The STATES3IAN, Salcn, Oregon, Satcrday Mors!,-?, Ic?y- 23, 1S35 PACD FOUH FDand4 1S51 - "tfo Fetor Sways Vs; Ko Fear Shall Awe" From First Statesman. March 28. 1S51 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. Chjuoes A. Spracui - - - Editor-Manager Sheldon F. Sackett - - - - - Managing-Editor llrmfwr of the Associated Tb Associated Fresa U xiluslvelr ntttle4 to the for pcbllca Cloa of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwUo credited la , thU paper. Where News is Suppressed IN the dictator-controlled country newspapers are conspic uous for their dearth of news. They may print cyclopedic material, or literary articles, but they make no attempt at unbiased reporting of news events. For current happenings of a political nature papers in these countries must take handout of government press bureaus. They dare not send out reporters to do factual reporting; they may print only "what the government as then in power wants printed. This condition is described quite graphically by John Gunther, head of the Vienna bureau of the Chicago Daily News, in an -article in the July Harpers. Naturally in his business he would at the beginning of each day go to the Austrian newspapers for reports of what has happened the preceding day, selecting the important news for material for his cablegrams to his own paper. He describes what he found in one-day's "Neue Freie Press" : the leading story on the first page a calm and meditative essay on the nitrate in dustry in Chile. Underneath it was a literary filler telling of the colonization of Manhattan island by the Dutch. Minor foreign news items appear on page one; and page two has chiefly German news. Not until page four is reached does he find any local news, and that a routine speech of the chancel lor probably as handed out at his offices. As Gunther states "But no real news about politics." The-other papers are sim ilar, except the boulevard sheets do print political news, vio lently partisan. The conseauence of the dearth of news is the loss of circulation. To quote Gunther : "The majority of German pa pers died, not because they were murdered Dy me govern ment, but for the simnle fact that no one would any longer read them. Thev collapsed of news starvation. How long would Americans be content with official proclamations, "bottlefed news aRd comment" and stale stories culled from Snch a condition makes the foreign correspondent's task unusually difficult. He has to sift the mass of street rumor and cafe gossip, to check and double-check word-of-mouth reports which come to him each day, before he finds suffi cient foundation for a story to put it on the cables. He is in danger also of government displeasure, as befell the Chicago Tribune correspondent recently and brought his summary expulsion from Italy Eventually the news gets out, in spite of government control. As Gunther concludes : "Undoubtedly governments can delay and hamper news transmission, but they will suffer for it. Instead of news, they will get rumor, and bad-tempered rumor, from unfriendly cap itals outside. It is literally and physically impossible to suppress Important news for very long. Sooner or later it will come out." The worst situation is in the dictator-controlled coun tries where government suppression of news and of newspa- pers is ilk51 eiieciie. j.ue ywi iiuacus iucic umoi ic m da.e. Who Won in 1932? A NTI-administration newspapers and journalists have JCTL frequently and freely referred to the democratic plat form of 1932, and pointed how remote the platform is from presidential performance. Could it be that they got hold of the wrong platform? David Lawrence in this week's Satur day Evening Post outlines a 1932 platform, essential planks : of which were as follows: Relief: Appropriation of five billion dollars for relief and fire bil lion dollars for public works Legislation for acquisition of land, buildings, equipment to put unemployed to work with Social Security: ' Old age pensions for all over 0 Compulsory unemployment insurance Free employment agencies I.a bor Policies: Enforce collective bargaining Minimum wage legislation Abolition of child labor Demand slx-Tiour day, five-day week Social Ownership: Public ownership and democratic control of public utilities, transportation, mines, oil, power, etc. Banking: Government acquisition of federal reserve banks Socialization of credit and currency Taxation: Increased inheritance and income taxes Agriewltare: Shift'taxes from