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PAGE FOURTEEN MEDFOTtP MATL TRTBTiyE. TrET)FO"RP, OEEGOK. PT?TDAY, yOVEAfBER 18, 1938. DON'T MARRY THE MAN -By Jeennt Bowmen- l'lie Character! Kathleen Greiorj ton Wett incognito to secure a ripht-of- -tvav for the Gregory mint ihat from MacDonald. Donald MacDonald hai refuted the rioht-o-uav, hatei lh Greo true. Bridget: Kathleen' companion. ' Yesterday! Donald diicovtrt Rathleen'i Identity and it furiotu. Beatrice goes through the pa peri In Balmy's cottage and acciden tally fees them on Ire. Kathleen injure her hands putting out the blaze. Chapter 22 Golden Cardi PNROOTE to the hospital, KSIth leen'i father queatioiMsd the pain and ths cause of the Injury. Kathleen remained silent, and Beatrice' face was flushed. "Are you both dumb?" he cried. "Here I so to the mine for Balmy and find he's left shift for the first time in his life. I come after him and find you two at the house, one of you injured. Can't you tell me what nappened7 Kathleen's relief in knowing her father had not inspired Beatrice's trip, in fact had no knowledge of it, was so great that she sought to break the news to him. "Bad news. Dad, there was an accident, a fire. I tried to put it out, that's how I was burned. The let ters were burned." Angus sank back into the seat, the car slithering to one side. "What caused the fire?" he asked "I did." snapped Beatrice. don't give a hoot about the papers. it s Kathy a hands. Kathleen glanced at the tears coursing down her aunt'a cheeks. Don t cry. Aunt Bee, i ve nursed 10 many people in this town it's going to be fun to be nursed. Only now, it's more important than ever Wat X remain Cleo Kiley "You mean you think you can till Kathleen stifled the thousht Im mediately. "No darling, I can't vamp the gentleman. I can't steal his heart because he hasn't any, but I have another plan. Just give me time "There isn't much more time, aaugiuer, we re nearly through , The last of May sees us closing.' "Then until that time, Dad? And will you give me free rein?" Angus Gregory sighed deeply. -i nere s noining else 1 can do." "And Dad," she pressed her van tage point, "you see now how im portant it is to have the Gretrorv nine doctor made available to the people don't you? You'll be setting precedent Dy laKing cieo Klley there." "Yes," ha agreed. "I'll fix that up . . , not too much pain? ' Kathleen grinned at him, a very watery grin. "I can take it with a gain like that in view." Mayme brought the news to the MacDonald'a table. She served it with the mm cocktail. She's in the hospital and the doctor says she haa to stay." Mrs. MacDonald glanced at her on as though to remind him that Cleo Riley was responding to his demand to remove herself from his home. "What happened. Mayme?" she askeH. "Put out a fire with her hands, tn Balmy's house." "But what was she doing In Balmy ' houso?" "Your housekeeper told Jane Arthur, when she come to bring Miss Cleo some watermelon pick les, that she had seen that Gregory woman aneaking down to Balmy's by the back way and she guessed Miss Cleo saw her. too. 'cause Miss Cleo flew out of the house like fury at hightide, and took right after her." "Strange," murmured Mrs. Mac Donald. "Hardly, In view of what we know is wanted." countered her ton. bitterly. Poor Splt-FIre lyHEN Mayme returned with ' ' the next course she had fresh news. "Mrs. Campbell heard Mrs. MacBrlde yelling to Grandma Barkus that when Miss Cleo faint ed while they was dressing her hands, this GreRorv woman threw fit. She said it was all her fault" "That settles it," announced Mrs. MacDonald. "We're going down to see that child" "Go down ... on that mine prop erty . . . are you out of iour mind, mofher?" "And what's more," continued his mother. Ignoring his question, "you are going with me. We'll make sure the Gregorys are at home, then " Kathleen floated In a nirvana. Induced by a hypodermic. It was an extremely nice world. Nothing much mattered. Sometimes the nurses floated too, and the furni ture. And sometimes the world wasn't o nice. A nurse would appear and grip