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Ih OREGON STATESMAN, Sale?a, Oregon, Sunday Morning Jnne 16, 1S2S PAGS FOUIl "No Favor Sway Us: No Fear Shall Awe i -from Tint Statesman.. March .11. ItSl : THE.STATESilAN PUBLISHING CO. CHAKtES A- SfRACU - Editer-Uetmajftr Sheldon F. Sackctt " - . Uanajnig-Editor - ' strainer of the Associated Press Ttf AssucfcUn Preaa 4 actustvety entitled letbe use for -public Uoa cf all ntwi 4ltspatctia credited to l or sot .etherwtae credited tola paper. . : - i j --- . -- - ; - - ADVERTISING Portland Representative OordonB Bell,; Si-cuiMy HuiWlrm, I'ortlaad, Ore. Eastern Advertising Representa tires " Bryant. Griffith Hrurmtm. Ine Clikuxo. NowTork, Detroit. Boston. Atlanta - Entered at tke foetufftee at Salem, Oregvn. a Second-Clan Blatter ' Published : very mommg except Monday. Burinet effiee, SIS S Commercial Street. .SUBSCRIPTION RATES: M-iU Subscription Kme. la - Advance. Wlihin Oregon . ' Dally and Sunday, 1 li i cnte. 3 SliSj Mix $2.X6; year tf.VV. CU AMn.r vM-fvr Ma, i 00 for I year la advance. Per Copy t cents. ' News .Stands S cents. By City CbttNt li a month. 15 W a rear ta ad vane. - - Now Come the Bankers THAT frequently maligned and misunderstood member of human society is in our midst today. He is the chap whose glass-eye is more kindly than his natural one. Some term him a lender of umbrellas for sunshiny days and one who de mands their return when skies are overcast If he lives in New York ahd does international business, he is at once a member of that hated group of "big boys" who "really caused the depressionVThere was a time when he was a respected, almost a revered, citizen to whom the home community did - obeisance.- Now he is only another one of the persecuted crowd, a subject for congressional investigation, the object of innumerable laws, reviled by unworthy borrowers, a reed shaken by hard times. He is the banker. The occasion of his visit to Salem is the 30th annual convention of the Oregon Bankers association. The last fore gathering of the banking clan in our midst was less formal but at a time decidedly more tense. It was that fateful day of March 2, 1933, when all the banks in the state were closed and Fred Callister, then association president, gathered the money lenders m a statehouse committee room and discussed legislative ways arid means to meet a panic of unprecedented severity and extent. This week's assemblage is under more auspicious circum stances. If good times have not returned to the banks, at least the nerve shattering tensions of the long depression years are eased. No longer need a bank president lie awake nights to determine what he will tell his largest depositor who the next morning may want his entire account in currency. There are still sore spots in the note pouch and some sickly bonds in the slow assets column but reserves have been set up to cover them. Indeed the worries now confronting the banker are quite the reverse of two years ago. Then liquidity was the cry; now banks almost float in surplus cash and must resort to service charges to make enough money for operating charges. Then banking capital was impaired ; now every unrestricted tank which desired it, has had federal capital made avail able at attractive rates. For better or for worse, tjie federal deposit insurance corporation has thrown its protecting arms around the majority of bank customers and assured them of full protection. - Momentarily bankers are like a swimmer who has man aged to stay up instead of sinking the third time but lacks strength to strike out for shore. The federal government, with its life-line of RFC .capital and threatened federal reserve control, may dominate the banking situation. Remembering the rush for deposits two years ago, the banker is naturally timorous about any lending where security is not gilt-edged and repayment in certain sight Thus it is that the program of the association of this convention is full of questions : Shall banks make real estate loans and on what terms ? How can earnings be increased to make a decent return "to the stock holder? What legislation is needed and what is objection able? Despite the confusion of the banking business the last five years, there is this much daylight: however modified, banking is going to continue as a fundamental part of Amer ica's economic life. As long as a form of capitalism exists, the credit system will be part of it, for the transference of -funds from user to lender through the medium of banks is the life-process of business. The good