The OREGON STATESMAN, galea. Oregon, Thareday Morning; Aeimsi 27, WT 0 PAGE FOUR I . rTU"1" i "No Favor Sways Us; No Fear ShaU Awi" From First Statesman, March 28, 1551' THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. ' Chaxles A. S Prague. Sheldon F. Sackxtt, PublUkr$ Chakixsj A. Spragub - - - - - SdUorJdanagwr Sheldon F. Sackett Managing Editor Member of the Associated Press 1 . The Associated Pres Is eidiwrfrely entitled t the ass Cor INjc tlee of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited la this paper. . - ' ; Pacific Coast Advertising Representatives: Arthur W. Btypea. Ine, Portland. Security Bid. Saa Francisco. Sharon Bides Los Anreiea. W. Pee. Bide ": - . t " Eastern Advertising Representatives: Ford-Parsons-Stecher. Inc., New Yorfc. z?l Madlsoa Ave. . , , . Chlcaso. 36S N Michigan Ave. i Entered at the Potto ff ice at Salem. Oregon. a$ Seond-Claee Hatter. Publihed every morning except Monday. easiness ffiee. tlS S. Commercial Street. - f SUBSCRIPTION RATES: ) Mill Subscription Rat. It Advance. Wlhla Orecwji Dally a Sunday. I Mo. 60 cents: S Ma. 11.25; C Mm ItH; 1 yesr !.. Elsewhere 5 tents per Mo, or 5.00 for 1 year la advance. By City Carrier .43 cents a month: IS." a year la advance. Per Copy X cents On trains and News Stands I cents. f ; Racial Stagnation j WITH a photographic fallnesa and sharpness of detail Edmund Wilson has, in an article in September Scrib ners, sketched the Telief work among the mountain whites of a certain Kentucky county following the drouth of 1930. It is truly drawn "from the life with a Red Cross worker and a county agent shown handling specific cases which had fallen to their attention. The "mountain whites" have long been the subject of relief work and missionary activity. De scendants of pre-revolutionary stock, they have inbred, have eked out an existence on the stingy soil of . the hills, have kept themselves isolated from civilization, living with their feuds, their traditions, their dogs, their corn likker and ter baccy oblivious to what goes on in the world below. Oregon has its own hill-billies, and some of them have come direct from the Blue Ridge country of the south. Their primitive speech, habits of living, shiftlessnes3 quickly reveal a relationship. ,It is very doubtful however if there is any such racial exhaustion as reveals itself in the southern mountains. As Mr. Wilson uescribes these mountain people "they are really like nothing human. Their standard of 11 ring is so low that $3 a week for a family of five, SIS a month for a family of ton. Is supposed to provide them with all their necessities, and they are so ignorant that the best they can do in the way of siting their names to applications Is to touch one finger to the' end of the pencil. 1 They hare never needed money for anything bat clothes, and they wear very few of them They , live proverbially on i meal, meat and molasses, which, before the drought set In. they raised for themselves. The meal was made out of corn which they would get ground up at the mill at every crossroads, the molasses was made out of sorghum and the meat was al ways pork. During the hog-killlng season. Miss Dabney (the Red Cross worker) was obliged to take part In fatty orgies where the conversation consisted chiefly of "Gimme a rib!" and "Gimme a hunk off the Jowl!" In other cases, they ar most unfriendly; they don't want to be bothered, no matter how badly off they are, and will tell Red Cross : , workers to get out. Sometimes they insist on eating the v corn mixture which has been given them for the cows, even when apparently they don't need to. i "A good many of them, besides, hare pellagra they get listless and their skin dries up and they almost cease to eat. It is said to be caused by their diet, and the Red Cross gives them canned salmon and tomatoes, which are supposed to strengthen their gastric tubes. Miss Dabney has learned the legend that the ancestors of these people were Tories who took to the hills at the time of the Revolution as well as the legend that they are the the descendants of the in dentured whites of the colonies. . At the same time It sticks In her mind that a sociologist from one of the Ken tucky colleges has assured her that from the sociological point of view it would be much better if they were allowed to die of the drought. And she vaclllatea between an nneasy feeling that S3 can't possibly be enough for a family of five to live on and a serious scepticism as to whether it may not be futile to try to equip them with strong gastric tubes. It is a grave sociological question about what to do with these population eddies.! Their own resistance to social rec lamation makes the problem doubly hard. One cannot but believe that roads, radio, schools, papers will eventually shatter their isolation, and emancipate the younger genera tion at least for more wholesome living and richer contribu tion to the