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Same Old Caddy "v BEATRICE f 'n". mtm :1 i. - 7- BURTON 17 a t rru l-m-i i i iiin ii i ij fti i i ii , i mi i ) No Favor Sways Us; From First Statesman, March; 13; 1851 ' . ; ; B THE STATESMAN PUBIfkGT CO.' " I Chaxixs A. Spracux v '' . - Editor-Manager Sheldon F. Sacgrrr -V; , Afacgig Editor lieabtt t til iuocUtei Pkm'' The Associated Prw Is exclusively entitled to the m for publica tto ot all news dispatches credited te U or not otherwise credited to this paper. - ADVERTISING.. - - Portland Representative - , ..i " V Oordon & Bell, Security Building, Portland, Or. Eastern Advertising Representatives . Bryant Griffith Branson, Ine Chicago. Ntw Tort. Detroit ..' Boston, Atlanta. - Entered at the Poet if lee at Sale, Oregon, a Second-CUut Matter. Published ever morning except Monday. Bkswism office, t!5 S, Commercial Street. SUBSCRIPTION BATES: Uaa Babeerlptloo Ratee. In Afvue Wfthte Oremi PaUr Sunday. 1 Mo. cwUi Mo. Mo. SS.SS; X year S4.M. Klmwhara IS cant Mr MO., or IS.SS Br City Carrier: 4S cents a month; $. a year Copy S eenta On trains and News The Hawley T7I0RMER Congressman Hawley was subjected to unmer I1 vmMlrftw wWeli Insinuated that he had abused the franking privilege in the dispatch of matter iromJVshiiig rm fr Rnim ah h retirement from coneress. On his arrival here Mr, Hawley merely stated that the contents of the post- ai sacks were documents, letters, etc of an official character, the accumulation of his quarter century 01 service ax xne na tional capital,1 He destroyed as much matter as appeared to - be: worthless? the remainder it seemed advisable, to preserve In a letter to the Oregonian former congressman John- ion of Hoquiam related wnat Mr. nawiey tuu uuu wiau w report. It is only justice to Mr. Hawley to reprint a portion af the Johnson letter: ', . , T Mr. Hawley shipped several thousand pounds ot furniture and personal effect by boat from Norfolk, Va., to Portland at . considerable xost These were his personal effects. The. sacks . and boxes sent by mail were Ms valuable- publle documents, file -not of value td his successors, official reference books and the : tike, all of them official government documents. "I presume that Mr. Hawley will Place his library of books and documents on tariff matters to the Oregon . state library. I "expect to present my personal collection of books and documenta on immigration, citiaenship, deportation, communism, etc our stata-library ht Olympla. s ' . v. 2 "When I left my seat In congress, March 4, 1 shipped from my office to Hoquiam ten boxes and sacks after leaTlng for my two successors (the third district haring been divided) papers, maps, affldaTlts, etc. pertaining peadin ofUcial business, after destroying the equlxalent of 20 sacks ot accumulated fllea of no present Valued X shipped by boat freight from Philadelphia about 00 pounds, or tour tons of personal effects. v "la the sacks of files sent home by me it Is probable that not one letter la a, thousand will be needed, but should it ba . needed. I will hate If hero filed. The cost of rearranging these ; fUes and the work ot carrying on post-official correspondence Is considerable. ,. : " , , .t . "A retired, congressman Is permitted to frank' hla letters . on official business until the beginning ot the succeeding. reg . alar session':-,-'.:' " ' r. f The Spiirt in Prices YIOMMODITIC and security prices have been moving for- j ward of late and took a sharp spurt yesterday. Hops touched 40c, the highest price in many years. Wheat went up several cents a bushel. Stocks zoomed, reminiscent , of 'While fear or hope of inflation may account for this Durst oi Duying, me increase LAUSC U1G Ui U1VUKW UVXAAUVM production levels. When that happens eventually there must be a rail v In prices. Once the vicious downward spiral is broken, then recovery seta in have been convinced for some time tfcat all tnat was laciong now was a psychological attitude to stimulate forward buy- Ing; and that once it was weu nut nf thpfr rvrlnnft epll&ra and u It would not be at aU surprismg if .Roosevelt never the authority which the inflation bill gives him to devaluate the dollar