PAGE FOUR
- "A'o Favor Sway Us: No Fear Shall Awe
, From First Statesman, March 28. 1851"
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Book Review
Adventures in Americana, by Frederick .Wood ward , Skiff,
Metropolitan Press, Portland; $2.50.
! ' ' Here are set down the recollections of a New Englander
who transplanted himself to Portland, Oregon, whose con
suming avocation has been collecting, books, guns .'old sil
ver, first, editions, china, glassware, etchings, engravings,
until now his library numbers over 21,000 volumes together
with manuscripts, autograph letters, and other literary ma
terial. His antique arms collection numbers over one thous
and pieces; he has over a thousand pieces of old china, and
over six hundred pieces of old pewter; besides all the mis
ceUany which, have been accumulated in his four decades of
travel over the North American continent.
Why is a collector, anyway This question, keeps bob
bing up as one reads this lengthy "volume. It fct hardly the
squirrel mstinct,. because the stored" incunabula ive no in
trinsic value in themselves, will supply no winter's food, un
; less they, are sold at the fantastic figures whiten some of
them bring. The simon-pure rationalist looks on all the accu
mulation as so much junk, deserving a plac in a museum,
but not worth the space for private acquisition. But the one
who is a true collector goes .into ecstasy over a r are print of
horses drinking, at the trough or a commission signed by
Abraham Lincoln. Those who are not of the elect lack under
standing of the inental processes which generate enthusiasms
over pewter mugs and iron kettles, particularly to the point
of filling a fourteen-room house with the assembled harvest
from, attics, old barns, second-hand book stores and storage
closets. ;This reviewer confesses to being a "non-reactor"
to such stimuli; but does not think his own dullness in the
field justifies criticism of one like Mr. Skiff who has been
an avid collector of interesting old material.
The Skiff book will be of interest to the army of col
lectors over the county with
personally acquainted; and with
who areproud to number themselves as his persmal friends.
Beyond this company the book "will be of restricted interest.
It is so largely reminiscent in character, with few episodes
with dramatic qualities to lend interest in the reading. In
fact so many of the incidents related are so little deserving
of printed record that the adventures extend a. times into
the area of trivialia.
There should be however
in his sketch of the old Aurora
degree on information furnished by Clark Moor Will now of
fealem, and the latter s foster-father, George J. Wolfer, who
was a member of the colony. The picture is not so beatific
as that painted by Mr. Hendricks in his "Bethel a nd Aurora".
It shows Dr. Keil, the colony head, as moody in his latter
days, and given to outbursts and upbraidmgs.
The book is attractively
press; with numerous pen and ink illustrations by Clark
Moor Will and Eugene DeForest Braman. The edition is lim
ited; and such is its unique character that we should not be
surprised if it too becomes a prized object of f uture collectors.
Horseplay
THE horseplay over NRA. will appeal to the country's
sense of humor. Ex-President Hoover solemnly says the
NRA should be abolished and
business man. The s b m shouldn't be crushed; he should do
just like the big fellows, ignore the NRA. The lower house
of congress, makes an impressive front and says the senate
will have to accept a two-year
. ing full well that the senate
next June.
Why do the newsdealers want to perpetuate what is so
univeiy discredited all over the country? Is it just to
save their faces-; or to save jobs for those who have been
snuggling close to the blue
just another bureaucracy which
ail tne others, refuses to submit to burial even after it is
deadVAv'vv ; -v 'vV ';s-.-:-''---v':"'-
The senate bill for a ten-month extension eliminates
price-fixing and all infra-state business; so that about all
that Is left is the strike-breeding section 7-a. The blue eagle
; now is featherless;and if it continues much longer it will be
just political carrion.
Richberg to Retire
DONALD R. RICHBERG, who less than a year ago moved
up into king row as "assistant president", i3 on his way
out too.. He will stay until NRA expires June 16, returning
to private law practice.Without doubt he is eager to back off
from the job of planning the economy of 125,000,000 people.
