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"m ? foundad VXo rotor Sways 17; No Fear ShaU Ave" . From First Statesman, March 21. 1851 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. .. Charles A.-SrxACua . ' .' Editor-Manager Sheldon K. Sackett ' . - . lUnaging-Eaitor r --: Member cf tho Associated lrrss Tb Aaoclata Pms 1 Jtcnixiveijr ntltlrd t the us lor publica tion of ail bw dispatches created to It or not othwrwiaa endued la this paper. Farm Conferences and Relief V, fTlHE Agriculture conference I was one fruitful of good business. The conclusidns varied farm activities in this county and were the product of careful investigation and reflection of the best farmers of the county. Even those not engaged in farming who read the summary published in The Statesman last Thursday could not help feeling that the findings were thoroughly practical and timely. - , , Farmers must use their heads as well as their muscles to make a success nowadays; in "spite of government bounties to some. These county conferences put up signposts to guide farmers on their program ;.of cialty crops. The way to avoid to demand. Farmers here are Those are most successful who while those who fail may be those who wait antil pressure of low prices put them out of business-ji ji Ugi Washington now is studying the farm problem again, and the senate committee has '-.vide benefits to farmers on a soil conservation program. Ap parently the committee has no heart for the bill, which it . merely reports put without Smith "admits gravxs doubts as ta its constitutionality and Senator ifcNary opposed the bill because it failed to over come the objections raised by the court against AAA. Some bill will be enacted, thtt is sure; probably just a stop-gap to carry over the 1936 elections. ; - Now the Portland grain dealers have a farm relief plan . for application to northwest wheat 5 It adapts the export bounty plan endorsed by the grange with a direct subsidy of $1 an acre to farmers for producmg wheat. The northwest wheat belt is in a peculiar position. It produces a great sur plus which must be gotten rid of. It is handicapped by dis tance from consuming centers of this country for rail move ment, and the variety of wheat is too rich in starch and def i . cient in gluten to compete well with domestic hard wheats - for the flour trade. So it has found its best market abroad until exchange and price difficulties 'stopped export. : " t The grain dealers naturally want volume and are or ganised with connections for foreign trade, so they; want some method of r.oving this surplus out of the country. Be cause they arc interested In wheatmovement and are inform ed on marketing problems they are justified in advancing . their suggestions when new legislation is being considered. As dealers they will get nowhere; but if they can sell their plan to producers they might accomplish something. Northwest Business INTO a field of economic bulletins already crowded the University of Oregon school of business administration is entering with a bulletin on Pacific northwest commerce and industry. The publication is subsidized by the First Na-! Uorial bank of Portland. Whereas Dave Eccles's Common-. ' .wealth Survey covers Portland and Oregon, this bulletin deals with the northwest, discussing such topics as Current Bus iness, Maritime Commerce, and business in northwest cities. - It is illustrated with graphs which appear to be the inevitable accompaniment ot an economic bulletin. Inasmuch as it off ers a statistical basis for a theory we have held a considerable time, we will give the bulletin our blessing. There has long been an idea that prosperity and de pression start in the east and cover the country like a slow traveling wave. We have thought it a myth with no present foundation-and the boys at the university got their pencils out and making' studies of bank debits and of department store sales they find no evidence that the west either leads or lags in comparison with the rest of the country. We appear to float or sink together. ' The northwest is a single economic unit which deserves statistical'studyiThe effort of the university school of bus iness administration in serving the field will be followed with interest. - . ; . . Another "Mercy" Tax FhROF, FRANK G. DICKINSON of the University of Illin ois has a new plan to finance assess the cost to bachelors, spinsters and childless mar ried