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4 ‘HE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, MUNDAY, JULY 15, 1 The Bismarck Tribune|/ i taint Near ehind the Scenes STATE’S OLDEST NE e r a in Washington (Established 1873) State, City and County Official Newspaper | WITH RODNEY DUTCHER bj The New Strong Man oe: Your Personal Health. By William Brady, M. D. uestions pertaining to health but not dis- ease or diagnosis, eters briefly and in ink, Address Dr. Brady in care of The Tribune. All queries must be accompanied by &@ stamped, self-addressed envelope. am is. | s Published by The Bismarck Tribune Company, Bis- N. D, and entered at the postoffice at Bismarck Hoover Hopes On, But Many Leaders View Him as Brake second class mail matter. on G. O. P. Comeback . .. Pecora orgie as Mea : George D. Mann «+. Fast One Slipped Over in Senate on Bill, President and Publisher Washington, July 15—Most Republican leaders are Archie O, Johnson Kenneth W. Simons | resigned to an endurance contest which must end before “Secretary and Treasurer Editor the air can be cleared for further party plans. . This contest, they feel, is between— Ex-President Herbert Hoover's hopes that events and party sentiment will create a chance for his renomination next year. The overwhelming feeling among Repub- licans that it would be bad medicine to renomi- nate Mr. Hoover under any conceivable cireum- stances, Mr. Hoover’s wistfulness, as analyzed by various other leaders, is perfectly understandable and even ex- cites the sympathy of many Republicans, who agree with him that he had a raw deal from fate, was vilified by his opponents, and, if he had been re-elected, would have led the country to a higher level of recovery than it has reached under Roosevelt, Believing as he does, it is only human for Hoover to search the horizon for a chance for vindication and his recent public utterances and private conferences are Camis gestures designed to stir things up in his own alf. But hardly anyone believes that the opposition to Mr. Hoover’s nomination won't far outlast the ex-presi- dent's hopes. A feeling that this will take too long and that the sooner Mr. Hoover and the country are set right about it, the better it will be for the party, is responsible for the desire of a few sena- tors to persuade Hoover to declare publicly that he isn’t a candidate. Otherwise, Republicans are chiefly discussing the relative merits of Senator Vandenberg of Michigan, Col. Frank Knox of Chicago, Senator Dickinson of Iowa and —a recent development—Senator Steiwer of Oregon. Although they assure one another and all who will listen that Roosevelt's prestige has been declining very rapidly, they’re still less than optimistic of the party's chances next year. By and large, they’re waiting for something to turn up, meanwhile admitting that gradually improving busi- ness conditions and the “five-billion dollar work-relief campaign fund” are very serious obstacles to G. O. P. victory. eee SEDITION BILL IS ‘FAST ONE’ Hawk-eyed progressives in both house and senate 'M ABLE TO DO PLENTY! Dr. Brady will answer . CLINICAL TEST FOR CHRONIC LEAD POISONING Although lead is not included with the score or more of elements normally present in the body, we believe that the body of every dweller in city or town contains @ trace of lead. City dwellers daily take in some lead from one ie source or another, this metal being so widely used in industry and the arts. Lead is taken into the body either through ingestion in water, food or medi- cine or the habit of chewing, sucking or eating substances containing lead or contaminated with it) or through inhalation of fumes or dust. No one now caper imagines lead is or can be absorbed into the body through the un- roken skin. H is This usual, if not normal, daily absorption of lead and the constant daily excretion of @ trace of lead by the intestine, kidneys and skin (hold back, wiseacres, it doesn’t follow that what comes out must go in the same way), complicates the diagnosis of lead poisoning. Just where shall we draw the line between the quantity of lead one may absorb or excrete daily without apparent injury to the health and the quantity which is certain to produce effects? And how can we determine whether the daily excretion of a minute quantity of lead through the kidneys damages the kidneys? If such damage occurs, it takes years for the signs of chronic interstitial nephri- tis to develop. Meanwhile, the diagnosis, whether of chronic lead poisoning or nephritis (Bright’s disease) or arterisclerosis, or neuritis or “rheumatism” or headache or anemia or mental aberration or depression or stomach trouble or unexplained weakness of a given muscle or muscle group or an unex- plained rise in blood pressure, is a matter of your physician’s opinion. Chemical tests of the excretions for lead give unsatisfactory results, for the reason already mentioned. No one knows where to draw the line. A microscopic examination of the blood gives a better index. It seems that a constant manifestation of the presence of a harmful quantity of lead is a peculiar stippling or spotting of the red corpuscles in the blood speci- men