The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 20, 1926, Page 4

“The Bisiiatck Tribune ‘PAGE FOUR ‘is most desirable and for Butope’s #ake tt We to | hoped that the League will not be disrupted but can ecntinue to function for the advancement of peace. ! An Independent Newspaper THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER CEstebrienet Ete) Beauty and the Movies Published by the Bismarck Tribune Company,; Cecil deMille, one of the most famous of motion | Bismarck, N. D., and entered at the postoffice at. picture directors, has shattered another impression Bismarck, as second class mail matter. | of the movies, which is, that women do not have to George D. Mann. .........President “and Publisher! +. heautiful to succeed on the silver. screen, In 8 Subscription Rates Payable in Advance recent radio address, Mr. deMille said that few Daily by carrier, per year, -$7.20 | stars were exceptionally beautiful from a classical | Daily by mail, per year, (in - 720) standpoint, but that personality and hard work were Daily by muil, per year, | che: didetitning,;clamehita of suckeeat ‘ (in state outside Bismarck)..... ermining clements of success in moviedom, Daily by mail, outside of North Dakota. ‘ | Mr. deMille defines personality as, “that myst ~ Member Audit Bureau of ulation (elusive thing that shines in the eyes, that is re- | cognized in the clothes, that you can see from in} Member of The Associated Prens ‘back, that you can’t hottl d that is stronger | The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the 11; "sink Thin ia come dednition at personalit use for republication of all news dispatches credited | than drink.” This is some definition of personality. | to it or not otherwise credited in this paper, and also | Each movie star must possess the “elusive thing” i | which Mr. deMille has defined as personality. ! ismarck) . the local news of spontaneous origin published here: in, All rights of republication of all other matter | herein are also reserved, i | Editorial Comment i \ { Foreign Representatives G. LOGAN PAYNE COMPAN CHICAGO DETROIT | Tower Bldg. Kresge Bldg.' The Insolvent Driver PAYNE, BURNS AND SMITil (Ivanhoe, Minn., Times) i peer onn ~_Fifth Ave. Bldg) what to do with the insolvent motorist, He | (Official City, State and County Newspaper) ‘usually owns a car, and no other property. Fre- { ‘ quently the car is not worth much more than junk | John C. Coolidge value. Yet it will run, and when it does damage | In the death of John C. Coolidge, father of Presi-| to another car, it damages it just as much as; dent Coolidge, a rugged, sterling type of American, would a costly sedan, The owner of the junk pile: citizen passes to his reward. He died amjdst the | isn’t financially responsible for the damage he has | modest surroundings which he loved. He did not: created, and no court can force him to pay, because for the excitement or glamour that surr ounds | he has nothing to pay with, and nothing the law great office of President. There was something; can levy on. What chance has the man who owns so typically American about the end of this good, a valuable car, so long as the streets and highways man, who took a great pride in the achievements of | of the country are cluttered up with insolvent, ir- his son. In his death is recalled the historical event | responsible motorists? We are not in favor of that took place in a little village near Plymouth | adding any more burdens to the motorists. But | when President Harding passed away; Colonel Cool-| it does seem that a man who invests his money | idge in the dim light of a kerosene lamp admin-,| in a good car, who drives carefully, and who can istered the presidential oath to his son, the only | pay for any damage he does, is entitled to protec: | father of a President to have such a distinction. tion from the fellow with about $50 worth of junk, | Although his son frequently sought to have him; hardly enough money to bay gas and no regard | come to Washington, he refused to leave familiar for the property of othe faces and scenes and preferred to pass his closing days in the Vermont community which he loved so welt He did not care for the show and pomp of public life, however proud