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J- Eael C. BX0WKLC3 ShodoW P. Sackxtt " PubUshtrs SAUBtf, OXEGOIf . i Tnnnday November 1, 192 v I think I may say that I have tcitnessed as much o the Jiorror and suffering of tear as any other American. From it I have derived a deep passion for peace. Our for eign policy has one primary object, and that is peace. We have no hates; we wish no further possessions; we-harbor no military threats. Herbert' Hoover. ' " Hoover, Sugar, Flax, Etc. FTIHERE was formally opened at Brigg; Lincolnshire, Eng- X land, a new beet sugar factory in October ; with speecnea and a celebration, as they do such things over there .And it was brought out that it is "the most up to date sugar factory in -Europe, and was designed and constructed by an American firm, Dyer & Cb. of Cleveland ; though owned by English capital. It cost $1,750,000. On the 15th a new beet sugar factory began grinding at Missoula, Montana; designed and built by the same firm; owned by the Amalgamated Sugar company of Ogden. This factory has a caoacitv of 1000 tons a day: has the beets from only 2000 acres to grind this year, but will have the product of at least 6000 acres next year. . The other day The Statesman was able to say that Eu rope is consuming a million more tons of sugar this year than last year . And the current issue of "Facts About Sugar," New York, leading journal of the trade, says a checking up just tnaAa fthnwa nn inrrpasa in consnmntion in the United States jfor the first nine months of this year of 200,000 tons over 'the same period of last year, which will mean 300,000 tons increase for 1928 And this willfcive our country a total consumption for this year of oyer 6,100,000 tons of beet and cane sugar; we have passed the gix million mark. . This is interesting- here in the Salem district from many angles, one of them on account of that fact that Herbert Hoo vVer js proposing as one of the ways to accomplish farm relief the wider use of our f arming Jands in producing things we now import and may produce in our own country; sugar and flax, being especially mentioned, and wool and mohair and cheese and nuts and other products being included. Senator Karr in hi radio sneech the other nisrht in Chicago men-i tioned this as important in the Hoover plans for farm relief. It means that, with Mr. Hoover's election, -we are to have a maior Drocram in this direction. That is more im portant than any othenrian; because jt will permanently set tle the matter, for it will quickly pdt this country in position to consume all of its farm products. We will import instead of exporting some of our major farm crops, such as wheat- And the Willamette valley will nave many Deei sugar factories, and hundreds of flax scutching and linen plants. Branding Youth TO a certain degree the average reader will be disposed to agree with the author of a letter published on this page today when he holds that public sentiment has shielded youth In what to many appears to De a display oi wnaness ana wic. edness that has eliminated parental authority. ' m Let us not fall into the cynical way of branding our youth indiscriminately because it is not charting its course through the deep channel of rectitude which we dredged for it in our own time. The same old ocean rolls over the sands, . but it cuts different designs as it flows and ebbs. v V Sometimes we doubt the wisdom of so much talk about Jrouth, for we are impressing upon impressionable minds a ot-of stuff and nonsense that might otherwise quickly pass out of mind. About the best way there is to impress an evil word on the mind or a Doy is to wasn nis mouxn wiin soap. We dare not agree that parental authority hasbeen, sac rificed to public sentiment, for that is not true, in a great majority of homes today parental authority Is as certain as it ever was. Parents guide their children into ways of right nd.iWAnrv iust as thev alwavs have. There shall be no denying that there appears to be some rather general transi tion in the moral code, but comparable transitions have been written into the history of every generation. The outioojc on life is shifting for parent as well as child. . i There are so many fine homes in this happy, land, so tJ many splendidly upright parents and so many estimable, capable, courageous, clean young people that to deal In gen eralities in branding the generation bad is to tred on risky ground. Meanwhile, shall we be overlooking the fact that certain parents have lost some of the normal restraints that parenthood should demand and hav thus set examples for youth that we should mighty well wish the younger genera tion to avoid? Sniffy He ni Captain Randolph Roanoke, Pompous, Hard and Cold; bat By TOM AKERS City editor of the Oregon Statesman and Popular short story writer. IT . A Picture Which Needs No Title 1 - The Grab ;-1 g Hoover's Alphabet By MABEL F. MARTIN Who am I? What office do I hold? Whom did I recently sue. ceed to this post? Who commanded the military forces of Great Britain at the Bat tle of Waterloo? In what book does the charac ter "Hester Prynne" appear? Two singers of the Declaration of Independence later became presidents of the United States. Who were they? "Lore worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore lore is the fulfilling of the law." Where does this passage appear in the Bible? Today in the Past On this date, in (1765. British stamp act went - Into feet. the ef- - Hoover and the Statesman WAS it in the office ofjhe Statesman, from whose walls have echoed many of the traditions and much of the "history-in-the-making of Oregon, that utterance was first .gjven to the ordinance that Herbert Hoover should some day be president of the United States. Pleasant thought and one, may we hope, that has an ele ' meht of truth. ' The Statesman, more than any other news paper in the northwest save the Portland Oregonian, has seen the foundation of the Oregon country, divided and the structure that is Oregon built upon a generous area thereof. To have, been the chamber of prophecy wherein Herbert Hoo ver's light first shown would be one more oi many.aisunc tions for the Statesman. j George Saubertnow a resident of Cushman, Ore., and V nn. time a nartner of R. J. Hendricks as owner of the - Statesman, is retelling to his friends the story of a half-joking prophecy made in the Statesman office when Tad, Her bert Hoovers oiaer oroiner,; was an t?iupiuyo ux mi "cno- , paper. 1 HerherL 'accordinor to Mr. Saubert's narrative, used to - hang around where big brother Tad worked." One o these times when young Herbert was "hanginjr around" Mr. Sau bert asked Tad what he meant to do with little Bert. "Well, I'm going to make him president some day,' brother Tad declared, I f f . " So the 78-year old walls of the institution that is the Statesman may have echoed a prophecy, to be brought to truth with the forthcoming election of Bert Hoover, who used to "hang around" the Statesman plant while brother Tad - worked. j . . Al Smith says he wired to the democratic congressman nd cot their O. K. on his latest stand on the tariff issue. ' But he does not say how many of them replied with their Tinorprs crossed: or aooended iaualif ications. That's the rea- son lr. Hughes is trying to get Al to be more definite. t-rVntfl Vr straiirht : no on all the measures. 1 Give the legislature right of way on auto licenses and gasoline taxes. Don't muddle things by votn-for either of the Dunne bills. -; ''J.r Russian experts were in Salem yesterday, studying our iplendid highway system. Keep it good, oy voting no on r the Dunne bills, ana tne rest oi me measures, i The Salem Rotary club talk yesterday showed that Call fornia exempts from taxation young forest trees up to 40 years old. Oregon must have such a reforestation law. or something akin to it. . , Why Hoover Should -Be Elected- H1 c rgXSSl most lonely man In the world moat be he who U bora with , JT' - th instinct of a snob and yet la obliged to lire la small town, -v . .After be eliminates from fela circle all to whom he feoU eWper. .-. becaose of oeenpatlonal, social, or hereditary rank, ho l bound to . be. playlna aroond mostly by himself, , . r. :- ' By THOMAS B. KAY BRBERT HOOVER' ought to be elected for rarlous rea sons, chiei oi wnicn is iae fact that be stands squarely on the platform of the republican party, including the plank that stands for enforcement and preservation oT the 18th amendment, which Is the outstanding Issue In this cam paign, as every one knows, no mat ter what some folks say. His dem ocratic opponent. Al Smith, never would have been nominated had it not been for his well known "wet" Tlews. His backers felt that Smith's long record of opposition to prohibition legislation would surely draw to his support more wet republicans than they would lose of dry democrats, hence he was their choice. Mr. Smith, as governor of New York, refused to enforce prohlbt- t on laws and approved bills passed by the legislature repealing pro hibition" laws, which leaves no en forcing! machinery in that state; He was nominated with the hope that hej would obtain the support of all ifiose opposing temperance laws in' the United States, which it must be admitted. Includes a con siderable number of voters, espe cially in the large cities. Goes Beyond Platform Realizing tha he would lose tho dry vote anyhow!, "fiTorder to make sure of the wets. Mr. Smith went far beyond his party platform on this Issue, going so far as to say that he favored liberalization of the country's prohibition laws. In eluding sale of intoxicating liquor by the government to tne people, and local option that would per mit one state to be wet and an other state alongside to