PXGE "EIGHT
MEPFORP MAID TRIBUNE, MEDFOKD, OREGON. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1936.
THE WORLD
WITH A FENCE
-' ' Naval by Maria Sims
Tltti
BYXOP818: Carol Torrance ana
Blake Thornton fought for a long
time against the evidence of their
tore, Carol because of fear thai she
would injure Blake; Blake because
of a false sense of duty to hie older,
selfish ioife Irma. But at last the
love could not be denied. And now
the two are making plans for tlie
future. Blake has told Carol that
he expects to go to Florida next
week-end to ask Irma to divorce
him.
TEXT weekend lr days away.
Six day, perhaps, before her
world crashed.
"Why not wait till Christmas?"
Carol asked. Christmas was three
weeks away, and If you lived In
tensely you could crowd a life
time Into so short a space.
Blake frowned. "Christmas with
her?"
She tried to rationalize her de
sire tor procrastination. "My darling,
iyou know how busy we are at the
jofflco." And you know, he heard her
mind adding, how badly you may
need money. , , . "Christmas Is
on Tuesday; you could go Saturday
night.
His mouth was stubborn. "I want
to spend It with you."
"But you can't. I'm going to Mere
dith, and you cau't come there yet."
She explained gently. "Mllly's rather
old-fasbloned; I don't want her to
know until the thing Is settled, and
then she'll have to get used to It
gradually. In Mllly's eyes no nice
girl would break up another wom
an's home!"
"Even If there wasn't a home?"
"In her eyes all married people
have a borne. Tbey are one."
He touched her band. "They will
,be, this time."
"And you mustn't write to, me,"
she said quietly. Because of the
loving curiosity of her family; be
cause tbey would expect to be told
whether the letter was from one of
her beaux. "Or send me a present of
any sort That sounds conceited,
but I have to say It."
She was right, of course. She
was nearly always right, he thought
adoringly, and his eyes brushed her
left hand
"I know what I'd like to give
you. ..."
"I hope you will some day." But
the thought was too disturbing and
loo dangerous tor this moment. She
made he voice completely matter-of-fact
"What will you tell Irma?"
"The truth, unless you'd rather I
wouldn't mention you?"
"I don't mind. She'll probably
guess It anyhow. And If she re
tuses?" "I don't so" why she should. If I
keep on feeding and clothing her.
It's all I've done tor ten years,.any
how." "Assuming, Just this once, that
be dops refuse, what then?"
I IE laughed gently, "Hell-hont on
I -1 borrowing trouble aren't you?"
"Muybo."
"Wellthen I'll have to come
I orris and see a lawyer about doing
It myself."
"And If you find you haven't sut
Iclsnt grounds?"
He smiled and stretched out his
urns toward her, "A Daniel come
lo Judgment. My precious, can't we
cross one bridge at a time?" '
"No." She put his arms away. It
aas bard to think straight, alone In
this brooding quiet with him, and be
was too drunk with the realization
sf her presence and her love to help
ber out.
He reached out his hand and laid
It against the firm coldness of her
check and she disregarded It de
terminedly. "If you have to fight In
the open with ber I'll be the one to
help you tight. Even a a triangle
ran have dignity. If we say frankly
that we're In love and want to marry,
that's bettei than a cheap affair
that's obviously framed." '
He looked steadily at her, and his
lyes were clouded with the Intensity
if his feeling. -"Do you roalty love
ne that much?"
"Yes."
"Then I could go down on my
tcees to you for it. I I'd like to
:ry "
She stood up and stretched out a
band to him. "Don't. Laugh instead.
It's getting cold, and we started out
lo walk."
n LT Blake's realisation of his own
passion mndo him sane. For God's
lake be a man, he told hlmselt an
irily; don't put the whole burden
in her! He vowed to himself that
jorenftor he would never ask Carol
lo be strong (or both of them.
And In the three weeks that re
mained he kept his promise to him
lelt. They spent only a few evenings
together becauso much of her time
aas filled.
Tbey bad three hours together on
the Saturday afternoon before
Christmas, and they managed to
sustain a note of casual quietness
almost to the end. She was leaving
for Meredith at six o'clock, and he
was leaving for Florida at nine. They
had lunch together and after lunch
he drove her through pulsing
streets to the comparative quiet of
the apartment
He looked anxiously at her.
"What will you do between now
and train time?"
"Pack my simple wardrobe and
address my last Christmas cards."
"May I stick around? I swear I'll
be quiet; I won't even kiss you un
less you say I may,"
, it u
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1 it a fc
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He held her tighter.
"Of course you may." It may be,
she was thinking, the last quiei
hour we'll evor have. . , .
He found a magazine and pre
tended to read It while she packed
her bags. Two bags this time, be
cause of Christmas packages! a tat
angora sweater tor Pat, who has i
passion for clothes as well as books;
hand-t&llored pajamas of thick sill
tor Jill, who would be assembling i
trousseau of her own partlcula'
kind; a lacy negllgeo tor Mllly
whose great love and pet econom)
was boudoir attire: silk stocking
and a lurid scarf for Annie.
