PAGE TEN
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD.
OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1941.
Chapter 21
"Kidnapped"
"OELLO good morning, hon
ey." It was not Johnny but
Riv who answered. "Love me?"
uked Riv in his most loverlike
- manner.
A week ago she wouK have
answered eagerly. Now . . . "I'm
sorry. Riv." she said slowly. "I
can't marry you. I've tried to tell
you."
"Nonsense, he spoke angrily,
and then his voice took on the
coaxing tone she knew so well.
"What's wrongT The Colonel of
fend you? He came back here last
night and was afraid you might
Mot understand him."
"I understand him quite well."
"I'll be over by ten," said Riv
stubbornly. "I never thought you
a girl of moods. Sue."
"This isn't a mood. I can't dis
cuss what I feel over the tele
phone." Riv Interrupted: "No need to
explain. I'll be over at ten and
take you out to breakfast"
"I don't wint breakfast," she
aid flatly.
"I'll take you sightseeing, then.
We'll drive out to see Lincoln
Memorial Arlington any place
you say. We'll pack up and start
back f-r Tyler Springs together,
if that is what you want, but don't
think I'm going to lose you. Sue."
, "Riv. . . ." But he had hung up.
She looked at the clock on her
bedside table. Nine fifteen. Forty,
live minutes. Forty-five minutes
in which she must plan what to
say to Riv, to convince him that
he meant what she said. He
would be persuasive. Suppose he
should promise to take care of
Aunt Car and Aunt Pleas? Could
he hold out against him?
She picked up the receiver and
called Johnny Harris's hotel
There was one way out. Johnny.
She waited impatiently, her
eyes bent on the ticking clock be
side her. Feeling that every min
ute was precious. Surely Belle
Acres could not be signed away
so easily the Colonel might be
bluffing when he said the whole
scheme hinged on her marriage to
Riv. There was something else;
whether to avoid the scandal in
Tyler Springs when it was known
that Riv had married when he
was engaged to her whether
some financial difficulty of the
colonels
A voice broke Into her thoughts.
"They do not answer," it said.
"Please ring again," she begged
the operator.
The minute hand moved for
ward until it was twenty-five
after nine, and then she gave up
and returned the receiver to its
cradle.
Johnny had called her last night
and she had not been back as she
promised and he had gone away
and decided she didn't want to see
him.
She called the desk clerk at the
hotel where Johnny stayed. "Mr.
Harris checked out at nine o'clock
and said that he would not be
back," he told her.
Help Cornea
THAT was that. Thirty minutes
later Riv would be waiting in
the lobby and all the old argu
ments would be gone over again.
Did she love him? Had she for
given him? Did she remember
this and that episode of their en
gagement? Bewilderment and
anxiety for those at home, making
her incapable of sober Judgment.
She bathed and packed and
dressed. She added an extra touch
of vivid rouge to her pale lips.
When she was ready she called
the hotel desk to send up a boy
to carry down her luggage. She
had only one plan now to get
away before Riv came. At the
station she could find a train, or
wait all day if necessary, but she
must be on her way back to Mis
sissippi. The snowstorm was over. Sun
light glinted on the windows and
slanted across the carpet Outside,
the snow was melting fast She
regarded her smart pumps rue
fully, but hoped she would not
have far to walk.
Nine-forty-five. She hoped that
Riv would be late. He was always
late. The boy appeared for her
bags and she was in the elevator
and a minute later crossing the
marble lobby to the desk.
Nine-fifty. She paid her bill and
ordered a taxi. There was some
delay. "It's ridiculous to feel like
this, she told herself; "silly to get
so upset so afraid that Siv will
come before you can get away"
Her taxi was at the door! A boy
swooped down and swept up her
bags and she fairly ran to keep
up with him. Behind her. the
hands of the big clock moved to
ten o'clock, but she was outside
now, breathing the crisp cold
morning air, . . . drawing It deep
in her lungs in a great thankful
breath.
She started to cross the pave
ment and saw Riv alighting from
a taxi just ahead of her.
Had he seen her? No he was
busy paying his driver. In her
haste to cross to the rnrh ah
stumbled and slipped and would :
nave lanen, but a firm hand
caught her elbow and guided her i
wittly forward. '
Oregon Telephones
Show Earning Gain
Salem, Nov. 8. OP) Tele
phone companies had a net oper.
ating income from their Oregon
operations of $1,894,283 during
1940, a gain of $434,359 over
their 1939 income, the public
ROLL IT UP,
JUMP ON IT,
SOAK IT
THE ONE HAT
THAT TAKES
EVERYTHING!
