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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1939.
After A Man's Heart
by JEAN RANDALL -
YESTERDAY. Georat WeeKel
(till Bug to be kind to Tim be
cause he hod an unfortunate love
affair. He telle Tim to be nice to
Buff, because fhe items to have
Jie bluet, also.
Chapter Six
Buff Breaks Down
THE letter had come; the letter
Buff had expected and dreaded.
She had known what it would be
like. Eleanor was slow to make up
her mind, but when he did she
acted with decision and entire
thoroughness.
Her daughter caught her breath
when she took the fat envelope
from Atkins. She was far too pre
occupied to observe that the fore
man's manner was odd; that he
fidgeted, cast t glance toward her
which was a mixture of appeal and
defiance, and in the end stalked
away without opening his mouth.
Ud the stairs Buff flew with her
letter. Tim's door was open and he
roused himself to mark those fly
ing footsteps. And noticed that
they dragged forlornly and sur
prisingly just before the girl went
into her room and closed the door
behind her.
Minutes later or perhaps It
was hours he caught the sound of
muffled sobbing from somewhere.
He had been so far away from the
ranch, been with Iris, hearing her
hauntingly sweet voice, dwelling
on the soft radiance in her uplifted
brown eyes, that it took him some
time to realize that what he was
really listening to was little Buff
Carroll crying In her room.
"An ther love affair gone
wrong," he concluded grimly.
"Nothing I can do about it either.
Oi- can I? Shall I hobble ... and in
vite her to weep on my shoulder?
Did I want to weep on George's
shoulder when when no, of
course I didn't! The only thing I
wanted was to be let alone. Still,
girls are different queei'. Maybe
she'd like a bit of brotherly sym
pathy." He scowJcd. "Oh, lord I
Hate to barge in and risk being
told to mind my business. Con
found Itl The child'll tear her
own throat to pieces if she doesn t
let up."
He considered the man who, pre
sumably, was responsible for all
this woe.
"What more does he want?" he
demanded angrily of his injured
leg. "Money I suppose Carroll's
got something, and this girl's his
one and only; looks George
seemed to think she's not too
homely the prestige of being a
famous cartoonist's daughter. May
be he's one of these men who resent
brains in a woman," he decided.
'That stuff she writes maybe he
holds it against her. But he needn't
read itl" he said somewhat fiercely.
"Anyway I'll bet his own past is
nothing to frame and hang on the
wall of the living room."
He looked at his watch. "I'll give
her five minutes more; then, if she
doesn't stop that crying I'll make
a nuisance of myself and offer sym
pathy. Maybe she'll be so furious
it'll distract her."
It was the shortest Ave minutes
he had ever known. The long hand
of his watch seemed to race. When
the limit was up, he hobbled re
signedly toward the door. His hesi
tant tap on Buff's went unnoticed
and he knocked; a good loud knock
this time. There was a moment's
silence and then Buff s voice, curl,
ouslv muffled, replied.
"Who is it? What d'you want?'
"Tim."
Without further ado, he opened
the door and limped inside. He
frowned again, seeing her In e
tiqh', unhappy ball on the bed
"Don't do that!" There was acrid
protest in his tone. "It doesn't do
any good. He isn t worth it. Bull.
thouqh I know you won't believe
me. As a matter oi fact, he s an ego
tist of the first water. Confound it.
why shouldn't you write if you
want to, if it amuses you? It's your
life, after all."
"W-what do you mean?" Her
hrea.it rose and fell stormily. "He
doesn't mind my writing. It was his
idea in the first place."
"Oh, It wasl" Another explana
tion dawned on him. "Jealous, eh?
Invading his own field? Well, all
I've got to say is he's a louse."
Slight Misunderstanding
SHE jerked herself up to one el
bow, swept the loose waves of
hair from her wet eves. "You shan't
call him that. Tim Corliss! He's the
dearest, the finest . . . and what
do vou know alinut him, when it
comes to that? You've never laid
eyes on him!"
"Nor wish to," he Informed her
coldly. "I know the kind of guy he
is: absorbed in his own concerns
I suppose he calls it his work!
and paying no attention to anyone
else unless he feels his supremacy
if threatened. You're darned well
rid of him. Buff, if vou'd lust face
"But I don't want to he rid of
him! And you're simplv silly about
his being jealous. Anvhmv. he
didn't write: it was she Eleanor!"
