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MEDFOKD MAIL TKTBTTXR MEDFORD. OT?EOOX. MONDAY. MAY 3. 1937.
By MARGARET
Chapter 41
Denny Come Back
EVE itood at the door in :h blua
mlited September weither,
dreaming and quiet
"1 am all alone In my houst," ihe
thought "Perhaps 1 shall be alone
(or a great part ot my life now." She
watched the white ribbon of the road,
the low blue veiled Will. The thought
was not painful. A aense of the bouie
Itself, its arms around her. calmed
her. She walked slowly through the
hall and stood at the portico at the
other end. This way one faced the
lawn and the garden, the mounting
slope of the orchard.
The house was empty except (or
herself, yet the feeling was only of
space and quiet not o .'emptiness.
She could almost sense, moving
soundlessly about her, the kindly
people who were her own, the gener
ations of her people, happp and light
behind her in the old beautiful rooms.
She was theirs now. She had come
back, and she was doing' what they
would have her do. She stood a
while in the lovely friendly silence.
Then she went upstairs to bathe and
change for the afternoon, to be ready
when Ellen came back..
She stood In her bedroom by the
high maple bureau, putting on the
thin white silk frock, stopping to fas
ten the white sandals, slowly as If
she were dressing herself (or some
event. She stepped quietly down the
broad shallow stain through the bars
of moted sunshine and Into the par
lor she had made so beautiful again.
Geosge and Ellen would go away;
his work took him, she nad learned,
all over the world. The Seymour
place would only be one ot a dozen
experiment stations (or him now the
house was gone. But Eve would not
go away, now. She would stay here.
Nowhere, since she could not be mar
ried to the man she loved, could she
be so much at peace, so right so com
forted, as In this house where the
sense of generations of her own peo
ple upheld her. They understood,
they cared, they were her kin. Sitting
In the bay window at her table, alone
In the late gold light the aura of
them still held her and loved her.
She had courage to (ace the life
before her, and see that It might be
full and pleasant some day. There
were old links to pick up in the vil
lage. Interests, friendships, here and
beyond. Judge would grow up, re
sponsible and devoted; she would
have Uncle Henry's taciturn faithful
ness and protection. The real love of
two people, that she was sura of and
t work that she dignified by doing
successfully and well most people
didn't have as much as that to be
sure of.
For a few momenta more she stood
at the long front window, idly watch
ing the wind bend the chrysanthe
mums that bordered the drive. The
-sun outlined her bright hair, like an
aureole, the wind blew her thin dress
against her. She felt the warmth and
the freshness of the wind.
Again, there In the great beautiful
old room, came a sense of release,
complete quiet and (reedom. The
hot cross currents of pain and love
and desire and frustration were still
In that quiet moment all waa very
well.
Denny, Older And Thinner
THE front door crashed open and
shut It did not disturb her mood
of freed peace. Judge, bleu his heart
didn't walk soberly these days, ha
ran and banged like any other care
less boy. She turned to smile at the
child. But It was a man who stood in
the doorway.
Denny. ,
She had time to see as he came
swiftly to her, hands out that he
looked somewhat older and thinner;
better groomed, Immaculate In his
sharply-pressed flannela and serge
coat his fair hair brushed smooth. .
That would be a requisite of Mltti's
life, the life he lived now.
He said, "Eve, t was scared to death
you got hurt In the Are. , . . I've come
backl He caught her passive hand.
"Eve, you look like a happy angel,
all white there In the sunllghtl , . . Eve
darling, I'm all over my mad, are
you?"
She saw the old crinkling confident
smile half shutting the long Jade
green eyes and wondered because It
meant nothing to her. Trivial . . .
Was this the only word, she wondered
at herself, she could And for the man
Ihe had once dreaded seeing for fear
PROVIDE PROGRAM
FOR LEGION POST
"Part Commander' olfht" ob
served by Mdford Legion poat at lut
week's meeting In the new quarters
at the armory. An excellent program
was provided by the committee In
charge. Many past commanders of
the local post were preeent as well
as several who had served In an ex
executive capacity In other Legion
poet.
Following a brief bunt new mm Ion.
Cominander J. F. File gel turned over
the gavel to Horace Bromley, who
conducted the meeting. Minutes of
a post meeting In "1057" were read
to the amuaement of many of the
old-Umers present.
An enlightening address on the
supreme court was given by Attorney
Kenneth Den man. who handled his
subject in a comprehensive manner,
giving many angles of the situation
seldom fully understood by the aver
age rltlren.
A clever program presented by the
American Legton Boy Scout troop un
der the direction of Scoutmaster R.
