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1 4 PAGE FOUR ' ' " "TETDHEGON STATESMAN,"" Salem, Oregoi TufsdayTtTonungrApril 281936'", vt Ut, Founit4.HH - ;mNcL Favor Sway Us; No Fear Shall Ave" From First SUtesrain, Marcb 28, 1351 - THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. Chjules A. Stbacue ..... Editor-Manager - Sheldon F. Sackett Managing-Editor Member ef the Associated Press Tb Associated treas Is xcluslve! entitled to the use for publica tion of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited is fills paper. - . i Dead Political Parties OENATOR ZIMMERMAN makes the pronouncement that both the old political parties been written many times in new political ideas or who were disappointed office seekers ; but so far the two old parties have managed to absorb most of the political fieltd to then-selves. Populism, prohibition, jrreenbackery, "all have had third party starts but none ever carried the country, Eolitical changes have come by boring from within, by altering the face but not the name of one of the major parties. That process may not always operate ; but it is a bit too early to endorse a funeral notice for either party, wasnl the democratic party said to be dead in 1928? It is quite true that the parties as organizations in Ore gon are rather empty of meaning. The party has no conven tion, adopts no platform. Candidates run "on their own" and are responsible not to the party but to the voting majority. The result is that there has been a disintegration of political parties as functioning organisms. The Young Democrats held a convention in Salem last week; and last July Republican clubs held a similar conven tion here. Who attended? Chiefly office-holders and candi dates, and a limited number who are sincerely loyal to the parties. In neither convention was there a representative cross-section of party membership. Few of the great class of voters with gravy on their vests or dirt under their finger nails were there, although in er.ch case they would doubtless have been welcomed. How can political parties function without assembly and discussion and testing of leaderships? In the one organiza tion which functions politically, the grange-labor union al liance, they have annual conventions and regular county con ventions for the grange where political questions are dis cussed. The new farmer-labor associations provide in their constitution for county conventions and for a state conven tion. With county and state conventions for political parties eleminated under the primary system, and voluntary conven tions and platforms generally frowned on as contravening the spirit of the primary law, how can the parties in the state be either cohesive or constructive? We are not friendly to reaction which restores the old caucus-convention system with its tight machine control ; but the pendulum has swung so far in the direction of disorganization that there is no way for the party to express itself and no party discipline to put through measures that have been approved. The result is that the parties are moribund. This condition is hardly to be blamed on the parties themselves. Mr. Zimmerman himself is one of those responsible for keeping the old parties so loosely integreated that they cannot function. Shifts in International Finance SOME weeks ago this paper reported the steady repatria tion of dollar bonds floated in this country by foreign governments and corporations. Many of them are going back home at from twenty to sixty cents on the dollar. Help ing in the process (at the cost of American investors) is the Evaluation of the dollar. If a bond can be bought for fifty per cent of its face value, the foreign issuer can make the leal with only thirty cents worth of gold to the dollar. At uch heavy cost is America paying off its adventure in inter lational finance. The shift in the debtor-creditor relationship between this country and the remainder of the world is not stopping with repatriation of dollar bonds. Foreign investors are reenter ing American markets and buying back interests in American Industries which they relinquished in wartimes. European tnsettlement and the devalued dollar encourage the trend. To illustrate: the largest shareholders in big railroads Ske the Santa Fe and the Union Pacific, are not Americans ut foreign banking or investing concerns. The Santa Fe's largest shareholder is "Maatschappij Tot Beheer Van het, Administratie Kantoor oppericht door," of Amsterdam. The Union Pacific's largest shareholder is also a Dutch concern : Mastschappij Broes & Gosman". Still another Dutch organ ization is second largest owner of stock in the Missouri-Kansas-Texas railroad. Now look at another angle of the international exchange : In both March and February this country had an import surplus. For the first quarter the import surplus was $5, 887,000 as compared with an export surplus of $27,569,000. The department of commerce offered no explanation but the figures showed a continuing upward trend in imports of sugar, textiles, hides, skins, furs and paper base and news print. What is probably