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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1942.
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Chapter 30 .", .
Flight
KJZARINO tha Inn Lavinia taw
v people upon the wide veran
dah, and tried to rearranf her
feature, as it were, ao at not to
five away her real feelings. Sev
eral people looked up at she
mounted tha steps, ana sn im
mediately sensed excitement in
tne air.
Groups were talking in an ex
cited, tense sort of way as
though something extraordinary
had taken place. She was tempt
ed to stop and make inquiries, but
knew this would mean being
drawn into conversation. It would
be better to got to her room and
rest for a time. She had no desire
' for dinner. She much preferred to
stretch oat upon her bed and try
to collect her tnougnia.
But before she could reach her
room Margot Linden aaw her.
She came hurrying forward.
"Where on earth have you been
ail day?" she asked, excitedly.
With my aunt in Portland,"
said Lavinia. "We lunched and
saw a movie.
"And missed all the excite
ment!" Marcot said. "Imaaine.
those government men locating
the escaped prisoners, ana actual'
ly rounding them up."
"You you mean they came
here?'" Lavinia said in a voice
she scarcely recognized at her
own.
"Yes, they were in tha Inn,"
said Marmot. "It seem that sev
eral men in and near Harbor
Head have been helping the men
who escaped from Canada sup-
living them with outfits, and aid
ng in any way posible. You
know, enemies of the Allies that
sort or thing.
"Yes, I I know," said I
vinla.
"They even used their boats to
aid the men," Margot rushed on.
"But the government represen
tatives got them all. They were
marched oil today, to be locked
up awaiting trial."
Lavinia couldn't speak. Her
thoughts were running around in
mad circles. Rod gone. Also his
Doat. Koa, wno naa oeen so reti
cent about himself. The odd way
he had acted the night before.
Could he have known this waa
Soing to happen? Was that why
e had said he had no right to
Kiss her?
"Was my friend" she tried
to speak lightly, "was he an es
caped prisoner, or one of the men
who helped?"
"I don't know only he did
have a boat," aaid Margot "You
ought to remember that."
"So you know about tha trip?"
Who doesn't?"
"I suppose you all lined up on
the porch with Held glasses the
day Rod took me to the island?"
Margot laughed. "No, not as
bad as all that, my dear!" she
said. "But I warned you there's
always a lot of gossip at a sum
mer resort"
"And how right you were!"
said Lavinia. "I'm sorry I missed
ail the excitement You must tell
me more about it later on, I'm
going up now and get a little rest
Aunt Dorcas and Iliad a strenu
ous day."
Margot touched her arm as she
turned to go.
"Tell ma something. Mist Pren.
tin." she said.
"What is it?" said Lavinia.
"Maybe I'm barging in where
I've no business, Margot said,
"but you hadn't grown fond of the
Elliott man, had you? Just be
tween ourselves."
"How ridiculous!" Lavinia ex
claimed, praying that her voice
carried conviction. "Do I look li's.
the sort of brainless female who'd
grow fond of a chance acquaint
who who was afraid to come
out and mix with honest people?"
Margot shrugged. "Well. I just
wondered," she said. "You did
spend a lot of time with him."
"He amused me," aaid Lavinia.
"That's all."
With this sha stepped into the
elevator, and waa carried up to
her room.
She bathed her face, kicked off
her shoes, and flung herself down
upon the bed. Tears came finally.
Then sobs sobs that shook her
from hesd to foot Another chok
ing sob, and then quietness. It
was then that Lavinia male her
self look matters squarely in the
face. And when she did she knew
she could not stay on at tha Inn.
She sprang from the bed. She
reached for the telephone and
asked for the room clerk.
"Will you please make out my
bill? she said, when a voice an
swered her call. "Miss Lavinia
Prentiss speaking."
"But Miss Prentiss, your bill
Isn't due yet,'' said the clerk.
"Yes, I know. But I'm leaving
I find I mut get back to New
York as quickly as possible."
"Not tonight I trust"
"No. the first thing In the
morning."
"We're sorry to have you go.
Miss Prentiss."
'Thank you," said Lavinia, and
hung up.
Then she began taking her
clothes out of th closet Good
bye to castles in Maine. Good
bye to Harbor Head. Good-bye
to foolish dreams. Hello, Man
hattan! How do you do. Arm
worth's! Home Agaia
GRAND CENTRAL Station
again. Lavinia following a
redcap who carried her luggage
following him, but glancing up
now and then at tne artificial
start high up in th vaulted
eeillna.
"They sure do look real, don't
they, miss?" said th redcap,
grinning.
"Yes said Lavinia, they do."
