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! PAGE EIGHT MEDFORD MATE TRTBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1941. FOR THE LOVE OF PAM rBy VJVIEN GREY: Chapter 21 Mother Take A Hand MRS. BARINGTON, with nme vague sense of uneasiness, dispensed with breakfast in bed, dispensed with breakfait entirely, as a matter of fact, as a tribute to the number of cocktails she'd had the night before. Not that Mrs. harington ever was guilty of over-indulgence. But cocktails had an unpleasant tendency to add curves to a figure already In clined to plumpness. She walked out to a bench on the lawn where Freda was sitting staring at the sea with unusual seriousness. She studied her daughter for a mo ment There waa something dif ferent about Freda. "You know, Freda," she Anally said with her usual directness, "I'm not too pleased about last night" "What do you mean, MotherT Last night?" Freda seemed to be coming out of a dream. "You know very well what I mean, Freda. You re letting that little local girl get away with murder and, incidentally, with Jerry Winthrope." "So what?" Freda asked quietly. "So da something about it And don't use that sort of language to mel" "I didn't mean to offend you. Mother." Freda turned to her mother with respectful attention. "It was Just that I waa wondering what a girl could do when a man found he loved someone else?" "What are you talking about?" "About Jerry and Pam Queller ton," Freda answered very calm ly, as if she had faced the thing for so long that there was no more surprise about it "Freda, please put what you're trying to say into simple English! I'm in no mood for conundrums this morning." "Jerry's in love with her, Moth er, in love with Pam Quellerton." Freda spoke without any dramatic emphasis. The expression of her mother's face startled her. "Well, don't look like that," she said quickly. "It's happened before. And it'll probably happen again. I mean, men have found someone else after giving rings and making promises. Ana after all, Jerry never made any promises. We asked for this, you and L I can remember that day at the Jewel er's as if it were yesterday. And It Isn't a very pleasant memory. I didn't really mean to, but I tricked htm into something I and the circumstances." "Freda, you're behaving like a fool!" Mrs. Barington's voice was the one discordant note in a per fect setting. The sea, out beyond the gold of the sand, was a clear turquoise. Lawns, sweeping In all directions around them, were soft green velvet, set with the fragrant jewels of flower gardens. Trees made lovely patterns of light and shade. Mrs. Barington went on: "If you're telling me that you and Jerry are breaking up. 1 won't have It I won't, I say!'' Freda turned to her mother, a question in her eyes. "You can't embarrass me this way, Freda. I won't let you do this to me." "I think It would be more em barrassing to try to hold a man against his will. "You're talking like an Idiot) No man ever wants to get mar ried. It's a weman'a business to make him think he does. And then, after It's all over, it always turns out all right They not only put up with it; they like it" New Idea "'t OTHER, forgive me, but ' that's dark-age talk. Besides, I have the feeling that I'm doing something decent and thoughtful and generous for a change. And you've no idea what a nice feeling it is. I think Pam deserves Jerry. She'll make something of him. I need a man who's made some thing of himself." They were silent for a moment Then Freda continued thought fully: "1 htven't got It In my hands, this potter's clay and sculptor sort of stulT, when it comes to human beings. It's a little too big a job