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PAGE EIGHT MEPFOTtD MATL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD,-OREGON". TUESDAY. PEPTE'M'BE'R 22. 1933. THE WORLD - WITH A FENCE A Nn Novel by Marian Si mi BYXOPMB: The difficulty at maintaining an impersonal atlltuds in front of her employer, Blake Thornton, In reduced Carol Tar. ranee to desperation. It Is obvious that they love eaah other, and yet each ie too decent to permit ths matter to rise above the surface tor Blake la saddled with a telMh. cold wte who It years older than he. Borne day, Carol realties, their reserve will break. Carol it at the hospital icltd a former college friend, whose chili has fust been operated upon for mastoid. Blake has Insisted on calling for Carol. Chapter it BURSTING DAM IT was time, Anally, to meet Mar mrv't mother. There was no change, Dr. Howard assured them; nothing unnecessarily alarming. They could do nothing here;, he suggested supper and bed and a sedative for them alt He would call them Instantly If there was any change. ... Harry nodded. 1 guess you're right. Well thanks. Doctor." Dr. Howard's fine tired eyes smiled. "Nonsense. Go home and get some sleep." He disappeared. Blake was there la less than lit' teen minutes alter Carol telephoned. She aaw him from the waiting-room and stumbled down the steps to the sidewalk. He sprang from the ear arid put a steadying hand under her elbow. eyed her with a quick, ravenous look. VAre you exhausted?" he asked un evenly. "Not quite." She smiled at him. I'll be all right as soon as I get home." He asked about Harry, and she told him what the doctor had said. He had, she realized, no Intention of leaving her at the Sherwood. He swung the car Into a parking apace ind helped her carefully out,, then went with her to her own doorway. She handed him her key with a tired gesture that shook him from bead to foot. He was coming In with her and she had neither strength nor will to stop him. Thank heaven, she thought Irrelevantly, I took time to make the bed and put It away. . . . He closed the door softly and led her to the couch and took oft her feat : "Uo iou," ho ordcrsd, "sad 111 tlx you a drink." She Bald, "Fix two,' and closed her eyes and listened to him moving about In the kitchen. This might be disaster, she knew, and could make no move to prevent It. The apart, ment was warm and still, aud sleep dragged at her eyes and her mind. Sleep, and the Intimate sound of Slake moving about In ber kitchen. He came back with two tall glasses and bent over tbe couch. She opened her eyes and sat up to take the Clans. , "You're a life saver," she said In adequately, in an effort to push back the Impending crisis. "I'm not used to being up at Are o'clock." ' . . "Don't get up," he said roughly. "Here," and slipped another pillow beneath her head. She lay back and sipped ber drink, and he sat In a chair and devoured her with his eyes. She shivered suddenly, as If a told wind had lashed her. "Being rather alone has Its compensations, hasn't it?" she whispered. "To care that much for something Is frightening. The more things you love, tbe greater your hostage to fortune. ..." HIS eyes were on her face. She looked white and tired and life less: a stranger would have thought her without charm or color. But her very exhaustion aroused In him an uncontrollable tenderness. "No," he said harshly. "Just being able to love that way even if you lose the thing you love; even It you never possess It is worth all the suffering It entails." The air was vibrant, and the thing that filled them was a physical force, drawing them together. He thought desperately: Ton can't say It you con'tl And tried to summon a com monplace remark that would break the spell. But the spell was too strong upon him. and In the end It was his self-control that broke. He heard his own voice, shaken and al most Inaudible. "Oh, God, it's no use! I lore yoo, Carol love you. . . ." He resitted suddenly, hearing what he raid, that the words had set his spirit tree. They heard the words together, throbbing In the air like the echo of a carillon, and then the torrent poured over them. She closed her eyes and heard the echo die away. He sat motionless, waiting tor a word or sign, not daring to touch her until he knew she wished It. She said at last: "No, It's no use. Because I love you too. ..." The words pulled him to his feet and he crossed to the couch and took ber In his arms. After a second she lay motionless, one arm about his neck and her mouth against bis. He held her close, and revelled In the youth and resilience of her body. To love someone like this, he thought exultantly someone who was young 1 Thirty-three years was not too long to wait. His mouth moved, gentle and lingering, over her mouth and eyes and throat. She drew away and looked at him, seeing the physical details of his face. It was Incredible now that his eyes had been like slate, or that his thin mouth had ever been straight and hard. His head was beautifully modelled, she realized, and the thinness ot his face threw Its bones Into sharp relief. She sat up suddenly and pulled his head down to ber breast, and ha lay still and felt the quick strong beating of her1 heart. They recovered finally a fragment ot reason, and sat apart and looked with wonder at each other. She said unsteadily: . "Blake, that was Insane. . . ." rear darkened his eyes for an In stant. "Are yon trying to tell me yon didn't mean It?" "Ton know better than that. I told you because I couldn't help It But what can we do?" He said simply: "Spend the rest of our lives together." She could almost believe! hearing his words, that It was as simple as that., A mutual longing that would achieve a desired end. Almost but not quite. "My darling, that's not possible." "I don't see why not." Ha sprang to his feet and began to pace the floor, driven by tbe new-found en ergy within blm. "Unpleasantness first, yes. Tears and reproaches, maybe; but heaven knows they don't matter. It Iran's lite and mine had been different I'd reproach my self; but I can't and won't" CAROL followed him with her eyes, and when she spoke her voice trembled between laughter and tears. "Blake, my