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rv nr rou?. Th OREGON STATESMAN, Credit Satsr&tw tlorairr. Jt!r lf, 1C1 I , I I 1 I' i t Founded "M Fowr Sways Us; No Fear ShaU Awe?s ; From First Statesman. March 28. 1851 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. t Charles A. Spracu - Editor-Manager Sheldon t Sackett . Member of the Associated Pwm. . The Associated -Press la xctuaivtly entitled -te the use for cublka -ttoa oiatt Mwt. dispatches credited to ft or aerethecwlae credited U " this paper. r i- : , - . Politics, Dirty or Pure GET out the icepacks-far the Portland Journal. That emin . cnt paper rises to white heat over the query on the eligr ibility of Gov. Alartin. It says the effort to liken his army pension to the pay of a regular federal office holder "is the dirtiest of dirty politics.w -. - . Granted that it is politics, and there could be nothing lse from the Meier entourage which has been flapping vul ture winjs over the state house, there is. nothing "dirty" about it. It may be raking a technical question, and the ob ject may- WamwoTthy bnVaa a poUticalimove it is rather "clean" fighting.Tbe Journal has jast let its, indignation give it a rhetorical eruption. s'vT- The simple truth is fhat those who raise the question want Martin nut,; by-ineensive court action ff possible, by recall if necessary. It is working out about as we said in the campaign : no matter who was elected governor a. big bloc of voters would be knifing him soon after he -was in office. This paper didn't support-Martin for governor; but lie got -more votes than anyone else; and good or bad he should be allowed to serve his term out. So far as the constitutional question is concerned we pass-that to tne lawyers, with ihe remark that the more appropriate time to have raised tt was before Mar tin warworn fciasvemor. i Incidentally the A. E. Clark brief is undated; but there is a surmise 4that it was prepared' before the inauguration, for use of the Meier lieutenants in an effort to continue Jul ius in office. They got cold feet but now are feeding: it to the malcontents. v, f. The Journal is correct in branding the thrust as politics ; but not "dirtiest politics. Instead it is "pure" politics, ex cept for a real student of history and government like Leslie Scott. " 'J'---; Endorses Pay-as-We-Build Plan ' FT1HE idea of paying for the capitbl without resort to bond X issuance is gaining favor. Three per cent interest on two million dollars is sixty thousand dollars a year. Why pay out this interest when the state has about seven million dollars on hand in various funds, much of which draws no interest? Special funds should not be diverted, but the law permits temporary loan to the general fund from other funds. A study of the figures shows that the state can pay for the capitol as construction proceeds, and the increase in the tax levy will not bring the levy up to what it was a few years ago. Then in a few years the building will be paid for and the state will not have a bond issue like a millstone round its neck for a quarter of a century. - ' The Eugene Register-Guard expresses its approval of the pay-as-we-build plan , recommended by Treasurer . Hol man: -vl -v- "The Holnmn, plan is practical and should set an example to . all taxing units in the state. It the state ot Oregon can rebuild its atatehouse by Judicious management of budgets and cash funds, it will point the way to more intelligent operation of ovary city and county and school district in the state. "Unfortunately the smaller anits are vow prohibited from carrying cash reserves or utilising the kind of management which Holman proposes for the state. Borrowing has been mad almost mandatory tor major andertaktngs. The most stringent regulations hamper the common sense use ot cash funds. It is - borrowing (except in, case of disaster or dire -emergency) which. ' . ought to be prohibited. The Holman plan may set a desirable precedent in aU publle finance." , I FDR on Guffey Bill THE most amazing state paper in our times is the letter of President Roosevelt endorsing the iniquitous Guffey coal bill, 'which is so vicious it is condemned even by the radical weekly; Jne Nation. The president urges the members of the house ways and means committee, which had the bill un der consideration; " .; "I hope jrour committee will not permit doubts as to the . constitutionality, however reasonable, to block the suggested legislation." ' What is this but an open invitation to house members to ignore the constitution they have taken an