farm realty to incomes, exec-cr pror.ts, etc. Increased subsidies to rural communities Creation of federal marketing agency Socialisation of federal landbanks CoBstltution: Abolition of power of supreme court to pass on constitu tionality Constitutional amendment for social security legislation Frciga relations: Recognition of Russia Independence of Philippines Entrance into world court It may be edifying to compare the Rooseveitian perform ance with this platform. Mr. Lawrence does so in his article; and the reader unconsciously does so as he goes down the list. This platform it may be added, is the Socialist party platform of 1932. The party candidate, Norman Thomas, ; polled 884,781 votes; while Franklin Roosevelt, running on the democratic platform, polled 22,821,857 votes. Who won the 1932 election? The Great Gcmc of Politics By FRANK R. KENT Copyright 1935. ly TU Baltlawra Are Jefferson Island Washington, July IS TO a good many, Jefferson Isl and seems an ironic name for a place to hold a social or political gathering of the Progressive Re publicans and Coll activists who so largely dominate the so-called New Deal, and who were so ade quately represented by Mr. Har old Ickes and Dr. Kexford Tag well In the entourage -which ac companied Mr. Roosevelt on his Eastern Shore of Maryland week end trip. THE name once more makes tt timely to recall that outburst of Senator Carter Glass a year or so ago when someone in his presence inadvertently referred to the pres ent Administration as Democra tic ' "Democrats. Democrats. erled the indignant Virginian, "why Thomas Jefferson would not speak to these people except to denounce them." It Is extremely unlikely that either the Jeffer- sonlan doctrines or Jefferson, the man. were tonehed upon as con versational topics during the two days of island occupation by the New Deal leaders. On the con trary, it was repeatedly stated that the affair was social, not po litical, and there was nothing sig nificant about it, which is prob ably true. - NEVERTHELESS, the presence of the unctuous and beaming sir. Farley made Inevitable a certali political tinge to the talk. With Mr. Farley, social and political are synonymous terms. So far as he is aware, there is no way to be one without being the other and shouldn't be. On this occasion. two facts about Mr. Farley seem ed to make him more o both than normal. One was that he Is sooi so we have been told to resign from the Cabinet to devote his transcendent abilities exclusively to the task of re-electing Mr, Roosevelt, The other was that he is on the threshold of a trip which will take him clear across the country, out to Hawaii, and back. WHILE ostensibly this Is a "va cation" for Mr. Farley, It Is well understood that he will make numerous stops for the purpose of Investigating the disturbing idea that Mr. Roosevelt has lost in prestige, that the public tide is turning against his policies, and the people generally prone to con sider the New Deal a bust. This notion is quite prevalent in Wash ington at the moment. It Is ex pected that Mr. Farley, with the "personal charm" which is part of the equipment of aU New Deal leaders, plus the additional pa tronage with which he is now pro vided and certain hopes held out concerning relief fund appropria tions, will tighten up the loose cogs in the machine, stiffen the spines of wobbly State leaders, and be able to report upon his return that "All is well." Bits for Breakfast .'By C i. HENDRICKS THAT such, properly dressed up by the jolly Michelson, will be the tenor of the Farley report, is be yond doubt. To make that kind of report publicly is the principal part of Mr. Farley's Job. As soon as he is back he will call a press conference and inform reporters eager for news that "1936 is in the bag," that Mr. Roosevelt will carry forty-seven states surely and he is not prepared to concede the forty-eighth to the opposition; that the people are still crazy about his policies and wild about them. One does not have to wait for Mr. Farley's return to know about his report. It can be writ ten in advance with complete, ac curacy. In view of this, it is in teresting to note the real feelings of the administration political strategists as privately and sin cerely expressed before Mr. Far ley's departure feelings, there is reason to believe, Mr. Farley him self privately shares. At least, such is the conviction of intimate friends who are upon confidential terms with him. Hot Days THERE are hot days