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Th OREGON STATESMAN. Salen, Oregon, Thursday Mornlnj, DeccnW 31r 1335
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"No Favor Sway Us: No Fear ShaU Awe".
From nrst Statesman, March 28. 1811 1
Cbakixs A. SntACUB -Sheldon
F. Sackjtt -
THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO.
Member of the Associated Preaa , ;.
Tb Associated Press Is sxclualvsly ratltlsd to tbs ass for pabUce
Men of aU nsws dispatches credited te It or not etbsrwtss credits to
thU paper.
Vigilant Pinball Boys
GIVE it to the pinball boy for not sleeping. This racket is
too juicy with profits to be surrendered without a fight ;
' and once lost is to be recovered at the earliest opportun
ity. When the city council meets Monday night it will be elect
ins; a new city attorney. Actually the pinball boys are making
the attorney election a lever by which to gain contro) of the
council. They want, if Councilman Goodenough gets the attor
neyship, and so has to resign his councilmanic .office, to elect
a new. councilman as his successor who will be favorable to
licensing pinball machines. For several weeks the outriders of
.the pinball brigade have been putting prospective candidates
through the sounding rooms to find out how they stand on
the pinball larceny. If they do not react favorably they are
dropped for more "promising" material. No attention is paid
- to a man's general qualifications, at how he stands on other
questions of public concern. The sole test is whether he will
fall In with the pinball racket.
The sentiment on the council divides into three groups:
-those opposed to licensing the machines;. those who regard
them as an evil but are willing to license any and all appli
cants; and those who want to frame licensing so theloel syn
dicate will get the top deck rakeof f and shut off the Portland
or Seattle merchants in gaming try to extract.' In the rum
blings behind the scenes one hears fit deals and then of re
neging; but one thing Js sure the pinball brigade is never
sleeping. I
The council will fly. in the face of public sentiment if it
restores these machines to use. There is a rising-tide of hos
tility to them, for one reason because the public recognizes the
sucker doesn't get a fair break, the odds against him are so
heavy. The question as to whether these machines are pro
hibited under the state constitution barring lotteries is now
Jn the courts. The council should at the very least await, this
decision. Meantime the legislature, which convenes next
month, will render a good service to the public if it repeals the
1935 law purporting to give municipalities power to license
the devices.
' Mussolini
1VHETHER one likes him or
among the great figures
of the corporate state, offensive though it be to friends
jot democracy, is an original contribution to political and eco
nomic theory. His vigorous administration has welded Italy
into a unity it has not experienced . since the downfall of
the Roman empire. He has been an astute manager of foreign
affairs. He out-bluffed Great Britain in the Ethiopian crisis.
Now he has proven his astuteness by cutting loose from Gen
eral Franco, Spanish rebel, at a timely moment.
For the advice given by II Duce to Hitler that thelatter
pull out of the Spanish situation proves that the Italian dic
tator does not want to precipitate a European war, which
he thinkswould be the price of supplying Franco with the
.men and materials he needs. The war might crush Italy, poverty-stricken
as it is, even if its armies met with success.
Prjompt to recognize the rebel government when it was on the
point of entering the capital of Spain, Mussolini is equally
prompt -to retire from the list of Franco's supporters when
he sees the rebel army thwarted short of-its goal. Without
Italian and German aid the rebels will certainly fail; and
when the crack-up comes, it will come fast. The leaders will
hasten to flee the country to escape the fury of the socialists.
The time appears ripe for the powers to insulate the
strife, and to exert the pressures which may be fruitful in
restoring peace and order in Spain. This should be on a basis
of amnesty as far as possible, and the establishment of an or
derly democratic form of government. Whether this can be
done in the face of the anarcho-syndicalists, the communists
and the radical socialists Is hard to tell. While some of the
powers in Europe prefer a fascist Spain, none of them, save
Russia, wants a red Spain; and for some time to come Spain
will need the support of republican France.
Perhaps Mussolini, in his characteristic manner of swift
action, has made a decisive move for the end of the Spanish
war of internal destruction.