common weal. PerhapL these friendly touches of the Red Cross will help to break down some of that mental insularity which kept the "mountain whites' a race apart and stagnant. .. . The 1931 Salmon Run REPORTS from Astoria indicate that the season's run of 'salmon is the heaviest in several years. The late August run was the largest in twenty years, the fishing boats Monday being swamped with fish and the canneries having all they could handle. The market has been poof &U season, but the quantity may bring some compensation to the fishermen. Besides the economic value to the state of this fish crop, the large run of the year is of some political significance. In 1926 the people voted to suppress fish traps and fish wheels on the river above tidewater. The claim was advanced that in the narrow gorge of the river this gear seined the river so completely of fish that not sufficient numbers were go ing through to spawn. It was urged that if , the traps and wheels were done away with there would be a greatly in creased run of fish into the river and the salmon, fishing in dustry would thrive instead of slowly die out. ! - Last winter a hard drive was made to repeal this pro hibitory legislation. JimMott, who had led the fight in 1926 when a legislator in Clatsop county, fought (the repeal act on the floor pf the house and it was defeated. It was time fcowever, that the expected benefits from the 1926 act should be seen. It is four years now since the 1927 .spawn of fish. The run of this season may be some proof of the efficacy of the 1926 law, although it is much too early to generalize from one season's run; Salmon have a way of failing to show up just like a crop of cherries, and again they may be most abundant. t The supporters of the 1926 initiative will naturally hail this run as justification of their contention. The remainder of theatate will make note of it and observe what happens in future years. . j - The people who think that England is about to topple over the brink might as well quit their worrying. In 1926 France was in the same situation with the franc taking wins. Now France is gorged with gold. The -U. S. A. is too for that matter, but back in 1893 we were in the same squeeze England and Germany are in today. Our gold reserves com menced to slip away and the foreign interests who at that time had great investments in this country, got scared and commenced calling their money home. Then the debtors were -v A4Cc buvu wiey couia pay tneir debts with fiftv cent silver dollars. When during the McKinley administration this country came out of the kinks in its finances the foreign- .Tr frilh and renewed investments wfh US. llie World has a had mm n tow, it:!. tA. s- it ... i-, , v ' t is jrermany and .then it is England. The one dose of Dr. Hoover's sooth- Kfil5JU?Ia?e ed matonum was a powerful restorative, rattle WOre off 100 Qtf ly. The world needj another 'a, OTfrnor'g dog "Alex" got shot for sn ordinary chicken stealing dog. Instead of the high-bred, stately police dog ajoeared to be. Could It be he was leading a double life? Humai "smartec," are seldom shot, it may be said with regret. i . t4 .au .. I ' ''t" k rul waitemaa ow has hi fourth wife He Eye Strain By C. a DAUbR, If. D. Marion Co. Dept. ef Health child's yei are often abased In various ways through misun derstanding as te those things that contribute to such condl tlons, and aonttimes through care lessness oa the part of parents. Much is being done ia the schools today to prevent eye strain by giving attention t o such things as proper lighting, seating arrange ment and .typo of print used In Dr. O. O. Dsner text books." One should always read in a steady, sufficiently bright light. The light should be of such Inten sity that the print la clear. While not often the case at, home. It Is occasionally found in school that there is considerable : reflected light from blackboards. This can be easily remedied by lowering the rhades from the top. ; Our homes could be more efficiently illumin ated If the shades would be lower ed six Inches from the top. Re flected light from a celling Is much better for the eyes than a hrtght glare from a window. Reading should not be done In the twilight, on moving cars, or while walking, nor whUe lying down. All of these put an un necessary burden on the small muscles of the eyes which must be In constant motion to properly see the print of a book or paper. The same might be said of sewing. Publications Improving Type The sixe and type of print and also the character of paper are Al so important factors In overcom ing or preventing eye strain. Chil dren's books are not printed with large type by. accident or to fill up pages. Large clear characters take less energy so far as the eye muscles are concerned. The ideal type of paper for a child's book Is not the highly glazed paper but the kind that does not produce a glare. Magaxines and newspapers