The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 6, 1932, Page 4

m5 90d. OTR Oe Ct ee eee eee ee “tamed. core: me ? ‘ ie Bismarck Tribune An it Nt NEWSPAPER i ‘Established 1873) . Published by The Bismarck Tribune pany, Bismarck, D., and en- d at the postoffice at Bismarck as cond class mail matter. GEORGE D. MANN Advance by carrier, per year by mail per year (in 4. Marck) ......... esescersscosss T00 4 Daily by mail per year (in state 4 outside Bismarck) ..... eehees ‘ 4 Daily by mail outside of North , Weekly by mail in state, per year $1.00 y Weekly by mail in state, three Weekly b; utside of Nort Dakota, per year Weekly by mail in year .... ie abe 1 Member of Audit y Circulation a EEE «Member of The Associated Press 3 The Associated Press is exclusively (entitled to the use for republication jof all news dispatches credited to it Yor not otherwise ere in a {newspaper and also the local news 0! epeiranecus origin published herein. #All rights of republication of all other imatter herein are also reserved. OAR pale ‘official City, State and County $7.20 a 3 F Newspaper) Ue ee Foreign Representatives 1} SMALL, SPENCER, BREWER i (incorporated) HICAGO NEW YORK BOSTON 1 Checking Up On Doctors ! eae ‘Dr. ran Kane died the other y in Pennsylvania at the age of 70 ears, he was remembered by the pub- ic largely as a man who gained at- ‘tention some 10 years ago by removing own appendix and by performing nother operation upon himself a whort time ago. 1 But by the medical profession he ‘was remembered as a “reformer” who jong had sought, perhaps by unorth- odox means, to improve the standards ‘of service performed by the physicians of the country. Dr. Kane, like most other prac- titioners, contended that the profes- gion suffers from a certain amount ppt ineptitude, incapacity or whatever yyou may want to call it. In other words, he contended that some mem- ders of the profession were not really “on their jobs” and that something wught to be done about it. Most doc- dors will agree that he is basically ‘ight, for the medical profession is ‘troubled in this respect in the same manner that all other lines of en- gleavor are. The mere fact that a man has passed certain tests and has tpeen granted a license does not insure competency to handle the cases which may be presented to him. + To meet this situation, Dr. Kane ‘advocated laws which would require) {physicians to make public records of | their diagnoses in all serious cases. If f patient died, an autopsy would be/ held and the work of the physician} whecked to determine if the doctor} id the right thing. The result, Dr.) Kane contended, would be to drive the! incompetent men out of the profes-/ sion. | ‘The treatment prescribed was some-, what radical but it would be neces-| sary if the doctors, themselves, did| not voluntarily follow the same prac- tice. Few persons are more interested; in testing the accuracy of their diag-| noses than the men who make them. fvery true physician understands full well that the amount of knowledge available now is pathetically small when comp red with what may be known 100 years hence, and so they are constantly trying to improve their methods and standards of work. Doctors are continually checking up on themselves. Many an autopsy is performed in Bismarck of which no mention is made, the objective inj each case being to add to the doc- tor's store of knowledge so that, if he encounters a similar case in the fu- ture, he will be better prepared to deal with it. In each case the au- topsies are performed by more than one man and if anything unusual is discovered the facts are made known to the entire profession either by local reports or by publication in pro- fessional journals. { But practices are not as enlight-/ ened everywhere as in Bismarck, where the large number of prac- titioners makes possible an active medical society and the establishment, of a strong professional tone. In many cities, and particularly in the; small towns, some doctors are content| to practice today with the knowledge | which they obtained 20 years ago, in- creased only by their own experience over that period. It was at these, partly, and at those who were poor doctors because of natural incapacity especially, that Dr. Kane directed his attack. There are plenty of others still active in the profession who will con- tinue this fight, even though they will hardly espouse the means which ‘Dr. Kane recommended. Baloney at Bridge ” is a word made famous oy Al Smith, erstwhile candidate for “the presidency, but one of its greatest right now is Ely Culbertson, called bridge expert. As a pub- city grabber and baloney expert b who sells bridge lessons, few equals and no superiors. His greatest exploit, perhaps, was 9 stage the bettie of the century in which-he and Sidney Lenz, another but one who doesn’t sell les- were the principal opponents. It d nothing and accomplished except to make Culbertson 5 President and Publisher. ~ Subseription Rates Payable in | 00| With so much said about it before- “olympic” in which it was advertised that some 50,000 persons would play 16 hands of bridge. The first bit of baloney in this enterprise was the announcement that the hands, which were supposed to have been given only to trusted captains and to have been kept secret until play started, had become public. One man report- ed he had received three documents utlining the whole business a day or two before the “olympic” was to start. The upshot was a great to do by the newspapers and more publicity for Culbertson. jhand, it was necessary for the news- papers to tell how the thing came out and to tell about Culbertson’s par for the layout. That meant more publicity. Altogether it was as neat a package of baloney as has been handed to the American press since Culbertson first worked his ingenu- ity in the battle of the century. matter in its news columns and this may be accepted as its explanation. If the public is interested in Culber son it need only to say so and this newspaper will give him due atten- tion. But until then jt shall accept the verdict which seemed to be gen- eral after the “battle of the century.” The judgment then seemed to be that much ado had been created about nothing and that neither Culbertson, his partners or their opponents had any real license to hold themselves out as experts. ‘The judgment may be sound enough with regard to bridge but in one thing Culbertson is undeniably a master. That is the art of getting his name on the front pages and of cashing in this publicity. at so much per lesson. New Use for Undersea Boats In the World war the submarine was known chiefly as a commerce} destroyer. An article recently writ- ten by an American naval officer, however, discussing the U. S. fleet's maneuvers in the Pacific during the past few weeks, points out that the submarine has another function in which it is actually far more useful and much less barbarous—the func- tion’ of acting as eyes for the fleet. During these maneuvers, the “de- fending” fleet, seeking information about its rival's movements, stationed several submarines off the Hawaiian islands for observation purposes. ‘The submarines -filled the bill admir- ably. They were able to lurk unseen, as no surface ship could hope to, and with their radios they kept the main force fully informed. As the naval officer remarked, “No type of ship except the submarine could pos- sibly have performed this work.” It is good to realize that the sub- marine can do valuable work with- out having to engage in a form of| warfare which means terror andj death to non-combatants. A Chicago woman has listed her dog in the telephone directory. One more to bark at Central. Editorial Comment. |! Editorials pri trend of th below show the | by other editors, They are published without regard to whether they agreo or disagree with The Tribune's policies. «New York World-Telegram) After the Democratic stampede on the sales tax in the House last week } “political observers” felt pretty gloomy about the Democratic varty.| Many felt it had “kicked away” as} Clinton Gilbert, of the Evening Post, The Tribune has not mentioned the; jdone with a couple hundred back in LETS GET TOGETHER, PAL, AND STOP THIS THING! And Then Ca me the Storm! With a High Hat New York, April 6.—For years I have been hearing about “the New| York manner.” Hi Ads in the smart magazines andj newspapers referred to “dressing in the New York manner”; dining in| “the New York manner” or to hats,} ties, shoes, apartments and what-not | “in the New York manner.” All this has been very vague to| @ fellow who bought the first hat anyone handed him and cowered un- der the convincing sales line of any smart clerk. According to accepted style standards, Jimmy Walker is sup- posed to have all the better clothes prescriptions. Yet, it has seemed to} me that his duds were a little too the-! atrical for my tastes. | What It Takes At any rate, we have at hand at} least something approximating a def- inition of “the New York manner.” I begin to