The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 7, 1935, Page 4

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Inspiration for Today For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?—Psalms | 6:5. We understand death for the first time when he puts his hand upon one whom we love.— Madame de Stael. Prices and the Farmer An interesting insight into what happens when the price of one farm product gets out of line with others was given in Bismarck Tues- day by W. J. Jensen, an international figure in the creamery business and. secretary of the American Association of Creamery Butter Manufacturers. Mr. Jensen and his associates are interested in more and better butter for America. They seek to promote the interests of the dairy farmer, since success for him means profits for them. But they look at all factors of the busi- ness and are regretful now that the price of =o NRA Finds ‘Meanest Bosses, Who Make Workers Pay Back Code Wage Boosts .. . Patman Insists He Is Not Patton ... Capital's Really Sore Over Stannard see Washington, Aug. 7.—Withered NRA, along with its other research tasks, is running a “world’s meanest man” contest with plenty of entries. At least several score employers, NRA field agents report, are insisting on repayment by workers of some or all of the wage increases received under NRA codes. Such workers, usually in the lowest wage group, find themselves back on pre-code wage scales—with an addi- tional deduction from their pay envelopes to restore to the boss the money he paid them “illegally.” On the other hand, some employers are turning out to be good sports. NRA was left. with something like a million dollars collected from those who had chiseled on wages and payable to employes. Following discard of the codes, the money presum- ably was repayable to the employers. But certain of them are saying that they have charged off the sums on their books and that NRA can turn the money over to the workers. NRA is still the best place to go to find out what’s happening to wages and hours since codes were canceled. in.| And the most significant thing you hear is that some of the larger corporations—but thus far very few—are be- | ginning to reduce labor standards. Previously, lowering of standards had been confined entirely to smaller companies. Insiders look for a big wave of strikes this fall and winter. ‘ eee PATTON ISN’T PATMAN Congressman Wright Patman of Texas, the soldier bonus man, has been both worried and sore. Congressman Nat Patton of Texas was virtually un- heard of—in Washington or elsewhere—before the sen- ate lobby committee investigated his receipt of a box of cigars or something, coincidentally with his purchase of $3,000 in bonds while receiving $3,100 in salary. The names of Patton and Patman are sufficiently similar, according to Patman, to have confused a lot of People. Mr. Patman would like to have everyone under- stand that Texas sent congress a Patton as well as a Pat- man. eee CAPITAL'S REALLY SORE Public opinion in this town 1s of insignificant import as compared with public opinion outside. Just the same, it’s at least an historical note that not in the last couple of years has your correspondent heard so many com- ments of criticism and disgust as followed the firing of Dr. Amy Stannard, eminent psychiatrist, to make a berth on the federal parole board for Judge T. Webber Wilson, the Mississippi politician who quit the Virgin Islands after Secretary Ickes had publicly charged he was unfit. ‘The general wave of sympathy for Dr. Stannard was evidenced when the Women's National Press club invited er in as honor guest at a special luncheon. Attorney General Homer 8. Cummings, who has made the department of justice a haven for political hacks and OLITICS NATION'S CAPITOL By HERBERT PLUMMER Washington, Aug. 7.—Vice President ‘How’s Pickings?’ ince rat AL Sl i lations board was to be an entirely ‘independent agency. Immediately |the report was circulated that Secre- tary Perkins was slipping. What the authors of the rumor |didn’t know at the time, but do know now, to their chagrin, is that Ma- dame Secretary wrote the president's © statement herself. THE BISMARCK ‘TRIBUNE, WEDNESDAY, AUGUSI 7, 1935 oe | stand the ideals and theories on which other governments are based; and) ‘There ain't no resistance—ain’t no autointoxication—ain't no cold—ain’t they are ill-educated unless they 0./no nervous breakdown—strange how the great Dr. Brady is right and all Dr. James R. Angell, president of] other doctors wrong about these things. Why does vaccine work if it does “revolving pension fund” year was out.