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-Relief a Local Problem
OUB local people can no longer be indifferent to the prob
lem of relief. For some two years destitution has been
met by fairly liberal bounty chiefly from the hand of the
federal government The mounting costs financed chiefly by
borrowings have forced the government to relinquish part
of the burden. Under WPA it seeks to give employment to
3,500,000 persons in the United States. Those remaining are
leftf or the local governments to look out for.
The date for the change has come. It finds 187 employ
able men not yet assigned under WPA because enrollment is
limited to those on relief May L It also finds 533 cases term
ed "absolutely unemployable" because of age, illness or physi
cal disabilities. The members of the former group may be
able to get some part time work or other assistance to sup
plement aid from the state-county organization. Most of the
533 will be forced to rely on the set-up now provided, in which
the state and county share the cost.
Already it is made clear that the most rigid economy
must prevail to enable the fund3 budgeted to streteh through
the year. Rent money will no longer be advanced ; necessities
will be allowed for on a carefully ascertained basis. It is prob
ably true that the relief will be adequate to sustain life; it
will provide little of the "standard of living" long praised in
this country.
We said at the beginning that our people could not long
er ignore the relief problem, as they have been doing, walk
ing down the other side of the street from headquarters
about which the needy gather. For it is not to be thought of
that unemployable unfortunates will be allowed to suffer. It
seems to The Statesman there should be a revival of some of
the voluntary effort which was carried on in the early days
of the depression, which would in urgent cases supplement
the provision by the relief organization, not so much with
food and clothing as with essentials which the organization
cannot supply.
This duty is particularly encumbent on those who have
scoffed at the generous disbursal from the federal treasury,
have condemned the piling up of national debt for future gen
erations to pay. Here now is their opportunity to advance in
charity and good works as the federal government retreats ;
and the situation will test whether they have opposed the for
mer relief program out of selfishness for fear of cost to
themselves or out of genuine concern for the state of public fi
nance. We are sure the experienced relief administrators will
budget their costs seasonally bearing in mind that the heav
iest load comes along in early spring before outside work
starts in. But it also seems reasonable to anticipate that in
this county this year the load should progressively decline,
because PWA work is getting under way, other projects will
soon start; and benefits are apt to percolate even to those
who may be classed as unemployable.
Civic leaders should watch developments closely, and be
ready to invoke what community action is needed to prevent
suffering in Maribn county in 1936.
Pacific Highway Improvement
THIS is the month when the state and federal road heads
meet, in Portland with the county courts meeting at the
same time, to allocate the funds for road construction in
the season ahead. While most of the money for new roads is
coming from the federal government which has considerable
, to say about where it shall be spent the state also has some
money of its own, and with increasing vehicle registrations
and gas consumption these funds are increasing.
Every part of the state will be on hand with hands out
stretched, palms upward, and some may be found engaging
in more aggressive campaigning for a goodly share of the
money. The Oregon Journal has Wolf creek as its pet ; eastern
Oregon'has big gaps in the red lines of finished roads on its
map wfcich it seeks to fill. The commission will find itself in
the hard'position of having to turn down or curtail many de
mands which are meritorious.
The most important road in the state is the Pacific high
way. It serves some 70 per cent of the population and about
the same percentage of the assessed valuation of the state. It
is very distinctly a service highway, caring for state and in
terstate traffic of very heavy volume. So heavy has that traf
fic become that the road needs reconstruction. This program
is now under way with some portions completed, as from Sa
; lem to Portland, or under contract as from Junction City to
Eugene. There are other sections where work is badly need
ed, on the line south from Salem. One bad stretch is the Al-bany-Shedd
section where the straight road tempts speeding
and recklessness by drivers, with many bad accidents re
sulting. From Cottage Grove on south to the California line
heavy rebuilding :3 needed for a modern, safe highway.
The Pacific Highway association, long organized, has
lately been galvanized into action to seek improvement of this
trunk highway. It doesn't expect any 70 per cent of the
highway funds ; and it is not desirous of taking money from
other districts where the need is urgent. It does intend to pre-
sent the needs of the Pacific highway forcefully to the auth
orities, and to urge' them to give it fair consideration on the
basis of its importance and its need.
Radicals seem, to be determined to close the Pacific ports to
shipping. The continuous succession ot irritating interferences with
f movement ot cargoes and vessels Is. demoralizing the water com
f. merce of the west coast.- The prosperity ot these coast states depend3
la great degree on tneir access to the ocean; and these persistent in
terferences with commerce will eventually injure not only the Bhip
companies but the snippers of goods.
