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IF MEDFORD MATT, TRIBUNE. MEDFORD,' OREGON, TUESDAY. yOVEIBER S, 1938. P A OF ATX DON'T MARRY THE MAN -By Jttnnt Bowmen- . ..a Cliuracten ..iitfaleen Gregaryi peppery red-haired member ol the Greg ori elan, goei West incognito to eecure a rigftt-of-imv for The . : Golden Girl mine Donald MacDonald: owner 0 tht rival Stubborn Boy mln, hatee the Oregoryi. Brldtet: Kathleen' i companion. XtsUrdajri Kathleen leanu thai a right-of-way could be eecurcd it there was priority 0 claim. Chapter 14 Come With Me' QVER tea and "sly cake," which Kathleen thought resembled a Napoleon with raisin stuffing, Donald's housekeeper told how the garden and chickens augmented her husband'ssalary. "A deed Donald has given to each of us, so should anything happen to him, or the mine, or new owners come in. we own tbia home and could manage to live. Ah. the poor Gregorys." Mrs. Arthur con cluded, and Kathleen knew she re ferred to the Gregory miners. . The rain which had threatened to (all all day. had made good to threat when they were leaving. Mrs. Arthur looked at the sky and sighed deeply. "A green winter. Donald, a green winter." "Nonsense," laughed Donald. 'This is only a green fall: we'll have snow." "Ah, but Donald, Mrs. Campbell saw a blossom on her apple tree, three days back. I heard her call ing to Annie. That's death before spring. Donald laughed again. "I'm go ing to send Balmy over to see you. He 11 take the woe out of that one: tell you the Campbell apple tree 13 in a warm corner and with the rain the tree think it's spring. He'll tell you that superstition sprang from people growing care less in warm weather and not lay ing up for the cold." Aye. Balmy has a reason for every superstition. I wish I could believe him." Kathleen left Mrs. Arthur's home in a 'thoughtful mood. The mood remained through the long evening, through the delicious din ner on (he menu which included all the favorite Scottish dishes from onion pudding to Rice Flour cake. Donald MacDonald In hit own home was yet another person charming, considerate. He spoke of his family, especially of his widowed mother who summered with him, then returned to Los Angeles for the winter: and of his cousin Norman who would be with him before long. Kathleen listened with one ear: with the other she seemed atuned to some vibration in that room: a peculiar throbbing which had an intoxicating quality. She was shocked to learn that the throb bing was the quick beat of her heart The altitude, unquestion ably: that and the air. The air In these mountains was so clear and light one felt buoyant She admitted entoying the com fort of the lodge. Later, huddled before her own Are. she spoke of it. "Imagine, that Ore kept going without me. And that couch. Bridget, there were moments when I wanted to sink clear out of tight and spend the night on it" Her bed was as uncompromising as the future. It was a cold, barren fact. She spent most of the night tossing on it, her mind active building, rebuilding and with each board laid on board, calling Mac Donald to come and tt- If he could have built as well. Morning dawned with a steady rain dimming the landscape and the big room filled with damp, cold air. Had she not been to intent upon her plans, Kathleen might have complained. As it was she (elt vague pity (or Bridget who had been drawn into this life with her, and slimed in to build a Are for her. A I airy Taje' "I'M going to crash the Gregory 1 cots today," she confided. 'T don't know how. but . . watch me." If Intense desire were prayer, then Kathleen's prayers were an iwcred. She was idling along the trail when a man rushed up to the door of a cot. A moment later a woman throwing a coat over her head, rushed out with him, caught tight of Kathleen and called. ''Oh, Miss Riley go stay with the babv My Johnnv's lot tookl" There was no more. She had fled in the wake of the man who was striding on ahead and Kath leen, aftci one glance around went into the cot. For a moment she stood In the doorway, then hastily she closed the dooi. The big room was dark The big room, she realized, en compassed most ot the cottage. There was a tiny kitchen alcove, and in a moment she discovered