Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, October 28, 1937, Image 18

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Newspaper Page TextPATKS TWO METVFOUT) MTSTE TRTBTTNE, MTDFOTCT), OREGON, TTTTTRSDAT, OCTOBER 28, 1887. By GLUYAS WILLIAMS wo i Q,omua.u,u ly MADCAUT CJION HUtZOC V STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX Tot further proof addrees the author. Inclosing stamped envelope for reply. Beg. TJ. 8. Pat OS. i CITDTTDDtaj UClfUTt , I i I ,11 tuvr The Character Mm, nict jirl isiih laxa kair. Hour. Mno'f plump, youthul mother, bring home a neta husband. Blehard, Nina's Xpa(hr, fa ehamlngr, poised, dark haired, uwll-tollorsd and Honey's junior by 10 ieari. David, a vouna auto salesman, meets ''Ins at a party h crashed and drlve her horn. He has copper hair and an tnpafftnp wianner. Cordelia, Nino's closest ritnd. Chapter Five Bridget' Mistake fv. BPS p ten BRIDGET had been with the Stafford for IS year, itarting u kitchen-maid. She had been a very good kitchen-maid, too, and had had every Idea of working her. self up to replacing Margaret, th cook, who was old and rheumatic, until Honey had seen her on one of Her days on, in a dam areas, ana - decided she would make a marvel lous-looking waitress . . . with her shining red hair, and the black noire uniform and alL So Bridget's career in the kltch en had been abandoned, and she had made a marvellous-looking waitress. Of course, in IS years a few gray strands had crept in with the red, but she still had quit presence. : I-. . .4 ,Un 41119 1IIUI M11IJ, AW B PClaUllll) VV11VM he first came in, the color of her hair made Nina remember David Day: then she noticed that the maid's expression was unusually severe. "Good morning, Bridget." How Is begin? "Er, you knew that mother got In late last night? "Yes, Miss Nina." Bridget" mouth was a thin, hard line. "I've been upstairs, already yet. I snuk in to lower your mother's window and turn on the heat, meself. be cause that Marie person says as bow she's sick with the cramp, this morning." Nina began to howl witn laugnter. "I don't UKe tnose foings-on, Miss .Nina, ana l m nere y giving notice." "Oh, Bridget, how funny!" she gasped. IDarling old Bridget, she married to hlml Get down off your Borse. "Well, glory be to God!" "I didn't dream you had rueh evil mind, mv friend." "Well, th Lord save usl Mar- 1.4 ' u "Day before yesterday, in Chi cago." "Th day befor yesterday!" "Yes, Bridget. It's very nlc. lie's very nice, and what' more, you've got to be very nlc about the whole thing, do you hear me?" "Married! . , . The day before yesterday . . . and do w know him?" "Well. I do. now. W aat uo till iter five. His name is Challoner, and he' a grand person. I'm very aappy aoout it." sne sain it stout ly. 1'very happy. Now you run along ana tell Margaret, I'll let you have the fun, yourself. And rouse Marie, cramps or no, ana see it you all ean't think of something nice to surprise the bride." Bridget went out, looking impor tant. Richard Wins Bridget THE sun, rather strong and healthy for October, shone through th aouthern window onto Nina' fair hair. In th morn ing she never bothered to brush th little individual curl over her finger, but combed it and combed It vigorously, until It stood out like a halo of spun sugar. Her brown eyes her father's brown yes looked more arresting than ever, with her blondeness, when he wore it this way. Honey used to say: "If all right, darling, you'll make success of marriage. You look too beautiful in the morning!" Today, her pajamas were of soft green velvet, and she had a springy look to her, like a slender daffodil with her yellow top. She was finishing her second cup si coffee, and was pulling, de liclously, on her first cigarette, when her stepfather appeared in th doorway. He looked nice in the mornings, too, apparently . . . well-groomed and refreshed. The beautifully tailored suit was brown, this time. "Good morning. Er ... do I just ome in?" "Of course. Good momlng, Rich ard, how art you? Sit down." Th chair at th head of the ta ble was empty, but