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MGE TEN MEOFORD MAfL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGOy, SUNDAY, MAY 22, 1938, By BLANCHESMITH FERGUSON The Story So Far: Judith Good toe marries self-made Reuben Oliver for his money, only to discover he ti bankrupt. Tumiu are born. Then red-headed Cissy Rogers, who loves Reuben and i out to get him, finds a job tot him In a lumber camp managed by Gary Brent the man Judith lovef. Gary ttuute (hat Judith get a divorce, telling her that Reuben it going to marry Cissy. Also, he discharges Reuben for disobeying orders. There is a shoto-doun be tween husband and wife, and their old feud breaks out again. Chapter 41 Off Your Pedestal' "T DID not fell the pines be 1 catue " "You wanted tc cheapen Gary before Ualbreatn. "Because," in deadly level tones, '".hose trees were unsound Bliehted to the heart." . "You. expect me to believe that?" "You must believe either Brent or me. Suit yourself. "Gary didn"t know that." It was a statement, not a question. "He knew. He saw a chance to cover one of his blunders by quick cash sale." "I don't believe you." "I didn't expect you to." They glared h. each other from masked eyes. Neither tried to penetrate the mask. "Was the responsibility yours? Judith asked coldlv. "Strictly speaking, no. But that timber, ready to crumble at the slightest weight, was to have been used for a dormitory a place where little children go to sleep believing tney re safe. L.iuie un fortunates of no great value to so ciety. Derhaps. but She made a gesture. She didn't want to hear. Reuben continued, as though to himself, "My only home for 12 years was an orphan asylum. It would nave been a poor return "You preferred to be driven off tne only decent Job you've held since I married you, like," it gave her pleasure to hurt him, he want ed to marry Cissy "like a mad dog!" He left the fireplace, came to wards her slowly, "You allowed Brent to talk to you about me? You believe?" Instinctively she got to her feet. "Why shouldn't I believe? Hasn't your every action since I've know you?" - His laughter, sardoaic, terrible, might have issued from Sataa himself. "You're rightl Since the first minute I saw you I've been , something less than a man cater ing, cringing, fawningl But I'm standing up straight now freel It was a hard chain to break." He pondered this for a second, surprised that it was so. Then: tri umphantly: "You're oil your ped estal! You're standing shoulder to shoulder with me, on the same level" "Do you mean to be flattering?" "t mean mat irom now on i m my own man and yours. Clem warned me you d make a poor imi tation or notning or me unless made an Oliver of you." Her laughter filled the whole universe with contempt. "Don at tempt the impossible. Fit your pattern to your cloth!" And instantly t. hurricane arose to Join the landslide. Before its Jury they were swept, willv. nillv two feathers headed for destruc tion Reuben said: "I'm through slav ing to keep things soft for you. Leaving you with nothing to do out piay around with Brent, listen to his slander, his questionable tove maKing "Take carel" she Jerked out. 'Never Come Back' UE WAS "beyond taking care. "We're getting out of this cabin, now. Getting out of this camp as soon as I work out my aeDi. we re going oacK to warder. I still own a mudhole there." "Go wallow in it!"Judith flamed, I'm going to Mnryland." "Following Brent?" he formed the words stiffly through ashen lips. "Oh, no you're notl un, yes I am! "If you go now," Reuben said, mad beyond all madness, "you need never try to come back. "I'll never want to!" "Brent may disappoint you gain." He closed the room, picked up his hat, opened the door. "I'm re minding you my children are Olivers not Goodloes. They're not going to stifle and stagnate be hind a boxwood hcdne. I'll fight for them to the last ditch." From her own quivering, rein ing rage Juduh dragged these words, sweetly uttered, venom tipped: "Cissy will feel right at home In Warder." The door banged behind him. Judith stood staring. She said aloud: "I needn't have feared it so." Leaving your husband, end ing your marriage was easy! But she hadn't any time to stand and wonder at it. She must get away quickly brfore Reuben rnmo