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The OREGON STATESMAN. Salem. Oregon, Sunday Morning, December 15, 1929 PAGE SEVENTEEN. "MASTER of MONEY" BY ROY VICKERS mil L imm ' Mi --'--. "How much are you in for altogether? t HMTV.ll VII. "There v. ill be no action for li bel. It isn't a libfl. God help me, It's true thanks to my father." Alan had risen from his chair. H? was starinp down at Kelton. Keiton was sitting now with his face buried in hi hands. If it was a theatrical pose it was tiptop ftclously so: but Alan found time to wish Kflton's unconsciousness did not express itself with quite so much abr.hdor.. 'You're ravinp Kelton. If you have I hate to use the word If you have been guilty of em bezzlement what can your father have to do with it?" "I haven't embezzled a penny." Helton's voice was thick. "Be lieve that or not as you like, Eren naway you will soon know. There in no question of a criminal charge being laid against me, per sonally. All th fame, the firm is now about to po bankrupt." "I don't follow," said Alan im patiently. Kelton removed bis hands and it a red at the f loor. "I didn't know for certain un til about a week ngo, but I began Id suspect about three months af ter my father's death. As it is I shall leave the bankruptcy court without a stain on my character except the stain that will result from being the bankrupt son of a crook.' "Do you mean to tell me " "It's asking you a lot to believe it. isi'Ltim U,took me a long time to WalldWft nearly a year, but the securities have gone." Such reserve as was left was slip ping away now. "Even now when I think of him I find myself think ing of hi3 kindness. God, how he deceived me! "The figures show that for 20 year he had been swindling our clients. I've been educated on stolen money. The clothes I'm wearing are stolen the very food I've been eating." For several seconds Alan could say nothing. The postcard had not prepared him for this. He had thought of it &i an act of malice on the part of a mentally feeble maa with a grievance. The con ception of Kelton and Rood fraud ulently bankrupt still seemed rid iculous. And what could he say to young Kelton? "It's bo good dwelling on the Today's Cross-Word Puzzle Bj EUGKNE SIIEFFER- I ' 2 I' 5 0006 7 6 . L? TrW.mTs w?t wWm? W-mW 38 .3.9 p HO vtT WWTr'' m wm HORIZONTAL. , I What ssotion plctara star aUrad in The Cold Rath, Tha Circus" and "Skould.r Arms"? 6 Waa was Vica.Frasla'aat dur ing turn administration af CaU via Caalidgar 10 Also. It What Is the ivaa mm af ha aopmUr actrass, Mtss Bar. aai? 15 Part of "to be.' 16 Indefinite period of Mme, 17 Possessed. 18 French definite article. 19 Undermine. 21 Sea nymph wh hired mar iners by singing. 23 Nothing. 24 What canal axtaaaV fre Buffalo ta tha Hud River at Albany? 26 Beverage. 27 Part of the foot 88 Innate. 80 Permit. II Pronoun. 32 Organ of hearing. 53 Inland body of water. 54 Forever. 55 Skill In performance. 36 Deposited for preservation. 88 Lease. 40 What Americas stataswan was first Chief Jasticn from 1789 to 1795? 41 Snare. 42 Small point. 44 Who wrote "Toaa-Baaray" aad "An Ontfia af History"? '46 Printer's measures. 47 Exists. 48 Aeriform fluid. 49 Consume. ll Therefore. S2 What Italian pool wrote Tha Diviaa Comody-? 4 What Confederate geaeral he cam president f Wakinf toa Collogo? 66 Feel one's way. 7 Jells again. VERTICAL. 1 What Chief Justice adssiaJs torod tha oUr af affica ta Andrew Johnson 7 2 By. ' 3 From what Amarcaai pool ts tha liaa "Quoth the raven 'Navarmara" taken? - 4 Who wrote "Centleiem Pre. far Blaaas"? ' : ; : E Chemical symbol for nickel. What the eaisslng Prt of the name of this Amarkaa navatiiti William Ho wall. ? 7 Conjunction. 8 Pronoun. What English romaatie peat wrote "Adonai." end "Pro metheus Unbound"? 12 Who was tha wife af Uranus and aether el Zeus? 14 Who Is eman ef Roumaain? 18 Sodium nitrate. 18 Falsehood. 20 Small pointed piece of v i for fastening. 22 Color. 23 Trap. v 25 Who Was tha first president f Germany? 27 Vital-cart .29 Rodent. 30 What nertnera constellation U pictured as a Uoa? 31 Under whoso administration was Calvin Ceolidge vice president? 33 Fashion. 34 Who was tha aeeoad president af tha United States? - 35 Emmet. 38 Salt 3T Before. 39 Who was the Crook gaddem ef dawn? 10 Joke. 42 Either of two internal muxU of the kin. 44 Decline. 45 Seasoning, 48 Interval. 50 Artificial elevation. itPerform. 53 Suffix. 55 Spanish nrtide. tHettwitk ts the solution te 8nt ardays puzzle VACATE Htk5li E V 1 L JF Eg JT I RA ioptLAlffllhldlg, IMM I T W I, S r p z pf -,cWds n clj g Qjib A Lit m IcTn PA 1 Nl (DjffluSjAVE ?CR AiPEfC AUjS ED personal side of It." he said pres ently. "If he was a good father while he was alive ' "If he was!" The distraught young face was ravaged with bit terness. "Look at my inheritance! Oh, I am no moralist don't think that, Brennaway. But even the or dinary crook has some kind of feeling for his son. Oh, I don't know why I'm telling you all this, but somehow one feels " "Wait a minute, let's think," said Alan. "As you say you can show that you are not personally involved " "I'm not involved criminally, but I'm pretty thoroughly done for in every other way. If he'd been a good father he would have kept me out of the business put me into some other firm. As it was, I was brought up to believe that this place was what every body else believed 11 to be. I had contemplated marriage." "Do you mean you're engaged?" asked Alan. "That's tragic." -Well ... My father died sud denly, yon know. I had asked her the day before. We could hardly announce it then. We agreed to wait for a bit not necessarily the usual year. And now ehe well, 'of