banker stands at this credit cross-roads, anxious to administer credit wisely and fully aware of its importance. Because he has invested his own funds as pledge that the confidence of his depositors ahall not be violated, because he has seen how quickly and Completely a bank's capital can be wiped out by a few errors in judgment,;the banker, of necessity must be conservative, a man in the second-line trenches, unable to lead in business advance and quicker in retreat than bolder spirits of business who play for higher stakes. V Aware and appreciative of -the importance of sound banking to the state, the capital is pleased to welcome the association another of the numerous -groups which has found Salem an ideal convention city. Between the weightier matters of the program, there will be agood time on the golf links and at the banquet and when the formal sessions are over: who can tell;-mayhap these masters of finance before they leave town will map out a simple way -for Oregon to finance a new statehouse ! ". -: ' : -: Calm After Storm . - DR. FREDERICK M. HUNTER is to be chancellor of .higher education in Oregon. The news came last night like refreshing rain after months of drouth. For the state was dispirited from the interminable discord in higher edu cation and skeptical if the state board of higher education could bring a man of iiistinction to the educational battlefield in Oregon. ; ' . ;. , , , . v . Those who have studied Dr. Hunter's record, and who have met him, are convinced that he is a happy choice for the difficult position the Oregon chancellor must occupy. It is sig nificant that he was the man selected from a group which embraced college administrators in all parts of the nation; that the decision of the board "was unanimous; that on his short visit here campus leaders at Corvallis and Eugene were uniformly impressed by him ; that Dr. Hunter's trustees at the University of Denver are staunch in his support and re gretful that he is to leave. Dr. Hunter appeared on his visit to be a genial, whole some and vigorous person; a tall, robust man, in the prime of life, well-equipped by his- formal training and his exper ience for the work ahead. He is a son of Missouri," educated at the University of Nebraska where he was both a star football player and a member of P,hi Beta Kappa. Later he served his alma mater as principal of the school of agriculture. Subse quent educational positions included the superintendency of schools at Oakland, Calif., and at Lincoln, Nebraska, followed by his acceptance of the chancellorship of the University of Denver. Dr. Hunter is .known to be an admirable administra tor, a man well-balanced in educational viewpoint, a splendid combination of educator, executive and leader: '. - With the advent of Dr. Hunter, higher education in Ore gon should close the book and forget the past. The jealousies and bickerings and revolts of the last five years have no nlace in the new day. Higher education has opportunity to test the dream of unification which caused the 1929 legislative enact ment. The state welcomes Dr, Hunter, seeking calm after storm. ... mtta Bits for v Breakfast By B, J. HENDRICKS Prophecy of great . eon of great father: ' a Under tbe heading, "Hit Pro phecy," the Portland Journal In Its Issue of Tuesday, June 11, had for Its leading editorial an article worded: V V "THE OREGON COUNTRY Is at the dawn of a more- Intensive development to be more rapfdly achieved than that in prospect tor any other section of the country. . This was the declaration of W. A. Harriman. chairman ' of the board of the- Union Pacific system, and was made during his recent presence In Portland. "Mr. Harriman Is accounted oti of the real powers In railroad ing la America. The words In tb dynamic utterance were chosen with great care, as it each word were an affidavit. - "And confirmation of Mr.'Har rlman's belief in his utterance Is that the Union Pacific selects Portland for its first transcontin ental streamline train, and names it The City of Portland." W That intensive development is certainly coming to . the Oregon country there can be no doubt. Roger Babsou recently predict ed that the Willamette valley will eventually be the most populous section of like area in the world. S This latter will be brought about by a number of develop ments, and one of the greatest and most uniformly stable will be that of the flax and linen industries. Had the great father of this great son lived out his natural ex pectancy, a period of very consid erable development in this