The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 25, 1936, Page 6

1 Qleny Cnopumanas Baotomm eam crroers an euaones — 6 The Bismarck Tribune An Independent Newspaper ‘ \ THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) State, City and County Official Newspaper Published daily except Sunday by The Bismrack Tribune Company, Bis- marck, N. D. and entered at the postoffice at Bismarck as second class mai) matter. Mrs. Stella I. Mann President and Publisher Kenneth W Simons Sec'y-Treas, and Editor Vice Pres. and Gen’l. Manager Subscription Rates Payable in Advance Dally by carrier per year Daily by mail per year (in Bismarck) . Daily by mail per year (in state outside of Bismarck) Daily by mat} outside of North Dakota Weekly by mail in state, per year ... Weekly by mail outside of North Dakota, per y Weekly by mail in Canada, per year Member of Audit Bureau of Cireulation Member of the Associated Press Associated Press 1s exclusively entitled to the use for republica- tion of the news dispatches credited to 1t or not otherwise credited in this Rewspaper and also the local news of spontaneous origin published herein. All rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. Doesn’t Mean Anything This is the season when that greatest of American inani- ties, the All-American football team, holds the spotlight. There is no doubt but that the men chosen for recognition have acquitted themselves with credit, but to say they are the unqualified best in their respective positions is to say some- thing which is untrue. What the All-American really has become is a publicity contest. The star who consistently gets the headlines is the Jad who makes the All-American team. Better men may play with teams which win fewer games but they escape recognition altogether. When a team makes a great record, as has been true of Minnesota teams in recent years, it usually is because it has all- around strength and plenty of skilled reserves, not because it has one star player. Every play lists a job for each of 11 men and if one of them fails to perform the great ball-carrier may be made to look like a novice. The tip-off on the All-American is given by Bernie Bier- man, Minnesota coach. And most folks are willing to admit that Bierman knows a little bit about football. In a recent magazine article he pointed out that most All- ‘American teams list at right halfhack a man who has played} throughout the season at left halfback, simply because the left halfbacks usually are the touchdown runners and the All-Amer- ican pickers must make room on their squad for another flashy performer. The right halfbacks, the lads who have the blocking assign- ment, are hardly even noticed. Yet they clear the way for the man with the oval. Describing one successful play, Bierman outlines how it was done, lists the part each man played and gives the impression that a high school boy could have carried the ball for that particular touchdown with such assistance. Arnold Heber, spectacular professional football player, didn’t get a look-in at All-American selection because he went to a small college, yet none of the All-Americans now in profes- sional football are pushing him around. Selecting the All-American team is a grand game but it doesn’t mean anything. 5 Two Union Matters Match the shooting at Chicago Tuesday of Michael J. Cal- vin, secretary of the Truckers and Teamsters union, with the argument being waged in the American Federation of Labor on the relative merits of craft and industrial unions and you have one of the unspoken arguments which weighs heavily in the final decision. It is obvious that industrial unions would require fewer officers and “big shots” than is true under the present system oi integrated craft unions. Adoption of the plan urged by the Committee for Industrial Organization would wipe out many soft union jobs. On this basis the attitude of the men now in those jobs— and they usually are in position to control their own unions—is @ foregone conclusion. The power and money which attends a big union job is attested by the murder of Calvin. He was important in the affairs of a large number of Chicagoans and he evidently stood in the path of someone with ambition to enjoy the perquisites! of union leadership. That is why he was “rubbed out.” It has been done before and it will be done again. Census Will Tell The country’s great need of an exact and authoritative census of the unemployed is graphically