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.Founded
"No Favor Sway Us; No FearShaU Axes1 1
From First Statesman, March 23. 1851
THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO.
Charles 7A. Spracue - f Editor-Manager
Sheldon . F. SAckm ' - - Managing-Editor
Member of the Associated Press , .
The Aociattd Press to exclusively entitled to the m for publics
Hon -of ail nwa dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited ta
tti mi per. - ' - i
Futile Presidential Primaries h j
THE futility of the Oregon preferential primary for pres
idential nominees is abundantly illustrated in the 'forth
coming jelection. For republicans the choice is Borah or a
penciled candidate; the same "alternative" of Roosevelt or a
written nominee is before the democrats, Obviously there is
no preference when the choice is someone against no one. The
- Dnly purpose of the presidential primary will be to' instruct
the Oregon delegation for its first ballot at Cleveland or Phil
idelphia; thereafter the delegates are entirely free to nomin
ate whom they wish as Oregon's presidential choice.; j
The primary would be of some value if all the outstand
ing candidates for the party's favor were necessarily Ion the
ballot If Landon, Knox, Vandenberg, Hoover and Borah were
standing for republican favor Friday, the state's delegation
at Cleveland would have an intelligent, official checkup on
the state's reaction to the candidates. Under the existing
system the delegates; not the voters of the state, are all-powerful:
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When the September primary was proposed last year po
litical conventions were provided for in the state to choose
delegates to the national conventions. At these conventions
each of the leading candidates for national office would have
:had supporters; when the delegates-, were chosen they would
have been instructed on the first, second and third rhoiVeo. nf
their; party in the state. The party organization of Oregon,
responsible to the county organizations, would have reflected
the preference of the people. ' , ? I w
As long as Oregon continues the preferential primary the
selection of Presidential nominee, hv the nennlo will 'remain
a joke, A non-entity or a hopelessly defeated aspirant for the
nomination will frequently be the people's choice. Oregon's
delegation to the conventions will go through the motions of
supporting him and then duck to the candidate whom it
chooses to support. - J i
e . Flight of the Hindenburg i
GJ.MAJ I, ivhich easily surpasses the world m the dever
opment of the Zeppelin scores again in the majestic flight
of the Hindenburg to our shores. This historic trip is a
harbinger of a day when the North Atlantic will be spanned
in flights as regular and as safe as the constant schedule
maintained by Germany between Africa and South America.
This nation's tragic experiences with the Macon and
Akron hare chilled American enthusiasm for lighter-than-air
craft. Not so with the Germans. Lead by Dr. Hugo Eck
ener (at outs with Hitler and no longer the commander of the
Hindenburg) that country's technicians have gone steadily
ahead in pioneering) this type of flying. The Hindenburg is
me most seawortny, tne most highly powered, the finest
equipped for passenger and freight service of any dirigible
the world has produced. In its trip to the United States the
Hindenburg was successively maneuvered out of the storm
centers with the result that passengers found the trip smooth
er and more pleasant than one made by an ocean going ship.
The Hindenburg's flight is a political gesture as well as
a technical triumph for the nazis want to-impress the world
with their achievements. There can be no doubt,? however,
that the day is not far off when sustained and regular flights
over the North Atlantic will be matter of course.events at the
same time that the United States sends its fast airplanes west
on steady schedule tb Honolulu and the Philippines! ' '
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; itacJceteers 1 alee the: Kap )
MAY has been an unhappy time for America's arch gang
sters and racketeers. In swift sequence, the federal bu---
-reau of investigation has swooped down on the No. 1
men of the underworld; kidnapers and train robbers Karpis
and Campbell; the missing William Mahan who helped steal
the Weyerhaeuser boy and the long-sought Robinson who
kidnaped Mrs. Alice Speed Stoll at Louisville, Kentucky;
Ii Edgar Hoover, who has come in for criticism? of late,
regains prestige from these brilliant arrests. In each instance
the fugitive was captured without a battle. The outlook is
for . speedy trials and prompt convictions. The evidence
against Mahan was so convincing he refused legal assistance
- and has already begun his 60-year imprisonment, i j
The federal G-men have been overpublicized with the
movies leading in the over-emphasis on their feats j Never
theless they have obtained results ; the gangstersl roll is
shortened; recruiting of men for the No. 1 public enemy list
ings is more difficult with the federals never giving up a
search until they bag their man. Certain capture and certain
punishment ; these j are the twin deterrents to large-scale
. crime in the United States and the success of the last ten days
will put new fear into the mind of the would-be kidnaper.
