistibly towards Mrs. O'Connor's. Fortunately there was lo telephone at home and he could warn bis parents before Mr. Monroe checked up. Mr. Monroe stared at him. "I've meant to talk to you about that, Mike. Since you've forced yourself Into our family, I think It would be good Idea tor you to forget where you came from." Mike's head came up. "You mean not ever see them?" Not It you can help It, yes. It will be less embarrassing." Mike looked at him hard. Mr. Mon roe felt vaguely defensive, and re sented the feeling. I get you," Mike said finally. And walked out of the room. That night, when midnight had turned Its face towards morning, Mike slipped quietly out He had no luggage, and he bad three dollars and fifty-eight cents In his pocket. Daybreak found him 80 miles on his way north. He had seen his pap ents and told them the truth, and they bad bid blm godspeed. Tbey had the militant consciousness of their class, and Mr. Monroe's atti tude bad alienated them forever. ON WEDNESDAY Mr. Hudson stopped Carol In the ball after chapel "Miss Torrance?" "Yes?" "I'd like to talk to you, please, as soon as it's convenient" She looked at him In surprise. "Why, of course. At lunch, or after school?" After school ' would be better. I'll be In my office. If you'll just come there. ..." He bowed and walked on, and she stared after him. It was the first time she had seen blm without his beam, and a sense of foreboding was like a band closing ajound her throat She went through the day mechanically. After school she hurried to the office that served as his headquar ters. He was standing at the win dow, looking Into the yard. He turned slowly, and the band at her throat tightened. "Sit down, please. Miss Torrance." She sat down and waited, but Mr. Hudson found It hard to begin. "Miss Torrance. ... I'm In a rather difficult position. It's about Mike Hannigan." "Oh." He didn't seem disposed to go on, so she helped him out "What about him, please?" The Impression In certain Quar ters Is that you rather upheld him. Tnat you even urged him to run away. The night before he left be went to see you, and an observer Insists the Interview was hardly that of a teacher and pupil." He was orlmaon with embarrassment fCojiyrtuK, xtsi, by JaHon Sims) Carol often to l Mr. Hudion dlichsrs htr, tomorrow. ACKNOWLEDGES SALE 10 MEXICO CITY. Sept 3 . Pres ident Lazaro Cardenas, addressing the opening aesslon of the 38th Mexican ooiigreee, today gave first official ac knowledgement of the recent sale of arms to Spain. "The Spanish government," he said, "aeked of our government through Ambaatador rellx Gordon Ordai the aal of war materials . 'There waa put at It disposition In the port of Vera Crur 20 000 rifles and 30.000.000 rounds of ammuni tion." WINDOW GLASS We lei) window 4ISM and will replace you! oroken windows reasonably. Trowbridge Cab inet Works. MosrVftRieP fOR&ST RE-SOURCES in Trie worm?..., Yet import morb TMtfcn InHN IT eXrORfS Brazil lunuier. Due to the high cost of transport- lng timber from the Inland sections of Brazil to the seacoaat, the fever and disease that awotta the white man who dares the Brazilian Jun gles, and the rather limited world demand for hardwood3 which con stitute a large part of the country's forest resources, Brazil exporta but little timber. Strange aa it seems, the latest U. S. department of foreign commerce figures available show a total of 2, 308.000 worth of lumber being ex ported by Brazil In 1035 and 4,02T, 000 being Imported In 1934. the Im port value being almost double the export value I Recently started lumbering opera tions in the pine forests of temper ate Brazil, especially In Parana, mark the nrst extensive attempt to tap the country'a vast and varied timber resources. Directory Destroyer. Arthur Santell, 23-year-old Cali fornia athlete now appearing at the Strange Aa It Seema show, Clevelsnd, Ohio, weighs only 165 pounds and has none of the btilglng muscle or enormously developed physical fea tures which ordinarily mark the pro- TAILSPIN TOMMY Forced I'J l a: f-OllOWIMG A HUNCH THAT TOMMY IJ BuMrllHti INTO DAMCttt IN HIS MIGHT TO LOCATt THE- JKV BAflDITj, TRAILS HIS CRACK Tt5T PILOT AT A JAF-t DISTANCE-, ARMED WITH A M.ACHII1E GUN...ritAnumit ...VJt PICK UP SKE-tTf-R... BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER iN.DOVOUN I K.UOVW HOW 1 ) TO RUW THIS CONTRAPTlOU?j THE NEBBS That's Different vOLMi ST J vk'E.LU,VA.lMT -TWE.?1 OP 7 i JT 'ALL THE CAST-lRONJ SJE5.VE , fl'it VrWERE GOES MV B3TWE!5- J of lot Artfees, CiTV Tei&PrtoNe. SINGLE om Ibbfi Flight Oh, Yeah? KEEP (KEft ARE.THE FAT5-) LOTS OF-FLAVOR ! J ' HIGHEST QUAJLtTy.'T 1 INEXPENSIVE J Jp" I , ir CLIMB INTO THAT CttATt, SAP J A OPEVJ FOR A LITTLE 8AU.OOU -TU BE OMLV AFOOTORTVJO, ABOVE r-3K- 2x " afimfisM,! t"1' " ' 4t " F? 1 eXlSb PER Voim - fesslonal strong man. Yet he has as tounded thousands with feats that seemingly call for a veritable mod ern Samson. Using hla hand aa a hammer, San tell can drive an Iron spike through a two-inch plank covered with aheet Iron. He hae also succeeded In pull' lng with his teeth three automobllea weighing about 3,000 pounds each and loaded with 30 passengera. Hydrogen strainer. Hydrogen will diffuse through the most solid metsls and even tbrougb quartz glass at a temperature of 100 degrees Centigrade or over. Palladium la. usually the substance used to sep arate hydrogen from a gaa mixture by mesns of diffusion through the metal. TH PERFECT GUMr "WHAT'S TUt SPIKE:, TAKING POUDbR OUT.. VftT JUPPfcR VOUR. 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I THOUGHT YOU THRfcW THtM Off- BART lTRAIL...PRtTtriDINCi OH US, J5J YOU CRASHED BURMtD UP, ...AND 7 Y l THIS , HIDEOUT C'MOW 0OVJU TO THE EOAT- l VME'VE WASTED ENOUGH TIME A AUVBOBV ELSE 1T'; TO uavp mv rwsrmMC 'OJEft FOR DlNJr-jettt GIVE ME THAT CHECK BUT MV BROTHER, OUST MOTHIIV3S C By 0.. M. PAYNE flf 0-4,T-iAT6 Too I'll 6TEAVf to By HAL FOR&ESX JURE: .JURt...DUT, ' CHARLIE- S NOT DUMB ENOUGH TO STAY FOOLtD TWtMTY-r-OURri HOURS.. AM' Ht KNOWS A THfcJ I rt NAL fOBCtCT j) B? EDWIN ALOES r IT ls Bj 80L at!8l 1 GUESS I'M LIKE TO LIKE HIM OUT T'S OKT KrtMr. ITHIKJ6 THAT CAIV'T BE UOMt-l. EJOIO'T TUlk IV VOO LIKE. HIM VOURSELfd tXUJSt. TO RfOD PAUL.T with Me S .f-"