- C, A. Cpbaguk
HiKL C. BROWNLEE
OnzisoN F. Sackett
Publishert ?
Oregoa .
Saturday -February
28, 1029
- - We Go to
IF Oregon newspapers show
the cause mav be set down
editors and publishers who are attending: the annual conven
tion of newspaper men held at the University at Eugene. We
-' learned long ago that the pubhsner or a paper could very wen
go off and leave it for a spell; the boys on the job will "bust
" themselves" to beat the usual
It seemed that most of
L had the same idea for there was a goodly representation
Thursday and Friday from papers all over the state, both
large and small.
The institute this year was noteworthy for two reasons,
the absence of Elbert Bede and Hal Ei Hoss. Bede was in a
terrible predicament; never before had he missed an editorial
meeting in the state. This year he had the legislature on his
hands and couldn't "double in brass". Hosa of course grad
uated from comic strips and Goudy bold to politics, see gars
and polished table tops. , Ingalls of the Corvams U-T was
- also among those absent. Aside from missing these several
lives of the party, the convention was a great success.
We used to think that in
- .were abler publishers and in
We note that times are changing. What witn discussions oi
costs, foreign advertising, local displays and classified,
Thursday was a poor program for those who still think a
nPwsTvTvr'ii husinesa is to nrint news and editorials with
lust enouorh advertising to lubricate the machinery. Frank
Appleby of La Grande was
absent he kept the program on schedule an the way tnrougn.
Conventions of newspaper men are like those of Trotter
and egg men in that a fellow gets a real headache from at
tending, onlv the editorial conventions give headaches of the
legitimate kind. It's all shop,
v yaxial features; even tne luncneons are nara-worKing aiiairs.
and Friday morning a seven o'clock breakfast was called to
.'talk more shop. Last night's
levity and case as a welcome
? - While the university school of journalism acts as host,
the institute is not at all academic. ? Dean Allen-sees to it
that the program is practical
get some punch out of it. The
real service in the development oi the uregon state press
- enabling it to grow in power, prestige and prosperity.
Ten Year Adoption Too Long
' OENATOR FISHER of Washington county has a penchant
kJ for fiirhtinsr the "school
tn the legislature was a signal victory if the senate's accept
ance of his bill requiring adoption of texts for a ten-year
period is endorsed by the house and signed by the governor.
Realizing that book companies are in business for profit,
we vet cannot concur with Senator Fisher or his associates
! in the view that ten-year adoptions are in the interest of
economy or efficiency. -
I Consider geography. What text on geography of even
five years ago is authentic?
text on science, there would be banner discoveries and ae
veloDment which are the marvel of the age. Literature and
grammar would be less effected but in these fields a decade
too brings, vast changes,
i v Nor is the change in content the only barrier to such
' continuous adoption of texts.
nresentatlon are changing, on
perimental schools such as the Lincoln school in New York
City endowed by Mr. Rockefeller, are exposing many of the
. futilities of the older teaching processes and replacing them
with new and proved methods.
: In improved books.
It is proposed that a text
solely by the addition of supplements from year to year.
. This is as practical as making a 1918 car up-to-date by visit
ing an accessory shop.
" In its zeal for economy the senate has trampled on edu
cational progress. Too frequent changes of texts are ex-
pensive and unnecessary but an arbitrary ten-year period of
adoption is worse medicine than the text-trust disease. Ore
gon f amilies manage to change cars every three to five years ;
they can provide, when judgment demands them, the best
texts for the education of their children.
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1 The Senate Takes Action
FT1HE bill for unified control
JL al Institutions conforms
mendations made in the editorial columns of The Statesman
last Tuesday morning, in which we urged Governor Patterson
; to take the initiative in getting the heads of the institutions
' to agree on a measure for consolidation of control. The bill
; which passed the senate Thursday calls for one board, to be
T appointed by the governor. None of the directors may reside
in the city in which the school is located ; and only one alum
- bus of any institution may be a member of the board. The
! university, the state college and the normal schools, are un-
i der the single authority.
