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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 16. 1940.
Gasual Slaughters
"By VIRGINIA HANSON GT
sTliRDAYi Kay tells Julia
, Sandra's intention to marry
Jeff immediately. Julia it furious
' at Sandra't intimation that Jeff
it connected with the murder.
Chapter 19
Routine Questions
"TOU Just don't understand San
. 1 dra." Julia aaid patiently,
running a comb through her long
bleached bob. "She likei men
different men, lota of them. Last
night it happened to be Ivan. To
morrow it might be the chaplain
or Gerald or or Dad. But Jeff's
tht one she wants to marry, for
the perfectly simple reason that
he's the one she's in love with.
There couldn't be any other rea
son he hasn't a dime."
"Maybe she is doing it to spite
you."
"She doesn't hate me that well."
We went down the back stairs,
past the sound of Cora muttering
In the kitchen and out the service
entrance.
"We'll take the coupe; Mimi
won't want it," Julia said, cross
ing the graveled back road to the
douoie garage. in time iur
chapel to let out. We'll have to
Hurry.
But the chapel was closed and
showed no sign of tver having
been open. And when we went on
to the club the first person we
saw was Felicia Bridewell seated
on the veranda surrounded by the
Sunday paper, calmly darning.
"My babies are all getting so
bigl" she simpered, holding up a
man a sock.
"I thought you were at church,"
I said, failing for once to appre
lat mv favorite brand of humor.
"No church. The chaplain fell
afoul of more poison ivy last
night That poor man." She sighed
piously. "I believe he sat in it
wis time.
Dnr continued sobriety drew
from her a shrewd glance which
passed from one to the other of
us. She became pleasantly matter
of fact.
"So we came home again. Or at
least I did. But if you're looking
for Sandra I can only say that
she s some distance irom here oy
now."
"With Jeff?" demanded Julia
with remarkable self-control.
- "With Jeff. He met us on the
way home. He was driving and
he had a marriage license. When
he learned the chaplain was non
compos mentis, or vice versa, as
you might say. they set out for
parts unknown. They asked me
to go along, but I have Sunday
dinner to supervise. Then they
came here and looked for you.
Kav, and when you were not to
be found they up and decided that
maybe two was all it took to get
married, so of! they went
I did not wait for her to finish
her cheerful rattling. Julia was
as white as her hat. I took her
firmly by the elbow and propelled
her to my rooms.
The Trap
J DON'T know where our minds
were that we didn't see the
trap that was waiting for us,
didn't make our plaru and decide
on our stories. We were agreed
to keep silence on one thing only
our glimpse of Sandra in Ivan's
arms. That agreement seemed
simple enough to carry out until
Colonel Pennant, smiling at me
across the big mahogany desk in
the library of his quarters, asked
me kindly and with an obvious air
of putting only a routine question,
when I had last seen Ivan alive.
Consider that question for a
moment and you will understand
the predicament I was in. To ad
mit having seen him on the bsrge,
where he waa liter found dead,
would be to point to the very thing
Julia most wanted concealed. The
ensuing questions would be Inev
itable: Was he alone? No. Sandra
waa with him. Did you see anyone
else on or near the 'jarge at that
time? Ves Jeff.
Raised eyebrows.
I hesitated. Julia was sitting to
one side end a little behind me.
I dared not look around at her
before I answered, but I could
feel her tension, the ailent plea
he was sending me.
I turned to Adam, seated at
one end of the big desk with a
notebook and pencil; and, with
such candor as I could summon,
give my answer in the form of an
oblique question.
"When we walked off down the
beach they were all together sing
ing, weren't they?"
That's the wav 1 remember
It," Adam admitted, but he looked
at m for a fraction of a second
longer than was necessary, and
I could not gurts what he was
thinking. He might have been re
membering that moment on the
beach: or he miaht have been
recisterins mv evasion.
If they had pressed me further
bout Ivan I think I would have
BI1 11 CLOSE
BURMA ROAD IF JAPS
Ml SEEK WAR END
London, July IS. (Ti Auth
oritative Brl'is.-i clrc'es said that
Britain had told Jap-ir ht
would close the only route by
which war supplies, mainly
American, roach the Chinese
central government for three
months if Japan would u;e that
time to seek a peace.
These circles said the United
States government had been
kept Informed of the offer to
close the supply n,ute the
Burma roa.l and thus f; had
made no objections
Washingtsn, however has
sent "detail' d comment' on the
British-Japai eso negotiations it
was said.
These amnorilatlve circles
114 that, although, torn critics
told them the rest of what I knew.
Perhaps I would have told it any
way if I had been able to realize
that the lean, friendly man in
uniform with the ailver eagles on
his shoulders, the man who had
danced with me, played bridge
with me and told me funny stories
about the service and about West
Point reiiresented an authority
that went beyond the county.
even the atate. An authority com
nlete within the boundaries of his
garrison and answerable only to 1
a couple of superior officers and '
to the President of the United I
States.