He made frenzied motions with
his hands. "So there's an Eleanor
in It. Is there! I might have known
Always a triangle of some kind
from that in the Garden of Eiln
strnlght down through the ares
And Eleanor wrote you! H'm
Doesn't that show vou? Doesn't it
Buff?" he urged.
Tears welled Into her rt
blue eves, spilled over the swollen
lids.
"Of course It does." she admitted
forlornly. "I knew It before
though. It's just seeing it put Into
R-ords "
"Here!" He lu. oiwara anc
wiped her face with nis own hand
kerchief, thoroughly and matter
of-factly. "I don't bei'eve cryinj
helps. It'll only give vou a head
ache, 1 should think. However'
Resignedly he put his arm aboui
her. "Howl on my shoulder, m
dear child! You've certainly earnrc
the right to."
She tooK full advantage of tin
handsome offer. She was homesic!
lonely and unbearably depressec
She wanted Lance's big arms abou
her, Eleanor's soft voice to speai
soothing words. Failing these, Tin
did pretty well as a substitute
When she raised her head at last
she looked definitely more cheer
ful. She blew her nose, gave a final
mop to her eyes and leaned back
on her pillows. Then it occurred tr
her to ask:
"How did you know? Did he
they write vou? But. no. o!
course they didn't. They don't ever
know you re here. That you exisl
so far as that goes. How did you
know?" she repeated.
"I heard you crying. I figured oui
the rest. It wasn't hard. A girl a
pretty girl at least, George say.
you're pretty. What does a prett'
girl usually cry about? A love af
fair gone wrong. So I came to offei
my sympathy."
He got to his feet with the ail
of a man who has performed hi:
whole duty.
"Wait a minute! You're wrong
you've got it all wrong. The letter'?
from Eleanor "
"Yes, you told me. I suppose hr
thinks he's in love with her now?''
"Well, of course he's in love with
her! She's his wife!"
"Look here," he began sternly
"You don't want to bo mixing ur
in a think like that. If he's married
to her. ynu keen out. I'm surpriser
at you. Ruff I didn't think you
were that sort of girl."
'They Don t Want Me'
"WILL you let me explain?" It it
''difficult to be icy when one's
eyes are puffed and red, and
one's cheeks still glazed with tears,
but Bulf managed iL "Eleanor's
my mother. The man who encour
aged me to write is Lance, my fa
ther. Now will you stop this idiotic
babble of triangles? You've been
seeing to many movies," she said
disapprovingly.
"Mother?" he said, astounded.
"Father? But why are you crying?"
"They've gone off on a motoi
trip." It was the only explanation
she could think of but even to her
self it sounded woefully inadequate.
uood gosh he commented
slowly. "Good gosh. So that's itl"
"What's what?"
"You've stayed here to look aftel
me; given up something vou'd set
vourjiean on doing. Bull, I
"I've done nothing of the kind."
she snapped. "You could have
stayed here with Mrs. Webb and
Atkins to look after you. It s just
that that " She felt her chin
beginning to quiver and she took
herself resolutely in hand. She had
cried enough for one day. "They
don't want me!" she burst out
"That's what Eleanor said in the
letter. I hoy want to be by them
selves for a while longer.
He sat down again, puzzled gaze
on her. "Let me get this straight.
There seems to be more here than
meets the eye. Why shouldn't they
like to be together? Why should
VOU WOOD buckets of tears bemuse
your father and mother . . . Was il
a trip you specially wanted to
take?1'
"Not that! And of course it's silly
of me to go on like this. It's only
that I thought they needed me
that they'd be unhappy without
me; and Lance dors put off things
and Eleanor's headaches are so bar
when they come "
"I see. The first smile she har
ever beheld on his face twitched a'
his lips but he suppressed it man
fully. "Well, that's pretty bad, mi
dear, but it might have been worse
You'll all be better. I think, for i
litle change from each other. Peo
pie often are."
"That's that's what Eleanoi
said."
"What do you plan to do when
this trip is over? When you've
fired or re-hired Atkins, whichevei
you decide?"
