PAGE SIX
The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning:, October 0, 1938
Founded
"No Favor Sway Us; No Fear Shall Awe'
From First Statesman, March 28, 1S51
Charles A. Sfracus
Shelbon F. Sackett
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- - On Student Criticism j
jk STUDENT LETTER which appears in the week's issue of
xVthe Willamette Collegian; which is off again to a fine
start as the campus newspaper for the university, carries
friendly though critical comments about the professors. One
of the points raised by the student is expressed thus :
"We want professors who will reveal to us the meaning, the
significance, the validity of what they are teaching; We want our
thoughts to be ruled by the spirit of the things they expound, not
by a heavy mass of undigested facta." I l1
If the student critic means that he wants the work of
the classroom to be vital, his suggestion is of value. But if he
means that the labor of accumulating knowledge may be
short-circuited, and the professor hand out) neatly labeled
packages, pre-digested, with directions for dosages and a
guarantee of results, then we fear the student is doomed to
disappointment. Or if the critic means that each lesson
should hate a moral tied to its end to link the subject-matter
with, current personal or social problems then we believe he
has a wrong conception of college education. I
It is but natural for students in a troubled age, and for
people generally, to look for the answers rather than to be
interested in the laborious processes by which the problems
may be solved. But in teaching there is more to" the matter
than the answer; otherwise arithmetic might be taught by
showing the children how to look in the "answers" section at
the back of .the. book and copying down the j numbers there
reported. i
There are far too many people who, lacking the back
grounds of knowledge, are professing to lead multitudes even
more ignorant. That is why Jhere are so many weird cults
and creeds and "isms" afloat today. People are too gullible;
they have not developed faculties of intelligent criticism.
They are won over by the last person they hear who has a
plausible message. It takes time and mental effort to study
and analyze "and compare before one can arrive at an intelli
gent conclusion. . Schools and college are the places where, this
capacity for. study and analysis is developed. -Besides the
patient accumulation of a broad background of factual knowl
edge must come the equally patient synthesis and correlation
of facts (or factors) before a satisfying result may be ob
tained. With due respect to the modern psychologists who
insist there is no transference of "mental discipline", we are
old-fashioned enough to believe the habits of study and of
thinking acquired m such studies as mathematics and science
and languages for example, with, their emphasis on' precision,
are of value in .the general intellectual development of - the
'' student. ; : V -. , . ;- ;
There is at present a great surge toward the social sci
ences, so-called. Enthusiasm for social readjustment runs
high. It is easy for the student to scorn the subjects which
appear to be less vital, more dry-as-dust ; and to find fault
with the professors who are not busy, in classroom or out,
with stump speeches. Alas, it is dangerous to foreshorten
' the process of intellectual development Youth should be
seasoned and not just kiln-dried. - " J ,
Professors, like editors and preachers, have a tendency to
fall into ruts, to make their courses ones of deadening routine.
They deserve no defenders. Real teachers may make even
the dullest of subjects have vitality and significance. But
the student must never forget
I end, and without genuine effort on his part he will never
qualify as an educated person,
Trimming
IT'S EASY to be an economical governor when public senti
ment says "cut taxes". It's hard to be one when inflation
ary psychology (is in the air and the pressure groups start
to apply squeeze. -Gov. Martin realizes that, but he will realize
it even more before the legislature is over. The worst of it is.
that in many cases the demands are warranted by actual
needs, and there is a general desire for meeting those de
mands. The governor will need to buy a stock of extra pen
points because he will need them before he gets through bis
job of budget pruning before the session opens.
Among the heavier loads the state will te asked to bear
will be general salary increases to wipe out the salary cuts of
1933 and subsequent legislatures. State institutions have ex
panded populations and higher living costs, so their budgets
call for more money. Higher education will come with in
sistent demand for additional funds to take care of the greatly
increased enrollments and to meet competitive salaries for
faculty members. Relief costs will mount under the pension
plans which probably will call for age 65 limit instead of 70
to participate in old age. pensions. Other appropriations will
be needed to keep pace with federal social security legislation
in grants for the blind and for dependent children. New
buildings are" needed for the state library and public offices.