I knew that In a general way. I
through my unforgettable experi
ence of murder at Fort Havens.
But it waa difficult to feel the
wholesome awe that the normal
civilian has for the customary
forcea of law and order. Besides,
he waa Julia's father, and Julia
was prepared to pull the wool
over his eyes in an effort to pro
tect Jeff. She knew the service
better than I did. and my eym
Dathies were all with her. If pos
sible. I wsnted to leave this for
her to handle.
Profound Amazement
IT waa possible. Colonel Pen-
- nsnt did not ask me main
when I had last seen Ivan alive.
He accspted my evasion as an an
swer. And if my conscience
troubled me a little I comforted
myself with the unspoken grati
tude in Julia's eyes.
For her father turned to her at
once.
"What happened when the sing
ing broke up?"
Julia shrugged, avoided hit
eyes.
"Gerald and I decided to turn
cartwheels. It seemed like a good
idea at the time." She smiled
faintly. "I didn't notice what the
others did."
"And when you came back,
Katherine?"
"They were still turning cart
wheels. And Jeff was asleep on a
blanket"
I saw then that It would have
to come out about Sandra and
Ivan on the barge. But perhapa
we could avoid the suggestion
that Jeff had known anything
about it
"See anyone else"
I remembered the chaplain
plodding down the beach and I
told them about that
"hen Sandra and Ivan must
have been together." he said. And
as that seemed to require no an
swer I was prudently silent An
instant later "Where la Sandra?"
"By now shes probably Mrs.
Jefferson Tack," said Julia, in a
voice ahe contrived to make
casual except tor a break at the
end. A break in her voice that
waa the first break in her com
posure since I had taken her t
my rooms and made her He. white
and tearless, on my couch while I
looked at her helplessly and tried
to think of something comfort
ing to say.
They had sent for us both then
to come back to the colonel's
quarters: and with relief and ad
miration I had seen her Dull her
self together and assume a fair
imitation of indifference. But it
could not last much longer.
Her father was regarding her
with profound amazement.
What did you say? he de
manded.
I broke Into nervous speech.
relating my story of Sandra's
early call and her sudden deter
mination to get married. The two
men listened without comment
but when I had finished Colonel
Pennant's normally genial face
expressed angry disapproval.
"Why waan t 1 told of this7" he
asked coldly.
I answered, stammering a little.
that I had considered it none of
my business, which was true
enough, but did not salve my
sense of guilt for the other things
I had not told him. I had never
seen his official manner had not
realized he could seem so for
bidding. Julia came to my defense.
"We tried to stop them, but thei
hsd already gone, ahe aaid dully.
parents can be surprisingly
blind. He seemed unconscious of
her personal trsgedy in bis own
sudden wrsth.
1 11 have a word to sav to
Lieutenant Tack about this, he
announced grimly.
But it wasn t his fault Julia
protested.
Of course It waa his fault
Sandra'a a levelheaded girl. He
got tired of waiting, the Im
patient young pup. Upset every-
Plana, arrangements, i mav
have been wrong, but I thought
he waa groping for grounds for
his anger. And he produced them
triumphantly. "Wait until Miml
hears of it she'll be wild!"
He rose from his chair, the In
vestigation apparently forgotten,
and started for the door.
Te be conUnaed -
might say Britain had let China
down, the biggrs. assiMance
Britain could render C h n a
would be to beat Germany
Then Britain would be tree
to wield a itrongre hand lr.
the Far East, they tald.
10
. The Medford civil service
board today announced open
I competitive examinations to cre
ate an eligible list for firemen
' in the local department.
I Last date for filing applica
tions for the examination is July
1 22. Application blanks may be
procured at the city superintend
ent's office In city hall.
To qualify for the examina
tion the applicant must be a
United States citizen 21 to 3
years of age and a bona fide
resident of Mcdfora.
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Chicago, July 16. Pl Dr.
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the Democratic party today to
adopt a plank favoring the prin
ciples of the Townsend old age
pension plan. At the same time
he gave notice that if the two
major parties refused to endorse
the movement, he would form a
party of his own.
William Green, president of
the American Federation of La
bor, told Democratic platform
framers if President Roosevelt
was "permitted" to handle the
unemployment problem, he
would find a solution for it.
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could be interpreted as an im
plied endorsement of a third
term nomination for the presi
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to newsmen later he did not in
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PAN-AMERICAN MEET
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Washington. July 16. (UR
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today virtually completed prep
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naming seven' additional aides
to accompany him there.
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fledged U. S. delegate to the
conference, remained at his desk
while most of his cabinet col
leagues attended the Demo
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digested In the stomach and Us poisonous properties are destroyed.
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Lisbon, July 18. (Ft Some
members ot the royal family of
Luxembourg sailed for the
United States today aboard the
U. S. cruiser Trenton. The
Grand Duchess Charlotte-Adel-gonde,
ruler of Luxembourg wno
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Elizabeth, 18; Marie-Adelaide,
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