And she remembered the stars
up at Harbor Head, the stars that
twinkled down at the ocean, the
start she and Rod Elliott had
looked at and talked about
"Sometimes I wondered If they
are inhabited," Rod hsd said.
"And If they are, I nope things
are in better shape up there than
down here."
"If you look at 'em long
enough, miss,' the redcap was
saying, "you can see 'em twin
kle." "Yet, I know," Lavinia sail
Tve done it"
They moved on across tht
huge rotunda.
. Did you want a taxicab, miss?"
"Yes. But I want to send a tele
gram first"
"There's a Western Union
stand right over there, miss."
.'hank you."
Lavinia wrote a short message
to her aunt "Back home again. To
heck with romance.."
Then sha paid the clerk, and
went back to where the redcap
was waiting. She thought Thus
endeth the first lesson in romance
and what a lesson! She tipped
the redcap generously, told the
taxi driver her address, snd
leaned back against the badly
worn upholstery.
What a homecoming? What a
vacationl She felt cheated, and
oddly disapointed. She closed her
eyes, squeezing the lids tight
sgainst the tears that tried to
flow. She wondered what her aunt
would say what she would do
what she would think, when the
telegram reached her. It ought to
arrive in Portland within a few
hours, that is, if the girl got it oil
Immediately.
Dorcas To Th Resco
AND the girl did get the wire
off immediately. It reached
Miss Dorcas Prcntij in record
breaking time. It found her sit
ting on a high stool in Professor
Plunkett's woodshed. There was
a clothespin on her nose, and t
notebook in her hand.
"If you don't hurry up this re
search business," she said to the
Professor, "the health department
is going to do some researching
My, that whale smells unpleas
ant!" "Even with the nosepin on your
clothes?" said the Professor. "1
mean, even with the clothespin on
your nose?"
Miss Dorcass laughed. "Yes,"
she said. "And, frankly. Professot
Plunkett 'I'm beginning to feel
a decided lack of interest ovei
the kinship between that Jonah
swallowing mammal and th
dinosaur."
There, there. Miss Dorcas." the
Professor chlded, "don't let a lit
tle unpleasant odor discourage
you."
It waa at this point that Mrs
Plunkett came out to the wood
shed bearing Lavinia's telegram.
m.v M1 riftpaa
Yea." said Mrs. Plunkett '"
Just came."
Miss Dorcas laid down the note
book, took off the clothespin, and
tore open the envelope.
"I hope some ambitious arche
ologists aren't after me to get off
on another digging expedition,"
she said. Then: "Oh, It's from my
niece."
The Professor examined a piece
of bone with a magnifying glass,
and Mrs. Plunkett watched him,
holding a handkerchief to hei
nose.
"Weill" Miss Dorcas exploded
"Weill"
"Nothing unpleasant I hope,
my dear," said Mrs. Plunkett.
"Do they want you to go into
a Jungle again. Miss Dorcas?"
asked the Professor.
"No." said Miss Dorcss. "It's t
message from Lavinia Prentiss,
the niece I told you about"
"Is she III?"
No. she's not 111. She's cut
short her vacation and gone
home."
But why should she do that?"
Mrs. Plunkett wanted to know.
That a what lm loina to find
out" said Miss Dorcas. She got
down off the high stool. "Profes
sor Plunkett you'll have to get
along without me from now on."
The Professor looked up, push
ing his glasses high up upon hii
forehead. "What's that Miss Dor.
cas?" he said.
She said youd have to get
along without her from now on,"
said his wife. "Ethelbert I wish
you would pay attention to what
"But Miss Dorcas." the Profes
sor said, ignoring his wife's re
mark, "I can't get along without
you!"
You'll have to, said Miss uor-
cas.
"Why why the resesrch Is at
a critical point," said the Profes
sor, much distressd. "I've discov
ered a decided similarity in the
vertebra ot the whale and tne
prehistoric animals, and now"
"Sorry." ssld Miss Do rest
briskly, "but I've an Idea my
niece is on the verge of mskint
a mess of her life. The business ol
vertehra will have to wait. May
be l m being silly and precipitous,
but I can't help feeling, Professor,
that my nieces heart Is mors
important than a whale's backbone."
No amount of argument would
make Miss Dorcss chsnge hei
mind.
"And so you're going to leave
me all alone with the whale," the
Professor said ssdly.
"You've got your wife," said
Miss Dorcas. 'Why can't she take
notes for you?"
"And smell that swful odorp
said Mrs. Plunkett "No indeed."
T a cenllnar
32-YEAR OLD SUIT IS
BANKER'S fRIDE, JOY
Kansas City, Jan. 33. P
J. Z. Millers boss made him
buy a new suit when he tent
hi mto New York on banking
errand in 1910.
