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The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morninjr, January 21, 1930 PAGE SEVEN 1 W BY ROY VICKERS cnArnm xxxvm. "But can yea do anything wlth tout KOverBBwnt protection?" she eked. "I thought that was the es-ee-ice of the hole thing." " "So it is to a point But I've J-.-.irned a thing or two in that .ffice of mine about comitadji e:;.ingst other things. There are 3 tie bands of cut-throats, of jli.r e or four men. all oyer this v retched country as well as all ovtT this city. They don't exist as a problem. "There are about- three bands tr.jt jnatter. and the chief one, -which is about a hundred fighting n.-n strong, is under a fellow called Stephanos. He doesn't seem to have a surname. ' The' other two are about half ,t I t- size of his band. Now, none oi these fellows want a pitched j,Li"le their idea is to swoop d-. vn upo-u an unarmed gang of workmen and- collar their wages. V.' '11, I'm going to provide 'em van a pitched battle if they turn "But you can't fight a hun dred men!" Shirley exclaimed. ' Not jbr myself. But there are a Jg'jodmany Serbians in this c. y. They hate all these fellows, ti:nl they're born fighters. I've t it the idea of enrolling them as i i'rers and supplying them with t Then I shall buy off a few the members of the gang I i i get in touch with them quite -i i y and if there's any trouble t'; y'll fight to the death as they v n'u want to be taken by the 1 lers they deserted. Altogether v may make a job of it. You see, once we've got the r.t i vvay going we're all right. The o.iuitadji don t worry about rail v.mvs. They want money. They n't hold up our trains because t --y'll contain only the products ! the mines and the quarries and l "er on, grain. 1 ve thought out a wages sys tem for the mines and the other depots up-country which will 1 .ive nothing in It for our friends the comitadji. In the end, you e -e if I don't employ most of the mgs themselves on peaceful la l' ir, which will yield a better re- t irn than the cut-throat business. His eyes sparkled as he spoke. Sae was beginning to understand a gviod deal about Alan knew that he was at once the man of affairs and visionary, knew that the real driving force behind him was to banish chaos from the plans of Macedonia and turn the comitadji into farmers. Some thing in her bowed down to the, builder, the creator in him the universal father who wanted to feed and clothe and protect the v hole of humanity. She glimpsed tiie glory of working by his side then faced the reality that she l ad failed. "Do you remember giving me those shares? ... Of course you've actually got them in your posses sion. But I want you to count me out of that, Alan. I've got nearly five thousand dollars left I shall g.) on trying until I've got my ?. sage back then I'll go." "Oh, we can't talk about all that later," said Alan. "We don't know yet that the shares will ever le worth anything. But while we re on the subject I only hold tlMse shares as mortgage. Roger intended to make them over to me somehow he didn't do it." "I intend to write him offering to take them as complete settle ment of his debt to me. He will, of course, be bound to accept. Then, if anything comes of this venture, you and I will settle our affairs." So that was to be the end of It, thought Shirley. In bitterness of sul ehe reminded herself of that morning on the moors when she had spoken grandiloquently of sharing with him the toil and the despair. There had been a ridicul ous little domestic life, irksome yet at times strangely pleasant, In place of danger and disease she had nerved herself to face. It seemed very far away that stinging determination to pay the debt that Roger would not at tempt to pay. She had, at least at tempted had he not told her that she had done her best? And her best had consisted of exchanging optimistic platitudes with Stav- ros and being flattered and more or les3 entertained by Maurois. If you really intend to stay on here, we must come to some ar rangement," Alan was saying. "It is merely quixotic for you to spend your last penny. In fact, sometime go I was going to sug gest-1" He broke off as the housekeep er entered the" room. v .Monsieur .uaurois, she an nounced. Alan muttered under his breath and Shirley gave him a warning glance as the Frenchman came in "This is a dreadful hour to call even in Macedonia," said Maurois as he shook hands with both of them. 'My excuse must be that I have come to indulge in the sel fish pleasure of bringing good news." He turned to Shirley. "Dear lady, your inflexible will has at last broken the heart of my good friend Monsieur Stav ros. He has surrendered, and you must permit me to be the first to Offer my congratulations." Shirley caught her breath. She looked from Maurois to Alan who was staring at the Frenchman oddly. "Really, Monsieur Maurois, I don't understand. What do you mean by saying that he has 'sur rendered'?" "There arrived for him this ev ening authority from Athens to detail a regiment of soldiers for the protection of workers employ ed by your company. He was him self painfully pleased, but, as In the manner with these fellows, was seiged with nervousness. I took the liberty of volunteering to bring you the news and the of ficial authorisation, which places the local General In effect under the orders of your company." As he spoke, Maurois took a document from his pocket and handed it to Shirley. Shirley, speechless, took it from his hand. "The instructions are that the troops are to be ready to march in fourteen days, the localities where protection Is required be ing specified by yourselves all details of a purely military nature being left, of course, to the offi cer in command," supplemented Maurois. ''Monsieur Maurois, I I hard ly know how to thank you," falt ered Shirley. "For acting as messenger from Stavros' house? Dear lady. It Is not an excessive service." "You have done more than that," said Shirley quickly. "He always put me off with platitudes and promises. I feel sure youjiave helped to make him take action. Maurois shrugged his should ers. "Oh, I will not deny that I have told him he Is a lasy fellow and threatened bim that you would assuredly give the Ameri can people a bad impression of him, but what would you?" 