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Through Errxerald Land
THE trip from Salem to Bellingham, which the editor was
privileged to take the past week,, is reversing the reel
of spring; a journey backwards from early rose3 through
jmowball bushes, lilacs, Scotch broom, dogwood to tulips and
narcissus. At this season of the . year the road is an aisle
through an emerald land. Fir trees are putting out their
light green tips against the deeper green of older foliage.
Alders and maples are lush with fresh green leaves, and
fields are carpeted with grass or growing grain.
The cities are set like precious stones along the ribbon
of highway, with well-tended lawns, and flower gardens
abloom. The -only plague spots are near the cities, like the
shack fringe along the super-highway from Seattle to Ever
ett, where cars speed in the four
ray of gas silos, beer joints,
garish sign boards, and all the
quick commercialization.
Bellingham covers as do the other cities on the sound,
the coastal flat and the rising hills and bluffs of the shore
line. The approach to the city is over the Chuckanut drive,
justly world-famed. It follows the curve of the shore and the
marine view is one to thaw petrified hearts. Across the wa
ters of the sound are the broken islands, large and small, of
the San Juan archipelago, which rise sheer from the water,
their rocky fronts covered by hardy fira, with here and there
am inlet for anchorage. In the evening the sun sinks behind
this island redoubt, shedding a path of gold across the water.
As host city to the district convention of Rotary Inter
national, Bellingham, first of the lesser cities to undertake
the task, achieves distinct success. The city is fortunate in
having excellent hotel accommodations, but these were over
run last week. The banquet in the armory was served to
1000 persons, the largest banquet ever held in the city.
The state boundary of the Columbia river is a legal di
vision; but geographically western Oregon and western
Washington are continuous in climate, soil conditions and
flora. The break probably comes at the Calapooya divide at
the head of the Willamette valley, for the country does change
considerably in southern Oregon. The Siskiyou mountains
make another break between that district and northern Cal
ifornia, Our observation is that the Willamette valley is much
superior as an agricultural area to most of western Wash
ington. The country there is rougher, the soil less fertile. It
is more raw, large areas cut-over and now.grown-over by
deciduous trees. In our valley the new has worn off; the open
areas are cultivated or in well-kept pasture iand (not brack
en) ; with frequent copses of second growth in the valley and
covering the foothills. Even the rich Skagit valley flats, seat
of a rich dairying district, did not seem so prosperous and
well-kept as 15 years ago.
Washington cities are livelier however than Oregon
cities. The state is more commercial and urban ; less rural.
Olympia is a much smaller capital than Salem, but more cos
mopolitan. The mound prairie country south of Tacoma and around
Olympia is aflame with golden broom, acres of it. This is
its native land for the northwest coast, Hudson's Bay men
being credited with scattering the seeds at old Fort Nis
qually. Now it sweeps the open spaces and borders roadsides,
brilliant yellow in the spring sunshine, at this season redeem
ing what in midsummer is mostly dry wasteland.
People In Washington are taking a course in elementary
-percentage, two per cent. It's the sales tax. There it is com
plicated by fifth-cent tokens for small purchases which are
a nuisance. Some grumbling because of fumbling with to
kens; and dislike expressed among tradesmen. But no injunc
tions or lawsuits. At the Oregon end of the interstate bridge
is a large sign : "No sales tax in Oregon". However Oregon
keeps up high property taxes while Washington has fixed low
limits on property taxes, forcing the spread to sales taxes to
provide funds.
A service station attendant in Seattle said he understood
'Oregon was the bright business spot" on the coast. Nice to
have that reputation, anyway.
Goudy Retained
THE Oregon relief committee has voted to retain Elmer
Goudy as state relief administrator. The report of the in
vestigating committee disclosed no serious evil condition in
the administration of relief in this state; and in itself justi
fied his retention. It is always well in renewing work of this
character to give attention to mistakes which were possible
but which were not made, as well as to errors which actually
occurred. And every circumstance must be studied in the
light of events as they transpired, not after everything has
happened. and results are obvious.
The whole relief business is sorry and unfortunate. But
the Oregon committee has done a pretty good job. It has been
costly; but life has been sustained; and there has been no
proof of any graft or fraud in administration.
