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PAGE ETGHT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1941 9 i U jCouc ?lt Chapter 20 Long DUtance THE Colonel held up a large white hand. "You will tell Juit what I want you to tell," he laid Boiitivelv. "unleaa you want to see your two aunti forced to fo on relief. Sue Ellen (tared at him too en raffed to speak. ''Magnolia House belongs to the bank," said Colonel Moore smooth ly. "It has been mortgaged and remortgaged, lust as Belle Acres was mortgaged to keep up an ap pearance whicn no Falrhope can maintain without substantial back. ing today. "And vou are that backer. He smiled and. reaching over, patted her hand. "Sue Ellen, I like your spirit. I'm quite reconciled to having you for a daughter-in- law. I want you to marry mv when everything has been cleared up. I think you understand the best and the worst about him." She tried to interrupt, but he shook Ms head, "not a wora it was unfortunate that you rushed oft so impulsively, but even that has made me see and admire you, for you're a girl of spirit and de termination and that is what Riv needs." "Colonel Moore," her eyes were tartlingly bright and her lips set and positive, "I will not marry Riv. Pride made me close my eyes to things I should have seen. Riv doesn't love me he never did. Like myself, he read love into a childish affection, and if Deedora Waller could make him forget me, another woman could, also. What ever our financial condition, the fate of the Fairhopes has no part in my affair. For a long time I've disliked your principles, your methods, the way you nave taken advantage of our bad luck in Ty ler Springs, to sell off our planta tions to greedy Yankees." "Why not?" asked the Colonel smoothly. 'They have money. Someone has to buy places like Belle Acres when they are thrown on the market for back taxes and to pay overdue interest on mort gages." "Belle Acres will never fall In to your hands or that of a Yan kee." He smiled. "Tonight when you are all upset and think you have no' further use for Riv, I have the Sreatest sympathy for you, my ear. and feel that this Is no time to bring you bad news." His voice took a sympathetic tone, but bis cold hard eyes were atern. "Bad news?" He nodded. "I have been pa tient. I have listened while you maligned my son for doing what any Impetuous, infatuated young man might easily do, but I cannot listen to remarks which hint that I am unscrupulous and under handed in my business methods. You, like many southerners, are sentimental and have no idea about business, no regard for legal transactions financial obligations. But you must know that I have been patient and lenient with your aunts up to the point where my own credit was jeopardized if I continued to carry a bad invest ment any longer," Johnny Again "ITTHAT are you trying to tell ' ' me?" for he was working up to some climax, some final blow in retaliation for her stubborn ness, her unwillingness to marry Riv. She knew from the experi ence of others that he could be hard and ruthless when he was thwarted, and she had told him that she would go back and dis close the truth to everyone about Riv and his unfaithfulness. It was the only way unless she remem bered Johnny. She missed his call, but she knew where he was stay ing. She would go to him as soon as possible and explain the whole situation Before the Colonel could reply to her question, she arose and held out her hand. "I'm tired. Whatever you have to tell me could only, make me more miser able. I can guess you want' to say that unless you have the In terest on that Belle Acres mort gage, you must foreclose the mortgage and sell the place. Well, that is going to be taken care of. Your interest is in the bank and Aunt Car is only waiting for your return to pay you what she owes .and refinance the plantation through a government loan." He was smiling and she did not like his smile. "And you what will you do?" he asked. "I'm getting married." She waited for his reaction with a warm feeling of triumph sing ing in her veins. She had sur prised him. She had shaken that smooth mask his complacency. The mask slipped and his face was crimson with anger, and distorted. &ne would marry Johnny Har ris on whatever terms he pro posed. She would marry him im mediately , , , she would return to Tyler Springs and say "I fooled you. I planned this all the time. Didn't 1 say that I was going to Washington to marrv? And so I did. I broke my engagement to Riv Moore because I no longer loved him." I don't love Riv; I love Johnny Johnny she said to herself, and forgot Colonel Moore's presence until ha caught NEIGH. NEIGH! Elk City. Okie. Mayor and Mrs. V. C. Tisdal of Elk City like to ride horseback. They also like to stop occasion ally at curb service stations for refreshments. When they do, the horses neigh for service. Hold Your Hat! (and ba darned sura It's a Knox From BARKER'S new stock) Exclusive In Med ford at Store for Men T MARGAREUA BRUCKER her by the shoulder and whirled her about so that she faced him. He was not angry now. Ha was smiling. That cold lip smile with his eyes hard and shrewd and ugly. "Whom arc you marrying?" he demanded. She smiled at him. "No on you know." He released her and picked up his hat, "I didn't mean to tell you," ha said slowly, "but since you are marrying immediately, you should know. Belle Acres la sold. One of those Yankees whom you dislike so heartily found out through the bank that the place might be for sale. Technically, there was no reason why I should not sell it. The mortgage was over due back taxes and interest had accumulated for several years. The bank refused to advance any. thing on it, for Magnolia House was already mortgaged to the hilt and that was the only other prop, erty your aunts owned. I did the best I could" "You sold it?" The words came slowly. He nodded. 