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PAGE -RTflTTT MT!TVPOT?n MATTj TRTRTTXE, AfEDFOTJT). OREO OX. KTTNDAT. XOYErBE'R 27. 1938 DON'T MARRY THE MAN Sy Jim Bowmen- Chapler 30 Thirty Honrs GRIMLY the reicue crew worked. perspiration ttreak fail their blackened faces: grimly fighting until they were oo the point of collapse, then others were relayed to take their places. Four hour shifts, rests between each grueling fifteen minute "period. Engineers were there, check ing the line of the tunnel; watch ing each deviation from the level which would connect them with the entombed miners, switching them bicit to that line after a de tour w made around tmpene trable sectors, Each one managed a smile for B-ainieen. "weu get tnrougn in came?" time, lass. ' they told her in their broad dialect Heartened, but thoughtful, she started back to '.he skip, fane could more vividly realize Balmy"! jx sition now. A dark hole, closed in on all sides; tire beyond the bulk head burning up their oxygen and that endless waiting, waiting, wondering i.' their comrades would break through in time; -waiting in the dark without word from the surface of the rescue work. Kathleen thought the sun on the hills had never looked as beauti ful as it did when she reached the mouth of the mine: the young green of new grass, the far line of painted mils There was nothing she could do. The work she had organized the previous night went on steadily without t.er. Jane Arthur beaded the commissary, working tire lessly, urging food and more food on the rescue crews as though she would fuel their bodies with en ergy to break through of their own volition. She rested a moment with Kath leen. 'Thoughtful it was of vou to let us MacDonald women work here. Did ve ken the agony t would been to be afar from news? "I knew I wanted to be right here. Kathleen confessed. "An' the talk you gi'en us. It put the heart back. Balmy alius said 'Drav believin.' We're doin that. Martha Graham, she who's expectin' slept all night praise God. The baby s t be named for Eou, boy or girl, and she s Mac lonald. ' Kathleen smiled faintly. "Then let s pull for a girl, twould be difficult title for a bov." "Aye," and Mrs. Arthur smiled also. "But he'll be born into a new world and could fair stand the scoff. The feud is over. The Mac Brides are taking care or our chickens and children. A Mac Donald killed a MacBrlde in that first time of trouble. Kathleen sighed deeply. Then aome good would come out of this. Balmv would consider his life well lost. But she must not think of that. She had promised to meet him. She thought then of Kit-Smyth wondered if he had returned from wherever he'd disappeared to the previous night. She went to the office and out side the door waited to eavesdrop with a cold deliberation. Kit-Smyth was dictating a let ter to Angus Gregory. President of The Golden Girl. Incorporated. Bitter Anger 1 ERY oratffyino to vou to have this " tnomentou problem fettled in ad vance. I located Vouno MacDonald In a fllinn field on the oudkirts of Canted It took considerable, shall I modutlv tav, diplomacy, to make him wait un til u could find an attorney and a notary public that the contract be mad leoally binding. I assured him Miu Gregory would not allow a rescue worker on the around! of The Golden Cirl until thii bustnen was attended to. A very astute young business woman your daughter, Mr. Gregory. Young Donald left then for Neutral ity where -Mutt Greqoryl tignature. as your representative, was alt that tnu needed. M the meantime t have everything organized and under way; commissary operating, cretri dove-tailing each other, etc. Of course this will cost us eeverai days' productive work, but In the long run it will have us the mine. Kathleen's lips were reiterating a statement. "I assured him Miss Gregory would not allow a rescue worker " What else had Kit-Smyth told Donald MacDonald? What kind of a picture had he painted of her as he bargained for the right-of-way? And MacDonald. horror-stricken at what had happened: desper ately eager tt get to the scene of the trouble and held bark to wait for a legal document because he believed it the onlv means of res cuing his men. No wonder he had condemned her. And what had she said to him in his hour of trouble White with the bitterest anger she had ever known. Kathleen walked into the office. "It won't be necessary to lend that. Mr Kit-Smvth." "Well how dc vou do. Miss Gregory, I'm still suffering from the shock of learning vour iden tity Of course I was prettv sure of it all along, that's why I rented the house to vou" "And why vou made me get out so quickly when father inquired Kathleen. "Well, 1 thought you wanted ma to pretend . . and last night it was quite a relief to have someone directly connected with Mr. Greg ory assume the responsibility of ordering the work to go on." "I noticed that," observed Kath leen dryly. "But 1 was speaking ol the letter you were dictating. 