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MEDPO'RD MATE TRIBUNE, tfEPFORP, OREGON, rOTXY, yOVESrBER 8, 1937,
SUBURBAN HEIGHTS
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
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t, MARCARET CUION HEAZOC If V
The Character
Nina, a nl girl with flaxtn
hair, ho allsn in Ioi with )wr
stepathfr.
Richard, th charming, Mll- -tailored
stepother, pays eoniid
rab attention to Nina.
Honey. Nina's pay, plump,
youthul mother, it crazy about
her new husband.
Darld, a young auto laletman,
has begun to adort Nina.
Cordelia it Nina'i closest riend.
Chapter 14
David's Proposal '
THE second horse which was
the dreaded WorthlnRton crea
ture'sfell also, but while its
rider was thrown clear, Nina was
pinned under the two animals in a
tangle of reins, stirrups, and eight
wildly kicking black hoofs.
Twice, Gray Dawn struggled up
little, but could get no foot
hold on the hard, frosty surface of
the road, and fell back again . . .
knocking the breath clean out of
her mistress's body. Nina's right
leg was twisted behind her into an
unbearable position and weight
like the rock of Gibraltar was rest
ing on her left.
The sky overhead was segment
ed by what seemed, to her tor
tured eyes, a thousand waving
legs; and over and above the
grunting of the animals, rushing,
sound was Ailing her head, like
the overflowing of a mighty river.
Gradually her legs ceased to
ache, and the sky above became
overcast by a great dark cloud.
... In a detached sort of way, she
wondered if 'he were dying.
"Hey I Careful there. . . . You'll
get kicked toTieathl" Through the
whirr In e noises came Lillth's
voice, harshly frantic. Dear, sweet
Lilith, she'd turned back.
And another voice: "What the
hell ... are you Just going to let
her lie there?
And now Nina was quite sure
he was delirious, if not actually
at death s door.
The voice she heard was David's.
"You damn fool They'll quiet in
a second. . , .
And David's taunting: "Oh,
yeah? . . . Coming, Ninal Hold
everything, darling. I'll get you
out!"
Into the blackening sky came
David's copper head. ... His brown
eyes, with a mad, terrified light in
them. . . , His arms reaching down
to her. ...
She was beyond trying to rea
son it all out, why he should be
here . . . but she made an effort
to gasp "Don't" before the dark
closed in. She thought she heard a
cry of pain, and hoped, frantical
ly, that it was she, not David. But
she could not be sure.
'Nina You've GOT To!'
NINA opened her eyes and dis
covered that she was in the
bottom of a station wagon. The
back seats had been removed, and
they were progressing at a snail's
pace. She could see the legs of two
horses and two riders, one on
either side. Carl was one, and as
she turned her head to see who
was the other . , . she looked
straight into the troubled brown
eyes of David Day, lying on a pile
of coats, beside her,
"Davidl ... So It was youl"
"Nina angel are you all
right?"
"The funny thing is, I think I
am . . . practically. But you, you
crazy lamb, you brave fool you
, . . how do you happen to be here?
, What happened?"
His nice face was glowing with
relief.
"Nothing. The very efficient
young lady on your right, got them
up. I only succeeded In getting
myself knocked out, so that there
were two of us to rescue Instead of
one. . . . Great little helper, Da
vid." "Urrnt little helper."
"Don't be too nice to me, darling.
I'm unstrung. And speak quietly,
he was whispering, "I don't want
them to hear us till I've proposed
marriage. . . . Darling Nina, I'm
so crnzily, madly In love with you.
. . . Swcethonrt, I only make 50,
or at best 60 dollars a week . . .
could you? On that? I was deliver
ing a car. Remember I said I'd try
and catch a glimpse of you? Well,
suddenly, you all tore out in front
of me, and when I saw you go
down, and thought you were be
ing smashed to a pulp. . . . Nina,
you've pot tot"
He was Incoherent and dear.
He was pale and breathless, and a
tiny trickle of blood oozed from
his temple.
"Nina. . . ."
"David dear. Could we stop
talking, just for now? My head is
whirling." He looked instantly
contrite. "But, David, If you would
Just lean over and kiss me. . . ."
He winced with pain as he lift
ed himself on his elbow and bent
over her . . . but when he drew
away again, he was the happiest
looking person In the world.
