The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 8, 1931, Page 4

The Bismarck Tribune _ An Independent Newspaper ) ‘THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) Published by The Bismarck Tribune Somany, Bismarck, N. D., and en- Yered at the postoffice at Bismarck as Gecond class mail matter. GEORGE D. MANN President and Publisher, $$$ Subseription Rates Payable in Advance Daily by carrier, per year..... Daily by mail per year (in Bis- Daily by mail per year (in state outside Bismarck) . Daily by mail outside » Dakota . mail in state, per year $1.00 ‘Weekly by ‘Weekly by mail in state, three Weekly by mai! outside of North Dakota, per year ............ 1.50 ‘Weekly by mail in Canada, per year ++ 2.00) Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation |. LS ee Member of The Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this news- paper and also the local news of mntaneous origin published herein. rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. — (Official City, State and County Newspaper) Foreign Representatives SMALL, SPENCER, LEVINGS WER (Incorporated) CHICAGO NBW YORK BOSTON Making Progress New interest was centered in the proposed Great Lakes-St. Lawrence deep waterway last weck when the association promoting it met at Chi- cago. The advantages of the project to the middle west were again outlined and new emphasis was placed upon the benefit which would accrue to the farmer by placing him 1,500 miles nearer the sea. Chief interest at the meeting cen- tered on the treaty between the United States and Canada governing international reaches of the St. Law- rence river which, the middle west devoutly hopes, soon will become a reality. There are many things to be considered in the internal policies of both the United States and Can- ada before the pact will be signed, but indications now are that the pres- sure has become so great on both’ sides of the international line that action with relative speed is inev- itable, The interests of two great cities may be adversely affected by the im- provement. Just as completion of the Panama canal wrought an_ indi- rect hardship on the central west by reducing the railroad traffic and thereby creating rate problems which might otherwise not have presented themselves, so will New York‘in the United States and Montreal in Can- ada suffer reduced Business when the seaway is completed. Items for export, instead of going to the port at the base of the Hud- son river or other eastern ports, will be loaded on boats at Duluth, Mil- waukee, Chicago, Detroit or Cleve- land end sent direct to Liverpool. Millions of tons are sent by water now, but since the waterway is not deep enough for ocean-going vessels, most of this material has been trans- shipped at Montreal. When the sea- ‘way is finished, ocean-going ships will stop there only briefly. It will be a way station instead of a terminus. But, even as the negotiations for the treaty plod their tortuous way, the work of improving the river and de) 20| purchased in connection with the once 00) Tt was operated to capacity and much 50) stand the competition. through seaway from the head of Lake Superior to Montreal can be completed in 1936. “Gone at Last Announcement by the state indus- trial commission that it has sold the Drake mill and elevator for $2,500, writes “finis” to the history of a state jenterprise which once attracted wide interest and which has, at various times, been a bone of bitter political contention. The Drake mill was the first to be ambitious program of state industry. was said both for and against it. Then the big state mill and eleva- tor at Grand Forks went into action and the smaller institution could not It was closed and for years it has been of no use| whatever to the state. The machinery rusted and deterlorated, the building served as a roosting place for owls! and bats. And so it was when, in 1925, Gov- ernor A: G. Sorlie proposed to sell the Place. It was costing the state moncy and was serving no good purpose. At | that time and for several years there- after the state carried considerable in- surance on it and employed a full- time caretaker. It was costing con- siderable money ahd the then gover- nor urged that the state take its loss and wind up the proposition. The present governor, then attorney general, bucked the proposal. He deemed it inadvisable. His reasons were not quite