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.
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, 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
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(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.
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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.
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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)
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