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R BEATRICE
By BURTON
The Hand oh the Hawser
The OREGON STATESSlAN. Saleai Oresron, Thursday Blbraing. May 4,
"MARY
FAITH
Wo Favor Sway Us;
V i : ; Tram Tint SUtetman, March 88, 1841
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A Decision With Reverse Kick
i A N interestinir decision was handed down by Judge Lew-
elling in the case of Johnson vs. Feskens. Johnson sold
a piece of real property to Feskens for ?2900, of which $ziuu
was represented Dy a mortgage, me rciuauwer uiuiuu o
equity. The purchaser paid off all but $100 of the amount j
due Johnson. The latter made oral concessions when pay
ments were not promptly met when due. Now the judge says
that such concessions constituted a breach in the contract,
and that Johnson, who did not seek return of the title to the
property, but the balance due under the purchase contract,
must pay back the $700 the defendant had paid in, less al
lowance for rental of $20 per month. The case is to be ap-
" The ruling of the judge in this case is of far greater sig
nificance than the particular item of $100 which seems to be
involved. , While the effect of the decision apparently is to
favor the purchaser under a contract, and thus is in line
with the leniency, which judges are constrained to show at the
present time to prevent losses to debtors, the ultimate ef
. feet, it seems to us, would be the reverse. For there have
" been hundreds and thousands of cases where sellers under
contract have made concessions from time to time in order
to ease the; load for the purchaser. While the motive may
have been selfish in that they did not want the property back
on their hands,' at the same time this consideration has en
abled these purchasers to continue occupancy of the property,
and given them a fighting chance to pull through without ul
timate loss. These situations are constantly arising; and it
seems commendable for the seller to make these adjustments
and jconcessions which changed conditions of affairs war
rants. But if such temporary concessions constitute a breach m
the contract, unless duly drawn up in writing and property
signed and sealed, then the net result will h that the seller
will not make such concessions but will start foreclosure or
other proceedings just as soon as the buyer slips at all in his
payment. The judge may be interpreting the law correctly;
but if the result is to make dangerous these concessions and
agreements which sellers under contract have been willing to
make in order to give buyers a chance to carry on, then the
effect on the debtor class will be bad, because the seller, to
protect his own interest, would be forced to take immediate
steps to cancel the contract
Moley Inside the Keyhole
TlROF. RAYMOND MOLEY, the woman's college profes-
' r sor who is telliner Pres.
etc. is now going to syndicate articles for the daily press. He
has a job as assistant secretary of state, and is the chief
trustee for the brain trust;, so he will probably have a lot
of stuff to sell. The department of state recently did the rush
act on a Dress-easr bill through the house of representatives
to punish publication of state
ably ask for an exemption.
With Moley in the writing
will be in a fret. For Moley should get the lowest-down of all
the low-downs : and should be
crimp the myth of many of these merry-go-round columnists
who have been selling tne papers tne most expensive line
of bunk since the depression
Editor and Publisher, the
. azine, recently had the following to say about tne keynoie re
porters:
"The 'inside stuff columnist Is having- hla day. Lay readsra
must i surprised at the agility ef the gentleman. He not only
appears possessed of mouse-like ability to creep into the most
cloistered sanctums, but gets around the country with the speed
of a geven-league grasshopper. Don't misunderstand me, I think
i soma of this 'inside' staff Is - excellent reading, in Instances go
good that I am almost willing to discount the fact that much of
- it Is lifted from inside pages of metropolitan newspapers, trade
' papers and magazines. To an old-fashioned reporter it seems ra
ther reckless to publish, as 'inside' and exclusive findings, mat
! tajf that hna lnTiPnri diva before in everr thorough newsnaner.
It seems rather audacious to pretend confidential sources for all
manner of high-pressure gossip, when your real business Is to
boy the papers, read them carefully, make deductions and guess
es and then let fly on your typewriter. However, If you write
well, if you condense vital meaning into attractive capsules, if
you don't make any had breaks, and if you get wide readership,
I'U not say you are failing to contribute to the American scene.
