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PAGE EIGHT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1939. After A Man's Heart by JEAN RANDALL YESTERDAY; Tim Corliss te siu on leaning uhm he find that foreman Atkini rented the ranch without knowledge ol the owner. But hit ear smashes and he it Injured. Buff postpone! a thowdown with Atkint. Chapter Four Buff Becomes A Nurse RS. WEBB was innocent ot any 1 i participation in the affair, Buff soon discovered. "I'm sorry Mr. Corliss hurt him self," she said, "but "m glad he's foing to stay here a while longer. uiH tn Atkins he done right well for Mr. Carroll to find a boarder so soon, and one as nice as Mr. Corliss." Buff visited the Injured man about noon of the next day. Atkins reported that he had had a fairly good night under the influence of the doctor's little pills, though his ankle gave him some pain. He looked up wun a iwisiea grin. "Go on," he advised. "Say it!" "Sav what?" "That classic observation of your sex: 'I told you sol' You did, as a matter of fact I acknowledge it freely. If I'd waited till this morn ing I'd have been in Boulder long Deiore mis. "It never occurred to me to say " was the eirl's indignant retort "I'm sorry terribly sorry this had to nappen 10 you. i leei use apologizing for our road. Atkins is going to have some of the worst boulders "aKen out immediately. "Atkins is staying on then?" She flushed. "For the present, yes." She grinned a little. "My fa ther says he s an a Die man. "Too darned able. I'd call hlml Still - " He glanced down to where his bandaged ankle was protected from pressure or tne bedclothes by an ingenious frame work of the foreman's devising. "It's lucky for me he's here. Doc tor coming out today?" "Yes. Why? Are you in so much pain?" Buff asked anxiously. "No pain to amount to anything. I want to ask him how soon I can move, that's all." She was too good a nurse to pur sue the subject, knowing what the doctor's verdict would be. Instead she darkened the loom and slipped away with no more than a friendly nod toward Corliss. For several days the patient was kept under the influence of seda tives Then they were withdrawn and both Atkins and Buff had their hands full with their patient Rest ed, his ankle giving him no pain, he was determined to return to Boulder. "If I couIl hobble from the car to the house with Atkins' help and this ankle hot even strapped, there's no earthly reason why I shouldn't be driven to Boulder, a matter of two hours, at the most," he argued. "You might tear the ligaments loose again," Buff said. She tact fully refrained from pointing out two facts he had chosen to ignore: that she had helped Atkins on that painful journey from car to house, and that Corliss had collapsed at the end of it "See here, young man, you don't Know wnen you re well oil, Dr. Westland scolded. "You're getting the kind of rest you've been need ing for months. I talked to your Boulder man and I know the sort of fix you were in when he sent you out here. You promised him to stay at least a month. Well, you're f.oing to keep that promise, or get another physician, understand? Aside from any other considera tion, I don't want you rarin' round on that ankle. Relax, relax, fellow, and thank your lucky stars you landed here where you have one of the best cooks In the state, your own private valet, and Miss Buff to look after you.'' Tim ceased his protests but with a return of that lassitude and in difference which disquieted the two women. Buff had thrown herself Into the care of the invalid the more hearti ly because the telegrams and let ters from Canada, although they were exactly what Eleanor had outlined to Lance, hurt her un bearably. It was not alone the realization that her parents wished to be by