PAGE SIX
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON. MONDAY, AUGUST 5. 1940.
Gasual Slaughters
-By VIRGINIA HANSON Cf
tESTCRDAY: affml Milt Key
how Sandrm held over hot htad
on Innocent incident which San
dra could distort and make tho
upright Colonel believe, Sandra
may have ujfd similar tactic to
font Jeff to marry htr.
Chapter 36
No Question Of Staying
'THE Colonel explained to me
with cold contempt that he
had charged Jeff with murder,
that Jeff would Inherit by San
dra'! death.
"But surely you don't think
that of Jeff Why, you (aid he
wai like I ion to jroul"
"It he were actually my ton It
could make no difference under
these circumstances. Any man
who would kill a lovely young
girl a girl he bad been fortunate
enough to win ai hit bride "
t remembered that he would
hear nothing against Sandra. Yet
he was ready to believe this of
Jeff! The little flame of resent
ment that Mimi'i story had kin
dled in my mind, fed by my own
sense of angry guilt, flared out in
reckless speech.
"Lovely young fjirl!" I said hot
ly. -"What do you know about
her? If you weren't so blind, so
sure of yourself, this thing would
never have happened. It's all
your fault, all of itl Marry a
lovely young girl yourself and
treat her as if she were a house
keeper! Pat yourself on the back
because you rescued her from
starvation and then starve her
for a little love and understand
ing! Did you ever stop and look
at your wife and see how unhap
py she Is? Have ysu ever asked
. her what was the matter, encour
aged her to talk to youT Or have
you snubbed her every time she
gave way to a human emotion un
til snes arraia to ten you wnen
she's in trouble afraid to tell you
that Sandra was ruining your
daughter's life with a vicious lie
she had trumped up about her,
Mimil Airaid you woman t Be
lieve your own wife, that you'd
sit in judgment on her at you've
ust done on Jeff "
' It's pity I didn't burst Into
tears sooner, before I had said all
there was to say. He seemed in
capable of doing anything to stop
me. His face was the color of the
overworked tomato; his eyes
looked like green marbles about
to roll down his cheeks. His whole
attitude suggested that of a man
trapped with a raging tiger.
I ran out of the room before he
eould recover his senses and took
refuge in my room. From behind
my closed door I heard him, pres
ently, tramp heavily up the stairs
and knock at his wife's door.
It was a warm night, but I was
having a chill. With buckling
knees I stumbled about the room,
found my hat and my pocketbook,
picked up the overnight case and,
closing my door behind me so
that they would not miss me, tot
tered as quietly as I could down
the stairs. There was no question
now of my staying under that
roof.
As I opened the front door I
thought once, vaguely, of Frlngy.
I had gone to the library with
that one additional bit of Infor
mation and I had not told it. But
I would not have gone back now
If I had known that Fringy him
self, grown dark and dreadful an
menacing, was lying In wait in
the shrubbery to make me a third
victim.
I could not go back. I had
thrown the gauntlet in God's face,
and hell would be a better place
for me.
A Lifetime
AS THE distance between me
and Colonel Pennant wid
ened I stopped shivering and my
step grew firmer. But I knew I
had done for myself forever as
far as Fort Michigan was con
cerned. I would pack tonight, and
the first train in the morning
would take me back to Chicago.
I only hoped my rashness would
not get Adam Into trouble, . . .
It was dusky, about the hour
at which the carriage had arrived
last night Was it only last night?
I seemed to have lived a lifetime
during those twenty-four hours.
I shivered again and glanced
over my shoulder.
The post was very quiet. Lights
burned behind drawn shades
along the row, but there drifted
out no sound of light voices, no
laughter. In unison these people
were paying their respects to the
dead as last night they had paid
them to the living.
There were lights In the chapel,
too. Thursday night Did they
have prayer meeting on an army
pos.'
But as I approached, tie lights
suddenly went out and I heard
the opening and closing rf the
heavy oak door. A little .Hurrying
figure came down the t alk to
ward me.
"Good evening," Intoned a fa
miliar voice. "Oh, is it you. Miss
Kay? I'm afraid my eyes are not
yet accustomed to the dim light"
"Good evening. Chaplain Hen
ry. Have you been conducting
services?"