stained for microscopic examination. But the technic of this test is difficult and tedious and the reading of the result 1s, after all, arbitrary. Probably the most satisfactory gauge of the question in any case is the clinical test. No harm will be done by a de-leading diet (low calcium) and medication which aids or promotes excretion of lead, and if two or three sf weeks of this fails to bring about improvement it is reasonable to conclude that the trouble is not due to lead poisoning. The low calcium diet contains no milk, no cheese, no eggs, very little fruit or vegetables. It includes meat, potato, liver, tomatoes, rice, canned corn, bananas, raw apples or baked apples or applesauce, butter, bread made without milk, soda biscuits, crackers, sugar, pepper, salt. No nuts, no peanuts. Readers need not ask me what medication aids or promotes excretion of lead. That is for the patient’s physician to decide. The low calcium diet is only for mild chronic lead poisoning. More acute or severe trouble would be aggravated by such treatment. Subscription Rates Payable in Advance Daily by carrier, per year .. -$7.20 Daily by mail, per year (in Daily by mail, per year (in state ou! Bismarck) Daily by mail out Weekly by mail in state, per year Weekly by mail outside of North Weekly by mail Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation Member of The Associated Press The Associated Press ts exclus! entitled to tne use for republication of all news dispatches credited to dt or not otherwise credited in this newspaper and also the local news of spontaneous origin published herein 1 ri 8 of republication of all other matter herein are @lso reserved. Inspiration for Today Upon the wicked He shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup—Psalms 11:6. Punishment is justice for the unjust.—Augustine. a | Changing Times ; If any Burleigh county taxpayer doubts that these are changing times, let him but take a look at the county budget, upped $100,000 this year as compared with last. A large part of the increase is due to an- ticipated heavier expenditures for poor relief, larger last year than the 1934 budget contem- Sanea “HanArea Ter El ie trabaaariny get ctrodgh plated and growing more burdensome almost | at reer ssa vutivse piled batanb tele apral® daily despite the fact that conditions generally | ping the so-called “incitement to dlsatfection” bill into | m are improving. The other main reason for the| the senate’s unanimous consent calendar. That calendar boost is a road and bridge appropriation this year, absolutely necessary if the highways built for the county by relief labor are to be maintained. If the hearing set by the commissioners for the purpose of listening to the taxpayers’ views tuns true to form, there will be no comment from Mr. John Q. Citizen. As a usual thing, QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Smart Alecks Sometimes Compile Books Our physician says children of the type of our children need cod liver oil. * But a book by M.C. ....... » wheever he or she may be, implies that “goats which were fed with cod liver oil died suddenly with heart lesions,” implying that the cod liver oil was responsible. ... (Mrs. E. D. G.) } Answer—Well, your kids are not goats, are they? | abe only-way Tan write ts to grasp the 1 in e only way I can grasp the pen or penc! the manner a A large number of takin—ante-| wrestler might hold a teaspoon. I suppose it is writer’s cramp. In other lope-like creatures of the Tibetan| words, when writing it is impossible for me to relax my muscles so that I highlands—have been bagged by re-|can write properly. . . (C. B. 8.) cent scientific expeditions along the Answer—Practice writing left-handed. Practice writing with the Chinese-Tibetan frontier. muscle-movement or freehand. Make yourself a present of a noiseless type- writer, streamlined, air cooled and with knee action. OLITICS - at the - NATION’SCAPITOL By BRYON PRICE ! (Chief of Bureau, the Associated Press, Washington) There are growing signs that, from the standpoint of political strategy 3 PECORA’S IN CLOVER Ferdinand Pecora, famous investigator of Wall Street, who left a job on the securities and ex- change commission to become a justice of the New York supreme court, appeared informally as coun- sel to Tom Corcoran at the house investigation of lobbying on the holding company bill. “How do you like your new job on the bench?” T asked the judge. “Swell!” he replied. “I feel just like an old plow-horse turned into pasture.” { | | | \ Ichthyosis | It was rather cruel of you to compare ichthyosis with “dirty elbows” a ++. (Mrs, L, P. H.) k Answer—I said ichthyosis (fish skin disease, alligator hide) is a common explanation of what may appear to be “dirty” elbows. Avoid soap, and use oil instead. Send stamped envelope bearing your address for instruction. (Copyright, 1935, John F. Dille Co.) |. Under the direction of state col- There is no more reason for unem- /jege, farmers in 10 North Carolina ployed men in this country at this|counties are carrying out systematic time than there is for ice-bergs in |reforestation of idle lands with lob- Arizona—Frank C. Clark, national|iolly