There is such an abundance of material for price! iiktmom ttrifhnnf MiHintr thA more variable in thaeme mess recovery is rauia ua tfuusvauuu cuuuxia vaa uur - i - - . a may not De tamperea witn. vn'fVi f Via tmlA onntanr n-f th ping. . ; Future months promise merchant, the banker, the farmer, the manufacturer, and tfc wir0-r-pr and Hvil emnlove. sjaav fV w r c - 1 Prices for Home - rnHE' chamber of commerce: or some other . leadership AJ might well undertake to protect the growers of produce for tame use, now that home Under the stress of keen competition merchants may be con strained to reduce prices to the point where the grower gets very little for his produce." If understanding which would the goat on the price-cutting, community ; because then the spend and he would spend it Soon home producers will tables, berries, fruits, etc There should not be any attempt at a hold-up of the consumers, and prices would need to be on equivalent levels with Portland produce markets. But there seems to be a field here protected and the consumer not leave plenty of items for free Agriculture deserves a ings with the city, Without ington,- something might be tion among producers, mercnants, consumers.. ,Tne treatment accorded a was not rainy representative of the people of that great state. It was an outbreak of ruffianism, such as leads the way to anarchy. Tne midwest has suffered treat aronlea. w tu, mm frAnu and relatives ia that old state,, and we know what a atrala they hare been under. But Iowa is not launching revolution; and the state as - wua ne quick to repuaiate tne hoodlumlsm which vented m senaeiess lury on a Helpless - A young lady by the name of Oregon won a srixe in a short atnr put her under a handicap however because her father was the lata "wr" "cn. "08 "Slwash" w Tynt 'onegs In i" possesses ner lata 'fi.tiJ trtw for Inflation and for the farm bill with ths ln Mii kmendment- McNrr Toted against InflaUon but tor the farm IiuLrLtt 1aJlUoa amendment was added. Btelwers sputtering mord Pvwer to the president turned out to b Just sputtering. He caught the grabraU aa the coach went by. UeNary, of oiui irons do in ways. v- Tnl.B1a Boblnsoa of Indiana, la the republican party's Huey iong contribution to the U. S. senate. He Is proceeding to do all he w emoarrass toe Kooserelt Hoover program. - - . we, get such a headache reading column after column of news ' onomica ana pontics tnat it Is almost a relief to read jfresh scandal about some1 preacher back tn Omaha. The business clouds are beginning to have a free sliver lining. No FeaSltaU Awe"- COT 1 W narmncm la advance. Per Stands eenis. Mail Bags in prices is iuuy jusuiiea; do-i IWil WWW VUWM AHA w.w V. vwwv w I and the spiral is reversed. We I started, people wouia come start to do business again. I dollar And m ft kino it lust one or - s a Aj.lJ.-i I or .once we start miKennsiat sacramanto. lift UlfiTl IMV DA DO CLOD-1 w.r. ' - I . . . . . . . ... I to noia intense interest ior me ' ' . ' - - Grown Produce marketing is about to start. there could be some common prevent the farmer being made it would be a good thing for the grower .would have money, to in . these markets. be in the markets with vege in which the grower can be penalized ; 4 which still would competition among merchants. better break, in its business deal waiting for relief from Wash accomplished by local coopera Judge la the court at LeMars. Iowa, but brave and honest judge. . Janet Fitch at the University of niMt ihi,. stories are vividly remembered by all the Walter Eckersall days. Oregon em uient In large degree. program the same as he .