path to support? The bill is bad enough in principle, legalizing a hierarchy of coal, a coalition of operators and workmen in the joint en terprise of skinning the consumers ; and no lawyer of stand ing predicts it will be held constitutional. The letter looks pretty much as-though the president is publicly thumbing his nose at the supreme court. " With suave words the president says "a decision by the supreme court relative to this measure would be helpful as indicating, with increasing clarity, the constitutional limits within which tins government must operate." Some one should send him a copy of the court's decision in the sick chicken case. ' Jim Smith has been made Work Progress director for this district, which Includes Tillamook. Yamhill,. Polk, Linn, Lane, Ben-? . too. Karlon, and Lincoln. His appointment means that the Job will - be weU performed- There win be few press conferences and pub licity handouts; bet real dirt wlir fly on Jobs. Smith has had much experience with, the problem of work relief, baring handled this .phase of the county court'! work while he was commissioner in Mar " 4oa county. It is well to here his abilities again requisitioned for public service. The lienor board does well to move swiftly to Investigate ehar - ee that a brewery is financing beer parlors. Brewery ownership of saloons was one of the rices of the; pre-prohrMtion days. The new Jaw bars such Investment, and the commission should not permit any violation. .'- ' - i It must be admitted Mrs. Waley tells a whale of a story. If the Jury accepts that, Justice may atlll wear the blindfold. Joseph P. Ryan was reelected New York contention, Hejett the TEAGIIED SflUIES MAY BE SETTLED WOODBURN, July t. - A meeting of the budget committee ef Woodburne school district will be held Saturday night at 4he Wodbura high school ' building, starting at 7:30. The meeting is open to the public The budget committee consists of XL M. Aus- tin, E. J. Standard and P. J. Mil ler, who serve in addition to the regular school board members, E. J. Alien, Paul -Mills and . .. E. E. 11 attaon. : . ; : I - .': It is thought that the main Is sue to come up Saturday night will be la regard to teachers sal tries for next year. '-. Pending any decision on aalar tes, contracts hare not been siren to any teachers In the local school jystera for next year, although aU ut three hare been given assur ance that they will be offered con tracts. The three teachers not to be rehired axe those who hare oth er positions: . They are T. P. Otto end Miss Thelma Stephens of the high school, and Mrs. Mabel Bal lard ot the. grade school faculty. urn 1851 Managing-Editor head of the longshore men at the hnrninf Bridges behind. - FUU IS TOO AY SILVERTON, July 12. Funer al, serrices for Mathias Weibal, 7, who died Thursday at the Dea coness hospital at Salem, will be held Saturday morning at 8:30 from the Rosary church in the Crooked Finger ; country above Scotts Mills. E. R. Ekman ot Sil ertoa is In charge. -, Weibal was born ln. Germany and came to the states 25 years ago. For the .past 20 years he has Hred at the Crooked Finger ranch. . SnrrlTors are his widow, Anne; four sons. Matt and Herbert -Vat home; John at Sheridan and Ern est at Seattle; two daughters, Mrs. Alma Darenport at Silyer ton; Elsie Homedew at Los An geles; -eight grandchildren and one brother, Lawrence, at Port land. - REST IS EXFO&CED ' ; SILVERTON. July It. Doro thy Jordon, youngest daughter of Mr. and. Mn. J. J. Jordan has been taking It easy this week nurs ing sprained . ankle 7 receiyed when, she was running and tell down. . IMB1L The Great Genie of Politics By FRANK R. KENT Cosrrizht IS15, by Tb Bsliiners 8ma His Strategists Confused Washington July IS RECENT: developments haTe greatly diminished the". Idea, so widely" cherished by both My. RooseTslt'a friends and foes that he Is 'the master politician, smart er than any of his predecessors.'' THIS notion became .established during the first two years of his Administration, when people gen erally were swept off their bal ance by the New Deal ballyhoo, charmed by the gayety of the new President, thrilled by the norelty and drama or his - performances, credulously stimulated ' by the guttering; promises of his gran diose experiments. In those days he had no real opposition. Erery- thing he proposed "was agreed to. Those who were skeptical were re ferred to as Cassandras. Critics were accused of a lack of patrlo-; tism. If a doubt was expressed, the doubter was caUed destine tffe, told not to "rock the boat." TO.DAT. the , country: generaHy seems to hare waked up. The Pre sident is now being critic lied not only by his opponents, but by his sympathetic supporters the sur est evidence that politically things are not well with him. One set ot the latter tells him he should stop urging,, "reforms,; adjourn Congress and fire the country a chance to rest and recover. ' He has, they say, attempted r too much, and is in danger of tiring the people by ceaseless, actmty. Another group urges that his only salvation now Is to take the lead of the radicals and rigorously force the fight to change the Con stitution so as to permit of the "Planned Economy," which Is the base of the New Deal scheme. STILL ANOTHER set Of SUDPOrt- erg insists that, hating reestao- Ifehed himself In the eves of the liberals and Insured against a, rad ical Third party, he should now concentrate upon keeping the MiturnttTa Democrats . In ' line and devls some new scheme for taking the booblsh business lead ers again into camp. The conrnct ing nature' of the advice -which Mr. Roosevelt Is now receiving indicates that his apprehensive friends think he needs political counsel. Three distinct Roosevelt moves in tha nast two months have contributed to this convic tion. AU of these appear to have been mistakes. One was ma cri ticism of the Supreme Court, fol lowing its NRA decision. .The public reaction was most unia vnrahlA to that. Second, there vu the violence with which he as sailed the holding companies and the character of his fight to ahoi teh -them. Ordlaarlry. any assanlt upon the so-called power trust would meet a popular response, in this ease it didn't. On the con trary. Mr. Roosevelt alarmed ana embittered an army ot .public ntllitv stock and bond holders, es timated from three to five mil lion. THIRD, there was his sudden message urging Increased taxation of big fortunes and large Incomes. That this was politically Inspired no one doubts, but the results. from the Roosevelt angle, have net been politically good. For one thing he created a very unpleas ant incident by repudiating -his own senate leaders, who had in formed their colleagues -the Pres ident wanted the bill " rushed through in a weeTs. For another the thinness of the pretensions. both as a "share-the-wealth" and a. budget-balancing proposition, is such as to be generally- seen through. For another, by inject ing this proposal into a Jaded con gress anxious to adjourn, he has indefinitely extended the session, farther disturbed business ! and made It impossible for anyone. In cluding himself, to guess what sort of tax bill will emerge. FROM whatever angle they are viewed it does seem these three most recent strategic Roosevelt gestures have been politically die-; aDDOlntlnr. The rewriting of lis banking bill in the senate and his' defeat on the holding company death sentence clause in the house better than anything else, i attest Ms diminished party control. It la not surprising that some- of his friends worry or that the unctu ous Mr. Farley, who six months ago put all forty-eight states la the Roosevelt bag. Is about to take a six weeks swing around the country to see how far thing are changed and report. If his politi cal reports are of the same type as his postofflce surplus .'claims, they will be of the same value. Mr. Farley Is another politician whose reputation 'U tor political smartness has been created while he rode the crest ot the; wave. They aU seem smart while they are doing that. . Homemaking Club is ' Organized at Bethel BETHEL. July 12. The Home making club, s 4-H club project, held Its first meeting Wednesday night at the home of Freda Bu curench. Jean Hafn was elected president; Freda Bucurench, vice president; TVerna FroehUch, secretary.- The evening was spent In finishing the: sample books , for the county fair. The members are Lillian Hamrlck. Coralee Nichols, Wanda and Werna Froehlicb, Jean Hain, Hal Mae Creech and Freda Bucurench.' The club leader, Mrs. Carmalite Weddle was also pre sent. ' . FORESTERS WrXJTERS MT. .ANGEL, July 12. The Foresters wrested another win from the Sodality In an exciting kitball game at tho Bbner ball park here Wednesday night. The final score was 4 to 1. Saalfeld got the hit of the evening, a. three bagger. Batteries: C. Wacher and I Beyer; Grosjacques and Schmitx. Bits f or Dj R. J. UENDIMCKS Diary 1 years' old. " yields strange history: -Journey to Oregon in 1851 : ' (Continuing from yesterday:) "Hare . are exposed for sale the products ' of the . country milk. eggs, beeL-venison, bananasi plan tains,' mangoes, aUigator