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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
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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
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PROFIT ON WAR
London (Correspondence of
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sley Wood, Chancellor of the
Exchequer, said recently: "we
have taken, and are taking, pro
fit out ejf war. We must be an
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A man earning as much as
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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."
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NON-WEST POINT GENERALS
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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.
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