The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 2, 1935, Page 4

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All rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. —— Inspiration for Today In your patience possess ye your souls—St. Luke 21:19. eee He surely is most in need of another's patience, who has none of his own.—Lavater. Life Was Great Risk There came to this desk not long ago a copy of a life insurance policy, issued by the Ameri-| can Temperance Life Insurance Co. in the year 1851. After setting forth the company’s obliga- tions in the usual stilted language, the Policy went on to tell what the insured person might not do while the policy was in force. The contract would be void, it stated, if the fnsured person should, without the consent of the company, pass beyond the “settled limits” of the United States (with the exception of cer- tain parts of Canada), visit California or Ore- gon, travel south of the southern borders of Virginia or Kentucky between the months of June and November, take a job as locomotive engineer or fireman or as tender of a station- ary steam engine, or die as a result of a duel. By glancing at this formidable list of re- strictions, we can see what human actions were looked upon as especially risky in the days before the Civil war—and, in that way, we can get a revealing picture of the state of society in those days. No visit to California or Oregon—if you went by sea you had to pass around dangerous Cape Horn, or take a short cut across Panama, which was full of yellow fever; if you went by Jand, you had to cross trackless wilderness full of hostile Indians. Such trips, obviously, were no bargain for an insurance company. Just why a man would become a bad risk if he went into the south in the summertime is not so clear. The southland was a settled and orderly land. The only explanation that occurs to one is the fact that yellow fever and malaria used to pop up in the south in hot Weather; that, presumably, was what the in- surance company had in mind. | The restriction on having anything to do with steam engines is an interesting one. A steam engine was apt to be a dangerous con- traption, in 1851. One could never quite be sure that it was not going to blow up. A locomotive cab was an even more dan- gerous place; roadbeds were insecure, block signals were unheard of, dispatching systems were rudimentary—yes, the company was wise to rule out engineers. And duels .. . the old custom had not yet died, though it was on the way out. A hot- tempered and prideful man could still getina duel, and the hazard was at least great enough to be worth mentioning in an insurance policy. That, then, was our United States less than 90 years ago. When you think how absurd such a policy would sound today, you can get @ measure of the changes in American life, ee Beating a Noble Retreat Recent news from Italy might lead an old-time reader of nursery rhymes to wonder if the world is not | about to witness a repetition of the performance made famous by the noble Duke of York. The noble duke, as you may remember, had a thou- sand men; and after marching them boldly uphill one day, he ’bout-faced and marched them gallantly down again. Since the British navy began concentrating in the Mediterranean, it has been possible to notice a watering- down in the warlike speeches at Rome. Mussolini has declared over and over again that Italy could not with- draw on any account; now, however, there is a faint ee | Bring the Scenes | in Washington | By RODNEY DUTCHER I — ————= 0) House of Morgan Has Hand in Every Major New Deal Mattie . . . Probes Fromise War Activities Sensa- tions .. . John W. Davis, Ace of Legal Staff, Leads Fight on Utility Bill. eee ‘Washington, Oct. 2—Not many years ago a Morgan partner slumbered frequently at the White House. The name of the great banking firm at Broad and Wall has always been a familiar one in these parts. Never before, however, has the House of Morgan been. the subject of so many backstage whispers in an admin- istration or involved—and annoyed—in so many fields of federal action, “The New Deal versus Morgan” would be a plausible! title, especially to those Democrats and