he was of his son in the We of Minnesota are still jangling over the bank- | White House. When success came to Calvin Cool-! rupting sums of money that are being apportioned idge the father did not change his mode of living! for highway construction—that is, some of us are. | except that the little cottage at Plymouth was' Others realize the fact that money spent for good | sought by thousands of tourists and the attention of | roads is like laying money away in the bank—only the nation was frequently focused upon him. that good roads pay interest that would soon bank- In a small way he served the community 4: rupt the strongest bank on earth. And at that, this moderator, and at the town meetings he took an ac- great, rich, glorious State cf Minnesota is spend- tive part in the affairs of the village. He was as-| ing but a tithe of what some states are putting | sistant postmaster for nearly fifty years, and a ko: new: wal bother taken. You'll Notice a Difference ! (Hibbing News) \7 We get up on our} 5 served on the staff of Governor Stickney of Ver mont. Hl Many of his sterling characteristics were inherited | by President Coolidge, so the nation came to know | John C. Coolidge as an ideal father from whom the ' son drew many juable lessons to guide his foot- | hind legs and fairly screech when a twenty-million- dollar-road bond issue is proposed, while the fifth rate state of Florida thinks nothing of spending 20 million dollars for road building. Minnesota in better afford to spenda sum like that than Florida can, and it is more than either Florida or Again I laughed. things that money can’t buy? = steps in public life. = reduction of 45 per cent is noted in Connecticut: We hope that the present congress will see its way | spectacles. “They can’t,” he re- ; towns. Many methods used for the punishment, of | this year to take the first important step, the allot- | marked. “I've got burglar alarms on every one of their doors. — wo even with the times. Give Minnesota a hundred hool Spirit Minnesota really need to keep a highway system| green and red and blue eye on one} to side of your face.” r p Jimmie quickly put up his hand toj is Miss Dean.” THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE | Greatest | COUNTRY You \ EVER Saw 2 MAN MA MEETS MAID “What are “At you.” “And what's the matter with me?” “] don’t suppose you've looked at 4 yourself, Jimmie, but t certai tu wouldn't let us in that restauran’ plai “Why I've money “Didn't some things th: not? got it’s hard for money | there are some but to cover up just gorgeous at present you've got a ou laughing at, Judy?” and I think if 1 iad | blocks farther I shall Just gave me this, so Judy and I got out d we're just going somewhere else Hathaway, a pal of mine. we've been walking mil do t red nted himself in front of us. People who" tiv “Hello, Jim. I've been looking for| should not throw Didn't you tell me you'd meet ht at the Beaux Arts Res-| Sometimes .a : 2 but four flushers. nd I tried to make it, Jerry,! they just wouldn’t let me. They It’s a wise man wife's mind befor t. Julia, let me present Jerry Jerry this should not open POY ISS DINKIN' UB SOME KINA FOOLuSAMENT People who live in spring You've got to keep whistling if you| want things to keep humming. ve in rock houses glass. quartet is nothing who makes up’ his e-his own. suits milk bottles. are different from wedding rings the may ot having any. Value of | millions to spend on reads and it will get more real] nis fnee, (As he did so he wineed. | I raised my face to see Mr. Hatha-| Wedding rings Those who witnessed the basketball tournament j value out of it than Florida can out of five times| | ““Quch! So T have, T guess, Jude, Pk a HAV CCiBie Dee GTC, | em unniaee | wenclae f “ eee ave to go to some o' E . ce is cont were impressed with the exuberance of school spirii} that amount. Today, Minnesota stands third in the] O° Joint and leave the ritzy. places! Jerry. Come on and eat with us if pe ince is contix prevalent among the visiting students. All work| number of tourists received in a season, even with] for some other time.” nae a you eS ete, down bie Breaking a mirror or avlaw y Fy “ ink a ui i5 wi everyone “4 jf 5 and no play makes Jack a dull