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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.
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Eugene, July 23. (IP) W. A.
Patterson, president of United
Air Lines, branded as false today
a Portland story in which he
was quoted as saying the re
quest of his company to make
a regular stop here and at
Salem had been denied by the
civil aeronautics authority.
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.
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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
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day by th old sclentfic namct "Rhinopithscus Rosanas."
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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.
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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.
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