The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem Oregon, Sunday 5 lorn In sr. August 30, J931
"Ko Favor Sicay Us; No Fear Shall Awe"
From First Statesman, March 28, 1851 '
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Our Loss in MacDonald's Fall
yN two respects it is unfortunate for the world that the La
bor government in Great Britain fell. The crisis in Britain's-
fiscal policy was acute, and the coalition "of "all talents
Was'necessary. Ramsay MacDonald did a brave thing; in
standing by his country rather than his party. Nevertheless
we in. this country may well view with regret the passing of
his premiership, for-his present tenure is admittedly tempor
ary. I - i ; -
In the first place if the Labor government is succeeded
by the Conservatives, England will abandon her traditional
free trade position to go on a tariff basis. A! century ago the
repeal of the corn laws was one of the greatest political bat
tles ever .waged in England. Since then the historic policy of
that country has been to favor free importation of goods from
other countries. In the war and after this was modified to
some extent. Now the conservatives are frankly protection
ist. At a time when it seems advisable for high tariff coun
tries to retreat from the economic isolation policy, it is re
grettable that Britain moves over to the other side.
In the second placa MacDonald's foreign policy looked
for the cultivation of international goodwill. He came to this
country for a friendly visit with Pres. Hoover. He visited
j- l nt. f A -.- TTa efrvnl rnt fro J n cf ricnrl Ta-
I reel wiui utnniut'DUiicauivu oww, - - -
tionalism which would keep Europe an armed camp. Much
was expected of MacDonald at the approaching disarmament
conference. Not so much may be expected of the Conserva-
lives who are mciiucu w .u uou uauivuuidui. . .j-
"force acquiescence in arms reduction, but there is apt to be
less friendliness toward a policy of healing and accord among
the nations than with the' Labor government.
'If the Conservatives do not succeed in framing a govern
ment that will hold, the issue wiU go to the people in an elec
tion: Then it might be that Labor would be returned. But it
would be a different and more radical party for it has lost its
great ieauer, xwuuaajr inaciAimuu. i
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: I Water, Water Everywhere
"It is perfectly truo that we are getting nowhere as long as
we are merely squabbling. Nothing is gained by the Statesman
and the Press disputing as to what the people of Salem want or
will do. The way to settle U la to give the people a chance and
find ont. Therefor the Press makes a . proposition: WU1 the
Statesman consent to giving the people of Salem a chance to
vote yes or no on an issue of bonds sufficient to brlag mountain
water to Salem and either bay the present distribution system
or htnld a new oneT ir so. win tne statesman join me rrmi m
.' urging the naembers of the city council to quit fighting for the-
water company and give the people a chance to vote on the above-.
proposition by caHlng arfelectlon for that purpose?" Holly-
wood Press. ' " . . ., I " :
' The Press suffers from one illusion, and that is that
Ouiers wno ao no agree wna its jjiugiaiu arc usuuug
the water company. Our sole concern is the welfare of the
people of Salem, now and in the future. The city's relations
with the water company should be marked with fair treat
ment; but that is all .we care
y mi n . 1
rne x ress is aiso in error in uuuiuuk mcie umj i
alternatives, the Willamette and the Santiam. There is also
the alternative of wells, which Baar and Cunningham' men
tion but wave aside. Some people think there are good pos
sibilities in this line, others , that wells are . tmdependable.
More investigation of this source might be made.
