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MEDFORD MATL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, MAY 22. 1940.
By Jean Randall-
YESTERDAY: Still another
rttiient of Th Street ajtcj Bren
' ia'f cdrire. AfMfdle-aped Maud
VanNess thinks Judge Harper Is
" til lore with her but too shy to
propose.
Chapter IS
; Temporary Comradeship
BRENDA'S eyei narrowed, all
the laughter ?ne. Waa thia
one o( the queer casef one read
about? Maud VanNess talked and
looked like a character out of an
O'Neill play. All very well to dif
eusa them In the abstract, these
character!, read about them; an
entirely different thing to be ait
tine in the aame room with one,
listening to her raving. Brenda
rose decisively.
. "I'm afraid I can't give you any
advice, Miss VanNess. I've never
encountered the difficulty which
appears to be bothering you. And
I really must go now!"
Back in her own room aha ret
viewed the conversation incredu
ously. It simply could not be! Old
maids like Maud VanNess didn't
txist out of plays and books.
"Aunt Anne told me I'd find
The Street an Interesting place,"
he mused, "but she didn't warn
me that it was entirely inhabited
by freaks.
Her conscience smote her at
that last word. Isobel wasn t
freak, nor Eric, nor nor Mac
certainly not Hugh Saltiuj, nor
kindly Adelaide nor even the
foolish twins.
In her preoccupation she had
forgotten to close her door and
now she was Interrupted By a tat
en it. Mac stood in the hall, imil
ing at her.
"YouT This early in the after
Boon?"
"I. I've Just bought a car," he
Informed her. "Not a lordly new
one like Saltuss, but a darned
good car, for all that. Will you
come lor a little ride witn me ana
try it out?"
She hesitated. Here was a beau
tiful chance to anub the man
whom she had told Hush she cor'
dially disliked; but her luncheon
with Maud VanNess had spoiled
her day, ahe was tired ol thinking,
the prospect of driving through
the late afternoon allured her.
She caught up her hat and fol
lowed him.
"I didn't know you were con
sidering buying a car," ahe said.
"I'm a creature of impulse," he
informed her gravely. "I was busy
with the layout for our Complete
College Outfit when suddenly the
notion struck me and out I darted
and picked up this little model."
"I thought there waa a lot nf
red tape about buying car U'
censes a:id titles and things like
that. '
"That can all be attended to to.
morrow. The fellow that sold me
the car wanted me to try it out
anyway."
She glanced at him sharply.
Something some extra note of
cheerfulness in hia voice, some
fleeting air of nonchalance in his
manner aroused her suspicion.
"Mac!"
"Golly, Brenda, don't yell at
me like that! I darn near ran into
that truck."
"Mac, did Adelaide tell you I
was having lunch with Maud
VanNess?"
'One Swell Sport'
HIS eyes were too Innocent, his
tone too surprised.
"Why on earth should she tell
me that, Brenda? Did you have
a nice heart-to-heart with the fair
Maud?"
"I believe Adelaide did," the
girl said slowly, more to herself
than to her companion. "I believe
you made up your mind that I've
been getting too large a dose of
The Street of its anxieties and
peculiarities. I believe you
brought me out to distract me."
He looked like a small boy
raught with streaks of Jam on hit
face.
"I I but I've been needing a
ear," he protested. "You can ask
Isobel you can ask Eric if I
haven't talked about getting one!
I suppose Maud told you about
the Judge?"
Brenda nodded. "Yes. the poor
foolish woman! I wish there waa
something I could do to help her!"
To her astonishment he drove
the car close to the curb, stopped
It and turning, took both her
hands in his.
"Brenda, you're one swell sport!
To take it like that. I mean. Lots
of girls most of them. In fact
m-ould merely make fun of a poor
eld maid like Maud. I apologize
for anything I ever said about
your writing! Anybody as sweet
and understanding of human na
ture aa you've proved yourself
ainca you came here is certainly
cut out for a firstrlass author!"
She felt herself glowing with
pride, partly because of Mac's
praise of her, partly because he
was. at last, appreciating her lit
erary talent To be iure sha had
not yet progressed from the sec
ond square on her cardboard to
the third, but she felt that Mac's
encouragement would dissolve all
her difficulties. She had heard a
good deal of talk in tha Village
about the necessity of a sympa
thetic atmosphere for the artist.
