TAGE TWELVE
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 31, 1940.
.By Jean Randall
MSTLRDAY: Jjobel not only
uiugn the houuhoid 3ldnly
to Jtdalatda's absence, but WPtl
money. Both Mae end Erie ar
duly imprcued. Meanwhile Ned
Barrow has iugraliatpd hinufty
icith biwr Xbtnuthy as Breads
pie r "
Chapter 23
Hugh's Problem
BRENDA knew iha story o:
Hugh quarrel with hii wile,
now.
tt was a strangely dramatic In
cident it incident wu strong
enough word. It appeared that
aoon after Linda and Hugh were
married Linda's brother, asaiatant
manager in a wholesale lumber
company, had absconded with
aome of the company' funds. It
was not a large sum of money,
and the court had let it be Known
that the penalty meted out to the
boy would not be too severe; but
Jim AiccasKey naa nea m terror
from any punishment.
Late one night while Linda
slept, Jim appeared at the studio,
penniless hungry, ragged. Hugh,
who was finishing some work, fed
him and then talked to him. As
one man to another, he appealed
to him to give himself up, serve
his sentence, and live down his
one mistake. His employer would
be glad to offer him his former
place.
Perhaps Jim had found the
world more terrifying to a fugi
tive than he had expected; per
haps his brother-in-law s elo
quence overpowered a never
strong will. At any rate, he agreed
to the plan, and, dressed in one
of Hugh's suits and with money
in his pockets, he had taken a
train to the scene of his theft be
fore Linda was awake.
"I thought she would be glad!
the artist said bitterly. "Fool that
I was, I was patting myself on the
back all the time I told her about
it She'd worried, you see, about
where the boy wu; how he was.
She used to cry tor nours some
times, wondering if he was dead
I told her all that was ended now.
That in a few years maybe only
couple Jim would be a free
man, and all the past forgotten.
I told her it was the one and only
way to make a man ot him.
"And it was." Brenda said
sturdily. "He'd have got into
worse trouble, drifting around the
country like that But I suppose
your Linda flew into a rnge, and
accused you or practically arrest
ing her dear Jim yourself, and in
the end she packed her bags and
walked out on you."
H nodded gloomily. "You talk
as if you'd been there! Nothing I
could say calmed her. I waa Jim'a
enemy, and therefore hers. She'd
die before she'd see me again. She
would go to the town where Jim
was serving his sentence, and wait
for him; and when he rnme out
they d go away together!
I've Written And Written'
BRENDA had given a good deal
of consideration to Hugh's
problem. More than that she had
acted, inactivity of any kind be
ing impossible to a nature like
hers.
She began a series of letters to
the friend in New York who
knew Linda. She painted a glow
ing picture of Hugh as a success
ful artist as a friend and neigh
bor; a pathetic one of him as a
deserted husband. She hinted that
a great wrong had been done him
by his wife; that wife whose con
science apparently hurt her aince
she had not used the generous
sum Hugh sent her monthly.
The puzrled girl in New York
began to ask why Brenda was get
ting so worked up over the mat
ter. That stopped her in mid-air,
so to speak, and she let a week
?aas before she wrote again. The
riend made an entirely erroneous
deduction as to the situation; and,
never a reticent person, she passed
tt on, with footnotes, bibliography
and an introduction, to Linda her
self. Then silence lor a long fort
night "But I don't know what more
to do, Hugh," Brenda protested
one morning. "I'vo written and
written. I've told you before that
If you hunt up Linda you'll simply
scare hor away. Short of going
bark to New York to see her myself-"
He gripped her arm tensely.
Do that, Brend.-i! Why didn't we
think of that before! Linda doesn't
know you, she won't try to hide
from you, you can show her my
side of the story. She "
"Hush!" Brenda cocked her
head on one side and listened.
"Oidn't you hear a noise then,
Hugh?"
"Confound the noise! Brenda.
you'll do this for me, won't you?
The expense is mine, of course "
"It's behind those bushes, Hugh!
