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PAG2 TQXTZ- i: CllEd ON STATESilAN, ! SalznV OMcnvrTh'aiayIorniit?f - TJarch2ilS52- 1 ft. Aw .a e . 'Wo Favor SwaytUs: NeKearSh&'Aict" '.J: -From First SUtesinarMarch i$, 18515" : THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. -i Charles A. Spuacit, Shtxdoh FV Sacxett, Publuher$ Charles A. Snucvz Sheldon P. Sackttt I Member of the Associated Press , The Associated PreM i esclualvelr entitled to the um tor publica tion of aU nfwt diepatrhee credited to U c not otherwise credited la in paper Pacific Coast Advertising Representatives: Arthur W. Fttypev I no, Portland. Sevr J5dv,,' . : San Francisco, Sharon Bids.; Los AtPl-a,. W. Pac. Bids. , j Eastern Advertising RepresenUti - i Ford-Parsons-Stecher. Ine, New Tort 271 Madlaoe Ave.f i . . Chicacot See N. MicWitan An. .. Enfred at the PatUffux at Salem, Oregon, at Second-Close Matter. Published every morning except - Monday. BuMxnes office. SIS S. Commercial Street. - ' . SUBSCRIPTION RATES v Subscription Rat". i Ad eance. Within Oregon: pally i Mall Sunday. 1 Mo. 69 rents: I Sto. EUewnere cents par Mo r $V for 1 year In advance. By Ctty Carrier: 45 cents a month; . a year la advance. Copy 1 rente. . On train and Newa Stands 3 cent. tOur v01e ManRibber ; OUR w01e Man Ribber" is a friendly fellow even in his seasons of exuberance. The Willamette in flood never goes berserk in rage like the tiny Mill creek in Walla Walla which periodically, rips up stireefcv. washes away homes and . rutns stocks of goods in .stores. True there have been times i tBen the, river.which runs past our back door has done dam age, swept away bridges and cut into fields, but those events have been few and widely separated in time. Ordinarily the Willamette handles the excess waters f heavy rains and melting snows with, a calm efficiency for which those who have pitched houses on its banks should be duly, grateful. For most of its course "the river runs between banks of fair height The lowlands bordering it serve very satisfactor ily as emergency reservoirs to handle the overflow. Consid ering the fact that the gradient , from source tor mouth it is surprising that the 'Stream does no more cutting than it does. Instead of lashing about wildly on its occasions of flood the banks, fills the hollows of neighboring fields, and then in a few days oulckly recedes. leaving little damage, merely a fresh deposit of silt on the fields. ""' - - So people: here rarely become alarmed when the spring freshets come. They have confidence that the banks will take care of the stream flow, or if itants of the river bottoms know from experience how high to build their houses and bams, and when to drive in the stock from exposed points when th river starts to rise. This year, with the stream flow reaching very healthy proportions not even the loss of a horse or '.There were some thrills, it is true, which will cause those who experienced them to remember the year. At Eugene some merchants eager to play golf sent a man on horseback to the clubhouse to get their outfits. On the return trip the horse stumbled and the rider dropped all his cargo in the . murky waters in sight of the helpless golf-fans. At Albany a youth paddling a boat over a a stream from the nearby jiver had Ms boat capsize but saved himself by grasping the trunk of a tree. Over on the Santiam near Dever two boys out in a boat in the flood waters tried to row home throueh timber. and lodged it fast between trees, but their halloos brought timelv rescue. .. , We are fortunate that the river does run swiftly, that no levees are required to bound its flow, and that we have these convenient bottoms which at the early spring season can serve as catch basins for river floods, draining out quick- 1 as the river falls, with no damage to the lands and little inconvenience to the people. Thare is alwajTs fascination in a flood as in a fire; but when it is so harmless as the Wil- - lamette usually is; the people watch the swollen waters racing seavard. ' . ! i Portland's