M"EDKmD MATL TRTBTTNTE, MI'JOFORD, OTfEGON', MONDAY. APKTL 19. 1937
PAOd SIX
EEESZDHEHSHD
By MARGARET WIDDEMER
SYNOPSIS: Cvt MannertfltM
no sooner returnt to rural Con
necticut after five wot Vino
yean in Sew York, than the it .
Joined in her 200-year-old house
and orchard by the penniless
Featherttonee and (heir erl
oue young ton Judge, Uncle'
Henry, an old family friend,
moves in too, to help run the
place. Gcorpe Cleveland, Eve't
calm, practical neighbor, . de
clare! hie love, but the It en
gaged to gay city-louiny Denny
and crazy about him. A job with
George' steel magnate father it
what Denny wants. Walking in ,
the orchard, Denny and tve en
counter George.
Chapter 29
Ellen Bares Her Heart 1
GEORGE backed down I ladder
behind a tree a little way ahead
lot Denny and Eve, and stood squarely
In their path In his leather working
(clothes, a handful of twits In his
Jisnds. "You can't help hearing your
own name, you know." His face was
a little rigid. But he spoke with his
ordinary slow steadiness. "Would you
feel It was going over Mrs. Power's
head. Carter, If I gave you a hand
up with my father?"
"Good lord, Cleveland, not" Den
ny's face was radiant. "Grateful as a
pup. All I'd ask would be a chance to
show him my credentials, experience,
have a chance to talk to him or his
employment manager"
"All right I'll see that you talk to
him when he gets back from his
match this afternoon."
"Cleveland, you're a princel I'll
dash off to my room and dig over my
folder of Muff a bit. I say, you don't
know well, If you were listening I
guess you do what this means to Eve
and met"
"Yes, I do," said George. He stood
quite still, facing Eve, while Denny
ran fleetly like a joyous small boy
back to the house.
She threw her hands out, crying
"Oh, George, you're wonderfull"
But he moved a little away from
her, and she saw that his face was
pale under the sunburn.
"I'm not wonderful," he said. "But
I can't stand it any more. If I can't
have you myself, I don't want you
where I can see you all the time. I
thought I could. Last night I found out
I couldn't I was going to ask you again
this morning, make sure one way or
the other, ... It was our sitting there
together, with the old man and the
kid, you singing to me, a sort of
dreadful heavenly Imitation of our
being married and happy. That was
why I got out so early. , . .
"I can't move a three-year-long
experiment. But I can hurry up your
marriage. You'll be back In your city
life. In time I'll get over you, I hope,
and even marry somebody else, . . .
Eve, do you mind going now?"
In spite of her happiness, Eve
found that there were tears stream
ing down her face as she turned and
went back along the orchard path.
Denny Qeta The Job
DENNY came back radiant from his
Interview. He said, holding her
In ms arms in the hall that night,
with the station taxi chugging im
patiently at the foot of the drive, "It's
almost cinched, darling. Thank you
for rowing me. If we hadn't stopped
unaer that tree to tight over Mltit "
"Telephone me the minute you
know!"
"Prectlcally calling you up nowl"
He turned at the door for one last kiss
and a hurried, laughing, "Darling,
don't get too far gone on the gambrel
roofs and strawberry bedsl If all goes
well, you're marrying a night-club
life!"
With a Anal violent embrace he
was off, leaving Eve laughing at him
a little, but puzzled a little too.
Iidn't he want her to be happy out
here? Or hod she shown too little
interest in New York things, and too
much in what she had been doing?
New York did seem far away.
But then any place did where you
weren't '
And then Judge ran around from
Iho side of the house shouting to her
that the most wonderful thing was
going to happen: Uncle Henry said
that he knew where there was a lady
pig with a lot of little pigs, and there
was one called a runt he could get
for Judge.
"And there's a pig pen way off by
the barn back of the orchard, and It
can eat what we leave: only Uncle
Henry says you're the mistress here,
and I have to ask you "
Well, you had to be Interested In
that.' Though she knew that if It had
gone so far as Uncle Henry's sugges
tions, the pig was practically a Man
nersfteld pig this minute.
She went about the rest of that day
and all the next In a daze of hope
ful excitement Ellen Walton came
out Monday morning. She was
through in New York, she said
quietly. She had other plant. Eve
could scarcely pay attention; every
nerve was strained toward the tele
phone bell. Finally at 7:30 It rang.
"Darling, I've got it!"
After they had talked themselves
out to the tune of a dollar s worth
of raptures, Eve hung up. She looked
around in wild excitement for some
one to tell It to. Everybody was out
out tnen. wnom she ran to earth
In her bedroom, walking up and
down with her brown head bowed.
muttering a part she was learning
trom a Diue-eovered book In her
stand. Eve threw her arms around
her.