- - - ' ' r did tne some If,: . OlL O' Yesterdays Of Old Salem , Town Talks from The States el Earlier Days April 80, 1008 Washington As a result ot the conferences of Republican leaders a new bill has been introduced providing; for the formation ot a national clearing; house associa tion by not less than 10 national banks with an aggregate capital ot $5,000,000. . Commencement exercises onen- ed at Willamette anlreraity last nigni. wnen a class t ten, and the college ot medicine at the . '"""u. , - nnsaes "areKiyep aratory to a morement to make the entire . ,1, it. - a . A. , atata g0 dry two years hence. Pro- v. '"TnV tT thVoniaT thi IntEsliSn league JTil 10 April so, 1023 jjJ'SSnShS BnM V a. tltl tr.r. no inspector and carl d. Gabriel- son, superintendent of the auto- inM vitk rAifforAiA nt nttiM! . - m Tlfta Irf TTfoVm. ..! Ash. Paul Whiteman and all eth- M.mf smith, tnrr record- star appearing at the IGrand theater to "Strattia Along,! makes a statement to the effect that' jass originated In the Daily Health Talks By ROYAL S. COPELAND, M. D. By ROYAL 3. COPELAND, M. D.' United States senator from New Ten Ferwier Commieetonor of Bealt ' ; Jf n Ter City, ; - ? . yrTjenmy Et a,K as ef the lungs produced by breathtnr ' dust which' contains ahlgh' percentage et sUIcs, It has always been a common disease ainong-miners wee are e x- oesd to stone, dust .At one t&ne tt waa , psxucniariT. common - hw the mines ot Soutb . Africa, Australia, Canada and tks United States.- - ' A recent report - ec tne United States puLUe health service makes tt appear that there Is a decrease tn the prevalence of silicosis and other oc cupational diseases.. The decrease can be attributed to the law that have been enacted and enforced to protect the worker frejn unnecessary exposure te Irritating dust and vapora. . ' .r-v--. , : Breathing ef Dast i Before the disease was property understood, men eagaced tn laber that did them harm. They worked on siliceous rock and were exposed te the dust of. metal snmtng. coal mining, quarrying of sandstone or granite, tunneling, excavatlnr. sand blasting, stone carving, grinding and polishing; The lungs became laden with tne trrftatmg dust " Many ef the victims of .these - employments succumbed to this disease. ' ' .; The. sufferer trom silicosis Is sus oeptlble to infections ef the lungs. .As a rule, the afflicted Individual con tracts pneunfonls and. because of his lowered resistance, tuberculosis may result . ' . j .Weeklag CeedUieas Isspreved ' X am glad te say tnat much has been done te reduce the' prevalence of . this ailment. -The condmons ef all mines have been Improved. They are. now equipped wita ve&tQatlon systems, safety lamps, and devices tnat detect poisonous rases and tn creased amounts ef dost Dust ts prevents by wet drtUinr and other ret- waning methods,", cacn. as sprays end water blasts whten diaaln l&h the dust after blasting. BITS for BREAKF AST -By R. J. HENDRICKS- Pioneer liquor fights t S (Continuing from yesterday:) Fateful days passed at Oregon City and old Fort Vaneourer, for two nations, If not for the world. The committee on apportion ment meaning districts or coun ties), of which Jesso Applegate was the outstanding member, sent a sub-committee, of which he was' the chief spokesman, to .hare a secret talk with Dr. MeLoughlln. This waa done, and this sub-committee, carried back to the little legislature of IS a written accept ance from Dr. UcLooghlin and his man next In " authority, James Douglas, dated Aug. 11, 1S4S. h Quickly the agreement was rat ified by the legislature ot IS, and officers of the Hudson's Bay com pany w.ere elected to places under the provisional government Thus the lion' and the eagle were join ed. And "NOT ONS MOMENT TOO SOON, wrote Bancroft Not too soon for what? To avert a third war with Great Britain. Without previous announce south, and waa started by the col ored race, and net by various per sonages among the orchestra leaders. Prof. Robert Gatke's Willam ette university class tn - Oregon history took one ot Its annual his torical research excursions Satur day, visiting Oregon City, Port land and Vancouver. la certain wora wnere oust ts more ' difficult to control, the men ere pro tected by the wearing of masks strnl. lar te those need by out- soldiers during the World war. AH miners and other persons constantly exposed to dust should be examined before employment Men who have weak lungs and a tendency towards tuber. culosts, should not be permitted te engage la this work. They may de other things with safety, but mining win be fatal te them. . , .v The Syssptesss ' Persons wbe are exposed te ex cessive amounts ef dust ever a long period or time suffer from a eoadfc tion called tpaemmokonloels". Xt the ' dust Is coal dust the condition is known as "anthracoslg. These two conditions are similar te silicosis end ' can be prevented by proper precau tions.' ' Sufferers from this disease should avoid exposure te trritatmg dust It is advisable te change occupation at once. -'S- .'