She had secretly believed this to
be a pose. Now she wondered if
there might not be some truth in
it; if Mac's unconcealed amuse
ment over her work. Eric's indif
ference to it. The Street's disap
proval, might not have exerted a
stultifying effect upon her crea
tive ability.
For a few moments she toyed
with the idea of confiding tha
plot of her book to Mac, but wis
dom prevailed, and she made no
mention of the Masterpiece-in-the-Making
awaiting her in her
own room.
However, she did tell Mae
about Ab Abemathy. and her be
lief that an injustice hau been
done Alaine's persistent suitor.
"The least we can do. It seemj
to me," sha said earnestly, "is to
give him a chance to explain. It
isn't fair to Judge him by cir
cumstantial evidence, Mac!
"No. I suppose not." He waa
frowning, not so much over Ned
Barrow's supposed past as over
Brenda's knowledge of it. "I hate
having you pitchforked into all
this!" he burst forth.
Two Letters
SHE laughed. "My dear Mac, do
you think I'm a child! And let
me tell you something Alaine
isn't either a child, I mean. You
and Ab have behaved very fool
ishly about this whole business
with Ned. Ask him about it when
he comes back from California. If
it's true that he's the father of
that little boy, I mean," she went
on despite the growing darkness
of Mac's frown, "then tell Alaine
the whole story. I am sure you
can rely on her good Judgment in
the matter."
"Alaine has no Judgment," he
retorted coldly.
"There'a exactly where you're
wrong! You and Ab have treated
her as if she were a baby and
naturally she resents it Any girl
wouia: wnat ousiness is It or ad s
to say how her towns shall be cut.
or what sort of swimmini suits
she shall wear? I don't wonder
she threatens to elopet I would
too in ner place;
Her cheeks were scarlet her
eyes glowing with anger. Mac
leaned forward and turned on the
ignition, touched the starter.
"I don't think you're the prop
er person to advise Alaine. She's
headstrong enough as it is. I shall
tell Ab "
Gone was their new-formed
sense of comradeship: gone Mac's
admiration of her altitude toward
The Street, her gratitude for his
sympathy. I hey quarreled sharp
ly half the way home, drove tha
rest in Icy silence.
At the end of a fortnlehl Bren
da was bark on the first fquare of
her book. To be sure she had writ
ten steadily every day but the re
sults had frankly disgusted her.
it aid not add to ner peace of
mind to realize that each evenini
she read over the day's work
through Mac's eyes, and found it
sorely lacking in excellence.
"I'm being frustrated." she told
herself in surprise. "Mac is bring
ing out inhibitions I did not know
were possible to me!"
She wondered if, such being the
case, she should not leave The
Shortest Street; leave the city, for
that matter. Then her small chin
came up and she decided defi
nitely that Mac or no Mac sha
would write her book right here;
and that it would be a good book.
loo.
On the morning she crowded
the wastepaper basket with type
written yellow sheets and re
turned to Square One. she re
ceived two important letters.
Now according to her own care
fully formulated rules, she had
no business reading those letters
before noon. Grenadine had stand
ing instructions to slip the mail
quietly under the door and leave
it Several times Brenda had
proudly ignored it for an hour or
two; but usually healthy curiosity
and interest got the better of her,
and she snatched up the mail and
ripped open the envelopes before
tr,e sound ot the maids heavy
footsteps had died away.
This morning she devoured with
avidity one especial letter, bear
ing a New York postmark. After
she had read it twice, she rose up
and. bareheaded and costless,
darted out of the old Burnham
house.
Across the street Dorothy was
sweeping Mrs. Arnold's porch. At
sight of Brenda ahe dropped her
nroom and made urgent detain
ing gestures while she moved to
ward the girl as rapidlv as her
somewhat ponderous figure per
muted.
"Miss Brenda! Oh. Miss Bren.
da!"
Contlnaea Monday
nun ninm mum
rivi muiu mm
I which say will be designed to
function both on FM and stand
iard broadcasting. At present
I around 20 stations are operating
, with a hundred or more appli
cations ior licenses on me in
Washington.
New York, May 22. (T
Frequency modulation, given1
the go-ahead for commercial t
broadcasting by the federal;
eommunk. . jus commission tn
allotment to It of 40 ultra short,
wave channels each 200 kilo
cycles wide, obtained about I
everything it had requested. I
This Included that part of the
wave spectrum below 7 meters'
known as "television channel '
No. 1." which will have to be
vacated by picture stations now'
Using It.
