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fihe OIIEGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregron, Tbursaay Morning, July y.' VJZZ . t J . i . round.d Vo foror Sicay Us; No Fear Shall A ice" From First Statesman, March 2S. 1151 TUE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. 'CHA&LE3 A. Sfbacuc I - - - - - Editor-Manager Sheldon F. Sackett ... - hlanaging-K..' fttrmber of the Associated rrcss The Aoctitd IT l eiclu-ively entitied to h u for publica tion of tU nw dixpatchca trtUunJ to it or oot thr credited jthlpa,per. . , ,. m. 'm " JL J J ' Summer Drouth THE papers have been reporting drouth in the central northwest. Temperature records have been broken, heavy crop losses have been suffered. Relief measures are under taken by federal officials. Death lists are appearing with causes attributed to. the hot weather. J In some respects the damage is being overestimated. For example stories are spread of wheat crop failure. The fact is that there is a good crop of wheat in the great southwest. Part of it has already been harvested and the sickle is now passing under other fields in Kansas and Oklahoma. East of the Mississippi where Considerable wheat is raised, and in the Pacific northwest the crop prospects are pretty good. The failure is confined to central and western South and North Dakota and Montana, the spring wheat states. There the drouth is serious. But this area is always under the men ace of drouth. It is semi-arid. Dry farming there is very; un certain. This year's failure may be followed next year by abundant harvests. It is just a matter of the amount and timing of the precipitation. " All the talk about climate changing is bunk. The Dakotas have been drouth-ridden for centuries, as is proven by the lack of forest cover. In spite of crop failures and hazards people continue to live there, subsisting on the intermittent good or fair crops and on hopes for tfce future. Long ac quaintance with the vagaries of nature convinces the old timers that the country will come back, as in truth it will. The drouth gives Mr. Wallace and Mr. Hopkins a chance to rush in with government currency fanning mills to blow money all over the drouth belt, "which should go far to over come the favor for Mr. Lemke who hails from that region. Pres. Roosevelt himself says he will be inspector no. 1 to visit the parched counties; and that will be a political help too. It iseven reported that Mr. Tugwell asked for and was given the assignment of administering drouth relief in hopes it might bring him into public favor in the short-grass country. - l;i The drouth is real, without doubt, though we think its effects have been unduly exaggerated. Established agencies of the Red Cross and county farm agents could probably handle what emergency measures are required. Apparently however, in this important campaign year, when every elec toral vote counts, the drouth may be turned into an occasion for demonstrating - the generosity (with other people's money) of the Great Humanitarian. We do; not expect on this inspection trip that the shelter belt idea will be revived. xraquest by WHEN Dr. Arthur Karl Greiser closed his appeal at the league of nations council for release of Danzig from the leading strings of the league he made the nazi salute. So incongruous it was in such an international assemblage that the occupants of the press gallery snickered. Whereupon Dr. Greiser, who is head of the senate of Danzig, turned to the gallery and indulged in that internationally known ges ture of contempt : he thumbed his nose at the correspondents. Having thus delivered himself twice, once to the council, 'and once to the reporters. Dr. Greiser rushed home and pro ceeded to cut his city loose from the league without awaiting the league's assent. He notified the league's lord high com missioner, Sean Lester, an Irishman, that his communica tions would be filed in the waste basket. It jwas also indi cated that the commissioner would be socially ostracized in the city. Now Lester plans to leave such a disagreeable post. Anticipating a coup to declare the city reunited to Ger many Poland .is protesting any modification of the league's supervision of the free cityilBut it is questioned if Poland would resist the change if boldly declared by Danzig with the approval of Germany, because that would mean war which Poland does not wish to precipitate, j j So the prospect is that Hitler will gain another point by his sheer audacity.