themselves; It was her own knowl edge that she had reversed the old theme of the "possessive" mother or father. She had few interests of her own and they were by way of being by-products of Lance's. To amuse him when he was recover ing from an attack of influenza, she had written a one-act play about two of his cartoon characters. Im mensely delighted, he had submit ted it to a producer and it had been a hit Protectlveness MOW she could look back and see ' how he had encouraged her to do the satirical bits which had gone to smart magazines; the serious short story which she had begun this summer here at the ranch. It was not, she knew now. so much fatherly pride in her cleverness, as a wise attempt to help her to a life of her own. I.ance in the role of wise father! Eleanor, the farseeing and therefore troubled mother! Buff could not find her amusing if talented charges in these adults She was bewildered, cut to the quick even though she realized they were right and she had been oh, so wrong; most of all she foil the world her own fascinating, responsibility -making world, shaking beneath her. Blind (o what she was doing, she began to pour out all the protec tiveness, the detailed planning and adroit management which bad been her lavish gift to Eleanor and Lance, upon Tim's listless head. "Like to talk a bit?" she would ask, slipping into his room when breakfast was over and Atkins had made his toilet for the day. With out pausing for a reply, she would curl herself into the window seat and begin a sort ot monologue, sel dom turning her eyes to see if he was listening. She knew that this sort of companionship, which broke the solitude but required lit tle or no response, was the best possible thing for him. So she mur mured away, her lovely low voice more effective than she knew. "Sometime I plan to come out here and make a pilgrimage to the old ghost towns: abandoned places where once there were flourishing mines. I suppose you know lots about them. There is one above Ward, a tiny town up Left Hand Canvon. There's a cluster of old log cabins up there. One used to be a store. You can still see the shelves and where the counters used to be." Or again: "Can you believe that Webby weighed only ninety-eight pounds when she was married? Factl She showed me a picture of herself at twenty. Poor dear, she has a tragic history though anyone less tragic in appearance and man ner I don't know. She lost four children at one time: diphtheria. She and her husband were living at the back of beyond. He was a miner. By the time they got a doc tor up the trail, and the anti-toxin, it was too late. The oldest was nine and the youngest two. The poor parents buried them in the nearest cemetery and went to Alaska. Mr. Webb was drowned there. She seems to think ot all the queer things that have happened to her, that's the queerest: for a miner to be drowned." She kept ud this rambling sort of tale until it was time for Tim's luncheon. In the afternoon, she went off for exercise, returning at four o'clock. "Like me to read to you? she would ask. and without giving him a chance to refuse she would pick up the Interesting biography, or the travel book which had been begun a day or so before, and plunge into it George Weekes PRESENTLY, when he was al lowed to sit in an armchair by the window, she challenged him to a game of cribbage. As his head began to shake in dissent, she said Eathetically: "I do love cribbage. ance and I used to play a lot I can't read all the time, out here, and I have to stay until I can find a successor to Atkins." If it occurred to Tun that she was in no haste to replace the foreman, he did not mention it. He fell into the daily series of games as he had acquiesced in most of her propos als; because it was the