New Year's Eve
TONIGHT the new year will be greeted- in diverse ways.
Riotous celebration will give 1937 a bath in champagne
in many city night clubs. Prayer and praise, will christen
. 1 1 1 t J Tt-l A
it in Ynanv pnnrpnoa nuor -rno
' r will be more moderate means of welcoming the new year.
" The feverish prosperity of 1936 lends the atmosphere for
a noisv new year's eve. New Yorkers are promised one of the
"most joyous,hilarious and "expensive" celebrations in his
tory. The leading hotels have'set the cover charge at $15, and
others scale down from $12 to $10.50 to" $8.00. At the Rain-
bow room in Rockefeller center the fee is $15, exclusive of
beverages, and the manager says there will be "no corkage
fee" for the simple reason that persons bringing their own
will be asked to check the same in the cloak room. Other cities
. will be likewise indulgent, in their own degree,' as those with
bibulous desire toast the coming of 1937.
. J Those who sit comfortably in their own homes may vicar
iously riot from Atlantic to Pacific as they follow the chain
of the hours across the continent. It is always something of
wonder thus to follow the advent of the new year as the hour
of twelve midnight strikes in city after city, each in a new
. time zone. Finally the minute hand creeps toward the mo-
. e mm a s 4-
rnent in one s own city, usuauy one must step outsiae at xz
;. ito hear much noise, for electric power has done away with
1 most of the steam whistles which used to screech a new year's
greeting. The distant clamor of bells and auto horns and
- 1 ' ii j 1 i.ir. -i a - 1 1
wmsues soon cues away; ana ions go in -ana go to ueu, con
scious that the work will go on in January quite the same as
in December ; pr that surprising changes may come at any day
of the year. . . .. m i - -
Changing Commissioners j
; utility commissioner. The Statesman's regret at his retir
ing from office is mitigated only by the high character and
intellectual attainments of the man designated as his success
or. Senator N.- G. Wallace of Bend. McCullouch took a depart
ment in which there had been four years s of demagogic
Iparlorsrifn anrl ha. mr?s it nnernfA with renter efficiency.
has organized the work, obtained valuable rate reductions,
and introduced definite discipline in public utility adminis
tration He has done this without making stump speeches,
without ballyhoo. Business has gone through his off ice with
dispatch and certainty. Utilities knew, they would get fair
. treatment if they complied with the law; the public had the
ofiiiVAnAa 4- 4 4-Via rliimavftMAtit wae vrlnritenf nrAfiiM inv 4-tioi w
t OOOil CeUVG MiAli MAC UCft4 WMUk TTfH f afeeWmfc A fVVlu otiVll
interests. McColloch's work attracted much attention to him
as a future candidate for governor, although he showed no in
terest at all in fence-building. -X o f i -.
Senator Wallace has a fine, clear mind; is well-poised;
- resolute in his convictions. He became a leader in the senate
because of his intellectual strength. Governor Martin has
summoned into state service a man of ability when he ap
r pointed Mr. Wallace to the important position of public utility
: commissioner. - - - -
1SH
- Editor-Manager
-- ; Managing-Editor.
Moves .
not one' must rate Mussolini
of current history. His theory
lunn norwMm rmua wttssttim
The Safety
Valve
Letters from ,
' Statesman Readers
How Readest Thorn? '
To the Editor: 4
"J sua took him by tho hand
and Uftad him op, Mark 9-27.
We call this a Christian nation.
Our civilization is caled a Christ
fan ciTllzation. . Socety -is. or
shoald be, A based on Christian
principles. It is possibly that wo
are Christian in nam but : not
in fact.lt is also possible that our
business is not conducted! on
Christian principles. Christ says,
"Thou Shalt love thy neighbor
as thyself." Business says, "Thou
shait compete with thy neigh
bor." The competitive system Is
not the system that Christ taught.
It is possible that we are confes
sing Christ in our creeds and not
in our deeds. , Christ intended
that His religion ahould be car
ried out in practice. To call Him
Lord, and do not the things
that He says is to disown Hun.
