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Newspaper Page TextPAGE EIGHT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1942. IAKXJ (By ROBERTA! artofl Saba Bafclsgssgt Chapter Nina Enter Dolores) JT WAS shortly bef or noon the following- day when Melissa had ber first glimpse of the show boat River Queen she was called, and in the not too far distant past of perhaps twenty years before, she had been in reality a show boat, plying her trade up and down the river, bringing romance and adventure and mystery, real ar.d exciting and thrilling even if temporary and synthetic to the dwellers in the small towns and villages along the banks of "Old AL" Big and freshly white with new paint, broad in the beam, with gay awnings along her upper deck, with the interior all done over, seats removed to make places for small, intimately filaced tables and with the stage eft untouched, she would have made an old-time show boat cap tain sick with envy. Tied up at ber dock, the yellow river water Ilently slapping ber sides, she ooked peaceful and serene, like an old lady napping in the sun. Aa Randy ran his ear into garage built in a clump of tree along the bank, Melissa stood at the edge of the tiny dock, her eager eyes taking in the shining white, the gaily striped awnings of the boat There were a few people scat tered about. Three men in the bow end, their heads bent over a music score. Aft. a tall, slim girl in turquoise blue slacks and a daffodil yellow shirt was fishing over the rail; near her, a young man with thick, tousled red hair. dressed in brown slacks and sleeveless sports shirt, lay in a deck-chair his head sunk over a copy of Variety. Everything was peaceful and serene as Randy led Melissa aboard the River Queen. The girl In blue slacks and yellow shirt raised her hand In a little salute and said cheerfully, mys, boss? Ana tnen ner eyes fell on Melissa and ah looked startled and uneasy. "Alice, this is a new member of the troupe, said Randy cheer fully. "Melissa, this is Alice Jor dan and her partner, Hugh. Me lissa Marlowe, Hugh and Alio. She sings a little and dances a little and pick a guitar in her spare time. Hugh and Alice are the featured dance team on the how. Melissa." "Hello," aaid Alice and Hugh politely, and the startled, uneasy look did not vanish from their yes. The three men cam forward and were presented as members of the orchestra. They greeted Melissa politely but without marked enthusiasm. "Hello, darling I thought I heard the ear," said a woman's rich, warm voice as she cam out on deck. It was a girl with ash blonde hair, great starry blue eyes, exquisitely smooth whit skin and a body that was literal ly poetry in motion. She wore pajamas, with enormously wide trousers of powder blue splashed with great whit polka dots, and a tightly fitting sweater-shirt of white with huge blue dots. At ight of Melissa she stopped short, and a startled, almost angry look was suddenly in her eyes. Little Moos "TVZLL, angel wher did you ' pick up the little mouseT" ah demanded, and now there was the sting of a lash in the voice that bad been warm and caress ing. "Dolores, this Is Melissa Mar lowe, .who's Joining th floor show," said Randy, and for all th quietness of his ton there was a not in it that mad Do lores look at him sharply. "Me lius. Dolores is prima donna of the show." "And se you dont forget ft. Melius." said Dolores curtly. "Ace. I want to talk to you." She turned and went back in side. "Alice, how about finding Me lissa room and helping her make herself at home?" suggested Randy