couples. He is quoted as saying: - ' . The bachelor and the bachelor girl enjoy an unearned- In rrement.in our scheme of distribution of income; they enjoy an equal share ot the fruits of income but do not shoulder the bur den ot perpetuating the race. If we must make definite contrac tual prof felons tor bid age assistance let the burden of it fall . upon adults without progeny. , . : The professor has an interesting theory at any rate. We pass it on to the able ditor of the Capital Journal for appro priate comment. - ' - - . - The administration which began by tinkering with the gold con tent ot the dollar, reducing the number of grain in the dollar by 40 per cent, is now tampering with, the size of a bushel. The old custom tuTomputing the bushels of corn in a crib was to allow two and a half cable feet to tire JbusheL of ear corn In making loans to farmers of 45c bushel the xovernasent agents now are-figuring at about three, cubic feet to the bushel. The purpose of course 'is to keep up the flc . tloa of a Sc loan, but to hold down the total by under-figuring the number othusheb; v :y.: U---i - --it;'' , - As near we can make out Al Smith accused Beosevelt of being deserter from the democratic party to the socialist and Joe Bobin oon replied by .accusing At of being a turncoat Iron the democratic party to the liberty league. Each seemed to pile up considerable evi tfeaca. Thepe Is this difference, that Al isn't running Tor office "on hie record." Sen. Borah -had the misfortune of timing his speech wrong. Sen. Rebinson got on the s.tr for a reply to Al Smith, and that put Borah backtothehadows. It's rare that Borah takes the lower deck In the ttay headlines, so it must hare been a painful experience. He calls for ft Kts platform for Tepublicans, but doesnl suggest much 1a the . way of planks. . . . . , Some of the sailors from the Emden In trying to "sell Hitler to two Salem gentlemen said: "Why Hitler is. doing to Germany Just what your President BoosereH is doing to the United States." The Salem men mijrht ttaTg Teplled; "That's alt we want to know.- Senator Robinson, who braved the bible belt to run on the same ticket with Al Smith in im replied to Ats speech last and wasn't particularly complimentary in what he said. Jt these democrats can't trast each other, how can the country trust any of emt . " Arthur Vandcnburg ot Michigan, was the only senator among those- mentioned, as possible candidates for "the presidency who oted against overriding ,the president's veto of the bonus payment. . A man who has that much courage ia needed in the office of president. They have mored the stuffed blrda oat of the Portland city hall while alterations to the building are being made. Nothing la said ot what happened to the stuffed shirts there. - Portland Is to have an ordinance barring "unreasonably loud, disturbing or unnecessary noises. This is a perfect example of "un sound legislation. Judging from his lata pictures King Edward appears to be tak ing his new Job hard. ' Senator Borah U fiadics Jilm3ett In the -aame .iffat with Repre sea'.ati'? Ekwall to far as the Towuseaders are eoncernadr -- - USX which was held here last week ideas - for those in the farming presented covered most of the . , - " - contracting or expanding spe market gluts is to adapt crops makinsr changes" constantly. anticipate the changes needed reported .out a measure to pro- - recommendation. Chairman old age pensions. He says to J The Great Game of Politics By FRANK IL KENT Copyright 1035. by T&a Baiilinort Sus The Smith Speech THE HEAL STRENGTH of th Smith - speech Saturday night Is that, . with great simplicity and real dignity, ne t o i e e d the thought and feelin? of a Tast number of what he refers red to as "rank and filedemo crats In erery section who Toted for Mr. Roosevelt In 1932. When that fact Is coupled with the Quality of ; rrank B. Kat. the Indictment and the clearness of the express ed conviction that Indorsement of the Roosevelt record in the com ing convention would be not only hypocritical bnt unpatriotic, its significance is easy, to grasp. : - FOB SEVERAL REASONS the effect la bound to be great. First. because It makes with . such com pleteness and force the charge ot bad faith, the most unanswerable and damaging allegation against Mr. Booserelt the one which casta doubt Ppoa all his future promises and dilutes confidence in bis : 1936 - candidatorial pledges, whatever they may be. . Second, because it comes from a democrat of such regularity and prominence, wfaose-views sot only reflect those of many of the rank and file type- but are concurred in-, by practically every democratic leader not in the administration. This is equally true of many in congress who publicly laud the new deal. It Is true even of some holding administrative office un der it. . ' . .