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MKHFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORIV OREGON. TUESDAY. XOVEJFBER 1. 1938.
DON'T MARRY THE MAN
-By Jeenn Bowmin-
1'he Character!
Kathleen Greroryt taking the
name of Cleo Riley, floee Weit to
pet a ripht-o-uay from MacDon
ald or the Gregory Golden Girl
mine.
Donald MaeDonald: young
owner of The Stubborn Boy
mine, hates the Gregory elan.
Brldfet: Kathleen's companion.
Yesterday: Kathleen floret up
when Donald tells her he can't
stand red hair and the disposi
tion that ooes with it.
Chapter Eight
lliile At First Sight
DLINDLY Kathleen hurried from
the hotel and blindly crossed
the street. She would stifle If she
drew another cubic Inch of Mao
Donald air. 1
The insolence of the man! He
was spoijed . , . Probably by the
women Mayme had mentioned.
But what made him think he could
talk to her in that fashion?
She walked on. The pavement on
the Gregory side of Neutrality
stopped at the end of the business
section. The MacDonald pavement
continued on.
Kathleen took the dirt trail
which ran parallel with the road,
She rounded a curve and found her
side edged by cottages which hud
died together as though to hide
their tattered shame from the neat
stone bungalows on the opposite
side.
Kathleen's hands clasped tight'
ly behind her. The Gregorys
shamed by the MacDonalds, she
thought. With militant step she
strode on, unaware of quickening
eyes oenind the windows ol tne
Gregory "cots."
She had noticed the windows.
They were incongruities; gallant
panes or shining glass edged by
frilled white curtains and brave
potted plants.
The MacDonald homes . were
modern. Kathleen could sense
vacuum cleaners and electrically
equipped kitchens, furnaces and
tiled bathrooms.
"But our cots are more pictur
esque," she defended stoutly. They
were. The roofs jutted out at all
angles. Pocket handkerchief flow
er gardens blazed with late fall
flowers.
"No artist would choose a Mac
Donald house," she continued,
looking at the wide yards, flower
borders surrounding the bucolic
heads of cabbage and kale; shrubs
only halt-concealing the chicken
runs in the rear.
The road wound on up the hill
and now the Gregory cots became
abandoned hulks. Roofs were
caved in. Stone chimneys sprawled
from base to roadside: windows
stared on the ruins with vacant,
panelcss eyes.
Only one of these had been re
nominated. Kathleen stoDDed be
fore It. She was confident no one
was at home. An old black and
white shepherd dog ambled out to
sniff at her, wag approval and re
turn to stretcn in the sun.
Tiptoeing around to the rear she
round a tiny vegetable plot and a
miniature chicken house for a few
miniature chickens. Still tiptoeing,
Kathleen approached the cottage.
There were no curtains at the win
dows but the sashes had been
painted a soft blue green. One gave
view of the interior, and revealed
a tiny place. There was a cot with
a patchwork quilt, an old rocker
pulled oeiore an iron stove and
nearby, a table with a shaded kero
sene lamp, a Bible and a pair of
steel-rimmed spectacles.
"I wonder who lives here," she
murmured.
She had reached the trail again
before she realized she was still
on tiptoe.
House Divided
ANOTHER turn in the road snd
she stood still. There was a
grotesque building ahead on the
highe.it ledge of the hillside. It
straddled the termination of the
dirt and macadam road. In the
middle it was low and built of
logs. To the left the logs gave way
to stone foundations with hori
zontal clapboard walls. To the
right the logs continued, but here
was a log cabin of today; a lodge,
the windows gay with Indian scr
apes. "The House of Hate," she said
with sudden understanding. There
was the log cabin which had
housed her grandfather and the
grandfather of MacDonald before
their feud had started. And be
cause neither would give In to the
other they had built their homes
beyond the divided halves of that
cabin.
"The stubborn old rssoils." she
chuckled, and made her way to the
wide Gregory veranda, to curl up
in the sun and sit dreaming of
those other days.
The view was magnificent. Kath
leen felt she had been lifted to an
other realm. Neutrality was vis
ible below and seemingly as peace
ful as its name. Beyond were the
colored cliffs and bevond these,
mountains, their sides dark with
fir and capped with snow.