boy. These tourna-| its lack of roads. But that cannot be accepted as eagle peer iaitlp per me rire starsat REE meas eeven years’ bad luck ments bring the boys and girls of the state together! an excuse for not spending in full keeping with] every chap I've been with lately “Yes, 1 ace you shave pot 2 Only way for the weather to piease i i mah atca 0 », value! the i manages to get a black eye, The last! meased-up face, but then everyone is by ni in a most ideal manner, and teach them the value; the wealth and importance of the state. tide 1 saw CharliesHacker hejleft melinind, you) know.” of clean sport. Life is more or less a game, and one of the ob-| jects of education is to teach the boys and the girls} to play the game on the square. If properly super- vised there is no better place to implant the right A Great American Waterway System (New York Herald-Tribune) A wise and far-flowing conception is the } issippi waterway system which Mr. Hoover has ably ideals than on the basketball floor, the baseball dia-| advocated before the house committee on rivers and mond, or football field. Athletics surely have a most! harbors, essential place in modern education. ‘The boys and] As an eastern newspaper, published in the coun- girls in these athletic contests leara many lessons) try's greatest. Atlantic port, the Herald-Tribune that could not be taught in the confinement of ©] glad to support this middle western project. It ° schoo] room. | confirmed in its view by an old. faith in the spirit Missouri Slope feels honored in enterti of nationalism which views the development and Mandan the young athletes and their followe Prosperity of every section of the nation as of equal great public school system of North Dakota. concern to every citizen, wherever he may live. As for the greatness of New York, it depends upon the greatness of the rest of the nation. The wisest s- Revert to Old Remedies almost as big as a dinner plate and looked at it. “Did you give it to him, What did he do to you?” too hungry to go into details. As| Hathaway turned to me. Judy?, were at the Beaux Arts Restaurant at the hat counter.” “Now, look here, Jim Costello. I'm: (Copyright, 1926, NEA Service, Inc.) TOMORROW: A Promise of Help. I know where I've seen you, You week, Wonder if the wright, 1926 é -TWINS OLIVE ROBED?s BADTAt THE BURGLAR ALARM RING Mister Rubadub pulled out a watch had spent the summer with him the year before. “Oh, ho! young rascals,” said the March Hare. “—P thought you were asleep. Aren't you making your calls pretty early in the spring? Corny yawned and Cobh, for “Goodness gracious!” he cried. high time things were happe ecordi: aoa 2 * » by the res jing. It’s half past a quarter to the] _According toa statement made recently Ms Pe | loyalty toa locality is based on a generous foster. yanx alter acxt ginad. Ane-anclane National Bureau of Casualty and Surety Under-| ing of other sections, as the whole country is com-|gbout here. And all those wood folk] £°, ing to realize in its attitude toward the difficulties of the middle western farmer. The great project of the Mississippi valley looks {to a long future. It is aimed to meet a traneporta- tion need that has not heretofore existed. writers, the whipping post in Delaware and the rigid enforcement cf law in Connecticut are responsible for the decrease in crime. | By a whipping post maintained in Wilmington, Del., crimes have been reduced 33 1/3 per cent., A crime fifty or sixty years ago have been discarded : ment of $20,000,000 to the Mississippi system. Both because they were cruel and had no place in modern | President Coolidge and Mr. Hoover favor the move. civilization. However, the figures produced by the} A great national enterprise, making for the sound Casualty .Underwriter’s survey would indicate the | growth and enduring welfare of the heart cf the strict enforcement of law is a deterrent for crime. | nation, the Mississippi system should receive the | support of both parties and every section, | Radio Control The House has passed the Radio Control Bill re- commended by Secretary Hoover. Ratification by! the Senate is now necessary to make the law effec-, Congress has solved the Muscle Shoals problem tive, The principal feature of