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STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN H1X
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NOVELTY
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
By BLANCHESMJ
FERGUSON
w.-ry So i-ar: As the it'ed
ti.'if of aristocratic Judith Good
loe begins, three peopta are torn
uifth conflicting emotions. Loving
, someone else, Judith is marrying
Reuben Oliver self-made man
and outsider for his money.
Desperately in love with Judith,
Reuben blindly refuses to realize
- that hie fortune is evaporating.
And Cissy Rogers, maid of honor,
loves Reuben. In her hand is the
telegram confirming his bank
ruptcy. Shall he give it to htm,
and stop the weddino?
Chapter 18
For Richer Or Poorer 1
"I REUBEN, take thee Judith"
J his voice was steady "to be
my wedded wife "
Cissy shut her eyes. She had
come to the end of the world
Judith's eyes were open very
wide. They did not focus on any
one object. She felt a tremor pass
along Reuben's arm on which her
hsmd rested.
"He's taking it terribly seri
ously," she tried to feel more sol
emnly Impressed herself.
She was strangely apathetic.
She made her responses in a clear
voice "I, Judith, take thee Reu
ben ... for richer or poorer . . .
until death"
"Until death!" That had art omi
nous soundl With the swiftness of
lightning tearing across a summer
sky, apathy deserted her. It was
like coming alive in the midst of
one's own funeral only it wasn't
her funeral it was her wedding!
It couldn't be her wedding. It
couldn't be without Garyl
Bishop, palms, Jim the uni
verse went swinging round like a
top. Why was she vowing her life
away when she wanted to be free?
She must have been crazy to think
she didn't want to wait for Gary.
It was not too late
Her roving eyes sought an open
window sought escape. Involun
tarily she took a step toward it
it wasn t tor late.
Beyond the windows the hedge.
A faithful sentinel, standing. The
only Blame tning in ner craziiy
spinning world. It steadied her.
Sanity came back. As long as there
were Goodloes there must be box
wood
She went on with her responses
but her hand within Reuben's sud
denly went cold.
His fingers tightened over it.
And then the bishop was calling
her Mrs. Oliver. Gran was kissing
her, and Jim Cissy was kissing
Reuben standing on tiptoe to do
it and Judith Goodloe was mar
ried until she died.
Between one clock tick and an
other the role she had set herself
to play had become utterly dis
tasteful. She wanted to step out of
it. Wanted to ring down the cur
tain "The photographer from the
Sun to take your picture, Mrs.
Oliver," Dick Blout at her elbow
laid, "Get a grin on, Rube!"
Mechanically Judith slipped her
arm through her husband's. They
stepped Deiore tne camera. The
wedding party formed a semicircle
on either side of them.
The curtain could not be rung
down not yet
It was wedding after the Good
loe traditions another golden
link to bo added to Amanda's
chain of memories. If the link had
flaw it was not visible today.
The bride was toasted in rare
vintage. Later there would be a
upper that was an epicure's
dream come true. The bridal cake
home baked and iced by Aman
da's own hands would be cut
with a sword worn bv a Goodloe
during the Revolution, but it was
the Virginia Reel, that crowning
triumph of every Goodloe wed
djng that concerned Jier'now.
"On with the dance, on with the
nance! Kegal in black velvet and
pearls Amanda signalled the or
chestra; herded the guests to the
jawn. everyone present, young
and old, formed In two long linos.
The bride and groom led off,
Amanda and Dick Blout brought
up the rear. To the tunes of Dan
Tucker, Fair You Well My Lady,
Turkey in the Straw, they went up
the centre, down the sides
Sluing your partner, balawe
nil
Suing that on 1 u'llh the water
fall 'Have To Tell Her
UAPPY voices took up the tune.
Judith smiled dt.wn the long
line. Her white satin feet trod a gay
measure Her mezzo voice car
ried clear.
Jim swung his sister around
gayly, as Cissy, reckless as a gor
geous pagan princess, started
down the center with Reuben.
"How grand you are, Cissy," he
smiled down at her, "I'm half
ifraid to touvii you."
His arm around her was bliss,
was torture. She said: "You're
pretty swell yourself, old son."
"Thanks! Glad I don't spoil the
picture."
