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MEDFOnn MATT. TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. (TREGON. MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 2. 1940. memoRij of the moon mMaby Jeanne Bowimd'hmm .lRDAY. On net return i&nci finds that ntr family -a publuhrd reports that tht ranch will bt fold and hat rt ceived credit. They art enter timing lavishly. Contttnct. keeping ht. arncal stcrtt,' to nabbed tu detectives. Chapter IS Appeal To John THE French doon opened from the solarium end John Rule thoroe stepped out, intent upon lifhtinf clfar. Vohnr Raskthome wheeled "Con stance . . . Conchilo what ire ou a tmnm J Jt n.iiu. v.i mat he (napped at the detective. Constance, released. Bed Into the security of John'i arms. "Will you tell these l-idioti that I am a Cabrillo? And John, make them keep still: I don't want the folks to knew I'm home until after the party." The idiots didn't need to be told anything, they had started fading into the darkness even before John bought their silence with bills; and Constance leaned for a few moments against John's shoulder, then straightened. "I'm sorry," she apologized. "I . . . they frightened me and 1 m tired, I couldn't sleep on the Elane, and I guess I forgot to ave any dinner." John patted her shoulder. "Wait until I And my coat." Five minutes later, Constance's little coupe, with Raskthoms at the wheel, swung out of the tradesmen's entrance. Constance sat back watching his hands on the wheel; watching his face, reliving her feeling of restful security as she leaned against his shoulder, wondering at her feeling for John. I'm taking you to on of my pet hide-outs," John offered. 'They'll give us a steak two Inches thick." Constance closed her eyes to shut out the -vision of a little waterfront cafe and a dark-eyed man threading his way between tables, of a voice saying: "Hi', Michael." John's "pet" was unpretentious. They went through side door to be conducted to i private booth where curtains were im mediately drawn. "Now tell me all about it," or dered John, when the obsequious waiter nad disapeared. "Oh. John . . . it's wonderfull El Cabrillo, I mean. I can't give It up. its liKe part or me; my blood and my flesh and my bones." And then the words tumbled out. The waiter brought smoking platters but still Constance talked, and when John found she wouldn't stop, he took her knife and fork, cut small sections of the steak and held them to her lips. "Oh, John," she sighed, ."you are good to me. You do .0 care of me." "Some day," he threatened. Constance looked at him and saw him as other women must see him. A stalwart, handsome man, barely thirty but seasoned by the tragic passing of his parents, the worry over madly-marrying younger sister, and by the cares of the vast estate he had Inher ited and which he handled alone and with wisdom. "John," she asked impulsively, "what do you see in me that makes you say some day? Why do you wait?" The light gray eyes in their sur prising frame of jet lashes wid ened. "Conchlta," he confessed, "I've asked myself that question thousand times. And then I go back to our first meeting; do you remember that meeting, Chita?" She remembered. But had six years passed since that night When she, awaiting the escort her mother had arranged to accom- . pany her to the Charity Ball, had ' seen her little sister in stolen 1 clothes flajh in front of her; an nounce that she was Miss Ca brillo, and whisk off with the waiting man? Father, Brother, Counselor SHE had "whisked" only as far as the elevators, then the es cort had returned. "Now that the child has retired, Miss Cabrillo, shall we go on?" John Rask thorne had asked. And to her query: "How did you know?" He had replied. When your mother telephoned she was too ill to acompany you, father told me to look for the girl with the most beautiful eyes in the world." It had been balm to the eighteen-year-old heart of Constance, Just as other rescues, since that time, had soothed her heart and her pride. It had been John who had helped them move from hotel to apartment, apartment to hotel, hotel to house. John who had taken the place of father, brother, counselor. "I thought then," said John, handing Constance her cup of hot milk, "that you'd need someone to help you cope with your fam ily. I elected myself." "John, were you .