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PAGET" FOUR The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, November 15, 1931 "No Favor Sways Us? - . 1 1 From First Statesman, March 28, 1851 - ' THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. V Chaeles A. Sr&Acrcx, Sheldon F. Sackeit, Pubttihan CHARLES A. SPRAGCE . - Editor-Manager i Sheldox F. SxCkett - - Managing Editor Member of the Associated Press The Aasoctated Prase Is esclualvaly entitled to the va tot Publica tion of all newa dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited In ' Pacific Coast Advertising Representativesj Arthur W. Stype. Inc. Portland. Security Bid. . , Baa Francisco, Sharon Btdg. : Los Anselea, W. Pac BUc- - Eastern Advertising Representatives: Ford-Parsans-Stecher, Inc., New York, Salmon Tower Bid., ' a - J-J,. a A Tkf UtflhlMfl A Vat ' Entered at tka Poeteffiee at Salem, Oregon, am Second-Class Matter. Published every morning except Monday. Burmese off tee, Z15 8. uommerctai street. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Mall Subscription Kate !n Advarc. Within Orepn: Dany a-a Sunday, 1 Mo. t centa: S Ma IL2S; Ma. f ": ear 00 Elsewhere 60 cants per Mo, or $5.00 tor 1 year In advance. Br City Carrier: 45 cents a month; $5.00 a year In advance. Per Copy S centa On tratna and Newa Stands 6 cent Recognizing Russia THE Oregonian ha3 reversed its attitude toward Rus sian recognition and joins the growing number of those papers and individuals who would have the United States move toward a rapprochement with Russia. The Statesman has been of this opinion for years, and is pleased to note the change in opinion of the Portland paper which now feeb that our continued aloofness "would indicate merely stubbornness." It indicates more than that: obtuseness and ' T deadly indifference. As The Oregonian says recognition would not mean approval either of the means by which the soviet came into power, nor of its economic theories. In the matter of debts f -Russia has in the past indicated a willingness to enter into conversation on the question, has some possible ground for ; roiinter-claims on account of our Archangel invasion, and certainly is not in much worse ; other foreign debtors. . t. iV It is folly tff think we can shut out communistic theor- ies by the policy of non-recognition. Ideas are. not subject 4 to quarantine. Lack of diplomatic intercourse does not insulate us from communistic infection. The traditional policy of the United States was to rec ognize de facto governments of other lands. That was our practice with revolutionary governments In South America. ' It continued so until about the time of President Wilson who set up the new doctrine of selective recognition, ref us- 1 ing to recognize the Huerta regime in Mexico because it came to power with bloody hands. Recently Secretary Stimson in the face of fresh revolutions in South America, ;. reverted to the old American policy of recognizing de facto governments. The same policy should apply to Russia. The ' barriers in the way of repudiation of debt and confiscation j of property of our nationals are proper subjects for negotiation. President Hoover should make a frank gesture in the 1 way of opening conversations looking to our recognition of the United States of Soviet Russia. Progress in 20 Years ABERDEEN, Washington had a "communist" parade one night last week when a crowd of 500 marched through the business district and staged a demonstration before the f city hall. They sang "red" songs, and demanded free rent, food, gas, water and light for unemployed and fifty cents ! an hour minimum wage in relief work. The news story : ended: "There was no disorder." l. That is quite a change from 20 years ago when the I. yV. W.'s were on a rampage in western Washington. A i boatload of wobblies was shunted around between Seattle - and Everett and several were if memory serves us right. Hi Gill was mayor of Seattle and R. H. Hartley of Everett. Down on Grays Harbor the : wobblies fomented strikes and selves deputized and ran the man was killed. Soap box . lumber mills and logging camps were subject to frequent l: strikes and sabotage. After 20 years the styles haven't changed much when men are out of jobs and their families are hungry. It is - worth noticing, however, that instead of running the "reds" out of town by forcible means as was done then, leading citizens of the towns labor to provide employment or relief. Even when the radicals storm the city hall "there was no . disorder". So it may be set down that the