are becoming .better adapted to read ing, because of the greater care given to the character of the type used but there Is still room for improvement. One large metro politan newspaper submitted vari ous kinds of print to eye special ists before adopting a certain one. This certainly Is a step in the right direction and might well be copied by others. - j If eye strain is present and de mands other treatment than rest. the eye specialist is best qualified to treat the condition. He can with his instruments of precision properly diagnose and treat the disorder. Wbat besltk problems esve real If the above ertie'e rmttea sav anaatiaa ia your mind, write tHel en art ism ent eee rad it aitW te The Stttma ar the Marina eonaty" department ef health. The answer will aepaar la tSia colnma. ya heold he tlxned. bat will not be used in the rner. t New Views "Do you favor supervisors In the Salem school system at an annual cost of $9000?" Tester day Statesman reporters asked this question as they worked about town. Elmer D. Cook, attorney: f'l really cannot express an opinion. I reside In West Salem and am only casually acquainted with the situation." Mrs. Mary Fnlkentoa. count scnooi superintendent: ?io. , I have nothing to state on that matter. My supervision ' does not extend to Salem. All I do Is ap prove the accounts; I have noth ing to do with teaching problems." , i Howard Coming, student: don't see why supervisors aren't a good , thing, so why cut down on them". t Sirs. Eleanor C Boyle, tele, phone operator: "I think It's a very good Idea." er " - Mrs. P. Ij. Fraxler, housewife: "I haven't given it a thought." 11,1 "' 1,1 Mrs. James Callahan, house wife: "I'm not informed about It." M. Clifford Moymlhan. axtor. nejt "If the supervisors will in crease the efficiency of the local school system, thereby develop ing thf child and properly direct ing his education. I heartily en dorse the retaining of the Salem supervisors." j 1- Parka, book salesmen: "Tea, I surely do, it's no longer a foolish Idea, it's a necessity and should be considered such..' Daily Thought "No one cat be perfectly free until all are free; no one can be perfectly moral till all are moral; no one can be perfectly happy un til all are happy." Herbert Spencer. Fifty Men Fight Creswell Blaze; One Badly Hurt EUGENE, Ore. . Aug. (AP) One man wa Injured and a county bridge and several fences were destroyed by a fire which swept over SO acres and endangered several homes three miles west of Creswell Tuesday. The man injured was Habert Dorsham. He fell 15 feet fronra tree which he hsd climbed to aid in putting out the bridge fire. A spike ran Into his shoulder and he also suffered a fracture of the left wrist. . LICENSED TO WED SILVERTON, Aug. 2 Van couver wedding licenses were Is sued to 'three Sllverton and one Portland person yesterday. They were: Jaye Bleakney, 2t. and Ival Parkhurst. 20. Edward W. Fees. z, Portland, and Amanda Feneide, II. v Jr ,L. , HERE'S HOW i 4 Jib r4' teW Wio Aiflvar . Meutose-. ' eA.. Tf. ceoaMMr o S ' - i v a. Daaf iefl Cootk, fOiAm "f I I -t oe Te m0i wso ejerter. yr X "W ill jt t. tiii-wv,. Tomorrow: Windiest BITS for BREAKFAST -By R. J. HENDRICKS Minto pass: x H - At the Robert Burns memorial exercises held la Salem i January 25, 1916. Judge William Gallo way paid the followlasrtrlbute to one of Oregon's foremost early pioneers: V "On this the 157th anniversary of the birth of the great Scotch poet, Robert Burns, I am asked, to say something; of another poet. writer ana uregon pioneer, Hon. John Minto, who never let the natal day of "Bobby" Barns pass without .celebrating the occasion with song and feast. "I knew Mr. Minto Intimately from childhood and can sever think of him without associating him with two other noted pion eers of Oregon born under Brit ain's flag Dr. John McLongh- lin, born in Canada, and Hon. F. X. ; Matthiea, also a native - of Canada. These ' three pioneers were bosom friends and colabor- ers in laying broad and secure the foundation of our young com monwealth. Their remains lie on the banks of the beautiful Wil lamette they loved so dearly, and no men more loyal to the American flag or American Insti tutions ever breathed the pure air of heaven. 