Recall TIORTLAND'S famed "committee of 50" is now launching IT recall petitions against Mayor Baker, City Commission ers Mann and Riley and District Attorney Langley. The charges, with the exception of those against Mann who is under indictment for some alleged offenses of minor char acter, are childish. They merely represent the agitation of , oolitical irresixmsibles bent on surprising if the committee of teemen to sign the petitions. SiDie ior xnem to get enougn signers to sucn amy peuiwus even in a city like Portland which is subject to frequent - spasms of political cramps. , The journalistic hand-organ of the "committee of 50" is the NewsTelegram. This Scripps publication has suffered from ecljpse since its consolidation with the Telegram and the return of Gov. Meier into the affections of the.Oregon ian. So it has to start a new claque to promote its circulation ' and give it an excuse for continuing to exist; since only by . bare odds can it be credited with being any sort of a news paper. So it becomes the mouth-piece for the "committee of 30" which te run by.Harry Gross attorney and Rev. Bjorn Johannson who are prominent among the political wild- ; cats of Portland. ,:::.J:-L . ; i It is true that complacency is one of the vices In our public life, and the indifference of voters. So it is good occa sionally for probes .and political overturns r to occur. But perhaps an even greater evil ia mob rulethe, subservience of ' office holders to the clamor of rabble-rousers. This Portland exhibition of a recall of men: who are giving on .the whole quite a decent administration of municipal affairs isan ex ample of incompetence of democratic: govenunent. With all our education and all our years experience in government ' the people still make considerable of a , botch of the business of governing themselves ' - Rap. Ralney defending 'tbe aalea Ux acaiDSt attack by Labor federation nrAaldcmt Rreen. aald: Cnlesa wa restore tb ft aOlTency of the roTernment w will faea a eoma naceaaarv t ent the aalarr a tha alarht million nnemBlorad and tha tea mllUon who BATS : Ud their pay cat would aay: "Wouldn't tbat bo Just terrible? Down In Medford they have teeth. Sometimes they have addled leem is something new. .tyi Mbington again after more equal rights. They VLAnk rtau we like appropriations: they always come back ur ware. . -.- www us7ii .an u i us w arnwMjei prospect. . -IT -,..r A. A. Dumbeck Gets Word That Father K Die in Minnesota . CRDALE, March " 2 Jl. .mbv wceired word tt.Aber San, day at his home in Mapieton, Min nesota. . .. iir. and Mrs. Albert - Hennles hid . - Editor-Manager - Managing Editor and !.! Mo. JZ.25; X jeer 14.00. Per of the stream is rather sharp rivers "merely overflows ; its not the lowlands will. The hab cow is reported golf course which was running The current caught their boat do not take much trouble to making trouble. It would be 50 got all. their own commit Certainly it would not De pos- terribla aftaation . . Jtt wHl be- of eTarr fOTernment CQPloyo.' discovered a new disease. -mottled pates down that way; hat mottled -if 'CV ' .1 . - ........ . :. . a m. v a - .m .' , -""; .VIUI f were hosts . U a dinner at thaie rge troupat home Sundar. Preseat were Mr. and Mra. lTj Henniesv Mr. and Mrs. Ed ShiS: tTf. V' M CharUe SUn- frank Shilling and the hosts Mr. IrJS . Mr. and Mrar Earl Near and two chUdran of Corvallis and Mr. and Mrs. Prather of Turner, were Tlsltors w u iae oay. tercl I .: Of Old Salam. Towa Taika from Tha Statea ; ' aui of Earlier DayevV?' March 84. 1007:" ' The1 people of Woodburn and rlclalty turned out la larre num. bera! 