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V PAGE TEN MEDFOTJP MATTj'TT?Tt5T7NE.- MEDFORD. OREGON. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 25. 1938. DON'T MARRY THE MAN -By Jtsnnt Bowmtn- tesieidayi Uonala tcornluliy livM Kj ' ih rigfit-of-wai contract, thinking it U necemary to eave his men. Kathleen telle him the reecue work r.at already ' etarled. She team up iht paper and tay ne never wants to tee Donald again Chapter 29 Wall Of Rock 1AC DONALD came towards 1T her. The telrohona ahrilled . For a moment he wavered, then reached for the Instrument "Here's your party" "MacDonald? This la Nedler. 0. S. Mine Rescue Bureau." Kathleen steadied herself against the building. She felt every oh or lire naa Been spent in her ouiourst. uimiv ane heard Mac Donald's voice. "Flv them down. there'a a field fust beyond The ooiaen uin unit" Someone came out of the dusk of predawn tc take her arm. "Lass, ye canns work a'night an' a'day. Rest ye must so Balmy will nna ye lookin pert. It was Grandma Barkus. She steered her on to the hospital. nodded to the nurse and led her to a cubicle where a narrow bed waited. Kathleen lay watching the mine superstructure tnroueh the win dow. The lights paled against the (ray of dawn, then the timbers stood out like a black skeleton against a blood red skv. "It doesn't matter to him how feel, now that he's won Bridget. When he looked at me, it was like knife going into my heart and when he talked each word was the turning of the knife. ; The numbness was wearing away and in its place came Bread of facing another day a day with out hope. If Balmy could be as mistaken In MacDonald what chance had he of making his way through to safety? . "I wish 1 could go home. I can't. I have to wait til they break through. I have to stand by. Don ald Is making his headquarters here. I'll have to see him And I told him I loved him And I told him I never wanted to see him Itain." Ruth tiptoed In, as fresh as the dawn, despite her night's vigil "Here, duar. put these down You're going to be needed, and you won't be worth vour salt if you're not rested." Kathleen accepted the amytols Slowly she relaxed and the pain" which seemed to have congested bout her heart eased. When she awakened the super structure was golden with midday un. Kathleen lav a moment wait ing, listening for voices, anything to tell her what had occurred dur ing her sleep ' A strange nurse came In. She wa from the MacDonald hospital "Young Donald has been haunt ing the place, ha says he has to talk to you" Kathleen brushed this aside "How far are the rescue crews? Have they made any progress at ill?" "Some, they ran Into green rock and had to divert the tunnel. But liaten. Young Donald" "I wonder If I could bring fresh erews in from the outside? The nurse laughed at this "My dear, every miner In Utah. Col orado, New Mexico and Arizona Is here In Neutrality You never law such a mob And newspaper men. Didn't vou hear the planes tome In? Your friend Miss Dona hue sent down some clothes. They're there in the bag. Why don t you have a cold shower?" The Press THE nurse prattled on, Kathleen unhearing. Occasionally her Elnd caught something, recorded "Young Donald looks like he Peeds someone to look after him. ve never seen a man look as" Kathleen turned the shower on full force hoping the Having water would wash her clean of all thoughts of Young Donald. She paused for one glance at the mirror. There was nothing, un less one could see behind her eyes, to reveal the chaos of the previous night The brown suit, golden tie trim cream blouse, shining boots, all contributed to the idea of "anv morning's iaunt." It was The Golden Girl of the press who stepped from the hos- filtal. The girl who had walked nto her father's ofllce months ago: arbitrary, aloof, a veritable prin cess of modern times. The reporters, photographers ob-sisters