-Hitler has recovered the Saar, though there it was by plebescite and not by direct action, and has reoccupied with troops the demilitarized Rhineland. Now he is about to gain control of Danzig, important as a port on the Baltic. Again he will escape resistance because no power wants to plunge the continent into war." But ( how long will he be able to get away with conquest by degrees, without encountering armed. resistance? Austria recently announced its negotiations with Germany had broken down ; but Hitler will doubtless continue his pressure on Austria, hoping for the absorption of that weak country within the Reich. Meantime Sir Anthony. Eden said he wasn't going to ask Hitler any more when he would answer the questionnaire respecting his further intentions. Great Britain seems to anticipate the answer in ordering the spending, of a billion for rearmament. ' ' - j Jerry-built Houses j j SALEM has a very large building program at the present time. Not only are numerous public buildings under con struction or in immediate prospect, but residential con struction is proceeding at a fast pace to accommodate the demand for homes. To date this year over 70 permits for new homes have been issued. Building labor is fully em ployed, and all contractors are busy. j Some report has come of operations of "gyp" builders. Transient contractors are said to have come in and "sold" themselves to prospective builders.. In some cases they have gotten heavy payments in advance for their work. One case was reported where the builder collected his contract price " but left the owner to settle heavy claims for materials or . labor to avoid liens. We have heard also of transient brick layers who would come in, take a job of erecting a chimney for a small sum, "gas money", and then go on to the next town, doing, in all probability, an inferior class of work. There is no doubt that the building boom has attracted to Salem building laborers and contractors from other points. Many of them are. probably persons of reliability and com petency. Others, here today and gone tomorrow, feel no responsibility except to do the job as quickly as possible and get away with the money. ; Those contemplating building should exercise great care in selecting the men to do their work. Otherwise they may find themselves getting only a flimsy structure, skimped at every turn. There is naturally so much emphasis on cheap ness that people fail to understand that in i house building quality costs money, and that there is no substitute for skilled workmanship. Without being provincial in any re- spect The Statesman can recommend to those who plan new homes to endeavor to do business with local contractors and builders of known character and responsibility. Monev and grief may be saveil by dealing tions to sustain and with a pride in their workmanship. Rejoice as we may over the building boom, we recog nize the danger of getting a less precautions are taken to Senator Borah has after much delay announced he will stand by the Republican party again, a decision which could hardly have been otherwise in view of the platform and the candidates. Borah will undoubtedly run again for the senate and be reelected. He is the best advertising Idaho has. If it were unknown over most of the country. f Rain and federal help cheer line. Creating most cheer is Farley's "gentle rain of checks." . " . 11 - ; , " - 1 i ItSt Easy Stages with men with local reputa-f lot of inferior construction un insure good work. m mmmm mm not for Borah the state would be drought regions", says a head I I I If The Great Game ; of Politics By FRANK R, KENT . Copyright 193X hf Tha BmUiacr Sm Perfunctory And. Polite ; INABILITY TO get from either Senator Carter Glass or Senator Harry P. Byrd, of Virginia, any thing that can be even remote construed as an indorsement of Mr. Roosevelt's policies or per formanees is the cause of no little pain In the inner Roos evelt circle. THAT HAS been made plain again by r e c e n t ef- kjttWhsM i rtink S. Rem forts of New Deal propagandists to interpret the remarkably restrained re marks of Senator Glass last Sat urday, when he Introduced Mr. Roosevelt at the Jefferson cele bration, as "praise of the Presi dent.: That there is deep re sentment among the Roosevelt political managers at the steady refusal of the Virginia Senators to be other than wholly perfunctory and polite in their Roosevelt sup port is too clear to