TAGE TWELVE
MEDFORD MATL TRTBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON, THURSDAY. JUNE 6, 1940.
By Jean Randall
TtSTlRDAY. Tu doctor iaui
that Adelaide to not trying to pet
teelL Something to worrying her.
So m on Tho Street has any
Un trhot migM 0 on Adelaide's
mind.
M
Chapter M
Adelaide' Confession
RS. ARNOLD acoffed at the
idea that the easy-going Ade
laide could worry, ur. vann
aaid nothing but his face wa
loquent when he wu told of the
diagnosis or nil teuow pnysician.
"Young Idiot!" was proclaimed in
very twitcn or Ms thica; eye'
brows.
Brcnda grew mora and mora
anxious. There was a protective,
maternal streak in her that had
been strongly developed by Ade
laide'a dependence. She realized
with tome surprise that the had
grown very fond of the sick wo
man, that she would go to almost
any length! to restore her to
health.
One morning Brenda woke and
tared out the window.
"It can't do any harm If Tm
careful." she reasoned. "We've
tried everything else, everybody.
And certainly if something isn't
done toon She left the sen
tence uncompleted.
She waited until Adelaide had
had her breakfast, and had been
freshened for the day. The girl had
taken anxious note of how meager
a meal it had been, how thin was
the body the bathed to tenderly.
She swallowed several times, al
most afraid to risk what aha had
determined on.
"But somethins must be done!"
ahe urged upon her failing spirit.
"Adelaide, dear," she began
eoaxingly, "you like me, don't
?'ou? You might even be a little
ittle fond of me? For Aunt
Anne's sake?"
The somber eyes did not
lighten. "Of course I'm fond of
you. dear: for your own sake. too.
You've been heavenly good to
me"
"Then will will you do tome
thing for me?"
The merest hint of a smile
touched the invalid's pale Hps. "i
do something for you?"
"You're the only one who can,"
Brenda assured her. She caught
her breath and plunged in. "You
see, it's like this, Adelaide. Dr.
(item sayt the reason you re not
getting well faster it because
you're worrying about aomething.
won't you won't you tell me
what it is?"
The tick woman turned her
face away. "No, I'm not worrying
about anything," the murmured.
"I stopped that some time ago."
Her small nurse pricked up her
art. Dr. Stern was right, then!
Adelaide had discarded worry for
hopeless resignation. Resignation
to what?. Brenda intended to find
out.
She questioned Mrs. Rosttetor
gently, tactfully. She suegested
ail potsioie reasons for this pa.
tient despair. Adelaide mur
mured no, or shook her head.
She was growing dangerously ex
hsusted. and Brenda dared not
push her further.
At last her own tired nerves
and lack of sleep betrsved her.
The calm self-control which had
made her such a good nurse
mapped without warning. She
bowed her head on the edge of the
bed and burst Into tears.
"I I've tried so hard to get you
well." the aobbed, to her own
shocked astonishment "And you
won't help me at sill It Isn't fair!"
And then she swallowed her
tears, held herself rigidly ouiet:
for Adelaide's weak hand had
been laid on her own dark curia.
Nothing but Blunder
"TXL tell you. honey, if you really
wish to know. But there's noth
ing anyone can do about It
nothing at all." she taid There
was the deadly calm of utter des
pair in her voice. "Fiease don't
try to reassure rn . or even to com
fort me. I'm telling you (ust so
you won't blame yourself after
ward." Brenda nodded, gulping back
a lnt sob. "
"I'm losing my mind." said the
toft voice from the pillowt "I've
known it for quite a long time
now. You see mi mother was a
mental case, Brenda. All the doc
tors told me that It wasn't the
kind of trouble that could be In
herited, and for years I believed
them. I've always been a forget
ful sort of person Inefficient,
too. But I never dreamed"
She closed her eves a moment,
then opened them to look steadily
at the girl. "It was lust before t
went to SprlneHeld that I rea'ired
I hod inherited my mother's
trouble."
Brenda's evet darkened with a
hint of terror.
"What what made you realize
It?" she whiiDerrd.
"I began to behave lust at
Mother did before before the
last dreadful year when she was
was violent. The meat for din
nertwice I forgot to order it. and
never reatired it until dime, was
on the table And Mac's type
writer , . . in the broom closet!" (
A shudder ran over her. "Brenda,
I haven't the slightest recollection
of touching that typewriter. In all
the time Mac's been her I've
never even dusted it; be asked mi
not to. And then ... it was lust
the sort of thing my mother did
before ..." A sound of anguish
from the girl mad her stop ab
ruptly.
"Adelaide! Adelaide, darlingl
Oh. I'm no better than a mur
derer! Dear, let me tell you"
Half an hour later. Brenda
stole out of the room. Adelaide
was peacefully asleep, her mind
and body eased of the long strain.
But there was no peace for the
girl who had unwittingly brought
about this situation.
In her own room, she restrained
an Impulse to fling herself on her
bed and cry herself sick. She had
need of a clear brain now. Not
for Adelaide. Some instinct told
her that with the removal of the
fear which had haunted her, the
invalid would make rapid prog
ress toward health.
"I'll pack my trunk and leave It
to be sent on later." ahe thought
rapidly. "I'll leave money for an
other maid so Grenadine can give
more time to Adelaide. If I hurry,
I can catch the one-ten train. I
hope oh, hois I hope! ril never
see The Shortest Street againl
I've don nothing but blunder
here upset people's lives almost
kill poor Adelaide. Sending her
away didn't bring Mac and Isobel
together a bit more. Instead
they've seen leu then ever of each
other because of thit Illness. I
stirred up poor Hugh about hit
wife, and nothing's com of it
Either the didn't go to see her
brother, or he couldn't persuade
her that Hugh had don right
"My book isn't even started.
