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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE,- MEDFORD. OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1942.
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Chapter la
Freddy Cone Too
IN A drugstore at the corner
they found telephone booths.
and miss Dorcas lost no uroe in
entering one, where (he celled
Long Distance.
1 want to talk to1 someone in
Bull. Connecticut," she said.
when the operator answered.
She then explained that the
man s name was atone, ana ne
was lust outside the town.
"Tell her we want to talk to
Lavinia" said Rod.
"We'll get the house flret," said
Miss Dorcas. "We can at least And
out u Lavinla s staying there.
She then Rave her -name, and
said she would be waiting there
In the drugstore for the call. They
climbed to high stools and waited.
"MayDe we ought to call Arm
worth's Department Store also,'
Miss Dorcas said.
"What for?" Rod said.
To see If Freddy Rand Is there
or if he's been in touch with
Lavinia."
Tll do it!" said Rod. He hur
ried back to a booth, found the
number he wanted. "May I speak
with Mr. Freddy Rand?4 he said.
"Just a moment please," said
the switchboard operator. Then:
Tm sorry, out Mr. Hand urn t in.
. "What time will he be back?
"Not for several days. He's gone
or on a trip.
"Oh I" said Rod.
"Did you wish to leave any
message?"
"No, thank you." He hung up
and went back to loin Miu Dor
cas. "He's off on a trip for aev
eral days," he said.
"That." said Miss Dorcas, "is
Just ducky!
"You don't suppose he's with
Lavinla. do you?" said Rod. That
they've eloped?"
"Don't ask me," said Miss Dor
cas. "I don t dare even think
about It It s too awful."
"You mean you'd rather La'
rlnia married me?"
"That" said Miss Dorcas, "is
the prize-winning silly question
of the season."
. Rod smiled rsther feebly. "I
guess I am a bit off the deep end,"
he said. "But so much has hap
pened within the last forty-eight
hours. I don t seem to know lust
Where I am or what i n doing.'
Miss Dorcas patted his hand.
"I feel the same way. Rod." she
said, "if that's any comfort to
you.
They finished their drinks, sit
ting "on the very edges of their
chairs listening waiting for the
Hull call.
It came . at last Miss Dorcas
rushed into the booth. Rod stood
outside, listening through a crack,
since there wasn't room in the
booth for them both. He tried to
?iray. He tried to think sanely. He
rled to know that all was well.
But his brain was chaos, refusing
to function with any semblance
of order.
In The Meadow
"OELLO?" said Miss Dorcas,
n "Is that Mr. Stone?"
"Yes," came the reply.
"Have you a Lavinla Prentiss
Staying there?"
A dentist? Sorry, you must
have the wrong number."
"No!" said Miss Dorcas. "I want
to speak with"
"There's a dentist down the.
road a lime way."
"I want to speak with Miss
Lsvlnla Prentiss."
"Miss who?"
M iss Lavinla Prentiss."
"Oh!" Mr. Stone chuckled.
"And me thinking you wanted a
dentist!"
"Is she there? Is she staying
with you?"
"Why. yes-she is."
"Thank God!" said Miss Dorcas.
No kidnapping no disappear
ance no murder. The headlines
faded away.
"What did you say?" Mr. Stone
asked.
"Never mind that" said Miss
Dorcas. "Let me speak to Lavinla
right away, please. It's most im
portant" "I'm sorry, but she Just went
out."
"Well, call her!"
"She went for a long walk
down through the meadow."
"All right all right." said Miss
Dorcas impatiently. "Please tell
her that her aunt telephoned
and that I'll be right up, the
moment I can catch a train.
"Yes." said Mr. Stone. "I'll tell
her. Shall I prepare a room for
you?"
"Of course, unless you want me
to sleep in a haystack."
Mr. Stone chuckled sgaln. Tve
got a small room left he said.
nIt'll be all ready for you."
"Thank you." said Miss Dorcas.
and hung up. She came out of the
booth, mopping her face. Quick!
she ssld. "We're going to Grand
Central Station."
"But. Aunt Dorcas," said Rod.
"Is Lavinia all right?''
"Yes. but she won't be for lone
If you don't do something sbout
arm. and fairly dragged him out
of the drugstore, much to the
amusement of the few customers
who were there. Tve a sneaking
feeling Freddy Rand's up there
with her," she said, as Jhey
climbed into another taxicab.
"She may be out walking through .
the meadow with him this very I
minute."
"Damn!" said Rod.
"Swearing won't do any good."
said Miss Dorcas. "I left word I'd
be up, but you're going instead.
There's no time to lose either, not
a second."
Once more they walked into
Grand Central Station.
"You get your ticket right over
there," Miss Dorcas said. "You
buy it while I look after this lug
gage. If we pile it in and out of
taxicabs a few more times there'll
be nothing left of it"
"I want to keep the small suit
case," Rod called. "In case I stay
in Hull overnight
"Of course youll stay over
night!" said Miss Dorcas. "Go on,
get the ticket I'll check the rest
of your stuff."
Rod got the ticket H kissed
Aunt Dorcas, grabbed the small
bag. and ran for the train.
"I'll expect you to bring La
vinia back with you!" Miss Dor
cas called out after him.
"I'll do it" said Rod. "if if
that Rand man hasn't already
married her."
"Don't say that!" Miss Dorcas
replied.
