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Newspaper Page TextPXOB EIGHT - rETPFQ-RP MAID TRTBTJNTi, SrETJFCVRP, OREGON, TTTURSD AY, SEPTErBER TO, T936. THE WORLD WITH A FENCE A Ntm Novtl by Marian Sims X aYturmu; vtiiui Vorranot M 01 last launched in Atlanta, where she has a iob in Blake Thornton1 aL vsrtlstno aaenoy writing copy Bhe never wrote a lint of copy before in her lite but the is making good. She hoe her own apartment al ready ome good Irtends One rf these it Cornelia who has money but still worke. Cornelia I threat ening to give a dinner tor Carol, and to invite Blake Thornton. Blake's wife Irma spends most of her time at a oonsldorabls distance from her husband Chapter 35 ABOUT IRMA ,"T'M NOT so i"rc about mixing bun 1 nets and pleasure, or getting Identified with Blake, area n easa ally as that. Get some unmarried ones." she laughed, "and let us look each other over." "All right. It's your party." There was regret In Cornelia's voice as she relinquished Blake. "What is his wife like?" Carol de manded. "1 asked Marge, but yon know how much 1 got ont of her." "She's a vixen," Cornelia said crisply. "It was one of those adoles cent infatuations that boys have for beautiful older women, and she was Just low enough to gobble him up. Blake was twenty-two and she was twenty-nine; old enough to know better, but he looked like her last chance. I don't believe she ever cared I glancing at a mirror, am. . Instantly and raklshly mu- p.att She said: "And thanks for the night cap," and was gone, leaving a swift smile that lingered like music in the room. p OCKBROOK, according to Its ad vertlslng folders, "nestle In the cool heart of tio Biue Ilidg? Moun tains, at an cltltude of I.S.'S feet." It boasts "a superb csilslnc, Itwel-llke lakes for swimming ul nshing, a magnificent elgfcteea-nole golf course designed by Donald Ross. It has, too. its rocking cfcu squad ron or eiaeny women who weai boucle suits by day and quantities of amethyst Jewelry by eight. Irma Thornton was the darling ol the squadron. Her brldco and hei clothes were faultless If untmaglna Die. and she waa enough youngei than the rest to flatter them wltt her attention and to be flattered bj their gratitude. Among tbese old women Irma wai "girl," and Irma's faltering ego preferred feeling young in the mldsi of age to feeling old In tho midst ol youth. That was why she chose tc spend her summers at Rocbbrook. She sat this afternoon j one of tbt bridge tables; a still handsome wo man exquisitely dressed in white Irnla's clothes were her career am! her religion: she judged other wn IG DELAYS DALTON. Oa Sept. 10 (UP) Half a dozen persons were Injured and five men described as national guardsmen were arrested last night when rioting broke out while Gov ernor Eugene Talmadge delivered the final address In one of the bitterest political campaigns In Georgia his tory. Preparing to stake his political fu ture on the Issues of Mew Deal en mity in yesterday's primary, Tal medge continued his speech after the disturbance was over. None of those Injured was hurt seriously, although two men describ ed aa national guardsmen and two deputy sheriffs required first aid. An elderly man who was not lden tlfed was knocked unconscious as fists and blackjacks flew after audi tors had begun to heckle the governor. By GLUYAS WILLIAMS JERUSALEM. Sept. 10 (AP) Three British policemen, attached to an ex pedition to clean out snipers from disordered areas, were killed In ac tion today. STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX For further proof address'the author,' Inclosing a stamped envelope for reply, tteg. TJ. 8.' Pat Off. Cornelia rose and stretohed like a sleek cat. much about him or about anybody, except Irma. Now her looks are go ing, and consequently her nerves: her health can't stand the rlgora of a Ooorgla climate!" "But ..ouldn't you think she'd be afraid to leave a man like Blake at the morcy of the vultures?" "Oh, he's a martyr on the altar. She knows be wouldn't divorce her without some flagrant cause, and she stays at home Just enough to retain .. er contact. And she's not apt . now, to find a lover to furnish the cause." "They never had any children T" "No. She used to go around sob bing and hlaatlng about It at first but that was tor the gallery. She's always been neurotic." "8weet," Carol commented grim ly, thinking of Blake's taut mouth and the coldness of his eyes. "Very." Cornelia dipped her lao quercd nails delicately Into a finger bowl. "What'll we do oow?" "Go nnme, I guess. It's after nine. and I'm still a little battered after a day's work. Why can't you stop In tor a tew minutes and see where 1 live? I'll give you a liqueur for a nightcap." "I'll be delighted." qpHEV drove out In Cornelia's road 1 ster. that was aa trim and shin Ing as Cornelia horself. It was dla oouraglng to reflect that she. who hod so much, was groping too. She hadn't even the excuse of compara tive poverty to lean back on. She took In Carol's apartment at a glance, and nodded. "Damn nice, especially In view of what you had to work with. I wish It were mine." Cornelia tlngerod bar drink and smiled. "Not bad for a working girl." "Oh. this was Pat's parting gift, and the glasses came from home. In hale It slowly, Lord knowi when I'll get any more." "There's plenty available." "Yenh. The only catch Is In paying for It" They talked lazily tor halt an hour, then