and special feature writers awaited her. Their volres came to her In very key "Won't you smile, lust Mice. Miss Gregory?" "A statement for the Dally" "Is It true that vou took over the holdings single handed?" "Did yoi' really" "I have no statement to make.' Kathleen's voice rang out sharply. "I will posi for no pictures." It was then she saw a girl with hair as red as her own. This girl came pushing through the crowd until she faced Kathleen. She put her hands on ner hips and thrust her face fuiard. "Listen, this Is our lob. getting news and we're going to get it We have to eat and we haven't any sweet daddy digging gold out of the ground fur us. Some of these folks told us you were a grand sport. Well vou may be to them, but you're lust a gilt balloon" For the first timeince the siren had rang ever Neutrality. Kath leen laughed. "And iome day somebody Is go ing to stick a pin in me?" sh asked. Then she sobered. "I'm sorry. I hadn't thought of this ai being par! of your iob. If vou'll wait until 1 have some coflee, I'll talk. Bv the way. have you The answer was unanimous They hadn't had time to think ol food. Time was a precious elemen in their work also. And they hac been told they'd have to go back to Neutrality for food. Kathleen waved them on. They trooped towards the commissary, cameras clicking as photographers ran ahead. And then thev trooped bark to the mouth of the mine and Ktileen talked and posed. Suddenly III CHE was engaged in this fashion when she heard her name called Ovei the heads of the press crowd she saw Donald MacDon ald. She felt suddenly ill. He looked dreadful, haceard. un shaven. Kathleen . . . Miss Gregory. 1 must talk tc vov " His eyes were feverish, Intent upon her. ignoring the curious men and women who waited. Cleo Rileu longed to reach out to him. ease the pain so visible on his face, help him across this time of agonized wai'tint for word from his miners. Kathleen Gregory thought, "Hi sees me here, posing. He'll think I like this." She spoke through stiff Hps 'You talked to me last nlaht. Mr MacDor.ild There Is nothing else I care to hear " Thev plied her with Questions then, closing In about her. leaving MacDonald on' the rim of the crowd Kathleen saw him turn and walk towards the skip A crew was coming up. the men reeled out. Ruth was there, pouring whiskey a glass at a time, pressing it Into grimy hands Norman MarDnna d had come up with them He threw his arm about his cousin and led him away Kathleen saw them get Into a car and onlv then was aware of the curious silence. These men and women whnsu profession It was to gauge human emotions had sensed something Thev were waiting a cue. ' Kathleen diverted them with the storv of Balmy Old Balmv who had disappeared In the smoke choked shaft fourteen hours be fore. Love of the old fellow lend ing color to her words, she painted a vivid picture of this man thev were to call the Prophet of thr Hills, when thev reached theii typewriters. It wasn't lonrt before they were there, tapping out their tales and Kathleen found herself alone. It was strangely silent then Nothing hut the pump of the mo tors and the rattle of the cables Nothing to tell of the feverish work going on far below the sur face. Morgan, coming from his rest stopped beside the collar waltlnr for a skip Kathleen ran toward' him. "Take me down. Please. 