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VXCTl TEN W-DFOTiT) rATTi TTtTBTJNTE, MEDFOKD, OTfEGON. TUESDXT. NOTEMBER 23. 1937. -7 S wo s yomvanu 6y MAR CARET CUIOHERZOC V y The Characters Nina impuliiixlv mar ltd David and it trying to forget her fateiue tove for her stepfather. Blchmrd, the charming, well' tailored stepfather, ihamelculy talks of love to Nina, Honej, JVIna'i jay, plump, youthful mother, it wild about Richard, her newly acquired hue band. Divid, a bright ouna auto talesman, adores Nina and strives to make her happu on hi mall alary. Chapter 2T The Young Irishman BUT the footsteps were not Rich ard's. A full vmine man. mlnff a stick. and leaning heavily on the arm of an attendant, approacnea irom me far end of the conservatory. The attendant, who was short and bow-legged, and looked like a retired jockey, raised his eye brows in an inquiring way, and glanced at the empty chair, next er. "Of course . . ." Nina signified that he might have it, and the young man lowered himself to the cushioned seat, slowly, and with evident pain. "Thank you, miss," said the at tendant: and the young man said: "Quite certain I'm not intruding?" In a nice voice that had more than a touch of Celtic to it . . . "All right then Masters. I'm set for a while. Thanks." The orchestra played a slow waltz, and for a while they sat to gether in silence. It began with the matter of cig arettes. "Will you have one?" "Thanks. I wilL" ' "Mav I? "Please ..." As he held out his lighter. Nina was struck with the young man's Brie, sensitive features. ' She was also struck with the fact, that, though his invalidism looked like a very permanent thing, there were none of the dis contented, drawn lines, one so of ten sees on the faces of cripples. He was dark, with a healthy brown akin and heavily lashed eyes, which Nina was certain were Irish blue . . . though they were lowered at the moment, and when the flare of his lighter went out, it was too dark to tell. He must have been In his early thirties. "Quite a party." he remarked eheerftilly. And Nina said: "Yes . . . and you found as though you had come to it from very far oft." "Ireland . . . Galway ... is far effish. isn't it? ... To ... to come to a party." Something about the way he said it attracted myre of Nina's at tention than she had hitherto given to the conversation. She made an inquiring, encour aging sound, which she hoped would urge the young man to con tinue. It did. The Lesser Of Two Tumble "VXELL, you see, as a matter of ' fact, it means more to me than just a Hunt ball." He smiled. "We have a few ourselves, in Ire land, you know . . . No. It brings back the past a very happy one before all this, of course. His gesture Indicated his crippled self. "I was over here, a good many years ago, visitin' . . . Did you hap pen to know Horace Detmold? Since sold his place, I believe . , . Well, we had four weeks of huntin' luch as I'll never forget Det mold was the first M.F.H. and then the- Hunt ball here at The Manor . , . before my little tum ble." "You mean here?" Nina was astounded. "You were . . .?" The other nodded. "Just at the edge of Scarbor ough wood. Know it? . . . There's a clearing, with a brook running through . . ." Scarborough wood , . . where he had watched the sun rise that morning. , . . "But . . . but, I must ask you, if all this happened to you here . . . I mean . . . well, frankly, how can you want to travel so far to revisit this place?" " The young man grinned. "Because that tumble wasn't the biggest thing that happened to me, by any means. Fact it was the lever of two tumbles." Nina found herself tremendous ly interested. She said: "Ah-h-h. a girl." in her simple direct way. And he said: "Right you are. I became engaged here. . . ." It was impossible to prod him further, but she did -.'t have to. Her companion bad caught the fact that he was sinccrelv interested, and It was plain he wanted to talk. Nina forgot to wonder what was keeping