The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 25, 1932, Page 4

hin 00! jatc Ne ore faptu ° mn th sast., weg that was just dawning, or just about | man would spend more time to play side. jhave any use for. so many men would gladly embrace any kind of drudgery if only it pro- vided regular wages and steady meals. needs to be said, nevertheless. trial civilization moving ahead may have stalled, but it stil! has tremen- dous capabilities. If we are bogged down just now, we should never for- get that these bright visions of our | technologists are perfectly in line ‘with the facts. The Bismarck Tribune An Independent Newspaper THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) _ LS ssineteanttatliehef aan Published by The Bismarck Tribune Company, Bismarck, N. D., and en- tered at the postoffice at Bismarck as second class mail matter. GEORGE D. MANN President and Publisher. 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(Official City, State and County Newspaper) Foreign Representatives SMALL, SPENCER, BREWER (ncorporated) CHICAGO NEW YORK BOSTON Prolonging the Agony Just about the best comment that could be made on the depression seems to have come from a New York banker. This man, as quoted in press association dispatches the other day, remarked: “New Yorkers are all afraid of something that is going to happen. They don't know what it is, but they're afraid just the same. The plain truth is that it already has happened and that we are still alive and moving. I doubt if any crisis that could possibly arise would be worse than what we have survived.” There has been, of course, an enor- mous amount of fake optimism broadcast since the depression began. If it had been possible for us to talk ourselves back to economic health we would be robust by this time. But at the same time there has been an amazing undercurrent of fear, and this, like the verbal optimism, has been sadly overdone. For more than a year people have been expressing this fear privately. You've heard them—everyone has. Dark prophecies of doom have enliv- ened every bridge party and every luncheon table. The result has been the acquisition by the country of a pronounced case of the jitters. And yet, when you get down to it,| isn't this New Yorker just about) right? The thing we're so afraid of has already happened to us. We have already hit bottom. The worst has come, and we have somehow liv- ed through it. Any move that we make now is bound to be upward, be- cause we can’t possibly go down any farther. It would do us a lot of good if we! could manage to get that fact through our heads. Timidity and jittery nerves do not Provide the best possible background for a business revival. While we are| wailing, and looking for new and | blacker storm clouds to arise, the} Stage is slowly being set for a return | to prosperity. If we stop looking be- 50 | 29/ out in the back yard and looked up ; By @ fortunate chance, no one was killed—although a good deal of prop- erything if only the system of di tribution is properly organized. From the depression we can emerge into an era finer than anything we have known before. The tools are ‘in our hands; we need only learn how to manage them. An Air Traffic Problem The federal rules governing aviation contain one clause providing that no aviator may fly over a city or town at a height of less than 1000 feet. This rule—as anyone who has gone at the sky on a summer Sunday knows—is very frequently violated. But once in a while an accident hap- pens and makes it alear that the rule ought to be enforced strictly. Such an accident came the other day when, a pilot who was flying over a city had to make a forced landing and crashed into a house. erty damage was caused; but the in- cident speaks volumes for the neces- sity of keeping all planes at a safe distance above the housetops. As the volume of aerial traffic in- creases this necessity will be even more imperative... This particular plane may have been flying at the Proper height when its descent be- gan. The accident, nevertheless, Points its moral very clearly. Weasel Words fe) Mee | “MMMM yet ff Te ZZ YW (4 wants votes and still desires to avoid positive and definite statements. Occasionally one hears the phrase “weasel worded” and wonders what it means, so here is a definition. Weasel words, according to a noted authority, are words “which suck all the life out of the words next to them just as a weasel sucks all the egg out and leaves the shell.” With this explanation in mind the public would do well to study the sub- Ject so it may recognize weasel words when they are encountered, for weasel words do a great deal of dam- age in the world. The man who manages to give you an impression without actually conveying a thought in definite terms is a weasel worder. He skates up to the line marking the truthful man from the untruthful without ever go- ing over, In many respects he is more dangerous than the outright liar because he is harder to detect. This is a campaign year and the public will have opportunity to study weasel words in their finest phases, for they come in handy when a man Editorial Comment Editorials printed below show the trend of thought by other editors, ink. No reply can be SHOE DYE, DON'T BOTHER ME. I noted in your column a question and answer about shoe dye poisoning (nitro-benzol), and you stated that. this cannot be absorbed thru the skin, but has to be inhaled. Shortly afterward I came across the inclosed item by another physician, who states, you will see, that the heat of the foot volatilizes the dye and it is absorbed into the blood thru the skin of the foot. All this interests me because my brother suffered from shoe dye poisoning. Several years ago he had a pair of shoes dyed on his feet. Three or four hours later he became sick and in less than 12 hours he had turned almost blue-black. PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE By William Brady, M. D. Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not to discase diagnosis, or treatment, will be answered by Dr. Brady if a stamped, self- addressed envelope is enclosed. Letters should be brief and written in fade to queries not conforming to instructions. Address Dr. William Brady, in care of this newspaper, 4 Jit, but not for They are published without regard to whether they agree or disagree with The Tribune's policies. Cancellation of Debts (Scottish Rite News Bureau) The general impression is that the Position of the United States Govern- ment regarding war debts and repar- ations has not varied since the state- ment was made by President Hoover last year to the effect that he was opposed to the cancellation of war debts but feels that the question must be viewed in the capacity of a debtor to pay. According to the Lausanne agree- ment, Germany's final reparations Payment was established at $750,- 000,000, quite a reduction from the original amount of $64,000,000,000. But this agreement is conditioned on the expectation that the United tates will be equally generous in the re- duction or cancellation of the war debts. hind each bush for a bogeyman we} ean recognize our opportunity when| it arrives. If we don’t we shall sim-} Ply prolong the agony. } The Challenge of Our Leisure | Back in the palmy days of the stock} market boom we used to hear a good deal about the “era of human leisure” to dawn. Five-hour days and four- | day weeks were predicted for the im- | mediate future, and a society in which} than at work was forecast on every We don’t hear so much of that sort of talk nowadays—probably be- cause sO many millions of Americans have so much more leisure than they But Dr. Robert A. Millikan, famous physicist, re- turned to the topic in a speech the other day and remarked that “the great job of the coming century” is to learn how to use the leisure that is going to be available. The development of machinery and the advance of science, he said, are “making man the master of his fate and providing the opportunity for a civilization enormously more beauti- ful and more beneficient to every man, woman and child on earth.” This may sound like mockery, just now, when our inability to master our fate is more painfully apparent than at any time in years, and when But it is the kind of thing that The motor that keeps our indus- Beyond the tragedy of unemploy- ment, idle factories and breadlines ‘there stands the dazzling fact that | applied science has made it possible ‘for the work of the world to be jdone with far less human effort than fever before, has made it possible for ‘There are a] \Pvery mortal to have enough of Sv [newspapers in the*United States, is prepared to go in revising Euro- pean war debts, in view of Euro- pean revision of reparations. Congress of the United States does not recede from the position it has adopted, then there is very little pos- sibility of this Government revising the European war debts in accord- ance with what it is apparent the European nations desire. decided upon at Lausanne, the same great world powers were conferring at Geneva in regard to disarmament, but with no generous impulse dis- Played to accede to President Hoov- er’s proposal that all nations cut their armaments by one-third. Many | Most people consider that the mat-/} This was diagnosed as poisoning from the shoe dye, nitro-benzol. One of our city’s most reputable doctors took care of the case, and it was our understanding that the poison had been absorbed thru the feet. A blood transfusion was necessary to clear up the ailment, but my brother finally made a complete re- covery. If what you say is true, that it has to be inhaled, it would seem that my brother was not in as close contact with the dye or the shoes as was the boy who dyed the shoes. The boy suffered no ill effects, and he dyed shoes like that many times a day. How did he escape inhaling any of the fumes? (G. S.) In the clipping the correspondent incloses a physician arbitrarily asserts that the shoe dye is absorbed thru the skin of the feet after it has been volatilized by the heat om the feet— sounds like a Rube Goldberg explana- tion tome. Then this same physician tells the world that fortunately such shoe dye poisoning never has any serious consequences and every one can afford to joke about it after- just as a bit of a joke. The shoeshine boy probabiy inhales | some of the dye every time he applies