quietly. "Bob. how about a short rehearsal after lunch? Find out what Melissa does best and get her ready to go on to morrow night" "Sure, boss," said Bob, the short, dark, wiry-looking or chestra leader, as Alice, smiling at Melissa, led th wsy along th deck and down to th living quarters, while one of the orches tra boys followed with Melissa's two bags. "I guess this will do," said Alice, opening a door and stand ing aside (or Melissa to precede her into s stateroom that was a marvel of compactness, surpris ingly comfortable for all its tmallness. There wss a bunk, puffy-looking, covered, wilh snowy linen; above it, a shelf, an! nooks to augment the tiny closet thst was made by curtain ing off one end of the tiny room. "As soon aa you'v unpacked and hung your things away, Shorty will store your bsgs below for you until you want them again," Alice explained, smiling. She turned toward th door, but Melissa stopped her with a little bslf shy, half ester gesture 1 "Who Is thst girl Dolores? She's beautiful, isn't she?" she asked, and waited, ber heart hammering a little. Alio hesitated, running a hand carelessly through her thick, naturally curling black hair, ber eyes a little troubled. "Dolores?" she repeated, and once again her eyes swept over Melissa before she said with sn odd sort of wariness, "Oh. Do lores is star of the floor-show. Sure, she's beautiful." "Is she is she engaged to Randy?" asked Melissa, because she hsd to know. It wss suddenly th most desperately important thing in the world that she know, Alice grinned wickedly and bar yes danced ever so little. "Randy?" she repeated. "Oh, you mean Ace? Well, now I'm afraid I wouldn't know whether Dolores Is engsged to him or not All I know is she wants to be hesd womsn in his life and she acts as though he wanted her to b but as for Ac well, he's a cool and wary gent Nobody ever gets on th inside of what Ac thinks." She hsd been about to leav th room. Now she seemed to think better of it and curled her self up in the one chair th tiny cabin held while Melissa took oft her bat and opened her smart new suitcases and began un packing. Alice watched th other girl as she moved about th tiny cabin, and Alice's eyes took In th smsrt new frocks and slipper and hats that Melissa had bought under Irene's guidance, and there was a puzzled look in Alice's eyes as she lit a cigarette, flicked in maicn oui or ine portnoie ana asked gently, "Hav you known Ace a long time?" "Sine last spring," answered Melissa. That's more than a year ago." . "Oh." said Alice mildly. Advle MELISSA looked at her. "I don't quit know what you mean by that" said Melissa swiftly. "Randy csme to our filsc lsst spring when he wss ost in th woods. He stayed over a day and a night and well, my Gran and I liked him lot And when Grsn died and I sold the cabin and cam to New Orleans, I telephoned him and he took ma to dinner and offered me a Job Alic nodded. Her expression hsd cleared a little. "Like thst eh?" she .aid. "Look, Melissa, you're a nice kid and you don't want to get off on th wrong foot here on the River Queen. So mind if I give you a trifle of advice? And can you keep your mouth shut about it?" "But of course," said Melissa, puzzled and wide-eyed. "It's Just this: let Ace slone as long as Dolores has her hooks into him. Becsuse she's a tough baby when she's aroused and Just at the moment she claims Ace for her very own. so you d be a pretty smart little girl if you Just kept your relations with the boss on strictly business footing!" "Of course." said Melissa quiet ly, above th