Po you suppose somebody's lis
tening, or is it a dog?"
"Ion't you call me a dog, Bren
da Burnham." said a severe voice.
"Nor intimate that I'm eaves
dropping, either." Miss Ormond
stalked into the open. "So this is
what happens when I see you dis
appear around the old home so
often! lirenda. Im shocked be
yond nit-asure!"
Brenda patted the old doorstep
HALTED BY WALKOUT
OF
Kearney. N. J.. May 31. &
A wage-inrrea strike of 6 000
'iiion workmen at the Federal
Shipbuilding and Dry Dork com
pany threatened today to halt
construction of four navy war
sh'ps, tmnortapt cogs in the na
tional defense program.
The strikers, members of
Local IS, Industrial Union of
Maritime and Shipworkers of
on which she sat "Don't be! It's
broad daylight, you know. Come
and sit down and visit awhile."
But Miss Ormond was impla
cable. "I haven't time," she in
formed them. "I'm going straight
home to write Anne Burnham
about this. I shall send it air mail,
special delivery."
The girl frowned. Aunt Anne
trusted her, but at that Brenda
did not want her peace of mind
disturbed, h'o ttllii.g wiiat trf
interpretation the Ormond would
out on these innocent meetings! A
sudden inspiration descended on
her.
"Hugh, may I tell Miss Ormond
what we've been talking about?
It may be she will be able to ad
vjse us."
The cartoonist gazed at her
blankly. He had reached that state
of misery where he cared little
who knew his story. He nodded a
morose assent So Brenda poured
it all out being careful before
hand to obtain a vow of silence
from Miss Ormond.
The writer in the girl came to
the front in this recital. She told
it simply, not seeking to drama
tize what she considered, was al
ready dramatic enough. She was
gratified halfway through the
story to see Miss Ormono sink
down on the step beside her, lis
tening absorbedly.
"And Hugh is so worried about
his wife that he feels he must talk
about her or go mad," she fin
ished. "He and I both know there
must be some very simple solu
tion to the problem but so far
we've not been able to find it"
She added artfully: "Could you
think of one. Miss Ormond?"
'Plead Your Cause'
THE eyes of the old teacher
brightened. "And you call your
selves creative artists, both of
youl With not a spark of imagina
tion between you! There's just
one person who can persuade
Linda saitus mat ner nusDano aia
the right thing for her brother."
"Who?" they exclaimed in one
voice.
"The brother himself this
Jim!" And as Hugh's mouth fell
slightly open with surprise and
even Brenda' pretty lips parted,
she smiled sourly. "You, Mr. Sal-
tus well, Hugh, then! write to
the brother and explain the situa
tion; ask him to talk to your wife.
She's in touch with him, you may
be sure of that; probably goes
occasionally to see him when she
can get away from work! If Jim '
is still convinced that your ad
vice was good and it urns good,
my dear boy, make no mistake
about that! then he'll be glad
enough to plead your cause with
Linda."
She rose, brushed dried leave
from her coat
"Now there's to be no more of
these clandestine meetings, chil
dren. If you, Hugh, feel you must
talk about Linda you may do one
of two things: send for me. or if
you feel Brenda is younger and
understands vou better, ask her to
meet you in my house."
She stalked ahead of them and
the first smile Brenda had seen on
the man's face for weeks twisted
hi lips now. Brenda herself had
an extraordinary feeling of relief.
Some instinct told her that this
woman, to whom the hearts and
minds of thousands of young hu
man animals had been laid bare,
was far better qualified to handle
the present situation than she.
Brenda. was.
Keturning to the old Burnham
home she was confronted with a
problem of an entirely dillerent
sort. Judge Harper was awaiting
her In the living room.
Alaine and Ned again? she
demanded.
He shook his head. I ve asked
Isnbel Burke to see that we're not
interrupted for the next half
hour," he began. "I I have some
thing rather odd to show you. my
dear."
"why. Judge Harper!" She
looked at him In astonishment
His hand was trembling, his bushy
eyebrows twitched nervously.