"Jesus took him by the hand and
lifted him up." This admonitilon
is the basis for some remarks I
wish to make on social problems,
on man's relations to his fellow
man. Social problems are sacred
problems. Erery political ques
tion, and every social I question
Is a Religious question." If Christ
ian Socialism Is - the application
of Christ's teachings to the life
of 'today, then we are aU Social
ists, or should be. When our sav
iour came down from the Mount
of Transfiguration, He saw this
poor, deril posessd lad at the
foot of the mount, and taking
him by the hand He Uf ted him up
so that he stood a man among
men. Jesus made him free from
the deril that degraded him. He
made i a man of him. The whole
P gospel and mission of Christ is
m mat act. Jesus was always tak.
tag men by the hand and lifting
them up. He did not stand aloof
from men. He came close to
them; He took them by the hand
as brother should grasp the hand
of brother. He showed personal
sympathy with, and took a person
al interest in Individuals. It was
the mission of Christ and It is
the mission of the Church of
Christ to uplift men. The cry that
comes from thousands all around
us is "Lift me up." The ignorant
cry to be' lifted up to knowledge,
the oppressed to be lifted up to
liberty, the sinful to be lifted up
to holiness and Heaven.
It is the mission of Christian
ity to lift men up, to elevate
them, to give them true and com
plete manhood. In 1896 William
McKlnley said, "I don't know
what you think about it, but I
think we had better open the
mills instead of the mints of the
United States." In this year of
1936 I don't know what you think
about it., but I think that the
Townsend plan is the most hu
manitarian and Christ-like plan,
having true and undefiled re
ligion, that has ever been offered
to bring us out of this, the worst
financial and moral depression
ever known in America, and pre
vent a bloody revolution that we
hear so much about on every :
hand, and I cannot understand
how any minister of Christ's Gos
pel or any Christian man or wo-4
man that would do unto others
as they would have others do un
to them, and love their neighbors
as themselves, could oppose the
plan..
S. B. Mills,
2407 State street,
Salem, Ore.
W. P. A. Rolls Should Not be
Reduced
To the Editor:
The present system of hand
ling the relief problem must be
continued until the able-bodied
people on relief get jobs in
some private Industry or until
some better system is devised.
Any drastic cut In relief rolls
that will throw able-bodied men
on the street to starve is un
thinkable and Is bound to lead to
serious repercussions. The un
employment problem is perma
nent under the present economic
system. In fact it offers a chal
lenge to the owners of private
Industry, namely: can, you and
will you absorb the able-bodied
men in private industry?
If you are not able to do so,
then a system of relief and made
work must be set up and the bill
sent to the owners of private In
dustry until the people and the
government are ready to change
this system from private to pub
lic ownership of these Industries
so that all may be given employ
ment. At best, relief and mid'
work is a makeshift which tends
to destroy the morale of our un
employed citlsenry, is an indict
ment against the present system
of private ownership and a djs
grace to-the nation. i J
C. Chaplin. '
Salem, Ore " ;
Ten Years Ago I
December SI. 192a
Inauguration of John Martin
Cause as president of Kimball
School of Theology will be held
January 18.
J
Tenants began moving- into th
new First National Bank build
ing yesterday. Elevator service
began Monday.
Walter Bemmer, deputy sheriff
of Marion county has resigned
and Walter Barber has taken over
position. . -; . ..
Twenty Years Ago
IWhhIih
Secretary of State Ben Olcolt,
proposes combining all public
elections as a money saving
measure for tax. payers..
Statesman has arranged to
megaphone University of Oregon
and University of Pennsylvania
game at Pasadena, New Year's
day.; -. .-: ; " i
'- Justice Robert Eakin who was
to have succeeded Chief-Justice
Frank A. Moore has resigned due
to poor health.
Bits f
or B
By O. J. HENDRICKS
Markers along the ;12-S1-S(,
old . Oregon Trail la
the state i of Kansas : '
How the cost are paid: "
.