'Mr. Minto was a native of England, born in 1822, crossed the plains to Oregon la. 1844 and settled near Salem where In 1847 he married Martha Ann Morrison, a pioneer of 1844. Of this worthy plorleer woman it can be truly said she was of the highest stamp of American womanhood, and waa no man's Inferior. Of this happy anion there were eight children born, three only surviving, being valued residents of Salem, their native city. Minto was born of the common people, lived the lite of the people he so loved and died with a last prayer for the su premacy of the plain people. He often said: 'We have too many pauper and too many Idle' rich, but not enough of the great mass of the common people who move the world civilly, morally and fi nancially. . "Our constitution written by oar pioneer fathers Is the most enlightened and progressive of any state constitution In the un ion. Our civil and criminal code, enacted by our early legislatures of which Mr. Minto was often a member snd always a valued ad viser, has done more to break down sex distinctions under the law thsn that of any other Amer ican state. "Those pioneer legislators who had toiled for six or seven months crossing the plains with their wives and children in tneir ox wagons, had learned the value and superiority fo tfhe woman hood, hence under the- laws of Oregon there is no sex distinction In the possession of property. A woman la Oregon can hold una in her own name, can sue and be sued, can administer upon the es-. tate of her deceased husband, and is the legal guardian of her own children; she pays taxes and has a voice In saying how those taxes shall be expended. mm "In Oregon no sex Inequality or sex inferiority is recognized by law. and it can be truthfully said that no man living or dead has done more to Incorporate those sacred and Inalienable rights of the people into our statutes than our departed and beloved friend. John Minto. -"Mr. Minto was a most retiring man who accepted office and po sition of public trust as a duty Imposed upon citizenship. He was eminently qualified and might hare filled any office la the girt of the people of his adopted state. He preferred his muse and work ed solely In developing the latent resources of his state. , . . - t "He was a pathfinder fa search ing for highways and means of communication with ; other sec tions of this great northwest And the eastern states. "I believe Mr. Minto would have preferred the honor of dis covering an advantageous moun tain passageway for egress from and ineress to the Willamette valley, or the Improvement of some species of ear domestic ani mals, than the honors ot a mem bership la congress, j By EDSON ! A CWMOL Foe .AAADfr F(3CM4 UAAS- M(0 SolPXU? COUPCMNOr -AfiMf - CCW4CC4JM6 A4 KCB-es - - w e-Aar milk f-roeA eet.v l. f VLA06- - jf7 m.mm- .i a m - 4T Sport on Earth. "In politics Mr. Mlnte was a democrat until the Civil, war. when he associated himself with the republican party, though he was never a strict partisan in any sense. He was a member ot the Odd Fellows and Elk orders, snd when he passed away was the oldest member of those orders In the state. )" "Mr. Minto was a student to the very last moment of his long and useful life. He read and wrote continuously and has left his Impress upon every page of Oregon history. He loved the birds of the air and the beasts of the forest, yes. everything in na ture from tho flowers of the val ley to the snow capped peak ot Mount Hood. With such .a son! and heart it is but natural that the writings of the great Scotch poet Burns should have held first place la his literary affections. Mr. Minto died at the age of 92 years, beloved by all whe knew him or had ever felt the Inspira tion of his pen and muse." t That waa a deserved tribute. John Minto did much in pioneer days la developing the livestock industry: and encourazin- the raising of purebred sheep and omer aomesiic animals. Mrs. Minto was known throughout Oregon forher fearless vindica tion of what she esteemed the right she waa called the 'musket-member' of the woman suff rage association of this state when the long battle was being wared for the rieht of women to vote; in which struggle Oregon led the van. w V Her mother was furnished with a rifle to carry and if ne cessary use la protecting the cov ered wagon train of 1844 of which her family were members; along with the men "able to bear arms'. The love match of John Minto and Martha A. Morrison was matured under such militant leadership. They were in the same covered wagon train ; Minto as the driver of one of the Morrison ox teams. V The home of the Mia to family was for a time at what had been the old miseioa below Salem. One of the outstanding pieces of pioneering work by John Min to was exploring the Cascades for an east and west- road, when he became the discoverer of the Minto pass. There has been a dis position of late to call that the Hogg pass, or the antiam pass, or something else; t The Bits tnan'lnasong protest ed and still protests against this. The rightful name la the Minto pass, and the new state highway should bear that name. Yesterdays V '. ot Salem Towst Talks free The S4atee- ef Earlier Days August 37, SBoe. "If 'it were left to me there would be no change whatsoever la the arrangement of the stars or stripes on - old glory under any pretext or excuse,", said Governor Chemberlala after the perusal of a communication .from former Governor William M. Jenkins, of Oklahoma territory, asking for his official approval 'to the sug gestion to rearrange the stars oa tne national emblem so as to form one large star on the blue field. An