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.Tht OREGON STATESMAN; SaJen. Oregon, Saturday. Monday, January II, 1933
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Farm Relief
SENATOR McNARY is advancing his three-point program
to possible relief of agriculture, as a substitute for the in
. ralidated AAA. There is little doubt that Senator McNary
is in a, very powerful position in the senate. The administra
tion forces are bewildered and at sea. They will perhaps soli
cit the advice of the senior senator from Oregon whose inter
est in the subject of agriculture relief long antedates that of
the squire of Hyde Park ; and they will be concerned as to the
attitude of the republican minority, no matter how much they
may scorn their party foes.
McNary is suggesting as alternates to AAA the equaliza
tion fee, the export debenture plan, and the allotment plan,
each of which he says comes within the power of congress as
a subject of legislation.
Before rushing in to provide an alternate, congress
might pause to see the effect of abolition of AAA. The nullifi
cation of NRA did not cripple business. It may be that the
substantial farm recovery which has already set in will re
aoire no further legislative stimulus. The difficulty with
fresh enactment is that it assumes that agriculture in Amer
ica is permanently impaired and will be in need permanently
of artificial support. That hardly seems a justifiable conclu
sion; because American history is full of examples of inter
vals of farm depression followed by periods of stable pros
perity. Now would be a proper time for the democratic party
to proceed with its 1932 platform to revise tariff schedules,
with the idea of stimulating foreign trade and making pos
sible the natural export of farm surpluses. The Statesman fa
vors a direct attack on the economic problems involved rather
than further subsidy. If reasonable economic balance can be
restored the farm problem will solve itself ; and the proper
function of government is served when it interferes as little
as possible with the free operations of economic laws.
Gilbert in Fade-mt
ONE of the screen's great lovers drank himself to failure
and to death, John Gilbert. He was once office boy on
the Portland Telegram. The other great lover of recent
times, Clark Gable, once had a job in the want-ad depart
ment of the Portland Oregonian. Just what the newspaper
business or Portland has to do with celluloid romance is hard
to say; but these men gained fame and fortune in the role
of Don Juan, Lothario andHomeo. Gilbert faded out and
the heart failure came as merciful release. Gable is still in
the winnings though he is a two-time loser in the divorce
court.
Some of the women seem to have done better. Clara
Bow, the one-time "it" girl, has settled down as wife and
mother. Theda Bara, early ,day vampire woman, is also a
sedate married woman now. Jean Harlow wears her hair
natural now and avoids matrimony.
In the early days of the movies and talkies when money
came easy and went easy, the favorites won luxuries far be
yond their capaicity to enjoy or to bear up under. Wealth
and adulation turned their heads and they thought them
selves above all codes of convention and of morals. As the
industry matures so will the stars. A more professional at
mosphere will develop. Salaries may not be so big as to be
morally devastating. Acting for the films may become just
one more way of earning a living. The "glamour" that has
enveloped Hollywood will fade with greater familiarity with
If a txrni-lr on1 nlotr At" frxnTea whan if rrAoa what Ttrill f Vio mnnn
struck girls have for thrills and
Make-up of the Court
THE Pendleton East Oregonian derives hopes from the fact
the "supreme court justices are mostly old men and as
they gradually retire should be replaced by men more in
touch with modern conditions in the United States and other
lands."
The E-0 might look at the record a little more closely.
The majority opinion was written by the youngest member
of the court, youngest in years and next to youngest in point
of service, Justice Roberts, age 60. Signing the minority opin
ion was the oldest member of the court. Justice Brandeis, 79.
' . .' Stone, who wrote the minority opinion is 63, and a fellow-dissenter,
Cardozo is but 65; but another comparatively
young man is Pierce Butler, 69, one of the "reactionary six"
the'Portland Journal derides. Hughes is 73, Van Devanter
76, and Sutherland and McReynolds 73.
The division in the court was not by party linens for two
of the dissenters, Stone and Cardozo, are republican. Butler
and McReynolds of the majority are democrats.