' With the politicians and trouble-makers thrown down
as hard as they were in the committee report, they can make
little objection to the reappointment of Mr. Goudy as admin
istrator. Some day we may erect monuments or set up plaques
to these men who have conducted with fidelity to trust these
hard battles of peace.
: , Nation-wide Strike ,
1TTILLIAM GREEN, president of the American Federation
i T T of Labor, threatens a nation-wide strike unless the Wag
ner and 30-hour-week bills are passed? by congress. No one
needs to start laying in groceries for a siege. The federation
numbers only a small percentage of all persons gainfully em
iployed. Even among unions there are many contracts which
permit no sympathy or general strike.
Such threats do Green's cause no good. Laws shouldn't
he. enacted through duress or compulsion; but on their mer
its. Neither one of the bills referred to should be enacted at
the present time. There is no more reason to turn the country
over to a labor hierarchy than to a church, Wall street or
other hierarchy. --
"Government of the people. . ; for the people. V. .
lanes past a bewildering a
isTfS!
barbecue, stands, neon signs,
accumulated litter of get-nch
The Great
Game of
Politics
By FRANK R. KENT .
Copyright 1085, y The BalttBtere Baa
Farm Wealth Division
f Washington. May 24
THE QUESTION of whether the
recent meeting of farmers la
Wash ins ton was conceived, direct
ed and financed by themselves'or
coTertly ; inspired, managed" and
manipulated by the gentlemanly
field agents of tba AAA, anxious
to brighten the black lives of Mr.
Wallace and Mr. Davis, has not
greatly changed the, situation.
UNDETERRED by being Presi
dentially described as "high and
mighty," Senator Byrd and oth
ers still regard the pending AAA
amendments as very bad Indeed,
are still determined they shall
not pass. Since the farmers ga
thering, additional facts about It,
have come to light, which prob
ably will be referred to. One is
that this gTeat "spontaneous"
convention, supposed to represent
aU sections, really came from : a
email number of States more
than half from North Carolina
and Texas. From the former alone
came 1500 of the 3500 present,
which tact seems to make the de
monstration somewhat lopsided
from the national angle.
HOWEVER, that is a detail. The
net result of the movement seems
to center attention upon two phas
es of the agricultural situation.
One arises from the explanation
given to those skeptal about the
farmers paying their own expens
It was stated that these were
well-to-do farme-s who could af
ford to do that. This gives point
to a recent report - from the
Brookings Institute, quoted In a
bulletin of the Cleveland Trust
company.
ONE of the favorite arguments
of the "share the wealth" ' evan
gels is that eighty per cent of the
wealth is in the hands of two
per cent of the people. This is not
true, but that does not prevent
its constant repetition by the cur
rent breed of soap-box orators.
The Brookings reptrt shows that
the distribution of income among
farmers is almost the same as
among non-farmers. The richest
twenty per cent of the farmers
receive almost fifty per cent of
all farm Income, while the rich
est twenty rer cent of the non
farmers receive fifty-eight per
cent of the non-farm income.
Thus It seems the concentration
of wealth among the more weal
thy farmers is almost as excessive
as among the more wealthy in
dustrial and commercial groups.
MOREOVER the concentration of
poverty shows a similar condi
tion at the other end of the econ
omic scale. Among farmers the
poorest twc.ty per cent receive
less than four per cent of the farm
income, while among nOn-farmers
the poorest twenty per cent re
ceive just about four per cent. To
those fed on the idea that the in
dustrial wealth of the country is
acquired by a few men through
stock market manipulation, there
is food for thought In these fig
ures. The farmers, until recently,
have not enjoyed special privi
leges and conduct their business
es without the aid of corpora
tions, stocks, bonds and legal
tricks. Nevertheless, they seem to
have managed to divide up their
total income among themselves in
just about as unequal a fashion
as the rest of the population.
IN reflecting upon this, the prac
tical difficulties of a "redistribu
tion of wealth" seem td stand out
more clearly. It seems that per
haps inherent differences of abil
ity, energy and thrift must be the
real reason of this inequality of
wealth, rather than the system.
