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LOST Black. 6-ltnli dome cap. Find
er return to Petruleum Heat and
Burner Co.. 412 K. iinln.
LOST II flog miMing. call 1816,
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WANTED Boys 14 or over, to sell
newspapers after school. Apply
Mall Tribune office.
WANTED FEMALE HELP
WANTED Middle-aged or elderly
housekeeper. Good home. Small
wagee. Call evenings. 330 Haven.
W A N T E D Middle-ajed woman as
sist with housework. Good home,
wages. Phone 211 Central Point or
Route 1, Bo 62. .
WANTED Housekeeper, must be good
cook. References required. Phone
349-W.
WANTED SITUATIONS
EXPERIENCED COOK wants work.
Camp or cafe. Mary Kelty, Talent.
Phone 374-R-8.
WANTED Plowing and teaming.
Phone 912-J or 1534-Y.
DEPENDABLE young married man
wishes steady position. Experienced
In truck driving, service station,
and steam pressing clothes. Cap
able for most anything with future.
Salary preferred no less than $15.
weekly. Inquire Box 2699. Tribune.
WANTED Miscellaneous
GENTLEMAN wishes to meet Chrts
tlsn lady. Box 2971, Tribune.
WANTED 8 good milk cows, 26
barred rock pullets. See M. M.
Yerex, Medford, Rt. 4. Box 66.
WANTED TO BUY Dry dairy cows
and heifers. Also beef. C. C. Hoover.
Phone 437-R.
WANTED Furnished or partly fur
nished 6 or 6 room house with oU
heat. Phone 877-H.
WANTED Empty beet pulp bags.
Davis Feed Store. 127 N. Riverside.
LAUNDRY or plain sewing. Mrs.
Huson. Phone 1345-M.
WANTED Good fresh cow. CO, care
Mall Tribune.
WANTED Dead and worthless ani
mals removed tree ot charge Phone
(reverse charges) Southern Oregon
By-Pruducts Co.
WANTED Platform scsle. 1715 No
Riverside
WANTED Horses and cowa Eagle
Point Pox Farm. Phono 37-X-7
HIOIlliST CASH PRICES PAID
For Your Furniture
.MEDFOHD BARGAIN HOUSE
37 N Grape St. Phone 1063
WELL DRILLING $1 .60 per ft first
50 ft., etc J M Dodge. 519 King
WOOL - MOHAIR - HIDES
And Pelts See us before you sell
MEDFORD BARGAIN HOUSE
27 N Grape St. Phone 1062
RUDY'S LTIIOl.STEHIMl SHOP
All Work finaranteed. Free estimates
snytlme In connection with
HOLBROOK & ANDREWS
6th and Front Call 647.
HIGHEST PRICES PAID for Batteries
Radiators Aluminum Brass, Cop
per and other metals
MEDFORD BARGAIN HOUSE
37 N Grape St Phone 1062
WANTED Radio batteries to re
charge Only 85 cents each Phillips
Radio Service. 919 N. Riverside.
HE PAY MCIHK CASH
For Youi Furniture
lini.HRnOK & ANDREWS)
th ?nd Front Phone 647
FOR RENT HOUSES
4-ROOM furnished house for rent.
703 Palm. Inquire F. F. Burk, Phone
448.
FOR RENT 4-room furnished house,
$23.50. 307 Beatty.
FOR RENT 8 room furnished house.
Inquire 57 N. Peach.
FOR RENT Unfurnished 6-room
upper flat, lnqlassed sun-porch, all
modem, newly decorated. Electric
range, heater. 122', Mistletoe
Phone evenlnes 701-J.
FOR RENT b-room lurnlshed house
OU burner. 804 E. Main.
FOR RENT 4-room furnished house,
1211 Locust. Key st 1216 Locust.
OR RENT Clean, furnished duplex,
close In. Also new modern apart
ment, down sutrs 618 So. Oskdale.
FOR RENT Small furnished house
Key 146 So. Ivy.