Chief Budgeter Wharton will be busy from now until
the legislature meets trimming the preliminary estimates.
Then the ways and means committee will scrap over items for
most of the 40 days and 40 nights which mark the legislative
flood. The final decision is made by the governor when he
lias the appropriation bills before him. 1
Gov. Martin is giving notice that he will insist on living
within income, with no increase in taxes. If he is able to, and
keep the people satisfied he will be either a mathematician
or a magician. j
Oregon was visited this week by the Rev. Gerald L. K. Smith,
who tried to succeed to Buey Long's mantle as the country's biggest
rabble-rouser. The Rer. Gerald L. K. moved Into the Townsend tent
with Dr. Townsend, and was here campaigning for Lemke. He took
cracks at the Oregon Townsend leaders, and accused them of bad
doings on their political affiliation. The Townsend movement has
been cracking up at the top for, months. Clements got out, and Mc
Groarty followed him, then underlings of various descriptions. Father
Townsend got off with Father Coughlin, and then kicked Gomer Smith
out of a seat on the board. The result of the unseemly scramble and
contention Is to disclose except to the super-believers the mis-leadership
they have been following. The appeals for money are not being
met as they used to be; and of course when the higher ups fall to get
their salaries they will shift to some other promotion, real estate,
washing machines, politics or peace, which promises to keep the wolf
off at a minimum of effort Townsend enthusiasm seems to be fad
ing around here. There have been few mass meetings lately to whip
up we iauniuL.
Gossips are busy on both sides of the water with the publication
of news that the kind's friend. Mrs. Simpson, is suing for divorce,
charging Mr. Simpson with Infidelity. Friends of the lady assert
that no marriage with the king is in contemplation. Since she is an
American born commoner such a match would be too much of a
shocker even for the precedent-smashing king to attempt. It is
probably lucky for King Edward
Just a plain fellow living, say in
they didn't have divorce courts,
affair differently.
The power Industry is being stirred into action for expansion of
lines. This year twice as many country lines will be built, for the
country as a whole, as in 1935. Part of the spurt of energy is due to
political agitation. .Another part is due to the growing actual demand
in rural .territory, plus ability to finance extensions with improving
business conditions. The northwest is one of the most heavily sat
urated districts with rural lines.
are now available to about IS per
18S1
Editor-Manager
Managing-Editor
that he is on the real working
the Budget
that he is king in England, and not
Tennessee. In King David's day,
so David had te manage his love
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In the lower Willamette valley lines
cent of the farm homes.
Bits for
Breakfast
By R. J. HENDRICKS
Jefferson Davis, sec re- 10-16-36
tary of war, told Governor ;
Curry about the Coast
reservation; the officers
then guarding it:
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(Continuing from yesterday:)
The date and incident of Fenner
seeing "John, the celebrated fight
er, with 150 of his warriors,"
crossing Coos hay (or an arm of
the bay), are confirmed by Dr.
Glisan's diary. His entry forTuly
1Z, 1856, reads: ?
"Old John's band got off on the
10th instant, escorted by Major
Reynolds' company and a detach-
ment of company E, 4th Infantry.
. . The troops took with them
over 200 splendid mules, 160 of
which were used as pack animals.
. . I rode out in the afternoon
to Major Reynolds": first day
camp, and partook of a parting
dinner with him."
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Meaning that he (Dr. Glisan)
rode out from Prt Orford July
10. 1856, to be with Major Rey
nolds end take dinner with him at
his first day camp from Port Or.
ford, the major and his men hav
ing custody of the fierce Chief
John and his immediate band, on
thelr.way to the Coast reservation.
bound for the Siletz section of
that reservation.
That was a wild country then,
rough and without roads, and the
cavalcade did very well to reach
the fringes of Coos hay on the
fourth day out. j -
Who was Major Reynolds in
charge of that motley brigade
winding in ' and I out of the near
jungles close to the ocean coast
of southwestern Oregon?
