Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, September 16, 1936, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextPAGE SIX THE WORLDLSp WITH A FENCE:33fe A New Novel b Marian Sims 'irtafSiriy1 6YNOP81B: Carol Torrance Undo working In Blake Thornton' ad vsrtlsing agency very pleasant. Hhe And Blake himself very pleat' ant. tor that matter, but the toill not permit herselt to go beyond that stage. For Blake Has a wile who is older than he. eelttsh and even cruel And Carol iust has passed through on laoeratinp ex perience ana does not want an other. Still Blake did enloy him self very muoh when the asked him to have dinner In her apartment. Chapter 30 iniVIA COMES HOME SEPTEMBER, when the heat re laxed Its grip each afternoon with the letting of the un. When every one came back to town. Rockhrook emptied as if by magic, and Irma packed her clothes with exquisite care and much tissue paper ana went home to take possession of her house. Too warmth of Blake's welcome astonished ber. He bad driven to Rockbrook to bring her home, and during the drive to Atlanta be talked with feverish eagerness of bis plans for the fall. He bad bought tickets tor the community concerts; he didn't see why tbey couldn't get up a dlnner-and-brldge club; be in tended to take an afternoon off for golf during the week, and he hoped she would play with blm now and then. ... Irma was vaguely flattered by his eagerness, but with the perversity of ber kind she retreated as Blake advanced. She didn't know. . . . She hadn't been Well lately ("well." in Irma's vocabulary, was always said In copltalB). . . . She wanted to see Dr. Freeman before she made any plans; he might order her to Florida ..before Christmas. . . . The core of Blake's being froze slowly. "Irma," his voice pleaded wltb her, "don't talk about Florida when you're not even home yet." He added bitterly: "Good God, 1 never get to soe you!" Irma smiled to herself. This, she reflected, was the secret of Blake's eagerness: he didn't sea much of her. If she spent a whole winter at home ha might be desperately glad to get rid of her, and she preferred having him miss her. And then, too, there was the ques tion of her Health. She Intended to see Or. Freeman tomorrow after noon, . . . Her eyes darted about the house, searching, hoping for signs of wear. "This place la a sight," she said with emphatic relish. The whole thing had gone sour on Blake. He hoped now that Dr. Free man would order Irma to Florida or to Mara. Irma's absence was the supreme luxury he would allow him self, even at the expense of bis own necessity. He picked up two of her bags and followed her doggedly up stairs. The next morning Irma went downtown to soe what tbey were wearing this fall. Shopping was her passion, and she bad ber favorlto salesgirls who greeted her with cor dial smiles and sinking hoarts. But the fall lines were still incom plete, and dresses clung stickily to her arms and shoulders when she tried them on. There was literally, Irma told the exhausted clerks, not a decent thing In town. She at a peovlsb, expensive lunch and went to keep her appointment with Dr. Freeman. Dr. Freeman had an emergency appendectomy, and he kept her wait ing almost an hour. She walked Into his office trembling with nervous ness and anger. it waa almost Ave when she came out, and she called Blake perempto rily. "I'm at Dr, Freeman's," she said, "and I'm completely exhausted. I wish you'd come for me right away." "Why, of course." There was duti ful concern in his voice. "Do you mind coming to tbe sidewalk In about ten minutes, so I won't have to park?" She had to stand on tbe sidewalk almost three minutes, and that Ir ritated her still more. "It's next to Impossible," sbe said whon she was seated beside him, "to get along wltb one car." His mouth was set. Ha wouldn't quarrel with her, he swore; It was loo degrading. Irma seemed to relish a good rousing battle; It stimulated her like a drink of whiskey. Bui It left htm sore and embarrassed and ashamed to meet her eyes. He said Impatiently: "You bave to take your choice. An other ear and no long vacations, or vacations and no car. It's the beat I can do." "1 have to have the changes," she said plalntlvoly. "Dr. Freeman saya tha sooner 1 can go to Florida the better It will be for me. He says I'm In a rather serious condition." Her voice shook. 