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"No Favor Sways Us; No Fear Shall Aiee".
, From First Statesman, March -28, 1PS1-
CIIAELC3 A. Sfeacue - - Editor and Publisher
THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO.
Charles A. Sprague, Pres. - - - Sheldon F. Sackett, Seer.
, Member of the Associated Press ...
Ttt Associated Press to exclusively entitled to tbe use for puMtca
Hon at ali sew a dispatches credited te It or set otherwise credited a
this pappir
Is It the Radio Beam?,
TTOI! the fourth time in recent .weeks planes in service, on
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Vemils vnnfea nvo fin
crashed with loss of life.
shock the American people into demanding not only investi
gation but mechanical or otherimprovements, if they are
within reach; which will lessen the risk in commercial avia
tion. While' the statistics may show that ths proportion of
lives lost is-small compared with the nnmhei flying;; these
tragedies of the air lanes are so dramatic that "public- atten
tion is focused on the lack of certainty of safe travel by air.
A quarter century ago and earlier there were : those who
looked on the train wrecks with fatalism. But i n V e n
tive minds found that by installing safety signals and other
devices the chance of train wrecks could be Tedueed, until now
the loss of life among jrassenjrers on trains, is almost negli
gible. There will be no relaxation of demand or of humair in
genuity until aviation's hazards are likewise ruced. ;
Can it be the radio directional beam is at fault? - The
plane lost yesterday radioed it was coming down to-pick up
the beam, which it evidently had lost. There are authorities
who believe the beams are too easily lost, or confused with
fams on other routes. They recommend a different system
of communication with the
The Pan American planes do not use the same system. as the
land lines of this country. They establish" their own stations,
and have a radio operator in the cabin alongside the pilot,
and do not depend on directional beams. Under this system
Pan American. has not lost a single plane in a crash yet it
flies over the highest, mountain; ranges of the western hem
isphere, across the ocean and the jungle,
' ; There was widespread protest when twelve army pilots
lost. their lives, when the army was! Muddfcnly called on to fly
the mail, though it was inadequately prepared in equipment
or experienced personnel. There will be a similar public re
volt in view of the cumulation of costly air crashes, made re
cently by some of the best commercial lines of the country.
No one expects every element of danger to be erased in these
days of speed and complex mechanical gear with nature still
fickle in mood. But the toll is too heavy to be accepted with
equanimity, - - ' - ,
Strange Rabbit Hunt.
A BOY of 19 started out to hunt rabbits ; and found the
jfl. body of a boy of ten, a ' lad stolen from his parents
and foully murdered. A" negro wprker along a country
road in New Jersey a few years ago found the decomposed
body of an infant, stolen and murdered from the Lindbergh
home. By such singular accidents the mysteries of .two kid
napings were half solved, the bodies, at least were discov
ered. The felony of kidnaping was compounded with that of
homicide. And on the felon accumulates the wrath of an out
raged public ' ' "i .
." The discovery of the body of the Mattson boy confirms
. the gloomy forecast that he would not be recovered alive, a
forecast based on the opinion the perpetrator of the deed was
a fiend, probably demented. If this theory is correct then the
prospect of .his capture, are fairly good, because sooner of
later his crazed condition will be revealed, and when he is
picked up for a sanity examination he may be connected with
his crime. His identification would hardly be in doubt be
cause older children got a good view of him, one of them drew
a sketch which reveals his features distinctly. j ; . .
While he is at large parents will feel their children are
sot safe. Even those in moderate circumstances will not feel
secure when a man is desperate enough to break into a home
and snatch a child is at large. Children themselves hear
, about these cases and may grow fearful of strangers. It would
be a mistake however for parents or children to give way to
fears, because there are greater risks from disease and acci
dent; and the record of public authorities is so good to date,
that others are not likely to be tempted soon to engage in
child-stealing.
In Canada, which has practically no kldnapings, the law
prohibits the giving of ransom. That may be a deterrent by
defeating the usual purpose of kidnaping, but the freedom of
. Canada from such offenses is probably due to a more general
respect for law and order plus
established.
