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PAGE EIGHT After A Man's Heart by JEAN RANDALL 1 Chapter 29 Found I HE SHOULD have reached the ranch before noon. Three o'clock found him still on the high way, his windshield wiper click ing with the regularity of a metro nome, the snow whirling in great gusts before him. Occasionally he ran into a road almost dry where the wind had acted as a giant brush; but oftener he encountered drifts too great to venture into be fore making use of the shovel with which he had provided himseir. Steam from his breath frosted the windows and had to be re moved again and again. Several times he missed the road entirely and felt the crackle of drie-' grass and saee brush beneath his tires. But for the first time since Buffs flight his spirits rose. He whistled as he got out and shoved the small car back onto the road. Here was somcthine he could wrestle with overcome. His mind was clear of emotion, the vapors of bewilder ment, remorse, grief, and loss blown away by the icy wma. fcven his love for Buff was translated into a determination to conquer the elements. He would reach the ranch or die in the attempt, he told himself, almost gayly. And reach It he did, though not until the early darkness had fallen. He had dreaded that dangerous road which led to the house itself, had almost decided to leave his car and walk rather than risk hid den boulders. To his suro-ise he found that although snr.w lay here and there upon thyroad, it was evident dailv work had kept it open. The new foreman, he thought with gratitude, was proving him self a worthy successor to Atkins. Tim's car sped gayly along, up to the very porch on which Bluff had found him sitting last uctoner. How much had happened in that short space of time! How greatly he. Tim Corliss, had changed. thanks to Buff! He chuckled to see the house briqhtly lighted. Evidently Webby and her fellow servant were tak ing full advantage of their isola tion. And who was to blame them ran his indulgent comment. Heaven knew it was dull enough for them alone out here through the winter. He hoped they had lighted as many fires, kept the radio on as many houra, cooked and eaten as many hearty meals as would help to lighten the months of their exile. The front door was unlocked and he went in without knocking or ringing. He forgot that the steadily increasing wind drowned the sound of his car. Webby was coming down the itairs as he entered: a Webby whose appearance strangely be lled the jolly picture he had been building up in his mind. Her face was drawn and anxious. She bore a hot water bag in her hands. Upset " f R. TTMI" she exclaimed. "You "1 did get the message thenl But the line's down . , . how did you know?" "Know what?" He was sliding out from his overcoat, shaking the now from It before he tossed it onto the big chest In the hall. "What's the matter, Wobby? You look upset." "Upset? I should think sol It's Miss Buff," she went on gravely. "She's awful sick and I can't get hold of Dr. Westlmd. Simons that's the new foreman he's kept the road to the highway free but he can't go on further with his car. He " Tim's painful grasp 01 her arm chocked her speech. "Miss BulT here? How long when did she come? What's the matter with her?" "I ain't right certain." Tears, caused partly by anxiety and part ly by Tim's Iron fingers, rolled down her broad cheeks. "She caught cold and it settled In her chest " "Pneumonia?" asked Tim. hor rified. "I don't know. She's suffering a lot and she's favensh, but it don't act just like pneumonia to me. She " "I'm going up to see her," Tim said; and strode past her, taking the stairs three steps at a time. Buff's doo.- stood partly open. From the big bed came smothered little moans that wrung his heart He tiptoed in and knelt beside her. gathered her hot hands in both his own. "BufT! Oh, RulTI" She attempted to smile, then caiiKlit her breath sharply. "Oh, Tim. it hurts so!" "Does it. my darling? Where? Show me where?" She laid her hand on her heart "Here when I breathe." "Is it nil right when you don't breathe?" "Yes. If I could Just get along without breathing . . ." Pain caught her again and she bit her lip. Chicago. Nov. 8 (! U. A. Sanabria, chief of staff of the American Television institute, asserted today that the introduc tion of television as a popular cntcrtninnient medium would be the nation's greatest prosperity stimulant. Once established, he said in an Interview, the television indus try would "easily employ 1,000, 000 men and take care of 5.000. 