The practice may by some be considered a trifle unethical, a
. bit deceptive, but justification lies in the tact that some people
read gossipy paragraphs with relish, whereas they would pass
over the same stuff dished up In conventional news form."
William
mHE state lost a valuable public servant when William S.
Is Levens. assistant attorney
ly in Eugene. He was capable
He had excellent balance of judgment He had a genial per
Ronality that won friends easily and held them long. In var
ious capacities he had served
ways with, credit to himself
Levens was that fine type of
will be keenly felt. ' -
People should not be particularly impressed with comments fa
vorable to inflation which come out of Wall street whether broker
age houses. Investment services, or tioster sheets. These gentry make
their money out of big turnover in
set in tne world. The stock market has been dull tor years; and If
Inflation will lure the suckers once more, whv-that means nroflts
to brokers and new subscriptions
is all a gamble anyway; but they
vii as tne Btaxe-noiders.
It is a great surprise to read
voted against the farm relief-Inflation bill. Whfl we. await hia
planatlon we would Judge he has two objections, first the lnfla-l attending physician will result in ra
tion doeant go far enough; and second, congress should do the Job! ta'"t the danger of having brala
rinTr."? 111 f
. .iui wujwis iu
i Th i n. .v- j
z p. m. Saturday were In our mail
?ur r-ent.exper,enc wltfl airmail letter -which ts sent out of
here Tuesday evening and not delivered until the following Mon-
ef AA4U AlAA4e ,
Professor TugwelL another
' nti tiav alttiAV nmTnHAH a
... . .w..uuw vi .uiyM u uua country, ax me mo
ment we are not readyto say just which would be worse.
who m tht. tnft.M.; w..
xoriue price or one.
No Fear S1aU Aw$"
Per
Roosevelt when to go off gold,
papers; but Moley would prob-l
racket, tne pseudo-keynoiers
inside of the inside. That may
started.
newspaperman's trade mag-
S. Levens
general, passed away sudden
and trustworthy in his work.
the people of the state; and al
and distinction to the state.
citizen and friend whose loss
the most highly speculative mar-
to market "anaylsts". For them life
are wise enough to get their rake-
that ftAnrMAntati T.mo. vah
if to th. president. We
currency mnauon.
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- box Tneadav moraine-. That ..t
box ineaaay morning. That beats
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member of the brain trnot
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HEALTH
?y Royal S. Copeland, M.D.
RECENTLY AN eminent physf-
clan published aa Interesting and la
structlve report en the subject of
cerebral hemorrhage. X will not bar-
den you with toe
figures of hie ex
tensive a t a d y.
The report chows
that cerebral
hemorrhage, or
"apoplexy, aa ft
Is more common
ly called, contin
ues to be a seri
ous menace.
A p e p 1 exy, or
"stroke''. Is due
to a rapture of a
small artery la
the brain. If se
vere hemorrhage
takes place, pres
sure of the blood
Dr. Gopeland
on the brain will cause the victim to
become unconscious. If the hemor
rhage Is mild and little blood is lost,
the afflicted Individual recovers. But
osaally some form of paralysis re
sults from the hemorrhage.
Take Stock of Yourself
lug an arm or leg. In other cases.
where the stroke has been mora se
vere, complete paralysis of one side
of the body occurs. The side In
volved is deprived of power of mo
tion and sensation, with a general
feeling1 of numbness.
When the hemorrhage occurs aa
the right aide of the brain, there Is
a paralysis of the left side of the
body. If the hemorrhage is oa the
left ski of the brain, the paralysis
occurs on the right side of the body.
This Is explained by a crossing' of
the nerve fibers at the base of the
brain. If the hemorrhage Is profuse
or if It involves the base of the brain,
both sides of the body are afflicted.
In such cases recovery is doubtful.
It is a good thing to take stock of
ourselves one In a while. I am Con
fident that as a result of this report
and other surreys, increased efforts
will be mad to reduce the frequency
of cerebral hemorrhage. Please bear
la mind that apoplexy Is not a dis
ease in and of itself. It is the result
of continued negligence of certain
disorders of the body.
