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MEDFORD MATL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 13, 1940. TTlEmORlJ OF THE mOOIl by Jeanne Bowman . ytSTRIMV. Cabntloa mht psutuion ot the roncho. ena rnakt plant for entertaining. Constance fears the will rv Into debt aaa-.n. Chapter 25 Dinner Party pONSTANCE knew ahe bad to '-'be alont lor a lew moments. Too many unhappy aituationa had piled, ona on the other, (or her to remain poised much longer. She flipped from under John'a hand, it was a warm burden, a restraint, and smiled at Judge Franck. "My lister is mora accustomed te stellar roles than I." she said graciously. "Please accept moth er's decision. And will you excuse me, I must sea if my reports nave been taken to the barns." None of those present knew of her office. She could find privacy there. She hurried to it and dropped the strel latch, and then she sought to face her problems. They whirled around in her mind like a squirrel in a cage: Pedro, John, the family. If only she had told Pedro everything. If only she had written John about Pedro. She hadn't each was total ly unprepared for the other. And the family. Time and dis tance had softened her memory of tfieir unified selfishness. "It isn't th.-t I wanted to be leading lady at the fiesta. It's . . . mother and everyone thinking I'm unfitted: and why?" Moments of bitterness passed to turn bittersweet with memory of that last hour with Pedro, the touch of his hands ane" lips. What must he have thought to see her, suddenly, in the arma of a stranger who spoke to her as though this embrace were nat ural thing? What would she have felt were the situation reversed? She knew, and she thought Pedro felt the aame. "I'll see him soon, maybe this evening after dinner . . . slip out and tell him everything. And I'll tell John I love Pedro, that of course I won't marry him, but" "Seen - or - eet - a Con-cheefa," ang Dolores from under the window. "I have rap on your door hot you do open it not. Now I tell you. The Senora say we have the guests to dinner. Weech dress do you wear, scftorita?" Guests? Already? "Do you know who Is coming. Dolores?" "The Sefiors Taylor. . . weech dress?" "Oh." murmured Constance vaguely. "I . . . don't know . . . I'll be right In. Dolores." The Sefiors Taylor, and before she had time to talk to either Pedro or John. She must look her best. She must be as desir able as possible to Pedro, appeal ing to John. "Who says women dresa to please women?" she thought as she reached her room. "Dolores, have the boys bring water for my bath." "But Serlorita. there Is none. Already the Senora, the SrrSorita Donita. the Senor in and the Sefior John, they have been in the bath. There lsi bot one tik kittle left." "Then for goodness sakes bring the tik-klttle before Juliano de tides he wants it." Constance stood before the wardrobe wondering tuliu she had brought so few clothes with her: trhu she had thought so little of clothes in the east: uthu she had bought nothing, not even a shoe lace with the fateful fifty-thou-anrl? "Dolores, Juliano will have fires, will he not?" she asked, and Dolores came in with the tea kettle. "And can you run out and pick me a nice fat bunch of white violets?" Pleading Glances "TMIE dress was of purple chiffon. 1 simple and Grecian in line, a pleated scarf serving for sleeves. With white violets at the high belt, and a few caught with clips that held her long bob back from a center part, she felt she was dressed for the role she must plav. "The men do not bnt dress ecn fnrmal." Dolores contributed, "bot the Senorita Donita. I have take for her the ranculas of red. orange and white and she weave of them the hand for her hair, and the dress she wear. Sefiorila Conrhita. it hive no back and is like the sun " Constance scarcely listened. Thrv were waiting fur her. She slipped her tors into silver san dal?, dalibed violet scent on ear lobes and brows, and hurried to the rrcat room of the house. Purple frock merging with the shadows. Constance stood a mo ment at tiie threshold watching the scene, wondering at the chill rf apprehension which trickled through her heart like tears. Candelahras clustered about the far end where the great wood fire augmented their feeble light, and there was Donna, as Dolores had said. In a dres like the sun: golden vellow. billowy sleeves caught in great puds Hist below her shoulder, billowing skirts lift ing with each vivacious move: wreath of ranaculaa like gems against