"1 know," he whispered, against
her cold little hand, "you didn't
mean it. You're not committing
yourself to anything. I'm not to
take it seriously; and we'll talk of
this again later ... but Oh, my
God, Nina . , . if you only knew
what that did to me!"
He sank back onto his pile of
coats with a sigh.
In a minute he looked out over
the side of the car with a sublime
ly innocent expression on his face,
and told Lilith that it was all right.
Nina had come to at last. . . . But
in the meanwhile Nina had done
some tall thinking about that kiss.
She remembered hoping, in New
York that night, that when he did
kiss her, it would do something
tremendous. . . . Well, in a way, it
had . ... only something reassuring
and peaceful, instead of some
thing exhilarating. Although she
didn t actually form the words, she
had the feeling: "I have David,"
and life seemed steadier because
of it, and she wished he would
lean over and kiss her again.
They were driven back to Har
mony, and after a thorough ex
amination had proved that noth
ing was broken or otherwise seri
ously injured they were en
sconced on two leather couches
coming out at right angles from
the fireplace in Carl's library.
Nina s legs went one way, and
David's the other, so that they
faced each other . .-. a little pak
and shaken, but beginning to have
fun. A bright log fire burned in
the hearth, and some rare old Na
poleon brandy began to do thing -to
their color.
David Fits In Easily
'VE made arrangements to have
my man deliver the car to
your customer for you, Day," said
Carl, genially, "and I sent along a
note explaining what had hap
pened. T . . I'm expecting somt
people along presently, but whik
we re still alone, '. want to tnanl.
you for your . . ."
"Attemnt nt heroism. T.lctpi.
Mr. Semple, I'm ashamed of my
self. Forget it, will you. I'm thi
one who should be grateful."
Carl beamed at him, and Nine
could see that he approved of hi.
young guest.
Their slight aches and pains, he
treated more lightly. They were
all part of the day's work, he fig
ured. Having broken a good many
bones himself, and hunted with
them before they were well-knil
together, a few strained ligaments,
more or less, meant nothing tc
him . . . Nothing, that, is, unless it
happened to one of his horses.
Then it was another story.
Hester, on me other hand, ttaa
looked like death when they car
ried Nina in. She couldn't dc
enough for them, and when she
finally went away with her lini
ments and bandages, they were
both relieved.
Lilith enmc In then, with a slap
on the shoulder for David, and e
kidding word, and presently
others drifted In, still in their rid
ing habits, for some of Carl's fa
mous grog.
But It was Hester, Nina noticed,
who saw that David met all the
guests there were about 14 in all
that each of them got food and
drink: that the cold were warmed.
and the wet dried. She moved
among that booted, mud-spattered
crowd, like a calm, ministering
angei. And suddenly mna ten e
rush of sympathy toward her, foi -she
noticed that they paid hei
scant, or no attention, at all.
All eyes were or. Carl, spare and
handsome in his hunting Dink
standing with his back to fhc
crackling logs, and going over the
day's run, as though they had none
or tnem taken any part in it.
Uavid was drinking in his sur
roundings, as though he were at
the theater. Nina could see that he
was fascinated and t little amused.
When somebody' asked Carl:
"What do you think of old
Worthy's wife . . . T" referring to
the thrusting woman rider who
had caused Nina s accident.
And Carl said: "well, shes a
good seat, but . .
David looked at Nina, and mur
mured: "Really!" in a shocked
aside.
He was having a marvellous
time.
Nina was surprised at the easy
way he fitted in. She felt disloyal
to be surprised . . . but after all, his
Background was so vague, and he
was so poor and all. . . . She only
knew that he had been born in
Syracuse and attended miblic
school there, that he had gone to
work immediately, and then come
to his selling job in New York a
little over a year ago on the rec
ommendation of a business friend
of his father's.
Now, he evidently had a capac
ity for hard work, and he most
certainly was a dear . . . but that
didn't necessarily imply an apti
tude for fitting iiito luxurious sur
roundings of this sort.
fCopirtpM. 1957. Margaret Htring)
Tomorrow, Aunt Carrie upsets
Nina with lame Arm advlre.
I " vywa4-2t"
SET FOR PAYING
8ALVM. Not. B ( AP, tlrorgknl
B&tlon of the st-nt unemployment
compensation InMirnnce cotnmlwlon.
for th payment of benefits which
begin Jn. 1, 1(W8, now tn prog
ifM. D. A. Bulmort. udmlntntrMor,
announced her totlity.