—Upton Sinclair. : rebates ho has appol 8. district attor- butter went as high as it did because of the|reys es ne metablinnn admininralon ever dlaplayed. ts| Garner's method of procedure is about drouth of last summer. Bear in mind the con-| taking the brunt of criticism—especially since he himself|®S unorthodox as can be imagined tention of the dairy interests that there is NO| "*S Pee” Joudly critical of parcle policies in the states. CUMMINGS IN THE GREASE OVERPRODUCTION of dairy products; that when the regimes of Charlie Curtis, “Hell n’ Maria” Dawes and Calvin! the real trouble is UNDERCONSUMPTION. Correspondents put Cummings on the spot for half| Curtis was a stickler for decorum. an hour of floundering explanations until Henry Suydam,| Dawes attempted to reform the sen- Your Personal Health | By William Brady, M. D. . ill answer questions pertaining to health but not dis- ease Se aie dnotle, Write ie ers briefly and in ink. Address Dr. Brady in care of The Tribune. All queries must be accompanied by addressed envelope. a stamped, selt- INJECTION TREATMENT OF HERNIA STEADILY GAINS 3N POPULARITY Congress of Railway Surgeons held in Chicago last summer Dr. Laweante | J. Quillen read a Dante on the injection treatment of reducible hernia. He gave his observations in 56 cases so treated. “Sufficient time has not passed to permit a definite conclusion as to the end results in these cases,” he said. “It is my impression, however, from studying the after re- sults of these cases treated by the injection method, that we have the promise of a definite and permanent cure of hernia by injection and it is to be hoped that the recurrences which may follow this line of treatment will not be more than the recurrences following radical operation.” (Phy- sicians will find Dr. Quillen’s article published in International Journal of Medicine and Surgery, October, 1934.) pak This practical surgeon disposes of the theoretical objections op} to the method by some would be bigwigs: “From the standpoint of safety, there is little or no danger from the injection treatment if properly done, compared to radical operation . . . . It is especially advantageous in elderly individuals who do not stand any operative procedure well, or do not stand prolonged confinement in bed.” Economically the treatment is entirely ambulatory and the patient is not required to stop work, an ad- vantage to himself and to his employer. There are no hospital expenses, and | industrially there is no claim for alleged personal injury while on duty. { Dr. A. F. Bratrud, Minneapolis, who teaches the method in the Uni- | versity of Minnesota Medical School, discussing Dr. Quillen’s paper, report- led that in 406 cases of hernia treated by the injection or ambulant method there have been less than four per cent of recurrences. We all know the rate of recurrence is far higher than that where the radical operation 1s done—no matter who operates. “With the type of cases which we are treat- ing,” said Dr. Bratrud, “we will be satisfied if we can keep the recurrence rate below 10 per cent. We have quite a number of patients who have been incapacitated for years on account of bronchitis, bronchiectasis, cardiac disease, etc., associated with large hernias. These patients have been denied surgery, and today they are pursuing a gainful occupation.” Which reminds me—among the thirty-six or thirty-eight patients of Dr. Karl Kretzschmar’s I was privileged to examine recently in Los Angeles, several were evidently poor risks for general anesthesia or for hospital con- finement, and they were holding down their jobs while being cured of hernia It looks as tho the “well known surgeons” of the poor old American Medical Association propaganda department will have to pull in their horns before long, so far as the ambulant treatment of hernia is concerned. Our one big medical society is acquiring skill at that—look how the Fishbein Promotion Guild piped down about diathermy extirpation of tonsils after that modern method put the old Spanish custom on the shelf. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Sweaty Hands In my work handling fine fabrics, sweating of the hands is a serious handicap. My hands sweat too much ... (A. 8. H.) Answer—Have the pharmacist put up an ounce of simple ointment containing 2 per cent. of formalin, in collapsible tube. Apply a pea-size Portion to palms every day or two. Ain’t No Sech Animal not set up resistance? Why does physic relieve that tired dopey feeling + « » What causes pneumonia if temperature has nothing to do with it? q . (M.C.B) The Townsend plan won't work.|* * a sj 4 t would ha’ re nswer—Vaccine arouses a reaction which gives some degree of immun. Wall Str eh dha ce a ity. When we know what we're talking about we call it immunity; when we are vague about it we fall back on the good old eel-word, “resistance.” If we could have a candid ballot of all physicians of standing I am sure I'd be in excellent company on all of these issues, You confuse your smug no- There are 89,265 buses in use| tions with what “all other doctors” think. throughout Great Britain. (Copyight 1935, John F. Dille Co.) Coolidge are taken into consideration. | eS That is why they refused to agree to an allot-| the Cummings press agent, dashed from the room to/ate a Hes ae fe Ged fee The League (of Nations) was not ment system such as has been adopted for write a note which