David. The young Irishman sat without moving, storing, staring out at the ballroom. Ha said: 'It wa 'just on of those things' as you say over here. We met and fell in love immedi ately. She was visitin'. too, just out of school, and the loveliest thing that ever drew the breath of life. He was absolutely unself-con- scious. "I was going to take her home with me . . . Nina took note of that "I was going to . . ." and waited. Lilith danced by with Tommy, and waved; Hester, too, but she didn't see them in their darkened retreat. "Scarborough wood ended all those ideas, of course." Nina thought: "What sort of a girl would let him down at a time like that?" And. as though In answer, the young man went on. "I must tell you," he said, chuckling, "that I, am a ballet dancer now, compared to what I was after four horses had piled up on top of me . , . and it has taken 10 years, and practically all my in heritance, to bring me to this lively statel No. No. It was I who wouldn't have it. Sailed for home as soon as possible." "Galway, you say?" "Yes. Masters, my former head groom, looks after me very nicely at Glymrock Castle, my home. We're very cozy there, the two of us." He laughed actually a mer ry laugh. "He sleeps in the kitch en, and the servant's dining hall is my bed-sitting room ... the other 50 are closed!" Nina thought: "What an amaz ingly plucky fellow!" She said: "You could teach a lot of us a thing or two about cour age, young man." And when he only smiled: "But tell me, did you never try to get in touch ... I mean, now that you're so much better? ... Do you mind my asking? I'm so very in terested." She wondered whether he had come to America with the hone of seeing her. "Of colirse, I don't mind. I got started on this, somehow ... I sensed your friendliness I suppose . . . No. he answered her question, "you can see ... to lose track of her completely was the only way I could be sure of keeping my reso lution. It would have been so easy to send for her, in a weak moment . . . and she would have been so certain to come ..." 'You Didn't Recognize Me' FOR the first time, a wistfulness, a hint of all he had suffered. crept into his voice. It made Nina realize that there were other trag edies in the world greater ones, perhaps, than her own. Sick . . . poor . . . lonely . . . and yet how valiant, was this young man! She went back to her home. near Boston," he was saying, "Det mold s wife died, and he moved away ... I ... I shouldn't have come if I had thought there was any danger of meeting her. I only wanted to relive it again, a little . . . To carry back fresh memories . . . It was so long ago . . ." Because they were being so frank with each other, Nina said, gently: "I should think you were inflicting unnecessary suffering on yourself , . ." But the Irishman shook his head. "I don't look at it that way," he answered, quietly. they were silent The music had stopped for an intermission, and still David did not appear. Nina could see Hester and her partner across the floor. She spoke a few words, and left him, walking slowly with her peculiar, lan guid grace toward the door of the conservatory. She had seen them. bhe came and stood in front of their two chairs. She smiled at Nina s companion . . . but the young man sat quietly, giving no sign of recognition. She held out her hand . . . and still he failed to respond. Rian . . . Instantly, he ierked to attention. "Hester . . . Forgive me. I . . . Why, hello. Hester." He groped about for his cane. and struggled to get to his feet. bo they were friends, evidently. Hester said: "Rian . . . my dear . to be seeing vou again! . . . No. don't get up. I'll toin vou, if I may.1' She looked at Nina for the first time, and gave a little laugh. We're old friends. Nina . . . verv. old friends, Mr. McHugh and I . . ." Nina gave up her chair and pulled over another one. You . , . vou didn t recognize me. did vou, Rian?" "It wasn't that, Hester." He laughed, shortly. "It . . . well, you see, the old vision . . ." He passed a hand before his eyes, in an ex pressive gesture. Blind! Blind, as well as all the rest! So that wns why he had stared straight in front of him . . . That was why he had failed to recognize his friend , , . (Copyright, t93T, Uaraaret RtrsoaJ neater takes a ronrajeftout step th4 amaies her friends, tomorrow. F BERKELEY. Calif., Nov. 33. (API Thire youth nrrrstM in tirwi disturbances prior to the Ctlifornia fltanford "big" football game drew ntnc of 1300 fine or 100 days In Jail hrr ach todixy. Pollc JudK Oliver Younga art the trlala of Hire othcra. who plad d Innocent, for December and planned to hear the cawa of 10 mors later today, Those sentenced were: M 1 1 h w Walker. 10. Junior student at the University of Cnlilornia. cnnrRod with turning a hoar on firemen; Robert P. Brett , unemployed, clmntf d wit h setting a fire In a street, and Rob ert do Clolla, 10, student at tne university extension division, charged with adding fuel to the fire. Virgil Robinson, 3ft. accused oi disturbing the peace, forfeited ia ball. The arrests were made I:iuiMiay Bight during celebrations on the eve cf tb "big gam UNION ROW DELAYS ALASKANS' SANTA SEATTLE. Not. 33 (AP Seattle postal officials today expressed doubt if some AlSAkans wilt get Christmas packages on time, because of the tie up here Incident to a controversy between steamship operators and the cvoks and stewards union. The line have cancelled passenger sailings be cause the union demanded that cooks and stewards rotate Jobs aboaitl ship. The lines contended this would cause a changed personnel each vojr ne and they would not be able to Hbide by federal safety regulations. some Alsskan mall will te sent north tomorrow aboard a Canadian vessel out of Vancouver, B, C, If the controversy is oot settled by that tlmo. STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX For further proof address the author, lnclortn a stamped enrelope for reply. Res;. V. 8. Pat Oft mmm mm KM WRIGHT- , ' of Toronto, candda, m-m.o$o MILLION WOROS chmpioh in ma CHAMPIONSHIP 1 TIMES (Record: IS word per minute) ' CENTRE COLieSE iwo consecutive rooTe-ftii seasons m us $M score, 77-7 VICTORIES... WI9-I920 Vz. Seor&tomandTeaz unnsrtaet u. Xr.4.' U ' Ft. Siimpter Finn Most Invulnerable spot In Charles ton Harbor, Fort Siimpter was early fqught over by union and Confeder ate forces during America s Civil war. On December 26. 1860, shortly after South Carolina seceded from the Un ion, Major Robert Anderson of the Union forces, with 128 men, occupied the fort which ho held until April 12, 1861. without receiving provisions or other reinforcements from the outside. On this day. at 4:30 a. m.. the first, and one of the most important battles of the ensuing Civil war be gan. In 34 hours 2.500 shots struck the fort or fell Inside It yet, strange as It seems, not a man was killed on -rf" 1 1 m r I ii I -iV 7vJ . frtij 'isfa-S af iiaaSi""!' i- -flKI.IK 1 nl hMn I Ii lr-1 , ' '." inm w uowukcv wrier FT. "SUMffiR SURRENDERED -foTr CONFEDERhTeS ON APRIL If, I0W, WJy? Rmsep oveRTMe Fort on april ttftcUY if-yeftr I K-fW iri&ts mi either side during the entire en counter I Major Anderson lowered the Union banner on April 14 and evacuated Fort Sumpter. It was then garrisoned by the Confederates. Not until four years after the Union flag was low eredthe fort, which was evacuated by the Confederates on February 17, 1865, before General Sherman's with ering drive. On the following April 14. exactly four years after the Union flag was lowered the identical ban ner was reflown from Fort Sumpter, this time representing a united nation. Blackmail rirlgln. Blackmail, a favorite, source of Ille gal Income of modern, organized crime, was. strange as It seems, orig inally nothing more than ordinary rent I It first designated rent paid In labor, grain or baser metals as dis tinguished from sll veer or "whit money." Later, in Scotland and northern England, blackmail