The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 30, 1936, Page 4

a The Bismarck Tribune An inéependent 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 mal) matter. Mrs. Stella 1. Mann President and Publisher Kenneth W. Simons Seo'y-Treas, and Editor ©. Johnson Vice Pres. and Gen'l Manager Subscription Rates Payable in Advance Daily by carrier per year Daily by mail per year (in Bismarck) Daily by mail per year (in state outside of Weekly by mail in state. per year Weekly by mail outside of North Weekly by mail in Canada, per yea: Member of Audit Bureau of Cireulation Member of the Associated Press 1s exclusively entitled to the ui ited to it or not otherw’ ws of spontaneous origin i) other matter herein are Mars Must Have Smiled Completion of a new treaty between Germany and Japan must have brought a toothsome grin to the face of Mars, the god of war. He must have contemplated with satisfaction the comple- dion of another step on the pathway toward strife and destruc- tion, for that is what this new treaty amounts to. The official explanation of the new treaty is that it was negotiated to maintain world peace, but no one will be fooled by that. It really represents a banding together of nations for the prosecution of war. AND WHEN THE NATIONS ARE READY WAR NEVER IS LONG IN COMING, The World war taught us the futility of nations organizing for collective security. At its outbreak we had on one side the Triple Entente of England, France and Russia, while on the other was the Triple Alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy. Italy failed to respond when war was declared because she was poorly prepared and her long seacoast was open to attack by the fleets of France and Britain. Hence her first attitude was one of neutrality. Later she got into the war on the side of the allied powers. The new treaty is frankly aimed at Russia and indications ure that it was as much sought by Japan as by Germany. The situation in the Far East has long been fraught with peril. It will offer greater danger now that Japan and Germany feel they have made an effective arrangement. There is every possibility that trouble may develop soon after the opening of the new year. Russia, contending that Japan already has entered into military alliances against her, has refused to extend an agreement permitting Japanese to fish in eastern Siberian waters. The present treaty on this subject expires December 31 and anything may happen after that time, because Japan gets the bulk of her fish from those waters—and the fishing industry is highly important to Japan. Some sort of trouble is almost inevitable, since the Japa- nese are not a people who relinquish easily any rights they once have acquired. With the stage set for war any untoward inci- dents in the fishing area might set the guns booming again in 8 major conflict. \It is entirely possible that the date for it already has been set. for republica- din this Naval Advance The average citizen naturally measures a navy’s strength in terms of its fighting ships. A naval strategist has other gtandards. Prosaic things like drydocks, naval yards, and so on figure very largely in his calculations. So i- is that the American navy plans to spend $15,000,000 on the most amazing floating drydock ever designed. This craft will be more than 1000 feet long and 165 feet wide. It will have a pointed bow, and a stern gate which can be opened so that fighting ships can be taken aboard. It will accommodate the largest naval vessels, including the giant aircraft carriers Lexington and Saratoga. It can be towed at a speed of 10 knots—something absolutely unheard of for structures of this type. This will make little stir in the mind of the layman. To naval strategists it is one of the most interesting developments in recent naval history. For if it works it will enable a fleet 1o make its base wherever it finds a deep harbor. It will give the navy a flexibility and a freedom from fixed bases such as no navat commander heretofore has ever thought possible, Home Ownership Delegates to the convention of the National Association of Real Estate Boards, in New Orleans, are emphasizing the need tor the broadest possible home ownership in America. Cer- tainly the realty men should get the support of all classes in their effort to have that need’ met. It need not be repeated, of course, that the home-owning citizen is precisely the sort of solid, substantial citizen which a democracy