FOR RENT Newiy decorated smsll
house some furniture. $18 60 616
So Oskdale. or Medford Stationery
FOR RENT Small furnished house
gas equipped. No dog. 334 Apple,
FOB REDn--H0P8E8
FOR RENT 8 -room furnished house.
713 Pine 8t.. across Irom Llnooln
school, ror appointment telephone
Mrs. Carley, B14-W.
UNFURNISHED Bouw for rent. 184
So. Ivy.
FOR RE NT d- room modern furnteh
ed house. Adults only. Phone 467-J
FOR RENT APARTMENTS
FOR RENT Apartment (12. 930
Beatty.
FURNISHED One, two and three,
room apt. 604 W. 10th.
FOR RENT Apartment. 334 Apple.
FOR RENT Two furnished apart
ments, eleetrlclally equipped
Adults. No pets. BOS W. 10th.
CHOICE APT., newly decorated, heat,
hot water. Electralux, and garage
Berben Apt., 10 Quince St.
OE BAUER APT8, 8th and Oakdals
Modern, courtesy, all comforts By
week or month, $36 to $4740. Phone
713-Y.
FURNISHED apartment; hot and cold
water, lights, private bath. Adults
012 8o Oskdale
FOR RENT Furnished Rooms
ROOM for rent. 103 Mistletoe.
FOR RENT Nicely furnished sleep
ing room for gentleman. 826 So
Riverside.
ATTRACTIVE ROOMS 404 S. Grape
ROOM FOR RENT Private entrance,
bath and shower, $2.60 week. 408
Edwards.
COMFORTABLE room In private
home 410 Beatty St Tel 1521 -V j
I
FOR RENT BOARD ROOM
BOARD and ROOM. $1 a day at 716
E Mam.
FOR RENT Miscellaneous
FOR RENT Steam heated office
room. Two atore buildings. See
Roland Hubbard or AI Llttrell.
LARGE OFFICE ROOM for rent
220 N Bnrtlett
FOR SALE LIVESTOCK
HEREFORD CATTLE AUCTION
The ' CalOregon Hereford Associ
ation will hold their Second An
nual Sale of 60 head registered
Hereford bulls and heifers at Fair
grounds, south Medford, Oregon,
Saturday, December 3rd, 1038, com
mencing at 1:00 p. m. Fat steers
from show will be sold prior to
bull sale. Breeding cattle are con-'
signed oy me prominent Hereiora
Breeders of southern Oregon and
northern California. Field Repre
sentatives Bob Teale and Forrest
Bassford for the Western Livestock
Journal. Col. A. H. Dudley, auc
tioneer. WEANER PIGS for sale. Charles
Smith, half . mile north Central
Point, former Mayfleld place.
FOR SALE 2 registered Guernsey
! bulls about 6 months old. From ad
vanced registered dams. Wing's
Cloverdale Golden Guersney Dairy.
FOR SALE Pinto saddle stallion,
4-years-old. James Miller, 478 Al
lison. Ashland. Phone 325-L.
FOR SALE PETS DOGS
POMERANIAN crossed with Peking
ese pups, for sale cheap. 515 No.
Riverside.
FOR SALE Beautiful Cocker Span
iel puppies. Delightful Christmas
preserts. Call after 6 p. m. 28
Washington street.
Por Exchange Miscellaneous
FOR SALE OR TRADE
1938 V-8 DELUXE COUPE. Will sell
or trade $150 equity. Balance $534
terms. Mileage 8.900. Best of care.
Good gas mileage, uses no oil. For
particulars call 1066-R. Mervln L.
Tlson, 916 East Main.
FOR SALE OR TRADE for hay, 8
brood sows. Linn Ranch, mile
west Jacksonville.
TRADE good player piano; and stock
trailer ror narawooa or stock, eui
Hazel Street. Central Point.
TO TRADE Repair work for wood.
J'vllle Repair Shop.
