Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1936)
PXGTC EIGHT THE WORLD WITH A FEIMC A Nm Novtl by Marion Simt Cbapter 4X SOLACE QO CORNELIA know. Did that mean, than, that everybody knew? That the and Blake had been ostriches with their heads In the tend? Bhe winced, and tried to push back the thought with the physical activity of making coffee and toast. She felt the weight of horror; knew that she could stay In this room all day and be mad by night. She threw on her clothes with des perate baste and tied, locking the door behind her. But the horror came with her, through the lacked door and Into the gray coldness of the outside world. She boarded an uptown car, and felt Its breath on her cheek. She almost expected the conductor to say "Two?" as she held out the money for her fare. She bought a dress, wondering all the while If she could ever wear It, and lost tbe black shadow tor a time In tbe crush of eager struggling wo men who bunted after-Christmas bi rgalns. She ordered lunch and made a pre tense of eating It, then sought the sheltering darkness of a theatre, to lit staring blindly at shadows that moved and spnke and pretended to happened. How do yon know that It won't open a lot of other people's eyes?" Cornelia smiled. "You don't give me credit for being smarter than the mob, do you?" "Ob, yes I dol But ferreting out this sort of thing hasn't got much to do with Intelligence. Usually It's the other way around." "True. But I've seen two or three people today, and I know none of them has guessed. Tbe general ver dict is: 'She never has been quite normal, anyway.' Tbe mention of Irma shattered Carol's composure, so that she shiv ered and turned her face away. "Cornle, I I don't believe I can stand It . . . "Yes, you can," Cornelia said firm ly. "You can stand It and eventual-1- forget It" "Forget that you've killed some body?" "Oh, my Qodl" Cornelia said hot ly. "I expected something better than that from you. You didn't kill her; It was her own rotten coward Ice and spite that did It" "No It wasn't She wouldn't have done anything so desperate If she hadn't loved him terribly." "Ob, no?" Cornelia said scorn fully. "She'd have done It Just as quickly If she'd hated hlra. She "You didn't kill herl" suffer beautifully In gowns by Adiiun. She made herself see the Sim through, then she boarded a car and got off at the market nearest the Sherwood. Cornelia, being Invited to dinner, would expeot to eat Lamb chops and artichokes, Qruyera cheese and lettuce; these things at least were real and permanent Cornelia came soon after six, straight from work, she said, and looking straight from Park Avenue instead. She took off her hat and coat and went to the kitchen, where she began expertly to fashion a salad. She talked lightly and steadily un til tbe meal was done, and Carol fol lowed her lead as best she could. It they were to eat they must keep the shadow at bay as long as possible. But after dinner Carol made tbe plunge herself, breaking through Cornelia's laughing account of an unruly customer, "Cornle, why did you come here tonight?" Cornelia Inhaled her clgaret'slow ly. "You know, or you wouldn't ask that question." "Yes. Tbe shock was In realltlng that you knew, too. And that It you knew, there must be a lot ot others who did." "N TO. That was what I came to tell you. 1 don't know how I guessed, except that I realised what would probably have happened to me In the same position." She smiled faintly. "I dont believe I could work with a man Ilk Blake and not fall In love with him. and I didn't believe he could work with a girl Ilka you and not do the same thing. 