most needs. What might better be emphasized is the fact that millions of our people are poorly housed, and that the building industry would be more than glad to supply homes tor them if needs and purchasing power could just be tied to- gether, A great home-building boom would be just about the best thing that could happen to us. It would mean a better life for vast numbers of people, and it would furnish our rising pros- perity with the most solid kind of base. Crooks’ Security Like the income tax law, the federal social security act, it seems, will help put gangsters and racketeers behind bars. . Not only reputable business men, but also “boss” crooks must deduct 1 per cent from their hirelings’ pay, and send it, with a similar contribution of their own, to the bureau of in- ternal revenue. i In the prescribed forms, too, they must describe the nature of their business, and the goods or services sold. Failure to do 80 means prosecution. It is a dismal dilemma for “big shot” public enemies. But ft seems hardly more pleasant for small gangsters, who must} ci yield part of their pay to provide security after they reach 65. Because of occupational hazards, they probably won't that age. Or, if they do, Uncle Sam will have been pro- s for their security, anyway, at Atlanta or Alcatraz. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1986 WRITER OF NOTED HYMN PREACHES IN CAPITOL AT NOON ‘The Old Rugged Gross’ Com- poser Conducts Daily Serv- ices in Statehouse A series of noon devotions to be held on the main floor of the capitol from 12:30 a. m. to 1:15 p. m., each day this week except Friday were started Monday by Rev. George Ben- nard, the evangelist and composer who is entering upon the second week of a revival campaign in the First Evangelical church, These and the evening services, which will continue to be held in the First Evangelical church at 7:45 p. m., daily, are under auspices of the Evangelical congregation and the Sal- vation Army. Last week the audi- ences so taxed the capacity of the small church that the additional ' | services were arranged to give more People an opportunity to hear Rev. Bennard. Except for a program of carols sung on Christmas eve of 1935, these are the first exercises of a religious nature to be held in the statehouse. The board of administration granted the necessary permission. Sunday evening more than 500 per- sons heard Rev, Bennard and many more were turned away. In the au- Gience were people from Pleasant Valley, Valley City, Steele, Linton, McClusky, Washburn, Underwood and other places. This week Rev. Bennard is con- ducting a brief devotion, entitled “Lest I Forget.” at the beginning of each evening meeting. He is assisted in both the noon and evening devotions by Miss Hannah Dahlstrom, Swedish gospel singer, Rev. William A. Lemke of the Evang- elical church and Major Herbert Smith of the Salvation Army. Sunday afternoon, Rev. Bennard sang several of his hymns, including “The Old Rugged Cross,” during the “Heart to Heart” broadcast over KFYR and it is probable that he will Tepeat this at the same time next week. Fort Yates Farmer Is Taken by Death Fred Zimmerman, 45, farmer liv- ing south of Fort Yates, died in a local hospital at 8:23 a. m., Monday of a lung ailment. He had been in the hospital seven weeks. Born in South Russia, April 23, 1891, Zimmerman came to this coun- try in 1903 and in 1907 came to North Dakota where he had since lived. He was married October 10, 1913, at Elgin to Louise Kirsch and 11 chil- dren survive him, the youngest sev- en years old. They are Mrs. Arthur Zacker, Selfridge; Mrs. Arthur Will, Elgin; and Martha, Reinhold, Hilda, Oscar, Richard, Violet, Nelda, Nor- man and Lillian at home. He also leaves a number of broth- ers and sisters. They are: Mrs. Matt Sailer, Hebron; Jacob of Mobridge, 8. D.; Gottleib, Henry and Christ of New Leipzig; Mrs. John Christ and Mrs. John Schatz of Regent; Mrs. Jacob Sundow of Elgin and Mrs. Jacob Moyer and Johann Christ, living in the state of Washington. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p. m. Wednesday at the Congrega- tional church in Elgin, Rev. Shure of- ficiating. Interment will be in the Elgin cemetery. Hoverson Infant Is Claimed by Death Robert Hoverson, 7-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hoverson, 812 Sweet St., died at 10:45 a. m., Monday in a local hospital. Besides his par- ents, the boy leaves a brother, Glen. He was born April 13, 1936. Inter- ment will be made in St. Mary's cem- etery. GROOM TURKEYS FOR SHOW Minot, N. D., Nov. 30.