back. While I.u Wing fed th chil dren she would pack their clothes. Take all her silver hollow ware and flat, to Piko Borrow money on it iv .. .are Telegraph to Gran - Drive down to Casper Street for the babies' woollies it would be cold at home now She was going home going home Everything else was swallowed up in the miracle of that Going home It was early twilight when Ju dith at the wheel of Jeff Snow's old car, pulled out of Camp Site Number 2. She felt like a fugitive from Justice. If Reuben followed If he tried to stop her Every sound on the road, every trailing car set her pulses jumping. Let Reuben come! Let a million Reubens cornel She was going home! Breaking up the mean little home in Casper Street should have been a delight, but after she had put the twins to bed it the tiny slope-roofed back bedroom, Judith was shocked to feel a dull sort of pain coming alive within her. Everything was just the same. The low smothering ceilings. Wall paper ugly and depressing. The old bath tub was Just as streaked, leaky, hopeless and yet the small, cluttered place was oddly home like and filled with ghosts. Ghosts who were at once happy and sadly reproachful: "This was home you deserted It " Old memories came straggling back. Their arrival here. The bas ket of food with the red cheeked apples on top The way they had laughed, sworn, cried almost, try ing to lay Cissy's rug Haunted By Ghosts DETERMINEDLY she sent her thoughts ahead. Going home Not a word to Gran of the real state of affairs between her and Reuben not until delay was no longer porsib!e Not a word about Gary- Caryl His 'name started a tu mult not entirely pure bliss to nighttinged by doubt and per plexity. Reube.. had lied about Gary. He was Jealous, defeated and -'et Reuben did not lie easily "A lie or a mistake, a lie or a mistake!" The question swung like pendulum against her brain. Through ail the years she had seen Gary without a flaw. Why was her faith wavering now? It Isn't wavering," she assured herself fiercely, "It isn't." It couldn t be. bhc had to believe in Gary now as she believed in God. He was all she had left In a world gone suddenly awry. Yes terday, a few hours ago, she had security, home, husband, chil dren " Sensibly she reminded herself that she still had the children and as much security as she had yes terday. Judith made hasty arrange ments about the furniture with Mrs. Kraus. Then she tried to get some sleep. She closed her eyes out Muld not shut out a vision of Reuben rumpled hair, robe tied haphazardly about him fr oht- ened and awkward, trying to be helpful with a croupy baby. Reu ben going down to the freezing kitchen to make a fire, heat milk, making her go to bed Adoring. Gentle. Considerate. A far cry from the snarling, scowl ing man of this afternoon! And then, ouite without warn ing, the searchlight of retrospec tion and self analysis turned full upon Judith. She saw herself changed too not the same cour ageous, fair-minded girl who had come into this room in the murk of a November night, bringing a clean, cold air, a clean, cold heart with her. Purposely she had kept mat neart com Kent another image enshrined there crowding Reuben out. Reuben had adored that girl. To him she was a cap tured dream, through hard davs and leanl Impatiently she wondered If all women were haunted bv ehnsts or if she was more spineless than otners. letting a blunderine gloomy past wreck a well planned, sunshiny future? She hated Reu ben so that the mere memorv of this afternoon made her feel phy sically sick. He had been in excus ably brutal. Luckily his insults roiled from her as ensi v as water from a duck's back. If she had loved him it woulu have been ter rible And from somewhere a ghost more bold than the first whis pered: "If you had loved him this couldn't have happened." Judith was galvanized into ac tion. She got out of bed, started to dress feverishly. If only it was time to go. She wouldn't hrenthe easily until she was on tha train. tr Hcuben was at the Junction tteuoen was not at the Junction The little shed was dingy and de serted in tne raw dawn. The train was late. It cam' at last, marina panting. Slowed down reluctantly. A conductor stepped down, lie lifted the babies up, helped Judith aboard. Waved a signal