The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 3, 1931, Page 4

_ 4 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1931 (he Bismarck Tribune An Independent Newspaper ‘ THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) nn Published by The Bismarck Tribune Comany, Bismarck, N. D., and en- tered at the postoffice at Bismarck as second class mail matter. GEORGE D, MANN President and Publisher. > ' Subscription Rates Payable in Advance Daily by carrier, per year......$7.20 Daily by mail per year (in Bis- Daily by mail per year (in state outside Bismarck) sees BE Daily by mail outside of North Dakota .........06 ‘Weekly by mail in state, per year $1.00 ‘Weekly by mail in state, three NERS ccs ctascssdsi cy visgacass O00 ‘Weekly by mail outside of Nort! 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It has to do with something that hap- pens within. saw in the Pacffic, and what dream dazzled Raleigh in the South Ameri- \can jungle, and how Marco Polo felt when he entered the Asian interior, but we never shall. Those who are lucky enough to get in on such things are seldom able to tell about them afterward. We have to go there our- selves to find out. Schoolboy Pranks A Minnesota jury the other day imposed a fine of $750 on a school superintendent for spanking @ boy who had put a tack in the seat of the little girl in front of him; and whether the ordinary citizen agrees that the fine was deserved or not, he will at least read of the incident with a good deal of interest. For it indicates that if one old American custom is slipping, another one, {equally venerable, is still thriving. dreamed of fining a schoolmaster for flogging a juyenile culprit. In that respect American schools have changed tremendously. But in the very first of all the little red school- houses, no doubt, small boys put, tacks in the seats of their feminine schoolmates; and, in a world of change, it is somehow comforting to, learn that they are still doing it. It may be tough on the girls, but it is reassuring to us elders. It Is No Wonder Gandhi is ill, a victim of the rigor- ous London climate and his own re- fusal to trade his breechclout and shawl for warmer clothing. The wonder is that he is not dead; ere this. In America, many persons public all the facts and correspond- ence available on the Manchurian situation will appeal to most of us #5 sound. If this country is embroiled in| trouble the people of the country are €ntitled to know the facts. In the absence of evidence to the contrary they have a right to assume that American diplomacy has blundered in this instance. After all, what their elected and appointed officials do is their business and they have'a right to know what the situation is from an American viewpoint. There can be no doubt that the ‘Hoover candidacy for reelection faces @ “long, tough row” and one of the primary reasons may be found in| Hoover's inability to make successful contact with the minds of the people of the country. Hoover has worked hard in his éf- fort to solve the numerous pressing problems which confront him, but in; his struggles he gets no sympathy from the public. His cold austerity bars that warmth of heart which means so much to a man in a trying situation. His brains may be com- manding but the vigorous personal- ity necessary to unite and enthuse! the nation either is non-existent or| has not been demonstrated. One of the tangible results of this situation is the faintly concealed en- mity of the Washington newspaper- men and the duels which they have carried on from time to time with “the white house.” Another is John- Son's sharp demand for exposure of the facts on the Manchurian situa- tion, preceded by his remark that Hoover would win the undying grati- tude of the Republican party if he would cry “enough” at the end of his Present term. ‘Unquestionably, the president hao| hhad a hard experience and deserves the sympathy and support of the pub- Uc in the work he is trying to do, but it is doubtful if he will get it. He is not sufficiently schooled in the artifices to which the public responds 60 readily. He lacks the training in Mealing with the people en masse which is the heritage of many sec- dond-rate politicians. Unspoken Romance A young man from Lowell, Mass, thas sailed his 32-foot sailboat into New York harbor after voyaging all the way around the world in it; and the New York newspapers, quite na- turally, sent reporters to meet him, and gave him plenty of space in which to describe his adventures. A three-year voyage around the Blobe in a tiny ketch certainly ought to provide @ lot of conversational ma- terial. But the most interesting thing about the published interviews with ‘tthe young man is that he seems to} thave had a very hard time giving an intimate, realistic account of his ad- ventures. To be sure, he told in detall just where he went and what he did. He mentioned an attack by pirates in the Red sea, a sojourn in the South Sea islands, an