—(?)—A num- ber of North Dakota turkey growers this week are grooming choice birds, preparatory to exhibiting them at the annual North Dakota Turkey show, in| Minot Dec. 8 to 12, according to B. E.; Stewart, show secretary. See | TENTH HUNTER DIES | St. Paul, Nov. 30.—(7)—The tenth | victim resulting from the recent Min- nesota big game hunting season, John Kuhrke, 38, Princeton, Minn., garage- man, died in a Two Harbors hospital | Monday from a wound. —_———_ 1 . STONE IS BENZ MANAGER | Fargo, N. D., Nov. 30.—(?)—Organ- | ization of George Benz Sons, Inc., to wholesale liquor in North Dakota was announced Monday by C. P. Stone, Fargo, vice president and manager for the state. WRECKER DRIVER KILLED Park Rapids, Minn., Nov. 30—()— Trapped between a tow-car and a dis- abled automobile, Frank Witter, 27, garage employe, was crushed to death when a third machine crashed into the wrecker late Saturday night . ———$—$—$—$—__—_—_—__—_—_¢ { Additional Markets | | Additional Markets MONEY RATES New York, Nov. 30.—()—Call money: steady: 1 per cent all day. Prime commercial paper % per cent. Time loans steady, 60 days-6 mos. 1% per cent offered. Bankers accept- ances unchanged, INVESTMENT TRUSTS (By the Associated Press) (Over the counter in New York) Maryland Fund. 10.72; 11.72, juart. Inc. Sh. 11 0.77, jel, Inc. Sh. 5.77; No. CHICAGO STOCKS (By the Associated Press) Midwest Corp. 12%. GOVERNMENT BONDS New York, Nov. 30.—()—Govern- ment Bonds: Treasury 4%'s 121.16, Treasury 4's 1 WINNIPEG CASH GRAIN Winnipeg, Nov. 30—(@—Cash wheat No. 1 northern 1.09%; No, 2 northern 1.08%; No. 3 northern 1.04%. Oats No 2 white 44%; No. 3 white 42%; No, 1 mixed feed 42%. MINNEAPOLIS STOCKS Minneapolis, Nov. 30.—(@)—Stocks jose. First Bank Stock 14%. Northwest Banco 12. c New York, America) ry 11. Serr ai, wn, 4. } PONSELLE TO BE WED ELETYPE BRIEFS+}2 | | SWINDLE TRIAL ENDS Sir Francis Drake swindle trial Mon- day by dismissing the indictment against Oscar M. Hartzell, an alleged { ringleader. Baltimore, Nov. 30.—(?)—Romance has come to lead beautiful Rosa Pon- selle to the altar but not away from grand opera. She will wed Carle A. Jackson of Baltimore. THREE TIMES AND OUT Indianapolis — Firemen began to think for a while Sunday they might as well establish headquarters at the home of J. A. Strack. They made Chicago—Federal Judge Philip L. Sullvan formally enged the famous | BALDASER D, BETTER | VICTIM OF CANCER \57 Year Old Emmons Coun- ty Resident to Be Buried at Rites Wednesday |_A victim of cancer, Baldaser D. Better, pioneer resident of Emmons county, died at 1:15 a, m., Monday in a local hospital after a lingering ill- ness. He was 57 years old. Rites have been set for 10 a, m., Wednesday at St. Joseph’s Catholic church, between Wishek and Linton. Father Frank Lauinger will officiate and interment will be made in the St. Joseph's cemetery. Born Oct. 20, 1878, in Russia, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Valentine Bet- ter, Mr. Better emigrated to the United States as a young man, He three runs to the Strack home, {settled in Emmons county in the late |'80s and married Alvina Job at Na- {poleon in 1898. Both of his parents THREE WOMEN KILLED ocielty Mr. and Mrs. Daniel F. Burroughs and daughter, Susan Jane, of 416 Avenue A, arrived home Sunday eve- ning from a five-week visit with Mr. Burroughs’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Burroughs of Streetsboro, Ohio. Mr. Burroughs was having his annual leave from duty with the National Parks service. * * * Mr. and Mrs, Clifford Wahl (Paul- ine Rishworth) left for their home at Sturgis, S. D., Sunday after spend- ing the holiday week-end with Mrs. Wahl’s parents, 'Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Rishworth, 805 Fifth 8t., and his mother, Mrs, Augusta Wahl of Wash- burn, *-_* & Mr. and Mrs, Reginald Thorne of Fargo were guests during the Thanks- giving holidays of Mrs. Thorne’s | right out of Joe’s pants. He let go Indianapolis.—Collision of a skidding automobile with a railroad elevation abutment here early Monday caused the death of three young women and the injury of two men, POTATO GROWERS TOURING St. Paul—Members of the North- east North Dakota Potato Growers’ association are scheduled to pass through here Dec. 6, en route from | Grand Forks, for a tour of the south. | TO IGNORE CHARGES Geneva—League of Nations sources | expressed belief Monday the council would decline to consider Spanish charges against Germany and Italy. YOU'D SWIM, TOO Kinston, N. C.