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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MED FORD. OREGON. TUESDAY. JULY 2. 1940.
Gasual Slaughters
By VIRGINIA HANSON O
ICSTCRDAY: Sandrn inya-
ion, J9'$ strvnge Jtanec. end
Mimi. Colonel Pennant's young
tcife, come to collect thtir men.
.' Julio, (he Colonel's daughter,
asks Kay to go swimming.
Chapter Seven
JuIU'i Story
CITTING on the float Ju pro
- ceeded to question me.
"Are you engsged to Adam?"
- "No."
"Are you In love with him?"
. She waited a decent interval of
time, went on evenly.
"Were you ever what's the
euphemism? disappointed in
love?"
I sat up, looked at her and
laughed again. She watched me
moodily, lying there on her back,
long and beautifully built and so
desperately unhappy.
"I'm not lust being fresh." she
said.
' "You listen awhile," I told her
gently. "I met Adam at Fort Ha
vens last summer. I was engaged
to a lieutenant there. When I left
I was no longer engaged. Adam
knew about it and was sorry and
helped me to forget him."
"Did you love him? The lieu
tenant, I mean?" j
"Yes."
"Had vou known him lone?
"All my life. We grew up to
gether." "And you're all over it now?"
"I think so."
' Her face twisted; she turned on
her side and stared away from
me out across the lake.
"Thats what I wanted to
know, she said at last in an un
certain voice. "But I don't think
I'll get over it."
"I thought that too, at first'
She was silent for a while.
"It's not knowing that hurts,"
she said finally in a little, defeat
ed voice. "I thought he loved me
I was so sure of it. It never en
tered my mind that we wouldn't
be married as soon as he gradu
ated. It isn't as if he had just met
her there she was right in his
own house from the time she was
twelve. They didn't even get
along well as kids "
"Who is Sandra, anyway? I've
only heard scraps of the story."
She sat up and dangled her
. long, straight legs in the lake,
thrashing them violently for a
moment until the water was
white. Then she checked the
(mall tempest and began to talk
with her usual unsmiling poise.
"Sandra's father and Jeff's fa
ther and my father were class
mates at West Point, and friends
of quite a special sort. Jeff's fa
ther was from' Memphis. The
Tacks had a beautiful old home
there, and not a dime to bless
themselves wilii. The place was
eventually sold, but not before
the three boys had spent an un
forgettable fortnight there dur
ing their Furlo. Two yeora later.
In the chapel at West Point, Dan
married Melissa Tack Jeff's fa
ther's cousin. She was my mother.
Jeff's mother was her best
friend."
'Then you and Jeff are cous
ins?" "Not exactly. Stepcousins once
removed, or something like that.
It'a a very slim relationship. Colo,
nel Tack and mother had the
lame grandfather, but the old
gentleman was married twice and
they had different grandmothers.
I knew him the common ances
tor. Ha had been a circuit judge
a. vuiiiv nine ur uuirr in nis
early days he had bought a farm
in the Ozarks. tveryone said it
waa a fool investment nothing
but the rocks and hills, nothing
woum grow mere. But he nked it,
nd went there to live when he
retired. Jeff and I spent a few
weeks with him when we were
little kids it was the year Colo
nel Tack was at Leavenwnrth at
tending the staff school. We loved
the farm, too, and the old gen
tleman was very kind to us. Jeff
owns the place now inherited it
when his father died a few vears
ago. But why am I telling you all
this? Where was I?"
'Russian Refugee'
"A BOUT Jeff's mother and your
mother. But who did Fergu
aon marry?"
"No one for a long time. The
two brides tried their best to cor
ral him for one or another of their
friends, but he wasn't having anv.
They think he was In love with
Mrs. Tack. The three men all
chose cavalry and were in the
same regiment for a time. Then
the war came and everything
went haywire. Dad went abroad
with one of the first outfits: while
ha was gone I was born and my
mother died. I guess he tried not
to come bsck that's how he got
to-many medals and things.
"My mother was an orphan and
Dad's people were old. The Tacks
took me and kept me until the
war was over. You see. Colonel
Tack never went across he was
Captain Tack then of course
they were all captains he was in I claimed happily. "Perhaps we re
An nf the Imnind k anlil mates'1'
"But I thought you said Fergu
son didn't marry.