For Exchange Real Sstate
WILL TRADE large Seattle home,
with established Income, Capitol
Hill district, for Medford property
or surrounding district. My equity
$6500. Address Owner. 604 Harvard
Ave. North, Seattle, Wash.
WILL TRADE: 280 acre Improved
mountain ranch, clean of encum
brance for house In Medford. Earl
Tumy, 310 Liberty Bldg.
FOR SALE REAL ESTATE
FOR SALE OR TRADE Income prop
erty with 40 acres of land suitable
for summer resort. C. E. Carlson.
Valandra tourist camp, Central
Point.
FOR SALE Modem 4-room house,
nice lawn, enclosed back yard. In
quire 717 West 14th. Close to
Washington and high schools.
Phone 289-Y.
4-ROOM modern house, nice yard,
family orchard. $1700, terms. 23
Chestnut.
MOST SELL THIS WEEK 6 room
modern house, 6 room not modern
house. Call 408, Boardman.
EXTRA good Income property In
Medford want farm a down pay
ment, or what have you? Inquire
406 J St
WHEN you thiol of real aetata think
of BROWN e WHITE.
HOUSES FOR SALE in Medford and
surrounding towns Easy terms
Jsekson County Federal Savings
Loan Association
OOOU HOME for sale cheap Would
take small down payment oi what
have you Inquire 406 J St
SACRIFICE FOR QUICK SALE Du
pies 4-room modem house and
rsrsnt lots Box iww tribune
FOR SALE AUTO MO B1LE8
FOR BALE OH TRADE Dodge pick
up and trailer, also S-ton ratn hay,
Jake Myers, Central Point.
Be Mooern Buy
CHRYSLER
NOW ON DISPLAY
HAIIN MOTORS
38 North River side
FOR 8ALE Miscellaneous
FOR SALE Coast red cedar posts.
Feeds and seed grain. New and
used machinery. Flnley Imp. Co.
804 Protein Dairy Feed, only $1 40
sack. Best for cold weather, Davis
Feed Store.
EQUITY In Piano Accordion for sale.
120 Bass, 6 months old; value, $27tt.
Balance paid SB or S10 a month If
desired Would make an excellent
Chrlstmaa gift. Inquire Box 2608,
Tribune.
SHOP IN HOLLYWOOD through Cal
ifornia Courtesy Service. Unique
gifts from all over the world. 360
North Haywortb. Hollywood. Calif.
FOR SALE Studio couch. 20: Seely
coll spring mattress. S16 and other
household goods. Chas. Burnslde,
oo Hadley'a, 44 So. Central.
FOR SALE OR TRADE A Sandusky
model J tractor. John Dunlap. 6
miles northeast Medford, Delta Wa
ters road.
FOR SALE Dry body fir and hard
wood. Telephone 1212-J.
FOR SALE Guitar, like new. Cornet,
also new. Corner cupboard. 701 No.
Riverside.
FOR SALE Davenport chair, bed
davenport, buffet. Ivory chest, rug,
hand-made quilts. 715 W. Jackson
FOR SALE 1039 six-tube automntlc
tuning General Electrlo radio,
$2940. Phone 1555-R. 810 W. 11th
St.
HOUSE TRAILER for sale reasonable.
Rear Hotel Valandra, Central Point,
i EGGS Bring your fresh ranch eggs,
oash or trade. Humphrey's Grocery,
634 E. Main.
ALL KINDS of good seasoned wood,
Phone 281.
STEM punctured cornice. 50c per lug
Brine vour own container. Ameri
can Fruit Growera, Inc., South nr
Street warehouse.
FOR SALE 8-It. grain seed drill,
horse disc, fresno. walking plow,
buezsaw, 19 horses. Wayne Large,
Williams, Oregon.
FIRST CLASS BODY FIR. laurel or
oak. 12-lnch and 16-Inch. Phone
1787. 1214 West 10th. Night or day.