--''' :.. - -" - The early symptoms eC 'sQleoeit closely resemble those ef tuberculosia There Is a persistent cough, loss ef vitality, loss tn weight and repeated attacks of colds, wtth 'pneumonia ts ' some cases. ' This trouble leads to a ' steady loss ef health. If neglected the sufferer ts unable te work and ' becomes sn invalid. - . If does not pay to work habitually ia dusty places. Ultimately the tis sues of the tusgs wSl become clogged with the Irritating material. ! ; I :. . 'AasWs te Health QwerUe - ... - ,; i .; ,i . -. : k. i. i-:-T Mrs. 14. Q. Would Brlxhfe dis ease cause the abdomea te swell, af- footing no ether part ef the bodyf Is this condition contagious tn any. wayf . Xs It eurablst Would one con. sider a patient suffering from such an ailment sa,mvalldt X 'am mar ried. , - -. .. :. . .,. , . , .Ac-Thle may be due te dropsy. Have your doctor advise yon defi nitely.. Ko. Whether er not the con dition can be cleared - s depends upon: the exteTitand. serionsnese ef the trouble. Not necest axil. fCopyriaM. USS. X. r. g fee.) meat, a few days thereafter ar rived from Puget Sound Lieut Wm. Peel, and Captain Park ot the Royal Marines, with a letter from the commander of the Brit ish naval forces la Pacific waters, II vessels carrying 419 guns, say ing firm protection waa ready for the safeguarding ot British sub jects In Oregon If they required It ' V . Had this offer come In June la stead of August, there would cer tainly have been war. The threat, ened bloody e6aflletwae averted by -Dr. John MeLoughlln and Jesse Applegate sitting down to gether In secret conference at old Fort Vancouver. Lieut Peel was the third son of Sir "Robert Peel, then prime minister and leading statesman of Great Britain. . He visited the settlers ot the Willamette valley, learned from first hand, the manner .end tem per ot the men who had crossed tne plains in covered wagons- soon departed and was ia London to report to hla illustrious father Feb. 9 or 10 following unheard of speed for that day. Follow, ed tuicsuy tne international Boun dary treaty, paased by parliament. and ratified by the U. 8. senate Jnae IS following. Thus was set tled the long sad troublous "Ore gon question." The 114 legislature had amended tho original 1S4S law for an executive - committee ot three and created the office of governor, and George Abernethy was elected la 1141, and this was confirmed by the plebiscite ot July SI, though he was absent in Hawaii at the time of his election. But he was back la aeason to sub mit his message to the legislature wnen it met Aug. I, pursuant to adjournment The term waa two years, salary $S0t annually. If there was money to pay It aad Abernethy was reelected la 1S4T, aad held the office until March S, 1S4I,. when the day after the arrival er Governor Joe Lane, the territorial government was proclaimed. Thus the provisional government had two executive committees, one chosen la open meeting and the next by election. ana one governor. " The statement la the 1ST! Sa lem Directory sketch that the peo ple, at the 1S4S special election of July it. roted the territory drr. Is manifestly Incorrect as wilT be shown by what win follow. (Continued tomorrow.) Editorial imment Froxa Other Papers . " oiv irr usual beat Strolling lost Its first two let ters last Sunday, and I went "Rolling Down to Salem, where 5B thousand others like me drove through cherry blossom whiteness ot . Willamette valley, proud ot Oregon's many-sided loveliness. Intervening fields In verdure make the orchard plumes, wands and metrical corridors more Ttvld. It Is the capital's show-day a re turning festival of the region that might well bo a three-day affair. with invitation to the -world. Each year the .interest grows. We cap- italixe -many things. The Cher- rlaas of. Baled ,hare 1 to' ba ' good gsessers: just when tho blooms will be la perfection depends up on the season. And the period of fullness is brief. Bat at least two weeks advanee notice can be guar anteed. I'm for the Cherrlana of Salem.