the bill is the crea-|in a truly Congressional way, by adopting a plan tion of ‘a federal radio commission to work out the | that will make it necessary to solve the problem many problems involved. | all over again. Some form of federal contro! of radio is necessary, A joint committee is empowered to make a fifty- and ‘desirable. This new force, unless properly j year “lease or leases for the production of nitrates | supervised, cannot develop as rapidly as it should. | primarily, and, incidentally, for power purposes.” By placing the power in a commission much can be! But no such lease is to be binding until ratified done to put radio broadcasting upon a better bayis | by House and Senate. The time for negotiating and should result in the elimination of much of the | does not close until April 26. And Congress hopes interference which has made reception so unsatis-{to adjourn before June. factory of late. ; No lease that the joint committee arranges can {get through both House and Senate without a battle, | Defeated applicants can be trusted to stir up the animals. Which probably means some thousands ef words of bitter debate, and doubtless the usual injection of obstructive parliamentary tactics. So if Congress does adjourn by June, the Shoals lease | stands a good chance of being left over as un- | finished business for the short session, where any disputed matter always runs a risk of being filibust- | ered to death, if it can be kept off the track until | along in February. r . 7 Meanwhile, the Muscle Shoals plant, whieh rates | 874,000 horsepower, which is capable of delivering more than two billion kilowatt-hours of electrical energy, annually, and which represents the expendi- ture of 160 millions in taxpayers’ money and ten years of Congressional debate, will continue to stand largely idle. And still the suggestion that the Governmen: get into the power business, take over the coal business, and try ancther whirl at the railroad business, finds many zealous advocates! A Truly Congressional Solution (Minneapolis Journal) Cooling Off Process By postponing electior, of Clzrmany inta the League of Nations for six months, the diplomats aré seeking the easiest way out of a very tense situation. The Locarno treaties arg to i¥main operative while the cooling off process goes on. Germany has pledged itself’ to Britain not to withdraw its application for admission to the league between now and September. This holds matters in status quo until/ Poland, Spain and France can compose themselves, French cfplo- macy tt a “set-up” in the league against Germany and in favor of the Latin countries. The summer will be spent in ‘seeking a way out. Germany is not willing to accept a seat in a packed council with France controlling the votes ‘of Belgium, Poland and Crecho-Slovakia. Italy and are quarreling over boundary issues and “Muss is supporting the contentions of Poland as far as league membership goes. of .these complications a. breathing spell and meadow people not scrubbed wu yet to go to the Land-Where-Spring- away little bell j“Tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, ee 1 ‘Aha, it si land head him off. fon his razor strap. Is-Coming! If we don’t watch out, ister Hare, they will be slipping without coming to my magic barber-shop first.” The March Hare !ocked over his minute they step out, the right here over y Nancy and Nick were over curiously to when tinkle,” an alarm clock. cried Mister Ruba- “Somebody's trying ithout us knowing it. e March Hare went looked at the 1 Below it was an arrow pointer like the hand on a clock, and-around it in a circle were names instead of numbers. : Each name belonged to one of the dor meado: over and Ringtail Coon,” said the Mar “Come Twins, we'll’ skip over to his house But I must say Ringtai! Coon that I'm surprised. ” said Mis- ter Rubadub, sharpening his razor “Ringtail’s the biggest dude in the whole country and likes to be shaved around his nose., And he’s very careful about mustache. ‘Lt has to ‘be just so.” The Twins followed the March Hare’along the path until they came to the little secret bush that marked the place where Scrub-Up Land ends on_that side and the meadow begins. Then they -crossed the meadow to the