he took seat t the aide. A bit of tact and nice feeling that Nina appreciated. What to say next? You couldn't ask, "Did jrou sleep well?" of a groom . . . But th waitress cam In then, and Nina said: "Oh, Richard, this 1 Bridget, who hat looked after us for 15 years. She's practically a member of the family . . . Bridget, this 1 Mr. Challoner." Richard rose, courteously, and held out a hand. Tm verv dad to know ou. I eould tell that my wife ha been having th most beautiful cart." Nina thought: "I band it to you, old man." Bridget blushed and bobbed little curtsy, looking Immensely leased. She went To the side oard, gathered up a doily and some flat silvr. and proceeded to lay a place ... at the head of th table. As she pulled back th arm chair, invitingly, her glance at Richard was perilously verging on the arch. "Well, now I feel that I've been officially welcomed into the fami ly. Thank you, Bridget." 1 Want To Lik loo' THE maid went out, burning, and this time Nina said it "I hand it to you, Richard. Honey and Bridget . . . You've won some thing, when you've won thos twor He looked at her, steadily, for a moment. It was impossible not to realize that he was appreciating her beauty. "It would make me Immensely happy to feel that I had won you over, too, Nina." She gave a little laugh that didn't sound quite natural, some how. "Oh, m . . . Well, you'll Just have to bear with me for a while, "I want to like you and I do, so far." Richard. You see, I feel mora like a mother or a Dutch uncle to Honey, than anything else. I want to like you . . . ana l do, so fsr." "That's somethlni. anvwav. A starter." He unfolded his napkin. -xou Know, Nina, i ate lacing things that aren't too . . . easy." She believed him. He had that look; but he also looked as though mines usually aroppea into nis lap, like ripe fruit, so that he prob ably wasn't confronted with the problem, often. "Tell me. where are you din ning to take Honey for a weddlni iripr Ana wnen, ana tor now iong7 .urirai asxing questions?" "W thought, that is if you'd 1st us . . . wed run down to the Hot for a couple of weeks. Tonight, maybe." . She smiled. "All riant I'll Dermlt it" She pushed back her chair. 'The bell's her when you need it . . . I'll lust dash up and see Honey for a min ute, if you'll excuse me." (CapyrloM, IJT, Jfaresret Sirtof) OiTld Day phones, tomorrow, and Nina anintentlonallr rebuffs him. OREGON EXPORT TRADE WASHINGTON. Oct . V-The Oregon customs district did a IIS, 03.071 oiport bulnM the first eight months of 1037. exceeding by IS.79?. S3 the total value of cargoes mov ing out of the region during the cor responding period of IQftQ. The Oregon shipments were part of total export buelneas of sa.081, 493,714. Importa for the same eWtlit month amounted only to 17.976.0 16 for 10S7 and aa.431,443 for IMS. August exports totaled t3.901.as7 In in? and S1.S70.0S8 in leas. Imports were ll,144.0e and S87.SM. . Loan Art Invalid oltmpia, Oct. aa.-ivn The tu promt court held today that the 19S7 small loanf not li unlawfully Jit erlmlnntor; urn: affirmed a www nun dec'.elun uhlch held tha law meooaUtuUonal. EX-MARINE KILLS WIFE LOS ANOELBS. Oct. if. Neleon D. Bojar. ll-yvar-old former marine, wai held In Jail here today, following tho discovery of the body of his wife, Dorothy D. Bover, 43. In a ehaltow grave In suburban South Gate. Wlllard Bretr. South Gate chief of police, eald Boyer confessed that he killed his wife with an Iron dumb bell during a fiarrel last August 1 and five dnye later burted her body In a two.foot grave In a vacant lot. "She wouldn't divorce me nor let me divorce her." Chief Bret quoted tho prisoner as saying. "I got elea and tired of It. I made up my mind to kill her a long time ago. Tree lllonmi In Fall PAINKSVIUR. Olilo-IUPI Henry I w"")" iimna iwo oireoams on nis cherry tree t!. . fall Earlier this year the same tree had produced three 'and one-tutu bushels of eberrlat. MS coacn, x i in 1 Yetote fir u. of wtertiNsTtn, He MM loss p wms HO HoT&L, Hosmi, CSMSTlZRY Nor UNDERTAKER' Irs rs SLJfyi jrMNese cope MKeftflK Pi cooe in