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Newspaper Page TextPAGE SIX' MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON, TUESDAY. MAY 21. 1940. By Jean TtSTEHDAT: Xbair tells Breads the mm H ee bitterly . oppose Alain' t marrying Sad. He beUetiei that Ntd la support ing anoliitr woman. Brtnda oh tart to find out the truth. Chapter 14 Maud "IHAT shall I do about it all?' ' Brenda asked Hugh Saltua. "Must you do anything? Better Rot, little urenaa. i tying 10 neip other people gets you into the aevu oz a mesa sometimes, t icncw man once." he went on deliber ately, "who tried to do something to help another person some thing that cost him quite a bit of time and trouble, to say nothing of money and the reward he got for it was to lose the the affection nd respect of the the only pr een he cared a single whoop for in this rotten old world! Brendi'e hands srlDned eseh ether tightly in ber lap. Was Hugh telling his own storyT Surely he wouldn't put so much emphasis, ma much bitterness, in a tale which had to do with anotherl She hoped with all her heart he would go on. but he merely laid aside his pencil and flung himself down in a chair, both hands clasped wearily behind bis head. "But Tm already In It" she rentured presently. That is, I've told Alaine I'd talk to her about Ned, and Ned that I'd do my best for him with Alaine. I can t Just shrug the whole thing off my shoulders like this, Hugnr "Then talk to Mae about It." he advised. You say Mac saw the the incriminating deed. Also Mac's Sot sense. Lots of it, little Brenda. ometimes you don't realize that, do you?" Here she wss on firm ground. "Now let me tell you something, Hughl I know that in our best fic tionour worst, too, if It comes to that! the hero and heroine of a romance always start out by being bitter enemies. Mac and I made a swell beginning along those lines. But this story's not going to be like that," she in formed him sternly. "In the first place, Isobel Burke's simply mad about him and don't think he doesn't know itl Wedding bells are going to ring on The Shortest Street within the year, but the name of the bride isn't going to be Brenda Burnhaml" "And In the second place" ha suggested. "In the second place, Mae's antagonism to me or mine to him is the real thing. There's no underlying feeling of romance, or attraction anything like that I just plain don't like him and I more than suspect thst he'd enjoy his happy home or Adelaides happy home a lot more if I sud denly packed my trunk and de parted for parts unknown." "Methinks the damsel-" "I shall throw something If you Bay aow proiesi too mucin The second pillow to your right the green one is the best for throwing purposes!" the artist aid. 'A Real Chat MAUD VAN NESS telephoned to ask Brenda for luncheon. "But you simply mustn't re fuse," she protested. "Doctor" she invariably gave her father his professional title "is so eager to talk over old times with you. We won't keep you long. It's only a step, you know, across the lawns. At one, then. Now don't disappoint us!" "I suppose I must goT" Brenda demanded gloomily of her land lady. "Oh, I think so. my dearl Maud's very sensitive. No one knows Just what does hurt her feelings some times. You won't have to stay long J hope," she added. "I shall be home by two-thirty," was Brenda's affirmed determina tion. But as It turned out It was almost four when she wesrily crossed the Iswns and ascended the stairs to her own room. It had been a trying social experience, if one could call anything so dismal by that festive name. To begin with Dr. VanNess was absent His daughter made excuse and apology for him, but Brenda suspected that from the beginning she had known ha could not be there. The meal Itself was so hearty as almost to constitute a dinner: soup, roast salad, dessert, coffee. Brenda felt positively torpid as they left the table, but Miss VanNess seemed stimulated by the enormous quantities of food she had consumed. "What keeps her from getting fat?" Brenda wondered. "She's bony as a bed-slat and yet if she eats like this every dav " She gave it up with a sigh. There were LANDLADY KEEPS ZOO IN APARTMENT Kansas City. Mo., May 21 OJ.PJ Police who investigated complaint from one of the ten ants of Mary R. Pretty's apart ment house in Kansas City thought for a moment they had the wrong address and had walked Into a too. The complaint was based on Mrs. Pretty's love of animals. Mrs. Pratt admitted she had quite a few animals around the house and showed them to off! cers with no little pride. They saw a two-year-old lion, four Shetland ponies, a goat, a police dog, a family of cats, a monkey, and two owls. Mrs. Pratt said no tenant had to stay if he didn't want to. She added forcefully that the anl mala want to stay and tbey are going, to. Randall' mysteries on The Street far be yond her understanding. "Now," said Maud coyly, "wa can talk! I've been longing for real chat with you." Brenda eyed her severely. Miss VanNess would never sea fifty again. She had small eyes of an indeterminate color, hair that slithered and slipped about a head too small for it a chin which re ceded until it was almost no chin at alL "I want so much to ask your advice," went on the hostess. "We lead such a secluded life here on The Street that I ... My dear. I suppose you've had scsds of Pro posals?" She pronounced the word with such a mixture of solemnity and relish that Brenda had hard work to bite back a smile. "Not scads exactly." "But some? A few? Even one?" She leaned forward anxiously. "Yes." the girl admitted. "A... few." "Then, dearie, you're the one to advise me." Miss VanNess clasped her hsnds together tightly. "You see. living on this street is almost like being on an island. We at least the womenfolks see very few other people than our neigh bors. And until you came Ive been the only young woman " "There's Alaine Abernathy." Brenda reminded her. "And Iso bel!" "Alalna Is a child. She knows nothing of romance. Isobel poor Isobel, I fear, will never stir men's hearts. She's too homely." Brenda said with spirit: "I don't think she's homely at sill Her skin Is lovely, and her mouth " Maud VanNess waved Isobel away impatiently. "I asked her once if she'd ever hsd a proposal and she said no. So that rules her out Please, Brenda, let's don't wsste time. The doctor may return earlier than earlier than usual. I want to consult you. I nAist consult you!" 'A Little Shy "VrES?" Brenda was beginning to feel a little bored. She con sidered she had done her full duty by remaining here for lunch. She wanted to get home and to work on her book. But plainly this unattractive woman had some thing which weighed heavily on her mind: something sbout which she erroneously believed her call er could advise her. Maud began to pleat her hand kerchief. It was an affair of pink chiffon, about as unsuitable to a September afternoon as could be imagined. "It's about Judge Harper," she began in a low voice. "He he's been in love with me for years, Brenda." The girl could not restrain a start of surprise. Dignified Judge Harper, with his silvery hair and somewhat stiff gait was the last msn on The Street she would have connected with the grand fiassion. And to have fallen in ove with Maud VanNess! Horri fied, she heard her own voice ask ing: 'Are you sure?" Maud bridled. "Most certainly I'm sure! He's he's done every thing but tell me about It, I as sure you. There have been times" she sighed ''you will under stand me, my dear, when I tell you that there have been times when his devotion has been posi tively embarrassing." "What did you wish to ask me, Miss VanNess?" "Say Maud, dear! We're friends already, don't you feel it? Oh, I was going to consult you. wasn't I?" The big handkerchief began to move awiftly in her hands; swiftly and nervously. "It's it's how do you bring a man to the point of proposing. Brenda?" she shot at her guest suddenly. Brenda's dimples came Into view, she dropped her lashes to hide the laughter In her eves. "But I thought you said his de votion was " "It 1st Oh. it Is! Others besides myself have noticed it! But the dear Judge is a little shy. He can't quite bring himself to the point of asking me to marry him." Brends swallowed. Judge Har per shy! This was farce of an un believable quality. "And will you accept him If he does bring himself to the point?" The handkerchief was now be ing wrung like a dishcloth. ("It will never be fit to use again, thank goodness!" Brenda mused.) "Oh. yes, dear, I think so. 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