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Cry for Belief
SHERWOOD ANDERSON, who won considerable fame as
a writer of books add then became editor of country
weeklies in Virginia, has written recently a series of sketch
es which have been published under the title "Puzzled Amer
ica". The sketches follow the pattern now become convention
al in popular magazines of glorifying the down-and-outer,
the man on relief, the unsuccessful farmer or laborer. The
once "forgotten man" has in late years become the most talk
: ed-of and written-about of any class. The more of a failure
he has been, the more effort seems to be made to blame his
ill fortune on "society".
Anderson is not so much of an evangelist of a theory as
a portrayer of the thoughts and emotions of these people,
chiefly in the south, who are at the bottom of the social scale.
-Chance characters whom he sketches on his typewriter are
such people as a coal miner, a cotton mill hand, a female
striker, a 'baccy grower, a South Dakota printer, a Minne
sota famrwoman.xEach of course has his story. Usually it is
pitched in minor key, for Anderson observed more of an at-
titude of resignation or of optimism than of revolt. As he
writes:
"And I was thinking that the most pathetic thing of all
i: In the workman who has been put to one side by his civilization
was his undying optimism."
Anderson has kind words for TVA and for CCC in the
! south, saying of the latter:
They are making a new kind of American" man out of the
; city boy In the woods, and they are planning at least to begin to
make a new land with the help of such boys."
; The puzzlement which he finds among people everywhere
' seems to be reflected in his own thinking. He asks himself:
. "But is there any necessity for any one's being broke in a
1 land like this? It is so rich." And curiously enough for one
; so modern in his literary style and viewpoint, Anderson
conies round to this:
"We do not want cynicism. We want belief.
Not 'relief' but "belief. That indeed is an unusual as
. .. . sertion.'To quote :
"And so, there it is 'If I oould believe. I want belief. It Is
a kind of cry going up out of the American people. I think it is
about the absolute net of what I hare been able to find out about
Americans in these past few years of traveling about, in all of
this looking at people and talking to them. . . Can we not find it
la one another, in democracy, in the leadership we are likely to
get out of a democracy? . . .
"There is a willingness to believe, a hunger for belief, a
determination to believe. . . . We have got this rich land and
this people rich with their new hunger for belief. The outstand
ing, dominant thing now in almost all of the Americans I have
been seeing is this new thing, this cry out of their hearts for a
new birth of belief."
There is truth in Anderson's observations. The years
1929-1933 saw a shattering of many beliefs, in economics, in
politics, in religion. The people are hungering for some firm
"conviction, something which will fir their faith and inspire
4 their idealism. The New Deal hasn't done it. What will?
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Uses of Adversity
T AZ called on us yesterday,
. JLi breed of the tramp printer. Seventy years ohi is Laz
: now, and he has been on tne
' preservative of all arts", from
ting machines were invented.
to tramp printers; and his gurgle of friendly greeting w,as
, only preliminary to the old time
S ey for a chaser. There are not
" can hang up his battered hat
setting type. Machinery has
: still travel by means of the ancient conveyance of "palace car
pullman" and call on his friends of older days, who scattered
all over the west do not fail to
Laz quoted Shakespeare to us, though we suggested he
Quote from the Bible the thirteenth commandment, "thou
6halt not drink". He graduated,
in Wisconsin. Whether he, did
because your old-time printer, who set miscellany, local
briefs, Washington news letter, "heavy" (editorial), and
country correspondence became
drinking Laz attributed it to
the opinion that he would quote Shakespeare again : "Sweet
are the uses of adversity".
State Capitol Aid
Q1
IENATOR McNARY touched an important point in his
O message to President Roosevelt asking favorable consid
eration for Oregon s application-for grant under PWA for
capitol construction, when he referred to the fact that half
the area of the state is owned by the federal government As
government land is tax-free
empt fhm bearing any of the
ernment. ' )
Another point might be mentioned, and that is that states
admitted later than Oregon, like Washington, received a sub
stantial land grant for state capitol purposes. Washington s
new capitol! group at Olympia is financed from this land
grant The estimated value of the capitol lands greatly ex
ceeds the cost of the structures. Oregon's request is very mod
est in comparison with the
has expended on its capitol group.