-rStroller'lB Portland Spectator. jfiUT.l SYNOPSIS llary Faitlt comely young orphan. Is secretary to Hark Hssbit, wealthy buslnase man. Che gfres c? her po sltioa to marry Cmberlsy FarreH, shiftless young lawyer. - Uary Faith beHsrea that loviaf a man hard enough wQ ins Ire ew eijf ihlnsj come out all right la the end. It was this con&deoc that enabled bar to marry Kim aftef he had once broken their engsaraneat. h realLses he has aa eye ior erery girl, but hopes that married !e wa sober him and maks him sneceasf ul in his prof sasiosu In stead. 73m Is annoyed at Uary Faith's Puritanism,' and his Jaxsy friends, Claire and Jack VTiUon, find -ntZJt.r u 2 !S!ifui2 J! JJl I bar i she Faith, for the first time, visits Kim's oGca. Xim Is farions when Uary Faith finds him tOrtinc wkh his blond secretary. That night he ta- Lm.iZrZL broken at this tarn of affairs, decides not to ts3 Khn of her coming moth erhood. Che aad Urs. FarraU deckle ta strxrxU to keen the home for the coining baby. Uary Faith obtains a - m SMj-a VVa - eV ta Kim's request for a dl I tt - i vm WBM W months before carrying out his da aire. As the bells are ringing m the New Year. Uary Faith's son is born. Kim, informed of this event, returns home and becomes, for a time, a proud and happy father. Kim la re stored to his old positloa which he had lost due to money irregularities. When his salary is increased, Uary Faith tells him to buy new clothes. CHAPTER XXIX The chilly weeks of April passed and May was there with its green' banners and Its warm sunshine. Uary Faith bought a little white go-cart and took the baby for long slow rides through Haltnorth Park and down River Street to see Urs. Puckett Everything la the River Street house waa as it always had been. Mr. Ucdintock still sat m the parlor all day, smoking cigars aad reading -caaiess , newspapers and I magazines. Agnes, the waitress, was I still there to answer the doorbell aad I exrlshn over the beauty of Uary I Faith's baby. Nothing was changed I except the color of Urs. Pecketfs I hair. Shs had had it dyed a bright I red Instead of the familiar mahog-l any-brown. I Cm her way home Uary Faith I would atop ia at the Old Home dr. tula ting library oa Terrace Reed opposite the park and pick out two or three books a detective story for I Kim end lore ajpriea or "problem"! with his little round O of a mouth, novels for herself and Urs. Ferre3.ead Uary Faith watched him la The library was at the back of the I Old Home Book and Stationery I Store where Uary Faith had bougt I She . had brought four . pairs of writing paper and magazines cverKIm'sJsocks and some darning cot- sines she had come to uve la tne I neighborhood years before; and it I bad always been m charge of a taded I blond woman ef uncertala age whose I name was Uiss Uehitabel Uather. A name that for some mysterious reason always made Uary Faith I think of New England. Ia the days of witch burning and stocks aad pll- lories. But one Saturday afternooa wheal she strolled dowa to the library to return aa armful of books and pick out some new ones there was an- ether woman in charge not a worn-(the an really but a very pretty girl with ash-blond hair braided around her head and a pair of very large brown eyes. . "Uiss Usther has gone away for anta she comes back," she told Mary I Faith. Tm her nieca. Uy name is I Mather, too. I She was vary friendly, and help- fuL and she' took down book after book from the shelves for Mary Faith's Inspection. "I can find plenty of books for Bancroft's history of Oregon la vague on the matter, but Judge Carey's history shows that the 1S4S session ot the legislature the little one of IS members passed a new prohibitory liquor law, and that Governor Abernethy vetoed it This was at the third session ot that body, which con vened at Oregon City December S. The second session had ad journed August St. I ' V S It will appear, however, that the bone dry law paaaed by the 1144 legislature of eight mem bers wst still In force, for one may find In Judge Carey's history these facts: W - ... The 1841 provisional govern ment .legislature, convening at Oregon City the first Monday In December, then Increased to II members, had the matter up, and Governor Abernethy "recommend ed a revision ot the liquor law, objecting that ths power to reg ulate, granted by the amended organic law (enacted by the vote of Jury SS, 1841), did not Include the power .to. PROHIBIT, and al so that the provision that tines should be divided between the In former, the witness and the offi cials, 'made the Jadges and the witnesses Interested parties' la each case.. He recommended that but oso person, and that person a physician, be authorised to im port or manufacture a suftlcleat quantity ta eupply ths wants of the community, for medicinal pur poseeV ' . ; " iV. ' The legislature responded by passing a license law; the gover nor returned the bill unsigned with a message ia which ho urged ths submission ot the question to tne voters. He said In his mes sage: , v ..... A . "If the people say no liquor,1 CONTINUE to prohibit:. If . they say through the ballot box, we want liquor then let it come free. the same as dry goods, or any oth er article Imported or manufac tured; 'but untn the people say they.waat It, l hope yoa will use your mnasnee to keep tt eat ef the territory." . :. , ... ... . . The legislature responded by paselag the. blU to. regal te and ITurn te Page ) mrseU," Uary Faith told her at last I for a mocneat before the drug store, "What I'm hnstlag. for is a coodiThea they fumed and went into it western story or a mystery for my husband. Yon hare so few. I think he's read almost erery one you hare here.1 "How about a good sea story 2" asked the girL handing Uary Faith a dark blue book wua the tale "Captaia Uacedoiees Daughter" on It m, large yellow letters. ThU looks aU rWvt TO take k. said Uary Faith. "Thanks for help ing me. Uiss Uather. That night she and Kim went for a drire m the little car and stopped on the way home for a chocolate soda.. They sat at the black counter brown Caen house coat that be wort tore, sipping" the sweet I M Squid through loog straws and smiling et each other m the wide mirror behind the couater. . Kim had no hat and coat on, and I Uary Faith thought she nerer had ft-? t n t J? , .t... wind and the collar of bis shirt open. showing a triangle of akin that was several shades lighter than bis ruddy sunburned face. Ia the mirror she saw him turn Us head aad look at someone who "r ill v TT'lCTZ hair ikmct in wua immi iu.j m. t , vnuura innu ncr nan. His eyes followed . her as she walked to the back of the store and went into the telephone booth. Not until the door had closed behind her did he take them from her. There was aa latent eager look in them. Geod-Iookiag girL" be said brief ly, setting his empty glass down upon the counter, "Yes, I know her, answered Uary Faith. "She works ia the circulating library ia the'bookitore she's Miss Mathers niece. Kim, I doat under stand yon, I know you love me, but you're always picking oat pretty girls aad looldac them over. Are all men dee that! I never think of aobdng a man.. I never really see any man m the world but yon." "Doot your His engaging grin flashed out at her and he patted her hand aa It lay oa the counter. "Then I touts a good girt and Tm tor yoe. Aad that was the only answer she got to ncrnuesnon. It was half pest four on U on day afternoon before she started out to take the baby for hla afternooa stroQ. Haltnorth Park was cool and green, sad aa old gardener watering the grass near Uary Faith's favorite bench in the lilac walk. The baby, rose-pink and bright- eyed from his afternoon nap, sat up I against the little pillows ef his cart land played with a blue-and-whlte rattle that Jean Bartlett had sent him. He made small bubbling noises great contentment from her seat oa the bench. ton and a needle wita ner, and, by the time she had mended them it was l hall past nre and the factory whistles I were blowing m the distance,' I "Time to start home, my small 1 sweet man," she said to the baby.l rotliag the last pair of socks htto a I ball aad dropping them into her I mending bag. "inn to go notne I and put tne baby ta tne sea umc to get the daddy bis supper She pushed the car along the