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, , -- -the OREGON STATESMAN. Salem-, OregoiyThnradiy Morolag, April 20,1933
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The Drift to Inflation -
THERE is no mistaking a drift of sentiment in this coun
try toward inflation. The trend is not confined to bun
come artists of the political sideshows who take up every
glittering bauble that come3 along. Many prominent indus
trialists are surrendering to the lure of inflation out of des
speration. As deflation appeared to pass from orderly, read
justment from a period of over-expanded credit to a piral
of disintegration with no stopping point in sight, so there
has come call for heroic measures which might stem the tide.
A group which calls itself "Committee for the Nation", com
posed chiefly of executives of industrial corporations has
outlined "Five next steps in the program to rebuild prices
and purchasing power" ; and two of the items are raising the"
price of gold from $20.67 per ounce to $36.17 per ounce, and
stabilizing the price level at about the 1926 base. Barron's
Weekly which deals almost entirely with security specula
tion, makes note of the "rising tide of opinion" in favor of
inflation as an alternate to chaos which jmay be the end of
deflation; remarking:
"Unless some, profit Is restored to Industry, and unless
some portion ot the crushing debt burden Is relieved, not only
is recovery Impossible but also the process by which the entire
Industrial and commercial system Is being slowly bled to death,
will result In social conditions and social disturbance of a kind
that cannot be contemplated with equanimity".
And Walter Lippmann, a very thoughtful contributor
to the public press, thinks the time is at hand for the United
' States to revamp it3 monetary policy by lowering the dollar
in relation to foreign currencies and expanding credit at
home. While this does not endorse domestic inflation, it is
a bid for a lower dollar in international exchange. The action
of Presrioosevelt yesterday is a move in this direction.
One of the strongest pleas for inflation is in an article
in the April Forum by George F. Warren, professor of agri
cultural economics at Cornell university, who argues for low
ering the gold content of the dollar t which is the same a3
raising the price of gold at the mint), and establishing a
compensated dollar based on flexible weight of gold corres
ponding to increases or decreases in the commodity price
level.
There are three proposals for inflation : 1st, starting the
printing, presses and flooding the country with currency;
2nd remonetizing silver on the basis of 16 to 1, although the
prevailing price is 60 or 70 to 1; and third, to lower the gold
content of the dollar as Prof. Warren suggests. It is the lat
ter proposal which is becoming more popular.
The array of opinion favorable to inflation thus be
comes large, impressive, but thus far to us unconvincing.
- The theory of inflation is that lowering the gold con
tent of the dollar would cause an immediate and compensat
ing increase in the price of commodities. This would start
a revival of business, and presumably increase employment.
The flaw in the theory is this: business is not done by
exchange of gold or by exchange of currency, except in minor
degree, but by exchange of bank checks which are merely a
form of credit Gold is merely the base of the credit struc
tore. The volume of business depends not alone on volume of
gold or currency, but on amount . of credit used, and the
amount of credit used depends on the velocity with which
. money and credit are used in business. Giving the country
more dollars whether paper or
1 'Start and sustain business on
Inflation succeeds in starting
spiral of prices when the inflation is continuous and cumu
lative, as it was in Germany. Thus England which suspend
ed the convertibility of paper sterling into gold in 1931,
. but did not expand her currency, has had this experience:
the price of gold rose 44. by early 1933 ; commodity prices
rose only 1.8 ; while employment and production actually
; showed decreases in the interval. This is from a chart pre
pared by Standard Statistics Co. of New York. ,
When you tamper with the price of gold, or4 begin to
'devaluate the gold dollar, where will be the stopping place?
After one change is made, will there, not be fresh pressure
to further devaluate it? So far as stabilizing the value of the
; dollar is concerned on the basis of the average level of com
modity prices, the weakness
into speculation. The government has corraled minted gold,
but there are great quantities
' tions from the mines each year. All this gold would then be
come; a commodity in speculation which it is not at the pres
ent time, which would complicate the synthetic dollar which
Prof. Irving Fisher long ago proposed and Prof. Warren re
: vives. - :- '
- There is this further difficulty that prices are not de
termined by a locality nor even by a country, but by world
influences. .We can not stabilize prices even of averages in
this country on a given level, for change and flux are con
stant, and production and consumption in other countries
exert steady influence on prices. Unless we are prepared to
live within ourselves economically we cannot ignore world
pnees and conditions.
