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PAGE SIX MEDFORD MATL TRTBUNE, MEDFOTt D, ORKfiOy, MONDAY, MAY 2, 1938. STAYING IN By GLUYAS WILLIAMS STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX For farther proof address the author, Inclosing a itamped envelope for reply. Reg, TJ. 8. Pal Off. By BLANCHESMJTH FERGU5QN v9 Q e. Xbe.SU : tiVlliy soft- one else, gently bred JudiV. Coodloe marries Reuben Oliver for ht$ money, only to discover that Mm fortune tt ioil. Judith', code inilils that she stick to hei bargain and follow Reuben to " dismal mining town, Fordnev? Gulch, Nevada. It It hard lor Reu ben, desperately loving Judith, to tee her struggling with poverty And It If hard for Judith, who! resentment toward Reuben groxrr stronger. Then twins are born. Chapter 24 Old Lad)' Fate REUBEN, more shaken and frightened that he had ever been in his life, awkwardly wel comed his son and daughter upon their arrival. 'Well, voung man and woman I" He tried to assume a loviality. Achieved only a rau cous huskiness at which both ba bies burst into a thin, indignant wail the first words, broadlv speaking, which passed between them He went in to see Judith with an unaccusomed lump in his throat "Hello. Reuben," Judith's eyes were very blue in her white face. The best Reuben could achieve was a taut jerking of his facial muscles. He felt exactly as though he had stood bv and let a smaller boy take a licking that was intend ed for him. He was glad to get out of the room and out of the hospital. When he came again it was to le)nB dau8hter nieh nnd turn(,d t0 Pick up his riotous son. "We'll .-licks; the raucous sound ol tlii Irills. the creak of the derricks The twins were croupy babies iudith spent anguished hours nnging over cribs. Reuben made ::eord runs for doctor, medicine jlpful neighbors. Life was a heart wistinR affair. Laughter followed 'ars. ense followed pain, ioy fol .'trwed fear as naturally as day nllows night and season follow; ;easpn. The little house that was a sweat box in summer and an ice box in winter became the hub of the universe for the man and wo man who were rearing their voung there. Miraculously the twins survived all their mishaps. Grew dimpled adorable cuddly. Proudly Judith sent their pictures to Gran "Love to Gran from Jim and Judv Good- loe Oliver! In due time Gran responded with two little dresses, beautifully em' broidered by herself and two sil ver porridge bowls. Gran, how ever, wrote nothing except a greeting card She cons dered her self unfairly used. It was unthink able that a granddaughter of hers should be tied to an impossible person, whose only saving grace had been money which he had nol the sense to hold on to. PerhaDs Gran was wise not to write. When the twins were 11 months old Reuben lost his 1ob. "You'll get another." Judith. transferring a steak from pan to platter with new exocrtness. said cheerfully. Sure! Reuben tossed his gur- take his family home to Casper Street "Gosh, Judy!" He looked won derinelv at his offspring. "They're all fired ugly, aren't they?" "Ugly?" Didn't he know beauty when he saw it? Look at the cun ning little hands, the adorable turned-up noses Gingerly he carried the twins down to the hired car. When he stooped being afraid he would drop them he found there was something strangely alluring in the feel of their squirming little bodies. He summoned up courage to poke one fat chin, then the other: "How do vou like vour old Dad?" he demanded. The startled babies howled In uni'nn. "No so good," Reuben decided. "Well don't raise such a row. Let's get going!" He and Judith found plenty to talk of now. The children leveled all barriers, upset all traditions. They kept their Inexperienced, adoring parents on the iump every minute. The future. Immediate and remote, could be discussed without reserve. "Maybe we can find a house with an extra