be 'dry. This would result In a terrible state of affairs now that we have so many high powered automo biles, many of whose owners would think nothing of going 100 miles after night across the state line to Vancouver, Wash., or Hornbrook, Cal., in case Oregon were dry and they were wet. as the case might be. We have enough auto accidents as it Is with out courting certain disaster by inviting our young people to take night joy rides across the line af ter liquor that would. In all too many eases, result In physical and moral ruin. This condition , would also drain our state of much mon ey that would otherwise be put to better use, though that would be the least of the evils that would accrue. Where Hoover Stands Mr. Hoover should be elected because he stands four-square In opposition to letting down the bars of liquor' control, is opposed to local option of the states on the Uquor question, and favors strengthening rather than weaken ing our prohibition laws, Mr. Hoover should be elected because he la sound on the tariff Issue, as Is also the republican party - on whose platform h stands. Bhreryone knows that the country has always been more prosperous under a -republican protective tariff than under a dem ocratic tariff for revenue only. Our protective tariff protects la bor In this country from the ruin ous competition of cheap labor In foreign lands, therefore our m ohanlos and laboring men are bet ter paid and more prosperous than are the labor classes In any other nation In the world. Likewise our producers recelr? a much higher price for their pro ducts? than do producers la other' sou n tries; for Instance, our wool- growers roeeive cents per pound more for wool as It comes off Hhe sheep's back than . they would receive If the tariff were removed, hence the wool grower is prosperous. But he could not cheap lands of other countries on a free trade basis, as was conclu sively demonstrated during the Cleveland administration. Better Qualified ueroert Hoover should be elected because he Is far better qualified for the presidency than is his opponent. Besides having served as food administrator durr lng and succeeding the world war, he has served In the cabinet or two national administrations, and lif these capacities has had great experience In national and inter national affairs, which has added greatly to his already high qualifications. Herbert Hoover rose to the hieh position which he holds from that of a poor orphan boy and by his wonderful ability and efforts ed ucated himself and became recog nised the world over as one of the shrewdest and most reliable men of his time, noted for his courage and Integrity, with no taint of any shady transaction connected with his name. - Why are so many wet republi cans going over to Smith and why are so many dry democrats, dry church members and dry women flocking to march under Hoover'n banner? Answer me that, and you will have the answer to the ques tion why Hoover should be elected as he is going to be by an over whelming majority, president of the United States. They Say . . . Expressions of Opinion from Statesman Readers are Welcomed for Use in this column. All Letters Most Bear Writer's Name, Though This Need Not be Printed. The Way of the World By GROVE PATTERSON EXPERTS ON WAR Let those who know more about war have the most to say about it. ineir talk has value and In fluence. General Allenby. com mander of the British armies, in the Near East during the World war, and Tehran of other cam paigns, is Matting the United OA A. WW - . oigiea. ne neciares against war as a method of settling intum,. tional disputes. He says thn Kel- "gg pact win be the foundation of universal peace. ARE YOU AFRAID? No man can aswer for his courage who has never been in danger,'" says an epigram of Rochefoucauld, wise Frenchman. Are you afraid when you are In danger? You should be If you are normal. If you don't feel any fear probably you are dumb, thick. headed, unresponsive. We deserve no credit for courage It ws are too insensitive to be afraid. But if you are afraid and keep .going farther Into danger, for a good cause and a good reason, yon have courage. Cowards who beat their cowardice suffer the most and are the bravest. see DECEIVERS We should not feel sorry for ourselves because we have been deceived. We should feel sorry for ourselves If we are In the habit of deceiving. To deceive, even a little, has an effect on character. It leaves Its mark. We may de ceive If we wish but we pay or It In the change that It must make In us, HEALTH It has. been said that health Is the1 most admirable manlf auc tion of right llvinr. riven health though, is not worth te rrlr- of Mvlng a completely r.lt-Vi l?fe. And It might be added that few who live completely selfish llres compote with tho cheap labor and are healthy, ... , .. . . . PUBLIC SENTIMENT HANDICAPS