incident in which a steamer nearly ran him down, a first- hand glimpse at such things as: whales and frigate birds and volca- noes and waterspouts, and the like; but somehow the things we would really like to know—how it feels to Tf you are at all familiar with travelogues of this kind, you will real- dze at once that that is the way it usually is. These chaps who make catalogs of itineraries of places all the while they know, know, that they are not really 4 think of North Dakota as being in the far north and we are, of course, on the northern boundary, but Lon- don is much farther north than the northernmost point in the Unitea States. It is warmed a little by the gulf stream but this is small consolation in view of the thick, heavy fogs which are produced as a result. ‘We may sympathize with Gandhi but can hardly condone his action in insisting on continuing his native customs in the face of such adverse Physical conditions. We admire his courage, just as we admire the hardi- hood of the individual who takes a ‘We might like to know what Drake] In the old days no jury would have} Here Come the Trade Winds! Pe BUS\ New York, Dec. 3.—Our Depart- ment - of-Useless-but-Exciting-Infor- mation has just rushed in with its most extraordinary discovery. What becomes of prize fighters’ teeth? ... And those teeth, in par- ticular, that happen to be knocked out in the course of a ring encoun- ter! f Similes have been written about Poorer materials than this: As inse- cure as a pugilist's tooth after 10 knockouts. At any rate, up in New York's snooty Sixties there is a certain Dr. cold shower every morning, but if we were Gandhi we would trade the shawl for a good, warm overcoat. And we wouldn't go around bare- legged, either. A New York man, serving time in @ Vermont prison, sends love letters to his wife and a girl whom they took into their home before the long arm of the law tapped him on the shoulder. The process seems tu be agreeable all around. Whatever his other handicaps, the fellow must have “a way with wo- men.” It is just too bad for him that they don’t have many women Judges in Vermont. Editorial Comment Editorials printed below show the trend of thought by other editors, They are published without regard to whether they agree or disagree with The Tribune's polsi A Quest of the Obvious (New York Times) If @ majority of the 90,000 persons who contributed $4,000,000 to Alfred E. Smith’s presidential campaign in 1928 reply to Chairman Raskob’s| questionnaire that they oppose pro- hibition, that won't be news, To dis- Ben Haines who is personal dentist to champs and palookas appearing at Madison Square Garden. He is said to possess the greatest museum of autographed teeth in the U. S. A. Broadwayites, as' well as ringsters, are among his patrons. Whenever a tooth is removed he asks the loser to autograph it and adds the molar to the collection in his safe. Teeth lost or loosened in the course of a great ring battle have a particular value. Most of - these are locked away in a separate compartment, be- cause of their collector's value. ee & My own pet dentist, Dr. Charles Stoloff, has as his hobby the gath-| ering of intimate data on the teeth of famous folk of history. In his spare hours he digs up all sorts of information on how Napoleon's bi- cuspids fitted into his head; and whether Henry the VIII chewed on the right or left side of his mouth; whether Joan of Arc possessed one of the better sets of historic teeth and whether gum trouble had any- thing to do with the irritability of @ dozen-and-one monarchs. Doubt- head because the good king was an- noyed by incipient pyorrhea. And, coming out of one of those! dentist-chair trances recently, I learned that dentists consider those | ugly-looking plaster-of-paris moulds as works of art comparable to a sculptor's efforts. Some of them ac- cover it does not require a circular letter, costing $5,000. In the ‘cam- paign Mr. Smith was the only wet. After his nomination he sent a tele- gram to the convention which had| dodged the prohibition issue in 1ts| platform to remind the delegates how wet he was and would continue to be. ‘The great Hulk of the campaign fund subscribed came from Mr. Raskob and other wealthy wet friends of the candidate, and nearly one-half the number of contributors were res- idents of New York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Illinois and New Jer- sey, anti-prohibition territory. Every- thing which has happened since 1928 has confirmed the attitude of those who want the Eighteenth Amend- ment and the Volstead act expunged. To send them questions is like ask- ing federal officeholders whether. they want Mr. Hoover reelected. The drys are in a pother, of course, over Mr. Raskob’s latest. But their real cue is to sit quietly and wait for him to do as much damage to the anti-prohibition cause as he can. If his tactics are destructive as well as absurd, the drys will be as much in his debt in one way as the Demo- catic