Crime can be halted in the United States once the nation de
termines there shall be no relenting in a war on its bad men.
McNary! Demonstrates His Ability :
SENATOR CHARLES L. McNARY has demonstrated
again that he is a master of Washington strategy j and can
produce results for his own state. Out of a conference
with the D resident. J attended bv Senatnrs Rnn
enbach, McNary has secured approval of his proposal that
the Bonneville dam be operated separately from any other
federal proj ect with army engineers supervising the gen
eration .of power and the federal power commission setting
the rates. The dangerous and unsound proposal thai Bonne
vills be tied in with the incompleted Grand Coulee project is
avoided. With the sanction of the white house on the Mc
Nary program, the senator will get his bill passed this session.
No Oregon member of the congress could have handled
these difficult negotiation as adroitly and successful aa did
the senator. His tact, his persistence and his prestige with
the administration are illustrated in the sustaining of the
McNary position on Bonneville's use. Oregon is going to
keep McNary on the job. This state dares iiot lose its best man
at the capital. : !
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Water Commissiori I j
THERE are three to elect for members of the water com
mission. I. M. Doughton, the only one running for reelec
tion, should again be chosen. He is capable, sincerely in
terested in the work, cautious in authorizing expenditures,
independent in his judgments. Ernest A. Miller has endorsed
the program now being undertaken. He is a good (business
man, with sound judgment and will make a good commission-!
er.'Eugene Grabenhorst has not endorsed the Stayton island
source specificallybut favors a gravity line. We recommend
him for the third position. . - i
Principles of Rotary
Talked by Kleinsorge
At Silverton Meeting
SILVERTON, May If. Dr.
2t. E. Kleinsorge was luncheon
peaker at the Rotary club Mon
day aoon at Toney'ij Dr. Klein
aorpe apoke on the principles tf
Rotary. :
. 4iert Goet president of the
list
SllTertom club. Is attending the1
three-day district Rotary conven-l
tlon at VancoBTer, B. C.ifrora May
10 to If. .. y , . . i
JliUer Man Killed
THE DALLES, Ore.JMav 12 .
wh. vTr , i, . V
when he fell as he attempted to
?i'lr.y
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The Safetjf
Val
ve
Letters from ;
Statesman Readers
To the editor: ,
There has been quite some dis
cussion about our present! Judge
McMahaa not taking; a cut in sal
ary. I hare been actire in the
past year with men, women and
children, who haye through no
fault of their own; been cast uPon
the highways without food, shel
ter or clothing, f
Time and again' I bare cone to
those . who haVe jthe control of
funds tor such people and hare
receired little if any result.
I hare had families come In
late' at alght with hungry chil-
aren. Da Dies u you p lease, with
out food. Wheaerer the time of
need, yonr Judge McMahaa has
handed me a signed check ion his
personal account with no amount
placed upon the check so j that I
might have sufficient funds with
which to handle the case. 1
Friends! I aski you with all
fairness to the men now running
against the Judge, would! they
hare signed checks on their per
sonal accounts and handed it to a
man lor existing conditions, with
out reservations? f t. I
Personally I am sure that we
have given moaey to organisa
tions of which : we hare felt a
great part went to salaries and
office rent before It got to the
right place. -!"'!!'- : ')
xou can not blame a man for
wanting: his money to go j where
it is needed. '3
Dr. Orlen Richard Kring,
f0 State street. 1
Open House Will ,
Be Held May 19
School at Central Howell
Will End Studies
- on That Day
CENTRAL HOWELL, May If
The date for open house
at the
school has been j changed!
trom
May 15 to Tuesday, Maj 19,
wnicn is the last day of school.
The last day picnic will bei Satnr-
day. May 18. f
The 4-H Cooklne club aniA lead
er, Mrs. W. A. Roth, entertained
with 'a mothers' tea and Drnmm
Saturday afternoon at the Roth
uume. special guests were Mrs.
Grace Sehon and Mrs. Jessie
Raines. Mothers present were
Mrs. F. E. Way. Mrs. Alma Zur
cher, Mrs. J. S.? Kaufman, Mrs.
Henry Roth, Mrs. a. Wood,
Mrs C. L. Simmons, Mr4 A. E.
Kuenti, Mrs. A, A. Nafziger, Mrs.