What was the future of this
captain and brevet major who had
charge of the Indian leader that
had been the ablest and deadliest
foe of the whites of all the chiefs
west of the CadcadesT
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Well, he became one of the out
standing heroes of the Civil war.
From being a captain and bre
vet major fighting and handling
Indians in pioneer ; Oregon, he
rose by virtue of merit, bravery
and splendid leadership to the
rank of major general.
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He came up to the pivotal part
of the battle of Gettysburg in
charge of the left wing constitut
ing the first, third and 11th army
corps and Buford's cavalry divi
sion and opposing ; the van of
General Lee's army. !
Reynolds saw the necessity of
fearlessly riding In front of his
lines; .
This to deploy, organize and en
courage his forces.
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He thus organized the move
ment that led the Union forces to
victory at Gettysburg.
But in that action, after the
battle front had been arranged as
he willed It, he received a fatal re
bel bullet.
Dearly won was that victory, in
the Joss of Reynolds, and, in nu.
merical proportion, many thous
ands of times more dearly In the
loss of men on the contending
lines of carnage.
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But he was acclaimed the chief
hero of that field.
A magnificent monument stands
on the battlefield of Gettysburg
at the spot where Reynolds fell,
as one testimonial to his superior
leadership. And . many more
marks of respect and gratitude
were shown to memorialize the
man who performed the closing
scene of the Rogue River war of
1855-6. by escorting Chief John
and his hand to the reservation.
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The nation's birthday was cele
brated at Port Orford In 1856.
Let's get the setting from some
entries in the Dr. Glisan diary.
They follow: I -
"July 2, 1856: This morning
Capt. Ord's I command arrived,
bringing In the famous old John
and his band the terror of south
ern Oregon. I
"July 5, 1856: Testerday the
grand anniversary of our nation
al independence was celebrated by
a federal salute of 13 guns at
dawn of day, and 31 (for the
then 31 states) at noon, and at 9
p.m. by fire rockets, which were
sent up rom the highest point of
the heads, to the great admiration
and astonishment of the Indians,
most of whom had never seen the
like before. .-. . After our nation
al salute all the officers assem
bled at the colonel's quarters and
partook of refreshments.
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"We were then informed by
Colonel B. that he HAD THE
PLEASURE OF ANNOUNCING
THE INDIAN WAR ON ROGUE
RIVER WAS CLOSED."
"CoL B." was of course Brevet
Colonel Buchanan. United States
army, who for several weeks there
to had been In charge of the pro
secution of the so-called Rogue
River Indian war of 1855-1 on
the part of the federal govern
ment. ' .
The Dr. Glisan diary had said.
In its. entry of June 15, 1356:
"CoL Buchanan. Capt. Smith
Capt. Augur, Dr. Milhau (army
surgeon ) , Lieut. Chandler. Lieut.
Ihrie ... arrived this afternoon
with 700 Indians. The latter, to
gether with the 400 now . v.
here, makes 1100 Indians, all of
whom are to be moved forward to
the Indian reservation . . . as soon
as the colonel can hear from the
command at the mouth of the
Rogue (river) as to whether old
John's people and the Chetcoes
and Pistol River Indians are com
ing In." ;, :
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The July t entry said: This
morning Captain Ord's command
arrived, bringing In the famous
old John and his hand the terror
of southern Oregon."
Thus was consummated the
scene of the drama that Justified
Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Bu
chanan In announcing at the cele.
bration of the Fourth of July.
1856, that "the Indian war on
Rogue river 'was closed." ' -.-(Concluded
tomorrow.)
Interpreting
By MARK
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 The
latest Installment of the Literary
Digest poll gives Governor Lan-
don 7 13.451
votes, 'and Mr.
Roosevelt 485,
392. In other
words it ; gives
Governor ."- L a n
don 56.9 percent
of the total.