51,418 VETERANS DF.NVEU, Sept. 10. 0T Brig. Gen. frank T. Hin, ndminlMmtor of vet eran' affair, told the Vet run a of Foreign Wars today there now are 51,418 veteran of All wars rooming hospital or domiciliary care from the government. "Within the pat year coiugreu has appropriated a total of 125.250,000 for further expansion and development .if hospital and domlcllary facilities for the accommodation of veteran of ill wars," he aald. "Completion of the full approved .lr propoAed program of expansion and Improvement of armpit, fact, nttph (o( veteran o.w tuc tUi ii firo- Blake looked swiftly ana soberly at her. "What do you meanf" "Nothing organic," she said wltb unwonted reluctance, wbnt he eays I'm terribly on edge. . . . Blake was ashamed of the way bis boart lurched within hlra. "On edge" meant nothing, save that Irma waa Justifying ber doparture a few months hence. Sbe didn't suspect that the departure needed no., justi fication in bis eyes. And beside blm Irma was silent; withdrawn Into herself. Whon you were forty and your husband was tblrty-tbrec. It was Impossible to confide In him until you had to. Pride and hopelessness kopt you from confessing tbe truth. WITH tbe coming of fall Carol's leisure hours began to fill. Everyone was recovering from tbe Inertia of summer, and planning parties. Her friends were generous about including ber in their evening activities, and tbe fact touched ber Immeasurably. Sbe resented ber In ability to repay them, and said so, frankly. Cornelia laughed at her. "We wouldn't ask you if you didn't con tribute something: don't overlook that." But sbe wanted to contribute more than her presence, and felt that she could not afford It. And then, as It he bad guessed her need, Blake In formed her one day that her salary, beginning October first, would be a hundred and twenty-live dollars a month. She could hardly thank him, "Are you sure I'll earn It?" she asked dubiously. His tone was dry. "I'm not In business for my healtb. You'll be worth more than that In time, and I'll pay you more Just as Boon as business warrants It." And then the veneer of Impersonality cracked, and Blake's eyes were looking at ber. Have you been getting along all right?" bo asked awkwardly. Quite." Tbere was a vibrant pause. He had a trick, she noticed of concentrating so intently that be looked first at one of your eyes and then at the other. "Have you?" "Quite." There were more questions, clam orlng to be asked, but be stifled them. Sbe gathered up her latest as slgnment and left his office. Porter Murray bad come back too, and to ber astonlsbmont bad called her Immediately. Did you miss me?" he demanded fondly. I've been wasting away, I thought you'd forgotten me." You liar. 1 couldn't." Well, you never even sent me I post card." He chuckled. "Since that's tbt way you fool, when can I soo you?" "Novor." "I'll be around at seven tomorrow We'll have dinner first" She gave up and laughed at blm. "All right. I'll oat an expensive din ner, and take carfare along with me." HIS pleasure at seeing her the noxt evening astonished and flat trod ber. When he bad ordered a gourmet's meal she said frankly: All thla attention Is quite a boost to my ego, but with the town to chooso from, why did you pick me?" It wasn't a bid for compliments; It waa bonost curiosity, because tba city waa full of girls who had beauty and money and leisure. And Porter was quick enough to recognlzo It as such. He knit bis regulai brows. I 'I be darned If I know. Tbere at tbe beach you wore the only girl I could remember. The thing I like best about you la the way you make me feel. She knew what he meant. "I see. And how do I make you fool?" "Oh . . . very witty and charming. And I'm not afraid you'll miss the point of my witticisms. True, you think I'm useless and frivolous, but you roconcllo yourself to It" "Nlco of mo." sbe said dryly. "Now tell me about your trip. I know you're buatln' to." "I'm not either." But be told ber, frankly and raci ly, during the rest of tbe meal. Sto ries culminating In an account of how someone named Whttettold bud callod Buckingham Palace and de manded the ear of King George him self. Whltey bad read In tbe news papor that Ills Majesty wns suffer ing from a sorere cold, and he knew an lnfnlllblo remedy. It took tour calls, but In the end he had actually secured tha ear ol the king himself, and been courte ously thanked. Driving home from the theatre. Portor stopped tbe car In the ahadon of the Sherwood. She looked Inquir ingly at him. (Copyright, Ul, by Varian Bins) Carol oeta n Important requeat from Elian, tomorrow. ram. July to 1038. will add ftp proximately 13.000 bed to th ru 7M Miming when thla premium u Shift In Command Is Made By Army FOrtT SAM HOUSTON. Tex., Spet. Ifl.