progressives who see the firm, with its fingers in hundreds of corporations and utilities, as a bulwark of reactionary capitalism opposed to liberal reform. Anyway, no end of people here are “talking Morgan.” One returned here to find a general craning of necks toward that “security graveyard” in New York where the Morgans were to auction off collateral carrying con- trol of the $3,000,000,000 Van Sweringen railroad empire, following default on a $48,000,000 loan. The collateral, consisting of control stock in a bank- rupt company, presumably would be worthless to the buyers unless they could get the RFC and ICC to agree to a reorganization plan for the Missouri Pacific which would leave them in control. ‘There has been plenty of suppressed excitement over whether the Van Sweringens would have the seemingly essential support of Jesse Jones in their effort to retain control and whether the Vans wouldn't still be in hock to Morgan with the $48,000,000 loan largely unpaid. DIG FOR SENSATIONS Senate munitions committee investigators are still deep in the Morgan pre-war and wartime records and act as if they would have something sensational to tell in a few weeks. You'll be surprised to learn the extent to which per- sonal fortunes of Morgan partners were pledged for the Allies and how important it was for them to have the Allies win—thougly you won't learn that his led them to egg Washington into the conflict. Possibly there'll be some heretofore secret history of unfriendly post-war relations between Secretary McAdoo and Morgan which will seem especially interesting when you recall that McAdoo lost the Democratic nomination in 1924 to a Morgan lawyer—a dark horse named John W. Davis. Relations between the Morgans and the Van Swer- ingens and certain government officials are being un- covered by the committee under Senator Wheeler, now investigating railroad financing, which means more sen- sations coming up. oR a CAN’T STOP 'EM Creation of Morgan, Stanley & Co.—operated and owned by Morgan partners and fronted by a son of J. P. Morgan himself—to carry on a security investment busi- ness (from which the Morgan company itself is barred as long as it engages in banking) caused sardonic com- ment here. Especially among such optimistic New Deal- ers as had thought, after Morgan lobbyists were defeated recently in their attempt to change the law, they had ended the evils of combined commercial banking and in- vestment banking. It 4s recalled that the law prohibiting railroad mer- gers and consolidations without ICC approval was neatly evaded when Wall Street lawyers told the Vans—with Morgan floating their securities and acting as their bank- ers—how to buy up control of railroads by purchasing stock through holding companies. eee DAVIS GOES INTO ACTION Now comes John W. Davis, tops among the expensive Morgan lawyers, to challenge constitutionality of the public utilities act in the Baltimore federal court. It may or may not be important to remember at this point that the heaviest lobbying in the last days of the holding company bill fight was done on behalf of two Morgan companies, United Gas Improvement and Commonwealth and Southern, in the hope that the new law could be made inapplicable to them—which it wasn't. But Mr. Davis isn’t appearing officially for Morgan, U. G. I, Commonwealth and Southern, or even the Edi- son Electric Institute, which recently hired him. He represents Mr, Lautenbach, a $2,500 creditor of the bankrupt American States Public Service Co., a hold- ing company, and comes in to agree with counsel for trustees who say the law would interfere with reorgani- zation, is unconstitutional, and should be thrown out. The Morgans are interested in so many things that you'll probably never hear the last of them. They're fairly sure to appear, for instance, in the investigation of the American Telephone & Telegraph Co. by the fed- eral communications commission, and that of the food industries by the federal trade commission. (Copyright, 1935, NEA Service, Inc.) E With Other DITORS Character Will Count (Valley City Times-Record) The letter sent out to all families which have been on relief, signed by E. A. Willson, FERA head of North Dakota, in