FOR SALE Miscellaneous
FOR SALE: Dry applewood at Prink
orchard. Phone tm-j-a.
FOR SALE All kinds apples. Phone
1S3-J-2.
FOR SALE 16-lnch dry body fir
$2.00 per tier;; 16-lnch black oak
$3.00 per tier, pnone oraers no.
FOR SALE Newtown apples, 250 and
600 box. Myron Root Packing
Houso. Bring boxes.
BODY FIR. $1.75 tier. Ph 462-R-2
RAW FURS
Eastern nrtcea for your furs, paid
at home, ready cash Large stock
of traps new and used. We also
buy hides, pelts and wool.
MEDFORD BARGAIN HOUSE
27 N. Grape St. Phone 1062
APPLE WOOD
Stove and fireplace lengths. See
Rogue River Orchards Co.. end
North Central Ave.
FOR SALE Window glass, all sizes
Medford Bargain House. 27 N
Grape St Phone 1062.
WALL-PAPER at half-price during
Lamport's Close-Out Sale.
FOR SALE Bone dry body fir. best
In valley Hawley Transfer, 118 N
Riverside Phone 616.
FOR SALE At a bargain, l',-karat
diamond ring. Commercial Finance
Corp.
KLAMATH HAY Large or small lots
137 N Riverside Medford
MISCELLANEOUS
BAZAAR at First M. E. church begin
ning Friday, Dec. 2 with dinner.
Cooked food sale Saturday morning.
FREE DELIVERY Phone orders re
ceive personal attention. Hum
phrey's Grocery, phone 462, 634 E.
Main.
PRESBYTERIAN BAZAAR opens at
noon, Dec. 2, at the church. Come,
do your Christmas shopping. Make
reservations for southern dinner
by calling 491-W or 1524-L, or 194.
A BETTER roboro Job at a saving
Phone Jacksonville 183. Frees' Oar
age. SETTLE YOUR DIFFERENCES out of
court, saving money, confidential
Write Economy Service, room 433.
Redwoods Hotel Ornnts Pass Ore
BUSINESS CHANCES
HARDWARE SACRIFICE account
death. $8500 stock, $4,000 profit
1937. Requires cash, financial se
curity. 419 Q St., Grsnts Pass, Ore.
NEW AND WELL-EQUIPPED Service
Statlun at Jacksonville for sals at
a real bargain Will require ap
proximately $1000 cash to handle
If interested phone 952 Medford
or writp P o Box 1074
BUSINESS DIRECTORY
JACKSON COUNTY
ABSTRACT CO.
TITLE INSURANCE
AltSTRACTS
ESCROWS
Dressmsklng.
THE FASHION SHOP Dressmaking
Fur Remodeling. Buttons and
Buckles covered Koom sua. u. a
Natl Bank Bldg Tel USD
DRESSMAKINO. Tailoring. Ladles
Coats and Suits Alterations Prices
reasonable Mary M Coker era
terian Bldg.
The MO OES Shoppe Featuring Tail
ortns Dressmaking Alterations fni
msn and women Hemstttcntni
buttons buckles 19 N Bartlett
DRESS MAKINO Alternations, re.
modeling of all kinds. Katherine
Muse. Singer sewing macnine. n
Ornr Lltvrtv BMP . Phn 7R2.
Kailtalur Repairing
HOOPER'S RADIATOR SERVICE
S3 Silith Bsrtlett
R00KINQ
WE REPAIR or apply any type of
roof Roll roofings and coating at
mall order prices Paoco Pslnte
sna Ronflna Ekerton Punt and
n i.:,, fi, Bartlett. Tel, J 4 J.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY
expert tv n0u L'leanel
LET JOB DO IT 111 1172 House
cleaning, floot waxing, demothlng
rugs upholsetry, cleaning
MATTIIKS8 A UPHOLSTERY
MATTRESS Upholstering. Furniture
repalrlug, reflnlshlng. Rug & Dav
enport cleaning. Fumigating Nu
way Mattress At Uph. Co.. Phone
293. 209 W. 8th St. All work guar
anteed. LOANS
REFINANCE
Your Heavy Installment
Payments
If your payments on your auto, fur
niture or other purchases are prov
ing burdensome, we will reduce
them to an amount you can con
venlently pay. Come In and talk
It over we probably can arrange
lower payments, and provide-some
additional cash In case you need It
OREGON FINANCE CO.