"He brought a wife and baby
back with him from Franca. San
dra's mother was a Russian refu
gee; she committed suicide when
her husband died of pneumonia-
Sandra waa twelve. The Fergu
sons were a queer, cold lot Bos
toniana. They had alwaya looked
down their noses at the Russian
girl and they persisted in speak
ing of Sandra as her daughter.
Maybe, aince she was born
abroad, they just couldn't believe
she waa a Ferguson. Anyway,
they didn't want her, and when
the Tacks offered to adopt her
there wera no objections raised."
"Nice people!"
"Weren't they? And wasn't tt
swell of the Tacks? They were
like that. But I resented it and
hated Sandra. It aeemed to me
that she had my place, and when
I went to them for visits it wasn't
the same any more. We're about
the aame age, and everyone
thought we ought to be friends,
but we weren't, ever. I was too
jealous."
"She was probably Jealous, too.
Of course they loved you best
they had you when you wera a
oaDy.
Julia looked surprised.
"I never though of that. Maybe
thev did Mother Tack at least
She used to take my part one
times. . . . Well, if Sandra was
jealous, she's more than even
now. She's got all I had left ex
cept Dad; and I expect aha could
get him, too, if she tried."
"Julia! Don't be a fool!"
She looked at ma darkly, then
dropped her eyes.
"All right I'm a fool. So what?
You'll get to know her; you'll like
her. Everybody does. She's nicer
to know than I am. Which doesn't
make ma fonder of her; and
wouldn't make me sorry if some
thing not too messy happened to
her "
She rose, stood silhoueted for
moment against the red, aunless
sky, cast herself passionately into
the water and drew herself to
ward shore with incredibly long.
easy strokes that made me think
of oeonle you see climbine the
steps of an ascending escalator.
I watched until she stood on
the sand, a slight lonely figure,
overshadowed by the darkening
trees, men, more slowly, 1 lol
lowed her to shore.
Foursome
JEFF'S car was standing In front
of the colonel a quarters and
we could hear voices on tha front
porch.
"Side door," Julia directed
briefly.
Miml was coming out as wc
reached it.
"Oh. there you are! Sandra and
Jeff are having sandwiches and
iced tea on the front porch.
There'a plenty for everybody "
"I'm not hungry," Julia said
shortly.
"Julia!"
The roof was half hearted,
and for an instant Mimi's lovely
face was shadowed. I looked from
one to the other of them, two wo
men who had so much to be hap
py about but who were not
happy. I understood Julia I
knew very well the rebellion that
was emoitienng ner; I had ex
perienced it myself. But Muni?
"borry, said Julia, recalled to
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thank
her manners.
Kav?"
"Too soon after dinner,
you."
Miml was edging away as If
there were something pulling her,
drawing her irresistibly.
"Well, make yourselves at
home." she said perfunctorily.
"I'm going for a drive?"
"Where's Dan?"
"In the village boy scouts, ot
something."
She gestured vaguely and. re
leased, hurried off to the double
garage behind their quarters.
Julia had offered to walk back
to the club with me, so I sat on
the doorstep in my wet bathing
suit and waited for her to change.
She was not long about it. She
reappeared presently in brown
slacks and a yellow silk shirt and
slouched along beside me. silent
and morose. 1 did not intrude on
her thoughts. For the moment I
was only a refuse, an excuse for
escaping from the sight of Sandra
ano jell together, and 1 could
best serve her by letting hei
alone.
Adam and the Englishman were
playing ping-pong on the club
veranda. I left Julia watching
them and went in to change.
When I came out again they had
a bridge table set up and Adam
had produced beer and pretzels
and potato chips.
Gersld Beaufort was leaning
toward Julia and asking her very
solicitously if she had any store
teeth, a question which success
fully arrested her wandering at
tention. She aaid. "Yes, one." in a star
tled voire.
Good! So hsve I!" he
at home. But Dad was over there
for the duration, and in Germany
after the armistice. I wasn't a
baby any longer when he came
home and took me, and the Tacks
had got fond of me. That waa
wny. later, they took Sandra
She did not smile, hut m faint
flicker of appreciation lit for an
instant her troubled eves. I
watched him put himself out te
amuse her and decided that he
was all right After a while she
grew almost cheerful. The bridge
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was inree years oiaer and a Doy. anyone carea.
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PAY M'NARY TEiBUIE
Salem, July 2. The
Marlon county Republican club
paid tribute last night to Sen
Charles L. McNary, Gov. Char-
lea A. Sprague asserting Mc-
Nary's nomination as Republi
can candidate for vice-president
would help the ticket 'sweep
the United States next Novem
ber."