clear but his mind was fixed and the proposition fell through. The state continued to pay out good money for an institution of no service to it. Several years later other ar- rangements were made about the caretaker and the insurance was re~ duced. Now the property is sold for $2,500, just $500 less than that offer of five years ago. The cost of carrying the institution during those five years was more than the amount now received for it. The history of the Drake mill will show some bad judgment and bad management, of that there is no ques- tion. Neither is there any question of the fact that not all the bad judgment was exercised by representatives of one political party. Editorial Comment ‘They are published without r to whether they agree or disa: the accessibility of materials the,|" Congress Not the Only Place Lobbying Is Being Done! . A NEW RATTLE FOR BAGY! —CMON,WHADDYA SAY? PS5‘S8T! HOW ABOUT IT, DAD? ~YOU KNOW, BOBBIE WANTS A DRUM AND SOME SKATES -AND \"THINK BETTY OUGHT TO HAVE. THAT NEW DOLL SHES BEEN WANTING 7 NOT TO MENTION #! 7 h New York, Dec. 8—It might have interested Signor Grandi to learn that @ play written by his boss, Benito Mussolini, has been kicking around Broadway for several weeks. And, at last reports, no American producer had_ gathered sufficient courage to produce it. As a dictator, the Honorable Be- nito has been more than passingly successful. But his literary efforts have been flops to date. Play gamblers, who have staked money on the work of indifferent dramatists, might have turned angel were it not for the fact that Musso- lini, being the gent that he is, de- agre ee with The Tribune's policies. Sunflower or Cyclone? (New York Times) Whichever horn of his political di- Jemma Vice President Curtis grasped, he was certain to be charged with a pessimistic outlook for his party. If he had decided for the senatorship in Kansas, it would have been said that he expected the defeat of the national ticket in 1932 and preferred to take his chances as an individual with his home folk. Now that he has announced his candidacy for vice president, the political gossips won- der whether he has not abandoned hope that the Republican party can carry the agricultural states next year. Some persons of this mind are de- scribed by the correspondent of The Herald Tribune at Washington as Mr. Curtis's “friends,” and therefore Presumably dealing in something more substantial than gossip. “In the absence of any amplifying state- ment from the vice president,” runs the dispatch, “his friends said that Mr. Curtis had returned from his transcontinental trip greatly heart- ened about Republican national pros- pects next year, but not at all cer- getting it ready for the great day gontinue and each little forward step is important, for it reduces the amount of work which will remain to be done when the treaty is signed. Only recently the war department allotted $90,000 for completing a chan- nel threugh the thousand islands section of the St. Lawrence river. It will be 27 feet deep and 450 feet wide. Canada already has finished her part of the work in that section of the stream. This means the close of the current year will see completion of a first- class ocean-ship channel in the first 67 miles of the St. Lawrence from the foot of Lake Ontario to Ogdensburg, New York and Prescott, Ontario. ‘This completed section of the sea- ‘way will extend the radius of Great Lakes ships 250 miles farther east- ward through the new Welland ship canal, across Lake Ontario and down the St. Lawrence to Ogdensburg- Prescott—down to within 120 miles of the ocean at Montreal. The first 48 miles of this 120-mile stretch, like the first 67 miles of the - river, is international and is called the International Rapids Section. Un- der the exchange of correspondence between the two countries it is a task assigned to the United States to carry out the necessary improve- ment. But, the nature of the plans calls for a treaty. It js that treaty which now is be- ing formulated. Beyond the International Rapids section the river waters are ‘solely Canadian and it is Canada’s task to Provide the necessary works. The Job is under way in one section, the Beauharnols project which in con- Sunction with power development will provide = 27-foot ocean-ship chan- mel around the Soulanges Rapids, @anada's cther job lies in the bao section, leading into Montreal bor. At