her wrist, another nurse would appear with a anray and there would be a few moments of axcruciating pain. "I'm sure the doctor won't mind, we won't stay but a moment." That voice came during a period of sheer happiness. A woman'j voice; the woman who lived in the other half o' the Gregory house: Mrs. MacDonald. "But we're just going to well, all right." said the nurse. Kathleen giggled. Donald Mac Donald was standing on his head and his eyes were as round as blue saucers. Then came the grip of her wrists. Tears streamed from Kath leen's eyes; she gritted her teeth. The nurses floated out taking Mrs. MacDonald with them. Donald floated over to the bedside. "Poor little spit-fire," he said, "a tough break. "She didn't mean to," Kathleen hastened to tell him. She must make these MacDonalds know about the Gregorys. "She didn't understand . . . integrity of spirit and all ... I didn't . . . her voice faded. The following afternoon the nurses walked and the furniture remained stationary. They were reducing the injection content The pain was a steady pulsing reality, the wet puffs upon which her palms rested, felt like nettles. "Kuth, Kathleen whispered to the nurse, "did the MacDonalds visit me, or was that part of my crazy dreams." The nurse laughed. "They vis ited you and I thought Kit-Smyth was going to have apoplexy." Kathleen closed her eyes. What had she said to Donald? Why couldn't she remember? Well, she'd soon learn from his attitude. And what had he said to her? Something, she couldn't remember the words but they were tender. Balmy ended all conjecture over the fire with a lucid explanation. "I'd invited both Miss Riley and Miss Gregory to visit my cot at any time, the door was always unlocked. Miss Riley, seeing the other lady going down, followed, hoping to interest her in the Greg ory cots. Miss Gregory dropped a cigarette on some old papers, nei ther noticed anything until the flames were high, then Miss Riley beat them nut with her hands. A brave lass." The Human Element f'ATHLEEN returned to the Gregory house a heroine, and guest of Miss Beatrice Gregory. The Gregorys were leaving the following day but that evening lather and daughter had a satisly- ing talk. It's a big responsibility to head a corporation like ours, my dear," he told her. "You can't run a mine with the cost of taking out or. smelting and transportation more than the value received, some- times you become so involved in trying to find that line of balance in the market, you forget the hu man element involved. And when you see the end before you, and know that all of these people, not just the miners, are depending upon your wisdom for their live lihood, you . , . well you're baf fled. A mild word for your feel ings. I'll admit I didn't know conditions hero were as bad as they are. It s useless to correct them now. We'll just have to wait." Kathleen nodded and felt the rcsDonsibilitv her father had car ried had been transferred to her shoulders. She understood him better now. Just as she was flip pant when most deeply hurt, he was gruff. Beatrice, like the por cupine Bridget had accused her of resembling, threw her quills at random in her moments of despair. It wasn t auills she threw the next day. Kathleen had told them goodby reluctantly and the mo- nent the car wns out oi signi. saw little Laura MacBride rushing to wards the big house, stumbling, falling into the snowdrifts, scram bling up and rushing on. "Miss Cleo. Miss Cleo, she called, as she reached the ver anda. Looky. looky it happened lust like in the fairy tale. She ri? right up out of the mine." the child waved an envelope before Kathleen's nose. There was a Christmas card in side, a golden card with a slit and nom iiis Droininea a cnecK. un folded it read: "To Thomas Mac Bride, one hundred dollars." The signature was Kathleen Gregory's and after the name, the stamp. The Goldon Girl. . Ann everv mm. with a famllv got one and every man who doesn't got a family, he got fifty dollars," cried the little girl, jumping up and down. Bndk'et came In and nodded and when Laura had rushed home