Drowning Sahara
EXTRACT from recent book on geography:
"Generally, then the Sahara yields a picture of abject pov
erty; poverty such as few know it. A handful of people wage
an unceasing war against nature and. in the struggle for sur
vival, J.nst Rarely keep their heads above water.'
Eugene and Corvallis are both putting on , their best bib and
tucker tp greet the new "teacher"; and. each is bringing the biggest
and reddest apple In its barrel (in the way of a banquet) by way of
welcome: It is hoped that neither side drops its nigger-shooter out of
, its pocket, before the amenitites are
The Marlon hotel will be nominal as well as real seat of law-making
tor Oregon. In the past much legislation was "written" at its old
time bar or In its rooms; now the senate will sit in Its main dining
room and committees will meet la rooms formerly: housing the "third
house". '
" After the Florida hurricane the president didn't propose a 100
; mile shelter belt' to-stop the winds. What has become of the tree
- planting from Canada to the gulf! Did they run Out of nursery stock
or water-buckets?
Hayeiville School
1 Open .Sept, 23rd;
. Seed Crop is Light
HAYESVILLE, Sept 11. T h e
new room on the scboolhouse is
, progressing so well the - school
, board feels free to announce the
- opening date' of the school . as
.' , Sept. 23. A new Fairbanks-Morse
water system has been purchased
tor the school. - -,
Prune picking started today la.
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Laz Hansen, the last of the
road as craitsman 01 tne art
a time long before type-set
Laz s affliction is the one usual
approach for enough mon
many shops now where Laz
and take up a stick and start
been hard on Laz; but he can
drop a coin in his hand.
so he says from a university
or not is of no consequence,
a well-ed&cated man. As to
"adversity" ; but we incline to
that means all this land is ex
cost of operating the state gov
$14,000,000 which Washington
over.
several of the orchards. Where
the crop Is lighter in some or
chards,. It la heavier In others,
making- an average ot about' the
same as last year.
Threshing of radish and onion
seed has started. In both, cases
the seed Is mach lighter ,'han ex
pected probably due to the dry
weather. - j ' , .
. If nature's signs are right, win
ter weather is not far off, as
flocks of wild gees and ducks are
sees flying southward
The Great Geme
of Politics .
By FRANK R. KENT '
Ceprriftti IMS. by Tke Battlmers in
One of That Kind
Washington, Sept 11
80 LONG as what Professor Mo
ley has so felicitously described
as the "gentle rain of checks" con
tinues to fall
upon the farm
ers, there is
tlight ehance
hey can be
weaned from
M r. Roosevelt
or that they
will, until the
neritable
bump comes.
ease to regard
AAA as other
than beneficent
n d noble,
hey would
hardly be hu
Frank X. Kent
man if they didn't.
SO LONG as the bonuses roll reg
ularly in and the prices move
blithely up, arguments about the
iniquities of regimentation, the
Inevitable trend toward complete
socialism and the loss of individu
al freedom fall npon deaf ears.
For example, after a week's sur
vey of the State, it is reported in
the Des Moines Register-Tribune,
by Mr. Richard Wilson, that "a
boom-like Iowa, happily spending
its money, moves into the year of
a great decision, its 1932 faith In
the New Deal shaken but by no
means dissipated." Mr. Wilson
thinks the reaction against Mr.
Roosevelt has set in bat as yet
hasn't gone very far in Iowa. In
the towns he has lost ground, but
the farmers are overwhelmingly
with him still.
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UNDOUBTEDLY that is an accur
ate estimate of the situation in
the Corn Belt States. Secretary
Wallace In a more exuberant fash
ion strikes the same note in his In
terview yesterday. It is the reason
Republican leaders, who have all
the courage of a sick she rabbit,
assail every other phase of the
New Deal save the AAA. upon
that they are evasive, equivocal
and elusive not because they be
lieve in the soundness of the
scheme either from an economic
or a Constitutional point of view.
