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Hi OHLGOXT STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon. Sunday Homing, March 8. 1S42
. THE STATESA1AN PUBLISHING CO.
CHARLES A. SPRAGUZ. President -
; Member of The Associated Press
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news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited In this newspaper.
Candidates9 Month
- March Is never a dull month in Oregon. In
r the odd-numbered years it is the month in
which the legislature drives down , the home
I stretch, settling all the weighty issues held back
I .' from the session's earlier stages, and crashes the
I' finish line In confused blur. In the even-
I numbered years March is the month in which
1 fictitious sombreros are soiled from being cast
? into a figurative ring. It is the month of candi-
l dates. .v-,.. ' v'C:;
i ' On March 1 two men announced candidacy
for governor and one for United States senate;
' on the second a candidate came out for the
Salem mayoralty and two tthers were jockey-
v ing; on the third, two announced for Marion
1 county legislative seats.'-By the middle of the
I month there were three democrats and four re-
f publicans in the race, for governor, two demo
L crats out for first district congressman, three for
f Ira the state senate and seven for the lower house
of the legislature in this district. Two by two
they came trooping in for seats on the city coun-
; cil. :-' . . - .u ,' v " V;
No, that wasn't this year. That was back
in the good old, days bef ore the war." "
This year, to date things are different. That
S they would be different, anyone might safely
have predicted on December 7 or as soon there
after as thoughts of mere politics might have
j managed to intrude among the crowded
! thoughts of that period. Even now1 after three
' months of war, there is scant room in most
minds for politics. This is not a time to be
i thinking of politics as a game.
Yet government must go on. There is no
lessening of its responsibilities; on the contrary
the burdens resting upon public officers' shoul
ders are weightier. This is especially true here
in America's "war zone." And it is outstanding- ;
ly true here in the Willamette valley communi
ties which within a few short months will face
a particularly difficult problem in public ad
ministration; the problem of a population
"boom.?.
What happens -when hosts of newcomers
crowd into any given district is a familiar
story; familiar to those who .have not experi
enced it, chiefly through "western" literature
and the movies. They may exaggerate' but the
general tendency is accurately depicted. A
' "boom town" no matter in what corner of the
nation and no natter what its previous state,
of settlement and culture, usually becomes a
rip-roaring place in which "anything goes." We
may be spared the sight of yipping cowboys rid
. ing pell-mell through town, shooting out the
street lights and spurring their horses right into .-
- the saloons. But, unless someone takes a firm :
hold on the situation, well have all the es sentials,
slightly glossed over and a little less
apparent to the naked, unsuspecting eye.-
The municipal election in May the election
for which candidates are now coming forward,
or in most cases failing to come forward
affords the decent citizens of Salem their one
and only, opportunity to act affirmatively, to
make certain that the city government in the
critical period ahead will take a stand against
"wide open" conditions. Most citizens, we feel
certain, are not interested in reviving old "blue
laws;" neither will they countenance the laxity -which
will insure indecent conditions. r
But the good people of Salem won't be able .
to elect a government in which they may have .
confidence, unless they see to it that depend
able citizens come forward as candidates. There
. is still time more than three weeks. But there
is no tme to lose. This is a matter which takes'
time; it cannot be done over night. Right now
is the time for Salem people to start thinking '
seriously of the sort of city government they
wish to have next year; and selecting candi
dates who if elected would insure that sort
of government. , .
and Saw "Wood .
Woodsheds rather than pantries, as Oregon's
governor remarked over the radio Friday night,
are in danger of being empty next winter here
in 'Oregon. There was greater need , for the
reminder than lor proof of its accuracy. Most
residents of western Oregon have been aware
In -the winter which has not yet bade us a defi
nite farewell, of some difficulty if not actual
though temporary inability, to obtain fuel sup
plies no matter what their character.