000 indirectly" nnd through Its ramifications bestow benefits up on many other industries. "Some 2.000 televisions sta tions." he continued, "undoubl edly would be Headed to serve the larger population centers, which make up at least half of the country. Each of these stH tions would be a potential place of employment for 30 men. and tliat'i taking into account only Tim's head was down on her breast, listening to its tortured rise and fall. He knew pleurisy when he saw it. The question was: could it be checked before it went into pneumonia? "Does it make you pant to turn on your side?" he asked anxiously. "No. Tim." "There's no effusion then, thank God! Nov; listen, 3uff. I've seen a lot of this kind of trouble among the men in mines, you know, and elsewhere. I don't dare wait until I could make it to Loveland or Boulder for a doctor. Will you let me take care of you?" "Anything anything," she murmured, breathing as lightly as she could. Tim took Immediate charge of the situation. He set Webby to making mustard plasters and ap plying them faithfully. He watched Buff's temperature as well as he could Ly the throbbing nf the little vein in her temple, the touch of her hands. When he judged it was growing too high, he ordered an alcohol rub for his patient. Gradually the pain lessened. By morning it had disappeared and Buff slept like a ti ed child. With the coming of daylight the snow stopped and Simons was sent in Tim's car to find a doctor. "Not that she needs one. Mit I want to make sure she's all right," Tim said. He was sitting in the kitchen, drinking cup after cup of the strong cofTee the housekeeper had made for him. "Now tell me, Webby, how long Miss Buff has been here? How did she catch this cold?" Actual Ilatred "CHE come the day after I left 3 Boulder," was the surprising answer. "She fixed it all up with me beforehand. She was taking Miss Iris to Chicago " "To Chicago? Why?" Webby pursed her lips. "She'll tell you what she wants you to know, Mr. Tim about Miss Iris. I mean." "I'm sorry! I shouldn't have asked. It's none of mv business, of course. But Miss Buff is my busi ness!" The fat cook sent him a shrewd glance. "Mebby mebby not: that's for Miss Buff to say. But anyhow that's how we had it fixed. Miss BufT told me to stay on in the apartment till the first of the month, then come out here and she'd loin me And ahe done it!" "All this time out here! Tim was dumbfounded. Ho had thought of her in Florida, in New York, even abroad: it never entered his head that she might have sought refuge in a ranch house within a score of miles of him. "All this time, out here. We got along real well, too. Miss Buff, she had some writing to do. I cooked for her and Simons, he kept the road clear of snow and done the chores. If it hadn't been for that letter " "What letter?" Webby considered. "1 guess I better tell you about It, after all. It'll save Miss BufT talking. It was that DeMuth girl again," she ex plained, bitter accusation in her tone. "Miss BufT got ,ier a job in Chicago. Something to do with clothes, I don't know just what She wears her clothes real well. I'll sav that for her And vou can bet Miss Buff didn't stop there either. She leased a little apart ment for her. she introduced her to some of her friends. You'd think," she went on acrimonious ly, "that was enough to satisfy anybndv. But not that Iris De Muth! She wired she was tired of working nnd was coming bark to Denver. Miss BufT drove in to meet her." "In this weather?" "In this weather. Of course It wasn't snowing so hard then, but it was plenty cold. She staved two days and got Hint Iris girl talked into going bark to Chicago. Then coming back here it betiun to snow, and poor little Miss BufT had to fight her way to the house." Tim shuddered, remembering his own struggle of yesterday A twenty-yar-oki girl, alone in the storm, getting out