1 sold It I sold It to a northerner who has been an Sling for it ever since he cams own to Camp Shelby. You may have met him. Knowing how you despise the thought of a norths eroer owning Mississippi prop, erty, I have been like Riv, a coward about telling you bad news. Now I think you should know that a man named Harris holds the deed to Belle Acres." Then, as she said nothing, he continued: "I hope that you will reconsider your plan to leave to morrow. Sue Ellen. There are some things I should like to talk over with you when you are not so tired. Get a good rest. Riv will call you." He held out his hand, but Sue Ellen made no move to take it. As he walked away, a bellhop came toward her and said that there had been a telephone call for her earlier in the evening. The call had come through again, would she take it in the booth or in her room? "Tell the gentleman I'm not In." Sue Ellen said wearily. The boy looked puzzled! "But It isn't a gentleman. It's a lady call, ing long distance from Tyler Springs, Mississippi." No Plan "A TELEPHONE call from Ty- ler Springs. Mississippi?" Sue Ellen repeated the words stupid ly. She had been so sure that the call was from Johnny Harris. It was Aunt Car who answered. when she closed the door of the booth behind her and took down the receiver. Sue Ellen" Yes, Aunt Car." 'I've been trvine to cret vou all evening." . said Aunt Car. Her voice was high and strained and unnatural. "I went to the bank this afternoon." She then told how she had learned that it was too late to redeem Belle Acres. That the mortgage had been foreclosed weexs oerore and the Colonel had not notified her that the banker Uregular that Magnolia House was 'threatened that she never had understood legal transactions, for her father had managed all that and she was bewildered and frightened and would Sue Ellen return to Tyler Serines as soon as possible, for they needed her des. peraieiy. sue hum prom sed to return the following day. She would see the colonel, although even aa she promised she had a gloomy feel ing that further discussion of Belle Acres would only prove humihat. ing and ineffectual unless she met the Colonel's demand to marry Riv. She hung up the receiver, feeling so weary in mind and body she could scarcely walk across to the elevator. Back in her room. she slumped down in a chair with. out removing her short fur coat. 'A man would know how to handle the Colonel. Johnny Har ris would know if she could for get that he had been unp-ateful enough to buy Belle Acres, when he knew But did he know how much the place meant to them? How loath they were to part with It? How could she know what pic. ture the Colonel had painted to Johnny to put over the transac tion? There was only one way to find out, and that was to ask Johnny narris nimseir. It was too late now. After three In the morning. She would call him the first thing the next day, and even though she did not con sider Johnny's offer of marriage, she could talk over her problem and Johnny might offer some so lution. She undressed and went to bed and tossed wide eyed. It was grey dawn when she fell asleep and nine o'clock when she opened her eyes. Sho felt dull and drowsy and only half awake, when she realized that her telephone was ringing shrilly. Johnnyl She reached over and took the receiver from its cradle, with her heart leaping with an emotion which made her fairly dizzy. She made up her mind in that second. She would marry Johnny Harris because she loved him. the would marry him and forget her silly pride which prompted her to consider first her reasons, Te e eenuaae DOUBLE DANGER Santa Rosa, Cal. (U.R) Ray Duncan, 31, has learned there is a double danger in hunting skunks one trom the skunk and one from the gun. Finding himself too close to the animal he was hunting, Duncan leaped backwards, accidentally dis charging his gun. a bullet from which passed through his foot. "Typical Students" Delaware, Ohio (U.R) Ohio Wesleyan university selected the wrong "typical" students when preparing a picture book let on the university The photos were taken last spring. The front cover of the booklet shows a girl who has since "flunked out" of school and a boy who has transferred to Caie college. 'Cleveland. On the Radio Chains TATIONSI Chala affiliation ana where Ibey are on the dial! KALE (MB) 1330. Port Una: tX (NHOBlue) lino. 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George Kid well, head of the commission, explained that several years ago lead poisoning occurred among carpenters who held shingle nails in their mouths while working. Ose Mau metis want ada. by JOHN HIX The LAMS TREE of, TAKTARY Jy It was once thought to'I grow with a lams sprouting from the top' flth century..., the top of the tree was able ta starved to deathl Br AL CAPP LONG BOATS. FILLED r HAL FORREST WITH ARMED SAILORS. HEAD TOWARD TWE BEACH SOL HESS