He took a letter Irom his pocket
and thrust It into her hand. "Read
it!"
It was a pale Pink, perfumed
affair, covered with spidery words
in faint blue ink. Brenda had to
bend close to decipher it,
"My dear Judge. ' the letter be-
;an. "It is true that vou and I
oth live on The Shortest Street
where the old conventions ore-
vail. But on the other hand I
have lately been thrown so much
with my young contemporaries
next door that 1 nave more or less
acquired the modem viewpoint
And the basis of that viewpoint
my dear Judge, is honesty, stark
honesty.
Some time aco I had a little
visit with our dear Brenda and
I must say her cosmopolitan,
straight-forward, and above alt
intensely honest attitude toward
all problems of life blew away
from my mind the last rose
colored cobweb of maidenly reticence."
"But I never saw a rose-colored
cobweb!" Brenda paused to com
ment in increasing bewilderment
. i. and you never saw a lelter
like this one either. I'll wnser."
was the grim reply. "Go on. Read
It"
Centlnard tomarraw
America (CIO), begun a peaceful
picket of the plant at midnight
despite the urgings of union
leaders to delay action pending
further negotiations
John Dempscy, national vice
president and president of the
local, said he told his men to re
consider their action because o(
the navy ships under construc
tion. An "overwhelming'' major
ity voted to strike, however, he
added.
A ten-cent an hour wage In
crease and an annual week's
vacation with pay were asked
by the strikers.
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Tonight: Europe CBS. 4:55,
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WJZ-NBC :30: Wm. Green
on "Preservation of America."
Saturday: Europe NBC, 4
a. m.; CBS, 4 a. m., 2:45 p. m.;
MBS, 2:45.
WEAF NBC, WABC CBS,
MBS 7 a. m. Launching of
battleship Washington. WEAF
NBC 7 a. m. Mrs. Roosevelt
at opening world's fair fashion
building.
WJZ-NBC 11 a. m to 1:30
p. m.. IC4A track meet. MBS
10:30 a. m. Dedication world's
fair common, Mrs. Roosevelt;
12:45, Belmont Park race: 1:30,
Delaware Park race, HS745A.
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ARK MAKES ALERT BAY
ON JOURNEY NORTH TO
NEW HOI IN ALASKA
Alert Bay, B. C. May 31
(Canadian Press) The sailing
Sutkos from Virginia, delayed
by difficulties with the courts
and the 14-year-old automobile
motor in their home-made "ark"
were nearly nouwa to Kctchi
kan today in their quest for
economic independence on the
Alaskan "frontier."
"Skipper" Paul Satko. with
his wife and seven children,
hove in here late yesterday after
having been unreported three
days on the approximately ISO
mile cruise from Nanaimo. B. C.
The trip was up the compara
tively sheltered passage between
Vancouver Island and the main
land. From this little port near the
head of Vancouver Island, the
amateur mariner from Rich
mond will have to fgr .jjrrhj
I of. open water across Queen
Charlotte Sound before again
reaching the more sheltered "in
side passage" up the coast.
Hometown Heroine
Dragoon, Ariz., May 31 ()
Dragoon's entire population of
75 crowded into the Texas Can
yon school to attend commence
ment exercises for Lola Mae
Crahm. She was the only graduate.
It is estimated that in 50
years, sales of power will repay
the federal government with
i.jtnresk fnr . tSf 1Q? .000.000
spent on Boulder dam.
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MICHIGAN'S MIRACLE
Until last February, Michigan contained 57.980 square miles, ranked 22nd among the 48
states in size. Today the state covers 97,940 square miles and is eighth largest of the
states.
It happened when the U. S. Bureau of Census conceded that 39.960 square miles of
Great Lakes water within the boundaries of the state shou Id be counted as the state's gross
area, instead of being noted separately in a footnote at the bottom of the tabulation. The
change resulted from a year's campaign waged almost exclusively by former Gov. Chase S.
Osborne.
Sunday: Racertack for Roosters.
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