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Thursday. February 13, 1936 T IM E S . W IL L A M IN A . OHEGON Page 4 IT WORKED FORME W atch the C urves B y R IC H A RD H O FFM A N N Copyright by Richard Hoffmann SYNOPSIS F o llo w in g h i t fa th e r '» c r itic is m o f h l» Id le lif e , an d th e w it h d r a w a l o f fln s n - c la l a s s is ta n c e . H a l Ir e la n d , son o f a w e a lth y b a n k e r, finds h im s e lf p r a c t ic a l ly w it h o u t fu n d s b u t w it h th e p ro m is e o f a s it u a t io n In San F ra n c is c o , w h ic h h e m u st re a c h , fr o m N e w Y o r k . w it h in a d e fin ite tim e lim it . H e ta k e s passage w it h a c ro s s -c o u n tr y a u to p a r t y on a " s h a re ex p en se" basis. W it h fiv e o th e r m e m b e rs o f th e p a r t y , an a t t r a c t iv e g ir t, B a r ry T r a f f o r d : m id d le -a g e d G ile s K e r r ig a n ; S is te r A n a s ta s ia , a n u n ; and a n In d iv id u a l w h o m he In s tin c tiv e ly d is lik e s . M a r tin C ra c k , he s t a r t s his Jo u rn ey . B a r r y 's re tic e n c e a n n o y s h im . T o K e r r ig a n he ta k e s a t once, bu t he d is tr u s ts C ra c k . H e fin ds his In tim a c y w it h K e r r ig a n r ip e n in g , an d m a k e s a l i t t l e p ro g re s s w it h B a r r y T h ro u g h a m is u n d e rs ta n d in g , a t a s lo p p in g place. H a l Is d ire c te d to B a r r y s ro o m , in s te a d o f h is ow n. B a r r y d ro p s h e r u n f r ie n d li ness an d th e y e x c h a n g e kisses. N e x t d a y he te lls h e r he lo ves h er. S he a n s w e rs t h a t she m u s tn 't lo ve h im . w i t h o u t g iv in g a n y reaso n. CH APTER V—Continued —12— C rack's lig h t-b lu e eyes sought Hal's — hopeful. It m ight have seemed, of some sign o f pleasure, though no' counting on It. Hal wondered again why. under th e ir lazy hopefulness, the eyes should seem to know something th a t gave them fa in tly mischievous amusement, seemed also to weigh th ■ p o ssib ility o f H al's know ing w hat it was. “ H i there.” 6ald Hal. nodding: there was alw ays som ething stopped his being qu ite c iv il to th is quiet, nar row little fella. “ Happened to see you come down here,” C rack said, addressing him self to H al w ith o u t h u rry, “ and thoughi y 'w o u ld n ’t care If I came.” He paused, as i f on the chance Hal would sav it was a ll r ig h t Then he turned to K e r rig a n , less am iably. “ A fte r you're through th is round. I 'll buy one.” “ Nice of you.” said K errigan, “ but we got th is bo ttle between us. W el come to help yo u rse lf." “ Oh.” said Crack. “ W ell, thanks. Maybe Just a little one.” And here It was spoiled between Hal and K e rrig a n ; H al's risin g heart turned d u lly tow ara boitnro again, tow ard the fr e tfu l confusions that hedged and trip p e d and badgered his longing fo r B a rry and the wonder of her stra ig h t, golden loveliness. He could have es caped through K e rrig a n fo r the tim e : but now there was only the bourbon, and he knew beforehand i t w ouldn't be any good to him. They went back, w ith a pretense of relish, to item s In the day’s Journey. Crack sat unobtrusively enough, sip ping his d rin k as I f It were some not unpalatable medicine, h a lf a tte n tiv e to what was said, half concerned w ith his own drowsy speculation» Under his gentle fingers lhe golf ball movpd round a ring o f wet on the table. He looked from one to o ther o f them as they talked, except when H al said something especially e n th u s ia s tic : then Crack would watch him through part o f K e rrig a n ’s next speech, as i f won dering w iiat had made Hal say that o r as It too Indolent to tu rn his head away when he would be tu rn in g it back again in a moment. Then In a pause, w ith o u t s tirrin g him self, ne said to Hal. “ I bet you know Broad way p re tty w e ll— liv in ' In N 'Y o rk ” “ There s a couple o f other things to do in New York, you know .” said Hal. looking at him briefly. The in v itin g sm ile stayed on Crack's fa ir-skin n e d face and in his youth fu lly know ing eyes: the g o lf ball was motionless tinder his finger. “ B ut If you want good lo o kin ’ babes and a good tim e. Broadway's a p re tty good place to get ’em.” he