'yesterday v to wltnesa " the plendtd horao show held la that city under the ausplcea of the Woodburn Livestock association. SUyton 1 to Toto on bondlnr the town, for tlO.Oee tomorrow, it la for the purpose of bunding wat er works. Dayton la to bato a, brick yard and a boojn la' predicted tor the settlement. TV people down that way are trying to get a motor line connection with Salem. - ' March 25, 1923 work baa been begun on tha long-promised enlargement of the King's rroaucta Dlant In North Salem, to twice lta nresent factor also and practically three tlmea lta present capacity. The company wiu apena sz,eee. r - J onn xarlaon. raard . at tha a - . . - state penitentiary who yesterday V.a. ac- a - - w uoi tna lnsuntiT kiiitwi Jimu Ogle, life-termer at the orison. " jcoiwuir exoneraiea im n. coroner a ; jury. i. . i, ; in smma Sbanfelt will May queen or W uuuetu nnir. aity this year as a reanlt at a tn. dent body election resterdar Hr awenoanw win he allaa Triai iaicniora and Miss Eva Roberts x esieraay statesman reDortera asked this question: "What ar your views on Salem school teach ers' ? salaries: knowlnr the i among the lowest In tha atata snouid they be still further reduc ed7",- - E. A. Brown, advertising man- ageri "i.aoa t aea how this can 1 J Ha no uunu wnen saiem leacners are now drawing as small salaries as any teachers In the state." (ilen T. Morris. Court Street dairy store: "I don't know. All other business employes nave been taking a cut, and I don't lee wny teachers everywhere should not. However, It may make it different if Salem teachers have been below those in other cities in the state," 8. K. Dodge, aatomoblle sales man: "No, I personally am in fa vor of increasing salaries. I favor raising the standards of workers at all times. When you cut his salary, yon decrease his stand ards and efficiency. We want to encourage the school teachers to be more efficient. Therefore we should remunerate them accord ingly." ; Korabelle Pratt, school teacher '1 think It's a crime. I think their salaries ought to be raised. School teaching la too hard work for those low salaries. Mrs. J. Bent, homemaker: "Re duce the salaries of Salem teach ers? Ridiculous. I can't see how we get such excellent teachers as we have for the low salary now being paid." Mrs. It.' C. Howl, homemaker: "No, teachers' salaries certainly should not be cut In Salem. How they manage to get the education it takes to be able to teach here and then accept such low-prevafl- Ing salaries as they do Is a Ques tion as things are." Daily Thought "The tree which moves some to tears of joy la In the eyes of others only a green thing- which stands In the way. Some see Na ture all i ridicule and deformity, and by these I shall not regulate my proportions; and some scarce see Nature; at all. But to the eyes New Jiews : Daily Health By ROYAL S. COPELAND, M. D. STOMA Is an uncomfortable disease, characterised by periodic attacks of shortness of breath. These attacks are ac companied by signs of irritation of the - bronchial tubes, with ex pectoration ef -mucus, -ft-r - The accepted theory is that the symptoms' are produced by . a spasm i which involves the ' muscles ; of the smaller i bron chial tabes. To be frank about it, tha causes of this anasm has furnished a real M Cepelaad problem to the medical profel on. -- Aatamatto attacks aaay eeemr at aay -.tane from tnfaacy te eld age. bat caUdren and yoang adults tar nish tne largeec number or cases, xa certain tamaies asthma may ec la each of several gxaeratlona. neurette i tendency, is- supposed to faver the development of the dlaa : The exciting causes of asthma ere many. Setae cases, usually traced to pollen, may Occur only la the Sum mer monetae, Others, perhaps doe te hiddea Infections la the throat or nasal alsuaes, may oecvr only la Wmter. Sudoea cnaagea of tare, cold winds. Indigestion or emotion may be followed bv attacks. : Ton know tbat certain foods ap pear to be more er lees poisonous te some persona, : Such poisonous ef fects Include astiimatlea.Tmptoms, but la a recent survey lea taaa fifty per cent et eases were traced to soca causes. Contacts with Aandrttfr. featbera, cat hair, sachet powder, orris root or rice powder were xocma responsible tor attacks at certain patients. In chSdren articles ec food, such as err, cereals and. In rare cease, cow's mnv. bave ba found so be responsible la soi m an oases of asthma.' the first oequlatu tor . saccessful treatment -A A. r