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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.
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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.
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IO0HIM6 OVER OrTONDftJ'
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SHOWS TO WATcH
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CRAWLS OUT PROM
THE PILE-UP RESULT
Ihfe FROM A TWELVE
VAPt) PMJN6E THROUGH
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COUTlMES To WARr!
A6A1WST PASSES ASr
OPPONErKS BUCK
their wav down
The field
EVENTUALLY 0PP0MErH
AcfdAuY Throw a pass.
JUMPS UP AMP DOWN
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(Copyright, 1838, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
PASS IS COMPLETED fbR
a Touchdown, wants
To KNOW HOU) TEAM EX
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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
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rm 1 i .. i iiwi j 1 'mu.u.i.ui
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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
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