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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 7, 1941)
1 I THE NEW8 ANT) THE HERALD, KLAMATH PALLS, ORE. SERIAL STORY CHRISTMAS RUSH BY TOM HORNER - He.T.WJKE!'.tt. YBiTKniM Vl Ta fnmllr ' ' eavar Valeria reall? aaa aa el Iraellva braimall7, maleonia her lalo tha elrrl., ( aa "enanar aaaat aarfr" 1km 4vint aamtunura aa aaa fuand a th for Jerrf a 5 a ffMli, an4 a HMIa aaaae fur lae nawlrvrada. Jarrf la anapr. Valarla la ohvlnaalp ajaliirl.ea. laal aalarf wui'l area luf aer elalkaa. jVAL HKKft TUB 'DUKAM IIOURK' CHAPTER VII VAT. will understand after I talVc to her tomorrow," Jerry tnld hll father a lliey nt nature the dying Ore. "All thin him rnmo lather Hidden. It will tnko n Utile ilme for liar to gal her font on Ilia aknunri. But you can nmiit on Vnl. Vm tura of that, Dad. Iin't iha tJnnderftilT" Hu((h Connelly nodiled, puffed Ilia nlfia In tllanfa They watt alona. Martha had led Valeria tiptnlr, to etny In the fuent room. Mnry had moved In Vlth tha twlm for the nlKht, Valeria mlnhf l.nva rti-eier,,! I, temaln with Jerry and hl father perhaps to continue the din'tis Inn of finance that had Blum:.t t rac!pltald a quarrel hut Mnr ta had bean Insistent, lUKiieitlng that Jai-rv mlatit anl,v "tiinn.lHlk" , .wwi ma rattier. Aim alnca Jnry I i "Vei, ymi don't have to worry ? about Vol," Jerry continued. ' It'll 1 - rwi rilftleittf .,r h ..f . ...v.l- '"fitting used to llvlnn on a salary my salarybut we'll make It. "Sha haa never been tauaht to rYonomlre. Her f.ither and mother liava Iota of money, and Val li an mly child. Why, Dad, her spend ing money allowance at school la tnore than my (alary will he." "Your Mother end I will huy )tiur ahare of your rar the one gave you and the inU for tlirliunas," tha fulher went on. ''That will give you a little rash rewrve. You'll hava to watch the fannies, thouih, Jerry. Onca , you're married you'ra entirely on our own. You'll have to budget 'nary dollar. Your Insurance la all paid for i year, at leaat. So you don't hava to worry about that." "Gee, Dad, there's a lot mora to think about when you get married than Just finding tha right girl, isn't there?" "Thar la, eon a lot mora to think about" e a a "THl housa on front itraet was avarythlng tha doctor had pre dicted and mora. Front street was not the beat residential district In town, but It waa entirely acerpt - able. Most of tha wealthier farn- ;lllaa lived farthee will In Iha j newer additions, but at some time ; or other a wise contractor had built Ihla llttla home, apparently1 ' for newly weds. (i The owner wai waiting for them Iwtien they arrived, tha doctor and ihls wife In Dr. Connolly's rar. tha !t1na In their Ohrlitmaa present, 'Mary, Valeria and Jerry In Vnl erle'a coup. Mary had not wanted In coma but Valeria would not let iher ftay away. In fact, Valerie eemed to cling to Marv u her i tola ally against tha family. It waa atrange that she should choose her rival In lova aa her rhamplon, but It might hava been j 4ht aha felt a common bond In being not entirely accepted Into ' tha Connelly Inner circle. At any rata, Mary waa definitely on Val eria'! (Ida, whether sha enjoyed tha role or pot. And If she did not Ilka It, ah did not reveal It. "It's adorable." Marv entluued a they entered the eottaite. "Val, I fou'U lova It Iff dream hoiwe." Val refused to be Impressed. "It's so imall so crowded." "But wa won't hava much fur Mhtra, at first," Jerry reminded "And no dining room!" . "But this breakfast nook It'a :Vilg enough. Bealdea you won't be doing much entertaining." "We'll set the table In the living' room wnan we nave company." "Thera'i hardly room to turn arouna in me Hitmen." "You'll never ffet 1onnm Kara ' -not Ilka you would In a big hnuar." "our nrat "apartment waa over (tore," Martha recalled, laugh- g. "Can you ever forget If igh7 Your office In tha front ana me Kitchen and bedroom In tha back. I had to go to brd every 'time High had a patient" "You should have seen our quarter! In the flood tone In China," Mary put in. "6hanghal wa( all right, but when Daddy aa ornerea up tne river and B 111 and I refused to atny In the city alone. All the discomforts of a me." Tha owner led them downstairs. 