pears, clams,' oysters; tortillas, charcoal, breadfruit, pineapples, coeoaxiuta, oranges, and fish. They have ex cellent fish, in the Jay, but it is difficult to- obtain them. The na tives - will net fish much, . . unless driven to It by necessity. "Panama is a city of churches. Many of them, however, are la a state of decay. The cathedral is a tine looking building. Thi out side has some pretension to beau ty and order. It fronts on the Plata. The churches ere built of rough, atone, without order or regnlarityr The exterior presents hut little attraction. The interiors ot some- of them are' highly fin ished and. possess many valuable paintings. w--iv:.. ' ' There was one directly oppo site our rooms, its aide' fronting us. There were two large doora in this side,, and. when opened tor services. In the evening, we had a fine vie of the altar and the shrine ot the virgin. Before this were ranged eight large candles. aU burning; before stood the priest with different colored robes on. He would read a few senten ces, make a curtsy, . throw off robe, and then repeat the same ceremony. w V -"On his right stood a anbprlest or deacon, holding in his hand a vessel containing liquid In a burning state. We could see the vapor arise from it as he swung It to and fro, while the priest was repeating his Latin phrases. This was the incense, probably, that they offer to the shrine ot the rir- gin. .. "On the right of the priest stood a boy holding a lighted lamp, probably to throw ' some light on the subject. "After this ceremony closed. commenced the chanting. . . . The audience, when they went in. would kneel, making; the sign of the cross, then seat themselves on the floor, and remain there until the services were closed. "In the belfry were four open ings, each containing a beU. Two ot them were- struck, by means of ropes attached to the end of the clapper; the other they beat upon with pieces of iron, creating a most horrid din. a "a "The last eight days ot our stay they held services each day. Their chimes were kept np for an ea By Royal S. (peland, MJ). BECKNTLT I told you. about' the dangers of excessive exposure to thai sun. Today I want to tU you about sunstroke. This Is rather common during the sum mer months when the weath er Is extremely hot and there ta great humidity. The city- ambu lances are daily summoned to pick np persons overcome by the heat Soma persons are susceptible to sunstroke while others never suffer al- then gh they spend prolonged Dr. CopeUni periods in the not sun. As a rule, sunstroke ts more commonly encoun tered In elderly persons. But It may afflict anyone who Is long exposed to tn strong- raya of tit aun. Often a young child or adult engaged in some vigorous gams or sport will have It Nay a Fra cadet Samstroka Sunstroke Is caused by a disturb ance in the mechanism -having to do with the beat raculaiion of the body. Something roes wrong with ttds and then there is trouble similar to that caused by failure of the tharmoaUte of a f ornaca. . The victim suddenly complains ot severe headache ami dizziness. He becomes pata end weak. Be may be unabla to ace. Is sick at hla stecoacb and may even vomit. These symp toms are followed by collapse and unconartonstieaa. . "' The akin of the sufferer Is dammy and wet. i The pulse Is . extremely rapid: bat very weak. The victim breathes Quickly and appears to be aufferlng trom eevere pain. The pu pils of the eyes become dilated. A physician should always be called In atseh e case. - There la a severe form of sunstroke which if handled Improperly may pro fatal. .In tbia. the anfferar quickly lapses into ttneonsdousness. " Ice Treatments Advise . TJntil the physiclaa arrives keep the patient In a cool and shady room. The clothing should be removed and copious amounts of water given. If the body U hot and the tempera ture high a bath kept cod with 1ce will help. : This treaSment hou)d be continued until the temparature faUa below lot. degrees Fahrenheit Mas sage the akin, vigorously so that the sirculation will be stimulated. We often hear about cases of slight sunstroke or, a "touch of the sun", as .lt is more commonly sailed. These should never be neglected. Xhe suf ferer should be encouraged to rest In a dark and coot room for several day. The diet should be aknnl. consisting chiefly of fruit Juices and liquid food. Aiiwtn to Health Qaeviee . Hoping, f Q. What win overcome stammering? X am very conscious of this defect In my speech and It makes me self-conscious. X have had medical- attention without results. Would a -scars- in childhood be re sponsible for the habltr - t A. Overcome any nnderiying nervousneaa first of alL For tun particulars jend a ectf-adavessedr stamped envelope' and repeat your question. Kervousnerf. Is apt to be an Important factor xader such dr enrnst seres. - ' - (CowrtdXt, ms, JL F. f., IneJ ; H th J S v '" ; - J . I tareaitfass hour at time. It seemed as though the HUle darkles delight ed in stirring up the nervous sys tem and producing a second bed lam. a We had a fine view from oar rooms.' On our right lay the bar dotted: here and there with green islands. On our left was the-open country, hills upon. Mils, - moun tains upon mountains, crowned with the cocoa, the palm and orange trees, with their carpets of green Interspersed with beau tiful flowers, and sweet scented shrubs. IvidT' ttCf:"-f'-::-' Nature glowed In all its lux uriance,.. Strange that so lovely a land should be the. abode of ig norance and superstition. -. . "We bade adieu to Panama, and our kind friends on Saturday, May 17th, after a-confinement ot 10 days friends whose kindness and sympathy manifested to ns flurrmr our illness merit our gratitude and they will ever hold a place in our remembrance. "Captain McLane, agent of the steamxtilp company, and his lady;. Rev. Mr. Rowelt and lady, CoL Ward, TJ. 8. consul ; Messrs. Ros trup. Cod wine and Strahan, Cap tains Childs and Ferguson,, and, last, but not least, our kind and worthy physicians, Benors Emillo Le Breton and-Jose KeratochulL 5s "About f i. m the cars ar rived with, the passengers from Asplnwall, and about 9 p. m. our parting gun was fired, and we were once more en our way to the promised land. "The Sonora Is a fine boat, well ventilated. Captain Whiting is a perfect gentleman, but as to the other officers I hare but little to say In their favor. Their own per-, sonal gratification was paramount to all the comfort and .conveni ence of the passengers, with the exception of a few of the 'fancy, to whom they were all attention. S "a "The first few days we passed along very well, but soon AUie's j - petite began to fail, her food did not relish well, her strength soon left her; the doctor would order drinks and food to be pre pared for her, but it was diffi cult to obtain them, unless you paid EXTRA, and that the state of our funds would not admit of. I think the company ought to pay their servants well, instead, - of compelling the passengers to PURCHASE those attentions that belong to them of right. V "k. "Fortunately, though, unexpect edly Allle lived through It all, and after an otherwise pleasant trip ot 14 days we arrived at San Fran cisco Sunday morning, June 1st, about t a. m., took up our abode at Hillman's Temperance House, where we enjoyed all the comforts and quiet of home, and received, many tokens of kindness from the proprietors, Messrs. Smith and George, also from their worthy landlady, Mrs. Lambert. V "We also found many kind friends among the boarders, whose sympathy for our misfortunes, and whose many little acts and tokens ot kindness, though they may appear as trifling, still in the aggregate form quite an Import ant item on the side of gratitude. W . With good, wholesome food and attention, Alice soon changed, and a few days of quiet had a marked effect upon her, "and dur ing our stay of three weeks she gained steadily. "Dr. J. J. Cashing,' formerly of Providence, attended her, and took a great interest In her re covery. His services were gratui tous. To him also are we In debted for many favors. "a 1. "We arrived at San Francisco In the midst of exciting times. Murders and robberies were of daily occurrence; rowdies and blackguards controlled the elec tions, usurped the places of trust and power, interpreted the laws to suit their own peculiar eases, and ordered - the people's money Into 'their own teckeU." (Continued tomorrow.) Tremaine Elected New President -of Busine Leader WOODBURN, July IX. C. A. Howard; state superintendent of pnblie instruction, has appointed B. W. Dunn, C. R. Dunson, 1. C Buchner. and H. M. Austiri members of the recreatiott for Woodbnrn. -' V. W. Tremaine Is the new president of the Woodbnrn Busi nessmen's club, succeeding L. C sucnner. J. Jdelrln Rlngo was named vice-president and Theo. Snell, secretary. H. F. Butter field is retiring vice-president and F. O. Evendea retiriner aeeratarr. Meetings are held every Wednes day at noon in the Woodbnm ho tel. . . Twenty Years Ago July IS, 1915 Two EnrlLsh trawlers war sunk today . by German submar ines. The Artisan drill team will leave today for San