long and not in any [great concentration, for usually shoe- | black stands are freely ventilated. |But the victim to whose shoes the dye is applied remains for many |heurs in an atmosphere containing |a@ small quantity of the volatilized |nitro-benzol and is bound to inhale considerable, especially if he happens to sit somewhere indoors, with the |freshly dyed shoes still on his feet. |_| Whenever or wherever anyone of | Standing who is on the other side of this controversy is ready to test this |thing out, I am ready to serve as the subject of any properly controlled experiment. Meanwhile, we must re- |mind our opponents that to date no |scientific evidence has been forth- coming to show that anything can be contrary there is considerable scien- | tific evidence (experimental evidence) | that the skin is impervious to the stance into the body. Little boys jWill please not ask me why, then, use liniments or plasters or salves or Poultices, for that has nothing to do with the subject. ° QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. | Hiccoughs, {. I am subject to attacks of hic- ;coughs and sometimes it is hours be- |fore I can stop it... (Miss M. R. R.) || Answer—Hold an ordinary paper |bag closely over mouth and nose and |breathe into it for a few minutes. |This produces an accumulation of carbon dioxide in the bag, which stops hiccoughs, Quite a Mazard I am employed in a milk conden- |Sary and am allowed to drink all the milk I wish. I have been drinking a ter of reparations is distinctly a re-|Wards. Our correspondent’s brother sult of the war that involved so many | of the nations, while they do not be-| lieve that the “war debts” so-called can be thus classified. It will be re- membered that a large portion of these debts was for moneys advanced and supplies furnished since the war to a some of the debtor governments. It ! must not be forgotten that when the | aon oreu debt settlements were arranged the} Tn ehiy, IPIAISIHIAT United States scaled down the! Peay a __JAISITIEIR amount of the debts very perceptibly. Pri toca Age As it now stands, it appears that the next move has been put up to the United States, thus placing the res-| Ponsibility on this Government for) the hoped-for settlement of the rep- arations matter. It seems to be a question of how far the United States If the But while this agreement was being People think that inasmuch as the Majority of the nations are advocat- ing peace, why do they not agree to such @ cut in armaments and apply the moneys that would be expended therefor on the reduction of their war debts. Senator J. Hamilton Lewis of Illin- U. S. senator Famous Friends Answer to Previous Puzzle . 10 To kill a fly. 12 To go to excess. +f 13 Haze. 15-Three-banded armadillo, 1 IDIOLIA NT RAG from New 16 Platform, York. q f 22 Gloomy. 13 Largest city in 24 Tree. 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On the | jentrance of any food, poison or sub- | disclosed at Geneva to leave the ois urged that the United States de- cline all future invitations to disarm- ament conferences and charged that the most recent one had failed be- cause European nations wished it to fail, “It is plain,” he said, “that war is contemplated between certain of the nations whose delegates were assembled, that each knows the as- sumed cause of the approaching con- flict; and each is contemplating and Preparing for this conflict. The real object is that through the results now United States in the position where it cannot offer mediation as an agent recognized at Geneva, and where it will be compelled to refrain from any action of intervention on the ground that it is a neutral nation, as it is neither a member of the League of Nations nor now recognized at Gen- eva as a delegate either of influence or authority.” proximately 2.000 daily TG my, tie at Y an i | i} | ‘quart a day. This milk comes from |300 different farms where production standards are just so-so. Is there any danger of getting any disease from drinking this milk just as it comes to the plant? (B. B.) Answer—I'd prefer to pasteurize the milk if I were in your place. If pas- teurization is not practicable, then boil it five minutes. This destroys any harmful germs there may be in any of the milk. It also destroys Vit- amin C, but you can get that by tak- ing any fresh fruit or vegetable every day. It also destroys the taste of the milk, for many, and if it does for you, then I suggest that you drink Certi- fied Milk exclusively. That is pure, raw and absolutely the finest grade of milk to be had. TODAY wean AMERICANS PUSH FORWARD On July 25, 1918, French and Amer- drive against the Germans on a 50- mile front. They reported the capture of huge quantities of ammunition, guns and supplies and crack German divisions were rapidly disintegrating under the constant pressure of the fighting. French and American troops were gradually narrowing the mouth: of the salient created by the May offen- sive directed by Von Hindenburg, and it was now only 21 miles wide. On the Italian front, an Austrian counter-attack was beaten off with great loss to the attackers, with Gilbert Swan THE ITCH TOR INK New York, July 25.