The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 29, 1932, Page 4

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(Official City, State and County Newspaper) -Foreign Representatives SMALL, SPENCER, BREWER (Incorporated) | CHICAGO NEW YORK BOSTON | Let the People Rule | When the North Dakota delega- | tion in the present lame-duck con- Bress divided on the issue of submit- ting to the people the proposal to repeal the prohibition clause in the national constitution, some comment Was caused by the fact that J. H.) Sinclair, only one of the three re- elected in November, changed his traditionally dry attitude and voted for the resolution. Explanation of his position is giv- en by Sinclair in a copy of remarks made by him when the measure was under discussion. At that time he said in part: “North Dakota, the state which I have the honor to represent, came into the Union constitution- ally dry. Last November 8 a refer- endum was had on the question of repealing the prohibition clause of our state constitution. The issue was clear and so stated as to leave no confusion in the minds of the voters. Repeal was voted by a majority of 35,270. This majority was cast not in any one section of the state or in the cities alone. It carried in all but 7 out of a total of 53 counties. It is obvious, therefore, that a change is generally de- sired by the people of North Da- kota. “I have repeatedly stated my belief that a representative in congress should vote as nearly as Possible in accordance with the constitution and laws of his own State. This I have done during my service here. The fundamen- tal principles of self-government on which our nation has been built demand that the majority shall rule. Therefore, a major- ity of the citizens of North Da- kota having spoken decisively on the question, I deem it my duty to accept their mandate and sup- port the resolution.” | ‘The position which he states is fundamentally sound. The will of the people is given force, under our form of government, only if the leg- Aslative and executive officers elect- ed by them carry out the mandates which the people give them. Failure of some officers to do so 4m the past has led to the adoption of the initiative system which we have seen in action in this state dur- ing the last year. Even the strong- est advocate of initiated measures will agree that better action is ob- tained through the ordinary process- | es if those processes are truly respon- Bive to the will of the people. An Interesting Experiment Citizens of San Mateo county, Cali- fornia, exercised at the high cost of county government and desiring to modernize its system of operation, have adopted the county manager form of government which will be- come effective soon. The county charter provides for a board of supervisors to be elected at large. It will select the county executive in collaboration with a special board, which will review the qualifications of applicants for the| post, The executive will appoint all administrative officers in the coun- ty, except constitutional officers, sub- Ject to confirmation by the board. The California commonwealth is the second in the country to adopt this system, the first having been Aplington county, Virginia, where the plan. has been effective since January 1, 1931. It seems @ safe bet that a review a few years hence will show conditions 4m these two counties materially im- Proved, not because the system is es- séntislly better than those we now have but because of greater interest It is to the effect that the worst The Bismarck Tribune system, under competent and honest men, is better than the best system managed by crooks and incom- Petents. Its truth, of course, is ob- vious. Proving itself, does its best. It lives lin the public eye and everyone is in- terested. Efficiency and economy are inevitably the result. But as the system grows older, the public attitude changes. The accept- ed order is taken for granted and, all too frequently, old conditions re- turn, Eventually the public wakes up to find that its pet gadget of government is being used against it rather than for it. There is no substitute for active public interest in public affairs, There can be no better safeguard. What Makes Success? Men have been searching “for the secret of success longer probably, than they have sought the elusive fountain of youth, for a man must get old before rejuvenation appeals to him and success is something craved by persons of all ages. It is interesting to speculate, there- fore, on the career of Linton Keith, who, out of a job, entered the Uni- versity of Chicago and scored a rec- ord mark in its aptitude test, de- j signed by the professors to indicate a {student's possibilities. Here, apparently, is a young manj of more than usual capacity, yet the} world has not been good to him. He is one of those who enjoy the leisure of