revealed by the great variations between the different estimates of the number of people who are out of work. The U. S. Chamber of Commerce believes that there are some 4,000,000 jobless. Harry Hopkins puts the number at upward of 7,000,000. The National Industrial Conference board puts the total at 8,975,000. The Alexander Hamilton institute says it is 10,887,000. Doubtless all these estimates are made on different bases, 60 that if they were properly “weighted” there would be much less varianace. But the wide range they cover indicates very clearly that we shan’t be able to get an intelligent idea of the real size of the unemployment problem until we have a definite count of heads. ‘Showing Off’ ane story of an 18-year-old Detroit youth who told hic companions he could drink a pint of whisky without pausing for breath, gulped.- down the liquor in 10 minutes, and died, carries a warning for us all, To show off, to try to outdo others, is a trait that doubtless has brought fame to many people. But it often can result in just such a tragedy as that which befell the Detroit youth. We are “showing off,” for instance, when we drive reck- lessly. Some of us like to boast of having been on a 24-hour binge, or of having gone without sleep for so many hours. Others, fat, 40, and with a none too hale “ticker,” like to flake stairs three at a time, to impress themselves or others. It is all very well to demonstrate prowess, but be sure the tost may not be too great. An Australian miner, nearly suffocated in an avalanche of gold ore, was finally rescued, without inflation. Bae Germans start turning wood into food, they can utilise knotholes ‘When _ & doughnut centers. | sponsored by the Bismarck Ministerial THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1936 [CONGREGATIONS 70 UNITE. IN. WORSHIP SERVICE THURSDAY Lutheran, Catholic and Episco- pal Observances Also Are Scheduled That there will be appropriate spirit- ual observance of Thanksgiving by residents of Bismarck was indicated as pastors outlined their plans for Thursday. Largest religious celebration will be the seventh annual union worship ELETYPE BRIEFS“: Aneociated Press PIONEER DIES Grand Forks, N. D.—Thomas W. Ricket, 74, pioneer resident of the Red River valley, died in a hospital! Tuesday night after a short iliness. He had lived in East Grand Forks since 1915, THREE CHEAT EXECUTIONER Moscow — E, I. Stickling, German engineer condemned to death, for sabotage was saved from execution Wednesday by the federal executive were commuted to 10 years’ im- prisonmnt. Six other Russians have been executed, association in the McCabe Methodist church at 10 a.m. Everyone is in- vited to be present. Lemke Will Preach Rev. William A, Lemke, pastor of the First Evangelical church, preach- es the sermon. Cooperating and tak- ing other parts in thet service will be ministers of the Salvation Army and of denominations including the German and English Baptist, Evan- gelical, Methodist Episcopal and Gos- pel ‘Tabernacle. Besides participating in the union service, the Salvation Army and First Evangelical congregations are pre- senting Rev. George Bennard, evan- gelist and composer, in a_ special Thanksgiving sermon at 7:45 p. m., in the Evangelical church. Music at this time also will be in keeping with the Thanksgiving theme. Rey. N. E. Elsworth, rector of St. George's Episcopal church, will con- duct a communion service for his own congregation at 9 a.m. He then will go to Mandan where he preaches at the union observance planned at 10 a. m. (MST) in the Wesleyan Methodist Episcopal church. Will Hold Two Masses At St. Mary's procathedral, there will be a low mass at 7:30 a, m., and, a high mass with sermon at 9 a. m. Rey. Robert A. Feehan, pastor, will celebrate the high mass. The Trinity and First Lutehran; churches also are holding separate devotions, Rev, Opie S. Rindahl, pastor of Trinity Lutheran, announces that the festival service will be at 11 a. m. The sermon will be entitled “Now Thank We All Our God” and the of- fering will go to charitable work of the synod. The church choir will sing an anthem, “Hymn of Thanks- giving,” and Mrs. Iver A. Acker will sing “Grateful, O Lord, Am I” as the-offertory selection. At 8:15 p. m., Friday the church will present the Luther Seminary Male choir in a sacred concert. At this time, Dr. T. F. Gullixson, president of the semin- ary, will give an address, For the Thanksgiving worship of the First Lutheran congregation