DALTON'S st Qe
RUGGEDY wHI.ilD
sold only at
Store for Men
"Union Station," said a vote
just behind her. "Step on It"
' She was seated in tne taxi, but
not alone. A tall well-knit figure
in uniform was crowded in beside
her and Johnny Harris's clipped
Yankee voice said: "Hello."
Her lip quivered ar d the knew
tears had come into her eyes, for
he smiled and said bending to
ward her: "If you must cry when
ever I meet you. I can offer a com
fortable shoulder."
Still she could not speak, her
mind a whirl of racing thoughts.
The taxi sped down the avenue.
Snow capped the government
buildings. Slushy snow lay on the
street and an army of 'men in
shabby clothes were shoveling it
away. Snow dashed against the
windshield and spattered the win
dows, so that great splotches of it
shut out the view. Without speak,
ing, Johnny reached over and took
her fingers and held them tight
"I have an idea that something
has happened." he said simply. "I
called and you were not at your
hotel, so I decided that either your
fiance had been persuasive and in
duced you to consent to his plans,
or"
"We met the Colonel," she man.
aged to say.
"So that was It." His fingers
tightened. "I suppose he told you
about the plantation deal."
"Something."
The Plan
THERE'S only one answer to
this situation. Miss Sue El
len." His tone was so formal that
she felt sickened, frightened.
"There is only one way to save
Sour face with your friends back
ome and one way to help your
aunts. I promised my father that
I would do everything I could for
your Aunt Carolina. It took a
little time for me to find out just
how this could be done. It isn't an
easy thing to assist anyone finan
cially. I could see only one way to
do it to buy up the old Fairhope
firoperty and in some way restore
t to your family.
"The proposition wasn't too
easy because the Colonel was
greedy. If I had shown too much
interest in your aunt, he would
have held me up for believing I
wanted the place for some senti
mental reason and he would have
held it too high for me even to
consider. Fortunately, he was hard
Eressed himself and his influence
ere is slipping. He must have the
good will of the people back home
to carry him through another
election. He only managed re
election this time by a narrow
margin."
The taxi wheeled swiftly Into
line with other taxis and stopped.
Sue Ellen found her voice. "But
why are you here?"
He smiled down at her gravely:
"Guess?" .
"You are going back to Camp
Shelby roday7"
"Right." . ' '
Her fingers fumbled with her
purse and closed tightly on it Just
for an instant she had thought
something else. What he told tier
had shaken her. He had visited
Tyler Springs to do something to
help the woman his father had
loved for years. He had had no
interest except in Aunt Car and
whatever he had said to her had
not been because he loved her.
"You should be interested In
this trip." His grey eyes were
close and gleamed with something
which was not laughter, although
his lips smiled down at her.
She was beine stiff and utimM
and he could not know that It
took all her will power to control
the impulse to out her head down
on his shoulder and cling to him
ana ten mm that she loved him,
that she had never loved Riv
never could love anyone had
never known love until now.
She was proud of the way she
pulled her hand away, because
she could not trust herself to let
him hold her hand in that tight
clasp any longer. The touch of his
fingers frightened her a mad,
delightful fright But she was say.
ing quite steadily and with a su
perb control which disguised her
inner tumult: "How nice that we
should travel back to Mississippi
together." ,
"But we're not traveling back
to Mississippi together."
"But"
The taxi driver had the door
open and his glance was impa
tient. "Let's go." Johnny Harris was
out standing in the sunshine.
Tall, straight, his eyes bright and
the smile on his lips quizzical, as
she stepped down to stand beside
him. He was amused because she
could not follow his thought he
was teasing her maybe he
guessed that she cared.
He seiied her arm and started
to hurry her toward the great
door rf the station. With a touch
of her former spirit she said:
"Why do you sav that you are
going to Camp Shelby and that
we are not going together to Mis
sissippithat doesn't make sense
Mr. Harris."
"Johnny," he corrected. "Get
the habit of using my first name
in ine luiure. Have you ever
heard a modern wife calling her
husband mister? Think about that
while I buy our tickets."
Te ba eoatlnaeg
utilities commissioner'! office re
ported today.
Total operating revenues were
$11,084,493. a gain of $1,000,402
while taxes totaled $1.5Sd,15t
The average revenue pr tele
phone was $00.63, of which
$41.58 was local exchange bust
ness and $17 48 was long duUnre
revenue.