Richberg has had a terrible job. He took over NRA when
it was caught in the inevitable backwash. General Johnson
had squeezed out all its pyrotechnics; and when his brain
storm ended Richberg was left with all the crack-up. He la
bored manfully to keep the organization alive and function
ing. His failure is merely additional evidence of the imprac
ticability of the scheme.
Not the least severe of his critics have been leaders of
organized labor. They regarded Richberg as a traitor because
once he was labor attorney; but as NRA administrator he
refused to go along with labor's demands. He is a man of far
more ability than most of the men connected with the new
deal; and is much more practical in his outlook and in his
rulings. He did his best to meliorate a bad situation in the
collapse of the NRA structure. "
: wi ' -i k: : -V A :-
" Odd Fellows
mHEY are cominir todav. several flinnsanl t
X . W W w - u v.. vuv VUU
Fellows of Oregon and their affiliated sisterhood, the
Eebekahs. One of the I strongest -fraternal orders in the
country, the Odd Fellows organization has flourished for
oer a nuncired years Its works of benevolence have been
manifold; its emphasis on brotherly affection has welded its
members into a compact body. The Odd Fellows lodge draws
its following from the great masses of the American peo
ple, folk who are the very bulwark of the country. They are
not ostentatious and do not make their organization politi
cal. The lodge, with its affiliated women's body, is one of
the successful organizations in American society, doing a
great work in promoting goodwill, fraternity, and social re-
tpuusionny. -
scores of whom Mr. Skiff is
the very considerable group
a considerable local interest
colony, based in considerable
printed by the Metropolitan
Over NRA
that it is crushing- the small
extension or none at all; know
would prefer to let NRA die
eagle for two years ? NRA is
has been set up; which like
. '
Bits for
Breakfast
By R. J. HENDRICKS
Truth, and fiction
about Oregon's capitols '
and her capitals, also:
"
irnntlnning from ' yesterday:)
The hang oyer question from yes
terday la this, asked of the writer
by several persons: '
"If the state should not use the
site for a capitol, would. the title
to block S4 revert , to WUlamette
uniTesity?,
No. The Methodist mission
would have been entitled to a do
nation claim of 60 acres of land
around the building that became
the property of the Oregon Insti
tute, that by change of name be
came Willamette nnlTersity.'
Bat the mission was dlssolred.
and so four former members of It
(of whom W; H. WUlsou was one)
agreed to take four" donation
claims, of 4ft acres each, and to
give the Oregon- Institute irom
their claims 640 acres. This agree
ment was only partiaUy carried
oat; the Oregon Institute did not
get for what should hare been its
share nearly 40 acres of land,
nor by many long shots what that
land in town lots would hare been
worth, if properly handled and
conserved. But that is a long,
long story, and not a pretty one.
And the deed of the WUlsons of
Dec. 3, 1855, was without reserva
tions' ' or. 'conditions, and; under
then, existing laws, they had the
right to make such & deed, though
the patent was not. issued until
years later. The deed gave the ti
tle to the territory of Oregon ana
the title ran to the state upon its
admission. - r
The state can use block 84 in
any manner deemed fit, or seU it
to anybody or any institution and
give a clear title.
Mr. White said the measure re
locating the capital at Salem "was
to go into effect December IS, and
it did; on that date the legisla
ture reconvened at Salem." The
legislature reconvened in Salem
on Tuesday, the 18th. On that day.
its office equipment: having been
shipped .back by boat and installed
on the second floor of the build
ing, etlll standing, at the south
west corner of Commercial and
State streets. The Statesman re
sumed . publication in Salem; the
territorial printing also being
done in its plant.
Wrote Mr.- White: - -
"In the interim between the
burning of the first state house
and. the building of the second,
legislative sessions were held in
rented buildings, chiefly the Nes-
mith and Rector buildings in Sa
lem."
No; no sessions in that time
were held in the Nesmith (Nes-mith-Wilson)
building, and only
the balance of the 1855-6 and the
whole of the 1856-7 territorial
legislatures in the Rector build
ing. AU the rest, for 19 years,
were held in the Holman build
ing. .