Nor does the source of the appointment seem to have
influenced the court Stone was named by the strict conser
vative Pres. Coolidge; while Roberts and Cardozo were
named by Pres. Hoover.
The East Oregonian says if membersTdie Pres. Roosevelt
"will doubtless seek liberals of the Stone, Brandeis, Cardozo
type", which if true would mean the president plans to pack
the. court with men of his own political prejudices. Most
presidents nave sougnt to keep tne court non-political and
free from pronounced slants.
. Spending Without Taxes
rr was a foregone conclusion that the lower house would
pass the bill for immediate payment of the bonus. It is
agreed that the senate will pass the bill; and if it is ve
toed that there are sufficient votes to pass it over the veto.
Argument now as to the merit of the bill which pays in full
the bonus though under the original act it was not due until
1945 and in addition wipes out interest on the partial pay
ment already authorized, would be useless.
'' The distressing thing is that the bonus is passed with
. no provision for paying it. This merely increases the federal
, deficit already alarmingly large. It comes at a time when the
treasury is threatened with further huge drains to make good
federal contracts with farmers. The bill should provide a me
thod of financing. It is not
: government to spend money in vast sums beyond its income.
While the practice of the administration sets a bad precedent
in this regard, the cold, fact remains that there must be a
pay-up day if there is a pay-out day.
If the country wants the
should make the contribution
; believe the country wants the
; assume the country is prepared
, fore in the taxes required. Apparently though the congress
, does not recognize the truths of simple mathematics. It is
willing to pay; but not to tax. The result is merely to pile up
: grief in d&ys ahead.
Hogs are higher, bat pork lower is a headline telling, the story
,of the day's inarket. That's satisfactory aU round: better prices for
the producer, lower priees for th consumer: Thar is a form of relief
r that works two ways with injury to none.
Pleasing news, that an arch
; hospital net had beat captured
win not be returned here,
Gut Anderson Is Quoted as sarin there will be a major war, but
'he isn't sure Just where. That's prophecy. with a string to it
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emotional excitation?
good business practice for the
bonus paid low, the country
an taxes. If the congressmen
bonus paid now they should
to provide the revenues there-
- forger who escaped from the state
in Arizona. More pleasing, that he
Editorial
Comment
From Other Paper .
WHIPPING UP THE FURIES
Bewailing the decision of the
supreme court invalidating the
New Deal's AAA. the Portland
Journal indulges . Its dlsappolnt
mea in abuse of those members
of the court - who voted "agin'
Roosevelt." The "reactionary
six" Is the Journal's label for
Chief Justice Hushes and Justice
Roberts. Butler. Van Devanter,
McReynolds and Sutherland
whose names it says "are found
in all decisions in which the re
actionaries of New York and New
England are Served and the great
mass of citizens discriminated
against"
This is the most blatant type
of political dap-trap. It is a de
liberate and malicious incitement
of class prejudice and revolution
ary hatred which the smug editors
of the Journal afe so ready to
denounce when uttered by some
soapbox radical .in a Portland
park. The Journal charges that
these six in the supreme court
bare disregarded deliberately the
"welfare clause" in the constitu
tion to magnify ''the reserved
rights of the states."
An intelligent liberalism. In our
opinion, does not include any such
vindicative and dangerous atti
tude toward the supreme court
In this country the wholesome
doctrine of Judicial review is as
much a part of the foundations of
government as the constitution it
self. The court has often shown
a more intense desire to stretch
the bare words of the constitution
to cover the nation's needs. A
very recent example was in its
favorable decision on New Deal
gold policies, and The Journal
then was inclined to praise some
of the judges it now subjects to
abuse.
The supreme court, however,
cannot be expected to stullfy it
self. In the gold case it has the
broad powers given to congress to
regulate money on which to base
its decision. In the AAA case,
there was no such foothold for
wide interpretation; on the con
trary there were many barriers
to such action.
The fact that Justices Brandeis,
Stone and Cardozo did accomplish
the task of reconciling AAA with
the constitution does not establish
them as more honest or more hu
mane than the other six only
more imaginative, putting it char
itably. Hughes, Roberts, Butler.