For the present the millage allowances are undisturbed,
. ' which seems to us the best program pending the working out
, of the change. Each Institution is thus protected in its fl
nances and is in no danger of being swallowed up by some
rival institution.. No office of chancellor is created, which
makes each executive directly responsible to the board, and
supreme in his own field. A chancellor-would be an expen
sive and troublesome and unnecessary adjunct of our ma
chinery of higher education.
If the action of the senate
ts ground for hope that the
interfered with legislation
greatly mitigated. Given a board composed of men and wom
en of the right type, our state
a firmer foundation, each, secure in its development accord
. ing to its legitimate aspirations. -
Picking the 'A11-American
TN picking a cabinet Mh
ji L- J1 a !i: ' i
- - a. man sports writers nave m
football teams. . He can't do his
trials of public games. He has
. covered. . i ' .
We look for some surprises when the cabinet list Is made
' public : The big question Is whether Hoover will pick real
- men for the places r whether he will make concessions to
the organization politicians and load up with political dead
heads whose job is to dish ! out
lowers. Our venture is that it will be a Hoover cabinet, with
control well pyramided in the president himself. The post-
1 master generalship may be offered as a sop to the old guard ;
; but the others will be chosen with an eye to their working
efficiency.
f . ... We think Hoover has rather a difficult job in picking
. his close associates. Truth to
c ing in men of large calibre for
Elihu ; Root, Charles Evans Hughes do not appear above to
day's skyline. Thisimay be an adventure however because
r the newer and younger men will be more on their mettle to
; make good, satisfy their chief and render real service to the
Wrk Country: 1 x
r'x It is only ten days till the
quicker tempo in public affairs
i - The office girl who held
. ' heroine indeed. However, it
oand to do a Jiggs. Anyone who can corral a desperate con
vict should have an easy time handling a husband.
! The seed catalogs are arriving this year with ear muffs
en- , f,": ' t - - .: ... '
a Meeting
some Improvement this week,
as due to the absence of their
standards oi the doss.
the other newspaper publishers
Washington the newspaper men
Oregon they were better editors.
chairman and with one speaker
mighty little in the. way of
banquet was given over to
relief.
enough so that every man can
institue is thus performing a
book trust" and his first round
Apply the ten-year test to any
Methods of subject matter
the whole, for the better. Ex
These methods are reflected
once adopted, be modernized
of the state's higher education-
quite closely to the recom
,
Is approved by the house there
turmoil and distress which has
in the state for years will be
institutions ought to feel . on
Hoover is having more trouble
1 1 Man- , . m
selecting me Aii-American
picking after the preliminary
to keep his moves pretty well
the soup to hungry camp f ol-
tell the country is rather lack
cabinet positions. Men like
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inauguration. We look for a
after March 4th.
the escapinsr prisoner at bar is
may not be wise for her hus-
Bito for Breakfast
By XL J.
, Historic recollections
k m
Are broogbt ap br the destrao
tloa by fire of the mala building
of the old box' reform school.
The legislature of 1811 pro
Tided for the Institution. That
law contemplated the adding of a
girls department, but made an
appropriation for buildings for
only the boys department.
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Bylrester Pennoyer was gorer
nor, George W. McBrlde secretary
af state, and B. B. McElroy snper
'.ntendent of public Instruction;
They eonstltnted the first board.
They bought the initial land and
selected the site for the buildings.
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The boys' school was to be on
the first hill west of the highway;
the other hill east of the main
highway as it- was then was re
served for the girls' school; above
the orchard. . Governor Pennoyer
wanted J a Jitgh building, setting
off the elevated site. That was
the central part of the main
building that ' was : burned, on
Thursday. The "cottage" below
the hill, for - the first employees,
was the original building con
structed. Then the barn; smaller
than the present one.
The school opened In 1892. The
legislature-of 1893 provided for
the extensions on the north and
south of the first tall central
building. The Industrial building
was built later, just south of the
main building.
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It was a beauty spot; sightly.
