The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 18, 1935, Page 4

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1935 The Bismarck Tribune|] , iI Primer for Criminals ' a | THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER ehind the Scenes |/+ ‘|| Your Per. sonal Health Sgt By William Brady, M. D. uestions pertaining to health but not ‘Write letters briefly and in ink, Address Dr. Tribune, All queries must be accompanied by Dr. Brady will answer ee or diagnosis, & e CExablsed ter) | in Washington State, City and County Official Newspaper | WITH RODNEY DUTCHER i sr lished Bismarck Com; , Bis- 5 hag D., Llpaton at ie postattios at Bismarck Fight Over Holding Company Bill Provides Year's Prize second class mail matier. Thrill in Congress . . . Race for Votes Is Spectacular i «+ Senators Play Both Ends Against the Middle. Gats ¥ i George D. Mann ag - A WORD TO CLASS A NEUROTICS . e . t President and Publisher Washington, June 16 Yeap HS yourself in the inti- wt ° no Goofin f] I have nothing whatever to say to Class B Neurotics except how'r'yis Archie O, Johnson Kenneth W. Simons | mate mental boudoir of a rabid New Dealer or # highly @re )) 4. getting by? iat guittbie, tl ii WH. tals Qecretary and Treasurer “Baltor paid “power trust” lobbyist. Less Class B Neurotics are just gullible, misguided peo e some quack’s fake diagnoses too and drift along actually believing they - have weak or exhausted “nerves.” Once in a while you can rescue one of this group if you catch him when his trick “nerves” are not usurping all his throught A diet which just falls short of adequacy, without producing outspoken disease (such as beriberi, pellagra, xerophthalmia or osteomalacia) may lead to chronic gastritis and enteritis with impairment to neuro-muscular con- trol of the intestine. Indeed there is good reason to believe that chronic vitamin B deficiency is responsible for many obscure, indeffnite digestive disorders which destroy the happiness of the patient and baffle the physi- cian, We are accustomed to call these patients neurasthenics . . . whereas many of them are sorely in need of food and the proper vitamin content. (I have taken this entire paragraph almost verbatim from McLester’s “Nutrition and Diet,” Saunders, 1934). From Mellanby’s “Nutrition and Disease” (Oliver and Boyd, London, ¥ 1934), I quote: ae “TI shall now briefly describe my experience with cases of dissem- inated sclerosis ... treated with a high vitamin A diet ... great im- provement in early cases ... the more chronic cases get no better but no worse. Diet includes 1 to 2 pints of milk daily, 2 eggs, mam- malian liver, green vegetables and carrots, and cod liver oil, two teaspoonfuls twice a day.” Mellanby also states that the experimental facts adduced make it possible at least to claim that the nervous system is within the pale of nutrition. He contends that “the actual degenerative changes in the nerves (in cases of beriberi, multiple neuritis) are really due to a vitamin A deficiency, while the prostration, weakness and other nerve symptoms are the result of vita- ¥ | min B deficiency.” ‘There you are. A for nerve degeneration and B for nervous prosira- Either place, you hear the same song: The senate vote on Dieterich amendment to the Wheeler-Rayburn-Roosevelt-Corcoran- Cohen - Frankfur- ter-Brandeis-Morris Llewellyn Cooke-Federal Trade Com- mission-Federal Power Commission holding company bill was the most significant vote in congress since Presi- dent Franklin Delano (“Smiles”) Roosevelt first began to tell congress what to do. (Nobody ever Called the bill that before, on account of a journalistic tendency to abbreviate.) The vote was 45 to 44 against the amendment, which meant one of the best attendances of the season, a spot- light on each individual vote, and an accelerated pita- pat in the hearts of all concerned. The vote for the bill itself was 56 to 32, but the Member of The Associated Press Dieterich amendment—which would have killed the sec- y entitled te tne| tion which breaks the huge holding companies into itsy- use for republication of all news dispatches credited to| bitsy ones—was the crux, theioual news of spontaneous origin published. herein Foie Hii rights of Yepublication of all other matter herein are SEESAW TO ‘SQUARE’ SELVES Senator Dieterich of Illinois, who has been an at- torney for power companies and is still politically as- sociated with pals of the celebrated Sam Insull, was out to devitalize the bill. The several senators who voted for his amendment and then for the unamended bill left themselves in a Position to tell voters they had voted against the “power trust” and to tell “power trust” lobbyists that they had switched only after the game had become a hopeless Go" e ith Gunplay whet hie iG Subscription Rates Payable in Advance 3 Daily by carrier, per year ... see + $7.20 Weekly by mail in state, per year Weekly by mail outside of North Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation Inspiration for Today And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds—The Acts 7:22. tion, by jingo. MBytes one and their best bet was to square themselves with promot ‘bohydrat ~ Learning is but an adjunct to ourself, and the administration. setamene' Bot heel i Mimetinres eterenes or pg oe i Bay where we are our learning likewise is—Shakes- oe or even takes the place of insulin, if you get a liberal ration of it. peare. LINES SHARPLY DRAWN I’m just mentioning these scientific facts to encourage you Class A Neil- ‘ ‘The reason so many folks here regard the contest rotics, especially if you think your “nerves” are “weak.” Mellanby’s con- Li Sane ba ie ii ee ae the lines bet rir tention corroborates the advice I have repeatedly given, namely that the 4 sevel an 4 jusiness-Big inance were clear! factory resull generally tained New and Bigger Job drawn. Executives of the huge holding companies, their pyrene died ve by taking an optimal ration of all the vitamins, rather than a large dose of any one or two vitamins alone. That high vitamin A diet Mellanby suggests provides not only vitamin A but also B, C, D, E and G, though principally A perhaps. Just in my thick-headed way, what with browsing in the appalling : volume of medical literature on vitamins, I am beginning to believe that in the i expectant mother, infant and child, the main vitamin shortage is B and D, re ist and in adults the main shortage is in A and B. Anyway, be sure you get your A and B before you resign yourself to nervous imposition. The peculiar courses human affairs often take was never better illustrated than by the case of Thomas H. Moodie, new public works boss for North Dakota. Less than a year ago Moodie was elected governor by the largest vote ever given a can- didate in this state. Two months later he was esormous salaries imperiled, spent money recklessly in an effort to balk the New Deal's assault on concentra- tions of economic-financial power. Roosevelt lent him- self to the fray and his White House liaison man with congress, Charles West, was hopping all over the place with the message from on high. The Dieterich fight demonstrated that, although Democrats vastly outnumber Republicans in both houses of congress, there's no clear “New Deal” majority for Roosevelt's advanced program. product of his own labor—Frank O. His public career seemed ended by that de- tision. He had not greatly cared for the office Answer—It is just an old Yankee custom. The color is guaranteed harm- | less, nd makes the oranges look so much prettier. Federal government approves of the practice. Anything goes nowadays, as long as they don’t try i NATION'S CAPITOL type which is being proselyted to join an anti-Roosevelt | | bipartisan coalition in 1936. a eee — rT] ———_ inaugurated and less than a month after that], Titular administration leaders, although compelled || riba Retacat tel’ = Gunstyoden Nutmegs a @ : to register in favor of the bill, privately were bitterly | | OL ICS se & Can you tell me what the ides is of all the oranges coming stamped 3 he had been banned from office because he |opposed to its principles—and New Dealers accused them| | I I ; “color added?” Isn’t it possible any longer to get any pure madulte ted é failed to meet a constitutional qualification, | Secretly trying to block or emasculate it. < at the - ST ete a ee: | tones Gc NiAATRD die it . Democrats who voted for the amendment were of the ing high wages so that working peo- om edie e ple can buy.—Henry Ford. nk * of governor or the honor that went with it. A forthright person, he was annoyed by evidences of political sycophancy. So when he left the governor’s office one dull day in late January, his chin was up, his shoulders back and his eyes, were clear. He had been a builder in North Dakota for 80 years, always an active force for good, but it seemed that his only future was a return to the profession which he had dignified for so long. The fates willed differently. The govern- ment was inaugurating its housing program and this called for a man of both tact and abil- ity. It summoned Moodie and he has acquitted himself creditably. Plunging into his new task with the zeal and energy which are character- istic of him, he made a real success of it. Now he is asked to take over the job of pub- lic works chief, a task of great importance. In his new capacity he will have much to say about the disposition of government funds in the gov- ernment’s rehabilitation efforts in this state. His authority will be more obvious, if less di- verse, than he would have been able to exercise jad he remained as governor. Predictions are always dangerous but it they will find him affable but very direct. And a word to the wise. Those who would try a bit of subtle flattery had better not call him “governor.” He doesn’t like it. Colleges and Arteries When officials of the North Dakota Agricultural college announced the other