Lie No. 8-211. M-917 Phone 139
45 So Central.
MONEY TO LOAN on modern dwell
ings of late construction $9 76 per
month per thousand. Low Interest
rate.
BROWN ti WHITE. 104 W Main
Painting
COLORS BY NATURE PAINT8 BY
PITTSBURGH Let us reoommend
a reliable painter or paperhanger
F H A. -loans for painting now
available. Pittsburgh Paint Store
132 w. Main.
rransiet
DAVIS TRANSFER AND STORAGE
Local and Long Distance Furniture
Moving Bonded carriers Flrepruol
storage Expert crating, packing
and shipping service. "Davis for
Service." Phone 644.
EADS TRANSFER & STORAOE CO.
Office 28 So Fir Phone 316. Prices
rleht Service guaranteed
LEGAL NOTICES
Notice to Creditors
In the County Court of the State of
Oregon for the county of Jackson
In the Matter of the Estate of J. L
Wooldrldge. deceased.
Notice Is hereby given that I have
been duly and regularly appointed
Administrator of the above entitled
estate under and by virtue of an
order or the county court ot Jack
son County, Oregon, duly made, ren
dered and entered upon October 21st.
1938. and all creditors having claims
against saia aeceasea are nereoy no
tlfled to present the same duly verl
fled to me at the office of my attor
neys, Roberts Se McAllister, Rooms
201-205 united States National Bank
Building, Medford. Oregon, within six
montns irom the date of this notice
Dated at Medford. Oregon, thla 2nd
day oi novemDer, ibhb.
RAYMOND LATHROP
Administrator of the Estate of
J. L. Wooldrldge. deceased
Notice of Final settlement
In the County Court of the State
ox Oregon tor the county of Jackson
in tne Matter or we Estate oi
Amelia S. Antle, deceased.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
the undersigned, R. F. Antle, haa
tiled his final account as admlnlstra
tor of the above estate with the
County Court of the said Countv.
and that the Court haa fixed the
22nd day of December. 1938, at the
hour of 10:00 a. m. of said day, and
tne county judges office in the
County Courthvuse In Medford, Jack
son County. Oregon, as the time and
place respectively for the hearing of
objections, If any there be, to the
said final account, and you are here
by notified to file objections, If any
you have, to the said final account
on or before the aald time fixed for
hearing.
uateo November -23, 1938,
R. F. ANTLE,
Administrator of the Estate
of Amelia 8. Antle, deceased.
Notice of Filing Final Account
In the County Court of the state of
Oregon for the county of
Jackson.
In the matter of the Estate of Louise
Mail Tribune Oaily
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R. Parker, also known as Mrs. L. K.
Parker, deceased.
NOTICE IS HEREBY OIVIN that
the undersigned has filed his final
account and report in the above en
titled estate and that by order of the
County Court of the State of Oregon
for Jackson Ootmy a hearing upon the
same has been set for Friday, Decem
ber 30th, 1938, In the county court
room In the Jackson County Court
House In Medford, Oregon, at the
hour of 9:30 o'clock A. M.
AU persona having objections there
to are hereby notified to preeent the
same on or before such time,
Date of first publication of this
notice Is November 30, 1938.
LUZERNE H. ROLISON.
- Executor or the Estate of
Louise R. Parker, also known
as Mrs. L. R. Parker, deceased.
Meteorological Report
Forecasts
Medford and vicinity: Rain tonight
and Thursday, normal temperature.
Oregon: Rain west and local rain
or snow east portion tonight and
creasing, southerly gala oft the coast.