It cost $90 and waa or is
some ault. The banker hat worn
It exclusively on hit New York
and Washington business trips
tha past 33 years. -
And he i let it t known h
wants to be garbed In It for that
last trip of all.
LOTTERY DRAWS TERM
Seattle, Jan. 32 Arthur
W. Kane, a Superior, Wis., rail
road clerk, was sentenced to
serve 11 months in the King
county Jail for his part in the
operations o! the International
Transportation and Communica
tion Mutual association, a lot
tery. Federal Judge John C.
On the Radio Chains
TTIONSt
Ckala affiliation ant where
they are on the dial:
KALE (MH I13A. Portlan.
KEX (KBO-Miic) 1180, Portland;
kM (NHC-Hlu MBS) lAiet.
Spokane: KUO (NBC-Blue) SI.
Ban s'ranrMro! SSUW (NHC-Hrd)
eai. Portland: KJR (KBC'-HluM
loo, ftrettte; KNX CBH line
to angelrs: KOJt (NBC-Red) aJMt.
Denveri KOIN (IBS) S70, Port,
land: HOMO (NBT-RXI) M
arattle; KPO (NBC-Red) HO.
tan fraiKIM-o; KSL (CBS) Ilea.
Salt Lake City.
" Time Known U PST
Thursday
S:O0 p. m. Adventure stories,
KOO. KJR; Deatn Valley Days. KSL:
Adventure In Tovland, KKX; Burs
of Today, KOW; Ken Stevens and
Irwin Too. KNX; lyea ot the
World. KOIN; Don Wlnalow of the
Navy, KPO.
6:80 p. m. News of th World.
KOO, KEX, KJR; Duffy's Tavern.
KSL; Rlcardo's Rhapsodies. KPO,
KOW. KOMO; Bill Henry. KNX.
KOIN.
6:00 p. m. Ualor Bowes Original
Amateur Hourr KNX. KSL. KOIN;
Bins Crosby, KPO, KOMO, KOW;
Secret City, KOO, KEX; Victory
Chorus. KJR,
:S0 p. m Blf Town. KNX. KSL,
KOIN; Joe OalUcchlo's Orch, KOO.
KJR, KEX.
T OO p. m Olenn Miller's Orch..
KNX. KOIN. KSL: Al Peexoe Oanf.
KPO, KOMO. KOW; Rudy Vails
Program, KOO, KEX, KJR,
7.-S0 p. nv Rlcardo. KOO; Frank
Fay. KPO. KOMO, KOW; Btieem
llned Fairy Tales, KEX; Captain
Quia, KJR.
t KM p. m. Amos n' Andy, KNX.
KSL, KOIN: Fred Waring. KPO.
KOMO. KOW; March of Tune, KJB.
KOO. KEX.
1:16 p. m.- Lum and Abner, KPO,
KOW, KOMO; Lanny Ross. KNX.
KOIN. KSL.
ao p. m Maudle'a Diary. KNX,
KOIN; Saundera of Circle X. KOO.
KEX; Fanny Brio. KPO. KOMO.
KOW; News, KSL; Flower for the
Living. KEX; Victory Chorus, KJR.
S :0O p. m. Easy Aeas, KOO. KEX.
KJR; Duffy's Tavern, KNX. KOIN;
Aldrleh Family. KPO. KOMO, KOW.
:S0 p. m. Cilery Queen. KPO.
KOW. KOMO: Death Valley Daya.
KNX, KOIN: Newa, KSL, KJR; Moon
light Sonata, KEX.
10:00 p. m. America 'a Town Meet
ing of th Air. KEX. KOO, KJB:
Reporter Newa, KPO. KOMO, KOW;
Newa, KNX; Meaterworks of Music.
KSL: Five star Final. KOIN.
10:80 p. m. Reld Tanner Orch.,
KSL; Muter or ks of Music, KNX;
Th World Today. KOIN.
11:00 p. m. Etchings In Brass,
KPO. KOW; This Moving World.
KEX, KJK; Harry Owens, KSL,
KOIN; News, KNX, KOO.
1 Friday -
I S OO p. ax Kat Smith Hour. KSL;
I Adventure Stones, KOO. KJR: Ed
I Btoker'e Or n, KPO: Jan Arden.
KOMO; Star of Today. KOW.
I I SO p. m. Newa of th World,
KOO. KJR. KEX: B1U Henry, KNX:
. Bill Sabransky, KPO; Cocktail Hour.
KOW; Loon F. Draw. KOIN; Victory
, Chorus.. KOMO.
! S 00 p. m Walt Tun. KPO.
I KOMO, KOW; Secret City, KOO.
iKEX; What's On Tour Mind. KKX,
I KOIN, KSL; Victory Chorus, KJR.