That would
mean a rather
overwhel m 1 n g
republican ; vic
tory.' -. Three in-
wi.tt. stallments of the
Digest poll are yet to appear con
ceivably the final results might
give a reduced majority to Mr.
Landon, or even give a majority
to Mr. Roosevelt. But the Digest
experience with previous -polls
sugests that the present indica
tion of a republican victory will
continue to the 'end of the poll,
certainly that it will not be re
versed.. ,; . . i, ,V .. .
' Because of the Immense' scale of
the Digest poll,; much , more ex
tensive than . any other national
poll, and because of the tested ac
curacy of this poll In previous
presidential elections, the com
mon tendency is to accept the Di
gest's 'present indication of a re
publican victory.
If we accept the Digest's past
accuracy as convincing, if we ac
cept this poll as a barometer, then
we would be obliged to conclude
that the republicans will win com
fortably on November 3. There Is
no use arguing against the bar
ometer, if we assume the barom
eter to be accurate. The question
becomes whether the Digest poll
is an accurate barometer. Even
though it has been accurate In
previous elections, is it accurate
in this one?
During previous campaigns the
Digest's forecast has been ques
tioned by those whom it disap
pointed, or those to whom it seem
ed incr editable. During the 1933
campaign, republicans could not
believe they would suffer such a
disastrous defeat .as the , Digest
poll forecast. During the 1 9 2 8
campaign, supporters of the dem
ocratic candidate, "Al" Smith,
could not believe he would be
beaten by any such overwhelming
proportion as the Digest poll
pointed toward. Similarly, In the
present campaign, nearly all dem
ocrats strongly dispute the Di
gest's forecast of serious defeat
for them. Some neutral observ
ers dispute either the forecast of
so great a republican victory or
the forecast of Republican victory
at all. .
Many other polls differ from
the Digest Index. One poll con
ducted on a nationwide scale, but
reaching only a very small frac
tion of the number of voters
reached by the Digest, points to
ward democratic victory. .Some
local polls of states or parts of
states point toward the democrats
carrying decisive states states
which, if carried, would probably
mean democratic victory in the
nation.
Of all the state polls,4 the one
most difficult to reconcile with
the Digest one, is the poll of
Maryland conducted by the Balti
more Sun. The Sun sent straw
ballots to every registered voter
in Maryland, amounting to 755,
000. The latest tabulation of re
turns gives President Roosevelt
172.673, Mr. Landon 95,493. That
is, Mr. Roosevelt has about 64
per cent of the total vote. Gov
ernor Landon only a little over
35 per cent (minor candidates,
communist, etc., get nearly 1 per
cent).
: This outcome of this Maryland
poll Is discussed Intently by poli
ticians and observers. It compos
es the best single bit of evidence
on the side of those who dispute
the Literary Digest poll. True, the
Maryland poll is of only one state.
Landon . .
The
an
' Compiled hy Ralph E. If orrlsoa wh
has his ha in Orca for 15
yaara. Mr. Msrriaoa bra im Kanaaa
and attended th Universitj of Kanaaa.
Ha was . onneeted with tha editorial de
partment ot the Kanaaa City 8tar for ten
reara prariena te hi morinf te Portland,
Oregon.
: After listening to and reading
the speeches ot Landon, the re-,
publican candidate for president
of the United States, the people
are saying "This is an American
statesman." A shrewd commenta
tor said:
"Mild and equable and pleasant
without a hateful, envious or pro
vocative word In his lexicon, Alt
Landon continues to grow. It is
genuine growth that finds Its nur
ture In traditional Americanism In
the fundamentals of that fruitful
and unprecedented past to which
the new dealers . hare' made it
fashion to poke fun. '
i "They said he couldn't talk. But
did they mistake can't for can dot
language for logic, and rhetoric
for reason He talks plain horse
sense. Ha has challenged and com
manded the serious attention of
millions ot Americans who were
waiting for a voice. That it Is a
neighborly voice, low ot pitch, un
prejudiced, cool with calmness
that only makes that rolce mora
effective.
