MEriFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON", SUNDAY, yfOVEfBER 7, 1937
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
FOOT TROUBLE
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HDC
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r MAR CARET CUION HUZOC "
Tbe Characters
Nina, a ntet (rl- ' vith flaxen
' hair, has alien in lot' u.-lth her
tepather.
Richard, the eharmfnir, well
tailored stepather, pave coniid
: arable attention to Nina,
Honey, Nina's pay, plump,
ymtthul mother, Is crazy about
her new husband.
David, a young auto salesman,
' has begun to adore Nina.
' Cordelia is Nina'i closest friend.
" ... ... Chapter IS
The Hunt
THEY had dinner, just the three
of them in the spacious, white
walled dining-room. Afterwards,
Nina played pool for a while with
' Carl as Hester sat back looking
like some old feudal painting, with
her tapestry frame . . . and at 10:30.
the; went to bed.
Carl said as he did every hunting-eve:
"You can't hunt and stay
up late."
: So they said their good nights.
Hester turned a cool cheek for
Carl's kiss, and they went to their
separate rooms.
Nina dreamt that she and Rich
ard were walking, hand in hand,
down a long, flower-bordered
path. She felt tired when she
woke up.
- But soon the excitement of the
day overcame her fatigue: dress
ing by lamplight, breakfast, Eng
lish fashion, with hot dishes at the
sideboard a young fellow named
Tommy someoody or other, and
Lilith Kent came over to join
. them; gay, sleepy greetings; the
creak of leather . . . the faint jin
gling of steel. . . ,
"Well, Tommy, better luck to
day, young fella' You're riding
A stiff post and rail.
Headstrong if I'm not mistaken."
Carl was mounting him. "Nine-year-old,
clean bred, doing his
fifth season. Capable, courageous,
but a trifle er well, Headstrong
. k right, hal ha!"
Laughter. Prophecies. Wagers.
"Good morning, Mrs. Semple.
' You really shouldn't bother to get
up so early. ..."
Hester came In, in a floaty, buttercup-colored
thing that Nina felt
was an unfortunate choice. It
Coade her look slightly sallow.
Lilith said, in her straightfor
ward way: "Poor Hester. I've
heard of golf widows, but you're
a real hunt widow, aren't you?"
And Hester crossed over to the
buffet with that peculiar, numb
look on her face.
"Yes," she answered, quietly,
"but it's my own fault of course.
A Born Blows, Whips Crack
IT WAS another tradition at
Harmony that Carl always
"hacked" to and from the meets.
If he had a houseful of guests, they
were usually driven over in light
brakes, or the tally-ho, but this
morning his three friends rode
' over with him.
Outride the air was fresh . . .
tangy. The four hunters were wait-
lng at the steps.
We'll take the cut through
Scarborough wood " said Carl, and
they were off.
As they neared the end of the
wood path, the gray through the
trees gradually began to change to
violet to salmon, to pink . . . and
Just as they came out upon a glori
ous stretch of open country, to
gold!
The fullest moment of beauty
. . the sunrise.
Far away they heard a hound.
At the Manor, there was a crowd
of cars, carriages and a small army
of grooms. Only a few had mount
ad. the rest were standing about in
their top-coats chatting, till the
arrival of the master.
"He's arrived!"
"All up!"
A horn blew. Whips cracked,
and they were off.
Down the main road they went
$500,000 SETTLES
ROW OVER ESTATE OF
FAMED HETTY GEN
NEW YORK. Nov. fllTP. The
aquabble over the $70,000,000 eitate
I ft her aon by tha Midni Hetty
Oreen tu settled out of court today
for tftoo.ooo.
Surrogate Harry Owen ot Emx
county announced that Mrs. K. H
R. aren, daughter-in-law of Hetty,
had agreed to accept that sum I join
Mr at. A. Wltka, alfcter of the late
Bdward H. R. Green, one-leffwed eo
otmtrlo who died June 9. )S3fl.
The agreement aettled Mre Oreena
claim that ahe hud been induced In
fra-nupUai afrcemeut to alga t-vay
at first, the brittle rhythm ol
horses' hoofs mingling with the
creak of saddlery, and the sharp
cries of the huntsman to his
hounds.
"Lope on there. ..."
"Aye e, Colonell"
"Coop on. Echo!"
Nina took a great deep breath
from sheer exhilaration . . . held
it; and Carl, riding beside her, saw
it and smiled. He understood just
how she felt.
Presently, drawing from an im
portant covert, a hound opened in
a loud, resounding voice.
"Echo!" cried Carl. "Never opens
unless she's sure she's riant. We're
for it!"
And they were. Through the
woods; across a field, with the
weird gray mist in their nostrilt
curling up from a nearby marsh
over a wall, a ploughed Held; (
muddy brook; a stiff post and rail
It was tough going.
"Damn that Worthlngton crea
ture!" swore Lilith, cantering eas
ily at Nina's side. "She's been ir
my pocket all morning!"
"Too bad. Where's Tommy?'
Everybody kept an eye on younj
Tommy, apparently, he was such
a very bad rider . , . and such s
brave.
"He got a refusal down thi
road."