at 10:30 a. m., the choir will sing “A Song of Thanksgiving,” and Rev. G. Adolph Johns, pastor, will deliver a sermon, “I Will Give Thanks.” BOOM GODWIN AND DAHL FOR SPEAKER Langer Group Intimates It Will Have Control of Senate When It Meets (By the Associated Press) Direct and other relief, taxation, and probable amendment of the liquor law or legislation further regulating sale of liquor, will be principal prob- ems confronting the Twenty-fifth legislative assembly convening next January, according to a survey Wed- nesday of a number of leaders of both houses, A fight for the speakership also is expected in the house, with two vet- erans of that body already receiving open mention and strong backing. They are Representatives W. J. God- win of Mandan, Nonpartisan League floorleader at the last session, and Math Dahl of Hazelton, both staunch supporters of,Governor-elect William Langer. Langerites Claim Majority Legislative leaders of the Langer group claim “at least” 59 of the 113 members in the house, while in the senate, anti-Langer forces claim more than the 25 seats necessary for a ma- jority. In the house, 57 is necessary for a majority. Langer group leaders contend, however, that the senate lineup will be “considerably changed” before the session opens. The legislature may be met by de- mands of from $5,000,000 upward to meet the relief and social security program in the state for the two year period beginning next July 1, in ad- dition to an immediate appropriation to bolster depleted relief funds. The sales tax will come up again for consideration, and while Langer SILVER TRADER DIES Plainfield, N. J.—John Frelinghuy- sen Harman, 92, known in New York as the “dean of silver trade,” died} Wednesday. AFL HEARS COLMERY Tampa, Fla.—Harry W. Colmery, American Legion commander, told the American Federation of Labor convention Wednesday the federation and Legion would stand “shoulder to shoulder” against enroachments on American liberties. HUNGARY IGNORES DUELING DOCTOR Scant Attention Paid to Ex- ploits of ‘Me Against Nine’ After Encounters Budapest, Nov. 52—(#)—Dauntless Dr. Franz Sarga, insisting he must fight seven more “honor” duels, ad- mitted Wednesday the time was not propitious for more duelling. Dr. Sarga (“Me against nine”)} found that two pistol engagements in} @ suburban wheat field Tuesday hadj| not made him a hero, t Newspapers, plainly showing irrita- tion over the wholesale campaign in chivalry, paid scant attention to the affairs, occasioned by insinuations Dr. Sarga had married for money. The influential Magyarorszag was perturbed over reaction in the United States to Dr. Sarga’s exploits. The newspaper Esti Kurir advo- cated legislation imposing more stringent law against duels. NINE MEN KILLED. INFIRE-SWEPT SHIP 75 Workers Flee for Safety as Flames Gut Hold of Ship at New Orleans New Orleans, Nov. 25.—(#)—Seven bodies were removed Wednesday from the blackened hold of the steamship Scantic of the Mooremack line which burst into flames at Drydock here Tuesday. Two other bodies were sought. The fire started late Tuesday while about 75 men were installing refrig- erating apparatus, forcing the men below to scramble up flame-licked 20- foot ladders. At least four were in- jured. Ruffin Williams, 44, who came scrambling out of the hatch with his trousers aflame, said: “Everybody was yelling ‘fire When I got to the ladder, there were five or six ahead of me, The steel bars of the ladder got so hot I could hardly hold on to shem. ¥ “When I reached the top my pants were on fire, and they squirted the hose on them.” A workman said he believed red hot steel shavings unintentionally dropped committee. The death sentences of/ or another since time immemorial, Stickling and two Russian defendants; Taylor said, although the first offi- ;George Washington, jof the arrival of a ship bearing sup- movement to determine what the state IROTARY CLUB HEARS | THANKSGIVING TALK J. C. Taylor Reviews History of American Observance at Luncheon Meeting { History of Thanksgiving in America: j was reviewed by E. J. Taylor, librarian of the supreme court, in a talk given at the regular Wednesday noon lunch- eon of the Bismarck Rotary club. A nucleus of the popular holiday existed in human minds in one form cial proclamation for nation-wide ob- servance was issued by President designating | Thursday, Nov. 26, 1789, as the day. The earliest Thanksgiving in Amer- fica was probably observed in New- foundland by an English minister and his colony in 1578 upon the occasion plies of food and clothing, Taylor said. Later the Pilgrim fathers at Plym- outh observed a, similar day, now famous in American history as the original Thanksgiving. He also gave a short review of the’ methods of observing Thanksgiving in other na- tions. He was introduced by J. P. Jackson, program chairman, Rev. Floyd E, Lo- gee, pastor of the First Presbyterian cherch, annouced that the first con- Nwes.