the blue black of her hair And then Constance saw her s;ster's face, the highly arched, slender brows, the heavy lids, the dclirate patrician n.e, and the wide, hungry red of her lips, lips lifted aiidannujly to the man who laughed down at her: Pedro. Constance felt pride In Pedro. He was not the caquero here, he was the equal of Don or John. She glanced at John to see him studying Pedro, aloof, the social smile on bis lips not reaching bis eyes. "Here comes my girl," boomed great voice and Peter Taylor, senior, lifted himself, adjusted his crutch and came hobbling across the room to meet her. "Well. Michael, you're a sight for a tired man's eyes." Constance fitted her hand to the hard muscle of his forearm and matched her step to his. She talked with him. laughed with him, yet all of the time ahe was conscious of the little drama on the stage ahead. Of Pedro watch ing John, of Donna looking quick ly from Pedro to her: of John coming towards her. possess ive ness in every line of his face; in every movement he made. He was on the other side now, and Constance, longing to pull her arm from his. and hating her self for her revolt against this friend of friends, looking ahead to Pedro, pleaded with him in that glance for understanding. For one unguarded moment she thought she saw what she wanted to see. She wondered il Donna had seen it, too. but then it was gone and the sardonic ex pression she remembered from that first night had replaced it "Stage entrance?" asked Donna flippantly. "We are starved; aren't we, Mr. layiory The Jailer C5NSTANCE would remember that dinner as a ghasty se quence of courses, of Cabrillo servants out-doing themselves to show the Cabrillos that Juliana had trained them as he and his forefathers had been trained. She knew if Peter Taylor hadn t drawn her into the conversation, drawn out her knowledge of the ranch, she would have remained mute. John, never talkative, was un usually silent, but at the othet end of the table. Donna and Mrs. Cabrillo focused their attention on Pedro, and Constance, remem bering his virulent "damn civili zation" of that afternoon, won dered where he had acquired such civilized social charm. No electric lights, no radio: no dance," cried Donna, as they re turned to the great room. "What a place! Mother, we must have lights installed immediately." If it please the Senor ta" purred Juliano, "music, of its kind, can be provided." "Any kind, urged Donna. And Constance sat in wonder. Juliano, purring. But she dreaded the music. In the hour it took Juliano to round up the musicians, get them into their velvet bolero suits, she won dered if she could plead weari ness, a headache, anything. Both pleas would have been true. She sat bv the fire with John, pleasantly quiet beside her. John, the faithful, and yet now he seemed to be Jailer who was keeping her apart from the others. They didn't seem to miss her, even Peter Taylor had succumbed to the beauty of Nadine. And then came the music. Don na was in Pedro's arms almost before the first guitar was strummed, and John was standing oeiore ner, waiting. hy did vou run out on me this afternoon?" he murmured in her ear. I didn t run out on you. she corrected. "I've never been fond of family bickering." They circled the room "Sur prised to find me here?" he asked. Constance wished he wouldn t hold her so tightly. Had he changed, grown more possessive. or was she merely aware of it for the first time because of a change in herself? Amazed, ahe confessed. "Pleased that I came west lust to see you?" Constance looked un "Yes. John." She was. It gave her the opportunity of telling him what she had found too difficult to write. 'Orange blossoms are sweetest In June, sis," offered Donna, whirling past In Pedro's arms. Startled she looked at Donna. to find her position reversed and seeing Pedro's face: white, set contemptuous. She wondered whil else Donna had said in her gay, free voice which didn't re veal the studied pertinence of her remarks. "Donna seems to have fallen for young Taylor." John remarked in an amused voice. "It won't last long He's too eay for Donna, she tires of men who crash at the first lift of her evebrow " Constance knew iralousy: a blaring searing emotion which burned the words on her lips. Donna intended to take Pedro as she had taken the Cabrillo role that afternoon, lightly, as her just due. It occurred to her that John Raskthorne was the onlv person or possession Donna hadn't been able to claim. "I apologised for my mistake, this afternoon." John went on. "Told him that whrn a fellow crosses the continent to see the one girl in Ins life, he doesn't pay murh attention to anyone else" Constance knew defeat. How explain thnt to Pedro? "We matched for mv tin." John chuckled, "and he won P.vd ( funnv thing. He said 'Never gamble with wiv win ' " T t ronllnvrtf On the Radio Chains TTtns: There ta rind I hem on the Dial: kt.V lino, mrllanil: KM. l. I.im Angeles; hUA, U;o, Spokane; hi.O, Jw. fcan rramlMo; kl.U .'