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MEDFOTTO MATL TTTTBUK, MEDFOTCD, OT?F,CfON". SUNDAY, :AFRTL' 2-f. 1938
A PIECE OR TWO
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
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By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
By BLANCHESMITH FERGUSON
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The Story So Far: Heartbroken
because the man she loves hae
left her, Judith Goodloe decide
to marry Reuben Oliver. Thi
man, who hat pulled himself up
by hi bootstraps, has one thing
the aristocratic Goodloes need
money. Desperately in love with
Judith, Reuben reusc to heed
the warning 0 his partner, Clem
Rogers, that unless he leaves the
Manland eallcj; and sets back
Into the ftohl he Is due for a
financial licking. Clem's daugh
ter, Cissy, who lovet Reuben, mill
be the maid 0 honor.
Chapter 17
Enter The Brhlo
REUBEN'S trip west lengthened
from days into weeks. About
the failure of the Lutie Justis he
was not convinced.
"With up to the minute machin
ery the wei: will produce better
than ever." He believed that. He
had to believe it
"I'm not sending one more of
my good dollars after bad ones,"
Clem told him flatly.
"I'll go it alone," Reuben said.
"Want to buy my share?" sneer
In gly.
"Sure," proudly. It was mad
ness. That was that. For better or
worse the well was all his. The
Installation of expensive new
equipment began. The expense
was appalling. Reuben's assets be
gan to melt as snow before an
April sun. He must have ready
cash. He sacrificed some securities.
He sacrificed his yacht
Each day he wrote her short
Inadequate letters. "Things are
panning out all right." he per
suaded himself they were, "but
I'll be a working man when 1 come
home, darling I wish I could
come today."
During -his absence a private
wire had been run to Reuben's
house. A ticker installed. Secre
tary engaged. Typists, clerks. The
library was turned into an office.
Telephones rang. Messengers
came and went. Reuben came
home a busy man of affairs, with
ills nnger on tne pulse or tilings,
Gone was his leisure. His
dreamy contentment.
He was in a frenzy to recover
his losses. This was not entirely
due to the natural craving of a
fighter for victory. U gained im
petus whenever he thought of the
OooJloes and he thought of them
almost constantly. They resDected
him rich. Poor? He thought of
uary brent too an added spur.
He plunged into some not quite
sound investments with the reck
lessness of desperation, depend
ing upon his luck to see him
through. If he could stay on the
job-
"Would you mind postponing
our trip awhile, Judith?" he asked
the day he arrived home.
Her vivid face betrayed how
devastated she would be. She was
, holding to that trip aroui i the
world with the same tentJous
tensity with which an aerial ar
tist clings to his trapeze. It was
the fragile span with its color,
excitement, change, that was to
carry her through the first hazard
ous months of her marriage. "Of
course, if you can't leave, Reu-ben-'1
"1 can." Why worry about a
bridge he might never have to
cross? Each day was bringing or
der out of chaos, and when the
good old Lutie Justis started
again
But he knew he should have
told her the true stato of affairs.
He was afraid to toll her. Who
ever said love made men strong,
lied. Love made men weak.
Wedding Or Funeral?
THEIR wedding day. One of
those perfect days that Sep
tember brings to Maryland.
While It was still morning Bid
dy O'ilare presented the bride
with a leggy, wobbly, sorrel colt.
Judith, disdaining the ueauty
sleep a bride is supposed to get,
hurried to the paddock to wel
come the newcomer.
"Oh, you precious!" She went
down on her knees, imped the
new sorrel to his wobbly logs and
kissed the slate-gray muzzle.
Reuben watched her with a
queer tightness in his throat.
"What will vnu name him, Judy?"
"Paddy O'ilare."
"We'll christen him with wed
ding punch." Cissy suggested.
With a smile 611 her lips, dark
despair in her heart, Cissy had
arrived that morning. Her pres
ent a mammoth old Sarouk had
arrived ahead of her.
"If it's a wedding, let it he a
wedding. If it's a funeral, let it
be a funeral. New mix the two."
It was a good motto. She said
it over and over to sustain herself.
She felt like a trawler in the
desert lost in an endless stretch
of hot, shifting sand. And Rube,
the poor sap sitting over an
earthquake and pretending not to
know.
The sooner this wedding was
over the better, then she could go
off somrwherc and yowl her fool
head off.