came to mean a "protective" tribute of grain, cattle or money paid to freebooters In return for Immunity from pillag ing. Today, blackmail has a singularly similar meaning, being used to des ignate the extortion or attempted ex tortion of money or property by threat. Tomorrow: Fame by Forgery! MARTIN TO INVESTIGATE FISH HATCHERY REFUSAL SALEM, Nov. 23. (fp) Governor Martin said today he would Investi gate the state fish commission's de cision against placing a hatchery on Foster creek In Curry county. Fishing Interests have reported they understood the hatchery would . btt built as pnrt of the settlement of J their war with mining interests over mining mud in the Rogue river, which the fishermen contend damaged their operations. KLAMATHITES IN FAVOR JUSTICE COURT CHANGE KLAMATH FALLS. Nov. 23. fiPj Action by the state legislature to reorganize the system of Justice courts In Oregon may be sought at Its next session. It was indicated today when the Klamath county court, the county budget committee and major taxpayers attending a public budget hearing agreed the present method of operation was unsatisfactory. Principal objection expressed at the budget hearing la that the overhead of Justice courts Is allegedly out of proportion to the revenue. TIME OUT By GLUYAS WILLIAMS shows "Time oot'." AMP CAUS TEAM DACX FOR A W TALK STARTS SPIRITED TAIK ABOUT SHOWING MORE FI6HT TEUS BOO BEMi5,W6 HAS MUTTERED HE WArJ A WINK OF WATERS SHUT UP RENEwfe Ti&HTTAUC, 5-fAM WEST REMARKING TrlEVIP 6ET SOMEmJHERH rFHE'D LET SOMEONE EliE CftRRV THE- 6BU TELLS STAN TO SHUT UP EARL WH1TELY MURM0R& ALSO TEUS OPPONENTS, SAVS HE HOPES, AFTER AND BE6INS PEP TALK HE READ OF A TRICK WHO ARE SHOOT1N6 To THAT TaLK!N&-T01THEV AU. OVER WAIN PLfiV IN THE PAPER THAT PLAY &AIL ,Tb 6H0T OP Will SHOW SOME FldHT, THEV MI6HT (JSE. TELLS AND CARRIES BRLL TOR EARL TO SHOT l)P A SW-YARD' L0S& 11-17 (Oopjrigfat, 1937, by Tb Bll Byndiotte. Inc.) S 'MATTER POI By 0. M. PAYNE Z"5 -TTKn f sonny & SV' ngra3g loopyrlght, 1837. by Th Bell ByndletH, Inc.) StM TAILSPIN TOMMY Dirkman Utters a Prophecy 1 By HAL F0RRFST YOUR SEAT IS MUMBER) r SEVEM. MR. BLURTZ 1 - . ' 3 . . ERR . . A3 1 WAS SAYIMS, I MADE A BALLOON FLIGHT IM A STORM ONCE. IT WAS . . A . V-FH THAMICS m m,..A tfiifflfe..iNSBKa tiu ,i'J 1 1 f n r iiirfc r - 1 4 PARDON ME SIR , BUT' HAVE YOU EVER BEEM AFRAID? WHOY ME? ri AW! AFRAID OF-WHAT? 1 1 1 m Mrs v .W-W-WHY. SAY. WHAT KIND i OB. A FELLER DO YOU THIMK I AM? fM MOT AFRAID OF. W OF ( SUDDEN i nc atu 1 ' yJ I AM? fM MOT II f AFRAID OF. . . J WE SHALL SEE, ny friemd . . BEFORE THE NEXT HOUR . EEIIl BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER The Chase! By EDWIN ALGER "bTRALE HEARD Me WHERE o HE G0U6 DO VOU SUPPOSE T r-V 1 SLkzmuvi$x UOR0 BLESSI WE' 60IV4' AFTER OUR TWO Li PRECIOUS LAAABS THEV Re MA1UTAIUIW oERVCE OM THE VJU66ET UUE VITH TMt SPARE vjjvje, mr. 4 V Id rrj W .Vl . . W -J 1 1 urn -rsw&i TWO CAU PLAX AT THAT 6 A HAS, AAR. JORDAU- VJEVt J AUOTHER. H AVID CAR TWO CAU PLAX AT THAT , 1 6 A HAS, AAR. JORDAU- VJEVt W AMOTHER. HAViOCAR rssi- f M GET i r1 6ET EVERT OUWCt OP'SSJ SPEED VOU CAW OUT OP EiES L-7 THIS COWTRAPTI0W, DOW'T W0HRV JAOME sir THAT'S V THE NEBBS Who Robbed Bruce? By SOL HF.83 Oxford, the Ensll-Mi utuvfrrtty cllv. u 00 mllrn frum I.on.lon. Closing time tor Too lAf to ClM !(' Ad 1 140 p. m. Aid -- Ant vaiR V Jf VOU ItjOULOM'T CALL MfZ 73 VES. I GOT 'EM BAC BUT IF VOU KNJOUJEX5 ALL TWE. MieWTS TWAT HAD MO 'SLEEP IM EM FHR. ME I'M 50R12.V 1 WAS MAD f AT VOU FOR TELLIMG ME 'THE TRUTH ASOUT BKUCE BUT 1 LOVED HIM 50 MUCM L DlDM'T WANJT TO MEAQ. JOTUsJ, BAD ABOUT MIM TKANJKS FCQ. K033INJG - MV . . . POVJDS Ofr, BACK , ps' J' 1 ME r I WAD NOTHiUG TO DO UJITVt f MAV WAVE DOME A LOT OF THIKJGS INJ MV LIFE BUT IT DOESM'T IMCLUDE WOLDHJRS SO DONJT LAV TwAT AT MV 1 AjlsjT eOlM' TO SAV I mvj 1 Mirvi rt!K. M50UT IT -VOU MEEQr-JT BEAF5AD OF otTTlMo ARRESTED BECAUSE I'M GOlM' TO 1UE - IDEA MID 4 i mzzzz Ttm. iMi,tih, : J