(The house sessions of the
1853-4 territorial legislature were
held in the Nesmith-Wilson build
ing and those of the council (up
per house) in the Rector build
ing. The Kesmith-Wilson building
was not at any other time nsed by
an Oregon legislature. But the
Statesman (and territorial print
ing) plant was In that building
from June 21, 1853, until moved
to Corrallia April 17, 1855.)
Mr. White continued:
"That the pioneer spirit sur
vived through the transitional pe
riod is Indicated by a story told
of the 18 SO session, the first after
Oregon became a state.
"The law makers, AS USUAL,
journeyed to Salem in September,
expecting to meet as was their
custom in the J. W. Nesmith
building. The place was sot ready
for them. The door. In fact, was
locked, and no one seemed to
know who had the key.
"Oregon lawmakers were not
to be frustrated by any such trifle.
T. J. Dryer of Portland kicked in
the door of the building: and the
session proceeded: The building
had been nsed by sereral theatri
cal companies and had not been
cleaned lor months and the law
makers desks had been moved out
into the halls, but the machinery
of government functioned none
the less."
H
That would have been a good
story, had any circumstance of it
been true. - g v
The first session of the state
legislature to be held after Oregon
became a - state was the special
session of the 1858 legislature.
dates May 16 to June 4, 1859. It
of course was held In the Holman
buUding, stUl standing, on ' the
corner south of the present States
man building. V
The regular session of the 1858
state legislature was not held, be
cause, wnue Oregon had adoDted
her state constitution, she was
only half admitted to the union.
the bill had passed the lower
house of congress bat not the sen
ate. It wouM have convened the
second Monday in September, had
there been one of course in the
Holman bunding. '
So the 16th and last territorial
legislature convened the first
Monday In December, 1858, in the
uounan buUding.
The story about the desks In the
halls, etc., could not hare been
true, of that time, for most of the
state offices were In the Holman
building ; then, and there was a
regular janitor with assistants.
The only theater of the town
was then also in the Holman
building, but In the two story part
of 16 on the north, and not con
nected with the legislative halls.
A.ad T. J, Dryer was not a mem
ber of the I860 session of the
stato legislature, the first on,e to
be held the second Monday ta
September not "as usuaL" . Mr.
Dyer had been one of the founders
and first editor of the Orcgonlan.
Were Human Minds in Full Accord
How Dreadfully We'd All Be Bored
By D. H. TalmadgeV Sage of Salem
Were human minds in - full ac
cord.
Did opinions all agree.
Most dreadfully w should be
. bored, - r
So we should grateful be
That we may think and state our
- rlew.
And freely disagree.
For thus we can enliven you.
And you enliven we. . .
TTnwotror the matter la not one
warranting ,any great , concern.
Halt the world thinks, as It ever
has, that the other half la wrong,
nt ttia 'mther half holds a 'like
opinion ot the first half, and at
times one Is right ana at limes
the " other is right,- but we do
not find out which Is which un
til we have had the fun of fight
ing, .: verbally - or tnerwise, ana
ttfa continues to be one grand
sweet song, as the poet said it
was or at any rate hinted, that
It might be, and anyway we are
what we are and ar te are, and
we may as well content ourselves
with the situation, because we
cannot change our Identities In
the animal kingdom, a lion be
ing a lion and a grasshopper a
grasshopper in spite of anything
we can do about it.
This is a cockeyed world only
to the cockeyed.
A man may consider his sys
tem tor making a lizzie of his
Ufa superior to that of others,
but it does sot strike me as any
thing warranting tne putting on
of airs..
in the course of my life I have
observed many men. Also, of
course, I have been observed by
many men. ' Life is given one of
its most pungent flavors by our
observations ot our feUows, vis
ual and verbal. The majority of
us have uncompUmentary things
said of us and say uncompliment
ary things of others. It la as
natural for us to say uncompli
mnta.rv thlnes of one another as
it is for a native bottomland er to
eat fried mush for breakfast. We
are natural critics, we simpiy
love to give the neighbors fits.