On the contrary, those among
them capable of clean thought are
convinced, as is the same type
Democrat, that in the end it will
bog down because it defies not
only great natural laws but is so
confused, complicated and con
tradictory that its effective man
agement is a sheer impossibility
save for supermen.
ADMIRABLE as Mr. Wallace Is in
many ways, and zealous as are his
assistants, no one yet has put
them in- that class. The fact is Mr.
Wallace is being now swung along
by the expanded AAA in exactly
the direction of extreme national
ism which he is on record xot only
as disapproving, but regarding as
extremely dangerous. As conscien
tious a man as he must have suf
fered acutely at first. Now he
seems to have become more or less
numb and hardened to a course
that violates his principles and in
sults his intelligence. At least it
did do those things at the time he
indited his famous article, "Am
erica Must Choose." None of this,
however, alters the fact that the
farmer, on the receiving end, not
bothering with the "long view.
undisturbed by "ultimate conse
quences" and the "socialistic
trend,' contrasts his present con
dition with that three years ago,
and wants to hold to the AAA
while the money lasts.
THE farmers are the determining
factor in a group of nine or ten
States. AAA is one of those expert
me&ts. like Prohibition, upon
which, once a nation embarks
there is no place to stop short of
the end of the road. Hence the
Republicans, out to win, will swal
low this New Deal dose, declare
for the "principle" of the AAA,
pledge themselves to this effort to
improve the lot of the farmer at
the expense of the consumer.
Their attack will not be upon the
AAA but upon the wasteful and
inefficient New Deal iftal-ad minis
tration of it. This, It Is held, wiU
appeal to the farmers who fret
under the red tape with which it
is entangled and complain the con
tracts they have to sign are so
confusing that no one can explain
or understand.
THUS, it seems that next year,
seeking the farmer vote, both par
ties will commit themselves to
continuation of an erratic and ter
rifically expensive economic ad
venture in which neither believes,
but which the political strength
of the class affected makes it im
possible tor the one to drop or the
other to oppose, though both
know that in the end again like
Prohibition it will bog down
through sheer bewildering un
workability. That is they will
commit themselves if the Supreme
Court leaves enough ot it by next
summer . to make commitment
possible. But that's another story,
Former Silverton Man
Dies at Houston, Tex.
Silverton, sept, ii. -silver-ton
relatives have received word
of the sudden death of Henry
Winkler of Houston. Texas. Mr.
Winkler was prominent in south
era labor centers. For years he
lived at Silverton. His widow is
the former Mrs. Alvln Davis of
Silverton.
Mr. Winkler died ot a heart at
tack on September 2 and funeral
services were held September 5.
TAKEN TO HOSPITAL
SrLVERTON, Sept 11. Mrs.
Helmer Kloster (Dorothy McKen
tie) was taken to the hospital at
Oregon City where she is nnder
the care of Dr. Guy Mount. Mrs.
Kloster Is suffering from Infec
tion caused from a mosquito bite.
She was bitten In one leg
two months ago. The Infection has
spread to both legs, and to , her
hands. She was reported as be
ing somewhat Improved Xlonday.
iiiMiimu
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Ail
Bits for
By It J. HENDRICKS
Now 20 40-I0 all
white Marion county
natives on roll: more yet:
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(Concluding from yesterday:)
James M. Bates, father of Mrs.
Vaughan, learned to set type In
Washington, D. C, bat quit and
went to sea at IK.
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Besides being a type setter, he
became a good sailor, tinner, wood
turner, blacksmith, etc., in fact
learned to do many things with
tools. He taught Indian students
in and near the building that be
came Willamette university the
rudiments ot blacksmithing and
carpentering.
And he taught them the pre
cepts of the Christian religion and
the importance of being honest
and industrious.
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Also, while a sailor, he learned
something of medicine and sur
gery; could set a broken limb and
administer the proper remedies
for human ailments. Important
skills, in pioneer days.
James M. Bates married Mar
garet CaldweU, a widow with
eight children (she had had 11),
who had crossed the plains in
1846 with a covered wagon train.