Bishop Baxter Heads.
Anti-Liquor League
Portland, Nov. 8. P) Meth
odlst Bishop Bruce R. Baxter
of Oregon was elected president
of the Anti-Liquor league yes
terday.
Dr. K. K. Adams, Salem, was
named vice-president: Rev Leo
Webster Collar and E. B. Hous-
er. Salem, and R. T. Hicks
, Dayton, headquarters commit'
On the Radio Chains
STATIONS:
Chain affiliation and when
they are on the dlalt
KALE (MHs U30. rortUnd:
KLX (MMJ-bliie) 1 1 SO. rortland;
hOA (NBC-Blue a MBs 131.
Spokane: KGO (NBC-Blue) lie.
San tranrlMo; Hr.W (NBC-Red)
20. Portland: KJB (NBC-Blue)
IIHJO. Srallle; KNX (Cb 101.
Los AnieM; KOA (NBC-Krd) SJO.
Uenter; KOl.N (CBN) 7. run-
land: HOMO
(NBC-Bed) tie.
drank: KPO
(NBC-Hrd)
HO.
an Francltro; KSL (CBS)
alt lake City.
Time bbown te P4T
Thursday
8 :00 p. m. Adventure Stories, KOO,
KJR, KEX; Death Valley Days, KSL;
Jans Arden. KOMO; Stars or Today.
KOW; Eye of the World. KOIN; Don
Wlnslow of the Nary. KPO.
6:30 p. m. Duffy's Tavern. KSL;
News of the World, KOO. KEX, KJR:
Tonight's Best Buy, KNX; Leon F
Drews, KOIN.
:00 p. m. Major Bowes. KNX.
KSL. KOIN: Bins Crosby, KPO. KOW,
KOMO: Scandinavian Reporter, KJR.
fl 30 p. m. Joe Oalllochlo's Orch.,
KOO. KJR, KEX.
7:00 p. m. Qlenn Miller's Orch,
KNX, KOIN, KSL: Cugat Rumba Re-
vua, KPO, rOMO. KOW; Rudy Val
lee. KOO. KEX, KJR.
7:80 p. m. Prank Pay. KPO. KOW.
KOMO; News Here snd Abroad. KOO.
LETTER OPENER
IfoftlN-tit- M0JWW6 MMl,
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UffER THAT SHE CANT MAKE
OUT WHO FRCM
CARRIES TfOvTR t WlUDDW ID
SEE IF SHE CM MAKE OUTlUE
POSTMARK, WHICH 15 BUiRRED
LI'L ABNER When Yokums
TH' LEAST A
PAPPY KIN DO
FOr HIS CHILE.
AT A TIME LIKE.
THIS IS BLOW
HIS B-BRAINS
OUT.'
THE NEBB3 The Lesson
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TAILSPIN TOMMY The Traltorl By HAL FORREST
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Ot US. SI? YO' MAK'US fr WAIT..1 TIN YO' ESCAPE IN t TMIS EEsS?V BUT I HAF STILL THE MACHINE CUNS'Jliii
T'INK YO ARE SENOR - LET ME VERSALIAN BOAT...VITH f WAT WE Vv I TIME TO SAVE TH E PEONS HAPJp
GOUGO NO.. WHILE YO' U EXPLAIN. ALL DE URANIUM. Si? Jk T'INK OF T lLAOE UND THE MUTINIED, UN D f.
KEEP DE REAL SENOR. A v i VE T'INK DIFFERENT' YO,' SENOR-Vl'A VPROFESSOR. SLADE, UND
SONER DEMINEMI I S) VON S M E LTj! iTjn PROF.JAW ART J
lafT.Cll ThI Malsli if LL. ti UfsJ NOTICED. FRITZ. ONE OF PROF. AncT WARNS THE ARMED ;
Uir m. 1 1 j i r 1 V V II lvT" s-xfir-rXTA jawarts FOgEiON henchmen, slips qff. sailors on the beach
I- 1 IT WUULU C& A l6i5UNUI
-- to her, and i-wtvBE nr
KEX. KJB: Who Dunnlt, KNX, KOW,
KSL.
1:00 p. m. Amos V Andy. KNX,
KSL. KOIN: Fred Waring. KPO.
KOMO, KOW; March of Tuna, KOO,
KEX. KJR.
S IS p. m. Lum and Abnar, KPO,
KOW, KOMO: Lenny Ross, KNX.
KOIN. KSL.