PARENTS Salem, Oct. SI To the editor of the Statesman: I was in one of the churches last Sunday forenoon, and heard the pastor avow that parents hold the authority over their grown up children of Junior age. ' I have also seen from time to time that both the daily Oregonian! and the Portland Journal assert editor ially that the parents should know and ought always to know where their boys and girls of junior or teen age are at any given time. The letter of the law agrees to that. So that both theoretically and legaUy the parents hold their authority over, and responsibility for, their grown up children. But, as a matter oi hard fact, the par ent does not hold such authority. Public sentiment has long since transgressed and robbed parents of that authority and given it to the children. If you don,"t believe it try. it out and see how both the courts and the editors and the preachers will rail to back you While in their teens the more a boy or girl is in need of parental authority the more theji will de niand self-authority. Until they get' in trouble then the public sentiment disowns its responsibil ity and blames the parents. This is a situation of nation jwide concern. The parent does not hold authority over children of teen age, the children proceed on their own authority In a) most everything, depending 'on public sentiment to favor them Willing or unwilling. , every in dividual contributes his or her share to the sum total of public sentiment. It behooves jus all in a positive manner to grown on evil in every form, and approve In every way that which is good. Public sentiment holds; the au thority and is greatly responsible for the behavior and welfare of the rising generation. i AUGUST MICKELSON. Today's Horoscope Persons born under this sign are Inclined to be tempermental and Irritable. Tet they have great power of self-control and endur ance. They have a great jcapacity for love, but build about them selves a cold hard external shell that permits few to penetrate. A Daily Thought v "Go put your creed into your deed, nor speak with . . double tongue." Emerson. Answers to Foregoing Questions 1. William P. Whiting; secre tary of commerce; Herbert Hoo ver. 2. Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington. S. The "Scarlet Letter," by Na thaniel Hawthorne. 4. John Adams and Thomas Jef ferson. S. Romans, xfii, 10. Bits for Breakfast , Dinier Stories Tea, Who Did?; Young Reggie had Jast been chastised by his paternal ' parent foe allowing the garden roller fo run into the greenhouse wall. Me sought consolation from his mother. "Mamma." he asked, "did Qranpa spank Daddy when he was little?" I Yes, dear." i And did his Daddy sp him?" "Yes." A cause. "Well." said the small boy. wearily, "who started this thing anyway?" : T : It One-Minute Pulpit A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the lender mercies of the wicked are cruel. He that tllleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth rain persons Is void of understanding Proverbs, xli, 10- ; ; ; U.: ; Charles WbUl&g. of Haasarhu- setf, ra 17 I. received patent for extracting of! from cottonseed. Hallowe'en last night m m K Did you see the ghosts and gob lins? 'm Hallowe'en in many countries is devoted to merrymaking, with playful ceremonies and charms to discover future husbands and wives. In these modern days there are so many Improved methods that this one is no longer needed. S An egg laid by a White Leghorn pullet at Sherman, Texas, has been dedicated "the Hoover egg" because on its shell the letters H. H. about a half Inch tall are plain 'y visible. A good sign, but not eggsactly necessary, there are so many others of greater .signifi cence, even in Texas. S S Davy Crockett's descendants in the south arexpected to vote for Hoover. "Be sure you are right, then go ahead." said their ances tor. They are following the family slogan. The increase of water users in Salem goes on at the rate- of about 25 a month. Counting five to the family and allowing for about an equal increase la sec tions, down town and others, where city water Is already sup plied, this shows that Salem is steadily growing; getting new peo pie from all sources. In city and suburbs, at the rate of perhap? 