National Committee is in an- other. Having spent most of his life outside polities and the Democratic party, Mr. Raskob has no clear idea of the duties of a national chajrman or the functions of @ national com- mittee. He persists in the belief that the committee and the chairman should draft the party platform. He seems unable to understand the point tually run around to exhibits and say “ah” and “oh” and “isn’t that lovely—so modernistic!” +e 8 Oh, yes—and have you thought about your Christmas cards? I mention this, because I- have a solemn warning to issue! If anyone sends me one of those “funny de- pression” greetings with which the market is certain to be flooded, I shall take due legal measures. I have already consulted my pet shyster and find that ample grounds for action less ‘many a poor gent has lost his) may be based on “strange and un- usual mental cruelty.” Some of the more original “depres- sion greetings” will show Santa with the seat out of his trousers; or Santa bouncing a rubber check from a de- funct bank; or variation 864 on a stock market’ slip—but why go on? If you don’t mind, I'd just as soon have my greetings—if any—present- ed on those swell old-fashioned cards that sparkled with some sort of imi- tation frosting! (Copyright, 1931, NEA Service, Inc.) ASSES Ra aR | Welch’s Spur erie Vispcbterbeskaion By MRS. R. M. WELCH J ~ i Mrs. C. K. Boyd was taken ‘very, ill the first of the week. She was taken to the hospital Tuesday. She is reported to be getting along well. Emma and Althea King, daughters of Carl King, are staying ‘at the Boyd home caring for*the children. Earl Baker called at the C. K. Boyd home Tuesday. Ralph Snyder, the Doppler broth- ers and Marcus Trembley visited at the Robert Welch home Tuesday eve- ning. Mr. and Mrs. Otto Dormen and son, Fred, motored to Bismarck Monday. Fred had a@ painful infection in his hand. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Skinner called at the Otto Dorman home Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Welch mo- tored to Bismarck Wednesday. | Mrs. Sara McMurrich and daugh- ter, Margaret; Bill McMurrich, Law-| rence and Leo Doppler and Marcus; Trembley dined at the Robert Welch home Thanksgiving day. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Skinner dined at the Otto Dorman home that day. Chester Boyd and children dined at the C. D. King home, near Menoken, Thanksgiving day. Miss Olga Neugebauer called at the Robert Welch home Tuesday. Miss Margaret McMurrich spent STICKERS Hize isa Somer word square with soccer | i: iy fom eh Tye atheenty see a ese od beautifully stated (if not always pur- sued) by Will H. Hays: “My job is to e-lect, not se-lect.” Mr. Raskob’s head is constantly bursting with bright ideas, leading to a speech or @ questionnaire or a nonsensical plan to take tariff making out of the hands of congress. If Governor Roosevelt, who opposed the selection of Mr. Raskob as national chairman by Candidate Smith, is as right about: other people, his wheat and chaff will be well separated. When the national committee meets again, Mr. Raskob, at an ex- y] Pense of $5,000, will be able to tell it that those who put up money to elect Al Smith president still believe that prohibition should be repealed. This can hardly rank as @ sensationai revelation, Brazil has about 500 domestic es- tablishments for the manufacture of ‘medicines, THIS CURIOUS-WORLD © 1091 BY MEA SERVICE, WiC. , ‘ . *| mouth dined at the Robert Welch the week-end with her mother, Mrs. Sara McMurrich. The heavy snowfall of this week is Proving an inconvenience to farmers who did not get all of their corn Picked. " Mr. and Mrs. John Nieland called at the Robert Welch home while en route to Bismarck Friday. Conrad Welch, who attends the Menoken high school, spent the week-end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Welch. Mrs. Ruth McMurrich and son and daughter, and brother Charles Wey- home Sunday. The custom of tattooing still per-| of social status, and guards against bad luck and ill health. [BARBS] Rumania’s Queen Marie was 80, disgusted with Prince Nicholas’s mar- riage to @ commoner that she packetl up and went to Munich to stay with Princess Ileana and her Hapsburg, husband. Which will convince the Hapsburg husband of the error of Nicholas’s ways. ee * Grandi landed in New York under armed guard. Oh, well, disarmament wasn't the only thing he came here to discuss. x # * Headline: “Jury Debating Fate of Slayer in Dry Ambush.” Sort of get- ting down to earth. * *e Among other things found inside a shark caught in Hawaii were two bathing suits. Emphasizing that when people go bathing they should not get too far away from their suits. a War, says a biologist, keeps people wholesome. Holesome, and how. a se & Britain has raised a tariff fence to American goods. So any hope we have of business over the fence is Daily Health Service Patients Are Best Treat By DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor, Journal