-opinj with Donna when the detectives start ed coping with me?" "Yes." he admitted. To be frank, I was giving her merry hades for throwing this party." "Then you do agree somrihino must be done to check them?" "Unquestionably." "John, then . . then will you help mi raisi the money I will need to make El Cabrillo mod ern, paying ranch?" Because John Rsskthorn was not man to make promises he could not fulfill, or so Constance thought, he did not commit him self. They drove to a secluded bank and watched the river wind its way between jeweled shores, and Constance talked. She told of Mrs. MacKelvey and her suc cess; of the railroad: of the his tory of Old Michael Mahoney and of Peter Taylor, senior. Not until she had slipped Into the house with no on yet awar of her return, did she question her fsilure to speak of Pedro. John had said he would see her at his office at three o'clock and they would discuss business in business setting. Constance crept wearily to bed with assurance that somehow John would man age. Shed stay away from th fam ily until after that business con ference. That wouldn't be diffi cult. They would sleep until noon. men meet in neglige and loung ing pajamas to nave brunch to gether and discuss Jie previous evening at their leisure- Constance dressed for the con ference carefully. A frock of dull green, its only ornament lobu lar pendant at the trim collar. shoes of the same shade and Robin Hood hat with a gay scarlet feather. Her fur cape was cut down from a discarded coat of Donnas, though no one seeing her swing down the avenue would nave tnougnt it. "Jaunty but business-like." she decided, looking into every shop winaow tor reasursnce is she made her way to John' office building. An impersonal omce boy turned her over to an impersonal secre tary, who took her in to confront in impersonal John Raskthome. She sat In th indicated chair. waited moment to acclimate herself to the change in the man sine the previous evening, then spoke: "As I said last night, I need fifty thousand dollars." "What security have vou to offer?" asked Mr. Raskthorne. 'None. admitted Constance frankly. "However, 1 will give my bond to the effect that should I fail to make a success of El Cabrillo, I will agree to the sal of it." Fighting For A Chine RASKTHORNE Angered I pi per knife for moment then looked directly at Constance. 'The only offer ever made for El Cabrillo stands at fifty thou sand. How would you propose to pay your interest? And should you fail, how would you pay the other members of the family their share of the ranch and still be able to repay the loan?" In her eagerness Constance moved closer. "But after the rail road goes through the property; and after I have converted it to a dairy ranch and infused it with fresh capital, it will be worth more than fifty thousand." A little smile played around Raskthome's lips. "Have you computed the interest?" he in quired. "Naturally. It Is less than half the present profit on El Cabrillo." "And you would expect the other members of the family to reduce their expenses to half of what they are now enjoying?" Constance laughed. "Not my family. I'd set aside their present portion at the very beginning." "Conchita," John dropped his business barrier. "On what do you base your belief that El Ca brillo could be sold for more than the present offer, say, after a pe riod of three years?" Constance relaxed. 'That's sim ple." she told him. "El Cabrillo is the last long stretch of coast line in that section. There are fifty miles of it Suppose, in an ex tremity, we should cut that Inti mile wide sections and sell It foi summer homes. We could com mand and receive much more than a thousand for each section and wouldn't be touching the ranch proper. The ranch has no need of the coast-line is long as it retains enough for right of way to the highway. Raskthorne looked it Constsnce, then looked sway quickly, drew pad to him ind begin jotting down figures. "Suppose." he said, "1 were to offer you fifty thousand for the ranch, with the proviso that upon ownership I would divide th coast into summer tracts and giv you Cabrillos fifty per-cent of the profit?" "No, no, John!" Constance Jumped up. "Don't you see? I'm fighting for the chance to hold El Cabrillo is it is. Cutting it up would be like . . . like carving