Another fatality In a pedestrian lane; another young man
charged with reckless driTing of the car which caused the accident.
'' Grief to two homes, as a result. While they hare the right of way.
( pedestrians will hare to learn to save themselves. Wearing light-colored
clothing after ark is one means of self-protection. Dark clothes
blend with the d&rkness. If your overcoat is dark wear a light hat or
carry a flashlight, or something.
In his column adjacent on yesterday Frank Kent told how a fan
.dancer, was employed after being arrested at a Minneapolis , night
clob, as entertainer under WPA to tour the CCC camps.. The new
dealers continue their prograln of bringing the abundant life to the
hinterland. Perhaps this device will stimulate recruiting in the
camps.
Salem knows Paul T. Jackson who conies to Chemawa as super
intendent of the Salem Indian school. For ten years principal at
Klamath Falls, he has frequently visited Salem, having served long
as member. of the board of control of the high school athletic associa
tion. He is vigorous, a competent organiser, and a progressive edu
cator. He will receive a hearty welcome here.
-The Washington Post announces in a front page box it will give
the Lindberghs a publicity rest insofar as their private lives are
concerned. We believe the policy will give readers a rest too. They
are by bo means as avid for details as the newspaper makers seem
to think they are. ; j
Our esteemed contemporary publishes a picture of a new screen
star, and the caption says she got a good Job three weeks after she
arrived from Chicago with only 82 cents in her pocket. The picture
: Is a fine piece of nature-faking. She doesn't wear any pockets! '
A Connecticut official is quoted as saying that ajiew require
ment ot a blood test before Issuing a marriage license hasn't decreas
ed the demand. Not at all. Long; ago it was found that "love will find
nun
lilt
The Great Game
of Politics
By FRANK R. KENT
Coejrrirht 1933. by Tks Baltlaar 8 as
Disregarding the Law
Washington, Jan. 1.
THE thing .about, the Roosevelt
regime that disturbs thinking men
most deeply Is Its clear disposi
tion to rale re
gardless of law.
They see in the
tendency to cir
c n m rent the
: Constitution, in
the absorption
ot Iegislai Ire
power by the
e x e entire
branch and the
sweeping aside
of actual stat
utes as hough
they did not ex
ist as real a
menace to free-
Frank K. Kant
dom as can be conceived.
o
AS an administration, this one is
placed in a class by itself through
the fact that 2.000 cases challeng
ing its acts have been Instituted
in the courts. Nearly every major
measure, with which it Is identified
has been questioned constitution
ally. No previous administration
ever had so unenviable an emin
ence. With the chief device ot its
program (NRA) already destroyed
by the supreme bench, the others
tremble in the balance and the na
tion is in complete uncertainty a?
to whether It is to be carried for
ward in the direction it has been
beaded or is to be halted, turned
around or just slowed down.
o
IT is almost incredible that we
should have been involved in so
unhappy a mess by a president fe
verish for reform and eager for
acclaim, who rushed ahead in the
fog, ignoring the teachings of ex
perience and heedless of the
known obstacles in the road. Peo
ple are beginning partially 10 real
ize now what has been doro to
them in the name of emergency. If
and when they ever get the whole
picture and an idea of the else of
the bill the reaction is apt o be
swift, violent and complete.
o
IT is not merely the disposition of
the minor bureaucrats to usurp
the law - making function that
shocks, men of an orderly turn of
mind. They are even more con
cerned by the setting aside, solely
as a matter of convenience, of
their own fresh-made laws. If that
can be done with impunity, what
becomes of the pretense that this
is still a government by law? That
whole basic idea has been shot to
pieces by the new order, which
neither respects nor obeys the
laws it makes for others -to re
spect and obey. The inevitable end
seems to be a country governe.i
not by laws but by orders. And
that is not the sort of country we
like to think about.
o
AN example of governmental law
lessness is Riven by Mr. David
Lawrence, who, in a recent article,
points out that "an act of con
gress, signed by the President las
summer, has been formally de
clared inoperative by the execu
tive branch." In brief, the admin
istration simply suspended the
law. There is, of course, not a
vestige of authority for this and
yet it was done. The law in ques
tion i3 the Public Utility act. It
contains a mandatory provision re
quiring that the use of the mails
for ordinary business be denied
companies failing to register by
December 1. The companies vio
lated the law by refusing to reg
ister. Instead of denying them the
use of the mails as directed by
the act, the postmaster - general
states that he, too, will violate the
law. The order issued from his
office on December 4 says 'his:
"Whatever may be the authority.
if any, of the postmaster-general
to exclude from the mails matter
sent in violation of this act. the
postmaster-general does not in
tend to exclude any company from
using the mails, at least not be
fore the validity of the act is de
termined by the supreme court."