dispute. They made no effort to conceal this at the Philadelphia convention, where extraordinary pressure was put upon Senator Glass first to serve on the Resolutions Commit tee and, next, to second the Roos evelt nomination for Virginia. HAD HE done either; had he for one moment shown himself on the platform,, everything was set to give him a grand demonstration. They were anxious to stage a Glass demonstration and keenly disappointed because Mr. Glass would not play that game. Their motive was obvious. : Mr. Roose velt has lost the support of many conservative Democrats who Toted for him in 1932 but now distrust him as a man. consider his poli cies both dangerous and undemo cratic. More than any others in the Senate, Senators Glass and Byrd had voiced their feeling of these Democrats. They were the outstanding opponents of the New Deal and they counted far more in the country and in the Senate than the others. , Under the cir cumstances, cordial approval of Mr. Roosevelt, his record and his policies,- or aify stand that could be so construed, would go a long way toward checking the Demo cratic defection and bring the old line Democrats back into line. It is not surprising that every effort to get that sort of thing from either Mr. Glass or Mr. Byrd should be made and that failure to get it should cause pain. ON THE other hand, the position of the Virginia Senators seems clear. Certainly they have been at some 'pains' to make it clear. They are supporting Mr. Roose velt solely because it is essential o them to preserve their party regularity. To create the impres sion or connive at creating It--that they are doing it for any other reason, would be, in, their judgment, to stultify themselves. This they have refused to do. They woul. not do it at the Phil adelphia convention, and they would not do it at their own State convention, where the only ref erence to ' Mr. Roosevelt in ihe platform was written by Senator Gla9s, as follows: "We commend the humanitarian purposes of the President in. his earnest and per sistent efforts to rescue the coun try from an unprecedented de pression and wish for him the largest measure of success , in every sound measure which ' he may hereafter project." IF EVER there was a skillful and deliberate avoidance of the in dorsement of a man's record and policies, that sentence was cer tainly it. However, it was match ed in the reference to Mr., Roose velt by Senator Glass on Satur day "The President," he said, "will get renewed Inspiration from this pilgrimage. Virginia greets him for the courage - and patience he has shown in dis charging bis duties under great difficulties. He professes the same love of humanity and the plain people as manifested by Thomas Jefferson,", It takes a good deal of imagination to., con strue that as praise for the Presi dent ' f THE TRUTH is the Virginia Sen ators support Mr. Roosevelt be cause he wears the label "Demo crat" and for no other reason, and they are not at all happy about doing it In Virginia, for men In their position one a candidate for reelection, the other the State organization leader there is no choice. To them the worst con ceivable Democratic administra tion has to be better than the best conceivable Republican adminis tration. For a Glass or a Byrd to be on the same side as a Slemp in Virginia Is unthinkable.- It Just can't be done. Nevertheless, no one not soft In the head can be under any misapprehension as to how they feel and no amount of campaign pressure will get them to pretend differently. ; It obvi ously is not going to be possible for tbe Roosevelt managers to use either Mr. Glass or Mr. Byrd as bait for the dissenting conserve- tive Democrats In this campaign. So far as he Is concerned, that devastating remark' of .Senator Glass that "the New Deal is not only a national disgrace but dis honest" atill stands. " Tucker Car Damaged in Bus Accident, Portland LEBANON, July 8 Letand Tucker and Fred Van Loh were driving in the Tucker car aboat 10 p.m. Sunday in Portland. Coming to-an intersection ! the car coUided With a double decker bus. Van Loh, received a slight bruise about the head. The car was badly damaged. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Reed of Waterloo are the parents of a daughter, Bonnie Jean, born July 4. ''.""':-;;;... Bits for Breakfast By It. J. HENDRICKS Historic class of '$8 ! 