informed the attorney general he/gavel, failed, then lost interest. called into session just for a pleasant wasn’t doing so well. lidge never worried particularly. |gathering—Norman Davis, U. 8. am- wheat, cotton, tobacco, corn, hogs and some Cummings then hastened to say that all his previous} Garner has made himself @ person | passador at large. other items. The hog population can be in- comment must be “off the record” and broke into the!to be reckoned with in the legisla-/ * ek x creased sharply in one year. It takes three! nard (who had held her job 12 years) and other boardjing the right to name conferees on years to make an appreciable increase in the|Me™ber to discuss cases involving prisoner abnormall-|controversial measures. ties. number of dairy cows. They held it poor policy, The appointment of Judge Wilson Gespite his aro- even sillier story that it was embarrassing for Dr. Stan-|tive scheme of things by appropriat-| youth today finds the barbed wire lof restrictive laws, between it and opportunity—Melvin C. Eaton, New At the moment, apparently, he ts) york Republican state chairman. determined to discipline the senate’s eo: * both for them and the nation, to accept a dras-| Mstic record in the Virgins is just another one of the/«pad boy”—Huey Long. His method! wny don't they ‘hold the Demo- S = rewards which go to Senator Pat Harrison, Wilson’s|is typically Garneresque. tic remedy for what was a temporary situation, | backer, for his sturdy performance as a senate adminis-| at the conclusion of a cratic convention and the Communist recent | convention together, and save money? since the people would return to consumption of | ation leader in support of New Deal policies which he) speech by the Louisiana “kingfish”)—senator Huey Long. rivately dislikes. dairy products when they could afford to buy. uitre Garner halted senate proceedings * * Another conspicuous Harrison appointment was The long enough to say to the galleries: Capt. Anthony Eden is the greatest Now they have another worry. It is the de-| Mn Bilbo, now a senator, as the AAA's chief newspaper! The show is over. Occupants of | diplomatic genius this country (Eng- ae ‘ Pi clipper. There are hundreds of other Harrison appointees. clining consumption of butter and the sharp in- Even Ickes, who seldom accepts a man on political will get down to business.” crease in the use of vegetable fats. They rec-|Sfounds alone, has more than 70 persons endorsed by * * * Harrison in his PWA and interior department organiza- (Copyright, 1935, NEA Service, Inc.) ognize that the nation COULD, if it wished, do} tions. away with butter entirely, resort to the COCO- NUT COW exclusively to find a spread for its bread. As a result, the figures for the first half of 1935 are cause for alarm. The use of butter decreased from January to July 1. At the same TO With Other | LLDITORS time 102,000,000 pounds more of substitutes were sold than were sold in the similar period of 1934. The gain is one of 100.6 per cent and if it continues at this ratio it will not be long] taia Whoopee: Debts, and Taxes (Chicago Tribune) Every one who has heard the fable of the goose that |® Member of congress, was the spokes the golden egg has laughed at the cupidity and stu- man. ‘Out Of Order’ in the house seldom miss an oppor- tunity to pay tribute to their lanky, Joe” Byrns. that “Uncle Joe's” countenance show- ed more than mere satisfaction when he received his latest tribute. ; s i “He is distinct! f us,” said before its use will approach that of butter, now] Pidity of the owners. We do not know what sort of an 2a ctly one o! 8 being consumed at the rate of about 830,000,000 pounds annually. The relatively high price for butter in 19384- argument the goose put up. It had at least the whim- tadlow, eee hep a a Nesta sical consolation of knowing there was going to be a sur- speaker as a Aik who is austere, Prise. The New Deal is listening to a lot of fables, but he Mant. He r y re ty this nk ae af trem. bee A wait ia brusque and repellant. lowever| Students properly wish to under- Ustening to Huey Long, the boy with the ax. peaki = 1935, in Jensen’s opinion, caused the sharp in- When L. H, Parker, tax expert for the joint con.) Speakers of yesterday, it does not ap- truly that may describe some of the crease in the use of oleomargarine and the dairy farmer now faces the problem of getting back the customers who bought that 102,000,000 additional pounds of substitute. Jensen’s view is that it would have been better never to have lost them in the first place and that, had it been possible to keep the price of butter more stable, the farmer as well as the creamery operator able. Mr. Tugwell’s Troubles Not the least troublesome thing which Mr. Rexford Guy Tugwell, now the administration’s chief brain- truster, will have in his efforts to resettle half a million farmers on new land, is the fact that farmers in south central South Dakota are harvesting a wheat crop which, in some instances, is reaching 35 bushels per