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DON'T MARRY THE MAN
Chaoiet 3)
"They're Through'
IT was Impassible to be gay, or
even nanny in such surround
ings, yet Kathleen (elt load
bad been lifted from her heart
and that it was winging up past
the singing cables, past the top
most light on the superstructure
ind on to the mountain stars.
"Have you talked to Donald at
all?" Bridget continued.
"Yes." Kathleen answered slow
ly. "First he told me what he
thought of me. then, when 1 could
catch my breath, I told him in
equal detail what I thought of him.
We didn't seem to crre for each
other, she concluded dryly.
"Tell me." demanded Bridget
Kathleen '.old her: told her
much more than she realized.
"That explains so much," Bridg
et observed when she had finished
'Kathleen, have vou any Idea
where Donald was at the time the
alarm was given?
"1 overheard Kit-Smvth dic
tating a letter to father. He said
he was at living field out of
Carsted.
"But you don't know why he was
there. Then listen and see U you
can understand why Donald talked
to vou as he did. When yoi're en
gaged you'll understand how time
(lies without you being aware of it
Norman and I hadn't time for any
thing but ourselves until dinner
was ready then Donald came in
and asked where vou were. 1 felt
conscience-stricken and told him
you hadn't come over yet He went
after you. He found the note you
had left for me. I don't know what
vou wrote, but there was some
thing in it that sent him flying
some place.
Kathleen smiled ruefully. "1 con
gratulated vou on your engage
ment to Donald and told vou T was
leaving. I only reached Balrov's
He made me come In and we ha. i
long talk. He told me about the
reud. evervthlng.
Bridget frowned In concentra
tion. "I'm piecing things together,"
she said. "That was it then He
thought you had left for ilew
Vork He went aftet vou. Don't you
see. dear. Donald was rushing
after you to bring you oack be
cause he Invert vou. He was giving
up every MacDonald tradition and
prejudice because you meant more
to him than they did. And in this
mood, this eagerness to offer you
everything he had. Kit-Smyth
found him. I don't know what Kit
Smyth said but It's safe t. believe
he destroyed this image Donald
worshiped. And Donald, heart
broken over the disaster and
breatbroken over vou, came
straight from Kit-Smyth to you."
Kathleen nodded "Yes. 1 Know
how he felt because I felt lust like
that. I've laughed a lot over 'mor
tal wounds and stabs In the heart,
hut thev're real. Bridget I felt as
thuigh Td been mortally wound
ed I didn't care much about liv
ing for a while."
Abject Defeat
BRIDGET stood up. "Let's go
-' over to the commissary, I'm
cold and hungry and I'll bet vou
haven't had any dinner."
Kathleen followed her DUt she
was not looking towards the big
building, her glances were search
ing the few men around the mouth
of the mine, looking for one,
Norman found the girls In the
commissary. He was taking Bridg
et home.
"You'd better get some rest,
Cleo. they won't be through be
fore mid-morning."
The name Cleo sounded strange
to Kathleen, then she caught the
Import of what he had said. "Mid
morning . "
Six A M. had heen Baltr
drndline: thirty-six hours.
"Where's Donald?" she asked.
Norman gave her a quick
searching glance. "Below. I can't
pry him loose He'i wrecking him
self with worry-"
Kathleen made her decision as
they drove away She would go
down there to him.
She couldn't. The technical ex
perts were in charge now. the
trained rescue crews from the
United States Bureau of Mines
Thev needed the skips.
Kathleen looked at the objects
thev were carrying and shuddered
Canvas cots and canvas hags. The
bags would be needed if thev
broke through too late.
The mine doctor rushing alone
stonned and looked at Kathleen
"Go to bed girl." he ordered "I'm
ettlng un an emergencv hospital
on the 1580 level I'll need the
Klrls down there I'll need you up
'ore. got some rest."
"But the hospital down there
what does It mean?"
"Tt means we're preparing for
Mfe." the man answered stoutlv
"And the onlv life there'll be left
will nerd resuscitation In the
shortest possible time."
Kathleen nodded The medical
men were prepared to save mln
itrs Time was that precious.
She knew she couldn't sleep, but
she did to awnken with a start
and find the sun high In the
Seavens She sat up alarmed. A
Hnthlv silence hovered over the
nlnre
No one was In the hospital, no
one even In the emergency room
-By Jtnn Bowmtn-
Sne rushed out ol ajors u c ....n
the entire place was deserted, the
only sign of life the swinging
cable, the throb ot the motor.
Ten o'clock. Mid-morning.
A man appeared from the com
missary. Kathleen hurrieu to him
'What news7" she begged.
"Not much. They gave up trying
to break through first, drilled In
with an air hole; hope to shoot
through medical supplies if there's
anyone on the other end can use
them."
"And when was that?"