1 don t know." she tnlrt him In f
small voice. "Something some
thing that keeps me busy, that's
that's independent of them. I know
they're right; I know I should be
leading my own life. The nuestion
is: what shall I do?"
He gave the matter frowning at
tentinn. "Write? You could take an
apartment somewhere and devote
yourself to writing."
1 suppose I coil d. Sounds nret.
tv dreary though. Eleanor savs
they'll be in Chicago In three
weeks and I'm to meet them there:
that we'll stav nil winter In n
hotel apartment. But Lance won't
stav all winter there. He'll get a
yen to sketch something In some
outlandish place shadows on the
snow in Maine, or hummine hirris
in Peru- and off they'll an "
Off you'll (jo. too?"
No. That's n.irtlv n-hit I
crying about. I ... I'm homesick
for them for next winter, if ynu can
understand what I'm talking about
I mean, it s no good gning through
this separation and then joining
hem again; like like water clos
ing tin over a stone thrown lm it
I shall have In stnv n,. -..1.1
life for mvself 1 ran. of course,"
'he said nroud'v "It's lust the
the getting used to the Idea."
'I know what vou mean " Hl
voice and eves were kind "v'n
iltc Hello! there's
have to
car ccmi
Continued Monday.
AT 55TH
WASHINGTON, Oct. I2.-( AP)-Mra.
Franklin D. Roosevelt hud it birthday
anniversary yesterday hr (Ifty-alxth
but the busy first lncly'i activities
went on m usual.
Two of her four sons. Jnmfti and
Elliott, "Just happened" to be In
town on business, Mrs. Rwwevelt
explained, and hence could see her
out a birthday Dike with 31 candle
the maximum nt family parttfs.
Otheru l thre was nothing In
tb wo.) otf ce.eDratiua
AUSTIN. Tex.. Oct. JJ.-(AP-Dr.
Francis E Too. nw t id . na t lonally
known old ntr rwnsiim figure here
I to confer wiMi Governor w. Lee
O'Dunlcl, mid t..ny his ormia
tlon would "buiM mir own nation
In Mexico If we are kept off the air
In the United Stnt.. "
Dr. Tnwnaend hart boon iniormrd
of arllon by the NiitlonM Vvx-iatlon
of Pi-o;:rt iMors barring htm from
jaid radio plug ram.
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Miriam Hopkins
Is "Renovated"
RENO. Nev.. Ot. 12 .-( AP, -Slipping
quietly Into District Jude William
McK night's courtroom at 8:30 a. m.
an hour or more before most court
sessions begin blonde Miriam Hop
kins won an uncontested divorce on
grounds of cruelty today from Antole
Utvak, film director.
The actress was given the right
to resume her former name of plain
Miriam Hopkins after the brief, pri
vate hearing.
IH a st Kills Torch men
PORTLAND, Oct. 12. ( AP) A car
bon explosion which occurred while
an acteylene torch generator waa
being loaded killed two "torch men"
at the Alaska Junk company today.
Dead were Andrew D. Besr, 63. and
William H. Stevens. 51, both of Portland.
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BUCKY HARRIS SIGNS
TO MANAGE SENATORS
WASHINGTON, Oct. 12. ( AP)
President Clark Orlffith, ot the
Washington Senators, today an
nounced he had signed Stanley
fBucky) Harris to manage the Sena
tors In 1940. No mention of salary
was made.
Harris, who brought Washington
Its first pennant. In 1024. finished
alxth with the Senators thla year.
SPECULATORS TAKING
ALL TURKEY SUPPLIES
PORTLAND, Oct. 12. AP -Speculators
absorbed turkeys as quickly
as they were available today at prices
the lowest on record at this period
of the season.
Carload movements east gained.
A number of Interests were inclined
to hold for larger holiday profits.
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Closing time for Too Late to Clas
sify Ads Is 1:30 p m.
GRANTS PASS FARMER
DIES OF SHOT WOUND
GRANTS PASS, Oct. H. (AP) A
C. rord. 79. Perrydale pioneer, died
Tuesday a few hours after a shotgun
blasted off his left hand and forced
removal of his rtht eye.
His widow said he had been carry
ing packages with the gun and that
she believed one of the packages had
fallen, striking the trlfger.
Dse Mall Tribune want ads.
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
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