for me. I'm not interested in mak ing the effort But Pam la." Mrs. Bnrington stared at her d:.uehtrr thoughtfully. There was something too definite, too final to arjjue further with. She asked finnlly: "II. u he asked you for the rins'"' "No. As a matter of fact he'e told me to keep that just aa a gift." "That's nice It esme very sweetly from Mrs. Barington as she looked out over the water where bathers were bright dots on the scene. Freda laughed. "Mother, you're too transparent for words! Too, too delightful!" "What do you mesn? "Nothing, darling! Nothing at all!" And then It was like Tonl Sa rin eton to sav: "I noticed that food-looking young doctor from the naval sta tion gave you a rush at the party. Is he nice? Do you like him, Freda?" "I think he's an exceptionally nice man," Freda said seriously, but inwardly she was smiling be cause she knew exactly what was in her mother's mind. Mrs. Bar ington was happiest when she was engineering a romsnce. Freda knew Doctor Leo Shore would have to watch his step, or his next one would land him right into the middle of an alliance, the mecha nism of which had been set in motion by the skillful Mrs. Bar ington. Freda made a mental note that she, too, would have to watch her step, for this time it would have to be right She had looked with some envy on Pam's courtship. It must be nice to sit back and let love come to you without any scheming of your own. Froposal DOCTOR LEO SHORE had formed a habit of early morn ing walking. He was safe in leav ing the post at that time, when crises were generally over and patients were getting their best sleep. On the morning after the party on the Winthrope yacht his walk had a special purpose. He circled around through the park at the end of Division Street Fi nally he turned in at the gate in the Quellerton picket fence. "Leol" There waa a glad not In Pam's voice. "You're just in time for breakfast." Meiita, in the kitchen, heard the young doctor's voice accepting Pam's invitation. Her eyes warmed with a smile. Leo would make a fierfect master for the big Quel erton house some day. She put three mora eggs In the pan. Leo was big and husky. His appetite would be that way, too. More guava jelly was put in the old glass dish, and extra bread went, into the toaster to brown. It was apparent thatthere were things on young Shore's mind that morning, something more then the charm of his young hos tess as he looked across at Pam in her crisp print dress. He tried to put his thoughts into words aa they stood under the big pepper tree near the gate. "Pam" he was looking at her earnestly "my trip to Washing ton had to do with a transfer next spring. I'm to go to the post in Panama. I'm to be chief surgeon there. I'd like to arrive there with my bride. Will I, Pam? You can tell me the answer to that." When she didn't answer Immediately, he asked: "Pam, will you marry me before I go?" Pamela Quellerton knew that through all of the rest of her life she would never be called on to make a more important decision; never would she be asked to an swer a question that would mean so much in the shaping of her future. Steady, dependable Leo. Brilliant, capable Leo. Her brain said definitely yes. But her heart was strangely si lent. She was reminded of an old Turkish saying of her grandfather he had probably picked it up in some foreign port or from some member of his crew: "Live with the head, but marry with the heart" Marry with the heart. Could she do that? Could her head and her heart disagree on so impor tant a matter? Leo was every thing an intelligent girl could want In the man she married. He had charm and personality, a worthwhile purpose