field would have been acnieved several years ago. E. H. Harriman. one of the most far seeing railroad men and financiers of his time, or any time, intended to undertake the devel opment of these Industries. This decision was known to Mrs. W. P. Lord, some years be fore she died, for Mr. Harriman had been induced through the work of Mrs. Lord to make an in vestigation of the industries and their possibilities in this valley. : He had become convinced of their soundness, and thai he xrnnlil Vio 1iict1fip.il In lookinsr to their development because of the certain increase of stable business their operations would give his railroad properties. . Many things will happen to realize the vision of Roger Bab son. Everr apre of the vallev reauir- Ine artificial irrigation will be supplied with it. VrithlA nut trees will be found all the way from the crests of the Cascades to those of tne coast TJane-e Th will be more than threes story-farming, such as Is seen In Japan. The scientific and thrifty bar vosMnff nf th timber crons will maintain Dermanentlv scores of needed manufacturing industries. There will be no dearth of Irri gation waier. Properly conserved, the water table here will never fall mucn. S California will eet some hun dreds more second feet of water from the Hoover or Black Canyon dam. And that will be all. She will be through. S ' A dense population depends upon an ample water supply. There is no substitute. . S Might not W. A. Harriman. the e-reat son of the treat father, be interested In making such an In vestigation of our flax and linen nosslbilities as his ratner maae If the facts gathered then are not cow available? 1 The natural advantages hwve not changed. They will not ohanirA Nature has nrovided ev or rennlaite tn the a-rowing of the crop, and processing u, ana manufacturing it. tia other section of tne-Amer in. all ihum advantares. Kn other section of the worm r-an boast of a district containing half million acres of land so 1im th -factories mav be almost within eyesnot ot au w a . - fields. V Tt ! .. nlaln that this will bring about complete development that water seeks its level, me only Question is, when? E,H. Har riman said, in nis iasi active u;, now. ,: . - - ' " '7. '" niit on. uDon full investiga tion, could not fail to come to the same conclusion.. It win near ev ery acid test. GOOD MAN GOOD FRIEND The news of the passing of Charles S. Weller at his home in Salem on Wednesday last was a nainful shock to many" of his friends, who had not realised the aertananesa of his last Sickness. from a malady that weakened his. heart. - He was a good man and a fine citizen, and for over 60 years he had been a part of the active life an progress of Salem.: He was the kind of man who pretended little and did much: carried-ai ways more than his full share of the duties of his -city, section. state and country. The going to his reward of such a mas leaves a vacant space. The writer believes he would . fain he joined by all the sympathetic peo- dIb of Salem and of a large Dart of the state In expressing sym- patny to the memoers or the be reaved family. , EAST TO CONVENTION SILVERTON, June 15, Edwin and" Ernest Campbell, Ralph Sev erson and Paul " Almqulst have gone to Sioux Falls, S, TX, .as delegates - to the International Young People's Luther league convention there. - The boys are motoring back and expect , to be gone about three weeks. Amateur Theatricals Hold Little Danger, Contrary to Rogers Play By D. H.j Talrnac!ge, Sage of Salem YCU BETCHERl night at sunset on a hill, . : Two artists -pausing on their way: A sky of .pink and amethyst. A-merglng softly Into grey. Beauty - beyond : the reach of - words. Nature la a wond'rous etcher Thus one artist to the other, ' And the other breathed "I geteherl .4 Also he whispered "Gosh!" a civilised tramp rord which re lieves Intelligent emotion without danger ot verbal strangulation. The folks la Wisconsin said that if X ever got Into trouble It would not be because of my beau ty." Katharine Hepburn. Doubting Thomas', the Will Rogers nicture which has been go ing strong at the Grand during tbe week, la- for the most part a burlesque on amateur theatricals. I say for the most part, because it is not entirely burlesque. This statement will be affirmed, I think, by most folks who have at one time or another participated In home-talent drama, and who have seen "Doubting Thomas". The glamour of the stage, in common with other glamours, has doubtless caused family trouble here and there. Heads have been turned by success won by