get an inkling of just what this expression conveys, thanks to an. estate matter that bobbed up in the Manhattan courts just the other day. It seems that the father of one Mar- cus Daly, an 11-year-old lad, had wished the boy to be “brought up in the New York manner.” Daly, Sr., died and trustees came around for permission to draw against the eState for the lad’s upbringing “in the New York manner. And here, for your information, were a few of the items . Rent of a Park avenue apartment, $1000 a month; traveling with governess, $3,500; dentist bills, $1,000; Christm: tips, $750; school supplies and Christ- mas presents, $1,500; dancing school, riding lessons, etc., $500; pocket mon- ey, $250 (umm, what I could have put it, “the excellent chances the | party had a few days ago of winning | the Presidential election this year.” | “The mob in the House,” the Dem- } ocrats were called—‘a mob led not by a Democrat but by a Republican’—} “another illustration. of the incapac- | ity of the Democrats to govern.” | Even the Democratic New York! Times viewed the instance with dolor. “It is an ominous thing,” said the; Times, “when an organized party | shows a tendency to fly apart into factions.” | In the least gloomy sense the Times | viewed the revolt as an explosion of | cooped up gas in the bosoms of “the } wilder spirits,” who, having had their outburst, might now “submit with docility.” On Tuesday of this week they did rally behind Speaker Garner follow- | ing his dramatic speech from the floor. But this does not mean they “sub- mitted.” It was the leaders who submitted. The “wilder spirits” had| won their point. | If they should “submit” in the} larger sense and run to cover under) the scourging cry of “socialist,” as| other “observers” say they might do,| they would betray again the mandate given them a year and a half ago at the polls. We do not believe they will do that. Last week's explosion in the House was no mere explosion of pent-up gas in the bosoms of wild spirits. It was a hilarious emancipation, a joy- ful return to honor and self-respect. The leaders were the unfaithful ones, and not the rebels, for the leaders, also, had received man- dates from depression-ridden Ameri- cans at the polls. That mandate was not to join hands with the Republi- cans in trying to put through a re- actionary and dangerous tax program. Betraying that mandate, they were drubbed and properly so. ‘The Democratic rebellion of last week was of a piece with the rebel- lion, long in process, among the so- called Republican liberal, or “radi- cal,” block—Norris, Borah, La Follette and company. It was prophetic. ‘The signs are that the labels “Dem- ocrat” and “Republican” have quit meaning all that they used to mean. False party loyalists and devotions to deceitful concepts of strict party gov- ernment are losing some of their old power to imprison the intelligence and spirit of men. The Sales Tax Rebellion was against labels, against sectionalism, against Political tradition and prejudice, against dominating wealth, against The grocer actually gained $14.40 on the potato transaction. He neither gained nor lost on the 20 bushels of potatoes he used at home. Ten per cent of the 180 bushels he had let spoil. This left 144 bushels to sell at $1.10 per bushel, which |Port Huron) . . . toys, $500; enter- tainment, $1,000; tutor, $500... . So it goes. “New York manner” one must first have lots of “what it takes.” But I wonder if Marcus, reared in the “New York manner” has had any more fun than we kids who prowled about the river front, hunted arrow-heads and Played one-o'-cat on the sand lots. * * * Prescriptions and Plays You can’t tell where playwrights will turn up these days, when. Wall Street rocks listlessly in the business doldrums and Congressman Sirovich turns out to be a manuscript heaver. The most recent revelation concerns Julian Thompson, whose comedy, “The Warrior's Husband” is one of Broadway's newer opuses. ‘Thompson has been a big business man for many years. He is treasurer of a big drug store chain and an ex- ecutive of a Wall Street firm. ** * Those Movie Folk It’s at the Saturday night Mayfair dances that you can check on all the wandering movie folk hereabouts. you can hear whatever type of buzzing suits the ears. At the moment Lupe Velez, Dor- othy Hall, Roszika Dolly and Peggy Fegrs are four centers of attraction. Some will tell you that Lupe took a job with the Ziegfeld show so that she would be certain of being in New returns. More likely she wants