Usually Occurs After Fifty;
This condition is usually seen la
persons beyond the age of fifty. It
rarely occurs In young adults. The
raptors or eecape of blood into the
brain Is associated with such defects
aa high blood pressors, arterioscle
rosis, or hardening of the arteries.
heart disease and kidney disease.
Sines these are largely preventable,
many , of the deaths from cerebral
hemorrhage could have been avoided
if necessary precautions bad been
taken.
No unreasonable demands should
ever be placed upon the body, it
should not be called upon for over
work when it 1s tired.
The victims of apoplexy are usual
ly those who failed to heed the warn
ings given by nature. Many suffer
ers from high blood pressure are
careless In their mode of living. Via-
Urns of hardening of the arteries ig
nore such symptoms as dlzzin
sleeplessness, mental Irritability or
impairment of memory. Apoplexy
may. be the result. No one win deny
that the onset of these cases la da-
pendent upon the extent of the origi
nal disease. The willingness of the
patient to follow the advice of the
hemorrhage.
I a t.t n
Q. Are peanuts and peanut
I hnttav ft
I tenlngT Are they healthful or good
I am .i,,t wi
for onef . - i
Xj Yes. particularly If taken In any
Quantity. It Not fattening but should.
be eaten sparingly since they are In-
digestible. . - .
(CopvrtgM, litS, JC T. IneJ
NelnD0rn04 tuUe clttb to
I winter aetftioga
BITS for BREAKFAST
-By R. J. HENDRICKS-
Historis trees In Salem:
S
Several day ago, the beautiful j
maple tree in front of the home of
Milton L. Meyers, at 1055 Court
street, was taken down. Thus end
ed the life of a landmark that had
stood for 8T years, running back
to the days before the towniite
was platted and given its present
name; four years prior to those
events.
H S S
The native twig the growth of
which formed that venerable tree
was set oat in 1846 by Dr. W. H.
Willson, known as the proprietor
of Salem. He placed the rich soli
about its roots while his little
daughter, Frances, held it In
place. "You must hold it straight,
daughter, for It is said that 'as
the twig is bent the tree is in
clined'," tradition has it thst Dr.
Willson spoke to little Frances.
The writer has the letter that
follows, received In an answer to
an inquiry concerning the event:
Alexandra Court, Portland,
twenty-fifth of April, 138: To an
absence of a few days Is due my
tardy reply to your very kind note.
Frances willson Gill told me of
the planting of the little maple.
The .small hands did as faithful
work as Dr. Wlllson's placing the
earth about its roots.
Laura Belle Willson Wythe
lived many years In California.
and she and Dr. Wythe passed
away several years ago.
V s s
"Katharine Willson married
Mr. Dillingham, and both she and
her husband have died the for
mer here at Alexandra Court.
Their only child Is living at the
Court now Miss Margery Dil
lingham. Either she or Mrs. Jes
sie Gill-Hart man, the eldest Olll
daughter, at 14 N. 20th street,
wouia oe able to give you more
definite Information.
I regret that the beautiful old
tree no longer casta its grateful
shade. Very sincerely yours, Har
riet MeArthur."
S
That 87 year did maple was one
of the oldest of the many trees of
the same kind lining the -curbs of
the streets of Salem, that hare
aaaea auracuvenesi to the cap
ital city for two generations. The
companion trees near it were
(and are) some 20 years younger
a -
Where the Meyers house stands
now, one of the first pear trees
ever set out on the site of Salem
stood for many years. It was a
Bartlett, and it was grafted by
Rev. O. Dickinson, pioneer pastor
of the First Congregational
cnurcn. ana prominent nursery
man or tne early days.
a S "s
Dr. W. H. Willson was raised in
northern New Tork; was a cooper
and had been on a whales hip, at
his trade, In a voyage to the Pa
cific, before sailing from New
Tork City in 188 f for the Oregon
country. He was a member of the
first reinforcement for the Lee
mission, arriving in May, 188?
Dr. Elijah White, first medical
missionary ever sent to a forelra
country, was a member of the par
ty, ana ur. wmson studied med
icine on the voyage under his tn
torship, and after their arrival at
the old miss ion, 10 miles below
the site of Salem.
