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r . Fbundtd ISSt Wo Favor Sways Us; No Fear Shall Awe" Troxn First Statesman. March 28. 1851 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. .Charles Al Spsacuc - - Editor-Manager Sheldon K Sackett- - - - Maajing-Eaitor 7 Member of th Associated Press The Associated Preu is xctulely antltled to the us for publica tion of all mwi, dlapatrhes credited to It or not otherwise credited la this paper - Smart Oregon OREGON may be poor but its youth are smart. Our schools must be doing a commendable job. A study just con cluded covering: ratings of young men admitted to the military academy at West Point and the naval academy at Annapolis shows that Orejron secondary schools rank second of the states of the nation. Massachusetts was first. The low est coefficient indicating the highest excellence of the cadets and midshipmen was 170.6 for Massachusetts. Oregon's score was next, with a coefficient of 182.7. Maine, third, had 183.6. The national coefficient was 221.1. States below the national coefficient, in order of stand ing were: New Jersey, Connecticut, Colorado, Florida, Missouri, Utah, ! New, York, Ohio. Washington, with a co-efficient of 206.3; Iowa. South Dakota, Louisiana, Nevada, Vermont, Nebraska, Wiscon sin. New Mexico, Illinois and Pennsylvania. States with coefficients higher than the national ave rage, indicating a relative poorer standard of secondary edu cation, were: t Montana, California, with a co-efficient of 227.1; Idaho with f 227.5: Indiana, Kentucky, Arizona, North Dakota, Minnesota, Texas, Maryland, Kansas, Michigan. Oklahoma. Virginia, Wyo , ming, Tennessee, South Carolina. Delaware, Rhode Island, Ar kansas, West Virginia, Georgia, Alabama, New Hampshire, North Carolina and Mississippi, with a co-efficient of 270.6. For once Oregon has something to crow about : and can crow over California whose schools have high repute. Cal ifornia rates poorer than the national average. Washington, which 25 years ago had a rating next to Massachusetts in a survey made by the Russell Sage foundation, ranked 12th. This is of course a very narrow base for ranking, because the numbers involved are small. But it does attest the high quality of education in Oregon. This was confirmed by the survey for higher education made here some years ago when it was disclosed that Oregon sent a remarkably high percent age of its high school graduates to cbllege. Perhaps we should advertise our schools as welj as our roads, our scenery, our summer playground, and our natural resources. The Great Game of Politics By FRANK B. KENT Copyright 1933. by Tte B,ItImor Sua 4 f i,- - v ' tor Helena Gets Chinook AFTER suffering agonies of fear from repeated earth quakes and bitter cold Helena obtained relief from the! cold at least when a chinook arrived. The chinook is the rare phenomenon which makes the winters of the interior more tolerable. It loosens the icy grip, melts snow, sends, streams into sudden flood. The old capital city of Montana has been sorely afflicted in recent weeks. Homes and public buildings have been shak en down or put out of plumb. Several lives have been lost.; So continuous have been the shocks that many have left the city to remain away until the earth unsettlement is over. No special relief fund has been launched in this part of 4the country. Perhaps with government and Red Cross funds no special campaign is needed. But it is for just such catas trophes that our American Red Cross is equipped to render immediate and intelligent service. Soon the Red Cross cam-t . paign will be on. When the solicitor comes folk should remem ber Helena's troubles and enroll in the Red Cross to help it on its errands cf mercy. ' AnMfioi Parmsi1 C!nilra: Washington, NovlS SO MET time ago a letter from farmer Mr. Frank E. Cheadle, of Cherokee. Okla. was printed in this place. Mr Cheadle resent ed the notion that because the farmer took the money he was not Intelli gent enough to see the un soundness o f the AAA . sch eme.. Here Is a letter from an- other farmer who takes the other Tiew Trank B. Kent Mr. Paul R. Yauch, of Lafayette, Ind. 