=. NEXS Marriage License ‘ William Joseph Manley and Miss Esther Alvena Rosencrans,’ both of Bismarck, Births Son, Mr. and Mrs, Matt Braus of Center at 3:50 p.m, Tuesday, St. Alexius hospital, ¢ Dei Mrs, Anna M, Brown, 66, Wilton, at 2 a, m, Wednesday at the home of her daughter, Mrs, Amy Berger, 328 South Ninth St. W. C. Vandervoort and J. R. Criger of Marmarth and K. B. Elliott, New England, were business visitors in Bis- marck Wednesday. Rev. N. E. Ellsworth, pastor, an- nounces that Thanksgiving services will be held in St. George's Episcopal church Thursday at 9 a.m, Every- one is invited. Continuing a series of talks on the periods of literature, Harvey N. Jen- son will discuss “Shakespeare’s Plays” when the WPA adult education class in literature meets at 7:30 p. m., Wed- nesday in the Will school. Mrs. Elsie Penner, instructor, urges attendance of all class members and invites oth- ers who are interested. Three applications to construct pipe lines in northern North Dakota will be dusted off by the state rail- road commission for a formal hear- ing here Dec. 10, Commissioner C. W. cert on the 1937 Artists’ Series will be; presented Dec. 1, featuring Robert MacDnoald, pianist. Musical entertainment consisted of a vocal solo by Miss Anne Orluck, ac- companied by Mrs. Clarence Gunness at the piano. President F. A. Copelin announced that the December program commit- tee would consist of George Dueme- Jand, George F. Bird, Harry A. Thompson, Theodore Quanrud and Dr. G. M. Constans. ¥ Guests of the club included J. W. Lyder of Duluth, C. A. Armstrong of Fargo, Kemper G. McComb of James- town, Roy Preston of Minneapolis and S. W. Lehman of Bismarck, RELIEF MEETING [S CALLED BY LANGER Governor - Elect William Langer Wednesday afternoon called a con- ference of state and federal relief officials in North Dakota for Sat- urday to canvass the problems that must be faced after Jan. 1. Langer said the meeting was plan- ned “in an effort to coordinate” vari- ous federal departments together with the state resources” in a cooperative can do to see that everyone will have enough to eat and wear through the winter. A need for emergency action by the state legislature as soon as that gov- erning body convenes Jan. 5 had been sounded earlier in the day when members of the state public welfare board announced that all available monies were distributed to carry the relief burden through December. Another problem to be discussed at the relief conference will be the feed situation which the governor-elect said was reported as “serious,” espe- cially in the western part of the state and particularly in Sioux county. Badminton Meeting Called for Tonight McDonnell said Wednesday. To clear the commission’s docket, the applica- tions will go through the formality of a hearing and final dispositoin. Robbers Loot Rugby School Vault of $200 Rugby, N. D., Nov. 25—()—Officers were attempting to solve Wednesday the looting of the Rugby school vault in which $200 was taken Monday night following a high school operetta. The Smith Hughes class room was broken into and tools taken from there used to break the vault door. Sheriff George Watson is in charge Your Personal Health By William Brady, M. D. ttons pertaining to health but not éis- ease or diagnosis. Write briefly 4d in ink. Address Dr. Brady in care of The Tribune, All queries must be accompanied by a stamped, self-addressed envelope, Dr. Brady will answer AUTUMN MEETING OF THE OOTH CLUB A fine snappy fall day. The kind of day that makes too many mis- guided Americans wish to watch a football game when they should be playing a game themselves or getting exercise and diversion in one form or another. A day ideally suited to blowing off steam, steadying more or less jangled or frayed “nerves,” improving the circulation, earning sweet sleep. In short the day for the autumn meeting of the OOTH club. OOTH means oxygen on the hoof. It is all right for a doctor or health adviser to talk about oxygen in tanks, Most people