which it is frankly stated that “People who use income for payment of debts and then apply for relief cannot receive it,” is causing a good deal of feel- ing. + many merchants and business men have been carrying the accounts of families who came to them when in deep trouble, often enough when the promised relief from government sources was held up by the inevitable red tape, is well known. That this credit was @ most helpful thing in such circumstances would be admitted, and that reasonable effdrts to meet the bills so incurred should be a part of the program would seem to be required. * The letter indeed does say that the state FERA is in favor of having bills paid; but the wording of it will, we think, be easily taken as an encouragement to dis- count the claims of those who have extended credit. Some creditors have already found this letter produced by debtors as proof that past due bills do not have to be paid. It is quite sure to be so taken by many. But here, as everywhere else, character will count. There are many families who are on relief through cir- cumstances which they could not control, and who still maintain that rugged sense of honesty which expects to meet all obligations honestly, just as fast as conditions will permit. The business man knows pretty well already which of his customers is making an honest effort to meet the bills which have been incurred. He knows also ti o Reprinted to | putting aside the claims of creditors as of secondary im- trace of a more moderate attitude to be heard, just a suggestion that if it could be done with the right flour- ish I Duce might be willing to modify his bellicose plans. Strange, the change that can come over a statesman when he takes a good look down the businesss end of the guns of a British dreadnaught! Mystery of the Sea There is no mystery which grips the imagination quite as strongly as the one which arises when a ship @ails out into the ocean and then vanishes without a trace. Something about the mental picture of s ship fighting her last fight in the darkness, her people dying ‘without even a chance to let folk ashore know what hap- pened to them, puts a cold hand on the spine. One of the greatest of such modern mysteries is that of seven skeletons on 2 lonely beach in southwest Africa tay. at last, clear up the nfystery—at Jeast in part. ‘These skeletons are believed to be those of certain Since all the relief must come out o since the only source of tax money is the business man who can make enough to pay taxes, some found rather than this very doubtful plan. woman's attorney says she does.” Must be a ‘ment is conducting an investigation; and while the mys- tery may never be entirely solved, identification of the Temains should at least dispel a part of it—and write one more tragic footnote to the annals of the sea. of work by Rowe and the Tiger root- Cc ONTINUE D trom page one Cubs’ Lon ‘Warneke Shuts Out Detroit Rowe threw wildly, Galan scored as the ball rolled past the first baseman. Rowe was charged with an error and Greenberg, who made a desperate stab but missed the ball, damaged a finger on his right hand. Herman stopped at first base. Lindstrom sdc- rificed, Rowe to Greenberg as Her- man scampered to nd. Hartnett singled to right Herman. De- maree popped to Rogell behind the pitcher’s box. Cavarretta grounded to Gehringer and Hartnett was a force out at second, Gehringer to Rogell. Two runs, two hits, one error, one left. First Inning, Tigers White struck out. Warneke was getting a hop on his fast one. He looked to have good control. Coch- rane hoisted a short fly to Galan. Gehringer lifted a high one to Jurges who backed up on the grass for the catch. No runs, no hits, no errors, none left. Second Inning, Cubs Hack looped a fly that Gehringer caught in short center. Jurges lined @ hit past Rogell. Goslin juggled the ball and was charged with an error as Jurges.gained an extra base and reached second. Warneke flied out to Fox in short right, Jurges held sec- ond. Galan struck out swinging at a change of pace. It was a nice piece ers let loose their first roar. No runs. on hit, one error, one left. Second Inning, Tigers Greenberg bounced to Hack and was thrown