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PJQE MX MEDFOITD TrAn, TRTBTTTnTE,- fEBFOTlD," ORTCrtON. MONDAY, MAY WALKING HOME By GLUYAS WILLIAMS STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX For further proof address the author, tocloetn itamped envelope for reply. Eeg. V. S. Pat Off. ByBUNCHEMr ' FERGUSON . 321. The Story So f ar. in lovt ull' dashing Gary Brent, Judith Good ie marrtu Reuben Oliver for hli money only to dtioover he U bankrupt. Tuiini art bom. and when Reuben loses a mental mtn ins fob their situation becomes desperate. Back into the picture teps red-headed Cissy Rogers who loves Reuben, and schemes to throw Judith and Gary together eoain by placing Reuben in Gary's lumber camp. On her arrival, Judith meets Gary. She still loves him and, for the first time, Gary realizes he loves her. Chapter 30 Cinderella And The Prince IN ThE log cabin Gary provided, they had dinner. His eyes rested hungrily upon Judith's animated face, as though he was trying to preserve a cental picture, trying to 'ecail wnatr Two moths circled the candle name in mad ecstasy. "Judv." Garv burst out. when Alf had brushed away the last crumb and they sat on at the gay little table with the haze of cigar- tte smoke between them. "We ' made an awful mess of our lives. didn t we? She was unprepared for this from nim. "I was thinking about it walking up the hill tonight," the man frowned perplexedly, "trying to ttsure out now 'l happened. As if he .lidn't knowi She moved a candle an inch neare.' one stared at him as ne stares at a stranger whom one doubts, tie appeared ho: .'Stly bewildered. Shi longed to cry out: You re trying to ngure out? You know you went away with Cisyl You were always going tway uniftiug wie a Risa -Keeping me waiting leaving me to heart break!" Gary said: "It came over me to night with terrific clearness, Judy, I shouldn't be here this way just spending an evening like any casual caller. You should be mine my wife." Loyalty to Reuben demanded ' that she should contradict him. But she couldn't contradict him. "How did it happen?" From this distance Gary could almost forget that Cissy's wit, (.harm and celeb rity had fascinated him. That her money had lured him. That If it had not been Cissy it would have been someone else "How?" "How does everything in life happen and why? She achieved lightness. "Because we're 1 i Jt e those moths," Gary said bitterly, "daz tlcd, stupid, blundering, blind!" It was an entirely new theory for him. Until tonigh' he had al ways been quite sure he could make things happen as hi willed. Now, looking at her, so near he could touch nor, yet remote as the moon and utterly forbidden, Gary realized with a sort of physical shock that he had been trfcked by his own ego, his own cocksureness. There was a time when he could have had Judith. Now Face to 'ace with that thing called Love the thing he had played at iightly all hisr life, even as those moths were playing with the flame that sooner or later would destroy them Gary found that the hour of reckoning the adding and subtracting of the bal ance sheet, with the deficit on the wrong side, could be devastating. Total bankruptcy! A devil of a thing to happen to Gary Brent who had been o surel One of the moths fell Into the flame. Judith sighed: "I should have put out the candle." "No. One high moment is worth 11 of life." Fascinated they watched the re maining moth draw nearer to its doom. The moth, from sheer exhaus tion, fell into the flame. The candle sputtered and fluttered briefly, then resumed its steady burning. I Love You' AFTER a moment Judith said:'"I hear music." "It's nine o'clock. Thi dance is starting. Want to trip the light fan tastic, Judy7 Crackerjack music Not too crowded " "Gary if I could dance once more!" "We're r.n the wavl" "But the babies 7" "Afraid to leave them with Alf?" "N no. I've never left them since they were born." "Well of all things! Why not?" "Never had any reason to. Had I been living back In Maryland, I'd have gone out every night." Cinderella going u her fairy ball neviT felt n. re excited than Judith walking down Winding Hill, on trerehorous stilt heels with her arm through Gary's. "I didn't drenm there was such a place in he world," Judith said happily. "The privacy of the wil derness, but people within hailing distance I love itl" "And I love you I" He had to say It. It was torn from him not on the old fli' tatimis note with the giuflncss of deep feeling, "I've bren the world's worst fool! Ju dith! I love you!" I love you! Judith tried to steady the whining earth. "Gary don't spoil a perfect moment!" ' 