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fpHREE years ago when the Hawley-Smoot tariff bill was
I discussed in cdhcrresa President Hoover asked for a
flexible tariff nro vision by which on recommendation of the
tariff commission the president by proclamation could lower
or -raise the; existing schedule on particular items by not to
Exceed 50.' The democrats offered an amendment to the
effect that no such alteration would be legal unless ratified
A ereat battle was waged over the amendment.
The democrats declared that congress was the tariff-making
body and that it was an arbitrary exercise of power for the
president to have that authority. Tney were supponea dj
i tha usual run of anti-administration senators. Only when
: Mr. Hoover got his back up and fought was the amendment
defeated: .
The democratic papers about the country supported
their party leaders in congress, denouncing the president and
UDholdine the democratic senators as fighting for a "great
nrincinle."
. , In the new dispensation the
to have undergone a great metamorphosis. The democratic
press has seen a great light too. With its characteristic op-j
portunism the Portland Journal endorses an even greater
grant of power to the president in tariff-making than Hoover
ever dreamed of. Under the title "Roosevelt's Latest," the
Journal says:
I That Mr. Roosevelt will ask congress iot nroaa powers w
arrange tariff reduction by executive agreements Is declared.
The president hopes generally to lower world trade barriers, as
an aid to business revival"
Using some of the same arguments which the republi
cans did in support of Mr. Hoover's demands, the Journal
goes on to say regarding "Roosevelt's Latest":
"Congress might well accept the plan. ... to allow th
president to negotiate with other nations for reciprocal tariffs
would be a speedy and effective way to start international ex--'
change moving.
"It would be common sense and business sense. . . .
The newest proposal on the Roosevelt program is sound to
the core, straight to the mark, and four-square in conception.
R can have no other than an excellent effect.
"And It la sound In the proposal that the negotiations be
delegated to the president.
; "The world as a whole needs the exact thing that Mr. Roose
velt la reported as about to propose to congress."
The partisan press and the party which fought and
broke Hoover quickly desert "sacred principles" and invest
the executive with powers far beyond those which Hoover
asked in the flexible tariff provision. And the democratic
president makes haste to use this same authority to reduce
tariff charges on a few farm todls.
Thus far, 'mid the huzzas of the democratic papers and
the sullen assent of rebellious democrats in the congress,
Roosevelt is "out-republican-ing the republicans.
y Dr. Cooper Calls
THE federal commissioner of education delivered himself
of two ukases during his recent stop in Portland. One
was that Monmouth normal should be abandoned, as the sur
vey commission recommended, and its work consolidated
with Eugene and Corvallis. The other was that federal
funds should be used to help provide education in Arkansas.
Those remarks were enough out of Commissioner Cooper for
one trip.
" First, the survey commission didn't recommend that
Monmouth be closed. And we know of no educator of stand
ing who favors throwing normal training for elementary
school teachers into universities. Better to abandon the out
lying normal schools and build up one strong school at Mon
mouth. '
So far as taxing the rest of the country in order to edu
cate people in Arkansas and. Mississippi, why should that be ?
Those states have resources quite as rich as any other; and
if they would get rid of their hookworm and fundamentalism
they could develop their resources sufficiently to finance
their own education.
Come again, Dr. Cooper, but next time bring some ideas
that won't wash out in the Oregon mist.
The nine poor colored boya
to bo railroaded to hanging for
will probably be freed. "The supreme court or xn unitea iass or
dered a retrial and one of the girls appeared and testified the black
boya didn't molest them. , This will be a hard blow for the barbarous
i who cry but tor nigger meat down south,
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A Denver man has stolen 35 cases of jigsaw pussies. Dont put
' him in prison, put him in an asylum where he belongs." Corvallis
Gassette-Times. i - i
Wrong. Offer him a reward tor every time he repeats the theft.
Eugene Is advancing the name of Judge Sklpworth for appoint
ment to the federal circuit court of appeals. Eugene seems to forget
' that Sklpworth is a genuine democrat. What chance would he have,
with Walter Pierce for Instance?
"Escape called miracle" says a headline with reference to the
survivors of the Akron tragedy. Then what was the aceident with
th loss of the seventy other lives?
College coaches have agreed not to let their football players have
beer. For yeara that has been reserved for th alumni.