—No fantastic notion is*too much for those isolated sensationalists who seek to leap into the transient prominence of news- Paper type. Fellows who have no rea- son for appearing in print, they come out of nowhere with antics to force Press attention, The latest belongs to the comic strips or farcical movies. His first appearance was made a week ago when he drove up to a Broadway eating resort frequented by stage folk and newspaper men. As he left his car, it was noted that he was ' pretty dancers; girlies have walked garbed in black silk pajamas. Where- with he entered, sat down to a table, and ordered watermelon. Needless to say, he was bounced out on his ear. His parting words urged the management to remind the newspaper fellows of the event, ee & About a year ago, when spenders Were abroad, there was an elderly gent who entered dozens of the swanky speakeasies and cafes accom- panied by his own orchestra. This consisted of three Negroes, all side- walk minstrels, one of whom toted & bulky washboard and an armful of trick instruments, The spender would pay off the cafe musicians while his own crew went thrdugh their repertoire. Ok Ok H ANYTHING WENT * Stage and screen folk have, of course, consented to all sorts of an- tics in the name of Publicity. Since the days of Anna Held’s milk baths, nothing has seemed too incredible tor | the press agents. Gents have leaped into Central Park lake to rescue up Broadway in bathing suits; a gent has driven a team of zebras up the avenue; showgirls have formed a living sign in front of @ theater; a. tightrope walker has crossed the street over the heads of the crowd; lions have been found crated in ho- tel rooms and beauties have had their faces fixed in show windows. This sort of thing has lost stand-! ing within the past few years. Today smart sayings and commentaries get most names into the paper. Tex Guinan, Frisco and Eddie Can- ine are pretty well ahead of the ican troops pushed forward more than two miles in continuing their close second. * * * ROBERT AND DADDY Around a motion picture gather- ing, they were discussing the prospect. of filming “The Barretts of Wimpole Street,” that rhapsodic tale of the Brownings in which Katherine Cor- nell starred. A certain flapperish Hollywooder was mentioned as a pos- sibility for the poetic and reserved Cornell role. “Well,” commented one wag, “the button-hole boys out there probably believe that the Browning referred to is ‘Daddy.” sl * * * A CHEERY INDUSTRY In East 23rd Street there is as shivery an industry as one might find in a week's travels. A window sign announces that “scientific and artistic replicas of any part of the human body, dead or alive,” will be turned out. Some uncanny, life-like hands bob out of a display case. A nearby hospital, it seems, is one of the best customers since medical men often wish to preserve various members and organs for future study. But it also seems that heartbroken young sweethearts have been known to order the replica of a delicate hand, Also there are certain groups on the East Side that order hands, arms, feet or legs, During certain religious ceremonials these are placed on a shrine and, if some close relative is maimed or suffering, special prayers are said. Mr. Hoover and his associates start- ed at the wrong end. What is needed is not an increase in the credit power of financial agencies. . . . Instead of credit power in the hands of others, We demand for the working classes immediate relief and employment— Dr, Sidney E. Goldstein, chairman executive committee on unemploy- ment, New York. The people of Australia have shown beyond a doubt that they will hot tolerate repudiation of public debts—B. S. B. Stevens, prime min- ister of Australia. Two editors have actually gone so far as to advocate my murder and to appeal for someone to carry it out. —Premier Eleutherios Venizelos of Greece. The best leeches come from Ger- many and Sweden. I could not get German leeches and I imported some from Greece. They were very good, too, but somehow I could not feel at home with them.— Bernhard Berkitz, New York leech dealer. o Barbs { o Detroit judge has ordered a man not to speak to his wife for two years. During the war, | ‘ quipsters, with several radio celebri- | don’t get a chance to get a word in ties and masters of ceremony running edge-wise, anyway. three-cent letter postage is that it now costs more to write home for money. College professor urges gradu- ates to travel. Unnecessary ad- vice in ‘these days when it's a long way between jobs, A few more of these big league baseball fistic encounters and they'll need a referee as well as an umpire at every game. Reports of that national Prohibi- tion party convention at Indianapolis made pretty dry reading. New dress materials include one which changes from one color to an- onther. Just anticipating the face of the husband when he sees the bill. I_ am perfectly conscious—and I don’t care who knows it either at home or abroad—that in dealing with this matter (war debts) in America we are touching very tender spots.— Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald of Great Britain. STICKERS AOOPYNWBG Using the above letters, see if you can form three three-letter words thet, when read-backwards, will form three other words, Ona GlAoyYSTAR MER sues Another bad thing about the new That's nothing; lots of husbands Many a sore-head heart balm. for re BEGIN HERE TODAY CHERRY DIXON, pretty 19- year-old daughter of wealthy par- ents, marries DAN PHILLIPS, fter a qua Year mari the propos! jhe nnd Dan move Into a che: apartment and Cherry's first struggles with housework are dis- couraging. DIXIE SHANNO} movie critie of the Newn, friendly, Cherry meets han MAX PEARSON, also of the News, who tries to make love t After several weeks mother becomes seriously girl cocs home nnd there is conciliation with her parents. Cherry docs Pride will not allow her to accept | best of me, Now I’m going to financial aid from them however. | quit it! MR, an MRS. DIXON depai eee seeking another climate to ii Prove the mother’s heal BRENDA VAIL, writer, comes to Welling: Dan mects her, She He goes to him to be- Neve she in th him. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER XLI 'HERRY sat in the window seat and looked out at the only tree in sight. Some of its leaves had blown to the ground but those that remained were bright yellow. They danced in the sunlight, the very emblem of carefree gaiety, Cherry did not even see the danc- ing leaves though she was staring at them. There were tiny vertical lines between Cherry’s brown eyes. The eyes were brooding and seri- ous now. Chetry’s lips pressed to- gether in an anxious line. She was struggling with the most difficult Problem she had ever faced. The situation was terrifying. She had felt it daily for the past week. The thing that frightened her was nothing you could put your finger on and say, “This is wrong. We'll correct it.” It was something in- tangible. Something Cherry was Powerless to combat because she could not even name it. In some way a barrier had risen between herself and,Dan. She could not see over this barrier or around it. Dan was on one side and she on the other. Thero had been no more quarreling between them. Ever since the night of the argu- ment about the house cleaning Dan had been meticulously polite. He left the house early each morning and usually arrived late at night. When he came home for dinner he departed almost immediately. Cherry was too proud to inquire * how he was spending his time, She went about the housework, cooked the food he liked, made her- self attractive for the hour when he arrived—and would have died rather than let him know how she Was suffering, It had been five days now since that dreadful night. “It was my fault—partly,” Cherry told herself for the thousandth time. “I shouldn't have let myself get so tired and nervous and I shouldn't have complained about the work.” But there was the matter of pride, too. If Dan had made the slightest move toward reconcilia- tion Cherry would have met the venture halfway. He hadn't—and therefore affairs were as they stood. Suddenly Cherry got to her feet. “This won't do!” she scolded. “There’s no use sitting here worry- ing. I’m a little fool to imagine a lot of things that aren't true. Prob- ably that’s the whole trouble—I’ve been letting my imagination get the For the rest of that day she was determinedly cheerful. It was not easy but when doubts arose Cherry closed her mind to them. Moreover she outlined a course of action, Something was to happen within two days that she felt sure would restore her happiness. “I won't tell Dan!” she thought. | “T'll surprise him.” Cherry said casually at dinner that evening, “I’ve some shopping to do Saturday. Suppose I come down about 12:30 and have lunch with you. Will that be all right?” Dan did not glance up from the newspaper beside his plate. He said, “Yes, I guess so.” “U'll meet you in front of the li- brary,” Cherry promised. “I'll be there at 12:30.” The young man nodded agree ment. He did not leave the apart- ment as usual after dinner but flung himself down on the davenport with @ new book. Cherry felt this was encouraging. She was Happy as she went about clearing the dishes from the table. She washed them and Put them away, taking care to be quiet so as not to disturb Dan. “Everything's going to be all right,” she assured herself. “I'm sure of it!” But there was disappointment ahead. Dan did not come home for dinner the following evening. Cherry would not let this make her downcast, however. Sho was pin- ning her faith on her plans for Sat- urday, Sho intended to remind Dan in the morning that she was to meet him at noon. She meant to speak of it the last thing before he left the apartment but somehow he was gone before she realized it. At 11 o'clock she telephoned the office but Dan was not there, “It doesn’t matter,” Cherry sured herself. “Dan never forgets anything.” It was true that his memory was unusual. While she dressed she planned how to break the news. They would go to Stanley’s for lunch, It wasn't terrifically expensive and besides this was a special occasion. While Dan was reading the menu she would say, “I’d like that special {ce cream for dessert—Stanley’s special they call it. It's appropri- ate today.” Dan would be sure to ask what she meant and then Cherry would (©1952 or ha soc we. | say, hy, dear, have