easiest way out ol an impending argument wow and then, under her occa sional and casual questioning, he gave her hints of his own back ground. He was an M. I. T. gradu ate, though he had been born in Denver. He came out of college at the beginning of the depression. He and a man named George Weekes had an assaying and sur veyors firm in Boulder. Weekes did most of the surveying while Tim stuck closely too closely, it appeared after six years of this partnership to test work and estimates. Like to ask vour partner out here for the week-end?" she sug gested one day. r or the tlrst time he showed real interest. "Could we? I'd give a lot to see old George." Buff made a mental note to con sult Dr. Westland. A business con ference might not be what he wished for his patient. "No. no business." he said when she broached the subject "But it would do him a lot of good to see somebody he likes. Go ahead and ask him." Weekes appeared Saturday aft ernoon and Buff liked him at first sight. A somewhat plump person, in spite of his constant physical activity, he radiated good nature. Gray eyes twinkled behind incon gruous eye-glasses on a black cord. His grin was infectious. He shook hands with Buff and thanked her for her care of Tim. The old bov s had a hard row tn hoe in the last vear If It hntn'i been one thing, it's been a gang of 'em. He tell vou about ' He stopped abruptly, peered at her. men changed the subject "It's mighty nice of you to invite me out here, Miss Carroll! Is there any thing you want to sav to me ahnnt old nr. aside from avoldine mention of business?" Not a thing! It you'll follow " She led tht wav nn tn where the inlured man awaited his partner and friend. George Weekes' voice boomed out qenially. Well. Well. VOU nM tenHerfnM! Thought vou could drive that cof feepot of vours straight tin Audu- oon, irau or no trail! How do vou " She closed Ihe door ffenttw nnnn them. " ' r Continued tomorrow - J- WPA WILL SURVEY SCHOOLADEQUAGY SALEM. Oct. 10 (AP) The WPA has allotted $45,000 to carry on a survey to determine the adequacy of school buildings throughout tht state, StAte Superintendent of Pub lic Instruction Res Putnam said to day. L. E. Marsrhat, former school su perintendent st Sprlrwlleld. will su pervise the 60 project workers. "In addition to determining the adequacy of school buildings In this stale, It Is expected that the study will show the features of achool buildings that are best adr.pted to Ore?"!, n. Us." Pulii.'m j'it. . -Jho Oni. ootamwt i4 be mat ON PLANE FLIGHT SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 10. (UP) The five-months-old baby son of Restaurant Owner Fred U Carroll had already made a round trip tllRht to Lo Angelea so hla parent! had him chrlatened today high over the city In a chartered United Airliner. Carroll uld all ot the family were aviation enthusiasts ao It waa felt appropriate to hold the chrlstenlnn in an airplane, stewarden Vera Smith acted aa godmother. available to local and county school officials who m? be mncemrd with thv rfotganlratlon of local school amis' On the Radio Chains STATIONS (There to Find Tbem on the Dlai: HEX, Portland, 1180; KFL. 640, Lois-tngeles; KUA, 1470, Spokane, KGO. 790, San Francisco; KOW. 620, Portland; KJB, 870, Seattle; KNX, 1030, Lot Anceles; KOA. 830. Denver; KOIN, 940, Portland; EOMO. BIB. Seattle; KPO, 630. Sao Francisco; KSL. 1180, Salt Lake. Tuesday 8:00 The Aldrich Family, KPO, KFI. KOW. 6:30 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, KOO, KEX, KJB; Tuesday Night Party. KSL: Heldt's Orch.. KPO, KFI, KOW. 6:00 All American Music, KQO, KEX; Aurandt'a Orch., KNX; Melo dy and Madness, KPO, KOW, KFI. 6:30 Fibber McOee, KPO. KFL KOW; Crosby's Orch., KNX, KSL, KOIN; Concert Orch., KOO, KJR, KEX. 7:00 