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STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
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NOT HUNGRY
' By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
FERGUSON
Cuaplfc. 44
Juat One Mofe Chance
IF JUDITH had been harassed
and uncertain before she wrote
to Reuben, she was swept into an
avalanche of bewilderment now.
Had she acted too hastily? Would
Reuben be disgusted by her lack
of restraint? Had she been too
humble? Suppose he didn't an'
swer? Suppose-
Then there was Gary to be
reckoned with. Not that she had
any illusions about Gary the last
one had died, struggling but
had died. Gary would be furious
because he was not to have his own
way, but grieved? ,
She couldn't associate great dis
tress or deep grief with Gary un
less the mishap was physical and
purely personal to Gary; however,
liary must at reckoned wnn.
Time dragged like a snail It
Hew on hummingbird's wings,
There were three days left until
Christmas. There were two days.
There was one day. It Was Christ
mas Eve no word from Reuben
no word!
Jim came down the hall, stood
looking at the bravely bedecked
pine. "The prettiest tree we've ever
naa. xne luua wuj aaore 11
"Yes," Judith agreed tonelessly,
Jim shot his sister a Quick an
praising glance: "Want to go with
me for crow's-foot? They" he
indicated the gilt framed Good
loes, "must be decorated. It's fun
ny a man must die before he gets
a wreath of living green." He
turned away. "Want to come?
Judith came down the ladder.
"Wait 'til I get a coat."
Outside the world was softly
gray, with sharp little gusts of
wind and soft little flurries of
mow. A day that seemed to pro
claim the world was doing its best
to make ready for the blessed
peace that was to descend upon it
iimjanigni.
Peace! There was none of It In
Judiths heart. None in Jim s. Sav
ing little they walked side by side
across irozen neias; cnmoed a rail
fence and entered a dim, stark
wood. The path ran between hills.
There was little wind here. A dry,
woodsy smell. Dead rustling
leaves
"Don't you love it, Jim?"
"The place? Better than any
thing, I guess."
She followed him across the lit
tle stream. Thin ice bordered its
edges. On a sloping hillside, almost
hidden by dead leaves, creeping
cedar made a bright green carpet.
Ah here was a tiny root of bitter-sweet
And suddenly, she was
back three years. Was in Fordney's
Gulch the deepest, muddiest part
of it with Reuben. They were
searching for bitter-sweet, pine
cones, spruce tassels anything
that would relieve the drabness of
their first Christmas in the despised
little house in Casper Street. The
afternoon had been warm, sultry.
The ground soft. She had slipped
in the red mud and Reuben had
caught her, held her close.
'Eat Humble Fie
JUDITH'S busy fingers tightened
around the crow's-foot. If just
once more she could hear the
steady beat of Reuben's heart. Feel
nis arms a protecting wall
An unbidden tear trirkleH nY.um
her nose. Ashamed she brushed it
away, looked up quickly to meet
Jim's worried, dark eyes.
"You, too, Judy?"
She nodded.
For a long moment they busied
themselves with the evergreen:
Jim said: "I've made ducks and
drakes of my life."
"I've messed mine up, too, Jim."
Another ' silence. Judith said
hesitantly: "Debt again, Jim?"
"Debt again," bitterly.
"Personal?"
"Not entirely. Gran Is Involved,
too. My fault." His slim brown
hands became suddenly idle. A
shadow darkened his face. "I can't
figure it out, yet. That stock deal
looked sound as Gibraltar."
"They always do."
"I've learned mv lesson. Judv.
If I could only have one more
chance.
"One more chancel" She echoed
it prayerfully. "I guess we miss
neaven oy just one chance.
Jim stuffed crow's-foot into the
burlap bag. He avoided looking at
nu sister, ne saia: "it s Oliver s
fault?"
"Mine."
"Then eat humble pie, old dear.
Make it up."
"I've tried. Too late."
"I didn't guess. I was afraid may
be it was Gary."
"It was at first I had a a sort
of obsession for years. I'm cured."
She wound a handful of the creep
er Into a bundle and stuffed it into
the bag. "I'm home to stay, Jim.
You'll nave to help me raise the
children."
"You think I'm fit, Judy?"
"I know you are."
"Gosh! I'd like to teach them to
avoid my mistakes."
"Maybe we had to make them,
Jim. We'll not shield the babies as
we were shielded. We'll put re
sponsibilities upon them." I
"Poor little tads! With me at the
helm I guess they're In for plenty."
