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MEDFOttT) MAIL TRIBUNE, MET)FORD, onEflOX. MONDAY NOVEMBER 22. 1937. wo The Character Nina impulfivcly married David and Is trying to orjjit her Intents lou or hsr tpathcr. Rlchardt tH charming, uU tailored stepather, shamelessly talks 0 lout to Nina. Honey, Nina's gay, plump, youthjul mother, ie ujild about Richard, her netoly acquired hue band. David, a bright youno auto salesman, adores Nina and ttrivet to make her happy on his smalt salary. Chapter 26 Encounter With Richard 'I happen to know that Challoner hasn t a cent over S3,uuu a rear," Tony waa saying. o"I aLso bappen to know '.hat two of his bills last year, in London a tailor on Bond street, and a (porting Koods store amounted to exactly lat figure." Three thousand dollarsl And Honey's menage cost her at least (20,000 a year. . . . Her mother had said, that day In the blue and white room: "Bich lrd is perfectly sensible and broad-minded about letting me lhare expenses . . ." But according to Tony's figures, "sharing" was hardly the right word, was it? Tony went on: "Now mind you. I don't say he doesn't pay his bills, nd I don't say he procures an ad ditional income, by any shady means. I simply say that he spends every cent on his back and for his own personal amusement . . . and lats his numerous friends (and now, probably, his wife) look after his living expenses." Nina did, actually, feel a little shocked; but she managed to per suade herself that the standard David had taught her, that had eemed only self-respecting and right in his case, did not apply to Richard at all. And the very fact that she was head over heels in love with him, kept her from real izing that it was love coloring her ludgment. Well, that was that. Nina went on up to her room, and devoted every ounce of her considerable skill, to making her self look as lovely as possible for the evening. She came hurrying down the great stairway, in little skips. Her lettuce green evening dress was of silk net, with taffeta polka dots appliqued onto it in charm ing prolusion. It floated after her like a foamy wave, trying to catch up with her; and her fair curls bobbed up, and then bobbed back Into place again, like the good lit tle curls they were. "Nina . . ." It was a low murmur. At the curve of the landing, Richard was waiting for her . . . loitering at the window, with a cigarette in his hand, so as not to attract notice. "Nina . . ." again. He stepped in front of her. "My crazy, impulsive . . sweet!" "Richard!" Or had she said, "darling?" "Whv did you do it, NinaT Why , . . loving me . . .7" "Please . . . I'm happy. Let me go. Richard." She didn't mean, down the stairs; she meant, let her go free f him. "You don't mean that, darling?" "I must." "You don't want to havt this thing over between us, any more than I. Nina . . . precious, it needn't have been. You and I . . ." "Hush. We mustn't talk this way. Richard. Please." " 'Mustn't you talk as though love could be turned on and off at will!" Don t come so close, we must turn It off, Richard." "We . . . can't" "Someone is coming." "We love each other," "Help me, Richard . . . darling. Help me to be good." "I . . . can't, Nina." "Someone is coming.1" Weaving A Romantic Plot THERE were 12 for dinner that night, in the spacious white walled dining-room. They were going on. later, to the Hunt ball. There waj the inevitable talk N. of horses, and the recent meet and Tnore horses. "Dirty big brute, that bay of Coming's. All but jumped on top of me three separata times this morning. . . ." ". . . no grass for grazing like a mixture of Timothy, Kentucky blue grass, and red and white Dutch clover . . ." "I hear Payson's considering What Next' for the Maryland." "Don't like her." remarked Carl laconically, "lands with a grunt." Nina glanced round the table AT SANTA CLAUS SANTA rUl'J. tnd., Nor. 31. fCPI The first Renrral snowfall of 1037 brought a deluge of mall to this sltepr little aouthrrn Indiana village today and the annual rush of the world's moat famous txvttofflee began five weeka before Christmas. Trucks brought bulging mall pouchea from the npsr?st railroad station. 