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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
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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
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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
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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
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or else we A
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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
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