1 wasn't sure, ot course, but when this happened I couldn't think of any other reason." Carol started to speak, but Cor nells broke In quickly. "What I wanted to tell you was that nobody has suspected a thing; so far as I know, there basn't been a breath that linked your name with bis. And If there had been, I believe I would have board It because she gr. maced "I seem' to hear things whether they Inlorest me or not." "But you weren't sure until this wasn't capable of love: you know that Hate can make you Just as des perate as love: hate and Jealousy." Well, In either case wo drove hoi to It" Cornelia said more quietly: "Do you mind tolling me what did bap pen? I can Judge better If you do." SHE told her, dully, of Blake's trip to Florida and of his filing the suit But not ot the Ironlo night of his return: nobody, she prayed, would ever know about that When she had finished Cornelia nodded vigorously. "It there's anything shameful or dishonest about all that I can't jee It Good Lord, Carol, poople get di vorces every day! It doesn't cause a ripple." "Not divorce, no. But suicide Is another story. Don't you see," she orled out "that lt'anot whether peo ple guess It or not? That It's some thing that would be there botweon us If we lived a thousand years? He feels exactly as I do about It." "How do you know ha does?" Cor nelia demanded bluntly. "You've got to see Blake as soon as he gets back Maybe he can reason with you even If I can't" Cornelia was probably right You couldn't leave a thing like this sus pended In midair not If you hoped to keep vour reason. She agreed list lessly. "Yes, I guess I'll hire to see htm once. But not here: It would be ure to be the one time he'd be see) and recognised. 1 may get you to help me out." "It's what I came for," Cornelia said sturdily. "And for goodnoss' sake do it right away. Don't let the thing eat your heart out first." She stood up. "Get your hat. We're going and play bridge with the Gordons." Carol spun around and her eyes vera wet "Cornle, I can't see any idyl" "You've got to." Cornolla said flat ly. "The sooner you start getting used to It the sooner you'll get ovei it. Get your hat and stop talking!" (CopvrlgM, MSI, by Harlan Simt) Caret masts Blaka, tomorrow. TO AT COST OF $1,946,172 GET COMMISSION OKEH WASHINGTON. Oct. 1 rfi The orrst reservation commission approv d today the addition of 393.369 acres o the 45 national forest units at a otal cost of II 48.173. Ordinarily, approval by the com mission Is tontamount to purchaaa. The commission also approved a iropoaal to ask the budget bureau' pproval of a 110,000,000 allocation rom the president's emergency relief units to purchase additional foreai ends It deemed aa drairable for con rvatlon purchases. Action of three major projects In Maine, California and Orraon wan deterred pending availability of addi tional itinas. Tiify embrace s total of aoo.ooo acr ottnred at 13.000.000. and Include the Ochoco unit near Prlnevllle. Ore., and the northern Redwood unit, California. Purchaws approved today Included (.SOS serfs of Marys Peak In Oregon for S33S.U3. The Mary's Peak- unit lies on the city of corvallls watershed. The pur. chare is lutennr-d to ufrpmrd the water supply of the city and Orcson State colh-ge. and vurther local em ployment under lORglng to be aus pended hy the forest services sua-lalned-yield plan. H is proposed to put the suslatned yleld management plan In operation Immediately, Buckingham's loo Cream. Can3y ft Party Specials. The Crest 330 3. Cent. A total of 167 one-fnmlly dwellings were constructed during the monta of August In Miami and Miami Beach SALEM, Oct. 1. (API Logging op erations in northwestern Oregon may be resumed in forest ureas closed to entry through proclamation, state Ftoi-ester John W. Ferguson, announc ed today. All forest west of the Cascade mm mlt and In Kl&matn. county were closed because of the f:re hazard. The new order permits logging operations only In that district north of the soucbern boundaries ot Lane and Lin coln counties and also in Klamath county where there are no fires. The toreste In southwestern Ore gon remained closed to all actrv'tles. SALEM, Oct. l-(AP) The turkey grading school for growera In Oregon and Washington will be held at Eu gene October 30 and 81, Frank Mc Kenna of the state department of agriculture, announced today. Las year the school was held In Washington. Join ETHELWT1I B. HOFFMANN'S Hosiery Olub. , Every 13th pair tree. GUN REPAIRS. Expert gunsmiths Sims Bros., 23 N. Fir. Oun sights. Use Mall Tribune want ads. STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX For: further proof -address the author, Inclosing . stamped envelope for reply. Reg. TJ. S. Pat Off. famous I8ih cPntuMSpankh 7. couhT cuTeu.l - fxENoWMEP SOUND EfFtrCfe HKTI'sT, CBN PRODUCE. oveR 2,000 