Deliveries of fuel oU were uncertain, and
dealers' stocks of coal and of fuels made from
Industrial by-products several times were de
pleted, forcing rule-of -thumb rationing, or en
' tirely exhausted. There was a shortage of dry
r. cod. One result was that a considerable cord
ase of quite green wood, which in normal times ,
would have been held for next winter's market,
was delivered and consumed. I
Supplies of "old fir"; are not as plentiful "in
the stump" as they once were, within reasonable
hauling distance of Salem. It is likewise true
that the cutting of wood fuel has been a task
for men otherwise unemployed, and such men
were much less numerous last year. They were
scarcer during the' winter months when next
winter's wood should have been cut. It requires
no crystal ball to foresee a more serious shortage -ahead.-
1 1 f '
What-to do about it? Well, we may have
overlooked something but we have not been
advised of any serious shortage of coal, though :
there certainly will be a transportation prob
km, particularly if you wait until next winter.
Ordering coal months ahead would ,- not Je
'h carding" but it would be wise forethought
For another partial solution, We are reminded
t!.at the recent silver thaw broke off a lot of
t ranches from trees, broke down a considerable
r umber cf trees. The owners of property on
which there are groves in this condition un
V'y snd calculated to become a fire menace;
il l:'t zs they are oujht to begin cleaning
'.' :n tip or delegating the task to someone else
- h: j the time. Quite a substantial supply -
:::z-::c?l can be salvaged. '-j: '
.'-.2 C::'t say we preach what we don't
.',. I! this chest cold lsts.rp sufficiently.:
, ii rzzvz rriih tzxr tr.i
JVo favor Sxoay$9Ut;,No Fear Shall AxotT
. - From Tint Statesman, March 24, 1851 '
News
The News
By PAUL MALLON
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Lebanon ' is the community which has most
recently bumped Into the inelasticity of the 6
per cent tax limitation. Lebanon has grown
rapidly in the last two years. Its school' en
rollment has greatly increased. Between' the
demand for expanded services and the pressure
for ' salary boosts which some, governmental
units have been able, with difficulty, to absorb -in
their budgets, the Lebanon city government
and school district are forced to submit levies .
above the 6 per cent limitation to their voters.
To make it worse, even though voters this year
and next may see this necessity anoT approve the
additional tax, state voters' refusal to amend the
base provision will make it necessary for Leban
on to submit such a levy each year until such
time as the 6 per-cent increase catches up.
The French had almost twice as many tanks
as the Germans used, in conquering ' France,
.but the fool generals didn't use them in the
right places, Daladier testified as he continued
to put Vichy on the pan in the trial in which -he
is supposed to be a defendant Where are .
France's 3600 tanks now? Only one guess.
The new nickels won't have any nickel in
them. That's all right, so long as no one cuts
out the "E PluribUs Unum." .........
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jpistrfbutton by King Stature Syndicate. Inc. Repro
duction la whole or la part strictly prohibited.) ,
WASHINGTON, March .8 Mr. Nelson has
stepped inadvertently into some fly paper in his
first move forward toward more production. His
boys have worked up and sent to the government
printing office, "an official handbook of the war
production board for the of
fensive on the factory front
It is a presentation of ex
cellent suggestions as ' to how
each plant can do its Job like
MacArthur is doing his. The
workers would be encouraged
to coin their own slogans to
paste on their machines (like
"go way, I'm busy helping a
guy in a fight"), advertising
their accompllshm ents by;
blowing a whistle whenever a
new unit rolls off the produc
tion line, doubling up In autos
coming to work.
This kind of "more production drive" is needed,
perhaps more than anything else right now. Every
one is eager and cooperative. But back in the
booklet after generalized letters about necessity
from Roosevelt, Knox, Stimson, et al, Is a con
troversial kernel. The whole drive is to be bunt
around establishment of joint labor-management
committees for each plant
Now that sounds innocent enough until you con
sider fas all nlant managers Invited in lofn nr
what this joint management committee is to han
dle. The book tells you nine things:
Care of tools, preventing breakdowns, curtailing
accidents, good lighting, maintenance and repair,
re-adapting machines, cutting waste, breaking pro
duction bottlenecks, using every machine to the
fullest : .--
"These are just suggestions," the booklet says.