Poor Tommy. They both grinned
and separated a bit
Tommy Falls Off
TWO fox were run to ground be
fore there was a pause foi
sandwiches. A few of the ladiet
dropped out for bridge but not
many they were a hardy lot. A1
two o'clock, hounds found again
at the far end of the Miles Covert
Away they streamed, and the field
settled down to what promised to
be a nice long gallop.
It was tough going.
After about 40 minutes, Nina
saw Tommy's bay up in front
peck on to his nose at a rail fence.
He scraped and bumped along for
some distance, first on his knees,
then on his chin. She swerved
sharply, to avoid a collision, and
drew rein.
"Okay, Tommy?"
His nice, freckled face was quito
unrecognizable from mud, but he
appeared to be sound.
"This mug is crazy," he mut
tered. "Just to prove I was wrong,
he took that last bit of timber at
the roots!"
"Chance-y sort of jumper, 1
should say . . ." Nina remarked,
diplomatically.
"Oh, well, there's always the
hound van!" He laughed, and was
up again.
She thought: "Good boy, Tom
my," and pressed the mare. Gray
Dawn, lightly with her knees.
In a way it was a wonderful day,
and yet she found herself think
ing of Richard so constantly that
it was dreadful . . . wanting him
by her side to share the mo
ments of beauty with which these
hours were so replete.
But she tried, steadfastly, not
to think of him, and when she
couldn't help herself, she urged
her horse forward, so recklessly
that once or twice she almost over
rode the hounds.
"Watch yourself, Nina," warned
Carl, sharply. "The M.F.H.'s got
his eye on you. . . . Anything
wrong?"
It was not like Nina to commit
this grave offence.
Everything was wrong, but she
couldn't tell him.
Then ... at 3:30, It happened,
as suddenly as a clock strikes out
the hour in the night They were
crossing the main road at top
speed at a point just south of
Scarborough wood, when Nina's
Gray Dawn collided with a thrust
ing woman follower, slipped on
the frosty macadam, and went
down.
(Coptright. ISJT Margarii BirtDQ)
David proposes
Nina, tomorrow.
desperately to
her right to the eetate by fraud, In
return for an annuity of I'.fl.ooo a
year for life.
The widow, formerly Mabel Harlow,
contended that the pre-uuptla
agreement waa ettfned In Meaftachua
ett. where Oreen maintained a la,
tan estate with private atri-.trt at
Round Hill, but that actually her
husband waa a resident of Tbr and
that Texu law rendered the agree
ment Invalid.
VOTERS DEFEAT PLAN
FOR BEND COURTHOUSE
BEND, Ore., Nov. 8. AP) A pro
poaal for Joint action by Bend and
Deachutoa county to cwatnict a
1ISO.OOO eountv-clty build in it waa re
jected, OftS to 941, In a apeclal elec
tion. Deachutea county remained with
out a court house, Ita leaeed quarter
having burned lat February.
Downtown building houae preaent
office.,
1 MfTOiV X
The Lort Cavern
When the Royal Purple of Rome
waa all-powerful eome two thousand
yeara ago, a favorite reaort of the
Roman emperors waa Orotta azzurra
the celebrated Blue Grotto of Oaprl
In the Bay of Naples.
Accessible only through a narrow.
three-foot high opening that com
pletely submerges at high tides, the
Qrotto la strangely Illuminated with
every shade of blue. The explanation
or this phenomenon la simple: only
light that enters the cavern some
K. F. LABOR REBUKED
FOR MAHONEY FAVOR
PORTLAND, Ore.. Nov. 6. (UP)
Secretary Ben T. Osborne of the
Oregon Federation of Labor, In a
letter to the Klamath Falls central
labor council, today rebutted that
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feet high la refracted through the
aquamarine blue ocean water that
floods the entrance and fills the
Qrotto half way to the stalactite
studded roof. AH other rays are ex
cluded. Strange aa It seems, this natural
wonder was lost to the world for
more than a thousand years! With
the fall of the Roman Empire the
secret of the Blue Grotto's location
was lost.
Early In the 10th century, however,
an Englishman, swimming near the
tiny opening to the lost cavern, was
group'a support of Willis Mahoney'a
U. S. senate candidacy.
Declaring that the Klamath organ
isation had acted prematurely, Os
borne said:
"We want to call. to your attention
the folly of the labor movement of
one section of the state acting in
dependently of the entire movement
upon candidacy of anyone who series
an office."
Osborne said he neither endorsed
nor repudiated any candidate.
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Spolli of War
Strange as It seems, when the
War of 1813 ended with the signing
of the Treaty of Ghent, December 13,
IBM, not one word was mentioned
in the document regarding the trou
ble that precipitated the costly con
flict the Impression of American
seamen into the British naval servlve
All land captured by either side dur
ing the war was returned to Its
original owners.
PORTLAND, Nov, 6 (AP) Ernest
Patrick Mahaffey, 58. president of the
City Insuranoe agency and active Re
publican, died today. Mahaffey. for
merly president of the Central Ore
gon bank at Bend, had been In poor
health for two years.
EUGENE. Nov. 6. ( AP)- The WPA
has allotted 15,446 to codify city
ordinances, Herman Kehrll, secretary
of the League of Oregon Cities, said
today. At least ten municipalities
will receive aid.
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