7-8-36 in 48th annual reunion: Started Salem high school: - w j Nineteen members and SO guests were present at the 48th annual reunion of the 1SSS grad uating class of the Salem high school. ' ! . I . It was held at Joneemere farm a few miles north of Salem,:' Sun day, June 21. I s s : i". ' This was the pioneer class with it was started the Salem high school, in the East (now Wash ington) buUding. ; j The last 'day exercises of that pioneer class were held on Fri day, June 22. 1888, hence the choice of the time for the reunion, nearest Sunday to the date. - m f - Ever since the class began its annual-reunions, this column has reported them, until it has become something like an official record. The report that follows was furnished by Mrs. Florence Irwin: t S ! "In response to letters sent out May 18, 1936 the following mem bers of the class answered to roll call: i ; : . i "Ed Baker, Mrs. E. M. Cox, Ms. Geo. Dunsford, Nellie Fergu son. Etta Groves. Cora Litchfield Kolman, Florence Irwin, Maude Johnson, Jessie C. Jones, Ger trude Savage Kruse, Milton Mey ers, Mrs. Edith Moulton, Mrs. An nle Pape, John W. Reynolds, Mark Savage, Ossian Shirley, Basil Wagner, Fred S. Williams, Perry Wright. i 5 v ; "Letters of regret were received from six who were unable to be present. " "Each member r responded to roll call with some outstanding event of school days, of varied happenings which caused much mirth; and applause. r s v : "We were entertained with two Bongs: 'Annie Laurie,' and 'Little Gray Home in the 'West, sung by the 'Oregon Nightengale,' HaHle Parrish Hinges, accompanied by Miss Ruth Bedford., j i "Next on the program was a poem, perfectly rendered by our class poet: Basil Wagner. S V "An old fashioned spelling match was next in order: ; Mrs. Dan Fry, Sr., as teacher, with captains: John Reynolds and Cora Holman. Gertie Kruse was the best speller. j - ,; "The treasurer's report w a s then given by Milton Meyers. "Election of officers was then taken up which resulted in the unanimous election of Ossian Shirley as president and totem pole for 1937; Milton Meyers as secretary and reading clerk; Ed Baker as treasurer. "Dinner was served in the beau tifal yard of Joneemere farm. DRYNESS OF the finger nails is a common complaint In most in stances it Is accepted as a trivial thin?. As a matter, of fact, too littio attention is given to changes in the nails. It la only within recent years that the significance of such disturb ances has been appreciated by tbe medical profession. The nails are affected by slight va riations in the nutrition of the body. Some persons have extremely sensi tive nails which give trouble even when slightly injured or Irritated. With most of us they seem to be strong and sturdy. There are many disturbances of the nails. Some of them are caused by simple Inflammation, infection or irritation. Others aro more difficult to understand. Let tne tell you about a few of tbe nail disorders frequently encountered. ; Fitting of tbe nails la a common complaint. These small depressions in tbe nail plate vary in size and number and usually occur on the Index and ring fingers. 1 According to some authorities, such depressions have been noted in diseases of the heart as wen as typhoid fever, small pox' and other infectious disease. But. of course. It Is not always a sign of disease, because it may follow a simple blow or even result from a careless manicure. Caoae ef Ridgo , X am often asked what causes ridges to appear in the nails. They vary in width from a very fine hair line to the thickness of. the shank of a large pin. They are observed in apparently healthy Individuals, but recent study seems to show that lack of vitamins in the diet Is factor In the production of this disturbance. : White spots, sometimes called "gift spots' and medically known as ,leukonychla", are common defect or tne nails. Many theories nave been advanced as to their cause. Of course, they may result from damage done In manicuring. But their pres ence may follow neuritis or some se vers sickness. , ; When the lines run across the nail. Instead of longitudinally, they are often spoken of as "beau's lines". Their presence usually Indicates im pairment of nail nutrition as a re sult of some local disturbance or con stitutional disease. This symptom should not be Ignored. There are many other disturbances of the nails. Ringworm, psoriasis, syphflia and other Infections may at tack these parts. ' Answers te Health Queries X Mrs. H. M. 8. Q. what Is a 'strep' throat? Is the trouble due to a germ and does It have to run its course? -'."