'You don l want ,lo ilea; It?" "No." 1 But she did want to hear It. She i wanted to hear it again am! again and again. She wanted to live and i die hearing Gary say "I love you I love you It was the thing she had been waiting for all her ! life. I Reuben -woke that morning to the old soaring sensation. Juditn was coming. If work went smooth ly, if everyone pulled together and finished the section, he could get down to the camp tonight, by nine o'clock and ,ake her to the dance. He hurried feverishly through the day, a human dynamc driving men to do their utmost, making impossible tasks easy lending a hand here, taking an ax there. Jok ing with the discouraged. Hector ing the laggards By seven o'clock, unconscious of tensed nerves, tired muscles, or the long miles ahead, he was on his way t Base No. 2. He needed a haircut. Have to stop at th barber si,op. Gladh. .till had some decent clothes It was tie minutes after nine when he reached the camp. As always, whether he had been away hours or days, the thought of going home to Judith warmed the cockles of nis heart. The knowledge that it was to such a poor home, one so utterly un worthy of Judith, blev, against the warmth like an icy breath, taking something or his youtl.. - laKin much of the confidence that hai been his In the woods. Storm Clouds HE TURNED down a tent bor dered line. "Numbei 16 is at the very end of the :line and under a tali pine," Reuben remembered: Jimmy and Judykin would be asleep but Ju dith would probably a busy as a nailer getting things shipshape. It would be ru.i helping He stonued short, looked arouno in bewilderment. Just a blackness A vacant space. Had he missed the wav in his haste? Made a wronn turning? No. Here wa the pine. A ridge pole. A roll of canvas but no welcome no Judith! Fear clutched him like a giant hand. Had something happened? The road up was treacherous In spots by the time ne reacnea fines store his breath ragged at his throat making speech, for the mo- man nlmn i , m nncii Kl A "Th hill It didn't get in?" "Sure it got in!" i'ike opening a barrel of sugar paused to wipe nis perspiring face on his shirt sleeve, ''But your missis and kids weren't on it. She hadn't come! Judith had soorned the camping groundl He might have known "When your wife didn't come on the bus I naturally concluded she wouldn't show up until next week and I didn't hurry to get the tents up, sec?" Pike explained reason ably. Reuben said nothing. Judith hadn't come Until that moment he hadn't known how much he had counted on Judith's coming. "I had plenty to keep me busy 1 can tell you. They," the store keeper and handy man gestured widely, "can think up more jobs in one minutel There's no keeping up with theml But," in an injured tone, "if you'd a hinted that Mrs. Oliver might drive up " "Drive? Mrs. Oliver 7' "Got in about five or there abouts. If you'd a told me " "Where is she? "Mr. Brent took her to the Wind ing Hill cabin." The camp's busy body informed Reuben. They're up at the pavilion dancing now. 1 seen 'em going." Muttering unintelligibly, Reu ben left the store. Vaguely he heard Pike paying something about getting the nxin s up at day break," b'lt somehow it didn'i make sense. One thing only was clear in Reuben's mind. Judith had come and despite all his fore thought for her comfort, it was to Gary Brent that she owed it. A greater comfort than Reuben Oli ver could provide. Outside he hesitated, uncertain which way to go. Disappointment, jealousy, black rage took complete possession of him, blotting out sanity, reajon, ar black storm clouds obscure the sun. Senseless ly, beyond Ul .eason he blamed Judith. That she coulH do this to himl -Humiliate him! Accept fa vors from Gary Brent whom he despised. It was bad enough to have to work under him, but for his wife to accept favors Mechanically he turned in the direction jf Plot 16. The ground seemed to -ise up and hit him. The stars left their sky and came down to whirl about his head. The mu sic from the pavilion drummed against his brain She had gone dancing with Gary Not since that far away dav when he had discovered the theft of his first $5 had he felt so out raged, so murderous. He felt the sume sense of injury too. Felt the same desire to retaliate. The sound of laughter, echoing through the night, added thander to the storm of his passion. (CrftntU. It!!, lltitkt i-i' fffirm) Tomorrow: Anger savage and primitive rlrs in Judith. rVille P, T. A. Elects Officers For Coming Year JACKSONVILLE, Mny 7.-(SpU At the P.