'AND SO, writes Mr. Yauch, you v got a letter from a farm er condemning the AAA, did you? And you gave it much publicity! Well, here Is another letter from another farmer, but this letter will receive no publicity from you, for this one is in favor of AAA and, since your Policy is"to give but one side of the Question, you naturally want to keep quiet all the benefits of our crop-control plan. .It certainly gives any intelligent farmer a bellyache to read some of the stuff you nut font. I have lust heard that tha com-hog vote went about 6-1 in favor ofkeeptng a control plan In operation. Thank God for that. ITp is fellows like you and the newspapers which carry your rot ten, damnable trash that are hold ing lup recovery. Why don't you want the farmer's to have a chance? All other forms of busi ness practice : production control in order to keep prices up. It's not our fault we have want in the midst of plenty. God knows we are producing enough. But we have been ignorant : fools. You know we have. Producing a great supply of food stuff at a Iosf, for some one else to speculate on and grow rich on. You can't find any farmers of anyways near the wealth of men who handle the products of the farm after they leave the farm. Always the farm res have had to take what was offered them and give what was asked when they buy. Think of that! The farmer, who produces a great majority of the wealth of the nation, at the mercy of white collared men who never produce a bushel of corn or wheat or a pound of pork or beef. T? i sle a f Winter TWO young men were caught in the cold weather and narf rowly escaped freezing to death. One was in eastern Linn x cuumy, tne oiner in souxnern uregon. i ne unseasonable spell of cold was so unusual that the men undoubtedly failed to realize the risk they were running when they set out into I the woods. In winter the timber may be as hazardous as 'mountain climbing in summer. Precaution is needed as to weather, clothing, and choice of route. I rl C rtiunAArc r" rrr c trinfor o v-,ail qo cnwimAv XX hnA here a great playground in, all weathers. But nature is fickle, plays no favorites. Man must fashion his course to suit na ture's whims, or else he may be caught in the grip of storm or coldjr flood. Those furies we call the elements must al ways be courted, to avoid their vengeance. Candalaria heights provoked gobs of oratory yesterdav fn the house. Some of it sounded sincere: considerable of it rather shallow and political. The majority report as Kirkpatrick said is built to at tract au blocs. The real battle over the capitol question is coming in the conference committee and then In each house when the confer ence committee reports. Considerable of yesterday's discussion and spine of the voting was for home consumption. There are a certain number of motions made to permit certain groups to vote so as to satisfy the folks at home: but thefe is no question now but what land purchase will be authorized and the full $3,500,000 project approved. Bits for Breakfast By R. J. HENDRICKS 8am:-"You ship that abroad at your own risk!" Dunham Wright, in his JjK 94th year, J who came to Salem lo apeak to Joint session of the legislature: (Continuing from yesterday: ) For six weeks this little party, of which Dunham Wright was a member, was lost In the moon tains, and during the last two weeks their food consisted princi pally of service berries which had dried on the bushes. j! : V At length they came upon an Indian trail which they followed to the main Salmon river, after which they went down the John Day and Slate creeks. There they found a mining, camp of 12 to 15 miners and obtained employment at building houses for them. I They built for a merchant a log house 16 by 20 feet, to be covered by. boards which Dunham Wright packed down the mountains three miles on his back. He was paid 1250 for that job. The eight men of the party worked at mining and building houses until the latter part of No vember, 1862, when, packing their supplies and clothing on their faithful old oxen, they re traced their steps to Long valley and thence proceeded into Boise basin, wbicb was a rich mining camp. On the 12th of December they located a mining claim near Pla- cerville. That night the snow be gan to fall, and it was evident that there was no more feed for their oxen in that country. "m It seemed necessary to kill the animals, but to do this was a hardship to any who had traveled j behind the faithful old beasts for so many months. Lot therefore was cast, and to Dunham Wright fell the unwel come task. He has ever since de clared it was one of the most try ing ordeals of his life. In the fall of 1863. Wright re moved to Cove, and. having- a pack train of mules and horses. made several trips packing from Umatilla to the Boise basin. He received as high as 30 cents a pound for winter freight, but all supplies sold at a high figure. He paid $150 tor 150 pounds of flour and as high as a dollar for a letter while In the Boise pa sin in the winter of 1862. The following Spring he whip sawed the lumber for the first frame building in Boise basin. This was owned by James Pbin ney, later of Boise City Idaho, who paid .Wright $20 for each 100 feet sawed. He sawed on an aver age 200 feet a day. i The airport drilling brought a dry hole; and now the outfit hak moved into' the gap toward Turner. It still proves our contention tnat water is wbere you find it. Our offer of a water witch still holds Honor Roll Has Names 18 Youths BRUSH CREEK, Nov. 5. Mr. and Mrs. Victor Madsen, who will leave this weekend for Hillsboro to make their home, were the inspiration of a surprise Sunday noon. The affair was also made an observance of their 10th wed ding anniversary which falls No- vemDer zs. Tne Madsens were Presented with an e'ectric waffle iron. The group brought dinner. In cluded were Mr. and Mrs. Madsen and three children, Colleen, Roger and Loretta Bell; Mr. and Mrs. Ole Satern. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Satern and Joan and Darrel, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Satern and Wal lace and Marshall. Sunday night the Madsens were guests at supper, with Mrs. M. J. Madsen as hostess. Tuesday afternoon Mrs. Edwin Hatteberg entertained for Mrs. Madsen. Present were Mrs. Mad sen. Miss Alice Jensen, Miss Lil lie Madsen. Mifs Nettle, Hatteberg and Mrs. Hatteberg. 1 Loree Birch; refreshments, Mil- .dred Hartman, Helen Mailand and Frances Hanna, and clean-up, Norman Brown. George Berry and Pbillp Sperling. Unique Party is Held By Junior Group for Independence Seniors INDEPENDENCE. N o r. 5 A unost unique party was given the junior daj Friday night n the high school gymnasium with the senior class as hosts. The pirate Idea was carried out to the last detail. A surprise of the evening was the buried treasure bunt, be sides the treasure hunt dancing and cards were enjoyed. , Committees responsible for the clever -pajty were: Decoration, rraaeea Knott, Tlvan Sod en. and Jama Charboneau; . entertainment. Irene Hurley, Frances Haley and Tryouts Will Be Held At Independence Today For Trio One-Act Plays INDEPENDENCE, Nov. 5 Students are to try out Tuesday for character parts in the three one-act plays, which are to be presented December 5 in the t r a inn ft school auditorium by classes from the high school. One act plays are being read and the three will be decided on this week. Miss Mareelle Demytt, sopho more adviser, will coach the freshmen-sophomore play; Miss Anita Boley. freshmen adviser, will direct th Junior play, and Airs. Margaret Kelley, senicr ad viser, will have charge of the sen ior play. Rabens Entertain i SILVER FALLS. Nov. 5. At their home in the Coon Hollow district Saturday night, Mr. arid Mrs. Albert Rabens and family were hosts to ar group of friends at an evening of cards, dancing and games. The Hallowe'en mo tif was carried out -in decora tions. High scores went to Mrs. oeary Neal and Adam Toepper. New Election Date ALBANY, Nor. 5 Because of an error in the description of the district in the published notice of an election to be held on the pxp POw sjr.Jeet: of taking water from Crabtree creek for irrigation or this Lacomb district. Saturday. November 10. instead nr ;n.r.- w i. ams oeen MmM - w h . 7" M wamr cvurc ior me election. "THEY want us to keep on pro ducing at a loss so they can get their profits and you do too. And now when our government for the first time helped us make a HttH progress, fellows like you try to tear it down. For, I'm sorry to say, we have a few farmers so damnably ignorant that they be lieve the ljes you write. For, Mr. Kent, some of the things you have written, especially about AAA. are bare-faced lies and I dare you to deny it. When farm prices v. ere at bottom farmers did not boycott city goods because their prices were out of line. The attitude of city newspapers toward higher food prices is especially unfair be cause they know better. "FARMERS resent this city at titude. It works to destroy the good feeling between farm and city which ought to exist. You condemn our policy of restricted farm production. But that restric tion, with the drought over which no one had control, has reduced total food snpplies only ten per cent below the average. Produc tion of industrial goods, on th . i . . .... unier nana, is etui 13 per cen below the 1923-25 average and 2 per cent below the 1929 average City factories have done a lot more plowing under of production than the farmer.While farmers were killing a few little pigs, th cities killed the productive ef forts of 10 000,000 workers. Farm prices are 27 per cent below 1929 Costs of processing and distribut lng food are only 10 per cecnt be low. If food costs are high the colored gentleman is not under the farmer's wood pile. But in creased Income for the farmers Itl A. . iu put more men in more branches of industry to work than would be true of increased income to any other class in tthe country, LET the farmer become prosper ous and we will have a real re covery all the way And every iarnier wno has joined any crop control program has done so of nss own free will. Every smart larmer wants to join It. Every farmer should be compelled to Join It. Every farm should have a quota of bushels of corn, wheat