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NAME ANNAPOLIS LADY
AS PRESIDENT GENERAL
WASHINOTON. April 23 ,?--Mrs '
Hrnry M. Robert. Jr.. of Anunpglls, j
Md., new proslrlcnt-rncrnl of the
Daughters of the Ami'ttrnn IlevoHi- ;
tlon. nald tfxlay slio would tlevotf ict '
rnerglr to improving the otyanii'a- i
Hon wrrlre to the country. j
Mrs. Robert will jwrv thrro yean,
hrr term expiring m tho oranla- I
tlon'i 50th anniversary year. Hho w.is !
elected without opposition Imt ntaht .
to iur-wi Mrs Wi'.l'nni A Ticker or !
New Jersey. !
Delegate chose tUt following vice '
At last it was five o'clock. The
bishop had taken his place be
tween the long west windows.
Sun streamed In on brightly at
tired women, on black coated men.
An orchestra under the stair
way ployed softly. The brides
maidsa veritable r a i n b 0 w
ushers, flower girls, assembled in
the hall, In chattering expectancy,
among them Cissy, feeling as
though she was about to witness
an execution, but looking gor
geous as Cleopatra in shimmering,
yellow brocaded chiffon velvet
with touches of golden brown.
Mammoth brown hat. Brown slip
pers with high gold heels, gold
buckles that brought glances of
praise and envy to Cissy's lovely
feet. They were wasted today.
An unruly tear splashed down
her tiptilted nose to the chrysan
themums in her hands. In five
minutes Reuben would be mar
ried. AH her aircastles founded
and built years ago in the black
mud of Warder were crashing
down while she stood here with
a lot of giggling people!
She couldn't bear iti She broke
from the waiting line, slipped
through the open door.
Savagely she winked back the
tears that threatened to blind her.
Hurriedly she walked up and
down the terrace, regardless .of
her filmy train dragging over the
stones. She mustn't cry she must
not! Her stilt heels beat it out in
sharp tattoo. She must not cry
She didn't see the messenger
boy on a bicycle until he was al
most upon her. Startled she asked
crossly: "What do you want?"
"Telegram for Mr. Oliver. Im
portant!" "Give it to me."
Mad, Dizzying Hope
SHE signed for It with not too
steady fingers. Her heart was
racing like a wild thing. She knew
pretty well what the envelope in
her hand contained. The new ma
chinery had been tried out yester
day. It had failed then. It had
failed today. It would fail again
tomorrow. The Lutie Justis was
done for.
For a long moment Cissy stood
like a graven image, whik- turbu
lent emotions seethed within her
and a 'ight wind sent the yellow
train swirling about her feet. What
must she do? If she gave this to
Reuben now would the wedding
go on?
Cissy shut her eyes. A mad, diz
zying nope surged through her. If
the wedding did not go on?
She crushed the telegram in her
hand. Tried 'n crush her longings
with it. No -jse. This was her
chance, her one chance for happi
ness. She had a right .- fight for it.
It would be different if Judith
loved Rube
"I'm not made of the stuff of
martyrs.". Cissy decided. "I want
my happiness warm, human
here and now If Judith is a good
sport Everything's fair in love
and war " She was lust Cissy
No one expected her to be fine and
noble
"I'll get this to Rube now!"
She walked towards t: e house.
An ushe.- called excitedly from
the doorway; "Hurry, we're wait
ing!" Cissy stepped Indoors The
bride was coming down the
stairs
An old stairway. A young bride.
Youth and courage descendine
slowly step by step.
Juciitn still walked 11. a sort or
trance, the leading lady in a great
drama, which was unfolding mag-
nillcently. tf there were long hours
in the still of the nieht, when the
stage was cleared, when she was
seized with panic, it vanished with
the rising sun and left her high
hearted to meet this day.
Sweet and untouched as an an
pleblossom she came faintly smil
ing. She wore her great grand
mother's wedding Row:- ivoricr1
with age and shrouded in folds or
priceless old lace. '
"Ah-h-h!" A murmur like n
June bre,'Z' blowing over a field
of clover. "The Bride!"
Subconsciously Cissv stuffed the
yellow envelope deen into the
heart of her bouquet and moved
forward with the nrocession
Moved m.ehanicallv without
sense of direction. She saw Die':
Fllout, rotund and warm hr-sid."
Reuben, very straight with taut
lips. His eves adored Judith.
"God. prayed Cissv. into her
woodbrown chrvsanthe nums.
"Don't let her fail bin- Help her.
nlease, and forget all about me.