-T. A. mooting Friday a committee Including Mrs. Thcim MVIntyre and Mm. C. 1. Sunden named to moot wltli the school board to dlnciiM oftnlntng uniform for the bund. Mrs. Paul Clodwnrd president. a!m made a pirn for each to remember the hot lunches during the running season nnd can omr nuitahle food for the hot lunches next winter. Offlcem elected for the coming year include: Prealdent. Mrs. Iluth Kent: vice-preatdent. Mm. Myrtle Arnold: secretary, Ml ait Wiseman; treasurer, Mm. Agatha Wyatt. The offirem were Installed by Mrs Jack Heyland of Med ford. Prof. Bock gavo a t a Ik on the pto powd amendment requiring tunual public school payment of HO per child. Mm. Heyland also gave an In formative talk on the "summer roundup." Following the program the newly formed girls' club and women mem bers of the faculty served tea in the brautlfuMy dreornted science room. MoMlamea Pick and Brck pouring. An enjoyable nuiMc program waa glPti by the young people. igueWerImi UL WEEK ROGUE RIVER. May 0, iSpl. In cooperation with the relocation of National Air Mat! week May 1V31 the city council nnd the Ittuo Ittver c'mnibrr cf ronmin - ni : n; for Iho U. 8. pv.tat (l-n'iu-M Mi appropriate air null cachet for the WLjjm' f mbrican mime from justice, ( WimSSmIv MNfty Marfan Francisco en&inem ' - IV W . 1-- Th iiJaiF'-"'' 1 V TWCS fizFAST GROWS frWIHE'SIPE Moulfrie.63. MilwauKee, W$ ftife snows Tim Fugitive Knllrnnd A marvel of modern engineering lp the Callao. Lima And Oroya rail raid which crosses the Peruvian Andes as the highest standard gauge railroad In the world. Strange as It seems, the man who was responsible for Its creation was a fugitive from Justice Henry Melgs a man who had failed In business In the United States and escaped the country owing closo to $1,000,000. Melggs had been caught In Hie miid swirl of the gold rush In Cali fornia's '49" days, making a fortune In lumber. Like many other men of hla day, he lost everything when the boom slowed down. In an effort to recoup, Molggs forg ed warrants stolen from San Fran cisco's city treasurer, and when dis covery became Inevitable, he and his family shipped unknown aboard the barque. "America ," on October 5. 1884. ' for South America. During the whole of his ensuing career he wns thus a fugitive from Justice. Melgga' luck held out In South America. He -founded a bank In La Paz, built a $500,000 home, celebrat ed the completion of one of his rail road projects with a 10-day banquel casting $200,000. Melggs reached a high point In his career with the buildjng of the trans Andean railroad for a commission ot 125,000.000. He indebted the Pe ruvian government to him, gaining considerable political power. Melggs turned much of his own profit back Into the railroad. He repaid most of his old San Francisco debts and secured the pas fiage of a law by the California state legislature making It illegal for a grand Jury to Indict him for offensc3 committed prior to 1855, clearing his record In that state. Melggs never returned to the Unit ed States, however, and finally lost his entire fortune In building the Andean railroad. He died of "Verru gas fever" contracted while on the Job. Baby's Heart Bents The pitter-patter of baby's foot steps are nothing compared with the pitter-patter of its heartbeats, num bering between 110 and 140 per min ute. In old age, "baby's" heartbeat!? will slow down to around 00 per minute. Tomorrow: The Train That Could Not Run Forward. town, in honor of the widely known and famous Rogue river. The cachet bears the national air mall emblem symbolizing "wings of the air" across the upper- portion of the stamp and tho lower half por trays a river scene, depicting a na tionally known recreation facility of this district. Every air mail letter dispatched during National Air Mall week will bear this emblem celebrating the great progress of air mall service since the first air mail flight 20 years ago, and to commemorate the beautiful southern Oregon river, and the town bearing Its name. Trees For Birds IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (P) -Two thousand Russian olive trees, whose fruit Is particularly attractive to wild life, will be planted near here his year In a feeding program, for game birds, the Bonneville County Sports men's association announced,. S-fftR6 HOME FROM SCHOO). Wlfrl EPOItT SElZfR Breaks io a ruw, SHOOfirfS HE'U BEAT die to The corker 0.1MB5 UP ON "fHE MOR TIMERS' sfoNE Wall AND AL0K6 rf m HALF A BLOCK IEHPFR064 OVER TriE HYpRAWfS ON BOTH ' SIDES OF THE STREET For aKoTHER block CHALLEM6E5 EDDIE To A H0PPIN6 CONTEST Sulfas ACCUSES EDDIE OF HAVlKG PUT HIS OTHER FOOT DOWN, ARGUMENT 8EIK6 SETTLE! 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