People miss the meanine
the common denominator of value; and as such it should be
constant in its own value. Gold is used merely to settle the
v balances chief ly between nations; and. the fundamental law
oi .trade is that buying and
ance, so comparatively small stocks of gold may support
large volumes of business where the transactions are in bal
ance. The world's problem now is to get the nations back
; on some standard, and gold
..wfvv avuuai.u vx biuc, ui
, trade. s --
-Inflation creates a new set of problems and invites new
evils. It would hot restore 1919 or 1926 . for nast n;Witmn
' would not Jte remedied. It would in turn cause fresh econ
omic dislocations which may merelv multinlv th
ready experienced. Employed
. ciass would te uie cniel sufferers.
, " Economic restoration will not come hv aiich
' of legislation. The materials
- out any such dangerous experimentation. Credit
to ber used for starting the upward; spiral, and that along
. healthy and normal lines. Jn our opinion the processes of
recovery were at; work when the money Danic ffrirmwi iht
cuantry , and closed the banks. u Indications- now in major
. markets are that recovery is beinerTesumed. with Rnm n.
pect 'bf rather rapid acceleratlon.-Artifirial inflation-might
in light-weight gold will not
the 1926, 1929 or 1930 levels.
and maintaining the upward
there is that it throws gold
of fabricated gold and addi
of the srold standard. Gold is
selling must substantially bal
has been for centuries the only
uie seiueuiem oi international
; , .
labor as well as the creditor
for recovery are at hand with.
WEALTH
ny Royal S. Copeland, ALO.
V PELLAGRA IS ene disorder that
baa baffled acianc for a too time.
Though great advances have been
made la Its control, the exact causa
reaponsibls fr
Its symptoms Is
not known. But
during- the past
decade the dis
ease baa come to
be regarded as
nutritional dis
ease and not as
an Infection. By
this 1 mean thai
It Is probable
pellagra Is
caused by faulty
diet and not by
germ.
The disease
Dr. Copela
has bean known
tor more than
two hundred years. At one time It
was believed to be a poor man's dis
ease, caused by the lack of food, sun
shine, and proper sanitation. But It
Is encountered In families where
there la ne lack of food, but where
the wrong kind of food la eaten. Oc
casionally It Is met In persons who
nave indulged In severe and danger
out methods ot dieting.
We are greatly Indebted In many
ways to the excellent work conducted
by the United States public health
service. It conducted Intensive In
vestigations of pellagra. Its study
reveals that pellagra can be traced
to a diet lacking in certain vitamins,
particularly vitamin Q. It Is be
lieved this vitamin Ir a substance
necessary to preve-' Mseaae.
Foods With Vitamin G
Fortunately, this vitamin Is found
la a variety of foods. For example,
a diet that la varied and contains an
abundant supply of fresh lean meats,
liver, milk, canned salmon, egga,
dried beans, peas and spinach, as
sures an adequate supply of this
vitamin.
Prolonged use of a diet lacking In
vitamin Q will result In pellagra. It
won't be long before the victim com
plains of a reddish discoloration of
the skin. The skin, peels and sheds
large Quantities of scales. The face,
neck and hands are usually Involved.
In addition, the sufferer has
marked nervous symptoms, such as
melancholia, hallucinations, stupor
and convulsions. The gums become
swollen and bleed easily. There Is
an Increased amount of saliva and
the victim has severe Intestinal dis
turbances. Diet, as you see. Is Important In
the prevention of pellagra. Pellagra
Is ffost common In localities where
the Inhabitants Uve on a diet which
varies very little from' day to day.
Canned foods can be substituted for
fresh fruits and vegetables when the
Utter are not available. Canned
spinach, turnips and string beans
contain sufficient vitamin Q to aid
materially In the prevention of pel
lagra. The use ot a properly bal
anced diet with abundant fresh fruits
and vegetables will lead to a decrease
In the occurrence of this disagreeable
ailment.
Answers to Healtk Que rise
Mrs. R. Q. What do you advise
tor eczema f
A. Send self -ad dressed, stamped
envelope for full particulars and re
peat your Question.