shsrp. twisting oain at her heart Alice said drily. "There's th signsl for lunch. Com along and I'll steer you." ine auauorium dciow tn stag where tables were laid for th night's guests wss the scene of the show bost personnel's meals. Her a table had been laid for th floor-show performers, and beyond them at another table sal six young-old men. Looking at them, Melissa told herself shs couldn't even begin to guess at their ages. They might hav been any where from thirty to sixty; they were like men who had been born old and wary and very wise. She watched, fascinated, and saw that though they talked among themselves, their expressions hsd scarcely changed and they seldom even glanced in the direction ot the Door-show crowd, noisy and gsy and cheerful. Dolores and Randy cam tn after th others were seated. Dolores, still in the polks-dotted pajamas was haniinc on Randy's arm, laughing up at him, her whole manner so possessive, so proprietary that it was like an open declaration to the world of other women. And Melissa scolded herself sharply because her hesrt con tracted a little with pain. After all. Just because Rsndy hsd been kind to ner snd hsd ottered her a lob certainly it gave her no right to feel Jealous or resentful of another woman's attentions to him. Randy bad never, by word or act offered her the slightest encouragement for ber dreams about him. He and Dolores sat down at the table. He bent his hesd toward Dolores until she hsd finished whatever she had been ssying to him in an intimate little whisper. And then he laughed, and her eyes were gay and audacious. But as Handy snook out his napkin he glanced up end met Melissa's eyes, and the little swift friendly smile he gsve her mad her foolish hesrt lesp a little. Te se eeatlaae Pandlelon Airport Hopsing Bids Eyid Portland, Ore., March 18. W) Klotpfer & Cahoon of Boise and J. W. Brennan of SHOP AT NIGHT Barker's ar open a n 1 i 1 o'clock EVERY night Btor for Men i Pocatello wer low with a Joint bid for several troop housing facilities at th Pendleton army airport. Col. C. R. Moore of the U. S. army engineers, an nounced today. Frank Lohse of Portland sub mitted low bid on another sec tion of th general enlarging Job. Censorship forbid disclosure of amount of bids, details of the construction and date of com pletion. Col. Moore sa'd. NEW COMET Helsinki. Finland, March 18. Torku university an nounced today the discovery of a new comet March 11 by Prof. Kalle Vaisala. A star of the thir teenth dimension, the comet has been given the nam of "1942 C Comet Vaisala." On the Radio Chains STSTIONSl Ckata amilaUoa sag where they mrm on tbe dial: HALS IMBtl IISO. Portlsn; EX NBC-Blue) 110. r-urtlan. Kua Mtc-tUue a MHai laie Spoaanei (uo (NHC-Biue si. San Franetaro; luw iMtC-Hrdl z. eon la no: kjb (NBC-Blur) lout. Seattle; RNX (CBftl 101 Los Anseles; 0 (NBC-Red) su Denver: KOIN (CBS) S70. Port land: KOMO (NHr-Red) SS Bealllei KPO (SBC-Red) H0. Ban rranctaroi KSL (CBS) 1160. Mil Late city. . Time howa Is NT Wednesday 1 00 p. m. Ken Stevens, KOIN; Orchestra Solo. KOMO: Brewster Boy. XSU Adventure Stories, KOO. KJR: Stan or Today. ROW; Don Wlmlow or the Sir j. KPO. S So p. m. News of the World, ST IX, KOO. KJR: Dr. Christian. KSL; Bill Henry. KNX; It Happened In the Berrlc. KPO. ROW, KOMO: Eyes of tbe World. KOIN. 6:00 p. m. Eddie Cantor Show, KOW. KOMO, KPO; American Melo dy Hour, KOO, KEX, KJR; Shirley Tempi la Junior Miss, KNX. KOIN, Sports, KSL. 40 p. ra. Dr. Cab Calloway's Qulselcle. KOO. KJR, KEX: Mr. Dis trict Attorney. KPO, KOMO, KOW: Kaneom Sherman