Van Devanter, McReynolds and
Sutherland were interpreting the
constitution AS THEY SEE IT
and this is their sworn duty.
The words of the constitution
cannot be Pushed out of all semb
lance to original meaning, to meet
political exigencies. It is general
ly conceded that if this nation is
to meet many of the problems of
modern industry and agriculture.
the words of the constitution will
have to be altered, and the con
stitution itself provides the legal
way to do this. It is NOT within
the powers of the supreme court.
That indeed would be to make "a
few old men masters of the peo
ple." Whipping up the furies of mob
prejudice against the court is a
technique borrowed from the
communists. Eugene Register
Guard. THE COURT SPEAKS AGAIN
President Roosevelt may decide
for himself what the constitution
means when it provides for com
munications from the executive to
the congress on the state of the
union. This was made clear last
Friday. The supreme court, how
ever, still has the final say on
legislation and yesterday the
court said, finally and with some
emphasis, what it thought about
the agricultural adjustment ad
ministration. The well rounded
whole of last week's address turns
up with a pronounced flat.
Invalidation of the AAA by the
high court was not unexpected.
What it will mean in the national
economy it is too soon to say since
it cannot be known what new
measures will be devised to take
its place. In other aspects the
effect of the decision cannot be
other than salutary if it results
in less blithe and hurried accept
ance of measures open to grave
doubts of constitutionality.
The economic fallacy of the
AAA program and its burdensome
effect on the consumer were noted
months ago. More serious, how
ever, in its bearing on American
life, freedom and progress was
the disregard of the constitution
evidenced in its support and de
fense by the party in power. Once
more the supreme court has called
a halt. The president and his
democratic majority must heed.
Bend Bulletin.
Twenty Years Ago
January 11. 1910
There is a balanee of 18208.08
in the state fair fund.
The Marion county poultry
show opens today.
The county will erect a bridge
over Pudding river on the- Prat
um road, seven miles east of
Salem.
J Ten Years Ago
January 11, 19120
In the. society section Nancy
Thielsen, Josephine McGilchrlst,
Josephine Cornoyer and Jewell
Hlnier are pictured as prominent
young Salem misses.
January 11 to 17 hat been set
aside as Good Roads week in
Oregon.
The complete text of Governor
Pierce's Jackson day address is
published.
Phone Line to Elect
MACLEAY, Jan. 1 0. The an
nual meeting and-election of the
Waldo Hills Telephone company
wili be held Monday night at the
grange nail at o'clock.
Bits for Breakfast
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Salem. 10 years ago c ;
and Bom of 1ta history
and this section's ; franchise.
crop and franchise advantage! :
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When the Lee missionaries came
to the site of Salem they .found it
being called Chemeketa by the- na
tive, the Indian Sam f 05 place
of gathering. " ,
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The writer believes it was an
Indian city of refuge. like those
of the Israelites; a city of peace;
place where individuals and tribes
might come and be safe from boa
tile attack.
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After the coming of the Laus
anne in 1840 with the machinery,
the place .was called The Mills,
for the mission saw and grist
mills under one roof, where the
Larmer warehouses are now.
This was the first building on
Salem's site erected by white men.
The next was the house of Jason
Lee, for mission headquarters. It
still stands, the southwest front
somewhat altered, and is at 960
Broadway.
Then, in 1844, when was open
ed the Oregon Institute that by
change of name in 18S3 became
Willamette university, the town
began to be called "The Insti
tute," and so continued "until
18S0.
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In that year, the town's cen
tral portion was platted, and the
name became Salem, from Salem,
Mass., given by Rev. David Les
lie, hailing from that city.
But the plat of North Salem
was filed a little before that of
Salem proper (or Present down
town Salem), and the one of an
other Salem a few months after.
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The other, of the second Salem
plat, took in what the man who
filed it, J. B. McClane, claimed
was the original town. Which it
was.
It included the land on what
was then called "Boon's Island,"
being all the land between North
Mill creek and the mission mill
race which took its water from
that stream.
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The first mills and shops and
stores were on that "island." So
McClane had the right of it,
though his Salem had only a few
blocks and lots.
