Thursday. February 13, 1936
T IM E S . W IL L A M IN A . OHEGON
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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
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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.
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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 .
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C lvos C O M F O R T
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lU vr ywu tried thr
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lake Mmfholslwm ointment
I I bringe soothing comfort
A FAMOUS DOCTOR
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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. Y . and pul up
in
readyto-uae
form
hi» well known tonic.
Golden M edical Dlaeovery. which w ill e lim í
nala poiwona from (he inteatifu-s. increaae
lhe appetite, and tone up lhe «ligraUve «’ *-
lea* Huy m w / Taba Oc. Uqurd $1 GO ft | l AS
( f te .a u h f
is m o r e th a n
s k in d e e p
Popular Gordon Setter
A lw ays G en tlem an ’s Dog
There Is little question that t.ie Gor
don, like a ll setters, comes o f very old
stock, w rites Frank F. Dole In the
New York H erald Tribune. Ills mark
Ings would seen, ’to show that he was
one o f the early varieties *n Englnnd
i le la marked exactlj Ilka tbn Wack
and tan te rrie r and as were some o f
the old setting spaniels from w hich
setters were produced. As In the ter
rler. the m arkings o f flic Gordon are
closely defined and there is no s'igges
tlon o f a running over o f colors.
The Gordon setter has alw ays been
a gentleman's dog. lie takes his name
fro m a B ritis h nobleman, who. al
though not the founder o f the breed.
Iiad much to do w ith Its early devel
opulent. T h is was the duke o f Gordon,
who lived at the beginning o f the Nine
teenth century.
The Gordon Is a heavier dog than
the English or Irish setter, and makes
up in strength what he may lack In
speed. It Is tru e that the Gordon does
not work rapidly enough Io do much
In Held trials. The English and Irish
setters, being lig h te r dogs, cover the
ground more ra p id ly and where speed
counts and the nttmhei o f coveys
Hushed means everything, the Gordon
is forced to take second place.
As an a ll round good h unting dog,
a b e a u tifu l nnim al and a loyal pal.
there Is none that surpasses the black
and tan Gordon setter.
reliexiiiq rmixtipalion.
Never lake any luxaUve th a t i t
hursh in action. Or one. the dose of
which can’ t be exactly measured.
Doctors know the danger if this rule
is violated. T hey use figuid laxatives,
' und keep reducing the dose u ntil the
bowels need no help at all.
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SAMPLE
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c n u lr c n a n ttir« . Expel« P o a < n-
<>ui b od y \ u « r l th a t (lo g the
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dy. b lo tch y, erupted akin. A w eek
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BEFORE BABY COMES
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Elimination of Body Waste
Is Doubly Important
In the crucial months before lu b y arrive!
it is vitally im portant that the body lx* xi<
o f waste matter. Your intestines must fuoe
tion-regularly,com pletely without griping.
Why Physicians Recommend
Milnesia Wafers
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These m int-flavored,candy-like wafers are
pure m dk o f magnesia in solid fo rm —-
much pleasanter to take than liq u id . Enel*
wafer is approximately equal to a fo il adult
dose o f liq u id in ilk o f niagne: ia. Chewed
thoroughfy, then swallowed, they eorreet
aridity in the mouth and throughout the
digestive system, and insure rr/fu lu r, emu-
p li’te elim ination without pain or effort.
Milnesia Wafers come in bottles o f 20 and
48, at 35c and 60c respectively, and in
convenient tins for your handbag rontnin-
ing 12 at 20c. Each wafer is approximately
one adult (lose o f m ilk o f magne ia. A ll
good drug stores sell and recommend them.
S tart using these delicious, eff active
•nti-acfd, gently laxativ : wafers today
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