ward with the precious card, she explained. "Beatrice wired New York for ttu cards and checks. Your mother's secretary supplied your signature. Beatrice hnd ths money needed to cover the checks placed in vour account." And down at The MacDonald Hotel. Mayme relayed the infor mation to Donald MacDonald Sure is a loke on the folks that thought Miss Cleo was the Gold en Girl," she exulted "Lucv Mac intosh was on the porch and she oked In the window anc she said Miss Cleo was more surprised than the Gregory folks who got the cheeks; besides Miss Cleo could not have signed them if she want ed to; her with her poor blessed hands." (Cttr-tiU, It II. !,. l.n. Tomorrow: rreienl from Balmy. A FREE MEXICO, Nation Suffering Severe In dustrial, Business Pains As President Works'. to Revamp Natl. Economy n YVtlllnm II. UndVr United Pitm fluff ConrspnndPnt MEXICO CITY-(UF) Mrilco Ib aut.cr.u4 Kjert tmaintN aud Uuliu- trlnl pnln na PrcjOdftil Lnraro Car den a trrka to reconstruct th na tional economy. Th purpose of tht pr?aidnt la almpljr tati: A free and rich Mex ico, if poMlhtr. but If that li not pajw. 1 le . a t rce a nci poor M r- co . Korrlun capital ho consider danger OMR. )( want none of It. The factual picture of four yeari of Cardenas admtnlatrntlon la not to almply stated. There haa been a aeries of drastic chaiw in ownership and maiiBKement of certain bt in dustries. The atrentit.h of otymilrwi labor has tnrrrtwd atea1lly. Foreign capital has ceastxl to come Into Mexico; Mexico capital has flej broad, BuMneaa of many forv..'n firms haa diminished greatly or ceased. Uovernment revenue hn dropped. Import have ben drasti cally reduced. Price have touched new highs. The prosperity of 19 M has vanished Into the deep depression of 193H. UiiU factors, lueiuiUng economic STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX For farther proof address the aotbor, Inclosing stamped envelope for reply. Reg. TJ. 8. Pat Off. , 000,000'ftfiR-oLDmUNG STaVoN BUILT 0? PETRIFIED ViOOP ternar, Colo.) KfsffL Kress- Orange, N.J,, WrXS GftoMTSP P LICENSE, lb VODSL OHSHOUR TtPcrt morning in eftSLt prk I 1 WfVS fcTH & UNION &ND Confederate sTaTe PUR1N61H& CIVIL WW? bMD WW1He eiRTHPlACE 0? PRESIDENTS OF 5oTH GOVERNMENTS MrNatuM arBdkste.lnc. Divided Kentucky Strange as It seems, Kentucky was represented In both Union and Con federate congresses during the Civti war and furnished both president for the opposing sections. Although that state wholeheartedly supported the federal (government both In the War of 1813 and tho Mexican war by supplying far more than her quota of soldiers. Kentucky officially refused to honor Lincoln's call for troops in the Civil war. . "Kentucky will furnish no troops ! for the wicked purpose of subduing I her sister southern states," was Gov- Mi JL li f ! - all M r 9 I I I . U ' I ernor , Magoffin's reply to Lincoln's plea. However, strange as It see ins Kentucky eventually furnished 80,000 troops for the Union armies and also sent 40,000 men to the Confed erate side. At the outbreak of the war Ken tucky had Intended to remain neu tral, but In September, 1861, after Confederate troops had begun to Invade the state, Kentucky formally declared her allegiance to the Union For the next five months the southwest sector of the state was occupied by Kentucky men who had Joined the Confederate army, pnssed , an ordinance of secession, elected state officers, and sent commissioners to the Confederate congress, whlcU body voted on December 9 to admit Kentucky into the Confederacy. Thus Kentucky found itself repre sented in both the Union and Con federate congresses, with her own men fighting on both sides, under a Kentucky - born Union president Abrnham Lincoln and a Kentucky born Confederate president Jeffer son Davis I TiiinorroH; AVhnt country (axes Its rill cits 3d jeara abend of time? conditions In the United States, com bine to Influence business and in dustry In Mexico, but unquestionably the national economy has felt the effects of Cardenas' progrnm of change. The high points of this program so far may be summarized as: I Collectivization of the cotton Industry in the Laguna district and of the henequent or sisal hemp In dustry In Yucatan, which was given over to the workers. 