Local Data
Temperature a year ago today!
Highest, S3; lowest, 94.
Total monthly preclpltotlon, 3. IS
Inches. Deficiency for the month, .17
Thursday, normal temperature de-
Inches.
Total precipitation since Sept. 1.
1938, S.56 Inches. Deficiency for the
season, .66 Inchea.
Relative humidity at 6 p. m. yes
terday, 63 per cent; S a. m. today,
47 per cent.
Tomorrow: Sunrise, 7:20 A, m.;
sunset, 4:41 p. m.
Observations Taken at B ft.
130 Meridian Time.
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Boise r 53 38 Clear
Boston 49 38 Clear
Chicago , 62 30 Cloudy
Denver 58 33 Clear
Eureka 88 52 .05 Rain
Helena 88 16 Cloudy
Los Angeles 6B 63 .01 Cloudy
MEDFORD : 67 48 .03 Cloudy
New York 43 30 Clear
Omaha 68 30 Clear
Phoenix 7 40 Clear
Portland 62 44 .09 Rain
Reno 80 34 .01 Clear
Roseburg 40 50 T. Cloudy
Salt Lake 48 ?3 Clear
San Francisco- 63 46 .03 Clear
Seattle '. 80 48 .97 Cloudy
Spokane 38 32 T. Pt.Cldy,
Wash., D. 0. 48 98 .. Clear
Yakima 44 32 T. Rain
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Upper Rogue Grange
In correction of the error made
in the Installation data In last week's
Upper Rogue Grange news, I wish
to slate that the data of Installa
tion of officers will be December
20. All Upper Roguers please note
this change of date. Mrs. Al Bed
lngfleld. 1
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ASTORIA, Ore., Nov. 80 ffV-Clat-skanla
fishermen said yesterday De
cember commercial aotlvltles probably
would be dominated - by a snotty
smelt run sighted In the Columbia
river. Olllnetters hauled In 150 pounds
and received fancy prices on the early
market.
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THE ARMY POST MURDERS
By Virginia Hanson 1
77ir girl across the aisle was
Chapter One
The Stranger's Face
THE BOOK was dull. I dropped It, consulted my wrist
watch to find that another hour must be killed somehow
and turned to the train window. Cornfields were wheel
ing monotonously past, miles upon miles of them, green
gold under the violent sun, their patterned rows riffling like an
interminably opening fan, their endless aisles leading from no
where to nowhere across a fertile
desert. An occasional black dirt
road flashed by, innocent ot traV'
elers, gash in the green landscape
that the fields rushed backward to
cover.
My hypnotized eyes were begin
ning to close when something drew
them away from the window, back
to the nearly empty car. The girl
across the aisle was watching me
again. She glanced quickly away,
but not before I had seen that she
was staring at' my ring the diamond-set
miniature of his class
ring that Charlie had given me
the summer before. . .
I studied her intently for a
moment, trying again to solve the
tantalizing familiarity that had
bothered me when I first noticed
her, just out of Chicago. She was
older than I, near thirty, I
thought; but it was difficult to
Judge, for she looked ill, or in trou
ble. She was thin and Dale, her hair
and skin the same lifeless beige,
her light blue eyes shadowed by
dark circles. Her clothe ' were of
good material, but poorly assem
bled, as if they were a matter of
indifference to their wearer.
No, I decided, I did not know her.
I had been misled by a chance re
resemblance. She srew tenie under my scru
tiny. I Turned back to the window,
feeling vaguely sorry for her, won
derlnn about that elusive rescm
blance: wondering, too, what she
knew about a West Point minia
ture, or whether she had merely
been thinking it an outlandish sort
of an engagement ring.
The cornfields were still circling
nast like huge, fantastic merry-go
rounds. I closed my eyes against
the glare and yielded to the sopo
rific rhvthm of the cllckety-clack,
ellckety-clack that was going on
under my feet.