Francisco on the steamer Great Northern. Snap Shots A boy's idea of a thoroughbred dog is one that can kin a cat; - Ten Years - Ago . ' July IS, 1925 The 'Cherry City 'Milling" plant is still smoldering after biasing a good part of the night. The death toll has risen to 19 from the extreme heat in the mid dle western states. The Salem Elks held final dress parade last night preparatory., to their appearing- at the-Elks con vention In Portland Thursday. "THE SNOW LEOPARD" SYNOPSIS As Dick Bannister. ir. Toonsr ax- plorec, emerges from the eaxlosive Park A venae residence hotel of bis brother. Hod, the body of a man comes hnrtling through the air. f ol lowed by a senir leonard robe. The . man, ebviouslya sarvaot. bad fallen about twenty stories. .Shortly alter, Dick notices a beautiful girl, stand ing la the doorway, order her chew to bring the robe to tier. Dick's airedale, "BuGy." -fights with the chovr f or possessioa of It. Whea the girl finally retrieves it in pUcae efae aaatily rone bar lingers over It and exclalme: "The clasp end girdle gone V Never had Dick been so attracted by any ajirL Shef is Karen Sire, daughter of the nmltUalllieaaira. Uanrice Sire. The pellcesanunoaZUck to theSire epartmeot as a witness. Detective waptam xsoyie claims tna oeaa mas. a Filipino, was murders de tabbed In the back. Karen was the only other person In the room when he felL Maurice Sire telephones that he is firing op from Washington, D. C He was surprised to learn hie danchter was in New York instead of at school in Poughktepsie. Boyle wheels on Karen. "How about that? YouVe coma- caUrvaaEting down to New York without letting- your father know. Whe wae with you? CHAPTER HI Miss Sire smiled, elevating her eyebrows with a faintly whimsical expression. Something of that tol erance which people of breeding show to well meaning boors crept Into her voice. "GaUiranting she repeated, --you've bit upon the very word, .captain. But I was alone. Yon nee, my father had taken this piaea-enly recently, and. I had narer seea it, Omr home is at Southamp ton this is to serve as a town house. I came down, here yesterday yost to look it ever.- Tnt going back to- , fOh,areyont" Boyle grew sar about that. Let eastie. "Wall me tell yon. miss, that a lot of ex plalnina wianave to he done before Ten go ttek to Peughknepate. TotrVe detalBad ey thailiee. eta they aay - in tia! pysri- He passed, with a eatUBed grin, apparently conscieus of having, de xtvereft himself with f ores and eutthsritr. i After fsmlck. he pitched ansae eassav into Saanlstsr. I aay pose yooTl be wanting, to go away too oa important business, heyT6 "Iaedai trip to Nova Scotia in mind, begtntdng tonjwrhf jon: m WelL Just eon aider that trip cancelled. We max need yon as e material witness.' Miss Sin smiled faintly. TO agree to atay , she said in a small voice. ' , V - ' , "So waC Bannister volunteered. Captain Boyle rose.- "I'm going below- asidj talk to the-.eervamca again." he said, addressing- the man with the tilted derby. "I want yon tostsy M V W.H be denchUd," thrust In Miss Sire. Perhaps the gentleman will take off his hat and make him self one of ns. I don't believe I eanrht hisi name." "Yea didn't." said the man with the derby (he had risen and removed it) "because my name erasnt men tioned." He hunar his hat oa an ornament :of the aqnariam and walked telthe window, anbegufled by this somewhat, fresh young per son wno hmk seem to unaerstand the treaUeahePBein.' A pausei and a alienee followed Boyle's lesre-taking. His anbordi nate, with back turned but ears ob viously alert, remained near the window. Bannister wae gasing at the pendant derby, which east a deep shadow down into the water of the aquarium; leaving only a bread bead ox light on elearv rate'r. Clear water! Not It was a brackish pink. He became interested; -.4 Why pink water In an aquarlnml He walked -nearer end eased down into the depths. Little bine and silvery fish moved in aad ant of the miniature ; eastie at 'the bottom. .There were no gtld2sh eothing; to eresta the Elusion ef a reddish cast in the water. Yea, it was pink-, oat a-pink to srrest the tinge f a rose, but a pink ef queer and sin ister' shade. -... . "Blood!" he breathed. Baaniater tuned- a nstetzatisg gaae vpna Miss Sire. :ha returned it without ar aiga ef easotiev, per naitticx her eyes ta move cUnrly ta Light Summer Reading I the silent guardian at the window. "Mr. Officer," she said graciously, "I think youll find eemethinr to drink la that room." She pointed to 4ftS opczi floor, . - "Mr. Officer" thawed. -Toole's