In 1840, Dr. Willson was sent
to the branch mission at Nlsaual
ly. Its location la the suburbs of
the present city of Tacoma. Chloe
A. Clark, missionary teacher, with
the Lausanne party, arriving June
l. 1S40, was assigned to Nlsaual'
ly, and was married there to Dr
Willson. They came to Oregon
City In 1842, and to The Mills"
(Salem) In 1844. August t, 1844,
Mr. Willson. as the first teacher,
ropaned the Oregon intttte that
became by change of name Wil
lamette university.
Dr. Willson. in the fall of 1841.
erected a dwelling where the main
building of the paper mills stands.
But, a little later, he put us for
the family home the large frame
house that stood on the northeast
corner of Capitol and Court
streets where the service station
is now. That house was afterward
called "the beehive." and several
families lived in it among them
the family of Col. B. D. Baker,
elected U. 8. senator from Oregon
by the 1860 legislature, and killed
while leading his reriment at the
battle of Ball's Bluff Oct. 11.
1861.
Is
Afterward, that house became
the woman's college of Willamette
university, and was moved to the
campus and served In that capac
ity until Lausanne hall was com
pleted. Dr. Willson must have
contemplated the erection of the
"beehive" when he planted the
twig that grew into the historic
maple.
He platted the original town of
.
what Is now the main part of Sa
lem, and It was given its present
name then. Most historians have
said Dr. Willson gave the town
the name of Salem. Bancroft's
wso maiory, voiume 1. naze
zsz, says Ker. David Leslie named
It. The Bits man, as has been said
several tune before la this col
umn, believes Bancroft's writer
was correct la hi statement. Les
lie oad come from Maasachnaatta.
The name is directly from Salem.
-. our rt goes oack to Jerusa
lem, the original name of the
Holy City; first Salem, then Jen.
saiem. saiem. citv of neace.
b S
The first platting of the main
part of saiem was that portion ly
ing ease or unurch street and
north of mate street. Tha. w.
platted a near the same time an-
otner saiem, around th mission
muis, anerward known aa "The
island," or "Boon's Island " rtii
of where Liberty and Hlah street.
pocsm isroaaway. And North -
lem was Also platted at about the
same time? in fact that plat was
filed first, the Willson Salem next
ana u saiem around th mission
muis last.
wao was responsible for the
targe blocks and wld street (81
isei. or a surveyors chain and
nan;, or tne mam town tt
Judson. whose sister was tha. a.
ona wife of Rev. Leslie, wrote in
ue 1871 saiem Dlrectorr (iunm
lng that he DID write It) ; and the
Bit man believe he did: "The
city is Indebted entirely to the
ooara tor the magnificent plan
upon wnica tne put waa survey
mi. meaning xne board of trust.
ee of the Oregon Institute; and
Bancroft shows that at the tine
Rev. David Leslie was president of
tne ooara of trustees of th intt
tutlon that became by change of
um nuiameue university.
(Continued tomorrow.)
Women Will Give
Program Friday
For Grange Group
aauiAAT, May 3. The an
anal home economies program will
bo put oa by the women at the
regular grange meeting Friday
night, and will include a play of
four scenes. Mrs. M. M. Mageo la
H. B. chairman and Mrs. J. Am
ort is la charge of the play, "Hew
the Story Grew.
Mrs. SL Tooker and Mrs. J. Am
ort will serve refreshments and
Hasel Mageo and Viola Tooker
are In charge of decorations. The
public Is Invited and all visitors
are asked to bring cake or sand-
wiches
CHAPTER. XXXII
! fhe' moraine- he was SO skk
that after she had taken on look at
him she telephoned Dr. Thatcher.
" Pleurisy." he said gravely when
he arrived. "Bad case of it, too. I
thought I told you to keep this fel
low ia the house for few days.
Mm. FarreU."
Mary Faith wrung her hands. "He
snulil m nn vaaterdav. He Started
out for th office after lunch when
the sun was shining? no one would
have dreamed that it was going to
ram.