But the building plan, adopted In
deference to the Ideas of Governor
Pennoyer, did not lend Itself to
the cottager plan. But It would
hare been all right; had the or
iginal idea of the legislature been
carried out, with the girls' school
on the other knoll. The original
tall buUdlng would hare been the
Editors Say:
LINEN INDUSTRY FOB OREGON
COUNTRY
Attraction of linen manufactur
ers . to Oregon and Washington
grows stronger as the few factor
ies In operation here prove suc
cessful. The overtures of an east
ern company for an alliance with
the company that is just starting
operations at Vancourer, Wash.,
Is an example. This territory has
a combination of advantages that
is not excelled In any other coun
try. It has a great acreage weU
adapted to flax growing. The cli
mate and water are favorable to
all textile Industries. There is
abundance of water power, which
operates industry without Bmoke.
The fisheries offer a good income
market for twine, and ocean ves
sels oyer cheap transportation to
eastern and foreign markets.
The same advantages have es
tablished a prosperous, growing
woolen Industry, which constantly
enlarges the variety of its prod
ucts and exports them to all parts
of the world. Those advantages
have eaueed a beginning in the
silk Industry. By contrast Lanca
shire, England, which was for
many years supreme , in cotton
manufacture, has the desirable,
moist climate but Imports raw ma
terial from America, Egypt and
other distant countries. West
Yorkshire and south Scotland have
led In woolen goods and have
moist air,' but they import almost
all 4 their wool from Australia,
South Africa and South America.
New England was first In this
country to challenge Old Eng
land's supremacy In both cotton
and woolen goods, but It has to
ship both raw cotton and raw
wool from great distances. In
consequence the south, where cot
ton grows, has become a keen
competitor la cotton manufacture
and Oregon, where wool grows,
has begun to compete seriously In
wool manufacture.
Opportunity for primacy in lin
en manufacture is, equally good.
Ulster has held the lead, both be
cause it produces raw material
and because it has a favorable cli
mate, bat its best judges of flax
fibre acknowledge that Oregeaf
can beat it, Fitness of the soil
and climate of the Pacific north
west for flax growing has been
known for many years, but facil
ities for retting, spinning and
weaving; also the skill to use
them, were lacking, wherefore
farmers shrank from sowing flax
seed. Through the intervention of
the state of Oregon flax straw is
retted at the penitentiary and out
side markets for the fibre have
been developed. Twine and linen
mills are now in operation at Sa
lem and Vancouver and provide
an expanding noma market for
the expanding flax crop. There is
no reason why Oregon should not
outdo Ulster. Homina Oregon-
LIGHTS FOR PEDESTRLftNS
" The Oregon legislature has over
looked something. There has been
a somewhat prevalent supposition
that bills to regulate everything
under the sunhad been presented
at the present session. Not so, not
by any means so. New York points
the way to filling out the lack. In
that state a measure Is before the
legislature to compel pedestrians
on the highways at night to carry
lights.
Specifications of the measure
are not set oat in the article con
cerning it at hand but of course
there wUl be provision for - both
front and hind lights to be borne
by each nocturnal rambler. Details
ought to be readily worked out
by the gentleman, for instance.
who introduced the bill .down at
Salem providing for a system of
signals on the radiator caps of
automobiles to indicate the speed
being traveled. The basis of the
pedestrian's lighting system might
well be a strong pocket battery.
From this could be powered a
white light to be carried over the
wishbone in front anda red light
Hendricks -
administration building" for the
dual purpose larger institution.
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But the Institution for the girls
went elsewhere. The Juvenile re
formatory for boys was bunt on
the site secured near Woodburn.
This left the old reform school
property on" the hands of the
state, to be used for some other
purpose. It will adapt Itself ad
mirably "for the branch penitenti
ary or reformatory, for first of
fenders and young men; Also to
provide a better place for women
prisoners. This has been the Idea
that has been developed.
