The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 12, 1932, Page 4

Ni a oa Bismarck Tribune An Independent Newspaper THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) Published by The Bismarck Tribune sompany, Bismarck, N. D., and en- ared at the postoffice at Bismarck as 2cond class mai] matter. GEORGE D. MANN President and Publisher. Subscription Rates Advance ayable in ' tell you how helpful the growth of such an attitude could be. These New York policemen have hit upon an extremely fine idea. The po- lice of other cities could copy it to great advantage. Justice and the Whip Publication in a recent issue of The Tribune of a picture showing the lash —_____-| being applied to a public offender in Ohio has caused considerable com- daily by carrier, per year ......$7.20 {ment and some argument as to the “daily by mail per year (in Bis- marck) ....... . 1.20 ‘ally by mail per year (in state outside Bismarck) ............ 5. daily by mail outside of North Dakota Veekly by mail in state, per year $1.00 as by mail in state, veekly by mail outside of North Dakota, per year ......-...... 1.50 Veekly by mail in Canada, per three 2.50 Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation Member of The Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively ntitled to the use for republication | j | i |relative methods of punishing those who break our laws. There was a time when the lash; and the stocks were common instru- ments of meting out legal punish- ment, but in recent years Delaware has been the only state which has re- tained the whip. Now Ohio and pos- sibly some others have gone in for it. It is common knowledge, of course, 2.00 {that in some parts of the South the lash has long been used. A situation which permitted the hiring out of prison labor and the killing of con- jvicts as a matter of discipline and Perhaps of example, tolerated the ft all news dispatches credited to it; Whip without comment. r not otherwise credited in this 1ewspaper and also the local news of pontancous origin published herein. all rights of republication of all other aatter herein are also reservi (Official City, State : and County Newspaper) Foreign “Representatives SMALL, SPENCER, BREWER (Incorporated) 3HICAGO NEW YORK BOSTON The Budget Slash ' i | Some persons may have ethical ob- jections to the use of the lash and it certainly is not in accord with recent tendencies. On the other hand, we are giving up a lot of ideas which we once had and are reverting to old- fashioned things. Our thoughts on the punishment of criminals may be in line with the new trend, What sort of deterrent to crime the lash will be under modern conditions remains to be seen but a logical fore- * News that the city commission is |cast would be that it will have dif- lashing its budget and that the re- | ferent effects on different individuals. uctions will be made effective all | town the line will bring cheer to any struggling taxpayers who hav |Some may be insensible to both the ; pain and the shame. Some, particularly those who de- ight in torturing others, probably will een striving desperately, some with- {cringe from the physical shock. To cut success, to retain their homes or| ther property. The movement is in the right direc- ion, but until the budget is presented 0 the electorate and examined by it, | t is impossible to tell what the popu- ar reaction will be. \ This document will be made avail- ible within a few days and proper yublicity will be given to it. Analysis vy each taxpayer will permit him to orm his own conclusions regarding he proposed expenditures of the city or the coming year. If he has opinions which are not :ntirely in harmony with the actions of the city’s budget-makers, he should attend the public hearing which is| srovided for by law and make his/| deas known. The city commission indoubtedly will welcome suggestions. One thing seems certain at this vriting and that is the desire of the; seople for substantial relief from the ax burden, A mere gesture will iardly be enough to satisfy this popu- ar demand. If, when the budget is presented for dublic inspection, you feel the com- nissioners have pared too deeply, at- vend the public hearing and tell the members so. If you feel they have srovided for too heavy an expendi- sure, attend and tell them that. It is aot only a right but a duty. who fails to make his wants known to his elected representatives at the @time when something may be done m | | sabout it, has little basis for argument Miig he happens to see, at some later vs, date, items in the budget which he terfeels could well have been left out in frcthe interests of municipal economy. nit ©0l;; the people’s business. ry After all, the people's business still pu a ga; New York’s Police Baseball an League Pel while politics, industry and inter- PX national affairs hold their place on int the front page a lot of interesting and ersimportant news tends to get over- P¥€jocxed. ‘There is, for instance, the € Jan’ Ste way in which the New York police force has organized a baseball league among some 5,000 youthful Manhat- uty. degt@n East Siders. fro niu OR 191 aga by tion abs cial This affair, perhaps, can’t compare | in importance with such things as po- litical conventions and reparations conferences. But it is, nevertheless, ‘one of the most significant experi- ments any police department in the country has ever attempted. The New York cops have helped these boys organize a baseball league, _ Providing the umpires for the games, fen dec Bar Bt uni Pe fed Fed of tior D ers Far arranging schedules, keeping track of batting, fielding and pitching aver- ages, finding fields for the players and seeing to it that everything runs smoothly. And they have not only enlisted 5,000 boys, between the ages of 10 and 18, in their athletic clubs; Trt the games played have drawn around mot 290,000 customers so far this year. This program was announced by Police Commissioner Mulrooney as part of a crime-prevention campaign. It is about as wise a thing as any po- lice department could hope to do. In the first place, it gives young city lads something to do with their spare time. Youngsters who are play- ing baseball steadily don’t have a great deal of time for corner pool “ room or speakeasy loafing. Further- ‘more, such things don't look so at- tractive to them. Nor is a lad to be whom athletic greatness is something ant t to be desired mightily quite as ready to make a hero out of a gangland big shot. But there is another angle to it which is equally important. The boy in this New York baseball league is ‘discovering that the cop is his friend, instead of growing up with the no- “ outwitted. Anyone who has studied The man who takes no interest in} ‘axes when they are being levied and| | | party. Still others, the pain would be borne much more easily than the blow to | pride. But no matter how it works out, there can be no doubt that adoption of the lash és an aggressive effort to reduce crime in this country. The Borah Case . It is rather hard to believe that Senator Borah will accept the prof- fered nomination of the Prohibition Senator Borah is a fervent and conscientious dry, and he does not find his party's platform in the least satisfactory; but no one familiar with recent political history can easily pic- ture the Idaho senator running for the presidency at the head of a third party. Senator Borah has always been his own boss, and various Republican Presidents have learned to their sor- row that he is as lixely to fight against his party's leader as for him. But never yet has Senator Borah | bolted his party in a presi#ential year. His bolting usually takes place on the floor of the senate. It seems reasonably safe to assume that he will be no warmer to the third party idea this year than in years past. 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. Rise and Walk (By Herbert N. Casson in Efficiency Magazine, London) ~ ‘You are depressed. You think you are crippled. You are afraid of the future. You are full of fears. You have half the gold of the world and half of the machinery and most of the automobiles and all of the sky- scrapers. You have the greatest home market in the world and the largest corpora- tions that the world has ever seen. You are ruled more by ideas and Jess by tradition than any other peo- ple in the world. You have usually done what you thought you could do. How can it be possible that a pro- gressive nation of 120,000,000 people can be wrecked by the speculation of a little handful of fools in Wall Street? The prices that were forced too high had to come down. Today all the prices are too low. There is now a golden opportunity for every man who has eyes to see it. Dollars are now being sold for 30 cents. Practically every security in the United States is being sold at less than its value. The way to create a fortune is to buy from pessimists. Pay your money and take the