"You will probably have to adapt them to your
own plant" (leaving a wide door open). -
But -those who will do the adapting wonder
justly or unjustly how much of their business
management will be exclusively theirs, free of la
bor consultation, except the problem of .making
enough money to pay taxes, wages and profits.
This hesitancy might not limit managerial en
thusiasm for the plan, had not all managers been
publicly warned by , the last CIO convention that
CIO would fight unremittingly this year for labor
management councils for "each major basic and
vital defense industry." . - " - ...
The Phfl Murray plan of defense, which was
presented to the president called for establishment
of industry councils to do about the same thing as
these new plant committees. It says: - f ,
"Zach council shall be charged with the re
sponsibility of expediting the defense program and
assuring the adequate production of domestic or
non-military goods .. .". :
That plan was discarded by tter government
but the shell of it seems involved in the "more
production drive." There are two notable dif
ferences. The joint labor-management commit
tees will now be for each plant Instead of each
industry, and no government representative will
sit on thenu ,
The question whether the "more production
drive" could not have been organized on a less
controversial basis therefore naturally is arising
and at a bad time. The job might have been done
by separate labor and management committees, or
by a labor committee alone.
Managers are not likely to speak out their sus
picions and risk the wrath of the government but
their caution is likely to lead the vital program into
all manner of delays. .
No need yet to hide your tires in the cellar. Mr.
Henderson will not be around for them for a. while
a long, long while. .
.The price fixer was a little more abrupt In his
spoken testimony than in the handout he furnished
of what be intended to say. In that handout he
said maybe in two more years, if this, that and the
other thing happened, the government might have 4
to do a little tire stealing of its own at the ex
pens of the citizen." The way he put it verbally
later to the committee made the prospect sound
slightly more imminent. ' -.
Unfortunately the way to make 32.000,000 motor
ists maddest right now is to threaten them with
confiscation. Anyway they want to know why
the government cannot In two or. three coming
; years somehow provide the tires needed in es
sential transportation for the individual. -
All government officials seem too- anxious to
say-we cant"6 instead of v"we wilL" In the face
of rising difficulties in tires, sugar-or what; the 1
government officials always seem to take the nega
tive or the purely defensive side. s
Henderson's figures seem conservative to those
who know ; rubber and theyi fear the delays In
constructing synthetic plants or storing rubber will
cause perhaps a more serious situation than he
forecasts. But some day some government of
ficial is going to arise to take an asjressive remedi
al atiltuds about some obstacle of this war, and he
i3 goir.2 to get a let of publicity. ...
Old Doc Nelsori Prescribes Some Spring Tonic
ISits for BreaCasti
By R. J. HENDRICKS
Question of the S-t
erigin of the name
of the SanUam river
asked of this colamnlst:
Continuing from yesterday:)
Quoting still from the Rev. Gus
tavus Hines "Oregon" book:
"Crossing over in a canoe (to
Fort Umpqua), we were kindly
received at the fort by an old
Frenchman , having charge of it
by the name of Goniea. (Ban
croft's . History of Oregon says
Gagnler.) We were- made - wel
come to all the comforts the
place afforded. ;
"This fort, or rather trading
.post stands on the south bank
of the Umpqua river, on a little
plain comprising about 200 acres
of land, 30 of which are under
cultivation. It is 40 miles from
the Pacific ocean . . . The fort
; itself consists of three or four
' little log huts built on three sides
of a square,' and covered "With
cedar bark. These huts are stock
: aded by poles set in the ground,
rising 12 feet high; and at two
opposite corners of the enclosure
- thus formed there are two bas
tions commanding all sides of
the fort and containing means
for the defense of the establish
ment against the attacks of the
Indians who are frequently quite
troublesome In this region. Not
long since the place was at
tacked by a band of savages out
numbering ten times the inmates
of the fort, but after a long
. fight in which no one was killed,
and but two or three of the In
dians were wounded, the latter
were compelled to retreat
V S
The. Frenchman in charge, it
is said, belongs to a wealthy and
honorable family in Montreal...
