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Newspaper Page TextPAGE SIX MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON. TUESDAY. JULY 22, 1940. Gasual Slaughters By VIRGINIA HANSON cf YESTERDAY: Kay reeds Ivan s play end find it terrible. Law Adam wyi goodby before leaving for tha East with Imii'i body. Sandra aikt if $ht can spend tha iah with Kay. Thr to brut en har ahouldtr. Chapter 23 Stubbornly Solitary THERE wis something on San dra's mind. "Did I keep you awake last right?" ahe asked, approaching 11 obliquely. "No. I was lust thinkinc story through," I lied. "I often do at night. "I didn't think you were asleep. Tm glad it wasn't on my account If if it wouldn't disturb you I'd like to occupy that bed every night until this thing is cleared up." My heart ssnk. This was more man i naa Dargaineo tor. Aciam had asked me to cultivate her. but I gave her a straight look. "Have you and Jell quarreled?1 She returned my gaze ateadily and did not change color. Xhen she pushed up the short sleeve of her black sheer Irock and ahowed me an ugly green bruise on her arm Just below the shoulder. "I'm afraid of him," she said simply. "He gets into such mur derous rages. I remember she used thst exact exoression. lor I felt a little chill creep up my spine as I wondered u she meant it literally. 'Then why did you marry nimr "I'd rather not discuss that. she said coldly. I kr.ew she was thinking" of the scene at Field- stone Inn, where I wss present as Julias friend. Wasn't it rather odd. I reflected. that she should choose me for her half-confidences, knowing as she must thst I was on Julias side? Perhaps she hoped to win me over to hers, but why? I was of no Importance in this tangle only an outsider who had let my self be drawn in. To impress me favorably meant nothing unless. possiDiy, i snouirj pass that tm' pression on to Adam. Then I realized that Sandra was peculiarly friendless here. Mimi seemed fond of her or was she? But Mimi was not a person I would go to in trouble. She was too remote, too involved within herself. And who else was there? Felicia Bridewell, the club host ess. Felicia waa an outsider too: and much as she amused me. I distrusted her sharp tongue and her slightly avid interest in other peoples affairs. I could under stand Sandra's not caring to have Felicia'a penetrating eyea focused on the marital relations of Jeff Tack and his bride. That left only me. Not a friend. not even an impartial observer, but the only woman Sandra could turn to. Against my will I felt a little stsb of pity. "You msy sleep here If you like." I said at last reluctantly. "But I d be glad if you d explain to Jeff that I'm not taking aides " "You'd better explain that yourself," she said distantly. "I'm not talking to him, except In pub lic." What could I say? I left It at that, but I had an uneasy feeling that I was being unwlie, that I needed advice. And Adam was not there to give it to me. She was Just leaving when an orderly appeared at the door. Invitation " f ISS PENNANT would like to speak to one of you ladies on the phone." he said. "She asked for either Mrs. Tack or .Hiss Cornish." "You talk to her, Kay." "All right But you'd better eome along too. It's probably an Invitation. It was. Would we come to lunch to discuss a reception for the bride and groom? I smiled to my. self as I relayed the Information to Sandra. Mimi and Julia were getting busy to put a good face on tilings. The old army aolidaritv. 'Tell them I have a headache." Sandra said rapidly. 'Thev're to make any plans they like and I'll agree to them, but I can't come to lunch today." I repeated that Into the phone and Julia said. "Thank Heaven. I hoped she'd refuse but you come anyway, Kay. You ran help." I demurred weakly that I had work to do, but she scoffed at that and finally I consented, San dra followed me back to my room and watched me dress. She was like a forlorn child and not only forlorn: a child afraid of the dark, too: afraid of being alone. But de fiant distrustful and utterly, stub bornly solitary. "Do you mind If I stay here and write some letters on your typewriter?" she asked as f put on mv hat. "Don't worrv. I won't hurt it I'm a good typist." I did mind, but weakly could not say so. I felt as if I were being inundated by Ssndra. Cul tivate her? She required no culti vation. She was a weed. Lunch proved to be a peculiarly ocial gathering peculiar, if one considered the circumstances. I ' RAIDMI RAF. London. July 23. Ti Head quarters of General Charles De gaulle, commanding the Free French