"Ellen, Ellen, Denny has his Job
with Northern Steell We'll be mar
rying and living happy ever after
by the middle of Junel Isn't it heav
enly?" Ellen laid her "side" carefully on
the tall maple chest by the window.
She said in a queerly cold voice,
"Yes, It's wonderful."
Eve stared at her. Could It be that
she cared for Denny? But that was
crazy. As she watched, Ellen sud
denly threw herself across the bed
sobbing, her hands clutching the
counterpane.
"I can't stand It," she panted. "I'll
die. My heart's breaking. You and
Marylin happy with your men, and
I have nothino' Eve, Eve, I want
George so I could diel I can't go on
living If I don't have hlml"
Eve threw her arms around her
friend, leaning over her on the bed.
She did not know what to do or say
to this Ellen, this passionate, agon
ized girl she had never known.
"Oh. darling, don't cry so!" was all
she could say. But Ellen went on sob
bing and talking against Eve's shoul
der.
'I'd move heaven and earth to
marry him. He's the best, decentest.
finest man I ever knew. Not that I've
known many." She sat up suddenly
and dried her eyes, speaking fiercely.
I've taken a lob with a little summer
stock company at Sharon, near his '
golf club, to get a chance to be close
to him. If I drive over here and stay
with you as much as I can. I'll be
close to him weekends too. If a girl
loves a man enough If she tries hard
enough she gets him. I ve seen. I'll
be the best wife on earth to him. J
worship him ... he must love me .
he shall , . . Oh, George, Qeorge "
She began to sob again. Eve held
her tight. After a while she quieted.
"I didn't mean to break over." she
said, "but I had to tell you. Help me.
Eve."
Eve held her tight . . , George!
And yet George had said he wanted
to get over caring. Men often mar
ried on the rebound, she knew.
And she would have her two best
friends together. She wouldn't lose
George this way.
"Ill do everything I can," she
said eagerly. "I'm sure It will end
right."
"Do you think so?" Ellen said
breathlessly. "Oh, my God, I've never
had anything I wanted before! 1
must have this!"
Eve shivered In tho face of this
naked passion. Shivered again when
Ellen, neat, controlled, steady, said
her quiet goodbys next day to
George among the rest She knew
now what was under the cool control.
Mllil's House Hunt
EVE and Denny agreed that, all
things considered, it wouldn't be
fair to Mitzi to let her down about
the Southampton real estate hunt,
"I feel so happy now that I'd help
the lowest mouse to steal crumbs,"
Eve said down the telephone that
they both used extravagantly now
"Me too." Denny said fervently
"But the weekend after the South
ampton business I'll be out My Lord
woman, it's a wonder we remember
what each other looks like. I come
out then and we plan and we exe
cute!" "Tho barbarlnn lover!"
"All of that," said Denny's voice,
passionate even across the wires. "Oh,
damn, sweet, wouldn't it be grand if
I was hunting for a Southampton
summer place for us? Why on earth
does Mltz have to have everything
U'e want?"
"She probably thinks we have
everything she wants." Eve's voice
was gay and contented. Bright sun
shine and Denny's Job landed what
more could anybody desire? She
went singing away from the tele
phone. Denny managed to dash out the
Friday morning following, just to
have a few hours with her before
he drove with Mitzi on her quest
for a summer place.
"Let's tell the Featherstones and
Mitzi and the world!" he said im
petuously. "Tell 'em I worship you,
and I've got a grand Job. and I'm
coming out next week with a ring In
my pocket"
But Eve remembered that other
time. She was superstitious, she said.
"Let's tell after it happens. Ellen
knows, and George, ot course. Bui
they're both oysters."
"All right, sweet Not even Mitzi.
She's a grand person, Mitzi, She was
swell over the Job being landed by
George. Of course. I do think I owe it
to her primarily." said Denny
thoughtfully. "She told me she'd been
wearing herself out selling me to the
Clevelands, bless her. She said. '1 feel
as it you and I had been awfully
close, somehow, in another life. Den,
and as If I owed It to you to do
things for you.' You know, her eyes
were full of tears."
They were kneeling by the straw
berry bed. hunting for early straw
berries. "I'd even hunt strawberries
for you, that's how 1 love you!"
Denny said lightly.
Eve sat back on her heels, was
about to argue against Mitzi, and
then didn't. With everything so per
fect nothing was worth arguing
over: spring and the strawberries,
and the pink apple trees above them,
and their love. , , .
"Den, you precious, you'll never
grow up!"
"Thank heaven!"
(Copyright, tttt, Ifnrpnt'l triiM.m-rJ
While Judge goes to see the doctor,
his parents decamp, tomorrow.
WATER ABOARD
GROUNDED LINER
CRISTOBAL, Canal Zona. April 10.