and longleaf pines. commander, the Crusaders. ** * Sia TRS: * the world and does a first-class job of it, but these giants the hearing turns out to be a mere formality and no one appears. Probably the citizen feels usually contains only relatively unimportant and non- controversial measures and few senators watch it care- he doesn’t know much about it anyhow and that fun, the commissioners, who have studied the mat- ter, are doing their best. Besides, he doesn’t know what he could do about it even if he had the will. There is considerable justification for this attitude, yet there is something that the aver- age man can and should do to see that the tax burden mounts no higher than is absolutely necessary. That is to let the commissioners know that in handling poor relief applications they should think of the taxpayer as well as the persons seeking benefits. In recent years the tendency has been to give the applicant for help the benefit of the doubt. There were scores to demand justice for him and no one to protest. The result was rather obvious in view of the fact that those asking relief were a great deal more vocal than those who were paying the bill. If that situa- tion were reversed and the commissioners felt they had public opinion with them, they might find a way to handle the poor relief problem next year for a little less than the budget calls for. Bigger But Not Better One of America’s ruling passions is expressed in the phrase, “bigger and better,” despite the fact that the two things do not always go together. The failure of the world’s largest balloon at Rapid City proves the point. It may be that the extreme size of the giant gas bag had nothing to do with the unhappy ending to an effort which cost thousands of hours of labor and nearly $200,000, but then again it may have been the direct cause. Until the experts have spoken the world will not know—and even then it may not be sure. Although the first stratosphere flights were made by the Picard brothers, Belgian scientists, America and Soviet Russia have done the major experimenting along this line in recent years and the altitude record now is held by the Communists. Only recently a dispatch told of another flight in which the Red scientists obtained data which they thought would be of greater value than any previously obtained in solving the mysteries of the universe. They have made half a dozen or more such efforts, all without balloon failures similar to that at Rapid City, although on one occasion the occupants of the gondola were killed when they came down too rapidly. But the balloons used by the Russians are much | smaller than that taken to South Dakota at such great expense. The aeronauts have had more experience in flying them and the makers greater practice in their manufacture, wheras Explorer II represented a venture into untried fields. It is to be assumed that the stresses and strains which were placed upon each part of the giant bag were carefully calculated. Still it is obvious that something went amiss else the mishap would not have occurred. America now makes and flies the biggest airplanes in of the skyways have developed naturally from small be- ginnings. All the experience gained in aviation since the Wrights first flew at Kitty Hawk have gone into the manufacture of the new clipper ships which now take a flight from San Francisco to Honolulu as a mat- i ter of course. America, a fledgling in lighter than air flight, also has tried its hand at making the world’s largest dirigibles After tests on the old Los Angeles, obtained from Ger- many after the war, she blossomed out with the biggest dirigibles ever known—and every one of them came to disaster. The Shenandoah fell in Ohio, unable to ride out a storm. The Akron dropped into the waters of the At- lantic and the Macon sank beneath the waves of the | Pacific. . Meanwhile, the old Graf Zeppélin flies on. It is So the bill passed unnoticed, to the subsequent chagrin of such friends of free speech as Norris, LaFol- lette, and Wheeler. * The bill, facing a fight in the house, but not unlikely to pass there, provides heavy penalties for anyone who “advises, counsels, urges, or solicits” anyone in army, navy, or national guard to disobey regulations, Professors of law from Harvard and Columbia and others have asserted that the bill could be easily invoked to prosecute critics of the administration military policy, or big navy spokesmen or to jail those opposing use of the national guard in strikes. It is asserted that a striker or bystander who begged of a national guardsman, “Don't shoot!” would be liable to two years in prison. A BOOST FROM HOME Letter received by the civil service commission, which investigates characters of applicants for federal jobs, from a small town: “Referring to the application of —— —— for third- class postmastership here, I just wanted to tell you that. I came home yesterday and found him with my wife.” (Copyright, 1935, NEA Service, Inc.) With Other DITORS Grumbling Pioneers (New Rockford Transcript) It is not hard to enter into the feelings of the dis- contented minority of Matanuska valley pioneers, who seem to be making most of