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John D. Boon, last and next to
the last territorial treasurer and
first state treasurer, had his of
fice on that "island," which was
named for him.
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The Bits man has been called
"an incurable optimist," some
Health
By Royal S. Copeland, M.D.
RECENTLY X TOLD you about
"emphysema". This is a condition
marked by dilation of the air sacs
of the lungs. Today, I want to teU
you about another disturbance of the
lung which is sometimes confused
with emphysema. It la called "em
pyema". Empyema Is an accumulation of
pus in the pleural cavity, ths ches
cavity. The pleura Is a thin and
delicate membrane that covers ths
lungs and lines the cheat. The right
and left pleural cavities are distinct
and 'separate from each other.
This slippery membrane facilitates
the movements of the lungs, permit
ting "them to move without friction.
It protects them from Injury as welL
As a rule the pleural guards against
germs. But occasionally, when germs
are of a strong strain, they reach
the pleural membrane, and Irritation,
and perhaps severe Inflammation, of
the pleura results. This creates a
condition called "pleurisy".
Pleurisy may follow any Infection
of the chest or upper part of the
breathing apparatus. It Is a com
mon complication of the simple cold,
bronchitis and pneumonia. Pus-producing
germs are those which pro
duce empyema.
Symptoms of Disease
At the onset of the disease the suf
ferer complains of pain In the chest
and difficulty In breathing. The pain
Increases In severity and may be so
great as to prevent sleep and rest.
Sometimes. Indeed, It becomes neces
sary to give the patient an opiate.
Other symptoms are chill, followed
by fever, sweating and dry cough. As
a rule the fever drops within twenty
four hours, but soon rises again. This
fluctuation In temperature continues
for several days. This -septic curve",
as the doctors call It is an Important
sign in the diagnosis of the disease.
Empyema may be difficult to recog
nize. In doubtful cases It is advisable
to have an x-ray taken. This will
reveal whether or not any pus - Is
present In the chest cavity. Unfor
tunately, the x-ray a not always
available. -
Another method of diagnosis, and
treatment too, is to "tap" the chest
for pus. This Is a simple procedure
and need cause no alarm. A local
anesthetic Is used and In this way
no pain or discomfort is felt If no
pus Is obtained It does not prove
positively that empyema Is not pres
ent Sometimes the penetrating
needle may miss the Infected area.
Hospital Care Best
In every case of empyema it la best
to have the patient removed to a
hospital. Here constant care can be
given to promote the comfort of the
patient and to hasten recovery. If
progress la not satisfactory. It la
sometimes necessary to have the ac
cumulated pus removed by surgical
measures. On this account the hos
pital is the place tor treatment by
your own physician.
If operation Is advised do not de
lay. Bear to mind that neglect of
empyema leads to further spread of
the pus.
It U amazing te see how quickly
the patient recovers after thhi op
eration. Be is entirely relieved of
pain. Breathing la no longer difficult
Ho la assured of speedy and complete
recovery.
Dr. CopelanS ts ptad U nncer
tnqvtriet from Tender tens sewd
addressed stamped eaertopei tcita
their caesftoiia All oniric
should be addressed t Mm n
care ef tW Muxpcper.
(Copyright. tU4. X. r. .. IneJ
times In derision. It Is an epithet
he accepts with pleasure, whether
la general or in particular
And especially whea applied to
Salem and its trade territory and
to the state of Oregon, too, and Its
people, with emphasis upon Its
pioneer 1 stock.
Older readers remember the
Slogan pages that ran in the
Thursday and the Weekly States
man for years, conducted by the
writer.
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They told about the things the
writer claimed could be done bet
ter here than elsewhere, or pro
duced at lower cost or with bigger
quality, and that ought to be
made, grown or handled here on
larger scales or upon greater
areas.
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He has had no reason to change
his mind In any case. Fifty-two
subjects were thus treated each
year.
A brief resume will follow, for
the information of the growing
generation and of new comers in
the Past seven or eight years:
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First, loganberries, because the
juice of this king of the bush
fruits, at the time the slogan
Pages were started, was being
pushed by two vigorous concerns,
and advertised and marketed
widely throughout the United
States.