necessity. In short, he has no job and entered college merely for want. of something better to do. One wonders what enters Keith’s mind as he realizes that he has ap- titude far above the average—and no place in which to exercise it. Perhaps he looks back: upon some corner of his life which, had he turned it in an opposite direction, might have resulted in different things for him. Almost all of us look into the past and speculate what would have happened if—. A recent analysis of the reasons employers discharge men and women probably does not, apply to Keith's case, For his sake, we hope it doesn't. But the fact is that more persons are dismissed because of character deficiencies than for ineptitude or inability to do their work. In other words, a man’s attitude toward his work is liable to play a larger part in his success or failure than his in- herent ability. This factor isn't stressed overmuch | in the records of those who, having been successful, presume to tell oth- ers their magic formula. But it stands out, never-the-less, as a guide Post to those who, lacking some nat- | ural gifts, determine to make the} most of what they have. 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, | i California Experiments (Minneapolis Tribune) Within a few days California's “federal plan” of apportionment, so- called, will go into effect in its state legislature, and the nation will have the opportunity to observe another Political experiment in the working. Under this plan, California's coun- ties will be represented as such in the legislature's upper house, and lesser Subdivisions of population will find their representation in the lower one. Since no county may have more than one representative in the state sen- ate, this means that such heavily Populated areas as Los Angeles coun- ty will be at a distinct disadvantage there. Under this system, it is point- ed out that 30 counties with an ag- gBregate population of 370,756, or less than 7 per cent of the total state population of more than 5,000,000, would be able to control the senate with a majority vote. This group of counties has only one-sixth the pop- ulation of Los Angeles county with its one vote, and so it is plain that. California has delivered its upper house, lock, stock, and barrel, to the sparsely populated, rural areas. The urban areas, on the other hand, will be able to dominate the assembly rather thoroughly, and it is urged on behalf of California's new system that it will effect a nice bal- ance between the cities and the country, with each having unchal- Jenged domination of one house. The city-controlled assembly can do nothing without the cooperation of the country-controlled senate, and the country-controlled senate can force through no legislation which the city-dominated assembly does not, approve. One of the chief criticisms of the plan has been that it gives an unjustified advantage to the rural areas, and it is further maintained that the system, as it has been ex- Perimented with in other states, has never worked out in an entirely sa- tisfactory manner. California, how- ever, seems determined to give the Plan a thorough trial, and is appar- ently enamored with the idea that it has at last found a practical way of balancing its rural and urban Populations against each other. Whether it will Buffer bitter disillu- Sionment, after a few years of test- on the part of the people and a more watchful attitude on the part of the taxpayer. «New brooms sweep clean, but only are new brooms— time apply to ing in the actual laboratories of its state government, remains to be seen, FIVE POINTS OF LAW Columbus, O.—Judge Joseph Clif- ford gives everyone a break. Recently after having imposed a fine of $200 on Peterson, alleged bookmak- er, Judge Clifford dismissed the fine At the beginning, of course, a new! system, faced with the obligation of| | | | | By William self-addressed envelope is enclosed. in ink. tions. Address Dr. William Bi "PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not to disease diagnosis, or treatment, will be answered by Dr. Brady if a stamped, No reply can be made to queries not conforming to instruc- Brady, M. D. Letters should be brief and written rady, in care of this newspaper. i THE POOR LITTLE LONE CHILD An attorney writes: My 6-year-old son has been ac- cused of being “high strung.” He abhors large gatherings of friends, relatives or strangers, but is on the highest plane of social ability with all new people whom ehe meets singly or in pairs. Intro- duce him into a large group and he is the proverbial wallflower. ‘When he began attending school he developed a peculiar reaction, which may have resulted from this timidity in meeting large numbers of strangers. The first morning he vomited his breakfast just be- fore leaving for school. He re- peated the performance regularly each day. Saturdays and Sundays intervening between school days were not marked by vomiting. ‘What is the cause and what can be done about that? The doctor attributes it to his “high-strung” nature. who knows better. subscribers, truth in print. into the child's making. But then, aren't we all? or sisters save the poor little lon child from being spoiled. nurse, teacher or other children, Th given. his own limitations. or other relatives interfere or concer: rotic environment. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Insulin f our druggist sician who understands his: patient (Mrs. E. G. P.) Answer—That is sician does not consider suitable for you, you had better to send instructions for gaining in our family. (Mrs. HL.) ~ Water has no influence ‘on obesity. Immunity Against Diphtheria SAA SE TROLL AENT? AeA sa nea esc In practice a doctor can’t always tell the truth, lest the patient’ drop him and take up with another doctor Even in print it isn’t always safe to tell the truth—I have lost some of my best customers, patrons by telling the But I'm going to chance it again, | just for fun. From the history as recited by the correspondent it seems to me that what the doctor means by accusing the child of being “high strung” is that the poor little lone kid has neu- rotic antecedents. Oh, well, now that we're in we may as well duck all the way in and have it over. The child comes by his abnormal behavior nat- urally; some faulty material entered Somehow I get the impression, letter doesn’t say, that this is an only child, and consequently a spoiled child. An only child is unfortunate; his par- ents owe it to him to adopt one or two brothers or sisters to share things and to contend with him. Brothers The child vomits for the purpose of getting something he can’t get with- out vomiting. Even if it be only sym- pathy and attention from parents, cure for that sort of conduct is to ignore the act and besides to impose some penalty for every repetition, such as denial of a privilege or a pleasure which the child would ordinarily be This boy should either be placed in a well conducted private school where the staff understands such cases, and left at the mercy of the school teach- ers, that is, he must be made to un- derstand that the teachers have entire charge of his education and they are to employ whatever discipline they deem best; or the boy should be sent to the nearest public school where he will be thrown amongst other boys of his age and he must be left to fight battles, within reasonable The less the parents, uncles, aunts themselves about the boy’s behavior the better. He is unhappily sensitized to a neurotic environment. The par- ents and other relatives are the neu- I have been to several doctors, in- cluding our family doctor, and not one will give me insulin for gaining weight. I thought perhaps I could take it my- self, beginning with three units and Sradually increasing to 10 units, but st advised against it and said it should be given only by a phy: right. If your phy- Smee other means of gaining weight. Glad weight if you will inclose with your request = stamped enyelope bearing your ad- Drinking Water Can one get fat drinking water? Your answer will settle an argument Answer—Yes, if one eats enough. Criticised because I have not had our two young children immunized | against diphtheria, I believe it is bet- kee eer amameaton® ter to wait until I know they have | been exposed or until they show signs |of the disease... (Mrs, H. McC.) | _Answer—That would be too late. It |requires two #r three months for the immunity to develop after the toxin-! |antitoxin (or toxoid) is given. So you should have the children immunized now. (Copyright, John F. Dille Co.) I'd be willing to vote for 2.75 per gent beer, or “slop,” if the people | want it—and they seem to want it.| and that’s what it is—“slop.”—James E. Watson, United States senator from Indiana. eee We fight a war for peace and straightway plunge into an orgy of war-breeding nationalism.—Dr. Glenn Frank, president of the University of Wisconsin. ee * Everyone who knows Irishmen likes them.—The Prince of Wales. eee. I was one of those who urged the American people to buy Liberty bonds so we could lend money to Europe. I dont think it is fair now liam Pou. representative in Congress from North Carolina. xe * too many children as to have too much to drink—perhaps more so.— though certainly the correspondent’s That's all the O'Connor bill calls for, | for Europe to ask our taxpayers to | pay off those bonds.