woods. There stood the old oak tree where Ringtail lived. It hi me outside and oi tree. The inside stairway went right on down to the cel Tt was in the cellar that ‘Ringtail had his winter bedfoom. Of course, Ringtail doesn't sheep all. winter like Grubby Groundhog, or even half of it like Scramble Squir- rel, for he has such a thick handsome cost, and under that another coat. But he likes to snooze as well as the other fellow when old Mister Ther- mometer goes down to zero. And sometimes he’s slow waking up. But what do you think. There was no + of Ringtail himself, but. there on his doorstep stood his two nephews, Corny and Cobby Coon who the fishin’s no good yet. Uncle “Ring good.” “So he might.” declared the March Mare, “but he’s ‘not up yet. Let's all They all trooped into Mister Coon’s' underground bedroom, and there he was, just as they thought, still fast asleep. So it’s you, is it, you still sound A whip ‘for the the ass, and a wned they were still very sleepy. ‘Yeh! I guess so,” said Corny. “But had nothing for breakfast, and We thought might- have something If punishment mind and makes Is GIV Lynn, Mass. in and surprise him. a story that the ’ (To Be Continued) overcoat. He the NEA Service, Inc.)|to the man, has any children? hack.—Prov. 26: 33. fk March. 20.—A man serving a sentence in jail for stealing a light overcoat from Fred H. Ford, received a present. heavy overcoat from Ford. ‘The seven wonders ‘of ‘the wort in head lowered, the spring are the seven days in the) He thought, man who names NEA Service, Inc.) A THOUGHT | J horse, a bridle for for the fool's “reaches not the not the will supple, it hardens the offender.—Locke. OVERCOAT local of a Ford read thief was about to be released from jail and had no n took a heavy coat CISTEN EVERETT: | EVERETT TR BY CONDO | |F You'D TAKE A COD BATH EVERY MORNING UKE I Do. sou WOULDN'T FEEL THE COLD AT ALCL. You me s Don'T See HA KING . \ Jimmy is raising his hat be npies SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1926 r phgEe: eps % IN HERE TODAY NENRY RAD 55, a business i is found murdered in a hotel in fton. Police ‘a handkerchief and a yellow . theater JANET RAND, his daughter, jthe conductor. His humor was none {too good. He opened the door with @ bang and let Jimmy out. The fog had closed so densely that ivis’ rapidly walking figure was an indistinguishable blar up ‘the street. sparsely “settled district. Houses— those that could be seen in the foggy* murk—were few and far between... breaks her engagement with | No paved streets. _, ... i DARRY COLVIN, because of the | inatkad of midewalks,” "maer Paths “disgrace.” JIMMY RAND, hin | Ahead of him, jua¥ barely discern- son, goes. ti IANSFIBLD, where | ible, was Divis, stil! walking.» Then, . the theater fs. The stub In traced [keeping a safe distance between to THOMAS FOGARTY, a politi- » Si fol! cal bees, wha bays WS coe hk to them, Jimmy followed the dim figure up. the street. later he checked himself, seeing that ithe distance between him and the {man he was following had narrowed. is attacked at night by two men, but escapes. With Jimmy and Mary es- tranged, Church kets Mary's | sugaentes (ras, Siraid that Divis might _ around and it fire imine: (areas Mary | Then what 1 He felt sure that Divis tells Jimmy this when they meet and he, trying to hurt her, ac- cuses her of marrying for money. That evening Jimmy and Olga see, in an auto, a man they both recognize—she as the man who got the stub, he as one of his at- | tackers. The man and his com- Lehi ei Ltd they rec. ognize his police picture as that of IKE JENSEN. vs Church, motoring with Mary, was armed. . . . Barry Colvin had told him that had broken off with Sam He revolved it in his mind and found the thought pleasant . . . But Mary had said she had written ihim a letter. What could have ;Pened to (|: een | she still eared for him... . {singularly “uplifted—ani; came down to earth again. -He felt then he runs over a dog. His heartless-- |, He shook his head, “ muttered: ness causes her to break their |“Must keep my. mjnd on what I'm engagement. Mary writes a iet- {doing. That can all wait. . + Won- {der where {moing. He's j the country. | The disconcerting thought struck him that perhaps Divis might