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MEDPORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOTiD, OREGON. MONDAY. MAT 23. 1938.
By BLANCHRiSMlTH FERGUSON
HieSlo., lri Judith Good
loo marriei tell-madt Reuben
Oliver for hit money, only to dli
cover he it bankrupt. Twint art
born. Then red-headed Citty Roy
trs, who lovet Reuben and U out
to get him, findt a Job or him in a
lumber camp managed by Gary
Brent the man Judith lovet.
Gary asks Judith to get a divorce,
telling her that Reuben wantt to
marry Citty. When Reuben dls
obeyi orders by reusing to cut
. rotten timber, Gary dficharoel
him. Reuben and Judith have a
thow-down and the leaves him.
Nothing Is The Same
Chapter 42
HOME! She might never have
been away it looked so ex
actly the samel Meadows, gardens,
lawns lying in November (allow
ness. 'frees bare. Only the box
wood flaunting a defiant coat of
green. Inside warmth, beauty,
order.
"Gran! Gran darling!"
Amanda's frail, silk-clad arms
about her, welcoming her royally.
Amanda pretending not to see her
shabbiness while she made gay
plans - dinner parties, dances,
shopping tours
Jim's be
bear hue! Jim. a bit more
reckless, a bit more lovame, care
fully refraining from asking ques
tions. Enthusiastically drawing her
into his plans for the Thanksgiving
Hunt. Jim was M. F. H. now and
proud of it.
And the tour of the barns
Cozy, dim, sweet with the smell
of hay. A heart warming, soul
warming friendliness here.
"Hello all you animal, I've
come home!" Judith greeted them
above a queer tightness in her
throat.
Judith passed on to Biddy
O'Hare restless, reckless Biddy
Darin her box stall impatient
ly, apparently unaware of her new
son who strove on unsteady legs
to keep pace with her. Making
friends with Paddy O'Hare, a
splendid, proud three year eld,
ready for his trial hunt. And Hu
go ? Fondling the setter's silky
ears, Judith involuntarily wished
that Reuben could see his dog.
Old friends and neighbors
dropped in to welcome her home,
bringing absurd, loving gifts to the
children; hunting for the family
resemblance
Soon these old friends would
have to know the truth. Know her
marriage had failed
"I hear Gary is coming next
week," someone said Idly.
"To put more improvements on
his house," Dick enlightened the
group, "A stone terrace this time
and a sun room."
"What next? He has the old
place dressed up like a Christmas
tree now. Do you suppose he is
getting married or what?"
"What," Dick said.
Everyone laughed everyone
except .Judith. In moments like
these she realized the silliness of
pretending she had taken up life
where she laid it down three years
ago. Nothing was the same. Noth
ing would ever be the same again.
There could be no going back
ward. No standing still In the
present
She had a fleeting longing to do
Just that. To stand quite still in
this purpling twilight and let
eternity roll over her. But she had
to go forward. Whether she
wanted to or not she had to go.
"I want to, of course. Want a
new life with Gary."
But before she could go for
ward to happiness she must '.vade
free of the mist and mire of the
past. She cou dn't dc that yet.
She had much to remember first
Gary telling her that Reuben
wanted to marry Cissy. She had
much to forget too Reuben tell
ing her Gary knew the timber
was rotten. No. ho could not go
forward yet. She needed a few
weeks In which to recapture the
tranquillity of the old life.
Thanksgiving came to Goodloe's
Choice like a golden leaf torn
from a memory book. A still,
bright, frosty morning with fes
tivity in the very air. Guests ar
riving for breakfast horses jog
ging over stubblo fields; being put
over the hedges, or trotting de
corously through open gates.
No Peace Here
lng a basket with a solitary scarlet
geranium atop its coarse cover.
She vas seeing, actually smelling
the turkey Mrs. Kraus had
brought. Hearing her say: "The
one sure way to keep your man
alvays in the mine is to let your
end down"
"To let your end down!" She
heard it above the minister's
pleasant voice. Heard it above the
choir "To let your end down"
The peace she had dreamed of
finding was not here.
Gary would answer the one
question he must answer before
she could forget and go forward
would tell her she was silly to
doubt, to worry.
As they jogged sicwly home
ward after the hunt, he was the
Gary of her dreams though his old
nonchalance had given place to
impatience. Gary asked the ques
tions now not Judith demand
ed answers.
"Have you told Gran, Honey?"
"I There's been so little time.
There's no great hurry."
If you feel that way about It,
you don't love me."
uary, i ao, dm -"Then,
let me today "
"Today is too soon."