This marriage took place at Jef
ferson in 1847, and Margaret Ann
was the only. child of James M.
Bates and wife.
He was called "Uncle Jimmy"
Bates, and lived in the town of
which he was the co-founder with
Jacob Conser until his death on
October 12, 1891.
.
He started the first Sunday
school in Jefferson, in his log
house.
He and his wife gave the land
for the Methodist church and par
Bonage, for the cemetery, and for
Jefferson Institute, which was in
tended to be a feeder for Willam
ette university.
The first teacher of Jefferson
Institute was Rev. C. H. Mattoon,
who started a weekly Baptist pa
per at Eola in 1856 and after
ward moved it to Corvallis. He
was a member of the faculty of
McMinnville college, and author
of Mattoon's Arithmetic.
:
Mrs. Vaughan's husband was a
teacher, having taught schools at
various places in the Willamette
valley. He died at Jefferson Feb.
9, 1920, at the age of 80.
The list of 16 on the honor roll,
making up the 20, counting the
four added above, follows:
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Malinda Wade, Feb. 14, 1846.
Her home is at 852 North Liberty,
Salem. - m Cf3T" 1 " 1
Health
By Royal S. Copeland. M.D.
PROSTATIC DISEASE Is a com
mon disorder of th male adult, usu
ally encountered In middle life. Un
fortunately, the condition is often
overlooked. Serious complications
may occur as a result of neglect or
f inadequate treatment
I believe many men neglect this
condition because of the fear of op
eration. Yet mild discomforts caused
by inflammation and congestion of
the prostate gland readily respond to
medical treatment It is only when
the gland Is allowed to remain con
gested over a long period of time
that surgery la necessary.
The prostate gland is located at the
neck of the urinary bladder. Since
it is adjacent to the large Intestine
K is subject to many irritations as
well as Inflammations which really
originate there.
As middle age approaches often the
gland increases In size. Not every
body has such enlargement and some
men may not complain of the trouble
until a very late age. Others may
suffer from thla disturbance at an
early age.
The prostate gland may become in
fected and inflamed. When this oc
curs the condition is known as "pros
tatitis". Acute prostatitis is a com
mon disorder of young adults be
tween the ages of thirty and forty
five years.
Attacks the Aged
Chronic prostatitis Is more com
monly encountered in older individ
uals. -It may have begun with an
Infection of earlier life. Sometimes
it Is the result of a general systemic
infection. It may lead to pus forma
tion with the development of large
prostatic abscess. Complete cure de
mands incision and drainage.
The most common form ot pros
tatic disorder is that known as hy
pertrophy or enlargement. More
than sixty per cent of men beyond
the age of fifty years suffer from
some form of this disturbance.
In prostatic enlargement the suf
ferer has difficulty in urination and
is unable completely to empty his
bladder. The enlarged gland obstructs
the normal outflow of urine.
Neglect of hypertrophy is a mis
take. Due to obstruction to the es
cape of the urine, there is backflow,
with pressure upon the kidneys. If
this persists these vital organs even
tually become diseased and unable to
perform their work. In addition the
heart becomes weakened.
Few branches of surgery have
made as rapid strides as that which
deals with diseases of the prostate
gland. This Is called "urologrlc sur
gery.. In former years aa operation
on the prostate, bladder er kidneys
was considered a serious and dan
gerous undertaking. Today, In Ui
hands of a competent surgeon, this
Is a simple procedure and need cause
no undue harm.
Answers to Health Queries
A Constant Reader. Q. Will yen
please advise me regarding the treat
ment for high blood pressure and
hardening ot the arteries.
A Diet Is important. For full par
ticulars restate your question ana
end a stamped, self-addressed en
velope. Thank Ten." Q. What should a
girl aged 17, I feet 4 Inches tan
weigh T ,
A. She-should weigh about 1x1
pounds. This is, about the average
weight for one ot this age and height
aa determined by examination of. a
large number of persons. A few
pounds above or below the average
ta a matter ot little or. no aunrtflcsnce.