. v " Psychic Editors
THE facile editor of the Medford MaU-Tribune has psycho
analyzed the mind of the editor of thi&rvallis Gazette
Times, and found it devoid of humor that is, humor
of the kind that can enable one to laugh at one's self . If
the G-T had thia saving grace, thinks the Medford editor
then he would not be so rigorously partisan and so loyal to
the republican brand of politics.
Whereupon the Corvallis editor replies that principles,
not party labels are his shield and buckler, and that he can
not as does his brother, in the craft view without alarm the
condition of affairs when he thinks "the country is going to
hell about as fast as possible" and has a very definite idea as
'- to where the responsibility lies. '
All of which' being said the question -may be regarded
as settled, in the way that most arguments are settled, with
each standing by his own convictions.
Net being a psychologist the writer confesses to finding
' it difficult to classify the mind, of the Medford editor who is
a vigorous new dealer, commending the president for his
r regressive policies, and at the same time can applaud the
incssage of Gov. Martin in the following language: .
"A tine message, delivered, in the opinion of this newspaper,
by one of the best governors if net THS best Oregon has
ever had!" ,: ." . '..--'-- ' ;
Fcr the Roosevelt policies and the Martin policies on fi
nance, on labor, on relief are about as divergent as day and
-nisiit. Perhaps the; editor of the Capitol Journal can explain
everything. ' V
A flatter of wines past the
cedar waxwlngs. Frozen -ground gave then no vhance to gather
woriss. bat here were nraage red berries of the eottoneaster to at
tract their attention, Swiftly they worked with a tew robins to rival
them la adeptiajr a berry diet. The sttxwiag, with its totted crown,
its moose-colored coat decorated with a black tnak abost the ere.
with a tiny yellow tail tip and
ranges widely. And man? m tree loaded with berries la atripped of It
burden by the "arriral of a flock which pass on as soon as the food
uy?lr Is exhausted or their appetites aatisfled.
- Trains running from" one to-"two hoars late are common now.
The delay Is due not so much to the weather as to the heavy patron
iti. Te California trains often tato to run In two sections, with
Luis cf 14 or 15 cart la each aectisa. Eren the pallmans are well
ratrofilsed, and ipendias is free la dining and dnb cars. Prosperity
e.f pears now to be reaching the
jr8onal tfarej. Is well as the Increase In freight
These are not the dog days, the usual season for silly yarns, but
the ens attributed to Harry B. Ransom highest officer of the 48 et-S,
?i txLlch said that Dr, Glen Frank "fostered radicalism", and was
"cr-nnuaiatic ia his aclivitles" deserres rating with tho August or-
I i cf E?a Eerrnts la Okanosan
rf tr. Yriz-.'i wss to radical why
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The record for fatalities will
ground for purposes of safety
a vigilant police system long
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window aignaled the arrival of the
splash of red at the ttpa of the wings
railroads Because or iae increase in
lake, or in the Scottish lochs,
would Got. LaToIlette hate urged
Bib for" ; ;.
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, By J. nENDR!Ck3;
The colli wedding 1-13-37
of the Frank "W. Darblas 1
reealla jpioneer incidents
and blissful days together ; "
(Concluding' from yesterday: )
As said before, Frank W. Durbla
continued to be . a - farmer, : For
some 40 years he .has had town
residence in . Salem, but this
(193?) wUI be the 49th year he
has grown hops without an inter
mission. i ' i .
For a geod1 deal OTer SO years
he has been Interested , in some
form ot funning, and most of the
time in dairying' and pure- bred
llTestock. .' . -y j. - -
Besides the - Jdeadowlawa dairy
farm, he owns and operates The
Maples farm, which has 50 acres
of hops, and the Curtis hop ranch.
Buena Vista, with 3 C acres. With
others, be owns and operates the
M stoma ranch near Independence,
with 120 acres in hops. ;. j -
Also, he has general charge ot
the Wtrrich ranch, in the : Inde
pendence . district (formerly the
Kreba ranch ) , with 4 0 0 acres- of
hops. This ranch Is now owned by
wigan; Richardson & CoM London,
England. ! - t - - f
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... Mr. Dnrbin has been buying
hops for -3 4 years, the past SO of
which he has been in partnership
with Henry "A. Cornoyer. Ths firm
is ; Dur bin & Cornoyer, . Salem.
