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f I PAGE TWELVE MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2. 1941, FOR THE LOVE OF PAM 5 By VJVIEN GREY s Chapter 21 ' Resignation TiH, no it Isn't, Leol" Pam ob vyjected. "You're the one who deserve Happiness more tnan anyone else. But I'm not foolish enough to think I could give it to you. noi witn Mings as tney are. You could never live with an imitation of the real thing. No more," she added after a little ailence, "than I could live with only the half loaf Jerry has to oner. "Perhaps it Isn't only a half loaf, Pam," Leo said quietly. And Pam, looking at him with a little sense of surprise, knew that came out ol his tine honesty, nis genuine vitfi for her happiness. "The only thing I'd want to be sure of, Pam, Is that you aren t letting your wo manly desire to reform a man fool you into thinking it's love." "Could It be that?" "I don't know, my dear. Your heart can tell you that and only your heart. And since I've gone this far, Pam, it's only fair to say you can go a long way on just Kindness. 1 mean, ram, u a man has that if real kindness toward creatures and people less fortu nate than himself is a fundamen tal part of him you have just about all you need to work with. I, who want you so much, shouldn't be saying this to you, Pam, prac tically sending you to the arms of They were silent for a moment They were sitting on a bench that had stood for years under the old pepper tree that had listened to the secrets of many a Quellerton. Leo's hands had reached out and taken Pain's. He seemed, then, luiiy nis ten years older than the gir. beside him. tie seemed, aa U i n '. , U 1 and to be completely her friend. 1 came duck irom Washington, Pam. olannins our life together. You beside me, dear, in all of the strange and interesting places of the world that Uncle Sam sends his men to. It's hard to give that dream up. I'm not giving It up yet You may change your mind. I'll wait for that But I know now, Pam, that it's your happiness I really want And if your happi ness lies with some other man he paused as if his voice had been smothered by some swiftly rising cmuwuii wen, jusi rememDer this: kindness is one of the basic needs, ona of the basic qualities of the right sort of person No one really achieves bigness without mercy as the basic quality. So, Pam, if you are sure your man has genuine kindness, don't be afraid of the rest" "Leo, I've never known until this moment how really fine you are." He smiled at her then. Til re member that all my life, Pam. It will be something to live up to." "Leo, this doesn't mean you're deserting me?" A little note of alarm flared in Pam's voice as they stood at the gate. She knew it was time he got back to the hospital. "We're friends, Just as always?" "Deserting you, dear? Til want to watch over you all your life." He turned then, just as Jerry drew up in his car and slid from under the wheel. On The Spot F INORE, hurrying from the - room in which she had been so ruthless in her rjuarrel with her mother, passed Jerry as he oi inio nis car to go ana keep is picnic date with Pam. tier eyes were stormy and scornful. "Don't grin at me!" she snapped. ave your guns for when your local blossom discov ers you're not the rich glamour boy she thought she was hook ing! You'll need them then." Jerry continued to grin. "You wouldn't be in a bad Tuimor this morning, would