B:90 p. m. Maudle'a Diary, KNX.
KOIN; Saunders of Circle X. KOO.
KEX: Fanny Brlos, KPO. KOMO.
KOW; Newa. KSL: flowers for the
Living. KEX; Hot Stove League, KJR.
:00 p. m. Easy Aces, KOO, KEX.
KJR: Duffy's Tavern. KNX. KOIN;
Aldrtch Family. KPO, KOMO, KOW;
Sports. KSL.
30 p. m. Freddy Martin's Orch-.
KOO. Death Valley Daya. KNX, KOIN;
News, KSL, KJR; Moonlight Sonata.
KEX.
10:00 p. m. America's Town Meet
ln of the Air, KOO, KJR. KEX: Re
porter News. KPO. KOMO. KOW:
News. KNX: Five Star Final. KOIN;
Maiterworka of Vuilc, KSL.
10: JO p. m. Ed Stoker's Music.
KOW: Maaterworka of Music. KNX:
The World Today. KQIN: Industry
and Defense, KOMO; Concert Hall,
KPO.
1 1 :00 t. m. Etchings In Brans.
KPO. KOW This Moving World. KJR.
KEX: Ken Stevens, KSL. KOIN; Em
manuel Tabernacle. KOMO.
Friday"
6:00 p. m. Kate Smith Hour. KSL;
Adventure Stories, KOO. KJR, KZX;
STilWK 1rlE HANDWRrfN6 Qi
ENVELOPE WHICH SEEMS A UTlLE
FAMILIAR BOf NOT Si)l1t COULD
almost be auht she's w isn't
SITS t0VM ANP 60E5 OVER THE
NAMES Of AIL THE PEOPLE If
MI6HT BE "FROM, M?RNlW6 AT
NO CONCLUSION WHATEVER
(Rtt.d by T Ml 8rnd.r.t. far
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PHONY
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N. I I PAPPY S AM -M. (-HE COULLNT I f TH' LF AS.T AH KIM JM W au r-rMII PMO'T 1 JT akV-TYi. I
V fi9fXT'7JTAc-ST9PT'-po:PAPPY''' at I P DO FO' HIM IS kffJM H do it, PAPPY If M&-.
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SADIE HAWMNS 'JM rI Gr NABBEO SYr UA rrff 7-y ff I -ME-WIP 1 s I
Jane Arden. KOMO: Stars of Today,
KOW: Eyea of the World. KOIN; Don
Winilow of the Navy, KPO.
640 p. m. Newa of the World,
KOO. KJR, KEX; Cocktail Hour.
KOW; Eugenia Clair Platto, KNX:
Leon F. Drews. KOIV; Three Four.
Trae, KOMO; Ballad Time, KPO.
6 oo p. m. Whet's On Tour Mind.
KNX. KOIN. KSL: Walts Time. KPO.
KOMO. KOW; Scandinavian Reporter,
KJR.
:SO p. m Michael and Kitty,
KGO. KJR. KEX: Uncle Walter's Dog
Kouae KPO, KOW. KOMO; Pint
KUhter. KNX. KSL, KOIN.
7:00 'p. m. Carmen . CavaUaro's
Orch.. KEX: Hollywood Premiere.
KSL, KNX. KOIN; Wings of IMatlny.
KPO. KOMO, KOW; Pish, Flnf.er.
KJR.
7:30 p. m. At Pearce's Gang. KNX.
KSL, KOIN; Orand Central Station,
KPO, KOMO. KOW; Boxing Bout,
KGO, KJR; Aloba Land. KEX.
8:00 p. rov Pred Wanng. KPO.
KOMO, KOW: Romance and Rhythm,
KOO, KEX. KJR: Amos 'n' Andy,
KNX. KSL. KOIN.
8:13 p. m. Lanny Rosa. KNX. KSL.
KOIN: Lum and Abner. KPO. KGW,
KOMO; Along the Sidelines. KJR.
8:30 p. m. Don't Be Personal. KPO,
KGW, KOMO: Gang Busters, KOO.
KEX, KJR; Playhouse. KNX. KOIN.
KbL.
9:00 p. m. Radio Chatter. KPO;
Pigskin Party. KOO, KJR, KEX: Kate
Smith Hour. KNX. KOIN; University
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
hoik iwaopE close ad tar
orr. icons ol back i& see if
-WERE IS ANY SEHDER'-i NAME
6IVTS UP WD OPENS IETTER,
WHICH b AN ANNOUNCEMENT
THAT THE MEET1N6 OFTHE
GARDEN CLUB HAS BEEN
POSTPONED
I f TLL 6IVE NOL TEN BUCKS
W APIECE TO DO IT BUT BRitsJG '
tME MONEY Dk 1 i.wi W-VNl
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AKOUMn,'
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of Oreson Forum. KOW: Three Four
T.me, KJR; Sports. KSL.