course, she's waiting for me to ask her for a formal announce ment she's really in a false po sition." "She'll stick to you If she's worth anything. Kelton." "It Isn't only a question of sticking to me. She would do that if I would allow her." "I quite see that ytm will feel bound to release her." "Of course. But that's not my chief worry about her I tell you. I have not even thought much about losing her." "What then?" Kelton's gesture implied that it would be futile to explain. The next moment, however, he ex plained. "She's an orphan. She's the chief creditor of the firm the one we've robbed most. Now, perhaps, you are beginning to realize what father has done to me." Alan paced the room. -Can't anything be done?" ' Kelton shook his head. "I had a sort of idea that with a little time we might be able to adjust things a bit clutching at straws, you know. But Randon has made that impossible and I am almost grateful to him. My father had thirty thousand of his. Also, It's doubtful whether any adjustment would be possible. "My father would have settled Randon by giving him the cash value of his securities before he left the office but I could only do that by doing Just what my fa ther would have done namely, realizing someone's else securi ties to pay for it. And that I'm damned if I'll do." Alan grunted. Kelton got up. He was obviously scrambling back to his first manner the manner that Alan could not quite like. "Somehow you have made trie talk when I ought to have shut up. It's an impertinence on my part I apologize. Thanks for listening. Hrennaway, but you had better leave me. I shall file my petition in bankruptcy at once." Alan stared out of the window. "How much are you in for altogether?" Fall and Rise of All-Over Carpeting in the Home A FEW years ago the all -over carpeting was to be seen only In a few places. Shop, hotel rooms and what mid-Victorian homos were still left in their ancient glory. There were all sorts of reasons why carpeting lost favor during the years when the rage for greater sanita tion in tha homo was popular pro paganda and every housewife looked suspiciously on dust-catching object. Corners were tha most dangerous enemies from a house-cleaning stand point, and carpets presented corners of especial difficulty. However, the chief objection against' the all-over carpet disap peared with tha advent of the vacuum cleaner. To the modern power-driven sweeper there's no such thing as an inaccessible a pot, and very kind of dirt can ba dusUessly absorbed. That being tha case. mere s a great eeai to be said in favor of all-over carpets, and ap parently it is being said, because one sees them more and mora frequently. Partly the growing popularity of the all-over carpets may be attributed to the demands of modernistic furni ture. Gradually It has become ap parent that modernistic pieces with their sharp, severe lines need to be tempered by eoft environment. 4 angular modern chair on a hardwood floor, partly covered with ruga. spreads a kind of chill. On tha other band, even an extremely severe piece not only loses Its harshness, but pro vides a pleasant contrast when It is aet on an all-over carpet, and none of tha wood flooring is exposed. As a matter of fact, this modernistic furniture If carried to extremes not only needs a soft floor covering, but also walls that are covered with a fabric rather than plaster or any other hard-looking surface. And the most handsome modernistic room within memory is a prise display of most extreme pieces which, neverthe less, looked more cozy and attractive than would seem possible if the fur niture bad been exhibited by Itself, i But it was placed in a finished room. And not only were tha floors covered with all-over carpet, but the wells were slue hung, and instead of a plaster ceiling there was a soft silky fabric, the - illumination being by means of concealed blubs in a tiny channel along the upper moulding. All-over carpeting ts desirable in two other types of rooms besides that modern is tically furnished. One Home-Making Helpi Bj ELEANOR ROSS - ,1s the small room which, of necessity, has too much furniture. (The furnl ture an being essential to comfort despite tha fact that apace la not quite adequate J This is a problem which confronts many families who must live in smaller apartments than their needs demand. A rug of any size will cut down the apparent else of the room. A number of amaA rugs in a little room- make tar a cluttered appearance, in addition te reducing its apparent slse. The aD over carpet on tha other hand aa peclaily if ft is the solid color. wlO make tha floor space aeem larger. Patterned carpets may be very lovely, but they require very careful selection. Only a very large room can stand a large pattern, and geo metrical designs of small size, or very small oft-repeated patterns caa - oe usea onry in a small room contain., ing very little furniture. Tha other occasion when the alV over carpet is highly useful ts the room with an unsightly floor. If it's Impossible to repair flooring, or to restore it to natural beauty, then there's only one alternative tha ait over carpet which covers e multitude of defects. "Now that you ask me I really 1 at about $250,000 the thing had don't know. I stopped counting I become fantastic. Here's the list. if you care to add it up." (To be Continued Tuesday) "TELLING TOMMY" By PIM TELL M ABOUT THE FLAG OF THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC,DADDY. THEIR NATIONAL BAttflER WAS ' DEVISED in 18I2T0MMY. U GCHERAl OtlGKAHO GENERAL BELGRANO.IT HELPED TO FREE . ECUADOR, CHILE .BOLIVIA AMD PERU. 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