The train resumed its roar, moved on, faster faster She was going home Gary wouldn't be' waiting frr her after all. As usual she would be waiting for him. She thought of Eve driven from Eden never allowed to go back Poor Eve! fCWv.. ltlt, tUS, Sm,tk r,) Monday: Ooodloe'i choke iiln. LAST HONORS FOR OBERAMMEROAU. Ormany. My 31. (AP) Anton Lang, tha Christ of this little Alpine vtllflge'i world famous pa Ml on play, wiu burlM today. The village (rave "lt'a great eon and first hurnhfr." who died May 18 In Munich hospital, "a solemn home coming." Almost the whole population, u well a vlaitlng American and Eng lish tourists, attended . the services for the 03-year-old Impersonator oi the Saviour. TU cwnuj aluvtt vu iuaacu under wreath from Oberflmmergau lam tiles and fellow actors. One waa Inscribed In Ensllsh, "To a great and simple man." There were no tributes, however from Nael party or state authorities nor was there any Nael uniform among the 1.200 mourners In the little churchyard. T BLAME IS DIVIDED LOS ANOEl.ES. Mat 31. (API A coronrr'i Jury rtrvrtbed today u "acctritnui end clue to fmilty Judg mrnt on the pirt of both pilot nnd co-pl!ot" thp "use or t. e traa:i it eJi W,WO Utuwt leu Ui Mil 5 i STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX For further proof address the author. Inclosing a itamped enrelope for reply.' Reg. V. 8. Pat Oft WitmkHCblo k StJhil I Cskbfc QUICKER ttfin7 V cm ohm warn N&.JSJy"1 in ?MobteW6 NSpjg oirfoP 1750.000 in wo y Coffee-IMrrel Bank Honesty was the only safeguard necessary to the successful manage ment of Dexter Horton's "bank" In Seattle back In 1863. Strango aa It seems, depositors placed their money In "safe-keeping" In a coffee barrel In Horton's store and there It safely remained until wanted by the owner! Depositors merely placed their money in a aack, which they tossed Into the open barrel. Horton waa notified of the amount of the deposit and, aa a matter of form, he noted It in a ledger. Whenever aeposltor felt he need ed money, all he had to do was go to the barrel and tnke out as much as he wanted, leaving a receipt for the amount taken. (tt PTw Man's MtfmiTMftf,l0$) ngftoSiTfllte dio Most 1Vtf MOUNTS TftKSN This manner of business, built on the . principle of honesty, continued for seven years until it was found necessary to enlarge the Institution to a full-fledged bank In 1870. the first Pacific Northwest. The Phillips. Horton St Co. bank, capitalized at $50,000, for ten years waa Seattle's only bank. Today this same bank exists, the outgrowth of a strange coffee-barrel co-opertitlve system. Perfect Bowling Boasting 8.000,000 followers, bowl ing today la America's most popular Indoor sport. Biggest bowling event of the year Is the American Bowling Congress tournament, which this year drew a record -break In a; entrv list of 24,765 Individuals In Chicago. First A. B. C. tournament was also staged In Chicago, 37 years ago but, strange as It seems, out of the 1.750.000 -games since rolled In tour nament, only four have been perfect "300" games) Thick and Thin Glasses Olass Is notably a bad conductor of 'heat. When hot water Is poured Into a cold thick glass, the Inner sur face begins to expand before the outer surface. This unusual strain is often enough to crack the glass. A think glass, on the other hand. Is heated throughout more quickly and consequently expands more equally, preventing cracking. Monday: Where are "east" and 'west"? 3 ft uk us hills Monday, which killed nine persons. "We recommend," the Jury wrote, "that all pilots flying planes carrvlne passengers bo Instructed by proper authorities and required to fly at 1.000-fcet elevations above the high- est mountain points on the route j being flown wben leaving or entering all airports In this area." Joseph Marriott, federal bureau of air commerce Inspector, was a wit ness before the Jury yesterday, bur testified only briefly because, he sold the bureau has not completed Its Inquiry. Closing time for foo Late lo cin. ify Ads la 1:30 p. m. SILVERTON WOMAN IS SELECTED FOR MAYOR SILVERTON, May 21. AP) Mrs Zetta Shclador, unopposed, was elect ed mayor of Sllverton yesterday. She formerly was president of the cham ber of commerce. 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