Some time later the porter shook
me awake. We were pulling into
a shabby town, as i stepped down
to the nlatform I saw the girl
again. She was ahead of me, fust
disappearing Into the small station.
T atiaataafl si f ff as Vi At asnia ! latttlnl
strengthened that had seen her
before.
Charlie's Silence
THEN I forgot the small puzzle
a of Identity that was to loom so
large in a tew nours, ror EUzaDem
Wright was advancing sedately
across the station platform alone.
And suddenly It rushed over me
that Charlie's silence over this
proposed visit of mine might have
been caused by something more
serious than his careless letter
writing habits. I had written him
of Elizabeth's invitation and he
had not answered the letter not
by any means an unuiual oversight
on his part, but one capable of
two interpretations, as I saw now
for the first time. It was Elizabeth's
privilege to ask me to visit her; it
was my privilege to accept. If for
any reason Charlie were to And my
f resenc on the post embarrassing,
here was nothing; he could do
about It and nothing was exactly
what he had done. Nor had he
found it convenient to meet my
train.
There are moments of Intelli
gence thst defy sll rational ex
planations of the workings of the
human mind. I stepped off the
train thst midsummer afternoon,
saw the strange girl vanish into the
waiting room, saw Elizabeth com
ing to meet me alone; and com
plete though formless advance
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krubied.
staring at me again. She looked strangely familiar, but
I couldn't place her.
knowledge was given me of the
horrors of the dreadful night ahead
of us all. I halted, terrified by the
silent urging of something for me
to go back.
Fort Ben Havens
TpHE Impulse to heed that voice
a
was so strong that I half turned
back to the waiting train. The por
ter was picking up his step.
"Lose something, miss?"
"I no. It's nothing. . . ."
He touched his cap, swung onto
the slowly movina car. I stared
after him hopelessly, badly shaken
bv mv desire to run snouting along
the piattorm, to race tne garner
ing speed of the train, to be pulled
aboard.
What on earth would Elizabeth
think of such a nerformance? I
smiled involuntarily and turned
to meet her Innocent answering
smile.
"I'm so glad you could come,"
she said warmly, taking determin
ed possession of my suitcase with
her lnvariaoie, insistent courtesy
which is impossible to resist, and
leading me to a shiny little black
coupe that I had never seen before.
"A birthday present," Bhe ex
plained, showing It off to me with
childlike pride. 'Tve had it for two
weeics. rve already driven it to
town several times alone, so I told
Mr. Spencer not to bother about
getting excused from duty so he
could drive you out. The men are
all so busy, with one thing and
another," she sdded vaguely.
The explanation was plausible
and my moment of prescience had
vanished, I settled myself In the
car with the sensible reflection thst
if Charlie were up to anything I
might as well And it out now as
later,
For the next five miles my fore
bodings took a new direction, At
first I tried to chatter nonchalant
ly, but Elizabeth's answers were
monosyllables delivered from the
corner of her mouth with such an
air of painful concentration that I
was glad to take the hint and turn
my attention to the road. This,
fortunately, was graveled and
smooth, for wa attacked It with
all tne furore of a terrier wor
rying a lane snake. We rocked
and Ducked, the road colled and
straightened while we charged on
ward, the hot, dry wind swirling
bsckwerd the dust of our passage.
Elizabeth sat painfully erect,
her blue eyes boring ahead, both
hands on the wheel, elbows well
In. On her face was the look of
Arm kindness I had seen when she
was gentling a nervous horse. I
swallowed a hysterical giggle and
clutched the side of the car as we
shied past a truck, one wheel kick
ing at the rim of the ditch.
A quarter of a mile farther on
we turned on two wheels through
the open gate, narrowly missing
a deft-footed sentry, and entered
the post,
Fort Ben Havens Is one of those
familiar rectangular communities
that dot the prairies of the Middle
West. The nearest passenger trains
stop at the village Ave mllei dis
tant and exccDt for a few scattered
dwellings and a general store tht
spiked iron fence shuts out only
Acids and fields of nodding corn.