and hot days, but did you ever, at age fifteen or sixteen, shock oats on a hot day? The briny sweat gets into your eyes, and makes them smart. Your hands burn as you grasp the rough twine which binds the bundles. You almost suffocate as you struggle with two bundles, their heads swathing your face. It isn't so bad if there's a breeze going; but when the field dips into the draw and the breeze U cut off by a screen of alder trees so not a breath of air is stirringthen is when the heat seems stifling, and you glance aloft to see how long it will be before sunset. The sun may still be high, and the binder ahead moves relentlessly, drop ping its load of bundles at regular intervals. You draw your sleeve across your face and resume the task of setting up the bundles into shock, with a cap sheaf set heads into the pre vailing wind.. A kindly boss may suggest a rest in mid-afternoon, and you flop on the ground under the friendly shade of a wagon bed after drawing deep from the water jug parked in the weeds of the fence row. ; Those are hot days, indeed; and they stay hot in memory for long years. - . P. H. Gadsden who was head of the utility organization which fought the holding company bill la congress has announced that the Associated Gas & Electric company which forged names to wires of protest, is not a member of his organization. He pointedly adds, what the country knows, that it Is such Improper acts of a few concerns which have fouled the nest of the whole industry. The A. G. Jb E. has shown more audacity when its offenses were made public than any other company. It has been operated as a great financial promotion of Hopson and Mange; and the cost to Investors has run to millions of dollars. The crackdown on inch financial pirates cannot be too ewlf t or severe. . ; - A donkey baseball team Is coming to Salem. They are la Eugene this week and will be la Corvailis next. The sports writer-la the Cprvaiiis ti-T writes:: "No practice is necessary but the boys want to get used to their team-mates so they can tell them when they mount their fiery steeds." This is important. Each player might wear a sign: X am not the ass . SUMMED up. what they say amounts to this: It is true that nine out of ten business and pro fessional men merchants, manu facturers, lawyers, doctors, bank ers, engineers are against the New Deal and against Mr. Roose velt. But nine out of ten laborers and farmers are for him. Hence, everything is all right and the goose hangs high. That, it can be authoritatively said, is the belief of the White House at this time. The idea is that the voters are di vided into classes, with the pro fessional people and employers on one side, mostly hostile to the Ad ministration, and the laborers, employes, bonus-receiving farm ers, the unemployed, the millions on relief and the army of Federal jobholders on the other. The lat ter class, it is held, outnumbering the former, the assumption is, despite disturbing reports, that Mr. Roosevelt is safe. IT IS plausible political reason ing, but there are two basic flaws therein. One is that in no election has there ever been a clear-cut division with the business and professional class supporting one candidate and the farmers and laborers supporting the other, The voters do not divide that way in this country. They think and feel too much alike to do that In any such wholesale classification. On the contrary, all past politi cal history proves. that whenever a strong proportion of the voters of the first class incline one way. an - almost similar proportion of the second elass Incline the same way. There Is not and never has been a line between them, and the- presidential candidates who have tried to draw inch a line and; array one elass against the other hare been singularly unsuc cessful. The late William Jen nings Bryan was the striking ex ample. The other flaw Is that such i candidacy involves an appeal to the radical and discontented ele ments, which, la a country con- Diary 1 years eld ' yields strange history: Journey to Oregon in ItSIf . - S :V . ' ! I (Continuing from yesterday:) And who was CoL Buchanan, the commander who announced the war was over? And who was Capt. Ord, who brought old John In? And who Capt. Smith and Capt. Augur, who aided in bringing old John and his nana down tne Rogue river to Its month before even excuses for roads existed? S First, Buchanan. He was Brev et Colonel Robert C. Buchanan. His mother was a sister of the wife ot President John Qnlncy