"Landon has become a national
figure in his own personal right,
the spiritual purposes of which
are strikingly impressive. In his
Chatauqua speech, ha talked of
free expression how many news
paper editors if no others, know
it had been Jeopardized? From
that first speech, after his ac
ceptance, ha has been placing his
definite, concrete views on record.
"Continually ha has in states
manlike manner conveyed to the
electorate how he will act when
elected president. He has given
his views on taxation, on govern
ment and business, on social prob
lems, on education, on interna
tional relationships. Ha is In dead
earnest. He Is talking, not as a
politician this way In one locality,
another somewhere else, but as a
statsman pointing not only the
way for present governmental
America to recant; but also di
recting the paths to follow.
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SULLIVAN
But Maryland is itself a kind of
barometer state.: It is a barometer
of the nation. It has been literally
true of Maryland (as it has not
been of Maine) that as goes Mary
land so goes the nation. During
44 years, ever since 1892 (when
Maryland, so to speak, ceased to
vote" under civil war Influences)
In every presidential election,
Maryland has gone the way 'the
country went. When the country
went republican, so did Maryland.
When the-country went democrat
ic. Maryland did the same. Con
versely, when A Maryland : went
either way. the nation went-the
same way. This has happened In
ten successive presidential elec
tions. ' This extraordinary record (not
duplicated, I think, by any other
state though I hare not check
ed this statement) has given
Maryland a kind of superstitous
standing with politicians and pol-
itical correspondents. Every 'four
years? since 1892, any gambler
who could have known in advance
how Maryland would go, would
have been able to bet successfully
on the outcome in the nation.
It Is for this reason that bet
tors, predlcters and observers puz
zle over the outcome ot the pres
ent Maryland poll. Here is a state
with a remarkable predictive rec
ord now forecasting democratic
victory. And here is the Literary
Digest likewise with a remark
able record, forecasting republi
can victory. It is impossible to
reconcile the two barometers. If
the Maryland poll pointed only
toward a slight democratic vic
tory, observers might dismiss it
and rely on the Digest poll. For
Maryland commonly goes one way
or the other by only narrow ma
jorities and conceivably might this
time be wrong. But the Maryland
poll points toward 64 per cent for
Mr. Roosevelt and only about 35
for Governor Landon. Almost any
politician or observer would be
willing to bet that it Maryland on
November 3 actually goes demo
cratic in so large a proportion,
the country as a whole would go
democratic
It Is the extraordinarynesg of
Maryland poll that causes mysti
fication. The poll actually gires
Mr. Roosevelt a larger per cent of
Maryland's total vote than he had
In 1932. In that year Mr. Roose
velt's proportion of the Maryland
total was just under 63 per cent.
It would be difficult to find any
one (except possibly tha most in
fatuated of new dealers) who
thinks for one moment that Mr.
Roosevelt will this year get as
large a proportion of the total
vote in tha nation as in 1932. In
short, as respects proportion of
the total vote at least, the Mary
land poll seems fantastic. Repub
licans' may take what comfort
they can in an adaptation of an
old legal maxim if fantastic In
one respect, fantastic in all.
In yet- another respect, the
Maryland poll is extraordinary.
The total number of straw bal
lots sent out (to the entire elec
torate) was 755,000. Out of these,
269,840 have been returned bear
ing the name of the voter's choice.
That is, 35 per cent of the straw
ballots, more than one-third, have
been marked and returned. This
Is extremely unusual. The com
mon experience ot newspapers or
organizations that take polls of
this kind is to get back less than
20 per cent. I am told the Literary
Digest commonly gets hack about
16 per cent. The usual experience
of business men who send out cir
culars with request for answers
is to get an even smaller percent
age of replies.'
Does the extraordinary number
of replies In Maryland mean that
the democrats are on their toes
and eagerly send back their bal
lots marked for Roosevelt, while
the republicans are less alert?