It would seem, too, that this .in
equality must always exist under
any system unless these traits are
leveled out by legislation or their
possession and exercise penalized
by the Government That never
has worked for anyone else but
the New-Deal theorists seem, to
think it may for them.
THE OTHER point to which at
tention wits called by the recent
demonstration Is the sixe of the
AAA field force. It Is very large.
Composed of a great variety of
officials, they are said out of the
processing tax and thus not count
ed as regular Federal employes.
They receive from 8 to 12 a day
and many have traveling expense
accounts. They constitute a for.
mldable propaganda and promo
tion machine, the extent of which
is by no .means generally real
ised. Recently there has been
some muttering among farmers
against so many "hired propagan
dists." A tVDical case is riven in
the naming of Mr. Simon Fish
man, of Kansas, to a $350-a-
month Job as "lecturer and tra
veling agent." Mr. Fisherman la
a Republican State Senator. He
nas also been referred to as- the
"Wheat King of Western Kan
sas." He Is one of the main bene
ficiaries of V e wheat bonus in the
state. He is very oratorical, but
discriminating Kansans can see
out one excuse for his appoint
ment to wit. nolitics an Dronal
rand a. It would be Interesting to
anow now many there-are now
on the pay roll. The farmers' con
vention makes these things seem
more significant than before.
Girls' Tennis Team
Take Final Series
INDEPENDENCE, May 24.
The Independence high - school
girls tennis team completed its
season May 22 by defeating the
Falls City girls on the Indepen
dence courts. 4 to 6.-Summary:
Soden, : Independence, beat Bow
man S-h, (-2; Syveraon. inde
pendence, beat Murphy g-2, g-l;
M. Hartman, Independence, beet
Teal C-3, 4-C, e-1; Syverson and
Soden beat Murphy and Bowman
f-2. 7-5. : , -. - v. .
Bits f
or Drea
By R. J. HENDRICKS
Why Oregon is
a better walnut
state than California:
Is' its issue of Saturday, May
18, the, Portland Journal carried,
under the heading, "Oregon Can
Sell." an editorial article read
ing; '
"
"A. state of irritation and a
sense ot incompatibility prompted
the divorce of Oregon walnut
growers from the national walnut
agreement. The new association
that has just been formed here
proposes to stand on is own feet
in a marketing program.
."Why not?
"Oregon walnuts have some
thing to recommend them. That
something is quality. It Is the
Quality thai marks so many Ore
gon products, like prunes and
flax, cherries and strawberries,
celery and head letace.
. "And, as has happened In the
marketing of prunes and some
other products, most of the credit
for quality goes to California.
Once it was because the good
things ot Oregon were marketed
under California brand. Now, the
walnut growers complain, the
California Interests - dominate.
Three code amendments were
turned down by the walnut code
authority although supported in
Oregon Interest by the North Pa
cific Nut Growers association, the
Oregon Nut Growers association
and the Eugene Fruit Growers as
sociation. . .
"A reason why California dom
inates in the marketing ot west
ern products is, of course, the en
ergy and aggressiveness ot Calif
ornia marketing organization. At
the basis of California, success Is
cooperative marketing.
"Oregon, living next door to
California and shadowed by Calif
ornia acauialtiveneaa. ran Inst aa
well be inspired by California ex
ample.
"Marketing wisdom need not be
monopolized by California.
"Orezon can stow the, nrodiiftu
Oregon can sell them.
Thus ended the Journal arti
cle. There are three reasons why
Oregon is a better English walnut
state than California.
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First and most Important is the
fact that quality is in favor of
the Oregon product; th differ
ence is what amounts, to a selling
value of about 5 cents a pound on
an average in favor of the Oregon
product.
This comes about for the rea
son that in harvesting time hot
MIDDLE GROVE, May 14.
Grade school closed Friday with
a "picnic, sports and achievement
day program in which the girls'
and boys' '.-H clubs exhibited
their work for the year. Donald
Barclay scored 100 per cent in a
judging contest in the boys di
vision, therefore winning a prize,
while Earl Malm was credited
with the best project.