are willing to believe oxygen administered in accurately measured doses by inhalation or by injection may have some remedial value. But when a doctor mixes metabolism with all outdoors the average wiseacre smiles and dimsisses the suggestion as just more cracy stuff by Ol’ Doc Daffy. Time was when doctors prescribed ozygen only when the patient got blue in the face. Can’t blame ’em for being so behind hand with it. Patients generally waited until they were almost blue in the face to call the doctor in. While waiting perhaps they took a few dozen coaltar tablets for their headaches, colds, grippe or fever, and the coaltar stuff conduced to cyanosis, which is medicalese for blueness of skin, lips and nails. Cyanosis, or blueness of skin and lips, is not the first stage of anoxia or oxygen lack. It is rather the third stage. The first stage is fatigue, both muscular weakness and mental depression, impairment of memory.’ The understanding is impaired more than sensation, so that the subject sees without knowing or realizing just what he sees. The second stage of anoxia is exhaustion, Physicians today are administering oxygen by inhalation or by injection in the first and second stages of anoxia or asphyxia; the old timers reserved the remedy for the third stage. Metabolism, the internal oxidation process which is life, goes on at a certain rate when you are resting. Walking two miles an hour increases metabolism, the absorption of oxygen, three-fold; walking four miles an hour, which is faster than most persons can walk, increases metabolism five-fold; running 160 steps a minute increases metabolism ten-fold, and so does twenty minutes of dancing the polka or mazurka, according to tests made in the Physiology Institute at Helsingfors. To oppose the rising mortality rate and prolong the prime of life after forty; to maintain immunity to the cri; to prevent the fatigue stage of anoxia; to promote sound, refreshing sleep; to preserve the bloom of youth; to improve your circulation and steady your nerves—try this old reliable medicine for a month or two: : Rx. Oxygen on the hoof. Take two miles three times a day. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS That Garlic Breath Please mention again the remedy you suggested for removing foul odor, from the breath after one has eaten garlic or onion. (E. F. F.) Answer—Use a solution of sodium hypochlorite or chloramine as mouth wash and gargle, say one chlorarmine tablet to the ounce of water, or one chlorazene tablet to the ounce of water, or a teaspoonful of hyclorite to four of the investigation. ounces of water. (Copyright, 1936, John F. Dille Co.) The Stranger at the Gate By MABEL OSGOOD WRI@iT Copyright by Mabel Osgood Wright have fifled and trimmed so long seem like cheery friends. Besides, it you are not under this expense for us, it may let you afford to take the time to come home, you and yours, home for Christma: In the envelope was the check that Vance had sent, and fastened to it a little flat pressed wreath WNU Service The regular meeting of the Badmin- ton club will be held at 7p. m., to- night at the Richholt school. Spon- sors of the organization have urged that all tennis enthusiasts, who wish to play bedminton, attend the meet- ing tonight. The game is much like the popular summer sport, Announcement was also made that the regular meeting of the Capital City Camera club will not be held this week because of the Thanksgiving holiday. The next meeting will be held Thursday, Dec. 3 at 7 p. m., at the by riveters started the blaze. Will school. HORIZONTAL 1 Dethroned ruler of today. THe was the last —— king. 13 Disposition. 14 Amphitheater center. ie heath: '7 Consumed. 18 Pertaining to [AIR] the cheek. 19 Lacerated. group legislative leaders indicate they will favor continuance of the act, they predicted an attempt will be made to change some features of the law, in- cluding exemption of necessities of life from the tax. People’s I Forum (Editor's Note)—The Tribune wel- comes letters on subjects of inter- individuals which offend good taste and Ld play will be returned to the writ- 21 Slides. 22 Sleigh. 24 Either. 26 Pertaining to (AISIPIETRISTE] 51 Grand- parental. 52 Intolerant enthusiast. 35 Face cover. 53 On the lee. 36 Entrance into 54 Boundary. society. 55 Uneven. 37 Repulses. 56 Alley 39 Upon. 57 His —— 40 Eccentric fortune was wheels. confiscated. 