, Sen. Johnson proposes a bill to prohibit loans to foreign coun
tries which hav defaulted. Why stop with them? Domestic cor
porations hav no better record.
Newspapers are bucking th
free press is the last refuge ot
harsh-sounding word to editors.
Th Portland News-Telegram gives Hon. Holman a front page
spanking for going off on a vacation. Holman might fittingly quote
J. Caesar: "Et tu. Brute?"
Big victory for th new deal: 50' reduction In tariff on 4-tined
fertiliser forks. Is this farm relief or politicians' relief?
New Officers .
Are Installed
: By Elks Lodge
A. Warren Jones was. installed
as the new exalted ruler of the
Salem Xlks lodge st th installs-
.iiOTtJWrjlces held at 1 the dub
building Thursday night
for 1 year la advance.
ta advance. Per
ideas of the democrats seem
at Scotsboro, Ala., who were about
alleged assault on two white girls
"new deal" censorship bill.
a
republic; and censorship Is
Others taking offlc tor th
new term last night were: Frank
Lynch, leading knight; Armin
Berger, loyal knight; R. O. Ap
pleby, lecturing . knight: Harry
Wledmer, secretary; James Clark,
treasurer; H. H. Olinger, trustee
tor thre years; K. O. Amman n.
tiler; Roy Gard, alternate repre
sentative to grand lodge. -
-PjtaiExUed Ruler B. A. Hurts
acted as installing officer.
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Letters from
Statesman Readers
A TEACHER'S YIEWPOIXT
Th inspiration tor this article
is net animosity toward any per
son or group, but is written with
a desire to present th teacher's
case befor the public Th teach
ers know there is a depression
they ar donating funds to feed
undernourished children in their
schools besides giving la other
ways to th community service
and they also know that some tax
es ar not being paid. They expect
and ar willing to take redue
Uon In salaries but feel that re
sults will be disastrous, not only
to Individual teachers but to th
community as well. If this reduc
tion is too drastic
Th minimum salary for class
room teachers in Salem Is sow
$75 a calendar month, and the
maximum is about $108. It none
of them had dependent relatives,
could wear overalls to school.
couia cut out ail professional ad
vancement In th form of books,
magazines, summer school and all
other . things they ar expected
ana even required to do, they
coma lire wen in these times and
ear on th present schedule and
ao so after a fair cut.
Out of a survey of SO teachers
made by th writer, only three
had no dependent relatives and
oniy four were not Oregon tax
payers, and on of these pays tax
es in another state. Some have
maae investments In rood time
which are now Jeopardized by the
depression and stand in grave
danger of losing them if salary
cuts are too great. On teacher Is
the only person in three families
wno nas work. An lnmtmTit tn
land made three years ago is -now
worth only the mort?a? that la
on it. For two years nothing has
been paid on the principal, the In
terest oniy being kept up. Th
mortgagee has made no offer to
reauce tne rat, and th land does
not iurnish any income now. An
oiner nas a father and mother
wno were well to do bat lost ev
erything In the financial rrh
Another father and mother ar h.
lng kept from the same fat by
their daughter whose ailar fa
ing used to save their Investments
until times get better, if the
teacners' sauries are so mueh re
duced that all these dependents
have to be thrown on the county
that will be on mor Item added
to tne aireaay over-burdened tax
payer.
Some things have cam a da
but many have not. These Include
doctor's fees, water bills, tele-
pnones, lectricity, newspapers
magazines, insurance rates, inter
esi ana taxes at least very Ut
ile.
Teachers are expected to main
tain certain standards of living
and are constantly called upon to
give to this and that. They are
expected to give efficient servlee
in th schoolroom and keep up to
date in their methods. No teacher
wno is worried over bills, rela
tives in need, or threatened loss
or me-time- investments can do
cms. i
No other on thing is mor vi
tal to th community than Its
scnoois. because nothlnr (nani
nable as its children: therefore
any service that makes for their
welfare and training cannot be
over paia. The writer's personal
opinion from years of observation
is that most teachers are con
scientious and give of their best,
but their best will not be enough
when worries keep them keyed to
a nervous pitch.
a . a a -
Ail oiner uregon scnooi sys
tems or practically the sam sis
or larger ar better paid and eaa
ariord to take a larger cut
A TEACHER TAXPAYER.