The question which the Press proposes seems to be chief
1v nne of iournalistic tactics, for it would be purely a refer
endum and would call for another election with teeth in it for
the definite authorization of bonds. If there would be assur
ance of a good turn-out of voters at such a, referendum we
should be glad to agree to the submission of alternative pro
posals as follows: r- I . ' - "
Poiicy 1. A municipal water system using the Santiam
river as a source of supply; and either buying or building a
distributing system. Engineering estimate of cost $2,500,-
000. 'J
Policy 2. A municipal water system beginning by acquir
ing the present water system or building another leaving to
the c&verning water board future recommendations for per
manent source of supply. Estimate cost of present or a new
distributing plant from $875,000 to $l,200,ow; prooame iig
ure around a million dollars. i
The Statesman Is anxious tp see the wafer question set
tled as quickly as possible; and is strong for municipal own
prshfn of the water olant. If any proposition for municipal
Ownership is now submitted and defeate'd it means indefinite
postponement of a real solution of our troubles. This makes
it urgent that the real friends of municipal ownership and
those who want to solve the water problem here, agree on
a practicable program. The Press appears to want to run and
jump in with all its clothes on. We prefer to find out how
deep the water is before recommending tne piunge.
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The e8teemed C-J. Is announcing a beauty school by Mm. Eve
Somebody. We'll let Sips try It first; if It works on him well risk a
lar.- tars an editorial in the Statesman. It the guy who wrote that
Is the one we think It la he'll need
rel. Sips in C-J.
You guessed right. Sips, only
get harder, is one with both 4eads
A Philomath man went oft to commit suicide but walked around
Mary'a peak and decided not to. Every person planning suicide should
walk around a mountain before
ne li get tne entnusiasm pretty wen
win look oetter man a leap in the dark. ,
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Charley Byrne, stand, up and bow to the Astorian-Rtidrt char
ley la. head ot the industrial journalism school at OSO and th art
ran a picture ot him, only the
phis of a well-known handshaker
goix-prizo wianiug v;aaney.
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iuo cuiltt.Mu-niBuuB luuunw "pear Die " and the RnSnrr
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wi-iwTiew ups wim pruue paacaaes -. we are going to experiment
now witn nop croquettes. -
Washington turned down a
in isvor oz a Washington resident, uov. Meier, sponsor of trade-at-home
to which Washington objects, goes to Washington for a pur-
a&cut anu pays mm 2svv a year mukh.
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Associated Press
about the company, i
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more than a jar; hell need a bar
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the arrel we will need If times
knocked out.
blowing his brains out. By that time
out ot his system. A bed and meal
picture looked familiarly like the
ot reform Instead ot round-faced.
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promotion WOUId Start a Tint Nna
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landscape gardener with the low bid
for Oct. 4-11. China wonder.1
runvu unit 1
Rabies r
By VERNON' A. DOUGLAS. M.D.
Marlon County Dept. of Health
One usually thinks of rabies or
hydrophabia as a disease ot- sum
mer time or hot weather. It la tni
fact - more,
prevalent ' - In
cold weather.,
More dog bites
occur,'.' hew
ever during the!
milder months
because dogs
ran abroad
more freely at
that time; . -
- The- great
reservoir " ot
rabies- la na
ture Is the do
mestle dog and
members of the
b T a. r.eua d family.
IV. T. A. D.f!as other aB,mfcU
sometimes hare the disease, such
as cows, horses, cars and goats.
All mammals are suceptlble. Man
always contracts the disease from
lower animals.
The disease is nearly always
transmitted by the bite of a rabid
animal; The infective material is
contained In the saliva. There are
cases on record which have fol
lowed a rabid dog licking the
hand. Tlfere mast as a rule be an
abrasion or break In the skin be
for this can ocenr.
Disease la Contronable
Rabies exists practically In all
parts of the world. In some, coun
tries where special measures for
its control have been in force, it
has been unknown for years. Ex
amples are Australia, Denmark.
Norway and Sweden. England was
comparatively free from rabies
from 1900 until the war when It
was reintroduced by dogs carried
in aeroplanes. Before that time,
the prevalence of rabies fluctuat
ed due to enforcement or lack of
enforcement of the muzzling
law. Misplaced sympathy for the
dog sometimes causes valuable
laws for dog's as weUas man's
protection to bergeaTed. -
Rabies has a long incubation
period, the average in man being
about- 40 days. It varies from 14
days to a year or more. . The
length of Incubation depends
somewhat on the location of the
bite. It Is short If the bite oc
curs on the face or hands.. The
amount and virulence of the vir
us also has an Influence. .. This
long Incubation period gives time
to prevent the disease In a person
who has been bitten:
The method of prevention of the
rabies after the bite occurs con
sists of the use of Pasteur's treat
ment. This was first announced
as an effective preventive measure
in 1883. The treatment consists
of a series of inoculations during
which the patient may continue
his work as usual.