12 mllea distant. Poatmaeter Oscar L. Phillips called hia daughter. Beatrice, to help him with the most unique Job In the poa tal service "The Christmas rush already ta starting.'" Phillips said. "I look for a record recr. Wei handle at least 1.000 pieces of mall today. Of couree that figure will Increase every day for the nest month." New Ross Aide. POKTLAND, Not. J (UPI U J Olendron assumed hu duties Kxlsy as executive assistant to J. D. Rosa. Bonneville administrator. He former ly waa wsiii ihe V, 8. Shipping Board In West in ton. i iAmvanu y MARCAAET CUION HEUZOC V (J The flickering light from the tali silver candeiabras, shining on the crystal, and the women's jewels, and the bright shades of their eve ning gowns, gave an unreal air to the scene . , . like a magazine illus tration, or the setting for a play. Still glowing from Tier encounter with Richard . . . glowing with the knowledge that he did love her . . . Nina allowed her romantic fancy to run away with her. She looked again, at the people about her, and thought of them in terms of the theater. Honey there, on Carl's left, watching Richard . . . straining to hear what he was saying. Wearing a goldy satin thing, with topaz, the color of her hair . . . her name. Head over heels in love with a young husband, who, in turn, loved someone else. How did she think he felt about her? How did he? . . . That was part of the play. Tony Leeds, next so brown and correct looking glancing again and again at the lovely girl beside him ... in whose eyes, when she did return his gaze, there was only friendship to be found. The girl was Cordelia dark and beautiful, in clinging American Beauty crpe, listening to an anec dote, mat uari, at tne neaa oi tne table, was recounting. What story could you weave about her? She never fell in love with anyone . . . perhaps that was it. Perhaps that was part of the plot. And young Tommy, on her left side. Red of face, eager to please both Cordelia and Colonel bel- fridge's sedate wife . . , but mostly Cordelia. David then . . . with his adorable. scrubbed, healthy look . . . not in the least afraid of the Colonel's wife, and thereby making a great hit with her. Sweet, funny David, so very crazily in love with his wife, who . . . Nina laughed at her plot. It was so intricate. And next Hester . . . There uaa character! Hester in white, a medieval portrait . . . and just about as alive looking. Was there a story there? Or did she deserve a good shaking? Was she capable of loving anyone? At her left. Sid Colonel Selfr die. the weather-beaten M.F.H.: and Lilith so unlike her name in her inevitable black lace, straightfor ward and friendly, with a trace of powder on the end of her nose, as concession to the festive occa sion. And Richard Challoner. Nina's fantasy plav. stoDDed there, and became a dream ... a wicked, lovely dream of being free to roam the world with him. never, never to leave his side. It was shattered bv Carl, beside her at the head of the table . . . one of the players she had forgot ten to analyze . . . ruddy cnoeKed and handsome, in his full dress hunt "color. Could he be happy, with oueer. wraithlike Hester for a wife? He said: "Dreaming. Nina? And she said; "Yes," without blushing. The Sound Of Footsteps THEY all drove over to the ball shortly before 11. David groaned, as he got in a car beside Nina. Groggy with fatigue, his muscles aching from the unaccustomed exercise of the morning, he contemplated the ap proaching festivities, and the fur ther necessity of heaving his poor body about, with consternation. Hia thoughts, he told her, strayed continually to the warm fastness of his comfortable bed. Would Nina be a lamb and sit out with him, from time to time, when he simply couldn't carry on? And it ras because Nina was a lamb a willing lamb, as a matter of fact that they found them selves watching (he dancing from the sidelines, in the early hours oi the morning. The Hunt ball was being held In one of those huge houses, of which there is at least one in every well-to-do community, and which is in variably called "The Manor," oi "The Hall." This one was 'The Manor," and Nina and David were sitting in the half-gloom of the conservatory, from which they could view th scene. After a minute, David said 'This comfortable armchair, and this dark, are having a deadly ef fect on me. sweetheart. Would you mind if 1 limped out and got a drink and threw some cold watei on my face? . . . Shall I get some one to . . .?" "No, darling. I'm tired, too. Til wait here, quietly. Run along. . . ." He kissed her and departed. He had only been gone a minute or two, when the sound of slow footsteps attracted her attention. Her heart leapt right up to her throat. tCopyrioht. JMT Uarffartt fcsrsoej Tomorrow, N'lna hrsrs the story of the rrlnnlfd rouns Irishman TAKES TO ITER fiAN rRANClaiSO, Not. 32. (UT) The U. 8. 