(CotvrtgXt, UU, X, r. IC4.
Brea
Wast
Marlon. Taylor. Manama, March
4. 1848.
Ben. B. Gesner, Salem, March
11. 1850. . .
Lemuel Hobson, Salem, May IS,
18S0.
Henry Porter, Aumsville, Nov.
24, 1850. - -
Samuel T. Parker, Woodburn,
Mar 8, 1152.
Mrs. Ruth Sayre, Salem, Not.
18. 1852.
- Yalleda W. Ohmart, Salem, Jan.
22. 1855.
. Mrs: H. C. Von Behren, 645
South 18th street, Salem, born
Mary J. Porter on Jan. 20, 1857.
- Richard Patterson, Gervals, Rt.
1. March 9, 1857.
Mrs. Flora Hobart, at Jack's
bridge. Butte creek, five miles
from Silverton. Born, a week be
fore Mr. Patterson.
Newton Shepherd, Crooked Fin
ger prairie back of Silverton 10
miles, born in 1858.
Mary Shaw Stone, 255 North
High street, Salem, January 21,
1852.
Mrs. Elizabeth E. Lewis, sister
of Mrs. Stone, 329 N. 19th street.
May 7. 1853.
Mrs. Flora Clark, 1551 Cheme-
keta street, Salem, March 4, 1853.
Mrs. Sarah Barker Hntton,
Court apartments, Salem, Feb. 7,
1858. She is the mother ot the
wives of two men who were gov
ernors of Oregon, Oswald West
and Ben W. Olcott.
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Now that 20 are on the honor
roll of native sons and daughters
who were born in the pioneer days
of the forties and fifties, and who
still reside in this connty, will the
loyal residents of old Marion
please furnish the names of all
the rest for there must, be twice
or two and a half times as many
as are so far listed.
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Or those born in the sixties and
still residents of Marion county
might be included, for the cov
ered wagon days continued
throughout that decade. It was
not until 1869 that the golden
spike was driven at Promontory
Point on the Great Salt Lake,
Utah, linking the Union and Cen
tral Pacific railroads. Consider
able numbers of covered wagon
immigrants came until the first
transcontinental railroad connec
tion was made. and scattering
companies even during the sev
enties. Families Moving
Into Jefferson;
Woman Hurt in Fall
JEFFERSON, Sept. 11. Sever
al families from out of town are
moving into Jefferson this week
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. David on
who lire three miles northwest of
here expect to move into Mrs.
Ella Jones' residence on Third
street the latter part of this
week. Some repair work will be
done on the house and painting
and papering before the David
sons move.
Mr. and Mrs. Weston, who are
working in the Krebs hopyard
have leased the T. A". Cooper prop
erty near the Evangelical church
The bam on the place has been
reshingled and several rooms re-
papered.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard McCaw
who have been living on the Wal
ter Myers farm northeast of here
have moved into Rose Green's
house on Main street.
Mrs. B. S. Richardson received
a bad cut on her face below her
right eye, and also a scalp wound
Monday morning when she stum
bled and fell In her kitchen. The
local physician was called and
dressed the wounds, which re
quired several stitches to close
them.
Hop picking In the Thelssen-
Grenz and in the McKee Bros
yards was finished Tuesday after
noon. As has been their custom,
the pickers were given the usual
treat after finishing picking.
Mrs. Lincoln Waterman and
Miss Jean McKee spent the week
end at the home of Mr. and Mrs
Virgil Waterman near Mt. Hood.
DeJardin Yards
Wind Up Picking
ELDRIEDGE, Sept. 11. - Jul
lian DeJardin will finish his hop
harvest here on Thursday. Hop
picking at Arthur Coffin's yard
at St. Louis will continue about
two weeks. Allyn Nusom's crew
is at work here. A shortage of
pickers is evident in the smaller
yards. Fred Viesko and Bert
Jones are picking with a full
crew.
Twenty Years A30 .
September 12, 1915
Prof. Thomas A. Knott ot the
University of Chicago claims that
Chicago is destined v to set t h e
future - standard of American
speech.