—Edward Wil- | ; is just as blameworthy to have | } Ungerer nS SSSR EE NEEL AUNT Ga Ab WaT HAR SST SSAA aT Dr. Ambrose, East Ham coroner, England. o | Barbs | ————_+ o Depressions are an indictment of our civilization, says Secretary of Labor Doak. And so far, all motions to quash have been denied. ee x It was a pretty stiff fight John Barleycorn put up in his come- back attempt in the house the other day. Some folks will sus- pect he'd been doing some secret training since he was knocked out 12 years ago. ee * Taxpayers who want to see just {where their money has gone might try a trip to Europe. ** * Mussolini's modesty is simply over- whelming. The monument, dedicat- ed to him and which he unveiled re- FLAPPER, FANNY SAYS: | | | | Girls who prey on men never Pray for them. no. EDUCATION-SHANTYTOWN New York, Dec. 29.—Time is playing its usual odd tricks on dozens of Man- hattan showplaces. ‘Thus it is that the serious tourist, bent on seeing the finer and more ed- ucational phases of New York, can scarcely help stumbling over its latest addition—the unemployed shantytown in Central Park. 4s only 100 feet high. * * % One way to spread the influ- ence of Christmas is to let the tree stand antil the needles are dry and then drag through the kitchen. * % * Don’t worry about the flappers who stick to their chiffon hose, zero or Many are cold but few are frozen. (Copyright, 1932, NEA Service, Inc.) Not that this shantytown is not worth visiting; for it shows desperate mankind in his most ingenious mood. He has taken advantage of every rock, spare bit of wood, abandoned animal cage and ancient tunneling and his results, even when fantastic, are mod- els of clever adaptibility. * *% ¥ * * * PALACE FOR CARETAKERS In extreme contrast, just down Firth Avenue to 67th Street, one of town’s most famed and super-lux! ous mansions has been entertaining, ;for some five years, only the care- takers, Just what a few caretakers find to do in a huge, multi-millionaire home, T have never ascertained. The nearest Peep we have ever had was when the last of the Wendels died and it was discovered that one old servant took a dog out for a walk around the tiny back yard each day. However, the Sixty-seventh Street showplace of which I speak is the former residence of the picturesque magnate, Thomas Fortune Ryan. His art gallery, alone, at No. 3, attracted collectors and art students for many @ year. The garden, formed by an L-like construction of the mansion, was said to have been Ryan’s breal fast place for many a year. Rare shrubs and flowers were imported for it; the house was adorned with the most luxurious items the world af- forded. And then, like all humans, Ryan died! it out * * * COSTLY HOBBY The case of Thomas Jr., however, attracted amused attention during the summer. Left a huge fortune and in- come, he was pursued by* creditors from all directions. Bills running into the hundreds of thousands came pour- ing into court proceedings. The items indicated that he had gone in for an- tiques and trinkets, such as ivory ele- Phants and jade tigers; for jeweled . HORIZONTAL? 1 Pussies. U. S. President Answer to Previous Puzzle 21 Accelerated. -23 Periods -of ten 5To fawn. years. 10 Lyre-like 25To shun, instrument. 26.To jeer. ec} 14 State of 28 Finish, shaking. 29 Every, 15 Swarming. 30 Governor , 16 Narrative S ae General. of poem, = rish Free 17 Market. OBI MMEIDIVICIT! — State. 18 To rent again. EINMELIEIOMBTIOIE) 33 To grapple. 19 Odious. LINT JAIGIAIVIED 1] 35 Set of three. 20 Half quarts, 22 Onager. 23 Eating car. 24Bark of an 46 Carpet. East Indian 48 Auctions. tree. 49 Burden. 26 To divide. 50 Evil spirit. 27 Anticipations 52 Man's waist- in order. coat, 31 Epoch, 53 Helmet-shaped 32 Field. 34 Indian from part of calyx. 55 To frown, Utah. 57 African n 37 Swindled. antelope. 39 Rowing 58 Gown, implement. 41 Frizzed. VERTICAL - 43 Cookery 1Scene of mill- formula, - tary service. 45 Soared. 2Once more, it. Ba nase IUIRIE] ILIN] 36 Right of using land for pas- ture. 3 Root vege 38 Tympanum. of table. the ear, 4Hunting dog. 39 Engine. room 5 Vehicle. greasers, 6 Olive shrub. 40 Monkeys. 7 What president 42 Foot lever. of the U.S.A. 44 Caverns. was the head 46To peruse. of Princeton 47 Most important University? metal in com- mon commer- cial exchange. 10 To reanimate...50 Home of a 11 Thinks. beast, 12 Maker of tiles. 51 Neither, 13 Genus of 54 Minor note, maple trees, 56 You and I. ter commentator in an old bear's cage which has been turned into a warm, cave-like home. covered with gunny sack and board and rocks have been tilted against it. A new entrance has been made in the rocks to the rear. But the cage bars still bear a weather beaten and quite “DON’T FEED THE ANIMALS” | that Cleopatra’s needle is practically | in the back yard acting as a sun dial; | the Metropolitan Museum is a few! yards further on; the famous Central | Park bridal path skirts the shanty; camp and the rich society folk can watch the jobless making breakfast and doing washing; those interested , in biology and such can visit the American Museum of, Natural History, just a step to the westward. Some students might find it interesting to leave the museum and observe what the 1932 brothers of the cave man are up to! However, the point in question is| ‘There's a cue for some slightly bit- The bars have been WMAT IS THE MEDI- CAL TERM FOR PARROT FEVER? WHAT SHIP LAID THE \ FIRST SUCCESSFUL _ RYLANTIC CABLE ? Wuar is < THE NAME cently, weighs a mere 300 tons and | eradicated sign which, deciphered, dice and costly pendants. Hundreds - says: “Don't feed the animals—!"