. Portland; kJK. ;!. Realties kX. 1030. In Sngrlra; KOI. 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BARKERIZE in Rough Rider Cords (they all have sippersl 9 ROSE FESTIVAL DATE SET FOR JUNE 11-14 Portland, Sept. 13 i V Pi rectors set June 11 14 as dates for the IP40 Pose Festival Wed nosday and rleoted Chester A Moores. president A float entry SHOESTRING By GLUYAS WILLIAMS REALIZES SHOE-SffelrJiJ HfftCOME UHTlEO BEHMOUER TOtElf BUt CAN'T 6ET OVER friftf far because of WAISTLINE WALKS ON, BECOMING VERY" SELF-CONSCIOUS OF FLAPPING SHOESTRING PUTSFOOf UP Or) STORE WINDOW LED6E Bllf SEES PROPRIETOR EYE ING HIM WITH DISFAVOR AND WALKS ON FinDS COrJVEHlEHT REST1K6 PlfiCE FOR FOOT ON A rMWrif UNFORTUNATELY MAN 1RlES 10 TiE SHOE - CflSTS DI6NHY rVMuE , BEHIND HIM DIDN'T" SEE STRIN6 WHILE STAND- SITS DOWN ON CURB- HlM STOP AND BUMPS Mb ON ONE FOOT, F3UT IN6 AND DOES A INTO HIM CANT KEEP HIS BM-flNCE THOROUGH JOB OF TViNO SHOESTRING 9-I4 hv Th Ht1 Svi 15TH DEATH COUNTED IN POLIO EPIDEMIC Tacoma, Sept. 13. P) Toll of four-month-long Infantile paralysii outbreak In Pierce county mounted to 15 today with the death of Arthur C. Pedersen, Jr., 11. of Tacoma. The youngster died less than 18 hours after being taken to Pierce county hospital yester day. The child's death was the 13th within the city. Bolt Strikes Two Tacoma, Sept. 13. '.P) One man was near death and another was seriously Injured today when they were atruck by a bolt of lightning while working in front of hangars at McChord field. TRAILBLAZERS DRAW INCREASING CROWDS The Trailblazers, Evangelist Dorothy Runyan Mcintosh and Wayne Mcintosh, are now in their second week of revival meetings at the Medford Four square church. Central and Jackson. Steadily increasing attend ance and many testimonies of praise indicate another success ful campaign to be added to w. their many successful cam- ' paigns over a period of several years evangelistic worn. They can be heard nightly at the church except Monday, at 7:45. The public ia Invited. Douglas La Grande, (J7William ciate Justice preme court, children, will train Sunday D. C, ending ern vacation. To Depart Ore., Sept. 13. O. Douglas, asso of the U. S. fu nis wife and two leave here by for Washington, a one-month west- STRANGE AS IT SEEMS by JOHN HIX if l M CI a V t i. 'w-l mlN6 IM1H6 INTERIOR Of AUSTRALIA, OfttH bo b )AR$ MWuT hVRlHlCOFWmRl ney receive MoielUrTs FROM nftm? ftwrsr;.,. CREATED AN OPPOSITION PARI ' 6o1HAf H WOMV WoXtt SoRzp wflH A totalitarian rule f -mo- "fife WlNPMlWrlrtffc" J uniJeuj Cottonwood . I 1 growing between 1 ipr i-iayictiii anu iuyca. 1 ajt. WtMi. a- Ta- tag V E. Tat OB .All rtgbU nKnrtXi-ZZECZ f f- - , tI?j rVsffl si II ofearij Philadelphia, FoPGHTEbCtfoTriSRfoR ' puRNINQ Pill LP I No? fttritefftO BY M4Uf?ANCg Tin i awara j si Kemal Aiaturk tried not to be a dictator, but was forced into the KEMAL ATATURK Strange as it seems. role by his people. In 1933 he built Turkey into a power, raised the standard of living and reduced political opposition. Bored with his reign, he created the "Independent Republican Party" and named favorites to lead it. Strange as It seems, the people revolted against it. Ataturk had to renew the role of dictator, smash the opposition ho had created and give up the experiment! Sunday: Job Inventor. TAILSPIN TOMMY A Startling Radiogram By HAL FORREST BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER I 7 . A ' HTl L nApiOORAM-.-FOtt, L OtttAT .CATS !!.' I , V N N 'aJa 7 CAFtAIN TOMKINfA EITHER IM CRAZY 'X ' N . r" K COMMANDING ThRK OB., oi.. ftArtftAHA I J "iW C J A ) L POINT TftAwSATtANncA LANE'S fATHCP, s .K V fyC y ) 7 fHOM 5tA0fl0M(AW0...7 TAK6 A LOOK r' 'saaTLj V,0'2j'JN'"r.;T . 1 CllTpER SHIP fROM THE WAtI1 JUS? IN TiMY TO RSCEIVE A STARTLING RAOlOC.RAM ttoM V, iWaTTTl j.xJ StAPROHt ArtftlVtO.' fr,'j",fg 3HIK K He wttj IcugTiS LNt, PrUSiOENT OP j-foiNT TRANSAT LANTic. . . I I V- FfSI Rusty s Terrorl . 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