Show, KNX. KOIN. 1:00 p. nv Basin Street Chamber Musle. KOO. KEX, KJR: Olenn Mil ler's Orch, KKX, KSL, KOIN: Kay Kraer's Musical Quia, KPO, KOW. KOMO. T:SO p. ra. Morgan Beatty, KOO. KJR; ralthrul Btradlrerl. KEX. I S 00 p. m. Quia Kids, KOO. KEX. KJR; Amos n' Andj. KNX. KOIN, KSL: Point Sublime, KPO, KOW. KOMO. 8:16 p. m. Lenny Ross, KNX, KSL, KOIN. 8:60 p. m. Dr. Christian, KNX. KOIN: Uncle Walter's Dog House. KPO. KOW, KOMO; Manhattan at Mldnljht. KOO, KJR, KEX: News. KSL. 6:00 p. m. News. Freddie Tberjer's Orch, KPO. KOW, KOMO; Easy Aeee. i KOO. KEX, KJR: That Brewster Boy, KNX. KOIN; Hymn Service, KSL. - 6:60 p. m. Ce Davidson's Orch, KOO: Woody Herman's Orch, KOIN, KKX: Pred Wiring's Orch, KPO, KOMO. KOW; News. KJR. KSL. KEX. 10:00 p. m. Reporter News, KPO. KOW, KOMO: Phil Karris' Orch, I KOO. KEX. KJR: News. KNX. KOIN; Masterworks of Music, KSL. 10:90 p. m. Claude ThornhlU's Orch, KOO, KOMO; Howard Becker's Orch., KSL; Broadwsy Bandwagon. KEX; Moonlight Sonata, KOW; Sere nade. KJR: Masterworks of Music. KNX: War Time Women, KOIN; Con cert Hall. KPO. 11:00 p. m Bill Clifford's Orch, KPO. KOW; Wilbur Hatch's Orch, KOIN. KSL: This Moving World. KJR, KEX: News. KNX KOO; Bvenlng eyeries, KOMO. Taanday (40 p. m- -Adventure (tarles. KOO. KJR; Stars of Today, KOW; ' Don Wlnalow of the Nary, KPO-. Death Valley Days. KSL: Adventures j of Toyland. KEX: Eyes ot the World, i KOIN; Dance Orch, KOMO. I 0 :SO p. m People's Platform,; KSL; Star Spangled Melodies, KPO; j Bill Henry. KOIN: Student Theater.! KOW; Afternoon Dance. KNX: ' Streamlined Fairy Tales, KOMO: Newa of the World, KEX. KOO. KJR. 6:00 p. m. Major Bowee' Original Amateur Hour. KNX, KSL, KOIN: Musle Hall, KPO, KOMO. KOW; Secret City, KEX: Voice eg Victory. KOO: Old Timers, KJR. - 6:90 p. m. Blf Town. KNX. KSL. KOIN; Blue Horlaoo, KOO, KEX: Arm Chair Cruises, KJR. 740 p. m. Al Pearce's Oang. KPO. KOMO. KOW; Rudy Valle. KOO, KEX. KJR; Olenn Millers Orch, KNX. KOIN. KSL. 7:80 p. m. Red Ryder. KOO, KJR. KEX: Prank Pay. KPO. KOMO, KOW. 8:00 p. ra. Amos 'n' Andy, KNX. KSL. KOIN: Fred Waring. KPO. KOMO. KOW; Music by Bovero, KJR, KOO, KEX. 8:60 p. m. Death Valley Days. KKX. KOIN: Coffee Time. KPO, KOMO, KOW; Tour Blind Date, KOO. KJR; News, KSL; Flowers foe the Living. KEX. 6:00 p. m Easy Aces, KOO, KEX, KJR: News. KNX. KOIN: Aldrlcb Family, KPO, KOMO, KOW; Sports. KSL. S SO p. m. Ellery Queen. KPO. KOW, KOMO: Claude ThornhUl's Orch, KOO-. Maudle's Dairy. KNX. KOIN: News. KSL KJR. KKX. 10:00 p. m. America's Town Meet ing of the Air. KEX. KOO, KJR: Reporter Newa. KPO. KOMO, KOW; News, KNX; Masterworks of Music, KSL; Fire Star Final. KOIN. 10 JO p. m. Stan Kenton's Orch, KSL; Wings Over the West Coast. KPO. Moonlight Sonata. KOW; Mas terworks of Music, KKX; War Time Women. KOIN. 110 p. m. Bill Clifford's Orch. KPO. KOW; This Moving World. KEX. KJR; Wilbur Hatch's Orch, KOIN; News. KNX, KOO; Evening Serenas, KOMO. FORECLOSURE RULING HITS FORMER OWNERS Salem, March 18. HP) The slat supreme court held today that it is not mandatory upon counties to return properties, which have been foreclosed for delinquent taxes, to their former owner on payment of back taxes plus six percent interest. The court. Interpreting a 183T law, held that the law merely gives county court permission to return such properties, and that payment of back taxes plus six per cent is only a minimum price set by law. The court ruled that the counties may charge any price they want Th first complete census of Alaska was not undertaken until 1929. 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