44To adjust. ers. All letters MUST the right to delete such letters as may be necessary to conform to this policy and to ree quire publication of writer's name where justice and fair play make it advisa All letters must be Mmited to not more thas 600 words, THANK YOU, LADY Bismarck, N. D., Nov. 24, 1936. Editor, Tribune: 4 I cannot leave Bismarck without expressing my enthusiasm over your beautiful capitol building. It seems wonderful to me. A great building to serve a great state. I regret that Nebraska did not have the benefit of your example before we built our ten-million-dollar capitol. Very truly yours , MRS. MABEL G! Editor's Note: Mrs. Gillespie, a member of the Nebraska legisia- 48 Bile. guilty of —. i il, Answer to Previous Puzzle ETRIAL STAIN TTS] 15 Biblical P RIE IAIRIS} [SIA TRE RIE|8! 1 IN[O[S) [TIAL PME S|LTEO[S} 20Not so much. [MI1/M/ 1/CMBUIS| 58 He was found10 Heathen god. Former Ruler | "12 Having hands prophet. [S|T] 23 Decays as fruit. 28 Pen point. ee 29 God of sky. {S| 31 Energy. (Bl1iS{_ 32 Pastry. [VIE|S] 23 Measure of cloth. 36 To abscond, 37 Worthless person. 38 The milt. 41 To affirm. 42 Chinese sedge 43 Slovak. 44 To instigate. leather. 45 Dreadful. 6 Verbal. 46 Since. 7 Dress fastener -47 Office. 8 Preacher 48 Festival. 9 Insects’ eggs. 49 Sound of sorrow. 50 Thin fabric. iB ODE VERTICAL 3 Talisman. 2Not to win, 3 Enemies: 4 Unequal things. 5 Softens 11 Withered. SYNOPSIS “Eleanor? Yes, I’ve always called her that, for I knew her before Vance, and wanted her, too, but, pene tts of bear, I was too mn n, Emery, his wife, Blea. | ® reaching for the honeycomb, hor, and thelr children, ‘Tommy, eight, |and, besides, I hadn't made good. and Bess, five, to the House in the Glen] Wish to God I hadn’t been slow, for Christmas. Emery, a self-made ex-/ and I might have won, for I know that she values money least of all. Look at her now, a woman of only thirty-two, more beautiful than at twenty, and going about alone al- most as much as if she were single. Always charming, I'll allow, and discreet, but with a sort o: hungry: eyed look that may mean a lot of things. She's quite come to the end of making’ exeuses for Vance’s absence, simply takes the arm of the man assigned to her at a dinner with a smile, and braves it through. “It's simply that Vance is.a self- made man out of his bearings,” said Haviland, smiling indulgently at his friend's vehemence. “‘He can manage but one thing and that one is busines Christmas of 1913 is only cight days away. Ira Vance and his wife are wait- ing wistfully for a reply to their letter ecutive in a big city, has not been home in five years. The elder Vance, made in- a Vance says that Eleanor has a hunger ‘bred of loneliness on her face. The maid returns without a letter from Emery. Ira tells his wife to write three special delivery letters, one to Emery hinting that at Jast he has invented some- thing successful, one to Eleanor urging her to come, and one to little Tommy and Bess, Mrs. Vance's first letter has lain unopened on Emery’s desk, but Kitty Mack, his secretary, brings it to his attention along with another personal letter. He opens the latter, finding it is from a boyhood friend, Philip Knox, who says he is sending a friend, Dr. Amunde, to visit the Vance's home at Christmas. Emery is annoyed and determines to head The Stranger off. At lunch, he sees a news item about the meeting of his company's directors, indicating there is dissatisfaction with his management. ‘Then he overhears two of the directors, lunching nearby, discussing his one-man dictatorial management disparagingly. all, what is more stupid than mere material success?” Emery Vance walked back to the office .with exact measured tread and flushed face. The last half of the men’s talk having overreached the effect of the personal attack. Eleanor neglected and having any cause for complaint! Did any wom- an have greater freedom of action, greater privileges? Only two chil- dren — he himself had set this limit — and nothing to do. It seemed that the overpressure of his own cramping career had blotted out the knowledge of Elea- nor’s capacity for reaching upward and outward toward the best, that had been the first quality that had bound him to her. What more ” the other | Could she ask? Was any woman Speicen reeves) ciecna ys, more indifferent to men’s attention? “That's it! |, |Had he not even had to urge Elea- “Expense cutting and secrecy is all|"0r to ask his home-town friend, very well in its way, but carried | Will Darrow, now an artist of rep- too