Muzzling Stops Disease
From a public health standpoint
the control of rabies means the
eradication of the disease in ani
mals by inocculatlon and muzz
ling of dogs. Inocculatipn will
prevent the disease In dogs. In
fected animals of course should
be destroyed. , A nation-wide prac
tice of muzzling of dogs would
eliminate the disease in two years.
Rabid or peculiarly acting dogs
should be locked up and reported
to the health department. Per
sons who have been bitten by a
dog should receive prompt atten
tion by a physician. Dogs should
not be killed until an observation
can be made by a veternarian.
Wkat keslth srohlaas ssra im I It
tht abT rtiela nises saj qoestiea Is
josr miad, writs that Mtioa aat aad
ead It aiUer tm Th StaiMmaa -taa
Varlaa cvnotr dapartaent af health. Tha
answer arlll vpar la hla eoltiaiB. Kaaa
ban Id b airnad. bat mil aat ba a4 la
tha oaorr.
Yesterdays
... Of Old Salem
.Town Talks froea The States
mas) o4 Barller Day
August SO. 10O6
The Christian Endeavor of the
First Christian church will enjoy
an outing on Reservoir hill this
evening. Car starts from Will
amette hotel at T o'clock.
To promote the discussion of
laws governing the use of the
water of the-' state for domestic.
agricultural, mining, manufactur
ing and commercial purposes,
with the view of seeking legisla
tion for a new administrate
system, a water law conference
will be held Jn the state capltol
building September 10 and 11.
That a fire fiend was abroad
in this city last night was evi-aJ
denced.bj Mhe fact that within
the short space of a half hour the
fire department was called out to
extinguish two fires, both ' of
which were undoubtedly of incen
diary origin. -
Augv&t 30, 1021
The strong hop market was re
flected yesterday in the filing of
several hop contracts . with the
high price at 35 cents a pound for
the 1921 crop. , ,
"They're making a new home a
minute, almost,, out there on the
logged-off lands beyond Silver
ton." Is the report brought in by
Eugene Grabenhorst, who visited
that section Monday.
Forty of the 44 applicants who
wrote Jn the stated bar examina
tions nem in eaiem iasi juir
were successful, according to an
nouncement made here yesterday
by .Arthur S. Benson, clerk of the
Oregon supreme conrt.
Daily Thought
I never could believe that Pro
vidence had sent a few men Into
the world, ready booted . and
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I MRS. WKKLE VISITS
8ILVLERTON. Aug. 2. Mrs
Jake Werle of here left Portland
Wednesday night for Minneapolis,
Minn, .where she will move her
mother and tUhen lonrntr to her
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BITS for BREAKFAST
By R. J. nENDRICKS
When Salem had 20 families: 1
(Continued from yesterday, bo
ring excerpts from a letter of Rev.
Ezra Fisher, written under date
of March 1, 1841; and here refer
ring to July 5, 1S4S, during a tour
through the Willamette valley: )
Visited his (W. T. Matlock's J
family and In the afternoon visit
ed the Oregon university or, In
other words, the Methodist Insti
tute, now in operation under the
superintendence of Rev. Wilbur.
(This was the Oregon Institute
that by change of name became
Willamette university. Rev. J. H.
Wilbur was In charge.). His
daughter performs the duty of
teacher at present. (The daughter
became the wife of Rev. St. M.
Fackler, an Episcopal clergyman,
who served for a brief time as an
instructor in the institution; long
enough to press his suit for Miss
Wilbur's hand in marriage.)