a second alcove. Coughing came from there. She hurried In. A tinv lirl lav there. When the na,nv,',m u,n nvr ah tmilf4 lin at Kathleen "You're the gold 1 lady." she said hoarsely. "Like In I fairy tales. Tell me a fairy tale." 1 The Gold Lady sal on a stool by the bed. Tell a fairy tale In these surroundings? The house was im maculately clean, but it was clut tered. The pots MacDonald had prophesied would be used during a rain were there. The ceiling was discolored by previous rains. It sagged In places, was crudely patched in others. An iron stove stood In one cor ner of the room, a tiny coal fire burning. Kathleen made a move to replenish it but the child stopped her. "We only make big ones in winter," she admonished. "Once upon a time " began Kathleen and stopped. "there was a Golden Girl," prompted the child, and when Kathleen didn't go on "and she rii right up out of the mine an' she Had golden oranges in her hands and she give us all we could eat. And she was so bee-utifui we was all blinded. Us kids made up that one," she confided. "When my throat don't hurt no more I'll tell you all of it" Kathleen told a (airy tale then. It was the truth but to the listener unbelievable. A story about a Golden Girl who lived in a Golden room and slept in a bed of Gold and drove in a Golden chariot. And as she talkeo sht saw tht poverty about her. Under the child's guidance she rubbed the bony little chest with goose-grease and kerosene. When the coughing started again she (ed her what she assumed was a precious liquid ol crushed onion and lemon. "Go easy on it" warned the child. "Pop's got miner's cough. Don't you know what that is? Wei you are green. It's the rock dusl that gets In miners' lungs. Most all muckers have it: all the Gregorys anyhow." Kathleen might have learned more but the mother reappeared, her (ace set in white, stoical lines "Can't you tell me?" begged Kathle-.n. "'Tain't much," sighed th woman. "The boys at school tried to make apparatus like the Mac Donalds, damn them, have. They couldn't. The bar broke wher. Johnny was up. Onlv his leg u broke . . . but where can 1 get t doctor? They said thev were takin him toCarsted. that's twenty milei and those bones a' rubbin "But there are doctors at both mines," protested Kathleen. 'You're Craiy' " IUST (or the miners. There's t MacDonald doctor but I'd ne'ei trust a lad of mine to his hand. We have to pay (or the Gregory one and 1 haven't the money. They'll wait (or it in Canted or we'll ec charity." Kathleen (elt an insane desire to rush to the Gregory mine, lift the doctor up by the nape of the neck and bring him t. the cot: and in so doing, to walk over Kit- Smyth, preferably on his plush) tace. "An' Balmy said 'pray bellvln an' I did." Kathleen stood up, rigid witr determination. "I'll get the Greg ory doctorl" She was off like a whirlwind For once the car started without too many obiections. Reaching the mine she went directly to tht emergency hospital to find the doc tor studying a medical magazine. "You'll come with me!" she ex claimed. "What is It?" he asked. "Don't vou dare ask questions "But mv dear voune ladv. how will I know what I'm going to need if I don't know whal kind" "Oh." Kathleen relaxed. "A schoolboy has broker, his leg. They were taxing mm to Larsted. "Rightl" The mat. was on his feet giving quick orders to two nurses who har appeared 1 11 bring him here. Ruth vou come with me. He turned to Kathleen We'll take my car I can convert It Into a carrier. Come on." Kathleen rode beside him and enroute talked ot the little girl a. wen as ner Brother 1 didn t learr their names." she confessed "1 wa' so furious at vou for refusing ti take cases unless vou were paid 01 the spot You are crazy! The car didn 1 slacken its pace but the force ol the doctor's words brought Kath leen to a short stop. "I'd take even case in this town on both sides ot the road for nothing . . under stand . . nothino if I could. Do vou think I like to camp there at the mouth of the mine olaving soli taire: picking slivers out of miners Angers: dressing an occasional break when 1 could be making my self useful? Good God. vount woman, if it wasn t for old Bnlmv drumming Into mv ears my re sponsibility to the miners