To the Editor:
Hay I ask a few questions that
seem pertinent Just now? First.
what has become of the Marion
Co. Tax League? 1 Were they
bought off by the legislative
lobby?
Why did th legislature side
step the proposed reduction In
Th
Daily Health Talks
By ROYAL S. COPELAND, M. D.-
By ROYAL 5. COPELAND, M. D.
United States Senator from New Tork.
Former Commissioner, of He sits.
New Tork City.
WHAT A PITT that there should
ever be a failure to regard the neces
sities ot the children 1 Perhaps there
never waa another time when the
health of the lit-
Be ones needed
to be guarded as
at present When
we are enjoying
the good things
of life let us not
forget the thou
sands of little
ones who ar
without good
food. They must
get on without
vitamins
and nourishing
things to eat that
are eo essential
to health and
relf are.
Dr. Copetand
One of the things that every moth
er must remember is this: There are
toods which satisfy the appetite, bat
shlch do not build bone snd tissue,
rhat is why it is necessary to know
txactly what foods are essential to
the welfare ot the growing child.
The mother can del no more im
portant thing than to make a study
st food combinations. She should de
this in order that she! may sirs her
title one exactly the sort ot nourlan-
tag food it must have if It is to de
relop normally. It Is the pride f
very mother to hav her chad vig
orous of health, pink of cheek,' clear
if eye, and energetic la every par
ticular. The child cannot have aS
these good qualities unless the teed-
ag is exactly right . j
Quart of Mini a Day
I wish X had time and space to g
extensively into the matter of infant
feeding, and th feeding of young
ehudren. Of course X ennnot do that
tedar; butt can say one T&IngwhrcI
BITS
or
By R. J. HENDRICKS
Old time and timers
out in Douglas eonatyt
Th writer had a caller from
old Douglas county th other day.
fouowed by a talhiest about boy-;
hood days la that part of this
state that as a whole Is Ood's
eountry,and th TJmpqus valley
part of It one of th fairest lands
on His footstool, along with th
Willamett valley of whisk tt is
aa extension.
Th visitor was "Billy" Moore.
That Is what his cronies called
htm In the halcyon days. William
N. Moor was th nam bestowed
upon him when he first saw th
light on his father's donation land
claim In th Round Prairie section
south ot Roseburg. That was in
the year 1158. Billy has held of
fice, and has occasionally been ad
dressed as Hon. wm. n. uoor.
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When th writer first knew
him, they were boys in Roseburg,
he employed as a clerk la th gen
eral stor of Simon Sellg, and th
writer working In all the depart
ments ot th Roseburg Plain-
dealer, of which th present News
Review Is the hyphenated sad
lineal descendant. Boys who work
ed oa country newspapers In those
days did a little) of everything-,
from kicking th Job press and
wielding the long handle ot the
Washington band press or running
the ink roller thereof, to bunding
fires and sweeping out th office
e
Billy reminded th writer that
they were both "charter mem
bers" of the initial Roseburg fire
department, consisting ot a hand
engine that responded to alarms
by traction furnished by strong
arms of volunteers; all without
nay and for the common good.
with fines for failure to show up
promptly and lend their help to
the uttermost.
Along about that time. Billy
won the nana oi Mtnni eeixg.
daughter of his employer. Their
daughter. Helen Moor, Is a grad
uate ot Oregon State, is a teaeher
in th Myrtle Creek high school,
and drove the car to Salem and
left her father for his visit her
while she attended some get-to
gether function at Corvallis.
S k
In 18 St, Billy Moor ran tor
treasurer of Douglas county on
the democratic ticket He was
elected, and reelected, and there
after was appointed and served as
postmaster ot Roseburg for six
years. In the 1881 election "Jim
my" Hamilton ran for prosecuting
attorney ot th district, also as a
democrat, and th two of them
wer th only ones on that ticket
who won. Jimmy was reelected
and after serving his second term
resumed the practice of law for a
short time. Then h was chosen
circuit Judge, and has been in that
offlc ever since; on of th ablest
men on any bench in this state,
end longest In continuous servlc.