the trouble. Obviously the quality of the radio programs up there cannot be what it was when their forefathers pioneered in the well-regu- lated wildernesses of Minnesota and Michigan. Then there was practically no static whatever. Nor was it so far then to the nearest movie house as it is, undoubtedly, in Matanuska. The roads in the old days, we may suppose, were veritable boulevards, Moreover, the government of those times severely restrained any impulse it may have had to ask that pioneers subsist on canned foods. It wisely left them to enjoy the facilities nature had provided and was quite content to let them starve, if need be. We admit freely it is easy to sit in a comfortable chair in the United States and tell the modern pioneers how they should behave themselves under new rule and no doubt depressing conditions. It is easy here, where it is dry and warm, to brush aside the possibility of grievous governmental neglect and mismanagement. Nevertheless, we suspect profoundly that at least Reprinted to show what they say. We may or may not- agree with them. alone, the Roosevelt administration has arrived at a decisive moment. Faced for the first time with stern | opposition on many sides, the presi- dent must choose between two vastly different methods of combat. He can go on with the “whirlwind” style of campaign, piling attack on attack, or he can withdraw to new ground, reform his lines, and seek to outwit the enemy by guile and deliberation. Much may depend on his decision. On March 4, 1933, Mr. Roosevelt! assumed his new duties with a stroke! of bold leadership which won him} international admiration. In the words of the prize ring (used here because none other is quite so ex- pressive) he came out of his corner’ fighting. The recognized courage and confidence of his dealing with the bank crisis changed the whole national atmosphere overnight. Since then, however, many bias have happened. eee Opposition Dawns It is unnecessary to review the story in detail in order to realize that since that first experience the administration has relied heavily on the power of swift, intrepid attack. Momentum has been reckoned a price factor in the “New Deal,” and the momentum from each success has been taken advantage of to help get the next succeeding venture un- der way. There was no denying that for months this fast-moving assault had Mr. Roosevelt's political adversaries groggy and disheartened, and hang- ing on the ropes. There was a time when even the most partisan Republican, speaking privately, would not admit of even an outside chance that the president could be defeated for reelection in 1936, Then revive, both in and out of congress; and the supreme court’s NRA deci- sion gave the opposition an entirely new courage which was reflected at once in many ways. ov © Plans Go Awry The reply from the Roosevelt camp was a renewal of the attack. There is no doubt in the mind of any well-| informed person in Washington that | part of the discontent among the Matanuska valley set- tlers is traceable to something not at all unlike the ill temper that usually results when rain spoils a picnic. It will surprise us if the hardier souls among them do not manage to retain a cheerful and philosophic attitude un- til the sun, both literally and figuratively, comes out again. The rest, apparently, are in for somé lessons in easier for their forefathers. Some critics say Jim Farley is the Achilles’ heel of the Roosevelt administration. Disappointed office seek- ers, in describing him, sometimes leave out the Achilles. Dizzy Dean probably can’t prove where he was on March 1, 1932, but anybody in Detroit still can téll him where he was the first week of last October. eee The government must be insincere in its claim that it is trying to promote world peace. An army bulletin asks for trombone players for Pacific service. cee Distillers advertise a new whisky that “tickles the taster.” But most drinkers are looking for one that Pickles the taster. eee This summer, it is reported, Huey Long will stump the Souney, ‘We thought his s, t. w. plan had already ione that. s It may be an unkind question, but have you noticed boy. ion Parents are naming their children after Huey ng’ eee The series of ‘grass root” meetings might be climaxed by @ convention of the proposed presidential candidates. ee Hollywood actress seeks divorce, charging mental cruelty. He probably compelled her to think, i see make them better. The same thing may be true of non- jrigid gas bags. It may be that what America needs, be- fore it can hold its own in either field, is more experience lear that while we made our airships ‘bigger we did not |and a less compelling passion for mere size. x & hard school, which, however, could not have been |marks the president’s press-conference re- marks about a “horse-and-buggy- days’ construction of the constitu- tion were designed to give furious momentum once more to his policies. Neither is there any doubt that the strong condemnation of those re- from various quarters caused shocked surprise in some high places. A further surprise attack was tum for a time. But within a few bogged along a Next came the insistent