My personal antipathy Is boast
ers. I writhe wnen i near a
man boast of the strength of his
body and the tenacity of his hold
ah life. It Is such a waste of
good breath which might be more
profitably wasted in other ways.
Within the week I have been told
by an acquaintance, net-by
chance In the street, that he
wilL Uve to be a hundred years
old. Another has told me that
he is never sick. Both swag
gered. There Is no reason, vl
suppose, why a man should not
say such things. Or swagger.
Or shake his fist defiantly at the
stars. Perhaps a man may de
rive something which might pass
for spiritual fortitude by this
means. But, all things consid
ered, he merely creates an Im
pression that one br two of his
inside buttons have come oft.
Warning: Because I am some
what "soft" and have an aversion
to tha takine of life, certain flies
are becoming unduly familiar.
Notice, therefore, is nereny given
that I shaU cut no with so many
specks on my countenance and
Twenty Years A30
-
. Mar 19. 1915
Th famous Liberty bell Is
scheduled to arrive in Salem July
15 for exhibition on its way to
the San Francisco exposition.
Orders suspending submarine
operations against merchant ves
sels have been issued by the Ger
man government pending the out
come of negotiations with the Un
ited States over the sinking of
the Lusltanuu
RVm labor and materials so
far as possible will be given pre-1
ference in the erection of tne
McKlnley schooL Snook and Tra
ver are the contractors.
Ten Years Ago
Ms 19. 1925
Workers for the new linen miU
are within 12700 of the $300,-
00 0. Salem's quota towards es
tablishing the Industry here.
Salem with Its four banks
ranks second in the state in the
matter of deposits.
A total of $260 was secured by
the Salem, police court over the
weekend from violators of the
18th amendment.
He was a member of the house
of the territorial legislatures of
1856-7, 1857-8, and of both the
territorial and state legislatures
elected la June, 1858, and he rep
resented Multnomah county in the
constitutional convention in the'
old Marion county court house in
Salem In 1857, but in the election
of I860 he was chosen a presiden
tial elector, secured the privilege
of ; carrying; Oregon's electoral
vote : for Abraham Lincoln to
Washington, and, in 1861, was ap
pointed by President Lincoln to
represent the United States In
Hawaii; and thus ended his public
career in Oregon, his newspaper
passing under new ownership. ,
W V
ODD FELLOWS' HOME COM
ISd: The grand lodge -sessions of
Oregon Odd, FeUowship in Salem
this week, beginning this evening
and lasting until Thursday, will
be like a home coming - . . j;
For at Salem was organized the
first lodge of this society in the
Pacific northwest; within a few
feet from where these lines are
being typewritten, linotyped, ster
eotyped and printed.
. It was Chemeketa Lodge No. 1,
named for the original name of
the site ot this city, called so by
the Indians. Chemeketa, the host
lod ge for the week, carries on,
prospers and. will endure.
(This column will on Tuesday
contain more about Odd Fellow
ship.) . .
By D. H. TALMADGB
no , more. When 'the: limit has
been reached all peace-pacts: will
be .disregarded. -
There is a certain artlessness
that IS art. This thought occurred
to me during a performance of
the Crockett Family pa and ma
and five boys and three" girls
at the Grand theatre few days
ago. The Crockett hare. Inten
tionally or otherwise, imbued
their music and comedy act with
an atmosphere suggestive of .-that
which prevails when an interest
ing family of neighbors comes
over for Sunday dinner . and
spends the afternoon. Unassum
ing, good natured, moderately
talented, they enter Into the good
graces of an audience by way of
the heart, and, this relationship
once established, the entertain
ment takes care of itself. What
ever Is done is satisfactory. Ap
plause follows every number.
Even ma Is given a rousing hand
when she modestly displays her
latest patchwork quilt. Material
for a sermon here to the common
run of vaudeville -. motionplay
comedians, who complacently as
sure us that we'll laugh, well
shriek when we see them do their
stuff. Which we seldom, if ever,
do.
