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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON, WEDNESDAY,. JULY 3. 1940.
(casual Slauaht
By VIRGINIA HANSON CT-
TtSTERDAT: Julia, who Hoed
. icith the Tacks while her father
vat at uar, hat alwayi been in
love with Jeff. Later the Tack
took in orphanned Sandra,
daughter of an army officer and
Russian refugee. Julia hate
her.
Chapter Eight
Number Three '
IULIA grew a Uncut cheerful as
we played bridge with Adam
and Gerald. Around eleven Jell
came in, spoke briefly and went
up to his rooms. Julia threw down
, half-played hand.
. "Mow l can go noma, sue said
and stood up.
. "Has Felicia coma back?
asked Adam.
' "I haven't seen her. She must
be doing the town.
Then I think Julia should stav
with me. I'm sure the War De
partment would frown on my un-
cnaperonea stale.
Julia hesitated. "I'll telephone
Mimi, she said and went inside.
She came back presently to re
port mat, aitnougn Mimi was sun
out, Sandra had urged her to stay.
She, Sandra, was going right to
eea; ana tne cook was mere,
case she needed anything.
"Never mind manners," Julia
observed to no one in particular.
'"in stay.
It must have been some hours
later that I woke from a deep
sleep to see juua Denaing over
me.
"Someone at the side window."
he whispered. "What shall we
O07
I listened and heard it too. A
scribbling sound and then finger
nails rasping on the screen.
I sat up and put my feet on the
floor. I had no plan. The rooms
around us were unoccupied, ex
cept for klicia Bridewell's, and I
had not heard her come in. If I
screamed probably every man in
the building would come streak
ing down in their pajamas and
. the prowler would fade into the
night, leaving us to make lame
explanations. That might require
living down. On the other hand, if
I could quietly summon Adam
The fact that I did not know
the location of his rooms occurred
to me before I was halfway to the
corridor door. I don't know what
I would have done, for at that
moment I heard a most reassuring
"Damn!" in a stage whisper from
the window; and a second lat
er "Ka,y! For heaven's sake wake
Up and unlatch this screen!"
For a moment I thought I was
back in collect. Mv senior vear
I had a room on the ground floor
and its window sills were worn
smooth by girls who had over
stayed their Tate permission.
The Voice was unauestinnahlv
feminine. My mind registered that
fact with relief an instant be
fore I identified it
"Felicia! What on earth are you
doing?" I demanded.
I found the button of the light
(witch and clicked it, glimpsing
m omrrea wnue isce at tne win
dow an instant before it ducked
out of sight.
"Turn off that Hpht!" pleaded
the voice. Let me in before some
one sees me!"
Alarmed, I turned It off. Julia
was already at the window, un
fastening the latch of the screen.
It stuck a litle, but between us we
managed to free it and push it
outward.
"Give me a hand," groaned Fe
licia. "I'm so worn out and weak
I couldn't climb over a pin."
Felicia's New Girdle
I COULD easily believe that from
the dead weight she proved to
be, and the way she winced when
(he got her knees on the sill. Even
then I could see that there was
something wrong with her sil
houette, outlined against the ox
ford gray night She wore no hat,
and her hair, usually so sculp
tured, was in a state. And the
arms at which we were tugging
were bare to the shoulders.
We dragged her in somehow
and she revived enough to pull
down the shade.
"Now you can turn on the
light," she said grimly.
I found the switch again and
flooded the room with liuhL
. "Well!" said Julia. "You have
Been on a party!
Felicia blinked at us and for
once made no retort
She was wearing a very hand
aome full-length girdle, piiik satin
and lace, with a little scalloped
skirt, like those you see in adver
tisements. This one was whimsi
cally embellished with thousands
of the little burrs children call
beggar lice. She was further
clothed in what had once been
aheer (ilk stockings but which
now only partially covered
scratched legs and a pair of very
dirty knees. Shoes she had on
also, though one of them was
without a heel, so that she listed ,
badly to starboard. But that was 1
all. No further stitch of raiment
concealed the havoc of scratches
and bruises on a figure that other
wise did full Justice to the girdle.
Julia had collapsed on the near
oat bed and was makint chokine
sounds that threatened to increase .