have recognized him, after all, and was {merely leading him on . . to nome ‘trap. ! He said, trying to allay that sud- ter, explaining, but the office boy forgets to mail it. Jimmy gets 2 phone call from Olga, saying she has found Jen- sen, He rushes to her apartment to find her gone. Her disappear- | ance hecomes a newspaper sensa- tion, O'Day then tells Jimmy that he found a'picture of Henry sing ane way out in Rand in Olga’s apartment. den ar; “That's a crazy idea. Barry Colvin tells Jimmy that | Mustn’t lose my nerve. This fellow Mary Lowell has broken with . | wou'd be scareder than I am if he Sam Church, They are walking {knew I was following him.” ng the street. They see Mary | And still Divis walked on. Lowell approaching. Just as | The fog grew thicker, Jimmy al- ideal nearer. Once Divis stopped, and | | Jimmy had a horrifying moment. He { and runs like a mad man. | dropped suddenly to the ground, fl ie | tened himself out on the cinder path. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY | But Divis did not turn around. He~ CHAPTER XLVI ihad only stopped to shift a bundle The smile died on Mary 3; froni.one arm to the other. . . mouth, She ‘bit her lip and stared, | Jimmy noted with relief that he was a familiar figure running for a street car. He wheels suddenly OLGA - MAYNARD, -a “cabaret If the car ride had seemed to Jim. © winger. my to last for hours, the walk Jimmy meets and falls in love | seemed like ages. Stretches between with MARY LOWELL. Later he | houses grew. longer and longer. encounters ‘Olga. She fainte-at (~The damp‘air was raw. He shiv. thee * pnd eo cin: ee ered, and buttoned his evercoat tight- : . ; CHURCH, 5 weatthy lawyer, sees ly around his throat. But he was jmmy ga into a taxi an ere but from his surroundings.. slnunderstends, ise q To be trailing Divis down this Tonely * ica tells police the stub Jnath. . . . What was tobe the out- might have come, into ® possension | Come?” ‘ of a man who “pici Fup” He walked noiselessly, on rubb Satay recaivenrmemertor: der. ‘heels, but unconsciously he length. ings to leave Mansfield later ened his stride. A minute or two Py) And Barry said * lowed himself to approach a great # uncomprehending, at Jimmy’s vanis ing form. Barry Colvin, his ‘hat in his hand, called crazily, “Jim! Oh, Jim!" He! mumbled words vaguely at aMry, not realizing she was not near enough to hear: “He’s crazy. Tl catch him ~ see what's the matter with him. ing out ahead once more. Along a parallel street a block away Jimmy. could see dimly an auto- mobile shooting along at a furious rate and bumping crazily over, the uneven road. ‘He wondered ‘what mission its passenger \qy passengers could be on to ‘warrant such reck- But Jimmy was not crazy. He had; less speed. é recognized, in the man who pras |. Divis observed the auto, too. The hoarding the street car, none other! roar of its’ motor seemed strangely than Kid Divis. ifar away in the fog, although only a There was no time: for explana-; short biock separated them. tions. Everything else could wait-|saw Divis stop again, his head mov- would have to wait, ing slo as he followed the car “I'll .not. let him get away. this!with his cyes,. time,” he. snarled. Jimmy thought: y,, He swang aboard the car, just as the conductor was closing the door, 'He glanced swiftly about him, his “Wonder what like that? Looked a: to avoid her. . . Mu up soon’s I get back. - . . Wonder what Barry thought? . . . Good old Barry. Wish he were here.” He felt the need of someone near him. . . . Not -help,-so much, as rear platform. He picked it up, slid| companionship. He debated jbriefly into the seat nearest the conductor,|on the advisebility of entering one from where he could observe Divis’s| of the houses that he passed so in- back, and shielded his face with the , frequently, explaining his plight and paper. asking for someone to come with him He wondered what he would do—j—with a gun. what his plan of action would be—if| But he put the thought aside. Divis should see him and teave the|“Might lose him,” ‘he said. “Only car, 5 thing to do's to stick to him to see “Grab him, that’s all,” he told him-| where he’s going. Thousand dollars self, and sat, hoping that there would|to one now he’s going