of the American Medical Association A few years ago newspapers con- tained many accounts of the disease Popularly called “American sleeping sickness,” which technically is called be prem c Nr carr ra now called epide: . Unquestionably the disease was mown hundreds of years ago under the name of “nona.” In 1915 cases appeared in Rumania, and the first careful study of the condition was made by the Austrian physician, Von Economo, in 1917. He described the ™mask-like appearance of the face, the lethargy, the disturbance of vision, particularly double vision, which are characteristic of the disease. A fairly large number of cases began to ap- Pear in the United States in 1919, and since that time the has been world wide. The peak of the condition seems to have been reached out. 4 (Copyright, 1931, NEA Service, Inc.) | a ~ | Quotations | ee The war continues. It has taken an economic form so serious that it may mean the end of an erd—cer- tainly capitalism is on trial—James W. Gerard, former ambassador to Germany. x ee However great our desire for peace, we must not assume that the peace for which these men died has. be- come assured—President Hoover. * * & It would be interesting to know where some members of the coaching’ staff (of Columbia U.) obtain money, they give members of the football: squad.—Reed Harris, editor Specta- tor, student paper of Columbia Uni- versity. OK Ok Peace is not free like sunshine.— Brig.-Gen. William W. Harts, chief of staff of American Army of Occupa- tion. LUCKY FOR JIMMY Milwaukee.—Jimmy Anderson’s mother is keeping her eyes on Master James now. Recently the child, not old enough to walk, crawled out of the house, and on to the street car tracks. He was peacefully meander- ing between the rails when a car swept around a curve and passed over him. The axles and motors, however, sists in Egypt for love charms, signs were high enough to miss him and he suffered nothing more than fright and @ few tears. with the JUPITER, te investigat! but Miami on the Jupiter yacht, hear- ing The Fly will be at Hialeah NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER XXXVIII 45" had persuaded herself that The Fly would not come to- night. It was the only way she could bring herself to approach the meeting-place with any degree of confidence. He would not be there, and she would have worn the rubies for nothing—except to make a little Bmall-talk for the other. diners, per- haps. She told herself that, and tried to be sorry. But she wasn't. As the time approached, dread of the encounter turned her_knees to delly. It she could only have given it up and gone to find Dirk. The joy- ful expectation of seeing him soon lifted her spirits. | A cool breeze from the bay struck | their faces as they came out of the velevator into the informal sort of lobby, set off from the dining-space by tall’ potted palms. Hovering in ‘8 corner, watching the dancing, she caught sight of sofheone familiar | +. George, Bowen. Excusing ber- | -Self, she hufried to meet him. “Come in with us!” sho begged { him, Dointing out that at least a | third of the men present were in linen suits rather than the required formal dress, “Not me—I'm just a voice in the wings,” Bowen pleaded, “I barged in-with my friend here, the society reporter.” He brought forward a brown-eyed young woman in a vivid evening frock who could scarcely take her eyes from the ruby neck- Jace long enough to be presented. “I've got to be running along,” Bowen went on. “But first,” (lower- ing his voice) “thanks for shooing the Countess ‘out to me, F got a swell shot of her. Swell!” “But I had nothing to do with it,” Mary protested. “Did she leave the hotel?” ‘Yes. Bruce was with her, I told him the picture was for the soctety page and he didn’t seem to mind. But here's the news—Miss Brown here thinks she knows her!” He turned to his companion. “Tell her about: it, will you, Bella?” Miss Brown smiled. “I knew as soon as I saw the proofs that I'd seen her before,” she said. “It was when I was doing some pub- coming up from Havana on one of our boats. There was a French ac- tress on board—at least, she said she was an actress. And she could certainly act! I'll say she could. “She and young what's-his-name oh, you know, the Newport so- ciety woman's son—can’t think of his name—were together all the time on the boat coming up. He was only a kid, and he was ga-ga about her. She didn’t claim to be a countess then—maybe that came later. “Well, one night there was a big fracas in her stateroom—screams and a lot of thamps. and bumps, like someone was getting beaten up. A steward and I took it on the run. Here was this rich boy sitting there stupidly, and her with her clothes half off, the place all mussed up. She pretended he'd half killed her. But I'm certain it was a frame-up. “He. said they were drinking to- gether as they’d done every day, when she suddenly began tearing off her clothes and slamming things He thought she was drunk, but she wasn’t, She