day that 70 per cent of the members of the 1935 graduating class had earned their ‘way through college, in whole or in part, they injected ® little new starch into our state consciousness which seems badly needed. During the last few years, there has been a marked tendency to adopt an attitude of apathy, to encourage the spirit of hopelessness, to reach the conclusion that it {was useless to do anything about current conditions, Few things contain more contradictory testimony than this college record. The boys and girls who gradu- fated this year started at the beginning of the depression. ‘They were sophomores when it reached the depths of 1932. Yet they managed to pull through, in some way or other. It is true that adults cannot be expected to laugh at adversity with the same insouicance that youth does, yet there is no doubting the fact that most of us would be better off if we could. America used to be a young nation, filled with young people. Now we are more than 150 years old and the percentage of young persons is dropping rapidly. Can that have anything to do with our national thinking, our inability to pull ourselves out of a rut? Stranger things have happened. If a man is no older than his arteries, as the physicians say, it is also true that the condition of his arteries has a great deal to do with his thinking. ‘ A Profitable Racket Seven Americans won in the last Irish sweepstakes. ‘The amount won by these seven was about (a a alg ll gael pel flag Uncle Sam will take a big bite in the form of an tax. The amount paid by all Americans invest- fing in this gamble was about $6,000,000. _ Is it worth the money? Certainly not as an invest- boca, As @ gamble—well, that’s different. better got $2.50 worth of thrill. 4 a MAD SCRAMBLE FOR VOTES ‘The backstage drive to “get out the vote” was a thrilling, intense performance which might remind you of the furores back in the old home town years ago when saloon-keepers and the W. C. T. U. fought for Possession of horses and buggies to get voters to the Polls for local option elections. At least two senators were dragged from sickrooms ahead of time. A night-before drive had switched several votes which New Dealers thought they had sewed up. By a terrific effort, the administration forces clubbed and cajoled most of them back into line. Joe Tumulty, war-time secretary to Woodrow Wilson, and ex-Senator” George Moses of New Hampshire were among the army of holding company lobbyists. Emil Hurja, operating chief of the Democratic national com- mittee, was calling senators out on behalf of the bill. eee TURN ON ROOSEVELT Among Democrats voting for the amendment were Byrd and Glass of Virginia, congenital anti-New Deal- ers; Chavez of New Mexico, who owes his job to admin- istration support in his fight against Bronson Cutting; Jimmy Byrnes of. South Carolina, always rated by lib- erals as a “power trust” friend, but a Roosevelt trusted leader; Radcliffe of Maryland, an old personal friend of the president; Neely of West Virginia, whom progres- sives for the first time no longer consider one of them; Bankhead, Ashurst, Burke, Coolidge, Duffy, » Gerry, Hayden, Lonergan, Moore, Reynolds, and Walsh— all of whom support the administration on less impor- tant issues; and Thomas of Oklahoma, reputed to be a coe because of his persistent stand for infla- All these Democrats become more or less “doubtful” if there's to be @ real showdown between Roosevelt and Big Business-Big Finance in 1936, (Copyright, 1935, NEA Service, Inc.) seems safe to say that Tom Moodie will make 4 ° an outstanding public works administrator. With Other | Rests He has the brains, the heart and the human A ea understanding which should carry him far. A DITORS Natio Bie friendly man, his erstwhile political opponents 4 them. - will get just as broad and pleasant a smile from : ee him as will anyone else. = suite tate eae N.Y) The probability is that he will have many|- ‘The Young Republicans of Schenectady county and callers, advocating this or that project. If so, ie surrounding territory invited Senator Gerald P. Nye of view. Perhaps, again, it may have been because the ,younger men desired to learn how those in the west felt, realizing, as some of their elders in have failed to realize, that the success Party has depended in large measure tween the agrarian western states and those, larger units of the conservative east. At all events, Publicans can be credited with a desire to hear all sides to i | and form Whee ows conclusions, Those at dinner in Schenectady listened to short addresses by Alfred Simon, head of the Young Repub- lcans in Saratoga county, and Senator Joseph R. Hanley, snes senator Som the 44th district in western New York, our own local county chairman, W. Kingsland Macy, introduced Senator Nye. The senator spoke at considerable length. If the Young Republicans wanted information, they certainly got it and straight from the shoulder. While the senator