3000 a year. This is going to keep on keeping on indefinitely; and with a geometrical ratio as great er site and consequent momem tqm are attained. - S There are signs that this cam paign is doing pne very useful thing: it is tending to take the tariff Issue out of politics. Even Al Smith will in the summing up of results get some deserving credit in this field, with all the sinister things his candidacy has injected into American life. After adopting a form of oath. the first act of the first congress of the United States was a pro tective tariff measure; "for the protection and encouragement of manufacture," as it was written Ms the law. Madison. Monroe, the fdro Adamses, and all the great "Headers voted for it. and President Washington approved and signed It. , Jefferson, patron saint of the democratic party, voted for It and advocated it and was a staunch protectionist. The tariff was not considered a political question then; all tho statesmen of that day were In accord. This lasted till slavery became an issue, and the southerners wanted cheap goods in exchange for their cotton and tobacco pro duced by slave labor. No protective tariff law, with adequate rales, has failed to bring greater employment and better times. No law with the idea of get ting cheaper foreign goods to re place our own has failed to bring disaster. This Is! no longer debat able, as even Al Smith and . Ras kob now In eleventh hour appeals; for rotes tacitly: acknowledge. When word reached the crew of the tin-clad river gunboat Lagun that Captain Randolph Roanoke, better known throughout the army as "Snirry," was'to come aooaru aa commander, they were consid erably upset. cThere was not one of them but had beard of the ec centricities of that. artillery offi cer. Conjecture was general as to what would happen when "Sniffy" took charge. Detail aboard the craft had been considered a soft billet, something to be scrambled for, the" Laguna, an old side wheeler taken oyer by the Ameri cans when Manua was capturea from the Spaniards, had been fit ted up as an army gunboat to pa trol the Paslg river. A double .sheathing of boiler iron, breast high, was set up around the main deck, and a sort of boiler-plate turret built around the wheel and telegraph on the upper'deck. Old-fashioned gatllng guns at the corners of this turret, two light howitzers and two 3-inch field guns on the main deck made up her armament. A book could be written on the shortcomings of the Laguna's ma chinery. Her boilers were rusted and full of leaky tubes. She steered like a demented lumber raft and wheezed like an asthma tic grampus. Just the same, life aboard her was easy, pleasant and unexciting up to the time of "Sniffy's" ad vent. .... One beautiful January morning word was passed that Captain Ro anoks would arrive at noon to assume his' new command. Proba bly never before was the old boat such a scene of feverish activity; such scrubbing of decks, washing of paint, polishing of brightwork. Long before the hour set all was shipshape and the crew had don ned its starchiest white uniforms. Exactly at noon there appeared a detachment of artillerymen led by an officer whom all knew at a glance must be Captain Roanoke. The first Bight of him was not re assuring. Tall, stiffly erect and buttoned to the chin in a tight, white uniform, he looked like nn ( limated icicle. His hair, mustache and bushy brows were whitened as if by frost. His eyes were hard am cold. His stern face was set in lines of chronic disapproval. It was plain that he didn't think much of the Laguna or its crew drawn up at attention to gret-t him. .Lieutenant Thorsen. navigating officer and up to that moment in command of the boat, stepped for ward genially to do the honors. Hand outstretched, he exclaimed : "Welcome aboard the Laguna, Captain Roanoke!" Now Thorsen had prepared a little speech to follow that opening remark. It was a good speech and was supposed to close with a cli max of three rousing cheers from the crew. But it was not deliverad nor the cheers, either. Ignoring the outstretched hard and looking the young officer over with a glance indescribably chill ing. Captain Roanoke said: "What is your name, rank and command?" "Rolfe Thorsen, first lieutenant, Colorado Infantry, sir," stam mered the astonished lieutenant, flushing. . Then it appeared why the Cap tain was nicKnamed "Sniffy." in the tense silence he emitted a singular combination of-snort aid grunt in wnicn disgust, resent ment and surprise seemed blended. "O-o-oh! I se-e-e-e!" he sneered "And do the volunteers not in struct their officers in the rudl ments of military etiquette?" Thorsen, inarticulate from em. barassment, sputtered foolish! r B UNDERSET ANTtfNG QRN and brought- up on i western farm, Hoover-knows ill ilk U.UU IU, yAWCVAUO J the farmer. Self-supporting from" the age of 13, earning his way through col lege by ail kinds of odd Jobs," working after graduation, a mine laborer, pounding drill, shoveling ore and pushing a cart, Hoover knows first hand the laborer's point of view. I For many years a businessman responsible for mines representing millions of dollars, Hoover knows at first hand the anxieties of tho business man. v The diversity or Hoover's own experiences and ser vices has given him an extraor dinary breadth of view. The President of the United States should hare just such a sympathetic insight into the var ious kind of people he must gov ern. (To be continued) Old Oregon's Yesterdays j .". Town Talk From Tue