leading cits. : have learned something in 20 years. That is progress. There will need to be somo discrimination nsed in the drive for , charity funds and in the application of the rule for state employes ..of ono day's pay a month. Individual circumstances vary greatly. There may bo some on very low wages who are already doing more ? than their share to support relatives in need. Some may have large . families while others drawing the same wages have no one depen- dent on them. The governing committee which are collecting these funds should be prepared to deal with Individual cases. This community can easily raise all that is needed for poor relief; and It can be done without imposing hard ships on afly one. In fart if there is more of the voluntary spirit ' appealed to and less of the pressure method just as much money will bo raised and it will be done with a hearty goodwill blessing the givers as well as those who Jonathan K. Bourne has Southern Pacific after 30 years he has been seriously ill. but is so Jauntily as was his wont. Bourne shares with C. P. Bishop the distinction of being the best-dressed man in town. Times have changed in the ticket-selling business which was Bourne's job with the railroad. We have heard him tell of the number of tickets a would sen on excursions to pounded his date stamp till he His many friends here wish for and many years or enjoyment of We are not particularly enthusiastic over President Hoover's home loan bank plan. If it is Just to gussle more credit in con struction It may mean inflation which is Just what is causing the pain now. The difficulty has been too much building on second end third mortgages until the country became overbuilt on apart ment houses, stores, otfice buildings. Defaults In Interest payment us puuaiuKi nave oeen numerous. The country must get this over load, off its stomach before healthv ponntrnrtlnn m k Mnmu ThH S!5Jtp0l,lt now to the end nuuuit wm resume soon conservative costs which prevail - gT" 'nwemSt ? f m Card A their husbands, past. Vri riVr ,Q0riA son aas hifted mat, from a Svorcid Tl. n,rtr5h.'POrt8man- Now Ce-nrtance Bennett, once Th tomorrow. husband eome. a mttTatfr . fuVcoa rSTtt Johannson and Hsr ;7T"p;.r.! Bl uiiuci mar as imnrsi hsui ietna04 TeWrVnT'rdriWornrifanr Tey eoSdE Kow wUl both the Coarha. hotavsUy? No Fear Shall Awtf position than some of our I killed in attempting to land the irate citizens had them I. W. W.'s out of town. One oratory was common then, and with understanding and sympathy benefit from their generosity. retired from the service of toe of service. For some weeks past out again now though he walks not Newport or Portland: and how ha grew big callouses on his hand. him full .restoration of his health the leisure he has earned. ot this necessary deflation period on me oasis of real needs at the present time. awatwaa on fatTAwa . . . avi ... naivexaiues go; or Yesterdays . . Of OM Baku rm Tallas troam Thai States dm of Earlier Days November 15, 1000 Train service south -will contin ue to bo impaired tor somo tints as tho result of tho rising waters of tho Santlam river. Tho river yesterday carried away more of tho falsework surrounding tho railroad bridge at Jefferson. FINDLAT, O. The grand Jury yesterday found indictments against John D. Rockefeller In connection with Infringements of anti-trust laws by tho Standard Oil company. Price-fixing was one of tho complaints. Tho local chapter of the Oregon rifle and revolver association re ceived six r tional marksman bat tons, competed for last month. They were awarded to Q. L. Pugh, R. Shelton, O. T. D. Brandt, Lloyd Hauser", A. P. Aufranc and George L. Frazure. Complete alteration of the three stories of tho Marion coun ty court house is set forth in ten tative plans under consideration by the court. The improvements will include addition of an eleva tor and of a room for women, who now may serve on tho Jury. Turkeys are selling for 28 cents a pound alive and 37 cents dresed. Governor Olcott and Secretary of State Kozer have come back at State Treasurer Hoff, In their present feud, by refusing to ap prove a bill submitted to the board of control for printing cop ies of a report by Hoff. They claim the report is political prop aganda for the treasurer. Statesman reporters yesterday asked this question: "Do you fa vor more bonds or higher taxes as a means of balancing5 the United States government budget?" Martin F. Ferrer, attornevi "I favor a higher income tax and a sales tax on luxuries. Thus those who can will pay and we will avoid more Donded