(APt The 63 pawn Hers and the,
crew of the Ptench liner Bretagne
had to drink wine or beer or clue go
thirsty while the Ban Pranclaco
bound ship was aground 00 houra on
the Colombian coast, offlcen related
when the venaal reached flere today.
Ocean water leaked Into the freah
water tank through a hole made
when the 5500-ton ahlp atrucfc bot
tom near Puerto Colombia. The
drinking water tu unfit (or uae,
even for coffee or tea.
The craft waa freed early yeaterday
after 300 toil of crystal sand, part
of the cargo, had been dumped over
board fthe waa scheduled to make
the canal transit tomorrow and enter
drydock ft Balboa, .
HEAVY DAMAGE DONE
TO
STRANGE AS IT S2EMSBy JOHN HIX
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The aealea of democracy were more
than somewhat out of kilter In the
United States presidential election of
1878-1877. The vote of one man act
ually elected Hayrs to the office over
the weight of a 264.292 majority vote
won by his opponent, Samuel J. Tll-den.
No other American election ever
resulted In such a mess. When re
turns on the popular election came
In, Tllden, the Democratic candidate.
was found to have received 4,300.590
votes over Hayes' 4,036.298. The elec
toral college's vote wan cast and a
political storm broke loose. Fraud
charges were hurled against the re-
tuniB of Louisiana, Florida and South
Carolina. Investigation brought forth
doeuv. tents from the covernors of t.iie
disputed states In f.ivor of Hayes.
Certificates from other state officials
favored Tllden. For a while It seem
ed an Impasse had been reached.
Some solution had to be found. A
nation clamored for notification of
who Its next president was to be.
It was decided to determine the elec
tion on the opinion of a special elec
toral committee.
Five senators, five representatives
and five Justices of the supreme coxirt
were appointed to the commission,
light of the fifteen appointees were
in favor of Tllden but the el?ction
of one of them. Justice Davis, as sen
ator caused a withdrawal and left the
committee evenly divided. Supreme
Court Justice Joseph P. Bradley wo
appointed to fill the vacancy. He
cast. 1 1 1 s vote I n f a vor of Ha vos n nd
brought him Into oTiics with an eight
to seven ballot.
King ol suat
Babe Ruth. Of all the names In
baseball history, that name stands
foremost In association with batting.
Yet. strange as tt seems. It headed
the list of batting champions In only
one season. 1924 a season In which
the mighty Babe didn't even make
his best batting average!
Ruth cracked out a percentage of
..193 In 1923 but was beaten out for
the league championship by Harry
Heilmann who averaged .403 The next
year the Babe hit .378 to lead the
American league for his first and last
time. Ty Cobb holds the all-time
record for batting championships
with 12 to his credit but Ruth holds
the lifetime hnmerun record with 729.
SUBURBAN HEIGHTS
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By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
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TWICE Wrfv.lH "1WO MINUSES BV "fHE SAME VVRONS
NUMBER,, -frtE BELL )MMEPlA1tLV RAW 6 A6A1N
FRED PERLEV rVAS1tP NO -fiME IN SPEAKING HIS WNU;
ONLY CALL HAPPENED fO BE friE MOSf IMPORlfcNf
WOMAN IN CLUB CIRCLES WAN1.N6 0 SPEAK 0 HIS WIFE
(Copyright, 1937, by The Bell Syndicate. Inc.)
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Tokens Collected '
HONOLULU ( UP) Euclid W. Cox,
trainman on the Honolulu Rapid
Transit company, has a watch chain
which he believes some people In the
United Stoles would prefer not to see.
It la composed exclusively of street
car tokens which visitors from the
United States have dropped Into his
fare box Instend of the regulation
coin.
Lose $30.(100.000 fight
LONDON (UP) British railway
companies have lost a five years' fight
to keep goods transport services from
trunk roads. The appeals tribunal
traffic act. 1933, has dismissed an
pppeal by four railway groups to
withdraw licenses granted to Bouths
T;lloton Transport, Ltd-, for 128 motor-vehicles
and 42 trailers.
toy Asks 910.00ft
ALEDO, III. (UP) Two paddlings
are priced at 910.000 by Elm wood
Workman, a seventh grade pupil In
the Junior high school here. The pad
dlings were administered by Princi
pal F. E. Olelze. Besides the suit for
damages, Olelze was charged with as
sault by the boy's father. Robert
Workman.
? ' t7 ?r now,
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Ifecent rains which raised crerka and
rtrera to the season's highest levels
did considerable damage to the AM
hou-s mining property operated by
William "on der Hellen above Hoi
lrnd.
A newly-constnit-ted canal
washed away, crumbling onto the
creek channel and leaving the steam
above) cut off from a communicating
road. Pipe lines recently put into
operation were broken up.
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truck from burial In the landslide
Into tht creek bottom It will be
some time before mining operations
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