said. “ I ’ve heard It was,” said Hal. an ! fe lt a hypocrite. K e rrig a n drew breath to speak. but liint. H a l—-lgn<>red C ra c k —w atching saying. “ Did yon ever go to a place called the Wrong Door?" “ No.” said Hal d u lly : and made him self add. "W h a t’s tha t? ” “ W ell. It's sort of a— ” “ A jo in t, on West F ifty -th ird street,“ K e rrig a n In terrupted. w ith a short nod. "Y o u a f r end o f Jed S ilve r’s?” C rack's sm ile was modest, his eyes uncertain, as If he’d been paid a com plim ent he d idn’t deserve He barely glanced at Kerrigan, at his golf-hall, then shyly at Hal as he « a id : “ W ell. I sorta know Jed. He’s sorta nice to me sometimes, when I'm In N 'Y ork. “ See him th is last trip ? ” F e rrig a n asked In p e rfu n c to ry Interest T h a t pleased Crack sufficiently s<> th a t he tu rned his Indolent sm ile to K e rrig a n . “ Yeah.” he said. “ Was up th e re — U lk in ’ w ith him an a ll conpla n ig h ts before we s ta rte d .” lie turned back to H al "H e ’s got a— ” w ithout triumph K e r r ig a n in t e r r u p t WN1T Servie» ed him a g a in : “ Guess you d id n ’t know older, less ruddy, gravely com pliant, they raided his place In June, stripped essentially Inat lentIve to C ra ck’s venom the fixtures out. and put S ilv e r on lee H al's ch a ir bouncing over backward to w ait fo r his ra p —and not only fo r made Crack w h ip round and rise a ll In one sta rtle d motion, as I f he had fo r dry-law vio la tio n e ith e r." gotten Hal was there. He was stum bling Crack flushed, and a sharp restive ness stood caged In the drow sy blue away sidewise before he'd w ell caught o f his eyes. "N o ." he said quickly, tils balance, his g o lf hall on the Jump down a t bis g o lf hall. “ I d id n 't know over the floor, as Hui went fo r him Then the feel o f his th ro a t was be It." "M ust have been a grand guy to get tween llu l's thumbs, fingers over him self Jailed in New Y o rk ," H al said lapped at the hack, and It was the best thing he ever remembered having to K errigan. in his hands. Ills teeth trie d to push “ Just a big crim e baby.” said K e rri one another hack Into th e ir aching gan In quiet pre-occupation. C rack's quiet persistence— Insinuate.! roots fo r that moment o f line squeez even when he was s ile n t— recognized ing. Somebody careened hard again«, no fin a lity at the table, in a moment. him from the side and an arm . like “ Say," he said to Hal. “ It’d he fun to the loop ot a Jerked hawser at his lay over tnore’n one r ig h t In some of m id riff, swung him away, rip p in g o ff his hold. The dark, ce rta in young these tow ns—to get acquainted. Com In' up the road tonight. It looked Ilk “ man from behind the lia r stood close beside him, w atching him pant through there was talent here." "Guess you could find any nmoun' his open mouth ns If he’d had fifteen of It here or anyw here else," said minutes' hard w restling. “ Listen, frie n d ." said the young bar Hal tastelessly, “ I f you fe lt lik e It." C rack's im m ature, fa in tly sm iling tender, quiet, unsolicltous, unresent lips were undecided between em bar f u l; " k ill him outside, w ill you?” Hal. looking at him. grew steady nt rassment and assurance. He had th ’ a ir o f m aking rem arks not so much fo r once, w ith o u t surrendering a single good fragm ent o f hl« hate. The young tlie d ire ct reply as fo r the Indirect re action "Y o u —" he said Insecurely, man's hand was spread on Hal s mov hopefully, “ it don't seem like you fe lt ing chest. “ Colonel." said H al In smoldering like It very much." Hal gave him an honest. Impersonal steadiness. “ If I t 'll do yo u r experience- look and said fla tly . “ 1 don't " Even museum any good to watch me. I 'll be as he turned to K errigan, fie knew glad to k ill him .” “ B rother, liste n ," the young mci. Crack's speculation was s till lazily upon him. But then K e rrig a n 's “ X went on surely, "w e got a little husl uess here, see? And It w on't help It pression was d iffe re n t: he was w atc'i ing Crack w ith a severe vigilance that none to have bodies on the premises seemed o u trig h t Inim ical. Hal looked I want you to k ill him a ll rig h t. If you back q u ickly, to see what It w as; the w a n ta : hut some place els»*, friend, hey? Some place else.” uncertain sm ile hadn't altered much “ A ll rig h t." said Hal. “ Let me ta lk there was only reticent m ischief in It again fo r his saying, “ I guess maybe to him ." The bartender's hand came down, you got other things on yo u r m ind." and H al w alked tow ard Crack. H al barely heard the rem ark. “ Noth "Y o u 'll apologize.” he said. Ing on my m ind." he said, “ except to He heard K errigan breathing lie make five hundred m iles tom orrow .' side h im ; he was sorry to make him stand ll.