1 wouldn't be too much In the wav would I? i wnnt 'o see. I want tr make sure thev 're dolrt every thing." Morgan ran for slicker and hir and then they were In the skir were shooting down into tlv stifling darkness They renche the working level and Kathlee' found It differed from her mem ory of that Am! trip Cars wer speeding along the tracks, hennei with muck speeding hack emntv "We're dumping In old tunnel to save time" Morgan explained It was dark now save for thr carhlde lamps The tunnel was low. so low thev must stoop and the men working must work Ir this bone-hrenking position Alt they wanted was room to pass a "bodv or being." There was nr time to waste with enlarging theli passage; no time to timber above themselves for safety. Bevond that wall of rock and earth fifty three men were waiting: flghtlnr for breath to keep life In theii odles: providing thev were stll' fighting. tCivrtit 1938. hunt fffrwa) Tomorrow) Kit-Smyth runt truo Si form. Fables About Animals Ridiculed By Zoo Men CHICAGO (UP) Export at tha soologlrtl park In Brookfleld ire buay disputing time-honored fnbk'f about animals. You can forget the to) 'owing: An elephant hat good memory. Monkeys like bananas. The humming bird has a smalt ap petite. BimuU of the Jungle are cruel, ?n fact, name any of the prpulm beliefs about animals and ftoSert Bean, assistant director of the roo. will give you a 3 to 1 bet that you r wrong. He snd his alstants bawd their conclusions on observations The elephant, for rnmple, ha a memory no longer than his tall. Dr. Bean cited tlie case of Honey, a baby elephant which was rescued fmn starvation in the wilds of Africa Uy Chrlstoph flchule. Schul brought the animal to Chicago and for months nuraed It along on a bottle. He wse absent from town for eluht months and when he returned Honey ?n ve him the snub: didn't remember him at all. The female elephant Is reputed o breed at the age of 40 to 60, but Or. Uenn said, In reality, she breeds at 6 to 8 years. Monkeys like bananas? Dr. Bean poo-pooed the Idea. "dive a monkey a bag of pop-corn, If you want to make him happy." And humming birds? They hare an appetite that rivals the greediest pl.r In the sty. Beasts cruet? Not at all, A hungry tt-cr, Or, Bean said, duet away with It prey In short order, as If It had deep sympathy for the unfortunate Junple pal It In nrcowinv to devour for mstenance. A houw cat, Dr Bean anld, Is more cruel In playing with a helpless mouse, before eating It than the mott feared Junple cat. - the lay public ha one Inning, though, according to the etperts t.f the too. A leopard really can't change Its spots SILVER CHEEK, N. T., Nov. aft. (AP) Thomas Kills rabbit-akin hunting cap wm too realistic. Cor oner Ocorfte R. Bl vk1 mid Curl Ken nedy. Cilia' atep.mvther. mistook the cap for a rabbit and fired hn rifle at It. Fill died last niht. Blood absolved Kennedy, STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX For further proof address the author, incloiinj s tumped envelope for reply. Reg. XT. 8. Pat Off. in ,.n x. - - l J.t.4WfcNK, 73 n-tiqrus, Ohio, WCYCUK VfOO rUUK ft VEftR IN 9V 7CftK5 Hfc HPlS RIPPEH OVER 00,000 MILK- II Mill' II - JN1HS $AM DM IHftT f AIRHOPE LEFT PLMBD AT MlNETTE) AON6Y pgpOSlT CHECK, DIVIPEMP NlCKEU ANP PIME SoX rRE feU.U.3. TOWNS. orn mm MMW" ffc If IjeMSheneiProvlnczChina. . fU y?l J ' 6 Housed in looo ctos$ p'f ' t5sSi2S lap ii -?T7 MM'rfi y qsL-miTeay .v.-r- -f -" F -25-26 Underground University , , , Grim cavern walls Instead of lvy olad halls are the order at North Shensl academy In Yenan, China. And Mother Earth is Alma Mater to students who pursue their studies In the 100 cavca of Shensl. Headquarters of the Chinese Com munist party, which formed a Na tional Front with China's Central government troops to repel the Jap anese invasion, Yenan la also the center of a political and military training system of high Importance to China's future. A waiting Hat of 60,000 boys and girls from every province of China Is reported at Yenan, Besides the North Shensl academy, the walled city contains the "Resist Japan." university, a military training school; an Art academy, a School of Dramatic Art, and a hospital. Eighty per cent of the graduates of the Resist Japan university become officers of the Eighth Route army and go up to the front line of the Japanese conflict. Many of the students at Yenan are girls, who dress like the men and live