"Several hours ago . . . wait
here comes a skip "
"Dog-weary muckers stumbled
out. There was no sign of hope on
their worn faces, nothing hut ab
iect defeat
"Yes. the air hole went through
MacDonald called, .here was no
answer."
They went on their way and
Kathleen and the man stood In
silence.
His clumsy hand patted Kath
leen's shoulder. "Don't take that
as final. They may be through to
another level; may be only a
pocket there. Then too, the men
fall in a stupor sometimes; lay
there hours before it's too late"
There la Life'
KATHLEEN nodded, then tensed
Another skip was up, a man
in a slicker, engineer or official
was running, calling as ne ran
"We're through get the cana
ries: Get MacDonald!"
"They're through!"
Where the scene had been dc
serted it was now thronged and
mad cries of Joy took up the song
"They're through! They've broken
through!"
Men in grotesque costumes came
running out slipping oxygen tank."
over their heads a; they ran
swinging cages with tiny Huffy
canaries in them: little yellow
birds that peeped with dismay, un
aware of their hero roles More
sensitive to poison air than any
living thing, they would collapse
before the insidious air crept into
the lungs of unsuspecting men.
Only a relay crew: the others, the
picked men were already down:
they'd been ' there waiting for
hours.
Then Kathleen saw Donald Mac
Donald and she felt as though her
heart had welled up and was
pushing on ou'. ol her breast to
wards him. He was running. Some
one was handing .im an oxygen
tank, shouting at him as they kepi
pace.
Kathleen called to him Just a; ,
he slipped the mask over his face
He seemed to hesitate as though
wondering if he had heard a voice
then adjusted the gear, stepped
into the skip and dropped from
sight
She ran on to the mine collar.
"He's going in Brst," someone
said. "He served his time on the
crew: felt he ought to take thf
first risk. Thats Young Donald
if anyone has to die to find oui
what s on the other side, he's go
ing to be that one."
Kathleen sank onto the timoei
pile, tears coursing down hei
cheeks. "And I said I never want
ed to see him again."
She sat huddled in a tight,
tense, position. He had loved her.
Bridget said he had and she, well
she knew it too. Yet she had let
him go down believing she hated
him. She could have given him the
chance to explain but she'd lis
tened to hei pride.
Moment passed. Cars came
down from Neutrality, came ovei
from the MacDonald mines. Peo
ple crowded Into a compact mass.
Miners' wive in the foreground
Kathleen marveled at the stoical
calm of these women who waited
at this, the eleventh hour, with
no show of emotion. Yet how Ihey
must feell After their lonn hours
of waiting, how they must wish tr
rush through the cordon and fight
their way down to that walled-ofl
hole to learn for themselves the
fate of their men.
Moments Dassed. melted Intr
half hours, hours. The spring sun
heat down in a silent golden pall
Few words were spoken. The skip
naon t come up. m seemed, tot
eons.
And then the cable rattled, the
roar of the approaching cage was
heard. Everv breath In the crowd
was held, then expelled in a long
sigh as Morgan stepped out. his
face white.
'MacDonald Is through. The
men are all there. He savs there
is life. That's all for now."
Later, a second report "Jock
Arthur, unconscious but breathing.
first man carried out."
Kathleen knew the next hour
was the longest In her life The
skip was coming up slowly now.
And each trip brought with it
stretcher and on the stretcher s
silent figure, but with life.
Kathleen was called Into action
There weren't enough nurses Oxy
gen had heen fed slowly, now there
must tie nourishment induced with
equal slowness. These lives wMcr
had heen so close to death mtir'
he brought back slowly, lest th
feeble connecting line break.
She scanned each face. They
were mnstlv strangers to her 'And
they were all younger men than
Balmy Whv couldn't thev waker
and tell her of him?
ICtriikl 10 II. It (mol
Tomorrow: Danger for Donald.
Kents Face Rugged Life
In New Australian Post
CANBERRA, AuMrsli. (UP) The
Duke of Kent will have to tsks ft
rin with htm if h plays golf on
onr of the numerous courses ouUldo
Csnbrrrn ftftor taking up hli post nr
jrovrrnor-ttencrnl hcrr.
The crows arc ao daring and mis
thlrvtms thnt thrjr swoop down on
the course mid carry off the jtolf
calls. The only way to stop them ta
uy ine player brlnlDtf them down
with a rifle or ahotun.
The Duke and oucheas of Kent aUo
will bo able to try the local aport
of kaiiKnroo hunting, and if they are
iHVffnl, mnv nniple kangaroo
ateik..
Their i i(ht mile out-
me thf- capital and is ft Une man
sion called Yarralumla. The alt otu-f
was a famous aheop station. Although
hunt In M1, Oowrnment House has
been remodeled throiwhout and now
the- outer shell la nil that remains of
the original building.
Canberra la only it jxara old and
haa been built along garden city
llnrs. with 40 miles of tre-lined
avenues, suburbs two miles apart, and
with (1A7.-Uiirt white public buildings.