to make a large Broadway “rep” se that the Hollywood boys will know her when they see her again. ‘Anyhow, Gary will be back any day now. Roszika, having just married Irving FLAPPER, FANNY SAYS: netted him $158.40. The cost of all of his 200 bushels of potatocs was $160, but he ate $16 worth. Thus his real cost was $144, or $14.40 less than he took in, Boys with smooth lines sometimes get rough. “INTHE PHILIPPINES -- UNLESS AUTOMOBILE GODIES ARE MADE OF STEEL, “TROPICAL WOOD, OR TREATED Woo0, FUNGOUS GROWIKS WILL CAUSE THEM TO FALL Te PIECES IN SHORT “respectability.” It was a rebellion against government by bosses in favor last was to stage a bridge jof government by the people, THIS CURIOUS WORLD CEMONSTRATION IS BELIEVED T BEA we SIGNAL TO THE CHER Ye WORKERS. And it’s there, or at the Pierette, that! York when the roving Gary Cooper | (Netcher, might be expected to be in |the show window. And “soch jools!” Obviously, to have the|So is Carmen Pantages, here from the | Hollywoods on her honeymoon. Claudette Colbert is packing up for the West, now that the Eastern Par- amount studio has finally folded up. | From the Coast comes word that Zeppo Marx, the “unimportant” mem- ber of the Marz brothers, has written a song that may at last put him into the picture .. . And up from Florida comes the report that Howard Hughes, Hollywood's “millionaire kid” may say farewell to cinema production if things fail to pick up soon. <2 St TODAY WORLD WAR | ANNIVERSARY C0) GERMAN ATTACK FAILS On April 6, 1918, French and British official bulletins announced the fail- ure of the German effort to renew jtheir drive on the Somme river in Picardy. The attack, after two days of fur- rest of us have failed. Phesy safely about the 1952 presiden- THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 1932. ious fighting, was almost completely broken down, they reported, and Ger- man minor gains had been paid for with tremedous losses. Paris breathed easier than it had since the Germans began their “great | offensive” on March 21. The Ministre de Smet de Naeyer, a Belgian relief ship, was sunk in the North Sea by a German submarine. vee” members of her crew lost their ves, The Soviet government protested the landing of British and Japanese marines at Vladivostok, but allied Decay of Teeth Still. Puzzle To Doctors By DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor, Journal of the American Medical Association So much work has been done in recent years on the causes of dental decay that physicians and dentists are beginning to have a real insight | { representatives said the matter was ajinto the subject. local incident and that the troops would soon be withdrawn. troops in Finland were re- Ported near Helsingfors and the Rus- sian fleet there was preparing to es- cape. I have been through six or seven depressions and can generally predict their course. We are on the upgrade. Have confidence and work—good times are heading this way.—Captain Robert Dollar, shipping rhagnate. * # # I always feel like Exhibit X— Robert Montgomery, movie star. eee If the bootleggers and panderers and fixers were abolished they would be missed because they perform a so- cial function for which there is a public demand by the respectable members of our communities.—Rabbi Barnett R. Brickner of Cleveland. ee Because of their increasing effi- ciency, fewer farmers may be needed to feed the nation. Nevertheless, the basic industry of agriculture ‘will Prosper equally with railroads, com- merce and manufactured products. —Herbert D. Allman, president, Na- tional Farm School. . ** * It is my belief that the motion pic- ture industry stands on the threshold of a financial rejuvenation and that the next few months will bring a def- inite improvement to the industry.— Samuel Goldwyn, movie magnate. oe | Barbs | & —$$ Apparently, Congress is going to save the railroads if it takes the tax-| payers’ last dollar. ee Dental decay is no respecter of per- sons; it affects the rich and the poor, the young and the old. It may be found in those who are other- wise healthy and those who are suf- ferers from chronic disease. Between 80 and 95 per cent of children’ be- tween 10 and 20 years of age have dental caries. In a survey of the subject, Dr. Martha Koehne has reviewed the most prominent opinions of leading investigators. There is, of course, first of all the idea that good or bad teeth are inherited. However, mar- riages are not made from health points of view and though heredity may play some part, it is