. I hare sat through dozens ot
entertainment features bally
hooed as sure-fire producers of
roars of laughter which produced
in a theatrefnl ot people nothing
more roarsome than a few scat
tered giggles.
Two roosters fought.
The feathers flew;
One rooster died.
The other crew.
This comes from a helpful and
poetic friend at Mill City. It is
entitled "War". Bather sad.
"I am disgusted, writes a
woman from across the river,
"Every time I go to town I hare
the soles of my shoes stuck up
with chewing-gum. Why do folks
throw their gum On the side
walks?" I am sure I don't know
Perhaps the chair-bottoms in the
theatres and cafes and the lodges
of the short-order counters are
full.
"O wad some power the giftle
gle us, etc
I shall probably never become
fully accustomed to the modern
woman and her new freedom.
Not that I see any harm in the
new freedom. 'Woman Is quite
entitled to it it she wants iU
It Is just that I have difficulty
in, .adjusting myself. Yesterday
I overheard a man In a Salem
cafe say to a woman, who seemed
Impatient about something,
"Keep your shirt on";- The wo
man, took no exception to the
man's words did not glare did
not so much as cast a reproach-
f nl glance at him. It shocked
me for' only an instant. Stand
ards established in youth, when
impressions sink more deeply
than in later life, are difficult
to overcome. Some ot yon may
not believe it, but when I was
young- any persons seized with an
uncontrollable desire to say to
somebody "Keep your shirt on,
meaning to Telax or take It easy.
said it to a man, never to a
woman. To have said auch a
thing to a woman welL gee
whiz! I cannot conjecture what
my grandmother would nave done
had anybody told her to keep
her shirt on. And, anyway, I
have understood that women in
these days of . the new freedom
do not wear shirts. .
Old Mrr Falrlly,
At the state house wreck,
Grins and says airily;- "
-1 "Two ot us, by heck!" r
News of the 82nd birthday of
Ed Howe of the Atchison (Kas.)
Globe comes in the week's mall.
The : date. May 3, found Mr.
Howe at Miami, Fla., hankering
for home. - :
What Is a bachelor? A bach
elor is a man -who has not com
mitted the same mistake once.
Fred Bynon, sr., Salem.
Notes: .Mumps here and there
about the town and countryside.
. k , Mumps' seldom produces
grumps unless a sour -pickle is
bitten by the suspected victim. .
. . At any rate, the sour pickle
diagnosis was in vogue - when the
last. case of mumps in my home
was under consideration.
Such, weekly publications as the
Saturday Evening Post and Col
Uer's average to receive more
manuscripts every day than they
print la six -months. . . . . Two
handsome fellers, "Boots' Grant
and Dell : Bandall of the Stlem
radio station, had their pitchers
In the Oregonlan Sunday. . . . .
Entertaining and more than a lit
tle inspirational was the music
festival i in which 1000 school
children participated t the arm
ory Friday night. . . . . The
ancient Ford mentioned here last
has turned out to be a Max
well, v . . v This is a world of
(Turn' to page 9)
Mm dQ:
:,,VV UW-5& f! VAN
1 lie VOIU
r CHAPTER XL - .
Now think back to the day when
yon put op your aerial. . Who knew
af it? - Who knew von were nsinr
Ibis cord lor that purpose!'' Did
Thurber snapped lus nngers.
"Yes, he exclaimed instantly.
"Somebody did help meI hadn't
thought of that before. VsJcourl I
hadn't wanted the pest to help at
all, but he saw what I was doing;
and insisted. I went upon the roof
ox roe opposite muM viu
fixed one end of the antenna, and
dropped the other end down In the
court. Then I came up oh this roof,
lowered the cord to Valcour. who
was on the ground, and he tied It on
the end of the aerial, so I could drag
tli win uti
"And did anyone else see yon do-
Thurber knitted bis brows. "Yep!
This cross-eyed butler of Mrs. El
derbank's Cnpplea. He saw us
through a window and came np on
the roof to find out what was going
on.
Vm awwwf k mnn 1 ?