Durbla-Hugbes building. (Frank
Durbla and Frank: Hughes.)
In all that 30 years, there has
not; been a dispute between Jhe
partners, though they mast neces
sarily haye had s, lot ot knotty
questions 'to settle. They employ
all the year a -good many people;
in hop picking time, not only
hundreds but thousands, j)
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Two daughters sad one son
hare tIesaed the -home of the
Frank W.Jur bins. They are Bar
bara, Mrs. Curtis. B. Cross, 'Salem;
Mande.who Is Mrs. Ed. F, Pear
son. Portland, and F r a n k Jr.,
Pittsburg, CaUfornia. .
, Mr. Cross is one of ths man
agers of ths extensire VaUey Pack
ing Co. business, 'Salem. Mr. Pear
son la ! chief engineer V of - the
Northwestern - Electric , company,
Portland, s key position. I Frank
Durbln Jr.; is In the employ of the
Shell Chemical company, is rery
Interesting employment. It Is a
plant that literally makes Articles
of commerce out of the air., or
rather the elements that make up
the air. There ii only one other
plant "like it, the original one, in
Holland, owned by the same com
pany. , t
The Durblns come of long 11 red
families. John Durbln. lather of
Daniel, grandfather or Frank, died
In his 103d year, lacking ; that
milestone by less than two months.
John Durbin'a wife lired into her
91st year-p.. .; ,-4 ;
- They : were the grandparents of
the wires ; of two Oregon goter
nors. the chief execu tires being
Oswald West and Ben W. Olcott.
The John Dur bin family came to
Oregon In. the 1845 covered iwagon
Immigration. He had hauled sup
plies in the war of 1 S 1 3 . Be
worked for the North American
Fur company on the site of Chi
cago when, only a few log cabins
were there. He drore IOOS loose
cattle across the plains.. He died
in Salem, as did his wife, i
:",;..HV"..V.. -i t
Daniel Dnrbin, father of Frank,
was a partner of his brother-in-law,
Frank Smith, in - ths- lirery
business la - Salem.' They erected
the building in which Is ths busi
ness of the Salem Hardware com
pany, 120- North " Commercial
street, Salem. Daniel Dur bin. died
in 189. .
The lirery business passed to
Capt. L. 8. Scott, at one Urns post
master of Salem, then to Jasper
("Jap") Minto. The building was
acquired by M. N4 Chapman, old
time, county clerk, and Is still in
ths Chapman family. f
The mother of - Sarah Smith.
Frank Durbin'a mother, came with
her family in the 1847 imknlgra
tion, the largest up to Its time.
Her husband. Dock Smith, was
captain of the train, and he died
on the old Oregon Trail on Green
rlTer,s now la Wyoming. The
mother came on as head of the
family,! as so man thownd of
such widows did. The 1847 immi
gration was so large, and the
Country so new. that uanr: shifts
bad to be made to order for
mother ; and children to subsist
at first. But they had much com
pany, and good neighbors were the
rule.
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Frank Durbln and wifs went
that way. on s journey they took
going into old Mexico. They made
inquiries about ths probable burial
place of Dock Smith, but got noth
ing definite That Is not strange,
for 20,909 to 32.0D0 men. Women
and children died oa that trail,
oyer which 150.090; found their
way is covered wagon days and
p to a few years ago only one
grave of the throng was definitely
known. .
Two or thres more haTO since
been found, but farther search is
nearly hopeless, for the graves
were generally bidden, by being
mads oa ths trail and then wagons
ran over them, in order to hid
all tracts from desecrating Indians
and ravening wolves.
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" Ten children were born into the
John Durbln family, and their de
scendants have had and still have
a large part : In the upbuilding
and progress of Oregon. ;
t Members ot their clan fought in
the ' Cayuse war and in all our
other early Indian wars. They par
ticipated In the gold rushes to
California, southern Oregon, east
era Oregon and Idaho, etc and
In ths opening ot new sections to
settlement.