to scrape the frost from the windshield, battling with drifts, chilled through and through The papers were filled with stories of travelers who had died under such circumstances. Buff, his little BufT! And all to heln Iris DoMuthl A dislike for her which was akin to actual hatred took possession of him. A hundred Irises would not be worth the risk of one BufT Car roll. Nor did he believe Iris needed help She would alwavs land, cat like, on her feet no matter what the circumstances. IIcv.v like her to abandon the comfortable npart ment, the pleasant work BufT had secured for her. to come back to Denver, her unshakable egotism directing a new appeal to BufT, perhaps even to Tim himself. Webby was watching his face. Continued tomorrow. the engineering talent. The per forming talent would exceed the engineering personnel." UNCLE SAM'S WHISKY STOCK SEEN AMPLE Portland, Nov. 8 i,n Uncle Sam's whisky stock is big. big enough to prevent a war in crease in liquor prices, heads of the National Alcohol Beverage Control association declared yes terday. Bernard E. Manley. associa tion president declared that even if the war halted imports the re serve stock was still large enough to insure stationary prices for several years. Ml. Angel Mayor Ml. Angel. Ore, Nov. 8 i.l' Jacob Berchtold was reelected mayor yesterday, defeating Math Wagner 234 to 41. Wenthor Northern California: Fair and cool tonight; Thursday fair with lower temperature oulh por tion: fresh northerly winds off the coast. MEDFORD MATT, On the RADIO CHAINS 0TAT1ONS Where to Find Them on the Dial; Kei, Portland, 1180; KM, U4U. tot Angeles; KOA, 1470. Spokane; KGO, 700, San Fraiicltcoi KUW. 620, Portland; KJK, 070, Seattle; KNX, 1050, Los Angeles; KOA. Hill. Denver; KOIN, 040, Portland. KO.MO, 02(1, Seattle; KPO, 630. San I'ranrliteo; KSI., I ISO, Suit IJiUe. Wednesday 6:0O-Trank and Archie. KEX. KJR; News. KOO; Wsrlngs Orch., KPO. KOW, KPI. 8 :3C Kelseys Orch., KPO, KPI, KOW; Music for Listening, KOO, KEX, KJR. 6:00 Sketch, KOO. KEX. KJR: Star Theater, KSL, KOIN. KNX; Safety Pint. KPO. 6:30 Radio Guild. KEX: Holly wood Playhouse, KPO. KPI. KOW; Convention. KOO; News, KJR. 7:00 Sketch, KNX. KSL. KOIN: Kyser's Program. KPO, KOW, KPI: Magnolia Blossoms, KOO, KJR. KEX 7:30 Burns and Allen. KNX, KOIN, KSL; Shelld's Orch., KOO. KJR. 8:00 News, KPO; Breezing Along. KOO, KJR. KEX; Amos and Andy. KNX. KOIN, KSL. 8:161 Love a Mystery, KPO, KOW. KPI; Lum and Abner, KSL. KNX KOIN. 8:30 Whlteman's Orch., KNX. SUBURBAN HEIGHTS I Willi RMS TAILSPIN TOMMY Beverly Is BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER A THE NEBBS Peek a Boo V SKEET6R. WMTV WHY ' RE VOU f I l VOU WANTED TO WARN THE. ..THE If HE'S GE.TI NOV BUT. ..IF F uc IT rrV DON'T FLY THAT J V- I WOR.1YIN' ABOUT 1 JUST vHlM ABOUT WHAT, ( STUNT IS TOO PAID FOR. CRASHES.. HE'LL YifeTV? -vSHlP y ME THOUOHT l WANTED -rVMISS TiLTON?l DAN6ER.OUS, TAKING ) BE THE FIFTH PILOT ilL VtC -sT - i ( YOU AN' DIRK TO.... C-VTia MH.QUENTIN , CHANCES V TO DIE ON THIS N....? ARN V ' PICTURE PLEASE -" ""THERE'S THAT PECULIAR . 1 l l1 ' '" I II y .1 I t"""M- ll'ruj a. -r. r. "-ODOR IM THAT MYSTERIOUS iKioninvtr- V 7 OU.I-. f ' k Mm 4 1 CTrf GUY'S ROOM THAT THE BELL- ESSS BURgN , , AH..ER.. loTTO uAvp'TtJ . . ' BOY WAS TELLING ME. r--1 ME UP lit. SEMF I V J I APTER A titv-l?9 J I li - TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, KSL. KOIN: Quicksilver. KOO. KJR. KEX; Avalon Time, KPO, KPI, KOW. 8 :0O Pearce't Gang. KJCX, KSL, KOIN; Fred Allen. KPI, KOW, KPO. 8:30 Nobles Orch., KOO; News, KJR. 10:00 Martin's Orch., KOO, KJR. KEX; News, KNX. KSL. KOIN; News Reporter, KPO. KPI, KOW. 10:30 Madrlguera's Orch.. KGO. KPI, KJR, KEX; Ravazza'i Orch., KOW; Owens' Orch., KNX; Concert Hall, KPO. 11:00 Organist. KOIN; Nottlng ham's Orch., KPO. KPI; This Moving World. KEX, KJR; News, KGO. KNX. KOW. Thursday. 