Mrs. P. P. P. Q. Is It harmful to
continue cod Uver oU during the
warm weather? 1: Bow can 1 cor
rect poor circulation? S: I am great
ly troubled with gas at times what
would you advise?
A. Not harmful, but In most cases
K Is unnecessary to continue through
the warm weather. S: Improve your
general health and your circulation
win benefit. For full particulars send
self -ad dressed, stamped envelope
and repeat your question. S: Watch
your diet and keep your system clear.
For fuO particulars send a self -ad
dressed, stamped envelope and repeat
your question.
(Copyright. 19S3, X. P. IneJ
"Should Mrs. Judd bo hung or
incarcerated for lite, in your opin
ion." Statesman reporters received
the following answers to this ques
tion yesterday:
William TJnrath, Willamette
university student: "X think she
ought to suffer the death penalty.
I read the story in the paper this
morning and it appears to me that
she is just shamming. It is alto
gether too easy tor a murderer
to get off by pleading insanity,
anyway."
Sergeant W. J. "Dubbs Mai-
key, JrM state police: "I think she
ought to bo hung."
Kenneth Brown, stodent: "It
makes no difference to me what
happens to her, but she certainly
is making a fine display to be de
clared insane. I should think me
in an asylum would be worse than
death." ;
Silverton Hills
To Conduct Meet
Of Nearbv Grancre
VICTOR POINT, April 19 Un
ion Hill grange will meet at the
hall rrlday night with guest offi
cers from Silverton Hills grange
in charge ot meeting and pro
gram, i
Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Fischer are
making a number of Improve
ments in the gardens at their
home here, including a rock wall
at the front, a double pool and
rockery and tho addition of a
number ot ornamental trees and
shrubs to their already largo col
lection.
PROGRAMS GIVEN .
CLEAR LAKE, April 1 The
Sunday school enjoyed a program
Easter Sunday after Sunday
school with O persons present,
The teachers. Kiss NeaL Miss
Bostrack and pupils, gave a party
jrnaay anernoon. -
simply be' giving hostages to
more slowly we may rebuild
Deflation has been cruel;
be even more devastating.
about completed, why leaD
I V.-VY-
.
11 New Views
BITS
for
By li J. HENDRICKS
Two governors' mother-in-law I
When Grandma killed the) Uoni ,
. -a .-.-'.
(Continuing from yesterday:)
She thought she saw aa yeltl bat
Beneath that shaggy brow;
She halloed to a boy in sight:
-Quick, fetch the axe right
now!"
With twitching nerves and lively
step
The frightened lad compiled;
The trusty axe replaced the club
Which Grandma threw aside.
When lion caught that blade ot
steel
Which deftly cleft his head.
Old Grandma said, triumphantly,
"Guess now the pesky thing Is
dead!"
Tho story caught the passing
breese
And hurried with delight.
'Til every settler round about
Had heard of Grandma's fight.
Tho writer ot these feeble lines.
Though less than tea years old
Was next day shown the battle
field With lion stark' and cold.
The settlers cam from near and
tar
To hear this tragic story
Straight, from the heroine's puls
ing breath
And crown her name with glory.
Grandma Hufton was a typo.
In those heroic days,
Ot every true and loyal wit
who loved the pioneer ways.
They were the helpmeets to ad
vance
Wherever needed most;
Could cook the meals or run the
ranch
Or take tho place of host.
Could ahear the sheep and spin tho
wool.
And tlx the warp and woof;
Could throw, through loom, the
shuttle spool
And heat and shape the cloth.
Could milk the cows and raise the
chicks.
And churn the butter out.
I Or tend the baby, nurse the sick.
Or weed the garden out.
They crossed the plains the great
expanse
They braved the perils there
And learned by hard experience
To do, through life, their share.
But this new age has brought a
change.
The picture shows hare gotten
The hearts and minds of all our
maids
So goodbye, Grandma Huttons.
Tho story ot the killing ot the
cougar or California lion Is so
completely told in the above and
the lines that preceded in yester
day's issue that there is little in
the way of explanation to add.
1.