"No, no. Merely attending to
my own devotions." He sighed
hesvily and. relieving me of the
light case, fell into step beside
me. "This unhappy affair has
shocked me deeply, aa of course
it ha everyone on the post "
Junior musicians of southern
Oregon will give a concert at
8 p.m. Wednesday In Guild hall
on North Oakdale avenue al
Fifth street.
Purpose la to raise a fund
to help pay the expenses of
about 30 of the student mu
liciaru to the Golden Cat in
JUNIOR MUSICIANS
TO GIVECONCERI
"But you had known her a long
time, hadn't you?" I felt surge
of sympathy. Sandra bad been
his only friend on the post the
only ont who hadn't laughed at
him.
"Sine she was a mere child.
It was my unhappy duty to con
duct the service for her father
and mother. A very sad affair.
The lovely wife died of pneu
monia: the husband, inconsolable,
committed suicide. And now it
falls to my lot to read the ser
vice over their only child.
"Where will the body be sent?"
"To San Antonio, where her
own father and mother as well
as her foster father and mother
lie buried. What a succession of
trsgedies in those two families!"
We went up the broad front
steps of the club, and be fumbled
the screen door open. The light
from the lounge streamed out,
and I saw that he was carrying
a book in his white-gloved hand.
He followed me in, set down
my dressing case and slipped the
book face down on a table, but
not before I had seen the lurid
jscket and the title. Come Back,
My Heart.
"Mrs. Bridewell asked me to
let her something." he said apolo
getically. "Have you patronized
our small lending library in the
basement of the church?"
"I didn t even know there was
His face. I noticed, was not
quite so repulsive looking. If he
could manage not to get another
attack: he mignt look almost hu
man in another week.
The club orderly, passing
through from the bar to the
kitchen regions, stopped when he
saw us.
"There's some mail for you,"
Miss Cornish. I was fixing to
bring it around to the colonel's
Suarters as soon as I go off duty,
ut since you're here I'll get it
lor you. tie vanianeo.
"would you like me to put the
suitcase in your room?" the chap
lain asked while we waited. "Or
perhaps you're not staying
there?"
"No. Just leave it here, thank
you," I said evasively. "I'll speak
to. Mrs. Bridewell "
Rejected Manuscript
THE orderly reappeared with
the mail I took it from him
and muttered something uncom
plimentary as I saw that there
was nothing from Adam.
"Not bad news, I trust?" the
chaplain asked anxiously.
"No, Just not good. A rejected
manuscript and a letter from the
same people. They were in an
unpleasant hurry about it, I must
say."
He tut-tutted a couple of times
while I thrust the letter, unread.
Into my purse. Then he came out
with some bright remark about if
at first you don't succeed, or
words to that effect
The orderly, lingering, said.
'Too bad about that young lady."
find added fervently, "I'm glad I
don't sleep here!"
"I understand the, ah, weapon
was taken from the kitchens
here?" the chaplain asked with
what I could not help considering
ghoulish interest
i guess u was. i ne cook aaia
her best butcher knife was miss
ing, and she hasn't got it back
yet She was pretty sore when
she tried to cut the ham this
morning
I bit back a hysterical impulse
to tell him he should speak to
the colonel tell him the cook
needed her butcher knife. I felt
that I would want a vegetarian
breakfast
"Anyway, I'm glad I wasn't
around when that fellow come
for the knife," the orderly dilated
with gruesome relish. "1 got one
scare a couple of nights ago that
will last me awhile. I waa ready
to go back to barracks, and there
wasn't a soul around. It was a
week night and I guess everybody
was in bed for a change. I went
back to the kitchen to change my
white coat for my uniform blouse
that I always leave hanging out
there, and I came back through
the dining room. The lights were
on out here, see, and the dining
room wasn't exactly dark, so I
didn't turn on no lights. I was
almost to the hall when I seen
this sort of floating white figure
by the buffet. Not that it was ac
tually floating, or even moving
when I first saw it. It was stand
ing real still, like It hoped I
wouldn't just notice it at all.
