f AGE ETGHT
Gasual Slaualnh
By VIRGINIA HANSON
HSTIRDAr: Kay, Julia and
. Cmli go back tor lillkir
sunn. White thty art in lh tca
'. ter thty see someone on the
- barpe. Later Ivan it found iKtrt,
' dtad.
Chapter 17
. Early Wedding
IT IS tuy to look back nov. and
IM that Sandra and Ivan be
tween them practically signed hif
death warrant that night. It i less
euy to see why Sandra was not
warned by Ivan'i des'h Which
bring! up Sandra and her stu-
pidity, tnat waa not so mucn iiu
pidity aa a mixture of credulity
and conceit I believe her sue
eeuea had convinced her that the
waa infallible. On top of that the
waa without discrimination, aa her
weaknesa for Ivar. ihowa; and
the believed in miracles.
' ' Thia last if the most important
tingle lact to remember tne es
sential clue not only to her char
acter but to the terrifying events
whicn followed tne aeatn 01 ivsn
Sandra's belief in miracle.
She came to my rooms the next
morning before I was awake. Ju
lia had not stayed with me after
all. Ivan bad not needed her
room
lu on a housecoat and opened
the door to Sandra, trying not to
ahow my surprise; trying, too. to
keep my head from floating loose
from my snouiaers; it teemea in
securely moored.
A surreptitious glance at my
watch told me it was not as early
aa I thought. I had overslept
breakfast. 1 searched tor and
found cigarettes, which she re
fused, lit one myself that did not
taste too good, and tried to get
her to sit down. But she would
only stand leaning back against
the door, looking at me ana twist
ing her hands in a gesture bor
rowed from the stage but expres
sive for once, I thought, of genu
ine emotion.
Her eyes, swollen with weep
ing, recalled to me that incredible
moment on the barge when I had
aeen her clinging to Ivan. Could
she have loved that mountebank?
Apparently she had. Then why,
In the name of all the saints, had
she promised to marry Jeff?
- Perhaps if I had been more fully
awake, or if my head had not felt
so light and- explosive, I might
have pressed her for some of the
answers; might have caught her
off guard, staggered by this ca
lamity which must, for a time at
least, have shaken her belief in
her patron aaint or her rabbit's
foot or whatever she did believe
in. Perhaps I missed my chance
to avert more tragedy. But I do
not seriously think so. She would
never have confided in me. She
waa too stupid to be frightened
of what she was planning to do:
and she must have thought, after
Ivan's death, that fate owed her a
break.
She aaid, suddenly, "1 had to
get out of that house. They they
made fun of him. They're glad.
They tnougnt ne wasn t good
enough
Her voles was getting shrill.
She choked, said more quietly, "I
want to Ulk to Jeff without their
knowing. She's in love with him.
you know. But it's mt hs wants
to marry."
There was enough satisfied mal
ice in that to alienate the sympa
thy I waa beginning to feel for
her.
Shock Of Dismay
DOT If you're not In love with
- Jeff yourself," I began rather
brusquely. She opened he: small
dark eyes and stared at me as if I
were mad.
"Not in love with Jeff?" she re
peated incredulously. "Why, how
can you say auch a thing? It's just
because I'm so fond of him that's
why I've decided why I slipped
away this morning. Look do you
mind if I talk to him here? You
can send an orderly for him."
"But he'll be at duty oh. this
Is Sunday, isn't it? My head's not
on tight'1
I looked her over, saw that she
was once more miraculously com
posed, and suggested that ahc find
the orderly herself.
"I'll dress and get out at soon
as possible," I promised her. "I'm
going to the P.Ex. for breakfast"
"Don't leave on my account
There's nothing private about
what I have to say to Jeff I Just
don't want to be interfered with.
I want to handle my own affair.
I assured her that it was my
stomach and not her interview
that waa sending me forth, and
retired into my bedroom to dress.
I heard her waylay an orderly in
the hall, and before I was quite
dressed I heard Jeff's voice in the
next room.
Having no wish to eavesdrop, I
waa nevertheless an unwilling
audience to Sandra's demand that
they be married at onre.
I felt a shock of dismav. Un
like Sandra. I do not believe in
miracles, but I do like happy end
ings. Julia was so desperately in
tuvc wun jen inai t wouta not i
admit fate could let her lose him.