Knowland s flouring mill was
where the town of Scotts Mills is
now. The first saw and grist mill
were built there by Mr. McKay, a
Hudson s say company man. prob
ably in the thirties, and it was one
of the first ot its kind in what is
now Oregon; probably the third
grist mirr. The title passed to Mi
chael Knowland. Re moved to As
toria and rented the mills to a
man named Hamilton and. later.
to a man named Shell. A son of
Hamilton served afterward for a
generation on the Portland police
force. The stepfather of W. T.
Rigdon of Salem, Orondo Beards-
Yesterdays
... Of Old Salem
Town Talks from The States
' man of Earlier Days
Anvil Vk cuta
The primary election resulted
in nomination for TJ. S. senator on
the republican ticket ot Henry M.
cake of Portland by a majority of
2250 over Senator Charles W.
Fulton and oa the democratic
ticket ot Governor Chamberlain.
whose nomination was' uncontest
ed. Electric railways are the talk
ot the day. From Portland yester
day it was announced that within
30 days the United Railways com
pany would begin construction of
aa electric railway from Portland
to Tillamook. Surveys have been
made over the Wilson river route.
Another announcement was that
a standard gauge electric railroad
would be built by tho Valley Rail
way company from West Wood
burn to Woodburn and thence
through Monitor to Scotts Mills
and up to Wilholt Springs in the
Cascades. A branch will be ex
tended from Monitor to Silverton.
April 20, 1923
Regular circus lingo, spangles,
tinseL grease paint, tights, 'trao-
e,e brker. whoop-ia come-ons
Jail birds, clowns, tanbark and
sawdust ring, bright lights and
monkeys n everything, blossomed
out in Salem last night as the
Cherrians presented the first per
formance of their "Cherringo."
The show will continue today and
tomorrow.
Very impressive waa that part
of the Evangelical conference here
lyesterday when the United Evan-
gellcal church and tho Evangeli
cal association were formally unit
ed and declared to bo tho Oregon
Evangelical conference. Bishop M.
T. Mas of LaMars, la-, was the
speaker for the occasion.
WASHINGTON Criminal pros
ecutions may follow aa injunc
tion suit filed la New Tork yes
terday by the federal government
to protect the public against ex
orbitant sugar prices. - The suit
seeks to stop speculative trading
on tho sugar exchange.
fature disaster. If wa rebuild
mora surely.
uncontrolled inflation would
With the one process surely
into another caldron for a fresh
BREAKFAST
ley, rented the mills from Know
land In the late fifties, and ran
them for about two years W. T.
Rigdon, then a boy ot about It.
driving a two-yoka ox team for
a whole winter, drawing saw laga
to the mill. Robert 8cott bought
tho Knowland mills in tho late
fifties or early sixties, and there
after the place was and has sine
been called Scotts Mills. The post-
office was established November
1, 13S7, with Thomas Scott, son
ot Robert, tho first postmaster.
There Is a lot more to tell about
those early experiences of W. T.
Rigdon soma of which will follow
la a later artier, or series.
The woodrats' nest, where the
dogs found the animal in hiding,
is not a fiction ot the imagina
tion. Such piles brought together
about trees or In thickets of un
derbrush were familiar to our
pioneer fathers.
Also, it may be well to remind
younger generation readers, the
eougar was and is strangely ter
rified by dogs. That animal, no
matter how large, will run from
the smallest dog. Every pioneer
has often seen a cougar "treed"
by a canine that a tearless do
mestic cat half his site might
hip. The writer has a brother
who killed many cougars that
were treed by a white pinto dog
that would not have lasted a min
ute had one of the predatory ani
mals mustered courage to give
him one stroke of his paw.
PLAN GRANGE EVENTS
HACLEAY, April 1 Plans
were made for the annual Home
Economics program which will be
put on May S and for the social
evening for all grangers and in
vited frlendg to be held Saturday,
April 22, at the regular H. E
club meeting held Tuesday after
noon.
No. 103
Synopti of AaoosI Elitcsal of Tk.
rati HTere lAlt lsnussee Oamcui .(
Worcester, la the Bute ef Htaehi
etts, oa the thirty-first dsy ef Decem
ber, 1811, mad to the lasarsaee Coss-
mlitioner ot the Stite of Oregon, pur
suant 10 isw:
CAPITAL
Amount of caDital clock n.ld
1400.000.00.
INCOME
Total premium ineonu far th. v r
193,743.68.