in life, the right Ideals. Yet, when she thought of saying yes.it was Jer ry's name that followed. It was Jerry's name that whispered in her heart "Pam, you know I love you." Leo was saying. "I think I've been telling you that all my life. And I'll want to tell It to you all the rest of my life in all of the ways I can think of." "Leo" Pam's voice was low "1 wish I could say yes. Oh, I wish I could! I wsnt to more than any thing else In the world. But I can't say it honestly. And I know you'd want it no other wav. If we can't begin our lives with an honest base" She paused. "It's Winthrcse. isn't It?" "Yes." she admitted reluctant ly, "and yet I can hardly be sure even of that. Oh, Leo. what am I to do? Is there something wrong with me that I'm so weak and un decided? Jerry Isn't any of the things I admire and respect in a man. He has only one thing to rec ommend him his nstural kind ness and goodness to every living thing. I've seen him buy food for hungry dogs. I've seen him Insist that boys who were teasing a helpless mouse put it out of the way quickly and mercifully. H has kindness, but so little else that I've alwaya thought I must de mand of a man I might marrv And you. Leo, have everything Everything. Yet I can't say yes to you. Not honestly yet 10. "1 see," Leo said quietly. "I see And it's your happiness that' most Important after all." Te be eenUna4 LEI SABOTAGE Portland, Oct. 1. ( Of ficers and crewmen of the Ital Ian motorship Leme sought only In moke the vessel Immobile and not to make It unsafe, counsel I Timely presents: WV, atavf PI m "ine nnisner America's finest Topcoat to sell for $45.00 J... STORE FOR MEN for the 21 indicted men said In federal court here Tuesday. Homer L. Loomis. New York, representing the defendants who Monday pleaded innocent to charges of endangering the ves sel's safety and conspiring to violate a law against damaging ships' Instruments, said "their only purpose was to leave the ship useless, but as safe as the old battleship Oregon." The Ore gon Is moored In a river park here. Rewards Offered In Miley Slaying Lexington, Ky., Oc. 1. l.Vt Rewards totalling $2,277 and a fund-raising proposal for a memorial were counted today as police struggled vainly for olues to the slayers of Ms'lon Miley, 27, popular and pretty golf atar. Miss Miley was killed and her mother, Mrs. Fred Miley. was wounded critically early On the Radio Chains ITATlONSs Chsia affiliation an where they are on the dial! KALE IMHa) 1130, rort land; HEX SB:-Ilue) 11 DO. rortlandi KOA (NBC-Blue a WHSI 1510. Huokane: KUO OKC-Bltie) Slo, Ban Krmnrl.ro ; KOW (NBC-Bed) SJO, fori land; KJH (NBC-Blur) 1000, Seattle; KMX (L'bS) 1070. IM AnselM; KOA (NBC-Ked) 830. Denver; KOIN (CBS) 7ll, Port land: KOMI) (SBC-Krd) 8 V). (Wattle; liPO (NBC-Red) 6X0. Ran rranclsro; KSL (CBS) 1160, Halt Uto City. " lima Shown Is PST Wednesday 6:00 p. m Adventure Stories, KOO, KZX. KJR; Maurice's Ores, KPO, HOMO. 6 SO p. m. Dr. Christian, News, KSL: Musle by Stoker, KOW, KPO, i KOMO. 6:00 p. m. 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KOMO; Concert Ball, KPO; State Traffic Quia, KOIN. 11-00 p. my Dance Orch. KPO. KOW. KOMO; Bob Crosby's Orch. KSL, KNX; News, KOO. E PROFIT ON WAR London (Correspondence of the Associated Press) Sir King. sley Wood, Chancellor of the Exchequer, said recently: "we have taken, and are taking, pro fit out ejf war. We must be an TABLE TALK By GLUYAS WILLIAMS. AXP SIAltfS TEUIHfe WWvf HAPPENED IN IrlE flR5f QUARTER OF THE 6AWE TODW UrTK DCE-5 HE HAVEYo BE ibiD woT f& Talk when he HAS A Brit lrt m MOUTH CUtVS S)LEflW, VERY SZlf' C0S5CI0U5 BECAUSE HE HEW EVEnVOME IS WATCHlNS WiM 1HI5 CAUSES HIM1&1RYT6 