unfortunate and regretable accident occurred upon the re turn from the funeral of the late Roy Price yesterday, afternoon when a carriage containing the mourners was driven a .little' too close to the edge of a high em bankment on the road from the cemetery, the vehicle upset and a serious mishap only averted by the prompt action ot the 'driver and others who rushed to the as sistance ef those In distress. One of the horses became entangled In the harness and was thrown, oth erwise a worse mlxup might have happened, but fortunately all were rescued from the Inside ot the closed carriage. Augast 27, 1021 1 Kara grotto will be Insti tuted tonight at 8 o'clock at the Masonic temple by the grand venerable prophet of the grand council, Charles E. Menslnger of "Tko fn DU" By SIDNEY CHAPTER U READ THW STTJtfrP Blood red rubles. Once they graced the aaowy neck of a c sar in a, long since dead and turned te dust. Nov ther lie In an nnn gold casket, gleaming darkly in the lamplight, while Prince Mur- mov looaa upon them la farewell. Revolution has awent down at last upon his Isolated castle. ' A moo batters at his gates, scream in? for the rubles sad for hlnnri But Federoff. Prince Murinoys trusted agent, will take the gems- ana mae mem away, in vain he urges Murinor to flea while ther Is time. . The prince curtly re- tuses. n ana nis sons win stay. Pride means more to them than life Itself, r. Federoff takes the Jewels In their casket and slips out of the castle through a rear window. NOW GO ON Only once did he pause, to turn his head suspiciously. A stone had come rolling down past him from somewhere above was it a stone dislodged by. some stealthy following footstep? He could s-e nothing. The rush of the wind and those voices he was leaving behind were the only sounds In his ears. After all. who could be following him? But Federoff's hand went to his pock et for the reassuring touch of the automatic pistol there. He re sumed his Journey. Nearly there now. By instinct rather than sight he had groped his way to where a great fissure opened la the - rocky hillside Through a narrow opening- be tween huge boulders he passed into a natural gallery In the rock that seemed to twist away into the heart of the hill. In 1U shelter he lit the lantern. Within it was curiously still by COntrsst with th rose nf tha wind shrieking- past the opening uw arownea ail sounds of the world outside. AS he made his wsv forward the narrow passage widened out into a great cavernous hollow an eerie place In the wavering shadows of the lantern light where it waa well to walk warily, where danger and death might wait on an unguarded footstep. The floor of the carem waa split by a wide, well-like chasm, dropping down Into a void ot blackness so deep that If one tossed a stone over Its brink one seemed .to wait a long, long time before any answering sound came oaicK. ueptns tnat could keep a secret or guard a treasure! Familiar Face Federoff had brought a thin, tough rope knotted at short reg ular lnterrSta intA IWna tnr fnl. holds. A He put down- the lantern. maae one end of the rope secure Portland. x Nearly 80 leading walnut growers from all sections of the Willamette valley met in Salem Saturday. The walnut industry is rapidly gaining, in size and Im portance In Oregon and Is reach ing such proportions that stand ardized methods of handling and Kramng are necessary. HOT) bnrera aav that ilmMt all the bona in this nart nf tha wal ler have been contracted. The high Drlce was 20 cnts a nonnif for this year's crop, contracted" by T. A. Ll res ley and company. MORTGAGES - : HAWKINS St ROBERTS, Inc SECOND FLOOR, OREGON BUILDING SALEM 'round a boulder, and began the descent. The rope swayed dizzily, but Federoff's nerves were under Iron control." Cautiously, step by step, he made his way down the cliff like face of the chasm, his dis engaged hand flashing the light ef a small electric torch, until at last, fifteen feet down, he. was Abreast with a deep cleft in the uneven side of the wall of rock. Into this opening Federoff thrust the casket, , . r And almost as . his hand placed the Jewels la safety he glanced up with a start, with a sudden knowledge that he was not alone. Fifteen feet above, a face was revealed In the lantern light, peering down at him over the brink! Sly, cunning, - rat-like, the fa miliar face ot one ot the castle servants, whY must have played eavesdropper and followed him why? . That face alight with treachery - and avarice answered the question. The jewels in dan ger! . - As Federoff met those down ward staring eyes, the man gave a low laugh that sounded very evil. For a moment the figure above drew back, then swiftly re appeared In sight. He was lift ing a large fragment of stone, smiling maliciously. Easy for Federoff to read the meaning of that smile. His own death would leave the way clear to that plun der. - . ; - Federoff dropped the .torch. He needed