IT is, of course, clear that If the
administration can suspend the
provisions of this act, it could al
so, if it liked, suspend any other
act now in the courts. The ques
tlon is asked. Why doesn't it en
force this law? One explanation
is that it is afraid of public reac
tion against the harshness of the
law and further inflammation
against Mr. Roosevelt of many
thousands of small investors with
votes. Other explanations no more
creditable than that are suggested
But, whatever the true one. it
seems no excuse. If, for any rea
son, the government la to comply
fully with its own laws only when
it suits it to comply, how can it
be expected its citizens will teeJ
compelled to comply? In this case
the postmaster-general suspends a
law by an order. Regardless of the
merits of the act. that fact is a
disturbing one.
Twenty Years Ago
January 2, 1010
The rejuvenated Russian army
equipped with munitions from
Japan, America and England is en
gaged in a great attack on the
Austro-Hungarian forces in Ga-
licia.
Henry Ford returned today
lorm bis peace voyage to Eu
rope.
Seattle had a slight earth
quake yesterday.
Ten Years Ago
Janaary 2, 102fl
Alabama defeated the Huskies
20 to 19 in the Rose Bowl yes-
leroay.
a grandstand collapsed at
Pasadena's tournament of rot'.es
injuring scores of spectators.
Over 3000 people shook hands
with President and Mrs. Calvin
Coolidge at the New Year's re
ception held in the White Iluse
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Bits for Breakfast
By R. J. HENDRICKS
Salem woman has copy
ot editorial that made
William Allen White famous;
flash on World war's end, too: .
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(Continuing from yesterday:)
Under the heading. "What's, the
Matter with Kansas?" the famous
editorial In the Emporia Gaiette
ot Aug. 15, 1896, follows:
S V s
"Today the Kansas department
ot agriculture sent out a state
ment which indicates that Kansas
has gained less than 2000 people
in the past year.
"There are about 225,000 fami
lies In the state, and there were
about 10,000 babies born In Kan
sas, and yet so many People have
left, the state that the natural in
crease is cut down to less than
2000 net. This has been going on
for eight years.
S
"If there had been a high brick
wall around the state eight years
ago and not a soul had been ad
mitted or permitted to leave, Kan
sas would be a half million souls
better off than she is today. And
yet the nation has increased in
population.
s s s
"In five years 10 million peo
ple have been added to the na
tional population, yet instead of
gaining a share of this say half
a million Kansas has apparently
been a plague spot, and, in the
very garden of the world, has lost
population by the ten thousands
every year.
"Not only has she lost Popula
tion, but she has lost money.
Every moneyed man in the state
who could get out without loss Is
gone. Every month in every com
munity sees some one who has a
little money pack up and leave
the state. This has been going on
for eight years. Money has been
drained out all the time.
U S
"In towns where ten years agd
there were three or four or half
a dozen money lending concerns
stimulating industry by furnish
ing capital, there is now none, ot
one or two that are looking after
the interests and principal already
outstanding.
m
"No one brings any money into
Kansas any more. What commun
ity knows more than one or two
men who have moved in with
more than J5000 in the Past three
years?
"And what community cannot
count half a score of men in that
time who have left, taking all the
money they could scrape togeth
er? s
"Yet the nation has grown rich,
Health
By Royal S. Copeland, M.D.
RECENTLY I told you about dis
eased tonsils in the adult Today I
want to tell you something about en
larged tonsils and adenoids in the
child. What to do
with them is an
important health
problem. There
can be no doubt
that the neglect
of diseased ton
sila in a child is
a common cause
of serious d i s
turbances. Contrary to the
common belief. It
is not always ad
visable to remove
enlarged tonsils.
Of course, if they
are so large that
they interfere
with normal
Dr. Copclani
breathing of the
child, they should certainly be re
moved. The tonsils are small, soft masses
located at the base of the tongue.