Iutsrent. dividend and rttli Huiiid
earing the year, 127.747.85.
laeome from oth.r aoareaa nealvad
doriag the year, 305,37.08.
XOUl income, 1425,788.61.
DISBURSEMENTS
Paid for lottea. endowm.ota. aunitia
aae surreader values. 5.Mi.ok.
Dividend! paid to policy-holders dar
ing the year, 0.
Dividend - paid oa capital itoek dur-
ist ue yoar. 0.
L-ommutioaa and talariaa naid dnrini
us year, 9i,ss.s.
a axes, licenses and fees paid daring
year, m,93i.i.
Amosnt of all &thn expenditarea.
?J,7V2.Ttt.
Total expenditures, gS7S.087.96,
ASSETS
Value of reel estste owned (market
vaiaai, e.
Value
of stocks and h-ondf owned,
960S.668.LS.
Leans o
On i
mortgages and collateral, etc..
g 13.000.00.
Premium netee sad policy loans. S.
Cash la bsske sad en hand, 997,718.
90.
Net nceUaeted ana deferred sremi
ems. g27.S60.88.
Interest and rents
18.158.88.
dae and aceraad.
Other assets (aat). -9t.658.SS.
Total admitted asaeta, 9720.452.62.
LIABILITIES
Nat reserves, 998.713.00.
Gross cialms for losses annate, 91,
200.00.
AU other liabilities. 9112.16S.as.
Total liabilities, eaeept capital, 9108,
07S.SS.
Capital paid ap, 9400.000.00.
Sarplas ever all liabilities, 9119,974.
80. n
aUu-plas as regards poliey-h older.
f 9iz,sva.au.
Total, 97t0.45J.62.
BUSINESS Hi OREGON TO
THE YEAS
Gross premiums received daring the
year: Ufa, 9. 315.42; A H. 9 2 f. 998.-
47 S24.80I.B8.
Premiums sad dlvideada returned dux
ing the year. 0,
Losses paid daring the year: Life, 90
A H. 919.698.81 918.698.21.
Jiame ef Company, The Paul Severe
mie msaraaee compear.
Name ef President, Charles A, Har
rington.
Kama ot Secretary, Lemael 0. Hedg-
aias.
Statutory reeideat atteraey far
lee. Ward W. Walla.
Ke. 109
Sraopsis of Aaaaal Statesnaai al The
Travelers lire Insoraa.ee Oomnaar (
Hartford, la the State ef Oonaeeticmt, em
the thirty-first day of December, 198S.
mads to the Iasaraace Commissioner si
tea state ef Vregoa, pnrsaaat to lav:
CAPITAL
Amount ef capital stock paid up. tt.
uw.vvv.w.
1NOOME
aet presBtnsn received darlag aha
year, 9,183,3637.
la tenet, dividend aad reate resolved
unnag tae ear, soisil.83.
Income from other aearcee
doting the year. 91SO,950a2.
received
Total income, .88l,81t.lX.
DISBURSEMENTS
Vet losses paid dariag' the year la
o la ding adjustment expenses, 94,994,
498.69.
Dividends paid oa capital stock darlag
the year. 0.
Commissions- sad salaries paid daring
tae year, s s,obo,io3.u.
Taxes, licensee sad tees paid dariag
Ue year. 911.070.17.
Amoaat of all ether expend! tares.
si.sei.vis.ea.
Total expenditure. 99,755,689.68.
ASSETS
Value ef real estate owned (market
valne), 0.
Vslas ef stocks sad bonds owned
(market valas). 911.SS9.9M.00.
Loans ea mortgagee aad collateral.
ete, szso.uuo.ou.
' Cash la hanks aad ea hand. 91,920.,
466.89. '
Premiam la course ef collection writ-
tea since September 90. 1992. 9149,
48TJ6.
Iaterest aad areata dae aad aeereed.
9111,071.58.
Other assets. 93.926.90.
Total admitted assets, 918,054,586.49.
LIABILITIES
Oroas claims lor leases aapald, 999T,
73 LOO.
Amoaat of aaearaed prom tarns ea all
eatstaadiag risks. 9 94 87,40 5 J 4.
Dae for eemmlntoa aad brexeraga.
f23.UUO.VO.
Salaries, rents, ete-. 9.Tt.SS.