taking place is the return of this coun try from a creditor to a debtor nation, in its international relations. Through failure to readjust our policies we are giving back, in a degree voluntarily, the indebtedness owed us by the remainder of the world financing. Our politicians ought to be alert to these changes. (They are not when the shift to a creditor status occurred). The trend now suggests the wisdom of stimulating exports of - wheat and cotton on a world parity basis, that is, without - government subsidy. The change makes less necessary (from the standpoint of balances) downward revision of the tariff. It should open the way for resumption of negotiations for settling the war debts. With wise leadership in international affairs the whole trade of the world might be greatly stimulated, and this would administer a real coup de grace to the depression. Wagons to Stars IF Roosevelt's Jefferson day speech at Baltimore was vague, as most critics agreed, his speech Saturday night ' in New York was just a bundle of platitudes. Hailed as a thrust at Al Smith, the speech was exceedingly pointless. The president declared himself in favor of building national in come, distributing it more widely. He approved higher wages for labor and higher income for farmers. He even repeated the time-worn bromide that if city and farm are to prosper 'it must be the farm with the city and the city with the farm" which has been uttered by most every chamber of commerce speaker addressing a farm audience for the last half cen- 4017 Why, all will applaud these phrases; and do so with full sincerity. Even Al Smith and the Liberty league will say that they favor higher wages and higher farm incomes. The city will favor them too because the city prospers when labor and the farmer are well compensated. The conundrum is to find theimethod for these increases which will conserve and not injure the general social welfare. Some maj'take if that the president's resourcefulness has been exhausted; and that now all he can do is rehearse these , platitudinous generalities. We-doubt it. He is just holding out on the people, watching the turns in public senti ment, and saving his specific recommendations until the fall campaign.' If he thinks he can win reelecetion without committing himself very definitely he will probably do so; and then spring his stuff when congress meets. The test of the new deal is not in the ideals of better distribution of wealth but in the laws and the methods pro posed for effecting them. It is in the practical field that the are dead. Their epitaph has the past by those who had as a result of war and post-war The Great Came of Politics By FRANK R. KENT CoprriStt 1913. hy Tk BaltiMiw In How His Friends Feel Washington. April 27. AN INTERESTING development of the Presidential ca.mpa.lgn is that as the Roosevelt prospect! brighten, tear of a curioaa sort stems to smite some of the President's closest friends and supporters. They are for his reelection, but tbey are intensely afraid of the effect of success upon him and upon the country. This Is a strange state happens to ex- rrank B. Kn of affairs, but 1st. it THOSE WHO FEEL this way are not of the advanced thinkers who have been most influential in molding the Roosevelt mind. Nor do they include any of the Farley breed whose sole idea Is to win and who are politically capitaliz ing the colossal flow or Federal funds from the Treasury spigots. Rather, they are among that much smaller group whose tend encies are conservative and who, dispi'te their Roosevelt affiliation, still cling to the fundamentals of sound finance and vague hope that the President soon or late will abandon his gaudier experi ments and turn to. the ways of national safety. IT IS THESE who shudder at the prospect of an overwhelming victory and grow anything but en tuslastic over the figures of the estimable Hurja, which show the President sweeping the country, carrying more than forty States. The effect upon Mr. Rooevelt el ected in such a way would, in their judgment, be very bad. A spectacular triumph is the last thing these men, who know him very well, want. If he is elected, they would like it to be by a ma jority so slender that it will have a chastening and sobering effect, and can in no way be construed as a "vindication." RECENTLY, THERE have been several manifestations of this feeling. Not long ago one of Mr. Roosevelt's most friendly inter preters, who Is In sympathy with most of his objectives, publicly expressed the view that too great power, without the corrective of effective criticism and real oppo sition, was bad for Mr. Roosevelt and worre for the country. It was under those conditions, it was stated, that bright undigested ideas took their strongest hold upon him and his tendency to leap first and look later was Ir resistible. A FEW DAYS AGO a large chain of newspapers, which constitute Mr. Roosevelt's chief Journalistic support, editorially expressed re gret that things looked too well for Mr. Roosevelt, voiced the. hope that the Republicans would Put up a real battle and greatly in crease their strength in