... of items were listed. There was another tale to the ef- fect that, in a country estate, the widow had thought of setting out an i: estate—like Rome—a hill to each son! Just what happened to the idea, I have never heard. At any rate they did hold the last obsequies over the old Marshall Field showplace in Fifth Avenue, and every one sipped tea at the wake, while the swankiest club New York has ever known was coming into existence— ‘with glassed-in tennis courts, croquet grounds and all that sort of thins. Frank Crowninshield, editor of smart magazines, is said to be operating it. | HIZHO | Trae Men fet md | Ta Ho is capital fun! Help yourself to some of it by cutting apart the seven puzzle id rearranging them to silhouette of the Let+ ter L. ri Letter L ~ Did you ‘help the bending boy find his way out. of. the seven pieces ‘or did’ you give up? “Here's the solution. by ANTHONY ABBO Coprrrenr BY COVICr, FRIEDE, Geraldine Foster was hacked to death in a house on Peddler’s Road, leased by her employer, Dr. Maskell, and her nude body buried in a grave filled with tannic acid. Two women were seen leaving the doctor's office carrying bottles similar to those found near the atave. Mrs. Morgan, a neighbor, substantiates the doctor's state- ment that he was with her daugh- ter, Doris, the day of the disap- pearance. Maskell claims there was a strange woman outside his office when he returned. Other suspects are Harry Armstrong, Geraldine’s former fiance, and her brother, Bruce, who will receive her inheritance. Bruce is an adopted son whose father was a murderer. Dr. Maskell reports to Police Commissioner Thatcher Colt that Geraldine phoned him on January 5, ten days after her dis- appearance requesting that he meet her, but failed to appear. The autopsy shows she was killed on December 24, and her body pre- served by the acid to make it ap- pear that death occurred within 48 hours. Maskell, accused? sticks to his story. His brother and sister-in-law, George and Natalie Maskell, call to see him, but are turned away. CHAPTER XXVI. 7 66N ne said Thatcher Colt, suddenly breaking the silence, “my dear doc- tor, I have taken the liberty of making some arrangements for our morning.” “Yes, certainly,” said Doctor Maskell, turning from the window with a deep sigh. “There ts another car down- stairs, in which you, will find some of your friends, We are going on a journey.” “Without breakfast?” asked the physician. P “I am afraid so,” replied the Commissioner, while Dougherty laughed, shook hands with my chief and promised to see him later in the day. Then he and Hogan de- parted, leaving the next stage of the investigation in our hands. “If you think that extra little torment will help in bregking my nerves,” said the doctor, “let me disabuse your mind. I have eaten no breakfast, except hot water, in twenty years, and, as a doctor, staying up ail night is no great great strain on me.” Ne descended into the loos air of the young morning. t dawn, there had been a sun, but already banks of rain-clouds were massing in the heavens; the air was damp and cold; it was the beginning, after an hour’s interlude, of an other spell of dismal and cheer- less weather. In front of 240 Centre Street a maroon-colored Auburn car was drawn up at the curb, with that strange little fellow Checkles sit-| ting at the wheel. { An Important Witness | My chief explained to me, in an aside, that the Inspector ant n of the men had been talking with Checkles. The best they cor t out of as that he was the doctor all through Christmas Eve afternoon. Beside Checkles in the car, smiling a little wanly, and as pale as a moon at dawn, Doctor Maskell took his place. Then he looked back and in the rear seat, he saw a woman and a feline Morgan, ‘andthe: lite as Felise Mo: 1» aN ie girl Doris: Morgan, the child Simpanion of Doctor Maskell, his living alibi. She was mate pretty. Later I learned that she was ten Her golden hair and is blue eyes and colorful dress and hat gave her a rather spoiled and stagey air—one would expect , her to grow up into a cinema star, if cinema stars ever do grow up. But what interested me most was love and Doctor Maskell’s eyes when he looked at little Doris. I think the sight of her quite unmanned him. He ee pie as aoe wy me a squeal of joy at sight of him, and she kissed him in lively, inti- mate and Srusting fashion. “Helloa, Doris! Helloa, Check- les,” called the Commissioner, tak- ing his place beside the child and motioning me to a folding seat in front of him, “Good mornings and good nights and good fellows and