The loganberry juice business
received a body blow from high
war prices for the berries and a
high federal war tax on the pro
duct during that struggle. The
tax was found illegal and remit
ted but not soon enough to save
the original concerns exploiting
it; and the money did the man
who got it no good in the long
run, though it was not lost on lo
ganberry juice, and might have
been saved, and saved the indus
try, had it been wisely devoted to
rejuvenating the business which
its illegal collection so badly crip
pled at a critical time.
But this is the point: Loganber
ries, though born by accident in
California, having been brought
to Salem first, then scattered in
this trade territory, did and do
better here than elsewhere. They
are still the greatest bush fruit
There is still an opportunity for
their production on a great scale
here, and their marketing in cans,
the dry or dehydrated state, the
cold Pack, and the Juice. There
are hundreds of beneficial uses
for the juice, and it can be mar
keted in every country.
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Second, prunes. This territory
produces the best Oregon or tart
sweet prune in the world, and
other varieties as good as any.
A prune cooperative doing all the
things needed to prepare, pack
andr market this crop, that would
mix brains with persistency, and
stick together everlastingly,
would make prunes here a good
crop for 1000 years and then be
in its youthful days.
(Continued tomorrow.)
Woman Is Injured
As Bus Overturns
MONMOUTH, Jan. 10 Mrs.
Merle Moore of Corvallis who is
well known in Monmouth as Bes
sie Graham Moore, was one of 4
passengers injured Sunday night
when a northbound stage over
turned near the Six Corners en
route to Portland. Mrs. Moore was
returning to" Portland where she
is a teacher in the Fernwood
school, from her home in Cor
vallis. Reports received by her
brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. W. R. Graham of Monmouth,
stated that she suffered a cracked
vertebrae and wlil be placed in
a cast at a Portland hospital
Thursday.
Miss Edith Clark, teacher of
languages at Monmouth high
school was absent early this week
because of the serious illness of
her mother, Mrs. Agnes Loftinj.
Miss Clark has rarely missed any
tiire at school, probably cot a
day it was estimated in more than
7 years.
Mrs. Ben Pollan is ill at her
home from measles. Mrs. W. R.
Graham is an Influenza patient.
Mrs. Guy Deming is also ill from
a serious cold. Hardy smith, for
merly of Monmouth, now living
at Smithfield, is reported to have
scarlet fever.
Mrs. Rose Riesterer Is
. Sole Owner of Sublimity
atore; Buys Out Hassler
SUBLIMITY, Jan. 10 Mrs.
R-e Riesterer Is now sole owner
of the former Riesterer and Has-
sler firm, Herman Hassler having
sold his half interest to his part
ner with the new year. The busin
ess will be known as Riester's
General store, and Ernest Riester
er, son of the owner, and Isobel
Riesterer are carrying on the act
ive management
This store business was estab
lished before beginning of the
present century by Mrs. A. II. La
Croix. Hubbard Woman Writes
Of Extreme Cold Found
In Southern Indiana
HUBBARD, Jan. 10 Miss Ef
fie Sargand of Hubbard, who is
spending the winter months with
relatives in southern Indiana
writes that the weather there Is
terribly cold, being 14 below zero
and snow several Inches deep.
Health Meeting 13th
BRUSH COLLEGE. Jan. 10.
Mrs. A. XL Utley, of Brush Col
lege, president of the Polk Coun
ty Health association, announces
the next meeting to be held at the
Monmouth hall, Monday night
Principal speakers will be Dr.
Starbuck. Dallas, Dr. Bowersox.