And then into the quiet moment
intruded the sound of an approach
ing motor. Watching the road, she
saw a car appear. It sped rapidly
then swerved into the driveway
of the other house. A moment
later Donald MacDonald hailed
her, from the street below.
"Why can't you come up here?"
she countered evenly, as he sug
gested her joining him.
"Forbidden territory," he re
plied. "If a Gregory saw me cross
ing the line, he'd shoot before he
saw the whites of my eyes."
"How childish," she pronounced.
"What would happen if a Greg
ory man crossed to your side?"
"Only one man has ever tried it
But then Old Balmy knows no bar
riers." Interested, Kathleen descended
slowly. "And who is Old Balmy?"
"A Gregory shift boss. He lives
down the line, first house from
here."
Kathleen nodded. "I noticed It
Is his name really Balmy?"
"No, it's Campbell. Balmy's
nickname. He's queer; religious."
Kathleen smiled. "So Neutrality
doesn't go in for religion, either.
MacDonald returned her smile
and again she wondered at its
quality. "Oh yes, there are two
Presbyterian churches here. Balmy
goes to each on alternate Sundays.
But let's forget the old fellow,
You have me apologizing again.
I'm really sorry I offended you.
I don't understand why I've been
so rude every time we've met."
Kathleen studied him- a mo
ment. She could like him if h
were not a MacDonald. It was the
MacDonald disposition, of course,
which spoiled him. However he
was generous in his apology.
"I haven't been exactly courte
ous to you," she conceded.
. "Then we can be friends? De
clare an armistice? Shake on it?"
What's Wrong?'
ACROSS the barrier their handi
met. Kathleen's clasp was firm
and In her eyes was sly laughter.
Less than twenty-four hours aftei
she'd met him, Donald MacDonald
was shaking hands with a "damned
liregory.
"Won't you come up to my ve
randa? I've a grand view from
there and my housekeeper will
whisk up some coffee to take thi
place of that you left in the grill."
"Thank you. another time. Brid
get and I must find living quarters
Your hotel is lovely but if she ii
going to write she needs quiet and
we both want something less ex
pensive. Mayme wasn't very hope
ful, she said we, hadn't a chanci
of finding anything to rent. What
do you think?"
MacDonald shook his head
'There isn't a house in Neutrality,
unless you could rent tne uregorj
half of this."
'You mean this one here?"
asked Kathleen in surprise. "Isn't
this where the owner lives?"
"Hardly. He hasn t been hen
since his father died. Only stayed
an nour men. He s not man enougn
to rougn it."
Kathhleen's throat worked con
vulsively as she swallowed her re
tort. Her father, who disappeared
regularly into the wilds of Canada
to set a pace for his guides, con
demned in this fashion?
"But would you call living here
roughing it?" she managed.
"There's no steam heat, no elec
tricity, nothing but the old housi
built fifty years ago without i
modern improvement added."
"Bridget and I could manage,"
Kathleen countered confidently
"Now if we just can find the par
ties who have the renting of it, 01
would you handle it for us?"
"Mel" exploded MacDonald. "1
wouldn't even call on Miss Dona
hue in that house!"
Kathleen wheeled. This was
more than shetould take. "With an
Incentive like that I know we're
going to rent it," she flashed over
her shoulder.
Two steps away she was srrested
by a roar of touchier. Indignant.
she swung back. MacDonald was
snouting nis amusement. Head
thrown back, white teeth gleam
ing, he was laughing at her.
We're at It again, he explained.
"Why can't we talk together for
five minutes without quarreling?
What's wrong with us?"
Every Insult aimed at the Greg
orys, from Mayme s to MacDon
aid's, arose in Kathleen's memory.
Hands clasped tightly behind her,
cheeks white, brown eyes flecked
with amber, she confronted young
Donald.
What Is wrong with us?" she
repeated. "Do you believe In hate
at first sight?"
MacDonald sobered Instantly.
The blue of his eyes turned to
black. "Why yes," he returned
evenlv. "I believe I do." He
wheeled and strode away.
Kathleen went swiftly down the
dirt trail towards Neutrality. So
this was the man upon whom she
was to have an ameliorating ef
fect; the one, Mayme had said
would go for her.