'I learn they are expecting a
teacher from the states the com
ing year. The school at this time
occupies the place of a common
school, but meets the wants ot
the vUlage and surrounding coun
try. The buildings are of wood
and hare been erected at an ex
pense vastly disproportionate to
the present demands of the coun
try. Yet, feeble as the school has
been, doubtless It has proved a
blessing to Oregon and will ulti
matelr reward the denomination
for all the needless expenditures.
Its site Is eligible, on the east
bank of the Willamette about 40
miles above Oregon City.
(In another letter. Rev.- Fisher
said, ot the same visit: "Rode 10
miles to Salem, a small -town on
the east bank of the WUlamette,
containing some 20 families . . .
This is the point where the Meth
odists have located their literary
Institution. The school at this
time (1848) numbers about 70
chUdren of both sexes. This place
(Salem) has a commanding cen
tral position In the Willamette
valley, and will probably become a
place of some Importance in fu
ture years. (The above about what
became Salem and the Willamette
university in their beginning dsys
Is Interesting at the present time.
Rev. Fisher was In his mind com
paring the settlement that became
Salem and the school that became
Willamette university with the
then.metropoUs of the northwest,
Oregon CUr. and the great Bap
tist university he was planning to
found there which he did found
and which flourished for a time
and then gradually grew less, to
final dissolution.)
"6th. Rode 20 miles up Mill
creek to the north fork of the
Santa Am (Santiam) river; visit
ed two families and attended the
funeral of a young married lady
with whom I traveled on our way
from the states. Made a short ad
dress and offered up a prayer at
the grave.
LAY SERMON
"Iqtitr Mi charitr without aa aa
tropatioa." Edward Bellamy.
. I have been . reading again
"Looking Backward" and Sir
Thomas More's 'Utopla". They
are the literature ot the perfect
society. One might delve farther
and read Plato's "Republic" and
Henry George's "Progress and
Poverty." Now is a propitious
time for reading the plans and
specifications of these architects
ot the social millenium. How
much like 1931 some of the pas
sages read. Bellamy In his Intro
ductory chapter describing Boston
ot 1887 writes: ,
"Seta af that .Aacpoad ins a baar t
era went aa far aa ta predict aa im
pending social cataclysm. Humanity,
thay argued, haaiaf elinbad ta tha top
rouad af tha ladder at dTtliutiea. waa
a boat t take a header fnta chaos, af
ter which It woJd doabtleas pick itaelf
p. tnra rouad, aa bagia te Ub
agata." ,
That has a familiar sound to
day, , And Sir Thomas More re
laes his in his book as an example
ot what the Utopians have es
caped from, and the passage,
though phrased in Tudor English,
sounds strangely modern:
"Consider any year, that haa been so
nafraitfal that oaay thenaaads hare
died af hanger; and yet if. at tha and
of that year, a aarray u aude af tha
granariea at aU the rich saea that hare
hoarded ap tha corn, it waald ba foaod
that there waa enough" among them to
hare prarentad all that consumption of
men that perished la misery; and that,
it it had been distributed among them,
a Me waald hare fait tha terrible af
facta af that scarcity."
By EPSON 1
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Sweet Lady!
M7th. Rode If miles, after ford
ing the river, to the middle fork
and preached to an Interesting col
lection of people, some of whom
rode from three te 25 miles to
hear preaehlng.
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"8th. Crossed the middle and
south forks; rode 15 miles
to the church on said stream and
preached at 12 (noon) to the
church. (This was the Santiam
Baptist church at Sodavllle, which
had just been organized.) This
church Is situated in the midst ot
the richest and most delightful
portion of Oregon. Perhaps a
more picturesque scenery cannot
be found In North America. 9th.
Brother Snelllng and myself both
preached and administered the
sacrament and the supper. 10th.
11th and 12th. Visited; viewed
the surrounding country .
