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.
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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
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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
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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.
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