you, Lenore?" he asked with maddening smooth ness. But he wasn't too comfortable. Lenore'a shot had struck home. He knew Pamela guelleiton wasn't mercenary. He was sure of that. Yet he had known so many girls who had liked him most for his money, or rather the money his indulgent father supplied him with. He had never been with May but when she wanted some thing. He couldn't recall once that Pam had said: "I wish" or "I want." Exrept when she told him, as she often had, what she wished he'd be instead of the easy-going playboy that he was. Jerry had written to May and mailed the letter, telling her what had happened to the Wmthrope money, so that she would give up any vague hopes she night have had In regard to him. It came to him with singular menial uneasi ness that M.iy might have been eounling on marriage to him when she was finally ready to settle down. Jerry decided he wouldn't tell Pam of their changed financial status until after they had their day together. He had a little money and he wanted to make the day a perfect one, unmarrcd by even a though of economy. If Pam knew the real state of anairs, she would insist that he consider every penny before spending it She was such a serious little per son. He smiled at thought of her. Driving toward the old house on Division Street Blaze sitting on the seat beside him, Jerry tried to peer into the future and figure something he could do to make a living. But the way ahead looked pretty vague and murky. He couldn't think of one thing he was actually equipped to do well. He had been educated, but not for any particular thing. Just there in his thought Jerry arrived at the Quellerton place and saw Leo closing the gate as he turned from Pam. Leo turned then and said, as Jerry came up: "And the guy who doesn't give Pam the break she deserves will have to answer to me for it!" Leo was laughing, but there was some thing serious under the laughter. "Is that a threat or a promise, or both?" Jerry asked lightly. "Both!" Leo turned to Pam then, said goodbye and hurried down the street Pam watched him un til she was aware of Jerry's voice, saying: "He looks all right but you might give me a tumble, after all!" Pam turned to Jerry then, her eyes lighted with a smile. Jerry had lunch put up at the hotel. He , suggested lor their picnic an iso lated, lovely spot of Perky on Sugar Loaf Key. Perfect Day THE atmosphere, as they drove along the highway, flanked on either side by pale green water washing clean white sand, was as clear as a pane of newly cleaned glass. Horizons were beautifully distant A they turned Into the narrow road to Perky a faint fragrance came from the thickets, rich with semi-tropical wild bloom. They came out then to a Dlateau of un expected loveliness, almost sur- ' rounded by water. A hotel rambled with friendly grace under ma jestic Spanish lime trees. There were a few cottages and bath houses. The place was a rendez vous for birds. Jerry and Pam sat under a lime tree and watched them for a while. Thev talked nf a thousand things. Pam noted that h anil Jerry always seemed to have so mucn to say to each other. Before they opened their lunch they put on bathing suits and plunged in to the water for a swim. The afternoon moved on magic wings, with Pam telling Jerrv about the natural life around them and Jerry telling Pam something of the Winthrope history and their life In New York. The colored