HERE'S HOW - -MISS . America ' GROWS ' HEAVIER 1 I. MM MlteoPrWB MOW INSTALL? frt -THe fAMEP MOSCU8 OP .f cADiii a. irrtjj arv g APi O rVcrY 5UA4AOft TWE- TiAcrUPUL TO THtefe Lies A PAY ACe TJ3LP Br ' THE AVCAre MM -IZEEACCrt 6Y TUB GEATLE ACT OP LYtHCr ClDQ,nofUSA SMOMTS fcj m . w a i Tomorrow: "To Sharpen BITS for BREAKFAST By R, J. HENDRICKS Oregon's first white Jane:- H (Continuing from yesterday:) However, according to long es tablished tradition, Jane was to have the reward. If not exactly of virture, at least of an adrentur- ous spirit. When the Isaac Toad at last , arrived at Canton, - with Jane as passenger, she Immediate ly proceeded, so . the story goes, to captivate an English gentleman of great - wealth, connected with the East India company,' who 'of fered her a splendid establish ment.' . . . . She 'prudently ac cepted,', and, according to Cox. who wrote In 1832, 'the last ac count I heard of her stated that she was then enjoying all the lux uries of eastern magnificence.' He does not state just when' this In formation arrived. a. y a. But, found Mr. Porter, there may hare been a different sequel. Quoting him in part: "Let the sad story be told in a letter from In- glls, Ellice ec Co., London, to Al exander McKenxie & Co., Mon treal, dated May 18. 1816 two years lacking four days since the death of Donald McTarlah and Alexander Henry, Jr.. and plain ly endorsed 'regarding Jane Barnes. It reads: "Captain Rob son' .having lately arrived from China, it became necessary to settle his accounts and In attempt ing to do this, we hare met with great difficulty from the circum stances of a very heavy charge made by him for the expenses and passage of a female home from China, which forms a very large feature of them. (It appears that the full charge was 717 pounds andvll shillings, but that there was a credit of $2000 paid by "Mr. Bethune" in China, leaving the balance 111 pounds 12 shill- iu,s.) To enable yon to decide this, with some Information on the equitable rights of all nartles. we enclose, by Capt. Robson'a de sire., copies of letters this woman has in her possession and an agreement entered into by the REPRESENTATIVE of the North West company, who went out la the Isaac Todd. He Is now, we un derstand in Montreal and will en able you, by such further infor mation as he can give yea on the subject to decide, as we are sure you will, upon the Just merits of of the man of imagination Nature is Imagination Itself. As a man is, so he sees." -William Blake. Bes tn discovering aad removing ab normal conditions of tne nose sad throat. -Centers of infection la the teeth mast be found and eliminated. Brilliant results to children bave to. lowed tne removal of diseased tonaus aad adenoids Before the setnsl attack eauni am there may be warning -armptoms, socb as tndlgestloa, mental depree ion. -chUUneas :or bronchitis, but sometimes the attack semis ea with out wsndsfc. During aa attack there is great curncuity la breathing, wltb rear oc surxocaaoa. and to victim dare not lie down. : . - Tne attack may pass off in a abort time, but It Is Ukelr te recur within a few hours; or there may be only a single attack, r with no further trouble for several weeks er months. xa tne treatment, as I bave tne cause must be sonant moved If possible. Certain about ' Which your doctor will tall you. WIU make It possible te Cad wnu psrucniar aructe ec rood pro duces the attack; It it is due te food poisoning. : This, et coarse, will be eianiaatee xrom tne patient s Tne evening saeal .eg em from asthma should be fight easily dlsested. T Nasal catarrh and bronchitis should be treated, aad unAna namna exeitement. ndus emotional expert muo . mam evenaugue must be nvmoea. Treaaneni wita eertala medlclaes and vaccines wUt de a lot la raverable cases. - - Xurtng the vlolaat stages oiL the attack, the burning of one of the va rious "asthma powdoio- may be re markably helpful: but asuaSy the mu-wicem oc pnyeuaa must be sought la order to cat short aa ab wre r 4 ;r-s- i .