Frequency modulation Is now!
expected to make a drive for1
attention through the sale of
receivers, manuiactumi of
Monster Mutt Die
Tallahassee. Fla., May 12.
iJ The Florida supreme court
today affirmed the death sen
tence of Charles Jcffrrson. self
stylvd talent scout who killed a
Miami school girl last fall after
luring her from home on prom
lse of a movie career.
Polio Scar
Tacoma. May 22. -T
Health officers borrowed an
"Iron lung" from Seattle today
and took steps to prevent the
possible spread of Infantile par
alysis in Tacoma following the
death of a 16 year-old school
girl and reports four other pers
ons were ill with the diease
at Fierce county bosuiul.
On the Radio Chains
STATIONS
there la Und Thru oa the Dial:
fct.X. line, Portland; S.H. St.
LW Angel IIUA, 1470. fepukane:
tun, ID. Sao FrarM-ltro; fc.W
130. Portland: Kits. , Seattle:
KNX. 1030. Lm Angeles; MM. IJ
tVnter; KOIN. 4. Portland:
KOMll K Brattle: KPO. 6 so. Ken
rranrlarn: KM . Halt I eke.
Wednesday
1:00 Star Thee Mr, KNX, KBL.
KOIN: Drama. KOO, KJR, KEX:
Musical Soiree. KPO. KPI.
SO Shield's Revue, KOO, KEX:
Hollywood Playhouse, KPO, KPI.
KOW.
:0C Olen Hurlburet. KOO: Kvter's
Program. KPO, KOW, KPI: 8yr.
phony Orch., KEX; Miller's Orch.,
KNX, KSL, KOIN.
8:30 Burns and Allen. KNX.
KOIN, KSL; Easy Aces, KOO. KEX,
KJR.
7:00 Meaaner'a Orch, KOO, KEX.
KJR: 8 toe fieri Orch. KPI: Amos
and Andy. Kr.Tr., KOIN. KSU Rlcardo,
KPO.
TIS L.nny Ross. KNX. KSL.
KOIN: PubUe A(nlrs. KPO. KOW.
7:30 Drama, KOO. KEX, KJR:
Plantation Party. KPO. KPI. KOW:
Dr. Christian, KNX. KSL, KOIN.
8:00 Fred Allen. KPO, KOW, KPI:
Ben Bernle, KNX. KSL, KOIN; Mar
riage Club. KOO.
8:30 Herbeck't Orch., KOIN, KNX:
Baeebtll Oame. KEX.
8:00 Paul Sullivan, KNX. KSL,
KOIN: Stanford University. KPO.
8:30 Molina's Orch., KPI, Dennis'
Orch, KSL. KOIN; MaJ neck's Orch,
KPO. KOW.
10:00 Oluiklna Orch, KSU Re
porter, KPO. KOW, KPI.
10:30 Pastor's Orchestra. KOIN:
Relchmens Orch . KPO. KOW, KPI:
Draper's Orch, KOO. KEX.
11:00 Arnhelma Orch., KOIN.
KSL: Nottingham's Orch.. KPO: This
Moving World. KEX: News, KOO,
KOW. KNX.
Thursday
8:00 Drama, KOO, KEX; Oood
Kene of 1B40. KPO. KPI. KOW;
Major Bowes, KNX. KOIN. KSL
8:30 Rudy Vsllee, KPI; Safety
PI rat. KPO.
8:00 Millers Orrh.. KNX. KOIN.
KSU Music Hall, KPO. KPI. KOW;
Dance Orch., KOO, KEX.
8:30 Easy Acee. KOO. KEX. KJR.
7:00 Pred Waring. KPO. KOW,
KPI: Amos and Andy, KNX. KSL.
KOIN; Kinney's Orch, KEX. KJR.
7 :30 M u a 1 c a 1 Americana, KOO.
KJR, KEX; Aik-It-Baeket. KNX,
KOIN, KSL.
8:00 Strange As It Seems, KNX,
KSU KOIN; Modern Strings. KOW;
Judy Deane, KOO; Dress Rehearsal,
KPO: News, KEX.
8:30 Symphony Hour. KPO, KOW,
KPI: Answer Auction, KNX, KOIN.