The scene on the barge last night
had fed mv hniu Ihmt I
thing would happen. If only Julia
had been less gentlemanly; if only
Jeff had seen what we saw
His voke was a brief, Indistinct
rumble dissenting, I thought, for
hers strengthening in passionate
entreaty.
"But you can apply fnr earlier
leave and what does it matter.
JUNE SET RECORD
Salem, July 13. Wi All
records of the Oregon Stste Em
ployment service tince itt es
tablishment five years ago were
broken In June when 30.670 new
Jobs were reported supplied
through the 21 field offices. Di
rector L. C. Stoll announced to
ers
anyway? I can move over here
we can be together "
Her voice dropped to a caress
ing murmur. I decided that I had
heard enough.
I cleared my throat loudly at
the connecting door, opened it
and marched past them at casual
ly at possible. They were seated
close together on the studio couch,
and they paid no attention to me
whatever, to that I waa able to
f ratify my curiosity about Jeff,
can t aay he teemed actually
thawed, but my brief glance found
evidences of a alight aoftemng
around tne edges of hit icy re
serve. His face was perceptibly
flushed and he waa staring at San
dra like a hynotized but fright
ened bird.
I went out into the corridor and
closed the door after me, con
scious of resentment and a vague,
unpleasant feeling that I had been
forced into betraying Julia.
Gerald Beaufort was alone at a
table in the Post Exchange res
taurant I joined him with real
pleasure.
"You've no Idea what a relief
It is," I confided to him, after the
waiter had brought my order," to
be with someone else who is sn
outsider. Not in the ermy."
He raised his glass of tomato
juice in mocking salute and
drained It, looking at me serosa
the rim with gray eyes that were
like himself as I waa beginning to
know him. At first you saw only
the outrageous lashes snd musical-comedy
manner. But under the
lashes the eyes were friendly and
intelligent; and under the man
ner, so was Gerald.
Jealous RageT
TOU mean they take them
selves a bit seriously," hs
observed shrewdly, setting down
the empty glass.
I nodded, feeling guilty, aa If
we were guests discussing an ab
sent hostess, which waa not a good
analogy, for we wore both paying
for our board and lodging. Nev
ertheless, I felt disloyal.
"I couldn't help noticing," he
went on soberly, "that it wasn't so
much the fact of that poor devil
being killed that occasioned the
indignation last night, aa the fact
that it happened on the reserva
tion." e
"You can't blame them for that
Murder makes ugly headlines."
And, changing the subject not al
together happily, "I left Sandra
and Jeff in my rooms planning an
early wedding."
His eyes flew to my face and
his butter knife hesitated over
the toast
"Too bad." He founded as if ha
meant it.
"Why?"
"Julia it a much nicer person."
I studied him for a moment
while he went on prosaically con
suming bits of toast
"No disagreement about that,"
I aaid at last carefully. "But she's
known Jeff all her life. I don't
suppose he seems very romantic
to her."
"Oh, doesn't he?"
There was literally no expres
sion to the words an effect which
I know from experience is almost
impossible to achieve. It rang a
little bell aomewhere in my brain
like the one on my typewriter
that I pay no attention to. I didn't
pay much attention to thia. either,
in the sense of getting scared snd
thinking, this man could be a
murderer: I was pretty sold on
him. But the thought did just cross
my mind that he might have
depths.
"That's not the only reason It's
too bad," he observed presently.
And the gray eyes were so open
and candid that I forgot about the
depths.
"What else?"
"Murder investigation," he re
minded me. "Wife can't testify
against her husband. I've studied
a bit of law," he added modestly,
and then quite obviously said no
more.
"But but you surely don't
think Je " I began and, with
sudden horror, remembered San
dra in Ivan s arms and Jeff com
ing up the ladder. Could he have
seen? Could he -ave killed Ivan
in a jealous rage?
Gerald did not appear to notice
my discomposure.
"I know less about It than the
newest recruit." he assured me.
"Here's your check. If you girls
U'lll vote you must take the bit
ter with the sweet and learn not
to depend on masculine chivalry.
If I had invited you to breakfast
I should simply have to stand for
your eating up fifteen cents, but
since this is virtually a pickup, I
must insist tnat you pay your
way."
The cashier's goggling ttare pur
sued us to the street
"But I still think It's too bad,"
Gerald said with no change of
tone. "Someone's sure to think
she's protecting him."