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Nathan Sellg of Salem is s
brother of Mrs. W. N. Moor. His
home Is at III North 14th street,
and he owns and operates th C
tt C. store, at 241 North Commer
cial atreet Billy visited with th
Sellgs whflo In Salem
s s s
Billy's address is Ruckles. Tta
railroad station is on his ranch of
about 1000 acres. That was the
first overland stag station south
ot Roseburg about It miles
south. It was named for Matt
Ruckles, the old timer who kept
the station.
county officials salaries?
What has become of the small
horn owner's part ot the Federal
mortgage relief plan? What about
the elderly city dweller who sees
his investment swept away, due
to th abnormal deflation in rents
and market vain of real estate.
in th face ot high taxes and high
interest rates? Thar than be no
prosperity while real estate is a
liability instead ot an asset.
W enjoy your editorials and
generally agree with you not ai
ways.
Respectfully,
S. K.
know ts true and the observance
of which is sure to be helpful. X
refer to the tact that every ehud
must have at least a quart of mCk
every day.
We -cannot expect growth ts be
perfect we cannot expect the tissues
to be strong or the bones sturdy, un
less the lime, phosphorus and other
minerals which are found In milk.
Shan be gives ts the chad in un
stinted quantities. That Is why tt to
so necessary that there should be la
the dietary of every youngster a full
supply ot milk. Likewise, ot course.
ft Is wise to give vegetables snd fruit
to supply the minerals snd vitamins.
so that the stimulating quantities f
those substances may be guaranteed
to the child.
Ten win forgive me if I speak feel
ingly on this subject I etssl
eause 1 feel strongly. Tne tat et
every child depends en th feeding.
Answers to Health Queries
Miss K. C Q. What can be done
for swelling under the eyes? What
causes this condition t
A. This may be due to a kidney
condition. Have examination as that
definite advice eaa be eutnned,
Reader, a My 1 (-year-old ao
has a patch of gray hair at the roots
above his-forehead. He has a splen
did growth of dark hair what
be don for the gray patch?
Ai Nothing can be done. The
trouble Is probably due to loss of pig
ment or coloring matter. If the hair
is healthy there Is no eause for worry.
Mrs, B X K. Q. What de
advise for constipation? -
A- Proper diet Is important In th
correction of this disorder, send self-
addressed, stamped envelope for far
ther particulars : and repeat
question.
BREAKFAST
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From 1 ITS, Cor It years. Rose-
burr was th terminus of th rail
road, and overland stages connect
ed th railheads there and at Red
ding. California, IIS miles north
ot Sacramento. They wtr drawn
by thre spans of horses each, and
th teams operating between
Rnekles and Roseburr were al
ways beautiful whit chargers.
BiUy Moor and th writer.
comparing notes, found that they
both witnessed th departure of
th last stag over the hill out ot
Roseburg, accompanied by th
town band, and th lines held by
uiuy caru. on ot th best drivers
of tn0M reed a ls
best style. Th writer had lost
track of Billy Cartt, but Mr. Moor
says he entered th servlc of th
Wells-Fargo express company and
tor many years jras a trusted mes
senger and superintendent, pass
ing to his long home not long ago.
Th stages went out of commis
sion as th fronts moved south
and north from Roseburg sad
from Redding. Th last stage out
of Roseburg was driven south In
the late summer or early tall of
lilt, and it mad big news for
th local paper and th Portland
newspapers; th eopy furnished
by th preeent writer, In his beet
(youthful and perhaps youthfully
effusive) style.
With 4000 Chinese Immigrants
Just from the Canton district.
among th last to com befor th
exclusion act took effect, th grad
ing went forward with a rush from
Roseburg early in 1881. Bat how
different and how slow In com
parison with what would happen
nowadays, with steam shovels
each doing the work of some hun
dreds of Chinamen with picks and
shovels! Roseburg was Is the
meaa time a lively city, as It had
been la all the 10 years when
trains and stages met there.
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It was a "wide-open" town, with
Mr. Fuller, th express sgent and
main plUar of th Episcopal
church, keeping his offlc is a
corner room ot the largest saloon.
and with Mr. Howard, the leading
gambler, handling more money
each day than the newly opened
bank, with his faro and "stud"
poker games running day and
night in the same saloon. .