- (Continuing : from yesterday: )
Quotwg"urther the second EU
lenbecker : letter: "We pursue
various p 1 a n , in raising . the
: "In two Instances' our county
commissioners have defrayed the
expenses.' ; . - -
"In one instance we sold suf
ficient Oregon 'Trail half dollars.
to raise the money.
"In the instance of the Bre
men marker, four school dis
tricts and ; the town of Bremen
(20 population) contributed the
funds.
. .
"We, In another case, raised
the money . by subscription.
"Just now we are selling pony
Express medal for another. :
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"The Oregon - Trail Memorial
association of 482S 217th street.
Bayslde, Long Island, N. T., baa
these' coins and medals which
can be bought at a nominal price
and then sold at a profit. . How
ard R. Driggs Is ' president of
O. T. M. A. (Oregon Trail Memorial-association.)
- "Ton perhaps have a regional
director of O. T. M. A. for Ore
gon, : but 1 1 do not know his
name. (Have we? If so, who Is
he? It not, we should have.)
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"In this locality we h a y e
granite boulders scattered
around, and some of these we sel
ected for the stones; then we in
scribe them and even mount
plaques on them. We find seme
very fine stones, from small
sizes up to many tons in weight
"So. all the expense we nave
is' the placing and the inscribing,
which seldom exceeds $75.
"We have quite a marking
program, for this county (Mar
shall) has over a dozen historic
spots that ahould be marked.
We have five, markers up.
"The original Oregon Trail
from Westport- Missouri, via the
Kaw river and the Platte , tra
versed this - county.
"Then the St. Joseph feeder
came in from the east and Join
ed the old trail In this county.
"Then from the St. Joseph
trail at Gulttard station the
Oketo cut-off (of Ben Holladay)
ran northwest across the county.
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"At Marysville Is the crossing
of the old Fort Leavenworth
Fort . Kearney military road.
"Then there are several fam
ous camp grounds, as at Alcove
Springs where the Donner party i
camped four days and burled
Grandma Keyes. '.
Lack of Material
Holds Up Subway
HUBBARD, Dec. 30 Work
on the Wilson river cut-off high
way subway under the Southern
Pacific tracks near White school
has been retarded due to the im
possibility of securing construc
tion materials. This is due to
the Maritime strike which is now
on.
The Congregational church
parsonage, known as the Poin
ette house, was sold to Frank
Feth of Hubgard. The Feth
house was purchased by Roy
Duncan of Hubbard.
Guests in Hubbard over the
weekend and for the New Year
holidays are Mrs. U. E. Denyer
of Turner and Mr. and Mrs. D.
N. Hawk and sons, Neuin and
Eldon of Clatskanee at the Rev.
N. S. Hawk home; Mr. and Mrs.
Franklin de Lespinasse of Half
way, where ' they teach in the
high school and Mr. and Mrs.
Don Covey of Union, eastern Ore
gon at the A. F. de Llspanesse
home.
A group of girls of the Feder
ated church Sunday school held
a party In the church social
room Monday night. The room
was decorated appropriately tor
the season. After playing games,
lunch was served to Faye Lar
kins, Eileen Bontrager, Mildred
Schoor, Hasel . Boyd. Phyllis
Vxettenberg. Doris and Eunice
Love and Miss Kate Hawk, teach-
Star Official to
Visit February 22
WOODBURN, Dec 30 The
regular meeting . of Evergreen
chapter. Order of the Eastern
Star, was held in the Masonic
.temple Monday night with the
newly elected officers In the
chairs. Mrs. Beulah Lessard, wor
thy matron, presided.
Announcement was made that
rs. Hasel Ingram of The Dalles,
associate grand "matron., would
make her official visit ot in
spection February 22. A school
tor officers will be held In the
afternoon of ' that ' day at 2
o'clock.