- I Answers to Health Querica r OWhat causes dreammgT ' Ju This la nsualry due te nervous nsse or some tatssttna! elstarbaaee. ve4 emung secsre reuring. . e e ., " C. U. W. What can be isr nresmmg oue to n " Ay Ten should have treatment for Talks nerrouaneaa. ' OwrlcM. ISO. S3a By EPSON jj mmmm P J , I i f.ll . i.as. m , .Fbom Tests OF AMEBlCUM aieLS.NvgcoM8 collBjB oocroes FlNP THAr eEACrtep rtMavfer Your Wits Fast' the claim.-The poor woman fur ther: desires to know where and to whom she Is to apply for the annuity promised her. We entreat your early answer, and Instruc tions on these .points.' "The above letter presents some verr interesting problems, among these being the. identity of the representative of the North West company who went out oh the Is aac Todd.' Normally this would seem to refer to none other than uonaid McTarlsh. but all that was mortal of that eentleman was men reposing in a handsome anot oemna , tne northeast bastion of rort George, beneath 'a small wuuumeni tolerably well . . en graved,' while no theological dog ma which I can locate would jus wiy tne assertion that his Mm mortal part' was in Montreal. . . It would be hard to say what mo tive jane Barnes would have in concealing the fact of his death irom the -London firm. The onlv other Individual who could be des cribed as a representative of the North West comoanv who went out In the Isaac Todd was John McDonald, of Garth, who started on that vessel and later transfer red, first to the Phoebe nnd fin nuy - to - toe- Kaeeoon, arriving at tne Columbia In conscanenea ear. Her than those who continued on tne xtorth West company's vesseL The scandalous possibility appears iuai jonn McDonald mar h, been the 'Mac' who wiled Jane Barnes away from the Portsmouth hotel, perhapa transferring her to mci avian wnen he himself went on board his Brittanic majesty's vessel, even as McTavIah later turned her over to Henrv. Rnt mis is too purely an aaanmntlnn to be given more than a bare MB. siaeratlon. The mention of an an nuity indicates something of our soventurous barmaid's csnnfneaa and shows that when Henry, in recoroung the virtuous unwilling- ess wiin wnicn ne Ilnall- yield ed to McTavish's pronosal to take cnarge of the errant damsel, men tioned that she had 'Disced bar af. lecuons elsewhere.' he should more correctly have spoken of her -interests." .... . "The above extract of a letter proves .... that even though the wages 01 sin may hot necessarilv be death, they are also rarely -or never a paiace ana an East Indian naeoD. wnetber in this case the wages of sin amounted to an an nuity seems Questionable. Person ally, however. I feel doubtful if even such a shrewd hussy as Jane Barnes wouia be a match. In mon ey matters, for those iron Scots wno made up the North West company. In all events she enjoy ea a most magnificent ride.. ..- v v . ; "However. . there is little need to feel too downcast over this nn romantic conclusion to the histor ic portion of Jane Barnes's car eer. Bhe probably had no trouble. wiu inoee c narms which had van aulshed both the grizzled old gov ernor and. the ardent young Chin- oos, -10 say- nomine or an ex perience which - no barmaid In Portsmouth or any other Enrllsh port couia matea, in securing, an otner opportunity to ply her old trade.' Both would undoubtedly as sist In bringing custom to her em ployers house. : V e "One can Imagine her, then. teuing ner story for the hund redth time, each narration accom panied by Its own exaggeration, iae ou smearea tut heeded In dlan transformed' Into an East In dian ' rajah, his wealth of dried salmon and sea otter skins becom ing pearls and diamonds Indeed here may be the origin of : the east Indian nabob' atory told by Cog.. But, aa the breathless audi ence learned, all his entreaties were fruitless. 