Adams and his wife a grand daughter ot Governor Lloyd of Maryland. In the Civil war he became a. brigadier general, leading- his troops In many bloody battles. Including Antietam, where he was In front of the famous stone wall" ot "Stonewall Jackson. His men called him "Old Buck," a term of affection. While finishing up the last major Indian war of southwest ern Oregon and northern Calif ornia, he dreamed not of the great days ahead when he was to lead divisions la the bloodiest war in history np to Its time. W m S And Capt. Ord? He was Ed ward Otho Ord, born In Mary land in 1818; graduated from West Point with the '39 class; was sent, a second lieutenant. to Florida to tight in the Sem inole war of '39-40. In the Mexican war did garrison duty at Monterey, Cal. Was made a captain In 1850. He saw much service on frontier duty. in cluding the aid he gave In tin Isbisg up the Rogue River war and In taking old John and his band to the mouth of the Rogue At the opening of the Civil war, Ord wis made brigadier general of volunteers. He defeated the great rebel cavalry leader J. E. B. ("Jeb") Stuart at DraneBville. Virginia. December 21, '61; was promoted to be major general of volun teers May 2, 1862, and sent west to command the left wing of Grant's army. Of course. Grant had known him on the Pacific coast, -as he had known Sheridan and numerous other Indian fight ers of the fifties who rose to high commands in the sixties. July 21, '64, Ord was made commander of the 18 th army corps, and took part In the Rich mond campaign. He was wound ed at the capture of Fort Harri son Sept. 29. 1864, and was on sick leave until December. March 3, 1865, he was brev etted major general of the re gular army, and after recovery received command of the Depart ment of Virginia. It was largely owing to hia skill and energy that Lee's troops were finally headed oft and com pelled to surrender. He was commissioned brigadier general of the regular army in 1886. Thus Ord was in at the finish of the Rogue River war and of the Civil war. He was Andrew Jackson S Cantain Smith? Smith; had one of the most col orful careers of all the men who fought Indians in the west in the '50s and led armies in the Civil war. Born In Bucks county. Pa., Ap ril 28. 1815, was graduated from West Point with the class of 1838. Became first lieutenant in 1845. cantain in 1847, and was on the frontier In the In dian wars until the Civil war took him east. V In May, 1861, he became ma jor, and on Oetober 2 of that year colonel of the 2nd California cavalry. Feb. 11. to March 11, '62, he was chief of cavalry of the department of Missouri; in March to July of the department of Mississippi. He was raised to a brigadier general of volunteers in 1862. and was engaged in the advance upon Corinth and the siege of that place. Then he was trans ferred to the department of Ohio, and subsequently to the Army of Tennessee, which he accompa nied on the Yasoo river expedi tion, and participated in the as saults on Chickasaw Bluffs Oct. 27-9, 1862, and Arkansas Post Jan. 11, 1863. m S During the Vicksburg campaign he led a division ot the 11th army corps; then he was assigned to command a division ot the 16 th army corps, which captured Fort de Russy; engaged in the battle ot Pleasant Hill, and In almost constant skirmishing dur ing the Red River campaign. In April, '64, be received the brevet of colonel, TJ. 8. army for "gallant and meritorious service at Pleasant HilL" He became lieut. colonel ot the TJ. S. army In May, 1864. and major gen eral of volunteers the 12th oi that month.4 w He was ordered to Missouri; aided in DRIVING GENERAL STERLING PRICE FROM THAT STATE, and was then called to reenforce Gen. Geo. H. Thomas at Nashville, and to aid in the parsnit ot Gen. John B. Hood's army, being engagea at rxaan- rille. He received the brevets of brigadier and major general, U. S. A., March 13, 1865. tor gal lant service at the catties or Tupelo, Miss., and Nashville, Tenn. From February till June of that year ha commanded the 16 th army corps in the reduction and canture of Mobile. He was mus tered out ot the service In Janu ary, 1866, and on July 28 be came colonel ot the 7th TJ. S. cavalry. He then commanded the department of Missouri Sept. 14, 1867, to March 2, 1868, and was on leave ot absence until May 6, 1869, when he resigned. On April 3, 1869, he was appointed postmaster of St Louis, Mo. The- reader has noted In the foregoing that A. J. Smith re ceived three citations and