. Such is the power of habit with
him that he now prefers a life
but little in advance of the
wfetched savages that surround
him, to all the elegance and re
finements of the most .civilized
society. He lives with an Indian
woman whom he calls his, wife,
and who belongs to a tribe that
reside on the coast near the
mouth of the Umpqua river.
Sunday, 23d. A good night's
rest on a bed of Mackinaw
blankets, and a liberal supply of
boiled pork and potatoes, furn
ished by our Indian hostess,
wonderfully recruited us after
the fatigues of bur journey
America's fclrrest hero of wiarH t?av rr'nimmt rU.. v.. ,
.tf ?5m l'PPin wrcea, was bora in this arsenal
bundteg ta Little Rock. Art, to 18S0. At that time, the building
, " residence for oScers and their fam!UesWnea
t-s tuiljwu restored in 1SU, few dreaded tt it would teeem?
cne of the most fceportant of the nation's patriotic shrines
YOU SEEM l-QzjJ r" ' -: " 1
- Jf Tit) 1
"Monday 24th. Dr. White and
the 'captain' left us, returned to
the Wallamette, and Mr. Lee and
myself started in a canoe to visit
the Indians at the mouth of the
Umpqua river. We had been in
formed by Mr. Goniea (Gagnier)v
that there would be great danger
in our going among them alone
... But providence seemed to
favor our design of going among
them. On Sunday afternoon a
brother of the Frenchman's wife,
with a small party of Indians
from the coast arrived at the
fori having come up the river
in a canoe. After having an Inter
view with them we proposed to
the Frenchman that his wife,
who, we learned, was a relative
of the principal chiefs of the
, tribe, should take us under her
protection, and, with her brother
and his party, conduct us to their
people. To this the Frenchman ,
consented, saying, "now the dan
ger is small, before it was great
Accordingly, at 10 o'clock fore
noon . . . we put out with our
light canoe into the rapid cur-
rent of the Umpqua. . . . Fifteen
miles below the fort the river
rushes over a ledge of rocks in
a number of narrow channels,
and falling -about 25 feet in so
many rods forms a fine salmon
fishery. Here we found, crowd
ed into four small lodges, about u
100 Indians, exceedingly squalid
In their appearance, and subsist
ing entirely on fish. .
"Our Indian protrectress, who
also officiated as interpreter, in
formed them who we were, and
for what purpose .we had come
among them, with which they
seemed to be " highly pleased, .
saying It was good; and as we
passed on nine of them, five men
and four women, jumped into a
large canoe for the, purpose of
accompanying us down the river.
. V . Running our canoes in along .
the right hand shore, we at '
length found a place sufficiently '
broad, from the river to the base
of the mountain, to admit of our
, encamping, and here we pitched
our tent for the night Our In
dians soon struck up. two good"
fires, one for themselves, and one '
for us. Mr. Lee and myself pre- -pared
our supper, our female '
friend provided us with a choice -piece
of salmon which she had
broiled, and which, with bread,
,
butter and tea, constituted our
humble repast Never did we
partake of a supper with a bet
ter relish. While we were en
joying it our neophytes pre-,
pared; supper for themselves.
Their supper consisted of fresh
salmon and a species of hazelnut
found, in the country in great
abundance. . . . Stones being
provided for "the cracking of
nuts, all being seated on the
ground," the eating . commenced.