In contrast to the surrounding
country, the post Itself Is as sleek
and groomed as a city park. We
had entered at one end ot the
rectangle. Ahead of us stretched
the smooth turf of the psrade
ground; facing it on the right was
the long row of bsrrscks, on the
left the offlcers' quarters; beyond,
at the fsr end of the plain, the flag
floated high above headquarters,
Freak Fire
ASTORIA, Ore., Hot. 80 P fifty
acres of stump land near Benton ware
burned yesterday by a freakish mid
winter fire In bracken fern. Before
It waa controlled It threatened to de
stroy a school and several small dwellings.
nucleus of a'little group of build
ings that included the Officers'
Club, the chapel, the Post Ex
change and the Service Club.
Sanctuary
AN occasional khaki-clad figure
crossed my field of vision, but
otherwise the post seemed de
serted. Elizabeth negotiated an
abrupt turn, halted the car In its
tracks, and the hush of the summer
afternoon closed about us.
Colonel Wright's quarters stood
In malestic Isolation at the near
end of the plain, facing the review
ing stand where the band played
lugubriously on Sunday after
noons. The outlook was lovely, but
the house itself was uncompromis
ingly ugly. Built of red brick, like
most of the buildings on the post,
It was squarish and tall, with a
broad veranda across the front and
sides. Inside, the rooms were too
large, the celling too high, the win
dows big and ugly; and within the
bare white walls were crowded
the motley furnishings peculiar to
army houses. There were plain,
heavy mahogany pieces, tables of
csrved ebony, black-and-white
peacock chairs from the tropics
side by side with deep and well-
worn easy chairs. There were brass
trays and countless uttie Drass
boxes, ugly long bolo knives and
a row of ivory elephants parading
across tne goiaen oaK mantel oi
the living room. The Chinese rugs
were magnificent and overlapped
each other on every rvallable inch
of floor space.
But in solte of its startling Jux
tapositions, Its candid violation of
the laws of good decoration, that
Interior had Its own distinctive
charm a charm that partook of
the perfume of spices and myrrh,
of the flavor of an unfamiliar
world. Within those walls there
was sanctuary from the humdrum.
Elizabeth led tha way upstairs
to a room I had occupied before.
It was Immaculate and cool, and
trees murmured outside the open
windows. The smell of green grass
was good after the city staienesa
I hacf left behind.
"We'll have some cold lunch
when you're ready," she said,
pausing in the doorway. "I told
Annie to wait, because I don't like
to eat alone, and Father left for
Omaha early this morning."
somewhere a clock struck two
as her measured steps retreated
down the stairs. I made haste with
a sketchy toilet. There had been no
diner on the train, as Elizabeth
doubtless knew. It was like her to
know.
In the big dusky dining room I
lunched hungrily, cheered on by
middle-aged Annie, a Aery little
daughter of Erin whose friendly
chatter was Interrupted only by
the swinging door into the kitchen
tiirough which she vanished and
reappeared with speed and gusto.
"Sure and it does my heart good
to see a young miss that's got the .
good sense to eat her food and
relish It and not be all the time
banting and thinning and nibbling
like a rabbit at two leaves of let
tuce." "Thst will be all Annie," said
Elizabeth. "As soon as you clear
away you may go. You remember
we'll be out for dinner."
"Sure, and why else would I be
feeding you up so hearty? It'll be
hungry you are by morning, what
with the cook In' oi that Bridget
and dancin' all the night and what
ever. But I'll be in by eleven, as
usual, and I'll be leavin' you some
sandwiches; I make no doubt
you'll be havln' In some of them
fancy young men thst throw their
cigarette Duns in my Clean nnx.
Well have a good time." And she
flounced out.
Elizabeth distinctly blushed.
I wondered whom Annie meant
by "fancy young men." Did Eliza
beth have a heart Interest on the
post?
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