showed all the vigor of youth, his close application to work and his wide experi- ence in the national field of government has equipped him with @ world of information which he drew on aplenty, to the great satisfaction of a very attentive au- dience. His deep earnestness carried conviction, He marshalled his facts and drove them home effectively. No one could have listened without being impressed. Senator Nye is one of a group in the United States senate who have championed Progressivism:in Repub- lican politics. ‘That group feels that the national party cannot recover popular esteem e: by showing a libera) tendency towards human rights as Opposed to property rights. Senator Nye made that Plain in his speech and suggested that Republicans be not deluded into that they can achieve victory by simply reverting to the Ways of the Old Guard. Many thinkers in the party believe that the west must be won back, The tendency of the times leans towards younger men and Progressive Policies. Such being the case, it is fortunate that the Republican party has within its ranks, if it sees fit to utilize them, men who can command the popular confi- dence necessary to victory, leaders like Ni i nay preemie ] ye, Hiram John: An evangelist in, the Virginia back country has per- mitted copperhead snake to bite him. We shall con- elder it news when an evangelist bites a copperhead, We can’t understand how a nation of Germans who have been living from hand to mouth cam now be armed Maybe the | to the teeth, | ¥ , the Irish hospitals are flourishing. In five | _ feats they. have ‘collected $20,000,000 from Americans, ‘The lad who always had difficulty describing the shortest distance between two points grew up to be s | taxi driver, v By HERBERT PLUMMER Washington — The “declaration of Grievances” adopted by the “grass roots” Republicen rally at Springfield, IlL, contained several references of a disturbing nature to G. O. P. members of congress, Grievance No. 6, for example: “He (President Roosevelt) has reduced the congress . . . to a group of time servers.” Again, in Grievance No. 9, members of both senate and house were described as “a supine con- gress.” Not since Henry P. Fletcher, chair- man of the Republican national com- mittee, made his celebrated statement Opening the 1934 congressional cam- paign last July that when a medal is struck for the 73rd congress it should be “a rubber stamp, lying down” has there been made such a broadside attack. ee Political Embarrassment While the Republicans are in the minority they are a part of congress. The record shows many have voted, for basic measures of the New Deal. If they are to be taken to task by their brethren, as they were by the “grass rooters,” political embarass- ment is inevitable for them when they come up for re-election in ‘36. The “grass roots” rally objected particularly to the $4,800,000,000 work-relief vppropriation “forced from a supine congress.” The final vote on this measure in the house shows that 29 Republicans voted for and 63 against. In the senate 10 voted for and 9 against. . Roosevelt also is criticized for having “debased our currency and devalued the dollar.” xe * The Record The record shows that on the ‘Thomas gold devaluation and green- backs amendments 30 house Republi- cans voted for and 19 against. In the senate on the same question 13 Re- publicans voted for,.18 against. The silver bill’s passage was aided by 14 house and 7 senate Republicans, as contrasted with 71 in the house and 19 in the senate who voted the other way. The agricultural adjustment act claimed the support of 29 house Re- publicans as compared to 73 against, while senate Republicans divided equally, 16 voting for and 16 against. Republicans lined up this way for NRA: house, 54 for, 50 against. Sen- ate, 10 for, 20 against. The Frazier-Lemke bill, since de- clared unconstitutional, passed. the house 133 to 16 (no roll call). In the senate the Republican vote was 16 for, 11 against. There are 24 Republicans in the senate and 103 in the house. Even subtract the progressive bloc and the zone of apostasy is fairly wide. Only one of every 300,000 letters mailed in the United States is lost before delivery. FLAPPER FANNY SAYS: BG. U. S. PAY. OFF. ot & coffee dispenser urns her salary. The constitution is our protection against mob rule. — “Alfalfa” Bill Murray. se 8 You can’t turn this psychical power on and off like a faucet.—Mrs. Felicie O. Crossley, California medium, re- fusing reporters a seance after Predicting President Roosevelt's re- election. ee * The supreme mark of a cultured man is his‘refusal to be overawed by mere size, and the world is but a large scale replica of the campus. — Dr. Charles F. Wishart, president, Woos- ter College. xe * Democracy is not invested with any inevitable immortality. It has died before in history, and people who have known it and prized it seemed not sorry to see it gol] — Dr. Glenn Frank of the University of Wiscon- sin. * % # Wilson, Harding, and Coolidge crumpled under the tasks of the presidency. Roosevelt eats up the problems and is imperturbable, serene, ready for more.