Congress. "Had," it states, "the legislative power been better balanced in re cent sessions, there would have been fewer Quoddys, Florida Ship canals, a less free and easy hand ling of relief and pump priming endeavors, a more careful fiscal policy, fewer mistakes there and everywhere. Too much power is a hazardous thing." THE THIRD INCIDENT came in private conversation with a man personally close to Mr. Roosevelt and helping him in this campaign, financially and in other ways. Speaking to friends, he gave it as his opinion that, if elected by a big majority. Mr. Roosevelt would be in a punitive and vindic tive frame of mind, particularly toward two classes business men and newspaper publishers. There isn't any question, this man point ed out. that the bulk of both are opposed to him. Nor is there any question that he is personally so bitter toward them that he is un der constant restraint not to ex hibit it. In this man's judgment, a big Roosevelt majority would be particularly unfortunate, in that it would give him the idea that be had a "mandate" from the people to. continue the New Deal direction instead of an order to return to national solvency if it is not too late. THERE ARE TWO reasons these expressions are significant. One Is that they come from the best type of the Roosevelt Intimates. The other is that they indicate a profound distrust upon tneir part both of Mr. Roosevelt's wisdom and his purposes. They are with him because of personal relations, reasons of expediency and party ties. They are distinctly not with him because of faith in the man or belief in his policies. They wUI support him with their pens and some with their purses, but they are unhappy about doing it and they look forward with ap prehension to his election. It would, they think, be best for the country if he barely squeezed through, with the Republicans making great gains in House and Senate. In other words, they think a Roosevelt able to do as he pleased would be very bad. in deed. It sheds an illuminating light upon Mr. Roosevelt that this fear should exist among his in timates. It is a curious way for a man's friends to feel about him, but that's the way these men feel. The plain truth is that in their hearts they would rather not have him for President at all if there were an acceptable alternative. 'fl; ... ' IMJ president's policy has failed. Just now the president is merely copying1 the high school commencement mottoes of hitching wagons to stars- Bits for By R. J. "Reminiscences of an 4-2 8-3 S Old. Timer," reviewing life of pioneer, miner and scout of the northwest: S S (Continuing from Sunday:) "About 10 o'clock the next day we came to the long looked for house, but lo! the snow bad bro ken Its back, and only the gable, end protruded, warning as that we had not yet reached a place of rest or refreshment, both of which we sorely needed. "We afterward learned that the proprietors of this house had re treated down the river some six teen miles to 'Verry'a ranch.' earlier during the storm, their provisions having given out. "During alOhis time we had nothing to eat, and for weeks previous had lived on poor beef straight, which accounts, to some extent, for the slow time we made. "To say the least, the. sight or that broken and anow covered house was a gloomy one. . S "As none of us had ever trav eled the trail before, we knew not how far we yet had to walk be fore finding a place of rest and help. "One thing was as sure as fate, to stop meant death. "So, after a few minutes' look at the wreck, we resumed our weary tramp, wet, cold, hungry. m "In this mountain valley the snow was about eight feat deep, and had commenced melting, so that every gulch formed a small lake on reaching the level bot tom land; hence, for the rest of the day. we had it snow ice and water, snow water and ice. and. night coming on, we had it dup licated. "About 8 o'clock the next morning, after wading some hun dreds of yards through snow, wa ter and ice. Fisher and 'Grizzly' laid down by a tree and said it was no use, they were give out. and couldn't go a root further. "God knows, we had had weary work for many hours past. I scolded, begged, and probably swore some, to get them to try it a little further, but of no use; move they would not. To say this was a time to try a boy's soul would be putting it mildly. S "There I stood in snow six feet Health By Royal S. Copeland, M.D. NOT LONG ago I told you how Important is the early recognition of defective bearing In the school child. It was pointed out that this defect serves often as a stumbling block to normal progress in school. Today I want to tell you about the even greater Importance of proper vIsioD in those of school age Normal vision ts essential to the child. School work requires a con stant use of the eyes, much of the child's education being obtained through the sight. Defective vlsioa or any other serious disturbance ol the eyes. Is a definite handicap, not only In school work but In physics.' progress. The eyes function through a mar velous mechanism that cannot be du plicated. When a baby la born, te give one example or