risk. Frick started his career by buying coke ovens in the slump of 1873. Car- negie made $300,000,000 by buying steel plants in slumps. Hundreds of fortunes have been made by buying from gods! What a chance there is at this moment! In five years from now, most Amer- ican business men will belong to the “I-Wish-I-Had-Club.” Then it will be too late to buy a dollar for 30 cents. The opportuni- ties will be gone. When @ horse balks the batk is in his head, not in his legs. He moves on when fe thinks he will. And when an American business man is depressed the slump is in his head. There is nothing serious to Prevent him from making money if he thinks he will. When fear rules the will nothing can be done, but when a man casts fear out of his mind the world be- comes his oyster. To lose @ bit of money is nothing, but to lose hope—or lose nerve and ambition—that is what makes men cripples. This silly depression has gone long enough. Get rid of it. His in- side of you. Rise and walk. WROTE OWN EPITAPH ‘Thomas Jefferson wrote his own epitaph. It reads: “Here lies Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence, of the statute for religious freedom in Virginia, and * tion that the cop is an enemy to be founder of the University-of Virginia.” iach cones pee eet | the growth of metropolitan gangs cat | satistactory for feeding hogs. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, TUESDAY, JULY 12, 1992 Peer The Old Fight Game Ain’t What It Used to Be! | diagnosis, or treatment, will be answt ALL PERSIFLAGE ASIDE, WHAT DO YOU KNOW? There seems to be an interminable humorous side of this question of cri, common respiratory infections, coryza, grip, flu, distemper, acute catarrh, or whatever you prefer to call it. For- merly I endeavored to resign myself to it and to smile wanly at the more or less hackneyed comments every- | PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE By William Brady, M. D. Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not to disease ered by Dr. Brady if a stamped, self- addressed envelope is enclosed. Letters should be brief and written in ink. No reply can be made to queries not conforming to instructions. Address Dr. William Brady, in care of this newspaper. [symptoms of cri, grip, flu, distemper, etc.? No. No. | Certainly not. a hint. I'll tell you that what you {should do has a long i in it. i No, I hardly thought you’d hit on the right answer. It would not be natural for you to do so, after all |these years of humor you have in- | dulged in or had served in lieu of the body feels impelled to make whenever | knowledge we have of the subject. ‘the subject comes up, for I had a kind of grim hope that in good time all the jokes would become so old and worn) that even the dumbest would cease! Till give you another hint. The first | thing you should do in any such ill- ness or indisposition is more altruistic than for the patient's own welfare, repeating them, and then at last may-| yet it is unquestionably the best thing be we could teach the wiseacre laity something for the benefit of the| health of the community. But I am} growing despondent. I fear the laity | has little sense of humor, else some of these annual bulletins of our ¢s- teemed health commissioners or pub- | lic health departments, warning the dumb folk about exposure to inclem- | ent weather or wearing insufficient clothing, would appeal to the risibles. So lately I have been devoting all my leisure time to the business of think- | ing up something bitingly sarcastic to say when the old jokes are sprung. So far not with much success; the worst I can think of seems entirely too mild to suit the requirements. However, in case anyone out there to do. Oh, no, You'll never think of it. I'll tell you—isolate the patient. That means simply keep the patient not less than five feet removed from | other persons, and if anyone must approach nearer mask the patient or the vis-a-vis. The chief mode of infection is via and the range conversational spray, of the mouth spray given off in ordi- than five feet. or whatever other name you prefer to |give it in the beginning of the indis- Position or illness, remember you are reasonably safe if you can contrive | to keep more than five feet away from the suspect. We take it for granted does get caught up on cold humor, for|the suspect is polite or intelligent instance the mother of an actual child or perhaps we should say the actual mother of a child or, if it is not too} great a strain on credulity, actually the mother of two separate and con- secutive children (we can give no spe- cial credit for twins), I have a plain, practical question to ask, and I dare say no one who reads this, be he par- ent or not, will have the right answer ready to give offhand. Here is the question: What is the first thing you should| hands. Breathe into the bag. As the do when a child develops the familiar | |enough not to sneeze or cough with | mouth and nose uncovered or un- masked. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Carbon Dioxide for Hiccough Dr. Lewis A. Golden gave us this simple method of relieving severe, prolonged hiccoughs. Place over the nose and mouth an ordinary paper bag such as shopkeepers use, and hold jit snugly upon the face with both | oxygen in the bag is used up it is | Question on Identity | Sorry, but you're wrong. Well, let me give you nary conversation is something less So in all cases of cri placed by carbon dioxide. In several minutes of breathing the concentra- tion of carbon dioxide becomes suffi- cient to relieve the hiccough. If the hiccough returns, put on the bag again. Swimmers Are Deaf Please tell me why so many swim- mers are deaf. I am fond of water sports. Many swimmers I meet say they’ve lost their hearing through swimming.—(Mrs. F. A.) Answer—Infection by germs con- tributed to the pool by one swimmer who should be excluded. Persons haying any chronic ear infection, | chronic sinusitis or chronic nose or throat trouble, should be excluded from swimming pools. Some swim- mers wear loosely packed earplugs of lamb's wool to exclude water from the ears. Some wear a spring nose clip to exclude water from the nose. Both are good precautions, when you swim in a pool. Cleft Palate. I was born with cleft palate. No other instance in family as far as we! have been able to trace. If I marry will my children have a similar de- fect?. M. C. A.) Answer—There is no evidence that such congenital defects are inherited. (Copyright, John F. Dille C.) GOING HOME! New York, July 12—The land of promise has slipped up on a few illu- sions! ... A certain harsh alloy has found its way into the fabled gold of this new world; ... And the children of Europe are drifting home; by the tens, by the hundreds and even by the thousands. In the consular quarters in the steamship offices and on the piers where liners strain at leash, the New | York immigration picture is suddenly reversed. The tide, for the first time, swings away from these shores. There is little need these days for anyone to wofry about the quota. are leaving faster than they are try- ing to get in. ee A check shows, oddly enough, that the flood is not from the cities but from the countrysides. Most of those ex-farm-owners alike. Daily they pack the corisular of- fices seeking passage home. Many and carried wallets containing from $10,000 to $15,000. The majority, how- } those jobs that fail to materialize and | homeland among friends and rela-| tives. eee Farewell scenes are frequently most return. Sons and daughters who have decided to cast their lots with Amer- ica, for better or for worse, gather in sympathetic groups as the ships pull out with fathers and mothers. On the other hand, there are jubilant throngs carrying home a _ sufficient number of American dollars to in- sure years of comfort if the rate of exchange remains as it is. * Ok OK EMBARRASSING MOMENTS Our recent investigations into em- barrassing stage incidents, many 0! which all but wrecked some theatrical performance .. . are aided and abet- ted by notes from the scrapbooks of several contributors, There was that fateful evening, for instance, during the recent winter when Milton Aborn was reviving “Robin Hood.” A trained horse, rent- ed for the production, appeared to get | his cues mixed; perhaps he bethought himself of some previous show. At any rate, he ail but removed the rid- ing coat from Charlotte Lansing. No | well-planned comedy bit could have Foreigners | checking out are from the middle west | ,| farm belts—laborers and tenants and could well afford to return in first! cabins, yet most insist on the free} consular passage. In one group the; other day, I was told, were three landsmen who had sold their places! ever, have grown weary of waiting for | feel they can do no worse in their old | melancholy. Those who leave cannot | been given a more uproarious recep- tion. ee # { George Arliss goes back to & time before