Sam Moor (Samuel X. after
his pioneer father), lives not far
away from Billy, on another Urge
farm, part or which was th or
iginal donation claim ot their
father. His address is Dlllard. Sam
was one of the leading young men
of that section in the early days.
and still maintains that distinc
tion, with th added years that
have passed rather lightly over his
genial spirit
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Time change! Th fleeting
days bring unforeseen eventuali
ties. Billy Moore, away back
around 118 1, or befor. wished to
Join a large class that was going
into th newly organised A.O.U.W.
lodge. He went to the leading doe-
tor and sought th necessary med
ical examination. H was slight ot
build and th doctor advised that
h feared he could not pass him
after a searching examination. So
he cautioned hint to go to another
doctor, who had his knowledge of
medicine from a casual book and
a knack tor mixing kerbs, and
would not be particular.
Billy did this. Th class in
cluded about 20 of th leading
men of the day in that section
and Billy Is th last on left The
others hav all "gone weet." token
th shining on way road, while
Billyh enjoys his thre good meals
a day and likes his Jokes aad
laughs Indulgently at those ot his
mends, as ot yore. Some day,
when prunes aad wool and lambs,
his staple products, sell at better
prices, and when work at this end
is not so urgent aad crowded.
Billy promises to com baek to
Salem and enjoy a mor extended
foregathering for ther ar so
many things to talk about of what
happened when things boomed In
southern Oregon. Billy was th
youngest man ever elected treas
urer of Douglas county. He looked
the part, too, but in spirit he re
tains his youth.
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Roseburg lodge of the A.O.U.W.
Is No. 16; so the reader can see it
was among the early ones organ
ised. New Vifews
Yesterday's New View quei
tion was: "How ar you satis
fied with Roosevelt's administra
tion to dat?"
Ed A. Jory, 425 Hoyt street! :
'No on could be anything but
satisfied with his work so far.
At least I doa't think you'll
find any dissatisfied persons. Of I
course Roosevelt Is bound to
make mistakes, but I think it!
is all right as far as h has
gone."
Mr. K. Eagiish, democrat I "II
think he 1 doing welL All w
needed over her was a kaiser;
ns. we doa't; I was Just joking.
But truly th outlook now Is I
better."
Gardening Plans
At City Airport
Await Requests !
Unused portions ot Salem sir-
port will not b plowed up iot
gardening unless needy persons
apply for plots there. City Engi
neer Hugh Rogers announced yes
terday. At the laat dty oouneu
meeting, th aldermen ordered
that th airport property b open
ed for relief gardens and plowed
by th engineer's crew. The piaa
will not interfere with aviation
there, it was explained.
Many good plots of land ar
available at th port, which has
an area of X40 acres, according. to
th engineer. Much of It waa la
farm uss befor the dry pur -
lehased 1W?,:
MARY
J SYNOPSIS
dCary Faith, young and comely
rphsa, is secretary, to aCark Neebit,
wealthy, yomg bwtnes man. She
miortsu Uark that ah is leaving her
position to marry Xknberley FarreH,
bandar -no young lawyer, to whom
aba has been engaged for some time.
Invited to Kim's boo for dinner,
Mary Faha b greeted coldly by las
mother. Later, Kim startles Mary
Faith by breaking his engagement
and asking for the ring. Th next
morning Mary Faith informs her
co-workers that she is not to be mar
ried. She asks thess to take back
their presents. After working Lata,
Mark NesUt takes Mary Faith to
dinner and horns to her boarding
noose hi bis car. Slowly Mary Faith
leans to five her life without Kim.
When Mark Ntsbit injures bis ankle,
Mary Fahh Is driven to his country
bom to take dictation. She meets
his mother and enjoys the charming
horn hf oi the NesbHs.
" CHAPTER X
Before Mary Faith could say s
ward ha went oat
"A man in aa office trains himself
not to take s personal or sentimental
Interest in the young women he sees
there all day loos. If s one of the
rules of good business that he should
see them simply as fellow workers
1 think thaf s why I've accustomed
myself to think of yon simply ss s
valuable assistant of sniae and not
as the very attractive girl that yon
are."
Mary Faith looked at him gravely.
That had not been Kin's way of
looking at the girl who worked is
his office.
For an Instant Kim's face was in
her naiad, flushed aad sullen a she
had seen it that last morning in Halt
north Park. For aa instant she could
bear his voice telling her once more
that he had faHea in love with the
Janet-girl is his office.