J. Bills and Assistant Scoutmaster
Ralph Hubert, told many phases of
scouting and scored a hit with the
Legion group. Members of Troop 7
tanking part were Elmer Boshaw. Ger
ald Bishop. Wilson Church, Bob Dea
rer, senior patrol leader; Frank
Dixon. Doug Eden. Jlmmle Elliott.
Bob Holmes, troop scribe; Bob Hub
bsrd. Doug Janney. Cliff Jones. Ned
Lyman. Arden Miller. Mickey Miller.
Dtrk Morrow. Btn Ogdrn, Dick ?mith,
BUI Thorndlke, Bill Wall, Alvm Wi
WIDDEMER
she would love him too much and be
too wounded? This gay, egotistic
wlnsomeness, this essily-made love,
scattered to everyone? AU a trlv
aiity. "I'm not angry with you. If you
mean that Is Mitzi with you?" She
smiled at him ceurteously, dropping
his hands.
"Mitzi?" he queried, flinging him
self down on the seat beside her.
"Why on earth should she be?"
"Because unless she is very much
changed she wouldn't like her hus
band coming alone to see another
woman." . ,
He stared at her. "You're crazy,
darling, I'm not Mltz'a husband! It'i
you I'm in love withl"
"1 heard you were marrying Mitzl
In a month from the time you both
wrote Marylln."
He flushed; but he answered her.
"Oh come, darling. Mitz always said
a lot more than her prayers. We had
a hot flirtation, the usual Mitzl rou
tine, six romantic scenes and a part
ing forever except for cocktails to
morrow afternoon! What did you ex
pect me to do when you threw me?"
"Oh, Denny, why discuss it?" It
all seemed so very far away, miseries
that she did not want to recall.
"Marylln mailed m. Mitrl's letter.
With your postscript"
She faced him now, safe and stead
ier and able to go on with life in mea
surable content; but her own speech
brought back to her that dreadful
time when everything had crashed.
When she stood helpless, with that
terrifying helplessness which the loss
of money and work gives a woman
alone even more than it does a man;
hurt and shocked at the discovery
that the friends she had believed in
could be as selfish and Irresponsible
toward her as if she was an abandoned
cat Denny, on top of all this, had
(ailed her; taken love away, after her
loss of everything else.
Mltsl Prefers Killan
IT swirled away. She was safe now.
She had painfully achieved peace
and safety. The memory made a
long shiver go over her, there in the
(resh sunniness of the late September
afternoon.
His sensitive (ace contracted.
"My poor darling," he cried, coming
close and trying to take her in his
arms. "You've had a dreadful time.
I was so angry I didn't know what 1
waa doing. You cared more (or that
kid and the household you'd set up
than you did (or me. And I behaved
like a fool, carrying on with Mitzl.
Just tried to forget my Eve but I
couldn't I couldn't, sweetheart!
"But you took that letter too hard.
As a matter of fact she's probably
writing the same one about KUlan
this minute, and Killan is postscript
Ing It at her arch request The cards
are out to the best of my knowledge.
And what about you and George? . . .
But you and I belong to each other In
spite of everything. Eve. Let's for
get everything, shall we, and start
fresh?"
Eve did not answer him immedi
ately. She saw what had happened.
Mitzl had thrown Denny over (or
Killan who detestable as he was
had many more of the things Mitzl
liked. Perhaps she hadn't known she
could get Killan when she took Denny
on. So Denny had come back. He
probably did Ilka her best ahe
thought cooly. Denny's ardent face
waa close to hers, his hands alive on
her shoulders through the thin silk.
"Come on, sweet put a coat over
that pretty dress and we'll drive over
and And a county seat and a village
justice with straws in his hair, and
get it over with!"
His long smiling eyes looked down
into hers, his breath was on her
mouth. And yet he was really hun
dreds ot miles away. Beautiful eyes,
turning true Jade when, as now, he
was moved or excited. She had loved
them as she hsd loved everything
about Denny. But now they did not
matter at all. Because of George
Cleveland's eyes, blue as a hundred
other men's eyes were blue; ordinary
except in the kindness, real wisdom
and real love and patience and tender
ness which had always looked at her
out of them.
"Eve, hurry, sweetl" It waa the
old phrase, demanding, affectionate,
familiar. She atood In the window,
looking at him. She did not love him
In the least but her mind began to
work with a cold clarity.
(Copyright, tffir. Uargartt TTMifemerJ
Judge runs away, tomorrow, set
tins out (or Hollywood. -
nter, Rodney Wltham and Wallace
Young.
At the close of the program a
'Dutch lunch" was served with all
the trimmings, under the able di
rection of Capt. O. O. Overmyer.