Well, for two shakes I would have
lust cut and run. But I was right
by the door, and I figured I could
get out quick if I nad to, so I
reached over and turned on the
light"
He paused, enjoying our atten
tion and creating suspense. Then
he chuckled a little and went on.
"Well, sir, it was Mrs. Tack
the bride, you know. She had on
a kind of white bathrobe, and she
had a medicine battle in one
hand and a vinegar cruet in the
other, and she was pouring vine
gar into the bottle. I reckon I
thought she wss daffy or some
thing. I just stood there and
stsred until she gave a little
laugh and asked me If didn't
know vinegar was good for a
headache. Seemed she had one
and was going to rub vinegar on
her head. I told her it was a new
one on me. but she Just smiled
snd said, 'Don't tell anyone I
swiped it.' So I didn't But I guess
she was Just joking, don't you?"
Te centimes
ternational exposition where
they will be combined with
hundreds of others from the
West In a gigantic broadcast
concert on August 11. No
charge will be made for the
recital here but contributions
will be accepted.
The concert Wednesday eve
ning will be directed by R. II
Cook, the musicians' teacher
Guest soloist will be Miss Cor
rlne Harwood who will orcsont
a group of songs. About 60
young student rmirinai:s will
lake part in the concert.
On the Radio Chains
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FRED PERLtV, HOUSED WITH A BftD CASE OF
LARVN6ITI5, COULDN'T DO ANVTH1N6 EXCEPT WAVE
AND MAKE TUTILE WHISPERIN6 SOUNDS IN HIS THROAT,
WHEN HIS WIFE SET OFF WlTH HIS NEW DETECTIVE BOOK
IN THE CAR. AND HER THEATRE TICKETS AND DRIVER'S
LICENSE ON THE HALL TABLE a
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FIREMAN SUFFOCATES
.F.
Klamath Falls, Aug. fl
H. E. Prevo, 44, night fireman
at Kesterson sawmill, was suf
focated last night In tho saw
dust conveyor at the mill.
Donald Wilcox, night watch
man, became alarmed when
Revo failed to return from an
inspection of the fuel conveyor
and found the body buried In
the sawdust which apparently
had caved in when Prevo at
tempted to dislodge some ob
struction on the belt.
By GLUYA5 WILLIAMS
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IN DASH 10 FIRE
Lakeview, Ore, Aug. 5. UP)i
One CCC enrolle from Geor
gia was dead and 16 others
nursed injuries today, the re
sult of an overturned truck Sat
urday night a short distance
south of the state line.
Tom Teston of Axson, Ga..
was killed. Six of the Injured
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Strange as it seems, pretty Jeanne Kavanagh, secretary of the president for signing land
patents, is the only person in the world who can sign President Roosevelt's name to gov
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Chief executives suffered writer's cramp until, about 1870, congress authorised a clerk ta
sign the president's name to these documents. Miss Kavanagh cannot sign his name to any
other document.
Tomorrow: The $10,000 Photographl
thers was Only One
REDEEMING FEATURE AcNOUTN
J TUAT CAftiN YwE HAD LAST NIGHT.)
, I WHEN WE OPENED THE DOOR, J
TO GO IM TmE MOSQUITOES
FU5VJ OUT. .THEY COULDN'T
TT STAND THE HEAT j
men required hospitalization.
All were from - Georgia and
members of tha Hart Moun
tain CCC camp.
They were en route to a
forest fire in the Fandango val
ley when the truck carry'" 23
enrollees failed to make a turn
and crashed.
TWIN SONS ARRIVE FOR
ASHLAND JUNIOR COACH
Ashland, Aug. 5. (P) Jun
ior high school coach and Mrs.
Al Simpson, Ashland, became
the parents of twin boys Sat
urday.
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A f 1.000 Jewel theft on Treas
ure Island was reported to po
lice today by Eugene Orelo,
steward at the Cafe Lafayette,
who said the gems were taken
from a locked glass case where
they were on display In tha
cafe arcade. They comprised six
gem-studded bracelets, brooches
and pins, lent by San Francisco
jewelers.
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