"He was out half the night,' Aunt
Ella's voice came from the doorway
of the room. "I heard him come in.
and it was long after twelve o'clock.
I suppose he'd been out eating and
drinking with some of bis cronies.
"Ill bet it was some woman he
was with," she said sharply to Mary
Faith when the doctor had left
"He's his beautiful father all over
again I This is just the sort of thing
Amelia was up against all the years
she lived with that beautiful duckl
'Like father, Iflce soa,' as they
say "
Through the open door of the
little room across the. hall Mary
Faith could see the baby, perched
up ia bis bed like a little bird, watch
ing her with his bright blue eyes.
He laughed when he saw her look
at sum and waved bis small bands.
She waved back at him. "If I
never teach him anything else," she
promised herself solemnly, "I'll
teach him to be honest and to be
square.
For tea days Kim lay in bed. And
day after day Mary Faith sat by
the window of his room, sewing or
reading, hovering over him with
medicine or the thermometer. One
night when his fever was very high
he had a touch of delirium and called
for her even when she was sitting on
the bed beside him.
"No no I want to talk to Mary
Faith," he said thickly, beating back
the hands with which she tried to
quiet him. "I must talk to Mary
Faitli "
"So after all I'm the person he
thinks of and wants 'way down deep
in his mind," she told herself, "no
matter how many times he goes to
the Golden Pheasant or up to
Claire's flat " And the thought
comforted her and sustained her
through the anxiety of the next few
days.
Then Mrs. Farrcll caught a little
cold. She insisted that it was a bad
attack of hay fever and announced,
after seeing Dr. Thatcher, that she
needed a change of air.
"I thought first of going down to
Garrettsville for a few weeks," Mary
Faith heard her tel) Kim. "But
decided that the dust in the country
roads and the hay fields would be
bad for me, so I'm going to visit
Cousin Lucy Starke."
Lucy Starke was Mrs. FarrelTs
second cousin, an elderly spinster
who taught school in Hampden
Ledges, a little town among the hills
in th southern part of the state.
Mary Faith had never seen her, but
she had sent a hand-made dress and
a friendly little note when the baby
came. After reading the note, Mary
Faith felt that she knew Lucy. Such
neat, cramped handwriting could be
long only to a person whose life was
calm and well-ordered. She knew
that Cousin I.ucy lived alone, and
she pictured her as occupying
small house Co side street. She
wondered, as she helped Mrs. Far
Editorial
Comment
From Other Papers
BBAVTJCa TUB SURF
Those thousands of Aetorians
who har bathed In the surf at
Seaside la summer time will ap
preciate how much courage tt took
for two coast guardsmen to dash
into an unusually heavy surf, with
the tide ebbing, and swim 280
yard out to oea to bring back a
fisherman from almost certain
death. Few would attempt to
swim at all on an obb tide, let
alone bring back an unconscious
fisherman. These two mea, Roy
Mills and Lynn Clapp of th Point
Adams station, lived up to the
best traditions of the coast guard.
Astorian-Bndget.
WALDO HILLS. May 3. Mr.
and Mrs. B. B. Kay and family
who for th paat eight year have
been tenant on the W. J. Hab-
erly farm, ar moving this week
to Spokane where they own a
homo. Mr. and Mrs. Ford Rue
have taken th Rays' place on the
Haberly farm and moved Monday.
The Rnea hav two small sons,
Homer and Jerome.
The Wlllard Women' club was
well represented at th federation
meeting at union Hill Thursday.
Those attending were Mrs. Miles
Ottoway and daughter. Beryl.
Feme Davenport, Mrs. D. F. Hill
maa. Vera and Olive Ottoway.
Miss Beryl Ottoway gav a violin
solo accompanied by Feme Dav
enport and Mrs. Hlllman gave a
report oa education.
Mrs. Charles Riches, who baa
been 111 for the past 11 months
bat was Improving, waa taken
suddenly much wore lata Satur
day and I now unconscious and
mueh concern la felt for her. Her
two sons, Frank and John, hav
been called homo from Yakima.