W. A. Nafziger.S Mrs. Clyde De
Sart. ; j :
Gnests for Dinner
- Mr. and Mrs. James Sehon,BIl
ly Sehon and Lucille Roth were
dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Simmons . and j family
Sunday night preceding the bac
calaureate serTtces held for the
eighth grade class at the. Pratum
M . nonite church.
Special music at the serrices
w- rocal duet by Leona and
Dorothy Leisy. ! i - '
Joint Program- Is
KINGWOOD. May 12.4Mem
bers of the American lren onv
lllary, were hostesses Friday from
f until ( o'clock at the home of
MrsT" Elmer Cook for a program
featuring both Mother's day and
Music week. The following pro
gram was presented under: the di
rection of Mrs. R. B. McClendon
and Mrs. K. P. Mobley:
Group singing, led hy Mrs.
Mamie DlckBon with Mr:s. Ger
trude Tripp at the piano; 'fHlstory
of Music," Mrs. K. P. Mobley; pi
ano number, "Polish National
Song," Mrs. Tripp; Mother's day
bill in "congress; A Woman's
Worth, Proverbs 31: 10-31. Mrs.
R. B. McClendon ; reading, Mrs.
Lois Nelger; piano numbers, Mrs.
Tripp; "A Mother Speaks." Mrs.
Elmer Cook; extracts from "Mo
therhood," by Mr. Ada ;Muckle
stone, Mrs. Lillian Williams; re
marks, Mrs. Hazel Boenig; piano
numbers, Mrs.: Gertrude! Tripp;
group singing, is . . , j
. Norel and dainty motifs formed
a spring like setting for the serv
ing of ices and cakes j with Mrs.
Hazel Boenig and Mrs.) Teresa
Bouffleur at the tea and coffee
urns. ' Invited guests were Mes
dames Ef fie Hill, Irene Parsons,
S?wJ.n Br. Anna Pattlson,
W. D. Phillips, iLeia Kuhn, SteUa
Henry, Anna i Jensen, Kathryn
Schwartz, A. W. Vernon, j
Detroit Loggers
Load First Train
DETROIT, May lf.-iHadley
and Harris have begun logging op
erations, loading their first train
load last week.:s j -
The 4-H club girls were enter
tained with a paFty Saturday by
their teacher, ? Mrs. Hostettler.
Games were played and a delicious
luncheon was served. The girls
presented their; club leader, Mrs.
Carrie Clester, 'with a lovely wa
ter glass set. Those present were
Dorthy Young;! LUlle and Rhoda
Babcock, Elsie Clester,! Bonnie
Huer, Tessa Friar, Barbara Lyda,
Ruth Hostettler and Phern Mit
chelL . '
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Johnson en
tertained about 0 friends with a
dance Saturday night. -
Government ? men are' drilling
test holes la and along the San
tiam river above Niagara for lo
cation of a dam site. j
Planting Beans Now
WEST STAYTON, May 12.-
Piant tneir beans. The rain last
vfr m.vu
nVpe7o7VTha;;
xwo years.
Held by A
uxiliary
Bits i for Breakfast
. By E.-J. HENDRICKS !
The truth wiU finally -i fi-13-36
prevail; why follow the
fibbers? What happened a -Champoeg;
all that happened: .
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(Continuing from yesterday:)
The record of Secretary Le Breton
reads: "The committee I made
their report, which was read, and
a motion was made that it be ac
cepted, which was lost. - v
"Considerable confusion existed
la consequence.
. "It was moved byMr. LeBre
ton, i and seconded by Mr. ; Gray
(W. H. Gray), that the meeting
divide, preparatory to being; coun
ted: those in favor of the 'objects
of this, meeting taking the right,
and those of a contrary mind tak
ing the left, which being carried
by acclamation, AND A GREAT
MAJORITY, BEING FOUND IN
FAVOR OF ORGANIZATION, the
greater part of the dissenters
withdrew."1 -V
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"A great ma Jorlty" ! is ! not a
majority of two.. There was no SO
S3 vote. It was a myth, created
20 or more years later, 4,out of
whole cloth J-
What were "the objects of this
meeting??
It transpires that they were to
continue the provisional govern
ment already In operation, for two
years and nearly three months,
with some changes, and to frame
and adopt for it a constitution and
laws.
The report of Secretary i LeBre
ton I reads: -"Moved and carried
that the ; legislative committee
make their report on the 5th day
of July next, at Champooick."
(Now spelled Champoeg.) i .