my name One-Armed Toole" he said. Yet it was with ae undignified aactav mat ne tnevett toward the door indicated. Bannister listened. tmtS he beard the clink of aiaas and" the enah. of a syphon. Then ha plunged hiserm Into the aquarium and drew forth a stiletto ef triple-eeM- xwttcrn. YaoraT" ha asked, tuminsr ta Miaa Sire, - "No," she answered calmly. "One-Armed" "Toole, dxawlue Ida right and left hands caressingly across his month, reappeared ht the doorway. He had two perfectly Baaaister plaagtd his arm iato the tSfTZZZtT but neither Bannister amr Miss Sire were just then in a mood to freas aa A it ... . vuesHon on xna anosseiy. Good Scotch. Mr. Bannister t" he aaid nnctionsly, "why dont yon Uke a paste at It?" . aanks,' Bannister replied cool- r, umuunr xna paxmetx airk into his trousers pocket andkerping his hand there, Srith Miss SireVper mission, I will take a spot." - Bannister had something more important on his mind than the prospect of dunldne Mi tnntt. Scotch whisky when be walked ra ta nas room alone. The tuurder weapon was atiU In his pocket: by concealing it be had become an ac eomphce after the fact He wea- Tode bad been a witness of the dramatic Interlude between himself and Karen Sire, or, not hav ingaeen tt, suspected anything. Be clinked two bottles together, set them dowa without takteg a drink, and squeezed the water out of his coat sleeve with a crunching grip.- The thought of biding the ftil"oemo to hinV but be figured that this would - onlv hoa kimif and the girl deeper in suspicion IfH we ctuauy naaaeen film take it from the aquarium. - - .-. - Bannister found himself tryine to protect Karen Sire, and, at" the same time, fiereelv .dravtnv tmgtt f her giat He asaodatod thiv girl with; the. soft pulse of life, IT" PkM!f l01 ease, the secur ity of wealth- end auil S.Jknetw,n,ea but few ia her StaaOB. Hla exenraiana fet fWa of Venus had been confined to fron-1 uer casce aaoia. ta ua Vrrf. kri billies, to Jungto arbors and the sanns of south Seabeachea. The nnns ya .. 11. baked xirla ef the tiesert, blonde Cypriana. brqwn charmers, Ecra siaa nymphs and mestizo maids. They had all found him cold and left By Chris Hawthorne him so. But the first sight of Karen Sire had changed all this; she had flung a rainbow across his horiaon, set golden bells tinkling-in his brain, and hung the gray copings of the city with sdntillant prixms. Was the joyous delirium to prove a dreamt Was the grisly hand of murder to sweep it all away? With the stiletto still In his tnx-Wt he rejoined Miss Sire and; the detec tive. At the same moment a wide panel in the wall opened and Can- tain Boyle stepped lata the room from an electric elevator, a stout, strongly made woman at his elbew. The saaa's face was set; a cold fury seemed to possess him. Evidently he had returned from the floor be low with an empty-bag. "Here's rf your new maid. Miss Sire," he snapped. "She's a poiice- ajjuarlum ,nd drew forth a stiletto. Her first duty wm be. to earca you-ria tnerel" ne pouted w a closed door. Bannister maaaged to remain las. "Miaa Sir is net under ar rest, he said "Isnt this proceed ing a little unusual!" Boyla tamed wpon him with a savare srlare. "Oh. vtm'ra one of them amachocT lawyers, are you T I suppose u x start to frisk you, we'll hear a roar about police oppression and constitutional rights, hey IT ti An answer was oa Bannister's Hps when be stopped suddenly. He bed drawn his right hand from his pocket and clenched his fist Miss Sire glided to hla side and touched rhia arm. . "I am willinar to be searched," she said; . But that was not what paralysed Bannister tongue. He had felt a tugging at his pocket, and whea he thrust his band down into its depths the stiletto was gryiel Karen Sire. With the certain t-r nt heinr aaarched within the next few minutes, had deliberately relieved him of the mur der weapon. He looked at Boyle, at Toole, at the nolieevomas. Not one of them gave a aign that the act had oeen ooserTed. . . ' ? - - J girl's face flushed a Mttle. "It might be better," she said quietly. Tf we both waived form all tip and permitted Captain Boyle to follow his ewa methods." She nodded to the policewoman aad started toward thedoor, plucking Toole's derby from its perch ar aha aassed the ramiarium. "Yours, isn't it! she J asked, extending the hat toward Toole took the derbv. held It awk wardly as she brushed past him, then drevned it.ever'tbe head ef a small Venus da. Kile, hiding that celebrated" lady's aharma. . (To Be Continued) ; BaiitiM,tirs.Chtiti SlMrCMrt(4 ar S3bs rwlant I