Music for the evening was pro
vided by Whipple's swing band.
Visitors from distant poets includ
ed C. McBea of Kansas post; C, K.
Brugger, Willlston, N. D.. post: R.
Buchanan, Ban Francisco; J. Scott,
Los Angelea, and Claire Arnold of
Yreka,
The committee of past command
ers In charge of the program In
cluded Elmr Wilson, chairman: H.
U Bromley, E. C. Ferguson and O. O.
Overmyer.
TRAIL BUILDER BOYS
ON SATURDAY JAUNT
The Trail Builder'' boys of the re
cently organlrrd h. D. 8. primary
went on a hike Snturday. They left
at 7:30 a. m. and covered the city
rewrvolr territory.
Elder Jack Mlneer took eharee of
the hike and attended the Trail
Builders. The boy on the hike were
Jerry Hurrman. Jerry Warren. Don
ald Blunkall. Jimmy Miller. Dob
Walker. Ray Walker, Chuck Waldron,
Doualaa Smith and Or Alter.
t'lnlhesllne Ruw t'cwtlr.
DENVER ill) A dispute over a
clothesline cost two women so In
Justice of the peace court. Th wo
men pleaded iiillty to thai-gee of as
sault and battery originating Irom
an argument with a third woman as
to whoee turn It was to use the
clotheallne.
Clock TlrksTll tears
CANTON, O. I UP) The old rand.
father clock In O. M. Eutfa home
has been faithfully tkklii the hours
away for Ml years, EMlg says I does
not vary more than a minute a
month. The timepiece If made :tt wild
merry wood and has linings of brass
and steel, snd brats mechanlsia.
STRANGE -AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
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Father of 8lt-Do,vn strikes
Originator of the strange group of
holy hermits known aa pillar saints
which flourished from the fifth to
the twelfth cent rules, A. D., Simeon
Stylttes, the Elder, entered a monas
tery near Syria at the age of 16. As
a means of public penance, he adopt.
ed a standing position during fasts.
but crowds of pilgrims sought him
out and he founa too little time for
his prayers. To offset this, he had a
nine-foot pillar erected for himself
on which there was a small plat
form. Here he took up his abode,
sitting on it for several years. Later
he replaced this with a higher pillar
and subsequently replaced It with
Illiteracy Ratio Figured
SAN PRANCISCO (UP) Mildred J.
Wise, supervisor of Illiteracy and
Americanization, has figured that If
all th Illiterates of California were
bunched In one city. It would be the
third largest city in the state. And
California ranks only 15th among the
states In Illiteracy.
Teachers' Pay Listed.
SEWARD, Alaska (UP) A survey
of salaries paid Alaska teachers show
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on a column 60 feet In the air. On
this he remained for 36 years until
his death on September 3, 459.
Other religious hermits were soon
to follow In the pillar form of pen
ance. Simeon Stylttes. the .younger,
la believed to have sH the all-time
record for pillar sitting, corn near
Antloch In cat, he ascended a pillar
as a small boy. Changing pillars
several times during his life, he
spent a total of 63 years in pillar
sitting, dying on Mny 34. 597. It Is
raid he subsisted entirely on branches
of a shrub that grew near Theophllls.
1000 Percenter
Strange es It seems, when Buck
ed the average for high school teach
ers was 1,003 86 and primary teach
ers, ,1. 542.89. Rural teachers got less
than 930 under the latter figure.
Coach's Control Good.
KENT, O. (CP) Ray Novetny.
Kent State University basketball
coach and former holder of the state
scoring record In football, won a bet
by throwing a football through a
regulation gym ring from a distance
of 15 yards.
Gives Tommy a "Gentle" Hint!
Both Fired!
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Pressley batted 1000 tov ths Green
ville Spinners In 1922, he was suffer
ing from a broken leg. Out of the
lineup for the season because of his
Injury, Pressley was acting as man
ager. With tht score tied in the
first half of the ninth inning of the
Labor Day game, he substituted him
self as s pinch hitter and clouted
the ball over the fence for a home
run. It was the only time he went
to bat In the entire season.
In 1910. Pressley played first base
for Roanoke. Va.. and established a
perfect fielding average for the whole
season of 119 games.
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Puss llospltnl Sued
OR A NTS PASS, Ore., May 1. (AP)
Two more suits were placed on file
today against Mrs. Elizabeth Rt si ti
ger, who holds the lease on the
county-owned hospital, bringing the
total to six amounting Co approxi
mately A1900. The suits, ftlorf hv
merchant and nurses, seek collec- !
tlon of money, i
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