you forgot- ten? It's our anniversary. We've been married six months today!” That was the surprise she had in store. The anniversary was ex- actly what was needed to end this foolish misunderstanding. After that Dan could speak without fear of sacrificing his pride. They would recall memories together. He would tell her how happy he had been during those six months and what a wonderful wife she had been. Oh, yes, everything wauld be as Cherry had planned! They could spend the afternoon and evening together. They could forget the rest of thé world. There would only be she and Dan! Reconciliation would be all the sweeter after the bitter lone- liness, Cherry's thoughts drifted. Tho important thing was to let Dan know she wasn’t angry with him, to give him a chance to tell her he had been miserable these last few days as she had been. eee HIE bathed and patted on the delicately scented bath powder that was her dearest luxury. She got into brief, lacy undergarments, new hose and her best pumps. As she touched her cheexs with the pink pad from her rouge box Cherry Was as careful as she had ever been when dressing for an engage ment with Dan before their mar- riage. She made her mouth into a vivid roebud with lipstick. She put on a brown frock, ad- justed the little hat smartly and slipped into her polo coat. A bright scarf relieved the somber monotone. Cherry took @ last glance into the mirror. Her eyes glowed with an- ticipation. Yes, she was satisfed with her appearance. If she met anyone she knew at Stanley’s she need not feel ashamed, The ride down town on the trol- ley required only 15 minutes but Cherry allowed herself more than that. She left the house promptly at 12 o'clock and 20 minutes later had reached the library. Naturally Dan was not in sight. He would Probably be late. Cherry walked leisurely along the block. The day was colder than she had realized and she pulled the collar of her coat snugly about her throat, A woman wearing a hand- some mink wrap passed and Cherry thought ruefully of the beaver coat. that had been a gift on her last birthday, The coat was in storage and if Mrs. Dixon had been at home she would probably. have in- sisted on Cherry wearing it. Cherry promptly forgot about the fur coat. Two young men were crossing the street and for a moment she thought one of them was Dan. He wasn’t. The youth turned his head and she saw he was a stranger. A glance at her wrist told Cherry that it was still too early to expect her husband. Not yet 12:30. She took another turn to the end of the block and back again. The street was filling gradually with the noon day crowd. Business men hurrying from offices. Tall girls, slim girls, fat girls. All of them appeared to be wearing new fall finery. On their way no doubt to meet “dates.” Youths who would presently meet these girls or others ‘like them Joined the procession. There were older women, errand boys, men with faces worn dull by years of routine. Yet all of these faces showed relief. The half-holiday had brought an air of bustle and tes tivity to the street. Still Dan Phillips was nowhere in sight. (CHERRY searched eagerly from left to right. The crowd swirled Past and new faces came into view constantly. It was after 12:30, Cherry took her post directly be- side the library entrance and de cided to wait there. The alarming possibility came to mind that in this crowd she might miss Dan. She had never failed to meet him before. Today of all days that would be a calamity! She stood on tiptoe peering over the crowd. Nobody seemed to no- tice her and sho felt as though she were at the center of a merry-go- round. The men and women hurry- ing past might have been carried by some mechanical force, Twelve thirty-five, 12:40, 1 o'clock, There were fewer pedestrians now. Cherry's eyes were dark with alarm. “I should have reminded him!” she told herself. “I should have telephoned.” Still she would not give up hope that Dan would come. It was 20 minutes after 1—al- most an hour past the time she and Dan were to meet. Cherry raised one hand and brushed the mist from her eyes. No use to wait longer. No use to hope against hope that the next moment would bring him. He wasn’t coming. He had forgot- ten about her! Suddenly Cherry felt a hand on her arm. She whirled, her tace lighting with happiness. “Oh—!” she exclaimed and her lips moved to form Dan's name. But it wasn’t Dan Phillips who smiled down at her. Max Pearson stood there. He said easily, “Hail, stranger. Where've you been keep- ing yourself?” Cherry’s reply was a contused murmur. She heard Pearson speak again, without knowing what the words were. She heard him say, something about lunch and was gur- prised to find herself walking down the street beside him, entering the pining room of the Hotel Welling- on, They sat at a small table. Cherry turned her head and suddenly her eyes focused on a figure across the room. For a moment the’ figure blurred and the room swam before her. Then the outlines steadied themselves. It was—oh, it WAS! Dan was sitting at a table not a dozen yards away, leaning forward in earnest conversation, and the Woman facing him was Brenda Vail. (To Be Continued), \ < ee ee ers