"He did," she breathed, "and
howl"
One thing she knew: thev were
going to move out of that MacDon
ald Hotel, instantly, even though
they had to camo in the street: the
Gregory side of the street.
iCHmiki, int. Jtmt tmm)
Tomorrow! Old Balmy.
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
Tot further proof address the author. Inclosing a stamped envelope for reply. Reg. V. 8. Pat OS.
OREGON'S EXHIBIT
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pftrtlrlpiitlnt.. nnnminepd today Or
ron and WanhmRton Mat exhibit
for tl.c 1P39 San Franclro fair on
TreaRure Wand were nearlng com
pletion. Southard 'Mid the exhlblU from
the northwest state would to ship
ped within a few wees for place
nifnt in the hall of western tate
at the fair alte.
Oregon has arranged a newly pat
ented animated diorama ahowlng
wino of Its moot famoua view nnd
M-'ht and aluo l fending a colony
ol ou.cii. uinc elk and other me
animal. Washington, alao atreastng
wild lift and natural reaourcea, ar
ranged another diorama augmented
by pleturei and murala.
MEDFORD PEARS GO
ABROAD THIS WEEK
PORTLAND, Ore , Nov. t. iVTV
Hood River, Yakima and Mdford
apples and peara will go ahoard aer
eral ahln this week In what prom
laea to be another big freh-fmlt
export wk on the Columbia river.
The frelfihtera Canoeaa and Cordil
lera are scheduled to arrive here to
lift fruit a well a two fully re
frigerated cm ft, American Reefer and
Egyptian Reefer.
The iotortliip Tnrnnger, Sofia
Bukke, Rrnlamln Franklin and 'he
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tructure of Iron and glass was de
stroyed by tha greatest conflagration
London haa aeen in many a year.
The building was the great Crystal
Palace, erected originally to house the
Oreat Exhibition of I85l. This orig
inal structure had been exactly 1851
feet long, to commemorate that date.
Later moved from Hyde Park to
Sydenham, where It burned, Its
length was increased to 2756 feet.
The Crystal Palace waa designed by
Sir Joseph Paxtor, gardener to the
Duke of De von sh I re , and for yea rs
was London's chief place of resort.
Many visiting roynltles were enter
tained there. Including Napoleon III
and the Empress Eugenie, the Tsar
of Russia, and the Sultan of Turkey.
Sir Joseph got his Inspiration for
the unique design of the palace from
the odd, six-foot broad leaves of the
Victoria rcgla Illy of South America.
The 'toack of the leaf is made up of
a network of ribs, making tt unus
ually strong for Its thickness.
Strange as It seems, these lily pads
i are able to support a 200-pound man
i the water. The plant's flower.
' more than a foot across, blooms only
for two days, then la closed forever
and withdrawn beneath the water.
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In 1785 the Vermont legislature
gave the town of Wheelock, Vt.. to
Dartmouth college and Moor's Char
ity school nt Handver, N. H.. and,
named the town after the president
of the former Institution. Dartmouth
sttll receives a small fund fromt the
township.
Tomorrow: the scrap of paper that
elected a president.
Zellerbach Gains
Refinancing Loan
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. I.
Crown Zellerbach Corporation an
nounced a 910.000,000 refinancing
deal today. The firm took a bank
loan of that amount to finance re
tirement of the outstanding 9,026.
fiOO Crown Willamette Paper Co. first
mortgage 0 per cent bonds.
The bonds were assumed by Crown
Zellerbach when Crown Willamette
wa merged Into the Zellerbach firm
In March 1037. Call price Is 103, plus
interest. Interest saving after 1939
will be 2!i per cent.
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Ted Smith, foreman of the P. S.
Dorrls ranch, and Dennis Sharp,
ranch worker, were in a serious con
dition today with stab woundB re
ceived In a street fight Saturday
with three men whom officers said
Smith had discharged.
Closing time for Too Late to Clas
sify Ads is 1:30 p. m.
WPA Road Funds
For Douglas Co.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1. (API
The WPA allotted $101,205 today to
improve Douglas county roads not
Included In the federal system.
A La Grande street Improvement
project received S14.SS9.
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