-icning to this. Crack's close-set eyes were frig h t ened not by w hat Hal m ight do to him but by the rellzntlon o f w hat he him self had done. lie nodded his head q u ickly sevcrnl times, sa yin g : " I — I'll apologize. I 'll apologize." “ You’ ll kneel on the floor to do It," said Hal. Crack glanced ut the floor as If to see w hether there wus some th in g especially vile he had to kneel In. hut Ids eyes enme q u ickly hack to H a l’s, fo r fear o f missing something. H al waited. Crack kn e lt a w kw a rd ly, w atching Hal fo r some sign of an extra way to please him. Then he turned his reluctant look to K e rrig a n “ I'm so rry," he said. " I take II back. I shouldn't have said it. I'll always be sorry I said It. I shouldn't take liquor. It was that. Il make- me crazy. I do things I'm sorry for I — I hope y o u 'll forget It. It was an a w fu l th in g to «ay—te rrib le . ” IL seemed to he in w a rd ly frightened Just th in k in g about it. Hal heard K errigan say. “ Get up Then he looked at hint, sm ilin g an attem pt at itnrem orseful apology, nml said. "F in is h our drinks, shall we?’ lie hoped they could gel out of this place, having drunk and paid and said good night le isu re ly—a ll before the complete, trem bling backwash of fu ry “ I B et You K n o w B ro a d w a y P re tty took hint, before K e rrigan o r the com W e ll— L iv in ' in N 'Y o r k ." petent young chap nt the bar should see how badly he would trem ble He glanced at his watch. "L a te . Col onel," he added to Kerrigan. K e rri CHAPTER VI gan was s till w atching Crack ns If he'd seen him lu ck an ace up his sleeve. Saturday “ You don’ t th in k maybe—’’ Crack l l was a grander breadth Into which began w P li diffident ca re : "vou don'l Hal th in k maybe you'd feel d ifferent if they the Iowa morning lighted them had pictured how it would be in the wasn't somebody th a t’s— " car th is n a y: re stra in t, uneasiness, "B u tto n it up. slipstream ,” said Ker w ith periodic attem pt to force aside rigan. a loaded atmosphere. But, as lias “ W hat?" said «'rack, startled. pu tln 's honest, sturdy speed rushed “ I know what you’ re going to say. said K e rrig a n q u ie tly : “ you button it.” them westward. It was not at a ll as A sentence o f Crack closed his fist loosely round Hal had pictured It. the g o lf hall, flushed again, rw allow ed tils father's that muddy morning In slowly, and blinked once or tw ice as It New York, drew I l l s ru e fu l s m ile ' ’ A nother tilin g you need to gel over his eyes stung. " I wasn't ta lk in g to is tills cheerful Idea Hint any little you,” he said, his voice cracking once warmed out of shiftlesw iess "You w orld you're In revolves around yon.' \n d It was a new sort o f pleasure to m ight’s w ell keep out of my business." Hal to close away his prepared moodl “ I f It was your business." said Ker ness ami loin him self w ith the closet rigan. his voice firm and too quiet "I'd keep out ot it surely Plug companionship in which the morning started. your exhaust, splash, hear?" “ W ell. here we are again." said Mrs M oisture appeared round the new I ’ tils ip lie r in a tone of com fortable in te n sity of C rack's eyes, and tiiusli “ It seems lik ‘ - ing besieged the roots o f his straight, s e ttlin g to pleasure. mouse-colored hair. The unniohile we til together Into one big fam ily, face seemed to want to grimace but don't It? " John I ’u lsip lie r broke off his mono; not to know how. “ Keep out o f.” he suddenly recited ■ m o lts humm ing o f the tune th a t tnigh* on a w arning rise of tone. “ Keep out once, long ago. have been "T he Ar of my business, you dang -------- old kattstis T ra v e le r." "S a y." he said can ilo itsly. leaning a little between Hal d ru n k.” and