"It was moved and carried,
THAT THE OLD OFFICERS RE
MAIN IN OFFICE TILL THE
LAWS ARE MADE AND AC
CEPTED, or until the next public
meeting." j
What "old officers" j w e r e
meant? Those 'of the provisional
government, of course. I
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The legislative committee of,
nine, to frame the laws and con
stitution, met at the Lee mission
May 16-11 and June 27-8, six
days, every session of which G.
W. LeBreton, public recorder and
secretary, attended as such, act
ing officially. The sessions were
in the mission granary and hospi
tal. S !
They reported, according to ad
journment, at Chankpoeg July 5,
1843, and the "constitution and
laws" framed at the1 mission were
adopted, one by one and as a
whole, and the officers required
under them were elected, by hand
Pictures Shown
By Fred DeVries
JEFFERSON, May 12. Fred
de Vries, of Pratum, president of
Marion county Sunday schools was
here Sunday afternoon and show
ed motion pictures taken at var
ious district Sunday school con
ventions held recently. These pic
tures proved interesting to a
group of Sunday school workers
who were at Miss Anna Klampe's
home to see them.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Scbulc ant
daughter of Portland were Moth
ers day guests at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. George VaiL
Mr. and Mrs. Nick Welter and
daughter Marlene of Warm
Springs and Merlin Wbedbee of
Portland are guests at the home
of ; their mother. MrJ Emma
Wbedbee. i
Mr. and Mrs. C. Ml Smith ir
are the Barents of a 7-nnnnd a.
ounce daughter born May; 9, at an
Aioany nospltaL This is their first
child and she has been named Jane
Aline.
Mrs. C. Garrett
OAKDALE, May 12. Word
was received , here of the death
of Mrs. Garland Garrett, Wednes
day afternoon at a, Lot Anrii
hospital. Mrs. Garrett Is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Reece
Robbins of this community. The
parents and brother Paul went to
California at the word of her
sickness and were with her a few
days before she passed I beyond.
The immediate family left are
her husband and two daughters,
Betty and Mildred Elaine, the
youngest being born Anril 11. Wor
parents, Mr. and MraJ Robbins. a
sister, Mrs. Arthur Bicker, and a
wwiei, rui, ox uere. !
The two Dunila of: th sphnni
who had grades for the honor
roll were Frank Kemmis and
Glen MehL School will close on
May 29. - - i
Mr. and Mrs. Smith and fam
ily of near Dallas have! moved
onto the Peters place near the
schoolhouse. 11
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Rickey Will Graduate
Class of 10 Tonight;
Names of Pupils Given
RICKEY, May 12 i class of
10, the largest since the two-room
school house was built, will grad
uate here from the eighth grade
Wednesday night. 1 j
- Graduates are Mae Etta Gesner,
Lena Grohli. Carrnii rvmrtnta
Edward Burton. Johnl Burton'
Carlos Kenny, Dale Fulerton,
Francis Waser, Henry Lauinger,
Lloyd Crahb. . i
Rev. Young, Hillsboro,
Will Address Townsend
Club Thursday Evening
'.'f;-v? " '" '. i. i f." f- V'i
JEFFERSON, May 12. The
regular meeting tf Trf.nn
: o w. vi.dawu
Townsend club wUl be held Thurs
day night at 8 o'clock at the Ma
sonic halt, with Rev. Henrv
Young of Hillsboro the sneaker
A delegate to the sfat
tlon tn Salem May f 0, will be el
ected. Albanv rounr nonnl win
Is Called Beyond
4
ballot, la the pen air. , V
. No other j meeting connected
vita lh provisional government
was held at Champoeg. The two
meetings were held In the open.
No building was there excepting
the small warehouse of the Hud
son's Bay company to store grain
to be shipped to Fort Vancouver
by bateau and row boat.
The men going to Champoeg to
attend the July 6, 1843, meeting
went mostly by boat and on horse
back the day before, in order to
celebrate the! 4th of July, the ora
tion being by Rev. Gustavus Hines
of the Lee mission. They slept in
their, blankets on the ground. -v.;
t- A "k
In eonfprmity with the consti
tution and laws just adopted in
the open air, the July S meeting at
Champoeg named, among the new
officers of the provisional govern
ment: thereby provided for the
first executive committee three
men standing tor a governor.
That meeting continued Geo.