All ether liebllitioe ( Including
93S4.SOV.SI), SSZS.11S.SS.
Ceatiageaey reserve, 9893,191.00.
Special reserve. 91.06t.019.ll.
Total liabilities, eaeept capital, SUV
S06.47S.80.
Caoital aald am. 2.000.000.00.
Surplus ever all liabilities, Sled,
110.18.
Sarplna as - regards peUeyaeMese
9I.M8. 110.18.
TetaL 91,05.58t.48.
BUSIJIE5S IX OREOOn PC
- TE1 TEAR
Vet premiums - received dsrisvg
veer. 9202.901.69.
Leases paid dariag the year. 91.'
22440. - -'- -
. Leasee iaenrred dariag the year, 9S9,
601.01. . - . - .
Ham ef Compaay, The Travelers Fire
lasareace uosapaay.
. Kama ef Preeideat, L. Xdmaad Zees
' Kama ef Secretary, Robert H. Will
iams. -
Statutory reeideat atteraey for
lea.
Baaie ef vslaatiea at seeariUea Is the
Katiosal Coavratio of lainnnM Cam.
NmKY
SYNOPSIS
Mary Faith, comely yosag orphan, j
gives ap her position as secretary to;
tho wealthy Mark Nesbit to marry
KJmberUy FarrelL Kim, a young,
shiftless lawyer, lives with his tnotb
. Whan the latter objects to the
marriage. Kim broaquely startle
Mary Faith by breaking the eagage-
tnent. Later, when ho sees her with
Mark Nesbit in a Jewelry store, ae
lecting a ring, his Jealousy Is
aroused. The next morning be ap
pears at Mary Faith's boarding
bouse aad overwhelms ber with Jus
protestations of love. She again
leaves her rxmtion and. after a hasty
marriage, they spend aa ecstatic two
eksr bceaeymooo la the noose of
Kim's aunt in the country. Return
ing home, Mary Faith moves to the
Farreu apartment. Kim s triends.
Claire and Jack Maldon, find Mary
Faith a dull companion for their
Jazzy parties. Mary Faith realizes
Kim is irritated by ber lauore to
drink and gamble. During the win
ter Kim attends the parties alone.
Mary Faith takes care of the house
bat knows nothing of Kim s frnanrra
CHAPTER XX
"If you wanted to be a real help to
Kimberley," said Mrs. Farrell,- you'd
get a job and go to work in aa office
again. That's what you'd do.
"Not unless Krra asked me tor
Manr Faith came back at her. "If
went to work Kim would feel that
was discontented and didn't want
to live on what be makes. It would
hurt him it would hurt his pride.
Naturally he wants to support his
own wile.
She had plenty to do at home, be
sides. She spent the short days of
the winter making new curtains of
natural pongee silk for the whole
house. She bought tan and cream
and green silk and made covers for
the cushions of the old couch in the
parlor. She bought two wicker
boxes of daffodil! for the front win
dows of the flat
The winter went by and spring
came all at once, in a burst of sun
light, the last week in March. AH
that week Mary Faith cleaned bouse
washing woodwork, brushing cob
webs from the smoky ceiling, polish
ing the water faucets until they
shone like silver. She sent the dusty
caroets to the dry-cleaners god
bought a dark blue rug for the bed
room that she and Kim shared.
"Where did you get the money
for all this stuffs Kim asked her on
Sunday as they sat over their morn
tag coffee.
Mary Fahh laughed. "You don't
think I worked for four years with
out putting away a dollar every now
and then, do you, Kim
He shifted in his chair, studying
her face with his gray eyes.
"Look here, Mary Faith," he said
at last, "I bate to ask you, but can
you let me take sixty dollars?"
She answered him without a sec-
end's hesitation. "Why, of course 1
can, Kim, and FU be glad to. m
get it out of the bank firsts thing in
the morning." '
What he did with his own money
she didn't know. He gave his mother
fifteen dollars every week for food
and ice and newspapers, and the rest
he kept himself. Mary Faith knew
almost nothing about the household
finances.