... A more jovial set of fellows
than these sons of nature I have
never seen. They are as un
tamed as the elk they chase over
their mountains. . . . ("
"On arriving at the coast we
found the Indians living in three
small villages, the larger being
on the south and the other two
on the north side of the river;
the whole number about 200 men,
women and children; about a
third absent in the mountains,
gathering berries. '
"It was thought best by our
female guardian and adviser to
pitch our tent some half a mile
distant from the larger village,
near Which she told us the chiefs
and their people would meet us
to hold a talk.' Though the news
of our arrival quickly flew to
all lodges, none of the Indians
came near us, until we sent
them word that we had come,
and desired to see "them at our
tent:! then three chiefs and 55 of
theirj people, mostly men, came
out to see us. Seating themselves
in the sand in a semicircle in
fronf of the tent they Informed
us, through our interpreter, that
they were ready to hear what
we had to say." .
(Continued on Tuesday.
CadlDO Pirogirainnis
XU SUNBAT USS X.
S.-OO-Jurt Quota Me.
Mlslm of Paradiae.
:45 Herb Jeffrey! Songs.
tKM-Sunday Symphony.
t JO RbrUunie Romance. '
; .tS Dtminvrove CUaries.
10 AO The World This atomlna.
10:lS-Tour Notes. - .
10:3O-Pld Piper. -
11SX Americas LAuhcraa Church.
' II 30 Jean SerUUer's Commentary.
U:4WaikIkl Dreams.
ISO-Deaconess BespitaL -
S:1S Church e duist. :
S-Songs of the Week.
S :4S lew White. Organist. - --S.-00
Salute to South AaMrlea.
S JO Boy's Town.
' 40 They Toe like Music.
.430-rHoUywood Spotlight.
-10 Old Fashioned RertvaL
:00 Tonight's Headlines.
S:1S Sundown Serenade. '
SJO Musio fTora Many Lands.
' 7:00 Dinner Dance. f.
TJO The Round Up. -'
-SAO First Presbyterian Orartfe.
-S30-eWhl's Sophisticates. -;
So News. ' ;
'.:15 Timely Tunes
- t JO Back Home Hour.
100 New. '
10:1S Dream Time.
' - . s -KOW
NBC SCNDAT 2t Ea. '
SAO Church la Tour Heme. - - -;- '
S JO Muiia and American Youth..'
S0 Sunday Down Souttu
t JO Era ma Otero. Singer. '
!2:??i7FAon JP. commenUtor. -
10 :1S Suver Strings.
lOJO-World Is Yours.
95 Sammy Kay- Orchestra,
11:15 Concert Petite. --11
JO Chicago Round fable. -
1S0 Bob Becker's Dog Chats.
:1S-H. V. Kalteabora
li JO Radio Comment '
11:45 Here Comes the Bind. '- -1
AO Garden Talks. .
J:i"I?ny Srapboek. .i.
1 JO Stars of Tomorrow.
S: 00 Opera Auditions.
, S JO The Nichols ranuly. -
J0 Home rim. .
:15 New Headlines St Hill tea. ':
S JO-QuU cf Two Cities ' '
, 4:60 Jack Pnny.
4J0 Band Won. '
S0 CharH V.cCrthr.
SJd One Man's Fanuiy. '
SJ Album ef rsmiiiar iliiEia.
TtfO-Kour of Charm. . "
130 Carnival. ,
SAO Great GUdrleeve
8:30 Feau Sot fcius'ai
-09-Walter Wtach-li
S:15 Tho Pai-ker-lamCr.
30 Moon lver.
By PETO MUm
Chapter IS. Contlnaed
, Tor a tired man you talk a
great deal, father. Now,' just one
question, and It's not about Da
vid. What proof have you that
' this de Beers, is all he says he
is?" ; .; , v ? ;
Tapers, my dear. He came
with official papers from John
Canby, foreign office seals and
all."- ... , . t.
. "How do you know the pa
e pers werent forged?"
The father smiled and patted
- his daughter on the - shoulder.