Does it mean that many democrats
who intend to vote for Governor
Landon when In the assured sec
ret of the voting booth, neverthe
less do not care to show their in
tentions on straw ballots?
Anyhow, this head-on discrep
ancy between the Maryland poll
and the Literary Digest one is
rather more discussed by politic
ians than the issues of the cam
paign. After the election, the post
mortem will ba Interesting and
should throw some light on what
type ot poll Is the best barometer.
Editorial
Comment
From Other Papers
BOOKLET
The f mall boomlet which has
been created under New Deal
leadership has the same elemnts
of weakness which undermined
tha post-war boom had distrib
ution of work and profits, mount,
ing debts private and public,
mounting taxes, the dangers of
sudden and disastrous reaction.
To people who art dealing with
the concrete problems of business
and employment tha glib cam
paign statements are not reas
suring. Eugene Register Guard.
Ten Years Ago
October 16. 1926
Mrs. Emma Cole, 79, of Jeffer
son was killed immediately as her
car was struck by another one on
tha Pacific highway.
Howard P. Savage of Chicago
was elected national commander
of the American Legion.
Lions club will hold old fash
ioned dance and fiddlers contest
at armory next week.
Twenty Yeers Ago
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October 16. lilt
Registration la city is higher,
figures show Increase over last
year.
Prohibitionist's train ' attacked
In Detroit, MIch missile hurled
through window.
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ant
Commander Swan loafed to his
feet and ,as though he were greet
ing his oldest friend, cooed at Dor
emus, "My dear fellow, so sorry
to have to trouble you. Just a rou
tine query, you know. Do sit down.
Gentlemen, in the case of Mr. Dor
emus, surely we need not go
through the -farce of formus in
quiry. Let's all sit bout that damn
big silly table down there place
where they always stick the in
nocent defendants and the guilty
attorneys, y know get down
from this high altar little too
mystical for the taste ot a vulgar
bucket-shop gambler like myself.
After you. Professor; after you,
my dear Captain." And. to the
guards. "Just wait outside in the
hall, will you? Close the doors
jStaubmeyer and Shad looking
despite Effingham Swan's frivol,
ity as portentous as their uniforms
could make them, clumped down
to the table. Swan followed them
airily, and to Doremus, still stand
ing, he gave his tortois-shell ci
garette case, caroling, "Do have
a! smoke, Mr. Doremus. Must we
all be so painfuly formal?"
I "My name in Jessup, Comman
der. Doremus Is my first name.
I "Ah, I see. It could be. Quite
so. Very New England, Doremus."
Swan was leaning back In his
wooden armchair, powerful trim
hands behind his neck. "Ill tell
you, my dear fellow. One's mem
ory is so wretched, you know. Ill
just call you 'Doremus,' sans Mis
ter. Then, d you see, it might ap
ply to either the first (or Chris
tian, as I believe one's wretched
people in Back Bay insist on call,
ing it) either the Christian or
the surname. Then we shall feel
all friendly and secure. Now. Dor
emus, my dear fellow, I begged my
friends in the M.M. I do trust
they were not too importunate, as
these : parochial units sometimes
do seem to be but I ordered them
to invite you here, really. Just to
get your advice as a Journalist.
Does it seem to you that most
of the peasants here are coming
to their senses and ready to ac
cept the Corpo fait accompli? -J
Doremus grumbled. "But I un
derstood I was dragged here
and if you want to know, your
squad was all of what you call
'importunate' I because of an edi
torial I wrote about President
Windrip .
I "Oh, was that you, Doremus?
Ton see? I was right one does
have such a 'wretched memory! I
do seem now to remember- some
minor incident of the sort you
know mentioned in the agenda.
Do hare another cigarette, my
dear fellow.
"Swan! X don't care much for
this cat-and-mouse game - at
least, not while I'm tha mouse.
What are Tout charges against
me?" - , -v-
I "Charges? Oh, my only aunt!