White House call for a rallying-round to save the utilities bill. The house re- sponded by overwhelmingly reject- ing the call. se & Political Questions Where is it all leading? Will the President decide to continue his swift offensive, or will he feel that the time has come to reserve his blows, and try to lead the opposition ints o| from which it may be unable to extricate itself? If he does keep on, will he have the endurance to outlast his adver- saries? And if he does not, will his adversaries be able to capitalize sen- timent against him in any effective manner, without seriously falling erties’ ynegeodd re are the prime political ques- tions involved in the very Pomc situation which exists in Washington Agricultural college experiments shew. a cow can eat 218 pounds of green grass a day. opposition began gradually to! planned; the tax message diverted { attention and provided new momen- | seemingly endless trail of controversy. | The secret of our superiority over } Asia will be our brains. Not that we have in Asia, but we have the creative mind.—Dr. Andre Siegfried, French writer. * # * If there is anything that enrages me it is the knowledge that men of my own profession, who ought to hold its standards high, see fit instead to degrade them, to debauch them, to sell them and, selling them, sell America at the same time.—Attorney General Homer S. Cumings. * 2 & If there is a word which has been ridden to death today, it is the word “plan.” I have seen nothing of plan- ning by any foreign country which would lead me to think it is a uni- versal panacea. — Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin *** * I would rather be a street sweeper earning his living than a queen who has done nothing to deserve her posi- tion. — Princess Elizabeth, former queen of Greece. The bodies of Capt. William A. Ellerbrook and his beloved - New- foundland dog who perished together in a fire are buried in the same cof- fin in Wilmington, N. C. Kansas unemployed took steps to form a state organization at an’ Em- poria meeting. ani: SNghonal Guard 1@70:Frrance declares |! war on Germany. % FLAPPER FANNY SAYS: | Scrubbing floors makes you mop your brow, have more brains in Europe than they | | i LAIN CT BEUID HERE ropay KATHARINE STRYKHURST. beautiful. allows ter eme- to cule when che marrice MICHAEL HEATHEROE. yeuns riding \ ute fe an ; The aigbt following als mar- riage Michael te (niu fle aceidemt and when tomsciousness bis memory ts tm- paired. He Cormete the marriage @ docter ts cummencd. W GO ON WITH THE STORY. CHAPTER XLV A NURSE had come by car trom Santa Fe. Katharine had beer made comfortable. She was “rest- ing easily aow,” the doctor told Michael. She had taken a little water; after a bit she might have some more. “It was a shock—she has a little fever still—but she is young and strong. She will be all right.” He was an old doctor, gray and grizzled. He had seen much pain and despair. He liked the look he saw in this young man’s eyes. “You're her—her brother?” the doctor hazarded. Michael shook bis head. “Husband,” he said briefy. “Ab, I didn’t understand.” The physician had observed the slender hand outside the coarse coverlet wore no wedding ring. But these modern young people—you never knew what they were going to do next. The Millards were bere now, and Miss Vincent. Michael had told them, quite simply, that Katharine was his wife. He had not expected them to believe him. But they had. Frank Millard bad glared at him and muttered something tn 8 rude undertone to his brother. Dirk. but Hilda, after one sharp glance at Michael, had silenced him. Girls had their own reasons for keeping such secrets, she had ob- served later to Evelyn Vincent as * the two rested in the ranch house sitting room and drank the strong tea Mrs. Darragh brought to them. Within, Katharine slept and woke and slept again. The swift desert twilight closed in and lamps were lighted. “We'll leave her in your hands then, young man,” said Evelyn Vin- cent rather sternly, to Michael. The Millards. now that they were certain Katharine was out of dan- ger, were anxious to push on to the ranch. Dirk had gauged bis time rather closely. He had to make an eastern train tn another 48 hours. And there were no ac. commodations for Mise Vincent here. Much as she disliked to do it, she had decided to leave Kath- arine in Michael's care. “He bas a eplendid face,” Hilda said pensively. “I took to him right from the start. You know | can always tell about people.” she went on dreamily. “I had a cook once. The minute 3 laid eyes on ber | said te myséif, that woman is 8 bed one, But we, were hard By Mal Dressed, having a dinner party or something, and so | hired her. She stayed on for a week. and do you know she walked off with the spoons?” . VELYN VINCENT was rather j crose and very tired. She fonged with all ber fastidious British sou! for a bath in the coral- colored tub at Silencta- rushing, luxurious bath with plenty of lemon-verbena crystals staining the water and buge sponges and a fat caké of soap and mammoth towels. “What's that got to do with this young man who says he’s Kathe tine’s husband?” she snapped. “Well, it’s what | was