bits of i body I loved. "Why, John, even the Tiylori wouldn't consider that!" They wouldn't she knew and for the first time realized that they loved the place as she did. It wasn't stewardship that had caused them to keep it as they had. but a driving urge to pre serve something beautiful in its entirety. She hated them for this, as I woman might hate another wo man, for finding in her man the same qualities she loved. Raskthorne tanned his nencll on the desk. "Wonder why no one else has thought of the ranch as an Investment he mused. "They couldn't" explained Con stance. "You know the terms of father's will. We can't sell less than the whole; and no real estat firm, or individual, would buy two thousand acres to sell less than half of it." T be cnUnd Woman Heads Frit Sin Francisco, Sept 2. tip) Delegates to the triennial con vention of Phi Beta Kappa, na tional honorary scholastic socl rty. broke precedent today and for the first time chose a wo man to head the united chapter Dean Marjorie Hope Nlcolson of Smith college. Clwina tuna lor Too Lite te Clis- Clowns lor roo Lite to Clis- Belgian Ship Hit eNw York. Sept. 1. T MacKay radio picked up a mes sage today stating that the Bel gian passenger ship Vllle De llasselet, a former American liner, had been torpedoed. No details were given in the mes sage, which was sent by station KGT in England. Gn the Radio Chains ITlllOM rtitr tm HiK Thra on Ibe Dial: ht. I IMI. Portland; ktl. 40. M Aetata! SUA. 141 apokana IUU, u. In rraix-lara: SOW Hit. Port Ian sun. i;u. saallla: USiV IOSU. Lm Aosalrai OA 13d Ointrr: kOIN. 4u. Portland fcOMO tw SaaltW: kpo uu Ma franrtwo; !., 1 1 XI, Salt I ale 10 JO Music by Woodbury. BOW; I Lucia" Oreo... KOO. KEX. KJR. 11 00 Dandnf Wltn Clancy. 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EXCESS PROFITS BILL A PUZZLER Washington, Sept. 2.- Indication that the senate fi nance committee would revise the house-approved excess pro fits tax bill increased today with a statement by Senator George (D., Ga.) that "Nobody can apply the bill accurately and that goes even for the ex pert, from the treasury." The committee will start hearings on the measure Tues day and Chairman Harrison (D. Miss.) said he hoped it would be ready for senate action a week from Monday. Harrison said it was the "most intricate tax bill ever presented to con gress. . Model Plane Winner Spokane, Wash, Sept. 2. (JP) First prize for gas-engined planes In the Pacific Northwest model airplane contest was won yesterday by Fred Burckhardt of Portland. He, also won the stunt event. Elmer Roth of Sa lem was second in class C and Charles Crawford of Salem, third. SUBURBAN HEIGHTS J.T1 it I.SVT. F5M l I I U By GLUYAS WILLIAMS ITREAHYDltW HELP MAffERS MUCH IHAYf WHEN FRED PERLIV, WHn HAT) fur PPrinc;if,vjc rnp-rtjp annual picnic of the community1 club )n his car, fln alls' did arrive, he coulp prove that the mishap which had caused h.m to SPEND FOUR HOURS IN" A 6ARA6E 6EffiN6 H5 CAR. FIXED WA OttlRELV THE OTHER DRIVER'S FAULT flUlMMd try Th BM gypr,1at. IB- 93 rav. scorn FACES GRUB SUIT Los Angeles. Sept. 2 Death Valley Scotty, who has intimated from time to time that he knew there was "gold in them thar desert hills," is faced with a "grubstake" suit. Julian M. Gerard of New York City claims in a federal urr action that beginning in .902 he advanced Walter Scott approximately $10,000 and says he wants a, showdown and an accounting. Gerard, brother of former ambassador to Germany James W. Gerard, charges that A. M. Johnson, named as Scotty's min ing partner and a defendant, told him in April that Scotty had located valuable mining deposits but that neither would ever reveal their location or pay him any proceeds from them." Die still Tribune want ads. Killed by Truck Pendleton, Sept. 3. Marilyn Halfmoon, 5, of the Umatilla Indian reservation, was killed by a gravel truck yesterday- Authorities said she ran in front of the truck, which wis hauling gravel to the new round-up grandstand. Albino Grouse Enterprise, Sept. 2. P An albino grouse a rare form of avian albinism was shown here today by Warne Davis, who said he found the bird at the head of Corall creek. STRANGE AS IT SEEMS by JOHN MX mt fffaM AN OLD 2Q,00p-6rX0H aiwiw mi-mo, Ksnlokee, III. cm eo o Miuft An Hour... k. 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