room." Reuben said, af ter he had snagged his trousers and raked a shin trying to squeeze between the twin's bathing para phernalia and the open door of the oven. "Maybe vou can find a better lob " Judith suggested. "You bet I will!" He sounded convincing. Judith must not guess ne was hanging to his present lop by the skin of his teeth. Each day saw a cutting down of the working force, a lessening of production- Each day he tried to lay bv a dol lar for the inevitable rainy day. Meanwhile the twins continued to fill every Inch of space. Thev pilled over the edges as it were. "Let's get rid of some of these doodads." Reuben suggested, after the Royal Sevres vase had gone crashing to the floor. Judith consented half-heartedly. "I want the children to grow un appreciative of the finer things of life." "They'll grow up fatherless If I have many more collisions with the stove. We'll store about half of this plunder!" Wondering at the ways of women. Reuben went out In search of a vacant attic. Judith had thought her first year In Casoer Street hard. She knew now it had been easy. Two babies to be washed, fed. out to sleep, aired, sun bathed. Milk must be sterilized. Bottles cleaned. Afraid to sneak above a whisper lest a twin would- awake, howl and awaken the other. orobablv have to move from this Dlace. though." "No tears will be shed over that." Judith assured him. "Not unless we strike a tougher one." - "As If we could!" "I've seen worse, but why worry about that ' until we have to? Things may boom here in a week or two." Of course. You'll go back tc vour old ob." He didn t go back to his old iob or on in a new one. miik. meat ror broth, fresh vegetables, eggs the twins must have them all. Reu ben's few surplus dollars melted rapidly as snow before a sun. Moment Of Desperation THEY let Helga go. One day. Reuben grim-liDDed. went tc the citv carrying Judith's emerald Laughter And Tears THEY found a part time maid named Helga. She spoke only when she was spoken to. When in good humor she hummed In a dreary monotone. When In bad hu mor she banced things about' and broke them. She cooked the din ner, washed the clothes, washed the endless dishes. For the first time In her married life Judith was almost entirely happy. When she thought of Reu ben at all she supposed he was hapnv too. She had no time to ana lyze her feelings. Whether she loved Reuben or whether she didn't made little difference now. He was her husband. Together thev must take care of the chil dren. Reuben would have been happy too if he could have forgotten the depth to which he had dragged Judith. Saddled her with his chil dren. Made a slave of her. She would have been better off with Brent These thoughts went with him as he sluiced through the mine. He heard them in the tap. taD of the engagement ring, her pendant, and bracelets. He came back with a blue pawn ticket and a sizeable roll of greenbacks. "Before thai money is gone I'll have a iob." He didn t have a iob. He didn I even have the prospect of a job. "I should be able to earn." Ju dith wondered what she could do. She had enough wedding orosenU to start a gift shop but there wert no customers. She could give rid ing lessons But rordnev s Gulch was singularly horseless, exeep! for a few weary nags that worked ceaselessly at the mines. The latest model Ford was the badge of pros perity and impeccable social standing in Fordnev's Gulch. Quietly Judith commenced tc sell off her precious things hock classes. Egyptian silver bowl with all the Pharoahs on It The price! were pitifully small. Fordnev's Gulch did not take kindly to thing! that looked old and battered when thev were supposed to be new. bul Mrs. K rails grabbed at Judith I silver fox. her fur coat Garv'i bracelet And so old lady Fate piled ui hazards for Reuben and Judith With a fair measure of prosperity they would have gradually