shady gravel walk, talking as she went Beyond ths green spaces of park passing automobiles flashed ia the sunshine of Terrace Road, The windows of the Old Home Book aad Stationery Store were Uks fire aad the gilded dome of the church next door to tt was aa bright! Uary Faith crossed Terrace Road directly in. front of the bookstore, aad just aa she reached the curb she saw Kim steading ia the doorway. He waa not alone. Uiss Mather's aiece waa beside aim, and aa Uary Faith looked at them they started along the sidewalk, They paused , So that the Brides ef Spring aaay (!3 Never before priced so low 1 . esstreweeteCe price! A complete Service for Six wide DeLaxs Stainless Knives ia the new Bride Cheat -stjUd tm tones of Orange ea4 Thomji Tom choiee ef the newest, ssnarte Ca dWg The ssaart new CfnLalrtooToiUjomvtouIltmtw&er daring May only, ; Cosoetai i 6UCCE6SOBS TO LtlLM.1T XSItOS.' - ' V 457 STATE ST. It waa .twenty minutes after sin when he came home. . . Uary Faith heard him when he came m. 2o neara nun say neuo to his mother. .Sbe beard him say,' -Where's Uary Faithr . - - Then he came oat into the kitchen where she was cutting- up a fresh pineapple for dessert i - - . "Whafa the nutter r" be asked. He knew that something was the. matter the minute he looked at her. She always came to meet him at sight Almost always she had his suppers ready . for him and the oa these hot summer rrenings. - - But tonight she didat take a step la his direction. She stood at the - table looking at him. .There was a little thoughtful frown between her eyes, as If abe were trying to igare hhn out - "Kim, she said, "row certainly are a fast worker." -VVhyr he ssked. He took off bis straw hat and she 'noticed, without knowing that she was looking at It, the daric ring that U left oa his faic ' hair. : .' Oa Saturday night yon saw that girl la the drug store," she told hhn, Aad I lie the foot i am told row who she was and where yon could fold her. And it didat take yoa very long to do fe, did itr Kim looked Mary Fait straight m the eye and answered her. "I doat know what you're talking about," he said, And he said it in . such, a puzzled way that she almost ' believed It for a second. "Til tell, you what I'm . talking about, then. Khn, I just saw yon with that Uather girt X saw yon come out of the bookstore with her and I saw yon walk up the street with her and go Into Waagera drug store." "Well, what 3 yon did see met There's nothing disgraceful shout what I did. is there? That girl had- . bees helping me pick out a couple of books for fully s half hour. I took that sea story dowa to the. office with me this morning end on. my way home I stopped ia at the library to get something else to read. Uiss Uather was leaving just as 1 was , leaving st half past five. I ssked the drug store and have something cold to drink and she said she would. Now, that waa a greet scsedsL wasat ht Pot me ta buy a girl S glass of root beerr . He came wp to her. "Yoa understand how it happened now, doat your" he asked. There was nothing to it, Uary Faith," He took her by both hands, hold ing her away from him a little so that he could look down at her. "Yon understand it now, doat yon, you jealous Ettle gadget?" Uary Faith slowly nodded her head. She wanted to understand it She wanted so desperately to know that f'"a; was wrosc That Kixn had no interest m that girt "Of course I do, Kim." she said. "But I'm terribly iealoua. Kim. ' I jest cant bear to have you look at anybody bat toe. I wish yon would wear blinders. Ilka a horse, so that yoa conldn't see anybody Suddenly she gave a little cry and shook) him by his shoulders. "Khn, if yon ever go sway from me again I If yoa ever do" He took her hands from his Jbouldera and backed away from her. Ton aSIy child," he said. "Areat yoa . ashsmed of getting yourself aa steamed ap about n girl that doesat mean anything t cm. A girl tnat X hardly kaowr She nodded. But just the she waa gtad and reSeved when the first of August brought Uiss Uather beck to the library , aad took the pretty aiece away. , . CTe Se I Ceerttsfct tm. by Use PMtaree eradicate, be. have the Silverware they .a v v a - - t .4 1 a a a a a s A t ' J i " ' n