Standing committees are ap
pointed by the worthy matron:
Finance, B. W. Duari, Edna Ly
tie and Pearl Lansden; examin
ing committee. Mabel Settlemelr,
Lillian Bitnay and J. Melvln Bin
go; relief, Delia Overton, Min
nie Richards, B. W. Dunn; chair
man of the . refreshment commit
tee, Beulah Lessard; decorations,
E. . Aline Beers; program, Ger
trude Tweedle.
The Rainbow advisory board
appointed Includes Maude Moch
el. mother adviser; Mabel Settle
mier. Dr. Sims, E. Aline Beers;
Nina Ringo, Prudence Ackerson.
May Strike. B. " W. Dunn. Elta
Lytle and Beulah . Lessard. . The
41st anniversary ot. the chapter
will be celebrated at the next
meeting. January 11.
Ufasi
"There Is Independence or
Mormon ; crossing. . .
"Then Just west of .this place
(of the Big Blue river) to Fre
mont s spring and the camp
ground wnere the 'Great Immi
gration to : Oregon . camped sev
eral days and formed - the fam
ous cow column. (Meaning the
1848 Immigration; Jesse ' Apple-
gate being in charge of the cow
column.) -v :
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"And there are others.
"So, if our good will holds out.
we Intend to make good'mse of
our native boulders.
"From ; your, name, I would
guess that: you had ancestors in
that Applegate-Burnett' caravan
of 1842." (Meaning Jesse Apple-
gate and Peter H. Bernett. Bur
nett was supreme judge under
he Oregon provisional -govern
ment and became the first gov
ernor of the state of California.)
(Mr. Ellenbeeker means AW
Jah Hendricks, of the 1843 cov
ered wagon train. He served with
Jesse Applegate in the 18 4 S pro
visional government legislature
from . Yamhill county, that coun
ty then extending clear to the
Mexican : ( California ) line. Abi-
Jab. Hendricks voted with Jesse
Applegate on the measures of
high import, which the former
pushed through that little leg
islature of 12 members, among
them those calculated to bring
the Hudson's Bay, company un
der the egis of the Oregon pro
visional government. The Hen
dricks vote was needed to rirry
those measures, for the ballot
ing was seven to six. And but for
their success, . there would un
doubtedly have been a third war
with Great Britain. And the
measures were not carried
through, a day too soon. One
Oregon pioneer tells the! writer
he is related to Abifeh. ' There
is a tradition in the family that
all are related who spell the
name Hendricks, United ' States
for the German Heinrich. The
Voncalla home of Jesse Applegate
was over the ridge and ; across
Scott's ralley .fr om the Shoe
string vaUey,' where vthef writer
spent part ef his ' boyhood, and
he was acquainted wihj Jesse
Applegate then, and at m later
'period. What he missed J by be
ing too young then, or too; dumb,
to think of what he might have
learned first hand from the
"sage of Yoncalla!" He (Jesse
Applegate) was a truly great
man, fit for high station and-deserving
of greater honors than
he had or even aspired to.)
Quoting the Ellenbeeker letter
further: "In 1878 one of our
old neighbors moved to Oregon
L. W. Gulss. His daughter
married Cooke Patton of the
Patton Bros, firm In Salem."
(Continued tomorrow.)
One Twin Passes;
Other Improving
OAKDALB, Dec. 20 One of
the twins that was born to Mr.
and Mrs. E. W. Yoctorwlc De
cember 15 died Sunday at their
home here. The funeral was held
Tuesday morning at the Dallas
Catholto church with Father Rol
lin in Charge. The other baby
boy seems to be stronger and It
is believed that he will over
come the cold which both babies
had.