good gods,” said Checkles. His head bent over the wheel of the car, and he pushed the horn button in the middle of the wheel with his long, peaked nose , so that the car cried out as if in fright at his behavior. Doris laughed. “Isn’t Checkles too funny for words?” she asked, with a grown-up glance at Thatcher Colt. “He always blows the horn with his nose.” The Commissioner nodded, as he drew a slip of paper from his pocket, and read off the names and addresses of the patients of Doc- tor Maskell, to whom, so the sus- some | th pect declared, he and Doris and Checkles had delivered the pres- ents. start while the i talked earnestly with Doris. He told her she was a very important person, and that she could yo the great City of New York, she must try to remember every- thing she could. She promised with the most grown-up and gra- cious smile imaginable. | Retraced Steps 1 “You were with the doctor every part of the time on Christmas Eve?” asked. Commissioner Colt. oo sir; every part,” said Doris Morgan ly. “Now,” continued Thatcher dum, you went first to an address on. Batchin Place. Is that right?” “Yes, certainly,” replied the doc- tor in a hoarse voice. Colt gave Checkles his orders and immedi- ately we started zigz: across town, in the Greenwich Villages to I noticed, with that Checkles bent forward and pushed the round black button with his nose. There was no con- versation during that journey, un- til we reached the narrow impasse behind ise tee Market Court, where, for many years, artists and poets have lived in the little red brick houses, rejoicing |p; in the tiny trees, the narrow side- walks, Bef the general air of an- other century that hovers over the | toc,’ place. “Doris,” said Thatcher Colt, “do uu remember about visit here?” “Oh, yes,” brought a r ahd ribbon, to ives in that ere.’ “Who delivered the an came to the little door and he sent loiter, because we other places to go. tired the time we As we started off er Colt began to qi Morgan. “You were an intimate friend of Geraldine Foster?” “Oh, no, Our apartment is over the doctor’s office. Doris and Ger- aldine met in the halls, ‘irendly. The doctoi in, Thatch. Mrs, came fi fancy to Doris and soon we all got to know each other,” We fully understood the weari- nese of Boris before ue bad ; (Te Be Continged Tomorrom,) - INC, — DISTRIBUTED BY KING FEATURES SYNDICATE. INC. finished that twisting and traffic- tormented itinerary. In and out ‘ of the crowded New York streets i} we drove, while Checkles pushed the horn button with his nose, and heaped maledictions on taxi driv- ers and pedestrians who tempted death under our wheels. From ' house to house we drove, from a 1 broker in East Twelfth Street, to an actor who lived at the Chelsea Hotel. Farther north we were slowly creeping on our ejourney, which was confined largely to the West Side, but by the time we had stopped in front of the Sherman Square Hotel, Doctor Maskell re- minded us that it was just three o’clock on Christmas Eve after- noon that he had been there be- fore. He knew by the fact that he had inquired the time of the door- ‘ man, wondering if he would be \ able to complete the rest of his : cis before it was time for Doris to be back in herhome. The door- man knew the doctor, who often called to visit ono Patient, a re- tired merchant tailor who lived on the eighth floor of the hotel. When questioned, the doorman perfectly recalled Doctor Maskell asking the time and he further recollected that it was three o'clock. As we drove past the barren , Seay ep Garden in Central Park, I had to tell myself that so far the doctor’s alibi had been con- een sansiaingd: Then, at the next place we stopped, a small hotel ment house near Cen- tral Park, we came upon a surpris- ing piece of information. The awe to whom Doctor Maskell delivered a present there was a Mrs. Westock. She told the Commissioner that, on Christmas Eve, before the doctor reached her house, someone had called on her telpohone, and asked for the phy- sic “It was a woman’s voice,” said Mrs. Westock. ‘She seemed to be very anxious for me to get word tohim. The message she Teft was ‘Please come at once to Peddler’s sped: : Something terrible has hap- - pened.’”” “She did not leave any name?” ve sir. Nor her telephone number.” “Did you give the doctor the $ message?” “Yes, sir.” “What did he say?” “He looked surprised, but all he said was “Thanks.” pal lat sc a | Shattered Alibi | This conversation took pl: the Westock and eines whole party. Thatcher Colt tell the doctor about Mrs, Wes- 8 BA Soon the car crossed Fifth Avenue, continuing Park Avenue, where we stopped in front of a large apartment pee ny exclaimed where I had the ice cresm."" not E have more than Piste of ite cream ?”” tcher Colt. “Three! I had three!” Checkles gloating], I at us over his a suet “But Doris is a lady and too! onl: one. She hi z though—t had threo” fF Me,