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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!"
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Tomorrow: Thry'rs Uirouth.' j
GRANGERS LEAVE
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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
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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
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TOMMY!
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looks I-' ?jS3
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THAT REMAINS
OF BARRY'S
SHIP! . . THEY
GOT HIM, ALL
FiiP ll; r LL GIVE HIM A LXA -f r
A f FARir-3iutSf GREAT cats!
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BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER Yep Nope!
By EDWIN ALQE
GEE, DOC KILEV AND MAYBE J (7
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WELL, NOT HAVING 60Ne
TO THE FARM, JASON
JONES MUSTVE STAVED
IN TOWN- BUT WHERE?
I'LL TRY THE HOTEL
sciqu i'm ci An m
SEE YOU, MR. SPRAGUE!
IS JASON JONES
STAYING HERE WITH '
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