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PAGE ETGHT MEDFORD MATL TRIBUNE. HfEPFOTtD, OREGOy. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1936 THE WORLD- WITH A FENCE A New Novtl by Marion Sims itam BrrtOPSlB: Carol Torrance ham aone home from Atlanta tor ChrieU mat: ehe iuet hat told her brother Pat about her love tor Blake Thorn ton, her employer And Blake te on hie way to Florida to try to per euade hie neurotio.eelfleh wife Irma to dlvoroe him eo he may be tree to marry Carol. Blake hopee Irma lotU tree htm eince their life together hae been a decade ot traveety. But : Carol ie pretty euro Irma Kill try to maintain her hold, rithough ehe earee nothing tor Blake, Chapter It BEFORE THE BATTUE BLAKE lay In hla berth and tossed Impatiently, cursing the hours that lay between him and bis battle with Irma. He planned his attack with care, and hoped fervently lor enough self-control to carry him 'through the ordeal with dignity. Irma wonld probably storm and weep; It was (or him to keep his temper and his poise. He tried to guess a, her reaction, to prepare an answer (or any argu ment or Justification she might of ifer, and saw the hopelessness of the attempt. He bad humored her so long, had (or the sake of peace given In so completely to her whims, that her attitude was un predictable. Be had no key by which to read her now. The train roared through a night that seemed to have no end. When the train stopped at Intervals the (Hence was thick and warm and threaded with a snore from the op posite berth. He swore beneath his breatb and snapped on the light above his head. If be could not sleep be could perhaps read. ' But the printed words had no meaning. He tried an article on "Our Neglected Frontier," and dis carded It (or a story In the same .magazine. The story was drab and formless and wholly uninteresting and he threw It angrily aside, won dering why the "literary" maga zines were so averse to grace or color In their writing. There was drama In the upper strata at well as the lower ones look at Carol and himself, he thought but the (act that they were articulate and (airly solvent seemed to put them beyond the pale. Ha tamed off the light and elosed bis eyes again, and Carol came at once to him in the dark. He lay still and remembered her: the lear steadiness ot her eyes and the humorous twist of her beautiful mouth. He remembered bow her hair felt to his linger: thick and abort and crisp, like a boy's. Her body was boyish too. He won dared suddenly If she would want children, and knew Instinctively that she woulc. Her personality would not depend (or Ita fulfillment upon maternity, but ber curiosity and her zest for living were to great for ber voluntarily to miss that ex perience. He fell asleep just at dawn, and slept uneasily (or three or (our hours. When he woke he wsa at least able to say to hlmseK: today I'll see her and perhaps know the answer. Porhape. Or perhaps irma would vacillate and put him off, feel ing a sadist's pleasure In prolong ing his quivering uncertainty. The dsy wore on, and he found a sort of respite In the mechanics of arriving at his destination; In changing trains and eating break fast and lunch, in watching the country take on color and warmth with the mllos. The miracle of a summer that bad come In the night i moved him greatly, and he longed to share the miracle with Carol. His love for her had deepened bis own awareness of beauty and ugli ness, of Joy and pain, and a sensa tion shared with her was a sensa tion doubled In Intensity. He was glad now that he had taken the train Instead ot driving; he bad not only escaped the physical strain, but night had blanketed the monot ony of south Georgia and northern Florida and he had waked to bright new world. MARSTO.V, trim and neat; bright with the conviction of return ing prosperity and a bumper crop iO( tourists. He went to a commer cial botel because he could not bear the Idea of sleeping under the same roof with Irma. His heart was boating thickly and be knew that he was suddenly afraid. Tbls would make Irma an gry, even though he had prepared the way by a curt note about an Im portant matter he wanted to discuss with hor -a note that deliberately omitted even the emptiest and most casual terms of endearment. He had a bath and changed Into light clothes, then telephoned her hotel "Irmaf he said abruptly when he had reached her. "This Is Blake." "Well (or goodness' aakel" Her voice