3 Nationalization of the National railways (June. 1937) and eventual turning over of the lines to be man aged by the workers. S Construction of highways, rail roads and Irrigation projects under a public works program. 4 Promulgation of a tariff law providing Increases as high as 500 per cent in order to reduce abnor mally hlh foreign .Imports: as well as to retain ROld support for the peso. (Jan. 18. 1038.) 5 Expropriation of British and American oil propertlea (March 18, 1 1938), which created an interna tional furor. Opponents of Cardenas argue that Mexico cannot go forward Indefinitely without tho aid of foreign capltnl and say that some day she must chance these policies or reduce her standard of living. OPEN, SESAME?" By CLUYAS WILLIAMS f BRW6SARrlfi)UTW0DT)lJPfW HEARS WIFE CKU. UP5tWRS SHE SHOOTS A6R1N. WHICH SfARlS WIRE CEILAK,FIHDS POO HAS SWUH6 THOUSVtT SHE HEARD DADDV IU- CALUHfc SHE KNOWS ITS DADDV, SMUf AHD CAUS TOR SOMEfiHC IK6, MILDRED ASSWIK6 HE If Al MIIURED SHOUflNfi'ToWlL" IbCOMEOPEU rffORHIM MOSfHAVEBEElJ ACAR HOMKS fREP 1b SHUf OrTlHE RADIO WWTS HOPEWlW. ARMS 6lfrf6 PtfCS ALL HFA Aivf Mfrt rf 64 AtJWiCi 11 nc 1 nae. -tXom c c very-Tired as rocrfsrETs hww loss begin 1b slip, hears family open cellar poor with AROUND, WIFE CAU1M6 AT LAST ANIMATED DISCUSSION Af A BRI6Hf u OH.THPf'S WHERE nt,oi.in miDM.iivruR lor vuiut On rnuffi D1H1K5 YOUWtKt!" AS TO WHERE HEftiULD RF -ibimWiS THE FRONT (Copyright, 1938, by The Bn 8 iht. Inc.) 3 MATTER Pm Bv 0 . PAYNF Dr. H. M. Jcnnison, University or Tcnnowioo botanist, shvr th fli-pnt. Slnoky Mountains national park has nc.irly twice as muiv different ktmi of trees as nre found In all Europe. IWrr fll'ltlJ -sAO ! SW ,(0opTrlfht, 1938. by Tin Bell SyrdiMteTIpc.) TAHSPIN TOMMY The Commandant Is Dubious! By HAL FORREST Helievimg that "potts' story op thb legemo of skeleton key is a clue to the RENDEZVOUS OP THE Alft PIRATES, TOMMY AND SKEETS HASTEN TO THE COAST SUARD AIH BASE TO CONSULT WITH THEIR PRIENOi BUT LIEUT. BARRY HAS TAKEN OFP IM HIS SHIP. .THE TERMS OF THE. RANSOM NOTE ARE TO BE MET.. BUT BARRY WILL TRY TO FOLLOW THE PIQATPA AcrpD tucv HAVE PICKED UP ilfi.'il N.THE MONEY j m i l", I ' . k . r THATS TOO BAD IT MK3HT NOT HAVE BEEN NECESJARY IF HE HAD WKTED to see us' IT'S A CLUE, WHICH WE GOT! f-WJM M STUKY w E HEARD I LAST NIGHT. - I'LL TELL YOU X . . AtiO SO YOU SEE, SIR, WE TMOJ6Hr LT. BARRY MIGHT BE ABLE TO SEARCH FOR I THIS PARTICULAR ISLAND IN HIS 1 J J. I WE V M-M um NO..IT SOUNDS TOO FANTASTIC. WOULD BE A WASTE OF TIME, STILL.. m !: !! lib li III wffl BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER Trouble Ahead? LBlJ V . VJ f I AM 1 I k I I 1 L-- MB.TOMKNS?r-aLViL II 1 IP? By I U'l "HE NEXT MORNING, WHO SHOULD J HOW ARC J3 BUSINESS IS IN A 1 POOR MANAGEMENT, HOW, LISTEN! THE POOR MANAGEMENT YOU'RE aiS fT I SHOW UP IN THE OFFICE OF DR. JEO ffl THE LADS g SLIGHT SLUMP RIGHT I EH? GOOD THING I THOUGHT I REFERRIN1 TO IS ON THE 9mtta,m MrBg&- I KILEV BUT JASON JONES HIMSELF AND- DOIN1? ! NOW FOR THEM, fl I'M BACK! YOU SAID YOUR I PART OF JUNIUS JIPPEM! -.U, . 1 "".''iiV & VT 1 JASON f V, ! NERVES WERE I HE 3TILL THINKS HE CAN M I , ,m ia '1 1 1 nff iifl liviA r ALL IRONED a RUN THOSE YOUN6STERS ' I f . yTTT WELL, DOC, MV LEG'S ALL f x f- , , V OUT? c ' I OUT OF BUSINESS! c- . ' '"' j EDWIN ALQB ST THE NEBBS Oood-Bye, Bluebird By SOL Rtt S SAFE CUTS rocr it woulo nvtit'-T lso -ocr IT 't'Tueee. iv is, anjO ITS A 60TTEM IT MUCU IF ME LEPT IT IKJ TWE MALL OOTSlOe HIS ROOM JUP IK4 MEWSPAPER.TAKc , 'ii'3iN I ! S3 it DCXaJKI AtOO PUT IT IMTVeN f '!'; . CcCET CLOO COMPARTMe.KjT 1 ' i 1 -MO ONJS. UJILL. EVELOOR2 I- ', it TMece. anjo txem cet '"1 i ' fe;rJ8CTHETOOLS..CHJTOPMY , : i h- r .:.r' nMAwn'3-nJl.-o,.itM av a V V I i II - t : II-S 1 1 CVe PA'TUPUU Ma.TS IS PLACINJ& 1WE PAMOOS MSMT OP COK.veSEt?S car. vxilu it ae w 6 mmm T?Tital- VVJ V lir.-T r-ar I '-rtv ItM Yfc a.u aril 'Trw Uu UDIh; 0!fcl X