Thurber pondered. "I cant say.
a In. MAitl. nnlr thir heads
out of windows ft was a pretty well
aarerrasea scant uo a can uuo.
of anybody lae that I know, per-
nnTl
Montigny heard his name caned
from the direction of the summer
house on the Elderbank roof, cup
pies the butler stood there.
"War am wanted cm tha telephone.
sir,' said Cupples. "A Doctor In-
Montigny hurried down, bidding
Tnuner wait lor nun.
T Ixn m( ,tin iimA trtotk Wish-
ington, said the chief chemist ot
Hargett 4 Company. I find your
telephone sramber hese. Anytning
urgent. Captain T"
Yes," said Montigny guardedly.
"Quit. Perhaps I should call you
back."
"You mean you cannot speak free-
. . T i v ss)
ry zrom tnaz mepnonei
m ..Jiim t rnhrmlA Aa the
talking. Do you wish to see me to-
mgnt, vapuuni
Vm I? wmt nlMH.
"Somethasf taw a stare of the
laboratory Seats y wa reierrea mi
tWta Ttaman."
"Then should we ro out to the
plant; la New Jersey!"
No. nnriiff. rWll lltgwn."
"Ah. I see what you mean. Police
hmVHiarCErs xne - laooraiorv oi
ta Oapsam Hobleyyon mentioned I"
-Val -
' "Then i hall meet ran there
wtthia tha-hwaa. v At eleven o'clock,
shan ww sayt" . . ....
Tbawmnespieo-smia monv
17. - - - " -
laatlgnv returned thourhtfuny
to the reox.
n mIIihI tmrtmtsr&mr ta Cmrnlaa.
whev h awspected, had been eaves-
oroppmr xa-xaav saui:
"Go next door, please, and ten
tf- .TVuivlaa Cmiltnev - that I am
ready for him now-that I should
l&e ta speak to aim zor a moment,
-"Yes, air.- said Cnpplea expres
sionlesaly. c . .'
Gkna Thnrber bad been roaming
about tne rooi garoes specuiaawy
as he waited.
"News from the front? he In
quired - of Montigny cheerfully.
"Moire victims of the Coise? Ar-
f i nsmf siil 9nAfrMnfntT -
, Momentarily' is well nut," mur-
tnured Montigny. -mo, i nave no
.In nan 4nr tmn vaf , V ttava
saked Mr. Coultney to join our eon-
. - . - sa
zerenca. ue is coming up snoruy.
V! anmnrV Whvlnnt nn aV
the girls up, too. Captain? They're
lull ; of theories and ; surprising
1 3 m..- tMV L... j.
slant.".
. Montigny smiled: "Miss darken
MaiSmlai4 im frill itt a rhartrV- Rha
has consistently favored the butler
Cnpplea, Irom the start." : , ,. - -,
"Yes. And I told her U was en
tirely too ont-oi-cate ror uie buuer
to be the guilty man. The detective-
tliin anfur, vnlnal all fmtlava a .
suspects, long ago.- But I wish you
would select somebody, Captain, and
pin w on mm aenniteiy. a can t get
married till you do." .f . f
"Yon cannot gret marrf?"re-
peatea aionugny. , nnyi'
m .mM. .w. i . . u . 1 1 1 lg. a
.1. 11 Ma. t I l C .
uqik k ta, ana sa urns acceytea me,
mrfiHAnallvMtliAa'a am It nn J
when stipulation only if and when
yov or I or somebody solve this-here-now
mystery and jails the
guilty, villains. "...
iforiHim-w mmwl Vfa Mm V7a aa
.. . p-'. r--
puea sooeriyt inen you may
Stilfthe Miracle of the Ages!
1 U15cr V'ur5C y Tor
married. I think, within a very
short time."' ' .- . -n ;l '
Yan dont mean it! ' Are " von
really that dose to the wind-up.
Captain?"
"I said, 1 think,." replied Mon
tigny "That leaves me a crawfish
hole of refuge. Ah, here comes Mr.
Coultney now.
The quiet and unassuming Coult
ney was all solitude as he crossed
the roof to join Thurber and the de
tective, "Yes. Captain?" he said
courteously.