Mrs. Mildred Yunker, after at
tendance at Farmers' Union con
vention at Albany where she has
been directing the singing, will
join her husband at Manzanita,
near Nehalem, where he is op
erating a truck in SERA work.
Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Pemble of
Famhamville, Iowa, are visiting
at the L. E. Dudley home with the
intention of locating in the west.
Mrs. Dudley is a sister of Mr.
Pemble.
Members and friends of the
Woman's Missionary society were
feted Wednesday afternoon with
an appropriate program given by
their daughters at the home of
Mrs. Vera Bassett. Taking part
in the program were Mrs. Vera
Bassett, Lola Hammer, Fern
Suhri, Laura Crane, Geneva Ham
mer, Katherlne Scharf, Mrs. L.
Scharf, Glennls Allen, Donald
Bassett, Mrs. Tillie Davis, Esther
Hammer and Genevieve Scharf.
During the program dainty cor
sages were presented to the moth
ers by little Glennls Allen and
Donald Bassett Refreshments
were served.
COMMENCEMENT AT
JEFFERSON TUESDAY
JEFFERSON, May 24. Com
mencement exercises for the grad
uates of Jefferson high school
will be held at the Masonic hall
Tuesday night. May 28. W. C.
Jones of Willamette university
will be the principal speaker of
the evening. Lee Wright will de
liver the valedictorian address
and Walter Olson the saluta
torian. The IS seniors are: Zernice
Bursell, Phyllis Cole, Lee Wright,
Robert Gulvin, Ctllsta Pratt. Lu
cille Barnes, Beulah Robinson,
Jessie Sorenson, Maurice Mangis,
Walter Olson, Sylvia Vasek, Helen
Hinz, Raymond Lower, Eleanor
Watts and Marshall Jones. J. T.
Jones, chairman of the school
board, will present the diplomas
to the graduates. Prof. A. A. Ha
berly wiU present the awards.
Baccalaureate services for the
graduates will be held at the lo
cal Christian church Sunday
night. Rev. J. M. Hill will deliver
the sermon.
Ray-MaHngr to . Start
. Strawberries Shortly
W'OODBURN, May 24. The
Ray-Mallng cannery at Woodburn
is planning to start operating on
the barreling of Marshall straw
berries about the middle ot next
week. It is not expected that' a
large crew will be employed natll
the canning season starts a little
later on.
IHff 11 U
ill 1 4-H III
weather prevails In the walnut
districts of California," causing
the oil la the nuts to melt and
give a dark color and a rancid
taste to the meat ot the nuts.
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' The Oregon walnut is harvest
ed without the defects named. It
will always be so. In the long
run, a Quality product will adver
tise itselfthough, this is no ar
gument In favor of waiting for the
long ran..
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Second reason. Walnnt land
must be irrigated in California.
The cost is large, and It Is grow
ing excessive, by the lowering of
the water table. In some districts,
water must be pumped 75 to 100
feet more than was required when
the early walnut groves were
set out. That makes irrigation
expenses grow and grow, besides
increasing Interest on the cost of
heavier equipment, and entailing
greater average outlay for wear
and replacement.
No irrigation is needed in Ore
gon. Here the walnut tree sends
down its roots and brings up its
own irrigation.
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Third reason. Cost of land.
Good walnut land in California
goes at several hundred dollars an
acre. Nearly all land In the Wil
lamette valley is good for walnuts,
and land prices here are compara
tively very low.
Tens of thousands of acres of
walnut trees have been cut down
in California, owing to the in
creasing cost of Irrigation due to
the lowering of the water table.
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Our annual rainfall protects us
here In the Willamette valley.
We have a combination of show
ers, sunshine and soil that will
ultimately make tree fruit crops
here the largest in the world for
a like extent-of territory.
V
The time will come when a few
nut tres will guarantee the inde
pendence of a Willamette valley
family. The horse chestnut tre-J
is the main basis of life for a large
part of the population of Sicily;
its nuts feed for stock and food
for man. In our valley we are
not confined to the chestnut; we
have a wide range of possible tree
fruit foods.