un-.er the same condltons, study ing and working In caves during the day and sleeping in cove dormitories at night. Football Mix up . . , Through a misunderstanding of schedules, the Flomaton, Alabama high school football team left by bus to play Falrhope at the same hour on October 15, 1937, that Palrhope left to play Flomaton. When the two buses met half-way, they decid ed to stop end play at Bay Mlnette Instead. The score was a 6 to 6 tie. MiiRple Ties Up Truffle M ELB OUBN E, Australia (UT) A magpie's genial idea of using a piece of fencing wire to help build Its nest stopped all electrlo railway traffic for several hours between Broad meadow! and Nowmnrket and help up passen gers. The bird woe building It nest on the overhead equipment of the electric line when a trolley caught the piece of wire and brought down a whole section of the electrical equipment, ' Use Mall rrlbund Want Ada. Golf Hall Fells Rabbit ALVA, Okla. (UP) Carson Con way of Medford says he couldn't do It again. Playing on an Alva course, Conaway hit a golf ball and the ball hit a rabbit. Dazed, the animal was convulsed a few times, got to Its feet before the golfers arrived, and ran. 4 First Mishap In 41 Years NORTH ANDOVER. Mass. (UP) Arthur h. Rand's record of driving for 41 years without an. accident onded abruptly when his automobile , collided with a dump truck. The 62-year-old Fitchburg resident said he first drove a car In 1897 while a student at Town send, Vt. Combine Strips Farmer REGINA, 8 ask. (UP) Jack Ban nister, Woodrow farmer, got a rough and hurried undressing while ex amining his combine in a field. The cuff of his trouser leg caught In the machinery, and in a few seconds the amassed farmer, slightly bruised, was left standing in only his hat and boots. SUBURBAN HEIGHTS By GLUYAS WILLIAMS f IT WAS A SLIM 1HANKS6IVIN6 FOR friE PERLEYS AND THE PlUMERS.WHO MET M "THEIR WAV 1b EACH OTHER'S HOUSE FOR DINNER . AND ALL BECAUSE RED AND ERNIE, DURIrfe A CONVIVIAL EiEWlNS AT THE CLUB, HAD HAD fHE GREAT IDEA OF EATING -T06EfHER OH "THE HOLIpAV BUT" HAD BECOME A LITTLE CONFUSED ABOUT" "THE DETAILS OF THE ARRAN6EMENT" (Copyright, 1938, by The Bull Byndicate, Inc.) 3 MATTER POt Bv 0 M PAYNE tr Aw-W, 1 THlMrf . ' 5 JD 13ETTER WAIT J A. . ' ( "Piioi-w6& j fit rry f ' (Copyright, 1938, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) TAILSPIN TOMMY Ominous Prediction! By HAL FORRES1" rff fefiTHAS. WE'LL GO AlOMSA 7 BUT 1 FEel- TOO Y I'LL EAT BUT LISTEN, cam't catch up wrrH tom IN THIS BIO "DUCK". HE'LL COME BACH OKAY BY BUNDOWM He SAID 30 i, m. te- , ir v.m nx sw ' HE MAY arr DCWM V,l ll .A " J . NEAR OME OF THE J k OKAY. BUTTY K ISLAT103. AT10 WE'D . AJT MEBBs. YOCl'PB I HIH, 8KEETERI A I ky I THINK YOU ji mm iv ll u r . t-.- j i it I RADIOED shot! a ay, .ft, L TH DUCK?" PBIEND.! eK TAILSPIM'S .. BUT .THEY'LL ALL BE 1 BAT16IM' AWAY AT HASPS IN AMYTUCB UMID I AM' THEY WONT BE WEAWn AldPLANE V 1 mi BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER Looking for Trouble I VOU TWO BOYS MEAN TO STAND f NO, SIR. THERE AND TELL I WE ME YOU HAVEN'T I HAVENST- SEEN JASON r- V fi Bj EDWIM ALGEB I'VE SOT TO BEAT IT BACK TO TOWN STAV HERE UNTIL YOU HEAR FROM rTt ME FURTHER J J o J V if WHAT THE - v I I JUST KNEW THAT OLD 1 HECK'S f SEARCH FUSS-BUD6ET JASON rl HAPPENED?! ME, I WOULD GET INTO TROUBLE, RUSTY I BUT NOW VE GOT TO J THE NEBBS No Silver Lining ( TS A LETTttftV . t . .J . A W DE&ft STEVE.; OUR PAPea &m,,. , MF r , - ,r. i r I I S went MJDDtU uv- OUK OUUf V ' Ih ffl H VCSi MffiteK Kr7 A T EAMAW 11 ttu. X ryrviv v. v l mf'. l s' N. I S7 f ..y - j i r in i t , ii r r -K.tys rl i eu aYI j i n h-tu - jV-i. MV KJEtUUEL ISIvfT SHE SLUEEr? ASJD 1 WAS 60INJQ T GIVE. HER. TMlS DlAMOhJD FOR A VUEDDIKJO SIFT IF SHE MARRIED ME WEU, 1 tVE LOST TV OlA.MONaOTMETWJO twikjgs 1 rv, LOvEO inj Life NOTVAllsJS ELSE y m i - i II T ft By SOL HES3 fTi t i r