oats, rye, etc., and pounds of pork, beef, mutton, butter fat, etc., over which amount could not be sold from that farm unit. Then we would have a real crop con trol, on -my. farm I can put out seventeen acres corn; twenty acres wheat. But that's O. K. I would much rather raise only 500 bushels of wheat and get $1 per ousnei. man raise 1,000 bushels and get 50 cents per, and so would you if you were a farmer. But you are only a newspaper man. so you write for the side the money's on. I thank you." Health By Royal S. Copeland, M.D. Dr. Copland Twenty Years Ago November 6. IB 15 Thomas A. Edison has received tne Nooei prize for Dhtsics. In the spirit of the times. Mt Vesuvius has its forces mobllired ana is in active eruption. One hundred students are ex pected to board the sneoial trafti for Eugene today to see the an nual Salem high school. high football game. j Ten Years Ago Xorejfiber . 1B25 A Tleioas deer wbicb attacked A. J. Qrexr on the tuberculosis hospital farm grounds yesterday. IN SPITE of the constant research carried on by bacteriologists and Other scientists, the actual cause of the common cold still remains an un- s p 1 v d puzzle. Fortunately, we are familiar with the factors in volved In "taking cold", even though we do not know the partic ular germ which causes the dis agreeable a 1 1 ment It is be lieved now that the virus which produces this form of infection enters the body through the mouth or nose. Perhaps more has been written jconcernlrgr the common cold than about any other affliction of man kind. AH the authorities urge the Importance of builc'ins up a gtod body resistance if coMs r.re to be avoide-i. Unfortunately few appreciate and apply this simple advice. Indeed, most persons rarely give serious thought to health until they become sick. Keep Body Healthy The best way to keep the body I healthy is first to cat wisely. There ; must be an abundance of fresh air i and sunlight, sufficient sleep, rest and relaxation. Perhaps we overlook this i! it is vitally necessary to refrain from worry. To avoid colds, we must not forget that the constant changes of tem perature and the frequent exposure to cold and dampness are greater In winter. It is Important to wear clothing that Is adapted to the weather. Drafts must be guarded against. The feet must be kept dry. When winter begins It Is a good plan to visit the doctor for a general check-up. Do not wait until some infection or other ailment sends you to him. Do it now. It may be that you are harboring germs in youc teeth, nasal sinuses or tonsils. They are ever watchful, seeking to attack other parts of the body. They may be responsible for a severe cold. If you are In run down condition you are in greater danger of a cold which may develop into broncho-pneumonia or pneu monia. Every effort should be made to guard against any source of in fection. Cold Not Trivial Often children are susceptible to colds and Infections of the nose and throat because of diseased tonsils. Sometimes the tendency is due to a deficiency of vitamins A and D in the diet. Please remember that these vitamins will be supplemented by the administration of cod liver oil. isever consider a cold to be a "triviar and unimportant thing. Take care of it. Many simple colds if neglected lead to serious infections and prolonged illness. It is best to go to bed and remain there for at least twenty-four hours. Avoid draughts and overheating. Drink t least six to eight glasses of water dally. If there is fever con sult with your doctor without delay. Answers to Health Qtteries Having secured the first Buck eye mower brought to the Qrande Ronde valley, be operated it day and night during the mowing sea son, receiving $2.50 an acre for mowing. V S Later he conducted a hotel and stage station at Hendershott Point during. the winter of 1865-6. In July. 1867, at Cove, Union county, Oregon, Mr. Wright mar ried Artemisia, a daughter of 1 F. W. and Elizabeth Duncan, who were among the first settlers at Cove, Oregon coming by ox wag on. . Her neighbors usually con tracted Artemisia to.Mishy. She died in 1913, at the Medical Springs hornet W A daughter, Grace, was bom to them. She was married to B-. H. Foye. who died, and there is a grandson, Nesden Wright Foye, now 30. The daughter, only child of the unham Wrights, Is now Mrs. Grace Powers and she Is constantly with- her father, a devoted and devoutly loved daughter. Her solicitude for him explains in part why he is vigor ous in body as well as in mind; for one approaching the century mark. Chas. H. Duncan, brother of Mrs. Wright, served in the Oregon legislature. December 4. 