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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORI). OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1942.
' YESTERDAY: The only brrok
in Wtiuo Marlowe's ionviy iif
In her Grandmother" cabin be
tide tA Mississippi had bn th
audieu appearance of an ex
hausted young hunter from Mna
Orleans one day in a norm.
Melissa had played and tana for
him, and had fM a little roman
tic about it alL But he left and
eent no word, and note her
Grandmother hoe died, and one
of the netahbori it making her
an offer for the cabin.
Chapter Five
Big City
XfELISSA'S handi clenched
1,1 tightly In her lap and for a
moment ihe wu very still. Three
hundred dollaral It wu vast
urn! An Incredible aumt She'd
never had more than ten dollars at
one time in her life. With three
hundred dollars aha could why,
he could go to New Orleans; may-
be get a job, singing! She might
even tee Randy Hendricks again!
She eaught her breath at that
thought and her face burned with
color, while the tried to tell her
self she was a fool even to think of
Randy because he would not re
member her
Jim. who was studying her an
siously, brought forth from his
pocket a nsmng-powaer tin, un
screwed the lid and pulled out the
money it held, counting out to her
the limn, tired-lookin.-t. dirty bills.
"Me and Sally'a been savin' for
years to get us a better place," he
explained. "And if you want to
sell out, Ussy well, here's the
money. Tnree nunarea aonars
and I lot a DSDCr here that will
make it all legal and binding if you
want to sign. Of course, if you
don't feel like it's a fair price we
can wait till the lightship comes
gain and you can ask Cap'n about
it but I think he'd say it was
fair." . .
"Of course It Is, Jim," answered
Melissa swiftly, her voice shaken
a little. "And I'll take it I don't
have to wait for Cap n a advice,
Jim's heavy, friendly face lit up
little and he nodded, -well, im
richt clad. Litsy. Sally's powerful
anxious to get moved. Clsims she
ain't ever nad enough room to
plant the kind of flowers she
wants, ana wun your uran a gar
den doin' so well"
Melissa's hand shook a little as
he signed her name and accepted
the limp, greasy-looking bills that
had been buried in that baking
powder tin back of Jim'a house for
no one knew how many years.
A week later she was in New
Orleans.
The moment she stepped from
the dirty, plodding little old river
steamer that plied between the
mouth of the river, down the Gulf,
to New Orleans, she knew that her
clothes were out of date and fun
ny-looking," and a vast wave of
ncmesicKness so Keen as to ne a
most Dhvsical iweot over her.
- The noise, the confusion, the
hubbub all about her confused and
frightened and bewildered her.
The heat was much worse here in
these baking streets than back be.
neath the shads of the friendly
live-oaks, with the river-wind
touching her cheeks. People stared
t her; two girls laughed at her; a
man whistled at her with a pecu
liarly irritating whistle that, al
though aha did not quite under
stand it. made her face burn.
' A taxi-driver stared at her and
aid tentatively:
"Taxi!"
"Yes," said Melissa grimly.
urive me to the Dest hotel.
"Hop in, lady," said the taxi
flriver. Expensive Life
CHE huddled in the taxL watch-
ing while the streets rocketed
past She held her breath as her
taxi grazed other cars and escaped
by an incredible Inch. The clamor
of the surface-cars, the screech of
brakes, the roar of a large city lay
upon ner line pnysicai mows Deal'
ing her down.
Where was the thrill the excite-
ment the delight she had gleefully
expected? Wildly, she wished that
she were back at the cabin, tend
ing her light; (ceding the chickens
sitting on the porch with her
guitar across her knees, plucking
at the strings and tinging lazily
and peacefully.
"Here y' are. lady." said the
taxi-driver, and the car alid to a
stop in front of an imposing-looking
building. A doorman swung
open the taxi door with a flourish
and then looked as though he
wished he hadn t when Melius, in
her shabby, home-made blue cot
ton dress and the three year eld
straw hat that she hsd ordered
from the mail-order catalogue,
stepped out There was a straw
suitcsse which hsd belonged to
her mother.
She handed the taxi-driver a
dollar bill, observing that the fare
was sixty cents. The taxi-driver
pocketed the bill, touched his cap.
said, "Thanks, lady" and went
whirling off before she could de
mand her change.
Inside the hotel the clerk looked
at her curiously, hesitated and
then said politely, "What, can I do
foryouT"
"I'd like a room, please," said
Melissa, and added with unexpect
ed spirit "A nice one, please.
The clerk's cynical, world-wise
eye swept over her at he turned
the register about for her and
asked tentatively, "With a bath?"
CHAMPION GRANDMOTHER
Deer Lodge, Mont. OJ.PJ Mrs
SHOP AT NIGHT
Barker's are open
until I o'clock
EVERY night.
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"Certainly with bath." an
swered Melissa.
The clerk hlled In number
after the place where ahe had
written her name and glanced be
hind her. A grinning bell-hop sig
nificantly held up the battered
straw auitcase, and the clerk said
suavely, "That will be seven dol
lars a day. Miss Marlowe in ad
vance." Melissa was staggered but set
her teeth. Seven dollara a dayl
And back at the cabin ahe and
Gran had lived all month on ten
dollars in cashl She fumbled in the
ancient leather handbag that had
been Gran's.