waa puizled and fretful. "Where cn earth are yon?" At the Melton Hotel. I got tn about an hour ago." , "Why didn't you come out here?" "I thought, under the circum stances, I'd better stay here. Will you be In this evening?" She said Impatiently: "What under the sun's the matter with you, Blake? Ton sound as If yon were drunk." Her Impatience supplied the stim ulus be needed. If she had been sweet and eager he would have fal tered and tried U. soften the blow if It was a blow! but now he felt merciless. Irma had helped him again without meaning to. He laughed shortly. "I was never soberer In my life. When can I see you after dinner?" Irma'a bewilderment deepened, and for the first time her com placency was pierced with dread. Blake sounded well, strange and tar away. He had gone to another hotel and now he was asking for an interview as If he had never seen her. Her voice was suddenly shrllL Blake, what's happened V She repeatedly frantically: "What's the matter with you?" "I'm trying to make an opportu nity to tell you, but not over the telephone. Bball I come out after dinner or shan't I?" "But why not come to dinner? Or-let me have dinner with you?" He could not bear the emptiness of the amenities with her, or run the risk ot being enmeshed even for an hour in the terrible, invisible strands of habit. He could not re sume (or a minute his conjugal rela tion; not -while bis ueart and soul and body were filled with the mem ory of CaroL He said steadily: "I'm sorry. This Is not exactly dinner table conversation." He knew her to be entirely capable o( a public scene. "We'd better talk It over in private." ' Her dread and her cur'-jslty won out. She said plaintively: "All right. If you Insist. I had an engagement tor the evening but I'll break It." He smiled grimly. "Please dont do that on my account. I can wait until morning." He knew very sure ly that her "engagement" was the Inevitable bridge game, and that she would not rest until she heard what he had to say. "Don't be silly." fine was trying now to be coy. "Why shouldn't I break an engagement for my own husband?" . Ob Ood, he prayed silently, don't let her start that. He said formally: "Then I'll come about half-past eight if that's convenient." "Ot course It Is." She hesitated. "Come straight to my room if you like. Pour-twenty-eight." "Thank you. I will." He replaced the telephone and realized as he turned away that the palms of his bands were icy. SAFETY PIN REMOVED ' FROM BABY'S THROAT PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 26 (AP) Kenneth Roger Ogden, age 3 months, appeared little the worse to day after surgeons removed an open safety pin from his throat. The Cas tle Rock, Pendleton by car and rushed here by plane yesterday. Hospital attaches said he would remain under observa tion a few days but tbat no further trocble waa .jxpected. ' WINDOW GLASS we sell window glass and will replace your broken windows reasonably Trowbridge Cab- Wash. Infant waa taken to' ln.it works OREGON INCOME TAX SUBURBAN HEIGHTS UULLtWIUNS JUMP' WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 (AP) The bureau of Internal revenue said today Oregon income tax collections for the period, September 1 to 21 In clusive, 193S. totaled 4888.513, com pared with M0.179 for the corres ponding period a year ago. By GLUYAS WILLIAMS' STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX For further proof address the author. Inclosing a stamped envelope for reply. Beg. IT. 8. Tat. Off. IRMA put down thu receiver and stood motionless, staring straight ahead. For the first time In eleven years the glass case In which she bad shut herself from the needs and wishes of others was cracking. She saw Blake dimly, It was true as an Individual and not as ber bus band and provider. What under heaven could be want with ber: to say perhaps tbat his business bad failed? But she remombered his tell ing her that there had been an Im provement . . . A hint of the truth crept towards her and she crushed It benoatb ber heeL Jlake couldn't have fallen tn love with another woman; be was definitely not the typo for that. You dldn t live with a man for eloven years without knowing whether you could trust him. Hor jwn tempera ment was too cold for her to Imagine a love that defied one's own wishes and soruples: It you tell In love you did It because you wanted to, She picked up the telephone to break her bridge engagement and slowly replaced the receiver. Should