Mr. and Mrs. Emil Wenger en
tertained with dinner Sunday at
theifclhome. . Mrs. Martin Te'sen
and Joe Teisen of Mt. Angel, Miss
iJosephlne Teisen of Port Angeles,
Wash., Mr. .and Mrs. Eddie Coch
rane and ton Joe and Joe Weln
ger. Mrs. M. Teisen remained
for a week's visit with her daugh
ter. - :
Pioneer was Introduced to
snow Saturday night but ft did
not last. Again Tuesday morning
there was quite a flurry of snow.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Slaterwere
hosts to a New Year's Ere par
ty. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Lee
Hughes and children of ''Dallas,
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Coy and
Children, Mr. and Mrs. Ken Lau
dahl and Mr. and Mrs. Walter
LaudahL
Masonic Croups
Install Officers
STAYTON. Dec 0 A Joint
installation. of officers of. Acacia
chapter of tho Order of Eastern
Star and Santlam lodge No. 25,
A. F. A. M-. was held at the
I. O. O. F. Masonle hall Satur
day night, following a dinner at
which covers were placed for 14S
guests., Mrs., Monnie M. ' Hauser,
Salem, was installing officer.
Following the Installation cer
emony a program was given un
der the direction of W. A. Wed
dle, Mrs. R. G. Wood and Mrs.
Thelma Surrey, which Included
a drill by 12 girls under the di
rection of R. S. Wood; three vo
cal solos by Mrs. .'' WiUiam
Tschopp of Salem, LeRoy Hlatt
of Roseburg and Rex Hartley of
Jefferson. Several piano selec
tions were rendered by Rev. Don
Huckabee. -
: Officers inducted Into the two
lodges were: Mrs. Hal Shelton,
worthy matron W. A. Weddle.
wbrthy patron; -R. A.. Waddell,
associate pation; Mrs. J Mike
Wendt.' associate matron: Mrs.
Walter Frey. seereUry; Mrs. R.
A. WeddeU. treasurer; Mrs. Thel
ma Surrey conductress;, Mrs.
Robert Wood, " associate conduc
tress; Dr. B. F. Pound, master;
R. A. " Waddell, , 8. W.; Walter
treasurer and Charles, Burmes
ter, secretary.': .;
jtArea"ttor Home ' -
- STIVER, -Dec.: '8 Miss lrma
Wefer has gone to her -home -at
Wheeler after having spent the
past six months with her uncle,
C D. Rlchter end family. . t
Much on
il
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"L
oves
CHAPTER XIV
Things like that didn't hap
pen. Why. It was like something
out or a book. Nobody let a girl
grow np like . that wild, and
undisciplined and innocent as a
fawn in the woods.
Nobody . . . except old Adol-
phus Cooper.
Donald saw the huge, leathery-
faced old man, passive, curiously
detached from his eager, bustling
wife and the fashionably, gown
ed girls. He saw him in his baggy
black suit and the stiff white
shirt, with the limp, straggling
black bow tie and the slow-old
feet In highly polished congress
gaiters, soft as a woman's glove.
He'saw him again In a flower-
banked hospital room, the white
head propped on pillows. An old
man, grown garrulous on his
deathbed.
He remembered the stories he
told. Improbable stories about
bllxzards and gambling and dance
hall girls. And one girl with
corn-color hair, who sang ballads
and was, most improbable of all,
the present Mrs. Cooper's sister.
He remembered Mrs. Cooper's
embarrassment, her Ineffectual
attempts to stop the- old man's
stark, sometimes bawdy and al
ways fascinating reminiscences.
He was still sitting there, his
brow wrinkled, trying to rec
oncile .the whole highly colored.
Impossible situation with the
young, sleeping girl and the
white, modern Chinese room,
when Nettle came In.
She wore expensive mourning
and .the narrow, black pumps
over," which her silken Instep
bulged, must have been tight, for
she limped, looked warm and
tired.
Beside her, Adele. tall and wil
lowy in her soft gray and large
flattering hat, was a picture
Both hastened to the bed, with
soft cries. B5th had eyes only
for the man beside, the bed.
On Nettie's face was the quick,
calculating suspicion of Jthe lady
shopper who's afraid the stock
has been picked oyer before she
arrived. 1 " - -
"And think of yon waiting
here, and your office full of peo
ple! Now what IS the matter
with our Christine? I couldn't
believe it when the maid told me
as we came In the door!
"Christie's never been sick
day in her life," Adele said. She
went, close to Donald, -and put
her hand on his sleeve. smiling
np al him. brightly, provocative
ly. He smiled back at her, put his
hand en hers, absently.