"Thst's nonsense." I said sharp,
ly. But I knew that it was not
Julia. I needed to see Julia. I
stood on the sidewalk in front of
the Post Exchange and thought
about going there now. Then I re
membered Gerald's depths and hia
rather disconcerting way of leap
ing upon a conclusion. And meek,
ly, but uneasily. I walked beside
him back to the club.
Sandra was still in my rooms,
but I was relieved to find that
Jeff had taken himself off.
"He's gone to tee a man he
knows about getting a special li
cense." she told me. "We're going
to be married today If we can."
Te be ranllnuea
day.
Only 16 677 tuch Jobt were
found In June. 1939.
The service's file of persons
available for employment
dropped from 43 072 on June 1
to 40 229 on July 1. Stoll said
The Portland office had 22.792
names on file on the latter date
Casual placements, principal
ly of seasonal farm labor, ad
vanced to 24.782 last month, an
other all-time high mark and a
gain of 170 per cent over June
last year.
Cloaint tuna t-ir low Lata to Clas
sify Ada la I JO p. m.
MEDFOP.D MATT.
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il6HS WlfHDKlEf AS JUN
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START SHfWlN &RlSKlV
BECOMES AWAPE.EROH A
JOefcLE OF Hri ELBOW,
THRf JUNIOR 15 BACK Wife
S1btt.1bSEDtrfEK
-That REA50H foit-'u. founts him out
HIS BEIM6 SlilLISfHAff Ka-JtatSfUS fO BATHROOM.
HA& 6cf HOLD OF SHAvlHoUCKllfe POOR
BfUISH AhIP 6 LfiTMERlK fh'
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Co On With The Storyl
THE STOPYO
)RPHANE0 IN SA6VHOO0, BEN HAS HAD
C 'A REAL STRUGGLE IN LIFE AND
BBN ri to STEM
AND HIS
INSEPARABLE
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heavy
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I f NOW iJu GET LETTERS OUT
( ANO PHOMFi, SOME OP THE. BI&
CUSTOMERS TELLIN3 THEM A:
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OREGON. SUNDAY. JULY
Radio Highlights
By Associated Press
(Time is Pacific Standard)
For Sunday the schedule is:
WEAF-NBC 1:30 Commenta
tors Round-table. WJZ-NBC
2:15 Delegate Interviews. WABC
CBS 3:15 Sen. Burton K.
Wheeler; 6:30 Sen. James F.
Byrnes snd Postmaster General
Farley. MBS 4 American for
um, commentators on the cor
vention.
In starting convention broad
casts on Monday, the networks
plan to make their pickups ac
cord with important develop
ments, The first session, with
Postmaster General Farley pre
siding, is expected to go on the
air at approximately 9:15 a.m.
As this column had indicated
previously, Niles Trammell is
the new NBC president, to suc
ceed Major Lenox Ft. Lohr.
Trammell takes over his duties
immediately, stepping up from
executive vice president. Al
though the network's third pres
ident, actually he is the first to
assume the post after career
which has been basically radio.
Sunday brings: Europe includ
ing convention, subject to change
NBC 4, 5 a.m., 3, 8 p.m.: CBS
5 a.m., 3, 4:59, 7 p.m. WEAF
NBC 11:45 a.m. MBS 3:30.
gy GLUT A3 WILLIAMS
6ES A10H6 AS BESf HE CtA,
UHTilJUMlORairieSUPTO
SEE WHAT DADDY LOOKS
LIKE IN-MlRROR AND OB
SCURES The iiem
and
lAftER HA4 NOW DRIED ON
HlSFAcE,BUfCANrDO ANy-1
Trill ABOUT IT, BECAUSE
JUNlflR StlLL WW 8RUSH.
SHADES UNHAPPILY"
7-15
OOVHUOU, FATS. HAS DEALT
blow;
HE AND
ANOTHER
YOUNGSTER, '
- HAlREO,
FRECKLE-FACED1
GOOD-NATURED
RUSTV McSURK,
HAVE SEEN A
LITTLE REAL-ESTATE SUBDIVISION,
WHICH THEY WERE TRYING TO
DEVELOP, VIRTUALLY WIPED OUT
BV A TORNADO'
UNV.ESS
ASSURING
T7T7 W
14. 1910.
Monday expectations: Europe
including convention, subject to
change NBC-4 am; CBS 4
a.m., 2:45 p.m.