V
- To Frank W. Durbln and his
bride of 50 years ago and his .life
companion of . 50 golden ; years.
congratulations and good wishes
and the hope that they may out-
lire the 103 years of the father
ct ths Oregon D?zL!a cLu"
Dy MARK
- WASHINGTON. Jan. 12 Ths
automobile strike can best- be un
derstooi by reciting some of the
steps, jtnd condi
tions that led up
to It. .
The first re
quisite for un
derstanding t h s
whole subject of
tabor organiza
tion is to realize
that the. organis
ing snd leading
of "labor unions
Is an occupation.
; k mt kuim a career. As such
it is entitled, to as much right to
f anetion as - many other careers
that have risen up under the'eap-
itallst system.. A in an or organiza
tien which eaa bring about higher
wagef 'er -other benefits, for a
group of workers is as entitled
to compensation, and is to be Judg
ed by the same standards, as class
es of, middlemen In many, fields.
Practically never does it hap
pen that a group of workers in a
plant, by some kind Of spontane
ous common Impulse, come togeth
er and decide to strike or take
other common action. Rarely loea
it happen that some one workman.
la -a plant, wholly of .his own.tnl-
-tlative,' calls , a meeting ; of,the
workers and organises thentriato
a pnion. Almost always the initia
tive comes 'from 'outside, . from'
some career organiser. He, or two
or three of them, comes into town'
from i outside -usually he Is sent
by some, headquarters to : which
ha is. attached, at Washington or
elsewhere, which pays, his salary.
Ths organisers pick out few
among the Workers, who have the
right kind ; of personality and
would be good key men. To these
organisers hold out ;. promises of
offices in ths onion about ,
formed. To all the workers'the
ganiserp say that it- the i workers
will Jet them organise union
they will bring about higher wag
es and other better conditions.
The workers will bs obliged to
psy , dues to the union, but ' ths
dues s will be small compared to
the advantages, Part of ths tech
nique occasionally used to stimu
late ths forming of a union is to
stir up feeling against ths employ
er. . - . .-- . - -
. Up until a few years ago, prao
tically all ths , organising and
leading ot labor was in ths hands
of the American Federation - of
Labor. It had been in existence
some fifty years. It bsd done well
for labor and at ths same time
acquired the respect of much ot
the industry. It had developed
what was generally regarded as
ths best methods. Both for orga
nising and ; leading ot .labor and
tailed. ;
Ths. American , Federation of
Labor, while practically alone in
the field, and while strikingly suc
cessful in many respects, had nev
er succeeded In organising more
than about firs millions out of
ths mors than thirty, million work
ers available for organization.
Soon alter the Ro'dsevelt ad
ministration cams into power. It
took a step which greatly enlarg
ed the -field for those who make
careers of labor organisation and
leadership. There was . enacted,
first in NRA and later in ths Wag
ner low, an act which undertook a
step which ; greatly enlarged tht
field for those who make careers
of labor orvmnlsatlon and leader
ship. There was enacted, first In
NRA and later la ths Wagner law,
an act which undertook to make
collective bargalnlnr . universal
and, in effect, compulsory oa both
workers and employers. There- is
some doubt whether eoUectlve
bargaining eaa bs mads compuls
ory, slther la law or In naturs.
However that may bs. while ths
law remains in effect it makes It
in a sense necessary for all per
sons to join anions; Certainly ths
Wagner act makes it Imperative
for all workers to bs bound by ths
unions set up in ths plants ia
which' they work . .
: Obviously this greatly Increased
the field tor supplying organisa
tion and leadership to workers.
So to speak, ths Wagner act in
creased the number ot "sales pros
pects' to take in the entire body
of labor In the country. Ths op
portunity was taken ad van tags
of by ths American Federation
of Labor. It increased its staff ot
organisers and otherwise proceed
ed to develop ths new field. Ths
heads of ths A. F. of L-, however,
were not as active as some of ths
subordinates felt they ought to
be. . ' - " -K -
' One important subordlnats la
ths A. F of L. was aa aggresslvs
personality, Mr. John I Lewis,
head of ths .mine workers, one of
ths largest units within ths Am
erican Federation. Mr. Lewis be
gan a rebelljon against ths Amer
ican Federation officials.