cook In one of the cottages got dinner for them, and from the window where their table was placed, they watched the sun sink down into the water. the drove back throueh the cool, early evening, going slowly over the long bridges so Pam could look down into the crystal water and see the starfish lying quietly on the sand. It was when they reached the peaceful old house on Division Street that Jerry took Pam's hand and said: ram, what would you say if I told you that I'm Door, that this day marks the end of cars, yachts, luxury, for me?" There was a silence. Then' Pam's voice came throueh the scented quint i a Know or course that you were joking. Jerry," she said. "And I'd Drobablv sav it wasn't In the best taste, either. After nur beautiful day, how can you?" Jerry's face was suddenly white under its tan. He looked at Pam for a startled instant Was this her way of getting rid of him be cause he was penniless? Was she going to pretend an anger over something he was supposed to have said that wasn't to her lik ing? Didn't he know her at all? "But I'm not joking, Pam," he said. Something about his voice caught her attention. "Jerry!" she said sharply. "I'm not, Pnm. I mean it." It was Pam'a turn to stare, to search his face and to find no vestige of humor in it. "But things like this don't hap pen, Jerry," she said. "If vou're up to something" Then she broke off suddenly. "Oh, Jerry, if you only took life a little more se riously! If only you didn't have so much money! It's almost been the ruination of you! I doubt if there's anything that sacred to you, beyond Joking about be yond making sport of. If you'd only find one serious interest." Blare lifted gentle eves to look from the fiice of her loved master to that of Ihe girl who was speak ing so sharply. She moved closed . to Pam and touched the girl's hand with her moist black nose, as if !o see whether this impatient person was really the girl she had spent auch a lovely day with. Pam stroked the animal's head "But it has happened, Pam," Jerry said earnestly. "It has." Te be eenllnaett CET RENO LICENSE Reno, Oct. 2. (IT Kermeeio Football Contest OCTOBER 4. 1141 Meitrnrd vs. nranls tas i:. r. i- a. vs. Stanford. Calltnrnle is. Math, slate Duke ti. Trnnrstee So. Mrthmllst u. nrriharo Idaho TS. Oregon Nftaila San Irrn. C L. a. I', ve. Teat Ohln State ti. I. a. f-. , it Orefnn stale flips Mut Re In Urfnrv :JO Irlda, .KM1 PRIIE, 1 0t R OT neekly Prtfe, NerVfle Store fcr Men M. Olanoll, 41. Clovcrdale. Cel.. and Ann J. Reedcr, 38, of Ash land, Ore., secured a marriage license here today. JAPS IN CHANGSHA DECIDE 10 DEPART Shanghai, Oct. 2. JV-Japanese military headquarters in Hunan province announced to day that Japanese forces were withdrawing tomorrow from Changsha. the provincial capital, because the "purpose of the cam paign has been accomplished." There were Indications that the withdrawal already had begun, for Clark Lee, Associated Tress reporter who flew over Chang aha In a Japanese army plane yesterday, saw Japanese columns moving northward Irom the city, which the Japanese said they 'cjuturcd lat Saturday, On the Radio Chains STATIONS: Chain arilllatlon aa4 where tbey are on the dial: KALt (MBS) 1830, Portland i KEX (Mtc-Htue) 1100. Portland; KUA (NBC-Blue MUD) 1510. Kpokane: KUO (SBC-Blue) SIO. Han Francisco; KOW (NBC-Bed) 8!0, Portland: KJR (MiC-Blue) I0O0. Seattle; KNX (CBS) 1070, Loa Anient: KOA (NBC-Bed) 81, Denier; KOIN (CBS) IO, Port land: HOMO (NBC-Red) SMI. Matties KPO OBC-Bed) 60. San Francisco; KSL (CBS) 1160, alt .ak City. lime shown Is PsT Thursday 6 :00 p. m. Adventure Stories, KOO, KJB; Ln Sweetland, KPO, KOMO. s:30 p. m News of the World, KOO. KEX. KJR. a 00 p. m. Major Bowes' Original Amateur Hour. KNX, KSL. KOIN: News Hen and Abroad. KOO, KEX, KJR; Music Hall. KPO, KOMO, ItOW. 8:30 p. m United China Relief. KOO. KJR, KEX: Quia of Two Cities. KOMO. 7:00 p. m. Glenn 'Minor's Orch., KNX. KOtH. KSL; Cugat Rumba Re vue. KPO. KOMO, KOW; Rudy Vallee Prgm., KEX, KJR. KOO. 7:30 p. m. Good Neighbors, KPO. B:00 p. m. Amos 'n' Andy, KNX. KSL, KOIN; Fred Waring, KPO. KOMO, KOW; Joe OaUlochlo's Orch., KOO. KEX. S.SO p. m. Maudle'l Diary. KNX. KSL, KOIN; Thla la Judy Jones. KOO. KEX. KJR; Coffee Tuna, KPO, KOMO. KOW. 9 00 p. m. Easy Aces, KOO. KEX. KJR; Duffy's Tavern, KNX, KOIN. KSL; Aldrlch Family, KPO, KOMO, -aw. 9:90 p. m. Tommy Rlggs, KPO, KOW, KOMO: Death Valley Days. KNX. KOIN. KSL. 10:00 p. m. Johnny Duffy's Oreo.. KNX; Reporter News, KPO. KOMO, KOW; Five Star Fin. 1. KOIN. 10:30 p. m. Danch Orch.. KOMO: Concert Kail, KPO; State Traffic Quia. KOIN. 1 1 00 p. m. Dance Orch., KPO. KOW, KOMO; Bob Crosby's Orch., KSL, KNX; News. KOO. Friday 4:00 p. m. Ed Stoker's Musle. KPO; Adventure Stories, KOO. KJR, KEX: Eyes of the World. KOIN. 6 '30 p. m. rigan Concert, KPO, KOW. KOMO: News of the World. KOO. KJR. KEX. 4:00 p. m. Walts Tune. KPO. KOMO, KOW. 4:S0 p. m. News, Here and Abroad. KOO, KJR. KEX: Uncle Walter's Dog House. KPO. KOW. KOMO, First Nlghter, KNX, KSL, KOIN. . 7:00 p. m. Romance and Rhythm, KJR. KEX: Hollywood Premiere, KSL. KNX. KOIN: Wings of Destiny, KPO. KOMO, KOW. 7:80 p. m. Mobilisation for Human Needs, KPO, KOW, KJR, KEX, KOO; A! Pearoe'a Gang. KNX. KSL, KOIN. 8 00 p. m Fred waring. KPO. KOMO, KOW; Dane Orch, KEX. KJR: Amos n' Andy, KNX, KSL. KOIN. 4:30 p. m. Don't Be Personal, KPO, KOW, KOMO, Dick Rogers, KOO. KEX. KJR; Playhouse, KNX. KOIN, KSL. 9:00 p. m. Will Osborne's Orch, KPO. KOW; News. KOO, KJR, KEX: Kate Smith Heir, KNX, KOIN, KSL. 9:30 p. m. Gene Krupa's Orch, KOO. KJR; Weekly Spectator, KOW. KOMO. 10:00 p. m, Reporter News, KPO, KOW, KOMO; Red Nichols Orch, KNX. 10:30 p. tn. Denoe Orch, KOW, KOMO; BUI Henry. KNX, KOIN; Con cert Hall, KPO. 11:00 p. m. Dance Orch , KPO. KOMO. KOW: Bob Crosby's Orch, KNX; News. KOO. BLUE BOOK READY Salem, Oct. 2. (JP) The Ore gon Blue Book, published bien nially by the secretary of state and containing data about Ore gon's government and resources, came off the press today. The book, containing 3S1 pages, is printed on white paper instead of on a paper with a yellowish tinge as in former years. Ose Mall Tribune want ads. PARKING LOT By GLUYAS WILLIAMS' PARK5CAVIXPARKIN6IPT and follows wire our t SlttEf 6CE4 BACK IMA PARKIN6 LOT, WIFE HKVIK6 LEFT" ML PrCKft6E SHE WANTS focmHfcE in the car TlKM CAR AKD REACHES W, WnWAVlMe HAND HhSflW W A StftANGE TKto MAKE'S PASS AT If SEES THAT THE car looks Like WS BUT ISN'T Hr6 . SEARCHES UP AND DOWN 1hE ROW Bilf CANY rirJDHrS MOTES JOE MUsf HWE MOVED rrAHD60E41& LOOK FOR JOE SurrM CGuiAbs J6E P01K15 CAR OUf 16 AND IMMEDIATELY DISAP PEARS. FWfiS OTHER CARS ARE PARKED SO CLOSE HE CANT OPEH POORS SttURS TfARKlWS LOT AoAirJ TO SET JOE H HELP HIM 6E15 TACXA6E AKDWfiPiJs 10 WHERE HE LEFT WIFE WV0 HPft NOW VAJlSHEP lrlfOPARklM6LCrrTbSE WW HAS BECOME OF