Monmouth, Dr. Knott Independ
ence and the county health nurse,
"HIGH SCHOOL TRAGEDY"
SYNOPSIS
Julie Martin, she's all of 17. Is
relating what happened after her
French teacher, pretty Constance
(Connie) Sinclair, was found shot
dead at a desk in her (Miss Sin
clair's) apartment Julie has star
tled her mother and interests her
father, a lawyer, by telling that she
and her boy friend, Dicky Ward,
had visited the apartment the pre
vious afternoon, a few hoars before
the murder. She had returned a
fountain pen which she had bor
rowed from Miss Sinclair. News
paper reports make known that the
teacher was slain about 10 o'clock
that night The police went to the
apartment upon receipt of a mys
terious telephone call Informing
them that Miss Sinclair had been
slain. Julie's young brother, Allen,
also a high school pupil, leaves ths
breakfast table soon after the fam
ily starts discussing die tragic
news. At the school later. Police
Inspector O'Brien Questions Julie
concerning the return of the pen.
casing his inquiry on notes mads
during an earlier examination of
Mrs. Sardoni who conducted the
apartment house tenanted by ths
slain teacher. Julie tells the In
spector that she talked with Mias
Sinclair about a book. Princioal
Perkins remarks that he found ths
book on the teacher'a school desk
that morning and gets permission
to return tt to tne rental store. As
Julie Is leaving, she admits the last
known caller on Miss Sinclair
Melvin Wright described by Mr.
Perkins as "the school's problem
boy." Julie wonders what hap
pened during Melvin's star chaa.
ber session with the Inspector and
tne principal.
CHAPTER m
That night Dicky came over, and
did we have a lot to talk about! Hs
. km) KatAft rniBstiAnai) anil ftl
V,. UMVOWVUU IrWl auu
told about the same story I had. We
were awfully puzzled over the pea.
espisodel
But most of the time, we were
taken up with the full details in the
evening paper. The first reports
were nasty ana meager in the morn
ing, but by afternoon the police had
made several statements. We were
not mentioned at all, of course, for
which Mother was very thankful. I
was disappointed then, but later I
had reason to find out that publicity
has its drawbacks.
The accounts be pan with Mica
Sasa and Miss Wbefton's calling at
7:00 o'clock that night to ask Miss
Sinclair to the movie, and her re
fusal. She said aha had letters to
write. Evidently there had been
but one letter and that a difficult
one, for there were many erumnled
sheets of stationery with only be
ginnings, and one on her desk, un
finished. Nothing was said about
thv pen: the newspapers must have
nuasea tnax angle.
AH the letters were addressed to
"Dear George." The first para
graph of the final one was printed
ra zulL One San Francisco paper
carried a facsimile of it in her hand
writing, with the heading: TEACH
ER'S ILLICIT LOVE RE
VEALED. Mother thought that
disgusting, and so did Dicky and L
We both knew Warn Sinclair was
all right
X have kept aU the dippings about
the murder and made a acrapbook.
So I copy this from that paper. It
is we letter.
"Dear George, x
1 have tried so hard to berhi this
tetter tonight It is very difficult
to know how to say this so that you
will understand . and believe me.
Whea we knew each other back
hornet jod we were both kids and
erasy about each other, I might
have married you and been fairly
happy. But please believe ma,
George, when I say that I doat lore
you bow. Years nave passed and
evsryuung is different
"la the first place, you are may
neo to someone) ales. I know we
said -that tout marriaro should
make a difference in our friend
ship, when we first met again in San
Francisco. I tried te be modern
about -M, and I thought we had a
right to the old interest and affec
tion that were left Perhap I was
wrong: I still think I was right
aaa uings stayea was way.
"But they haven't Ton bars
eome over nerw so many weekends
i nen. too, uickry aid not know about
Melvin's being there that night Did
I astound him with that esmsode! -
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Public Enemy No. 1
.Pis J rfiil
ager asked me if you were my fi
ance. And we cannot have another
scene tike Sr-'.ay's.
"Then. too. I have. seen your wire.
Now dent be angry with her. I
rather admire her for coming
straight to me with what she had
to say. Of course, she blames me
for everything and she tunas wt
are bavin? a real 'affair.' I am
afraid I lost my temper, too. We
bad rataer a row. i anow i said a
lot of foolish things, among them
that I saw no reason for sacrificing
our friendship. She went away
thinking I was thoroughly bad and
shameless, Tin afraid.
"I decided not to tell you anything
about H when I saw you Sunday.