three; promotions for gallant and meri torious service three tor specW fic acts; (and one was unusual In the Civil war.) It Is noteworthy that C. C. Au gur recelTed two such. The tea son why these citations of the two men are mentioned together will appear tomorrow. (Continued tomorrow.) The Safety Valve Letters from Statesman Readers Home, Sweet Home Twenty Years Ago July 2a, 1915 A broken 6-inch water main caused the pavement near Center and Summer streets to bulge as high as the curbing yesterday. Dr. Carl Gregg Doney made his first public appearance in Salem Sunday night at the Methodist church. He is the new president of Willamette university. Dr. and Mrs. C. H. Robertson and young son returned to the city yesterday from Seattle where they attended the national con vention of the Sbriners. Ten Years Ago July 29. 1925 ATI available police and detec tives were rushed to the T. M. C. A. building in Wilkes Barre, Pa., to quell a riot which arose at the biennial convention of the United Mine Workers today. , South Dakota is opening state owned filling stations In a price war with gasoline companies. A heavy tax reduction' was pro posed to President Coolidge by Senator Curtis of Kansas today. LETTER TO MORSE Central Point, Ore. Editor Statesman: Will you kindly published the enclosed letter of mine to Wayne L. Morse, dean of law at the uni versity of Ourgon, Eugene, Sincerely, Ariel B. Pomeroy. My dear Mr. Morse: When I presented in person the three petitions for which I had assumed responsibility, to His Ex cellency, Charles H. Martin, he asked me several questions, hav ing previously "sumnltmed before him five or six persons of the press. In the course of the con versation, I mentioned accurately the statement which you made to me about Thanksgiving time of 1934 to the effect that you con sidered it advisable to have an in vestigation into the conditions surrounding the Banks' trial. I did not state nor imply that you were sponsoring this special in vestigation. I repeated this simple, clear, general statement and told them that you had been among the first of several other prominent citizens to so express yourself. The press reports of even the petition itself, are not really cor rect. It states that most of the signers were from the northern counties, namely Multnomah, Yamhill and Marion. The petitions are before their eyes the appeal is first of all for an honest and thorough investigation. The Jack son county petition of '90 names had over three times as many names as the other two petitions of fifteen signers each and one ot these smaller petitions had a good majority of Jackson county signers thereon. The press seems to be making an effort to create the Impression that Jackson county is pretty solidly opposed to an investigation and opposed generally to Mr. Banks, which is not a correct pic ture ot true conditions. Also the press stresses the point of par don, whereas the written petitions stress and emphasize the appeal for investigation. Mr. Banks friends feel sure that an honest investigation will inevitably result in vindication and ultimate pardon, if not in this administration, in a subse quent one. The surer Mr. Banks' enemies are of the soundness of their position, the more they also, should in conscience urge an in vestigation. Those who are sure of the integrity of their position welcome investigation so if in tegrity is shared by all then the Investigation should be re quested unanimously. I pray that this may be the case and that it may prove as honest as it L thorough. Should you so desire, you may publish this letter with any comment thereon, as I am giving it to the press. - " I extend to you my high esteem and appreciation of your posi tion. Sincerely yours, Ariel B. Pomeroy Central Point. Ore. sarvaxive at. heart, deea "not pay or at least, never has paid po-UtteaUy. Kellaher Brings Petitions Asking, L.A.Banks Probe 5 Dan' Kellahen. ex-state parole officer, filed twe petitions with Governor . Martia Friday asking for aa Investigation of the trial of L. A. Banks,. Medf ord . publish er, now serving a lite-term la the state penitentiary for murder. Petitions previously were filed signed br JPeter Zimmerman, Dr. A. Slaughter and others. - Governor Martin has set the hearing for August 2. Banks shot and killed George Prescott, Jack son eoantyxonstable, - THE SNOW LEOPARD" B7 Chris Hawthorne SYNOPSIS Karen Sire, lovely daughter of the wealthy Maurice Sire, is sus pected of murder when her new