She thought: "It's my luck to do
uinu iow mat sue had detlnitcly
Inst him she wanted to spare him.
If only she rould destroy the tele
gram that rested like a concealed
bomb ready to explode in the
iuart ot her bouquet. If the only
dared to fling it away, but he had
to know
Reluctantly she dipped jeweled
fingers between her chysanthe
mums and handed him the yellow
envelope: "This came just as you
stepped before the bishop to say
your little piece."
"More congratulations, I guess.
He dropped it carelessly into hie
pocket.
Cissy breathed a sigh of relict.
She did a fancy step as she swung
on, saying something witty and
appropriate to each partner. II
Rube would only forget that tele
gram until this show was over
When she met him at the end o)
the line, his face was terrible.
"Cissv whv in heaven's name
aia you noia it Dackr
She strove for nonchalance:
"Did you expect me to stage a
melodrama at the altar?"
"It would have been better,"
tonelessly.
"That's the thanks I get for not
breaking up a perfectly good wed
ding." He couldn't speak. He felt
nauseated and breathless as
though an unseen foe had struck
him a violent blow ovr the heart.
His feet moved mechanically to
the music.
He had to tell Judith that was
his first lucid thought he had to
tell his wife!
"Have to tell her, have to tell
her!" The violins wailed it out
The flute carolled it. The drums
moaned it: "Have to tell her "
Then came another thought
more terrible. If he hadn't been
a coward a dishonorable coward
he would have told her weeks ago
of his precarious position.
"But I thought it would come out
all right," Reuben tried to convince
Reuben, I d have staked my Hie
on the I.utie Justis. I was sure "
From somewhere within him a
voice leered back: "You were not
sure. You were afraid "
A servant touched him on the
shoulder. "A long distance call
sir."
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the nearest door. He did not
deflect his course one inch. He re
sembled a sleep-walker. The danc
ing couples got out of his way.
Afterwards they remembered
Spoke of it! Now they got out ot
his way missing steps to do it
"Swing your partner? balance
all"
Not until the reel was over did
he get a chance to sneak to Judith.
"Can you give me a minute Mrs
Oliver? ' The first time he had
called her that
He led the way to the deserted
breakfast room and closed the
door. He felt like a deserter facing
a firing squad.
' Judith His tongue stuck to
me root or nis mouth He was un
able to go on.
Outside the twilight had deen
ened from rose, to muuve. to mistv
purple. A new crescent moon was
swung high. A string of colored
lights that stretched across the
lawn was suddenly switched on
They made a rainbow spot of light
upon tne wan; upon Jucmn s ques
tioning ince.
"Yes, Reuben?"
"If I didn't have to tell vou '
He stifled a groan and looked un
seeingly at the lanterns.
"What?" she prodded when he
didn't speak, "If you didn't have
10 ten me wnatr
"I," he swallowed thickly,
i ve lost every dollar every
cent!"
Her eyes, very blue beneath the
misty white of her veil, stared
mutely.
He raised his voice as though
speaking to me aeat. n was a re
lief to shout it: "I've lost every
thing I don't own my shirt."
"Don't roar," advised his wife
I Heard vou the first time."
"I wasn't sure." Reuben sold
From the dining room came tin
sound or many voices. The savorv
blend of hot bread, fried chicken
colTee On the lawn the youngci
people still danced.
Reuben heard Judith saying as
u'om a great distance, uidn t you
Know,'
"I thought I could slave off tall-
lire, get back on mv tool
''When did that," indicating the
leu'Kinm, -come:
"Just as we were about to be
m;,rried.
"I see."
v-issy signed tor tt. Judith you
can't believe I held this back7"
In the tense silence that hung
hdhl-nnn 1, nm D....I l j
......v.. uk.ii mini i wunuerea
V he would have held it back, given
opportunity? Thank heaven he
had not been put tu the test for
in a revealing Hash ho knew, un
dcniably, that Judith was the
weakness or his strength, not th
strength of his weakness. He
wanted to tell her wanted to
snout so tne whole world could
hear: "I love vou, I love youl 1
was afraid I'd lose you"
He could not even whitnar lit
This was his opportunity to level
things between them. He let it
pass unwillingly, misemhlv
but he let it pass, if she had loved
him
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Tomorrow: Heartless honeymoon.
