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

| THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE EDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1932 An Independent Newspaper ' THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) Published by The Bismarck Tribune Company, Bismarck, N. D., and en- tered at the postoffice at Bismarck as ‘Second class mail matter. GEORGE D. 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(Official City, State and County — Newspaper) { Foreign Representatives | SMALL, SPENCER, BREWER (incorporated) CHICAGO NEW YORK BOSTON Let Us Reason Together | Disillusionment and chagrin lowing an election often cause the jutterance of statements which the facts do not bear out. Bitterness) | there is bound to be but that in time| {should heal to a great degree for the ‘problems of this state must be worked | {out and solved in a spirit of fair play} and good fellowship. Two such statements come to mind ‘at this writing. One was issued by the present state administration and ‘refers to last week's stampede as a victory of radicalism, It issues a call to continue the old destructive po- litical warfare if our homes are to be protected from the “reds.” The other statement was made recently in an editorial appearing in the Grand Forks Herald. That editorial con- cluded by characterizing the primary results a misfortune from which North Dakota would recover as it had recovered from other misfortunes. These views of the state primary are not the logical ones to take. They come either from bitter partisan bias| or inabiiity to analyze election re- turns. Such conclusions are bag and baggage of the bitter contention per- sisted in for years to no good ends! in so far as the state and her people are concerned. Such statements and such edito-| Tials compi the kind of advertis-! ing which has adversely affected the| farmers and business men alike. It} is part of the rule-or-ruin policy of | those interests which, if they cannot control North Dakota politics by fair} means, will do everything in their) power to hold this state up as radical and communistic and as a place where property or investments are not safe. Voters voiced their disap-} proval of such tactics in the recent) deluge and undoubtedly those who seek to revive the same kind of issues in the fall will be substantially spanked again. Democrats, if they can read politi- cal signs at all, will not hesitate to announce to the electorate of the state that they do not intend to serve the same old funeral baked meats to North Dakotans in November. Holding up North Dakota to the out-| side world as communistic and red, as the I. V. A.’s have to gain the sinews of political warfare, is not go- jing to be any more popular in No- Ivember than it was in June. Let us reason together on these | jreturns, The Republican nominees} | won on no radical program. They do |mot propose branch banking in the |Sense of engaging in competitive com- |mercial banking. The I. V. A. lied maliciously when they sought to; arouse the banking fraternity on this| Jissue. What banking extensions will | be made is a matter which the bank- jers need not fear unless they go off} jon a tangent and permit some of | \their friends to wave the red flag} land ery bolshevism. There is some demand for deposi- \taries at points without banking fa- \cilities where business is embarrassed | for lack of simple banking accommo- dations. As far as The Tribune is informed no Republican nominee or! Jegislative candidate 1s seriously] thinking of plunging this state into banking. This would be folly indeed and an act that would bring down the severest criticism from some of the chief backers of the ticket suc- cessful in the June primaries. Noth- ing would resurrect the red ghost quicker than an attempt to plunge the state into commercial banking by using public moneys which at all times must remain available for the orderly conduct of public business. Now as to an extension of the so- called policy of state-owned indus- tries. I. V. A. candidates declared the election of the opposition ticket ‘would plunge the state into new ven- tures of a socialistic nature. That cannot be in the cards elther. The voters have served notice on thelr candidates that tax reduction is the Tirst requisite of their favor. They ‘voted to reduce taxes and have tied the hands of any administration elected by the 50 per cent valuation aneasure, If that is radical and so- The Bismarck Tribune When the people of North the tax burden, for that is what i tile gesture. If this expedient is adopted, substitutes for definite action. come