Cornelia rose and stretched Ilka a sleek cat "I'll phone you about Friday," Cornells said. "What time, and who'll pick you up, and all the rest. And maybe we csn have lunch In the meantime. She dragged on her bat without men inflexibly by their appearance, taking them in with one sweeping glance that never missed the mlnut eat detail. A week or a year later Irma could tell yon what Mrs Browne had worn on a certain occa sion. Her features were classically reg ular, but ber mouth was alreadj pinched, as if someone had pulled ll together with a drawstring, and tht pure line of her throat and chin war broken In several places. She fanned her cards expert); open and eyed them shrewdly. "One club." Mrs. LaConte was tumbling through her cards. "Walt a minute; you're too fast for me." She squinted long and carefully at her hand and then peered over It at Irma. "Whst did you say you bid?" "One dub." She leaned slightly forward. "And you passed, partner?" "It wasn't my bid," ber partner said patiently. "Mrs. Thornton dealt." "Oh, 1 see." She settled back snc squinted once mora "Well ... 1 pass." "Two diamonds," Irma's partnei said firmly. Mrs. LaConte said cheerfully "They must havctbe deck, partner, to the disgust of Mrs. Terry, wbr. was prepared to Inject a nulsanci bid. When Irma's hand was faced foi a six diamond contract Mrs. LaConti turned brightly to her. "1 hear your husband's coming foi the weekend." "Yes." irma said sweetly, bopini her partner wouldn't require muct concentration to make the contraci mars lovely (Wss that card from the dummy. Hose? Then It's ta play, Isn't lt?l" She smiled gaily at them. "It's so hard to follow thi play when you haven't got a fact card. . . ." Whereupon Rose altered her Intention and finessed towsrdi Mrs. LaConte, "When are you ex pectlng hlra?" Irma glanced at her lowellei watch. "Any time now." She as sumsd an expreslon of brlde-IIke an ucipation. and Mrs. LaConte beamed her approval. ICopyrloht lilt, by UaHan Sims) Blake nat a rsthsr strains re union with his wife, tomorrow. ANARCHISTS SLAY (Copyright. 1030, by lulled Presi) SAINT JEAN DE LUZ, France, Sept 10. (UP six hundred priests and nuns have been claln by anarchists in Bn Betjsstian in the last sli eeks, nine Spanish priests asserted -hm they orrlved disguised as Baeque !lhermen. Fleeing from the Spsnlsh civil war. :he lathers come to this French bor ler port aboard the creaking fishing ichooner Anita Lasrares. Father Secundo aazzsla. 43. and 91s fellow priests changed to clerical tobea in a little waterfront church Cere. BERKE BROTHERS GIVEN DOUGLAS HIGHWAY JOB SAIEM. Ore.. Sept, 10. (AP) Ths state highway commission awarded today the contract for 3 3o mllra grading nrt trestle construction on the Shady PointKelly comer section of the Pacific highway In Doudss county lor which bid, were opened August 37. The project waa let to iww. nrn. Inc.. of Portland on Its low bid of BRADDOCK BURNS HANDS LANDING HUGE SHARK SARSOTA, Sept. 1.0 (API Jsme. J. Breddook, wo.-li. heavywexht box Ing champion, today Boasted of vic tory over a 360-pound shark. Breddock dlsplsycd olistered nand in telling of hit jo-minule battle with the shark during a deeo-aea vim peRweo fRorATrie MINIM6 PlSfftlcTNftMEP England, cofciisfouNpfriefte llnl iLl.T.- yesterday's puzzle RefeKffbHGlria fae left MtSfalC SOUARe MPIN3 UP To 3JJ. . . 1 f. . I - . . . ' . ViA v a 1 '-A'-"- - J miw saaasaaf . ' s K. cohivfomMte I -ggjjr . Ken,.. I la 11 " rLr ee&Ks Wrwpwa, r31 B iiFW t r-Vx i8(fi-i&7o L Hllil rN friers werm 7 vWErllb Under the haren rule of Francisco Solano Lopez, president of Paraguay, the nation entered Into a war of conquest with Brarll, Argentina and urguay In 1863 that closed with the tyrant's death March 1. 870. It Is belloved that no one nation. In so brief a time, hss ever suffered such terrlflo human losaee In pro portion to her population as those stood by Paraguay In the five years of warfare. Allowing for a normal rote of population increase, she lost over 1,300,000 Inhabitants, leaving less man one-iourtn or that number aa her entire population at tne close of hos tilities. Of the remainder there were only 3B.74c men aa against 302.333 women and children. Practically the entire population was enlisted in the army during the height of the conflict. Whole bat talions were organized containing boys ranging In age from 13 to is and one detachment, "The Battalion of Death," waa composed entirely of women 1 There was no alternative of defeat or surrender for the soldiers of the Paraguayan army only death or vic tory. A special line of picked men was stationed behind the front Una of fighters to shoot down sny of them who attempted to flee end every soldier was under oath to kill any of his comrades who showed the "white feather." "Conquest or Death" was the motto of the army, and It was death to the majority. The few males left in the country at the ultimate surren der were practically all so enfeebled by ege they were Incapable of battle or children too young to fight, even In youth battalions. President Cleveland Buffering no resulting Impairment of his speech, Grover Cleveland. In July, 1803, had the entire upper section of one Jaw removed to cut away a cancer and an artificial Jaw. made of vulcanized rubber, was sub stituted. The operation, made aboard a yacht at sea, was not publicised until 1917. 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