"Soon?"
"I feel like an animal just free
of a a trap and "
"Wary of another?" frigidly.
"Don't be sillyl I don't intend to
let anything worry me until after
Christmas. That's only three weeks
otr.
'I d like to have things settled
before I go West tomorrow night.
Let's go right home now and tell
Gran."
She knew this was the sensible
thing to do. She could take the in
itiative or wait lot Reuben force
her. Let Cissy triumph again.
one rode on silently, diuo eyes
focussed unseeingly upon Wi
nona's pointed ears. If she acted
immediately But first she must
ask Gary must be sure about the
timber
Her mouth went dry. Would
she ever be sure about the tim
ber? Did she want the truth? II
Gary failed her now Her lips
refused ta ask the question.
Encouraged by her silence, Gary
said: "Gran likes me. I, don't be
lieve she'll be difficult once she
gets used to the idea."
Feeling Of Fanle
'"TPHERE'S more to it than that,
I-
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
Tor further proof address the author, Inclosing a lUmped envelope for reply. Reg. TJ. 8. Fit Off.
GARY arrived spectacularly at
the last minute not the an
gry boastful man Judith had part
ed will) on Winding Hill, but a
Gary sJnny as the morning, who
despite lliis lateness and the ex
citement of the start found time
to murmur: "I love you so, Judy!
Love mc?"
She nodded assent while her
mind clamored to know: "What is
love? What is it?"
And then t ho peace and beauty
of old St. John's. Everything hap
pening just as it should but Ju
dith's unruly mind wandering
back to, that first drizzly, sleety,
horrible Thanksgiving in Ford
ncy's Gulch. Hmv she had longed
for home and St. John's that day!
Now, kneeling in the little old
church she hardly saw it. She saw
Instead, Reuben, wet, tired, carry-
Gary. The children Reuben
may fight for them."
"Well they're his children."
"Gary!" She halted Winona so
abruptly that the mare stumbled.
"You love them, don't you? You
can't mean ?" ,
"I mean that Oliver might let me
get away with his wife bif can you
honestly expect him to hand over
his children too, without a strug
gle?" "I'll never give them up!"
"Tho court will make a part time
arrangement for them. Six months
with you, six with Oliver. That's
fair enough."
"Fair fair! You're talking as
though my babies were lottery
prizes or something."
"They're your joint property
with Oliver. You might as well be
sensible about it, Judith. Cut clean
and deep with one stroke and be
prepared for emergency. There's
nothing to be gained by delay.
Strike today."
"No." She was adamant. She
meant to forget everything until
Christmas day was done.
He had to be satisfied with that.
Ho went away grumbling trtough
loving her more ardently. Opposi
tion whetted his desire. It stirred a
jealous doubt. Was she still think
ing of Oliver?
"When he came home at Christ
mas!" Judith would have to wound
Gran who was increasingly kind
to her. Would have to ask for
money Did she imagine it or was
their old enemy, Poverty, again
stalking Goodloe's Choice?
It couldn't be! Just three years
since Reuben gave all that money!
And yet Why was Gran so often
at her desk figuring in the old wor
ried way? Why was Jim so callous
ly reckless, getting queer lookin;
letters with the old wall of re
proach animosity almost rear
ing itself between him and Gran'.
"I'm imagining things," Judith
assured herself, "There must be
money enough." There would be
controversy, of course. Lawyers to
face surely the lawyers could at
tend to everything unless Reu
ben fought with her over the chil
dren Soon, soon When Gary
came for Christmas
The words became a knell
sounding in her ears every hour of
the day. She awoke to hear them
in the night, high and clear above
the sighing wind. Above the patter
of hail against the windows:
"When Gary comes "
She began to count the days
not Joyously as befitted the occa
sion of Gary's return, but with a
feeling of panic.
And yet she loved Gary. She
clung to that as a captain clings
to his burning ship, with .the
desperate hold that precedes dis
solution. SHE LOVED GARY
(C'tytit. .w. . r-tf)
Tomorrow: Judith mails a tetter.
ON LOVE NEST CIRCLE
IN LOS ANGELES AREA
LOS ANGELES, May 23 (UP,
Two additional CCC youtha were qiw
t toned by Juvenile nuthorltlrs im
ntgM rriinnllnit Olriuiom's ndoleiwcnt
"lovr iifst 'ln-lr," In which CCC
youths nnd high schol-Rite daugh
ters of prominent (Jlonctorn fjmlMrs
allegedly jirtlclpMPd
Five CCC boy alrrnriy are hookM
at tlw county jntl here on mjilrlrn
of Rtatutnry offenses.