. "13th. Rode 30 miles to Salem,
and spent the night with Brother
Matlock. 14th. Crossed the Wil
lamette and rode about 30 miles
over a rolling prairie and open
country to the south fork of the
YamhUl; visited two families . .
l&tn. nods 14 miles. My 'way
along the lamhlll bottom lands;
soli luxuriantly rich and large
fields of wheat of - enormous
growth were .now waving their
golden ears to the gentle breezes
. . . . Met the Yamhill church at
the time of their monthly meeting
and preached on the occasion at
the house of Brother Miller, an
ordained minister from Missouri.
(Rev. Richard MiMer, who came
in 1S47.)
"16th. It being Lord's day.
Brother Snelllng and myself both
preached to a large congregation,
. . .- and at night I rode home with
Mr. SnelUng ... . 17th. Rode 30
miles, crossed the two remaining
forks of the Yamhill river, passed
through Chehalem valley, visited
two Baptist families and spent the
night on the south fork of the Tu
alatin river with an interesting
Baptist lamiiy.
"18th. Visited Rev. Mr. Clark
(Harvey Clark) in Tualatin
Plains. Near his residence he. with
the assistance ot a tew benevolent
friends, sustains a school called
the Oregon Orphans' Asylum. This
school will probably become in
some future day a literary insti
tution for the Congregational de
nomination. (One of the "benevo
lent friends" .was the saintlr Ta-
oitna urown, ana the little log
"orphans' asylum" school became
Pacific .university at . Fo r e a t
Grove.) Rode 14 miles, visited
two families and arrived at Broth
er Lenox's.
"20th. Walked 28 miles to Ore
gon City. Spent the , remainder ot
the week in visiting in the city
ana vicinity ana in preparing to
go down the river. 23rd. Preached
twice for Brother Johnson ...
24 th. Left Oregon City, for lat
sop on board the launch of the
unfortunate ship Peacock." (the
so eacn cnarts the path te a
better order, and each describes
the perfection which he Imagines,
Bellamy in the Boston of the year
20 00 A. D., and More In Utopia,
a . word which has become the
key-word of common speech for
the unattainable ideal. In these
a ays tne cauagain Is for more
"equity". People run for office.
editors wage journalistic cam
palgns for the "more equitable
distribution of wealth". wThe us
ual formula is to take from those
who hare and give to those who
have not, on the theory that those
who nave acquired great posses
stons are not in good morals en
titled to them.
Alas, equity will . not. come
through a formula. Christ himself
gave no solution for the perplex
ing problem ot wealth, or rather
his words dispute themselves
Equity will come through the en
lightenment of-the people and
through the cultivation of the
deeper charity which substitutes
the law of brotherly kindness to
the jungle law of tooth and claw.
Equity may, as 'Bellamy fore
east, leave charity without an oc
cupation, hut such chanty would
be the soup kitchen provision for
the unfortunate. The reign of
equity will . finally rest on broad
narlty that builds up social as
well as Individual responsibility.
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Th
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READ THIS FIRST
In a time of anclenf- glory the
rubles belonged to a czarina. They
were great and glowing" red red
as blood, and through generations
blood had been ahed for them.
Last te die was their owner.
Prince Murlnov who defied a rev
olutionary mob while his servant,
Federoff. escaped from the burn
ing castle nd hid them In a care.
Ten years have passed.-Federoff
returns and ."recovers the gems.
With him is Frank Severn, who
represents Prince Murlnov s
granddaughter, to whom the rub
les now rightfully belong. Feder
off undertakes to smuggle them
out of Russia: He disappears and
Severn- secretly ' returns to his
lonely country home In England,
Beggar's Court. He urgently sum
mons his friend. Jim Wynter, who
meets Felix Sant, Severn s law
yer. ' ' ...
SOW GO OX
CHAPTER V .
"Wish to heaven I knew. Sev
ern came back secretly two nights
ago and I met him at Victoria
he'd wired me from . Newhaven.
which was my first intimation ho
was on his way home. I only, saw
him for half an hour, because as
luck would have it I had to go up
to Scotland that night. I'm just
back, earlier than I planned, so
as to ran over to see Severn to
night "
"Then Severn told you noth-
Ing?'' . , - ,
"Not a thing. I suppose he felt
there wasn't time to go into it
then or in so public a place as a
grill room.- But I can tell yoa the
sight ot Severn brought me a
shock."