8. McCMl, new four mil lion dollar dMtroyr nd fimt nvl ww! to be built in ft prlrntfl Rhtp yard on th wr at co.m inc the World wr, vu launched Saturday at the Bethlehem shipyard. Te ahlp waa chtiMened by Mtu Eleanor Kenipff. daughter of Rear Admiral Clarence S. Kenipff, com mandant of the 13th naal district, before a crowd of civic and state official.. The new alup aa mtmeft after Lieut. Edward Rutledec McCail, naval I hero of the war of 1813, , , Milt Maitil Klltrtl ; NORTH BEND. Ovt., Nov. 33. lAP j Injuries suffered uf struck by a ' broken saw at the ItmptTe Lumber company were total to U W Brigs. 35, of Charleston. Yrgetiihle Miel Mud) WASHINGTON. Nv 33 AP. Authority to spend 11,000.000 on ex periments lth tenable fuel in be sought, hy Representative O. Wo !!) ( 'ink of Ktaha ami Claini La oi CslUornta, STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX For further proof address the author, Inclosing a stamped envelope for reply. Reg. V. 8. TL Oft nr tfoOftinOfrU I EkVIO I LI UIV V Lai 1 St 'I 1 ot&moHMte seen fcuoweo ontus grouhos of dJirvfoo cottzet, Philadelphia... .ON WHICH THE C0U6 . COUHTKY'4 tub &UION DOLLAR x WAR DEBT Clirard College In enjoin and require that no ec clesiastic, missionary, or minister" of any sect whatsoever, shall hold or exercise any station or duty whatever In the said college; nor ahull any such person ever be admitted for any purpose, or as a visitor, within the premises . . In these no uncertain terms did Stephen Olrard, founder of Phlladel- hla's famed orphanage. Olmrd col lege, emphaaln his secularlstlc Ideas in his will that endowed the Institu tion with some $6,000,000 !n 1831. Born a Frenchman, Olrard went to sea as a boy. He endured much ridi cule because of the loss of one eye, and early adopted a philosophy of utilitarianism. It waa his love of free and unfettered thwupht that led Vandalism Costly PORTLAND, Nov. 32. (AP) The cost of a special police force to halt vandalism in Portland's labor war exceeds $1000 a day, police of ficials said. . The principal cost Is wages, with tar gas. gasoline ana other Items estimated at 1,244 a month. TAILSPIN TOMMY Tha Talkative Passenger 1 While tommy's amd skeete(?'s attentiom was diverted at dimmer , dirkmam, the sad-faced pas5enger, dropped tablets into their coffee. but whatever was his motive, the boys, so far, feel mo ill effect . KIEAf1WHILE , THE PASSENGERS AT THE MARQUEE, ARE BEING BORED BY THE TALKATIVE, MR. BLURT 2 . BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER BtW AW' JUUE ARE - AH ,yjOl).0UT) TUIUO , I ONE AM R16WT ARM, TO Otf ACPEWED TO THE NEBBS He Wm So Handsome TUAT ojcc mA,p aud CARE ,-heA MOT BfliKJG) KJCSS... WJE HOPE THAT TIME. MER KIOOI.O AUTAt 1 II-1-1 POP? CLr:f?aVMeM ' s-w.. - WfV& fOUHOSP... him to ban ecclesiastic! from Girard college, believing as he did that young minds should be sheltered from clashing doctrines and sectarian' con troversy. Religion, however, plays a large part today In the daily routine at Olrard. Daily chapel, service Includes Scripture reading and prayer, with an addrens delivered by a staff mem ber or visiting speaker although never a minister. Olrard emphasized In hia strange will that he djd not intend to cast any reflection upon any religious group or person by his non-sectarian tenets in founding 'the colloge that has endured 89 years under those principles. t British War Debt During the conrw of the World Flood Project Hit PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 22. ( AP) Value of the flood control features of the proposed Willamette valley project were stressed at a luncheon here by Col. Thomas M. Robins, U. S. army division engineer, who added that "all essential projects'" are not warranty now. Getaway? I POM'f who did .Id LI h m 11 B L, r- j- ww-! v W ...AMD WHEN vTq iVF ffg- eS:S"St--fS!i El FLOWM AS MUCH AS I jfiiEfeSp have you'll mever A really ?SSSs8 TJ OTHEH WAV., y JT" I ALL ASOUT HM- MOPISJS 1 OOsj'ri"rO 6RiE lOMT jtt CO. SOU COT 50NJDS back: u foumd a oeceive?a. at thc FtKEVCE LVM AT MOE LeifVlftHTriEMrVjriifHCEKt ZuttatiofTunKeii, h WHOIE 60AT, 6 FOWL ftNPft H0NB MEAL iCtli . war, Great Britain borrowed sums from the United States aggregating more than 4,6OO,00Q.OO0. In 1933 repayment was begun on annual In stallments of about 180.000.000. but was suspended In 1932 with the Hoo ver moratorium. One conscience stricken Englishman's sporting blood prompted him to continue the pay ments and he forthwith milled the U. S. treasury the sum of one farth ing (worth !i cent) to be applied toward his country's debt. If every one of the 486-odd mil lions of British subjects In the em pire contributed a farthing a day to ward the war debt, in about five years It woUd become non-exlstant. Tomorrow: Orlchiiite? How Did "Blackmail' Gets Federal Post. LA GRANDE. Nov. 22 (AP) George T. Cochran, attorney, waa appointed by Interior Secretary Harold L. 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