he entered the movies. A den- tist had recently inserted a false tooth, which insisted on falling out during the big scene. In Arliss’ ef- forts to do something about the tooth, his wig came off. A sofa was handy. He invented lines which made it pos- sible for him to duck behind this and make hasty adjustments of his make- up. ee E JUNGLE STUFF ty In the days before “spirit gum” was invented innumerably funny compli- cations resulted, writes an “old timer. During. a Shakespearean revival a performer carefully glued on his heavy whiskers and a mustache. Striding majestically on stage, the performer was horror-stricken to discover that he couldn’t utter a single line. The glue had run down and hard- ened. He couldn’t open’ his mouth. For a moment he stood panic-stricken and then fled Lysate a Something Like the payott,” how- ever, goes to Lionel Braham, who played the Senator in “Lysistrata.” He had been lounging backstage in his toga when the ‘stage call came, and hurried on. Part of the immediate stage business called for a rush by the Spartan woman, who began tearing at his toga. There was little rough-house this night, however—glancing down, Bra- ;ham saw the terrifying reason! ,.. | He had neglected to put on his tights . .. beneath his toga were mere ath- letic shorts! aay, AN NVEREARY | FRENCH VICTORY On July 12, 1918, French troops stormed German positions on a three- mile front north of Cantigny, and ad- vanced more than a mile in the face of fierce resistance and frequent counter-attacks. They seized and held Castel during the day's fitghing. tacked British positiogs in Palestine commanding the crossings of the River Jordan, but were driven off with great loss. In the Balkans, further allied gains | were reported and semi-official ad- offering little resistance to the allied | advance. In Asia Minor, Turkish troops at- } } | ae importation, who once danced ina sora cafe. * Germany is tn a terrible state.— Wilhélm, oe bg of Germany. Germans have learned from their economic distress that monarchies are good for business—Lord Rothermere, British Lage Parr It is vital in a democracy that the public opinion upon which it rests shall be an informed and educated opinion.— President Herbert’ Clark ‘Hoover. * *# * After three years, the government has finally realized the emergency that exists. Now after having 62 other conclusions of what ought to be done, it realizes the necessity of relief for suffering citizens.—Senator Hiram Johnson of California. SUPPORT THE COW Central India is staging a “support the cow” movement. Thousands of cow “contribution boxes” are hung in conspicuous places with placards ap- pealing to Hindus to support this sa- cred animal. ‘The U. S. navy has approximately 81,000 enlisted men. 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Corporation? om . 11 What unem- ‘ 51 Drone bee. 37 Marble used 62 Christmas ployment bill 53 Grain, as shooter. carol. does President 54 Since. 38 Yields, VERTICAL Hoover call 2. eo reset. 40 Workbags. 1 Socialist “gigantic por! ortheast : 43 Rain in winter. leader in barrel”? 59 Variant of “a.” ot i PTT NE | TiN B\aill Nt AN ane rei a SL Ni Nel Po Be LPN Nil il aeae | LEAP YEAR BRI DE lOMmA CLARY S Tm ra I never had such trouble in Shanghai. H Making the college crew requires a But I love Hollywood.—Lyda Roberti, * lot of pull. (©1932 or iea soe We. BEGIN HERE TODAY CHERRY DIXON, pretty 19- year-old daughter of wealthy par- ents, falls in love with DAN PHIL- LIPS, newspaper reporter. She quarrels with her father about Dan, leaves home and, taking ad- vantage of Leap Year, asks Dan to marry her. They are married and for the first time Cherry finds what it to Inck money. Her struge News, is friendly with handsome MAX PEARSON who also works on the News. Cherry re€cives_a letter from her mother enclosing a check for 8500. She returns the check be- cause pride will not let her keep it. Dan, worried about bills, una= dertaken to write a short story but becomes dixcouraged and leaves it unfinished. Two days later Cherry te: her mother is critically ill, Ch goes home and at h bedside the father and daughte d, MRS, DIXON pass- is of her illness and i days Cherry returns to the apartment. Her father tells her the doctor has ordered Mra, Dixon to spend several mon‘ the seashore. He asks Chi 7 fuses and Dixon decides to go himself. The night before they are to depart he calls on Cherry and Dan, NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER XXX