—C. F. Potter, founder of First Humanist Society of New York. # ee The whole question of stability of this country depends upon the sta- bility of the middle classes.—Dor- othy Thompson, international jour- nalist. * ee ¢ You can finish building a house, but you can never finish building a home, unless you give up trying at Reno or some -\opover between.—Ihe Rev. Carl H. Kopf of Boston. * & * I believe if nations provided for universal conscription of materials, goods, and the means of producing them, as well as of men, the principal cause of wars wuuld disappear—Gov. George H. Earie, Pennsylvania. * ee There never has been a civilization that did not have its beginning in the recognition of man’s right to the Stories par earlier than thought ever was given in the United Statea 1o freeing its slaves, came the little British colony of Sierra Leone, on ‘he west coast of Africa. with that \dea. * For this colony actually was established by some British philan- ‘hropists, as early as 1786, for re reption of runaway slaves. This attempt, however, proved a failure. byt later abolitionists, headed by William Wilberforce, were able to bufld up a large colony based upon freed slaves captured from traders on the high seas. Illicit slave trafic continued, however, but by 1833, a complete stop was put to that, just before the death of Wil- berforce. In 1933, a hundred years later, Sierra Leo! issued a series of 13 stamps ¢ o mmemorat- ing its, com* dlete freedom Bad from slavery. : ‘ j Typical is the seq 2mp shown here, illustrat: ing a slave throwing off his shackles, (Copyright, 1935, NEA Service, Inc,) English actor-writer. I believe Mae West cleaned up the sereen. She took the very thing of! which the nastiest sex films were made, and then not only laughed at {4t herself, but made the public see the joke also.—Sir Cedric Hartwicke, | to sell the wooden nutmegs. B. W. J.) doctor his symptoms. What's Wrong Here? Please inform me what the symptoms of chronic arsenic poisoning are. Answer—No, no, this is a health column. The patient should tell the (Copyright, 1935, John F. Dille Co.) BEGIN GERE TODAY MATHARINE STRYKAURST. beautiful. 20. t2 tm teve with MICHAEL WEATHEROE whe rune a riding cehool. Katharine’s father ts eich ané ber ctepmeth- DR. JOHN KAYE. focal coquette, jo am engage- wrig- youss te danger. rushes to ware him. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER XXIIl ICHAEL said nothing for the space of five minutes. during which Katharine drove turfously. . She drew into a side road—a sort of lane, blocked from the main toad’s view by a screen of apple trees. She had had @ picnic here with the Merser children only the week before. She shut off the engine. After its steady hum the silence was almost deafening. Half a city block away the roar of steady traffic on a main artery soended. But here there was the humming of bees in s clover field. And quiet. And a man in the seat be aide her, waiting for her to speak. “Well, what is-it?” Katharine had the queerest feeling that she bad lived through this scene some time—some place —before. Perhaps in 8 dream. ‘ Her brows drew together in a frowning line. “Do you think we can be seen trom bere?” She threw a‘glance back at the road from which she had come. Michael shrugged. why?” She plunged into ber story. “Michael, there are men after you. Down in the village. They've badges—detective shield s—or something.” : “Detectives?” If he were guil- ty of some unnamed crime, he “No. But tt maintained @ bland air. But hadn't she heard somewhere that criminals are like that? “Miciael!” She felt a sudden fierce rage possess her. That he should be so calm, while she had tushed so madly to warn him! “Don't you understand?” she cried. “I rushed to ll you— so that you might get away.” “You did that?” His voice sounded odd—almost choked. He was staring at ber strangely. “Yes, and you must ran for it,” she said on a note of relief and terror, now that be understood. “You guustn’t let them get you. Have you any money? if you baven’t 1 ean get some from the bank. I'll drive you over to Har- mon—the through trains stop there. You can start west.” “No matter what I’ve done or what I’m running away from?” he asked. “No. matter what!” She was firm about that. There was not @ single question in her mind, not an argument to be met. Ske, who fad oéver broken 8 single law in _ Qll her 30 years, now adviged this man to flee. It was as simple as that. “Thank you, Katharine.” eo me was the first time he had ever called ‘her by her name in that way; naturally and simply. Her ey quite involuntarily, filled with tears. She turned away to hide them. “Don't . . .” That the old, old pain should be beginning again— why, that was unbearable. She had thought to conquer it for all time. “You're very good to