down. thought of public officialdom thr Problem but it is one which must really are essential. If there is and furbelow added since then LOUD AND CLEAR (An Editorial) Dakota spoke loudly and clearly in favor of tax reduction at the primary election last Wednesday, they { imposed a serious obligation upon those bodies which levy taxes in the various districts of the state, numbering approximately 4,000. They said, in effect, that they want a one-third reduction in the change in the assessment basis will mean unless taxing bodies act to circumy..t it. There are ways for those in charge of spending tax moneys to | evade the issue, of course. They may increase the valuation before scaling it down and thereby make the expression of the people a fu- however, the political blood of those H whe adopt it will be upon their own heads. It is clear that the peo- 00 | ple will not stand for subterfuge and will not accept soft words as They insist that the tax burden How to do this without impairing the necessary functions of government is a question calling for the intelligence and honest ‘oughout the state. It is not an easy t be solved if taxing officials are to | do their duty and if the orders of the people are to be obeyed. 00 | One answer would be to examine into the present functions of the townships, cities, school districts and counties to see which doubt, it should be fairly easy to H turn back the pages of history and the tax books and ascertain what were necessary 20 years ago—and how much they cost. Every frill should be examined carefully—and ! some which may have been in effect before that time. It will be noted that the question is not whether a thing is desir- fol- | able but whether it is necessary. The two words are not at all synonymous. Every individual is having to make this distinction in his own personal affairs. There is no reason why the divisions of government should not do the same thing. If additional evidence is needed that public expense must be re- duced, one need only examine the tax collections for Burleigh county as publishd in Tuesday's issue of The Tribune. They show that delinquencies are increasing as the ability to pay has been re- duced. In Burleigh county collections were off 29 per cent during the last fiscal year. Many who were able to pay did so only after a tremendous struggle and by incurring debt elsewhere. Money borrowed to pay taxes must be for other purposes. The problem presented is not not words of apology. In fact, will be accepted. Both the taxpayers and publ: and arrive at a workable solution their friends. In effect they will reason. the I. V. A. charge of radicalism as voiced by the administration and some daily newspapers of the state. Generally speaking, the newspapers outside the state as well as within the state have not heralded the results of the June primary as a radical vic- tory at all. Those who live in the state, own property here and want their com- monwealth to grow and prosper are tired of the dissension which has too long been fed by self-seeking politi- cians for their own ends. They wel- come a return of an era of good will and cooperation and are willing to join hands with any administration that will seek to bring harmony out of political chaos, Everyone is looking for a new deal. The voters have placed heavy respon- sibilities upon those who won nomi- nations. They expect relief from the burdens of government and will tol- tie schemes of Utopianism. It is time to discard the political troublemakers and evolve a construc- tive program which will ease the cost of government and initiate policies which will defend property not against the imaginary reds but against the actual political plunder- Mr. Roosevelt’s Speech It was obvious to all who read it that Franklin D. Roosevelt's speech of acceptance of the Democratic pres- idential nomination was a carefully prepared document. It was no make- shift “thank you” but a declaration of personal attitude and an espousal of principles intended to sound the | keynote of his campaign. As such it is worth some study. In a general way it carries the stamp of frankness and honesty. It condemns hypocrisy and sham and announces that, come what may, he intends to deal frankly with the American people. He speaks of eco- nomics in the terms of the man in the street, apparently intentionally so in order to draw sharp contrast with the economic counsels which the nation has known in recent years. In spots he was a little obscure, but there is no evidence that he was in- tentionally so. He delved into some subjects with which parts of the na- tion are unfamiliar. Reforestation, for