present there is no actual Construction under way here, but Canada will have it ready by the time the United States completes the In- ternational Rapids section. Because of ite imperative need and rounding it causes it to explode. tain any Republican could be elected to the senate from Kansas.” If these friends are accurate, the second part, of the view ascribed to Mr. Curtis, will be held by Democratic politicians to destroy the first. They understand it to mean that he believes industry will recover before agriculture does, and that the east and north will pro- vide the electoral votes necessary to give victory to the national ticket. But they will be unable to make a Republican political map on which Kansas gives its electors to a Demo- cratic national ticket. This is be- cause of their vivid memory of 1916. In that year Mr. Shouse, then na- tionally unknown, persuaded the Democratic National Committee to make a fight for Kansas. To old hands it was as if they had been told that there was hope that Mr. Wilson might carry Pennsylvania. Even when the late Ollie James returned from a speaking tour amid the sun- flowers and firmly predicted that Kansas would go Democratic, few at headquarters believed him. But Kan- Sas was carried by the president, and with California reelected him. If the inwardness of Mr. Curtis's decision is really what his friends say it is, then the Kansas trend is again Demo- cratic, as Senator Capper some months ago indicated when he made his mournful statement about the Prospects of Republicans there. It is almost a year before the presi- dential election, and things in Kan- Sas and elsewhere may shift back to normal politically. Meanwhile, the Democrats are jubilant and the Re- publicans are uneasy about Mr. Cur- tis's decision. Yet it is fair to point out again that if he had chosen to seek the senatorship the jubilation and uneasiness would be found today in the same quarters. AIR BOARD SET Detroit—The Board of Conirol of the National Aircraft Show of 1932, to be held here next April 2 to 10, has pee Senee to speiue the sar: aviation experts: George 8. ‘Wheat, vice president, United Aircraft and Corp.; Charles 8. “Casey” Jones, vice president, Curtiss- Wright; Luther K, Bell, general man- ager, Aeronautical Chamber of Com- and Edward G. Packard Motors. Dr. Dean B. McLaughlin, of the University of Michigan, advances the theory that the absorption of light from a star by the atmosphere sur- Macauley, Mands a considerable percentage of! profit. I have not seen the play; I have merely heard of its comings and goings from managerial offices. And such reports as have reached me in- dicate that it might prove a long shot even with the name of Musso- lini attached. With very high roy- alties involved, it is likely that Mus- Solini will have to satisfy himself with being a dictator. ee % And there is kicking around, also, @ play that David Belasco intended to produce at the time of his death, It is titled “Pantaloon,” dnd has to do with back-stage life. Belasco believed, seemingly, that most people live a lie; that life it- self was a liar. And that in remorse and forgiving lie the qualities that do away with evils. The drama had been written in collaboration with Achmed Abdullah, who has penned many a picturesque and colorful tale. Abdullah is now! going over it. And that, in itself, is| ironic, since Abdullah once was party to @ novel in which the leading char- | acter was said to be patterned after | Belasco. And it wasn't a particularly flattering picture. Be all this as it may, Belasco's father was a famous Pantaloon in London. ‘They left England for America, to wade ashore at San Fran- cisco before piers or quays had been built. As far back as the: Middle Ages, Belasco cauld trace a straight line of showmen. One of the opening lines, recited by a Harlequin, reads: “Truth is a thing in motley and bells... . Do} you know what is just back yonder backstage? Back yonder is truth, and for the sake of truth, I change the patches on my suit, day after day. Therefore, should there be any liars amongst us, will you not have the honor to leave the theater, We would not have truth shock you. ... I won- der, sometimes, if you would know the truth if you saw it.” And speaking of the grand “old massa”, reminds me that the tales persist ‘in Broadway that his daugh- ter, Reina, is soon to step forth as a producer. Reina is the wife of Maurice Gest, also a producer, but has been con- cerned with the theater only indi- rectly.. Now comes the rumor that she would revive “The Return of Pe- ter Grimm” if she could but find an actor to fill the David Warfield role. Also, she is said to be interested in the presentation of “Virginia City,” another of her fathers plays. So don’t be surprised if the name of Reina Belasco appears one of these days in the place of the great David.