1 waited to find out tost how far you would lie. And I am repeating, it won't be necessary to send that letter." "Oh, yes 1 see, you've already sent the contract on to voui father." "No, I tore it up and threw it at Mr. MacDonald. You'll have to ar range another disaster so you can lie your way into another con tract" The dooi slammed as Kathleen went out. He could write anything he pleased now. She didn't care what he wrote to her' father: she didn't know nor particularly care what her father, what anyone thought And then with a sudden uplift of hope she remembered that Balmy had believed in Young Donald. And that Young Donald had been justified in his condem nation of her. He had felt toward! her just as she had felt toward! Kit-Smyth as he barred the miners from The Golden Girl. Love From Afar THAT night the sun sank behind the painted hills; the sky and hills were incarnadined with the blood red tint. The mine super structure stood out like a grim scaffold, a rigid portent of the secret it covered. Kathleen spent her time be tween the women at the commis sary and the hospital, and visiting the bulletin boards. Those bulle tins were so despairingly the same. A gain of a foot, two feet A flurry of excitement around the mine and newsmen ran swift ly, Kathleen joining them. "We're going to risk another charge." Morgan reported. "We need room to work. It will give us a chance to timber in without stopping the forward push!" The powder crew went down. Everything else seemed to stop. Would the blast cause a cave-in? Would It deter the rescue work further? Young Donald ordered it. said a voice. There was visible relief. "So that's where he Is." thought Kathleen. "That Is where ha would be." she corrected herself. A skip shot to the surface Two men marched off. hands stilllv at their side They wer rarrvine a stretcher Ulood. powder and rock dust were mixed or the face of the man who lav there. Made fifty feet, he crowed in triumph and fainted. Fifty feet, hours of work in half an hour, and as soon as the muck was cleared away, the diamond drills would continue biting on through. iwenty-four hours had passed, then thirty. Balmv had said thev could 1ml thirty-six hours . . . providing ha had made his way through to them: providing he had oaucnt them before thev tried a hondc.u attempt to climb the winch shaft. Kathleen found a shadowy cor ner and huddled there with a blanket over her shoulders She could catch an occasional glimpse of Donald MacDonald from there: love him from afar. As soon as the men were safe she would go away and from the safety of her home In the east write him and tell him she was sorry she hadn't given him a chance to explain. He had WflntfH. that chnnre The miners had of course told him of her battle with Kit-Smvth as soon as ht had contacted them He would have learned that she had fought for his men as he would have fought Meanwhile she could watch Kit-Smyth was much in evidence Kathleen could see the two of them consulting Kit-Sn.vth. despite his cunning qualities, was an expert engineer and he did know his mine. A car drove down and a girl crossed the deadline. Bridget. Kathleen called and she came swiftly to her. "Dear child, you'll freeze out here. My. I had a time getting here. I thought thost blessed little brats would never gel to sleep. I'm noble. Imagine tending the home fires when I wanted to be down here. Tell me everything " Kathleen tolt her everything she could think of. And then they sat silently watching the change of crews un til Bridget vawned "Those youngsters, of course they are sensitive to the atmos phere. Gloom and tension are al most visible in the air. but I cant do a thing with them Norman and I have decided that we shall start using the rod from the first dav " Kathleen looked at Bridget "Norman Mormun and vou?" And Bridget looked at Kathleen. "Darling, vou were in your right mind lost nigh' when I told vou we were engaged weren't you? But you dio act . . . Kathleen she cried, "vou thought it was Donald!" ICrtriili It!), tmn) Tomorrow: Thry'rs Uirouth.' j GRANGERS LEAVE E PORTLAND, Ore.. Nov. 36. V Qranne dflepMM were n route home today after ndjournlng their 72nd an nual convention yesterday. Nittionnl Muster toutfc J. TtUwr. CoImnbUR, Ohio, mi one marked by harmony, unanim ity of action and clear thinking twl said It "wtta a greot thing when far mer from 30 ntntea could come to ijethpr and nuree upon a program .' At lift concluding m-1om the granrfe voted for continued private owner Mid the public Interest waa not Im paired. The RraiiRera alao urged completion of the St. Lawrence enway. POTtTLANO. Ore,, Nor. 3fl.