debt which means more interest." William C. Jones, Willamette university, economics department: "Such things are impossible for an indefinite time. Short time bonds only are possible for this year. Tho government must be run on a business basis with mini mum debts; hence, bonds are not advisable too many times." Henry E. Morr!i, optometrist: "It's six of one and a half dozen of the other. Bond, take a longer time to be paid while taxes are quicker." Captaim Ben O. Faagfat, city fire department; "If a sinking fund is created to take care of these bonds, I think they are all right. To vote a bond issue with out some provision of retiring it is not right" Forrest W. Poorman, .ex-assistant stat purchasing agents "I would say 'taxes to meet the budget'." Mrs. Mary Watson, housewife: "I am spending enough money In taxes as it is. If the government would spend less it would have more money." Daily Thought 'Duncan is in his grave: After life's fitful fever he sleeps veil. Sbakespeare. 6 of 8 Postal Job Applicants Get by Civil Service Exam INDEPENDENCE. Not 11 Six of the eight applicants passed the civil service examinations for Postal clerk and village carrier neia ai tne nigh school October 17, according to the report re ceived at th Independence post- umco jj-riaay. The successful ones ir r.n. Travis, Norval Taylor, J. c. Wine- gar, A. H. Dixon, Melvin Clod felter and J. W. Bandeen of Deer Island. The examination WSB POnitnrta1 by Manley Burrlght. New Views LAY SERMON A PRESENCE Wna y on kT that taa toon and narar to aar that ya ara aW tZ Xtes? " 004 U There is a discipline la silana. in solitude. And we miss that discipline now when the ve locities of social enntata li increased greatly. Rarely do we shut out the clamor of the crowd, the hum of whirling ma chinery, the strident voices of the markets. Rarely do we enjoy darkness. At night the streets are luminous with garish signs and the regmlarly placed street lamps. Stars once the signposts of the mariner are now hut the dee oration of the night sky and the curiosity of the astrophysicist. Houses, garages, barns: twitch 2. u lwtt 4 theT ar flooded with light. Lonely paths are 0- Inminated by handy flashlights. W.f? f61 aIoa to the dart So It is that rarely does one feel the presence ot God. The objective minded, the ra tionalist may have no sueh exper ienee. He deals with patent facts, with assured realities. He recog nises no presence which is not vis ible and ponderable- no faat. JUA .f hIli' eaw ae voice in the dark. For him God lsnot a .preawaco even though he may con HERE'S HOW MJNESS WHO FOUND AN UNUSUALLY HARD METAL IN SAXON SAID ''OLD NICK"K PUT IT THEtC AND YfcN w trv wii ir im AJCTHArS tY EATING TOO MUCH SAT U $. CHEMISTS, f AT PERSONS WHO SAT THE LESS THEY CAT THE PATTER THEY GET ARE JUST FIBBERS X A NIWIAMN ".eUAKB ...... Of COILED WIRE, ELECTROCUTES ALL INSECTS THAT V w" as a 0 a t m Tuesday: "Picking Football BITS for BREAKFAST -By R. J. HENDRICKS John Brown's son in Salem: S S "a (Continuing from yesterday:) They fared on the best the coun try afforded. Their free-state friends aided them in every pos sible way, as secretly aa they could. Out after them were 200 U. S. troops, with occasional skirmishes; but the regular sol diers were wary of coming close. A month passed; several were killed, on both sides. "a But now a new officer was sent to take charge ot the U. S. troops; with fresh instructions from Washington. New England was making trouble for congress, and so were other free state sec tions. The fierce little prairie fire out in Kansas might flame into a conflagration; oven a war. The secretary of war sent Col. Richard Brydges. This part of the book makes a long story. Brydges was the son of a woman who had been a girlhood sweetheart of old John Brown. She was a-widow now, and was running an "under ground railroad" at Cincinnati, helping slaves across the line, to freedom. She was a fiery aboli tionist, and knew John Brown's movements, and was aiding him. A great story. Col. Brydges asked "Captain Brown", in a polite message, for an Interview, expecting to deal with an uncouth and ignorant outlaw or a fanatic. He found a Christian gentleman and lealot. who knew more of history and the rules of warfare than he did. John Brown had a letter from the mother of CoL Brydges. He handed it to the son to read. If interested, you may read it, from the book. The colonel told Brown that it was his desire to bring about a state of peace in Kansas; that this was the wish of his superiors at Washington. They parted, each to consider the