She saw Rod dash through the'
gates and disappear. Then after
checking the rest of his baggage,
she told the redcap to put hers in
a taxicab. And again she gave the
address of Lavinia'a apartment
hoping against hope that her
niece wouldn't be so silly as to
marry some other man. when Rod
was the one meant for her. She
knew now that she would be ter
ribly . disappointed if she didn't
have . Roderick Elliott for her
nephew-in-law. ,
' Defeat
AT ABOUT the same time that
Rod's train moved out of
New York, Lavinla came walking
back toward the farmhouse. She
had been out In the meadow with
her thoughts. And they hadn't
proven to be very pleasant com
pany. Nor could she rur away
from them.
She hadn't escaped them tn
Harbor Head, nor in New York,
nor could she get away from thjm
In Hull. Her aunt had wanted her
to go to Harbor Head so that she
might have some mmnriM far
the years to come. Well, she had
some memories, all riohti Mm.
ories of Rod Elliott and the iun,gV
w uiuuu, arm me a inra. Ana
the rocks, and the surf, and tht
kiss In the moonlight.
"Lavinia Prentiss," she ssld to
herself, "you've had vnur flins
youve shown yourself to be a
complete Idiot so get back to
Armworth's and do vour stuff."
She walked up to the farmhouse
porch. Mr. Stone met her and
told her at once about ih ti
phone message.
"You mean my aunt's coming
up here?" Lavinia exclaimed.
"That's what she said." Mr.
Stone replied. "I'm sending th
aiauon wagon into Hull to meet
her. if you want to go along."
"Thank vrai" aa!H l.lnl
"What train Is she coming on?"
The one that left right aftet
her talk. I suppose. Anvwav. aha
seemed In an awful hurry."
And an hour or so later La
vinia was pacing up and down the
platform of the diminutive depot
in nun.
In a way she was glad her sunt
was coming. They would have to
taiK matters out sooner or later,
and up here In the country would
be a good rjlflp. The annnur Aunt
Dorcas knew her decision, the
oeuer.
And It wss un tn her In pati.
vlnce her here and now that she
wssn't cut out for romsnce. Aunt
Dorcas might as well be made to
see that she was going right on
with her work at Armworth's. It
was the only thing left to do, and
she was going to do It. With chin
up. too. Although her life wss go
ing to be pretty empty now that
she didn't even have her dreams
of sometimes visiting Aunt Dor
cas in a rar-ofr country.
The driver of the station wagon
Joined her.
Here she comes. Miss Pren
tiss!" he said, as the New York
train swept around a curve. "She
sure does come like a mlle-a-
mimite, don t she?
."Yes. said Lavinla. "she does."
Then she walked along beside
the train - as it -came to a stand
still, eyeing all those who got off;
commuters, summer people who
had gone to the city Tor the day,
natives of HulL But not a sign of
her aunt
No doubt Aunt Dorcas hsd
missed the train which left im
mediately after her conversation
with Mr. Stone. She would prob
ablv come out on the next one.
an hour or so later. She turned
to tell the driver not to wait but
to go on bark to the farm.
But while she was looking foi
the msn she hesrd her name
called. She whirled about start
led. And then she gasped.
Roderick Elliott was hurrying
toward her.
Te be eanUaaeg
On the Radio Chains
STATIONS:
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Tuesday
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Don Wlnalow of the Navy, KPO.
540 p. m. News of the World,
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6 00 p. m. Bob Bums. KPO. KOW,
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6:S0 p. m. Symphony Ooneart,
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KPO, KOMO, KOW.
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140 p. m. Amos V Andy, KNX.
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40 p. m. Johnny presents. KPO.
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FAMILY LIFE
By CLUYAS WILLIAMS
OF FOREST URGED
Portland, Jan. 27. (Ty Ear
lier and more extensive closure
of forests in Oregon to unrestric
ted public us has been recom
mended by the Oregon forest de
fense committee, N S Rogers,
state forester, said today '
Rogers said that efforts would
be made to minimize Interfer
ence with the public' enjoy
ment, but that war-time precau
tions and serious lessening of
available men for fire fighting
made the recommendation to
Governor Sprague advisable.
More than half million pa
tients are on the books of hos
pital for mental disease.
SPRINGFIELD SAWMILL '
IS CLOSED BY STRIKE
Eugene, Jan. 27. (41 The
Springfield mill of the Booth-
Kelly Lumbe rcompany was
closed today by a strike of ap
proximately 159 CIO members
of an IWA local The strike came
after four months of negotia
tions between union and the
company In an attempt to agree
upon minimum wage contract.
TREE HITS RINK
Vancouver. Wash . Jan. 27.
JPh-Arloln Sullivan, Vancouver,
was Injured seriously and three
other civilians received minor
injuries when fir tree fell on
the roof of a roller skating rink
t Vancouver barracks Saturday
night during the heavy wind
storm.
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s. m Too Lata to Cleasity 13:30
p a.
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Yunnan Province, through
which runs the greater part of
the 728-mile Burma Road, is the
second largest province of China
proper.
Nearly a million typewriters are
produced In the United States year-
Uy.
INVEST IN BONDS
Okmulgee, Okla. (U.R) Euchee
and Creek Indians of Oklahoma
in a special assembly in the in
tertribal council here have voted
to spend $400,000 for defense
bonds. They voted unanimously
to turn over the money, now on
deposit in Washington, to the
government.
Ink Is the name of an Arkansas
town.
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world power. Early in 1904 negotiations with Russia over far east expansion bogged down
and diplomatic relations were severed. Russia expected a de:laration of war before open
hostilities broke out. But already the Japs had laid their plans and put them into action.
Togo atruck at Port Arthur to cripple the fleet and give his own navy control of the
sea. Torpedo boats, supported by heavier craft, formed the apaarhead of his attack, and the
Russian ships were bottled up, tipping the balance of power in the direction of Tokyo. Because
of this the Nipponese won the war and that laid the groundwork of their present program oi
aggressionl
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