Legion, announced to night that "our airmen took part in the operations carried out last night by the Royal Air Force over Germany." "In spite of violent opposition from the ground defenses, the objectives were attacked with success and Important results were observed," the headquar ters statement said. "AH our air men returned safely," There were only the four of us: Colonel Pennant, genial as usual; Mimi, brisk and businesslike, the preoccupation of a hostess in her eyes; Julia not exactly remote, but seeming to hsve a strsnge new dignity and to have found some source of inner contentment . We did not speak of Ivan. A stranger, listening, would have thought the only tragedy that had touched this place was that of social plans disrupted. "We even chose her wedding gown when we met her in Chi cago," Mimi said with an ag grieved air. "I can't imagine any girl being so stupid. Dan and I were giving them the wedding, and it was going to be so pretty have you ever seen a military wedding, Kay, with the arch of sabers and all the trappings? Oh well, we'll Just have to make other plans. Now the thing is. people hsve been calling me up all morning asking when and hots they can entertain the bride and groom, so I thought I'd better start the ball rolling with this re ception" I thought of train flashing across the country, bearing Adam and One Other that One Other to whom last ticket is sold for a final Journey and for a mo ment it seemed pretty heartless to be planning a round of parties. But what had Ivan been to these people? Only a casual visitor, at least as far as we knew. Even Sandra had acknowledged him only as a friend, and up to that time I think I was the only one to suspect a deeper allegiance on her part And don't tribal customs include merriment after a death? The Pennant's reception would be in the nature of a wake for Ivan. Julia was planning a tea dance for them Saturday afternoon at the club. I asked if I could go in with her and share the expense, as I was already indebted to vari ous people on the post, and they seemed to think it wss a good idea. So after lunch we settled down to practical consideration and wrote invitations for a couple of hours. Strang Intensity IT wss nearly five when I got back to the club, but Sandra was still in my room, curled up on the studio coach reading a magazine. The air was heavy with smoke and the room was hot from the afternoon aun, but ahe looked atrangely contented and greeted me almost with a smile. Did you write your letters? ' I asked, looking at my desk which was as neat as usual, though that is nothing to write home about. Still. I couldn't see that ahe had disturbed anything. "Yes. it didn't take long Just a few short notes to friends who knew Ivsn. I was waiting for you to come nacK and tell me where to mail them. Ars you going to send your story off? "I can't It isn't finished, and the post office closes at six." 'That's too bad. How man pages are left to copy?" six or seven. 'I rnnlH rnnv them In half mn hour for you." She flung down the magszine and stood up. "Come on, let's net it finished. For all vou know this one day might make all the difference in a sale." But but there's a little re vision I alwsvs make chancel when I copy." Take a pencil and correct as I type." She already had a aheet of white paper in the machine. She turned back the top page of the stack of manuscript to the right of the typewriter, looked at it ana numbered the waiting page. "Where dnea it brain, here where it says 'She looked un at him soulfully'?" "Make it 'She gazed deep into his eyes,' and here, halfwav down the page, instead of "said' write 'murmured.' " She nodded and words began to pour from her hands like beans into a pan. I watched her expert flngera for a moment of silent envy, then I got busy correcting the next sheet. I proofread the tvned sheets as she finished them, but there was no need to. That girl could type. While she was finishing the last page I addressed a manila en velope bv hand, '.hen I took the competed manuscript and leafed rapidly through it to make sure the pages were In the right order. She watched me with the strang est Intensity as I did it and I thought, she's read the storv while I was gone and she wonders if I know it. I didn't care if she had. t had told her she could. But I felt a little contemptuous at th thought that she would sneak. She took her two thin en velopes and followed me out to the garage. Gerald had brought me the keys to Adam's car be fore I left fnr the Pennants' hut, seeing Sandra, had not paused to talk. It's twent of six." I ssld as I drove through the gate of th post. "We'll make it easily. Tha post office is only shout four milea down the road, in the village." sne picKea up the manila en velope from the seat between us and read the address. Ardent Love Romances. 