BUT NOT WEALTH
RICHMOND, vs.. April !5.(AP1--Dr.
Michael Erlm Brookn. yena nlA
he lost h!e memory a month ago and
"lound himself- n ly yesterday,
ought rrlMM from polire ciiMocly to
day to return to his home In Lo An
ele. Police held the elderly man on s
technical charge ot "suspicion ot un
sound mind" following reporu he was
(tlvm away tloo bills on the atreela
Or. Brooks said he nad more than
25.000 in notes of large denomina
tions when he tost his memory. No
trace of two IIOOOO nr.tr nnd three
l.' 1 ll 1.- '-r ! .jd, were
found m hli apartment hers.
TULE LAKE MAN BUYS
RIO APTMEOATE. April 35. (Spl)
A irnl itntc trnnAcUtn of much
, intcrrst Irxully U the a, of th
Jrsjt Trulor r.tivt. nrnr Rurh. which
ronMaia of im ncrrs, to Arthur L.
Winter of Tuit Uke.
Mr. Winter, formerly cngtiRfd In
raiMiiK potntoc nt Tuie Lke. has
brought ht farm equipment here
includinn how, irtn-k, nnd ma
chinery, mitt Is putMnR the much
tn alfalfa. Ills family will conw in
June to take poiscsMoi, Tf the home
Mr. Winter cfjHvt eentunllv to
run ?00 henrt nf rattle, and liMs a
'-v h""i" n:v. vi irVti''H invHovr-
Mr. and Mr. Tajlor. who
have
The .one Miwtcr piece
etncerlty rather than long experi
ence In writing aerved to make "Black
Beauty" one of the best Belling books
of all time for, strange as It seems.
Authoress Anna. Sowell hud nevor
Written a story In her life.
Born of poor parents in 1820, Anne
was able to attend school only one
year. The rest or the time she was
tutored at home by her mother. Dur
ing the year she went to school Anna
was trapped one day in a sudden
rainstorm. Dashing for shelter, she
tripped and sprained her ankle. Lack
of proper care permanently crippled
her; It was years beforo she could
walk even a short distance.
Anna's mother was able to support
the family by writing poetry, and
the two traveled extensively over1
Europe on the money she earned.
During this period of travel, Anna
learned to love horses, and was fre
quently shocked at the cruelty with
which horses often were treated.
This, coupled with the Influence
of reading Horace Bushnetl's "Essay
on Animals," inspired her to write
a book that would honor the faith
ful animals and help end their mis
treatment. Anna called her book "Black
Beauty" from the start. She said it
was to be a horse's own story tho
autobiography of a horse. Moat of
the time she worked on her book
Anna was confined to her bed, helm;
quite 111. Often she was too weak to
write; at theae times her mother
took dictation from the bedside. I
Finally, in 1877, "Black Beauty" '
was published, but Anna did not
live to see the tremendous sales It
attained. She had sold her book tu
her publishers outright for a few
pounds less than $1001 Anna died
within a year, but her work lived on
her single literary work.
When riding her pony Anna never
used a chek rein: hence her mother
ordered bcarlng-relns removed from
the horses pulling the hearse at
Anna's funeral.
Diet or Death
Salmon are born In fresh-water
rivers, soon enter the ocean, where
they live most of their lives. Then
they return to their birthplace to
spawn antf die, never eating aTter
re-entering the fresh water.
Ton Mir row:
Dnll (in me!
The Bee That Won
resided here for many years, are I
seeking a ranch location In Rogue
River valley.
WINDOW GLASS We sell window
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Ilourhons Gain
PENDLETON. April 25. (AP) A
modest gain in Democratic registra
tions In Umatilla county was noted
today In estimates of total reglstra-.
Hons made by the Umatilla county
clerk's office, although Republican.
still hold a majority.
-Mine Con fa I) Set
WASHINGTON, April 25. (AP)
Julian D. Conover, secretary of the
American Mining congress, an
nounced today selection of Octo
ber 24-27 for the fifth annual meet
ing of the western division of the
mining congress in Los Angeles.
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