Cllrndorn Is nn cicliutvr ivrleMl
turnl-rp.virlrt,!: t rl:R'rirt In te foot
hill. 25 milrs rat of hrf ft & t'.lf
lte of t tiuuioaftbia girl' eoil-
glnt flnlAhtns school and other pri
vate Institutions.
The flv youth held hr ave
their name as Robert Brady. 16; Jk
Morker, 10; Edward Mlrtle. 18; Dona'd
Southern. 'JO. and Edward Calkins. 18
AH are members of the Dnlton ' at
yon CCC camp in the fcHithtlla above
Cilendora.
Si glrla, rimRinir tn aiie from 13
to 18. and all datichtera of prominent
fnmllles. were held for quest lonhvt
and medical examination In JuvenUs
hall.
Meanwhile, a 34-yerold marr'ed
woman, mother of an Infnnt aon, wit
soupht for questioning, Lieut. E4
ward W. Omen aald he belMved
had aetrd m IioMcm nt anme Jt tr.f
"thrill parties," The police officer
said her tuiMiand was a traveMns
salesman,
Lieut. Urneb aald the "love nest
parties," held mostly In th homes
of the ylrls while th'-tr p.ir.Mltjr Vld
snant were ahseut. had heen Mk i
Uig placa over a five-month period
Hfys Hundreds
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Westlngliouse Air Hrake
It took a two-dollar mngnjslne sub
scription In the hands of an Invent
ive young man to r-'eate one of the
greatest benefits to safety In rail
roading ever achieved the pneu
matic air brake.
George Westlnghouse was the young
man In question. With a natural
bent for mechanical Inventiveness
to help him, Westlnghouse built a
fortune on an Idea inspired in an
almost ftctlon-llke manner.
Westlnghouse was working In his
father's shop one day. his mind as
usual preoccupied with an Idea. Tills
time It was an idea for stopping
trains quickly. He had recently Jour
neyed by train from Schnectndy to
Troy, and had been involved in a
locomotive collision. Tho engineers
had not been able to stop thi'lr
ir:i!ns quickly enough,
Westlnghouse considered and re
jected almost every type of mechani
cal braking systems that entered his
mind. Thus occupied at noon hour.
Westlnghouse was approached by a
young woman selling magazine sub
scriptions He was not Interested and
the girl turned away, disappointed.
Westlnghouse relented, pulled two
dollars from his pocket, and took a
three months subscription from her
out of kindness. Some day, he felt
this good turn might be repaid. He
scanned the sample magazine she
had given him. Suddenly his eyes
focused on an Illustrated article.
It described the building of the
Mont Cenls Tunnel, then being
drilled in Switzerland. The article
snld that compressed air was used
to operate a rock-drill. 3000 feet dls-
tant from the compressor! West
lnghouse was elated. Here was the
very power he needed for his air
brake!
In the autumn of 1868, not yet 22,
Westlnghouse and an assistant built
A working model of his airbrake sys
tem. He persuaded the Panhandle
railroad to allow him to make a
demonstration on one of their trains.
If he assumed all responsibility, rhe
trial was a success.
Soon all of the country's Import
ant railroad lines Installed the West
lnghouse brake, and the young In
ventor gained financial success. By
the fall of 1881, six thousand five
hundred and fifty-nine locomotives
were using his brakes and 30,080
cars were equipped with them.
Tomorrow: Slrunp'sl Wedding
Dress.
INVASION OF CRICKETS
PROVES BOON FOR BIRDS
PASCO, May 23. (AP) It's free
lunch, cafeteria style, for the feather
ed population of the north Pacific
siaies nere.
The Mormon cricket invasion to
day met new defenders when rinuds
of seagull winged in from tho const
10 stun tnemsoives on the succulent
black Insects. The influx of robins,
buntings, meadowlarks and raVens
has attained the proportions of a
bird migration.
BONES OF GIANT CAMEL
STUDIED AT WHITMAN
WALLA. WALLA, Wash.. May 23.
(?) Bones Identified by Dr H. S.
Brodc, Whitman museum cuiator, as
those of the Kamclus Ma xi mi is. larg
est of the North American prehistoric
camels, and estimated at lease 25,000
years old, today were being scruti
nized carefully at the museum.
Road workers near here unearthed
the bones In an alluvial deposit 12
feet beneath the surface. The col
lection. Dr. Brodc says, represents
tho most complete deposit of camel
bones yet found In the Pacific northwest.
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WITH THEIR THRtE
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