- Third, because notice Is defin itely served that for democrats like Sir. Smith there is a "limit ta blind loyalty" and unless this ad ministration "makes good" on its 1932 ' promises (now, ' of course, out. of the Question) Ur. Roose velt will not be supported by them for, reelection. o ' MR. SMITH could hardly have been more clear cut and definite. The beller Is he will accelerate and stimulate a movement to have In the democratic convention ' s sizable minority of delegates who, while powerless - to . prevent the Roosevelt nomination, will regis ter a ringing :Mno" that will be heard all over; the country when it cones to approval of the Roose velt record. That there exists tucb a . movement is perfectly well known, .though the conferences so far held have had no publicity. But they have been held.: The thought back of these conferences . Is that the Democrats opposed to Mr. Roosevelt are entitled to an opportunity to vote against "him and not be bottled up by Mr. Far ley land delivered to a man they no longer want to follow. r1 IF, IT IS HELD, the anti-Roosevelt tide continues to flow, it Is easily possible to ret approximate ly 209 delegates of this sort. Re cent developments, of example. In Louisa and Georgia seem to Indi cate anti-Roosevelt r delegations from those states. It is unlikely that either Maryland or Virginia will send a Roosevelt delegation to Philadelphia, in the. sense of being In sympathy with Roosevelt policies or approval of the Roose velt record. To do so would? seem a stultification of the real leaders ia those states. Mr. Smith himself wUl be a delegate from New York, and there will be dissenters from all the New England states. The plain fact is that there exists to day In the democratic party a split comparable to that In the Bryan campaigns. The Smith speech Jias accentuated and widened that spUt- Few will dispute " that.' ' OF COURSE, the effort to dis credit Mr. Smith and to nullify"! the effect of his measured words will be made. Various attempts were made to vaccinate against them in advance, some of which. likethe White House invitation and the : Schwellenbach "blood suckers and leeches" speech In the senate, 'ate known, but - some. made well under cover, were of a-l surprising and not very creditable character. An idea ot the way the administration proposes to meet the Smith speech Is given in the sneering comments ot the Journal istic iistoogesot - tho -White House clrelo and the effort j to at tribute the Smith Indictment to personal reasons. . It will be Inti mated: that he. is a disappointed and embttered man, ""ungrateful to hi friend: tht his affiliation with the Liberty league proves he la siow concerned with "property rights" rather : than "human rights." . - - OTHER ATTEMPTS to answer the speech will recall the "horri ble Hoover days " atress the lack of - constructive statesmanship In the republican party and the sure ty that its nominee will be a med iocrity. All these things and more. supplied by the publicity bureau, win be said by. various useful spokesmen, but none of them will really; answer the flat Smith ctarge to wit, that Mr. Roose velt repudiated his promises and molded his ' administration npon the socialist rather than the dem ocratic platform, with the net re sult that the government Is in an incredible mess. Nor will such points alter the fact that the Smith speech has weakened the Roosevelt chances nad increased the vigor of the opposition. The selection . of Senator Joseph T. Robinson, of Arkansas, to make the official reply is not surprising. There Is no available better man. There are, however, two ideas widely, held about the Robinson reply. One, that it will be large ly the product of "the national committee publicity department; the other, that at bottom Mr. Rob inson is no more a new dealer than Mr. Smith.. Were it not for h J a position as administration floor leader Jjuthe senate and his it' I .... 