. "My darling i Wendy, 'will you
children always ? consider 1 your
parents as beings completely de
void 'of human intelligence? In
the first. place,-1 know Canbys
signature. But admitting to my
self, that that might be false X
got him on the phone the day de
. Beers arrived and he confirmed
the whole matter. Now, run
along to bed. Good-night
Good-night father
The girl felt that she could not 1
sleep and decided to go , for a
snort walk. Her father's account
of. de Beerr' certainly, sounded
fool-proof, but she was not sat
isfied There was something
about him that did not. add up.
For the life of her she could not
put her finger on' just what this
something was. When, however,
as she was walking along . the
golf links, thinking only of Da
vid, she saw the Count draw ;
open his curtain twice in quick
succession,, letting out shafts of
brilliant light she knew that she
was right and that by some un
known means her father had
been fooled. . . '
, Hutch and Rusty got to their
feet as the two French officers,
closing the door carefully be
hind them, advanced slowly and
menacingly towards them,
crouching slightly as if prepared
to spring.
"Wait a minutel" Hutch said, T
glad of his fluent command of .
the - French language. A fight
now would be most disastrous
and, besides, he thought he had
guessed the secrete of these men;
understood why they were be
side themselves with angen If
his guess were right they could
be his staunchest allies, for they
undoubtedly were attempting to
escape. .-,iv? . . '.;-.
"What are you doing there?"
the taller man, a first lieuten
ant, asked.
"Yes. Explain what yen are
doing in our room,' the second
' lieutenant asked, ' sticking for
ward his heavy face and glaring -with
menacing eyes.
"Dont sneak so loud." Hutrf
""warned. "We are also prisoners.
Royal : Air Force, . pilots, . Shot
down this morning. The guard',
brought us here. I think we arc
to be roommates for the time
being."
The Frenchmen were still sus
picious, and the taller one asked
for proof. , s
"Listen David said, "If we
were Germans, we wouldn't be
arguing with you. We'd Just have
you dapped into- solitary con- "
finement for attempted escape.",
"That is true, my friends," the
taller officer said, and held out
his hand. "I am Pierre Dubreufl,
- and glad to know you. This is
my friend Henry Martin." They
all shook hands warmly, and he
continued. "I am very dulL-You
would " never have discovered
our stone unless "you, -too, had
been seeking a means of escape.
Am I not right?"
"Never righter," Rusty said,
and David was about to trans
late when Dubreufl held up a
hand and announced that both
he and Martin understood Eng
lish. "You know," Dubreuil said.
"The funny, or should! say
strange part is that I went to
.the respecttre statleaa. Any varta-
neas aecea ay usteaers are Cae te
caaages aaaee ay Ue atari sas wtth
eat aetlee te this newspaper.
AH raele sUtteas atay be cat fress
tte ate at aay ttaae ta the toterests
ef aattowal defexe.
110 News Flashes.
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Song ot the Strings. -11JO
War News Roundup. -
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S:l Al and Lee Reiser.
- JO Revue la MUuatura,
t0 Quiet Hour.
. S JO Radio City Muate BaJL
IS JeSpeeklni GlaaMwT
It 5 New Show a Day.
110-Great Plays.
ll-Wik. Up America.
n0 NaUoaal Vespers.
, X JO Songs ef Your Heart, -
14 Christian Science Program
; S.-00 Hollywood Theatre. .
. S JO Miale Steelmaaera. -
S0 Catholie dour.
1:30 Stars of Today. .
4A0 Europeaa News.' . 5 - .
. 4 JO Grow a Garden. . " -
45 Melodle Contrasts.
S 00 Tommy Dorsey. .
.5 JO Music by White.. t "
HS Pearson Si Alien.
S:00-Grandpappy and Bis Pala, :
. SJO A Bookman's Notebook. ,
5 Sonrs by Otnab Score.-
S: O0 Inner Sanctum afystertaa. - V
S:30 Jack Beany s ;
. 0 Sunday at Nine.