worked out their happiness, would have made a go of things. As it was Poverty gnawed at Judith s sp fr it as a rat gnaws at a board. It wn." hard to live up to Gran's teachings Hard not to bow to Adversity, tc laugh at it over vour shoulder denv its existence Poverty gnawed at Reubeni self-respect at his scant remain ing faith in himself, riddling it Inevitably the hour had struck foi the Olivers. Gran must be ap pealed to. There could be no fur ther argument about it. The time for prelense had passed. Write the letter now. Jud th. Reuben avoided his wife's eves. His voice was raw. He was tasting the wormwood of defeat. "No use to put it off." No no use. Six dollars up stairs in the bureau drawer. "If it wasn't for the babies I'd die before I'd write to Grnn." Reuben handed her his fountain pen. "Ask for $500." "I'll say we'll pay It back soon." "Say we may never pay it back." "It's on your account " "I'd rather they'd get I straight this time." Reluctantly, as though It were a hot coal, her fingers closed over the pen. On the little spinet desk near her was paper. "You'd better take It right down to the post of fice. Reuben!" He thought: "I don't believe they'll send a cent Probably force her to go back to them to leave me." He said: "I'll send it special." into this moment of defiance and desperation walked Cissy. ihal the Tomorrow: Cissy knows wants. TOLD TO RETRACT PORTLAND. Mht 3 ( APt An "Immediate and complete retraction" of "unwarranted attacks" upon Hrry Bridge, west coatt C. I. O. director, was demanded from Mayor Jo?epi K Canon by the Portland Industrial Union council, C. I. O., Saturday The council charged In a letter to the mayor that he hid Indicated hli "utter disdain for the working people of thla community, a disregard for established national law. and a olaa for the vented interest a opposed to IV .Ifv.' rj t'ie wholir people. YREKA ACCIDENT YRFKA. cl. Mny 3. (API Oranges were scattered for a quar ter of a mile rIctir the highway and tourttia spent hours In picking up the trim alter n true accident late Saturday. Ira Crawford. Portland truck driver. ecnped m-rlons Injury In the aceldent north of Cla'lte. The truck and a mni-traiirr unit loaded with oranges from Kedlands piled tip In a ditch. Crawford's helper ?.ee the M&M to, amis' L W.ffiM -Im -rrh toot basic onus: . mMM 1 yPV. BURNT MP (? ff MiTI fizmi 1 Y. "'w i pimp vmm mo m tfeliNV 1Be CN6UH ZMPMbfiTlN ONB ATA TIME Rim of Futility A nlngle day of eternltly, according to the eminent historian, Hendrlk Van Loon, can be measured figura tively a the time It would take a tiny bird to wear away a rock 100 miles high and 100 miles wide by flying there once every 1000 years to sharp en Its beak. Strange as It seems, thla expres sion, fanciful In Itself, has Its living counterpart In the sand martin, a tiny bird common In England. Although Its beak Is small, the sand martin employs it exclusively to dig deep tunnels In bard clay cliffs and river banks, which arc used as nests. And, oddly, the snnd martin does not Jab at the earth as you might do with a penknife: it llfta the dirt meticulously, one par ticle at a time, carefully and tedi ously digging far Into the earth. sometimes when the sand martin Is burrowing It comes to a hidden boulder, which stops further pro gress In that direction. Then, In tead of changing Its direction to go around the stone, the bird deserts the project and looks for a new place to dlgl The average" sand martin's hole, slanting upward, measures two or three Inches In diameter, terminat ing In a widened chamber about six Inches across. This Is lined with a grass or straw nest, softened with down. ' Pour KrsIo .smells All smells, scientists claim, can bo broken down Into four basic odors fragrant, burnt, acid and capryltlc. or goaty. From these fundamental odors and comblnatlona thereof come all odors with which