News, KOO, KEX, KJR; Var iety Program, KPO, KOW, KFI; Call ing All Cars, KNX. 7:30 Dog House, KPO, KFI, KOW; If I Had The Chance, KOO, KEX, KJR; Sporta Pop Offs. KNX, KOIN; News, KSL. 8:00 Amos snd Andy, KNX, KSL, KOIN; Fred Waring. KPO, KFI, KOW; Information Please, KOO, KEX, KJR. B:16 Jimmy Fldler. KSL, KNX, KOIN; I Love A Mystery, KPO, KFI, KOW, 8:30 Johnny Presents, KPO. KFI, KOW; Aldrich Family. KOO. KEX, KJR; Big Town. KOIN, KNX. 9:00 News, KEX; Tuesday Nlgbt Party, KOIN, KNX; Oood Morning Tonight, kpo, KFI, KOW. 9 :30 Measner's Orch., KOO, KEX; Battle of the Sexes. KPO, KOW, KFI; We, the People, KNX, KSL, KOIN; News, KJR. 10:00 News Reporter. KPO, KFI. KOW; Sullivan. K.VX, KSL; Madrl guera's Orch., KOO, KJR, KEX; News, KOIN. 10:30 Foster's Orch.. KPO. KFI. KOW; James' Orch., KOO, KEX, KJR. 11:00 Ravazza's Orch.. KPO, KFI; Organist. KEX; Barnett's Orch., KSL. KOIN; News. KOO, KNX, KOW. Wednesday 8:00 We Present, KOO; Wsrlng's Orch.. KPO, KEX, KJR, KOW. 8:15 Adventures, KOO, KEX, KJR; These Amazing Years, KOW; Melody Time, KPO. 5:30 Buenos Nochea Amlgos. KPO. KFI, KOW; Concert Orch.. KOO, KEX. KJR. 6:00 8tar Theater, KSL, KOIN, KNX; If Money Talked, KQO, KEX: Musical Soiree, KPO, KFI, KQW. 6:30 Hollywood Playhouse, KPO. KFI, KOW; Coaches Convention, KOO; News. KJR. 7:00 I Want A Divorce, KNX. KSL, KOIN: Kyser's Prgm, KPO, KOW. KFI; Dance Orch., KOO, KEX, KJR. 7:30 Burns snd Allen, KNX, KSL, KOIN; Concert Salon, KQO, KJR. 6 :00 Warlng's Orch., KPO, KOW; Dance Orch., KEX: Aloha Land. KGO; Amos and Andy, KNX. KOIN. KSL. 8:16 Mystery. KPO, KOW, KFI; Lum snd Abner, KSL, KNX, KOIN: Dance Orch., KOO. 8:30 Psul Whltemsn. KNX. KSL KOIN; This Moving World. KOO. KEX; Avalon Time. KPO, KFI. 9:00 Al Pearce, KNX. KSL. KOIN; Pred Allen, KFI, KOW, KPO; Cal. Composers, KOO. 9:30 Teagarden'a Orch., KGO, KEX; Dance Orch., KNX. KOIN. KSL; News. KJR. 10:00 Madrlguers's Orch., KGO, KJR, KEX: News. KNX. KSL; News Reporter, KPO, KFI, KOW; News, KOIN. 10:30 Enrle Orch., KGO, KFI. KJR, KEX; Ravazza's Orch.. KPO. KGW. ' 11:00 Basle's Orch.. KSL. KOIN; Nottlnghsm's Orch, KPO, KFI: Or ganist, KEX; News, KOO, KNX. KOW. More Destroyers Ordered Repaired WASHINGTON. Oct. 10 (AP) The navy department reported today that 26 more old destroyers of the World wsr period hsd been ordered recom mlsstoned, bringing the total to 38. Plsns for recommlsstonlng old de stroyers, announced recently, called for a total of 40. The destroyers, now In the navy yards at Philadelphia and San Pedro, Calif., eventually will Join the neu trallty patrol. FOOTBALL EQUIPMENT By GLUYAS WILLIAMS ARRIVES LWCRlR 6AME.ES PLMrJlW6 HE CAHT FIND HIS HELMET, HE'S BEEN L00)OK& HI6H AKP LOW FOR if ACCUSES VARIOUS MEMBERS OF TEAM OF HMN6 BORROWED rf OR S0ME1HIN6, EiEWoODy1 DENVW6 blZRtfH)H& REFUSES FUflW To FW Wlftf OUfHRMEf, EvTHlFHE IS H0LDIK6 UP THE SfiMrT SOMEONE SU66ES1S HE MfrV HWE LEFT IT At FIELD VESTEJ? WW WHEH fritY CriASED THE FiRE EM6INE, (MV LONS SEARCH DISCLOSES IT UNDER 'BOSH PUTS IT ON, AL0N6 PROCESS OWIHG To HELMET'S BE1H6 HIS BROTHER'S AND MUCH TOO Bl6. 6DME pESlHS. 40 MlWDTES late HELMET COMES OFF DURltfe TO5T SCRIMMAGE AND STAYS OFF AND fORSOlTEN FDR REST OF 6ftHE (Rffleasrj 6y Tht Brit Syndicate, lap Junk Awaits Tow To Puget Waters VICTORIA, B. C, Oct. 10. (AP) The Chinese Junk Til Ping (Uttle Wind), wracked by Pacific typhoon (Big Wind) was still at Quatstno. Vancouver Island, today awaiting a tow to Puget Sound en route to San Francisco. C. T. Foot, wlreleaa operator aboard tfeo Steamship Princess Norah. re turning from Quatalno, said the Tal Ping's master, Capt. John Anderson, told him the 105-day crossing from Shanghai would be his last. Pioneer Drowns ABERDEEN, Wash., Oct. 10. (AP) Mrs. Mathilda Anderson, 70, Aber-1 deen pioneer, drowned last night In the