The notification ceremonies
at MeNary's home, expected to
be In August, will make Salem
"the political capital for i day,
the governor said.
Colls Distinctive.
Reserve. Kas. U.Pj Miss
Enda Walker, an Infantile nar.
lysis victim, who i9s never
walked, has developed a dis
tinctive doll which has been
sold around the world. She
makes by hand the cloth dolls.
and dresses them in outfits of
her own design. Orders for
them have been received from
many foreign nations.
SCREEN TEST
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
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HEARS ei66LES AND LOOKS UP
lb see -That om or 6iE3fS is
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stems -lb be na ham amd
ftf. TRIES to APPEAR Af EASE
BV 6AJLV WWW6 BftfrtlriS SUrf
IMMEDlAfEW BECOMES MUTELY SElF
CONSCIOUS . TRIES 10 FCRC E A SMILE .
WHICH HE REALIZES IS MAKiho HIM
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7-3
LEADER NABBED
Calcutta, July S. 'T) Sub
has Chandra Bose, leftist leader
of the Indian nationalist con
gress, was arrested today at
his home Mere, under the de
fense of India iegulatio:!s.
Bose la a one-time terrorist
aod former president of the
Indian national congress party
who has visited both Premier
Mussolini and Chancellor Hit
ler. He had open differences with
Mohandas K. Gandhi mora than
a year ago over congress policy
and formed his own group,
called the forward bloc, which
demands immediate independ
ence under a threat of nation
wide civil disobedience.
Final Payment.
Salem. July 2. 1& Final
payment of $11,740 on Oregon's
five-story state office building
completed in 1930 at cost of
$511,000. waa made yesterday.
The money was borrowed from
the state Industrial acoident
commission fund.
Rat Fires House.
Alimeda. Cal. U X pH
rat, Skeezix. belonging to H. J. '
Holloman, carried sulphup
match to its nest, gnawed the
end until it blazed, burned its
own nest and" started a fire in
the house. Assistant Fire Chief
Fred Wagner, who put out thai
fire, assisted Mrs. Holloman in
applying an ointment to Skee
zix'a foot which was burned.
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"OLD S7" , '
George E. Howard's life runs strangely to S7s. Just 37 years ago Howard ran locomotive:
S7 on the U. P. railroad, and today a yard engine at a St. Louie steal works, named tor him.
is numbered !7. For more than a quarter of century ha has owned city and stale license
plates 57.
DOG WATCH
Despite many legends regarding the origin of the nautical term "dsg waleh," It got lia
name because, being the shortest wateh (two hours), it resembles a dog's quick nap. The story
that it was named because of its being 'cur-tailed" la erroneous.
TOMORROW: High School Inventor.
RETTV-LOU. A CAPTIVE IN TMS ADOBt
HIDEOUT OF TUI COREIGW SPIES... IS LEFT
UMCLIAROBD. WHILE BtonAMDn lutrliirri
HHMtN IN THEIR DtftOlY WORK,
BUT TMfc GIR.L SEES A RAY Of HOPS ihj '.
By HAL FORREST
Derby
Derby, July 2. lSpl As
Elma Elifson was coming home
from work at Tottrns mill June
24 a bee got into the car with
him. He ran the car off the
road, smashing a wheel.
A CCC truck vaa badly dama.-td
June 84 by leaping from tha road
below Scott Boyrr'i aervlre station
The driver, who m alona. waa un
Injured.
Mrs Prans Chapltn left for Colo
rado Wednesday to vuit ralatlvra
Prank Hill la very busy with hli
hay these dayi. Murl Dten and aon
BlOea are bciplnj, having just ar
rived homa from satiating Vtrn
Mathews with hi. hay.
Mra. Scott Borer's mother and tit
ter arruad laat week tor a vuit
may ara Mrs. J. W. Dana, and Mrs
i O. ( Hanna of lurrka, Cal
I Quit a few tamiliee of Derby hava
decided to celebrate tn fourth at
Rd spnrnia with a picnic lunch,
fames, ate.
j Mr. C. H Hayes entertained the
Ucllea' club at her homa ThurKlav.
I Mra J. M Dumna and two children
I ftcm Klamath Palli arrived Sunttav
tor weeks vi.it with home foim
Sht la the daufhter of Mr and Mrs
Murl Haynes.
Australia's 1D39 40 whe.it crop
Is estimated at 213,000,000
bushels.
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