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Yes, "Oregon can sell." But
her growers must learn to cooper
ate. Leaders worthy of followers,
and mutual trust, are more need
ed than any other two things in
the growth, prosperity and well
being of Oregon.
SINGLE IE VIELDS
10 CALLOUS US
ZENA, May 24. A party of
Zena men including Frank Craw
ford, sr.. Frank Crawford, Jr.,
Walter B. Hunt and son Kenneth,
Robert Crawford, Merrill Ouster
houdt, Milton Stephens and sons
Raymond and Emmett went by
truck to the Nestucca river one
day this week on a clam digging
trip. The group returned with
70 gallons of large size clams.
One of their party got 10 gal
lons of clams out of one hole.
Jessie Worthington reports
finding wild strawberrit in the
Zena hills s.s early as ten days
ago. The berries are large and of
good flavor.
Harold French was called here
from Winema Monday to testify
for R. C. Shepard in the suit for
damages brought against him by
Arthur Davidson. The jury was
10 to 2 in favor ot R. C. Shepard
in the trial held at he Dallas
court house. The trial excited
much Interest ad was well at
tended by fclk from this and ad
jacent districts.
Educational Honorary
Honors Robert Goetz
SILVERTON,; May 24. Robert
Goetz, superintendent of Silver
ton schools, has been elected pres
ident of the Phi Delta Kappa, ed
ucational honorary at a meeting
recently held at Reed college,
Portland. Vice - president is
George Allen Ogden, dean of edu
cation at Pacific university. For
est Grove; secretary, Edward L.
Clark, president Oregon Institute
of Technology. Portland; treas
urer. James Manning, Instructor
ia Franklin high school. Portland,
and a former SUverton high school
teacher.
Twenty Years Ago
Mav 23. 1915
Rumania is negotiating, with
the Allies and- is believed to be
on the verge of war following
ltaly'sexample.
A lengthy verbal battle was
waged today in the governor's of
fice between the Consolidated
Contract company and allied forc
es ot the state highway depart
ment and the Columbia county
court over road work in Colum
bia county.
Candidates numbering 102 will
report today tor the state bar ex
aminations. Ten Years Ago
May 25, 1025
Referendum petitions bearing
14,173 signatures against the cig
arette and tobacco tax bill' were
tiled with the secretary of state's
office today by the attorney for
the Oregon Retail Cigar associa
tion. Machinery which Is' to be as
sembled for the big power sta
tion la West Salem arrived today
for the Portland Electric Power
company. It will take three
months to instalL ?yv-.
The battleship Oregon Is sched
uled to arrive at the mouth ' ot
the Willamette river June 1 4
from the navy yards at Bremerton.
The Bayonets
"WHOSE WIFE?"
SYNOPSIS
A man who said he was Wilbur
Kenton pnones the police soon
iter mi am gut when he sees a man
aDoarentlv trvinv tn kin .
on the penthouse roof of an apart-
across tno street trona his
own twenty-first floor window. A
Dolice radio ear ar4. .a:
? i eene theV are whisked np
ana tne colored ooer
fttor lets them intr. th 1 .
or a Mr. vane who Is seemingly Why, Ingles," he said, "I'm glad
sleeping in a chair and denies you're here. What is this night
knowledge of an, trouble when I've been bullied and told
arouseo. wnen his wife is missing
from both boudoir and bath. Vane
pecomes Hysterical and soon laosea
tnto a daze. Meanwhile, the police
find the body of i nude, headless
woman on the terrace. When they
arouse Vana from his stupor and
accuse him of killing his wife, he
loudly denies the charge. He falls
from blow to the face and is
knocked unconscious when bis head
strikes a brass fender. Inspector
Ingles and Dr. GUbraith, medical
examiner, arrive. The former rec
ognizes Lawrence Vane, noted por
trait painter, as "a good friend,"
remarking: -He'd never do any.
tn ,lke that. I'd stake my Ufa
oa it I
CHAPTER III
The doctor totally Ignored his ex
clamation. . "Any idea what he has taken?"
he asked Larkin.
Well, sir, I found a bottle of
veronal in the bathroom. He prob
ably took that"
"l hope you haven't wiped off any
possible finger prints," said the In
spector, tartly.