just say ing.” murmured Hilda, pouring an- other cup and pushing back hair with a weary gesture. “I said you could always tell by @ person’ face, and I like this young man’s. and he must be all right. Isn't that so. Dirk?” she appealed to her husband. “I guess 80, honey,” Dirk Millard looked tired and dirty. The desert sand had madejdeep grooves in hie lantern face. It had been a ter- rible day—one they would talk about, telling the story with @ thou: sand embellishments, for years to come. “I think perhaps | should stay,” Miss Vincent fretted. “After all. I am virtually in charge of the child. It doesn’t seem quite proper.” “Nonsense.” yawned Hilda, pat- ting her disordered blond locke. “With a ourse and Mrs. Darragh for chaperone, ! don’t eee very well how you could do anything. Be sides a bride doesn’t need a chap eron. At least. if she does, I've never heard about it.” Frank winced at this, but Hilda, happily unconscious of an- other's reactions to her gay chatter. rambled on. “He'll bring her back to Silencia after a few days, when she’s ready to travel, and they can go on. Picking up what I suppose was an interrupted honeymoon — probably they quarrelled — and everything will be lovely. Young love,” sighed Hilda sentimentally. “I do so adore it. Delightful time of life, I al- ways say.” “I don’t agree,” said Dirk, grin- ning and showing his big, fine teeth. “It’s hellish. What say, Frank?” He gave the young man beside him a brotherly nudge. and Frank grupted angrily and sank deeper into the collar of bis coat. Frank was indulging in the luxury of @ man-sized hatred for Michael Heatheroe who had come winging out of the sky, out of nowhere, to rescue the golden girl with the mysterious eyes. Now the fellow claimed that girl as his wife. “Well, come along, everybody,” said Dirk presently, the words end- ing in @ prodigious yawn. “You know we Millards pride ourselves on never doing any night driving, but we've got to get going tonight if we expect to reach the ranch by sundown tomorrow.” eee FrR4NE stood up, stretching his magnificent muscles and shak- ing bis blond bead. “Count me out. {’m not going.” “Why, Frank Millard!” began his sister-in-law combatively, “T never heard anything so silly to my life. Of course you're coming with us.” “No. You're all so anzious to get home, you'd just leave this poer kid to the wolves. I’m eticking around.” ‘ eetheart: McEliott © 1935, NEA Service, Ine Frank must be deeply moved, his brother reflected, to have made such @ long speech. Usually Frank's conversation wae limited to mono syllables, He was glaring at them all now quite angrily. Dirk shrugged. “Let him alone, honey. [f he wants to stay, let bim stay.” “But how will it look?” tretted Hilda, “Why, I never beard any- thing so silly in my life. And he'll be in the way. They've no place for him—” “Toss out my blanket.” grunted. “I'll sleep out.” “Well, it's your tuneral,” Dirk said philosophically. “It sounds putty to me. What's wrong with you, anyway?” “That tellow’s no more her bus- band than I am,” eaid Frank with Frank contempt. “Come along, girls. The boy's screwy.” said Dir good-na- turedly. “Screwy, am I?" muttered the blond giant, watching the tour- ing car and its trail of dust as the car dwindled to s speck in the distance. “I'll show ‘em!” eee HE prowled about with the rest- lessness of a lion cub, smok- ing innumerable cigarets, bands plunged deep into his pockets. Presently Mrs. Darragh came to the door, surprised to find him there. “Why, I thought you'd gone with the others, Mr. Frank.” “No, ['m sticking around.” He offered no explanation of his strange conduct and she asked none. Mrs. Darragh had met the Millards before this. She thought of them as “real city folks,” and none of their vagaries could iy surprise her. Besides she oad seen Katharine’s face, lovely in its stillness; she sensed romance. “Why, say, Mr. Frank, I'm real sorry we can't give you 8 room. but you know how ‘tis.” He indicated his bedding roll. “Well, now, you cap set that in the s It’s real clean. Dossy does some of his carpentering there, but it’s tidy. I'll give you some supper.” yh, don’t bother.” But the smell of frying steak that pres- ently drifted to him trom the open windows was too tantalizing to be ignored. Frank was young and healthy. When he shouldered bis way into the kitchen be tound there, besides s stray pilot who had lost bis way and brought bis plane down at Claymore insteaa of at the California fleld toward which he bad been beaded, the hated Michael Heatheroe. Frank glowered at him and rudely turned away. “Oh, Millard,” Michael said in a friendly tone, “1 wanted to talk to you—thank you for looking for Katharine.” Frank stared past the offerea hand. In a definitely insulting tone he said: “No thanks in order. Katharine was in our care. Siii} is, a8 @ matter of fact. I'm stay- ing to see she’s o, k.” There was no mistaking the hostility of his tone; the sneer was marked. Mrs, Darragh, bustling past with a steaming platter, saia cheerily, “Boys, boys, no fighting in here!” “all right then,” grated Frank, burning for action, and not caring wba sore it took. “Come on out- side. Michael stalked after him.