instance, is not a pressing prob- lem out here, although it is a prob- lem calling for recognition in the east. When he spoke of the dangers of soil erosion, he gave proof that he has looked at the nation’s agricul- tural problem a little more deeply than a man who thinks of agricul- ture only in terms of votes. When he discussed prohibition, he did so with a forthrightness which will make friends of the wets and enemies of the drys. When he spoke of the “admirable platform” and an- nounced that he is back of it 100 per cent, he gave every evidence of mean- ing what he said. And appearing often in the speech, sometimes phrased and sometimes only implied, we find the “forgotten man” against whom Al Smith in- veighed. It promises to become the watchword of the Democratic cam- cialistie then the I. V. A. die-hards can make the most of it. The moratorium act was beaten de- eisively. This is‘ another answer to Paign, despite the furore which it originally provoked, and Roosevelt appears content to have it so. For the benefit of the convention erate no wild expenditures or fantas- | ers of whom too little has been said. | repaid just like money borrowed It is probable that the same situation cxists elsewhere in the State. We are all in the same boat in that respect and, if our local governments seem to have been burdened by excessive optimism we are entitled to whatever comfort we can get from the knowledge that the tendency has been universal. That comfort is gold enough. ‘one to be solved by arbitrary rules or the application of high-sounding platitudes. It calls for action, it is quite clear that no apologies lic officials profit by the fact that the tax problem js essentially a local one. ‘They can counsel together if they will. Failing to achieve the ends sought, tax officials will find them- selves under severe criticism from many whd have hitherto been be the modern counterpart of the hard-hearted note-shaver who foreclosed on the old homestead, As a matter of fact, it appears now that more homesteads have been lost in recent years because of high taxes than any other single es he took the trouble to define it, mak- ing it include the farmer, the labor- er, the small banker and the busi- nessman and leaving out only the great industrialists, the big bankers and the international financiers. If; he gets the votes of the former he! can do without those of the latter. The phrase “forgotten man,” it was made plain, was based on the belief that the present administration has forgotten or at least overlooked, the interests of the common citizens and has adopted the theory that the way to restore prosperity is to let it trickle down from the top. Roosevelt made it plain that he favors no such theory. His idea is to recognize the interdependence of one class upon another and to aid all in equal measure and at the same time. His tax reduction declaration meets | With the approval of an overburden- ed populace. The public is likely to jgive it more credence than will be |accorded the Republican professions of economy for he has no three-bil- |lion-dollar deficit staring him in the | face as has Mr. Hoover. To the peo- |ple of the nation, at least, he has |nothing to live down and no broken | promises to haunt him. Here and there throughout the , Speech phrases cropped up which in- dicate that Roosevelt can expect no ; Support and probably open enmity from the great financial interests of the country. His reference to Wall | Street manipulations must have irk- ;ed Mr. Raskob, Smith’s friend, who made millions in this manner. It will |draw no cheers from those respon- | sible for the stock market boom, All in all, the speech was ong | which anyone may understand and jone which the people generally might easily approve. It made di- ;Tect overtures to those who have jbeen Republicans in the past, and was careful not to condemn the Re- ‘publican party, only Republican lea- dership. It was a speech intended to make | Votes, and bits of it will be repeated {many times between now and next November. Other parts of it will be amplified and enlarged upon. Whether it accomplishes its aim will be known definitely after the votes are counted. 