the remarkable provisions made by nature, the eye Is extremely short, much shorter than It will be In later life. But In the eyeball la certain focussing ma chinery which overcomes what other wise would produce a defect in vision and enables the Infant to see ai clearly as Its early needs demand As the child grows the eyeball grow?' In proportion and. normally, good sight Is had at all ages. Possible Defects Unfortunately, this growth of bodj and eyeball does not correspond in very Instance. It may be that thi eye grows too much, resulting Is what la called "myopia" or "near sightedness". It may not grow enough and then the eyeball la too short, resulting In "hyperopia" or farsightedness". Occasionally tbe eyeball does not develop unifosmly; Instead of being round. It may be come th shape of the bowl of a spoon, resulting In "astigmatism". Not only are there outside mus cles to move the eyea, but Inside the eyeball are tiny muscles which act In order to bring objects Into tbe proper focus. Occasionally, as a re sult of some physical defect, these muscles ars unable to function prop erly. This is another cause for trouble, resulting In eyestrain, but fortunately la a condition which can be overcome. By proper care moat of tbe defects I have mentioned can be prevented by attention lo early life. Corrective exercises may be sufficient, but In most Instances the best thing to do Is to use glasses, until the period of growth la ended. Shouldn't Object It Is a ptty that most parents ob ject to the use of glasses by their children, even though they are real ly needed. This la too bad, because without glasses there will be Increas ing weakness of the eyes. Bear In mind that In most cases children. who start to wear glasses at an early ags will be able later to dis card them. It Is quite likely tbat avoiding tbelr use In early lifs will mean the constant need of glasses In later life. The child who wears glasses should" report to the doctor at least ones a year. Eyes normal In vision should be guarded and protected from undue strain and fatigue. Tbe child should not be permitted to read In poor light, and above all else, prolonged reading with strain of the eyes must be avoided. Dr. Copeland U glad 19 ant veer inquirUt from rcaicr$ who tend addressed stamped envelope with their Questions. Address cTl let ters to Dr. Cope Lend jn care of this newspaper at Us main olflca - in this city. 'Copvriffkt. IMS. K. T. Inc.) Breakfast HENDRICKS deep surrounded bj mountains, in a strange land, not knowing how far I was from help, with two glren-out comrades one a belov ed uncle after having breasted the snow, ice and water for fifty odd hours without anything to eat. s "Even now It makes my heart tremble as I look back and think of myself -as I stood there, ' beg ging, scolding and swearing by turns, to get these lored comrades again to their feet. "At last I had to move on or freeze myself; so. with tears trickling down my cheeks, I start ed on alone. . "After getting some hundreds of yards away, and being about to pass out of sight, I turned to take a last look at them. "This look was too much for mc, and I returned to them. As I was approaching I caught uncle Fisher's eye (he had become somewhat rested), and thought of the razors I had found on the mountains, and of what I said at the time. s s s "I jerked the case out of my pocket, pulled one of the razors out of it, and, with as fierce a look as I could assume, I stepped up to Fisher flourishing it. "This joke proveKtoo much for him. With a sickly laifgip he stag gered to hia feet, and helped me get 'Griaxly' up and force him along. We hadn't made more than 400 yards further than I had been when I saw smoke curl ing up from among the trees. "This welcome sight caused me to raise a joyous yell which was answered, and in a few minutes I saw 20 to 30 men coming as fast as they could to meet us. "Seeing us staggering (If the road had been 60 yards wide we couldn't have stayed in it, frozen and benumbed as we were), they took hold of us and assisted us as though we were babies, pouring in a stream of questions. 'WhereTe ye from?' 'how long have ye been on the trip?' 'are ye froze?' 'is Yreka and all them northern camps snowed in and starved to death?' "All these questions I had to answer, as my comrades were too far gone to make intelligent ans wers. . "I was apparently ail right, till the warm air from the house struck me as the door was op ened, then I gave way and fell as one dead. "Being young and light, they held my feet and hands in snow water till the frost was extracted (as I was afterward told), thus probably preventing me from be ing a cripple lor lire, for my hands and feet were badly frozen as were those of both the others dui iney Deing such large men were not as easily managed." (Continued tomorrow.) Funeral Services Today For S. Fell TALBOT, pril 27 Sell Fell 63 on April 7, died Saturday morning at the Deaconess hospital wnere he had been for 10 days He had been In poor health for several months. He Is survived by -As father In Florida, two broth ers. E. E. Fell of Sheridan, the other brother at Sweet Home. -Sell Fell has spent the past 20 years on the David Jacobson farm. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 1:30 p. m. from Rlg don's parlors in Salem with burial in the City View cemetery. Ernest Todd met with a painful accident Friday while driving home from Jefferson. He met Del mer Davidson and family in their car with a trailer. As the two cars met, the trailer broke, hit ring Todd's car and throwing him forward, breaking his knee on the steering post. Prolific Bloeais Are Produced by 'Tame Birdbills' SCIO. April 2 7 G. L. Thurston, Sclo farmer, this week exhibited in Scio ipecimens of "birdbills" which he has cultivated at his place for the past four seasons. The flowers, started from a single bulb, have grown under cultivation to much larger than the site of their wild brothers, and produce 10 to 12 blooms on a single stalk. The stems measure more than a foot in length, about twice that of the wild variety. Thurston has been engager In registered Jersey dairying since his graduation from Sclo high school in 1929. and has done other interesting experiments with flowers and shrubs. Twenty Years Ago April 28, 1316 A buggy containing three- young ladies was upset yesterday on State street near Commercial. It side-swiped a wagon. John A. Carson wiUact as ad visor for the Julius -Caepar dub, thus terminating the row over it as a secret society. The business section of Hub bard was almost completely des troyed by fire yesterday. J Ten Years Ago April 2S, 1928 Yesterday broke all Salem heat records for April with the mer cury reaching 91 degrees. A masquerade tn Eaton hall wil1 open May weekend festivities on the Willamette campus. Champoeg park was visited by 139 automobiles last Sunday. i - - jl ... "There's Murder in the Air" CHAPTER XXIII When David had departed. Tyler took Ruth to her room and then re turned to the house to see Nat. First he told him about his talk with Carlotta in the rarden. Nat was deeply puzzled. "Do you think she was really try ing to protect Doris or very subtly trying to incriminate her?" he asked. "I wish I knew." Tvler airbed. Then he told him of Ruth's latest warning, of the conversation with Dr. Karaac, the decision to take Helens to Dr. Peters' sanitarium and Doris' instantaneous reaction against it. "Thafa perfectly natural," said Nat defensively. "She is terribly fond of Helena. She doesn't want her that far away." Tyler shrugged. Nat glanced at him, hesitated, then said: "I I suppose you know aboutDoris and me?" Tyler smiled. "It's fairly obvious," he said. "Then you can understand my po sition," said Nat "I I'm a preju diced observerr of course. She covldn't have done anything like this. . And yet appearances gome one is trying to make it look as if she don't you tea how impossible it is?" "I know how you feel," said Ty ler, "Let me ask you something, rrom your experience with mental cases, would you aay there was any sign of derangement in any of these people?" Nat shook his head. "No." he said. "I'd aav the wr all normal people. Of course I ha vent seen Helena since since this ahock. It's possible that such a shock, to one so young-, might well, unbalance her mind temporar ily. That 'might ecount for her delusions about Dona. Because they Mid Tyler quietly.5! mean, corjfd i om posauM mat one ez the omen "You mean Doris I" Nat cried. "Mr. Tyler, it'a utterly impossible for ma to suspect herr Jow'" Tyler tympa- utcracauy. -box II SAt S "Please!" said Nat "Ruth saya that when you fell through those curtains there was atembla pain in your heart," said Tyler gently. "And name in your Buna amr namtv Nat nodded. "It it was B awful ahock to see her standing' there he admitted. "I anpposo there did flaaa my mind. , . , But now. I simply can't encompass the possibility, that she viu7 wwui7 cvuia anve ner to suen a tolng. And wen, I'm that Doris is not insane There was a lew knock at the door. Tyler went to it Johnson stood in the hallway. He looked at Tyler Inquiringly. "Could I have a word with you. - - a.1 taaa a w genuemen i ne aajcea. . "Certainly," aaid Tyler. "Come in. Johnson closed the' door behind him carefully and advanced to Naf a bedside. "I dont know exactly how best to Degin ne said. "Speak freely," Tyler urged. Johnson looked at Tyler steadily, -I'm not a fool," he aaid. I know that everrthinr nointa to this attack on Miss Helena bemf made irom insiae tne bouse. And since Ifs incredible that Mr. David or Miss Doris or Mrs. Gordon could be involved that puts it squarely up "Do vow think tho attack was from the inside 7" asked Tyler quietly. "What else can any sensible per son think?" asked Johnson. rfM. lyier, it spent sixteen years with this family. I've seen those children (Tow up. I lore them. I'd gladly give my life for any f them. And here I am ia a position that would cause anyone but these fine people to suspect m." . "I'm sura they dont." M Tyler. "Do yon, sir?" asked Johnson. "I suspect no one," aaid Tyler calmly. "And rtargona." Johnsonfboked at Nat, who nod ded ia agreement "I I feel that Pre got to dear nrrseif," aaid Johnson.' "I want to help you. I'd want