Filipino servant is stabbed in the back and thrown out of the window of Sires' exclusive Park Avenue apartment, Dick Bannister, young geologist, witnessed the man's plunge from the street. He is great ly attracted to Karen and cannot conceive of her committing the crime. A valuable clasp and girdle are missing from a rare leopard akin robe belonging to Sire. The robe had followed the Filipino in his descent and waa badly torn by Dick's airedale. MBully." when Karen's chow, "Napoleon." tried to take it from him. At the Sire apart ment where the inquiry is being held. Captain Boyle leaves Detec tive "One-Armed' Toole in tem porary charge and goes out. Dick finds a stiletto in the aquarium and slips it into his pocket, unnoticed by Toole. Karen is unmoved by the in cident. Boyle returns and orders Karen searched. The latter slips her band into Dick's pocket and re lieves him of the dagger, dropping it into Toole's pocket instead. Find ing nothing on the girl, Boyle again leaves. Toole then reveals that he knew all about the finding of the stiletto and Karen's planting it on him. He refrained from reporting it became he believes her innocent and, besides, he has an old score to settle with Boyle. "One-Armed" explains that, a year ago, he was on the trail of a pair of crooks. Big Jeff Whipple and bis sweetheart. Brenda, vowin,r, to lose an arm be fore he'd let them escape him. They did, and thereafter Boyle called him "One-Armed" Toole, also insinuat ing that the detective accepted a bribe from Whipple. The detective connects the so-called "Whipple Syndicate with the present killing. claiming they were alter tne casp and girdle. Toole drops the stiletto back into the aanarium. He believes Brenda will try to get it that after noon. Maurice Sire arrives with a woman who introduces herself as "Helen Calvert," newspaper re- oorter. Toole recognizes her as Brenda and sets a trap for her, bat she becomes suspicious and leaves without trnmr to retrieve tne sn letto. The detective rushes after her. The butler brings Karen a note. CHAPTER IX Karen ripped open the envelope. Dismissing the servant, she reed aloud to Bannister: Kiss Karen Sire: What a sly little mouse yon are! Tried to lead naughty pussy into a trap, didnt yon? Really, yon were splendid, but . the work of that ignoramus. One-Armed Toole, and the yokel. Bannister, wss terribly erode. . On, no, I don't mean the cele brated Toole derby on the win dow sill that was a pardon able error of haste in retting under cover when yon phoned np that I was coming. But the poor idiot showed frightfully bad judgment in the selection of his hide-away. Imagine! The sun was streaming through the outside window and diffusing itself over the stained class window in side. What lovely splashes of color it made on the floor I Only the Toole silhouette, right in the middle of it spoiled the pattern. Dear me It was all too funny for anything; what . with Bannister joining him on another chair and yon peeping out through a crack in the door! ... . -Karen paused in the reading. Bannister, who had started a laugh checked it when be noticed the sober look en her face. "The note is un signed. she said, "but the writer , says she wiU call me en the phone within fifteen minutes." She thrust the note in the bosom ef her dress. "Not so smart ef Brenda, Ban nister commented. "That bit of writing can be used as evidence aminst her." Yet the scrawled . words on the paper eevealed noth ing: the mociuiur references to Tools and himself meant little to bin ex cept what hm already .knew that both tad acted like full-jewelled. pft-frg1TT,pf,"l jackasses. ' "Thave a curious feeling," Knew said thoughtfully, -that Brenda Whipple did not write this note merely te exult in her own clever ness." StaEInr for time, maybe," Ban ' nioter .suggested. "I doubt, thai bn call st." - he-telephone ranr. Karen lifted the receiver and said: Tea, this is Miss Sire." A half minute elapsed before she spoke again, only to mur mur "yes." Again e silence, longer drawn this time. Suddenly she hung up the receiver. "On. that crea ture 1" she moaned. Bannister was at her side in a moment. She seemed to dwindle to grow small and gray, as one from whom the joyous current of life had been suddenly withdrawn. A piteous hand that sne had stretched to him fell to her side. 