matters over which they had talked. Three days afterward they met again. Quoting tho book: "a S "Behind these two horsemen rode 'two more Salmon Brown and the colonel's orderly. Toung Brown was arrayed like unto his father; he carried the heavy rifle, with a Jaunty touch, that seemed to match the solitary eagle s feather worn in his slouch hat a sly bit of Irony for the benefit of the tightly, bright ly buttoned orderly. But the or aeriy and salmon were soon on good terms; youth quickly makes friends, and Uncle Sam's soldier boy had a wholesome respect for a man who was one of 40 to hold at bay 200: and Salmon assumed that the other must be a brave lad or the colonel would not have chosen him for this of fice. . . They rode full 60 yards behind their superiors, and as Salmon chatted he balanced the rifle with a single forefinger and ran his eye across the nrairle this way and that for any chonce roe.THere was a price on his rather s head and a warrant of arrest for himself. . . "Do voa ceive of a deity as supreme Intel llgence. But for persons like St. Fran cis, God is a vlrid reality, his presence frequently felt, his com- panionsnip a constant possession For tnem God is an experience. Mystics they are, who Uve In an atmosphere like the poet, far above the level of the here and tne now. k Living at times may be meas ured by one's resistance to pres sure: to the pressure ot business now too all-absorbing; to the pressure of social obligations, of ten distressfully numerous; to the pressure or -things to do". Though we -parcel our time with care each unit of the day la filled with activity. If en and women ara Marthas, "busy with much serv ing. Whet time ta left then tor rest and quiet, for delicious soil tudeT. When jnay we shut the doom and make "a darkness wiinin- aa old Eplctetus wrote about? There are manv nioas folk who make the Sabbath a whirli ng of religious duties. Meditation ia a strangely- archaic word. No, men and women are not alone much today; and that may be one reason why they seldom entertain that presence which the soul eager for comradeship and refuge has from the time of the old Greek Stole, and tor centuries "wore, eaued "God". By EPSON a Sni Tr All VJffVT. - WHtiii' .r.lii..,.i. Players by Laboratory Tests" know who that man is coming up over the knoll?" S S This question was asked ot the colonel by John Brown. Brydges knew him; he was the newly ap pointed sheriff. The sheriff sa luted; remarked that he bad thought best to come out and ride in with tho little party to avert any possible trouble that the citizens of Lecompton might make. ' 'By the way.' remarked the sheriff aa they rode forward, 'by the way. Captain Brown, you of course know that the offer of a reward of 11,000 for your arrest is still valid?' ' Yes, I know.' 1 'Well. I have the warrant now in my pocket.' ' 'You'd better keep It there. Mr. Sheriff!' "Why?' ' 'It you take it out. I'll kill you.' ' 'Oh. I was only Joking.' ' 'You are unwise to Joke with death.' 'They reaehed the village of Lecompton. Governor Geary, who had recently been appointed, came rorward and greeted Captain Brown as one gentleman greets another. . . Congress had wisely relieved Shannon and put a more diplomatic man in his place. , . Personally, he confessed to Brown that he sympathised with the slave holder, but he was there to act as governor ot tho whole peo ple; . . . hoped that prosperity would come to all. . . He (Brown) smiled with a halt smile of sat isfaction when Governor Geary admitted that the Browns had practically carried the state tor freedom." (The demand of Gov ernor Geary was that the Browns should leave the territory. When the conference had proceeded at length, quoting the book, the governor asked:) 'And now will you consent to leave?' " 'Yes, I will go, but my sons are land owners here I want them to stay.' "So a compromise was effected. whereby Brown was to leave the territory within 10 days; his men were to disband and return to their homes; amnesty was to be granted for all past offenses; and none but actual settlers who had been in the territory three months should be allowed to vote at fu ture elections. This was put in the form of a stipulation and duly signed. . . Captain Brown and Col. Brydges accepted Governor Geory's hospitality for the night." On his way back to his camp, accompanied by CoL Brydges, John Brown found his son Fred mortally wounded shot from ambush by Martin White, a Methodist preacher. No arrest was made, the sheriff making the plea that "Rev." White did not know that peace had been concluded. Soon after. White was found dead in his own dooryard shot between tho eyes. Joan Browns nand haa sep arated and gone to their homes. While he was at Osawatomie saying goodbye to his children and grandchildren, he received a letter reading: "Westport. Miasorul. Sept. 10. 