to anyhow, of course. Let me tell you what kind of a man Mr. Gordon is: Last year. whea I bad completed luteea rear of service, he called me in, told me The Voice of Summer! that he had invested the sum of fifty thousand dollars for me, and sureested that I retire. "That was generous," commented Nat He s the most generous man alive," said Johnson warmly. "I J I have no life outside of this house hold, gentlemen. I wouldn't know what to do with myself. I refused to retire. But he insisted on my taking the benefit of the investment. I have no need of money. I've no one but myself. I I'd like to make that money available to you to help clear this thing; up." "Thank you, Johnson," aaid Ty ler. "That won't be necessary. But well be glad to have your help." He rose and extended hia hand. You called me dear," she said. "Oh, Nat you do love me?" Johnson, seemingly much affected. tOOK it. "Thank yow, air," he said. "YouTl cau on me for anything 7 "We will." aaid Trier. Johnson bowed and left the room. TyUr stared after him thoughtfully. "That man's either a consum mate actor" "Or utterly and touchingly faith- minx i "I wish I knew," said Tyler. While Helena waa beina? srenarad for the journey. Dr. Grace visited Nat looked at the wound,, nodded witb satlazacuon and changed tbe dressing. -Any reason why I shouldn't vet up?" Nat asked. "I think not" said Dr. Grace. "But take it very easy. Ill drop in soma time tomorrow." Dr. Grace bade him rood day. then, and went to find. Johnson to ask nun to assist Nat to dress. This waa managed without too much dif ficulty, and Nat descended to the liviriT-room. There waa no one else there. He stepped out into the warm sunshine, strolled across the garden to the fountain. Hera, only a few hours a?o. he had held Doris ia his arms. He sat on on of the benches, facing the fountain. He closed his eyes, pic tured her as she had been ia the moonlight Then, like an evil dream, ho saw her again as ha had seen her whea he had fallen into her room, standing ia the open doorway with dilated eyes. Resolutely he shut that vision from his iTPTvi. Presently he beard voices, glanced across the rardea and lawn, saw them all come out. on the porch, group about Helena. He rose hur riedly and went toward them. Carlotta and Doris kissed Helene. She was utterly unresponsive. Ty ler and Gordon helped her into one of the big cars, took seats on either aide of her. Tbe chauffeur started down tho driveway. Dr. Grace fol lowed in bis car. The troon on the orch waved and Tyler waved back, reassuringly. Carlotta excused herself and went into the house. Johnson walked off toward the main rata. Doris turned to Nat I n'mrlad to eaa ytmVe up, Nat" she said, "How do you fed?" fcy Ry chans,or "Great" he said. "Ton ought to stay out in the sun today, she said. "Good idea," he aaid. "How about the sand over by the pool?" He took her arm casually. She gave him a quick, grateful look. Then they strolled toward the green pool. Both were silent until they had reached the sand. Nat stretched out and Doris sat beside him. He shaded his eyea and looked at her. She was regarding him gravely. "Nat" she said. "It was wicked of me to say what I did about Car lotta." "You were just excited, dear. She looked at him strangely. "You called me dear, she said. "Oh, Nat you do love me?" "Yoa know I do," he said. He extended his hand, caressed her arm. He felt it tremble. "Nat" she said, "somebody tried to make it look as if I She paused, rave a little sob. - His pres sure on her arm tightened reassur ingly. "You you hare faith in me?" she whispered. ! Ha nodded, his heart too full to speak. She smiled at him, bravely. He lay back, grateful for the sun. She bocaa to stroke his hair. The sua warmed his body, and the ca ress hia heart Dr. Peters was expecting them. He shook hands with Dr. Grace, who introduced the others. Helena waa made comfortable in a large and airy Private room ererlaokinv a small artificial lake. Her father kissed her good-by. She merely stared at him duSy. "We'd like to talk with her, just aa soon as she is entirely able," Tyler said, whea they had returned to Dr. Peters office. The physician codded. "IH telephone as soon as I'm sar she's quite normal," he aaid. "Probably a day or two of rest will fix her up. She seems strong and healthy." "One more thing," said Tyler. "Ifs important that ne one talks to her before Mr. Gordon and myself." So Vr. Karaac said," said Dr. Peters. "I assure you no one will." Dr. Grace left them in front of the sanitarium and drove op in hia own car. The men were silent as they were driven swiftly back to ward the boose. When they were a mile from the estate. Trier turned to Gordon. "Mr. Gordon." he aaid. Tm well acquainted with the new oolice com missioner of New York City. He was a aetectrve assigned to my of fice when I waa district attorney. I rorrest this as an excellent enoor- tunity to re hare a talk with blna." bordoa hesitated. "I can assure you he will treat whatever we aay aa strictly conn- dentiaL" Tyler smiled. "Under the' vest as they aay ia the Depart merit "All right," Gordon said. (To Be Continued) i