Mr. Lewis set up, partly within
the old federation and partly out-
; Ten YccrsAs
'SSSSMBSSSS ' r-"1'-:
January 13. 1S2T
' John Carkin. speaker of ths
bouse, announced - his intention
to create a new committee whose
duty it would be te repeal old
worthless laws, i
Willamette university ' men's
glee club are active, engagements
In Oregon. Washington. - Idaho
and K.G.W. program .Is sched
uled. .
Tentative plans . at . WHUraette
university are to construct a new
balcony. SO 0 seating capacity to
accomodate Oregon Stats . high
school tournament
Twenty Ycfirs Ajjo
' January 13, ,1917
Haskell. New Jersey , plant of
DuPont Powder " company .blows
up, concussion .felt 29 -.miles,
" Each cltiien, reads three. books
a' year -according to annual re
port of librarian Anne D. Swe
tey. . ';. 1
' A class of 27 girls and, 7 boys
rill graduate ' from al?m high
school la iald-yj.
SULLIVAM
aide, a" new institution under the
name committee oa industrial or
ganisation, abbreviated to 'C. L
O." Us also.praelced a technique
different from that ot the old
federation, He would organize, all
the workers in, each -plant and
Industry, from office boy to skill
ed mechanic, into one anion. The
old federation technique had been
to organize by crafts. That is,
all the -machinists la ths wbols
country are In ons union, all ths
electrical workers in another, end
so on.; Under ths old federation
plan. one industrial plant might
contain several i different branch
'anions of different kind ot work
ers. Under the Lewis plan, all the
workers in ons plant would be is
one anion.
! i:r. Lewis, like all lasurgentf
and innovators, had to' be aggres
sive. He had to be avgressive la
behalf of : labor, truculent toward
employers, and spectacular before
the eyes of the public He Is adapt
ed to the role, is by nature am
bitious and forceful, can be ruth
less . when ruthlessness will serve
his purpose, and has a flare for
'emotional oratory and for public
ity. Mr. Lewis, as part of his strat
egy, undertook to put 1 President
Roosevelt under obligation to him.
He strongly and " conspicuously
supported Mr. Roosevelt In the
campaign and through him. the
miners' union contributed some
'8400,909 to the Roosevelt cam
paign funds. -
r Mr. Lewis, with much attendant
publicity, began a drive to organ
ize the - large mass production of
industries. .' especially steel and
motors, in which ths old federa
tion . bad never made much prog
ress. There ensued the recent
strikes .In.- automobile : supply
plants, and the present ones 4n
ths heart of the industry itself.
The momentum the sitSStlon. had
gained is ; probably : greater' it ban
Mr." Lewis intended, and may be
dismaying : to him. - While hs is
publicly spectacular f or the saka
of strategy, he has. nevertheless,
a reputation. among employers
and associates, for shrewd judg
ment and sure-footed dependabil
ity. .. V . .
There Is evidence that some of
Mr. Lewis subordinates, and somo
of" ths younger leaders in . labor,
infected by Mr. Lewis showman
ship, have got out- ot hand. They
have ' precipitated strikes earlier
than fits into Mr. Lewis plans.
They have put themselves in po
sitions la which they, and Mr.
Lewis, may incur - public disap
proval. It may be also that Mr. Lewis
has rather over-sold, to workers
snd public, ths degree te which
he can count upon support from
President Roosevelt.
. Vw Tork HeraUTribsM tyadleste
Albany Library's
Readers Increase
ALBANY, Jan. it According
to figures released by Mrs. Ary
Neptune, city librarian, there are
a total of 1426 borrowers st ths
library at present. This number
Includes 409 new borrowers, off
set by 111 withdrawals, making
a gala of 98 during the past year.
New registrations of children
totaled 311. si . !