"No, sir. I left everything just as
" yf. until you should get here."
"A 1 right," said the Inspector,
"well get it later and hand it over to
the finger-print people."
The doctor had already loosened
Vane s clothing and managed to sit
him upright. He forced one eye
open, and with a small pocket flash
peered into it. -He grunted as if sat
isfied and then bending closer smelt
his breath.
Nothing mnch wrong here," he
said laconically. "Nasty blow e-j the
side of the head. Is a woman sup
posed to have done this ?"
The officer flashed.
"No. sir." he said, Tm afraid rrn
to blame for that. He had ben
fighting mad one moment, and then
all of a sodden seemed to go to sleep.
I thought he waaf oxing, so I yanked
him bb and n-wm Kim )m mnti.
my open hand and he -fell over and
S. 1. 1 B -. mm
us ms neaa on tne ienaer.
The Inspector looked displeased,
and Larkin. iir answer to the m
spoken reproof ia his keen blue eyes,
said, "Tm sorry, sir."
"All right. Larkin.- acknowl
edged Ingles. This has upset me a
lot. Lawrence Vane is one of my
very rood friends. Where's his
wife?
Larkin hesitated, took a deep
breath, and: -On the roof," he
said.
. "What?" exclaimed Ingles.
"Yes. Will you please come with
me right away? It's a ghastly sight,
HI tea you."
The two men left the studio to
gether and went out into the pitch
blackness of the roof terrace.
Officer Larkin flashed hie electric
torch low as they stepped over the
doorsilL
"The body must " have been
dragged from this door to the far
corner," he said. "There are dis
tinct traces from here to where it is
lying. But the curious part of it all
is that there is no sign of any strug
gle." - Ingles nodded, and let the beam
af his own torch follow the obvious
track, until it fell enihe huddled ob
ject propped up in the northeast cor
ner. "Good God!" he ejaculated, with a
quick drawing in of bis breath.
"This is awfuL It's unbelievable.
Vane must have lost his reason. No
one but a mad man could have done
this
His whole six feet of brawny man
hood seemed to shrink for moment
at tlut a! vh ttnfnrm Mm Tn ti maw
.year wi aerrica am oaa bm to ace
many horrible and sordid sighta, bat
now. tH far that bii am fml
years of service he had had to see
, v , a s' I .
friend had committed this sickening .ra' alone?" h asked,
a tVmnJInt least. Invlaa- arhafava tv; i.
times worse. ,
Be f oreed hiraseir to lean eJosl
and look carefully at that which lay
aVaam tU la-. I
torches; then with a shudder, be
curnea. snarpiy n aim neei.
"Coma on, Larkin." he said
abruptly. "Let's go and .see if the)
amt bh na mw a
that Bloom in the
" iLr-: '& SP
he has. wa will iAn ua tim t.-
acts to the sight of his own handi-
WOTS.
Vane was standing when they
1??kjn,fir de8Perately flL He swayed
augnuy as ne tried to hold himself
erect and the side of his head showed
a SWellm? from the Mnin k. -
ceived in bis falL But ha aeemeH
composed and quiet. At the sight of
th Tnnsvfnf Uu M.
tales to, and knocked about, and for
Ith life of me, I dont know what it's
I ail eoout."
He held out his hand for the clasp
Vane cried desperately: Ta ia
disappeared. . . . We're got
ofhis friend, but tha Inspector ig-1
Pfredft- Hi steel blue eyes looked
athe faceoldiv and in their
dentha --ther warn a fJiallmaw rA
curiously a broken trust, overlaid by
a naro nosnuty.
The piteous took that comes into
M a a - .
the eyas of a stag. Just shot, shone their torches onto that object, hud
frora Vane's startled rlance. Slow- died in tha eornv.
1 . I v , j m . . . 1
side. He stared at the Inspector, his!
nps tremoiea into movement, but no
aoona came.
" Whv. Infflea" ha faltmw) a U
"why what's the matter. Why do
yon look at me like that?"