Thm old reform school site has
about 500 acres of land. The land
Is already under control of the
penitentiary management. Plans
are on foot and being worked out
for the profitable use of aU this
land. It wUl come into play to
help m keeping down the expenses
of that institution. '
m
With the- Insurance money avail
able from Che fund provlved by
the state, on the Initiative of
F. I. Dunbar when he was secre
tary of state, will, with the f 35,
000 appropriation of the present
legislature, be enough to make
the quarters for the reformatory
better adapted to their future uses
than would have been possible had
the fire not occurred. No doubt
most of the brick can bo salvaged
for future use. The burned build
ing has always been more or less
a lire trap, though there was a
large tank at the top of the In
dustrial building, and a smaller
one In the ' tower of the main
building that was burned. They
were provided for such an emer
gency as occurred Thursday. But
it seems, that for some reason, the
freeslng of the pipes. It la said,
the tanks were empty, or the
water In them was not araUable.
the hip pocket In the rear. Each
pedestrian also might well be re
quired to carry a tin horn suitable
sound-producing force and to blow
It lustily before roudlng a curve in
the road.
Automobile headlights of today
light the road tor a quarter of a
mile ahead of the car, thus enab
ling the driver to see the pedes
trian at that distance. The pedes
trian on his part can readily!
make out the lights of an oncom
ing car on the straightaway two or
three miles ahead or behind If he
looks around. In either case it
would seem that there would be
ample time and opportunity for
avoiding a collision. But it would
be a picturesque Innovation to re
quire the pedestrian to carry
lights. It would give the para
graphera a new subject and add to
the. gaiety of the nation. So the
New York legislature has the right
Idea. Plainly there orter be a law.
Morning Register, Eugene.
VERY QUIET FRIDAY
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 22.
(AP) With most of the big oil
company offices closed, for the
hoUday. the gasoline price war to
day preserved the status quo of
yesterday.
In the majority of garages the
retail price was 12 cents a gallon.
Independent station dealers were
generally selling at 13 cents, with
a few at 11 and 10 cents and
rumors were current that nine
cent gasoline could be purchased
at scattered stations In the south
ern part of the city.
The list price of the big oil
companies was the same as yes
terday. That is 16 and 17 cents,
which with the differential and
allowances entitled retail dealers
to buy for 10 cents. In the east
bay dtles the prices remained the
same, ranging from 15 to IT
cents.
Mrs. Luthy Dies
Here; Services
To Be Saturday
Mrs. Marguerite Luthy, resident
of Salem since 1910 when the
family moved here from the . old
homestead in the Waldo Hftls dis
trict, died early Thursday morn
ing at the home at 147 South
13th street at the age of 83 years.
8 he had been in ill health for
several months. Her husband. Pet.
er Luthy, died In Salem In 1913.
Mrs. Lathy was the mother of
Charles Luthy. Mrs. Mary Menane
and Miss Annie Luthy, all of Sa
lem, and of the following other
children: Fred and Rudolf Luthy
of Ohio, Edward of Powell Butte,
Ore., Ernest and Miss Bertha Lu.
thy I of Portland; Mrs. .Florence
King of Mitchell, Ore., and Mrs.
Helen DuRette of Gervals. One
sister, Mrs. Rosa Welnss of Ohio,
also survives.
Funeral serices will be held
Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock
at the Bethany Reformed church.
Interment wUl be in the Mt. Hope
cemetery.
William Trindle
Oi Saiem Sued
Eor Auto Crash
i
PORTLAND. Feb S3 AP
CP. Lelcht and Louise Lelcht,
his wife, of Seattle, filed suit in
federal district court here Thurs
day against William H. Trindle of
Salem. Ore., for 825.000 teronal
iniurv damares-aa a rmiult nf an
automobUe accident near Toledo,
Wash.. January 25. 1928. They
claim Trindle's machine wa driv
en at a high speed by an 18-vear-
old boy. r . .
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GOLD MEDALS GiieJ
MJOSCIHS
NEW YORK. Feb. 23- CAP)
Two gold medals were present
ed to two of America's greatest
scientists here tonight, because
the awarding committee could not
decide between them when It had
but one medal to give.
The recipients were Dr. Albert
A. Mlchelson and Dr. Robert A
Mlllikan. The award was the an
nual gold medal of the society of
established last year, going to
arts and sciences. This medal was
Thomas A, Edison, when- the
committee voted on the outstand
ing scientists of this year, the re
sult was a tie, and. two medals
were decided upon.
The award to lliehelson is be
cause his "work on the ether drift
opened the way for development
of new concepts of matter, ener
gy, space and time."