She laid down some bills on the
counter. The clerk said briskly,
"Oh, yes, you're planning to be
with us a week? That's One, Mist
Marlowe. I hope you will be very
comfortable. Boy, take Miss Mar
lowe to 618."
To Melissa the room was mar
vel of beauty and elegance. But
the thought that it was costing her
seven dollars a day and the mem
ory of what an awful hole that
week's rent had made in her for
tune was appalling.
She was no fooL She knew that
she must get a job and soon; but
she knew, too, that first of all she
must have clothes, city clothes.
She looked lovingly at the hat that
had been her "best" (and only!)
hat for three years; the dress that
Gran's gnarled, rheumatic fingers
had made for her; the thick,
bright shiny stockings that had
seemed to her so beautiful end for
which the mail-order people had
charged her forty-nine cents, a
sum to be regarded with respect
along the river back-country.
But before she went out to buy
the things she knew she must
have, she took up the telephone
book and looked up a name. Yes,
there it was, "Randolph Hen
dricks," followed by an address
and telephone number. Her
hands shook a little. She reached
for the telephone and then shy
ness and panic took her.
Would he remember her? Oh,
he had to! He must! She couldn't
bear it it he didn't! She would call
him, she promised herself; but
later, after she had made herself
over into a city girl. The thought
gave her courage to face what lay
ahead. She picked up her bag and
went out into the glaring sunlight
New Girl
"TWE big shops frightened her.'
She walked and looked in win.
dowa and once or twice she even
ventured into one of the big de
partment stores. But the well
dressed people, the air of superb
assurance that all the salesgirls
wore frightened her, and she re
treated to the street again.
Finally a small shop in a side
street lured her. She was hot and
frightened and bewildered by
now, but desperate. And when a
tall, bored-looking blonde girl
came toward her, wise blue eyes
taking her in from the top of that
awful hat she had a vague Idea
of Just how awful it was, by now
to the tips of her scuffed, dusty
white canvas shoes, Melissa was
ready to burst into tears.
"I want a dress," she said un
steadily. "And a hat and some
shoes and and things "
The blonde girl's blue eyes
raked her from head to feet and
were about to dismiss her with su
perb contempt And then the too
wise blue eyes met the desperate,
pleading intensity ot frightened,
red-brown eyes and for a moment
the two girls stared at each other.
The blonde girl grinned suddenly
a gay, friendly, heartwarming
little grin an.1 she said, unexpect
edly kind, "Well, I don't blame you
for that but don't take it so hard,
keed we've got plenty of what
you need right here."
"T-t-t-thank you," stammered
Melissa, and her chin quivered
and tears filled her eyes and she
fought desperately not to let them
fall.
"Think nothing of It" said the
blonde girl cheerfully and turned
away, busying herself with a swift
cursory inspection of a rackful of
gowns behind her, giving Melissa
time to pull herself together be
fore aha began displaying the
frocks.
An hour later Melissa stared at
the girl who looked back at her
from the mirror and could not be
lieve that she was really Melissa
Marlowe. Her frock of cool. Jade
green linen was severely simple,
and therefore very smart It re
vealed that her figure was really
exquisite, and it lent magic to the
copper-red masses of her hair and
I her pale-gold, sun-tanned skin.
lllc-IV was VUUI WltllC DM, cool
white gloves, a flat white linen
bag. brown and white pumps on
her slender feet and beige-colored
chifTon stockings to caress her legs.
The blonde looked at her and
grinned, nodding a little. "Not bad.
keed. not bad at all!" she said
cheerfully, and by the tins of her
fingers lifted the blue cotton dress
snd asked. "What'll I do with tills
hum it!"
"No," said Melissa swiftly, and
caught the dress. "My grandmoth
er made it for me it's the lsst
thing she ever msde me, but you
csn burn the other things please."
The blonde nodded in twift un
derstanding, and her hands were
even gentle as she folded the de
spised blue cotton neatly into a
box.
There were other clothes, and
when the blonde added up the
amount and told her, Melissa
caught her breath.
Te be eenUnaed
John Burch, with 94 living des
cendants to her credit, ranks as
Montana's "champion grandmo
ther." A "breakdown" of her
statistics shows 1? children, 60
grandchildren, lfl great grand
children and one great great
Rrandchlld.
BOATWRIGHT QUITS WPA
Salem, Mnreh 13. G. R
Boatwright. district WPA engi
neer since 1935 for Marlon.
Benton, Linn, I'olk and Yamhill
counties, resigned today to be
come purchasing agent (or a
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Sacramento, Cal., March 13.
OP) The U. S. bureau of rec
lamation, already engaged in
building the mighty Central
Valley project, disclosed plans
today to survey the proposed
Trinity river project as a pos
sible source of additional water
for irrigation and electric en
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False Raid Alarm
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Victoria, B. C, March 13
(CP) Eleven hundred school
children in the nearby Oak Bay
district were dismissed from
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cable transfer left a switch open
and allowed two air raid sirens
to blast for about five minutes.
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