..-- 7 A. This is an acute infection due to the streptococcus gtrm and must aare -crerui medical ear and aen tion. Every rase presents a prob lem which must be studied and treated accordingly. Tour doctor will be giad to advise you more definitely. , Dr. Copeland U plat fa answer inquiries from readers tc&o scad addressed stamped, envelope tcith ." their Questions. Address all let V ters to Dr. Copeland in cart of ' this newspaper at Us main of flea - in this city. : (Copyright, IMS. K, T. A. inej Health By Royal S. Copeland, M.D. known for its wonderful flowers and coiy setting. "Each one brought well tilled baskets, and. as the day was perfect one most of those present stayed for supper as well as din ner." "A unanimous vote of thanks was extended to Jessie C. Jones for her kind hospitaUty. "The ; retiring officers were Fred & Williams, president; Jes sie C. Jones, secretary; Milton Meyers, treasurer. . m "Honorary members present: Mrs. Dan J. Fry, Sr., and R. J. Hendricks.' "Meeting place for next year to be decided later." Members of the pioneer class of the Salem high school still liv ing are scattered over Oregon and i Washington and in other states. ! The original number was 59. They represent numerous lines of i business and the professions. One ! la a leading physician in San Di ego, CaW and another in New; York City. They are Dr. Fred Byars, first named, and Dr. Frank C. Matthews. I S S Dr. Burt Brown Barker, Port land, rice president of the Uni versity of Oregon, Is m member. He was not present this year, be- abroad with Mrs. Barker. - Pitier Chadwlck, Fort Steila- coom. Wash... is a member. His father, S. F. Chadwiek, was secre tary of state and governor of Ore gon. . ,;'' . j'-' Dr. W. D. McNary, a member. also absent this year, is superin tendent of the Oregon state hos pital, Pendleton. S Not one among the original 69 has failed to live up to the hon orable traditions of the institu tion that was started with them. That is certainly a worth while tribute, a reputation fine enough for honest pride. Twenty Years Ago j July , 1916 Tomorrow is "Comnanv M" dav in Salem with numerous patriotic demonstrations and benefits plan- neo. Judge Charles L. McNary of Sa lem has been named chairman of the ReDubllcan state central committee in Oregon. Bud' Fisher, cartoonist, broke a rib in an automobile accident yes terday. , Ten Years Ago July 9, 1020 Miss Eva Roberta will be soloist at the municipal band concert to night. The revival tt a nrnlncr'a nnK- lic market 13 contemplated in Sa- lem. Dr. William Mayo, distinguish ed surgeon from Rochester, Minn., was a Salem visitor yesterday. Hold Funeral For William Duncan ALBANY, July 8 Funeral services for William S. Duncan, 6 1, who died at the Albany Gen era! hospital Friday night, were held yesterday from the Fortmil- ler Funeral home. Rev. M. M. Stocker, pastor of the First Pres byterian church was in charge of the services, and was assisted by Rev. Harry E. Tucker. Burial was in the Riverside cemetery. Born in Aberdeen, Scotland, March 12,. 1869, he spent the first 15 years of his life in that city. At that age he left home to become a sailor, and followed the sea for the next six years. He then came to the United States, and for eight years was employed in a floral business at Ports mouth, N. H. He then went to Alaska where he remained for a year or two. Returning to the United States, he married Miss Gertrude Watson, in Boston, Mass., In 1902. In 1905 - they moved to Seattle, Wash., and in 1910 came to Albany where they have since made their home. Mr. Duncan has been the proprietor of the Elite Confectionary since. 1920. Surviving is 'the widow, one daughter, Mrs. T. B. Tucker and two grand children, Edith Mary and- Harry Duncan Tucker, all of Albany, and four sisters, Mrs. John Robertson of Burbank, Calif., Mrs. Annie Stewart of Aberdeen. Scotland, and Miss Klx sie Dunfan and Mrs. Mary Twelve tree, both of London, England. Kunciters, Zaks . "Picnic at Bethel BETHEL, July 8 A family re union took place at the old Kun- citer-Zak homestead here, now farmed by Frank Kunciter, over the holiday weekend. Those pres ent were Mr. and Mrs. John Zak. Mr. and Mrs. John Zak, Jr., and Joy and Mr. and Mrs. Robert De Brule r, all of Columbia City; Mr. and Mrs. Jess Davis, Jackie and Jerry Davis of Valsets, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Zak, Sue and Frankie of Warrenton. All of this group formerly lived In this