'I feel sure you have helped more than that!" protested Shir ley. "I" Shirley, the self-possessed. stammered Into silence. She fought for self-control and nar rowly held it. She wanted to scream, to laugh, fo cry. Through a mist she saw Alan, his face stern. Then, dimly, she heard his Tolce. "I agree' with you, Maurois. My wife has worked very hard, but I hare no doubt that she is much indebted to you. You must allow me to put a little proposition be fore you later in fact, as my wife Is, to an extent, my business partner, I will put it to you now. Will you accept a parcel of shares as as a little token of our grati tude?" "My dear Brennaway, it is de lightful of you to make the offer, but I could not think of accepting It. Believe me, you grossly .exag gerate my part in the affair. A trifjing courtesy which I have been most happy to perform that Is alt And now I am sure Mrs. Brennaway wishes to discuss it with you and I will say good night, my friends." Shirley bad been conscious of a jarring note. She thanked Maur ois again, her exultation now dim med with the fear that something had gone wrung. When Alan came back she watched him and noted that he avoided her eye. "TELLING TOMMY" .-HUiMIHIIitl.j'Hi "Well, Shirley, you wero Just saying that you had tailed and now it appears you're succeeded. You have obtained military pro tection or the laborers. You have in fact, done what you set out to do. You have done what your hus band refused to try and you hare succeeded where he would certainly have failed." His voice was cold utterly cold yet she knew that, he was nerv ous. She sank into a chair, hurt and bewildered. This was the moment of triumph of which she had dreamed. She had thought of herself fighting her way to this moment through toil and danger and disease. There had been none of these it had all been too easy and that was why Alan was talking about it as if she herself had no existence. 'Yes, here Is the concession," she said, gulping back tears of -disappointment. "But I believe all the same that it was Monsieur Maurois " "Quite!" cut in Alan. "But I recognize that that is not my af fair. You remember In our orig inal conversation way back in Vermont " "Don't please," cried Shirley. ''I was only going to say that i if you remember you chose to regard your husband's debt to me as being your wn la the sense, that you wished to repay it. It wag agreed that yon would dis charge your part of the debt if you were to do what he ought to hare done. You hare .done it. How you have done It, I repeat, is not my affair." The moment of triumph had failed. Why, oh wSy, was he not offering his hand' and taking back the insult he had once flung at her? All these words he was giv ing her formal stilted words that sounded like an accusation. His last phrase echoed back into her brain and her attention seiz ed on it. "How did you think I did it?" she asked. "In the easy way," She stared at him. dazed. She had the impression that he had not meant to say that that some thing outside his own nature had forced the words la a hoarse whisper to his lips. "Alan," she gasped. "Do you know what you are saying to me?" ' "It isn't my affair." he re peated. "But I don't want you to misunderstand my words. I tell you I am complaining of noth ing. To fulfill the bargain you forced upon yourself with me, you used the weapon which you use with consummate skill." (To be continued) City Manager Is Scandal Center As Ouster Made CLEVELAND. Jan. 20. (AP) The beginning of a vigorous movement here to correct the ills in municipal government has come from the suspension of Wil liam R. Hopkins, after his serv ice of six years a manager of Cleveland, the largest city in the country pioneering in city jnan ager government. For six years Cleveland's new form of government has weath ered attack after attack. The sus pension of Hopkins Monday night was the climax. Whether city manager govern 'ment in Cleveland Is an improve ment over the mayorality system remains an open question. CUBE-BIN RDM1FLM ES TOKYO, Jan. 20. (AP) Rengo News Agency's Harbin correspondents yesterday foresaw possible indefinuepostponement of the Sino-Russian conference at Moscow, January 25, due to the Nanking government's inclination to repudiate vital portions of the protocol signed at Khabarovsk, Si beria, following six months of quasL-warfare between the two countries. A readjustment of Chinese Russian relations was- to have been sought at the Moscow meet ing. As a consequence of the Nan king attitude, Manchurian author ities are facing the unpleasant al ternatives of either defying the Nationalist government heads at Nanking and negotiating a separ ate agreement or continue the costly and dangerous bickering with Russia. The Soviet has been encouraging the former action. 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