In volume. I went over to her and
put my hand over her mouth1
GERMAN CASUALTIES
ONLY 156,452 SAYS
. NAZI WAR COMMAND
Berlin. July 1 AP Th Ger
man hl(h command balled th nut
triumph tn Franc tontfht u U
frfiNi'mllltv victory of all ttm
aad attributed It not only to u
ptrlur arma and fnrlislp but alao
to U unity of tha who) Otrman
ft lion undtr national aocUUm.
It iUtad lh Quanta 1omi from
ers
while I reminded her not to waka
up the club; but I did not dis
courage her too severely, for it
was the first time I could remem
ber having heard Julia laugh. Nor
was I feeling too sober myself. I
don't know whether if was the
effect of the heelless shoe or tha
somewhat inappropriate frivolity
of that girdle that made poor
Felicia an unforgettable spectacle
She did not Join in our laugh
ter, but she seemed resigned to it
"If you don't mind I'll sit
down, she said and sank onto
the nearest straight chair.
There waa a faint echo of her
normal dryness in her voice, but
it was a weak effort I looked at
her more closely and saw that she
was badly frightened, that she did
not yet feel safe. I got her a
glass of water from my bathroom
and helped her hold it while sht
drained it thirstily, her teeth clat
tering a little against the rim.
'.Alan With A Mask'
'"THANKS," she ((id. (nd
winced. "No, never mind
it's nothing. I'm sitting on a burr,
but I'm too tired to move."
I brought her my housecoat and
helped her out of the girdle,
which she scrutinized with anx
ious care, swearing softly when
she discovered a rent in the back
of its diminutive skirt
"I thought it caught on thai
barbed wire," she said. "I took it
off and carried it until I got neat
the quarters. Well, why not? I can
grow new skin, but this waa
twenty-five dollars half price at
Marshall Field's." Her lips tight
ened, her eyes gleamed. "I told
the thieving son of Satan if he
made me strip to the skin I'd claw
his eyes out He was touched by
my maiden modesty let me keep
the girdle on"
She stopped, saw our loose
jawed astonishment
"Oh, yes, I'm number three.
Stepped on my running board at
the red light this side of the vil
lage, shoved a gun in my ribs and
told me to move over. Dropped
me thoughtfully on the road back
of the post."
"What did he look like?" de
manded Julia.
"Little man with a mask that's
all I can tell you. I didn't mind
him so much, but I'm deathly
afraid of snakes. Everv time I
stepped on a fallen limb I thought
it was one. brie shuddered and
looked sick with fright "I'd have
been here earlier but when I got
near the post I had to look out
for sentries. I'd rather not have
this discussed around the bar
racks. That's why I came to your
window. There's a bright light out
in front of the club and a sentry
patrolling the back row."
She rose wearily, limped toward
the door. "Thanks for the first aid.
I'll bring bacK your housecoat in
the morning."
"Isn't there anything else we
can do?"
"No, thanks. I've got Iodine
I'll anoint the worst scratches and
fall Into bed. Oh, you might over
see breakfast; and don't let any
one wake me before noon."
It was not a night for sleeping.
Perhaps an hour later possibly
longer the bugler went crazy out
on the parade ground. At least
that was the way it sounded. The
call was wild and clamorous, and
it was still black night too early
for reveille.
My first thought when I came
to, sitting up in bed, was that the
end of the world had come and
Gabriel was blowing his trumpet;
and the answering wail of a siren
sounded like the condemned souls
of all the centuries.
Julia stirred and crumbled In
the other bed, then I heard her
feet hit the floor.
Whafa the matter?" I asked
nervously. "What'a happened
now?"
"Fire," she said briefly in a
sleep-husky voice.
The bugle and the siren kept up
their dreadful clamor, shattering
the peace of the sleeping post; ana
presently, as an undertone, we
could hear doors slamming and
voices calling excitedly back and
forth from the barracks.
Julia was at the window now.
"It may be just a drill. I don't
see anything.
She padded Into the sitting
room, which has windows on two
sides, and I slid out of bed and
joined her.
"There it U over there!" she
told me excitedly.