15 Eleanor Roosevelt
JO News Headline at RUltes.
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100 Palace Hotel Orchestra.
19 J0-uiet Hour.
. ll.-co-Thisatovtaf World. '
11:13 Organ.
11 JO War News Round Up. .
KOrN-CBS SUXDAT 171 Ks. "
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hurch of the Air.
T:30-.Wing Over Jordan.
t0 West Coast Church.
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New. .
:15 SyncopaOon Piece.
t JO-fcalt Lake Tabernacle.
:0d Church of the Air,
10 JO New.
10 s hat 'a New at the Boo.
11 a J Nfw
11:1 . .'son Ar"M Orch.
lli-CoJumbia Workshop, -
Il:f WNews.
U-i.ew York Philharmor.Ja.
Oxford with the tyrant who has
been nmning this place. X say
has been,' as I am advised by;
. the mouth-to-ear telegraph ays' :
- tern, that Frits von Spee is leav-'
ing us tonight Where he is going
I could not diseover but 111 wa-.
ger he's up to no good. He's
beastly clever, and they only put
him here as punishment for i
failure , while on a mission la."
Turkey. Hell be worse than ever .
when he is. on the job again
Some sort of fifth columnist; I
understand."
. "But what about the chances '
of escaDe,", Hutch cut in.
Dubreuil laughed. "You have
not been here three hours tad ;t
you already, wish to accomplish
what j Henri - and I have been
slaving on for three' months..
However, you are lucky. Yott -have
come . at the crucial mo- '
' njentSTomorrow might ' have
been too late. Come, let us talk
it over." He. had already repla
ced the rug and table-while
speaking, and now he drew up 1
his chair at the table, motioning
the others to do the same. When
.they were seated, he. took from
his pocket a deck of cards, soiled
and worn by much use, a piece
of paper and the stub of a yellow
pencu.
V Dubreuil wrote the names
down carefully across the top,
then beneath them scribbled
some complicated figures. He -seemed
, to enjoy the perplexed
expressions on the faces of the
aviators, and deal t the cards
slowly and with some cere
mony, v . ;vv"-' '""
' "Bridge," he announced y, la
conically. "I hope you play, ; al- v
though it does not matter really.
We wm have littl time for that
excellent diversion.; However, X
must take four or five tricks. It
looks more natural. You see," he
said, addressing Hutch, "we can
talk freely in this way, without
exciting the guard's suspicion
when he makes his rounds. Sev- -
ral of Vim hnr tttm trap. nU.
sant habit of dropping in on us
without so much as the courtesy
of a rap at the door. Most impo
lite people, the Boches."
Hutch realized that the
Frenchman was. toying with
their curiosity.' He was impa
tient, but as he imagined that
this was t':o first amusement the
man had had in months, he did
not begrudge him the lost mo
ments, the tantalizing wait
Chapter Nineteen .
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"Now," declared DuHeufl, as
he blocked off the fifth trick and
placed it at the end of the neat
pae before him. "Remember that
it is my lead if a guard sticks
pis head through the door. Come
'closer." The four men leaned .
their heads together until they
nearly touched. Had anyone
been able to see them he would
have thought it a tense bridge
game indeed. ?Our story is this.
We both wish to continue the
war against Germany. We have
heard rumors that Gen. Charles
de Gaulle is forming an army of
Free Frenchmen in England. Is
that correct?" ; : ,
"It is," Hutch confirmed. i
"Splendid! You hear that
Henri?" . ) '
The stocky Frenchman nod
ded, and stuck his head out fur
ther than before. 1 knew it I
knew that there was one French
man left with the courage to
carry on the battle. Long live de
Gaulle and Free France!'
: David was surprised a " tha
vehemence of mis short, square,,
red-faced fellow. At the same
time he thought there must be
millions more in France who,
like Henri Martin, were wait
ing for the. moment to come
when they could aveiee their
country's honor.
(To be continiNid)
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