The report also shows that
there ere at present 10.347 books
in ths library. , Daring ths yesr
there were 398 new volumes pur
chased. Ot this number 288 wore
adults books and 138 children's
boobs. Ia addition there were 98
more obtained by gift or ex
change. " M ' ,
Thres gifts of: literature were
received, 139 volumes from ths
library of ths laU Flora Mason,
a gift of the R.-E. Mason family;
a large - collection - ot historical
manuscripts, clippings and pho
tographs from the library of the
late Judge C H. Stawart, which
wil be known aa ; ths Stewart
Memorial collection; and a Boy
Scout library given in memory
of the late Bni Portmller to be
known as the Bill . Fortmiller
Scout Memorial.
During the year: the report
shows that ths library circula
tion Included the loan of 20,193
adult books and 9005 to children,
ot fiction, and 9 137 of non-fiction
and 877 loans et periodicals,
making a total circulation of 39.
313 for the year. Four hundred
twenty-two books were borrowed
from tha state library.
Birthday Parly
Given for Bkcli
' OAK: POINT. Jan. 13 Mrs. M.
R. Black was hostsss Sunder for
a dinner : party, complimenting
Mr. Black oa : his birthday anni
versary. Covers were placed for
Mr.' and Mrs. i Jorgea Rassmus
ea, Bliss Fart and Jean Black;
Ur. Black and the hostess.
Rodney and Glen Hardman ot
Wenatehe. Wash., are here for aa
Indefinite star at the - home of
their parents, Mr. snd Mrs. Byron
RuddelL Both boys have bean em
ployed ia a service station thre.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Blgslow were
hosts to ths Night Hawk card club
Friday night st thslr homewMrs.
A. Burblaek won high score nd
Urs. Joe Rogers, sr., low, Mr. and
Mrs. Miles Branch of Lewlsvitle.
who were special guests. Invited
the club to meet at their home
tor the next meeting.
All-Day Session' Oakdale
Sunday School Is Slated
' OAKDALE, Jan. 13 The Oak
dale Sunday school will havs an
all-day session .Snaday, January
17 at ths sehooJhouse at 10 o'clock
and preaching at1 It e'clock. A
basket dinner will beheld at noon
and afternoon they-will enjoys
song and praise service. AH the
neighbors srs Invited to attend.
Mrs. Clareiict Uses Is ths superin
tendent. Tne;Sanday school has
been sctlvs since Its organisation
la Qctober.
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CHAPTER XXV .
So it was a relief all around
whea they at last bandied a badly
frightened but. stubbornly non
chalant Christie off to the hospital
one quiet, stsrllt Jans night.-
More of a relief when she
opened dulL troubled , eyes on a
brand new day and smiled wearily
when a strange nurse said:
Now! Are yowell ready for the
big news. .Mrs. Latham? It's a
boy!"
Donald was there, too, looking
III and white, nut foolishly proud
of the little red mite they brought
her. i : j I .- - - .
"He'i a perfect child, darling!
Look at him! Best looking "kid I
ever saw. Jennings said the same
thing. Look, Christie, isn't bs a
wonder.' And he's going te havs
your .eyes!
: She looked. Her eyes ' closed
tightly and a tear or two squeezed
through. She was so disappointed.
She had expected well some
thing a little different. Not a beau
tiful, big baby Ilka the one her
neighbor. Mrs. Wood, wheeled out
in his buggy every day, of course
she knew that new babies wsrs
not supposed to be very beautiful.
Bat nobody had warned her that
her baby might look like THIS!
So she wept secretly. Wild
horses wouldn't havs dragged the
truth from her. Not for - worlds
would shs let Donald know that
she was afraid there wae some
thing terribly wrong with his son.
JUrterwards, when Donald teased
her ebout it, she denied it stoutly.
It was, ths one time her sense of
humor failed hef . She was never
able to see anything funny in the
fact that the baby ahe had yearned
and dreamed about was a cruel
disappointment until well Into his
second week.
He was such a beautiful baby
now. So fat and good and healthy.
So everything that a baby should
be. How could she even just at
first, hsve found him ugly.
, Shs was, Dr.J Jennings said, a
natural mother. J Instinctively she
knew how to meet every situation.