W. LeBreton; in the office of pub
lic recorder, j
As provided by the constitution
and lawa adopted in open meet
ing that day, an . election at the
polls ;wa had the next year
(1844), and a new executive com
mute chosen, also a "legislative
committee" of eight members
nine being provided for but Yam-
hlll Alatrift Inn
and an almost new set of officers. I
cut ueo. w. jueureion was reelec
ted' public recorder. That election
was held, the second Tuesday of
May, 1844; May 14.
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That legislative committee (leg
islature) of eight, unicameral, one
house : body held its sessions at
Oregon City and observed all the
forms of a legislative body In the
biggest states.
It passed ! a number of laws.
Some of them, and of later Oregon
provisional government laws, be
came some of the first laws of the
state ef California when it was
organised. 1
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Jesse Applegate, representing
Yamhm county, was elected to the
legislature of If members In 1845
the 1144 legislative committee
having changed the name to legis
lature, and of district to county.
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The- executive committee had
likewise in the same manner been
changed to. a governor.
But Jesse Applegate led a ma
jority of the 1845 legislature tn
claiming everything theretofore
done had been illegal and not ac
cording to American Ideals.
(Concluded tomorrow.)
Bride's Shower
Given -at Airlie
AIRLIE, May 11. Mrs. Glen
Hadley andjMrs. Jesse McKibben
entertained Friday afternoon
with a bride's shower for Mrs.
Paul i Wilson at the McKibben
home. Guests., were: Mrs. Paul
Wilson, the honor guest; Mrs.
Vernon McKibben, Mrs. Harry
McKibben. j Mrs. Glen Hadley,
Mrs. Anna Hadley, Mrs. W. M.
Herrdn, Mri. John Wienert, Mrs.
M. E, Branch, Mrs. Geo. Ploub,
Mrs. Loren; Cooper, Mrs. Frank
Cooper. Mrs. Sam Hastings, Mrs.
John ? Parsons of Albany, Mrs.
John Whit ten, Mrs. Emery Whlt
aker. Mrs. C. S. Whitaker, Mrs.
Rex Womer, Mrs. J.'J. Ploub,
Mrs. H. P. WhiUker, Mrs. Earl
Hoover, Mrs. Robert Harris, Mrs.
S. AJ, Tarter, Mrs. Erie Brown,
Mrs. Earnest Schuld, Mrs. G. B.
Williamson,! Mrs. Fred Ray, Mrs.
W. H. Williams, Mrs. Mary Gross,
Mrs. Alvin Sams and the Misses
lone Imbler. La Verne Tarter, Ca
therine Schuld, Ruth Wilson,
Irene Cooper, Margaret Nendel,
Beatrice Nendel. Alyce Ploub,
Florence McKibben and Evelyn
McKibben and Mrs. Jesse McKib
ben one of the hostesses.
The annual high school play,
"Two Days! to Marry," was play,
ed Thursday night to a full
house. The cast was Jacob Ploub,
Beatrice Nendel, Evelyn McKib
ben, Margaret Nendel, Melvin Mc
Kibben, Harry Bose and Orval
Whitaker. Between acts Dorothy
Bose? and Helen WhiUker gave
readings; Peggy Wienert present
ed a- tap dance; Melvin McKib
ben played on the harmonica, and
Professor feathers and Jacob
Ploub put on a short skit.
Series of Card Parties
Held at Sublimity Ends;
SUBLIMITY, May 12. The
last of a series of card parties
was held at the C.O.F. hall with
"SOO" and bunco in play. Lunch
was II ; served by Mrs. Mamie
Loucks, Mrs. P. T. Etzel and Miss
Aurelia Wourms. High score U
"500" went to Matilda Etzel and
P. J Etzel,; high score in bunco
to Inez Starr and Vincent Starr.
A grand prize for the end of the
series went to Mrs. Fred Hart
man in "600" and to Mrs. Ida
Stefies for bunco. .
I Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Zuber
and baby f 6 Portland visited rela
tives here over the weekend.
Twenty Years Ago
May 13, 1910
Plans to conduct a contest for
queen of the Cherry , fair have
been launched.
maa Frances W. Gittlns, will
be crowned Queen of the -May at
Willamette today.
- An earthquake jarred Boise
and central Idaho last night. .
i Ten Years Ago
i - Ulav IS.
The nine-day general strike in
England has come to an end.
". A revolutionary movement Is In
progress 1ft Poland with the cen
tral point the capital, Warsaw. :
Charlie Chaplin In "A Dog's
Life' has: been re-ksued and la
playing at the Heillg theatre.