BOY TO Dowirrjra
MILL CITY, May 8 Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Downing or th par
ents of a nine-pound boy, Roy,
Jr., born at their homo her Moi
day morning. May 1. ThiT the
first bby In th family but ho has
alstat rOrec. Rgby.
MRS. C. RICHES IN
SERIOUS conn
reU pack, just what Cousin Lucy's
state of mind would be when her
guest began to throw barat matches
on the floor of th neat little kitchen.
when she began to leave empty
coffee cups around the house, when
she asked foolish questions and made
endless small talk.
Mary Faith had a shamed feeling
of relief when she saw that Mrs. Far
reU intended to stay at Hampden
Ledges for a long tune. Four suit
cases, a big leather hatbox, and a
little brown valise were packed.
"I'd have taken my trunk, instead
of all these bags." she said to Mary
Faith the night before her depart
ure, "but I thought that it would be
almost impossible to get it into the
back of the doctor's car. These caa
be arranged without any trouble."
Having said that, she stood back
to watch the effect of her words on
Mary Faith.
"The doctor's earr Mary Faith
repeated, a puzzled look coming into
her wide, serene eye. "You mean
Dr.. Thatcher's car?"
"Yes. 1 forgot to tell yoa that
he's going to drive me down to
Hampden Ledges. It's only eight
miles, and it's a beautiful drive,
through the hills. . . . Don't stare so.
Mary Faith. 1 know that I ra just
an old grandmother to you, but it
seems that I m still an attractive
woman to men of my own agel"
That night Mrs. Farrell went to
bed with an extra layer of cold cream
oa her face and kid curlers in her
gray-blonde hair; and the next
morninga hot, rainy Sunday she
drove away with the doctor, looking
gay and almost young, her eyes
shining happily from under the brim
of her new hat
"It'd be funny if the two of them
got married, wouldn't it?" Kim
mused, as the doctor's car purred
rhythmically out of sight. They've
known each other for years and
well, stranger things have happened,
you know."
The mere thought that stranger
things had happened lifted Mary
Faith's spirits wonderfully. She bad
a certain affection for Kim's mother,
but there was no doubt that she was
a very irritating person to have
around. She insisted upon handling
the housekeeping money, and she
had no idea of economy. She bought
veal steak at sixty cents a pound
when veal chops at forty-two would
have done just as well. She ordered
alligator pears when they were out
of season and she bought pink per
fumed soap that cost a quarter a bar,
when she knew that both Mary
Faith and Kim preferred scentless
white soap for less than half the
money. And she was forever bring
ing home some nonsensical and un
necessary toy to the baby.
"But she loves Kim and she's
loyal to him," Mary Faith would re
mind herself.
For the next few weeks Kira came
home early every afternoon. Mary
Faith would make a cup of tea for
him, and then he would lie on the
old sofa and read or sleep until
dinner was ready. He seemed to
cajoy the peace and quiet of the fiat,
the uneventful hours that he spent
listening to the radio or sitting on
the front steps with Mary Faith. He
would tell her that she was the love
liest thing and much, much too good
for him. Mary Faith was very grate
ful for aH her happiness. She told
herself that it had always been writ
tea in the stars that her life with
Kim should turn out to be just like
this.
ACHIEVEMENT DAY
IS
EAST WOODBURN, May 2.
Th achievement program ef the
Snappy Snippers 4-H sewing club
waa held at the McKee school-
house Friday. Taking part In the
program were Jesse Owre. Max
Murphy, Anna Stenger, Max Mur
phy. Max Muro-hr. Ylrrlnla WflU
son. Jesse Owre Max Mnrnhv TIL
lie and Barbara Schneider. Jesse
uwro, Bruce Senter, Joseph VI
tlca and Junior Johnson. Ja
Owto, Virginia Wllleon. Rhuey
1
HELD
35 Years Ago
SPANISH FLEET
Dewey's eye-opener.
From the Nation's News File,- Hons; Kong, Chin, May 4, 180S
Th MeCullough of th squadron arrived hero to send a cable
from Admiral George Dewey that he had destroyed tho Span
ish fleet under Admiral Montojo at Manila.