What do you mean "
A frowningly thoughtful look
had crept into Sant's face.
"Wrnter. he wasnt like tne
same man ot ten months ago when
I last saw him. All gone to pieces.
A man on the rack of unnerving
suspense, it those haunted eyes of
his meant anything a man llrlng
with fear at his elbow. Sober
facts, Wynter, melodramatic as it
may sound. Fear of what? God
knows. I'm all in the dark, ret.
Maybe SerernH tell us tonight.
But It's something big and serious
and I'm uneasy, Wynter un
easy!"
Wynter's face waa both startled
and bewildered as he stared at the
other man.
"All gone to pieces? But some
how I can't imagine that of Sev
ern. Of course, I know you're
not joking but H seems so un
like him. Always so imperturbably
cool -with any amount of pluck
and nerve the sort of chap one
would have said nothing could
rattle."
Sant nodded.
Different Now
"I know. But youll find a dif
ferent Severn tonight; that's the
devil of it thafs what makes me
so anxious," the older . man said
quietly. He bad finished changing
the wheel; he got back into his
car. "Well, whatever the trouble
is, Severn knows he can count on
us to the limit."
"That goes without saying, of
course," replied Wynter emphat
ically.
The hase was deepening as they
made the last few miles to Beg
gar's Court, as if as they neared
the coast they were running into
U. S. S. Peacock of the Wilkes
exploring expedition, lost at the
mouth of the Columbia, on Pea
cock spit, July 14. 1841. (This
trip took four days of hard row
ing, and three nights' lodging on
the ground. Rev. Fisher found his
family on Clatsop Plains in good
health. A son had been born to
them just before he left on the
trip to the Willamette.)
la another letter, Rev. Fisher
told of stopping on Mill creek. In
his tour of the valley, about 10
miles out of Salem, with a Bap
tist .family, and forming the nu
cleus of what became. Aug. 31,
1850, the Shlloh Baptist church of
Turner. He wrote also of the need
ot a preacher to organize a Bap
tist church In Salem, and one to
Btart a new. church at the prom
ising new town of Cincinnati,
which later became Eo'a. and la
now a filling station br the side
of the highway, which, he said "is
in the bounds of the La Creole
church, formerly called Rlck-re-
alL" It has long since gone hack
to the corruption, the RlckrealL
It should be changed back to La
Creole, where it belongs, and left
there.
S .
. Rev. Fisher wrote: "Two minis
ters thus located would alwars be
near. each other .to counsel and
give aid and at 'the same time
would each have a wide and rich
field on each; side ot the river.
(Meaning one at Cincinnati
(Eola) and the other at Salem.-
Yesterday Statesman reporters
asked: "Do you favor a city man
ager for Salem?"
Don Morgan, visitor: "Seems
like cities with city managers get
along all right. I notice by -tonight's
psper there is a deficiency
in saiem city finances. Maybe a
city manager could hare saved
that situation; and maybe not."
James Preble, reporter: "I'm
not so verr hot for one myself.
It just puts another dodge be
tween the people and the ones who
have the-authority."
lira. F. A. Elliott, house wife:
"If the city manager form ot gov
eerhment would workout as satis
factorily tor- Salem as it has for
some towns, it would be a splendid
thing the plan is Ideal and
should work out, very welL" '
Mrs. Fred Erixon, bousevt ife: "I
am highly in favor of the city
manager form of government I
have lived In a town where It has
been most satisfactory."
Dr. Max Moon, dentist t "It
seems to be the coming thing. As
an econlmic principal it's sound."
8. A. Haghea, cement contrac
tor, ..councilman: Taken right
offhand. I would say I'm not In
favor ot It."
New Views
R nk-
IXUDieS
a fog blowing In from the sea.