—A mouse caused Amos Hawkins to jump into the river with the mercury down to 30 degrees. It was in his overalls. BISMARCK MAN HURT Billings, Mont., Nov. 30.—(7)—How- ard Zimmerman of Bismarck, N, D., was among seven persons injured slightly when a westbound Grey- hound bus went off the highway and are dead. Besides his widow he leaves eight children, Valentine and Jacob, both of Ridgeview, 8. D.; Mrs. John Ibach of Linton, and John, Joe, Cecilia, Frances and Roy, all of Wishek; one ,brother, John of Wishek; and two sisters, Mrs. Vincent Smith of Wishek, and Mrs. Louis Smaltz, who resides in Canada. He was brought to the hospital Nov. 26. The body is at the Calnan Funeral home. STOVE BLAST FATAL Pipestone, Minn., Nov. 30.—(?)— Gerald Meyers, 35, is dead and his widow may die from burns received when a gasoline stove exploded in their home Sunday afternoon, FARM WOMAN DIES Minot, N. D., Nov. 30.—t)—Mrs. Henry Juergens, 54, resident of the farm commuity north of Burlington, died of pneumonia Monday in a Mi- not hospital, DYNAMITE KILLS 6 Delta, Pa., Nov. 30.—(#)—Six work- men were killed and a seventh was se- riously injured Monday in an explo- crashed into a high bank five miles east of Glendive. | Sion of dynamite at a slate quarry. } Joe E. Brown Loses Pants in Film Scene How'd you like to have the pants blown right off of you in an ex- plosion? That's what happened to Joe E, Brown during the production of the Warner Bros. comedy, “Polo Joe,” which comes to the Capitol Theatre on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Brown plays the part of a braggart who is forced into a polo match though he has never been on a horse. The script calls for his valet, before the game, to put into the seat of his riding breeches a big inflatable rub- ber pad to spare him bumps. The valet, “Skeets” Gallagher, placed the pad and Eddie Edwards, head prop man, inserted the nozzle of a compressed air hose into the valve, while Joe Brown, with belt unbuckled, loosely held the top of his pants. Bang! Under too high pressure the tubber gave way. It blew the seat and what remained of the breeches fell, “Polo Joe” was written by Peter Milne and Hugh Cummings. The sup- porting cast includes Carol Hughes, Richard (Skeets) Gallagher, Joseph King, Gordon Elliott, Fay Holden and George E. Stone, When President Roosevelt crossed the equator, it was found he has been @ pollywog all his life—news that came just too late to be used as cam- paign ammunition. An Alpena, Mich., dentist went out hunting and got a buck. It is best to be aggressive in this matter of debt-collecting. AT THE MOVIES Dionne Quintuplets Best-Dressed Stars Five more young ladies were added to the glamorous roster of the world’s “best-dressed” screen stars by the time the filming of Twentieth Cen- tury-Fox’s new screen play, “Re- union,” was completed. The five new sartorial swells are the Miles, Yvonne, Cecile, Emelie, Annette and Marie Dionne, the famous quintuplets who are stars of the picture now on view at the Paramount theatre, The outfits worn by the Quins were created by Royer, designer of fash- fons for Loretta Young, Rochelle Hudson, Alice Faye and other “best dressed” ladies of the screen, after two half-hour telephone consultations with the babies’ physician, Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe, and their nurses by long distance between Hollywood and their Callander, Ontario home, The Quin creations were made to the exact measurement of the world’s youngest stars and were completed in six eight-hour shifts in the Twentieth Century-Fox wardrobe department. “T’ve designed costumes for scores jof the screen’s famous actresses,” de- clared Royer, “but I got the greatest kick out of this assignment for the little Dionnes.” Jean Hersholt, Rochelle Hudson, Helen Vinson, Slim Summerville, Rob- ert Kent, Dorothy Peterson and John Qualen are featured in “Reunion”— the dramatic home-coming of the Country Doctor's “babies.” 8,000 grown-up It was wrong to admit that Santa Claus travels by plane. Spanish child- ren have been getting surprise pack- ages that way for several months, 1,6 Pictured aviatrix. 41 Church benches. 12 Conscious. 14 Verbal. 16 Era. 17 Eating spare ingly. 19 Stream. 20 Father. 21 Turf. 22 To undermine. 24 Pound. 25 To carry. 27 Meadow. 29To augul 31 Bill of fare. 32To test for flavor 34 Bows. 36 Rim 38 Scolds. 