There are very auaay details to be handled la connecting
m oerrlco. The are arranged ia a quiet manner, by
experienced professional
fmt I TIS
i a '
AmA thra durinjr the last two or
three days of that extraordinarily
hot dry month of July, she noticed,
with growing concern, a certain rest
lessness in avim.
rt mninm Kim did SMt COCS
home for his dinner until half past
seven. He a ere a no excuses ior
his tardiness and he hardly touched
th fried chicken and hot biscuit
that Mary Faith had had ready to
serve at six o'clock.
He soon went to bed, and Mary
Faith found herself thinking ol
something Mrs. Farrell had said
about him long ago. Her bitter
words seemed to nil the not um
kitchen.
Thia ia the sort of thing youll
have to leara to expect if you marry
KftnbrW." lira. FarreU bad said.
"Meals spoiled because he's not here
to eat them on tune! wnoie sinners
nnt in untouched sometimes be
cause he doesn't show up at all T
Kim was asleep when Mary raita
turned oat the kitchen lisrht and
went into the bedroom. The light
above the bed gleamed oa his blond
hah-, and he looked as innocent as
a child when Mary Faith bent to kiss
him.
He had been drinkinor. She knew
it as she leaned close to him and felt
hia warm breath on her face, and
she drew back without touching him.
She went out to the back porcn to
think. If Kim had beaun to drink
again, it must mean wetL what did
it mean? Did it mean that he was
bored once more with the quiet de
cent life he had been leading? Or
did it mean nothing except that he
had met some friends and had taken
a drink with them?
Ttnt'a nmhjM all there was to
it", she comforted herself, "and after
all he didn't stay out all evening."
Presently she got up, locked the
doors of the fiat, and crept quietly
intA tha hisr walnut bed beside Kim.
Through all the gray veils of sleep
he must have known that she was
there, for he murmured drowsily
and stretched out his arm towara
her. And at his touch, sheer love
for him for his weaknesses and his
faults as well as his virtues welled
up in Mary Faith's heart.
She would rather be here, sue toia
herself, in this hot little room than
ia the most magnificent house in the
world. . . . And then she found her
self thinking of the most magnificent
house she had ever been in Mark
McKt'a hnnw in Bine Vallev. It
would be lovely at this time of the
year, with the trees rustling arouna
it and the green gardens and or
chards and fields stretching oat like
magic patchwork on every side. She
had never regretted that bouse any
more than she bad regrenea aiarx
NesbiL he did not regret u now.
Kim stirred in his sleep and awoke.
"It's stifling in this room," he mur
mured. "I sure did envy Jack Mal
don tonight, living st the Athletic
Club, with aa electric fan ia his
room and a waiter bringing him
cracked ice every third drink."
"What's Jack doing at the Ath
letic Club, Kimf
"Oh, he's been there for a week.
Didn't you know it? Claire went to
Detroit to visit some friends, and
he's living at the club until she
comes home, so he says. I gather
that they've had some kind of a row.
I wouldn't be surprised if she didn't
come home at alL
CT Be Coat in t)
CesyttsM. Itll. fty Baatrim arW
DirtrikaWa y
Xta Peataras rtrate. La.
Senter. Max Murphy, Tillio Schnei
der and Bruce and Rhuey Senter.
The club's exhibit waa judged
by Mrs. Clyde Willson and Mrs.
Albert Albin. In handiwork. Myr
tllla Bliren was first, in bachelor
sewing Max Murphy was first, in
sewing II Barbara Schneider was
first. All of the pupils who placed
first will hare their exhibits at
tho county exhibit la Salem May
4 to f .
Jacob Beheld er has bee taken
to the Deaconess hospital la Sa
lem where ho will undergo a ma
jor operation as soon aa his
strength will permit.
P. W. Owr haa traded his
house and three acres at McKee
for 20 acre south of Oervaia. Mr.
and Mrs. Bert Senter and five chil
dren ef Portland hav moved into
th house.
SUNK
BY DEWEY'S SQUADRON
: World
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