'Let her who wants em have these foreign nobles, but give me Old England forever!' concluded the patriotic Miss Jane Barnes, accepting aa admirer's in vitation to Join him in a mug of oeer,'" w . ' -, - The writer submits that Mr. Porter contributed aa interesting and no doubt historically accur ate picture, albeit a necessarily sordid one, of Oregon's first white jane...;; . ; -. , And hlstorr la history, while we mig'ht wish more heroic things might be said concerning , the career and character of the first white woman in Oregon, there Is evidently no more to be said, wlth- if . I V 11 ILj 1-.V, ,V ..MiliVrTO,' ' V. SYNOPSIS ; . - j Prattv If arv Kannadv breaks her engagement to elderly Bock Lan dara, wealthy ' sports promoter. when she falls la lore win his young ward, Stave Uoore. Landers tries te force Uary to marry him by kidnapping Steve and threaten ing him, anlau she does. He gives Uatr twtnty-four hours to decide. She enlists the aid of Carlotta, Lan- darr former sweetheart, who ang Cests that a Airtation with Bat, Landers henchman, 'may torea! Stare's whereaboofa. Carlotta aad Mary go te see Landers aad Car lotta warns him against the kid napping. Landers' orders her eat. Later. Mary discovers aha has Car- lotta'a bag by mistake. It contains automatic. " Mary - encourages Bat, Flattered by her attentions. Bat takea alary to lunch. She hopes the liquor will make Urn talk. She learns - Steve's whereabouts and goes there alone. la a dingy flat. Mary is confronted by two thugs who deny all knowledge of Steve. CHAPTER Ml AST was silent. Gradually was beginning to dawn upon her that she had pro jected herself into a situation that might prove too much for her re sources. Something of her impetu osity began to f sds sad she realized tardily that aha should have sought halo. Any policeman would have aided her. - 111 tell you what well do," said Maxie. "Well telephone Buck and see what he says. , You doot need to worry about anything, lady we know you're aces with Buck, and weH taks awful good care ef you.' The younger man, suddenly, seemed to regret his previous inso lence. That's right, dont mind our kidding. Buck himself understands It. It's all fun. seer Mary protested, tried, now that it was too late, to leave the room, but Maxie would not allow the door to be unlocked. He took her by the arm and led her to another room which proved to be a kitchen. She realized, the futility of struggling with him. . , TYouH be all right here whue we phone Buck,! he said, with an effort at politeness. "Dont get worried everything is going to be all right.1 He went back into the other room and closed the door behind him. She examined the room but there was no way of escape, unless she chose to leap out of a third story window Strangely, aha waa not aa much alarmed as she felt she ought to be. Beneath the surface of her mind, hope continued to germinate. Buck Landers had made his big melo dramatic gesture; common sense told her he had probably gone his limit. Ho was too shrewd, she rea soned, to allow these chesp toughs to put Steve out of the wsy to kill him. Such a course would inevitably put Lenders at. the mercy, of his mongrel hirelings. To kidnap Steve and hold him f of a while did not hate the seriousness of murder, snd Lander's - gambling : nature per mitted him to take this minor risk. . It grew increasingly clear in Mary's r mind that, from now on, Xandera would be bluffing, no matter what he said. A steady tide of new encour- , agement began to run through her. From the other room ahe heard the two men talking, but their voices indistinct. She sat down and Porter, having made a painstak ing search of and for the original records, would have found it. IT IBM OAIJCE JEFFERSON.' March 22 MM and Mrs. James Bmckwell of Jef ferson attended a dance at the Moose hall in Albany Saturday night. While James was standing tn the doorway of . the smoker, some one stepped up behind him and hit him on the head. He was taken outside by three men, who began to beat him, when a friend ef Blackwells step ped Inside the hall and told Mrs. Blackwell that someone was beat ing her husband. She with some of her friends rushed , outside where he was, when the three men fled. Besides receiving braises on his face, he sustained a compound fracture of the lower jaw: Mrs. R. O. Thomas