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 policies, Roosevelt (New York World-Telegram) This newspaper's opinion of Frank- lin D. Roosevelt as a public official has been frequently stated. He is now the Democratic nominee. Our opinion stands. Yet we hope with the utmost sincerity that the future con- duct of Mr. Roosevelt himself, as gov- ernor and as presidential candidate, will give us cause to revise that opin- jon. That depends on Mr. Roosevelt. His greatest asset, as the presiden- jal campaign begins, is the platform his party has given him. It has lifted the nation with a new hope. Unlike the. evasive Republican platform, it ee gOCmRRS IERInE; clear and forth- it. | Why Go to Europe to See Picturesque Ruins? ink. IT’S YOUR LIVER OR YOUR MIND Trying to teach an old dog new tricks is child’s play compared with trying to break him of his old tricks. nature. People who have believed for a lifetime that when one feels out of sorts or generally rotten it’s his liver or bowels that are torpid are not likely to get it at all when I shout and tear my hair and dance about in a fury trying to tell them that is a ridiculous notion. They just think I’m 4 queer nut. Especially when their good doctors give them a Canine nature is not unlike human| liver regulator or an intestinal dis- infectant or a bowel wash or a cor-| rective diet and pretty soon they're | feeling all right again. 7 Nevertheless and all the world and his wife to the contrary notwith- standing, I tell you, you poor ninni that the idea is absurd. It isn’t y liver or your bowel that is tor; it’s your mind. Must be your mind or else you'd snap out of it some tim and apprehend clearly that you ec over such occasional depression } as surely and just as promptly any case, no matter what remedy ¥ use or whether you resort to a rem edy or not. You get over it becaus: fortunately, the process of metabo’- ism in the body is automaticall ulated, and it is in no way de; upon the function of the liver or t bowel. Laxatives, purgatives, cathartics cs NOT remove any poisonous materia from the blood or the system. TI merely hurry the evacuation of w ter, perhaps temporarily increase amount of water excreted, and the normal residue of food and foreign material wHich may been ingested. Here we come to a morbid mucus. Mucus is the normal lui cant secreted by all healthy muco membranes. Irritation or inflam: tion of any such mucous membrar induces the secretion of an increas quantity of mucis. (Noun, mucus; adjective, mucous). Bowel washes or colon irrigatio: necessarily irritate, even if only ter be used. The more frequi such unnatural “internal bath” is r sorted to the more mucus is produced, and many an unhappy hypochondric learns to regard the excess of mus as something harmful or evil in i self, and so the “internal bath” hi becomes self-perpetuating. I fear a few brass specialists within regulc medical ranks take advantage of th mental weakness of their patrons and build up a profitable business irri- gating the alimentary tract, though the greatest offenders in this line of exploitation are fad healers. | So firmly fixed is the obsession that , our commory ailments, if not ,the gravest ills, come from some vague poisoning of the body by undefined toxic substances in the alimentary} tract, that it is like bouncing a new! rubber ball on a brick wall telling} the dumb layman this morbid idea} is without foundation in fact. And, with rare exceptions every layman is | Pretty dumb about this. Why shouldn't he be? Haven't all the doctors, both regulars and quacks, | been exploiting him on this basis! from away back right up to the pres- | ent moment? Has anybody without | obvious bias tried to teach the dumb layman better hygiene or health care? By bias I mean the interest of the health teacher who has under- wear, beans or real estate to sell you. Your health is my concern but it is! not my business; in any case your; health depends on nothing I can sell you, but maybe I can teach you! something that will prove a boon to your health. ha’ QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Nostrums Have the Laugh on Government Kindly advise whether any harm- ful effects will result if a man daily consumes 8 ounces of Wine Tonic! containing 22 per cent of alcohol | medicated with herbs. These wine tonics are legally sold by drugstores, | —(Mrs. H. A. M.) | Answer — The, “herbs” or other “medicinal virtues” in such hootch are practically without effect. The alcohol has the same effect as it} These. qualities, so important— though so rare in normal times, and So desperately needed in these times —are essential not. only in platforms but in candidates, if our country is to be led forth from its season of dis- tress. It is therefore our earnest prayer would have in whiskey. Whiskey con- | tains about twice as much alcohol as that, so the equivalent would be four that Franklin D. Roosevelt may rise to the crisis into which he, as a nomi- nee of his party, now enters. PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE By William