Stated man Our Fathers Read Nov. 1, 1&03 Fifty marriage licenses were is sued in Marion county during October. Unless a special session Is call ed by the legislature, the state and counties will have no funds until 1905, according to a decision of the 'supreme court abrogating the old law giving the county courts authority to levy the 1903 tax. John W. Veatch who has been in Payette, Idaho, is returning to reestablish his home in Salem. Mrs. Helen P. Gatch of Salem; errand worthy matron of the Eas(- chapter. Evangelistic services will !. jheld over the Harritt Sc. Lawrenc e store on Commercial street, con ducted by Evangelist W. O. Ham mer of Chicago, and Elder Wil liam Pearce and wife of the Salem Free Methodist church. T. F: Walker, young farmer re siding five miles east of this city, has purchased a draft team from an Amity man at a consideration of $310. Patrick Henry. Thomas Jeffer son and George Washington were known as the; tongue, the pen and the sword of the Revolution. Sniffy smiled sardonically. Apparently not," he sniffed Very well. Stand at attention. saiute and await reeoirnUinnt i norsen stiffened, raised his nana to his cap and stood motion. less as his senior gravely returned the salute. Slowly Sniffy ran his chlllinz gaze over the crew. ' "Who are these men and what are they doing here?" he de manded. "The crew, sir," hesitatingly re plied Thorsen. "I thought the Cap- io.u wuuiu appreciate tne cour tesy. They are here to welcome you, sir." "Oh-ho! They are, are they" snorted Sniffy. "Well, we will dis pense with social functions in fu ture except by my orders. Dismiss these men and set them abou their business. Sergeant McMann post a sentinel at this gangway and allow no pne to go ashora without a written pass from me. Now then, Lieutenant Thorsen. you may show me what sort of a cubby-hole I am supposed to oc cupy." v n - Prior to Captain Roanoke's' ad vent there had been established a regular nautical routine aboard the Laguna. Watches had bee set and the ship's bell was struric every half hour In the usual man ner. Early In the morning following Sniffy's first night on board the shrill blast of his whistle was heard, summoning Sergeant Mc Mann, his toprkickj "Sergeant," he snlffsd. "find the man who rings the bell and bring htm here." In a few minutes the Chief Quartermaster, a veteran of th navy, reported. v AJJ0Jrou the mtt wbo rings the bell?" Sniffy demanded.' v JAY to onder my direction. Ir," was the reply. flTS1" Is' "orted Snif fy. "Understand, then T rfn.v. I s. - ' e vtaa a, uC it at all! There's not a grain of sense to it! I lay. awake most of last night trying to figure out the time by that bell! Couldn't make head or tail of It! What's the idea of ringing it that way? I got ui when that blasted thing struck six this morning only to find that it was four o'clock! It's absurd! Its outrageous! I won't have it! Un derstand?" "How does the Captain wish tho bells struck?" ventured the befud dled sailor. "How?" rasped Sniffy. "How? Like a clock, that's how. Exactly ilike a clock! When I wake up in ;the night and hear that bell I wad. to know what time it is! Is that clear?" And he snorted loudly as jthe discomforted sailor fled. ; Pretty soon Sniffy summoned (Thorsen and indicated that he de jsired to inspect the ship. The news spread rapidly for ltu generally was understood that when Sniffy inspected he inspected. No half way measures for him. It was un believable how much dirt he found ! In hidden corners; how much ; grease and grime" he wiped off the -rickety machinery on his spotiesi gloves. And all the while his Con tempt for the Laguna's crew"a4-S the old boat itself mounted visibly. As has been explained, the La guna's chief armament consisted of two three-Inch field pieces on the main deck, forward. These guns were mounted oq wheeled carnages, it was apparent lhat If one of them Was fired the recoil would send It hurtling along! tho deck to smash the engineroom bulkhead unless some means could be found to check the rimh ! ii. cordingly, holes were bored in the deck oa each aide oMhe guns3u. forward Of their hubs, and steel cables, in which voit. : splicedj passed through -these holes and around heavy timbers below hsvT1.: block-and-tackle. v l the KUn8 md U possible to check the recoil by a alight pull on the llnea. It vu . A.Z anyone of which Thorsen was In the course of hi. s M . -. - - IUOVCLUUD. aniirra eyes lit on one of the eyeleU, Pointing to it. he mended: i ; ! . "What's that?" - j"; Thorsen at once lanneiUd a detailed explanation. Silently. Sniffy ftt him finish. Then-! T' loung man." he said, eolemn wnen I aik . -t -a . . nh wreightforward answer. I don t want any subterfuge or beating about the bush! I didn't Sou vWat tnat tQl U for! I ' Mked what itJs!" - n i Sniffy snorted "tt;.-. 7T". u - w . nil staterooms "Sir," wire rope J V a.:. 4 -.1