"Oh. she's all right again. -A
, . , a mild case of hysterics.
Trying to be a LITTLE too brave.
She she had a real shock. Mr.
Cooper's death. He was so well
when she left, you - remember.
Touching the wsy they eared
for each other. I I've been
rather upset myself -
i "You're Just too chicken-hearted
to be a doctor!" Adele smiled.
"Oh. no! You don't kuowmy
worst aide " "'
-I always bring out v the best
in you! I love ft! Mother, now
the crisis is past.' and Donald
sayes" the patient will recover,
aren't you going to see that we
get'. cocktail?" pv
l-Ot course, darling. Til Just
i Nettle dropped, the - coverlet
she had been carefully straight
ening, moved obediently:, toward
the door. -" 'I-.
."Sorry., Not during working
hours, Mrs. CooperiNo, I really
must go, Adele. People to see
She followed him down, to the
door, delaying his progress."
; i He really had stayed too loni.
"Really, I'm la a hurry!" -
That ' sounded . , unnecessarily
brusque, and he was about to
say - something to ' soften It. but
to his surprise, and embarrass
ment she smiled at him mist
ily, said: 7
the Good Side of the Ledger
' . .
Lit
any
- I 1 know. I'm ; thoughtless,
sometimes. But I really care too
much to try .to, keep you ,from
your irork. - .
"Goodbye!" he said, gruffly.
There was lump In his throat.
He ran down the stairs suit
ed his ear noisily, rounded the
curve at unnecessary speed.
Adee stood In the open door
way, looking after him. the ghost
ot amile on her, delicate, too
thin face. She whianered tn
self ji love him. I love him.
And -lb-Isn't because he's a good
catch. I'd love him just as much.
If he were a nobody. Nobody at
aux
in the house. Christie slept on,
dead to the world. Nettle strug
gled out of her tight black
clothes, eased the new pumps
fronl her swollen feet. The maids
giggled nd gossiped over their
afternoon coffee and cake in the
large. I airy kitchen. Isabelle. who
had been locked in her room with
a ,"Dn't disturb" sign on the
door aU afternoon, moved rest
lessly from the table where she
was Copying a German flower
print tin water color, to the desk
wherd she was j pecking at her
typewriter, trying to think of an
opening for chapter five of the
novel j she hoped would astonish
the world.
. Bui It was such hard work.
And everything was against' her.
With a sigh she gave It up,
turned to her real comfort, her
diaryl penned swiftly:
"Hbw can I hope to write? !
am only a prisoner, and mother
Is the jailer who won't let me
get away to learn anything about
life. Here I sit, day after day,
trying to write. . Studying. Read
ing. Working till my head swims
but without Inspiration. Oh. the
deadly monotony, the emptiness
of our pampered, sheltered lives.
The four ot us, mother who Is
too "old to care about anything
but comforts and food, and Chris
tie and Adele and I who have
been so sheltered we don't know
what- real life might give us, if
we only had the freedom to get
it before it's toe late t"
. - -
Donald Latham turned the key
In the lock ot his apartment, and
paused, a faint furrow forming
between his eyes.
"Hello, darling! ' a roice call
ed from within. "You're surpris
ed, "aren't you?"
"Very!" How ; are you. Eve?
How did you get here" He smil
ed, went to the little table where
his mail lay, was lost in it, al
most at once. K. . -
His mother, who had taught
him, and not without a struggle,
to call her by i her given name,
watched with an indulgent. smile.
"Really. I could shake yon at
times, Donald! Did you ask' me
a Question, and do yon want to
hear the answer, or.don't you?"
"Yes. surely. I'm listening "
"With one ear. Really, I don't
know why the girls all want, to
cast themselves at your feet.
Certainly you're the most lndtf
ferentj bad-mannered createure.
You haven't even aaid that you
were glad to see me!"
He j laid -down a letter, tore
open another envelope with his
strong, delicate fingers. "Yon
know I'm always glad to tee you.