Brady, M. D. Signed letters pertaining to personal he diagnosis, or treatment, will be answered b: addressed envelope is enclosed. Lette: No reply can be made to queries Address Dr. William Brady, in ing sun baths. I am troubled with entirely over Answer—Undress and play or sit or le in the sun for not more than 10 es first day, and increase dura- of exposure 10 minutes every Do not try to read. Protect eyes ecessary with dark goggles or eye- even bandage. The zauge ll the ultraviolet you it bi Gradual tan- ne index of intelligent man- ght. John F. Dille Co.) sf TODAY THE ANNIVERSARY Sect" Gg BALKAN CAMPAIGN an and French started the Balkan’ aign, beginning a drive between the coast and the Tomorica valley. a Italian troops were jubilant a ready for further action along ur front when they learned that fel low} soldiers had finally completely eX- pelled Austrians from the western bank of the Piave river. ‘Australians ‘and Americans, dou- bling up on a front northeast of vel lers-Bretonneaux, advanced along a range of almost a mile. Americans alse successfully repulsed a raid at ens internal strife continued. General Count von Mirbach, German ambassador to Russia, was assassi- nated by two Social Revolutionists. uilh Gilbert Swan Y & IAT BECAME OF CROONERS? beter York, July 6.—Radio crooners, targets for barbs and bouquets and once dangled as bait for broadcasting attention, have been drifting from their original airports. The careers of sevtral have seemed as scrambled as the static sounds which often ac- of entertainer he is. Which, in turn, brings to mind the gag about the crooner who was being “stuck up” on his way home. He called for help, but did not have his loud speaker with him. So the cop across the street didn’t hear him. ee * ‘AKE ’EM BACK ALIVE ane tell, also, of a gent picked up from the gee Paley panther and stage 0! ing. Ps ge want: a paest?” asked a licitous nurse, “NO, just feten Yrank Wuet:,” groaned the miserable fellow. % * * i ES IN PRESIDENT! On the afternoon that they were counting the delegates’ votes for Herbert Hoover, back stage in Broad- way they were running through fan mail for William Gaxton, who plays the comedy presidential nominee in “Of Thee I Sing.” Within a few weeks, some 5,000 gals had subscribed to the “love” plank in the music show platform. Incidentally, the stage version of a president wears loud sport coats and Palm Beach trousers; soft-collared, summery shirts and sport shoes trimmed with white leather. While, out in Hollywood, one hears; they are tricking George M. Cohan up in the tricky Broadway clothes for “The Phantom President,” his first picture. ; terloo, Ia., he had gone to college and companied a program. x * * : ames Just about a year ago fans being fed on alleged war reports from the camps of the Messrs. Bing Crosby | and Columbo. Today Crosby is out in Hollywood trying to qualify as a} movie hero. And Columbo leads an/ orchestra in a Merrick Road cafe; outside New York. Crosby surprised | the film folk in a series of short sub- jects and was shipped westward. Co- jlumbo led a band at the Waldorf. Oniy Rudy Vallee appears to re-; main a hardy annual. And he went trouping with a music revue just to show that he could take a bit of slap-| stick as well as a bit of melting fanj mail. He still insists that some day} |e will run for congress or the sen-} ate or something in his old home | state of Maine. Just a vagabond pub- jlicity lover! Rudy's next enterprise | will be a song book, containing his} ‘favorite numbers. | * STICKERS REOTOIRNIRIN WHS DVDEGDNOA By switching six letters in the top line with six letters directly below them, in the second line, you wil spell out the name of a state and its flower. * | HERE'S HOW! | And Little Jack Little, out of the | picture for some time, reappears as a breakfast and commuter special. His | Program comes on in the morning,j jand it was, I believe, Guy Lombardo} ‘who sent him a note suggesting that jhe could double his income by start- jing off the day with a milk route. i ee i “Little Jack,” whose name is ac-! ‘tually John J. Leonard, may not come! {accurately under the heading of a/ ;erooner. I believe there is a newer! whispering bari-! At any rate, Jack told me a tale one night that recalled the many jests about crooners. A native of Wa- become a cheer leader. And, so went the story, he all but lost his voice; It isn’t alwoy: shou Thus becoming the type} TUM & INTE attest ttutt vt sateen A LEAP LIPS, newspaper quurrein with ber Dan, leaves home and, taki vaninge of 1 Year, asks Dan te murry her. They ‘ure married s bout ad- aging. DIXIE SHANNON, movie critic of the