1868, "the Duncan Wrights located at Medical Springs. .Their daughter, Grace, was bom there. l They acquired a tract of 280 acres, including the land where. Is located the springs. They erected a hotel building, accommodating 80 people, and with modern facil ities. People have come hither from far places and near to take advantages of the healing quali ties of the water from east of the Rockies, from Portland, etc. There are three springs, having in all a flow of ten and a half miner's inches of water, with a temperature of 154 degrees at an altitude of 333 8 feet. The water contains 11 valuable medical qualities. 'f When discovered by Duncan Wright himself, the springs were used extensively by the Indians of a wide section, as many as 50 tepees being located there at one time what many tribes called 50 fires. Few men have been better anown in eastern Oregon for go- (Turn to page 3) - . - 11 -- . . ..." . !:. . ir---- - - - - : , I m ; . , . 66 LOVE DENIED' by LOUISE LONG and ETHEL DOIIERTY if P'wt. DUtrOwta ky KIa r lui SfaAcaU. Am. The Safety Valve j Letters from Statesman Readers H A. D. Q. What is the best and safest way to reduce the hips? A. Exercise will help to overcome this condition. For full particulars restate your Question and send a stamped, self-addressed envelope. (Copyrishh MS, K. F. B., Inc.) was served for luncheon today to memoers or the state board of control. Discussion of through for Salem was heard at the lunch eon meeting of the Marion-Polk county realtors. r Mayor J. B. Giesy has appoint ed a city planning ana zoning commission of seven. ; DEFENDS PASSION PLAYERS i To the Editor: in your issue of Nov. 1. appear ed a letter from Mr. Allen O. Hess which should n6t go unchalleng ed. Haid his criticism of the "'Pas sion Play" been upon its merits or upon the advisability of j pro ducihg such a play, I could not have broken the silence that has been upon me these fifteen years It is tthe spirit of his attack I am impelled to answer. He has made serious charges and insinuations against the characters andi the motives of the players and Iheir sponsors. I liked him better when he was telling the old age pension aspirants nursery rhymes about cows milking themselves His charges of blasphemy,; sac rilege and hypocrisy are made without discrimination and with a hostile cattiness unworthy of a Christian minister. He calls, people hypocrites without knowing them personally. He calls their actions blasphemous, sacrilegious. imDue ninig their motives, without know. lng a thing about them except they are doing, something he does- n t;like owing to some former ex perience. Now It was the privilege of this scribe to be associated with the troup who put on the "Passion Play" during the whole of their performance here in Salem and I am sure I never associated! with a better behaved, , a more serious mmaea nnncn of people or one more earnestly endeavoring to perform well the task they . had which in their case was Interpret lng the parts they had assumed in. depicting the last scenes In the life of Christ. No more modest. unassuming, quietly dignified a person have I met than the one who takes the part of the Christ ua, and to me parts of his: per formance approached the sublime, viewed' from the back stage taougn u was. Cigarettes and sap aro woras mac have no conno tation with his personality, tcan't make the adjectives blasphemous, sacrilegious, hypocritical apply to these people and their characters aa 1 saw them. They were; men and women who felt they i were aomg a service to humanity. In terpreting, in their way, the? emo tions and the experiences of the people who participated in the last scenes of the life of Christ, Jast as Mr. Hess did when he was trying to do the same thing in his way as a minister. They haTe just as much right to question his sincerity, as . he .theirs. Mr. Hess makes also the charge 01 commercialization. He knows of course, that the same chatze is made, constantly, , against! the Christian ministry. The answer to Doth is. in Christ's own words "The laborer is worthy of his hire." 1? But the most serious thine In Mr. Hess' attack is not his direct charges, but In the implication by association against the moral characters of th troup. It is a CHAPTER XXXVI "Who told you I made good beer, Kent?" "I think It was my wife" "Oh I How perfectly sweet of her! Tou know. Kent, I think she's such a pretty woman 1" "Urn. fie was busy lighting a cigarette. "Yea," Julie pursued, "she has the loveliest lines from her to here" Julia illustrated on her self the lines from her neck to her thighs. Kent followed the gesture with his eyes. Julie perched her self on the arm of the low sofa and drew her knees up under her chin like a little black and gold elf. "Isn't it wonderful to have lone, flowing- lines like that?" Kent was not listening. He went over to her suddenly and scrutinized her briefly from head to toe. , "Incredible!" he muttered. "What?" she asked. "The size of yon I