|. (Copyright, 1931, NEA Service, Inc.) —~ BARBS | ee See eee "a wife. said she would return to her husband if he wouldn't nag. But that would be a eee on him. es * Rats four feet long have been found along the Amazon. Just the place for some of those South American cheese champions. ae ok Experts say this isn’t the worst depression this country has known. But everybody will admit it’s the best. xe * ‘The “perfect stenographer” says a powder puff is as important to a wo- man’s success as a typewriter. Yes, it helps her a ‘ * A movie star was granted the right to be temperamental and given $34,- 000 besides. In which it wasn’t the principle, it sles the money. s 8 Albert Fink, attorney for Al Ca- pone, was held up and robbed. Con- vincing him, no doubt, that the one STICKERS Above is a circle of 12 letters. If you start at the right letter and move around to another letter, ski +» Skipping the same num- ber of letters each time until you have used every letter, you will spell out one word of 12 letters. After a letter is picked do not count it in the skipping That is, if you use M, L, Con the frst time around the circle, ignore them the second time around, HEN THE DEER: Mae ARROW OF Ti PHILIPPINE NEGRITO Shanes te w ty | FASIENED ONLY iS Wie ONDERBRUSH AND 5 HALTS The WOUNDED ANMAC. + 21931 BY NEA SERVICE, IWC. sure way to understand the under- world is to shoot the works. (Copyright, 1931, NEA Service, Inc.) ° . = | Quotations | Prohibition is a monumental fail- ure, prohibits nothing but temper- ance.—Ida Tarbell, celebrated writer. * * * Instead of halting quantity pro- | ad eh es oe ee Daily Health Service beecaditotenier Vac NOW POSSIBLE TO CONTROL | Edgar Wallace, English writer. | * 2 * | We want the help of the League; { Council, not the Russians.—General |Mah Chan-shan, Chinese war lord. a8 & se TODAY | AN i war JERUSALEM GAPTURED On Dec. 8, 1917, Jerusalem surren- dered to General Allenby and the British forces. Jerusalem’s capture was the sev- enth fall of the Holy City before be- siegers since its stormy history be- gan more than 3,000 years ago. Welsh and home country troops advanced from the direction of Beth- lehem, drove back the enemy and, passing Jerusalem on the east, es- tablished themselves on the Jerusa- lem-Jericho road. At the same time London infantry and dismounted yeomanry attacked the strong enemy positions west and northwest of Jerusalem and placed themselves astride ‘the Jerusalem- Shechem road. ‘ Isolated, the Holy City surrendered to General Allenby. British, French and Mohammedans safeguarded the holy places. General Allenby had begun his of- fensive in Palestine with the capture’ of Jerusalem as his objective with the taking of the city of Beersheba on Oct. 31, 1917. PARK ON OWN SIDE Milwaukee, Wis—Several Milwau- kee motorists received parking tickets recently when the suburb of Wau- watosa changed its traffic regulations over mee der Politics is the only game where | there is no honor among thieves— There is strong sentiment in cer- tain quarters for a selective sales tax, but I regard this as inequitable, as. jundue weight would fall upon the poor.—Senator Simeon D. Fess of Ohio. By DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor, Journal of the American Medical Association Once one of the most feared of all infectious diseases, meningitis is to- day susceptible to medical control be- cause of the discovery of anti-men- ingitis serum. The condition occurs all over the world, From time to time there are epidemics beginning with extremely serious cases which frequently die in the! NCE. | has not been established whether this type of meningitis is due to the in- troduction of a new form of the or- ganism in the community or due to the fact that the organism already present, for some unestablished rea- son, takes on Sirgts virulence. It is quite possible that a new gen- En of mankind brings into the situation’ soil easily infected, or what is