"They must not grow up believ
ing all the soft spots are theirs bj
divine right while all the rockj
ones are the other fellows' share."
"I get you." Jim arose from hii
knees. "Hold the sack, Judy."
He took a piece of twine from
his pocket and tied the bulging bai
carefully. He said: "I'm sorrj
you're unhappy, but I can't help
being glad you're here and thai
you need me. I've never been need
ed you know."
It was pitifully true. Judith saio
nothing.
Jim said: "If you need me, I can
make a new start, Judy. Run my
self and my affairs differently.
Make Grcn see I must turn dirt
farmer Make the land nav In.
stead of eating up itself and us.
watcn mer
There was a new look on Jim's
dark face as he swung the sack to
his shoulder. "I guess there's ai
ways another chance if we hunt
for it You'll find yours, too, Judy."
"Losing lour Nerve?'
CHRISTMAS Day. Its routine
never varied at Goodloe't
Choice. On this day there were
never dinner guests. Just the fami
ly sat down to the beautifully ap
pointed table Irish linen, thin old
silver, vivid poin3ettia. Amos in
livery waited. Jim carved the tur
key. Amanda lighted the plum
pudding. When the last dish was
cleared away she toasted the fami
ly in egg nog of her own making:
To Goodloes Dast. present and
future!"
She looked regal in soft white.
Amanda always wore white on
Christmas day. She had been a
Christmas bride. Standing. Jim
and Judith drank the toast down:
To Goodloes Dast. nrestmt and
future!"
Jim's dark eyes twinkled above
his glass. Jim had real work ahead
two kMs to raise. He was hap
pier than he had been for vears
Judith tried to return the twinkle
Her drink was gall upon her lip;:
Reuben hadn't answered noi
one word
Maybe he hadn't received tht
letter she had to cling to that
maybe he had gone to Warder
There wasn't any mail today, but
tomorrow
Laughing, talking, craising the
lovely old Din Gran had riven her
from her treasures, making a bet
with Jim on Paddy O'Hare Pad
dy was to have his try out this af
ternoon Judith got throueh tht
dinner hour. Maybe Reuben hadn't
got the letter-
Dick Blout arrived and Garv
ready for the cross country ride
The former looked like Sants
Claus pockets pulping, ruddy
face beaming. Greedily the twin.'
fell upon him. while Judith and
Gary started for the paddock. The
hour or reckoning had arrived.
liary was in fine fettle. "I'm a
living bureau of information or
Reno, darling. I-know the nam nf
a fine lawyer. I've located a swell
small hotel where you can be com
fortable and obscure. The wheels
are going to move so easily you'll
hardly know you're getting a di
vorce. Just do your act well to
nightWant me to drop a hint tc
Gran?"
"No." She was looking at him
intently, but Gary felt she didn't
see him, hadn't heard him. He
said: "What's the matter? Losing
your nerve againv
"No, I was wondering about
that timber deal."
"Timber deal! Wake up, Judith,
I was speaking of our future. This
is no time to bother about tim
ber." "I just wanted to know If those
pines were cut the ones thai
caused the trouble between you
and Reuben." r
"They were cut," grimly. "I pul
the deal over. Did vou think 1
wouldn't?"
"I was afraid you would."
Something in her voirn mndr
him look at her Intently. "Afraid?'
xnose trees were unlit.
Sudden searing aneer stained
Gary's face. "The time has come
for you to decide definitely whom
you believe Oliver or me.
"I have decided. Reuben told the
truth."
"You take the word of that tha!
nobody against mine?" He couldn't
believe his ears. "You're stark
mad, Judithl You're morbid. Up
set about going to Reno "
"I'm not going to Reno."
"Throwing me down?" banter
ingly. He couldn't believe she was
serious.
"I'm sorry."
"Sorry?" Rage threatened to
choke him. "If you're hoping tc
go back to Oliver"
"I am." hating herself for ad
mitting it
"Snap out of It darling! Clss
Rogers and Clem are at the Cur
tis Camp. Cissy told me Reuber
WaS AmvfnO thnr trtHai, i-nn-
wherever he s been hiding.''
The blood drained from Judith's
heart It was just a numb lump ol
ice in her chest. Reuben was with
Cissy He didn't care for her; foi
the babies
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Sir Henry M. Stanley, African ex
plorer very schoolboy has read of
this man and his thrilling adven
tures on the Dark Continent.