"And now let's see about these let.
ters. . . ." Mark Ncsbifs voice
brought her back to the present
It waa three o'clock when she fin
ished her work.
"Lottos wSI come for you tomor
row morning along about eleven,"
Mark Neebit told her when she was
leaving. "You're the real victim of
this aeddeat of sniae, Mary Faith.
Coming oat here every day for the
next couple of weeks isn't going to
be very pleasant for yon."
"Oh, I really enjoyed coming oat
her today. It was like playing
hookr front school." Mary Faith
beamed at hha from the threshold.
From th landing, on her way
downstairs, she could look iato an
astonishingly large room at th end
of the hall: A room of great carved
tables sad wide sofas, gilt picture
frames that shone in the fire glow,
twin crystal chandeliers that looked
fake two frozen fountains, books and
magazines everywhere. A room that
had a comfortable "lived in" look
m suite of its six and splendor.
Mary Faith gazed at it as she
might have gazed at one of the model
rooms oa th to floor of Hans-
combe's furniture store downtown.
Not for one fleeting second did
she picture herself in ft.
When she got back into the plum-
colored car there was a bunch oi
roses lying oa the seat They were
wrapped in heavy brown paper.
"Mis Nesbit she lef dem dere for
yon," Loftus told her. "She had to
go to Circle meets , bet she says
was to tell you she got all her rose
bushes wros) ia paper Like yoa said.
Dat glass room where she grow her
flowers is tarriM cold when de
wind's ia de north."
He started the car. "Well, here we
takes our Efe ia oar hands again,
Miss Fen ton. W doa have Ice and
saow over aS de roads down
Georgia where Mis Mesbifs old
home is, ao sna'asai" he said. "We
got It nice aad warns down dere."
1
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His voice had th alow deep ro8 of
his own Sawsnnee RJver.
Mary Faith was carrying th roses
her arms when she walked into
the office at half past four. Jean
Bartlett took a long look st them.
got sp from her desk aad followed
her Into her Bttle offlc.
"Well. I certainly hop yoa had
a pleasant afternoon st the meeting
of the Garden Club, Miss Fen ton."
ehe said in a mock society voice. "Or
did yon phy bridge aad were these
the booby prize?"
Mr. Nesbit s mother gave them
to me'," Mary Faith explained, laugh-
bg. "Aren't they lovely? She grows
them herself. I'm going to give half
of them to yon.
Did yoa meet bis sisters, too.
Msry Faith r Jean asked. "What's
their boose nice? What did yon have
for ranch? Are you gotng out again
tomorrow?" Her questions rattled
around Mary Faith's head like bul
lets.
Then she counted the roses that
lay on the desk.
"Two dozen of them! Does the
woman keep a greenhouse? . . . Yoa
must have a terrible drag with her
already, Mary Faith, to have her
hang s bouquet like that oa youT
she remarked in her sharp way.
"No. I haven't any 'drag with her
at aS. Jean. She's just plain nice
She and Mr. Nesbit treated me as
if 1 were some honored guest in
their house instead of just a secre
tary out there to do heir work. We
all had lunch together in front of an
open fire, and really I had a lovely
time."
"Well, why shouldn't they be nice
to you?" Jean wanted to know.
"You're just as good as they are any
day in the week. Yoa may not have
as much money as they have but you
certainly have everything else, Mary
Faith. Yoa re smart and yoa have
absolutely swell manners and IH
bet they don't know anybody who's
any better-looking than yoa are. . . .
Are you going out there again to-
morrowr"
Fm going out every day for
while, until Mr. Nesbifs able to
come down here. I suppose"
Jean heaved a long Loud sigh. "If
some land Frovidence would give
me a break Cke that just oncer
"What do you mean?"
"I mean I'd make good use of it
If I were going out to Mark Nesbifs
house for lunch every day the way
yoa are, believe yoa me he'd be faU
tng for me after a few days or Fd
miss my guess. ... Men are always
sentimental sad soft-hearted when
they're laid up. Just think of the ones
who marry their trained nurses-
"Jean, please don't say things Cke
thatr Mary Faith tnterrupted her.