They lie on each side of the throat
and, together with the adenoid tis
sues, form a ring. When infected,
this tonsillar ring becomes swollen
and painful. Often swallowing la
made difficult.
The adenoids are smaller masses
lying in the back of the nasal pas
sage. When these are enlarged free
breathing through the nose is pre
vented. This condition is a common
cause of snoring in children.
Whenever the tonsils have pockets
of infection they are capable of
carrying germs to other parts of the
body. .This Is a menace which must
never be overlooked. Often it leads
to soreness and swelling of the joints
and muscles of the body. Of even
greater danger is its possible in
volvement of the heart
Undermine Health
Diseased tonsils help to undermine
the general physical well-being of
the child. Due to the absorption jf
poUona the child becomes undernour
ished and underweight There is low
ered body resistance and the child
becomes extremely susceptible to
other Infections or "catcning" dis
eases. Seldom will a child complain of
sore throat unless the throat tissues
are inflamed or infected. When dis
eased, the throat is usually red and
may be swollen. Sometimes small,
white patches may be seen.
Tonsilitis should never be neglect
ed. It requires immediate care, rest
in bed, and the advice of a physician.
Repeated attacks of tonsilitis consti
tute a danger signal that must never
be ignored. .
Diseased tonsils are frequently the
cause of colds, sore throats, earache
and month breathing. Usually the
adenoids are enlarged as well. A
child who presents any of these
symptoms should be taken to a doc
tor. He wOl examine the throat for any
signs of Inflammation and for en
larged tonsils and adenoids. If oper
ation Is advised do not delay. Bear
in mind that it is a simple procedure
and need cause no alarm or anxiety."
Your child's health will be greatly
improved by this procedure.
. Dr. Copeland it glai to anncer
inquiries from readers who tend
addrctteS stamped envelope tc'-lh
their question. AH inquiries
should be addressed to im in
care of this newspaper.
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other, states hare Increased la
population and wealth other
neighboring states.
"Missouri has gained over a
million. Nebraska has gained la
wealth and population while Kan
sas has .gone down hill. Colorado
has gained every way -while Kan
sas has lost every may since 1888.
V V
"What's the matter with Kan
sas? -.
S H S
'There is no substantial city in
the state. Every big town save one
has lost in population.
Yet Kansas City, Omaha, Lin
coln St, Louis, Denver, Colorado
Springs, Sedalla, the cities ot the
Dakotas, St, Paul and Minneapo
lis and Des Moines all cities and
towns In the west, have steadily
grown.
S
"Take up the government blue
book and you will see that Kan
sas is virtually off the map. Two
or three scrubby little consular
places in yellow fever stricken
communities that do not aggre
gate 110,000 a year is all the re
cognition Kansas has.
"Nebraska draws about $100,
000; little old North Dakota
draws about 850,000; Oklahoma
doubles Kansas; Missouri leaves
her a thousand miles behind;
Colorado is almost seven times
greater than Kansas the whole
west is ahead of Kansas.
S m
"Take, it by any standard you
please, Kansas is not in it.
"Go east and you hear them
laugh at Kansas, go west and they
sneer at her, go south and they
'cuss' her, go north and they have
forgotten her.
"Go into any crowd of intelli
gent people gathered anywhere on
the globe, and you will find the
Kansas man on the defensive.
"The newspaper columns and
magazines once devoted to praise
of her, to boastful facts and start
ling figures concerning her re
sources, are now filled with car
toons, gibes and Pefferian
speeches. Kansas just naturally
isn't in it.
"She has traded places with
Arkansas and Tmbuctoo.
s s s
"What's the matter with Kan
sas? m
"We all know; yet here we are
at it again. We have an old moss
back Jacksonian who snorts and
howls because there is a bathtub
In the state house; we are run
ning that old jay for governor.
"We have another shabby
wild-eyed, rattle - brained fanatic
who has said openly in a dozen
speeches that 'the rights ot the
user are Paramount to the rights
of the owner;' we are running
him for chief justice, so that the
capital will come tumbling over
itself to get into the state!
S m
"We have raked the old ash
heap of failure in the state and
found an old human hoop skirt
who has failed as a business man,
who has failed as an editor, who
has failed &3 a teacher, and we
are going to run him for congress
man at large.
"He will help the looks of the
Kansas delegation at Washing
ton." (Continuad tomorrow.)