1856: To Old Man Brown. King of the Kansas Yankees: So you have got to git at last! We feel so sorry you are going to leave us but when the governor says yon have got to go, and the U. 3. army says so, too, wo can only say farewell, and may the devil take you! But slavery is not dead in Missouri and It never will die, for we are not Puritans, but sensible folks. There is to bo an auction of niggers here next Thursday, come over if you can the boys will make it pleasant for you. Yours truly, Charles Carver." a - S This was the "Captain Carver" whom Salmon Brown had whip ped on election day eighteen months before; the man who had stolen the cattle and horses of the Browns, and had given them up after his "Interview" with old John Brown. cynical smile lighted up John Brown's weather beaten face on reading the in sulting letter. .But he thought little of the matter for the moment. However, an Incident of that very night de- elded aim upon accepting the in vitation ot Carver and to slight ly anticipate the date of his do ing so; and la a manner not dreamed of by the exultant au thor of the letter. (Continued, end eoacluded on Tuesday.) MASQUERADE . SYNOPSIS Leaving -t Hawaii shortly ntter her tather'a death, young and beautiful Fanchon Meredith goes to San Francisco where she meets and loves a handsome, man named Tony. Fanchon la shocked to learn that Tony Is a racketeer, implica ted in a recent murder. She, too. is now wanted. Fanchon escapee in aa airplane under the name of "Smith." Evelyn Howard, whom she had met on the boat coming from Hawaii ia aboard. Evelyn is 4 enrouto to New York to live with her aunt, the wealthy Mrs. Car stairs, whom she haa never met. After Fanchon confides In Eve lyn, the latter treats her cooly. The plane crashee and Fanchon is the only survivor. She decides to escape Tony and the past and tart life anew by masquerading as Evelyn. She requests a doctor to wire Mrs. Carstairs that "Eve lyn" is safe. A wire comes from Mrs. Carstairs saying that Collin cannot meet Fanchon. Fanchon learns Collin is Mrs. Carstairs' only son. CHAPTER IX The train pulled in at the sta tion. Stood, panting and throb bing. Fanchon gathered her few borrowed and she thought, wearily, stolen, belongings togeth er and. moved with the passengers toward the platform. Some of them looked at her curiously. AH looked at her, whether curiously or Kindly. One woman spoke to her, saying something breathless and hurried about . . . dreadful accident fortunate escape . . . . great Interest . . ..People drew aside to let her pass, whispered among themselves. Everyone knew, then. There might be more reporters waiting. The old sense of being hunted, the cold panic seized her again. She was con scious of a hysterical desire to laugh . . . long shrilly ... If the reporters, eager, intent and cour teous, back there at that big sta tlon, sitting there In the drawing room, had known, as they ques tioned her, that it was not alone the "sole survivor" who answer ed them, who replied wearily and reluctantly but with a like cour tesy, that it was not Evelyn How Amusement Hungry Stranger And His Quest for "Life By D. H. Talmadge, Sage of Salem One rainy morning during the ' past week I was draped over a stool at the Peter Pan cafe, dis cussing, innocently enough, a bit of toast and a dish of coffee. when a man on the adjoining perch, whose face would have been strikingly handsome had it been attached to a horse, poked a finger into my ribs. "Say, brother," said he. "what does a stranger do for amusement in this town?" "Give it up," said L "What does hs do?" "I'm asking you," said he. "You can't be serious," said I. "I am," said he. "There are four theatres." said I, "and there are sixty places where a stranger may eat, and there are taxicabs and poolrooms and a bowling place, and there are plenty of genial citizens who like nothing better than to exchange reminiscences of a past more or less checkered, and what are you looking for, anyway?" "Life," said he hollowly. That was all he wanted life! And life means so much and so many things! Perhaps he had something specifle on his mind. My nostrils caught a faint aroma remindful of a certain specific for tailing hair. But I mads no at tempt to answer his query. What use? Familiarity, of course, breeds