HIM ffaagS Sv T Bn SrMtrnl. Tnc.l IO-2 Multnomah Ordered Change Tax System Salem, Oct. 2 (JP Reaffirm ing its order of last April, the state tax commission today ord ered the Multnomah county board of equalization to change from a variable ratio to a uni form ratio system, the effect of 1 today a house appropriations which would be to Increase , subcommittee tfad approved without major change Presi- taxes on home while reducing those on buildings and structur al improvementi. FUND FOR LEND-LEASE HAS SUBCOMMITTEE OK Washington, Oct. 2. (JP Chairman Cannon (!., Mo.) said aem itooseveit s request lor a $5,983,000,000 lend-lease appropriation. Installment credit outstandl! midyear touted nearly sis billion lara. Switzerland U only threo-foortha elf-suirtctent to foodstuff. STRANGE AS IT SEEMS byJOHNHIX ... , kOO000,QOQ ONE TEAPOONFL M 4 V If mu Vv 1 X WW W- ,r?V.Al50NCE MEANT jfvJL X&T ik tmm Iff I cfikiion DnsAnv. BUND AND DSAP, AT If SPEAKS INU'o ANU . UES THE TELEPHONE 'jb HH ALSO SWIM.( CUAAg. i4 TREES AND INDULGES IN 2 MANY SPORTS... AT 5 HE HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF cpccru a Kin ram nM ALL-FOURS SACKvyARPS... TO PROTECT H6 HEAV FROM BUMPS firkin s School for 1he Blind, WaTerfowti, M?ss. S. 0. a Fat. Ofl.AJI rtfbia imm! LI L ABNER Homeward Bound! THE DOOR OPENS At 21 months, Leonard Dowdy's small world went black and dead. Spinal meningitis robbed him of both sight and hearing. For more than three years his only contacts were made by the sense of touch, end he was little more than an animal guided only by instinct Then he was taken to the Perkins School for the Blind, where miracles are commonplace. SHORT TEHM. The Central Vermont Railway's president having resigned at a director's meeting, it was de cided that the company should not be without an executive head while a new president was being elected. For this reason Harold Mason was unanimously elected to lill the post for -term which was to last less than five minutes! TOMORROWi Death Gemsl By AL CAPP' HA-AH WORK MAH HEART OUT OVER A HOT STOVE COOKIN' 'EM POLECAT Plt3 -AN' vn'THanusTM a-r tACH Ol MtK.THEM PIE5 15 MADE- T' EAT, AN' YO" lt feONNA EAT EM Si HOf-HOi'- JUST BEING NEAR THOSE PIES HAS MADE IT NECESSARY FOR ME TO PLACE MVSFI P UNDER A DOCTORS CARE'' VTA 7 THE STUDIO GATE 11 AR 1 LOCKED.'-M Wfc Kt . TRAPPED.rj FILM EXECUTIVES IN COMA:' SEVERAL FILM EXECUTIVE?. ALL GUESTS AT AN IMPROMPTU BANQUET ON THE SET, ARE ON THE DANGER LIST OF A LOCAL HOSPITAL., SEVERAL, IN THEIR AGONY, ARE PLEADING FOR MERCY DEATHS. UNABLE TO CLEARLY DIAGNOSE THEIR MALADY, DOCTORS AGREE THAT THEY ARE VICTIMS OF AN UNKNOWN POISON. ""tirn at m T tini tw AH'M COIM' RACK T' bOSPATCH WHAR FOLKS DON'T THROW AWAY MAH COOKIN', BUT LAPS IT UP T TH' LAST DEE-LISHUS MORSEL mm. -It AH JEST REMEM3ERID.r- LI'L ABNER IS ABOUT T' FACE! TH' GREATEST CRISIS O' HIS LIFE, AM' HE NEEDS HIS MAMMY." An toOI 7A MAKE TIME. LAIN T WAM r-O TH15 5LOWPOKE1 TRAIN.'" - T TAILSPIN TOMMY Startling EXPOSE1 Bt HAL FORBXST R fSZ! ts3.i. OH. my poojlvm YNEZ'M brother? you mean f capitan I it..it is true do'rt-KTo I rS''J-' S'z BR.OTWtlt.MS ..IS XL1!Z HE'S YOUR. BROTWER.?PAHTHER? YNEZ. I ... I ? BaOTHEftJl , ,JBA0iy HUM-)- WHY. HE'S CAP.TAN lvr AM CAPITAN WiSiV Sf3yl2iy rTT'a ANTHERj ) PANTHER.?.. J Jffipf r V"-4 lSV fuL' j" Yl,3ru52r pronto (p& ) " E THE NEBBS The Mrstery ? 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