we are familiar Strange as It seems, there exists no satisfactory language with which to describe smells In their more complex forms. Chauffeur Outlaws Uniformed chauffeurs today owe the origin of their name to an 18th century band of French outlaws, led by John the Skinner, which terror ized northern France during the Reign of Terror, robbing their vic tims and torturing them by fire. This latter custom gave rise to their name, meaning "to heat." Stok ers hence were called chauffeurs, and when the first steam-powered automobiles were horn, the drivers were "chauffeurs." The name stuck. Tomorrow: The .Man Who Sold Oiit His Country. Cutches Fish TILLAMOOK. May 2. (AP) An 19-pound chlnook salmon measuring 30 Inches was caught on a fly rod by Everett Wells, wire chief of the Pa cific Telephone and Telegraph Co.. of ' Tillamook, while fishing on. the Trask river. Noted Jockey Dead NEWARK. N. J., May 3. AP) The body of Charles Korb, 55, who as a Jockey rode 832 winners In 5,000 starts on American and European tracks two decades ago, was found to day In Drauch Brook lake. The sequoia trees of California are thought to be the oldest living things. Some are estimated at 4.000 years old. Britain has placed orders for sev eral thousand air raid precaution fire engines. 6fe 1rlF BAD NEWS HE CANfMOUT-foPlAV BECAUSE AUMT SUSAN ISCOMiNS-fo'i'EA M OM HER ARRIVAL, SHARES WHISPERS AUPiBW HANDS , BEIN& CAREFUL. 1b MOTHER CAN HE 60 fo KEEP OUT OF klSSWfe OUT NOW THAT SHE RAME HAS CONE ? EVE5 AWtf SUSAN WrtH LYffLE PLEASURE WHILE MolWER EXPLAINS IN HIS EAR If WOULDN'T BEP6" Llf To LEAVE RI6HT AWAVl 8 sftNPs at window re- PORfiKS WlSTfULLY how much fun The kids are bavin6 out-of-doors WHISPERS IN RlrtelNG TONES lb MOTHER, HOW MUCH LOH&EfL IS SHE G0IH6T6 STAY? RETIRES 6LO0MILY To Chair in" corner, watchin6 aunts0 saw with distaste S-x (Copyright, 1938, bj The BP Syndicate, lac.) TENSION IS RELIEVED WheH AlWSDSAN HA5 SOME fiOSSIPfo IMPART HOf MEAriT FOR DTTLE EARS, ANDHE6ET5-THE Elf SIGNAL S MATTER POI Bv 0 M PAYNE! " 111! TAILSPIN TOMMY Torture in Store for Jerry I By HAL FORRES"' I IN A FEW HOURS SUCCESS WEEL BE OURS , DUMAK . . DON T BE TOO COCKY THAT KID HAS TOO MUCH, SPUNK TO TALK K WHAT VOU TO DO kWITH ARE (JJ&if 'J 'WE TAK' YO' To"i GOIMG kfesz&J; J iflOl ATP Di Af-c 1 . -rtf&JA WHERE NO ME r i. V"A X WAN SHAL. A i ;f.aur " urNn vn 11 AN' THERE YO' SHAd DUPLICATE THOSE PLAN OF THE THREE POINT MYSTERV PLANE . BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER Omega's Farewell 1 V or else we A CUT OF P , YOUR ears! Mt By EDWIN ALOE 'MIGHTY SLAD I WAS PROPERLY J OTHERWtSE I MIGHT HAVE DOUBTED CONSIDERABLY ENTERING THIS DWELLING WHEN YOU ALONE WERE HERE HMM. THEYVE SOT ABOUT ELEVEN HUNDRED TURKEYS -THEY RE- PARTNERS WITH MRS. FLORN, WHOEVER SHE MAY BE, AND THEY OWN THIS 3rr ) FARM I JUDSE-, FROM THIS ACCOUNT BOOK. THAT THEY ARE NOT ANY TOO WELL FIXED, SO FAR AS ACTUAL CASH , IS CONCERNED THAT'S GOOD NEWS.' r WELL, BRIAR, ITS TIME TO SAY GOOD-BYE PLEASE TELL BEN WEBSTER AND JASOM UONES IF YOU CAN, THAT I'VE ENJOYED THEIR KSV llMJ HOSPITALITY THE NEBBS The Traitor I (.1 I rni.ieirrnAai cuTroin .n ..... . . . . .. r 1 J 1 kuiwiucwm.! cMicrwiNo mis may Bfc. AND THfcY OWN THIS , ) i Ail kncLL no rtncr riiu MLUNr lrvtrcr , .m 1 'vn r-AO n . . (r lrc rv; k.. m news.- r immense ly.'jt By VTi wired obieto wice.'N lii'M emooyim3, voura A telesramNI-'"" 1 m:,:j:'jZZZ WFTT , 1 I ME TO "COME AT ONCE. STAY IMMENSELY, VSOlT t' STAY AS LOVJS AS V " j mS." ". r 5ME .MPORTArOr M ATTHSPENJDl rO(j RUDY, A.NJD 1 OUST r . WEBB V r UE AK1D TVEN tf BAD ) ITL .1 WANJT TO SET AWAY ANJD . wONiT tlSTErO "TO 7 , COME HOME BY W'AuEMS? J 10 AA . I TAYLOR, WOKJT LISTEN! TO T nOUR, SOlNe 7 V JS' l-r wSE? ) lT ll Ci S- SOL HESS . . .s lint Mm : ; eliding time (oi loo Lata du ally At U 1:30 p U). 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