6:00 Prank and Archie, KEX, KJR; Sunset Shadows, KGO. 6 :30 Kelseys Orch., KOO. KEX. KJR; Army Band. KPO, KOW. KPI. 6:00 Major Bowes, KNX, KOrN, KSL; Oood News of 1040, KPO, KPI, KOW; Beyond Reasonable Do bt, KOO, KEX. KJR. 7:00 Workshop. KOIN; Music Hall. KPI. KPO, KGW. 7:30 Kogen's Orch., KGO, KJR; Pop-Offs. KNX. KOIN; News, KSL. 8:00 Fred Worlng. KPO, KOW, KPI; Cutler's Orch., KEX: Aloha Land, KOO: Amoa and Andy, KNX, KSL. KOIN. 8 :30 Symphony Hour. KPO, KOW, KPI; Ask-It-Basket, KNX, KSL, KOIN; Lyman'a Orch., KOO, KEX. 8:30 Those We Love. KPO, KPI, KOW: James' Orch., KGW: Powell's Orch.. KSL: Madrlguera's Orch., KGO, KEX; Operetta Series, KEX, KOIN; News, KJR. THE MEETING OF THE WOMEN'S CLUB HAD 1b DO WITHOUT REFRESH MEMTS LAST WEELK., BECAUSE MRS- PERLEV, WHO WVa PROVIDING THEV7, LET frep carrv the basket over top her)And fred STOPPED FOR A FEW MINUTES To WATcH A TOOT&AU. SAME Which THE NEIGHBORHOOD DOSS IaIERE ALSO ATTEKD)N6 tHrti-vt hy Th RH1 Syncilinttr Worriedl Fact J( HOPE ff 1 EVER V "Ti I VOU KNOW, BOVS, I KNEW VJ I VOU, BEH AND RUST, I I I'LL BET TWAVBE WELL " " " Recife? N I 2'Y TO CACHED THE END OP OOROTHV OET2ER AHD OLD V V THEM THREE SO J VBh' I Kul tScI ittwii k ! 1 THE TRAIL WHEN OUST JIM CRANE WERE FOUR ' WERE LEVEN IP wAVu.EA .xfiS SEVEN PEOPLE TURNED OF THE SEVEN-AND WHEN STOOSES 04 THE V HAD & I WAV HE DOES J JJZ UP AT AAV METING LAST fT I GOT THROUGH AITH MV FoR fV pUDFO IP QLTTTj T"H ri 7 ""SHT ANDy I SPEECH, THE OTHER THREE J 6TEPLOCK IT WOIADN'T T OREGON, WEDNESDAY, 10:00 News Reporter, KPO. KGW. KPI: Newt, KSL. KNX: Potter's Orch.. KGO, KJR. KEX: News. KOIN. 10:30 Ravaazat Orcb., KPO. KOW, KPI; Nottingham's Orch., KOO, KJR, KEX; Tucker's rch., KSL. 11:00 Martin's Orch.. KPO, KPI; This Moving World. KEX. KJR: Or ganist. KSL. KOIN; News. KGO, KNX. KGW. HEADED FOR PEN San Francisco, Nov. 8 (IP) Jesse Ray Mowery, 43, whose two wives said he kissed with "hypnotic" power, was headed for Folsom prison today to serve two consecutive terms of from one to ten years for grand theft. He was convicted of stealing $3,000 from Mrs. Vivian Korth, 32, of Martinez; and $2,000 from Mrs. Laura Alvina Smith, 41, of San Francisco, each of whom he wed about two years ago. He was sentenced yesterday. The women testified his kisses had a strangely narcotic effect. A bigamy charge against Mow ery was dropped. Closing time for Too LnM to Clas sify Ads is 1:30 p m. By iLUYAS WILLIAMS 1 In - . I NOVEMBER 8, 1939. OREGON POWER RATES WHITTLED DURING YEAR Salem, Nov. 8 UP) Oregon power companies have reduced their r .nual rates by $342,000 so far this year, compared with $137,000 during the same period last year, public utilities com missioner Ormond R. Bean said today. STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX Tor further proof address the author, Inclosing tAmped envelope for reply. Reg. TJ. 8. Pat. Oft iNSPiffPoTite INVEhHToH BY CHARLES PUKYEA, , FATHER oF THE AUToMcpBILE , -89Z- 'It a ttltby mited Ftatort Iredkata. Inr. frO Tn Rr l'. S Pit. on All rUht twml VlcARlHUR McArthur McARTHUR bNP tAc ARTHUR Won THE AMERICAM LftWNBoWUNSrWT CHWIONSHIFJ Chicago, ft? CARBURETOR INVENTION Charles Duryea, who claimed to be the practical inventor of the modern motor car, tn 189Z nearly half a century ago was inspired to invent the spray injection carburetor while watch ing his wife using a perfume atomizer Duryea, strange as it seems, won the first automobile race in the United States (Chicago. 1895) with one of his own vehicles, traveling 54.36 miles at an average speed of 714 milts per hour. HAT-CATI Chat, from the front, is much the same as any other cat. But his hind quarters are covered with sleek, gray hide and his tail oddly resembles a rat's. His paws have but four toes each. Mrs. Carmen Delegro of Belleville. N. J., Is his owner. TOMORROW: Man Who Won the War of 1812. Residential reductions so farj this year loiai ioo,vuu, wuus commercial and industrial rates have been cut by $156,00U and $12,440, respectively. Ex-Forester Dies Grants Pass, Nov. 8 OP) J H. Billingslea, supervisor of the Siskiyou national forest from 1927 to 1931, died Tuesday in o? The epRtif carburetor CHAT 1HE RbT-ChTf CAT WHOSE uiwo f0L)AJ?Tf?f? AMD 1ML RESEMBLE A RAT'S .slSg V v 1 Belleville, H.J, J i St. Louis, Mo., where he had un. dergone an operation by '. rain surgeon. Father of 28 Conway, S. C. (U.R) Ed J. Roberts, who was elected mayor of Conway over 23 opponents, claims he will guide the citizens paternally. Roberts, aged 69. U the father of 28 children. W W By HAL FORREST By EDWIN ALGER By SOL HESS