Y as-Av' -tetr.
S 7 i r VfL r . ' t
" mmmtm mm m mm mam es m ssbm iisssBBBBBaa aiM
There's Murder
CHAPTER XXXVI
Tyler paused briefly,! then re
sumed: MCoatmiasloncr KOrane gave me
Srmission to talk te Nicky Gabriel,
audio's younger brother, alone. 1
told him the -truth. That, as KB
rane phrased it, he was due for the
'big rap murder. That he didn't
have a chance of beating it. And
then I told him that Carlotta had
killed his brother.
MI had te prove it to him. Pre
never seen such an expression ef
murderous hatred as thaT which
crossed his face then. I think he
would have torn her to pieces with
his own hands if he could have cot
them on her. Then" Tyler paused
and smiled. "Then I used an old
trick I learned in the office of the
prosecutor. I judiciously flavored
the truth with lies.
"I told bim that Carlotta had de
liberately double-crossed them. Be
trayed them, bo that she could con
tinue te live in wealth and luxury.
That had the effect I'd hoped for.
He was ready to forget his under
world code then anything to strike
at her, knowing that! with his
brother dead and himself doomed,
there was no one else : te avenge
them.. ,1
"Well, Nicky talked. And this, in
essence, is what he told me: At the
time that David Moridon was kid
naped, he, Nicky, was living with
his mother, who was separated
from his father, in New York. They
made their home with a sister ox
his father, a widow with a young
daughter. This daughter was Car-
. lotta.
"Gaudie found Chicago too hot
for him after the bomb outrage
which resulted in the death of Mrs.
Moridon. He fled to his mother for
shelter, leaving his underworld as
sociates to continue the reign of ter
ror against the Moridons.
"Carlotta, although very young,
was even then extremely beautiful.
And she was like a tigress. Already
she had knifed a too-importunate
lover, ostensibly in defense of her
honor. She was Gaudio's kind. And
although she was his i cousin, he
married her not long after he came
to New York.
"As for her, she fell completely
under his domination. He was bold
and ruthless, a killer with a price
on his head. She obeyed him like a
slave. Gaudio changed his name to
Jim Gabriel, a name which his wor
ahtpful young brother Nicky also
adopted. And he made Nicky and
Carlotta, as Gaudios, swear with
him to find Moridon some day and
avenge the deaths ef his father and
other brother, which he laid di
rectly at Moridoa'a door.
"But Moridon had apparently
vanished utterly. Gaudio knew only
that he had left Chicago. Daily he
searched the newspapers, hoping to
find some trace of him, incredulous
that a man of Moridon's wealth and
position could drop entirely out of
sight. And one day he. was re
warded. He found, a small news
paper story, a story which had
somehow found "its way past the
censor. And he read that James
Moridon, former Chicago financier,
who had enlisted in the British
I army and had been badly wounded,
; was in Spain, recovering from a
: series of critical operations.
- "Gsudio was afraid Moridon
would never return, and that he
v would again lose track of him. He
determined to go to Spain and carry
out his vengeance. . But he was a
fugitive from justice; he dared not
risk getting a passport, even under
nis assumed name, because In those
days the passport regulations were
growing more and more strict. He
would have sent Nicky, but Nicky
ijtd got into a shooting-scrape and
was under indictment for assault
a charge, incidentally, which he sub
sequently beat. . i
"Gaudio acted characteristically.
He ordered Carlotta, his bride, to
ro te Moridon and avenge her blood.
; In spite of her oath, in spite even of
his domination over her, she pro
tested, begged. But be was utterly
remorseless.- She had sworn; she
would keep her oath or else! And
at last the promised, and left ior
Spain. : i,- .
- There she took the name of Mon
tez te bolster the fiction of her Span
ish descent. And there she did find
James Moridon. . . . But more im
portant to her, she found freedom
at last from Gaudio's ruthless dom
inance. She cultivated Moridon, and
when she: saw that he was falling
in lova with her, the decided on a
bold stroke. -m
- "She double-crossed Gaudio, mar
ried Moridon, got him to change hit
name, and returned with him, as
'Over my dead body!"
in the Air"
lira. Paul flarAnn. certain fa Kv
own mind that the new identity and
the changed appearance of her hus
band would insure her a life of
wkft th Intum Rk. warmm wwi
tee, a complete opportunist And the
made the most of her opportunity. -"For
years she acted her role of
step-mother, acted it until it became
4. - M 1 A t a 9a. a a.
a part oi ner. acxco n Because it
gave her what the had always
waniei luxury, ease and comfort.