called a susceptible host. Trained bacteriologists have not been able to show that the which occurred in the epidemics in the far west, in Indianapolis, in Chi- cago and in Detroit, in 1930 were due to a new strain coming from Japan or developed from lat other source. * 2 The conditions that seem to under- lie these outbreaks, according to Dr. Augustus Wadsworth, are those that favor epidemics of respiratory dis- eases in general; namely, indoor life, , inadequate ventilation, and the exceedingly bad weather that oc- curs in the late winter months. ‘There is evidence to that one of the most important factors in spreading meningitis is the carrier who has the germs of the disease in the throat and who, while himself ; uninfected, may spread the disease. The value of the specific serum against meningitis, as in all infectious’ diseases, depends on early and ade- quate treatment. In the very severe cases considerable damage, sometimes to the point of death, has been done before the serum can be applied. Be- cause the infection concerns primar- ily the coverings of the spinal cord and the brain, direct injection into) the spine or into the brain is of ex- _ MENINGITIS WITH SERUM Germs of Disease Are Usually Carried in the Throat ceptional value and may be aided by direct injection of the serum into the blood. PLANE SOWS CLOVER Maxwell, Calif—An airplane has just been hired by a ranch near this town to sow clover over 4000 acres of Stock range. The seeding is purely an experiment to prove the value of planes in this connection. It is being watched closely by all stockmen. It it proves successful it will no doubt be adopted by many extensive land owners. MOST ACCURATE CLOCKS the most accurate clocks in the aim: two at Se Observatory, in England. checked every 30 seconds by a pendu- lum swinging in a vacuum. FLAPPER, FANNY SAYS: ‘The Fly. She sayn Bruce makes her give to Mary, who discovers it was atolen from Mrs, Jupiter the nigi ahe was killed. The bracelet is locked up as evidence, Wearing the famous necklace, Mary dances wi wn. Dirk twists his ankle faints, The Fly gets away ik the handbag but in fright- ened back by a policeman and retufon it and the necklace. Mary Dirk taken on board the the “Gypsy.” The Fly goes NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER XLII AS Mary stood shivering with dread, uncertain what to do, she heard the sound of oarlocks and the bump of a boat as it hit against the suspended gangway. Picking up her skirts she, ran along the deck, and almost fell into the arms of Bates, coming up the gangplank. She could have kissed him. “Oh, Bates, I’m scared! The Fly is aboard,” she whispered, “as my guest, and I think he's prowling around after the rubies, I just came out on deck and some- one ran from near Mr. Jupiter's door. [ told him Mr. Jupiter had them!” “Stay here,” Bates commanded. He unbuttoned his coat and loos- ened the revolver from its holster under his arm. Staying in the shadow of the upper deck he moved quietly along the bulk- head. She saw him stop and test Mr. Jupiter's door, then disappear around the corner where the shadowy figure had run but two minutes before. The seconds passed like hours as Mary leaned back against the wall, straining her ears to catch every sound. Then Bates reap- peared ;o noiselessly that he startled -her. © “All serene,” he reported. “The old man’s door is locked and The Fly is back in his stateroom— three, isn't it?” Mary said “Yes.” “I heard him moving around and there’a a light under the door. You run along to bed now and old Henry Q. Bates will take care of things. I'll camp right up there on the upper deck in a chair where I can see both your state- toom door and Mr. Jupiter’s. Run along, and pleasant dreams.” Mary wrung bis band. “Bates, you're a darling!” “Surelam. But listen, what's the program now? We didn’t find a thing in De Loma’s room. Not a thing. Had to tear up carpets and everything. That's what took me so long. You didn’t worry, did you? Anyhow, your necklace is safe—right here in old Bates’ E pocket.” He reached into a capa- cious inner pocket, and drew out id tA GAN A THe i Te RE unfolded it bit by bit in his palm, saw that it was empty. A hor- rible, pop-eyed expression froze ‘on his face. “It’s gone!” he gasped. It was like the last groan of a dying man. “Do you mean to say you didn’t know that, until now?” Mary cried. “You picked up an empty