The Safety
Valve
Letters from
Statesman Readers
BEASTS AND BOOZE
To the Editor:
If the government would have
great hordes of every kind of
wild beast brought from the jun
gles of Africa and would have
them turned loose in the cities,
villages and homes of America
and then would have commission
ers appointed to control the wild
beasts every one would be up in
arms about it. However, that is"
no more absurd than what the
government has done. We have
now, here in America, three wild
beasts, more dangerous than the
wildest of the wild beasts of Afri-;
ca, which have been turned loose
all over our land and we have
commissioners appointed to con
trol these wild beasts. The name
of these wild beasts are Beerj
Wine and Whiskey, and the com-j
mis8ioners we call State Liquor:
CONTROL commissioners. The
wild beasts of Africa could even4
tuaily be controlled bnt the wild
beasts of liquor can never be con
trolled. It is strange that in enj
lightened America such a major
ity of the people are so ignorant
that they would even suggest the
idea of controlling such wild
beasts as Beer, Wine and Whis
key, j
The state liquor control com
missioners have laws and rules
for the control of liquor but on
any showdown they have to admit
that it is impossible to enforce
them. It is rather strange that a
CONTROL board is unable to
CONTROL! They might succeed
better if they had something con
trollable to control.
Fellow citizens, would you
stand idly by, with your hands
folded, and watch wild beasts
from the Jungles of Africa kill
little children and destroy their
bodies? Or could you thus watch
the wild beasts eat the food and
tear up clothes while little chil
dren and adults also eo hunerv
and cold? Your answer would be
quite emphatically "No." Then
why stand Idly by while the wild
beasts of Beer, Wine and Whiskey
rob little children . of food and
clothing and destroy their bodies
and kill them by starvation anjd
malnutrition? These three wild
beasts of America are wrecking
and destroying homes and lives
and you citizens Are Just standing
idly by. Just indifferent and un
concerned. It's time to wake BP
and kill, for all time, the wild
boasts. Beer, Wine and Whiskek
wuicn are so uncontrollable.
ENID L. JOHNSON
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CHAPTER XLIII
"Walter, dear, I know Irene's
state and this awful tragedy have
worried yon terribly but, after all,
yon have your own family. It isn't
normal to bury yourself in Irene's
tragedy like this. You haven't
phoned me. Yon haven't let me
help you. Yon must have needed me.
You look so tired."
"You don't know, I suppose.
She came op to the stair where
he stood and faced him. "Know?
Enow what?"
He was convinced now that she
hid no idea of her part in the trag
edy and yet he burned with jealous
rage that she and Dirk bad had any
thing between them.
i He choked. For a moment he
couldn't speak.
I "Walter, something more than
Dirk's death and Irene's plight is
Worrying yon. You must tell me."
She touched his arm.
i He shrank away from her touch.
Her face blanched. She walked be
side him up the stairs but she didn't
touch him again.
j "Now, please, what is it?" she
pleaded when they were in his room.
I "No, I'm not going to tell you. If
your conscience doesn't tell you, then
rou deserve to suffer in suspense.
Ve got to go with Irene. When I
return. 111 feel better, I hope, and
iwe can talk it over then."
1 "My conscience? What are you
i talking aboutT" Helen was trem
bling with anger but she strove to
keep herself under control. "What
is all this, Walter?"
j 111 tell you when I get back."
I "Oh, no, yoo wont. YouH tell
me now I You cant go to Europe.
I You can't do itl You cant leave me
like this. What U all this! Why
must you go?"
"Because Irene needs me," he re
torted savagely.
Irene needs yonl Why does Irene
need yon? What can you possibly
do for Irene? Can you bring Dirk
back to her I Can you ease her re
morse?" Walter faced her, his fists
clenched. "Irene's remorse I How
dare yon? The less yoo say about
remorse the better. At least you
Blight hava the grace to let me go
to her without protest. Yenr con
science should dictate that mock on
less," he added deliberately, "yoo
arc as depraved as Irene said yon
were."
"Mv conscience! Me. depraved?
Irene said . . . What are you talking
about?" she whispered.
"About yoo and Dirk I Yon
you are responsiblel" Walter tried
to hold himself back bnt the words
ponred from his Hps in a frenzy ef
doubt and rage.
"Walter, what are yon talking
about?" Helen was calmer new.
"What have they said teyoa? What
de rou believe?