IXON looked ill at ease. “Good evening,” he said. “I didn’t ring because I couldn't find a bell downstairs and the door was open. I hope you don’t mind—” “Of course not,” Cherry told him, “only you did surprise me! Come in, won't you?” He entered the room, There was & moment’s awkward pause and then Dan stepped forward. “How do you do, Mr. Dixon,” he said. “How do you do.” The constraint between the two men was evident. Cherry hastened to relieve it. “Here's a chair, Father,” she said, directing him to the most comfortable one, It stood near the open window and what breeze there was reached it. “It’s been a hot day, hasn’t it?” she went on, “Lucky you and Mother are getting off so soon.” “That's just what I’ve come to talk about,” Dixon announced, “But you're going, aren’t you? You don’t mean anything's hap- pened to change your plans?” Her father shook his head. “No, nothing’s happened. But I came to ask once again if you wouldn't re consider and come with us.” Cherry drew herself up straight in her chair. “I can't,” she said. “I’m sorry but—I can't. Dan was sitting in the shadows at the opposite side of the room, Now he leaned forward, “You didn’t tell me anything about this, Cherry,” he said. “I didn’t know you were thinking of going any- where.” Tho girls checks flamed, “I—I suppose I forgot to mention it,” she said. “Father asked me to go with Mother on this trip but I told him it would be impossible. And now that he’s decided to go himself I'm sure that will be much better.” She turned toward Dixon. “You know you really do need the rest, Father.” “You're sure you won't change your mind?” Cherry smiled. “Quite sure,” she said. “What do you think of our home here? Isn’t it rather attrac- tive?” The one room apartment was not at its best. The living room was warm and there were still signs that it had recengly served as a dining room, Dan’s hat and coat and a pile of newspapers cluttered the davenport. Dixon managed a reply that was satisfactory and Cherry explained how they had found the apartment and subleased it. eee ‘pans was a little more talk and then Dixon arose to-go. For a moment, he hesitated, then said abruptly to Dan, “I’m afraid I was rather hasty the last time we met. Said things 1 shouldn’t have.” “That's all right, Mr. Dixon. I guess I understand how you felt.” The older man put out his hand. “I was wrongs,” he said slowly, “but I hope it's not too late to make up for it, You and Cherry must both come out to see us when we're back from this trip.” “Thanks. We'll be glad to.” A few moments more and Dixon was gone. Cherry whirled around as the door closed after him, “You see, Dan!” she exclaimed happily. “Father isn’t a bit like you thought he was, Oh, I'm so glad he came even if the place is a sight. Aren’t you glad, too?” “Why—yes, I guess 80.” “You guess so? Don't you know?” “Yes, of course. Sure, I’m giad. But why didn’t you tell me about this trip, Cherry?” “I did tell you about it.” “I mean about your father asking you to go with them? How'd it happen you didn’t say anything about that?” “Ob, I guess it just didn’t seem very important. I said I couldn't and that seemed to be all there was to it.” Dan erossed the room and looked out on the night. For several mo- ments he was silent, Then he said, “It isn’t too late to change your mind about it, is it?” “Why, Dan—!” His back was still toward her. His voice went on, calmly and steadily. “I think you're making a mistake, Cherry. I think it would be better if you'd take the trip.” “You mean you want me to go?” “Yes, Yes, I do.” Cherry was beside him. “You want me to go?” she repeated in amazement, “Why, Dan, what’s come over you? I don’t under. stand—!” He turned and faced her. “There's nothing to understand,” he said, “Why should you spend the rest of the summer in a hot, dumpy little place like this when you could be at the seashore? Why should you be cooking and wash- ing dishes when you could be living in an expensive hotel with every- thing in the world to make you comfortable? I know I can't give you the sort of things you've been accustomed to but that’s no reason you have to give them up. You can call up your father in the morning and tell him you've changed your mind.” The flush was gone from Cherry's cheeks. “I told Father I couldn't go because I didn’t want to,” she said quietly, “I don't want to go now.” “You—really mean that?” “Of course I mean it.” cee AN dropped to the window seat. He leaned forward, resting both arms