1 - - Bits for By IL J. Mrs. EL T.'Adair has entered her 92nd je&r: (Concluding from yesterday:) When that first telephone was In stalled In the Western Union of fice here (then ia the Chemeketa (now Marion) hotel), no one dreamed how tax the telephone would go. . ) W It vas used at first to help In the delivery of telegraph dis patches. But Dumars would . not have thought of notifying a cus tomer ot a dispatch bavins been received without following It UP with the dispatch Itself, by mes senger. J . " ; It ,was not believed then that there would : ever arrive a time when the telephone would come to be depended upon, on aceount of Its Inaccuracy; the danger of mistakes, etc., etc. ; -, . - 1 U V What 5 wonders transmission with and without . wires has ac complished since that day I And yet undreamed-, ot wonders jnst around the corner. u ' S " . " ' Alter the death ot her husband, Mrs. Adair did not ait down and twiddle her fingers. - - Her mends awed her in se curing a . government position as nurse at the Salem- Indian train lng school, Chemawa, where she remained for nearly J4 years. ' : ' l : m m S ' ' Vj, Then' for1 a .year , she studied osteopathy in the : parent Institu tion ati Des Moines, Iowa, lnt contracted a cold and fell Ut there, and, was obliged to give up her studies and practically live oat of doors for a yearr But for- that period of Illness, she would' have continued her medical studies In the then flour ishing medical department ot Wil lamette university. She went into the busy office ot Dr. 0. B. Miles, Salem, where for six : years she had the posi tion oi nurse. Since that time, after some ac tivity as a nurse here, Mrs. Adair has given her attention to home work, together with such com munity and lodge activities as she has been able to engage in. - S When a. young, woman she learned the tailoring trade, and conducted a shop of her own at New Madison.- Ohio. Irvin M. : Adair was a Grand Army man. He served In the 86th Indiana i Infantry, and Mr. Adair was long since granted the Health By Royal S. Copeland, MJ). I HAVE nce!Ted aeveral letttrs from worried mothers requesting a diet for ths prevention and cure of rteketa. First, I want to tell yon a Httle abouttha disease ItaeU. , Rickets Is a disease more preva lent In children from six months to two years ot age. But older children and adults often suiter from this ail ment.' Rachitic children have soft bones land lax muscles, r Tbeir teeth come through at a late date. These children art. Irritable and nervous. They do not play normally with other children. Because rickets aXCects the .bony structure ot the body, sufferers from this disease often have knock-kneea, bow-leys, pigeon chest, spinal curva tures, and teeth that decay quickly. If the disease ta not checked the re sistance of the child Is weakened and he become the readyvlctlm ot ether diseases. Lack ef Mineral The ailment afflicts children of the rich and poor alike. It is caused by a diet which lacks minerals, such a Ume and phosphorus. Other contrib uting factors are the absence ot suf ficient : quantities of vitamin . D and sunlight . - ' In order to cure and prevent rick ets. It la of first Importance ta have diet rich in lime and phosphorus. Foods abundant In their content ef lime are oranges, prunes, firs, apples, carrots, cabbage, spinach, celery, as paragus, lettuce and milk. Rich sources of phosphorus are milk, lean meat, beans, peanuts, almonds, wal nuts, who! wheat, cheese and egg yolk, j - - f;, v . . . Ia addition to Urns and phosphorus, the diet must contain adequate amount ef vitamin D. Experiment have prove that a diet rich in these minerals but lacking In viUman D wta not cure or prevent rickets. Yita san D is found In comparatively few feodai It Is Included In appreciable atmeunts ta liver. err-roDc, cod Bver on and other fish olla In lesser saaounta It la contained bs taSk. er aag Juice, tomato Juice, butter, cream and green, leafy vegetables. ; ' Yitassia D ; , Since vitamin D Is found la Umltsd amount -In everyday foods, it 1 ee entlal. to ; provide more liberal amounts of K. One of eur best JOMsee of this vitamin ts- cod- liver oO. This subatancs coatains en hundred times as much vitamin O as la found In butter. - Cod Brer oil abould be given te the Infant and younr child daily. Rickets can be prevented. It Is pathetic to see a child suffering trom this disease. Proper diet for the ex pectant mother : win - aid in safe guarding the new-born ; baby from rickets. The diet tor the Infant ahonld be