Under the white, drifting veil
the flat country through which
the road led stretches of marshy
wasto land veined with bubbling
creeks' from' the estuary, from
which flights of disturbed sea
birds would . rise - wheeling with
their harsh," mournful cries
seemed the last word in dreary
desolation.
Jim Wynter thought of that un
nerved flgnre Sant had pictured
for him. Through Beggar's Court,
set fa this lonely, sparsely-populated
corner of Essex, might ot
ter desired hiding for a man with
enemies or was it the police?
to throw off the. scent, it could
hardly be the best place in its de
pressing isolation for one whose
nerves had all gone to pieces.
If Sant were right and he was
the last person in the world one
could call imaginative the mys
terious threat must- bo strangely
menacing that had sent Severn in
to hiding a man, Wynter would
have said confidently; who did not
know the meaning of nerves or
tear. Yet Sant had seei him two
days ago. And there was the
corroboration of that letter from
Severn himself, its . poignant ap
peal. "For God's sake come!"
Wynter. could not shake off a
haunting sense of foreboding.
Two great Iron , gates set in a
high wall proclaimed Beggar's
Court at last. The lodge "behind
the gate was in darkness; it had
bees unoccupied even before its
late owner's death. The' two cars
turned into the long drive. The
old. Irregular house loomed out
to their eyes. little more than a
vague blur of shadow in the rag
ged mist, broken by the light from
two or three windows streaming
out into the night.
Forbidding .
It was a picturesque house, as
Wynter remembered it, at least a
couple of centuries old. that on a
bright sunlit day might be attrac
tive enough. - But tonight the
gloomy old place in its brooding
loneliness and Isolation seemed al
most forbidding.
Sant jumped down from his ear
and ran np the steps to the mas
sive nail door.
"After all, things mar not be so
bad as we- fancy, ' he said sudden
Iy to the younger man as he raised
thv heavy knocker. "And any
way I'm not going to believe that.
whatever his trouble, poor old
Severn's so d-ep in it that you and
I won't be able to fish him out."
Through the hushed stillness of
the mist-wrapped night, ar ther
waited, they could hear f aintlr the
suck or the estuarr between Its
high banks as the tide came racing
In irom tne sea.
Sant knocked again and pulled
he hanging Iron bell br the side
or the door.
No one in the house seemed in
anr nurry to answer the sum
9 .
mons. The echoes of the bell died
away. The seconds passed. Still
no answering sound from within.
not even the barking of a dog.
"Queer. What can have hap
pened to ev ryone?" Wrnter said
suddenly. "I should have thought
tnere would be a dog on the prem
ises. a lonely house, like this."
"But there is a dog. an Alsa
tion." said Sant. His usuallr
cheerful smile seemed to have
fallen away, his voice had a sud
aen strameq note. "Of course.
one of the servants may have tak
en the animal for a run. still "
He raised the knocker again and
beat a heavy tattoo on the door.
waking a troop of echoes within.
"That should fetch someone."
The moments passed as ther
stood waiting. Still unbroken sil
ence."-
rnaj strange, almost uncanny
stillness, the oppressiveness of
which ' each was conscious, as
though this house, for all its light
ed windows gleaming out Into the
mist, was utterly deserted and
empty, made Jim Wynter sudden
ly give a little lnvoluntarr shlrer.
An insistent feeling like a premon
ition, a . deepening, disquieting
sense or something amiss behind
that closed door as ther stood
waiting for the answer that was
so long in coming, that perhaps
would not come at all. was beein
ning to pluck at his nerves. In
the mlstr dimness he and Sant ex
changed glances.
"What does it mean?" Wrnter
broke out. "What are all the ser
vants doing? Sant. I don't like
the look of things!"
no more did Sant.: if his face
was any indication.
"Yes, It's dashed oueer. I'll
ring just once again, and then if
&5
OH DEAR.-
DIDN'T THE
BunCLARS
LrTAVrT
ANYTHING?,
If you've got sv wife like this yon probably don't need bur
glary insurance. Bat if yoa haven't, atop taking chance and
take ont- Insaraace instead. Every type of policy for every
type of burglary protection.