on his knees. “Cherry,” he said, “I’ve been a sap! I thought I was going to get half a dozen raises and sell a lot of stories in,no time. I thought we'd be moving into a better apartment, buy a car —oh, I had all sorts of plans! It’s decent of you to be a sport about all this but we might as well face it. I'm a dub and that’s all I'l ever be!” “But that’s not true, Dan! Please don’t let yourself be discouraged. There's lots of time ahead. You haven't any reason to feel tnis way—” “Haven't 12. Look!” He went to the davenport, picked up his coat and drew an envelope from a pocket, Without another word he handed the envelope to Cherry, pages. As she did so a small, rec- tangular bit of paper fell into ber lap. She picked it up and read: “We are sorry that we are un- able to make use of the enclosed manuscript, Thank you for sub- mitting it.” The name printed on the slip was that of a famous magazine. Cherry unfolded the pages. It was Dan’s story about Gus, the taxicab driver,'the story he had started on the rainy Sundgy so long ago. “I finished it,” he told her, “while your mother was sick and you were staying with her, I didn’t mean to say anything about it unless they took it. Wanted to surprise you! I had another one ready to send if they took this, Well, that can go into the wastebasket!” He reached for the manuscript but Cherry drew back. “Please!” she begged. “Let me keep it, Dan. I want to read it. Ob, I'm sorry that old editor didn’t like it but you mustn’t be discouraged! Maybe the next one will be different—” But Dan was not to be shaken from his gloomy mood, Later when Cherry had finished reading the manuscript and was glowingly en- thusiastic about it he was only half convinced, He got the second story, an account of two urchins called before juvenile court, from the desk drawer and she read that. “They're good!” Cherry insisted fervently, “I don’t care what that She drew out the bulky, folded. editor or anyone else thinks. These stories are interesting!” Dan laughed at her enthusiasm, say Pleased more,than he would ad- mit, “I like the namo of this second one, too,” she told him, “‘Kempy’s Crime.’ How did you happen to think of that?” He had called the other story simply, “Night Life.” “Oh, I don’t know. Saw some kids in court one day. About halt of it’s true and the rest I imagined to suit myself.” “Listen, Dan,” Cherry said sert- ously, “no matter what anyone else thinks, I know you're going to write great stories some day!” “And in the meantime we'll go to the poor house.” “Wo certainly will not! Don't you understand, dear, that I'd rather be here with you living just as we are than in the finest hotel in the world with all the money there is if you weren’t there?” He told her she was a very fool- ish girl and neither of them be lieved it. | eee TH house at Briartop had been closed for an indefinite period. The cook and her husband were the only ones to remain there. Martha and Sarah were both to visit relatives, departing as soon as Mr, and Mrs. Dixon had gone, Mar- tin, the chauffeur, was to take the car to the eastern resort and re- main there. Cherry rode with her parents to the station. They were making the trip by rail because Mrs, Dixon con- sidered it more comfortable. Miss Evans, the nurse, looking almost like @ stranger in her chic blue frock and hat, sat with Cherry and her mother in the rear seat. The train was to leave at 10 o'clock but already the day was warm. Mrs. Dixon, dressed in thin gray silk, appeared pale and deli- cate as she leaned back against the seat. Her hand, in its gray glove, clung to Cherry's. The limousine swerved into the circular drive that led to the en- trance of the station. Another min- ute and the car had halted. Martin had the door open and was helping them out. “Plenty of time,” assured them. minutes yet.” They found seats in the waiting room. Mr.* Dixon disappeared, then returned with newspapers and magazines. In what seemed an in- credibly short time the train was pulling into the station. Cherry’s arms were around her mother, Kisses, farewells, renewed prom- ises, All about them others were saying goodby, calling greetings. Cherry could not go beyond the train gate, She waved untii her parents and the nurse had disap- peared into the car. Then she Walter Dixon “We've another 10 turned, her eyes a mist of tears. For the first time she realized that she had cut herself completely and finally from the past, What was ahead? (To Be Continued) v) 4)