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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!
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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
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STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
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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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