ifeaf Master Mentor. A familiar figure on American uni versity campuma from coast to coast la Ollmour lble, veteran football eoaeh. Doble atarted off on ft whirl wind earear at the University of Mlnnaota, his alma mater, where he was assistant football coach from 190 through 1 006. During those years Mlneaota, his alma mater, where he ed, losing four and tying four; and scored 3,339 points to their oppon ents' 100! After a short period as head coach at North Dakota State college, Doble In 1908 went aa head mentor to the University of Washington, where he remained for nine years. Under the 'Doble system" Washington lost not a single game during these years t Of 61 games played, Wash lug ton won 58. The other three games resulted In tie scores. Prom mid-season of Doble's first year there, Washington won 39 consecutive games, Into 1914, completing five full seasons (1909 1913) undefeated and untied! Doble haa since coached as head mentor at Annapolis (1018-1919), win ning 10 games and losing two; at Cornell university (1930-193A), where he won 89 games, lost 37 and tied 8, coaching three consecutive seasons (1921-1933) undefeated, untied; and finally at Boston college, wherr- last season Doble turned In six winning games, losing one and tying two. During his remarkable carser, Do ble's teams won more than 270 games and lost less than 601 Comma Ending. Unique la the 31st chapter of he Book of Acts In ending with a comma In almost all recognized English ver sions of the Bible, It closes with the following: "And when there was made a great silence he spake unto them In the Hebrew tongue, saying," East Grand Forks. Strange aa It seems, persons dying In East Grand Forks, Minn., are burled in the cemeteries of a town In another state, Grand Forks, N. D. Separated by a river from Grand Forks, the town of East Grand Forks has no hospital, hotel, undertaker, nor cfn tery, depending on Grand Forka for these Institutions. ART WEEK OBSERVANCE IS URGED BY GOVERNOR SALEM, Oct. 28. (jp) Governor Martin, In a prepared statement to day, urged Oregon citizens to observe American Art week next week by pay ing tribute "to our artist for the splendid work they have done In creating objects of beauty. "More and more we are coming to realize the Importance of art In our lives, for whether It be In the home, the office, or the school room, a beau tiful painting or a well modeled bit of statuary cannot but Inspire us." " Law Firm In Family CLEVELAND. (UP) Mr. and Mr. Anthony J. Guthrie studied law to gether, took their bar examinations together, were admitted to the bar together, and are engaged in practice as Guthrie & Guthrie. Fruit sfllad Is a desert in the Brit- I Heated towel racks are standard Ish Isles, usually eaten with cream, accessories of London bathrooms.. tu -rut mam oh the corner -mou6HT he'd 6Bf his leaves rak CHEAP BV "TELLIN6 "THE NEK5HB0RHOOD KIDS HE HftD POPPED A DIME AMD FiNDERS WERE KEEPERS, BUf BEFORE EVEN , SOT , STARTED THEV FOUND A HALF-DOLLAR HE WDNf KNOW HE HAD LOST (Copyright, 1937, by Ths BU gyndlcata, lac.) O-ZlL S 'MATTER POI By C. M. PAYNE 1i& 5ioT music I . , U V ' fanJJL -" TAILSPIN TOMMY Tommy Repay Trenohery . . . With Kindness! By HAL rORRIST While tommy amd betty-lou were stand i mo om the brink 0 a canyon with a drop of thousands op feet before them, pete, one of the villaimou5 guides hired by BENTLY TO l$ILL THE TWO PILOTS, RUSHED AT TOMMY FROM BEHIND, BUT BETTY-LOU TURNED HER HEAD JUST IN TIME AND SCREAMED A WARNING sl BETTY, HE 3 CAUSHT ON A LIMB . I THINK CAN REACH BETTY HE'S ft i f BE CAREFUL, CAUGHT ON A k , TOMMY. YOU I Vs BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER The Puzzler By EDWIN ALOES HWT CffP.TOtHt 0m50e WORLD AT LIA.W, VJt'Vt sG TO t STRAW6EW r - AMC WOW WWt TO MAKt MV W)U- ( THUV; t C.A.U W6AB. TWt COLD paovtaow HOVJUU' PO. StWlCt l R4WT MOW- -T i J A,V, JUHeTT ( 6URt-GOOD,TOO.M f HOVJ'D VOL) U.E To) CAW VOU HAD IT ALL TWS TAKt AU ASSUMED I f TVPeWftnt? I VE AS. W SCHOOL") NAMt AMD ASK lf VWHOOPS Srwinr-i- r 1 f-ALfr pob. 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