to see Jensen, be no such. action needed. ‘Maybe they’ve got Olga. . . . God, It wasn’t Divis he wanted, he told|what a lonely place! Hide anybody himself. It was Jensen. Divis, if| hi jabody within hailing dis- arrested, would only lie again about 1 day long.” Jensen’s whereabouts. Perhaps he{ Agi Divis stopped and again was going to see Jensen now. . . ./Jimmy flattened himself on the Once Divis glanced nervously to-|ground, but again it was only to ward the read of the car. Jimmy, his|shift a bundle. ‘ face exposed, shifted the paper| “Must be heavy,” Jimmy id. quickly in front of his eyes, striving|“Wonder what's in it? Lord, jf on! for an outward show of nonchalance | somebody were here—Barry, O'Da: that. he did not feel. anybody.” is But Divis had not seen him—or, at; Straight ahead, and some distance least, had not recognised him—for he| back from the street, a light glowed dim); As he drew nearer, Jimmy could see that it came from the base- turned slowly, around . again and’ stared out of the car window. The car rolled on—block after!ment of a house whose outlines he ‘block, Passengers ‘left at nearly |could barely make out in the screen- every stop, and now a new fear | like fqog. ¢ struck Jimmy—that if they rode| There was.no glint to the light, as much furtheg. he and Divis would be|there had been to those in some of alone on the car. in which event, he|the houses he had passed. Jimmy knew, he must be recognized. concluded it must be shining from nutes .passed--to ‘Jimmy, nerv-j behind a drawn shade.) 7); ous, apprehensive, they seemed like} And .then he saw anan turn hours. leharply to the left. Dropping down The car, with fewer stops to make,;to the ground once more, he saw rushed ng at swaying, dizzy speed. | Di head still straight ahead, walk Jimmy, still behind his newspaper, | toward the house with the,dim light. saw the passengers gradually thin; Growing a little bolder, he got to out until there were only three re- his feet and trotted, sure that he was maining besides himself and Divi unobserved. “Good night he said to himself.; It was a long walk from the cinder- “Is this man going to the end of the ; path to the front door of the house— * brie an interminably long walk, The car|thought as he watched Divig. moved on. % | Then he saw Divis descend the “End of the li sang the con-|steps that led to the basement en: ductor. “All out. jtrance. He was out of sight now, Divis had risen from his seat, was; but Jimmy, listening dntentls , heard walking down the aisle toward the; two distinct raps on the door. rear platform. Jimmy saw that! Silence followed. Divis would pass ‘him. Then cautiously, his heart pound-~ He thought, “I can’t follow him; ing a thundereus ‘tattoo against his out. What can I do? If 1 trail after! ribs, he slowly made his way up the him he’s bound to recognize me.” to the house, Struck with a~sudden inspiration, What lay ahead? he closed his eyes and gently tilted; (To Be Continued) his head back, g, the paper fell; against his face and completely hid- | {ing it trom Divis' view. |The et iD) B.C wo passengers prece: ivis.out of; the car. Di with an amused | aged lance at the sleeper in the réar vt “PLACED” AT ONCE I was try clear, th chance of being recogniz Divis had moved up car. Jimmy saw a newspaper lying on the Another passenger left. swung down off p. tear sheseii ened rat the Mt i yelle ie ‘conducter,. He gave Jim-) ‘Thirty minut. ft . mya none too gentle push. “Want! ty minutes after graduating oft here?” gta ; i {ote Dake Business College, was acting for the | Fargo, B. R. Scouten was sent to If he was still 7 within earshot, he thought, his ruse| ‘fe County Tredsurer’s oftice (thei might work. He in a voice dis-|4th ‘‘Lakota’’. employee.): guised and hysky, “Hell, T rode past Le ¥ my stop. {’ll stay on an’ ride hack.” A fog had been “gathering. It was thick, for which he thanked his lucky stars, but he could see Divis as he rounded the front end of the car and crossed the tracks...” “ lifted his hand to ape aepaneier, ring the ‘Avait 8 fsinute.”’ eried Jimmy, choekin hina o“Kve changed my mind. Let me‘off here, Just thought of a man Ewa to-see that lives 8 : of Mary thought, secing me run awayy Jimmy 4 he ww GRADUATES ~ ia i“ n