boyB and girls and by men and women on the stage of the opry house in the old home village. In some Instances grief has followed this turning of heads, and in other in stances It has not But ot all the thousands who have taken and given pleasure by play-acting bet fore the home folks the number of individuals who have even so much as thought of a professional stage career is, I am quite sure, comparatively small. Counting them roughly, I have known a hundred men and wom en, young and old, who found a genuine and Innocent pleasure in putting on" plays. There were those among that hundred who would have been Justified by their natural talent in adopting the stage as a career. But of them all only one did so. The ninety and nine remained in the fold, but this lamb wandered away. A girl she was who joined a repertoire company, one of Che many in that day which traveled over the country regaling the in habitants with East Lynne, Ha zel Kirke, Fanchon tbe Cricket, Streets of New York, Ten Nights in a Barroom, and a dozen others. Week stands usually. Change ot program nightly. A not unpleas ant sort of vagabond life. That girl did well enough by herself, too, so far as I ever knew. I thought a good deal of her, be cause next to me she was the poorest mathematics student In our school. It was somewhat on the order of a bond of sympathy, only it happened that she did not much care whether she was good or bad in mathematics, and I had fallen into much tie same state of mind myself, so of course there was no suffering, aiyi where there is no suffering there is no bond of sympathy. I saw her only once after she departed on her career. She came back to the old town one summer. accompanied by her husband, an actor, who seemed a nice boy, al though his clothes were rather deafening. Then she departed permanently, and presently I also departed, and what beeame of her I never knew.. She may be at Hollywood today, doing old wom an bits. She may have been dead these many years. Or she may have settled down somewhere and become the mother of a family ot acrobats. It does not matter much. There were folks who sighed and wagged their heads when her name was' mentioned. They said it -was too bad in a tone of voice which it printed would exclude their thoughts from the mails But they said the same thing, and with the same "demonstrations, of some girls -who stayed on in the old home town, and they said it. more or less, of one another. Even respectable people slip now and then. At least they sllp.sufficl ently to provide speculative gos sip fuel. If one is to deviate from con vention It should be amongst old and tried friends, where one may be properly discussed. She was an odd little thin?. that girl, when I first knew her. We were about eieht years old. and she wore a gray coat and red mutens and a gray hood. After a heavy snowfall the road be- tween her home and the school house, was uncleared sometimes for days. And that la the nlrtnre I see of her when my thoughts go back a cmid of winsome face bravely buffeting a bitlnr wind and, struggling through the drifts. sucn ner me was to be. I have said, she was odd. She was almost painfully shy. She did not enter into the spirit of life as - we who chanced to,, be her schoolmates entered Into "It. We never, fully understood her. Per haps she did not. understand us either, bnt I have a feeling that she did and that she did not think much of us. She was not subject ed to the tease and pester accord ed otherrtimid ones. Something prevented something in her eyes. She went from school to town hall drama, and thence to the road. Years later I saw her name In four-Inch letters on an old one sheet flopping on a wall In a Ne braska town. A line Above her D. H. TALMADGE name said "The Great Emotional Actress." It is more than likely she cherished a dream ot Broad way. Perhaps the dream came true. I trust it did. We are entirely within our rights when we strive for that leg itimate end which we wish to at tain. And the adverse opinions of the neighbors or ot the self -constituted wiseacres are ot little mo ment. It is safe to assert that many ot the men and women whom we now see in the motion pictures were onee boys and girls whose heads were said to be turn ed. Many are called, but few are chosen. This is tnfe not only of the stage, but of literature, music and art. Also it is true of nu merous other lines of endeavor. Few of us always act wisely. Many of us never act at all, wise ly or otherwise. These devote themselves to criticism of those who fearlessly strive