not pos- ‘sible to determine _ part exactly. oe A Clean Tooth Does Decay For a while the slogan—“A clean tooth never decays”—was believed to express the truth, but serious stu- dents of dental disease have long since discarded this conception. Peo- ple who keep their mouths scrupul- ously clean may have cavities, while others with visibly dirty mouths have none. A survey of the subject made by a ‘oup of Wisconsin investigators in-| dicated that mouth washes are not dependable protection against dental: decay. For a while it was thought that the chewing of hard food was a valu- able measure, but today it is beligved that such chewing is helpful only to the gum tissue and has little, if any- thing to do with the permanence of the teeth. ;__There are many theories that con-| cern the general chemistry of the} body so far as acid or alkaline diets {may be involved. Some of these theories place most of the emphasis on vitamins A, C and D, and other theories put most of the emphasis on. the calcium and phosphorus in the jdiet in association with the vitamins. * * Vitamins Puzzling It is difficult to correlate the body, i | cay with the fact that certain teeth,| Ambition Realized cn Associated Press Photo When Pauline Frederick took a chorus girl job In Boston In 1902 her burning ambition was to direct plays instead of act them. Now she is celebrating her thirtieth year on the stage by directing a Broadway production, tious theory which would place the responsibility on certain germs in the mouth. Unfortunately no one has been able to isolate a germ that will produce dental decay in animals, and this theory is considered as yet un- founded. Finally, much blame has attached to the eating of sweets, yet there are vast numbers of people who eat large amounts of sweets without developing dental decay. The chief practical point in all dis- cussions is the fact that good dental chemistry as the basis of dental de-jcare given early to spots of decay prevents their spread and prevents Trust Jimmy Walker to be differ-|for instance the molars, decay more/the growth of the individual cavity. ent. He has gone to Hot Springs to rest. Most mayors rest in their of- fices. x eK A fashion authority decrees the re- turn of the walking stick. Let's all wait and see if walking comes back, too. * * A man in Washington who refuses! ee * jrapidly and more frequently than the} incisors. If the matter is one of, blood supply and nutrition primarily, | |why are not all of the tecth equally | susceptible? There are parts of the world where! iTickets, due to a deficiency of vita- {min D, does not occur, and yet many} \people in these areas suffer with the) condition called caries or gener to eat, hoping to attract the attention | dental decay. of Congress, is certainly an optimist. Of course, he may succeed, but the MARSHAL FOUND DEAD Valley City, N. D., April 6—(?)—Ed Weaver, 48, town marshal at Wim- bledon for a number of years and a resident for 25 years, was found dead in his home Tuesday morning. Au- thorities believed he had shot him- A 38-calibre revolver was at his He had been in ill health. al |sclf, jSide. There is also, of course, the infec-;Funeral arrangements have not been made. About the only thing one can pro- will be one of the issues. tial campaign is that Muscle Shoals} Things learned between the ages of 10 and 18 are best remembered, ac- (Copyright, 1933, NEA Service, Inc.) /cording to an English educator. N HERE TODAY * ROSSITER, _beantital loves LARRY HAR- ROWGATE, young artist. When he becomes ‘engaged to another girl Ellen agrees to marry BARCLAY, 57 years old wealthy. Her’ impoverished family is indebted to Barclay, who has been married before. Scan led bis Mexican divorce LEDA AYSON, . dancer, ‘To avoid talk Elien and Barclay are secretly married. They drive to his Long I Symes tells Ellen her mari 1m not legal because papers ing Bi atole: Bare! dal. Iny'a divorce have bi len ylelds all claim ‘a lune to avold She believes she must keep her marriage secret to protect Barclay’s honor and her own. She learns that Larry Harrow- gate in Barclay’s nephew. Heart- broken. she returns home, Larry seeks her out, tells her that his engagement is broken and aske her to marry him. Ellen lacks courage to tell him of her mi ringe to his uncle. She goes wi Larry to meet hin mother. Marrowgate apartment Fergus, the butler. He follows her home and demands money. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER XLVII Cr was all like a horrible dream to Ellen. That she should be discussing Larry and their engage- ment with this man whom she de- spised! Why didn’t Fergus leave? Why didn’t he go to Larry and get the whole thing over? “Are you going to give me the Jack?” Fergus demanded, “Not” Someone knocked at the outer door. Fergus sprang to his feet, his face deathly white. : “It's my brother-in-law,” Ellen told him, She was amazed at his panic, She opened the door and stopped in surprise. The visitor was Symes but a Symes whom Ellen had never seen -before. The man seemed transformed by rage. He strode Past Ellen into the living room and faced Fergus, “Get your things togethet!” he said sternly. “You've pulled your Jast trick. I have men below. You're going to jail.” Fergus gave a squeak of dismay and terror. He raced to the win- dow, looked down and perceived two figures, muffled in great coats, at the apartment entrance. The rest happened with the swift and shifting horror of scenes in night- mare, Ellen had scarcely turned when Fergus shot beneath Symes’ detain- ing arm and straight toward the open door into the hall, Instine tively che stretched her arms to bar him. He clawed upward toward his -vest. The gesture stopped the blood in her heart. Frozen, rigid, she looked straight into the muzzle of his gun. “Get out of my way,” Fergus j @creamed, “Duck, Ellen, duck! He's gone orazy.” It was Symes’ voice but the girl : : | in a flurry of agony. did not move. She could not move. This for an endless second. The wide eyes of the running man were like the eyes of the blind. He had almost reached the door when he tripped and lost his bal- ance. His body pitched forward and instantly Symes was at his back, had pinned his arms to his sides, Fergus’ hands beat the air The gun clat- whimpered, home, deserted except for FER- | tered to the floor. Symes kicked GUS, the butler, Thi < cram heart attack, PEovis | it across the carpet and into the | SYMES, Barclay’s lawyer, arrives | kitthen. H ee a es, Barclay “All right, I surrender,” Fergus } por a moment his face seemed al- most peaceful in its profound despair. Suddenly he ducked his head and sank his teeth into the lawyer's wrist. Symes howled, re- laxed his hold and reached out too late to grasp empty air. Running frenziedly, with the fleetness of desperation, Fergus dived into the kitchen and banged the door, “Where's the key?” Symes shout- ed. “We'll lock him in.” “In the door,” Ellen gasped, She heard the rasp of the key. Symes braced the flimsy wooden barrier with his body, Ellen reached his side. There was a in. “He's trying to get out to the fire escape,” the girl sobbed hysteri- cally. “That was my window box that fell. The window's been stuck for weeks.” “He'll break through the glas: “It’s barred! Oh, what’s come over him? Has he gone crazy?” she sobbed. At that instant they both heard & rush of footsteps within, felt the shock of a body slamming against the wooden door. The hinges groaned. “Run downstairs,” Symes or- dered Ellen. “There are men wait- ing in front of the house, men from my office. Bring ‘em up!” “You can't get away!” he shouted through the door to Fergus. The words were lost in the sound of a single shot. The color drained from Ellen’s face and she and Symes faced each other for a word: less instant, “Ho did it,” Symes said slowly. “He did get away.” * They opened the door, The but- ler’s body lay on the scarred lino- leum, his head resting in brown dirt from the window box among broken red and pink geraniums. In a few moments police filled the small apartment, Ellen sat, pale and shaken, in her own bed- room while Symes held off the ques- tioners, Molly and Myra and Bert arrived from the movies. They did what they could for Ellen. There ‘was not much that could be done. Fergus’ body was taken away. It was after ong o'clock when Symes, heavy-eyed and weary, saw Ellen, Molly and Myra left them alone to- gether, - Ellen looked at Symes and he looked at her, The lawyer cleared his throat. “The police have satisfied them- crash of glass and metal from with. | ™ selves about Fergus’ suicide,” he told her. “I can’t forget his face!” Ellen whispered. “I can’t forget the way he looked when he saw the men down in the street.” eee YMES nodded. my bluff would have such tragic consequences, When I got your message late this afternoon I de- termined to give Fergus a good scare. I picked up a couple of men from the office to be on hand in case he turned nasty. Intended to threaten him with jail if he Wouldn't agree to leave town and let you alone, But I didn’t