She was a clever woman, and she
won' the family over.
. "Meanwhiia fSanritn. aa f!afci-fT
had carried on his fruitless search
xor Moridon and for Carlotta. He
had become a shrewd and powerful
racketeer, ilwm frMtiina
skirts clean, delegating aU his law-
1 Ta.1 . m. a. .mm mm
maa acuTiues to Trusted noodiums,
knowing that if he wers ever to
mach aa even a I i ntmA tin m
charge, it would almost surely mean
ki. i .sI.:a; &i v
prints, as Gaudio, and a return to
ChieSM ta f rfcarma ' tall.
breaking and the murder of Mrs.
oioriaon. .. "'
rThen one.day he aaw Carlotta.
waa in ner smart, expensive car.
with her chauffeur. He recognized
ner; immediately. had her, fol
lowed, romm nnipm with k fik
waa terrified, I imagine, but didnt
mrv nia unuziona. . xxe
dragged the whole story from her.
Ana he had found UarMnn ae
"Grimly he told her that there
wa oaij one way sne could escape
a friffhtfal death. . Sha nnrf Mm
out his original command ; she must
keep her oath; she must kill Mori
don and avenge the blood of the
Gaudios. If she failed or if she
tried to cross hint again nothing
cuuia aave ner.
' "She was under his sway again
from than nn Ska 1 ... Ti
-" w&Awia w tvuu ww
nia arden. Inuw1na it- m.
her only hope of escaping his venge
ance, ai was sne wno planted that
oono. waen cnat railed, Gaudio
CUTtrv ardereil har tit Am Im
. wrm V M VA
own but not to fail again. '
aM Aa a m a 7 -
-oae xnea again, but Kuth'a
warnina? saved Moridon. Sha Ma
afraid then, and told Gaudio that
u, insiae job, was suspected. And
in s his characteristically ruthless
fashion, ha tried tn ereata an aliKi
for her, so that .the would have the
cnance to scruce at uorldon again.
our nrecauUons, knowing that a
man had utterly no chance of get.
wu uuoagn mat auarm system te
Moridon. ha daliharatAlv aa(AJ
One OX his nun. the tnmAn Vmi . a
make it appear that the attacks had
w"8 xrom tae outside. ' -
"ThV had kanad tUmt V
of Eanf nroald wiil( is a .f.-..J
vigilance inside the house. But they
uun aaw taat tney were mistaken.
Gaudio. tn the -rin nf til. n.
vengeance, grew more insistent ; and
ariotta grew more desperate. She
ko to put nun on, to make nun
wait. But ha waa nut nraltin
"For years he had lived on his
hatred for Moridon, on hit deter
mination tome day to destroy him.
Now ha aaw that thia Wmm.
sibieP for the time. And he con-
1 A a 1 a a . . . . . .
ceivea u idea or ttrudng at bis
- - - - a.1 a wwee. a a
enemy tnrouga ueiene. tim ordered
Carlotta to kill tar. rarlntta AmrmA
not disobey. He had set a time limit
Ot a a a a
te waaiea ner cnance. ' ; -
! "That . nla-Vit . aha . haaraT TYnrta
leave her room. She decided to make
ner bid then. She unlocked the door
to Doris room, turned off the alarm
there, crept into Helena's room,
where the also turned off the alarm.
! "She stood behind the curtains,
ready to shoot Helene and then to
flee throuHt Doris room into her
own. But Kuth's warning had come
lnnme. is as pjunged into toe room,
sprang at the curtains. She fired,
and maitaeed tt ot haj1r ta kn ran
room, first throwing the gun and
nihhea mAtwm ). TVirta 4m
the wild hope of implicating her."
; Doria aava a littla.. anK A..
hit emotions under control now, ca
ressed ner arm gently. Tyler paused
until the had recovered. Then ha
went on: "The time Gaudio had
given ner was up the next day.
Wham M ra. flnrtinm eiwwmnia
to nim ui plrrtimntanaa ha mm
her aa extension. ; :'
- "She then decided to betray
Ifelena lata kfa lianta - fika
thai fthmynin.fvftrfY wn.V-e t
" ---- s - -af p mm my
pear that it was really Doris who
was anxious to go. She wot Doris
to obtain FIlAn a wharealvHrtB a a
I have told n. Than aha
peered,' going of course to Gaudio
wiia ue iniormauon.