for the at tainment, ot a goal. And when. as has frequently happened, a goal-winner who has gone forth followed by a chorus of dire fore bodings, plentifully Interspersed with scornful humor, cornea again to the home town the scoffers rally around to do him or her honor. Which- goes to show that, after all, we are good at bottom. As the man with chronic rheumatism of the legs said when he outran the bear. The spring rush being over and everything comfortably filed for the summer, the little birds have again taken up their favorite game of tattletaling. Which is how I came to hear of the inci dent of the young lady's skirt. It happened in Salem. The skirt had been cleaned and sent to a dressmaker for remodeling. When it was returned the young lady was much provoked. It fastened or hooked, or whatever the term is, on the wrong side and the seam which should have been in front was behind. -Back to the dress maker It went with an accompan iment resembling a small storm of thunder and lightning, and was apologetically taken to pieces and put together again. And then, and not till then, did it dawn on the minds of the young lady and the dressmaker that nothing whatever had been wrong with the skirt except that the young lady had put It on hind side fore most. Just one of the, little lap ses to which we are all' subject, and Which for some reason have been more prevalent isnce the In auguration of the New Deal, which has made rather a specialty of changing things which would have been better off as they were. President Roosevelt is said to have the best speaking voice heard over tbe radio. Which is the more remarkable when -we consider the lumber, ot codes-he has. had In his head. W. Salem. D. H. T. Mebby what we don't no won't hurt us, as yon say, but some of us would be better prf if we hadn't put so darn much faith in it. If I had to da it over again I'd no without any don'ts: D. W., R. P. D., Salem. Is it a heart-throb or a hoA. ache? What a life! Notes: It Is nerhana not rni. ally known, but Agent McNeil of (Continued on Page Nine) Twenty Years Ago June 16. IBIS One hundred and seventy-ftve delegates and visitors are emect. ed in Salem to attend the convene) uon of the Oregon state letter carriers and clerks on June 2 S. Dr. H. J. Clements left yester day afternoon for a two weeks vacation In California. Tom Kay, state treasurer, Mrs. Kay and their daughter, Marjorie, left last night for a trip to Cait- lornia. They win be gone untu the first of July, . Ten -yean A50 Jane 16. 1025 - An ordinance prohibiting .the Sale of fireworks was passed, by the city council and signed by Mayor Glesy last night, and be comes effective Immediately. ' Miss Ruth Bedford is to be pre p resented In a piano recital this evening by her teacher. Miss Bea trice Shelton. . . M . . "Charley's Aunt", starring Syd ney cnapirn, is now showing-at me uregon ineaier. 3 " " , ' - - ' - ' . ' " - y ."!r Jf 4 1 ' MJtA " "WHOSE WIFE?" CHAPTER XXII Then do I understand correctly that you and your wife were alone in the penthouse from then on, and that because of the storm you did not, either one of you, go out on to the terracet" "That la correct." "What time did you and your wife hav nrpperT" "Between half past seven and eight." "You are certain of the hour?" "Abaolotel, "Can yon tell me at what hoar you and your wife retired V Mantel naked. v "I sat in the- studio here, with a book. I had nlanned to retire early," Vane said, "and then I must have dropped asleep, because tne next thing I knew was when the police were here." "And your wife?" "She retired ax about ten o'clock. She was frightened of the lightning. and always felt safer In bed." "Then yon did not see your wife, after aha had said good-night and went into the bedroom.' "No. I have never seen her since." Vane's voice was low. "Have yen any theory as to the disappearance of your wife?" "I think that she ran away, either with some lover ... or In one of her dope-Trdden moods." He looked eteadily at Mantel. "But. Mr. Man tel, we mst find her. My only hope is tn yon. say own hands are ued. The police think I killed her, and I am at this moment out on bail. I can make no move -of anr kind." "And I want to find her because unless I do, the case against yon ie dear, Mr. vane." Cyrus K. spoke almost ta himself. "And now. this identification by her. mother-, that 'complicates things badly." His voice trailed off. and he tapped his forehead with his glasses. Then, abruptly, he put them on, and look ed at vane, "Mr. Tan, did your wife have an enemy, that .you knew oxr Lawrence Vane, thoaght quietly for a apace, then: "Only one that 1 can think of," WWHU, JhW IHHt-WKU SlUl O ilUT times in apparent jest, that Wilbur Renton hated her.