You're Just a miniature woman I" And he nicked her op and lugged her ever to a big cnair and dumped her in it, "There. Now I want to tell yon mat I've got a swell story lined up for you South Seas " "Really?" She sat on. "Already? Aren't counting your chickens too wo, or anyuung uae max: ane cocked her head on one side and looked at him tantalizingly. "Julie, yon ' wouldn't go back on me!" he exclaimed in ala nn. But he loved the excitement of feeling tnat she might. "I don't Know. When my con tract's up, I can do as I please. feign again with them or with you or get married." She looked at him through half-closed lashes, Mowing smoke at him. "Get married?' He hadn't thought ox that. The excitement of the chase mounted. "Who's the man?" "Oh, I hare lota of chances to loll at my ease in yachts and town houses, instead of pulling the old body out of bed at seven AJi. to make up and be on the- set at nine very mominri" - He at kuied at her. "So yon want to 1011 at ease, sT where are these said jracht-aaa-tewn-honse or ers?" "I tent 'en eff down the beach to another party when I heard yon rere here." , , "Really? I get first choicer He reached forward to seize her hands and poll her over into his lap. "So now 1 anew you wont ro back on me. "I'm sot promising anything. A millionaire hutband has bis advan tages." She climbed off his lao and went to the mirror to inspect her- seu. -uo yon tninic I'd look good blonde?" she asked anxiously. "Listen to me, Julie." Kent came up behind her and swung her around to faet Urn.' "There isn't really another man?" "What do yo mean aneth er ?" she asked anickJy. "I mean- look here, Julie, yon know how I feel about you 1 "Yes?" she prompted eagerly, leaning against him ever so little. I want you with me. Look what I've done today." He took a paper from his pocket and waved it be fore her eye. "Got your cornDany to agree to let me buy your contract for tne rest or the year with your consent, of course. "Oh. they were willing to sell. thlT "They held me mt. of course." "he said grimly. "Now yea a rent going oacv on me, are yon, Junei "WelL I eouldnt for the rest of this year. Bob" she temporized. I do want to be married. Kent to have a home like other girts" Her lips trembled and the ready tears stood in her eyes. "I can't promise teaot 111 do at the end of this contract!" He walked away from her mood- fly and looked oat at the ocean, jin gling the keys in his pocket. She came to Aim presently and slid un der his arm, smiling op at him with dewy eyes. ' "Tret toad at me, Kent?" "No. bat I do believe rm farton. fyjealoaaf I Shop laughed delightedly and pulled down his head to kiss him. Then! she danced away to the door. "Come on. darling, let a swim. There are men's suits down in the dress ing room. IH show yon." He hesi tated, glancing at his watch. "Afraid your wife wyi see yon with me again?" she teased slyly. "No,." he said shortly. "She's at home going over accounts with her lawyer. Besides, she wouldn't care if she did see me with you.' Julie shook her head wonder ingly.i "Gosh, what little sense that woman nasi" she commented with complacence. Kent's face hardened. "AH right. I ' In Beverly Hills that warm after noon; k disagreeable new word was being dinned into Sharlene's ears Retrench. It seemed that the fac tory i was on half nrodiirtioB. nH the oi wells throttled down to prac tically nothing. Certain stocks were perilously low and others worth less.! She was: advised to look ahead and ; watch her expenditures, for heaven only knew how long this de pression would last. "Your charities." scolded Mr, Folsom. "are on an absurdly lavish p re-depress ton scale. I suggest you cut down on them " "No, we won't change those plans till we have to," Sharlene decided. "There must be other ways to re- aa. aa After Mrj Folsom had gone Sharlene sat there in a maze of papers covered with figures, really thinking about money for the first time nher life. There Leigh Dam- ereii ; round her when be came storming in from the office they had estaDiisned in Hollywood. -1 "DVoa know what he's done now?" he exploded without any pre liminaries. "Kent?" She dragged her mind away! from the frightening figures and smiled up at the frowning young man. "No. What's he done?" "He eouldnt wait for De Yore to finish her contract. Oh. no! He had to go and bay it from the com pany,1 so be could have her the rest of this year!" Leigh! Why. that must hare cost " "Too mnehl It Isnt aa if we eouldnt get actresses as good or better lor less money. The town a full ox 'em.