darling, think. What has Irma ever done to make you taluk ane can be generous? I uoa'i know much about her, but I'm afraid I know that much." He said hotly: "Of course I'm willing to Insist, It that's the only way. But I still don't believe It will be." He mado an impatient gesture anil came to her again. "Don't think about it tonight; give me a chance to believe this." - He smiled at ber, and saw the light and color in her face that had been drawn and tired. He felt a passionate longing to cherish and protect her; to put his own body audi strength between her and the world. He fell back upon the only concrete gesture that occurred to blm at the; moment I "It must be late," be said gently. "Hungry?" I "I hadn't thought" She felt a! pang of shame that she had so com-t pletely forgotten Margery and. Harry in the blinding light of her' own happiness. "I believe I am." Fine. Let s go . eat our way. through a big dinner.". The knowledge ot being thus loved and cherished was almost too much to bear. She laughed brokenly. "I'll have to change clothes. These are. a little the worse for wear." His eyes were wistful. "May I wait, or shall I go away and come back?" He confessed with a smile: "I'm afraid to get far from you for fear I'll wake up I" She hesitated only an Instant "Then stay. I won't be long." This Is too much to ask of life, she thought. It's dangerous to be as happy as this: the gods will be Jealous..,. She came back In a very few minutes, glowing and Immaculate, with her short dark balr once more In order. "Tour turn next" she said sim ply, and smiled. "As the boy told the vlsttug bishop, 'j-ou may use any of the towels.' " When they were In the car hs turned Inquiringly. "Where to, lady?" "Tbe Merrlmac grill?" His band closod over hers. "What made you suggest that?" "Idiot! She laughed gently. "Don't you know, or do you Just want to hear me ssy It? i want to hear you say it" "All right Because the first meal I ever ate with you was at the Merrlmac." (Copyright, I9SI, by Harlan Hmt) Carol end Bisks and lovs put the svsnlns togtthsr. WASHINOTON. Sept. SJ. (AP) The bureau of air commerce sild today It hsd given Pan-A.nerlran Alrwaj-s permloslon to start passenger-carry, Ing (lights between Oakland. Oallf., and Manila. Officials aald no definite date for the flr.it airplane-carrying flight had been fixed, but that It might be undertaken a early as next month. Granting of the permission fol lowed an Intensive Inspection of Pan American operations tn the Pacific, The Puclllc service, which was launched experimentally some time ago. Is expected to uprovlde weekly passenger schedules. The giant Clipper ships to be used on the route are oapaho of carrying seven passengers M(j goo pounds of freight on the first hop from Oak land to Honolulu, a distance of 3404 miles. On the remainder of the route, about 14 paeaengers can be carried, due to the lighter ga.vline load whlcn will be carried on the shorter legs. rare schedules sna other details are to be announced by the company. JOAN AND DICK SAIL FOLLOWING MARRIAGE HOLLYWOOD. Calif.. Sept, li.iP, Joan Blondell and nick Powell sail ed down the coast of Meilco. start ing a honeymoon that will take them to New York, They were married Sat urday night aboard the liner Santa Foula shortly before It left Its Ban Pedro dock. ill CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK, Ore. (Spl.) Tbe never ceasing strug gle of plant and forest life against the rigors of an unfeeling nature' le graphically shown by a tree recently found rooted In rock on Wizard Island. When John Wesley Blllman. a pros pector, discovered Crater Lake in 1853, the tree was a seedling two years old. Today et the age of 85 years, the struggling hemlock Is Just an Inch and one-half In diameter duo to the scarcity of nourishment in the rock crack where It took root. If the tree had been rooted tn soil. It would have been nearly ten Inches In diameter and perhaps nearly one hundred feet alga Instead of less than five feet. - i i ... i . . Baby Drowns. ALBANY, Ore., Sept. 33 (AP) Ooldie Warner. 17 months, daughter of Oordon Warner, waa found dead In the pool of a stream near the child's home ten miles east of Har rlaburg Sunday. The baby had been put to bed for a nap and later it wa6 noticed she wee missing. Her body waa found after a brief search. 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Unsupported by reinforcements and faced with a su perior number of men, the Union forces were unable to maintain their position and on May 13 wore forced to withdraw In disastrous retreat, leaving heavy loseea In dead and cap tured men. This marked the last engagement of the Civil War for, though victorious In their last fight, the Confederate force at Isst resllzed the odds against them were too great to withstand and they dlabanded. Seasonal Bridge Used principally for the transpor tation of tourists and snow-sport en thusiasts, service on the Furka-Ober-Isp railway in Switzerland Is discon tinued In winter months becsuse of danger of avalanches. To save damageable equipment durlnjt this period, moat of it Is re moved at the end of fall and re placed in the spring the Stetfen bach bridge being thus dlaposed of each year. Strange as It seems, the railway, now operating only eteam locomo tives, was originally Intended to be powered by electricity. It was found to be too expensive to remove and replace the materials eech year. Rain vs. Snowfall A cublo foot of water weighs 63 Vj pounds and a cublo foot of freahiy fallen snow wetghs about t pounds. Thus It takes sbout U Inches of snowfall to be equivalent to an Inch of rain In water content. SrSWOPFRlV W CHAIR, ANSWERS TOLHtLV WHEN GOES CALLING WITH MOTHER. DETERMINED 1b ACT LIKE A LLS lW ' SPOKErl fo, AMD "TRIES TO , AC ilSf AS MOTHER P6E5 8E6lrBlb6EfB0RQ? WrtU BPH6 A LADY. SCRAfoiEi LE6 SPRAWLS BACK AMD MS m UP WHILE tWHlNlHd CONTENTS OF HER BA SPILL CONTENTS. SLIDES OFF CHAIR AMD PICKS fHEM UP uMM leahs on back of mother's chair. am? Whispers ik clear, car- RVIK6 VOICE CASK fHEt' 60 HOME NOW RETlRNS 10 CHAIR AND Srfe STRADDLIN6 If, HER BA& AHD VAWMirte T)EEPLV RISES WITH ALACRITY WHEN- MOTHER. 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