Every word I've written will have
to be done over again. Perhaps
oerhaos I've broken un a romance
for Ned Barrow and Alain.
They'd certainly have eloped by
thit time If I hadn't interfered. I've
been a thorn In Mist Ormond't
side, I suspect Judge Harper
doesn't approve of me. Eric hard
lv knows I'm on earth: and
Mac " Her hands stopped their
raoid work ai she thought of Mac.
"I'll have to tell him tell them
all. even the doctor what's been
worrying Adelaide. It wouldn't be
fair to leave without doing It
Adelaide might get to worrvlns?
about it again, and they could al
ways remind her of thit time; and
that I was to blame."
What A Meddler I Am"
SHE bowed her head on th edge
of her open suitcase.
"I could . . . leave a letter. I
needn't aee his their faces when
they know what a meddler Tv
been the harm I've done"
Th little clock on her writing
table ticked away a full five min
utes while she tat entirely mo
tionless, and thought Grenadine
tintoed uo. heard no sound beyond
either of the closed doors, and
went downstairs again.
A long sigh shook the girl's
slender figure at last. She lifted
her head with something finely
purnnseful in the poise of It
"Adelaide needs me fll not run
away like a coward!
At dinner that night she was
very quiet: almost silent. In tplt
of the news which had made the
others lubllant
says she i turned the cor
ner and will be M In no t'me."
she heard Eric say. "Good of Stern
to call Mac and tell him to. wasn't
It? H taya It's lust that some
thing teems to hive determined
her to get well, and she's setting
about It " He cocked an eve at the
drooning little flgur at the foot
of the table. "He eavs Adelaide
told him you're responsible fcr It
Brenda!"
A small tired voice assent,.
"Yes. Tm responsible. Eric. Tor
evervthlng"
"You don't act very haoo
ahout It." was Isobel'a comment
"I should think you'd b doing
handsprings."
Mac came swiftly to her rescue
"She's worn out can't you see?
She s been under a heavy strain,
and now that Adelaide's going to
get well, she's all let down "
Brenda's long lashes swent her
cheeks She was determined not
to let him tee the tears his sym
pathetic tone had brought to her
eves
"When you've finished dinner,
may I speak to you all for a few
mi"iites?" she requested.
They stared at her: but again
Mae laid hold of the reins of con
vention
"Not till after TV had a few
words with you, Brenda. please
There's something I must say to
vou before vou do what you're
o!""ine to"
"Whst's all th mystery?" Erie
demanded
Mac said lightly, "Cant Brenda
an I hsve a little secret"
Brenda had never liked him to
well. She reatired that hit honeet
toy in Adelaide's Improvement
took thia frm. She wondered
dully whv Mae wanted to sneak
'o her alone. Perhaps perhaps
Dr. Stem had chaneed his mind
ahont Adelaide: had told Mar so
when he telephoned Fear clutched
her heart
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WILD LIFE POST
Washington, June 6..
Interior Secretary Icket an
nounced today appointment of
Ira N. Gabrielson, SI, of Sioux
Rapids, la., as director of the
new fish and wild life service
created in President Roosevelt's
reorganization of governmental
services.
The servite combines the old
bureau of biological survey of
the agriculture department and
the bureau of fisheries of the
commerce department, in the
interior department.
Gabrielson hat been In gov
ernment service tince 1919. Un
til hit new appointment, he w. s
director of the biological survey.
Cricket Blitslcrigd
Vale, Ore., June 6. OP)
Three power dusters shot poi
soned bait along th southern
Malheur county countryside to
day to stop the havoc of Mormon
crickets. The insects caused con
siderable damage in the McDer
mitt district last season. The
dusters have, already covered
about 2100 acres.
THE WORLD AT ITS WORST
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
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LIMITATION SET
Washington. June 8.
T b federal communications
commission today prohibited
amateur radio communications
by stations in thit country with
toreign stations.
A formal announcement of
the action did not say why it
wat taken but a spokesman de
clared that "undoubtedly" it
wat due to th European war.
There are approximately 53,
000 amateurs licensed by the
commission.
Th prohibition, which be
e a m e effectiva immediately,
does not apply to amateur com
murte tiont between licensed
amateur stations in the contin
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ritories and possessions.
fartlslA Pa June ft
TV r.nvlnrfl Haurlrina Patterson.
73, professor emeritus of sociol
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today in Carlisle hospital. Be
fore, mminff in Tlirktnson he
taught at Willamette university,
saiem, vre.
BOY SCOUTS AID
London, June . JPt Lord
Baden-Powell, head of th Boy
Scouts, tent a message to all
scouts today calling for "still
further effort" to help th allies
win the war.
"You have done grand work
behind the scenes already," ha
cabled from hit home in Kenya
colony to imperial headquartera
here.
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Parlt. June 6V cPi Charles
Jullen Masson. former captain
of the French air corps, and
three other men were sentenced I
today to death on charges of
operating a spy ring mat clean
with French aviation secrets.
The military court said it was
dua to Masson's activities before j
th war that the Germans were!
able to bomb French airports!
with comparative ease.
The others sentenced are Otto!
Hans Weill, German traveling1
man; Rene Spieth, and Raymond .
Verdaguer, mechanic.
Ottawa, June 8. (.J The
outlawing of more than a dozen
orgar.i:ations. Including the com
munist party and the national
unity party, under defense of
Canada regulations, waa an
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ister Ernest Lapointe in the
home of commons.
The list includes th Canada
labor defense league, the league
for peace and democracy, the
young communist league and
several loiea lanu, organi
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