- Leigh walked about restlessly aa ne cauwa ajuraetpea tumaeir to Jce water from Sharlene's carafe. "I donti think the company thought sbo was so not or they wouldn t have sold at any price. Kent makes "WhyV Sharlene'a role bit odd. "why was ho so minedT Leigh?" "Because he thought he eouldnt nave bar. Yea knew bow Kent is: Jast let him think he cant hare, a thing and be moves heaven and earth till be gets it," r -It wonder" said Sharlene thoughtfully, "if he's always satia- awr ejiii laej -a deter- "Mever! Once he's won his way. he's i through. ' he's not interested any more, or course, this will be different.! I hone. After - alL D Yore's not a game, she's an invest ment. But X think the initial out lay is too much." At time like this, yes. rA Sharlene, stirring the papers on her oesarwiui a slim linger. "Did yon try 0 argue him out of it?" Am, Cav T J A.t-1 else but. I should have known bet ter. When he was a kid, father and mother knew -that the way to t him to do anything was to argue on the other side. Obstacles only whet that ;boya appetite to win. Take Cora, for instance." ... Sharlene r lanced m rm!rVV holding her breath. Leigh, floun dering up and down the room, kick ing a cosnioq, aid not notice. He eat onx , . ;t "Cora seemed nnattainahV TT eoaldat rest until he'd made her tore mm. -men he didn't ear am d won!" J Shar- "But, he married her lene began. , , "He owed her that; he should have done it years ago." "Bat; Leigh, don't you see how sporting it was for him to marry her when he did?" "Sporting!" Leigh snorted. "He didn't think he was taking any chance. The doctor told him she was going to die. That's why I couldn't get him to phone you about it beore he did it He thought his usual good luck would hold and no body would ever, know it. Even when she got better, he thought it would come out all right. Then you did the unexpected, running off and getting married.' He'd counted en your sticking through anything." "And I failed," Sharlene said un happily. "I've never forgiven my self " "Dont be silly! Yon gave him a new hurdle, don't you see? You were going to be hard to get. That was what he was looking forward "While he was being so good to Cora?" 4 "Good? Well, if you like to put it that way. He dragged her around with him to save talk. There'd been enough of that.- He saw her as little as possible. In the Islands he devoted himself to sports. He had a grand time; he always has a grand time. That boy has a great zest for living as long as there's something he can't have, just ahead." .... There was a long silence. Shar lene lay back in her chair looking rather Dale. "Leich." .M . last, "you've Inst hattrrt ...-- ished illusion." , "What do you mean?" He halted tO lOOk at her in trenufetinn I been talking out of turn about Cora?" "No. It's lust I'd alw.-r. re hired Kent aa bein oh. rm ten der and wonderful to Cora " "Huh? But von Irnnw If like that. Now. i he?" "WelL really it's hard for me to separate my conception of Kent from Kent as he is, I guess" "Sure. Yon thonrht f i,u doing what you'd do ender the cir cumstancesbut Kent's a he-man " Shar.LCBv.? lot o grand points, but being tender isn't one of And get the idea oat of your head that you've Mt ta nir him for anything yoa did. I can't Co that. Makes mo think too much of Cora poor thing!" onarwna nad been stacking the papmoahefdesk. They fell ever and. scattered, min n v- place. Leigh helped to pick them . 1 Jv Tl J-known house of cards. Leiai." ah wa ""Ne. "collapsing all about me." He looked op at her sharply 22? I!?? h wa kneeling on the VT- V V "el yoa, have I Sharlene? Yoa mast know Kent swell as I do, by now. Unless yoa prefer to pretend." . v"Yes, I know him pretty well." h2r?i4.WlT on willingly. .. vDonVTr think that your place M his wVs can be assailed; my dear. You re secure. You're his family lika me or hia mother. Rn .1. t mean is you're got to face the idea of his chasing off after some new mme any minute. And wasting money on it, too, like this De Vore deal. Just one of the things we're rot to reckon with." t "I see." Sharlene got up slowly and smiled dimly at him. "TK.il f0.1!) Um I suppose, in every wif? B Hfa whn no longer looks .ha"l M hero- Well Id better dresa for dinner, Kent will soon be heme." , Leigh watched Ha -te . - agery. Maybe he'd aaid too much. But . . . he had not told her that one of the bills he had found that day down at thm nffi . five-thousand-dollar diamond brace let engraved "Julie." The flinuy excuse of preparing Miss De Vore to accept a contract wits th n. erell Production Comnacy wr.s wearing pretty thin, (To Be Continued) low form of colamnry to besmirch He takes great care, note you, to anybody's character by some in- assert that ha -wo,, id nA .... , direction. He telle the storyi of was the same troup. But, why more he 1 j . . . "uuu wuvse caaraciers were naiL. mention it all. unless he wants the association to IInp f t minds soch a method of slander L How can it come from the heart of 'a Christian mini.i.. .Respectfully, : i E. J. REID iCCff wwn me stench of the pie.