well-balanced and made to tnchide foods rich In Ume, phosphorus and vitamin D. It Is- hoped that ' a - widespread knowledge ot the prevention - ( rickets will help eventually to eradi cate this dread disease ef young chil dren. ; By universal attention we can. make this one of the unknown ail ments. : - i Dr. Copeland Is plod te ciuiMr -tntmirtea frost readers who send . aditrtwtet stamped envelopes with " their ffue$ttont, ATI tnqutrU ' should h ddrwet fa Ms care ef thU nec$pajr. fCovvrlBM..t9Stt K. r. 9, Imej " candidacy for reelection this yearl be would agree with -.' everything Mr, Smith said, not disagree with a single word. These notions may de .Senator Robinson great in Justice, hut they are widely held just -.the same. --,.-?....... Breakfast HENDI1ICS3 - - J; u pension to which his services en Utled her. - 1 ' l . . v h b L. o. Adair was a brother and was, a member ot the piirty com- lar to Oregon. He reotained in Salem tor a time, and then, tor over JO years, was Souiiiern Pa cific agent'at Eugene known to a whole generation of University of Oregon students. - 5. ': . Oregon's first governsient rev enue officer was a cousin of Irv in M. Adair. He was John Adair ef Kentucky, appointed 1 by Pres ident i Polk - collector of customs for the new territory Imiaedlately after the passage of this act y congress August 14, 188, and ar riving at his station, Astoria, the following spring; his ; deputy, George Glbbs, eoming in the fall. Col. John Adair, son ; of John Adair, the collector - ot customs, married Miss Owens. . sister... of "Flem" Owens of Roseburg, pro minent in southern Oregon affairs in pioneer times. She - was the ' well known Dr. Owens-Adalr, long miliUmt and outstanding In welfare i work 'In Oregonj - . .. j; She wsi mother of the sterilisa tion- legislation in Oregon; was, session after session, prominent In the lobby of the Oregon legisla ture, waging what at flrtt seemed a hopeless fight. Through hey unfalteitag work, this; state now has a -leading place In this Important field; in a program. that, promises much of hope for a superior rt.ee, free from the moronic taint; the idiot strain and the potential, criminal tendencies. -'-:;- . .-- ' ' The Adairs ot Astoria Vre ac tive tor two generations In the upbuilding of the city rat the month of the Columbia .river. No public announcement vtt made in advance of the birthday ot Mrs. Adair; but notwithstand ing: this a good many . - callers came, telegrams and letters ar rived, and presents were be stowed. . - " i : . ' Church and fraternal aid other friends would not le't the occasion of another passing milestone go without, expressions " of sincere good wishes. The age of SI years is unusual, bnt It it apparently growing more common in the Willamette valley than in most sections. Joaquin Miller was fond ot re peating his claim that the mild climate ot this valley contributed to the fact that the most beauti ful women in the world were foand here. May it not come to be noted that men and women attain the greatest age here? Red Cross Takes New Of f ice Room Moves Across Hall - For Front View Location; k Fixtures Needed The Red Cross chapter here has moved from its former location In ; the Bush-Breyman "building across the hall to thre front rooms, donated rent free to the organization. . Two reception rooms. one in which callers may wait nnd the other for private conferences, and a storeroom lined with shelves for clothing make np the office suite. Tho rooms have been newly, pa pered with materials and labor do nated and two new linoleum rugs cover the' floors. V r Mrs. Olive Bynon, - executive secretary, was enthusiastic yester. oay over the new quarters, al though fixtures are not yet com plete and additional furnishings are needed. Members of the Red Cross are invited to inspect the new offices. Sunlight streams in the largo windows facing Conunerclal street. A small library has been partloned off the main reception room. .'" . 