I'm used to ho."ing my own "
The bishop Imnressivolv hr-pnn
to council the voune pair before
him to he patient, to be true. To
bear with one another s weal;
nesses.
"What does she know ahou1
bearing anything?" thought Ciss
fiercely, "What does she know ex
cept having her own wa and be
in! fussed over Rnd
Mechanically she took the show
er of white bridal bouquet Juclit'
handed her. Sl-e knelt beside tin
bride. If she d'ew the telegratv
out of her own flowers now'' Hoi
fingers itched to draw it out.
Monday: The blow falls.
ptTAldenta flenernl:
Mm. Clarence Henry Adams of Den
ver, Colo.; Mrs. Val Taylor of Unifm
town, Ala; Mm. Arthur Rownotham
of AltaVista, Vv; Mrs. Chester Samuel
MrMartln of Phoenix. Ariz : Mm Rob
ert K. Arnold of VersnlUes. K; Mrs.
It. D. fihepperd of lUnovrr, Pa.; Mm.
I'harlf c. Crnl,; of Wafth'.tiK'on; and
Mrs. Victor Ahhott fllnfnrri of Rox
bury, Maine.
Convention drleatea vlAlted Mount
Vernon today. Ye.nrrday they hesrd,
nnd eheerde. President Roosevelt niter
an Informal speech.
The president, making his Mist visit
to a D. A . R. corvt re;-, asked t he
delegates to "remember tiwt all of
us, you and ! especially, are de
scended from Immigrants and revo
lutionists." Don't miss the
MHXlFOPIl JlMO!i SYMPHONY
CONCERT
Hull school ., .: ::um
Tuesday, May 3rd.
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IMPORTANT .
INCIDENT IN
' Transatlantic Race,
Strange as It seems, the first two
vessels tt cross the Atlantic ocean
entirely under steam power left Eu
rope a week apart, yet arrived at
their destination New York on the
same day. exactly 100 years ago to
day. First to leave and first to arrive,
by a riargln of a few hours, was
the .u-ton Sirlus. After much prep
aration, tho Sirlus left Cork, Ire
land, on April 4, 1838. and headed
west for the New World.
One week later the faster Great
Western, cnrrylng 163 passengers, left
Bristol, England, and set out to over
take her rival. News of the race had
been presnged on both continents;
newspapers anticipated their arrivals
with columns of type.
The voyages of both ships were
JAPANESE PLOT STARTS
OUTER MONGOLIA PURGE
MOSCOW, April 23. (UP) A
riltlileM purpe In the Soviet protec
torate of Outer Mongolia, rivaling
perhaps the Russian purge with Its
toll of more than 2.000 Uvea, was
reported today in connection with
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brilliant triumphs, as far as expecta
tions were concerned. Neither ship
stopped for fuel or for any assist
ance during the crossing. Both ar
rived on April 23.
Builders of the Great Western,
the Great Western Railway of Eng
land, proclaimed their vessel's cross
ing a financial success." Disembark
ing at New York, the Great West
ern's passengers were greeted with
flags and brass bands, crowds were
still on hand after witnessing the
earlier arrival of the Sirlus.
While the remarkable 12-day trip
of the Great Western was consid
ered a fast crossing 100 years ago,
now crossings of less than five days
are customary.
The Chain Diary.
A novel method of recording the
an alleged Japanese plot to start
an armed revolution.
Dictator Josef V. Stalin and tho
red army have announced publicly
on several occasions that Russia Is
ready to go to war to protect Outer
Mongolia and prevent Japan from
obtaining a foothold there
Belated dispatches reaching Mos
Protests!
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history of his life was chosen last
summer by Robert S. Lindsay of
Mldvale, Utah. He carved from a
single piece of wood a 97-link chain,
each link representing an Important
ovent.
The piece of wood wa3 2 by 2
inches by 16 feet long, but when he
got through carving it he had a
chain that measured 21 feet. Lindsay
worked 156 hours carving it and put
In another 36 hours polishing the
chain.
He first began carving wooden
chains when he was a sheep herder
In tho Utah mountains. Lindsay also
has a written dally diary that Mils
33 large books. He has not missed
a single day, he claims.
Monday; The diet of deathl
cow disclosed that the Mongolian
purge has been under way more than
a year.
WASHINGTON, April 23. (AP)
Western Irrigation farmers generally
will have sufficient water for their
crops this year, the bureau of agrl
rultural engineering said a snow sur
vey Indiratcd.
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