"Mr. Thurber -and IT explained
Montumv. "were going over one or
two comparatively unimportant de
tails. I dont know that you are in
terested, or that yon may have any
information on the subject -
"Bat I shall be only too eager to
heln 11 1 can. .
"I was sure that yon would be.
Do you chance to recall, Mr. Coult
ney. the day Mr. Thurber put up
the new hundred-foot aerial lor his
radio?" :V .. :
Coultney kmfled and shook his
head. "I am afraid I do not, Cap
tain. I remember hearing; Mr. Thur
ber speak elaaving put it up, and I
saw it alter ne bad tmianed tne
work. That was about a month ago.
wasn't it. TnurberT"
"Scarcely that. About three weeks
ago."
"You were not in the house. Mr.
Coultney, the day he put up the
wirei" lnauired Montigny.
"Oh. later in the dav. nerhana.
Mot during the actual feat of In-
Montigny seemed disappointed.
T am seekinr a witness." he ex
plained, "to the fact that our miss-
I l . . . . r r-v.
injf arHss incsa, iur. ow vrregory
VaJcour, helped ; Mr. Thnrber put
as the aeriaL OI course if you were
not here you cannot heln me."
Coultney laughed uncertainly.
"Why, 1 should be very glad to help,
Uaptain, out I do not quite under
stand. Has this radio aerial some
connection with er the matter
yon are toverogatingT"
"xes In a way," replied Monnr
ny guardedly. "There are of course
many details nf this inquiry with
which yon are not familiar. I wish
that I could explain to yon fully
lost what I hava in mind, bat I am
axxald. taat at tbla staga It is im.
posaibi -police cepartrnent seereta.
wvbB auwat - -
- "On. yes. to be sure."
"I do not -have ta tell you, how
ever, that St. Gregory Valcour is
missing; and that he is strongly su-
oeeted of haviDa had avBaxt-tn the
robbery and Border 1 Mrs. Elder-
bank.- '! i
"Indeed?" aali Coultney.. much
eoaeerBod.' Ona ; would scarcely
think that of hizn, I always conaid-
erea aim a ratner Barmjesa sort ol
person- artistie crank and an awful
nuismnce, to he wore, but scarcely a
pexson' wha would eqmrnlt murder
and robbery, St&L-yon never eanteH
who la a crook .and who, an honest
person .u '; .-.-.--; -s ..v
"You never can tell," agreed Mon-
tigny gxaveiy. rnere was a ease fa
Montreal but I must not keep you
gentlemen - longer. That: is all I
wia&ed- to ask you. Jar. Coultney.
am merely checkins no. as the aav.
ing goes, on a few seemingly
hnportant details."
- The detective escorted them down
stairs. "There have been no further ar
rests in tne Elderbank ease, I note,
according to the evening papers."
observed Coultney. - -. i .
"No," replied Montigny, "no de
velopmenU of importance. And how
is your own pmate jewel robbery.
Mr. Coultney? Have yon recovered
your scarab?" w ..aa,-.:;
"Cant find ltanywher"ceelared
Coultney disgustedly. I even ad
vertised for it, offenng a reward. I
have been wondering whether our
maid next door Is quite honest."
-Yw never can teU," irot fa Glenn
Jtober, giancirii at his watch.
"Heck. I've got to get down to the
ace ana ao a utue mgbtwork." - -"And
I'm going home to eatA
with a httle neglected reading," de
clared Coultney. "Good-night Cap
tain, and good luck to you!"
JHlM drawlng-
PvTa hoxm door. He
lighted a cigar and waited a few
minutes for Thurber to eraerre
n.u uarjorie uiarxen.
T)l tnnt.J .V..
for a 'taxicahT tu?&?&l7
& l1rwt' .Koatigny saw a
jn a m nouse diagonallv
acrosa the way, and a man rao
teredcasuy ia the direction Thur
ber and the girl had taken,
onUmy smiled with satlsiae-
in Lial
gerson
TTa turned and saw Cnnolea the
butler, a shadowy figure in the door
way, for the hall was not brightly '
lighted.- ? i v -'
"Come in, Cupples." said Montig
ny sharply. , "You need not bother
to announce yourself. You. are a
very suent butler, puppies too
silent for comfort."