contempt, which it shouldn't. And better neighbors are to be found elsewhere than in the localities where we reside, which is an er ror. The amusement hungry stran ger In Salem, I think, usually find what he wishes to find. Salem is little different In this respect from most of other towns and cit ies. To be sure, not all forms of amusements are so pronounced in making themselves apparent here as in certain other places. But we are th same humans. Much of the seeming difference lies in the fact that we cling more closely to our self respect than some others consider necessary. a mquirea not long ago or a young person with a comfortable Job, who had whined a wish to "get out into the world", what he really meant by It He did not pre cisely know. He was weary of the same old humdrum, he guessed. He wanted to see, and perhaps get in touch with the bit- men and vromen of the world. He craved to feast his eyes on new and won derful sights. H wanted to hear new sounds, smell new smells, ex perience new sensations. Some thing like that, you know. It waa all natural enough. I re call that I suffered that way once upon a time. I drifted from east to west and from west to east, and I dropped la now and then at pieces where the lid was off and was smiled upon by purveyors of amusement, some of them not en wreiy nice. Tot I saw nothlnr which I had not already seen la my oia nome town, it was less re strained, more daring, that was au, ana there was more of it. As for the great men and wom en of the world, the young ad venturer will flnd them little dif ferent from our own men and women. Ther la quite as much reaeon for being thrilled by the appearance ot Governor Meier on hla way to a hoard of control meeting as by the appearanee of President Hoover on the White House portico or the spectacle ot Mussolini reviewing the Roman police. And I venture to assert that Beywood Broun on Broad way presents a figure no more im pressive than that presented by Don Upjohn engaged in gathering the dally bunch ot violets for his newspaper. I reckon we attain but tew ot l the pleasures tor which we yearn i ii!ri fit "p You'ie not really, Evelyn Howard you can't be," this tail, beautiful woman had said. ard at all but the Mystery Wom an, the Gangster's Girl, who had occupied the press for some days past, what would they have said? How looked? What done? For the press had been a3 un happy as the police at not finding Tony's "broad." They had not even learned her name. For Tony, although Fanchon had not real ized It at the time, had been rath- in this life, and whon we do at tain them they hold no more of satisfaction than might have been attained at a lesser cost and far more pleasurably, viewed from that vantage nolnt sometime re. ferred to as "back to normal". Happy the mind that has realized numan limitations while yet the day of life is young! I have a vague recollection ot reading something long ago to the effect that tho entire scheme of creation Is embraced in anv nn of its simpler forms. I cannot say wnose idea It waa. Herbert Spen cer's, perhaps. I mixed Herbert Spencer now and then with Dia mond Dick and the two Dumas and Madam Dudevant and Cap tain Mayne Raid, to mention only a few of them, at that blissful period. A sweet mess! I gave little heed to the state ment at the time. I did not under. stand it, nor particularly care to unaersiana it. it may have meant that life and its nleasurea. to tha full extent of our capacity for ex perience, is to be found within reach of our present vision, that everything that is anywhere is within reach of our present vi sion, that everything that is any where is within our reach where- ever we may be, and the pursuit or pleasure or happiness across vast spaces of earth is largely due tj the urging of delusion and ter minates ia the sadness of disap pointment. Should I chance to again en counter the man of the equine countenance I shall ask him but no, I shall ask him nothing. Ah, if Tusko could only talk! There Is a being that has some reason for deploring the monotony of existence. SEND JOBLESS TO "If we nut Into school all sons not needed la indnatrv fhw. will be no unemployment," declar es a letter received by George ng. city scnool superintendent, from Casper L. Redfleld of Chi cago. "Just another of tho thtngs."SuDerintendent Hn farm ed the communication. Redfleld goes on to advocate paying those persons he would have in school, "for thir work- in imnrovinr the analltl&a Af imarl. can ciuxensnip. Tne man propos es mat congress ant&orixa th president to collect from