For the first time in the na
tion's history, Uncle Sara has
consented to temporarily relin
quish control of one of his great
est treasures, the Washington col
lection of historic flags of the re
public. President Wilson calls congres
sional leaders to confer on war
preparedness.
Ten Years Ago
September 12, 182 S
Possibility of a fonr-fold Inves
tigation of charges .made by Col.
William Mitchell last week
against the air policies and : ad
ministrations of both the army
and navy loomed today.
. The factory of the Miles Linen
company Is running every day now
on work leading up to the pro
duction of thread and twine on a
considerable scale,
Secretary of Interior Work to
day authorized payment ot $200
per capita to the Indians of the
Klamath Falls reservation
"Keep Your Chin Up as You Did in 1914!";-
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"CAST INTO EDEN"
CHAPTER XIX
Linda fell asleep. Jerome decid
ed they were being shiftless and
lazy in not making smoke signals
from the high point of the island.
After Papa Gorilla's first nocturnal
visit they had not dared wander
about and when they had estab
lished friendly relations a sort of
sloth descended on them.
Then he began to wonder if it
was entirely sloth. There was a
fascination in their idleness, he told
himself. But now as he faced the
situation frankly this alibi did not
ring true. It was something else.
Another factor had become respon
sible for their acceptance of an iso
lation that alternated languor with
such terrifying episodes aa had just
occurred.
They were beginning to like it.
There was a poignant charm in
their detachment from a world Over
charged with vexations large and
small Not only had they both been
sick and tired of the futile lives
they had been leading but more re
cently harrassed at the state of
their family and personal affairs.
Here on this island nothing mat
tered, so far as the outer world was
concerned.
But this was not enough to sat
isfy Jerome's natural candor with
himself. He knew that he had been
leaving out the real reason for their
content with conditions that would
be terrible to almost any other
young man and woman of their
class.
They were falling In love with
each other. Not in the usual more
or less conventional way. Primi
tive impulses were growing in them.
. . . The isolation, return to abso
lute simplicity, eharing of danger
that was terrifying and bizarre.
Surmounting these dangers to
gether had wrought a change in
them. The civilized relationship
was being laid aside and in its place
was growing a sympathy that ig
nored social traditions. . . -
That, Jerome told himself, was
the danger here, and it mast not
occur. Sooner or later they must
return to their former social lives,
unless violently interrupted. Bar
ring such violence, life here on the
island was simple and natural.
That of civilization had become
Jike walking a slack wire a con
stand effort at equilibrium.
The shadows began to deepen.
Linda slept on. Jerome went to the
cook house to prepare supper.
There was no lack of quantity and
variety of their wholesome tropic
fare and he reflected that if this
thing kept on much longer they
would put on weight. Linda had
complained that she was doing so,
even worse she Could not gauge the
Ruben esque process without scales
or clothes to warn her.
One thing was certain, she was
getting sweeter and lovelier. The
petulance had gone from her face,
and its look of hard intolerance.
Her long grey eyes, with their dou
ble fringe of lashes that were much
darker than her hair, had lost their
scornful mockery, and a nose that
nature had tilted provocatively re
mained that way without an added
aggravating slant. The boyish chin
was merely firm and not defiant,
and a mouth unshaped for sneers
had discarded them to become smil
ing and seductive.
- As he visualized the Improve
ment in these several traits and
turned his omelet he waa horrified
to hear a. piercing- scream. He
rushed out m time to see the bowed
and neekless back of the Racketeer
bounding: across the cleared space
under the trees,' making for the
juneie. The- mischievous ape
clutched in one paw a fluttering
pennant of white, and in the other
a smaller one of pink.
It looked back with a derisive
chatter, and at the same moment
Linda burst into Jerome's field -of
vision in hot pursuit. She . was
armed with the stomp of the broken
oar, and all that she had on was
the one stocking and her stylish
shoes. But she waa too angry and
too desperate to earn anything
eeout ' taax. a. trail ex abuse
streamed out behind hex. -
"You miserable, sneaking mon
key.. she cried. "Drop it! , .