News, in friendly with 3. She meets handsome MAX AKSON, who also works on the News. y receives a her mother enclo $500. She retary letter from cause pride will not let her keep it. A young woman living in the tempts ke hospital. Kirl nome flow; herry in summoned ler. NOW GO ON c ITH THE sTory | sPTER XXV @ young man wearing a chauffeur’s uniform. Cherry | caught sight of him before she had reached the foot of the stairs and rushed forward. | “Martin! Is anything wrong?” The young man hesitated. “Dr. | Knowles sent me, Miss Cherry,” he | sald. “He said I should bring you | home. It’s your mother—she’s been sick all week and today—” “Mother! You mean—oh, Mar- tin, you don’t mean—you don't | "mean it's serious?” “All 4 know is you're to coms at once,” the chauffeur told her grave ly. “The doctor's been there since morning. He said—” The last words were lost as Cherry went flying up the stairway. She called over her shoulder, “Just a@ minute! I'll be right back!” It was scarcely longer than that until she was stepping into the big Dunbar limousine. Martin closed the door after her and took the wheel. They spun around a corner and the car’s speed increased. Mar- tin, the perfect chauffeur, was driv- ing more .recklessly than Cherry had ever seen him, Still it was pot fast enough, “Can't we go faster?” Cherry urged. “Can't we hurry? There was no answer, The big car was certainly traveling above the speed limit. Cherry cosvered in ‘one corner of the rear seat, Her face was pale, her eyes dark with fright and anxiety, “It can’t be!” she told. herself | over and over again. “It can’t be Mother's going to die! God wouldn't do a thing like that. Oh, why does it take so long? Why can’t we hurry? Her two hands were clenched tightly together. The words she | what I've done that she's ill. |ing such things. |hundreds of times, flashed past. must get well—save her—| ced through the girl's other—hurry—must get well— eee HE car whirled into another etreet. They were half way there now. A truck, heavily loaded, | wes coming toward them. It swerved suddenly to avoid another vebicle and Martin barely kept the | fenders of the* limousine from brushing against it. Cherry, in her corner, did not even notice what had happened. “She's worried over me!” the girl thought bitterly. “It’s because of It she dies it will be my fault—!” | No! She could not go on think- She did not dare, to! Cherry pressed both hands to} her temples. She closed her eyes, and tried to tell herself that in just | a little while now she would see her mother and know that every-| thing was going to be all right. Her mother had never been sertously | sick before. recover! They had reached Sherwood boulevard now. There was less trat- fic and the limousine was going faster. Familiar houses, buildings Cherry had passed hundreds and Of course she would | There was the little drug store, There the Marshalls’ brick house. Another minute and they had turned into the drive before Briar- top. Cherry had one hand on the door as the chauffeur halted the car, She was outside and half way to the door before Martin had climbed from his seat. The door opened and Cherry al- most plunged into the arms of woman in cap and apron. “Martha!” Cherry exclaimed. “How is she?” “Thank the good Lord you've come, Miss Cherry,” the servant a swered devoutly. “I said all along they should send for you—” “But how is she?” the girl begged. Martha brushed her eyes with her handkerchief. She shook her head. “The doctor's upstairs,” she said. “He won't let any of us in the room with her, You'll have to ask Dr. Knowles.” She put the handkerchief to her eyes again, Cherry ran swiftly up the stairs. A nurse in a white uni- form was coming out of Mrs. Dixon’s room. “I'm Cherry,” the girl said. “I’ve come to see Mother—’ The nurse shook her head nega- tively, “I'm sorry,” she said, “the doctor is with Mrs. Dixon. He's given instructions that no one {s to be admitted.” “But Dr. Knowles sent for me!” The nurse made a signal indicat- ing quiet. “Yes, I know,” she said in a hushed voice, “I'll tell him you're here. A little later perha, you can see your mother. The slightest excitement just now would AR BRID jeried brokenly. | The older woman murmured re- | assuringly. ey (©1032 BY eA SonvICE WC. these things to make me feel bet- ter? You really believe she has a chance?” Dr. Knowles put a hand on the sirl’s arm, “I told you the condi- tion is serious,” he repeated. “I've thought—well, if she rallies I hope she will after this rest I thought your being here might do a great deal. She's missed you these last weeks, Cherry.” The girl had turned away, know,” she