There was a red glow In the
sky and an occasional flame that
leaped skyward. The fire truck
was blasting its way down the
line and silhouetted against its
moving lights we could see sol
diers mawing on the parade
ground in front of their barracks.
"What's over there?" I asked
her. "The stables?"
"Yes no! I think It's too far to
the west. Heavens, I hope it isn't
the poor horses!"
She whirled, ran back Into the
bedroom and turned on the light
"Get aome clothes on, we'll go
see "
She wss already dressed and
running a comb through her hair
by the time I had found slacks
and a shirt and a pair of low
heeled shoes.
"I'll be back." she said, and
dashed out of the room. I could
hear running footsteps and men's
voices as jhe opened the door to
the hall. Then 1 found I had my
slacks on backward and. groaning
feebly, climbed out of them again.
Te be conUBaee'
May 10, whan tha ttrn offnlv
bepan :
Killed -37,074.
Wounded 111.034.
MlMlng 18 584
Thtf makr total Oarman casual
t!r of M 43
Apaimt thla It 11td mora than
1 900 (XX) Fit-m h captivaa. arsor
ithwn 2ono off.rsjra
Thia Informat' jti waa contained In
a kma. ttj:d mfmrnixJum cn tha
J CK-rman campaign In Franco np'.e.in
Inf how tarloua op ra Hon a wra con
ducud and what cnrals wra in
cha-na.
British toy-makn report in-
I crvaung demand for minUiture
airpianrs nioueicu duu bx.t
1 planes.
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LEAVES BIG LOSS
Hallettsvil.e, Texas, July 3.
VP) Flood waters that brought
death and destruction to a wide
area in southeast Texas were
subsiding today.
The death toll stood at 10
and the estimated damage at
S5.000.000. It was believed all
persona had been accounted for
in the flood area..
Thia city, waterbound 24
hours without gas, lights or
telephones, has overcome a food
shortage and the water supply
has been cleared of contamina
tion. The Guadalupe, Lavaca and
Colorado riven were still rising
at some points but there was
no great apprehension.
British Sales Tax
London, July 3. OP) The
government introduced legisla
tion tonight to levy a sales tax
In Great- Britain for the first
time, but left to the house of
commons the fixing of the rate
and the date for its start.
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
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NAZI PRISONERS
Quebec, July 3. (U.B Ger
man prisoners of war storm
troopers, parachute troops, avia
tors and submarine crews have
arrived in Canada and placed
in internment camps, it was dis
closed today.
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HIGH SCHOOL INVENTOR
While eminent scientists in million-dollar research laboratories struggled to develop
television, a young lad worked out tha basic concept of electronic television virtually as it
stands today.
He was Philo T. Farnsvorth, 14, high school boy born on an Idaho farm. While only
half-way through high school, he moved to Provo. Utah, entering Brighara Young univer
sity and completing the amasing television system he had conceived earlier from reading
popular magaiinesl
Farnsworth's system was based on the belief thai flying electrons held the only aniwer
to clear image reproduction.
' TOMORROW: Deep Sea Firecrackersl
UP CuilDCESI.ALL"
'CEDTIM3 SOPW'e.,AND
FOR AWwlL& LIKE EVEM
TkERE. WAS A TERRIBLE DIFFERENCE!
SUE. DONE BETTERS!
REST 1 k
They arrived at this St. Law
rence river port on a prison ship
which once waa famous in the
passenger trade between Canada
and England. In six hours the
prisoners, who included some
German aliens interned in Eng
land at the outbreak of the
war. were transferred from ship
to trains which took them to
internment camps throughout
Canada.
Most of the Germans had no
idea of where they were when
they were disembarked, a Brit
ish officer said, since they had
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right por sarcasm amO y- 'i f '
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TTIher fault jt- T". . U ' -i i
been told they were going on
a five-hour voyage.
One Way.
Bayonne. N. J. cT It took
an 800-mile telephone call to
get G. D. Fraser back to his
home in Jersey City, ix miles
away. The 90-year-old man wai
unable to tell Bayonne police
who he was. but they found
in his pocket the name of a
friend in Lansing, Mich. A call
to Lansing produced Frasera
Jersey City address.
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