AuMrnltnn wattle, with Its golden
flower, 60.000 riowerli fruit trers
and llrltUh trees especially imported,
have been plimtrd throughout the
town, while a rurpet or flowers grows
In front of Pnrllament House.
Erich bimf.a'nw snd prtvnte house
is sit u.i ted In a small plantation
with no fence, ami each is ilr.Mgncd
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
For further proof address the author, Inclosing a stamped envelope tor reply. Rf. V. 8. Pat Oft
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fctnucMCN or ncKceiioNs
WhS IMPEDED foR TEARS
The imit lescrt
Strange as it seems, the Inclusion
of but thtee little words In the
geography books of school children
& century ago retarted for nvmy
years the settlement of the Nebraska
territory, Including the great North
Platte valley.
Those words were: "The Great Des
ert." They were put there on the
advice of Major Stephen H, Long,
a topographical engineer of the Unit
ed States ermy who In 1810 had been
sent west to chart the Platte River
UeNwchl SyndlcaU, lot
cc .iu.j i . tl i.. j mountains b?yo:ul.
The war department was anxious
to learn H about the topography of
the country and ta locate the best
pass Into the Rockies. Major Long
spent four years at this work.
He followed the Platte Into the
mountains and upon the conclusion
of hla work made a detailed report
to the wnr department In which he
called the Nebraska territory a desert
because he thought the land was of
little value.
This Is what he said of It: "It is
almost wholly unfit for cultivation
and of course uninhabitable for peo
ple depending upon agriculture for
their subsistence."
Major Long then prepared ft map
of the region, and had lettered upon
It the words: "The Great Desert."
This map was widely reproduced In
the nation's school geographies, and
for years after It was proved that
the Platte region was very fertile,
the notion of It being a desert persisted.
Tomorrow:
buster I
The singing racket
in soft pastel shades matching the
blues and purples of the foothills of
the great dividing range, which en
circles Canberra.
The Monaro plains which surround
Government House are noted for
their hospitality and the entertain
ment offered at numerous sheep sta
tions. Polo Is played on some of the
stations, and at Bungendoro there Is
a horse race trock for amateur riders.
Dances, sports meets and "billy
teas" the Australian equivalent of
tho barbecue are "held regularly on
the sheep stations.
Deflation Plus Inflation
WILLOWS, Cal, (UP) The evil
effects Inflation and deflation are
not always purely of a financial or
economic order. When a club care
taker here chased three boys off the
club's hunting preserves, the boys
returned and deflated the tires of his
car. Besides a 910 fine the boys were
sent back to Inflate them again.
Identified hy Nil in hers
NORMAN, Okla. (UP) Here Is
how the Bobby Davises identify
themselves: "I'm Bobby Davis No. 1,"
and "I'm Bobby Davis No. 2." The
"twin-name" students are not related.
THE WIFE TELLS A STORY
By CLUYAS WILLIAMS
SftRfS nUH6 COMPANY ABOuY
fHEKHUHS "TIME SHE AND
HUSBAND HAD IN HE CAR.
THE CrTrtER DAY
IA0NCHES iWlb-fAtE, HUS
BAND PUfflN"6 1H SHE OUfcHY
-Tb "TEH. THEM FIRSf ABDUf
H&vJ "fHEV ONLV HAD HALF A
0SW6 SAV THAT ABOOf
"TWO WLES FROM 1HE NEf -fbWH
THE CAR STOPPED. H05-
BAft REMARKS If WA& NEARER
FOUR MILES
RESUMES THAT HETELTFOR
HIS WAlLEf AND HUS
BAND BREAKS IN -fO SAV
-friAT VT WASHT UHfiL LATER
HE FOUND HE HAD HO MONEV
60ES ON", 6E-TTIN6 A LUfLE
WvffLED, HUSBAND PUfflN6
W MORE AND MORE ItfTER
JECfiOrtS tMTiLYHEY' fRE
BOTH -TALKIN6 AT ONCE
SI6H5.ANP LET'S HIM FlWlgH
THE SfoRY
(Copyrlrtt. 163, by Th lfeM judicata, K)
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By 0 K PAYNB
California Bananas Grown
TULARE, Cal. ( UP) 'Possibilities
of a new Callfornlo fruit growing
Industry Is that of bananas. John I
Rose has successfully experimented '
here with a tree that was 14 Inches I
tall when he planted It 18 months
ago, and Is now 18 feet high, with a
diameter of 18 Inches and has al
ready borne two ripened bunches of
bananas.
r--s- ! ) rj PSM low To do
SI Just- vhoutat)
f touhd) rr A COAT UJ
r to 6o) "iw--n "a
y Sll Ipt (Copyright, 1938, by Th BU Syndicate, Inc.)
TAILSPIN TOMMY Tommy Doesn't Underestimate His Foe!
By HAL FORREf,n
BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER "Where's the Pen?"
EDWIN ALUEB
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