-and hated me for the same reason - 'that we had mar ried." He looked. at Mantel and iaughad. -Bot thatis abanrd," he went on. "Renton1 an awfully nice fallow. It was probably just Iso- bel's vanity talking. He used to be wild about her." "I see," satd Cyras JL "But she thought that be hated her?" - "And xee." Vane was still amused at what he obviously thought tht imaginings of -a self-centered wo man. "So?" Cyras K. was thinking of something' else. "Let me get this time factor absolutely dear." he said. "Yon quit work at about four, your model left as soon as she had dressed, your wife arrived shortly before five and almost Immediately after your model had left The storm, had already broken. Ton and your wife dined at seven thirty or eight- Your wife retired, or yon at least thought she did, at ten. Is that all -correct tt . "Perfectly." "Thank von for being so frank with me," said Cyrus K, "Now, if you dont mind, rd like to go on lookina- at.aome of these sketches." For all the casual tone of Cyrus JL. Mantel's voice, his mind was any thing but casual or at -ease. For, through it ra parallel with the Information he had just received from Lawrence Vane, the memory of the talk he had had that morning with Dr. Gilbraith. the police doctor. In that talk ha had asked the doctor how long the body of the woman found on the Vane terraee had been dead, when he had first examined it shortly alter twelve tuny. The doctor's answer stiH rang la his ears. - Dr. Gilbraitb had said positively that the deceased woman aad been dead for at least five hears per haps a little longer.-. e e e e . The two men turned to the port falin nf aketehes. Lawrence Vane felt a sense of relief tween over his whole being, That Iron-Clad Law? The fact of having told things dose- v snarded to this crnaint whimsical httie man with the brilliant mind and the world-famous name, had in some way relieved the pressure that had rested upon his own heart and mind. Cyrus K- on the other hand, felt burdened by tw worries. Every time Cyrus K. Mantel went into a new case, he assured himself, seriously, that he would. keep the whole matter absolutely and un adulteratedly scientific, that he would be hard and cold, that under no circumstances tkia tim. would he allow his heart to interfere with his head and every time, just as in this present ease, he found that bis love of people came between him and the cold scientific facta that he was dissecting. Not that it inter fered fa the slightest degree with his phenomenal ability to ferret out dues and put them together ao that when au were in tneir proper place, the solving of the crime seemed easy. Unthinking folk said, -now simple I 1 could nave done that my self, if I'd only thought of it at the time." No. His ability always remained tbe same, but it did affect him -per sonally, and he always found him self drawn more deeply than be bad intended, into the private lives and the emotions of his elienta. uu iww ill & ti . vui ucuch wtu the revelations just made to him by this young artist, whom he had come already to uke and to admire. "CouM I take any of these sketches away with me?" he asked. "Of course. Anything yon want is yours for the asking. "Thank yon. That is splendid splendid." Cyrus TL kept on turn ing sketch . after sketch, studying some tor moment with a close scrutiny, and passing others over with only a glance. Suddenly- be stopped at a draw- inc. Unlike moat of the others this one was not in the rough, but was a finished nicture. tn color. It was a study -of a -very lovely girl, tall and deadev cloudy dark hair framing tho tvory oval ox her iaugning lace. She was node, standing looking back over one Torrnded shoulder, ana from one hand ahe trailed a scarf of chif- fon. the rreen of which was dopu- ested m a -sorter tone in ner long, bhtck-Ushed eyes. -That's a -very lovely gin,"' saia KanteL "And a very fine picture. She stands poised as. though she were, just aoout so sweep inxo a danee everr line sneaks rraee.' Vans leaned aver and looked at the pictnre. .- . "That's rather odd," he said, "that you should have noticed that As a matter of fact the girl who posed for that ie a dancer, and a very fine one. Fine girl too. Used to modd quite a lot, for me, until she went out with a sister act in a nistlub." v "May I ask her name 7" Cyrus K. as formal. "I am sure that I have seen her some place before." "She's Donetta Dana She's danc- Insrnow with" .::--;e. "Kate Doyle'sl That's where I saw her :W. .