40 Ream. 42 Electrified particles. 43 Unoccupied. 443.1416. 45 Kneels in homage. ule 54 Touched with toes, 56 Bitter herb, 58 Took oath, 59 She won a — trans- continental air race, 60 She was the ‘ Air Pilot. HORIZONTAL Answer to Previous Puzsle cd i tl 13 To vouch. 15 Tennis stroke. 17Female deer. 18 To chatter. IE] 21 Artist's workroom. TIRIOIT MRAIRIG/UIE MINI | (LE) b IRIN} 28 Preposition. (CIOTT MER] 30 Dower first-———to 37 Dress. win this race, 39 Partner. VERTICAL ‘4! Mental state 1 Envoy. of troops. 2To be in debt, 44 Dish. 3You and me, 46 Eagle's claw. tered. 4UI 48 Stable at- 5 Female sheep. lant, 6 Three. 52 Taxi. 7 Fowls. 53 Guided. 8To accomplish 54 One and one, 9To sin. 55 Lair. 10 Spiked. 57 Musical note. 11 Soft food. 58 Southwest. weighing seven and a half pounds, ‘was born here Monday to Mrs. Charles S. (Buddy) Myer, wife of the Wash- ington Senator infielder. Raphael C. McCarthy succeeded the Rev. William M, Magee Sunday as president of Marquette university. mother, Mrs, Stella McCulloch, 1014 Rosser avenue. Hertz Is Leader of Hazelton Boy Scouts Hazelton, N. D., Nov. 30.—Hazelton Boy Scout Troop No. 42 has been re- organized with H. Hertz, local high school instructor, as scoutmaster. GET CHRISTMAS BONUSES &t. Paul, Nov. 30.—(#)—Seventy-five employes of J. L. Shiely Co., will re- ceive Christmas bonuses totaling $7,- 000, company officials announced Monday. The company handles sand, gravel and rock, BUDDY MYER IS PAPA Washington, Nov. 30.—(P)—A boy, HEADS UNIVERSITY Milwaukee, Nov. 30.—(?)—The Rev. Your Personal Health By William Brady, M. D. on tor rtaining to health but not dis- ease or diagnosis. Wri Li a fi Aéér jetters ly an ee ‘eee Dr. Brady in care of The Tribune. All queries must be accompanied by & stamped, Gelf-addressed envelope, Dr. Brady will ans WHEN THE PATIENT NEEDS OXYGEN The total volume of oxygen in the blood for an adult is approximately @ quart. At each breath in ordinary unconscious breathing an adult takes in a pint of air, of which one-fifth is oxygen and four-fifths nitrogen. Not all of the oxygen breathed into the nose, throat, windpipe, bronchial tubes and lungs is absorbed into the blood. There is considerable “dead space” in the bronchial tubes and windpipe to be filled before the air can penetrate to the air-cells in the lungs. Physiologists estimate that one-third of the air breathed in actually reaches the air-cells in the lungs. I am notorious- ly erratic in arithmetic but as I compute it that means one gets one-fifteenth of a pint of oxygen into the lungs at each ordinary breath. And not all of that ounce of oxygen is absorbed into the blood, for ordinarily about 4-8ths of the oxygen remains in the air expired. Unless I am as wrong as usual that would leave in the blood a little over one-fifth of a fluid ounce of oxygen for each breath—and I believe if I persevere I can show that a person lives without absorbing any oxygen at all to speak of! But after all I do not wish to asphyxiate you, only to teach you how important oxygen is in the business of life. It doesn't require a bucketful of oxygen to maintain the spark of life. A teaspoonful will do for a while. The great thing is to have that teaspoonful available for immedi- ate absorption into the blood at the critical moment it is needed. Now there is where doctors often fall down. They wait too long to bring okygen to the patient. Old timers, thousands of whom are still in | practice and enjoying success as the public recognizes success, resort to ad- ministration of oxygen only when the patient becomes cyanotic (dusky, blue, evidently disstressed for oxygen). This is usually too late. Indeed, the public has come to regard the arrival of the oxygen tank as an ominous sign which in effect belies the hackneyed bedside bulletin assuring the public that the patient is making a gallant fight. By that time the patient generally ceases to take any interest in the matter, for the first stage of anoxia (oxygen lack in the body) is merciful dulling of consciousness gradually approach- ing stupor and coma. Cyanosis, blueness or duckiness, is really the third stage of anoxia, as- phyxia of the tissues and cells. the stage of structural damage from which recovery is uncertain. Exhaustion is the second stage. If oxygen is admin- istered in the second stage there is a fair prospect of recovery. The first Stage of anoxemia or asphyxia is fatigue. In this stage oxygen is most val- uable and least likely to be given. In the first stage of anoxia, in any ser- jous illness, few physicians have the courage to give oxygen. They are re- strained by the traditional popular interpretation of such treatment. But 1 happily that restraint is removed by the use of the simple apparatus known as the oxygenator, whereby any doctor anywhere at any time may easily in- ject half a pint or a pint of pure oxygen into the subcutaneous tissues. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Wanted, Some Tonsils Five years ago when in hospital with acute rheumatism I let the doce tors remove my tonsils. I have since proved the doctors to be wrong. Is it possible to have some one’s tonsils grated into my throat? (M. P.) Answer—No. What on earth you want tonsils for I can’t imagine. (Copyright 1936, John F. Dille Co.) ight by Mabel Osgood Wright SYNOPSIS Christmas of 1913 is only eight days away. Ira Vance and his wife are wait- ing wistfully for a reply to their letter inviting their son, Emery, his wife, Elea+ nor, and their children, Tommy, eight, and Bess, five, to the House in the Glen for Christi Emery, a self-made ecutive in a big city, has not been home in five years, The elder Vance, made firm by business reverses and an acci- dent, works on inventions. dismissed by Emery as “toys.” Vance says that Elea- nor has a hunger bred of lone! 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 last he has vented something successful, one to Elea- nor her to come, one to Uttle 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 another personal letter, latter, finding it is from a boyhood friend, Philip Knox, who says he is sending a friend, Dr. Amunde, to visit the Vances’ home at Christmas. Emery nnoyed. At lunch, he sees a news item about the meeting of his company’s directors, indicating there is dissatisfac- tion with his management. Then he over- hears two of the directors, lunching nearby, discussing his one-man dicta- torial management disparagingly. Back in the office he reads his mother’s sec- ond letter, Absorbed in work he looks up and sees a man standing opposite hirn who says, “I am The Stranger sent to your gate.” Vance is surprised to find he is friendly to The Stranger. quiry is received concerning Hess, a draftsman whom Vance had unjustly discharged. He gives an’ unfavorable report on the man. The special delivery letter from his mother arrives. Eleanor phones, urging Vance to come home to dinner; tells him to bring The Stranger and discussing the letters from home, pleads with him to go to his parents. He says he cannot leave the city. CHAPTER I1I—Continued. —— Vance hesitated a moment before replying. “I confess that I take little stock in Christmas. In New York it is merely another form of taxation; if I wished to be harsher, I should say graft, which is of two kinds— so much to each employe all down the line—factory, office force, club, bank, restaurant, home. Then to pay business obligations and social debts that may not be done with The Stranger at the Gate. By MABEL OSGOOD WRIGHT | -|make?” and she pulled her left fraught with special meaning to one who could understand, But that one was not her husband, The kiss with which he brushed her forehead was “Tm glad that you are feeling better than when you ’phoned,” he said quietly, handing hat and coat to ‘the waiting man. “What is it, has anything unusual happened?” he added, judging by her sudden halt and rigidity that she had some- thing important upon her mind that would not wait for the telling. “No, nothing,” she answered slowly, as with downcast eyes and a red spot in each cheek she passed WNU Service trance, that lips and ear almost met, Then a flying wedge of young people, all hustling along with reck- less determination to get home, parted the pair until they were as suddenly forced together at the stair top. “Aren't the streets just too lovely before Christmas?” The clear pen- etrating voice, stopping just short! into the living room as Vance guided ot shrillness, sounded familiar to| The Stranger to the guest chamber. ance, a e “What have I bought Jim? Bought | : him nothing; he wouldn’t look at a present unless I made it.” “Neckties! ‘The girl guessed right the very first time.’ Yes, of course, I know they aren’t as smooth and even as those machine-made ont but they’re different, and tha what a real, yours truly Christmas present for Jim must be. Last year I made his a long scarf, real silk, Gee! But it was close watch- ing work, and I dropped some stitches, too, in spite of myself. What do you think Jim said about those same but ‘Kitt, I'd love to guess it was thinking of me made you drop those stitches!’ Now wouldn't that dance you along?” “What do I think Jim’ll give me besides this, that he couldn’t CHAPTER IV As Vance disappeared around the turn, talking to his guest meanwhile with unusual animation, the ¢on- versation reached Eleanor rather as an echo than direct speech. Yet the deep melodious tones of The Stranger surged through her brain with startling similarity to some other voice that she could not place. For a nioment she stood in the middle of the room, hand pressed to her temples, Card tables were grouped in the window overlooking Ringing for the man to fold away the tables, Eleanor collected the cards and score blanks that told of an afternoon of bridge. A small embroidered velvet bag hung from a chair back, the chair in which she had sat. The cord loosened as she reached for it and the bag fell upon the floor; from the folds of its silk lining a dainty, lace handkerchief dropped, together with some bills and silver coins that rolled out hither and thither. Eleanor gathered up the money, hand from her muff and carefully turned in the bright stone of the ring she wore, lest it should be scratched. “‘Why, something for the house—sure!”’ “The young woman from your office,” said The Stranger, his face growing luminous. “What did she say about a house?” Vance muttered, half to himself. ‘Surely she can’t be think- ing of getting married, earning as she does twenty-five dollars a week with a bonus of fifty at Christmas!"” In the pack of the subway train, where neither man could speak, Vance was especially annoyed by a rather pale young fellow with the settled stoop of a bank clerk, whose many parcels, both wrapped and unwrapped, seemed bent upon hit- ear liges neighbor’s most sensitive r, added to the quality of his “Ho the air is, it hee wee eee rarer) good ” med completely the very breath of the woods,” The | i;spired a confidence long since un- posirg rir ada aetaaaiaes 8 st al a ” “There are the woods,” said uni IEE ere Vance, with a really spontaneous), °° . laugh, as he pointed to a fiorist’s| “One purged the temple of the shop outside of which spruces and changers, moved by a wrath balsam firs were stacked, together |that no personal insult ever drew with the green painted stands that| ftom Him. Should not the home be they are all agog, unless they are |hall-mark the Christmas tree. = teenie, Oot alias! of Bolles? Wy, sated, as mine threaten to be, with “The heart blood of the woods| (i! You dete if? You my jugh- Christmas parties. At best Christ-| warming the city's heart,” said The|‘<",™80, ore not Coty 8 woman mas is only for children.” Stranger, the words spoken low like 3 ahs Ardicmad ae “And do you not give your wife | the soft whisper of the wind. pol haeegpes ey am Fvdages) 4 # peat Ar vance eivestiband: that suffused her, told her beyond a doubt that it was her foster be hieehy ‘The Stranger repeat athe fe ces Toe Bien get 8 Koes ffonation, a wolcing For a moment she did not speak, seemed the most natural thing in aaa es 8 vie, sevice, taees pork deghated meres confused excuses to her lips. “No 2 ee tne 4 pt ‘dinner Pte there is my thoughts of the far past — a even tow part of life.” BAabe ad aie Pees bibes eit lil eK euereraniar stl ie via others &e ways substantial same, you Souscheeping “allowanoe’ foe” the tsk me to alt slooe all day month, to cover-her own and the home and be quite without friends?” children’s gifts; she, of course, “Friends? Do you call such peo- knowing her own needs and theirs ple friends?” echoed The Stranger. better than I do.” ee eee “She esks for love and you give Pas erodes ae bread!” wud the Stranger spoken the common meet constantly without a words, or were they born in Vance's motive? You will doubtless say, brain of conscience and memory ‘Why meet, then?’ But meet it ote pe five." Besides,” snd there was “Do people in these days néver ,e ye was a interwoven them- ring of scorn in her voice; “it Svest™ SS isn't considered good gor the man’s ‘This time without a doubt it was business interests to have his wife ‘The Stranger who spoke, for he fail to keep in the front of the was pushed so close against Vance, Procession or to be avoided as out . in the throng that forced their way of date. and struggled at jhe subway en- face $0, ammt (TQ_BE.CONTINUED)