district. Miss Mary Hamrick of Clarks burg, W. V., is visiting for two weeks at the home of her broth er. Rev. S. Hamrick. She came west to attend the N.E.A. conven tion at Portland. Undergoes Operation : WALDO HILLS, July 8 Jer ome Rue, five year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ferd Roe, was taken to the Deaconess hospital in Salem late Tuesday, This morning he underwent a mastoid operation, The lad has been HI a week at the I home of his grandparents, Mr and Mrs. K. u. Rue. ' .. I o y Iv ,1' -.'V V-,.. : ' ZTj v "KING OF i . - - i if: ' ' " ' ' "v I T qHAPTER XIII 1 I Jack awaited Dotl In the reception room of the clubhouse. He felt a ague restlessness which wasinevf to him. Dotl, was one of those girls for whom men waited with tolerant expectation and conceded that she had a right to keep them waiting: Jack could not have estimated the hours of his life which he had de voted to that patient service. Bui he never had considered them a loss of time until now. I j His impatience mounted. He vis ioned'a blonde young man whom be had known most of his life riding beside a dark-haired girl whom he had known only a few hours. The vision disturbed him, and he paced the length of the room with his hands thrust deep into his pockets. Doti had talked to him a great deal about her cousin, Lynn, j But Doti always talked a great deal about everything. Thinking now about Lynn, he wondered whyf Doti had not said more. Or, hadn't he listened? Of ten as not, he didn't lisi ten carefully to what Doti said. 'Sub consciously, he knew without listen ing. But, of course, he hadn't known about Lynn. And he caught himself wishing that he had. I f! The girls of Jack's life and ex periences had been those who were as established in his thoughts as his famous ancestry, his business, his home. . . . But Lynn was something very different. She made hint feel disturbingly aware of her. Perhaps it was this fact, added to his rest lessness over waiting for poti, which caused him to say to. her when she appeared, the first critical words of their long association. "Why. does it take you so much longer than other girls to get ready? Almost everyone has gone." -i "Oh, I had that horrible ypsy makeup to take off, and I thought I never would be myself again,: she laughed unaware of his stormy mood. Doti was as consistenly bright as tbe tropical sun. Few clouds of doubt or despair ever crossed her sunny existence, and her disposition reflected its raaiance. cue uispoei? tions ara like the son: if there are no clouds to hamper them, they have no reason not to shine. It Is those which shine in spite of heavy clouds, which are brave and strong. g-' - ' "Tomorrow is a long day," he ob served soberly, as if be had notbeen anticipating that day for ianj? months with genuine pleasure.! The greatest day in our livef so far," Doti reminded him gently! and awaited his reply with a breathless Antfeination. But what he said was, "I don't think we should have let your cousin go with Dewey. She doesn't know him very well, and it may look to her as if we were trying te get rid of her." ) i "Why, Lynn was thrilled to go with Dewey. After all, she's Quite old enough to have dates with men who have danced with her several times in one evening. I didn't get her down here to trail around with us. Lynn needs a chance to meet eligible men and get acquainted." J "I dont think all the men in Chi cago could be blind Idiots," irritably. "Why, Jack, whatever, is the mat ter with you i You're as cross as an old woman. If yon don't quit grinding away at that office like a crystal crusher, and take a vacation; I'm going to tell dad to send you awav." - M "I'd rather work too much than play, too much, as most of the fel lows do morosely. Lynn's senses were keyed to their all-time high pitch. The moonlight made the air like liquid silver, and it was yet tangibly sweet. Dewey had stopped his car under palm tree and the leaves rustled together like whispering voices of the night. But they were as inarticulate as this transformation of herself was mysterious. She felt so very! far away front lira. Kime'a and net at all the same rirl who lived there as Lynn BarteL She was someone else te whom all th s was hannenr? so swiftly that the giddy gyraf j i of events made cer dizzy and bewild ered. If only she might aton them long enough to adjust her thoughts and zeeungs. Uill the Worm Turn? I' i HEARTS" I Even if she and her life could change so