When Ina French. " the girl shs
liked best of the graduate stu
dents, came to call and said, "But
Mrs. Latham, doesn't he scare you
to death? I mean, aren't you afraid
to dress him and give him his bath
and everything? I Aren't you afraid
youH break him?', she smiled
complacently. "
VOl course not! He looks frag
ile, but I know he's really hard as
nails. I mean, their bones are so
soft, there's really nothing to
break!" -
i v Janet Wood, her neighbor, call
ed . with : her four, months., eld
daughter, prepared for an after
noon of swapping hospital horrors,
but Christie, would have none of
tt. ; i . : .-. .
"People make too much fuss
about having babies. Z don't think
it's anything at alt. And I don't
think that taking care of one is
any trouble at all, either. ' Of
course, if a baby Is sick, or spoiled,
that's different,' But little Donny
is absolutely healthy, and of
course,! don't Intend to spoil
him!" '-. !
Her unnatural attitude made
her . very, unpopular with the
Woods, and the one or two other
young mothers In her community.
. It was true that she'd never felt
better in her life, and that young
Donald was little bother. lie ate.
slept sad woke l to eat and sleep
again. With Big Donald rushing
home from - the laboratory eve
nings, to help her ret dinner and
wash the dishes, Lfe was never
easier. ' -
.All she lacked was a proper au
dience. There were so few to
whom she could show the wonders
of her baby's wide blue eyes, his
dimples and his creases, his silken
fuss of pale gold hair. . ; '
' "Have you .written your moth
er?" she asked ! Donald one eve
Meg as thy stbod s!devty tldo
lairing the world's test taby, a
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-Ho. And " ahe hasnt written i
me, either." ,
I know. -'. But Donald, shs
doesn't know! Think of it. She's
a grandmother, . and she doesn't
know; 4tf v - ..
- I never knew her to express
any desire to be a grandmother.
In fact, i honey, I'm compelled to
admit ahe dislikes . the Idea. Be
sides ; she'e got two grandchildren
already. iBditha, you know--
" Oh. ths Ides! That doesn't
count. The Idea of being a father
didn't thrill yon very much either,
and now- look st you! Donald,
she's' your mother, snd you know
she loves you in spite of every
thing;. She'd love your baby.sAny
way. kow could anybody help lov
ing this baby? Don't yon want to
write her, and send her that pic
ture we took Sunday?" -
No. f don't believe I ao. She
must: know about it, Someone
would have told her. Pasadena
lsn'tlths South Pole, you know.
Ediths always knows everything.
Theyl know all right! --
But he wasn't very emphatic
about It.
- She thought he wished he could
bring? himself to do it. And so on
the Impulse of the moment she, sat
do tin and scribbled a breezy,
naive little letter to the mother-ln-laW
.Who might have liked her.
The letter didn't Quite satisfy her,
but Jit would be hard to write a
better one. Anyway, what differ
ence! did the letter make? It
woulll be-the picture, and the baby
that swould count.
TXTlce shs almost told Donald
what4 she had. done. Then She de
cided not to tell him until the
answer., csms. ' . t '-v"'1-''-.: '
It came Saturday morning, lust
after! she had settled young Donny
for his after-bath nap, and was go
ing to start on ths washing.
' AJ square, blue-gray envelope
within Pasadena postmark.
, swiftly shs' tore It open, read
the few lines on the page, glanced
at the folded silo of paper within
it Eve Latham's check for 319.
- Then.: with mounting color; and
incredulous eyes, shs read it again.
"My dear Christine: .
"Zi '"It was so sweet ot you to write.
I appreciate your thinking of, me.
especially as my. son so evidently
aia not. l "oniy wun tnat. i could
snarl your enthusiasm. . I am
happy tor you. but you must for
give Inef when I am forced to say
tha I ' 61111 not understand how
you eouia see your way ciear to
burden my already overburdened
son! with still another financial re
sponsibility at this time. - ...
'I regret that I tannot do more,
but perhaps this small cheek will
suffice to buy some little thing
you seed 'for yourself or the child.
1 I
' EVE LATHAM.
; Donald found her on her knees
by the baby's bassinet, still crying,
when he came home for lunch, a
Utttef early.
Christie crying! Why she hadn't
had one of t h o s e crying spells
since, the baby was born. .