under ground: the chance need of an ex perienced man: the hope that some day the Gregorvs would get some thing besides gold into their vein) and allow me to serve everyone if it wasn't for Old Balmv. I'd have been out of here three vears ago I don't think 1 can stand it much longer. Here we are. I'll be up t the house as soon as 1 Anish with the hoy." "I'm paying you, ' Kathleen tole' him. and as he demurred. "1 don'' want the Gregorys Aring a mar like vou. But don'! tell anyone. Lei Kit-Smvth think the family paid -ICrtwitkt H.'l firm) Tomorrow: Kathleen runs plUL a hot AFL WILL INVESTIGATE LABOR BOARD ACTIONS PORTLAND, Or., Not. 8 (AP) Chortling discrimination In futor the CIO. the A PL OnyonWiuhlnfiton council of tht Lumber And Sawmill Workers' union Announced today It would invtfttifMtp national labor re lation b-rd activities m the north went. The council' executive board, rep rewnttnir worker In OreRon. Wash ington, California. Idaho and Mon tana, niwerted the labor board acted promptly when declaloni favored the CIO but delayed ruling which were In the Interest of the APT. Limit Kill Worker OR BOON CITY, Not. (AP)-A hutce limb knocked down by fall ing tree killed Lester MrComb. 87. of Viola, an employe of the Klnkle mill run of Kfltarada Uaa Milfrrlbund Want Ad. MAGICIAN'S ACT TOO MUCH FOR SALEM MAN A I.EM. NOT. B (API Members of the flrt aid crew of the Salem fire department reported that Wll lard Oraber. route 3, A!bny. left a Salem theater 111 and fainted after wing a msictan perform the illu sion of sawinir a woman In two Oraber had been tinder a nervous strain. t was said, because of ex tensive dents! treatment during the afternoon kitty In a Jum PORTLAND. Nov, 8. (API Kitty with her head caught In a fruit Jar can mak a terrific racket, Lloyd Dexichar. and two policemen agreed. Deuehar aummoned the police when he heard a prowler In his ba.vment. The prowler turned out to be the cnt. with hend caught In Jsr. . . eioaltm lime toi Too Uie lo Ciai II y Ada U 1 SO p m. STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX Tot further proof addrett the author, Inclosing a stamped envelope for reply. Reg. V. 8. Pat Oft oki k i 11 Mile, il at Min muni? pininc,!.- w CONHHcTeP By PiN INTERNATIONAL BRIP6t OVEK IHC "ST. CKOI KIVER, WVW fUOUL iwuti servces, oesewe each oftteR'e NATIONAL HOllPAVS, AND OPERATE MMo5f A$ ft &NQIS COMMUNITY 3 r n r . IS JK asm imm mm 1Ht f KIH6R hHO , AtfXftHDeR&RfcrtArA &ELL i'rrentooffteTeLEPHoi KoTH WEHE 0UT&TANDIN6 IN1BE FIEIDOPVDCM. , COMMUNICATION "IT'S A PASS!" By GLUfAS WILLIAMS ' r 6RACB WHITE--3, SKIPPED ROPE 367d consecutive -TirAE IN 51 MINUTE, 1 4EC0NDC. J line. Im -S-98 4EVEN WWS IN WHICH 9 WFFERSHT M&fc CftN BE ARRANGE? To EQUW. 100! 1lt?l-?l!l!Pl?fotl International Towns . . Only a atone' throw from each other, the towns of St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, and Calais, Maine, United States, are each In a country foreign to the other. Yet, strange an it seems, these two towns work together with remarkable International harmony and coopera tion. Public utilities are swapped for mutual benefit. The Canadlnn town's fire engine, for example, often crosses the International Bridge to answer an alarm In Calais, and vice versa. Calais' water supply Is piped from St. Stephen. St. Stephen gets Its gas from Calais, and Calais gets its elec tricity from Canada. National holidays are celebrated equally by the Canadians and United States cities. On Dominion Day. hatf the population of Calais goes to St. Stephen to celebrate. On the Fourth of July, the Canadians hoist the Stars and Stripes and cross the bridge to set off firecrackers and cele brate the United States' Independ ence of British rule I This strange harmony dates back to the time of the War of 1812, when settlers In the neighboring towns de cided to stop fighting and live to- gether peaceably. The Alexander Bells . , . Men of the same Interests as well as names were Alexander Bell. In ventor of the first succesful tele phone, his father, and his grand father. Bell's father (1819-1905) in vented a system for teaching deaf mutes to speak, and his grandfather, (1790-1865) was an elocutionist and corrector of defective utterance. Tomorrow: To