She finished her packing an
changed Into a tweed suit, then be
gan on the Christmas cards.
At five o'clock she pushed bac!
her chair and Blake was beside hei
Instantly.
"Is it time for me lo go?"
"I'm afraid It Is. Portor'll be hen
In a few minutes."
Suddenly she was crying; noise
loss, racking sobs that shook then
both. He held her tighter and felt hit
own control going.
"Caroll Oh, God. Carol, don't!
I'll go haywire and take you awa
If you do. Tell the world to go tc
hell. Cnrol, I 1 can't stand It . , .'
She grew very qulot "Sorry. Thai
was the tonmle In me." She straight
ened and smiled dimly. "Oo-7-qulck
ly Blake."
He turned and fumbled for th
door, and almost lurched from the
room.
When Porter came twenty mlnutei
later she bad herself completely In
hand.
"Come In. You're rlg.ht on the
dot."
(CcpyHahl, l9St, by dorian Stms)
Tomorrow, rather surprlied St
h.n.lf, Ctrol tfllli her brother Pet.
ANTI-SEINING BILL
' RULED OFF BALLOT
SALEM. Sept. 24. (AP) The antl
Cohunbia river flan bill prohibiting
use of Retries and fixd apparatus In
salmon fishing will not be voted
upon at the November election.
The Oregon supreme court, In an
opinion by Justice Oeorge Rosaman,
reversed the decree of Judge Arlle
.O. Walker and enjoined the secretary
of state from placing the Initiative
measure on the ballot.
The suit wag brought by Attorneys
Jay Bowerman, W. S. U'Ren and Ros
coe Krler. through District Attorney
W. H. Trtndle of Marlon county, al
leglng false presentation In obtaining
names to the Initiative petitions.
SHERIDAN, Wyo Sept. 24 (AP)
One man was killed and 13 persons
were injured, none seriously, when a
Burlington passenger train collided,
head on with a "helper" locomotive
near Wyola, Mont., 43 miles north
west of Sheridan last night.
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
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Fig I'ollrnlziittoii
It was not until attempts were
made to Introduce the Smyrna fig
into California tunt tho strange pro
cess necessary to the growth of cd-
lblo figs or that variety first came
to light.
Late In the 1880's a San Francisco
newspaper sent to Smyrna, for 14.000
fig cuttings and gave them to Us
readers, believing that the closely
similar cllmato In California would
give the fruit Ideal growing condi
tions. PlmUed throughout the warm sec
tions of the state, the fig trees flour
ished hut upon reaching the age of
fertility their fruit was found to dry
up and fall from the tree. The reason
was a complete riddle for years un
til a U. 8. department of agriculture ,
Investigator mode & trip to Smyrna
to solve the problem.
Here he found that the natives
of the region never failed to plant
outside their orchards a few caprlflg
trees which bore an . Inedible, dwarf
ed fruit. At certain times In the year,
the natives gathered strings of the
dwarfed flga and hung them on the
cultivated trees "to ward off evil
spirits."
Upon observation, the Investigator
discovered, that the wild figs con
tained tiny Insects which flew to the
cultivated trees and forced their en
trance Into the young fruit. They
bore a necessary pollen contained In
tho wild fig that fertilized the cul
tivated fig, allowing It to grow to full
maturity.
With the secret ut last known, wild
fig trees wore transplanted to Cali
fornia, where today the Smyrna fig
grows In all its lusclousness.
Fairy Tales
Strange as It seems, the hand that
rocks the cradle has never yet
achieved any lasting success In writ
ing tales for the nursery.
Such great collections as "The
Arabian Nights," "Sanaklrt Tales,"
the works of the Grimm brothers.
Charles Perrault and Hans Anderson,
all translated into the languages of
almost every nation on earth, have
never been approached In popularity
by the efforts of any woman.
Tomorrow: America's First "Best
Seller."
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PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 34. (AP)
A combination autogyro and auto
mobile pattfcd a maker's tt auccens
futlyat suburban Horaliam yesterday
preparatory to Ita being turned over
to the department of commerce.
The ahlp, deelgned by A. E. Larson.
c)iief engineer of the Autogyro Com
pany of America, is little wider and
longer than an automobile and ran
be plared In an ordinary garage. It
weighs 800 pounds.
James Ray. vice-president .! the
company. Mid the ship was designei
bo ita owner might keep It In hia
garage, drive it to an airport, take
off, fly to hla destination and drive
It right up to the door.
The ship tiaa a top apeed of 100
miles an hour in the air and 35 to
30 miles on the road.
Kay aald the "readable autogyro"
could be produced In quantity to
sell for les than 'J000. The original
ship will cost the government 13.-500.
Northwest Leads
Railroad Pick-Up
PENDLETON. Sept. 24. (AP) Al
though rallrvnd lirtght and passen
ger volume hnA lncreAped throughout
the nation, the three northwest
at te Oregon, Washington and Ida
bo are the center of the most mark
ed 'Improvement In the country, it
vhs revealed here late yraKrditv by
President Carl Or.iy of t he u nson
Pacific syntom.
Orny Hopped here briefly late yes
terday afternoon enroute west.
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