employ ers a seasonable percentage on their payrolls and turn the money over to tne states to be paid to minors In the publle schools. He stated he Intended to lay his pian oerore a congressional com mlttee. and asked the superintend ent's opinion of it. Harold Hannegan Builds' Bis' Garage On Father's Place WACONDA Not. 1 Waathar permitting the 14 by 20 foot gar age oeing ouui- en tne unaries Hannegaa property will be com plated the last ot the week. Mr, Hannecan'a eon. Harold, ara it has done most ot the construction work. Mrs. Tom Shlvalv ha aiiffaraA a stroke last week is alowly re covering. She is being eared tor at her home by her daughters. Mrs. George Smith, this community aa atre. tieuie uetgei ot Hood Kiver. r PROPOSAL By FAITH BALDWIN er careful where he was seen with her. He had not been "seen" with her at all . . . until that one last fatal night. And then It had been Rosle who had upset the apple cart. But Rosle had not known Fanchon's name, either. Yet, the press would have been very happy to have found her, as happy, al most, as the police,- for the press would have made a front page hu man interest storr out of it which would have echoed from coast to coast. But thev had Questioned her as the "sole survivor" and as Mrs. Carstairs' niece, and had gone away. Ignorant and perfectly sat isfied in their ignorance. Fanchon left the train. Now she was walking up tho talrs. 1. lw she was aDnroachlnr the barriers. She bit hark tha da- sire for reckless hysterical laugh ter. Tears were in her eyes. Tears of fatigue: tears of terror: of shaking nervousness. A woman stenned forward from the crowd at the barrier and took her Into her arms. "Evelyn my dear!" said th woman. Her voice waa verv deen tbtt low. She was. Fanchon realized Instantly, in a moment of stunned amazement, the most beautiful woman she had ever seen. Sha carried more than SO years like a banner. She was tall and alender. She had great blue eves and a clear pallor and a sweet curved mouth. Under her small hat her hair was silver white. She had lovely hands. And there wera tears on her cheeks to match Fan chon's own tears. For a brief moment Mrs. Car stairs held Fanchon away at arms le-ngtn. Then she exclaimed, puz zled. Incredulous . . . "But you're not Evelyn, are you . .? not really Evelyn How ard. You can't be!" Fanchon's heart tnrnad over her breast. The flush of excite ment faded, and her golden skin was gray with shock. To have travelled so far nnon hr turt.,it road of deception, to have braced nerseir, to have dared so much and then with tha firet oH nr greeting to face defeat! ou re not really Evelyn How ard .. . you can't be . . ." thia tall, beautiful woman had said. Thus, with tha first mnvh tween them Fanchon encountered, so she fancied, bewilder fright ened and ashamed, shame dis grace perhaps worse. A mental vision of courts, newspaper head lines, perhaps even bars wavered on the shuddering screen of her mina. tn swayed back from Mrs. Carstairs . . . stammerlna- um. thing ... a vain, a mad nrotMt. Jennie Carstaira arm wm around her again, holding her In a close and comforting clasp. She w". uuica, contritely, "Dear, I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to startle, to nnaat n ia after all you've been through! What an old idiot I am. Come, we'll go to the car. Let the porter take your little bag ... . Your trunk won't come for several days out we u attend to all that" Talking, she half lad rtn,. out through the station and the crowds to the big parked car. The chauffeur Jumped down from his seat, touched his cap. took tho plt- ui uwe Dorrowed suitcase and opened the door. Mechanically. Fanchon climbed in. It was early evening. Fifth ave nue was at its best and loveliest nnder tho alantlna- The ear moved ahead smoothly. puweriuiiy. a, luxurious beautifully fitted. "How allly T was." ah. car. said again anoleretfallv couldn't believe that anything aa beautiful as you could belong in our family!" So that was it. Fanchon flush ed deeply, rose over gold. 'Mrs. Carstairs said softly. "What lovely coloring . . you didn't tell mo . . . your littlo let-' tern were so stiff and tunny. Dark hair, blue eyes, yon said. I had only tho little snapshot to go on. he looked in her flat handbag and drew out a worm little photo graph . . . "see?" Fanchon looked and felt her heart constrict again. There they were, she and Evelyn Howard. Fanchon herself stood at the boat ralL bareheaded., the breese ta her dark curia. She was laughing. JCvelym. rather prim la a sweatsr suit, stood behind her. (To be continued) 7