'What did she say. Karen?" Ban nister demanded. The girl rose, a helpless, stricken ook in her eyes, a limn relaxation in the supple frame that told of a terror which her brave spirit could not meet and which she dared not It was ever. She would not telL The mystery of Brenda Whipple's phone call, of the trinkets for which murder had been done, was not for him to know. Was it a shameful secret her father 'a, perhaps? The man was e Titan who strode the earth with a knotted club and called what he liked his own. Such men make enemies and the9 gods who anoint them inevitably leave some weak spot open to attack. Yes, that must be it. Someone was striking at Maurice Sire through the most beloved part of his life his daugh ter. "You most go." There was final ity in her words: they included no hope of another meeting. All that his rhetoric had brought to hex face 'She left a note for Miss Sire and then dusted away just behind Toole." share. "Yon wiU never know i from me." sh amid. Bannister saw that she bad been stung by a serpent and was hiding a cruel wound, one that was for no eyes bat her own te look upon. He took a steo toward her. show ing with compassion, love, and in dignation. "Miss Sire Karen we bare condensed a year in the few hours of our acquaintance, and in that time I hope I have given some proof ef my willingness te serve yon a poor and bungling service, I knew, yet one that asks no requittal except in your confidence," She smiled a little, perhaps at his stilted speech. It nad the curi ous ring-of an old fashioned prelude to a declaration of love. But what ever emotion lay behind that smile. it was one destined to haunt Ban- aistera dreams for many a night; to pursue him with the ever-recurring riddle of its meaning. Bannister tried to take her in his arms but she eluded him. "You had planned to go away tonight," she said. "I was glad when you de cided to remain, but cow" That trio to Nova Scotia is off I Bannister shouted. "I am a hunter of wild - beasts by choice why shouldn't I stalk the one that gives yon all this pam?" Karen, smiled again. He was continuing in the language of ro mance. She closed her eyes for a moment just long enough to divest him of those rough tweeds and deck him with sword and plume, boots, belt and spurs. Bannister became torrential. "Think of it, Karen Fate has thrown us together! Was it mere chance that I came blundering along with Bully? Fate arranged and refereed that dog fight It made Captain Boyle almost tie us together It invented 'One-Armed' Toole at exactly the right moment It shook the leopard robe in my face as a chaUenre. And von nulled that dirk out ef my pocket and put it in Toole's to save me. Even that hard-beaded detective fell under its spell and played the game with us." Karen laid her hand on the note inside her dress, but withdrew it quickly, as though the touch bad seared hw nnsrers. "Yon have been splendid,! sne laid, "but you most ro. I dare net !! .t. . why- was a pained smile, feel ridiculous. He began te Karen silently accompanied aim down stairs, leading him te the foyer door. The policeman who had summoned him was still en duty there. "Heard anvthin from Toole?" Bannister asked. 'One-Armed Toole? He took it on the run out of here about a half hour ago." "That woman reoorter left Inst before him, didnt she?" The policeman grinned. "Nawl She went into the library to see Captain Boyle and Mr. Sire. She breezed out in a few minutes eot the ran, I goes. She asked me about Toole and I told her he took an elevator down. She left a note for Miss Sire and then dusted away just behind Took." Miss Sire did not permit this epi sode to serve Bannister in delaying his departure. The young geologist sensed a compelling stare en hit back . and an impalpable hand seemed to shove him toward the door. It would be boorish to linger. With a bow to the girl he turned to leave. "Hey, Bannister I" ft was Cantam RavlVa Jm TV. head of the Homicide Squad had emergea irom ue liorary with Mr. Sire and both were holding np their hands to fM train RaTinint..1. A moment later he was acknowledg ing Boyle's introduction to Karen's father. "Hod Bannister's brother?" Sire was saying cordially. "He's told me a lot about yon and I've often en vied your roving commission with a kit ef tools and a gun, Hod Is com fauptcmigbt and I want you to be a faint smile ia which he read a revocation ox his dismissal. He was back In tha mim ml nf mm to pick up his discarded hand. "I understand that a woman walked in on yon and sir. stre," he said, turn ing to Boyle. and tears, yknow. She wanted an esrxu a soot jsiss sire. 1 gave her the gatoV:- .. (To Be Continued) !.