To Mlllikan the award is for
"demonstration of the possibility
of isolating and measuring the in
dividual electron, and his more
recent research in stripped atoms
and cosmic rays which have
thrown new light on the founda
tion of the universe."
SOCIETY IS MIMED
HAMBURG, Germany. Feb. 23.
(AP) German and American
officials and business men met at
luncheon in the overseas club here
today and formed the "society of
friends o f the United States." Ja
cob Gould Schurman, American
ambassador, sent a message from
Berlin welcoming the birth of the
new society.
City officials of Hamburg and
Thomas Bevan. United States con
sul general, were the leading spir
its in the formation of the soci
ety.
In outlining the objects of the
new organisation, Mr. Bevan said
that It intended to cultivate espe
cially hospitality to Americans
coming to Germany through this
port. He said it would also find a
field for activity in the exchange
of students and in commercial re
lations. Another object would be
the opening here of a German
American center to contain a li
brary of American law and social
and political science.
DETECTIVE DDE TD
SEEK MISSING GIRL
PORTLAND. Ore., Feb. 22
(AP) Seattle's famous defec
tive Dog Arnold Von Mlnkelroid,
will be used in the search for
Doris Virginia Smith-Murphyj
missing 4-year-old of San Fran
cisco. The dog and his master, A. P.
Sanderlin of Seattle, left here
Thursday at 7:30 for San Francis
co In . the Pacific Air Transport
company's plane.
Mr. Sanderlin and the dog were
In Spokane when they received a
communication from the San Fran
cisco police asking the assistance
of the dog in the search for the
missing child. ' They immediately
took a plane to Seattle and cams
to Portland on the night train to
be able to leave here this morning
by plane.
The dog Is known in Portland
because of the 1 part he took in
the unsuccessful search for Leslie
Brownlee who was lost on the
slopes of Mount Hood.
SACRAMENTO. Cel.. Feb. 21
(AP) Mrs. Frances C. Hes-
sler, S3, wife of a telephone com
pany statistician, was found mur
dered under mysterious circum
stances Thursday in their home
here.
The body was sprawled In a
p ool of blood -on the floor f the
bedroom when five year, old Rose
Hessler, 'a . daughter, .returned
from an errand.
- "Something awful has hap
pened to mamma,". Rose sobbed
over the telephone to her- father
Edward F. Hessler.
Mrs. Hessler was shot through
the head and stomach. One empty
cartridge -was found near the
body. The gun that killed her
had disappeared.
Progress Slow
In Willamette
Fund Campaign
Althoueh no renort At fnfin!t
amount of nledres made In the
Salem campaign for the Willam
ette university endowment were
given out Friday by the campaign
office, it was Intimated that the
campaign here was moving sinviv
Solicitation will continue In Sa
iem until t he middle of next
week.
The camnaien imnnr th tn.
dents was nracticallr com nl Atil
Thursday noon. The freshman and
sophomore classes will finish their
soliciting Monday or Tuesday; In
the campaign six years ago stu
dents were urged to give heavily,
and the results were reported as
being- unsatisfactory. In the pres
ent drive, no special effort has
neen made to sign , up students
and nledxes made far tTiom
been largely voluntary .
ins. nop
MAN MURDERED;
SUSPECT IS SOUGHT
By FULKERSON
- Btt- Brown dances for a ltvtna af
ter the death of her parents. 8be ts
annoyed by the vnwekome attention
of many men. culminating in t ns
fight In the street between two of
Mem. This Is published by a weekly
candal sheet, and eetransM many of
her friends. She la asked to vacate her
room, la dlacharaed from tn alsht
club wbare aha daneea. and la altoge
ther hopeless when Andy Adair, . a
rich man's son. offers to take care of
her. She Is debatinr this easiest war
when the automobile tn which they are
riding Is wrecked, and she awakens
tn a hospital, someone nas arransea
for a doctor, nurse and private room.
and Betty supposes it fs Andy, hut
finds out that ueorare Harris, a school
friend who disapproved of her daacraa
caref'. is her benefactor.