Novelist Saila
Stockholm, July 13. 6J
The Scandinavian wireless an
nounced today that Sigrid Und
set, the novelist, who fled Nor
way after the German invasion.
would leave Stockholm Satur
day for the United States to
take up residence. One of her
three sons fell in the fighting
in Norway.
Closing tuna tor Too Law to Claa
lly Ada la 1.S0 p m.
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS
1 '1' --
WRe Used ?y IRE AUIES
IN W(?RUWAR1-,
To p(?aw ewcMy FiRe
CAN WRITTEN 0NTH6
Top K?f Row hLoNE of A
TPEWRIIER...
1 yr'
kCWA4DRe4SD ,
JV A4 fY MANDARIN
Amp etfTEDWrtH Honor
ouTof New V0RK0NIRE
JOHN JACOB AsTor
To CIRCUMVENT THE. ,
EM3ARG0
1.1 Cam 1M4 M TsiHe Factar S l tae.
" '-- t fill flifcli rtsawiii
MANDARIN FRAUD
John Jacob Attor, eager to clear hit ship, the "Beaver," from New York harbor for the North
west and Orient, in 1809, was annoyed to find an embargo prevented hia tailing. So he petitioned
President Jefferson for special permission to carry home to Canton a great Chinese mandarin, aa a
gesture of international good will.
Astor enlisted the aid of a Chinese coolie dock worker, dressed him up at a mandarin, se
cured the pretidential permit and tailed before the fraud wat detected! At a result of this coup.
Astor returned to New York with a profit oi $200,000.
MONDAY: Biggest Tree House.
(SEPARATED FROM fcACH OTH6R DURING
RUSTV HAS M-TERIOUSLV DISAPPEARED
THE ONLY CLUE BEN HAS SEEN ABLE TO GET WAS
FROM A TERRIFIED RESIDENT WHO, WHEN
THE WIND HAD ABATED, GLANCED OUTOF A
CELLAR WINDOW AND SAW
WALK UNCONCERNEDLY
HISHWAY THERE HE
HITCH-HIKED A RIDE ON A
TRUCK BOUND
DIRECTION
RUSTY
.11 III I'VtfS.
1 - - - - i -rtri sd r. t.
, FLINCHED AT OANGER,
) BEH CANNOT
"ACCOUNT FOR
DESERTION OF
mi mq wiPfsn I'm KinT imtpcpstpo
CAM GET A, CONTRACT '
HE OP DELIVERY- I CAN7T
SPEND MONEY SELLING A PRODUCT
CTUAT'S CONTINGENT ON THE .SOCIAL
STATUS OF THE
4 11 IV:. ti . '. 'A
BAXTER ASSIGNED
OREGON BISHOPRY
San Francisco. July 13. (JP
Bishop-elect Bruce R. Baxter
of Salem, Ore., was assigned to
the Portland area of the Metho
dist church today by the report
of the committee on episcopacy
of the western purisdictional
conference.
Bishop James C. Baker was
returned to hoi Angeles, and
He fiktmhk terns-
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ft?,.
CFI809
THE STOR,
V 1 JMWf.
fU& WHOLE THINS IS A RIDDLE
BUT BEN, WITH ONLY TWENTY
DOLLARS TO HIS
mVfc uk Ho (YtlND
TO SOLVE IT'
RUSTY
TOWARD THE
IN THE
OF THE
CITY
Showing that
a-
OuR STORY nPnHC, WlTU
BEN AND BRIAR LEAVING
THE WRECKED AND RUINEO
HAPPY VALLEY WITH ONLY
ONFi THOUGHT I fa MlMH.
NEVER
THE SEEMlNS
HIS PAL.
TO FIND RUSTY McSURK!
TRAYS ALU INTO
NOW - WE'LL MAKE
1
DELIVERIES -ILL GIVE NOU A
CONTRACT IP YOU WANT IT, BUT THERE
WONT BE ANOTHER
AT LEAST UNTIL VMS.
APFORO IT
1 n
Bishop Wilbur E. Hammaker to
Denver.
Dr. Baxter, president of Wil
lamette University at Salem, will
be consecrated bishop here Sun
day, the first time in 36 years
a Me-Jioditt Bishop hat been
consecrated on the Pacific coast.
He is under mandate to attend
general board meetings of the
church in Chicago, July 22 to
29. .
Tillamook, Ore., July 13.
(P) Four boats out on a scout
ing trip came home with a ton
each of albacore tuna, the first
commercial landings this year
on Tillamook bay.
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