HOrJEtl H. or.iiTEi -
Orer Bmier Store
Homer H. Smith - r
" By SIDNEY
WARWICK
no one comes 1 "
He did not finish the sentence.
Ilia fingers went out to the bell
handle again. The loud, jang
ling, metallic sound cut harshly
through the frozen stillness with
in. No other sound.
A thought made Sant stoop and
raise the flap ot the letter-slit In
the door. He peeped through in
to the lighted hall. Then an ex
clamation broke from him, and
the metal flap snapped down again
with a click as Sant turned a star
tled face towards the younger
man.
"My God! Look. Wynter. look!"
Wynter stooped to look through
too, and caught his breath. In
the hall the Alsation lay, quite
evidently dead, with froth about
Poisoned! In a flash the sign!-"
f leasee of It had brought to a
head all those vague, disquieting
wars that had been waiting for
them on. the threshold of this sil
ent house. It was no time for
standing en ceremony. Wynter
snatched up a stone and shirered
the glass of the nearest window.
Thrusting In his hand, he unfas
tened the catch, pushed the win
dow open. He climbed through,
followed by Sant, 1
In the wide hall, its silence
touched now t ith a sinister breath
of menace, they stood for a mo
ment listening, with taunted
nerees. Then Wynter called out
loudly:' s
"Severn, Severn!"
But even as he cried out the
name he knew he would get no
answer, ai msuncc ioia aim mat
except tor themselves there was
no living soul In all this lighted
house.
That dog lying there poisoned
these empty echoing rooms what
dark thing- lay behind this un
nerving mystery of silence and
desolation?
That fear Sant spoke of having
seen in Severn's eyes ad it ma
terialized suddenly without warn
ing, found the fugitive out in his
hiding place here? It was as
though they stood on the edge oL,
the dark, not knowing what se
crets lay hidden In the shadows
beyond. Wynter met Sant's eyes.
"We've got to search the hous,
of course; but we shan't find any
one here."
"Severn may have gone out to
stretch his legs; be back any mo
ment." suggested Sant uneasily.
But evidently he had little faith
In his own nossible emlanattnn.
" But he expected me had sent
that urgent message. And then,
too, no servants." retorted Wyn
ter. "How many servants are
there?",
"Only three; more weren't ne
cessary with Severn abroad.;- "A
man and his wife, who were here
In his uncle's time, trs well as a
younger man who does wdd jobs
in the garden and house."
They made a systematic search
of the whole of the great rambling
old house; every room, every at
tic, every cupboard. Their suspi
cion was now definitely confirm
ed. Not a trace of Severn, or the
servants.
Significant
' The two men were left helpless
ly bewildered and baffled.
In the dining-room they had
found a cold supper for two laid
on the table.
"Evidently laid in readiness for
you and Severn, .Wrnter," said
Sant. "But why should it have
been laid 'In advance unless the
servants were going to be out?
There's a possibility of that, of
that, of eourse; that they'll turn
up presently.' But Severn himself,
expecting you, wouldn't have left
the house like this of his own ac
cord. And that dog . . ." Sant
drew a deep breath. "God knows
what's been happening here but
we've come too late?
Except for an overturned chair
ia one of the ro6ms a room
where apparently Frank Severn
had .been sitting, for there were
several cigaret ends lying on the
hearth where a fire still smoul
dered, and on a small table near
stood an unfinished whiskey and
soda there was sign of any
struggle or violence. Only that
poisoned dog in r the hall . . . .
grimly aignlficant, that.
(To be continued) -
MRS.- WALLACE HOME
RICKEY Aug. 29. Mrs. T.
Wallace and daughter Miss Let tie
Wallace hare returned from an
extended visit to Boston and
other eastern points. Miss Wal
lace Is an instructor in the Brooks
school. -
SUfcetHEY LEFT US
BROKE,! I WISH
HOMERlLSMffii
INSURANCE
AGENCY-
HAD INSURED
US
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