Kerrigan, “ where did you fellers Hal. s ta rtin g to his feet, had one a* go to last night?” in n ls lie d g lim p s e o f K p rrig a n 's fa c e — "D ow n the stre e t— to one o f Joe's places," said K errigan, ns If lhe mem ory o f It were genial pleasure to Idin. "N e xt tim e ," John subm itted, ex cltem ent under his caution, “ If there's n o th in ' p riva te you tw o got to tu lk over, wo tld you maybe let me let me— " "B e t your lodge emblem." suhl Ker rigan In q u irk benevolence; and the im p lica tio n that he spoke fo r them both In such a gesture underscored H a l's good sense ot th e ir nearer In tlninc.v, tn r ltly established last night, ta c itly acknowledged and savored this morning, 'th a t was something (’ rack had done fo r lilin. T here had been no murk on C rack's th ro a t th is morning, over the small o|M‘liln g o f the lil|M*ls; and lln l would forget that he had last nig h t paid the narrow . Insinuating lit tle soul the com plim ent of w anting to strangle It out o f the narrow , old fashioned little body, ('ra c k s apology last night had w orn a certain horrified, bewildered s in c e rity : utul If K e rrig a n forgave me little mongrel, H al needn't d ig n ify hint by bate. It d id n 't mutter. A ll th a t re a lly mat tered was B a rry —her blue eyes washed clean o f last n ig h t's fear, freshly light ed by the loveliness that gave Its life to her lovely Imdy. She was there Iri the car. secure and warm and whole fo r him to come to. W hatever If was that had held her buck, made tier throw In his way such an Irre le va n t obstacle ns Inst nig h t's ca llin g o f Sis- te r Anastasia. Il c o u ld n 't—even If It were to re tu rn —stand against a neces slty us enveloping, iis foreordained ns ttie coming o f summer to a w in try year. There was rl|M*ned power, even, in H al's discovery that lie was no longer curious about the source of her restraints, her fears, tier w ith draw als. And fo r another lim e in* had learned not to let him self In* baffled by tin* shadowy children o f his per verse fancy. Even the stra ig h t road was quick ened under lia sp u tln 'a steady wheels, and towns th a t the map forecast along the red strl|s* o f the route succeeded each other In th e ir brick n ctu a llty lie fore they were expected. Between the tow ns the stra ig h t road shimmered In (lie heat ahead, us If under pale wa te r ; the farm steads o f small w hite house and big red barns accepted tin* blazing sun In stoic memory o f w in te rs past unit present. fT O llE C O M IM l.l)t U fO R B people could fed fine, be l v l IK and regular, if they would only follow the rule of doctor* and lals nt ' Keduerd <!<■ i, the •.eciet o f 1 aiding Nature in restoring regularity. You must use a little less laxative each lane, and that's why it should be a liquid like Syrup I ’cp in. Ask your druggist for a bottle of D r. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, and if it doesn’ t give you absolute relief, if il isn't a joy and ron ih -tl in the way it overcomes biliousness due to con stipation, your money back. A Key to H e re d ity M ysteries o f heredity may he solveu by the discovery of a giant chromo some In the salivary gland o f the yeast fly. T h is chromosome, w hich is 70 times normal size makes possible the Identification nl genes H ip units con tro llin g heredity The length o f the o rd in a ry chromosome Is estimated to lie L'-HMI.OOOths o f an Inch, which gives some Idea of lhe minuteness o f each gene. A complete set o f genes is con rained In ench cell and arranged in long strip s on each chromosome. Scl entists estim ate that lietween 2.000 tnd ff.iHM) genes are contained In each cell ot the yeast fly.— M ontreal H erald. V C H A P P I1» L IP S T o < |u i r U y r c l l e v » c h a p p in g , r o u g h n e« s . /c r a c k in g .u p |d v s o u th in g , c o o lin g M o n th o la tu m . , j MENTHOLATUM C lvos C O M F O R T O tH y lU vr ywu tried thr MCW MEMTHOLATUM LIQUIO fu r head raid« ? lake Mmfholslwm ointment I I bringe soothing comfort A FAMOUS DOCTOR A S A young m an lhe la ta D r. K. V. Fierce practiced m edi cine In FennayfraiUa. Hi« prescription« n»e« w ith tuch great demand (hat l.e moved Io B uf falo, N. 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