(NO. GO ONWJTH THE 8TORI)
chapte'r XXXIII
WOW. Betty, stop worrying
about Andy Adair and about
everything else until you get well."
said George Harris. "Dr. Black
tells me you will be here for 10
days. Forget all about expenses.
Leave everything to me!"
"But, George, I have saved less
than two hundred dollars from
the money I earned. All this must
cost a dreadful lot!" Betty pro
tested.
"Never mind how much you
have, or how much it costs! It
will all be paid, and you will be
looked after. I am no fair-weath
er friend. I told you when you
gave up dancing I would help you
In any way I couUL The doctor
says your dancing days are over.
"But I must go now, as the vis
iting hours of the hospital end at
nine. 111 try to -see you In the
morning." ,
He shook her hand formally and
said "Good night!" - S
Betty was so filled with . con
flicting emotions that she could
only squeeze his hand hard and
let him go. She knew If she spoke
she would cry, and cry she did.
bitterly, when he left.
His formal hand-shake was so
different from the kisses she had
expected from Andy! She had been
so confident of Andy, and that he
had done the things which George
had done for her; she felt an un
reasonable anger at George for
stepping in so calmly and taking
charge of her life.
Perhaps Andy was hurt! Per
haps he, too, was In a hospital!
This thought startled her; she had
not asked anyone about him. The
day nurse had told her that If she
wanted anything In the night, to
ring the bell at the head of her
bed and the night nurse would
come, so she rang.
In a few minutes a tired-look
ing undergraduate came to her
bedside. Betty asked her eagerly
if she had read the account of
the accident in the newspapers.
The girl asked her what accident
sne meant.
"The automobile accident In
which I hurt my legs!" exclaimed
Betty, impatiently.
"The ambulance brings in peo
ple every 'hour of the day who
have been hurt in automobile ac
cidents," said the nurse, dully.
"They don't mean anything but
work for me. I never read about
them. You wouldn't, either, if you
had to trot up and down these
halls, answering bells and carry
ing them water."
"I am sorry I bothered you,"
said Betty, coldly.
"Oh, that's all right. If it had
not been you it would have been
someone else. Want anything
while I m here? I can get you
some water or something. Maybe
it will save me coming back later."
"No, thank you, I don't want
anything."
Betty would get the day nurse
to find out for her the next day!
She turned her head away until
the girl had left the room.
George Harris said her dancing
days were over! What would she
do for a living? Perhaps Andy
had found this out. Andy had nev
er noticed her before she learned
to dance. Now that She could nev
er dance again, he had probably
droppe I her, just as he did when
her pai ents died.
Here was an idea she must meet
fairly and squarely! The men she
had met while dancing aU seemed
to think she was fair game. Jack
Parker, the theatrical manager,
first; the man who wanted her
for a dancing partner next; then
Daubert, the politician, and then,
when she was despondent, Andy
had made the same proposition.
His had been cloaked and camou
flaged, but it amounted to the
same thing!
She shuddered and sobbed for
halt an hour, finally dropping- In
to a fitful sleep. She awakened
Two Men Lost in .
Icy Waters of
in Arizona
GRAND CANTON, Aril . Feb.
22. (AP) James P. Brook.
chief forest ranger of Grand Can
yon national park, reported
Thursday night that Fred John
son, ranger, and Glenn Stnrde-
vant, park naturalist.! his twn
companions In a government boat
yesterday, were lost when the
craft was hurled against the rocks
In Horn Creek rapids on , the
Colorado river. Brooks, who was
carried down stream manv vards
succeeded In reaching shore and
arivlng here.
' All three men were thrown Into
the Icy water,-Brooks reported,
adding that he saw nothing of the
missing men after the mishap.
No trace was found of the pair
or their bodies.
MONMOUTH, Feb. .32 Mon
mouth's Lion club entertained
four guests from Independence at
their regular Tuesday noon
luncheon: M. J. Butler, riande
Skinner. Mr. Llndquist and Harry
u. iveeney. ,ju. j. sutler won the
atendance prize for the occasion.
Thirty-two people were ; present!
and a pleasant . social time
enjorert.