she tell Mrs. Francis that ber bus- band waa in town? Mrs. Francis would be sure to learn that Blake was staying elsewhere; the woman knew everything. No, she would wait until she had heard Blake out and brought him once more under control. Then she could be llht and arch about bis coming and bis departure. Business, you know. . . . January is a terrible month for him. He Just wanted to see me. , , , 8he took up the receiver again and called Mrs. Francis. A alluht headache . . . nothing serious, but she thought It best to go to bed Im mediately after dinner. . . , Tomor row night, she hoped. . . . She turned from the telephone to her mirror and studied her face care fully. 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Blaka tolls Irmt NEW LEGION CHIEF ADVISES AGAINST SCATTERING FIRE CLEVELAND. Sept. 3. (AP) The American Legion's faat-graying war veterans deployed homeward today, leaving thlr newly-elected national commander. Herry w. Oolmery ol Topeka. K., to promote their alma and ideals until the Una forms next year on New York's riftb avenue. Delegates beard Colmery conclude their convention yoaterday with a declaration that the Legion should keep within the confines of lt own program, that -tha ruination of vol unteer organizations cornea when they try to abrogate to themaelvei the solution of all tte moral, social. religious, and economic problems of the American civilization." A 39-year-old toll-styled "butter milk pastor." Dr. Bryan N. Kaathlev of Mineral Wells. Texaa. declared In an Interview lut nl(jht that, as the Legion's new national chaplain, one of his major objectives would be u combat elbow-bending at veterans' conventions. "I do not think the problem can be solved by a dlrert reform method and by continually referring to the alcohol evil," said Dr. Keatliley. who win maxa a nation-wide tour of Le gion departments. 'Initead. I will address the spiritual value, overcom ing evil with good." He explained: "At Legion conven tion In Texas I have often sat around with the boya. They had theirs' and I drank my buttermilk. FLOWERS TOR Tilt IM1IIS The nubile la Invited Rat and Sun to attend the opening of Tne Meyer ureennousee. At the old Rogue Val ley Greenhouses. Wfl Tranquette Ht DUN 810HTS to fit all nuns. Slm Pros, 23 H. ru. duns re-bored. Itlver Touchdown Harry Hughea Is now serving his 38th consecutive year as football mentor at the same school Colorado State, At the time of hla remarkable touchdown In 1D04. football rules al lowed the offensive team to recover Its own punts over the goal line. Playing halfback tor Oklahoma uni versity, Hughes sent a long splrallng punt soaring over the opponents' gal line and sprinted down the field In en attempt to recover It. The ball feu In midstream of a small river which lay several yards In back of the goal line, without halting In hla stride. Hughes dived after the slippery pigskin, and succeeded In grasping It for one of-the strangest scores In all football history a touchdown In a river. Oddly enough, the name of the op posing school was KINGFISHER col lege I LouUbourg For more then loo years, English Harbor. Nova Scotia, was a simple. Bleepy village, chiefly populated by English flahermen but It waa dea tined for stirring times. Under the treaty of Utrecht in 1713, Cape Breton, on which the vil lage wsa situated, became a French possession, while Arcadia end New foundland were ceded to Great Brit ain. Aa a result, a large portion of the French Inhabitants of Newfound land and Arcadia moved - to Engllan Harbor' and, changing lta name to Loulsbourg In honor of Loula XIV, King of France, laid down the doun datlona of a good. sized city. Selected as an Ideal site for a Frelich stronghold In the New World, a massive fortress, two and one-half miles In circumference, was erected at a cost of (10,000,000. With France and England at war In 1749, siege was laid to tbe sup posedly Impregnable fortress by New England troops which ended in the city's capitulation. Returned to the French by the treaty of Alx-la-Cha-pelle In 1748, the fortlftcatlona were considerably strengthened, but with another war on between France and England, Loulsbourg was once more captured through siege In 1768. Shortly after thla the great, fortress waa destroyed, leaving only the bomb proof shelters which still exist. Monday: Wrllers." "The Original Ghost TAILSPIN TOMMY Laughing Now But Later? 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