9 ; :. ., .. ; . v - Help Needy Family -; -- The of Hce staff yesterday In addition to getting settled in the new owarters was : assembling- complete outfit of clothing and bedding for a family with five children who had lost everything in a uro. "Emergency aid such a this Is one of the principal contributions of tho Red Cross." Mrs; C s. Hamilton" stated as she sorted through the neat stacks tt over alls, underwear, stockinfcs and blankets. . Boys, Enter University STATTOM. Jan. 29. Milton Bell, son- of Mr. and Mrs." George H. Bell, and Gordon- Shields, son ot Mr. and Mrs, M. Shields, enter ed Portland university this week. Twenty Years Ago ' Iinair SO. fOIA . - Ten citlsens in Paris were kill ed and 30 Injured when a Gei man seppelln dropped death bombs over the city last night. Seattle decreased Its drunken-ness-SX jer cent in January over the preceding year, : , Republicans will make tariff a principal Issue In the coming pres idential campaign, , -j - . . Ten Years Ago The T.M.CJL is debating whe ther or not to continue : is em ployment bureau. ' The Keeper of the Bees" Is showing at the Oregon theatre. Term examinations at "illam ette university will heels, nt week. , ' ' 1 1W1WBWniiawTimirTWirnnlriiiiiiM:i' i.. ii i i . i j . . ii i , null i i ' " - "fflGH SCHOOL TRAGEDY" - CBAPTEB XTX , .AD night I tossed from one aide to the other of toy bed, I had read that expression many, many times, aador English teacher had warned as hew hackneyed it was so that we would avoid it ia themes. But hade, neyed or not. It was eertainly true of m that alght. 1 thought I should never sleep again. I looked ia the mirror anxiously the next morning to see If I were as white and drawn as I should have been. Strangely enough, my cheeks were almost dis gustingly rosy and, except that I looked slightly sleepy, there was nothing wrong with my eyes. - Tet all day. as the night before, I could think of nothing bnt Con nie's pea lying la Allen's coat pock ot. I was sure it was hers, for I weald have known it anywhere, even if the monogram had not been so doeisiva. Where in the world could Alien have got itt . As I thought back ever the time which had elapsed since the murder, I could remember without much trouble, that Allen had been extra ordinarily nervous and irritable. I could remember his leaving the room many times when wo were discuss ing the mystery. Mother always scolded Dad and me, saying that we knew how upset Allen was over it Little did she dream just vm upset ha was er had a right to bet . - I could remember, too, hew eager ly he listened to anything new Dad brought home or that appeared tn the papers. It was only when the talk and speculation began that he ; left. He must have lived In an agony ef fear of being found out. I won dered that, with his slight strength. he had stood it as long as he had. His outburst about Brace looked to me like the beginning of the end.' He was going to break and soon, I was sure. -- y - r:-- .i:; - It was not that 1 believed my bro ther guilty of the murder. But that he must be concerned somehow was evident It was the uncertainty of now that drove me distracted. That and the problem of what Iwas to do about it I knew my duty was to report it immediately, or at least to teu Dad. But I didnt have the nerve. I Just couldnt involve Allen la all the questioning and probing that would go en. I anew without thinking that tho Inspector would consider him a possible suspect Had he not said that if we found the pen w mic-ht also find the murdererT I began to appreciate why innocent persons might not volunteer uxor motion In their possession. -A. I worked that afternoon about the office as usual. When a call . . Mft V m. . i mA CHM lor taw a " - I I felt like a suspiciovs haractorj myselft v:' " - -- ; - : ; ii m-Inseeetor. . . Hello. ha said, "Mlse JnHer1 ' ea" I managed, weakly, iv If yow arent busy for aw hour, , I would like to have yoaeameoowH. I have some interesting testimony te be taken in shorthand.. - Ill be there tn fifteen mfarutes, t promised. aaVan4hehnag.nn. " t couldn't think of anything, even half-way near the truth ia my eon. fusion, . So I just telephoned Mother I was goteg- to tho library. Thenl entered tho Inspector's f3caJ)y the roundabout route, trembling, all ever for fear I would see AH en there. - - The Inspector was alone. He was almost jovial. -Welt well. Miss Julie." he greeted me, "I have some Interest, fog news for yon. Ten have helped at so many points with that dear little brain of yours and your photo graphic memory, that X thought I'd have yon in en this.' v 4 As he spoke he was leading me to the little closet where paper and pencils were already waiting. ' - , Mra Carrington and- her bus ; band have arrived' from San Diego. I dont think her testimony will be any worse for the ears of seventeen than the evening papers are tor tho eyes of seventeen. So suppose- yon ait right