napkin—I’ve got the necklace, It's in Mr. Jupiter's safe.” Devoutly, Bates ejaculated “Oh, my God!” His arms fell limply at’ his sides, “Well, how did you—what did you—did you have any trouble—" he stuttered, overcome with shame. “Plenty! I got back with it, but my hair’s snow white. Tell you all about it in the morning. Now don’t you fret—it wasn't yeur fault!” It was her turn to pat his shoulder reassuringly. To help him out, she changed the subject. “Can we get under way.at once? Did you see Bruce and the Count- ess anywhere?” “They're on the pier—the kid's gone back for them now, By the way. here’s something your fat friend seat you. He was sitting on the dock waiting when I came up—he wouldn’t give it to the sailor.” He handed Mary a thick enve- lope. Curious, she took it to her room. A single sheet of note paper held the words ‘Here's the dope. Keep these. I stole ‘em out of the morgue, and I've got to re- turn ‘em. But I couldn't resist telling you the good news.” There were clippings, yellowed, ringed about the word “De Loma” with a blue pencil and stamped on each clipping was a date—the date of its appearance in a Miami paper. The slippings, read in chronological order, gave the newspaper account of the doings of the celebrated French actres Louise De Loma, on board a Ha- vana line steamship way back in the year 1924. The steamship line and all other parties con- cerned had evidently succeeded in hushing up the matter pretty thoroughly, but enough had leaked out through the excited tales of fellow-passengers to show up the lady as an adventuress of an old, familiar type. She was not deported. but evidently she had been only too happy to ac- cept the hint of Miami police offi- cials and return to Havana imme- diately. At any rate, she went—threat- ening that’ her husband would sue. There was no record in the clippings of any. suit being brought. Mary put the clippings back in the envelope, and laid it under her pillow. Good old George Bowen— to give her this to sleep bn! She went to the porthole and looked up ward. There, on the sun deck, as he had promised, she could see Bates’ dark figure in its steamer chair, silhouetted against the light er sky. She felt as though she had dropped a heavy burden from her shoulders, eee HE sun was shining in her state- room porthole when she awoke. Mary stretched, easing her cramped muscles, She had been so exhaust- ed that she had slept without mov- ing. With the action, vitality rushed back into her refreshed young body, and she bounded out of bed, pushing her hair out of her eyes. She looked like a slim boy in her rumpled silk pajamas as she ran to the porthole and peered out, Bates had vanished from his post long since. Far off on the horizon line was something that might be either clonds or land, but in between was sea, a calm expanse with only here and there a whitecap to break the blue-green, mirror-like surface. ‘There was an occasional roll of the ship as it was caught by a half- sea, and a slight quiver of the deck as the powerful engines drove them through the Atlantic at 15 knots. It was such a glorious mornifig, and she felt so invigorated: by her night’s sleep that the events of the night before retreated to the back of her mind like a bad dream. Anything was possible—any nice thing, that is—on a day like this. Even Dirk might have relented and forgiven her. She hummed “Happy Days” as she splashed in the show- er, then gave herself a drubbing with a towel, filled the air with an extravagant cloud of bath-powder, and set about dressing with a light heart. She donned a plain white linen frock, white shoes, a little blue coat with brass buttons and a blue. beret. sS “And am I hungry!” she ex- claimed, as she strapped on her wrist watch, noting with surprise that it was almost 11 o'clock. There was no one on deck, so she went below to the dining salon. Apparently she was not the only late sleeper, Sea air had played its tricks on the rest, as well. She was hardly prepared, though, for the scene that met her eyes, eee D= LOMA sat stiffly in his chair, at the foot of the table, stabbing at his grapefruit with a vicious spoon, At his left Louise sat list- lessly, looking, Mary thought, a Lit- tle greenish about the mouth as though something eaten the night before and the roll of the boat were not agreeing, quite. Bruce, his face like a thuner-cloud, sat on Louise's right, and in the