Wlshkah river near her home, when, police said, she stumbled over the bank Into the stream. An all night search for her ended today with finding of the bod; In the river. Two Swiss Soldiers Killed by Land Mine SAINT GALLEN. Switzerland. On. 10 ,'jp, The Swiss army general staff announced today two soldiers were killed when a mine under a bridge on the Rhine canal, south of Laks Constance near the German frontier, exploded and destroyed the span. Military authorities began an Investigation- STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX For further proof address th wthor. lneloslss stamped envelope for reply. Reg. TJ. S. Pat. Off. Pofninican Republic, 6T4 HIS RYE BREAD BY AIR MAIL fVERY 2 WEEKS FRoM NEW YbRK CAY rreosfeWM ,1 GRADUATING ClASSA fff Cetrfenaril ColleAp.b.- of Centenary ColleAehf WlHe OUTBREftKoFTrie CllIL WAR, fNUtffeP IN THE CONFEDERATE ARAty... AND cvcRY GRADUATE . GOVERNMENT- aLons cosis More To run 7HAN THE COMBINED BUDGETS OF i" 0 OF THE W STATES X only the federal, government 4?tws More ... . aTTn aTir i. l wmmw A i mimi N ii nu'irf 'a -: .i i t,.:"tmc-ja JWiS sr.: :s:s -IJ! !!j v TAILSPIN TOMMY Betty Lou Must Have Had a Oood "Hunch"! N.T.C.'S GOVERNMENT New York City has the most expenMve norernment In the rnltefl "lutes, fveluiilne the fi-flernl government. Last year's budget was almost ?500,000,0(KI. The city's net debt lost March ivas ?2,01T,(l:,2a7 three limes that of New York State. DEATH CLASS Written diagonally across the page of Centenary College's faculty minutes for Oct. 7. lam, are these terse words: "Students have all gone to war. College suspended. And God help the right!" Every gradu ating student was killed In battle. CONTRARY COMPASS Like poles repel and unlike poles attract; hence the South pole of a compass points to the North magnetic pole. Tomorrow: Border Justtcel THAT S MY NUMBER., BETTY-LOU-' I -1- tr:m'vf By HAL FORREST! ES.. AND .YOUR. NUMBER. WILL BE UP.. IP YOU FLY IN THIS PICTURE .'OH. PLEASE DONT, BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER Confirmation! mji". hi I RUST); YOU'RE JUST I ALL RIGHT.1 HERE COMES THE WOMEN OP HAPPy VALLEY WOULD DESERT WILLIS ' '"."III, ' fbrCAY, TOMKINSM (THANKS FOR f HE'D HATE TO SEE Me I 1 CHIEF.'. YOU'VE GOT RITI3 IS HARp I THE TIP ("WASH OUT, ...?? MAYBE ) SOME POWER OVER. ) iTSJJf WM,RTE "A1 SHOULD HAVE (THIS AIRPORT? JEN 0 I TMS.cir! VLlDttT) LINSPECTED THS SHP V A SHIP UP TO ORDER,) V ONU yo tfa feiMORE THOROUGHLY -TOMMV DqWN..PLEASEji ?n yJb,VskXy m&m BEFORE I TOOK OFF' , BEFORE IT'S TOO Lf SSI si ,n -v ix -rv . 5K5ki ill yiMi:sjir vx. i t r cmumi Jtr viw ww - iini i : w-a w Bv EDWIN ALGEF nBCDAiDiKJfS!-1! I V EVERY LAST OHE O' MY SEX I WELL, YOU'RE WHy...ER..ER... DESPAIRING ALONG COMES 1 ! IN TOWN UP AN1 LEAVES NOT GOING THOU&HT I ISS uic SuJ.a0 l fOpWNV WASHINI HOUSE TENDIN1 TO HIS SPEECH, WOULD, SON- WITH HIS WAVY HAIR, J 1 AN' THEM THAT HAS, BABy THOUGH. ARE dKT T'filTA ru BUSHY EYEBROWS AN ! OAiciNV AeJ Pilrw cSbdV ALnsJ. . ,X ARV ItLItJ, A rZIl i i MtfCif TWIRLY 1 I MINUTE GOSSIPIN' ABOUT J. FASlN y V-ACJ VIEW O' THE GRANDMA ASK THE NEBBS In Bad? By SOL HESS rt titi i jm i rMn rv, ess?5t;.. . 15 . !. i5"r- 'W runirsi, rNiJ.SI MIL,: -XJ THfcKES NOTWIMG TO THIS SS MA55ifB!:n TUCrM . TWIMG-0UST A COUPLE OF A AMD MMAT'5 tup OF BACKWOODS KIDS. iJUSTl BACKWOODS GOT TO i WVEIMT TO THt DANCc. TO KILL. I UO WITM IT T THAT sj COUPLE OF LOMESOMEI NIGWT5. DOESM'T ALIBI. 'i''si 10-S YOU WERE LOME- SOME FOR ME "READ MV LETTERS OVER AMD OVER YOU DIDMT READ THEM TO THIS BACKWOODS VEMUSy DID YOU PLEASE OOM"T fiifOFn TO M? Akin m YOUR CONRDENCE rS AS A, BROKEKI I'VE SOT CUDV WORRlEn AMrV iM GOIWG TO HAVE A LOT DP FUlsl WITH WIM-.HE ACTS LIKE A WD CAUGMT COMING OUTy Ol- 1H kantky WITH H 5 FACE, SncARED WITH JAM i r