I IM t. m Michael Piper. KEX,
KOO, KJR: Unci W altera Dog
House, KPO. KOW, KOMO; First
. Ntghter. KNX. KSL, KOIN.
I 7:00 p. m. Ela Maxwell' Party
;Un. KOO. KJR, KEX: Hap Hazard
i Snow. KSL, KTX. KOIN: Wing of
'DeaUny, KPO, KOMO, KOW.
7:90 p. m. How'm I Doin? KNX.
KSL. KOIN; Grand Central Station.
KPO. KOW. KOMO: Modem Music
I Box, KEX; Amateur Hour, KOO;
Victory Chorus, KJR. .
8:00 p. m. Fred Waring In Pleas
ure Tim. KPO. KOMO, KOW; Phil
Harrur Orch, KOO. KEX: Amoa V
Andy. KNX. KSL, KOIN; Buy Wash
ington. KJR.
8:15 p. m. Lanny Ross, KNX,
KUL. KOIN: Lum snd Abner, KPO,
KOW, KOMO.
I 8:30 p. mv -Variety Show, KPO,
I KOW, KOMO: Oang Buster. KOO.
IKEX, KJR; Playhouse, KNX, KOIN,
KSL.
I .O0 p. m Who Don It? KPO,
' KOW, KOMO: Three Ring Tim.
KOO. KEX. KJR. Kat Smith Hour.
KNX. KOIN; Sport. KSL.
:SO p. m. Tommy Doraey Oven..
KOO; Dark Fantasy. KOW; News.
KSL, Sw-t; Moonlltht Sonata. KEX:
Victory Chorus, KOMO; Floyd Wright
KPO.
10:00 p. m. Hollywood Legion Sta
dium Fights. KOO. KEX: Reporter
New, KPO. KOW, KOMO; Red
Nichols' Orch., KSL: News. KNX:
Shining Hour, KJR; Five star Final,
KOIN.
10:30 p. m. Hollywood Legion Sta
dium Fights. KOO; Unlimited Horf
sons, KOMO: Dane Orch, KOW;
Broadway Bandwagon. KEX; North
west Bible Ins'ltute. KJR: Master
works of Musle, KKX: Th World
Today. KOIN.
11 KM p. nv Dane Orchestra. KPO,
KOW; This Moving World. KOO,
KEX. KJR; Harry Owens' Orch..
KSL, KOIN; Newa, KNX; Reveries.
KOMO.
Closing Urn tor Classified Ads
a. m. Too Let to Classify U:J0
p. m.
Young Japanese
Quizzed by FBI
Seattle, Jan. 32. JP) Feder
al bureau of investigation agents
were questioning a 17-year-old
Japanese-Ameriian youth, ar
rested last night by the water
front patrol. .
Jnhn C Klos of the patrol
found the youth hiding between
an oil company docK ana pier
14. He carried an open knife.
STUDYING
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sa through la largely composed of th same oxygen w breathe to keep alivl Recant
discover! show that 92 percent of th volume ot glass la occupied by the oxygen ions,
fly percent by the sodium ions, 2 percent by calcium ions and only one percent by silicon
ions. The small bulk of ailicon prevents the oxygen from escaping into the atmosphere.
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from glass, and glass basd on soma of ths elements are bing dvlopd.
Tomorrows Floating Republic!
TAILSPIN TOMMY Chaos In Campl
By HAL FORRESl
Just before
the pernio
powder. plant,
Adjacent to
CAMP MIX..
EXPLODED,
BETTY- LOU
WAS SIGHT
SEEING IN THE
CAMP, WHILE
LEM TUTTER.,
RESPONSIBLE
FOR. SKEETER-'S
INCARCERATION
IN THE GUAR.D
HOUSE, WAS
EULOGIZING
HIMSELF AS A
ONE MAN ARMY"
But nowI
LEM SEEMS T0itf
BE GOING PLACES M,
PAST.'.' t-11-41
H EAVENS I'M TRAPPED
HERE.' I CANT RISK.
MAKING A R.UN FOR.
THE MAIN GATE :
BETTY
LOU... Iff
MEBBE THEY'LL FIND YER VEAH.' IT'S
COAT WIT TH LOOTENANTl YOUR.
BARS ON IT. LOOTEN&NTAMOVE..
AN THEY LL LET YUH
OUTTA HERE, AN'.. .J gS
Tea, . I . V Pa. O
BvET'S TURN BACK THE HANDS OF THE
CLOCK. .AND SEE WHAT SKEETS IS DOING
lYorretfT
AT THIS INSTANT A MIGHTY
EXPLOSION OCCURS.. AND A
SHELL RIPS THROUGH THE
WALL OF .THE GUARD H0USE.1
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