acre. ‘That should bring unmitigated joy to all concerned, but the sad fact is that this land already has been desig- nated by Mr. Tugwell and his aides as submarginal and these same farmers are being asked to leave. The fact, of course, is that the record of this area is poor indeed. Just as one swallow never makes a sum- mer, so is it true that one good crop doesn’t prove the advisability of farming any given area. It is the average which is important. ‘al committee on internal revenue, was questioned py fo the present occupant of the by Senator Harrison on sources of income taxes, he said: “It’s surprising how little there is above $50,000. The Teal revenue is in the lower brackets.” Mr. Harrison grieves to hear it. He’s up for re-election next year. Senator Byrd of Virginia, who is particular as to the kind of fables he believes, asked Secretary Morgenthau why he didn’t go out and tell the country that the soak the rich bill was a farce. Mr. Morgenthau is not telling anybody anything, as the senate finance committee mem- bers found out. They tried him with all the questions they could produce and the secretary stood mute. Fur- would have been better off. It sounds reason-| he. ele "he snenaee aaa mide, "Mr. Mon genthau may be thinking of his reputation and surmise that at the best he will not be regarded as the greatest | secretary of the treasury since Alexander Hamilton. The secretary did venture the statement that the | deficit last year was four billion. As treasurer he should know, but he refrained from using his own figures. He gave the president's message as his authority. Mr. Roose- velt is supposed to make the deficit, Mr. Morgenthau to keep track of it. Mr. Morgenthau is modest. Mr. Roose- velt can have the whole job. The secretary conceded, however, that the soak the rich bill wouldn't bring in more than seven per cent of last year's deficit. In 1929 the federal tax collector got 2 billion 331 mil- lion from incomes. In 1934 he got 817 million. He went elsewhere for 1 billion 500 million of internal revenue collections. The simple rule seems to be that if they haven't got it you can’t get it. The federal government has been running deficits for four years and anticipates @ total debt of 34 billion in 1936. If the rich and well to do are to bear the greatest burden of that debt they must first get the money them- selves. In times of great activity and great prosperity with government spending closed down they might begin to whittle away the debt just as was done with the war But it is nevertheless true that it will be difficult to! debt beginning in 1920. Nine billions were knocked off induce any farmer to abandon land from which he has just harvested a bumper crop. Human nature being what it is and tomorrow always offering a more brilliant day, they may feel their troubles are over and that happy days are permanently here again. All of which should offer a problem worthy of Mr. ‘Tugwell’s steel. This bright-eyed young man, who long has promised himself to roll up his sleeves and remake @ new promised land. Even if he is right he is going to have trouble. Postmaster General Farley says the depression will over by next summer. And immediately we'll have other words. “If anybody ‘Ul raise the deuce.” “4 = & é g F as° in 11 years, mostly in boom times which were to last for- ever. ‘The New Dealers can’t have it both ways. Taxation of the rich requires the existence of the rich. The dead goose lays no eggs. Also the governmental spree must spender must mend his ways. The debtor must sober up the cracking down. If he does he'll setile nis accounts general disaster. Sometimes it seems that only a sensational murder trial can bring tourists to a city. eee utilities, eee A Denver professor has noticed a marked decline in Profanity of late. Yes, the traffic cops have been in- structed te be polite to motorists. With the entire membership of the house on its feet cheering, O’Connor of New York, chairman of the rules | committee and one of the three titu- | lar leaders of the house, asked un-/ ous consent “that the speaker | may proceed for 40 minutes.” | “The gentleman is distinctly out of | order.” ruled “Uncle oJe,” his fare ; flushed, smiling. Mme. Perkins Ghost-Writes Madame Secretary Perkins of the labor department is chuckling up her | sleeve these days. Her merriment is occasioned by the latest reports that | she has been shorn of some of her | power as a cabinet officer. | When President Roosevelt signed | the Wagner Labor relations bill he issued a statement that the labor re- FLAPPER FANNY SAYS: stop. If the citizens are to make the debt good the! and settle down. He cannot keep up the whoopee and|’ some other way, probably by depreciated currency and, “Give us utilities or give us death,” has been the’ cry in Washington, and congress seems to prefer the! A curling iron is the key to at- tractive locks. = the galleries may go and the senate|jand) has produced for a generation. —Lord Eustace Percy, British minis- ter without portfolio. *** * Republicans and Democrats alike} This government (England) has been run by Laurel and Hary.