-(AP) Alujor Oemral Herbert J. Hrees. commanding the second divi sion, Fort 8nm Houston, will surfed Mnjor-Orneral frank Tarkrr, com mander or tho third army and the eighth cots area, as the commander of the eighth corps area, effective September 30, Major-Oeneral James K, Parsona, commander of Vancouver Barracks. Washington, will succeed Oeneral Brrea as the commander of the sec ond division. WINDOW OLAS vie ten inao tau end tll replace you! oroken lnrt. iv renaonably Trowbridge Ctb- MEDFORD MAfL STRANGE AS IT SEEMS -By JOHN HIX For further proof address th. author, Inclosing a stamped envelope for reply.. Beg. TJ. 8. Pat Oft. I y - I l re inrarai "" . q.tb-Vb """"a" ' ft-, ffW ft -ship of Trie 5?mvA Fleer off -the coast ofMPtico, PEOPLE MP THEIR EMPEROR Smallpox, tho dreaded scourgo of Mexico, was first Introduced Into the country by a cabin boy, reputed to be Juan Nepomucen, who, suffering from the disease, deserted one of the ships of Panfllo dc rfarvaen, about 1520. Swimming to shore, he passed smallpox germs to the natives, and spreading like wildfire Into Mexico City, the disease brought death to more than 3,000,000 Mexicans and their emperor, Cultlahuac, within the span of a few years. Err Message. While experimenting with the re sults of Introducing foreign bodies into the egg-laying apparatus of hens, Robert E. Phillips, Kansas State Agricultural collego student, hit on a novel Idea. AnacBthotlzIng a White leghorn, he made an Incision, removed a yolk which waa about to puss into the ovi duct to form a new egg. and replaced It with a hollowed cork Into which a written message had been Inserted. Strnnge as It seemB, when the next egg Mid by the hen was opened, it waa found to contain Inside It the cork an-1 message prepared by Phillips. The ecu shell wns perfectly rormea TAILSPIN TOMMY A Surprise for Spike nHE KlLLf R 1 PlAflE WAS SHOT DOWH in rLAnE3,WHF(1 IT WAS in the Aaor OIVIHG UP0M Tonny for the PURPOSE Or KILLING HIH..AT THAT MOMENT TOMMY PERCEIVED AMOTHERl STRAflGE SHIP FLYIttG AVAY.AIIO DECIDED TO TRAIL IT. .THE PLAT1E IS FL0VI1 BY SPIKE, LEADER OF THE SKY . BAMDITS.... 2601 BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER Tbe Caller NNUEVJ BEW.BRR AMD REACHED I GUEW AUUW CHLOE WEAMS") I IX MR. f VE.BEKl, JA6EZ THORPtVj UTUE ( WARVELOU5LV.' 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RgOWooP WfirS UTiUlEP WP SlfccK'SMlTrU M Huh Coiitrfrl.tiale I and the hen suffered no 111 effects. Shortly after the experiment, she re sumed lnylng normal eggs. The ope ration has been repeated several times recently with success In moat cases. Igloo Temperatures. In their homes built of snow and Ice, Eskimos have a beating problem not encountered In any other type of dwelling. The amount of fuel they can burn to warm their Igloos with out melting them depends on a bal nnce between the outer cold and the Inner warmth. Tomorrow: Telephones Prohibited! Closing time for Too Late to Clas sify Ads Is 1:30 p. m. WRIGLEY'S THf PERFECT GUMr RUT.. SPIKE. THERE'S AflOTHER PLAME F0LLOVin& SEPTEMBER 16, 1938 DIFFICULT DECISIONS A SAPPY SKY US V 1 WE'LL LOSE STEP THIS fc -THE WEALfHV WHO IS NOliRlOOSi-V . 1 "DlSftSFEEflBLE If AROUSED FROM HIS AfffTRWOON NAP IS DISCOVERED ASIEEP IN ' TVtE HAMMOCK trlAl' HAS BEEN DEnNjftLY OtX Of USE UNflL WEW ROPES ARE PU IN ,6iOY& Q.ff WIU-IW7& (Copyright, 103, by Th BU Byndlcste, Inc.) ' " S 'MATTER POP By 0.. M. PAVNB rf Mow'- "S C C T?-- K"(0opTrlghCil)38, by The Bell Bvadleate, lac.) jJsV jsaW rr'' 'tW COP... MAYBE ...BU THAT'S WHAT YOU THIMK. 'Itl... WATCH flE 'SPIKE LAMD BUS UP, BABY.. . .....OR YOU V By GLUYAS WILLIAMS! By HAL FORRES? :LV--V-WHAr THIS PLAHE DIE By EDWIN ALGEB By SOL &E83 ,1