me,” he said, low-voiced. His lean, brown fingers closed over her wrist. Her hand lay in his clasp quite unre- sistingly. “It was the least 1 could do,” she managed to say, in the silence. “I can’t tell you how it makes me feel.” he went on, very gently. He had squared about now to face her. Unwillingly she lifted her eyes to his. There was a split second—-and then she was in bis arms, her face crushed against bis shoulder, against the cloth of that worn tweed coat she knew and loved so~well. There was only this moment of weakness. Then the girl pulled herself away. “What can we be thinking of?” she cried. “I must—we both of us must be quite mad.” “Sane for the first time ip months, you mean,” said the man dryly. “Let's face it, Kathe rine... .” “There's nothing to face,” she said stubbornly. “I rush to tell you that you're in trouble; we both have a silly moment. That's all. You wait bere, Michael. I’lt dash back to town and get you some money. Then I'll drive you to the train—” He had her hand again in that cool, gentle, curiously strong grip. “I'm mad about you,” he said. “You've got to hear it sow. I've loved you for months... .” “What are you saying? You're going to marry someone else.” eee (Tae words were out. She hadn't meant to say them. “Tell me you care @ little, too, Katharine.”. His slate-gray eyes, with the laughter lines about, them, were wooing, compelling her. n't. It—it wouldn't be he lied. But her eyes, her glowing cheeks told the truth. She was in his arms again. as {tf unwillingly. Their lips met in that long first kiss which is the privilege of lovers. She sprang away. “Have you-—have you kissed Sally Moon like that?” she de manded, panting in young fury. “You know I haven't.” “How do I know? The whole town’s talking. You're engaged to her, aren’t yout” “I was until five minute ago—" “You can't jilt a girl, Michael Heatheroe. It isn't in you. I wouldn't let you, anyhow.” Her eyes blazed at him. “Oh, wouldn't you? Engage- ments have been broken before this—” His face was dark; bis eyes flashed stormy lightnings. Katharine wrung her hands to- gether. “We're ing time. Al- ready those m at the school, looking for you. What are we to do?” Michael's eyes held her. “You do love me a little, Katharine?” Tet Otee rae tke 2 ore ee be ine, wit: & “Do you suppose,” blazed the girl, “do you imagine for one sin- gle minute [I'd be here if ! didn’t?” Her barriers were down now. She flung the words at him as if in furious anger. “God help me. | do love you. And you're going to marry an- other woman. And there are de- tectives after you. 1 would get myself into a hideous mess like this, when there are millions of fine, decent men I might care for... .” “You don’t think I'm decent?” “How can you be?” she raged. “Engaged to one girl—making love to another. Running foul of the law. Why, I must be halt mad to think of you, even.” “I adore you when you're like this,” the man exulted, staring down at her. “Once I thought you were so cool, and aloof but now—”" “Now? What do you think of me now, Michael Heatheroe?” “I think you're marvelous.” eee Ts fair-hatred girl in white linen, lean, sun-tanned man in tweeds and riding boots, they faced each other almost like ene- mies. Katharine'’s breath came thick and fast; her blue eyes were wide and dark with excitement. “Well then, if you think I’m marvelous,” she taunted, “do something for me! Get away be- fore those policemen catch you. 1 shouldn't like that. Nor Sally Moon either—”" “1 will, on one condition.” His nearness was like strong wine to her. She had never felt so flerce- _ ly, pulsatingly alive. It was as if an electric current burned be- tween them. “What's that, Michael Heath- eroe?” “That you come along with me!” “Why, you're insane. . .” But she could not stare him down. “You know I can’t do such a thing,” “Why not?” She paused to consider this. There were & million reasons to advance against her going with this man. Her home, her life, her training all pointed in the other direction. And yet-—and yet—the years stretched out be- fore her in an endless procession. “I can't,” she said dully. “And you know it.” But it might be glorious, ber inner self cried, to go off with him like this, without considera- tion or fear. Only she couldn't —she mustn’t.allow herself to be tempted. He folded his arms, “Very well, then. I'll go back and see these rascals, whoever they are.” “You can’t do that,” she cried, He nodded. “You'll see wheth- er I can or not.” “Michael, you're cruel. How dare you make such a condition? It’s not fair or right. I've given you your chance to run for it. You're throwing it avec.” “It’s you who force me to it.” “I don’t believe you mean it,” she taunted. “You're just trying me, seeing how far you can go.” “Ob, am If” asked the man, on a note of dangerous quiet. “If you believe that, then start your car and take me back to the vil- lage. I’m ready to see those fel- lows, whoever they may be.” (To Be Cantinnes) DB