9:30 p. m. Freddy Martln'B Orch..
KOO. KJR: Chuckwaeon Davs. KPO;
Moonlight Sonata. KEX: News. KSL.
KJR; Armchair Cruises. KOMO.
10:00 p. m. Bill Clifford's Orch,
KOO. KEX, KJR: Reporter News.
KPO. KGW. KOMO: News. KNX.
KOIN: Maaterworka of Muile. KSL.
10:30 p. m, Danoe Orch., KOO;
Broadway Bandwagon, KEX; Danoe
Orch.. KOW: Masttrworks of Music.
KNX; Bob McOrewa Orch, KOMO;
Concert Hall. KPO.
11:00 p. m. Plckard Family. KPO,
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS
T-r2C. DROPPED H3La.SS ihVsilri
rt;-" ,- B Pv FROM A PIER WHILE if rssj3' W
ikX -WIH U FFoHING CAUGHT" THEM NM?)
C iAf T.tiBl Q ON HI'S HOOK AT THE LjJ Ol
r ZQl I P J U "SAME SP0T THREE fin tJrvT.i.
After 10,000 MlLE&NWZ. AND
MRS. PRESTON BREEDy PARKED .as?5.
THEIR, AUTO TRAILER IN S "SCVSiav
ALEXANDRIA, MINN., DUG A XT 'JV
BASEMENT FOR IT AND ADDED C trW VTOv
2 ROOM'S TO MAKE IT A ( PfST
d53 rf
Jack EiCHERLVHifiH school
BACK SCORED 279, POINTS IN
HohTein, 'lorn, 95...
1 Tm. t I. L Til- OS AU riBu rwn
CIVIL LIBERTIES
In the infant stage of the U. 8. Government ten amendments to the Constitution were
made, covering civil liberties, and were together known as the Bill of Rights. The Com
monwealth of M"-echusetts had no objection to the sentiments expressed by the amend
ments, but felt they were not expressed strongly enough! Ratification was delayed for a
time, and as the years passed this important gesture was overlooked entirely. Finally, in
1939, Governor Saltonstall brought this error to the attention of the Commonwealth legis
lature, the amendments were approved and he signed the ratificatlqru
Tomorrow) 40 Miles to Schooll
r'TuiS IS A LONELyN
I ;pnT it ppf E-CTl
TO
IFOR A HOLDUP
fikMD SHES GOT A
KOMO, KOW: This MoMnc World.
KEX; Ken Stevens. KOIN. KSL; News,
KOO. KNX: Musicals. KJ.t
Elephants Drink Up
Natives' Cocktails
Lisbon, Portugal, Nov. 8. (IP)
;A herd of elephants is sobering
iup after an impromptu cocktail
party which created new records
of tree climbing among the na-
present governor of haachw5Eth"
while preparing a speech on
Civil liberties, discovered that
HftTATE HAD NEVER. RATIFIED
THE BILL OF RIGHT'S
He signed the ratification
in march 1939...50 years
LAIS
rnorr raKSST VaT IT WONT BE
PUT A HA.MD- L0N3 NOW.
KERCHVEF AROUND THE MONEY
YOUQ FACE.J3CNT ROLUNo IM
CHANCES) THE SOLDIER
l CAMP OPENED 1
CAMP OPENED
V HERE T-r-r!9l .a
7 s its r .5 -v
Itive population, said dispatches
(published here today from the.
'region of Lourenco Marques,
Portuguese East Africa.
The dispatches said the na
tives were dancing around huge
pots of a local alcoholic brew
at a harvest celebraton when Q
the elephants came thundering '
through the forest. The nntives
took to the nearest timber and
watched while the elephants
lumbered up and fraternized
about the bowls until there was
hardly a drop left.
by JOHN HIX
By AL CAPP
Be SOL HESS
SO
V.lL,Oo RE TA.K-1
riA.X
1N3 SO MUCH OUT
IS
SiMi
OF my Business
i CMT PAY MY
e'LLS-JHEE WON'T
&E AJYTM:N' FCR ElTMrt
ONE CUS
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1 J;t tr-
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'tea members.
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