He dropped the packages ot
French bread and cheese he had
been bringing homo for a surprise.
'Darling, what's the matter?
What happened? Tell me!',
''Nothing -really nothing. I was
Juat-4-crying. Really, there was
nothing- nothing at all."
As, he lifted her to her feet, a
little! shower of blue gray scraps
drifted to the floor. . -
- 'fYou got a letter from mother.
Christie you WROTE to her."
- BhO nodded, miserably, averting
her face: "Yes, I did. I was a fool."
"What did she say?' .
"Ola, nothing. Not a wordlbout
the picture. I I felt Soad "
From the blue scraps he picked
up two cf a different shade. Un-
toldel thera.
It waa tha check that she had
torn Wi;n tTae letter.
lie- whistle 1. and tie turned.
inta- to saatci tie eerars from
tlla. rcht Donald. I DIDN'T want
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But he was already fitting the
p faces together. She watched, fas
cinated, as though she were watch
ing him work on a Jig-saw puzzle.
Watched while he read what she
had already read. . t !
"Wfill. -that's - that" hs aald
sweeping the -scraps into the
waste-basket. Then he took her ia
his arms, and rocked her as he
might have rocked the baby. "Poor
little girt. Poor little trusting
Christie. ,
A strangled sob came from the
direction ot his shoulder.
-i'But if she should be right- It
if I shouldn't hare had a baby
now, while we haven't so much
money, : and you're busy. It I'm
really a hindrance to you-".
"Of coarse you're a hindrance.
So's the baby. Well. I might keep
you, you're a pretty good cook,
but the baby will have to go.
Shall we send him to the nearest
orphan asylum, or just abandon
him on a doorstep?"
"Oh. Donald." she walled,
"you're so crszy! And you're mak
ing me laugh, when' I'm still mad.
and scared. Oh, Donald, darling,
srs you SURE that you're glad?
Sure yon wont ever feel that she's
right?'T,.
"Nothing would be right. With
out you and little Donny: Don't
you know that, Christie?" !
- Shs looked at him. saw the love
and the truth in-his eyes.
"Then nothing matters. Donald,
in my whole, whole life, I never
loved you quite so much, and I'll
nsver worry, and try to keep any
thing from you again!"
. Christie thought that she'd nev
er try to keep anything from Don
ald again. v-,--
Their life was so perfect now,
so smooth and happy. They did
n't need his: mother, or - Nett-e
Cooper,! or sny of the old gay
crowd thst fslled . them. Tey
had each other, sad ths bsby.
Thsy , had their small, shining
house, with its treasures of books
snd etchings and hand-wrought
copper, and brass and the color
ful cushions and curtains and
braided ; rugs thst her loving
hands had made.
They had! the little square of
old-fashioned garden, gay with
marigolds snd pinks and petun
ias and pansles. ; They had forget-me-nots
In the shade unCer
the oak trees, and Jasmine and
honeysuckle growing up over the
back porch. ,
; They -had the view of the bay.
and the city; below them, and the
hills above i them. They had a
few good friends, and some pleas
ant neighbors. ; r .
Woke to laugh and play with b's
toes; and te drink obediently t'e
orange Juice,- the i tomato Ju'-e,
the water that Jennings precrl v.
ten spat out. -k--- -
If Donald left early and came
home late, Chrinie was used to
it new. She was no longer Jeal
ous of the experiments. She hnw
thst she and little Donny really
eame first. And it Donald was
thinner, and there were new lines
round his eyes, she didn't no
tice. It didn't occur to her thst
a doctor, or a doctor's family,
could ever be 1IL She thought
that -they bore charmed lives.
She knew that - the baby was
thriving, and that she and Don
ald loved each other and were
content, and. that! was all that
seemed to matter.
The. bills troubled her a little.
Ebe got them ail paid evntualiv.
but it was always! a struggle to
decide which to pay first, and
how. to Jusgle the Bcantv fu !..
She was checking them over
thia afternoen. for it was almost
the first of September, and t fere
was the interest on the house, a
rarje' bill, and a drusxlsfs b'il,
besiies 1 the , usual ! flnt of the
month things to ttink atost
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