his one free hand for an other purpose then, and the spsce or a second might mean all the difference between Iif and desth With the extinguishing of the tore n. the darkness swam by. hid ing him in an instant from his enemy's eves above. Pde,rnff was too far below the level of the lantern light for its ray to reach but his - enemy , up . there was still visible to him. And even in that breathless second of rfeaAlr peril , Federoff smiled .to himself in the darkness. Eternal Grave For the barest moment the man abore paused on the brink of the wide cavernous opening witb the fragment of stone poised;. that sudden sponglng-out from sight of the fglure below had discon certed him, made' hinyuncertaln of his aim. And that moment of hesitation saved Federoff. The man In the lantern Hzht at least made a good target. There was a swift, sharp report, a tiny flame stabbed the darkness, a wild scream. The fragment f stone dropped from the nerveless hands, but with its direction de flected It barely graced Federoff. And almost in the smn hraith the suddenly crumpling' figure ren rorward over the brink with out-flung arms, almost as though the lifeless hands were trvlnr to clutch him still, drag him off the ladder, as the dead man hurled down past him. Federoff waa trembUn? all oy er." At first he could not nerve himself to Attempt the ascent or even move. , . - , He climbed, back at last, still unnerved and shaken. He ' un fastened the end of the rope lad der, let it slip down over the edge to .where that dead man would sleep for all time. He made his way out with a sobbing breath of relief to where the wind on the hillside met his face, leaving the INVESTMENTS A Carefree Investment Neither tKe safety of principal nor cer tainty of income need be worried about in a prime first mortgage, j ' - ;' r -- .-.V;'-v.- ' -- Our appraisal of the property assures the value behind the mortgage, and we collect-the interest for you and look after all other details. j If you cannot call, phone 4109. vr nu it jjkwx. Jewels behind him. deep down, their fires quenched la the dark. Oa the top of the hill it was as though an Immense beacon fire lJAd been kindled; flames break ing out from the windows of the castle, where Incendiary madness had swept from room to room. .An In the courtyard Prince Ma rinov and his sons lying dead --;.e . federoff leaned forward in the sleigh and pointed, a flush of eager excitement In .the thia. wasted face. "There there!" The Journey's end la sight at last, for him and the Englishman. Frank Severn, by his side,, of that long Journey south over the- vast Immensities cf what for ten years had been Soviet Russia. Three days bad been "spent in the maddeningly alow, rattling train, on what had become the craziest railway system in the world, that had carried them from Moscow to a station some fifty versts from Castle Murinov. The rest of the Journey had to be made in a troika, drawn by half-starved horses; mile after mile over the Hat. bleak, treeless steppes, with only the line of tel egraph poles to mark their road. And now at last Federoff, with a poignant thrill, had caught the first glimpse of the blackened ruins of the castle, gaunt and stark against the eastern twi light. .. V Ten years bad- passed since he had seen it aflame like a blazing pyre--ten years that had been like a long night of . unrelieved heavy shadow. Ten years that had changed, him from one la the prime of life to a broken, pre maturely old man. Part of those years had been -spent in a Soviet prison. It was. thought that he might know where the Czarfna rubles were ; hidden the priceless Jewels that Pri Murinov. before he was sht in. his own courtyard, had told his executioners contemptu ously were far beyond their reach. But prison rnd torture had failed to make Federoff reveal his se cret. Then at last he had been set at 'liberty if such a thing ss liberty was to be found in Red Russia. Federoff knew what sort of lib erty revolution had brought to his country; the .very-word had the flavor of a bitter .Jest, A land " where terror walked, and where men vanished suddenly without a sign from the ken of all their friends and were heard of no more, where one dared not trust one's neighbor, who might bo a secret Red agent waiting for the unguarded word. u Faith Kept" Ten long years, when this man had - sometimes wondered if the struggle to keep body and soul together was worth while. The revolution that was to ave brought plenty for all had brought-want, semi-starvation to aU except the favored few. And through all those years the Mur inov jewels had lain untouched in their dark hiding. There were men la . Moscow, men in official positions, who would have paid him well for his secret but Fed eroffs honor happened not to be for sale. He could starve, but he could not betray his trust, Of his late master's daughter, and of her child, who, if she (Continued on'page.T) INSURANCE