Eve. How long are you gojng to
stay?'1 , : . . . '
She! glanced at her pretty, still
youthful reflection la the mirror
behind him. patted her bright
brown hair, smiled more warmly.
"Asl long as you'll squire me
around, and - be aweet to me!
WILLI you put down that stupid
magazine and listen to me?"
"It , a rery interesting med
leal JoarnaL Didn't yon tell me
that my work must always come
first? i It - seems to me Just I
remember -",!,,-.3. ...
"Of, course, darling. But after
your other that's understood al
1610
12-31
by
Hazel Livingston
ways. Will yon take me some
where nice to dinner? I thought
once of cooking something, but
the kitchen things didn't look
very, clean . . . Oh, not. dirty,
but one wonders about a fur
nished place who used them
before "
He was puhlng change out ot
his pocket. "Two dollars, two
titty, -two eighty, , and five dol
lars' that I really ought to give
the garage man. We can't go'
anywhere very exciting on two '
elghtr-five " .
"Oh, dear. I brought my din
ner dress, and I have a new hat
and I thought"
"Very 'well.- The . garage man
shall wait. He'll probably starve,
along with all his seven chil
dren" Oh, dear! If you weren't quite
so conscientious about paying for
things! Well, we'll go somewhere
nice, but cheap. After all. I came
to see you. I 'Just had to run
away. This . business of being a
grandmother. By the way, Edith
sent her love, and the babies are
fine, but so wearing. And as, for
that husband of hers"
That perfect son-in-law yon
picked out for yourself. Eve?"
He laughed, and she laugh
ed, too..,.
, "Shh that's . ancient history.
us ia ipieuum, vi cuursa. oti
reliable. And doing well, even
In these times. Though, with the
country club, and little John's
adenoids, and Marcella still un
der the baby" 'specialist's care
rwinsM whv don't von do a little
of that? Everyone has baby spec
ialists now and It brings in-a
good steady revenue.
'1 wish Edith and John didn't
live so far away, you could have
little Marcella to start Donald,
don't laugh at me! Don't forget
it was I who started you on your
career; Heaven only knows what
you'd have been it I hadn't "
"No, ' but seriously. Donald!
You make tun ot my suggestions
but no one will ever care for
your future as I dp. I' have
worked. The stupid people I. have
been nice to. Just so they'd go to
yon oh, don't deny it. Donald.
It's the Erskines and the Cald
wells and the ran Sickles, and the
Coopers that have kept you going
In that pretty suite of offices,
and yon .must admit that they
came out ot friendship In the be
ginning, though you HAVE done
wonders, just as I kew you would. '
By the way. how's Adele? She ls
SB sTtWaa)aTe V 1 1 fl aTaWatVl 49 ttaTaV Vtk
as vv vuiu v v j as, a awa aeswae
er Is a social climbing fool " x
"She's fine. She'll also be very
wealthy some day. That' the
point you wanted to make, wasn't
it. Eve? Come on. get the beau-
fftfa1 Wt aaa tia AH Yev a A wam
w aes vu, & aaa, iwuu VI iUf
even ' If you did try to make a
fashionable physician out of me."
Try! X flatter myself that I
succeeded. Now, Donny, sweet,
don't look cross. I don't know
why you don't want fashionable)
practice! You don't want te
starve, do you? And you know,
darling, you owe so -much mon
ey " .
She looked anxiously at her tall
thin son. He took things too hard.
wnycouiant he marry a nice
rich girl like Adele now, and make
things so much easier for every
one? Why did he waste so much
time at clinics and county hospi
tals? ,
"Donny. yon do like Adele?"
"Oh yes. she's a lovely girl, he
said heartily.'
Too heartily.
8he scrutinised his lean, sun
burnt 'face, his straight heavy
brows, his thick, light brown hair
brushed back from bis broad rud
dy forehead. It was a face you
couldn't read very easily. And be
said so little.'
' ."Donny,. dent you owe your
own mother just a little more of
your confidence?' she burst out
Impulsively.
. He had his hat and gloves In
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