left for Inde pendence Tuesday for a few days visit with her cousin. Miss Myra Montgomery, .while there, she will also attend "a meeting of the County library board Wednesday. RAYS ARE VISITORS V LYONS, ; March It Mr. and Mrs. D. Ray and son of Oregon City were Lyons callers Tuesday. Mrs. Ray is a field representative for the Mountain view Granite Co .of Oregon. City. Mr. Ray's mother Uvea here. - " JoVWffianis THE BATTERY MAN" THUGS ATTACK HI 0 See tha for Auto Electri cal or Battery Service "r Corner Center & mh TeLCOOD; waited r Somewhere la the place,'' she was positive, Steve was present. The feeling' grew natfl aha Imagined the whole place was laden with his personality. It was as though he was sending out mental radiations. I She sat very xuletly aad tried to to picture, him. He would be tied hand aad foot, she Imagined, j The bonds must be Irking him; his body would be sore and stiff. He had bean knocked unconscious but Bat had assured her he was not seri ously injured. With a determined effort she held her sympathy tn check; It would be impossible for her to help him if she ttysterical with emotion. She would give him a million ca- to soothe bis hurts. - ahe would obliterate, all of his suffering with her tenderness . '. . but tt was miraculous that she could thus hang onto her morale. . ... Like most women she had imag ined herself a coward. The truth was she had been prepared try de grees for this crisis. , She was like aa athlete who had been trained to perform marvels shs had been through aa emotional regime that had put her in top form, instead of breaking her dowa. And always, at the center of her being was that warm glow which represented her love for Steve Moore. It was her talisman. Time after time It flooded her with new strength. Maxie, thoroughly. , obsequious now, came into the room. "The boss Is here now he wants to talk to you.1 She came to face Buck Landers with a curioua feeling that their positions were now reversed thst she. could almost laugh at his stony faced .grimnesa,' Her heart held love, and his heart aheltered eviL His worst enemy was locked up in side bis own breast. "Ton can step outside and wait," Landers said to Maxie. When they were alone he looked at her with a cold eye. "WelL I see you've suc ceeded in making things more diffi cult for both of us," he said Too bad you were not smart enough to be sensible." Shs was able to be calm and eon fident. "Doesn't it strike you, Mr. Landers, that it s a bit ridiculous the wsy you try to frighten me all the time? You try so hard to be dangerous but I'm sure you'd quit it if you knew how silly it is.' It was a positive relief, as though some pressure had been loosened, to be sbls to talk this way to him. Mary waa conscious of s lifting sen sation la her breast. His outer shell seemed to -crack a little: ever so slightly, his eyes wavered "Let's talk this over," he said think I can convince you " Her head raised a little and the soft lips curved with a fine scorn. Triumphant youth within her was ascending, "Oh, dont let's start up that old argument again! Honestly, Pm sick of hearing it, Mr. Landers. And you have no Idea how tired I am of seeing you look stern, like BUI Hart. You re wasting your time and mak ing a fool of yourself, besides." Color crept into his cheeks. "YesT" he asked with somewhat labored nonchalance. "I shouldn't think it would be much fun," she said, with deliberate cruelty, "for a man of your age to try to force himself on a girl young enough to be bis daughter or may FALLS CITT. March tt Dna of the most enjoyable entertain ments of the year - was presented to a urge audience in victory Hall Monday niaht by tha Par. ent Teachers association. Receipts totaled f 1I.S5. The program was as follows: " ' Selections bv orchestra ? vqmI duet Harry otte and Wilbur How- en; reading, Mrs. Gladys Zuver; violin duet. Mildred Frink and Lurena Treat: nlar "Between ptj. wssie (MiMAHEtiT Mortgages Investments Insurance Don't Allow Surplus . Money to go UNEMPLOYED: 1 - - . .