He faced her, his brow rutted, his
jaw working convulsively. "Must I
tIl tou!" he croaked. "Don't rou
know? Havent you any sense of
vonr resDonsibuitT T
She laughed mirthlessly. "Ton
have enough sense of responsibility
for both of as."
"Then I will teQ you," he cried.
stung. "Yon are responsible for
the suicide of Dirk. Yes. you I He
was In love with yon and God knows
maybe yon were in love with him I
You, who always swore how yon
loved met Yoo led him on: yon
lunched and dined and met
Irene is a Jealous woman. Did
care that yoo were breaking
heart? Yon are the selfish, the
cruel, the wanton one. Ton stole
her husband. He met yon in
Florida, then you sent for me to
cover up your guilt I ... I dont
ten Vmjms
Walter V
Tdont know. Oh, God, I dont
want to believe it. Bnt they quar
reled bitterly over you. Do yon
deny you spent week with him in
the South? Do yon deny yon rode
home with him right after night
in a tan zrom his mothers home?
Do yoa deny that he saw you off to
Europe and fetched for von and
tarried for you? Do yon deny !tt
he shouted. "That's why I must go
with Irene. That's why I have
tried to make amends by helping
her bear this tragedy because he
wo Because u yon, oecause
atop i i cant listen. I eant
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"WIFE IN CUSTODY" BEA
They're Just Practicing!"
chair, her fingers stuffed in her ears,
her brestb choking ber.
"Dirk, poor, poor Dirk. Oh, my
dear friend Dirk. Oh ... I cant
bear it," she gasped faintly.
Walter ran into the bathroom to
bring her a glass of water. Her
teeth clattered against the glass.
She did not weep; her eyes were
flassy. She did not cry or sob. Bnt
er gasping breaths wrung his
heart. Even Irene had had greater
relief in her suffering. Helen's
gasping seemed to come from the
bottom of her soul.
"Helen, dont. I dont believe it.
I know yon didnt do it deliberately.
But even so, I've got to make it eas
ier for Irene and go with her now.
She is weaker than you. She needs
me. Now do you understand why
I must go?"
"Go. You can ro. I don't want
you. That yon could believe this of
me. That you should even listen to
such wickedness. Oh. Dirk, forgive
them that they can believe this of
yoo I It doesn't matter about met
I'm alive. I can defend myself. But
you. Dirk 1 Forgive them. Dirk," she
whispered, tney are too wicKea w
understand. Go. You can got I
never want to see you again. I
never want to touch you again. I
want to forget all about you. You
can go. tier voice cieo away. Me
had to grasp the arm of the chair
to keep irom falling.
-Dont say mat, lieien. l eu me
the truth about you and Dirk. Ill
believe you. Tell me it's a lie snd
111 stay with you. IH never doubt
you again but I must have faith. I
can't live without it"
"111 never tell you." she whis
pered hoarsely. "Faith I What do
you know about faith I Faith I TeM
you the truth I Would yoo know the
truth? No, no. you go with Irene.
Dirk is dead. I am dead too, I
think . . she whispered.
"Helen, I know yon were the in
nocent cause. I didnt mean ever to
tell you. I thoueht I'd help Irene
through her sorrow and then we'd
go on as before. That seemed to
me to be the path of my duty.
Surely you see my point," be
pleaded. He tried to take her arm.
She i ell back. "Uont touch me.
Yon didnt mean to tell met No.
you'd have let me suffer torment
like yon did these last days and
now yon were going with Irene to
atone further for me, innocent or
guilty. Irene most be done right
byl Oh, no I waiter lUley, your
responsibility to me is over. You're
free now to. be the perfect brother.
I'm through. Our marriage was
doomed from the start I"
"Yon cant do this to me. Helen,
Any other man placed in my posi
tion would have the same doubts.
Suppose you were X. Suppose your
sister told yoa that her husband
spent a week with your wife in the
South, what would be your reac
tion?" She smiled crookedly. "If any
one had told me that about yon. I'd
have laughed in scorn. ' You dont
believe that there was nothing be
tween uirs and me yet, aha sighed
wearily. "Youll never know from
met Oh. the irony of it" she added
bitterly.
"Helen, I want to understand.
Make me understand!"
"No. you never will "
"Oh. Helen, let's not talk any
. ... a a w
mere, my neaa is bursting. I'm
sick with the horror of it Tomor
row it will all look different Don't
nate me, Helen."