"If they got back to Mr. Nesbit, you
and Td both lose our jobs in all
probability. And what you say is
absurd anyway. Fm about as inter
esting to Mr. Nesbit as an adding
machine
. "He drove you home one night not
s long ago. Dan B assert saw you
start out together," said Jean, who
had a nose for news and missed
nothing that went oa in the building,
"And be calls yoa by yoar first name
lately, I notice. I'd say he had more
than an adding-machin interest in
yoa, if yoa asked mcr
' "But I'm not asking yoa. I don't
have to ask anyone bow Mr. Nesbit
feels about me. I know," Mary Faith
said as sharply as she ever said any
thing. "Just this afternoon be told
me no sensible man ever lets himself
fall in love with any of the girls in
his office.
"Applesauce," Jean said under her
breath.
"I like Mr. Nesbit I can't imagine
working for a nicer person," Mary
Faith went on. "But I never could
fan in love with him, Jean. Even
be feU in love with me, by some wild
chance, I never could.
"Why not. for FeU's sake?"
"WeH. I hardly know how to tell
FAITH
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yoa but 1 know 1 coaldnt" Mary
Faith tried to explain her singleness
heart "Td always be thinkiag
about Kha."
Jean stared st her for a minuta,
Then she slowly shook her glossy.
marcekd head. "Oh. yoa poor sap.
Mary Faith Fen too r she said.
Every day that week the plum-cov.
ored car called st the bunding just .
after eleven o'clock and carried Mary
aith out u the Nesbtts house.
Day by day her friendship with
Mark Nesbit went ahead by swift,
sure steps. Almost always the tw
of, them had lunch alone in the hv
timacy of the quiet fire lit study, for
Mrs. Nesbit had begun her Christ-
shopping and was ; spending
most of her time in town.
By the end of the first week they
had discovered that both of them
preferred Charlie - Chaplin to all
other actors of the screen snd that
Booth Tarkington was their favorite
American author.
Mark Nesbit bad shown Mary
Faith his silver golf cups and s
leather album filled with newspaper
photographs of himself takes long
ago during his college football days.
He bad told her an about his moth
er's winter home near Thomasvule.
Georgia, and about a French girl
with whom he had been in love dar
ing the war.
And Mary Faith had told him so
much about Mrs. Pucketf s that he
said he Would know the Brock sisters
if be met them oa the street
On Saturday afternoon, when she
was getting ready to leave, she no
ticed a book by Sheila Kaye-Smith
in the shelves near the fireplace.
I luce this woman s novels, she
said, walking across the carpet to
look at it This is a new one of
hers, isn't it?"
Take it with you," he said, reach
ing up and taking the book from the
shelf above him. "And help yourself
to any other books in this room that
you want . . . Wait In pick out
some good ones for your
He was in his new wheel chair
and he weet slowly around the room
in it taking down books here and
there from the crowded shelves. She
went home that afternoon with aa
armful of them and read herself to
sleep that night and Sunday night
On Friday of the second week
when Mary Faith walked into Mark
Nesbifs study she found a dark,
slender young woman in black cloth
and silver fox furs sitting with him
before the grate.
"My sister. Mrs. Grant Miss Fen
too." he said, introducing her.
Mrs. Grant shook hands Eke a
boy, pumping Mary Faith's arm op
and down with vigor. She wore no
make-up and there waa something
fresh and adolescent-looking about
her in sphe of her expensive and
fashionable dothes. Mary Faith re
membered that her brother had given
her s sihrer-trimmed western saddle
for her birthday the year before. Sh
looked Cke the kind of person who
would use a cowboy's saddle.
"Mark's just been telling me about
you. Miss Fen ton." she said in a
sweet husky voice. "He says you're
s remarkable person that yoa know
as much about the Nesbit Company;
as he does and that your business
letters are literary gems."
Thafs not true, Mr. Nesbit
Mary Faith, embarrassed, turned to
look at him. He was smiling up at
her from his chair, his eyes crinkling
at the corners. When he smiled ho
smiled with his whole face.
"Sure tfs true," he said, "1
wouldn't know how on earth to get
along without you. If you knew how;
important yoa are to me you'd strik
me for twice the salary you're get
ting." He laughed. Here, against th.
background of bis own home, he was
utterly unlike his dignified office self,
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