'Nice furnace , , , plenty of laun- ry apace." "You'll have plenty of chance ko get acquainted with thla ftir innce, Jerry," Dr. Connelly mid. "'And you, too, Valorle. Place 'shouldn't be hard to heat, though." Valerie halted on the atnlrway, latared down Into the basement A Ifurnaca built-in laundry tuba an Ironing board. The voice of the owner droned inn, In a alng-aong monotone. "Nice location, too. Off the main trav ailed streets. Lota of children on the block. Plenty of place to play, end not much danger of automo biles. Soon get used to the trains, too. Of course, they'ro a good four blocks away. After you've been here a week you'll never notice (hem " Children . . trains , , . Thla lliorrld, tiny, cramped housa. e irpilEN aha wm talking to them fr- almost icroamlng at them, ; "I hate ill I hate It! I wouldn't live here" "Val Vnl!" Thiil was Jorry, but lie couldn't atop! hcl. "I think you planned It all. A j big surprise1 . , . You knew I wouldn't atand for It. You don't win' ma to marry your aon, All right I won'll If I have to live In a crarkerbox If I have to fix a furnace, watli clolhea I won't mnrry him " "Val, you don't know what you're aaylng." Mnry tried to calm her. "Dr. and Mra. Connelly were only trying to help." "I wnn'tl I won'll" Valerie waa ecreainlng now. filie turned on Jerry, "You can have your doll hmuo and your llfn-a-wcck job. Hut I don't go with III" Nha turned, ran up tha atnlra. They heard her heels pounding over the hora floors, the dam of the front door. a -)n. CONNELLY was the first to 1 ' break the alienee that fol lowed. "Valerie is mistaken, son," ha ald. "Your mother and I had no Intention of hurling her fcellngi. This ' i a (nod house, as good aa you can aflmd. You could he very happy here as happy as Mother anil I were In our three roomj. "If Valerie man lea you, she will have to learn to live on your sal ary unless you are willing to live on your wife's Income. That means cooking, doing housework, even t.iklint care of a furnace and doing her own washing, It won't be easy, nt first " Hut Jerrv wasn't listening. "You did plan all of this," he Interrupted savagely. "You and Mother. You brought Val here to (how her up. You don't like her, and you don't want me to marry htr. You want ine to go on study ing medicine you want to go On running my life for me, "I won't let yout Val and X will pick out our own house and I'll find my own Job, Without any help from you. We'll get away from thla town away from you all of you!" He waa gone then, racing after Vnl. They heard him atart a car, tha Christmas present Or. Connelly slipped his arm around hla wife. "They won't be taking the house," ha suld to tha owner. Mary Angered the furnace, cold and metallic, tenderly. "I lova It," sha whispered. But no one heard her. (To lie Continued) VICTIM Or CIVILIZATION LAKIN, Kaa., (Ft Emma tha beat known Mallard In thla ui'oa, la doad, Boven yeara ago tha duck sought shelter In Preiton Os- born's wild fowl sanctuary. Oa born petted her put a band on her leg. Came chilly weather and Emms migrated, but (he return ed each aprlng and fall. Tha federal biological survey, wishing to study Emma, had Oiborn clip her winga. But civilization proved too perilous for Emma. A deer stepped on her. Sawa ware uaed In Egypt sev eral thousand yeara before the birth of Christ. If you keep looking up you'll find out that tha sky a tha limit. In the United Statea, the sun never la seen straight overhead. 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