I'm sorry, sir.", said ; Cnpplea
meekly.. "Yon have to be discreet, in
my line ot business. Yon know what
my ime la now, aont you, uap
tain?" "Yes."
"I did not mean to startle you,
sir." - :
"Yon did not startle me. What do
yon want?" , .
l merely wanted to ask you, sir,
ia there anything else I can do for
you?" . -. ,
."There is not. What else did yon
want, Cupples? 1 Out with it".
"That is all, atr except that Ser
geant Dardea baa asked me to stay
awake tonight, and help keep the
eye on the house next door. They're
tailing a lot oz people tne re, ana it
takes men. Yon noticed one of them
following Mr. Thnrber just now,
didnt you?" ,
-res." . - - j -
"They're expecting this- Valcour
might come back, or try to get in
touch with somebody next door."
"They are shadowing everybody,
are they?"
"Everyway. Even me." added
Cupples in an injured tone. "You'd
think they'd trust me by now,
wouldn't you. Captain?"
-X4o, I enouH not think so," re
plied Montigny crisply. "But yon
may stand at this window for me a
lew minutes and watch. Report to
me, when I come down, as to any
person yon have seen enter or leave
tne house next door.
"Yes. sir. that s what Sereeant
Darden wants me to do."
"I am going upstairs to use the :
telephone, and I do not want you
snooping around to eavesdrop. Do
yon understand?" -
"Yes, sir. Quite thoroughly, sir.'
Monticnv went tmstaira to th
bedroom of the lata Violet Elder
bank, closed the door after him and
made nsa of the new telephone in-
sxramens wmca aaa been installed
there, i-- ----- - - .
He telephoned Insneetor MeEnli-v
and found him still at headquarters,
for a spirited and none too gentle
examination of Price Merriam was
w p rogress.
fNo, he hasnt come through yet,"
said MeEniry sourly. "He says Cau
lea Is Irinir. of rouisa aitinits ha
met him about a year ago and had
some business dealings with him for
Mrs. Elderbank. bat be says he's
nevmr seen Callen or heard from him
utee.. He'll come clean, all right,
Well pound him all night, and to
morrow and to-morrow night, too,
unta he does." ?
Be lenient with him, Inspector,"
suggested Matimy- There may
be, you know, some mistake." '
"Dont try to tell me JUa the
YFSBS :ahoated MeEniry an
grily, f We've gottha goods on him.
We've got Jack Callen as a witness.
All you seem to know how to do,
Montigny. is to tell tne how many
times I"ra wrong. For heaven's sake
whJ donVyoa get the right man?"
Tl OTL moinP to. Inspector,"
said Montigny calmly. "Tonight"
"Oh, yeah."
"Could I have Captain Nobley. at
once, for a conference? I believe he
said he would be available on short
notice. I do not like to go over his
f.eA yon see--there are certain
Uiings - tliat should -eeem to corns
from him." - .
FJTL F for you,"
growled McEnlryv "Where do you
want him where you are or down
here?"
. . "There, in his laboratory. I want
him to meet my chemist friend. Doc
tor Inmanof Hargett A Company,
the span neorvle, you know."
Yeah? What have you got up
cXtous,SOmeB10re
, "Arvery cnte Uttle cine; Inspec
tor. It has to do with the presence,
or absence, ol usxombined alkali in
soap." . . ,
- ?t?" -aorted MeEniry.
- Also the water content, which in
nise soaps is very low, the use of oil
of sesame, the cold process of per
a?oxiditt pmenc of manganese
' yo doing, ' spoofing
me? demanded MeEniry irritably.
Jpk here, Montigny. I have im
Iortant work on hand. TeH me all
thatjonk when you see me. will
von?" .
Tea And that wa he shortiy.'
(To Be Continued)