Just as thrilling Is the story of
Stanley In America, the story of a
young man who found adventure
wherever he wanted It. Although
bora In England. Stanley grew up
amid the turbulent strife of Ameri
ca's Civil War decade.
He was 16 years old when. In 1857,
he was adopted by a New Orleans
merchant. Living In the South for
four years, he naturally sided with
them In 1861 at the outbreak of
the Civil War although. . according
to his memoirs, he did not feel par
ticularly Inflamed over the slavery
Issue.
In 1863 Stanley was captured at
the Battle of Shtloh and Incarcerated
In a Union prison camp near Chi
cago. There he contracted dysentery
and malarial fever, so unsanitary
were the prisoners' quarters. On June
4, 1862, Stanley was given his re
lease on promise that he would enlist
In the U. S. artillery service..
Free, he traveled to Harpers Perry,
but wae placed In a military hos
pital as soon as he arrived. Then,
on June 22, Stanley was discharged
from the Union army as being unfit
for service.
After two years of "knocking
about." Stanley re-enllsted with the
federals, his health having Improved.
He served with several Union ves
sels as ship's writer, eventually be
coming secretary to the admiral of
the Ironclad flagship, "Ticonderoga."
During an engagement In which
the Ticonderoga was under fire, he
volunteered to swim SOO yards with
s hawser, which he made fast to a
confederate steamer. His audacious
plan worked and the prize was suc
cessfully drawn from tha harbor.
For this amazing feat, Stanley was
made an ensign on the Tlconderoga's
quarter-deck.
After the war Stanley traveled
across the western plains of the
United States and wrote vivid de
scriptions of the new country. In
1867 he was sent by the New York
Herald to accompany the British
forces in their expedition Into Abys
sinia. In 1871 he made his famous
Journey Into Africa to find the lost
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vegetables?
Tomorrow: Tragedy.
Mexican Uprising
Causes No Worry
MEXICO CITY. My 3S. A
mpetent neutral military observer
said today the taEaro Cardenas gov
ernment apparently was not "tailing
very seriously" Genera Saturnlno
Cedllto's uprising in San Luis Po
toel.
Defense ministry officials the (ew
not on vacation Ahowed only desul
lory Interest In dispatches from the
war zone, this source said, and were
described as feeling President Csr
denas wss merely ' playing sale"
,n concentrating six Infantry nattal
lon, sei-en cavalry regiments. 18 war
planes and assorted units of spectst
Ista In the slate.
Autos t'nlllde at '. P.
GRANTS PASS. May SS. vV -Mrs.
H. V. Manning. Sacramento, was
slightly Injured Monday In in auto
mobile collision nrnr Central Point.
On MajJ Irlbune Want Ad.
Roosevelt Address
Over Hookup Friday
WASHINOTON, May 3.4. A Pres
ident Roosevelt will make a nationally-broadcast
address Friday at com
mencement exercises of the Arthur
dale, w. Va.. h!h school.
The White House said today the
address, starting at 3 p. m , (eastern
standard time), probably will last
about IS minutes (It will be carried
oy NBC. CBS and Mutual.)
Arthurdale Is the location of a big
resettlement project, now under the
farm security administration, In
which Mrs. Roosevelt has taken a di
rect personal Interest.
, Control Urst Hre.
ASTORIA, May 35 (API -CCC work
ers controlled the season's tirst forest
fire yesterday alter it had sw-pt oier
about 1000 acres of cutover land rear
Apiary, southwest of clat.-k.tnle.
Closing time (oi l'uo Late tc Claa-
Missing Youngster
Is Found Unharmed
ENTERPRISE. May 25. (AP)
Threo-year-old David Collins, lost
since Monday in the brush of a
rugged mountain section, was found
unharmed by searchers Tuesday. The
youngster had taken shelter In a
lonely cabin on Davis creek
miles from his parents' camp.
two
kibbe en route to
fish in Mckenzie
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companied by his wife, Guy Klbbee.
the movie comedian, stopped in
Roseburg for a short time this after
noon en route to the Sparks ranch
on the McKenzle river. Lane county,
where Mr. Klbbee plans to spend
two or three weeks fishing. He stated
that he also planned to fish on the
Rogue and Umpqua rivers In the late
summer.
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