—Lab- orite Jock McGovern. smiling and genial speaker—“Uncle ** * Apart from certain great coastal From a point of vantage in the| ports of entry, the cities of the United Press gallery, however, on the occa-/States are children of American in- sion of his 66th birthday it appeared | dustry—Newton D. Baker. ** * Anybody who can’t carry at least jfive of ’em (silver dollar cartwheels) Representative Ludlow of Indiana. in each pocket is a sissy.—Represent- who quit the press gallery to become/| ative Compton I. White of Idaho. i * * * Americans do not know enough j about their bodies—Dean Henry W. Holmes of Harvard Graduate School of Education. xe ® i Stores in STAMPS 1 i T° symbolize the speed with which mail is carried, many nations have adopted that rascal- ly m ger of the gods, Hermes, for some of their stamps. Greece | particularly has drawn upon thig fleet son of Zeus and Maia for its | stamps, ome of which is shown | here, for he came of Greek my: | thology. The Romans knew him | as Mercury. Besides acting as herald to the gods, however Hermes was prom: inent as giver of increase to herds and as guardian of boundaries and of roads and their commerce He was god of science and inven. tion, of cunning, trickery and theft, of luck and riches, youth and athletics, and he even be- came conductor of the dead tc Hades. On many of the stamps he is represented with his winged cap and ankles, and carrying @ cadu- ceus, @ wand or staff of his office as a herald. Two wings top the staff and two serpents are coiled abeut it (Copyright, 1925, NEA Service, Inc.) Ate be te te love with ber. Now GO ON WITE TAE STORY CHAPTER XV ‘RAGONET was silent a moment, and then tn a low voice he said. “I—1 hadn't intended to speak of it. Not yet, at any rate. But you're 80 damnably beautiful. Jo, that tt just slipped out somehow.” Ais eyes found hers, pleadingly. “Now that you know how 1 feel I hope you won't avoid me.” “I don't see why I should avoid you,” Jo replied quietly. She smiled and stood erect on the float. “Shall we go ashore? The sun’s getting low.” She poised. a trim. destr. able figure, on the edge of the float. “Race you ashore!” Fragonet laughed, trying to throw off his mood. “You're on!” They struck the water at almost the same time, and Jo was secretly delighted to find that she could easily keep up with Peter Frago- uet. His strokes were powerful and correct—the products of rigid swimming instruction—but be was not a natural swimmer and he never would be. As they reached the shallower sands of the shore. Jo knew that with a final spurt sne could defeat him—but she kne too, that no man relishes being de feated in physical endeavor by a girl. So they came to their feet, wet and laughing, and waded ashore together. “Where in the devil did you learn to swim like that?” Fragonet SUN-TAN! ght as the ido! of millions of women all over the world Jo Darien shuddered. “1 feel sorry for them both.” she thought. “And as soon as he’s gone from Crest Lake he'll have forgotten be ever knew me. probably.” It was not a flattering thought, but Jo {had a sneaking suspicion that it |was a true one. Indeed, she hoped it was. If it were not, ber situa- tion at Crest Lake was likely to become even more complicated than it was now. For since the arrival of Babs Montgomery it seemed to Jo that Mrs. Marsh was more set against jher than ever. She took every op portunity to throw Babs at Doug. las's head—and Jo had to admit that Douglas Marsh seemed ready enough to accept Babs. “I'd like to tel’ her.” Jo thought, rabbing herself vigorously with « towel, “that I'm not trying to trap her son!” Then she added; “But he ts making a foo! of himself— and it would be such a shame if Babs Montgomery managed to mar- ty him.” Jo sighed. After all, that was Bone of her affair. All she had to attend to her job and hope it last long as possible. And. bow, she had to watch to see that Peter Fragonet didn’t lead her into an unfortunate situation with Mrs. Fragonet—and eo with Mrs. Marsh, for the two had grown very friend- ly in the past week or so. cee DES ite her promise to Frago- net that she wouldn't avoid him. Jo did a good job of doing just that in the days that followed. Marsh saw her very little, for he was giv- ing almost all his time to Babs Montgomery, and he had taken to two or three-day hunting trips with some of the men who came down from the city just for the shooting. However, Jo no longer needed his advice and help at the Inn for by now she was quite con- | Yersant with her duties, and found that she enjoyed the business thor- oughly. It was really absurdly |simple, and consisted mainly of be- wanted to know. “I thought you | 28 available to whatever guest did came from a little inland town.” Jo laughed. “You mustn't forget the old swimming hole!” On the steps of the Inn, Fragonet said, “I wish you'd go sailing with me some time.” “I will. . . some time,” Jo smiled. Once she