master’s chair at the head of the table Mr. Jupiter applied himself steadily and not too silently to a generous plate of scrambled eggs and bacon. “Hello, everybody!” Mary called out brightly, “and a pleasant morn- ing!” Her good humor brought no Tesponse, De Loma and Bruce barely nod- ded. The did not even look up. Mary slipped into a seat at Mr. Jupiter’s left—the remaining chair was Captain Hendricks’, but the doughty captain breakfasted at no such effete hour. “A glass of orange juice, Frank, some thin brown toast and a soft- boiled egg—three minutes, just.” She beamed at the old steward. De Loma pushed back his chair with a loud scrape. “You will excuse me, please,” be said, bowing sarcastically. “I shall take a walk around the deck.” He was taking it fairly well, at that, Mary decided. after a critical glance. She was curious to know what explanation had been given him for this sudden sea-trip; surely he must have been dumbfounded to awaken and find himself shang- hi in any such high-handed fashion, Whatever it was, it was plain that he had lost hig taste for red-haired young women with promises in their eyes and no intention of keep- ing them, Well, let him go. He Would net be unobserved, wherever he went, even though the excellent Bates was in his cabin, getting a little long-deferred sleep. He was yacht his jailer. yet? Mary could not tell. @ prisoner with every man ou theiabout him Did he know it! lips, -“May I inquire why you brought that man aboard?” Bruce demanded angrily as soon as De Loma had de- parted. “And what does this sud- den sailing mean?” With Louise present, naturally it was impossible to tell him of the night's events. Mary looked doubt- fully at Mr. Jupiter, before reply- ing. “Your father hopes to do a little fishing, I think,” she answered. “If he can get the right bait.” Bruce looked from the girl to his father and back again, sensing a double.meaning in the words. “But why take De Loma of all Deople?” he asked, puzzled. eee Me JUPITER cleared his throat and made his first contribution to the conversation. He continued to look with innocent, bland eyes at the water decanter in the center of the table, as he spoke. “Possibly as a companion for the Countess here,” he said. He turned to her with elaborate courtesy. “The man is an old friend of yours, I believe you told us?” - ‘The Countess’ eyes flaghed. She did not reply. It was not possible for her to be longer deceived by the lamblike exterior he bad shown her, The “sweet child” was not so guileless as she had believed. She was beginning to have real qualms, She was a lady not without experi- ence, and she had read such sighs before. Nervousness, “cbmbined with mal de mer, unmanned her for the tinie being. She rose and rushed from the room, Bruce following hastily, hurl- ing @ savage look at his parent as he did so. 3 “Brute! To harass a helpless wo man!” the look said. Mr. Jupiter chewed industriously. His ‘eye hi ag humorously in Mary’s direc ion. “Take back everything you've ever said about newspaper report- ers,” Mary told him, “or I won't give you, what I’ve got upstairs.” “And what's that?” “The Couttess’ history—or part of ft, All down in black and white. Newspaper clippings. And George Bowen is the man you have to thank for it.” “Is that so?” Delight made it- self evident in the old man’s face. “Well, now, if we get rid of that busay, we'll have to make that boy * Uvetling prefent it will be, I think.” : Why did she flush as sho said it? George Bowen was nothing to her. It gurprised her to find that she missed the faithful lad’s adoration, ‘now that it was focussed on the at- tractive Miss Brown. Wanting only Dirk, she still would have found it it to keep Bowen at her charlot-wheels, too, What a little cat she was! It amazed her to dis- cover this about herself. Was that—could it be—how Dirk felt about Cornelia’s dogged. pur- suit? Was it merely human vanity in both of them? She began to see things in a clearer light. Remembering Dirk sent her hurrying below to see how he was. The first cloud fell on her day a8 she opened the door and saw him lying, staring with wide, pained eyes at a corner of the empty cabin. Her. heart turned over with pity for him. He looked gentler, some- how. Loneliness and helplessness bo parc Mad most stubborn of us, She went softly forward, and be- fore he could object, put her arms and kissed him on the (To Be Continued)