knew what she was doing all right, “It was hushed up. The boy’s mother paid her off to keep the story from getting out. I was glad to let it ride, too. Steamship com- panies don’t like that kind of row- dy publicity any more than anyone else. But we took care to see she didn’t ship on our lines again, and turned our information about her aver to the Department of Justice. I don’t know what they did with it.” “Her name?” Mary asked. “Do you remember it?” eee ISS BROWN shook her head. “Not clearly. Delorme, or something lke that. Louise De lorme.” “I'm sending the pictures to the Department of Justice,” Bowen cut in eagerly. “I'll have the dope on her in a short while, Neat, eh what?” He gave bis companion a congratulatory whack on the back. “Brownie, I salute you!” “T salute you both!” Mary cried. “It’s the most phenomenal luck 1 ever heard of—your remembering that, Miss Brown, I can’t tell you what it means ta us all, or how much we thank you!” “All except Bruce, perhaps,” Bo- wen commented. Not wishing to keep her two com- panions waiting any longer, Mary left them to go back to her party. “Every minute you waste talking to these gallants of yours is cost- ing the boss money,” Bates scolded, “Pretty soon there won't be food enough in the place to fill me up.” “But wait till you hear,”. Mary crowed excitedly. “I've learned all about the Countess, And what nice little playmates you have!” They turned toward the trellised gate which formed the entrance to the dinifig section of the roof. The Place was crowded—too crowded for comfort. Extra tables had been Squeezed in to accommodate the un- expected business which the fete, to be held later in the evening, had brought. Aisles were. almost non- existent, and’ the dance floor had shrunk to half its’size. ‘The chatter of the crowd, like the Toar. of a vast human surf, was confusing, and Mary stood still for in 1926, Barly, it was recognized that pa- tients did not ténd to recover com- pletely from this disease, but rather that recovery from the acute attack was followed by a gradual degenera- SLEEPING SICKNESS TAKES HEAVY TOLL AMONG VICTIMS ed in Special Institutions tion. About one-third of the} patients died, and from one-half to two- thirds of the survivors developed con- ditions which are permanent. es" % In 8 series fo 265 cases studied by G. A. Barthwick, a British physician in charge of a large institution for mental disturbances, it was found that 45 per cent of the cases had dis- turbances of behavior and 46 per cent had what is called the Parkinsonian e, because of its resemblance to condition called Parkinson's disease or shaking palsy. ‘The disturbances of behavior in- cluded nocturnai excitement, out- bursts of temper, propensity to de- structiveness, vagrancy, stealing, pre- cocious egotism, and in general a loss of mental control over elementary instinctive reactions. The physical disturbances included tremors and spasms of the muscles, disturbances of respiration and vision, paralysis. and at times convulsions like those of epilepsy. Obviously patients with this type of condition are best treated in insti- tutions where they are away from the kind of contacts they have at Bt TODAY @ ANCWERSABY HUGE WAR BUDGET On Dec. 3, 1917, Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo submitted to the opening congress ane largest year’s bucee in the 8st of the United It totaled $13,500,000,000. This was to carry on the war and governmen- tal departments. More than §$11,- 000,000,000 of this was a direct war Folowing this, it government war saving stamps were placed on sale for the first time. The Germans launched a terrific attack south and west of Cambrai. The British were forced to draw back east of Marcoing and at Vacquerie. The Inter-Allied War Conference in Paris closed with an address by Colonel E. M. House, chairman of the American Mission. He felicitated France on her sacrifices and work. Berlin stated that local armistices had been agreed to from Pripet to Lipa. an instant trying to discover a lane wide enough to squeeze through to reach their table. Suddenly she was enveloped in a burst of blue-white radiance that almost blinded her, and effectually shut out of sight everything but the small circle of blazing light in which she stood. A ripple of laugh- ter and applause from the crowd steadied her, and told her that they had merely been the victims of a “stunt.” Each incoming party was being subjected to brilliant illumi- nation by reflector lamps standing on either side of the entrance, by. way of introduction. Mary followed the beckoning arm of the head-waiter to their table, recognizable by the large white “Reserved” card which was whisked away as they approached. Jupiter was muttering angrily, “What's the matter with the damn lights? Put a man’s eyes out!” But Bates appeared to enjoy the unex- Dected publicity, “That is what I call service!” he remarked.” “And lady, you cer- tainly do rate it, with fhose doll-. Tags on!” eee ‘bad