had left the movie star she abandoned the light mask which had been her protection against his insistence that he loved her. As she dropped her beach Tobe, began peeling off her wet bathing suit, she found that she was trembling in every fiber of her young body. Fragonet’s sudden confession had taken her complete ly by surprise. He had been at- tentive, yes; and she should have expected this, for Douglas Marsh had hinted that Fragonet had a weakness for good-looking young women. eee (O knew now the reason for Edna *Fragonet’s coolness toward her. As his wife she must have sensed, even sooner than could Jo herself, what Fragonet felt toward the host- ess of Crest Lake Inn. A wave of pity for Edna Fragonet swept through Jo. How often must she have gone through this. How ter rible it must be to be married to &@ map whose inherent weakness Was women, and who. atop that. had been catapulted into the spor jot happen to have a partner in tennis, golf, riding, bridge, or—oc casionally—conversation. And Jo was amused at the realization that |the majority of those who drifted |into Crest Lake thought of her as | & guest like themselves, thought of her simply as a friend of the Marshes. It was almost two weeks after her disturbing conversation with Fragonet on the swimfloat that she encountered him again. He was strolling down from the Inn in Sweater and slacks, and when he glimpsed Jo he hurried over to her. “This is luck. I'm going to take one of the sloops out for a sail.” Jo laughed and looked down at her tennis shorts. “It might be & bit breezy out there for these. Let me change, and I'll join you later. Mrs. Fragonet isn’t ready yet, is she?” “Edns doesn’t care for sailing,” |Fragonet said, “and those shorts are just the thing. Come on,” he urged, taking hér arm. “I see some wind ripples out there and I want to get into them.” Jo fell into step with bim. “I warn you, ['m a dub at sailing.” “Don’t worry about that. 1 have j@ hunch you're really @ sailor.” | “You ought to get Babs Mont gomery. She likes boating. | saw her s momeat ago in one of the i speedboats.” “Oh, those,” said Fragonet in 8 tone of disdain. “Anyone can op erate a motorboat. Sailing is the real sport.” The little sloop was moored at the end of the dock, and when Jo had climbed aboard Fragonet let | 80 the line and followed her. With @ smal) paddle he shoved out into deeper water, then let down the centerboard and hoisted sail. “I'll take her around a while,” Fragonet told Jo, “and then I'll let you get the feel of it. . . Watch the boom when she comes around now.” Jo ducked just in time and raised her head laughing. “This is more exercise than I thought!” eee HERE was a good .stiff breeze on the lake, and the sloop skimmed along smartly, heeling over and leaving @ pretty wake across the otherwise smooth sur face of Crest Lake. In the dis tance Jo could hear the roaring hum of the speedboat which Babs Montgomery was piloting alone— probably, Jo thought, because Douglas Marsh and Todd Barston had gone hunting together. “I agree with you,” Jo said lazily. “This is much more fun than mo torboating.” “Well.” Fragonet laughed, “mo tor sailors and canvas sailors won't ever agree until the Judgment Day —but for my part I like to feel |the tiller in my hand, and hear ,the canvas sing.” He gazed at Jo | earnestly. “Your being here makes it perfect.” Jo dropped her arm over the side and let the cool water enwrap her wrist. “Let’s leave me out of it | this time.” “That’s easily said, Jo. And T've tried to forget you—but it's Bo use.” “It won't be so hard when you get back to Hollywood.” Fragonet smiled. “I won't be back there long. You see, I’m pret- ty sure that we'll take location scenes on my next picture at Crest Lake. I've written Drann about it, and sent him some snapshots of the place. It’s a perfect setting for the story they have in mind. + + + So you see, you can’t get rid of me too easily, Jo.” “I've never seen movies made,” Jo said, trying to keep to a safer topic. “I'd really like to watch ®& company at work.” Fragonet’s reply was never ut- tered, for at that moment the dull but distant roar of Babs’ speedboat grew closer. Looking up the lake they saw her bearing straight to ward them, the bow of the speed- boat lifted high—so high that they could not see Babs’ head above the wheel. A startled thought flashed through Jo's mind: could Babs see them? “The little fool!” Fragonet mut- tered. “Doesn't she know that sail- boats have the right of way?” Apparently Babs did not. or else she had not seen them until too late. For the speedboat came on at terrific speed. and despite rrago- net's frantic work with tiller and sail, the motor -raft tore into the sloop’s bow with a sickening sound of splintering wood. Jo cried out and stood erect in the cockpit. and then, with the force of the impact, she was flung headlong against the rail. She was conscious of cold water enveloping her, and of Fragonet’s cry. and then—quite suddenly, she was conscious of [Sethies at all. (To Be Continued)