school by cable car. Klamath Indian Killed By Auto EUREKA, Calif., Nov. 8. (AP) Benny Jasper Billy, 18, Klamath River Indian, waa killed Sunday when struck by a car driven by Leo Perrono. Eureka bank teller. Captain Sam Klrkpatrlck of tl; state highway patrol said Billy and two other boys were walking on the wrong side of the highway for pedes tralns when the boy was struck. HOME LOAN DIRECTORS NAMED FOR NORTHWEST WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 ( AP) The Federal Home Loan Bank Board to day announced election of J. M. Per son. Hlllsboro, Ore., as a Claw A bank director. Others elected to two-year In the Pacific Northwest Included: Prank S. McWllliams. Spokane, re elected dlrector-at-large: J. T. S. Lyle. Tacoma. re-elected. Class A. Dlrectore elected to one-year terms Included Ben Hamlin Hazen. Port land, re-elected director at large. Thonipwm Creekers Wed RENO. Nev., Nov. 8 (AP) Mar riage licenses Issued during the week end Included: Monroe Norrla, 37, and Eva T. Moran, 37, both- Thompson Creek. Ore. An aggregate area of 3,680 square miles nearly twice as large as the state of Delaware has. been planted In trees In the United State, since 1924. ASSlfertSHlMSEir-fHE ptsfoTwimcrttxtf.. Walks U? AND poWrt, IO0HIM6 OVER OrTONDftJ' 1INE-0P AS BALL IS SNAPPED SHOWS TO WATcH OIK WR A PASS OPPONENTS AlMfetO VRKPS OX A STRWeM' LINE DUCK -takes up his vosf A&AlrJ.BEU.OVvlNSl'O look oirf.fHev'FE 601H6 TO PASS I CRAWLS OUT PROM THE PILE-UP RESULT Ihfe FROM A TWELVE VAPt) PMJN6E THROUGH CErJTEK ' COUTlMES To WARr! A6A1WST PASSES ASr OPPONErKS BUCK their wav down The field EVENTUALLY 0PP0MErH AcfdAuY Throw a pass. JUMPS UP AMP DOWN SHRIEKIHSITS A PASS1. )T'SAPASSl" (Copyright, 1838, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) PASS IS COMPLETED fbR a Touchdown, wants To KNOW HOU) TEAM EX PECTS To Wnl IF HO OWE PAVS WW ATTWiOW To HIM 8 MATTER P01 PAYN Bv C U 'ft UMCLt CY.' rSlX tmCLEl t& -' dsjll edll rttOoryritt, 1W8, by The Bell Syndicate, lac.) ' TAILSPIN TOMMY Zeke Explains By HAL FORRES" When lt. barry of the coast guard AlP. PATROL FAILED TO LOCATE THE RENDEZVOUS OP THE AERIAL PIRATES WHO LOOTED THE YACHT, SEA NYMPH, AMD ABDUCTED ITS OWNER AND HIS DAUGHTER, TOMMY HAD A HUNCH! TTTfUTT UM. MM!. .WELL, TOMMY. THERE ARB SEVERAL UMINHASITATED ISLANDS OFF THE COAST.. WHERE PLUME HUMTERS AND OTHER LAW VlOLATOOS WOULD NATURALLY TAKE REFUGE e rm 1 i .. i iiwi j 1 'mu.u.i.ui Iti'lA.Jf W . , 1 I. IIMi,., lb. I. .111 ..I' Mh. M--l- :J BfeSS?T' w M. MM!.. WELL, TOMMY, THERE ARB )vit&3 .J BUT. AMONG THESE WHICH MIGHT --I DO NOT KnOw! W' 'jr. EVERAL UMINHASITATED ISLANDS I 9 f ijjjiki TEN THOUSAND PROVIDE AN 1 a.,.. a NO ONE KNOWS, 1 .! fF THE COAST. WHERE PLUME Ar:-iA -- OR MORS LONELY IDEAL RETREAT IfWHERE IS T OF THAT I AM l'.' ' .' IUNTERS AND OTHER LAW f Y XL? ARCHIPELAGOS THERE FOQ CRIMINALS yTHIS ISLAND? J SURE1 BUT LET 1 If." T I TAKE REFUGG... --iSilrTr,. . 'f WHERE OFF THE .PRYING EYES! LMl THE STORY I - t"n k ,tly B (-W'miJSi, southwestern tip . 1-- y?r of skeleton By I ' WORNIN', BEN! SAV731 7 WELL, SON, VOUR V ' . ; I W HE'S EVH1BITIN1 A GIANtWoH, WE H IT MEBBE YOU DO. BEN, BUT I 7 I I AIN'T A-GOIN' TO II WHV NOT, 1 r OLD COMPETITOR, "'ir'-w ROOSTER AH' PROMISIN' B KNOW p II JIPPEM'S CLEANIN' OUT HIS I I A TSSfft I BE ABLE TO TAKE H MR. SAXTON? - JUNIUS JlPPtW, IS irif-,, A FULL LINE 01 THE rrf ALL f 11 PRESENT STOCK AND HE'S I W Snri " EGSS FR0M IV OPENIN' UP A 1 I II Irrn SAME SIZE CHICKENS ABOUT s W PRACTICALLY 61V1N1 AWAY I Mi rntSS C0U TODAY- i LaajJ. i A NEW BA6 vle!rfvv , AN' JUMBO ESSS ft THAT, H tok BOTH CHICKENS AN' emS nrifvll rTT)rr 5 ii I rrR l tricksiS r-r-f!-! ' W next month-X; mr. i I, eg6s! r'tfmPL 3 r l 1' BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER Bargnin Sale I EDWIN AL0Fr 71 THE NEBBS-Oh, Well By SOL HES-" f VC5U ME9?S A COJSlS,TE.V)T "X ', LOT. L&.S.T WEEX -TUAT eROTUeQ oc i NOURS MAD MORE BiE" APOID SOO'O TUllsJ OViE 5YSTE.M I COOL.D WOLD MCiJ TVie ' -r.,e VKtPs.t ,1-,t-, ti ti .r-.?- k.e-i , ij IS OLST A f WEED isj UPE S JJ-7 " ViSOLiST A Y- WEED isj UPEStCVj V, r MfciVi ''ift I l .suppose i slipped exjr J I OUO MAVE MOCiE. BLA.C OVJ VOU TMA.SJ A. 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