dream he had a reason, a terrible reason, for fearing jail, “The police believe he has been wanted in Pennsylvania for tive years on a charge of murder,” Symes went on. “It's a matter of checking the fingerprints before they'll be sure but his suicide when ho thought he'd been trapped bears out the story. Yesterday the police here had a tip to pick Fergus up on suspicion of homicide. They were going to Mrs, Harrowgate's Place last night—did go in fact— but he had disappeared. Somebody mat have got the information to 'm.” “He knew—he knew!” Ellen whispered. “He knew when he came through the door that he was @ hunted man.” “He was a wicked man as well,” Symes said sternly. “Not worthy of your sympathy.” “I know.” 6 Tears were in Ellen’s eyes. The man spoke quickly, “The police will be here to. talk to you tomorrow,” he said in a mat- ter-of-fact tone, “They'll want veri- fication of what I told them.” “What did you say?” “I told them you'd seen Fergus only twice in your life,” Symes stated firmly. “Once as the guest of Mr. Barclay, his former em- Dloyer, and yesterday as the guest of Mrs. Harrowgate. I told them that Fergus sought you out as the last desperate impulse of a desper- ate man, hoping you'd lend him enough money to get away.” “Then they needn’t know why he thought I’d let him have the money?” Ellen faltered, “They needn't know anything,” Symes assured her in relief, “Fer- gus is dead and the case is closed. Tl admit I had to pull a few strings to make my own appearance on the scene plausible—but I pulled them and the thing is ended. You have nothing to be afraid of, Ellen nothing.” “Nothing except my own con- science,” the girl reminded him, Then she added in a slow, halting Voice, “Will you mail this note as you go out, please? It's to Larry,” eee (THREE days passed, three wretched days for Ellen. Fer- us was buried, and his suicide was written down as another victory for the law. Police and reporters icame no more to Pine street, On “I didn't dream; the third morning Molly and Myra and Ellen were gathered in the kitchen where Fergus had spent the last desperate moments of his life. It was a different room today, {warm, cheerful and pulsing with | life and domestic activity, Ellen sat at the scarred porcelain | table, gazing through checked ging- ham curtains at the white world outside: Myra, busily shelling peas, was sitting on a low. stool beside her. The elder sister's head rested against the younger girl’s knee, Molly was at the stove, trying her inexpert hand at a new dish of to- matoes, eggs and rice, It was a peaceful scene with no hint of discord except the cloud on Molly Rossiter's brow and the moody listlessness of Ellen’s pose. “I've never heard of anything so silly in my life,” Molly declared spiritedly. “Why you should put Larry off now and be upset and wretched when that miserable man’s death seems to have settled everything is beyond me, Simply beyond me!” Ellen did not reply, “Exactly what did you say in that note to Larry?” Molly demand. ed, turning her flushed face to Ellen. “T've told you a thousand times,” the girl answered lifelessly. “I told him that for a month I'd rather not see him, that there was something I wanted first to decide in my own mind. You know what I want to decide. The fact that Fergus is dead has nothing to do with it.” “As I was saying,” Molly re sumed, energetically stirring the | mixture on the stove, “I can’t see that there's anything to decide, The whole thing’s ended. Symes told you 80 and we've all told you 80. By writing that letter you've prob- ably succeeded in making Larry Hinh sore Dlain crazy.” “Oh let Ellen alone, . Myra intervened, aah She set her bowl upo: reached out for Ellen's hava ao cradled it beneath her own chin. le younger girl's f; with centers. gi ‘ace shadowed “Poor Fergus,” she whis; “I don't feel sorry tor “nim fly sold “abaroly. “A murderer, lackmailer 5 Se ae and heaven knows “I didn’t mean that I feel sorry for Fergus himself,” ‘Elles said. “It’s just the idea of there pales Prope in the world like Fer- i—people who have t die so meanly.” ean “T can't be so impersonal!” Myr; jt ‘a declared, “It's you I'm me about, honey. Mother and I want you to be happy, You're earned the right to your share of happ!- pee and ever since this thing hap- ned you've been like on: dead yourself.” wel fe ‘It's no use—” Ellen began thick. Tears filled her eyes, suddenly and walked Toom, glances She arose from the Myra and Molly exchanged but they did not follow, (To Be Concluded) ae ee ee