Just trifling things criminal li
bel and conveying secret informa
tion to alien forces and h 1 g h
treason and homicidal incitement
to violence yon know, tha usual
bores ome line. And all so easily
got rid of, my Doremus, if you'd
Just be persuaded you see how
quite pitifully eager I am to be
friendly with you, and to hare tha
inestimable aid ot your experience
here it you'd just decide that it
knight be tha part of discretion
$o suitable, y know, to your ven.
erable years-!
I "Damn it, I'm not venerable,
nor anything like it. Only sixty.
Sixty-one, 1 should say."
I "Matter of ratio, my dear fel
low. I'm forty-seven m'self. and I
have no doubt the young pups al
ready call ma venerable! But as I
was saying, Doremus
:lWhy was It he winced with
fury every time Swan called hiss
that?)
"with your position as one of
the Council of Elders, and with
your responsibilities to your fam
ily It would be too sick-making,
it anything happened to them y
know! yon Just can't afford to be
Premature Harvest
H
appen
too brash! And all we desire is
...
for you to play along with us in Druiai, wouia nave oeen comiort
your paper I would adore , the ing after the easy viciousness of
chance of explaining some of the the three judges.
Corpos and the Chief's still unre
vealed plans to you. You'd see
such a. new light!"
Shad grunted, "Him? Jessup
couldn't see a new light If It was.
on the end of his nose!" i .
"A moment, my dear Captain.
And also, Doremus, of course we
shall urge you to help us by giving
us a complete list of every person
in this vicinity that you know of
who is secretly opposed to the Ad
ministration." "Spying? Me?
"Quite!
"If I'm accused of 1 insist
on having my lawyer, Mungo Kit.
terick, and on being tried, not all
this bear-baiting "
"Quaint name. Mungo Kitter
Ick. Oh, my aunt! Why does it
give me so absurd a picture of an
explorer with a Greek grammar
In his hand? Tou don't quite un
derstand, my, Doremus, Habeas
corpus due processes of law
too, too bad! all those ancient
sanctities, dating, no doubt, from
Magna Charts, been suspended
oh, but Just temporarily, 7 know
state of crisis unfortunate ne
cessity martial law " .
"Damn it. Swan "
"Commander, my dear fellow
ridiculous matter of military dis
cipline, y know such rot!"
"You know . mighty well and
good; It isn't temporary! It's per
manent that is, as long as the
Corpos last."
"It could be!"
; "Swan Commander you get
that j 'It could be and my aunt'
front the Reggie Fortune stories,
don't your
"Now there is a fellow detective-story
fanatic! But how too
bogus!- -
"And . that's Evelyn Waugh!
Tou-e quite a literary man for so
famous a yachtsman and horse,
manj Commander."
"Horseman, yachtsman, literary
mant Am L Doremus, even in my
sanctum sanctorum, having, as the
lesser breeds would say, the pants
kidded off me? Oh, my Doremus,
that . couldn't be! And Just when
one Is so feeble, after having been
so, shall I say excoriated, by your
so -amiable friend, Mrs. Lorinda
Pike? No, no! How too unbefit
ting! the majesty of the law."
- Shad Interrupted again. "Yeh,
we had' a swell time with your
girl-friend, Jessup. But I already
had ;the, dope about you and her
before. .
' : j Helplessness
: Doremus sprang up, his ehalr
crashing backward on the floor.
He was reaching for Shad's throat
across the table. Effingham Swan
was! on' him, pushing him hack
into another chair. Doremus hic
cuped with fury. Shad had not
even troubled to rise, and he was
going on contemptuously:
"Yuh; you two'll have quite
soma trouble if you try to pull
7 jpy. stuff on the Corpos. My.
my, I Doremus, ain't we had fun.
Lindy and you. playing fottle
footle theae last couple years!
Didn't nobody know about it. did
they! But what yon didnt know
was Lindy and don't it beat hell
a long-nosed, skinny bid maid like
her jean have so much pep! and
she's been cheating on you tight
along, sleeping with every dog
gone man boarder she's had at the
Tarjern, and ot course with her
little squirt ot a partner. Nipper !"