iMiTftHorvS . With rt voice &lone. Ill Vtoflfe OWl OPE eWICT MOS6-CDVERS5, REEKING WALKS, OK HI'S eEP OF3tf?ftW RBCllHIMd, HMf-flKPAlRlMfl, HAlf-RBPWlNa -WrtH hTrtWrMtflHe WINDOW SIU INfteWfteiRDOFOMEH IU, H MV 4EMEt INCUNePToSflrV, ' WtTTeW om I7ooyt&t& " BSFORS SP&AR fMAH POS'S IMMORlbL vRfWBH. " If INfrtOiGHT&NP f aV at I m v m . Jl Uaven vs. White Owl Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious vol ume of forgotten lore . , . Could It have been possible that one of those "quaint and ourloui volumes of forgotten lore" contlned the "White Owl Ode" by the ancient Chinese poet, Chla I, and that It was this work that Inspired Edgar Allen Poe to write hi immortal "Raven"? Do that as It may, note the resem blance betwoon the poems in the fol lowing oxcerpta; -Trig 6i6aT WKTARift vine - of Fern Lake ffertcftMontpl. "fetes. -1 . - - - - - V IfcttPRIlS, A 6A5E Itf IHCHK H CIRCUMFERENCE fWlSAWSOUD The Raven: napping White Owl: pining . The Raven: ahutter. While I nodded, nearly Half despairing, half re- Open here I flung the when with many a flirt and flutter, In there stepped' a ststely Raven. White Owl: When athwart the win dow sill In flew a bird of omen HI, And seemed Inclined to etay. The Raven: . . . thinking what this ominous bird of yore . . . The thought, mood, spirit and even atyle seems astoundlngly similar us yet. strange es It seems, the "White Owl Ode" was written In China about DO A. D. Poe's "Raven" was first published In 1845, more than 1700 years later I Sound Imitator It la Count Cutelll's proud boast that never yet has he found any sound on earth which he Is unable to Imitate so closely no one can de tect the difference. While most me chanical noises call for the use of part of his elsborate sound reproduc ing equipment, Count Cutelll can imitate more than 3000 sounds with his voice alone I Tomorrow: The rtiantom Gold Brick. ALLOWANCE By GLUYAS WILLIAMS RECEIVES HIS AIXOWArlCE OriWErttV-FivE CENTS J1N61ES COINS HAPPILY IX POCKETS WHllH-piArl-NW6 HOW lb SPEND 1rlEM rPffHER TOMIHD& HIM YHERP8 SIU AN IHSlial MEMfOFfEX CENTS DUE oN'ftfW BROKEN Wl -DOW. PAVS tTWmiASI6H MOTrlES REMARKS NoTTo RR6Ef The Five CEHfe HE WA50lK6OPl)flrl HIS BASK EACH VfcEK PROTESTS, WITHOUT AW SUCCESS, AW SISH1K6 DEEPER DROPS Fllf CEltfS IrlTo BANK SISTER CODA SHE WArtfe SPENDS TEH MINUTES THE NICKEL HE OWES HER ARSUW6 fofi AN IV Teksion of The wan, mkin6 ko impression 6 sister whatever (Copyright, 1936, by The Bell Syndicate, lac) DEPARTS HASTlW 1b SPEND HIS REMA1N1N6 NICKEL BEFORE SOMEBODY' TAKS Thai awav from him UJIOIW S 'MATTER POP- By C M. PAVNB pAPTlWK VA- J11 S12ATe.-T:RUIT EVERY L-v ' X sfMbr The BU gysdleate, foe.) '-aD TAILSPIN TOMMY The Phatttom Too Quick for Skeeterl B? HAL FOERSJ IIS 5KE-ETER. FA" APPROACHED THE- PliAHTOM FOKKER THE SKeLETOH TURMED rra . GRINNING tWCC TOWARD HIM AhD SAID....TELL CAPTAIN PAUL SMITH .THIS OTHE- SECono vARHiriQ'! 3KEETER RECOVERED FfiOM HIS SURPRISE.AliD MAPEAlUMOEfOR THE- ANCIEMT PLAMt?..... 2610 1, i(wAtuMBKorr SV-r- 3 wW t SKPETS ? JLi aokeej met ih lOwa " Tim r0tt,fl ) BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER Blind Alley? Bt EDWIN ALOES yThM e09Xi, BUT JUSf . rmOf C0UR. ' 'BUT (tU'T THERE AUVOWtV K10,W0,THAT5 Gll. BRIAR, I DQMT WAUT TOTr HAPPEK1E0 TO P.EHAEM&ER. THAI OUR ) "HTrYr1!! CAW U. VOU UE fg AROUUO HERE, VaJHO TOO FAR BACK BE lU-SPlCIOUe, BUT WR6. iESsatt F11E4 OM GtRAlD KIULEV ARE T r H U1 I CAME HERE AS A - REMEMBER AUO 1 IW THE PAST -J" BUTTOWED UP OU ME AFTER S SlUCOWiPLETE- t SHAN'T BE ABU J , s ( &ABV Of TVJO, A A 7 WW VJH0M CAVJ -T -!)-4p THAT TEIEPUOUE CAVl -AUO U0vJ,Sj- THE NEBBS Good-Bye and Good Luck Bt SOL SESS WEQE'S AKJ EVTI?tv.IO FOR NOU, MRS. SORV. tiOV iOMerMIKXi i-VTO COME DOVAJSJ TWIS VWIWTERifej FOQ A. COUPLE CP VWEES. IWEJTnlLL LOOK AFTER THE, ?-0&lPLAC 3r 1-2S 4 T sal SW. IF NOU COME N MO. KJEVWT. I'M f3Ck SUMMER COMilO3 BACW UEQS . BEST PLA.Ce EvERrVTWlMS AJOD . AOTM Jlori UPDP Ml VU lit Lieri. I t t irru Wrt 1 NICER TKrvJ MIME- I'M SO MUCH ESETTE 70EST AS CHEARrfCl V SATISFIED LCIITH .ANJOMOCEP- KNSELF OOD-BVE ! AlOD, kJEvWT, DCWT FOSSG.T VOUR. promise: TO HELP VOUR- UJIFE. VUlTW TWE LVASWI KJG .AKJD THE MOUSELUOR r n1rt.t IMA. Y.,3, kuk t 0 1 I 1 I I 1-4-LK At mm?.