out at first on a close play. Umpire Moriarity went over to the Chicago dugout to warn the Cubs against making too much comment. Goslin dribbled along the first base line and was tossed out, Warneke to Cavaretta. Fox doubled against the right fleld screen. The ball missed clearing the barrier for a home run errors, one left. made a sensational with his gloved hand to rob the Cub second sacker of a base hit. strom smacked the first pitch to left for a single. Hartnett struck out and Lindstrom was doubled trying to steal, Cochrane to Gehringer. No runs, one hit, no errors, none left. ‘Warneke made a quick recovery, after deflecting the ball, to catch the Tiger | third baseman with a quick throw to Cavarretta. Warneke to Cavarretta. Senin by barely a foot. Rogell flied to Galan who misjudged the ball but backed up just in time to get his outstretched hands on it. No runs, one hit, no Third Inning Cubs Herman lined to Greenberg who leaping catch Lind-| ‘Third Inning Tigers i Owen hit sharply to the box and Rowe grounded out, White hit sharply over Cavarretta’s head for a single. Fast work by Demaree kept White from trying for an extra base. Cochrane rolled to Warneke and was tossed out at first. No runs, one hit, no errors, one left. Fourth Inning Cubs Demaree cracked the first pitch past Rogell for a single. The Tiger shortstop had his hand outstretched but only succeeded in deflecting the drive. Cavarretta bunted along the first base line and was tossed out, as Demaree reached second. Hack roll- ed out, Gehringer to Greenberg. * De- maree had reached third on the prev- ious putout. ‘Jurges fanned swinging at a high hard one. No runs, one hit, no errors, one left. 1 Fourth Inning, Tigers | Gehringer rolled to the box andj was tossed out. Greenberg walked. The crowd started to yell as Warneke showed a lapse in control for the first time. Ball three high. Hartnett walked out to the box and the crowd was in another uproar. Goslin walked on the fourth straight ball, moving Greenberg to second. Fox grounded to Jurges who came in fast and nipped the hitter with a quick toss to Cav- arretta. Greenberg went to third and Goslin to second on the putout. Ro- gell rolled out to Cavarretta unas- sisted. The Cub first baseman grabbed the ball a few feet from the bag and beat Rogell by a step as both dove for the base. No runs, no hits, no errors, two left. Fifth Inning Cubs Warneke grounded out sharply to Farmers’ Hurry Slows lea out, Gehringer to Greenberg. Her- man lifted a high fly that- Goslin grabbed near the left field foul line, No runs, no hits, no errors, none left. Fifth Inning, Tigers Owen lined out to Demaree in deep right. Rowe up, the crowd gave the ‘Tiger pitching ace a good hand. Rowe caromed a hit through the box and it went for a double as Jurges, in making a flying stab for the ball? de- flected it to right field. White grounded out, Herman to Cavarretta. ‘Rowe went to third. Cochrane drib- out at first unassisted. No runs, one hit, no errors, one left. It was Rowe's best inning thus far. |The schoolboy had the Cub batters thoroughly baffled by his speed and sharp breaking curves. Sixth Inning, Cubs Lindstrom lifted the first pitch to Gehringer, who made the catch back of second base. Hartnett smashed a single between Owen and RogelL Demaree fanned, swinging at a fast, at a curve. No runs, one hit, no er- rors, one left. Sixth Inning, Tigers Gehringer rolled out, Herman to Cavarretta. Greenberg fouled out to Hack, who made the catch near the baseline back of third. Goslin hit sharply to Herman who threw the runner out at first. No runs, no hits, no errors, none left. Seventh Inning, Cubs Hack fanned on a called third strike. Jurges popped to Rogell who made a nice catch on the grass be- hind third base. Warneke grounded out on the first pitch, Gehringer to Greenberg. No runs, no hits, no errors, none left. Seventh Inning Tigers bled to Warneke who made the put-| J ball. Cavaretta fanned on a swing Ror ~\ to center. \ Rogell grounded out to Cavarretta unassisted. Fox ran to second on the play. Owen grounded out, Jurges to Cavarretta. No runs, one hit, no errott, one left. The official box score: ° wwnwesssowor onnomadonk ecootoorny C4roonnHonr