The OreRon fund now eontlni
approximately 9,000.000 and will be
lncreaned by 1500,000 by the firnt of
next year.
Official aatd thU would be one
of the Urgent itat department when
the payment of benefits gets under
way.
The commtnitton will move within
the next f?w weeks from the fifth
floor of the state office building to
the old Salem high school building
Prospective employes of the de
partment are now undergoing IntH
Htrence ex mi nation under the direr
Won of Carl Com person nJ officer
MOTHER WEEPS AT
AT. HELENS, Nov. fl(AP Tears
couracd down t!:e checks of Mrs.
Anno lriford Saturday as she listen
ed to reading of Indictments cherg
lug her with the deaths by poison
or her stepdaughters, Ruth. 13. and
Dorothy. IS, In September.
She wm given until November 15
to enter plena but she has prev.jiuly
denied ony plot aCTlnat the girls
lives. They died, prmtunsnlv after
eating her Mr upon which wind had
blomn poisonous spray from an
orchard.
olilcn date truth.
SAN FHANCI8CO. Nov. 8. (AP)
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Absaroka collided In the Golden flats
early today, leaving a taping hois
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A5-37
Presidents' Wives
Strange as It seems, only one of
the first four president of the
United States. John Adams, failed
to marry a widow. Martha Washing
ton's first husband was Daniel Parke
Curtis who died In 1767. Two years
later she married Oeorge Washington.
Martha Jefferson lost her first
husband, Bathurst Skelton, beforo
she was 30. Married to Thomas Jef
ferson four years later, she died In
1782, 19 years before her- husband
becamo president.
Dolly Madison was married at 10
to John Todd, a Pennsylvania law
yer. Two years later her husband
died In a yellow fever epidemic and
three years after that she married
James Madison.
Three of the presldenta who mar
ried for the second time chose widows
aa wives. The second Mrs. Fillmore
was the widow of Ezeklel Mcintosh,
of Morrlstown, N. J. The second
Mrs. Benjamin Harrison was the
widow of Walter Dimmlck, a lawyer,
and the second Mrs. Wilson was the
widow of a Washington Jeweler, Nor
man Oalt.
Two of the prwsldentB' wives wore
divorcees. The first was Mrs. Andrew
Jsckaon. divorced from Captain Lewis
Rnhaw4c Thn nt liar n-set Af r-a 117a An
O. Harding, divorced from Honry de
Wolfe.
Butterfly Uvea
Though the number of metamor
phoses through which 'butterflies
pass varies with different species,
it is usually about six. Starting as
an egg, the butterfly-to-be hatches
out aa a caterpillar. Then, In a per
iod of about five weeks, the cater
pillar crawls from Its skin five times,
each time changing greatly In shape,
color, and halryness. In Its final
"rebirth." of course, it spins a cocoon
and ultimately emerges In its last
form, a butterfly.
New Game Refuse
SALEM. Nov. 8. Stay ton Island
source of Salem's new mountain
water supply, will be made a game
refuge under a proposal advanced by
the city water commission today
New snlem Post of rice
SALEM. Nov. 8. Removal of
the Salem postofftce to the new fed
eral building started this morning)
The old postofflce structure was to
be closed to the public at noon. I
. Export Pear Ships.
PORTLAND, Nov. 8. ( AP) Ninety-
four refrlgcrated ships will load fresh
apples and peara for European deliv
ery in November, December, January
and February. ,
Flood Control Hearing.
PORTLAND, Nov. 8. (AP) District
U. 8. engineers said today a hearing
on a flood control project for the
Al.sc a river and tributaries would be
held nt Wnldport December 8.
English Actor Passes
LONDON. Nov. 8. (A) Sir John
ston Fqrbes-Robertson, for a genera
tion one of the great figures of the
English stage, died today at his home
at St. Margaret's Bay, near Dover.
Train Clots Decision.
CASCADE LOCKS, Nov. 8. J,
L. Hover had mashed potatoes with
out gravy, a cut face and a smashed
potato truck today, the result of a
collision with the Union Pacific
streamliner, four miles east of here.
11-2
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OH A JIG-SAW PU22LE ERNIE PJ-lMER HAD LENT HIM, "FOUND
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