said miserably. know!” “I’m leaving now,” Dr. Knowles announced, “but I'll be back within an hour. If there's the slightest change the nurse knows where to reach me. The best thing for you to do is to try to quiet yourself, I'll let you see your mother just as soon as it's wise.” eee HE Was gone. Sarah, who had been listening all the while, came across the room. “Maybe if you'd Me down, honey,” she said softly, “you'd feel better. You'd best do like the doctor says and try to Just be quiet.” Cherry shook her head. “I couldn’t, Sarah. But don’t bother about me. I'll be all right.” The older woman put her arms around the girl. “We've got to pray!” she said fervently. “It’s only the Lord who can help us now, We've got to pray he'll spare your mother, darling.” Cherry’s face seemed to have tak- en on @ mask-like quality. “Yes,” she said as though she had not un- derstood the words, “pray, That's it.” Her voice had become a mono- tone. “That's what we have to do pray.” She sank to the luzurious satin cushions of the chaise longue. Sarah regarded her uncertainly for @ moment and then turned and left the room. For Cherry it was the beginning of a vigil that seemed endless. She sat amid surroundings that had once been as familiar as her own features in the mirror. The room was done in rose and blue. The ivory-tinted furniture. That win. dow looking out over the garden, This carpet, soft as down beneath her feet. All of it was exactly as it had been and yet everythi different, aiaiaiais “I’m to blame,” self bitterly, Mother die: responsible!” ‘The tears would not come Cherry sat immobile as a statue Once when she heard footsteps in the hall she arose and went to the door. It was the nurse again, She Dut @ unger to her lips her head, mt ee The nurse continued her way down the hall. cee Te girl shut her eyes in agony. Her hands, twisted into fists, pounded together. “Oh, God!" the girl prayed desperately, “make her Get well! Don't let her die, dear God!” She felt a hand on her shoulder and looked up. Sarah O'Fallon was standing beside her. “There, darlin’,” Sarah whispered | gently, “don’t take it so hard!” The girl buried her face in Sarah's apron, Suddenly the tears, long pent up, streamed down her face. Cherry wept quietly, her shoulders shaking with the deep sobs. She had never faced death re. She had scarcely thought about it, Now in the face of this terrible experience she was realiz- ing how deep had been her love for her mother. Happy times in ber childhood—all the joy that had come into that big house her mother had brought. “I—can’t—bear ass 4 “] it—Sarah!” she “I—can’t bear it!” Cherry's weeping con- tinued, gradually becoming quieter, They heard a door open and close. Cherry looked up and saw Dr. Knowles coming toward them. She arose, The doctor nodded. He said, “Good afternoon, Cherry. Glad you're here. Shall we go where we can talk?” He motioned toward Cherry's own bedroom farther down the hall. The girl followed, dabbing at her eyes to dry them and clinging to Sarah. “Why won't anyone tell me how she is, doctor?” she begged. “Why won't you let me see my Mother?” “Now, now!” Dr. Knowles began. “Don’t be hysterical. You're letting your feelings run away with you.” is very “But, doctor—?” “Your mother ick, Cherry,” the doctor went on. best to face the facts, For years she’s gone on believing she was in good health while all the time this condition was coming on. It's her heart.” He stopped at the stricken look on the girl's face. “We're not sure how serious this may be,” he went on slowly. “A little while ago she dropped off to sleep. That's why I gave orders she wasn't to be dis- turbed, It’s the first sleep she's had in 48 hours. Perhaps it will save her, I sent for you, Cherry, because—well, I thought you'd want to be here.” “Of course! Oh, doctor, surely you can do something! You mustn't —you mustn’t let anything hap- sp, returned to her seat, pen—" er a time she hear “We're doing everything pos-/and knew it was the doe ni sible,” he assured her. “I've had! Sunset came and then dusk. The two specialists here for consulta-| Sky outside was darkening when tion, She has splendid nurses. You | S0meone entered the room, may be sure that everything in our| “Father!” Cherry exclaimed, halt- power will be done to bring her to| rising, ,” the girl told her- It’s my fault, It ‘m the one who'll be had been mumbling formed them- selves into a sort of prayer. Mother be dangerous. You'll have to: ex- cuse me—” @ speedy recovery.’ The man on the threshold sal “Doctor,” Cherry faced him di-|@timly, “Dr, Knowles is ee rectly, “you're not just—saying (To Be Continaed) ’ ’