10fl Fourth Avenue, New York City. , T be Cfnunatg PANAMANIAN VESSEL London. July 13. i-D A ship Identified as the 1. 282-ton Fros soula, of Panama registry, was sunk by German bombers last week, an authoritative source said today, adding it Is feared there was a "heavy loss of life." The ship was bombed by Ger man aircraft on the night of July 15. about 58 miles northwest of Cape Fintsterre. Spain. In "very bad weather," this source said. Ita last port of call was Barce lona. Da alalJ Tt.uuu aa'nl a as. On the Radio Chains STATIONS Thee t Tm4 Taw as the Diali HtX. IISO, rorttan! KM. U. uut aagetaai UUA, 141. apoaaoe: kuo. Jae, mortars: M.W 13. fort land; SUM. :. Bran In NX. IOSO, LM Antele) AOS, S. Deaterl KOIN. . Portland: homo n Seattle i tiro. so. tun rranriam; tiSI,, I ISO. Salt H TueMar. 1:00 Marimba Band. KPO. KOW; Eipoeltlon Band. KOO, HEX: Helen Menken, KNX: B porta, KAL, News. KOIN. 8 SO Kent's Orch KOIN: Musical Rrrua, KPO. KOW: Reruere, KOO: Court of Mlaslnc Hairs. KNX. :0O News, KEX; Doraey's On-h . KPO; Alaho Land, KOO; MllUer's Orcb, KNX. 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The request involving Eugene and Salem has not yet come before the authority, he said. His Portland statement con cerned the applications involv ing several southern California cities, denied because they were too near other ports. Closing Urns tot Too Lat to nas ally Ada la I SO p m. By CLUYAS WILLIAMS mm DlHNER Still BElKS PROFFERED, PUSHES PlfffE AWAV, WITH fjcfri HMDS, EtfPHtfiCftlW FEE1A THKTlPS PRETtf HARD; SDMETitTCS, 6EfT6 AM IDEA ACROSS TO GROWN-UPS, AJD 60ESTOSIEEP 7-24 J 1 WiSH.SV'EETHEa.RT INSTEAD OP SPEMOiMG A. t ON ME WE COULD BUILD A. NICE hOn BIG ENOUGH SO VS(E AND MAMA. WITH US GETTING TOO OLD FOR HARD J , AMERICANS FEAR Shanghai. July 22. CU.R) United State marine patrols were reinforced in the American defense sector of the interna tional settlement toda and bodyguards were provided for Americans who had been threat ened by Japanese-dominated ele ments. Americans who have been threatened, agreed to send a STRANGE AS IT SEEMS ffeji MONKEY FACE Milne-Edwards, famed French sooloqist. thought lh Kwaickow, or snub-nosed monkey, bor a striking raiemblane to Roxana of th French court. So th monkay 1 known to day by th old sclentfic namct "Rhinopithscus Rosanas." HORSE LAW In 1870 tho board of health of Nawion, N. Y.. ruled: "No carcasses of cows, horses or ani mals to be boiled or th bones baked; owners must bury taem instead whsr they die." TOMORROW: Dollars from Scanlsl TWENTY BUCKSf , ( HOT BAD, BUT I NV aaaaaSTl -5 1 BETTER MAKE J . LOT OP MONEY COULD TAxE PlPA . - THEVRE message to President Roosevelt urging him to inform Japan that it would be held responsible for the safety of Americans in China, on the ground that Japan controls Chinese authorities in territory it occupies. The mes sage also suggests retaliation against Japanese newspaper men in the United States in event of mistreatment of Americans here. Dog Rscu Jefferson City, Mo. (IP) Jef ferson City police nominate a friendly rat terrier as the "dig gingest dog alive." He dug so far into a hole after a rabbit that it took the police rescue squad three hours to uncover him. 02Ti Atfi ITS 4CtzmlFlC NAME FROM ffe t t U iStiri RKSMBLANC8 To h PoPlilM YoUWLW 0F1HE FRENCH COURT Mil. " m Kir. m mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.mmmmmmmmmmm PAPA IS STILL PHYSICALLY PIT TO TAXE CARE OP THE FURNACE AMD MAMMA COULD SUPER INTEND THE COOKING. -TMEYO C A., .,,,!. JSREAT COMFORT ' U I -at T? 1 . - e ! 5 3 HAM AND EGGS PENSION DENIED BALLOT PLACE San Francisco, July 23. JB The California supreme court, in a decision today, prevented the twice-defeated ham and eggs pension plan from appear ing on the November general election ballot. . Wth.r. . Northern California: Fair to night and Wednesday, but fo along the immediate coast, scat tered afternoon thunderstormg in high Sierras; high tempera ture in interior; light, mederat northwest wind off coast. byJOHNHIX 1 1 1k tr t ( ff Ifa? SM By HAL FORREST THERE THEY GO..N0 feVER.Y' TIME TWtV LEAVE ME...TH6Y . LEAVE A BIG ACHE IN MY HEART... ANA PEAR. ...THAT THEY avBK. lone lTTMUl A'MUMCM- YtJ hS5 LMSrt mkio$ iniy fiin I By EDWIN ALGER By SOL HESS LAMM AND THE f -m lie; 1 c rv T . ' I If MAT N I BACK......