Swan's great hand hand r an
ape with a manicur held Dore -
muS in hll chair. Rhait anlcV.Mil
Z. 7
rimiit3!'ieZer been
sluing with fingertips together
laughed amiably. - Swan patted
Doremus'a back.
He was less sunken bv th
InsUlt to - Lorinda . than h tfca
- . , , .
teellng of helpless loneliness. It
-av uue: ina nirnt as nniot
5,-L tttM, T bea V Ud u ""-moving . redhead anything 4w Jt
even the M.M. guards, had come 'more familiar than "Doc") V -
In from the hall. Their rustic (Continue! nn m hi V '
By
2r2 SINCLAIR LEWIS
l Innocence, however barnyardishly
In at a
Swan was placidly resuming:
"But I suppose we really must
get down to business however
agreeable, my dear clever literary
detective, it would be to discuss
Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sav
ers and Norman Klein. Perhaps
we can some day, when the Chief
puts us both in the same prison!
There's really, my dear Doremus,
no need of. your troubling your
legal gentleman, Mr. Monkey Kit
teridg. I am quite authorized to
conduct this trial for quaintly
enough, Doremus, it is a trial,
despite the delightful St. Bo
toiph's atmosphere! And as to
testimony, I already have all I
need, both in the good Miss Lo
rinda's Inadvertent admissions, in
the actual text of your editorial
criticising the Chief, and in the
quite thorough reports of Captain
Ledue and Dr. Staubmeyer. One.
really ought to take you out and
shoot you and one is quite em
powered -to do so, oh quite!
but one has one's faults one is
really too merciful. And perhaps
we can find a better use tor you
than as fertilizer you are, you
know, rather too much on -the
skinny side to make adequate
fertilizer.
Dishonorable Parole
"You are to be released on
parole, to assist and coach Dr.
Staubmeyer who, by orders from
Commissioner Reek, at Hanover,
has just been made editor of the
Informer, but who doubtless lacks
certain points of technical train
ing." You wil help him oh, glad
ly, I am sure! until he learns.
Then we'll see what we'll do
with you! ... You will write
editorials, with all your accus
tomed brilliance oh, I assure
you people constantly stop on
Boston Common to discuss your
masterpieces; have done for
years! But .you'll write only as
Dr. Staubmeyer tells you. Under
stand? Oh. Today since 'tis al
ready past the -witching hour
you will write an abject apology
for your diatribe oh yes, very
much on the abject side! You
know you veteran journalists
do these things so neatly just
admit you were a cockeyed, liar
and that sort ot thing bright
and bantering you know! And
next Monday you will, like most
of the other ditch-water-dull hick
papers, begin the serial publica
tion of the Chiet'a Zero Hour.
You'll enjoy that!"
Clatter and shouts at the
door. Protests from the unseen
guards. Dr. Fowler Greenhill
pounded In, stopping with arms
akimbo, shouting, as he strode
down to the table, "What do you
three comic judges think you're
doing?
"And who may our Impetuous
friend be? He anoys me, rather,"
Swan asked ot Shad.
"Doc Fowler Jessup's son-in-law.
And a bad actor. Why,
couple days ago I offered him
charge of medical inspection for
all the M.M.'a in the county, and
he Said this rad.h1 mrt
I Aleck here ha said you and me
ana commissioner Reek and Doc
Staubmeyr and an ot us were a
bunch of hoboes thst'd be dig
ging ditches rn a labor camp if
we hadn't stole soma officers'
uniforms!
Ah, did he indeed?" purred
Swan. '
Fowler srotested: "He's a liar.
I never mentioned von. I don't
leven know who von ir."
I .r " .
I J uawa, (uwt sir, worn-
mander Effingham Swan. M. J. !"
"Well, M. J., that still doesn't
I enlighten
me. Never heard ot
you!"
Shad interrupted. "How the
I hit aa v .
I acfc yui iu Junius.
I Fowley?" (He who had never
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