Prete ferererre wooccoaror?S BS a a3° i 000 Errors—Rowe, Goslin, Runs batted in—Hartnett, Demaree. Earned runs—Chicago, 2, Two base hits—Galan, Fox, Rowe. Home run —Demaree. Sacrifices— Lindstrom, 8 (Galan, Hartnett, Jurges 2, De-|, rane. Umpires—Morlarty at plate; Fox rolled out, Warneke to Cavar- retta. The Cub pitcher was using @ screw ball effectively and had the Tigers topping many of their shots. Rogell lifted a short fly that Jurges caught in foul territory after a hard run, Owen walked, the fourth ball being inside. Rowe hit a towering fly that Lindstrom caught. No runs no hits, no errors, one left. ‘Warneke, with seven assists so far, was withtin one of the world series record of eight made in 1906 by Nick Altrock of the Chicago White Sox. Eighth Inning, Cubs Galan pounded to Greenberg and reached first safely with a slide as Greenberg fumbled the ball. The Tiger first baseman was charged with anerror. Herman sacrificed on a nice bunt down the first baseline, Rowe tossing to Greenberg for the putout as Galan raced to second. Lindstrom rolled to Rowe who whirled, after faking a throw to third, and barely caught the hitter with a fast throw to Greenberg. Hartnett flied to White. No runs, no hits, one error, one left. Eighth Inning, Tigers White up. White bunted to Hack and was called out at first on a close play, Hack to Cavarretta. Cochrane up. Cochrane grounded out, Warneke to Cavarretta. Gehringer up. Geh- ringer walked, the fourth ball being high and inside. Greenberg up. Green- berg grounded out, Hack to Cavar- retta. No runs, no hits, no errors, one left. Ninth Inning, Cubs Demaree up, Demaree cracked a home run half way up into the open stands in left field. Cavarretta up. Cavarretta fanned, swinging. Hack up. Hack lined to White in short center. Jurges up. Jurges fanned swinging. One run, one hit, no errors, none left. Ninth Inning, Tigers Goslin flied to Lindstrom. Fox rapped a single through the infield Refunds on Gas Tax Chief reason for delay in payment of gasoline tax refund claims is due to the farmer submitting his pur- chase slips before the dealer has paid the tax upon the gasoline, Lee Nich- ols, state tax commissioner, said Tues- day. Under the North Dakota law, the dealer has until the fifteenth of each month to file his report for the previ- ous month. A few extra days must be allowed for the dealer’s check to clear. Nichols recommended that farmers do not submit slips for refund until (Greenberg unassisted. Galan ground- they are at least 50 days old. Greatest Dictator HORIZONTAL Answer to Previous Puzzle 16 He is now in- 1The dictator [EMPETUOR NERO) valyed ge ot Uae AIT IRMA IEIAIVIE! <5 lene 13 Cotton fabric. CiUIElS!| MIEISIAISI 17 Seed bag. 14 Snake. - mr Wie) X 19 He was for- 15 Part of a OL DIEINMED UID REA merly a — pedestal Ni LLINSTT 21 Eccentric 16 Paradise. es wheel 17 Pastry. D S| 1sYou andi. {RIAIGIETRENTIWO} IT IDIE] 25 Chum. 20 To scatter. INES | Sia R PILIEJA] 26 Kind of goose 21 To peruse. | IPIAIR [tic} [T] 28 24 hours. 23 To depart. DIEINT| EIOMINMECIRIATFITIS] 29 Song. | ; 24 Hour. IAIGIETTAINIOIAL 32 Mover’s truck. 25 Tablet. IBIUIRINIT) 2° Hair ointments 26 Therefore. 36To surrender. “27 Army corpse 42Musical note. an-——. , 37 Sea inlet. (abbr.). 43 Pertaining VERTICAL 38 Alas. 28 Stream ob- to tides. 40 Purple shrub struction. 44 To utter. 2@enior. 41 Derby. 29 Fish. 45 Matter. 3 To require. 42 Meditates. 30 Note in scale. 46 Spiked. 4 Wayside hotel. 43 Cravats. 31 Bgg-shaped. 48 House cat. 5 Toward. 44 Caterpillar 33 Wan. 49 Orient. 6 Principal. hair. 34 South America. 50 Meadow. 7To consume. 45 Sanskrit dia 35 Wages. 61 To eject. 8 Spain. lect. 36 Sea skeleton. 53 Fillet. 9 Natural power. 47 Wing. 37 Tribunal. 54 He is leader 10Musical note. 48 3.1416. 39 Within. of the —— 11 Structural 49 Before. 40 Citric fruit. movement. unit. 52 Mountain. 41 Horse food. 55 He was once 12 Sweetmeats. 83 Exel SS at 2 A a 0 wk 8D PITT SS TT NIT LT OS a base. Time—1:51. some of the trick doctors—is rapidly failin and i ite g = 3 a I Greenberg. | iting. regarded as “toxemia,” meaning the presence vague poison. The treatment of the condition on that basis has never given much satisfaction. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, _WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1935 Ne aT TS Your Personal Health 1 By William Brady, M.D. to health but not dis- in ink. t be accompanied Dr. Brady will answer qu ease or diagnosis, Write let s ¢ of The Tribun Capea eltcaddressed envelope. PRESUMPTIVE TOXEMIA Debate AS NUTRITIONAL DEFICIE! stereotyped toxication” obsession—called “agutoxicosis” by Hel or — ne from the speech and writing of . This morbid idea is exploited by nostrum mongers “rere phystologleally uninformed laity is always susceDti- the suggestion of “poisoning of the system” by imaginary en \- waste matter.” However, there 1s no foundation for it in phy: ne corroboration for it in pathology. In treatment the autointoxica' dragged into the picture chiefly to sell the misinformed hare —and it does sell everything from pills to queer diets an hig Next to the “tonic” racket—I still feel rosy under the ears he the barrels of tonics I have dispensed and prescribed—the pl vein that the trouble is due to some vague “poisoning of the sys a requires treatment to correct such Lp an ‘toxemia” or a easiest thing a quack can do. “ete bed Drartias eoerally has some trouble from nausea and even 1 vomiting in the third or fourth month of pregnancy. In a few this becomes a serious complication, and me aie Laster vane ultiple neuritis. Heretofore daa “onainie” soeattng the pe in the mother’s blood of some 2 le a8 i Recently various investigators have observed that there is usually a Cavarretta, Herman. Left on bases— in gastric secretion in pregnancy, and this diminution of Chicago, 5; Detrelt, 8. Base on balls pattie oe ag account for impaired appetite and lowering of nutrition. —off Warneke, 4 (Greenberg, Goslin,! Of course riausea or vomiting tends to restrict the intake of food. Where Owen, Gehringer). Strike outs—Rowe| the yomiting becomes pernicious the patient's nutrition suffers greatly. Along these lines of observation good physicians now consider pernicious maree, Cavarretta 2, Hack). Warneké| vomit and the t polyneuritis of pregnancy, not a “toxemia” but 1 (White). Double plays—Cochrane Marea datilaney ‘dipoane. Deficiency of vitamins; deficiency of iron; de- to Gehringer. Passed balls—Coch-| ficiency of ‘Treatment with suitable diet, plus optimal rations of vitamins, plus ade- Quigley (NL), first base; McGowan] quate doses of iron (much larger doses of iron than the old timers thought (AL) second base; Stark (NL) third| necessary) has given more satisfactory results—and as I may have remarked here before, clinical experience is the best medical authority. Concluding a report of several cases of pregnancy polyneuritis thus ‘ i i i treated, Drs, Maurice B. Strauss and Wm. J. McDonald (J.A.M.A. 100:17, Change in Air Mail: _| rested. Drs, Maurice Schedule Announced A change in the leaving time of the south-bound mail and passenger plane , of the Hanford Airlines, effective Tuesday, has been announced by Wal- ter_A. Sather, postmaster. The plane, which formerly left at 1:13 p. m., each day, will leave at 11:57 a, m., in the future. The mails will close at the post office at 11:27 & m, The change in the schedule pro- vides that one plane will remain in Bismarck over night and then fly over the southern route to Huron, Sioux Falls and Omaha the next day. There'is no change in the time of the plane which arrives from the south at 12:34 p. m. THOMPSON PIONEER DIES Grand Forks, N. D., Oct. 2—(®)}— Mrs. Archie Breton, Thompson resi- dent 69 years old, died Tuesday in a Grand Forks hospital after a long illness. She had been a resident of Grand Forks county since 1886. Fu- Address Dr. > by. 1. Polyneuritis of pregnancy is probably a dietary deficiency dis- order similar to beriberi. 2. Large amounts of vitamins 3. Adequate vitamin rations pernicious vomiting. Here let me repeat that Dr. C. Ulysses Moore finds that the prospective ‘should be given. have prophylactic value against Aberdeen, |: * mother requires three or four times as much vitamin B as she would ordi- narily need. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ‘ Let Nature Do It Having considerable trouble trying to dry up the breasts after weaning my baby at nine months. Neighbor told me to wring out towel in hot water +» (Mrs. C. M. MeD.) Answer—All such tampering only prolongs the trouble. Leave breasts severely alone and nature will take care of them. Send stamped envelope bearing your address and ask for monograph on “Nursing and Weaning.” Pharmacopoeia Doubted Your reply to the reader who asked about tincture of iodin was unfair. When you say that the initials USP. (or in Canada B.P) after the name on the label give the purchaser assurance of strength and purity, you are misleading the public and injuring the pharmacist. (B. 8.) Answer—If the medicine is so labelled, it conforms with the U. S. or British Pharmacopoeia standard, and that is the standard of potency and labelled may neral services will be at Thompson | standards. Thursday morning. (Copyright, 1935, purity universally recognized. Many specimens of tincture of iodin not so be potent and pure, but these are the universally accepted John F, Dille Co.) Tk BLUE DOOR | Rachel “Mack 1935 NEA Service, Inc. BEGIN HERE TODAY RUTH WOODSON, 19 years old, an orphan, leaves lye bus for th it te leek le to pay her fare, ‘the bus im th forthville, just % weeks eld stone house with and faints from hun- as PENNY, old heuse- Keeper, opens the Ruth ts carried eld woman, assisted by petaire by the upataire Yay JOHN Me- woman mis ELAINE CHALMERS, grandfather built the use. ‘her conti Cc! Ro spent the day entertain- ing Penny. That is to say, she listened to Penny and she talked to Penny. She was well rewarded. There was the knowledge that she had made the lonely, halt- blind old woman happy, and there was the useful information she| gleaned in regard to Elaine's family. Elaine’s father, she learned trom Penny’s rambling tales, was an admirab! ung man who was killed in the World War. (Ruth thought, “At least, Blaine Chal- mers and I hi that in common —our brave fathers whom we can't remember.”)" Blgine’s moth- er, “Miss Gwen,” eventually mar- ried a second tim e man was an old suitor, Higate Deal, of Wall Street fame. In speaking of Deal, Penny hinted dark things. “He's ruinin’ your grandpa’s railroad. Now that he’s got hold of it they don’t pay the stockholders around here like they used to. I hear re- ports—” She stopped, as if afrald the hed said too much. Ruth, in turn, invented inter- esting accounts of Elaine’s lite in the east. “I won s swimming event at Newport, Penny!” “At Saranst one time I was skiing and took an awful tumble. The young man who picked me up afterward pro-| posed to me, but mother and Mr. Deal didn’t approve, so nothing came of it.” “Maybe he didn’t have enough money,” remarked Penty with a faint snort. Any mention of Higate Deal seemed to throw her into @ suppressed rage. eee UTH led her to talk of “Grand- father Hunter,” the old rail- toad king. “There was a man for you!” Penny declared. ‘‘Six-foot- two. White hair piled’on his head like a corn shock. A nose like an eagle's beak. He spoiled his children—your mother and Uncle Duncan—somethin’ awful, he never spotled himself. He let ‘em go east to school and do as they Pleased. But he always seid the state of Ohio was good enough for him. Folks around here: still talk about Si Huater. If they write s koew you was in towh, his only about yor in the paper. Penny,” exclaimed Ruth tn, real panic, “if anything like that happens I'll leave town! I—I hate publicity!” She made Penny jake # solemn oath that she would tell no one of her presence. “I wouldn't anyway,” Penny explained. “I keep to myself. People pry. There's lots of things Y'd die before I'd tell 'em!” She peered around her defiantly, as if holding the whole town at bay. “Yes, Penny,” said Ruth sooth- ingly, and patted her arm. “Would you mind if I'd go for a ride with John McNeill before supper? He asked me this morn- ing.’ Penny relaxed. ‘Do go, Miss Blaine. "ll do you good. Oaly be sure put on that watmer suit. It's turned chilly with the rain.” Ruth and John McNeill were both 10 minutes early for their appointment. Ruth answered the: door when he rang and said, “I meant to keep you waiting. This childish eagerness of mine is soing to ruin you.” “Um easily spoiled,” John re- plied as he helped her into the low-swung roadster which was dent. Couldn't we do it—once, every time we meet?” ‘Why should we?” Ruth asked in a cool, aloof voice. “Why?” repeated John McNeill slowly, starting bis ear and pon- dering the question. “I was hop- ing you'd just want to, Elaine. The way I do. My mistake—" He swung the car out of the circling driveway onto the street, | *! and immediately assumed a more imtpersonal attitude. “You said the country, I believe. Well, We're on the edge of town. now. You're about to see something very choice in rustic scenery.” Ruth sald, “I suppose you'll tell me this is the garden spot of the world—finest soil, fnest crops, finest climate, finest every- thing.” (Her heart was. saying, “Little fool, you chilled him by| your priggishness! Why shouldn’t you kiss when you mieet? Aren’t you supposed to frlends?”) 1 Gl slowed the car to point out & rambling brick house with @n avenue of trees leading to it He said, “You recall that place, of course, The Phillipses still live there. Lucy's at Vassar now. I guess you see her sometimes in New York?” i “It's funny,” Ruth answered, “I never do. Has she changed much?” : “Not as much as, you have,” John McNeil! said. He offered her a cigaret which she took, hoping she was not too awkward at catching the light he offered her. Blaine, she felt, would smoke under the circum- stances. He said, looking at her until the match burned his fingers, mil look lonely, today. Mind my ‘ : : is . “Mind? I iike it. But we'll have to give credit to my clothes, T’'ve always liked this suit. It’s more flattering then the little rag T arrived in.” fl “When I first saw you,” Jehn remarked. “you were the limpest little piece of wreckage f ever Iaid| side e706 on. It was s Arst-cless faint, be lifelong| ties it I ever saw one.” “What a way to enter your life after an eight-year absence!” Ruth mourned. “At my very worst.” “At your very most impres- sive,” he disagreed. “I've met several hundred perfectly turned out girls in my day, and promptly forgot ‘em. I never before picked up one that looked like a wet dish-rag fallen off the line, and, five minutes later, saw her turn into a thing of beauty right under my nose.” “Did you realize who I was?” Ruth asked curiously. He said, “Until Penny started calling you ‘Miss Elaine’ it never entered my head that you were anything but @ little nobody try- ing to find a dry spot.” eee Th car sped through the rain @ a smooth, purring animal that delighted to faa them. Darkness had fallen and the head- lights outlined a road that was level and faintly curving. Ruth thought, “Heaven must be lke this. I'd like to crystallize this hour and keep it always, shining like the headlights and the rain om the wet leaves. Only I can’t. I think I want us to hit a@ tree and crack up and end it all before ee pains Elaine to him. Be- fe he finds me o Soh a lane ut for a cheat But they didn’t crack up, ‘was an excellent driver, and oo ently he turned the car around and drove home. As they turned into the driveway he said, “I old Bertha’s going to ask dozen questions about this ho?” asked Ruth blankly, ‘Bertha Gibbs,” “Penny.” Bele “Oh!” laughed Ruth. “Imagine me not recognizing her name!” “She's a tunny old creature,” John remarked, not noticing. “Sometimes I think she’s gone ‘a mee poy, Paper last fow years en in; bein my mother ™ ee Gel “People often seem qu they get old,” Ruth one ee usually just because their facui- aren’t keen and they don't Keep up with the times. What- Cree makes People think Penny’s “Well,” answered John, “ghe’ got the dam’dest id he cme the front door « bright blue! She does it at isht—every tow Weeks, winter and summer. She lets the rest of the place go hang, pat se aoe passes up that door, joney, or not?” a eg “It’s crasy,” Ruth agroed, « T’m not afraid of her, John, omnes ways she’s normal. She’s 75 years old today, by the way.” “Too old to be a menace, I . “Still I wi sbout you being shut up in that old barn with her. You might as well be alone.” ‘They had reachea the house A keep on worrying about me, "1 it en T like itt gens aie ter she had gone | McNeill stood for a as ean the dark, still house, wondering why he felt as if the heart and breath of him was locked up in- it. & q