the low-cut ivory satin, her dark head gleaming redly under the glare of the lights, Mary made a breath-taking picture framed in the doorway—the black velvet wrap dropped from slim, satin-smooth shoulders, the blood-red of the Jupi- ter rubies glowing warmly against the créamy skin. It is true that not all the under. tone of comment was kindly, and she felt it, But the embarrassment such knowledge brought only added @ becoming flush to the pale cheeks, and @ deeper radiancy to the gray eyes, There were many here to- night who ,read their scandal pa- Pers, and remembered . . . and they frankly craned to get a view of the girl who was reputed to hold the Jupiter automobile millions in the hollow of her hand. Well, the wise ones murmured, she was good looking enough cer- tainly to have turned any man’s head, particularly an old widower’s who had spent ¢lose to 50 years of his life in respectable wedlock with his first and only wife. Jupiter was a lucky man, said these. And there were others who said “What tosh, her engagement has just been an- nounced to young Ruyther!” And still others pointed out, in rebuttal, that young Ruyther was conspicu- ously absent, and who could the young man escorting her be, any- how? Just a herring drawn across the trail, replied the wise ones. And having exhausted the subject, they turned their attention to their food and to @ party of incoming dow- agers, enduring the lights in their turn, and without efther youth or conspicuous beauty to make the or- deal less trying. Service was slow, but the soup arrived and still there was no sign of De Loma. If he were already there, he must be aware of their Presence after that gaudy introduc- tion, He must not be here. That ‘was the only e: tion, Then he cathe. Mary heard his voice at her elbow, and jumped. She never knew where he came from, how he found his way to her side, without attracting notice. It was as if he had sprung from the ground at -her feet in a burst of smoke, by German and Russian divisions holding the lines home. FLAPPER, FANNY SAYS:: | _ EG. U.S. PAT. OFF. ui A period costume doesn’t always date « & woman. like Beelzebub,: But the explana: tion was quite simple—lone males were not being honored with the spotlight. De Loma had simply walked in the door, and by the very sensible process of following the narrow raised platform which skirted the room, just, under the Parapet, he had arrived by what seemed miraculous means at the Jupiter table. . St looked up quickly, in time to see the fatuous smile freeze on his face as he saw the rubies, His face went pale under its dark tan. The black eyes stared at the gems as if fascinated. His head jerked away as he saw her looking at him. Tt wa~ the first’ bétraying move she had ever seen him make. But it was enough—plainly the unexpected coming face-to-face with the neck- lace had unnerved him. He was nervous as @ lover as he asked her to dance. A slow thrill of power slipped over Mary, drew her up straight and tall beside him. The rubies rattled on the polished bosom of bis dress-shirt. He kept his eyds turned away-<his ready gift of tongue seemed to have left him all at once, The orchestra muted its voice and began to throb out a waltz. The leader crooned the melody softly, in a yearning, passion-laden under- tone. It was somehow reminiscent of that other night—the night of her engagement party—Mary thought, leaden-hearted. If only Dirk were here now, to dance it with her— She looked about, not very hope- fully, The lights had been dimmed until only the strings of swaying, breeze-shaken Japanese lanterns re- mained. By their uncertain illumi- nation she saw a party being seated at a table beside the dance-floor— two girls and a man. There was much scraping of chairs, re-arrang- ing of places and settling of wraps, It was impossible to see who they were, for they were in seml-dark- ness while a broad amber glow from & huge spotlight made the dance- floor a colorful melange of moving figures. Something about the newcomer peninasd Mary of Dirk . . . her eart plunged wildly. She touche De Loma’s arm. i “Over there—someone I want to see.” Obligingly he turned about and led her past the table she indi- cated. Almost immediately they Were abreast of it. She did not really expect it to be Dirk . . . she had been seeing him in various total’ strangers ever since she learned he was in the hotel. This no doubt was just another optical illusion, Then suddenly she was looking directly into his eyes. For a long moment they saw no one else, he and she—just that long plunge of eye into eye while mixed emotions Swept over them both, ; There was a girl’s surprised cry, “Why, Enrique!” It was Ethel, gaping at the man she believed to in South America. De Loma barely nodded. Cornelia’s tace stared at them frigidly—white, angry, stunned. Then in the space of an instant Dirk's face changed as if a mask had slipped over it. With a look of stony recognition, he turned away. (To Be Continued) ¥ cx ow