But after that scene in the car, I
began to see it all differently. Your
wife was rtgnt This cam go on.
Mrs. Sardoni had seen a woman
" wees oezors . tne stranger lett in s temper ... .
I am telling you the positive truth
when I say that doat wast ts
you again. Please believe
There the letter ended "stooned
by a bullet," ths psper said. There
was a lot mora; First of ail, Mrs.
Sardoni had seen a woman enter
Miss Sinclair's apartment ths week
before. She gave a full description
of her, tall, dark, exceedingly well
and fashionably: dressed, very good
looking, about twenty-seven- or
eight She wore a black fox shoul
der cape and carried a small muff,
a rather extreme style. She had
driven a large, -new car.
This woman's visit lasted about
an hour. Toward the end of it the
Yofces of both women had been
raised, and the dark stranrer had
left In a great tenrper, running-down
the stairs to ner car.
It was suooosed that this was
"George's" wife Police In Seattle
were checking with Miss Sinclair's
family and friends for the possible
identity of this mysterious couple.
Mr. Sinclair, the murdered girl's
father, would arrive that evening.
- But to continue the events of the
evening of October 20, as they say
Ut detectivs stories, (I am rtadinr
them now, occasionally). Mrs. Sar-
aom naa seen another visitor enter
about :00 o'clock, young -maa
whose description she had given po
lice. Reporters had not discovered
who he was. Of course, Dicky and
I knew it was MeUdn Wright, He
had left about 8 :30, slamming down
the stairs as Jf .he were angry, too.
The reporter pointed out that from
the number of starts and the length
ef the -final letter. Miss Sinclair
must tiavs had more time to spend
on It than the three-cjuerters of an
hour which had -elapsed between, the
teachers. call and the boy'a. In
$
y a canty
other words, she must aava been A
alive when he left I
"I idont see that," said Dicky. "X
mean, I dont see why that proves
he didat kill her."
"You dont think he dlttdo you?"
"Well. no. . But look. What was
to prevent his returning an hour or
so later and shooting her, if he was
so mad? And here's another thing:
how do these guys know she wasnt
working oa that letter ever since
we left at five? She probably didnt
take so much thns for supper. And
ft doesat look to me as If it took
so long to write once she got going.
It sounds pretty much the way any
one might talk."
I looked at Dicky with admira
tion. That is the reason I like him.
I suppose. He iant so awfully hand
some, but ha does think.
enter Miss Sinclair's apartment the
"WelL I dont think Melrfn dA
it" I answered. "But you are right
We ought not to count him ant H.
could have done It if he had a gun."
"You know Dicky was awfully
serious. "I think' the French system
is rhrht, A man euwht t Ke wm.
sidered guilty until he proves amm-
sexi innocent
"That's what some aewraanera
doJ" Iaaid. j
We went on reading. Mrs. Sar
doni had seen neons else eater. 8he
had had a headache and gone to
bed at 9:00. As her apartment waa
right underneath Hiss Sinclair's,
ana as sue aaa neara aa snot, taa
police supposed the alayer had used
a silencer. The couple whe-oecupied
the apartment oa the ether aide of
the first floor, opposite Mrs. Sar
doni, had been out te a bridge party
and did not return unto midnirht
They could offer ao help at all. .the
teachers had stopped to eat after
the show, which had been long
one, and had returned fust as the
police arrived. - j
The- teiephon can ad coma at
10:45. The officers sent out on th .
ease had found the door of Miss
Sinclair's apartment unlocked, had .
opened tt, and found her la jade
green lounging pajamas, half-sup
ported few the desk chair, her arms
and head aorawled oa the desk fU '
self, and a bullet through her breast
I cried a utue at that and Dicky-
waa most awkward. Just as hs was v
patting my shoulder, a newsboy
called, "Extra!". . 'j- .
We both dashed to the street and
bought ths panes. Ths police had
revealed a new development,.
Hym. the Filipino janitor of the
apartment house, had disappeared
tn night ot ths murser I
'-' (To 8a Continued)
miss Margaret GHiia. ,
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