THE STORY OF
A GIRL WHO
MADE MEN
LIKE HER
e iocs
(ong before her nurse arrived. In
these early morning hours Betty
knew she had made a big mistake
to begin dancing. George Harris
had been right when he said it
she danced she would have to
pay the fiddler. Andy Adair had
said almost the same thing to her.
She had danced, and she was pay
ing the fiddler. Indeed, and must
pay for the rest of her life if
the doctor was right in saying
she- would never dance again. May
be she would be a cripple!
She had paid in another way,
too. George Harris dsemed the
only person who cared whether
she lived or died. All her school
friends had drifted away when
she began to dance. She had no
women friends. As Andy had de
serted her after the accident, she
believed that Doc and Harry
would desert her also.
Sadly she determined to start
all over again. There must be
some .kind of work she could do!
She would forget that such a per
son as 'Andy Adair existed.
What a wonderful person dear
old slow, formal, George Harris
was! How absolutely dependable
and solid he seemed! Some day
she would -pay him back all of
his money and thank him for all
his kindness. She supposed George
must be in love with her in his
queer way.' She might even marry
him some time. She seemed to be
drifting in that direction.
She admired George very much,
but she did not love him. But may
be marriage would be the only
way she could reward him! George
could never thrill her, but so ap
preciative was Bhe of what he had
done that she felt willing to do
even that to make him happy.
When the day nurse arrived.
she brought in a big box of flow
ers which she laid on Betty's bed,
for her to open. Betty's hands
trembled when she found the little
envelope with the sender's card.
It might be from Andy! But It
was George Harris' card, and on
it in his prim hand, he had writ
ten: "With hopes for a speedy, re
covery." Betty laughed for the first time
since she had been in the hospital.
The words were so formal, so like
George.
"The boy friend is faithful,"
the nurse teased.
"No man ever more so!" agreed
Betty, heartily.
George came at 10:30. during,
the lull In his business. He asked, ,
How are you feeling this morn-
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I 'I'm a lot better, George." she
I replied. "I was a bit hysterical
when you left lasr mgnt. i guess
this has taken my nerve, i man i
thank you for all you have done
for me. but I appreciate It, every
bit. If there ever la anything I
can do for you I will do it gladly.
You are the very nicest person in
the world!"
George flushed with pleasure. '
"I want to tell you, too George,
you were right when you tald I
had better not dance for a living.
I'm sorry I did. Did the doctor say
for sure X would never dance
again?" . ..: V-i.; 3,V ,','V' .
"He said that a dislocation of
this sort was likely to reoccur,
aad you better not dance or play
tennis or your knee was likely to
go out again."
1 don't want to dance, and I
never was a tennis shark, so it Is
oil rirht. Ail 1 ask Is to ret out of
here and find something to do to
make a living!"
i told vou last night not to
worry!" GeoTge reassured her. "I
have It all planned tor you, out
forget about it till you are able
to walk."
George, you are twice as good
to mo as I deserve! I can't see
why you do all this."
"I told you before that you were
my friend. Friendship means a lot
tn me. I knew that you would
come through all this in the end.
You are too bright a girl not io
see the inevitable end of the life
Tnn were leadlner. This accident Is
the lnckiest thing that ever hap
pened to you.
'T must aret back to the res
taurant now. Good morning!"
Again he shook her hand for
mally.
The nurse had slipped out oi
the room when he came. Betty
smiled when she realized that this
was tn rive Georra a chance to
kiss her good-bye. She could not
imagine George kissing her. sne
was rlad he had no desire to do
so. as she could not have refused,
yet she did not want to kiss him.
As she thought over what
George had said, she wondered if
his confidence in her good sense
to see the end of tne me or a aan
cer was really misplaced. It this
accident had not occurred, how
would she finally answered Andy
Adalr'a proposition ?-
She wished she knew she would
have rejected It. As she looked
back on It now? it seemed incredi
ble that she could ever have con
sidered it. Yet she had considered
it. She wondered just how much
the drink had to do with it. "
Three times in her life she had
taken drinks. Each time she had
done something she wished she
hadn't. She was sure she would
never touch another drop!
(TO BE CONTINUED. )
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