GAEDEX CLUB MEETS
DAYTON, Ore., Sept, 1 if
Twenty members of the Dayton
lw I II lit 1 IU1
. l al t Ba vslT-S.Kl
Xkn l ill
lter
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j5r tt --vvi ?t- . -isrv5 1
"Cha-cha . . . chikoo . . . yah . .
the Racketeer retorted.
Jerome grabbed up an empty bot
tle and hnrled it, although the range
was over long. Linda let drive with
the oar-butt. Both missies fell
short of the target. The Racketeer
gave his wild derisive yell and the
jungle absorbed him.
Ldnaa wniriea Den ma a tow Duan.
She raged at Jerome over the top:
"Ton go in and smash those cursed
chests one after the other. Never
mind the clothes. I want a gun.
There must be some."
"All right," he answered, and
went into the house. He did not
attack the chests but with a frag
ment of bottle glass he cut out the
soft old Spanish leather that uphol
stered two of the high backed pre
late's chairs. Museum that
had served generations before per
haps as part of the chancel furni
ture of a cathedral.
Linda called through the veran
dah jalousies: "That filthy ape not
only grabbed off the little left on
"You miserable, sneaking monkey ..." Linda cried "Drop it I"
me but he pulled my hair. Get me
a gun out of one of those moldy old
crates. He's coming back pretty
soon and then 111 fix him."
"Coming back . .
"Of course. Now that he's got
an edge on as he means to be out
prime pest."
"How has he got an edge on us?"
Jerome asked.
"He- knew he had as scared be
fore Papa ran him up a tree. When
he started to puff out bis chest and
beat it you should have thrown a
-big rock at him."
No rocks there. . , , Jerome
had lain the pieces of' fine soft
leather on the table and waa cut
ting out the thongs with which to
fasten them together. - ,
Linda went on: "Something's got
to be done about him. Each fresh
trick he gets away with will make
him bolder. It's all hooey that go
rillas take no interest in females
not of their species. He pulled my
hair exactly like some fresh cub of
a schoolboy, but harder. Hell be
sneaking up and pinching me next."
Jerome tossed out the skirt he
had extemporized. "Put that on.
Yea, something's, got to be jdone
Garden club attended the regular
monthly meeting held Monday af
ternoon at the. home ot Mr.- and
lit- V 1
By
HENRY C. ROWLAND
about the Racketeer. The old man
has kept him squelched and now
he's tickled to find somebody he
thinks he can bully. But it's cer
tain there are no firearms in those
chests."
"Why so?" The old cordovan
painted leather bad faded but was
decorative.
"The Dueno .wouldn't be fool
enough to leave firearms where
anybody who might see fit to visit
the island in his absence could get
them. There, are some bad hombres
floating up and down this coast.
Criminals and refugees and politi
cal fugitives."
"Well, there may be tools so that
we can build a dug-out or some
thing. I tell you, jerry, that ape
is going from bad to worse."
"I might make a raft of bamboo
to float us across to the mainland.
The prevailing wind is on the
coast."
"Then let's get busy."
"Tomorrow. It's getting dark."
He spoke reluctantly.
Ton dont seem so hot about it."
"I'm not. I hate to expose you to
the hardship and danger of shoving
off on a flimsy f raft and landing
heaven knows where or in the midst
of whom. We might run into some
thing worse than this bad actor of
a cub gorilla,"
"Is that aUr Linda asked.
"No." He gave her a level look.
"You know hew I feel about all
this ... . and you. I dont want you
to leave this Eden as the First
Woman left hers. It's still a pretty
tough world out there."
She stepped closer and laid her
hand on his shoulder. "Ton are a
good egg, Jerry. A stouter fella
than X am."
"I love you, Linda."
"I know you do. So do I love you.
Does anything else greatly matter?"
"A tremendous lot, and for that
err reason. If we weren't both
broke it would be different. I sim
ply cant let you go back into the
world mated to a pauper and with
nothing sura ahead. We dont know
what might happen."
"I understand, dear . . ."
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Mrs. Herbert Wlllard In the Pen
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