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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. He's so
alone, the poor dear man; and
he's csred for me so long and
faithfully. Even before his wife
died ' she began, then stonned.
sigjiigesnt eyes on the girl's faoge.
elght or nine, I believe. I was, of
course, a mere child then; uncon
scious of what ... but others have
told me since."
CenUnars temarraw
TO BECOME PAPA
Chicago. May 51 0JR A
man who has been a prisoner
In an iron lung since 193S ex
pects to become a father In Sep
tember.
He Is Fred B. Suite. Junior,
a 29year-old infantile paralysis
! victim. He and his bride of last
(AugtKt the formrr Teresa Lar
kin of Dayton. Ohio are at Ml-
I ami Beach, Fla. They plan to
return to the palatini Suite
home at River Forest, III., next
month.
Announcement that a child is
expected was made today In
Chicago by Snite's father.
Hunters Safer
Montgomery. Ala. (U.R1 The
Alabama conservation depart
ment reports a 47 per cent de
rra In fatal himtms ((!-
dents In the state during the
ij-u season.
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With the German Western
Armies, May 21. tP) Ameri
can newspaper correspondents,
guests of Adolf Hitler, today
saw the ruins of Louvain li
brary, which was erected on
Herbert Hoover square by co
operation of numerous Ameri
can universities.
The building had been gutted
by fire.
Ita 700,000 volumes must be
considered lost.
All floors had been swept by
the blaze.
No one seemed to be able
to say by whom or how the
blaze had been set.
From the basement wisps of
smoke still rose.
10 Cases, 10 Minutes
Mobile. Ala. U.R Judge Nor
velle R. Leigh III of Mobile po
lice court has set some kind of
a record: 10 cases in 10 minutes.
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
NtrfHIl6 DAOlKEP, BEGINS AS1W,
NEPHEW REMARKIH6 HIKHOXS
1HAT0HE x
AS A LRSf RESORY SueAESlS A
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HoOR, TETUK6 A llTA T06USH
WHEN WE TWPS -TrtW NEPHEW HAS
MEANWHILE 60NE 1b PlAV ElSlulUERE
SutVM,
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PHOENIX HIGH SCHOOL
TO GRADUATE THIRTEEN
NEXT FRIDAY
Phoenix, May 21. Spl)
Graduation exercises for the
members of the class of 1940
of the Phoenix high school will
be held Friday evening at 8:00
o'clock in the gymnasium of
Phoenix school. Dr. O. R. Cham
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS
mm a
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ANTI-CRASH TRAIN
United States Letters Patent Number 536,360 issued in 1895 io Henry Latimer Simmons
of Wickes, ont., provided that "one train may pass over another train which it meets or over
lakes upon the same track." Each train was to carry track on its roof, thereby eliminating
double tracks or sidings.
ONION EATER
Claimant to the title "World's Champion Onion Eater." Everett Talbot, Kewanee. 111., says:
"I have been eating lions since I wss six years old. I aat them morning, noon and night. I
wear five pounds of onions on my chest."
Tomorrow: Mystery of the Barren Gravel
bers, professor of psychology at
Oregon State college, will de
liver the commencement ad
dress. The school band, under direc
tion of Harry Meyers will pre
sent several selections.
Baccalaureate services were
held at the Presbyterian church
Sunday, May 19, with the Rev.
Fiscus addressing the congre
gation, assisted by Rev. John
Frees.
The class roll includes Doris
Bell, Helen Briscoe, Gladys
Brisbine, Lynn Claflin, Gene
Davis, Bernetta Dubs. Marjorle
Ferns, Irma Hill. Doris Meyers.
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ARRESTED IN IRELAND
Dublin, May 21. P Forty
men engaged In military scout
ing and drilling practice in
fonntv Limerick were arrested
today by detectives and clvle
guards. A number or wie men
had firearms.
Two airplanes of apparently
identical build, capacity and
equipment may vary as much
as 200 pounds in weight.
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