completely in a few hours, how could she be sure -of her reac tion to it until she had had time in which to gain the right perspective on it! She had to find that time, somehow. She hadn't wanted Dewey to stop his car before he arrived at the Merchon'S, - and yet she had known that he would. Intuition, and the sequence of the day's events, had told her that be would. Yet she had had so little experience of this kind. She wondered if this were an exam ple of what was known as woman's intuition. But ishe had been power less to prevent Dewey stopping the car, much as she wished he would not, and knew that be would. She objected, a trine shakily, but lightly, "I must go straight home. Doti: will be expecting me." "Pleas say that yon won't go I alwsw m w "Not for a lone time. Jack wont let her think about you for awhile, little lady.. But I've been thinking about you ever since I saw you this afternoon. i 'That hasn't been ao lontr. has it?" she reminded him, dreading a repeti tion -of his earlier -declarations. i "Time has nothing; to do with It. When a man sees the cirls he's been looking for all bis life, it seems as if he has always known her. I've real ized that all this evening." i :"But you don t really know me, Lynn insisted, feeling more bewild ered than ever. Here was a man whose attention most of the girls of the city had desired at some time telling her that she was the one for whom he' had passed them all by. it was in credible. i "Then, let's get acquainted, he suggested, drawing her closer with his arm, - i I "Please, she entreated, pressing her hand against his shoulder to resist his embrace. "You will know me better after I've been here for a week." - - j 'When yon will be roine awav-- yes. Please say that von wont ro away, ma yon win stay here always .with me.6 ! ' "I couldnt say that now and be honest. Yen see I dont know yoo, Winer. .: , - '! "But yon are wearing nv ntn.1 he reminded her, as he noticed the gleam of its emeralds in the lio-ht . Uer hand reached op to it quickly. as u, sne naa xorgotten it. i m sorry if you misunderstood mv ac ceptance of it. I expected to return it aiter tonight," ; jBut I gave it to yon to keep." "DoU told me what it means, to wccepi a srewe pin." . . . . s - .' f -.-.',1 n v lfiBtet! . ! l-- "'A a; ,. j--y -i"' --v -jr- -i "Giving it means the same thii.g. That is why I want you to keep it." "And that is why I can't." "Why are you so sure?" he asked gently, lowering his face to hers. She drew away abruptly. "Be cause I'm not sure of anything, to night. I shouldn't be at all surprised if those palms changed to giant ogres who chased us both in a flam ing chariot drawn by two swordfish and then we suddenly discovered that we were the fishes swimming; in an ocean of green wine." "What fairly tales you do con jure 1" he laughed. "That is just' how unreal every thing has been to me for the last twelve hours, and I'm not at all sure I'm not dreaming," her voice trem bled a little with the strain of the day's prolonged excitements dim- 1 - away, and that you will stay hers with ma" .li. axed by Dewey's rapid courtship. She wondered about his sincerity, even with the clamor of her thoughts. Was it possible that he proposed to every girl whom he fancied for the moment, only to dis cern ner wnen the novelty of her acquaintance had subsided? She had heard Susanne remark that some men. were like that stringing a girl along until he was finished with her. But the men whom her vision had conjured" from Susanna's descrip tion, had been nothing like Dewey Condon. He might be too impulsive, but surely he was not that kind of man. He Insisted, his hand elasoinflr hers, "I can prove to yon how real everyuung is," ana stooped to kiss her lips, but she turned them away and bis own brushed her cheek. "Won t von nleasa take me home?" she entreated. "On one condition. What is that?" That von will let me take von to 1 the balL tomorrow evening, and see you every moment yon can spare ail this week." "On one condition." - He lanshed with amusement. Fair enough. What is that?" 1 hat you will not ask me again to roarry you." "that's a terrain. And bv the end of the week, you will have de cided to atay here where you be- lonsr." m, , "By that time, vou mav have d2- cided that yon dont want ms t stay." . ,v : by . Edna Robb Webster "The contract Is, signed and v nessed" he agreed blithely, end started the motor instantly. (To Be Continued) CaejrtcM. IMl. Klac rMnt ltxtleata, la