"I dont hate yon. 1 dont feel
anything. I feel all empty."
"Tomorrow everything will look
ainerenu"
"It's too late. Walter
Helen, yon cant nvm f
know yoa dont mean it I wont
say anotner word to yon, dear. Go,
lie down. Rest Tomorrow weTI
both be rested. Well be able to
taia wiiaonx neat Everything will
She rave him a look nf hm- 1
"No, no, nothing will ever be
rigni again between us. This is
me cqq xor us I
CV. V 1 . ..
rY ucu out oi um room.
When he tried to f ollow he found
she had locked the door to her room.
- e - .e
He stayed in his room an da
resting, trying to think things out.
He thought Helen too1 would appre
ciate the tone to think. He tried to
read bnt his than ?..
lied? Was there really anything
between Helen and Dirk?
Poor Irene. He was alternately
filled with pity and anger toward
her. Poor Dirk.: It was all too be
wildering. Bat be and Helen would
emerge from this tragedy more
firmly welded, more united, more in
. w- M la
love wan ever, even
rue, be would try to forgive her
and forget But could it be true?
His thoughts raced around in
circles. True or not, he'd have to
help Irene through. If he were will
ing to forget everything, then
surely Helen could make some con
cession too. ...
He went to bed without coming
down to dinner. He was a little
surprised that no one sent op a
tray. But he supposed Helen
hadn't been down either.
He could hear .the roar of the
sea. It was a aennite souna, an
honest sound, a soothing sound.
Stalwart Eternal. The sea was
eternal. Helen was like the sea . . .
Well, so was he, really . . . They
would both emerge from this trsge
dy the finer, the better for it . .
God. he was weary ... He slept
The sun, shining in his eyes the
next morning, wakened him. The
breeze that blew the thin curtains
was cool and fresh. He groped for
his watch under his pillow. It was
quarter to nine. He jumped out of
bed. He tried the door to Helen's
room but it was still locked. He
smiled sadly. He didn't blame her.
He'd make it all up to her. He
dashed into the bathroom. A cold
shower set his skin atingiing. He
hadnt felt so vigorous, so alive, in
days.
He was dressed and shaved by;
nine-thirty. He tiptoed across the
hall and knocked softly at Helen's
door. There was no answer. 'Hit
turned the knob softly. The room
was empty; the bed was already
made op. He was disappointed.
Gone down already.- he said
aloud. Then he remembered
Helen was always an early riser.
The children's room was also empty
and the beds made up.
He went below. Mamie was
sweeping the kitchen.
"Good mornhir. where's ever.
body?"
Oh, Mr. Riley, good morning."
Do we ret any breakfast?
Where's everybody?"
" way, they've
"Gone?"
"Why. yes. lira. Rilev and Ulu
FrdrirVa an. I tfca rVTM..,. l-t
night I m dosing up the place."
"Dont you know?"
Welter" felt his hlooi t.
bis veins. "No," he maaared to
Mra. Riley said she was coin
away" 7
Did she wave any meaiam tn
me?" I
Yes. she said to teQ van ak
the children had gone to . . . to . .
Wait I wrote it down." She found
a scrap of paper in the cupboard.
New Canaan."
e e e
Walter AA not m It t
vain he nhoned aiui Mllxi TT al
ways got Cecily. "I'm sorry, Wal-
r, out neien says sne nas told
you all there is to know." .
It didnt take the Rileys long to
find out that Helen had left Walter
and had gone to New Canaan with
the children to stay with the Ter
hones. When Agnes heard from
waxi waai naa Happened, she was
eonsunwe with righteousness, i
"That proves her guilt," she de
clared. She has betrayed Walter.
She killed Dirk and now she turns
to the Terhnnea whn alia ha. a
uw
where else to got" . t
An hour later Agnes told the
whole story to her mother and sis
ters. Thee A A A M w.u..
- vl mms
i18 eriging army. "Was it
i .Y,1 wmie gTuoi That
Buacrame, lyinr. cneatmff sneak I"
Walter in desnalr anI mm .n.
at them to mind their own damn
business, k . . . - .
"Yon see " A ma ar- In
neJ,8T"lt, he still Ukes her partH
. . j wape irom tnem and from
the despair of his impotence to get
in touch with Helen, Walter sailed
w Europe two days later with
uuic one, at least, needed him.
(To Be Continued)
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