HURRY, RESULTING IH HIS CHOKING ArlD 1r)W IN TURN BRIrlfcS MEM. ID A HM-T WHILE HE K WEcrep 1b drum some wwer AND IS SLRPPEP ON THE BfcC. UNUL RESTORED 10 NORMAL fvtalaaaaa br Tha Ball Srnalrata. InM AND SO PS LAST RESUMES HIS ACCOUNT CF1HE FIRST QUARTER, VNCON5CI0US1.Y IWUNO A LARGE BlTE OF SUPPER, AS HE TW-KS exceedingly lucky man who can make a fortune today." Sir Kingsley gave forth these figures: A man earning as much as $400,000 a year has to pay a fraction more than 94 cents in taxes from every dollar he makes. For the man In the $20,000 a year class, who claims exemp tion for two children, the tax is 55 per cent of his gross income. If a man with $4,000 a year income earns an extra $1,000 a year, he must pay $443 of the increase in taxation. If a man making $40,000 a year earns another $20,000 he must pay $18,248 of the increase to the tax collector. Energetic Woman Petitions Council Portland, Ore., Oct. 1. (P A 69-year-old woman asked the city council today for per mission to spade up and plant to flowers a dead-end street so she could work off excess en ergy. The woman, who asked that her name be withheld, wrote the council: "You will furnish an old wo- man, 69, an outlet for excess energy while pursuing a hobby that enables me to briehten nit the lives of sick friends and decorate the church I attend." Dae Mall Irlbuw want aUa. STRANGE AS IT SEEMS tr00tSL MARATHON ' Leman and LAFAVPTC tl t-AtED EACH by JOHN HIX W"i -r. c ?iA) FACED EACH J The pied-silled grebe can' swam ORSFA,N 'STATIONARY WITH ANV DESIRED PART OF . IT5 BODY "SUBMERGED JENERAL. UtOKCit MAKSHAUL CHIEF A OF TAFP OF THE U.S. ARfvVyV IS NOT A WEST POINT MAN .. NOR ARE THE GENERALS OF THE 4 U. S. ARMIES , UNDER MARSHALL ea, Roa HAUEMg, Aloha, Oreg. OPERATE'5 A GREENHOUSE IN AN OLD TROLLEY CAR, AS A LIVING. MEMORIAL TO MER FATHER., WHO VW5 A STREETCAR CONDUCTOR t. -' . LI'L ABNER The Humiliation of Pansy Yokumll NON-WEST POINT GENERALS General George Marshall, chief of staff, was graduated from Virginia Military Institute la 1901. Lieut. General Hugh Drum, commander of the 1st army, enlisted in 1898. Lieut. General Ben Lear, Jr.. commander of the 2nd army, enlisted in 1898. Lieut. General Walter Krueger, commander of the 3rd army, enlisted during the Spanish-American war. Lieut. General John DeWitt, commander of the 4th army and the 9th corps area, attended Princeton and xeceiyed his commission as second lieutenant in 1898. TOMORROW) Five-Minute Presidentl By AL CAPP TH' STUDIO PHONFfi THPV NEEDS ANOTHER MESS O' . POLECAT PIE.S.V- CMCas" IT DOES MAH HEART GOOD T KNOW THEY INJOYS MAH tUUMM'. AH WON I WAIT FO T n TRUCK.'-AH It DELIVER TH' STUDIO PHONED THEY HEY.C- ( EVERYTHING'S I I Tf M&U Dir FKr lf GREAT SCOTT - W WUAtV NEEDS ANOTHER MESS O' J YOU CAN'T GO V G-GOING MAM PIES.'. r' s DISCOVERED ll 1 Tt uMTHrrf "1 our black.' r- JP YO' IS WASTIN' 'EM. f wh VwftwiB H HAPPENS J TNOwTHEYmR7oY$MDAHS ViLTV'' 1 71"? . COOKIN'. AH WONT WAIT FO' ) WJS ' &Y, Ltttl1 f ? r TAILSPIN TOMMY JungU Mytteryl ' Br HAL FORREST I NOW WE RE C0NNA VINAWAIT. SENORSI 1 1... SUM-L) f GJ0SM... MY IwWHO O'YA-I I DONT M WE MAY NEVER KNOWO-OU' MV S T JH,S BLACK1 ' ' SHALL T NOT NEED HUNCH WAS ALL SUPPOSE HE -VknOw! J THE MAN THE SHOT MUStI RROTMEpf' i CAT PILOT LOOKS LIKE y REMOVE. ..THE J IT...ANY WRONG? I THOUGHT IS, TAILSPIN? N--r-4 HAVE PLUGGED HIM y" lWHEN I YANK OFP (Aft. A S K -1 LONGER..) HE WAS CONN A j , Sll')L IBEFORE HE 'A -AAN" I BETCHA HELL ' BE. .GOMEZ f) W v ST -y$l THE NEBBS It's All Over ? SOL HESS WELL. WMA.TFVFC2 TWfS fs IT- COME OP TVuS is saws -m rp ETA,CTE.O TmE MOPE PROM HER aiiitruMKWMitH i. FEEL LIKE BUKSTIMS INTO m 13! 'Country club.