here and take your accur ate little notes. - "Yes, sir." . .. , ' ' I sat down with a great sense of : relief. Almost immediately the ' oface door opened to give the woman entrance. Behind her was "Georre. I watched my niirrpr closely, for getting all my anxiety in my ttarf. o&Itr. She was ruite as I2rs. Sar dooi had described her tall, dark, handsome. Her eyes and hair were Glorified in 1914Pilloried a .gleaming," deep brown, her skin creamy, bhe was ratner urge, but her height made that an advantage. She was wearing a brown - suit, beautifully tailored and trimmed with rolls of soft mink- around the collar and sleeves. A rather large brown hat set at a jaunty angle helped ta bring out tho loveliness of her eyes. Altogether she was most stunning woman. Her husband was almost equally rood-looking, taller than she, alsornewcd orfriendship with Miss darker ia coloring, with - a small mustache and an easy amile. He did not aeem particularly concerned over tho situation, bat sho made ao pretense about her feding-ln the 1 jo i! Ifc- "MIoS 0 1 71 5sv , When Julie discovered the mysieriously missing pen of the murdered teacher in her brother' pocket the dropped it, shocked matter. She was- exceedingly an noyed; perhaps ah was nervous. On could sot he sure about that but at least her manner was cool and antagonistic when the Inspector beran his questions. - "New, Ura. Carrington, as I have said to yon before, wo are sorry to have -canned yoa tho inconvenience of which ron complain. Bat frank ly, your husband s and your angle of this ease is exceedingly Import ant to us and must he investigated thoroughly." . He paused for any comment, bnt receiving none, continued. "Suppose yon tea as first about your know. ifW of and acquaintance- with Miss Sinclair." - ' . - Therewas etUT a answer. I mean" he said more Armly, for yon to tea me when you first heard of her." , , '?T& my huaband'a telling me of - his former engagement to her before we were married. ; : I see. And what Mmm ti ?? 7u ? ? a 08 ggement 4o not recall that he made any beyond the one customary under tha circumstances, that it had been adolescent romance and that he had no further interest in her whatso ever." V"W .She did not look at her hnshand; but her whole tone was scornful a most mocking Carrington bit at bis mustache and watched her conclusion that tlus was not truer" About six or seven weeks ago." K.iy8,ir r?Utlon to your hus- Carrington leaned forward slight ly, seenung very interested. "It Lad tr?cart3 ta," "TThat ia yoa mean by that?" rlT? hd been mar xUt tCTertl ysgrt; that I tack e in 1936 b, s canty lhappineos, - as yoa eaU ft far granted. There had never been any reason td question It "Your husband is not a phQaa derer thenP. "I cannot say. Inspector O'Brien. I was never a suspicious wife, and I never had earlier cause to ponder that question.'' It was the inspector who bit bis Up then; Carrington flashed a little. How aid yon discover his re- Constance Sinclair I" " "He told jna of meeting her in San Francisco and suggested that I invite her down to our nome for a weekend.' . . -Which yon didnt dot" No." 1 "Whyt" ' "It was not convenient Just then." And laterr George, broke ta wfth, "Seally, Inspector I dont see" O'Briew snapped. "Yon are not supposed toi" lira, Carrington did not glance at him." v7" " . "And later. Mrs. Carrlngtoar v "I had no wish to Invite her." - "Beeansa Im tha. naantima. mr hnshand had been absent from home several evenings and three entire Sundays, returning at about mid night -each tkno, and offering no explanation." V Yon demanded one?" Not at first It was not my habit to question htm." -out yon aid uteri? v "Yea -- v:-A... . "What waa his explanatior "That he was going to St Joseph to see Miss Sinclair, an old friend who seemed to be lonely." "And your reaction to this! She ahrorged her. shoulders slightly. "The usual one, I sup pose. I lost my temper." ! "Yon quarrelled. When was this T" "About the middle ef October." "I see. Now then, did yen ever see Miss Sinclairl" Of coursv she oaust have read Che papers and must have known that lira. Sardoni had seen her call en Connie. So I didnt give her so much credit for telling the truth. . "Yea I came to St Joseph to see her." "When was this?" "About a week before she wai ItZTed." - "Till yon tell me how yen hap pened to do this, and all abeat the encounter 1" - (Te Ee Continued) . . - - . a ii 4 ewrrtoia ma aias iwra i