-.- "Gandia leant tu tfiara ata.t-
Wy as an alibi for her, but actually
u (umi bv uienuon ex Ktusg ner
.UiJ.-a
fcy Ry a.indor
leave there alive. He hated her for
her deceit almost as much as he
hated Moridon. Then he conceived
his diabolical plan ef using Car
lotta and Hellene as hostages to make
hia enemv deliver hi ma If ta him
for execution. Knowing hit man,
om was sure uoraon would willingly
sacrifice himself for those he loved.
"For Candia. that ana tk.
of the irony. He had planned to
suge a macanre nnai scene, to toast
them with fktmnin. tltM ta, tall
the story of Carlotta's treachery
a. it j t At. . .
unauy t aeatroy uem au. wanotta
did not realize this until Gaudio had
forced her inta tha room with tv
others.- . I . -
"When ahfl did aea tVmna-tt Ran.
dlo plan, she flew at him, desper
ately. He knocked her down. It was
a case of self -preservation then. She
shot him front the floor, and in blind
fury, emptied the gun into his body.
"But almost immediately she "re
alized that she was still in danger.
Suppose Helene - had caught a
glimpse of her that night as she
stood behind the J curtains? But
when she heard that Helene had no
idea who had tried to kill her, she
thovght the waa safe at last.
She must have: had a terrible
moment, however, when the learned
that Nicky had been captured, when
she stood face to face with him in
the foyer of the Palm Gardens. But
Nicky gave no sign, and the must
have felt that he would stand by the
underworld code, that he would
never squeal. ? -
"So I had to build my trap, to use
my own daughter as bait, knowing
that Carlotta waa in too deep then
to back out, knowing that if she
could be convinced that Ruth would
be able to identify her as Gaudio's
accomplice, that she would seek to
destroy Ruth as she had her hus
band and Helene and Nat.
vThe 'next step' that I spoke of,
the appointment with Dr. Karasc,
the sleepingHpowder, the dismissal
of the guards, the trip of myself
and Nat to town these were alL
of course, pure fiction. Ruth and I
set the trap and Carlotta walked
into it. . . . That's all there is to say,
except this:-
- "This family haa been through
toe mach. There is no need for this
story to fill the columns of the news
paper as a nine-day sensation.
Carlotta Gaudie ia dead bv Ker awn
hand. I propose that her secret be
buried with her. To the public she
iS nOW a baroina aha mm-mmA .mm
ily from a fiend, i
- "In truth, she did save them, even
thone-h aha vu tkuu.. .
herself. Shan, weldrar this story
crvsa toe irom pages oi the world
or ahall wa let V.. m. v
ine?" . , 5 -
Gordon raised hi. face to Tyler.
"If only we could r he murmured.
"Then wa ahall 1 mU. Kl tt.
moved quickly to the telephone. Nat
fognixed the number of Manhat-
tan police keaHrnai-fav .
asked for tha T-Tit imwm vmam .V..
for Doc CrandalL of the Stan!
m ne saw, "tnis is Dan Tyler.
I have an exclusive for you. It's
about CarlottaHVa fll it
irr?da?xp!fnenee nnbalanced her
nuna. one naa committed tuicide.T
Tha at rain f tk.
Tyler, faintly, through the door of ,
ia rwm. ne sxared upward, mas--elet
tensing, then refaxhyr. The
mUSie was aoft and aiaet ifM.W.
led. Tyler smiled.; Quietly he went
uw im jiTing-room, up t&e stairs.
. Inaida bar nmm V
which overlooked! the garden, the
blind girt stood, her violin under her
Small chin. Her vraat. dark i
were yet with tears. He strode to-1
ward ner. - : :; t
Rath Until! Wk.t. k.
ter, darlingf x I r
"SAJULW aha aaid r k-A
she continued to pUy, softly.
iter father came close ta her.
ft lta
iuat that Pni
happy or
' Nat. she whispered.
Tvfer atared mm Va 1. A
Beside the fountain which splashed
gayry in the warm morning sunsbin
t ana vons, seemingly oo
livious, locked in each other't arms.
At they ttood there thus; they
were anddenlv mm mi , ts.
musk!. They raised their faces to,
ward the window, toward the tofV
and languorous song, a love-song
the Same, thev nntlt . raalicad .
staatly, that Ruth had played tn the
darkness above them on that night
which now Beamed u lnna mm
lovesong which had teemed a bei
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