-.. r -. - - - - , f I PI send me yonr monraend'" i MATT 1 1 11003 oa lhe profitable invest- Cocpov 4 "obtainable la Mortgages, I 5 referred Stocks and Bonds. V I 1 Name r . . l ..--r i. " " Second Floor G "By. ROBERT N?SHAWNUN. be, hu "granddaughter ' I should think; it would make him feel - se terribly cheap." ; r 1 She had, at last, reached him with . barbed srrow.r The color leaped to his face like a dye.- Shs could see ' small vein in his temple throbbing. For aa Instant she held her breath, apprehensive thst she had goaded ' him to fury. If the glacier should turn into a volcano. But the searing flame within him - was not anger. , . Tm aot old Tm strong as oak I", he cried but there was something baited and wounded In his voice. Tm better today than X ever was in my life. ' If yon think I am a worn out blank cartridge" ' Hs stopped aad looked at hex with burning eyes. This was new this loss of self-poasesaioa. " 1 V Mary moved around unto a chair was between them. Her fingers twisted the clasp ef Carlotta Guido's hand bag; her own hand crept in side and closed smoothly over the automatic. Now, if ever, she would have to hold her nerves like steeL "You wont do anything to harm me, and you wont do anything mors than can harm Steve, because you cant," ahe said She was tense, yet flexible.' Anybody could shoot a run if they had to. "I think you're at the end of your string, Mr. Landers." Landers began te lose his flush. "What do yon mean by that wise crack?" "I mean there's only two ef us in this room," Mary said a strange note in her voice. "You're standing near the door. If you dont open it and walk oat, Ta going to shoot yoa. A faint smile of disbelief showed on his lips. . I wouldnt believe it if you did!" he said - She disengaged the 'automatic from the hand bag and jointed it at him. f j 1 . 1 . "You had better golf she warned, her voice sounding strange above the beating of her heart. "I'm go ing to get Steve out of this place, no matter what happens." Landers took a step toward her. "Nobody aver shot me yet." He reached to take the gun from Mary's hand, and at that instant she pressed the trigger. . The roar filled the room, and a bit of cloth sprang from the shoul der of Landers coat. He took two steps backward, and stared at her. There wasx'smoks between them. Msry suddenly was unnerved; tears ran down her cheeks. She was still pointing the weapon at his breast. IH IH " But no other words could from her tightened' throat. , Still staring at her. Buck Landers took another backward step, pulled open the door. . At the sound of the weapon, his two' henchmen tn the hall fled And now Landers himself waa breaking. Mary had never seen his face so white.-1 Swiftly, without dignity, he sprang out of the room slammed the -door shut. The key had been left in the lock when Maxie had admitted Landers. Mary turned it and took it out. She put the gun on the table and stood there trembling yes, she inevitably would have fired again. . . There waa another locked door in the room. She tried the key in this one, and It worked CTe Be OaatfaaH) OasrrisW. aredleete. Iae, Trains; reading. "Catherine Wag ner; eomie feature, Mr. Khuland; selections; orchestra: male quar tet, Mr. Reuber. Mr. Barn hart, Mr. Kaufman, Mr. Morgan; read ing. Miss Irma Locke; play "Beau ty Secrets"; dance. Katherine Wagner: mixed quartet, Mrs. Knapp, Miss Treat, Mr. Smith and Mr. Reiber. The word list for the county grade spelling contest has been received and students In the up per grades have started working on It preparatory to entering the contest in May. This contest is be tween the schools of Polk county and Is held in Dallas each year. Each school may send two contest ants. Several prises are awarded to the winner, the first being a xi.e dictionary. u Surplus money can find employ-; ment:even more profitably!! ow thari in the jst -The coupon be low will bring you our I recbni mendations on select mortgages, good preferred stocks and seas oned, bonds.'. : ; : 1, j ll 1 " l r J ' ; . 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