"Lawrence, Vane," answered In
gles formally, "I am here tonight ia
1 a M V a .
auty, not in xnenasnip. ... Ana tnat
dnirv milt aiut .ItaTl Ka tp A
Stand up straight there I Now I Can
yon walk?"
"I dont understand. F Hh Vana
cried desperately. "I'm in great
trouble here. Isobel has disappeared.
I can't find her any place. You've
a, a, . at .
to ueip me, ingies. xou Know
I lava ha. WaSra nt tn AtmI
her. We've got tot"
"We have round her, said the
InsnectOT traietlv? then hia wotf
changing to hie usual official tone.
-Murpny," ne-aaidbring this man
out onto tha roof. Wa arill mm nA
out who is mad in this affair."
With one last desnairfar InnV at
his friend. Vane started forward.
He was so weak that he could not
guide his legs, and he swayed aa he
walked.
Murphy, tn the, most matter of
fact way, frisked him for a possible
am. atui u aaaina tilm . V.
and Larkin caught hold of him oa
I - lit a a a . . . .
enner iae, rnno can assisted, half
dragged him toward the door to the
ut w m w
ITJf? .. - "
I Pathetically Vane protested.
eU-euVjroa might let me walk
can possioiv run away,
7onknoa, . . . lam ell tight now
It W taV ft SWim Man SSWaaWl mm W eha
ruest and the Inspector was more
m wn q snow.
I "All right, let aim alon ha
growled, trying to keep the aynv
gmuij sot ox Ills TOILS J ilia, tO
Spring, tra--la!
By
keep anyone else from knowing that
he suffered each and every pain that
his friend suffered.
For Lawrence Vane was a man to
whom thn trm l.hl. i
applied with perfect troth. He was
ieraaps one 01 tne most popular
men in New Ynrt vf-.A
generous, full of a gay good humor'
perfect nasi, ana a very skilled
and famous artist.
In silence. th frm1 nfflMi. j
Lawrence Vane made their way out
onto the terrace, and those who had
already seen the horror on the roof
dreaded that wtili-h fh m.i,
to look t again ia the line of duty.
For a ffvr hraiftilix.
.they aU stood in the dark c dark-
great trouble here. Isobel has
to find her. We've got to I"
ness pregnant with meaning and
horror. ... It was enoughtomaks
the strongest nerves nip with the
strain.
Abruptly, the Inspector gave
sign to both Larkm and Murphy and
both officers in answer to it, flashed
, .
Inrlea. in tha eBM t?w
took his eyes off hia friend's face
. . . waiong ... watching ;
the expression that would
. for
flash
were in ue nare ox light.
There in tha frrU v. ...
m mis uuo
lights, was the glistening white bod
or a woman a beautiful body that
under erdiiar mnfKma .u
have held all the allure of the ages,
but that now was a symbol of hate
.and of sin. ..'of vengeance and
u nvrnv snsneajrama.
For the aoftlv nml twwt v
woman was stripped of all clothing,
so that it lav ntVt a i
fore the gaxs i of the ordookers, its
uww9i uotnea otuy tn the pio-
Ma flaiw tf tka mIu. .v
; "k horrible of all . . .
i neaa pss wuttinff.
, Aa Vane stared at ft, revealed
there in tha flxMlakt - lw I?
mortal anguish came into his face.
iwa s utenaoi sadness, but not
of fear, a look of unutterable her
iwr out DOC ox gnus.
Inspector - Ingles watching ' him
saw all this.. . saw tha Uood with
urw xrom nia eneeka . . . saw. him
way oa sua rest aa ae
steady himself. ...
strove to
JM blood drained from bis
a).
read nallui ,wv, at v ma
swayint ant silast ... his giaxina;
eyes nxea n tea huddled mass of
human flesh that had. but a fw
hoars before, been a living, tauxh-
tag . . loyinr woman. He looked
up neipieasiy, toward his friend, the
Inspector. .
Inspector Ingles spoke . . . cold
Mne eyes fixed en his. . . . -Law.
reBf Vane" he said bitterly, -you
nrus be held aa a material witness
(I'm putting the matter mildly) ia
connection with the murder of your
wife." . . . r .... -
Sa2S2lea