-:- "She's Kate's best specialty lanc er. Vane told him. -fche's a suc cess, and r&t mighty glad. She de serves if v "uas ana , modelled xor you xateiyr- t Vane hesitated, then: 2 "No he said. "Not really. She sometimea dropped in to nick on a little extra change, but she wasnt modelling as a profession any more. She didnt want anyone to know, and was always quite amusingly mysterions la her comings and go ings." " "Were yon "ever tn lore with herT" Cyrus K. kept his eyes on ths axetca ar ce spoxe. "Good Lord, no I" Vane laue-hed. "Sha wras, and Is, a lovely gfrL a splendid model and a good kid I always got along with her like a house afire, but I never took her out in my life. I never thought of hex tn that way. . I'm not much of a lady's man. yon know." He flushed slowly aanis eyes met those bright black ones facias? him. "Never loved any woman but your By 2e wife?" Cyrus K. spoke half in fun, and half truly asking for informa tion. He was startled by the answer that came to him from the quiet lips of his client, the man who was out on bail, held for the murder of his wife. "Yes," said Vane. "I've harbored hopeless love for another- that's perhaps one reason why I became fascinated with the beauty of IsobeL Sheer loneliness and despair. Yon see, I knew tnat tms otner couia never care for me. As s matter ox fact she was engaged to another man." "May I ask the name of the young lady t" the voice of Cyras K. was almost fatherly in Its understand ing. Lawrence Vane's eyes dropped, and the flash deepened on his face. Mantel, noting this, said: "I wouldn't ask, only every little thing might have aom bearing on the case. Tell me to whom the young lady was engaged." To Wilbur Kenton," said Vane. Why then you mean my " Cyras K. broke off. startled out of his usual calm. "Yes," quietly Vane finished his sentence. "I mean your niece Betty. have loved her. I think, since the first time I ever saw her. I do not need to ask yon to keep my secret Of course, she never even thought of me." Into Mantel's mind there flashed the pictnre of that early morning. and his red-headed, lovely niece, and her face, as she flew out at him because he had called this young man, who now- sat so humbly before him, "that young puppy Vane." Cyrus K. almost chuckled aloud. Here was a case made to order for him. There was nothing in the world he loved so much as to be able to solve a crime, and at the same time act as a benevolent graying Cupid, or deuM ex mockirut. That engagement has been broken, yon know," he said. "No. I didn't know. Vane looked up. w you know what came be tween them?" "Yes. I do know. It was "again Cyras K. changed his mind, and left, his sentence annoyingly- unfin ished. "WelL never mind that now," he said. "Let's get tack to these sketches. And also. I want to Uke with me eeme photographs af your wife. , Will you .get them: eat for me?. it - Vane rot cart thrmctnyes of Iso- bel different lovely poses pic tures of a woman who loved herself, and who had made the care of her faee and body the religion of her life. - -Uiry Cyrus K. chose several of these. E laced them, witn the sketches he ad chosen, tn a portfolio under his am, and started to leave. At the door he turned. ' I think IH stop off and say hello to that little vixen of a niece of mine," be said. "She lives in the same buiding now, yon know just moved here about a month ago." Vane dropped the cigarette he wa in the act of lighting. : "In this building!" be exdaimed. "Not; I didnt know. I go out so seldom, and one hardly ever meets another tenant in the elevator." Well, she's a neighbor of vonrs." Cyras KLlaughed, "New York fash ioninstead of next door the floor below." . ,..; , 5 The elevator arrived, and on this note of chaff the two men carted. Vane walked back into his lonely apartment, and restlessly com menced toN pace the floor. Fate seemed to be playing hint some ugly pranks of late all the shame and tragedy that had followed his im pulsive marriage. to Isobd, then this last unbelievable horror, the fact (which he could not yet grasp) that he waa rated a criminal, was now out on bail, and. to cap tha elimax. to find out thatBetty Potter, the girl of his dreams, waa living ao near him; ' . Cyrus K. got off at Betty's floor and started toward her door. . Suddenly . he stopped, listened, and darted swiftly around a corner, that jutted conveniently near. Just in time. t (To Be Continued) , OwrrUM, ItiLrTtMMalwC Micmt area rmmm Siatat a