far it prevents the development | ute, to sometimes be her compan- of any new brains in the business, |40n at the opera, or other places and it’s on new brains that the future depends. Present conditions may suit Vance well enough; he has all the business details tied in bundles and hung to his fingers with strings. But suppose that he dropped suddenly, what then? He has no understudy, no one between; it is against his principles. You can't play much of a game of chess, Robertson, with only the king and pawns.”” A period of silence followed, when dense rings of smoke floated over the partition. At first Vance re- solved to join the men and have it out with them then and there. Then this appeared to be yielding too great an advantage, for these men were only two out of a board of eleven. While he hesitated the talk vein so impossible of discussion that Vance motioned to the waiter for his check, doubling the tip, a rash act for him, with a gesture to sig- nify that he wished to leave un- observed. “What has changed Vance s0?” CHAPTER Il—Contiaued. AL, “I suppose you saw that para- graph in the Herald about Vance?” Haviland said. “It is beyond me how things get started on the news road. It really seems as if a num- ber of people have only to think a thing to have it cast into type. Thad no idea of taking the initiative myself, Robertson, until I found that you had figured out the dif- ficulty on precisely the same lines. Vance is honest technically, and a hard worker who sticks close to business, still—” “Too sticking-plaster close, noth- usual promptly convinced himself of the entire justice of his own point of view. Seeing the California letter still’ upon his desk, Vance called Miss Mack and explained the necessity of a telegram to St. Stefano. In &@ moment she returned with the remark, ‘ iph_ connection is all right, but if this letter has been five days coming, and your party was to arrive two days after the letter, he’s almost here.” Vance leaned back in his chair ‘with a sigh of annoyance at his own lack of thought—passed his hand across his forehead wearily, then thrust it hastily into his pock- é j z H a il |S i 4 H fi il one j s & & ee ERE to take his present job? We board- be used to equip the farm- ed ‘a wrong train and didn't arrive hbpgphengpaidadlgn copa pooped until almost dark. There on the that the power was soon porch was Eleanor, all fluffy white that way. At last he drew and pink, tucked up in a bam-|the letter from its envelope and mock, with Tommy boy alongside, Sanaa ae and Vance feeding her with straw- his surprise the letter was berries that he picked from a little of thanks, but = tense appeal two by four patch in the yard. that he would come home. She was too contented to really did not give your letter to care much about what we had to/father,” it began, “because, if I aay, and, when I explained in de- it would have told tail, she gave a frightened look at do not plan to come me and said: ‘Please don't make © Perhaps Iam it easy for us to go to the city;}/but I do not care to I'm afraid, ob!, I'm afraid of it!’ _ for the_new,, the broad forehead, strength at dark of ground pine and partridge vine, the scent of the Glen woods still on it. Vance drew a short breath; was there to be no escape from memory for him, this day of all days, when so much more was at stake than usual? All this time the “hurry” letter was traveling toward Vance who, having thus let his mind stray afar suddenly drew it back with a jerk. “Bring me the payroll if it is ready,” he said to Kitty Mack, as if there had been no break in his routine of thought. Kitty laid the book upon the desk, and the chief began the mechanical process of scanning the Christmas bonus indicated by the treasurer. As Vance checked off nams after, mame, he became conscious that there was some one in the room whom he had not heard enter. Rais- ing his eyes they were held and searched by those of another, a man who stood on the opposite side of the desk. His figure, rather above the medium height, might be either stout or spare, hidden as it was by the folds of a loose travel- ing coat. The massive, well set head, the hair close cropped at the sides, but falling heavily back from suggested rest, while the deep-set eyes flashed with the inner come that, without voicing the Ad had intended to wire a cy fie i by H E Z ntyE Efe fe et if Pa] f i & E Hk if th g8 yf : a i I i E i r i : E i i Ths ay by fe rt § i A i i ls li cif gE H ‘ i i i