- atyled the mclve -wnw A. Ooff. fU, uenithy -(Art Celt- j fornla mnrher. h br.n at a P.irt land hotel aiiue Tin-winy, unwire hie absence from hmne fisi anu- I lety for his fitniMy. ! His wile iMArloM'il M S.mt ltw yeittenliiy atio hud uird crcllv lo hip and operation of railroad. They hvate him for wvpim. claw Her l.it approved abandonment and cmisoll- i word of hl heivat out w;m con. datlon of unprofitable llnca where ' talti'd in a letter lr m Mn t tit on ot;er transportation wa available November 13. STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By, JOHN HIX For further proof address the author, Inclosing stamped envelope tor reply. Baf . V. 8. Pat Off. 1121 W6H, M. Ton (Made in, , Akron ,ohio) iifff ggufi- yJ ) flMWY ItortU CoMPiSfep lvl IN fS DANCE, ml I'M x CONTEST UK Mtottf r-K noted foofbsllcosck THE FIRST READER tbR Z MASONS COACHED 3 DIFFERENT 7AM$ W 3 DIFFERENT INSTITUTIONS I AT Trie GAME TMEj (1922-Z3) UNCPiPTUREI) CORNER f -STRIP o? LfcND.ft MILES WlDf kHV 10 MILK LONG, WrVi THE ONLY SiCToR OF BELGIUM NoT ChPlURED BY GERMANY PURING TnC WORLD WftK... "luibe" Itulllngbery Although "Babe" Holllngbery. Washington State college football coech, had no college career, at one time he actually coached three differ ent football team at three different Institutions In Ban Franclaoo. Holllngbery any: "I confined Bates Prep school during the years 1022 and 1023 from 3 to 4 each afternoon, hurriedly drove to another playing field and coached Lick Wllmerdlngton high school from 4:18 to 8, then Hurriedly drove to a third field where I coached the Olympic club from 8:18 to 8. "Each team used a somewhat dif ferent system and set of signals," he says. "The Bates team was undefeat ed while Lick Wllmerdlngton won the championship both years. One of these years I also coached an Ameri can Legion team In December." Once Holllngbery won a game from himself by playing Bates against Lick. "It was quite a novelty to rush from one side of the field to the other, giving Instructions to both teams," he says. "I was In hopes the game would end In a draw, but Bates finally won 8 to 0." Uncaptured Corner Only part of Belgium not captured by Germany during the World War was a narrow strip of land, eight miles wide and 20 miles long, stretch ing from the coast Inland to the Vpres-Poperinghe line. Here wae located La Panne, King Albert's head quarters throughout the war. OF FLAMING AUTO BAKER, Ore., NOV. 26. (AP) John Hokr. city editor of the Baker Democrat-Herald, and Dee Dal ley of Baker kicked a window from a burn inp; automobile to escape death or Injury Thursday alongside the Baker Homeatcnd highway a few mllea from Baker. The automobile, which overturned two and a half times before the fire broke out. was completely destroyed by the tlnmes. It was lying on Its top when the men crawled out of the window. Hogtf Is Buffering from a back In jury and sheck. Dtilley was not Injured. BLACKMER SPENT $137 IN KLAMATH CAMPAIGN SALEM. Nov. 26. (if) District At torney Htirclln C. Blackmer of Klam ath county spent 137 in his success- TAILSPIN TOMMY The Pirate Attacks! ful reelection campaign, while his Democratic opponent, Don P. Hamlin, spent $227. James R. Bain, Republican Multno mah county district attorney, who was reelected, spent $518. O. C. Chamnan. Rpnnhllran ainnf ed state representative from MuKno- man county, spent $40, 4 THE DALLES, Ore., Nov. 26. (ffy Threo persons were Injured, one seri ously, last night when their auto mobile turned over near Maupln en routo to Portland for tho Oregon Oregon State football game. By GLUYAS WILLIAMS 6 tflOWlrl6 M'PlC'fllRE BOOK. SUPDEHlV POlH-fS (ff PICflJftE OF 10GOM01WE AHD SavVCHOO.WOO!" 11-25 DOEStff REALIZE WHAt A SErlSMlOW HE HAS MADE, A5 MWHER CAUSIb FAMUV TO COME HEAR HJM WHEJ AUDIENCE PAS GKThEREP, CBLI6- M01HER 5AV5 NO, NO, T0RM5 BACK lb SAV5,CHOO CrtDOl-AetoH, 0NFOR- 1HE LOCOMOTIVE, AND ASKS NOW.U'HKT TUNATQ.V T0lrlf;N6 AT PICTURE OF A COW 16 -THAT ? SfUDlK PICTURE, LOOKS OP BEAM1H6, AMD EXCLAIMS, BOW WOW!" (Copyright, '1838, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) HAS A VERV 600D TiMt, AFfE AUDlEHCE HAS LEFT, SAYIM6 "CHOO CHOOl'-fb AU. THE PiCTORES S MATTER POt Bv 0 M PAYNB ( LpJ ll Just touwd out ) $u V 'P' By HAL FORREST WE LEFT BETTY- OERBV FLYIhS AWAY lROM MIAMI IN AN AMPHIBIAM PILOTED BY THEIR FRIEMD, HANK. IN AN ATTEMPT TO FIND TOMMY AN EVIL MECHANIC. WHO SfDviccr, the plane before our. friends took, off, watched the; Shi p out of Sight, as he ominously remarked to a cohort that the AMPHIFt As"Flxlrl" X ET'S GO AHEAD' TOMMY! PL A MB V -kJ jtef WRECK I jSrSri looks I-' ?jS3 '- ' .' 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