8:00 Paul Sullivan, KSU KNX,
KOIN.
8:301 Love a Mystery. KPO, KPI.
KOW; Duffy's Orch, KOIN. KNX,
KSU
10:00 Reporter, KPO, KOW, KPI.
10:30 Fields' Orch., KPO, KFI:
Psstor'e Oroh.. KSL. KNX; Notting
ham's Orch, KOO, KEX.
1 1 :00 Malneck's orch, KPO; This
Moving World, KEX: Noble's Orch,
KSL, KOIN; Ness, KOO, KOW.
KNX.
DEATH COMES DURING
DELAY IN MARRIAGE
Gardiner. Mont., May 22.
P A tooth ulcer forced Mrs.
Anamae Scott to postpone her
wedding day for a week until
next Saturday but that wai
too long.
John Jonee, her 24-year-old
fiance, was crushed to death
Sunday In a mine at Silver
City, Nev., a few hours before
he was to have left for Gardiner.
Many to Testify
Columbia, S. C, May 22. P)
Twenty-five witnesses will be
called to testify at the trial of
Mrs. May Walker Burleson, 51-year-old
artist of Galveston,
Tex., who is charged with mur
der in connection with tie shoot
ing of the wife of U. S. army
Colonel Richard C. Burleson, her
former husband, recently of
Fort Lewis, Wash.
Leap Year Work
Basin, Wyo. JP The Clyde
Morris family has recorded Its
fourth leap year marriage.
Three daughters of the family
have been married this year;
their mother and father also
were married in a leap year.
HERO WORSHIP
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
FoUOWS HK CURRENT HERO, '
BuTcH fVLER, fO FlELD WHERE
616 BfWS ARE R.rrVlN6 BAU
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BWCH WEW?5 HIS W vVMCHES
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KEEPS PUNCHING HISGloVElHE
wav BofcH does ahd -tries To
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cause biKch Does when
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HEARS A SHCUf, SEBS A SfRftV
riV COMING HIS WAV, AWP GET'S
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HIM IN THE STOMACH
IWt a a. Tie RYII Srnetrat. Is,
THI5 frfSlKIS BI6 80VS PA UP
ROARIOUSLY FUNKY, WPEClAUY
BUTCH . vVANDERS OFF HOME To SEE
IF ANY KIDS HIS OWN A6E AJ?E AROUND
5-23
UNDERGOES TRIAL
Bridgeport, Conn., May 22.
0J.R1 A new helicopter which
can flv backwards op sideways
and land safely on top of a
building is being demonstrated
at Bridgeport. Connecticut.
The Inventor is the noted air
plane designer, Igor K. Sikor
sky. He says the new flying
machine may become a signi
ficant military weapon and In
peace time, a boon to commu
ters. However, it still if in the,
experimental stage,
The craft if wingless and is
powered by a four-cylinder. 75
horsepower motor. When fully
developed. Sikorsky said, the
ship will attain a flying speed
of 150 to 200 miles an hour with
two passengers.
"Can't Play
Seattle. Wash. U.R Retail
piano dealers of Washington.
Oregon and British Columbia
learned durir"; their recent con
vention here that only one out
of five piano salesmen can play
the instrument and that their
sales were in reverse proportion
to musical talent.
MALHEUR CANDIDATES
REGISTER DEAD HEAT
Ontaria, Ore., May 22. Ft
Malheur county apparently rec
orded Its first dead-heat race
at the voting polls last Friday,
witn an precincis laomaiea
John Molenaar of Ontario and
Harry Wells of Vale each had
646 votes for democratic nom
ination as county commissioner.
Cot His Number
Indianapolis IFP Frank S.
Pittman lives ai 5671 Washing
ton boulevard. His telephone
number Is Brightwood 5671.
His automobile license number
is 5671.
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ROBBER'S GRAVE
Convicted of a highway robbery ha swore he did not commit. John Newton, a laborer,
hanged in 1821 at Montgomery, Wales, asserted that grass ''for one generation at least will
not cover my grave."
Strange as it seems, a coffin-shaped bare spot thereafter always remained above tha spot
where he was interred, lately shrinking to the form of a barren cross. Facts of this unusual
case were authenticated by ih e churchwarden of Montgomery churchyard.
Tomorrow: Installment Wivesl
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