The next day Kim came borne in
the middle of the afternoon. His
mother bad gone to the library for
a book and Mary Faith was sitting
by the window, reading, when she!
saw his car stop in front of the!
building. I
She opened the door for him and
he dropped down oa the window
seat without stopping to take off his
hat and coat He was smiling and
he took a cigarette out of bis pocket
aad lit it
"WeH," he said, "you won't have
to lend me that sixty dollars I asked
yon for.1
"How's that, Kimr She had
brought tt home from the bank that
morning and it was lying now la the
bottom oi the drawer where she
kept ber stockings and haadker-
chiefs.
'
FAITH"
if J 1 vfte I
sYk Hi1
The next night he came home at dinner time and told her that Mclntrae
and Wettover
I "Well, IH tell you why I wanted
I that money, he began slowly. "You
know, 1 do a lot of collecting for the
firm, and a couple of months ago I
collected sixty dollars from an old
fellow named Grammas over on the
west side."
He took a cigarette from his pock
et and struck a match to it.
'I didn't turn it in at the office
that day," bis voice went slowly on.
'and that night I lost every nickel
of h, playing cards at the Athletic
Club."
Mary Faith remembered the very
night that it must have been. Kim
had called her up and told her he
was going to play poker with Jack
Maldon and some friends of bis and
that she'd better not wait up for him
he was going to be late.
" ought to have let everything
else go and put that money back
right away," Kim said, "but 1 didn't.
. If I'd known you had any money.
rd have been all right But I didn't"
"You can put h back nowT Mary
Faith got up from her chair. "I have
it in my room. . . . IU get it-
He took hold of her wrist and
1 pushed her back into her chair.
"No. If s too late now. You don't
think I'm going to admit bow that
I took it do you? You must be
crazy " he said. "I told them that I
I turned h over to Miss Brown she
I takes care of all that sort of stuff
and I'm never going to tell them
anything else. That's my story and
I'm stuck with it"
The next night he came home at
dinner time and told her that Mc
lntrae and Wettover had let . him
lout
I He was very bitter about it
"When I think of the years I've
wasted, working for them!" he said,
"Hot-footing it all over town every
I day, collecting their bds and doing
I all the rest of their 'dirty work for
I them I Why, they haven t ever gives
me a chance to work on a decent
case and then, by gosh, the first
time I don't turn in a piece of money
the minute I get it. they kick me
I out!
Mary Faith came and sat beside
him, laying one of her bands over
his. It was no longer white and
smooth and pink-tipped as it bad
been in the days whea she was Mark
Nesbit s secretary, aad it was still I
without a wedding -ing.
Taken tor a Ride
BEATRICE
BURTON
By
had let him out.
Wb- don't you take that sixty.
dollars mine and give it to Mr.
Mclntraer she asked him, "Why
don't you go to him and make a
clean breast of the whole thing-
Kim? Everybody makes a misstep
at some time or other in their lives,
and there isn't a dishonest bone in
your body, really." Her blue eyes
pleaded with him, believed in him.
trusted him.
But he wasn't looking at them.
He was staring at the floor and bis
mouth was set in. a hard stubborn
line.
"No, 111 see him in Calcutta be
fore I go near him." be said. "Be
sides I don't want his two-penny job
any more. He can take it and give
it to the office boy. If I had any
money I'd open an office of my own,
I d show them whether I'm a lawyer
or notP
He looked at ber then. There was
a question written in his face.
How much would it take how
much money would -it take?" Mary
raith asked.
Weil. I wouldn't be able to count
on getting very many clients for the
first two or three months. I'd have
to have a thousand dollars, anyway.
zou see, tt would cost something to
keep this flat going and I couldn't
rent a decent office for less than a
hundred a month. Then I'd have to
have a girl to answer the telephone
and look after things when I wasn't
there.
AU right I have a thousand dol
lars and you can have it Kim." Mary
raith said and watched the look of
relief that swept across bis face. "I
can be your office girl, too, can't 1 7
Ob, no. I may be a poor sort of
a husband, but I won't let my wife
work tn my office, be said prompt
ly and. firmly.
inea ne caught ber in his arms-
crushing her close to him. "To thiak
of a little thing like you saving aB
that money, whea I've never saved
a red cent!" be said huskily. "Why,
you're nothing but a gadget P
"A very thrifty gadget" Mary
Faith laughed, and then sobered all
at once. "When I saved that money
I didn't know bow much happiness
I waa saving up for myself, Kim."
she said.
(To Be Coattimted)
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