THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON
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Synopsis: CI ire auspccta that his
employer's firm Is Hearing the rocks,
yet the man sends Cllve to England
to make a survey mid tells him to
tnke a belated honeymoon afterward.
Cllve and Santa were married a few
days after Sttnta was divorced from
Dickey; since marriage Cllve has tried
not too successfully, to live up to a
wife with an Independent Income who
spends money right and left.
Chapter 24 '
ALONE AT LAST
The hour was shortly after ten.
The boat sailed at midnight.
CHve felt like a prisoner who had
served his sentence. He hadn't
realized how bitterly his personality
had been curtailed till their hand
baggage had been carried down to
the waitinc taxi.
"Good-bye, little nest, where we've
been so happy." Santa kissed slim
fingers to bare floors and sheeted
furniture.
CMve's heart whispered, "And may
you burn while we re gone."
In the taxi his spirits rose.
"What's the matter with you?"
Santa rested her hand on his knee.
You're bouncing."
He barged into her, all but bump
ing her nose.
"Our honeymoon's commencing."
Site pushed him aside.
"Goose! You're crazy."
Nevertheless, his excitement In
fected her. Having -nade sure that
their trunks were aboard, they went
on deck.
As they stood by the gang-plank
she jogged him.
''Remember the last time?"
When you didn't follow me?
What a chase you've led me!"
"Hope I've been worth while."
"So-so," he shrugged his shoul
ders. "As an example of impassioned
CUNDOWN
HISTORIES
Till'. HUNGRY VISITOR
By Mary Graham Bonner
Willy Nilly, Flotilla Botilla and
all the others in Puddle Muddle
were quite sure their apple Jelly
had turned out to be a great suc
cess. In the first place its taste was
delicious, and it was becoming just
suit enougn.
"We'll put the covers on the
glasses and put the jelly away on
the top shelf the first thing in the
morning," Willy NUly said.
He awoke early and nudged Rio.
who was sleeping at the foot of the
bed.
"Let's get right up and look at
our jelly, ' he said.
So they went down the stairs
from the bedroom to the main room
below, which was Willy Nilly's re
pair shop. At one end of this was
the pantry.
They had a stove in the shop
snere tney cooked their meals and
a table where Willy Nilly ate.
Rip, the dog, always found it more
comfortable to eat on the floor and
as most of Willy NJlly's friends
were animals he never insisted upon
lit 'lie manners.
They opened the little door that
led into the pantry and Willy Nilly
gave a scream, and Rip growled and
put his tail between his lees.
There .sitting on the floor In the
center of the pantry was a black
hear.
The jelly was almost all eaten up
all except some that had been
overturned on the floor and had not
os yet been licked up, and some that
was on the bear's face and paws
and chest.
"Your jelly is simply delicious,
and a bear is a good Judge of sweet
things," the bear said, licking his
lips.
"I congratulate you in my growl
ing brt frrnteful hear fashion!"
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love-making that's not so hot," she
grinned impertinently.
"If I stayed at boiling point, I'd
evaporate," he retorted.
The band had ceased playing,
Tugs fussed about the liner, nosing
her into the dark tank of river. The
screw started churning.
"How about bed?" he suggested.
"I've only you to protect me,"
she whispered irrelevantly.
She'd uttered his thought. Hav
ing been married three months, at
last they were alone.
Lights of New York faded like
baleful stars. The little white cabin
instantly became home to him. The
reason was not far to seek. He had
paid for it. He'd stipulated that she
was to be his guest. Even her letter
or credit he had provided.
"Jinks! It's comfy."
"Remains to be seen," she re
sponded, "whether I can lift my
head from the pillow tomorrow. On
my last voyage, which was to Ha
vana "
"I've heard about it." He cut her
short.
It was a blue, summer crossing.
Next morning the ocean was still
as a mill-pond. Having breakfasted
in their berths and dressed lazily,
they strolled and were enticed to
Join in a game of shuffle-board. By
evening they were known as the
oridai couple.
Then London. In a setting to
which they were both strange, his
errand gave them their only impor
tance. He was up early. All day he
was absent. He returned to the ho
tel to find her eager.
Business concluded, conversation
turned on which of all the wonder
spots they should select to spend
their holiday. Because quite a num
ber of their fellow-passengers had
been bound for St. Jean de Luz
they chose it too. Spain across the
border: the Golfe de Gasogne at
their front-door. Basques: bull
fights; cork-forests; the Pyrenees
rising fantastic.
The day before they left England,
they paid a hurried visit to Strat-ford-on-Avon.
When they arrived, it
seemed too silly to waste the sun
shine prying. Instead they hired a
canoe.
In the green remoteness of tin
kling waters and lush meadows,
the concrete of cities seemed a
hideousness imagined. Prom pil
lows among which she nestled,
Santa gazed fondly at Clive. The
merry stillness was moulding them
into a common oneness. -
This time six months ago she had
been living separated in Chicago,
her future a blank. As though a ban
dage had been torn from her eyes,
she was seeing all she owed him,
Without warning, she asked;
"Were you happy in the apart
ment v
"Then you knew I wasn't?"
"I didn't; I do now. Why weren'
you?"
"You acted as though you
bought me at a pet-shop."
"Was it as bad as that?"
" 'Fraid it was."
She raised herself on her elbow.
"You were as much my husband
then as you are now. Why didn
you employ cave-man tactics? '
"Because you weren't as much
my wife then as you are now."
She frowned laughingly.
"Darling, you don e look a sap.
and yet you allowed me to make
fool of you."
"And you re asking the reason?
Had I rebelled, I d have lost you.
L.ost me!" sue was honestly
amazed. "But, Clive, till we left Now
York that was my terror that I'd
lose you. It was why I shouldered
all the responsibilities. You weren1
used to marriage; I was. It seemed
to me that if I spared you wor
ries But I'm anxious to hear
your side. Tell inc."
He could afford to jest at a dan-
get that was past.
"If youd asked me in New York
should have replied desperately,
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'God pity the simp who marries
wife with money. "
She gazed at him Incredulously.
Made a rude face. Jerked her hat
over her nose and sliuned back on
the cuslons. Until she spoke gur
gUngly, he was uncertain whether
she was disguising tears with com
edy.
"You funny boy! God pity the
simp wno aoesn t. '
That evening they packed. Next
morning they were on their way to
rrance.
xne ice or tneir reticence was
broken. They explored each other's
emotions, determined that nothing
must remain hidden. Santa up-
oraiaea nerseit wkth ludicrous
vehemence.
"What I deserve is the ducking-
stooi. -
"Much more or this remorse," he
feigned fierceness, "and I'll lay you
across my knee and spank you."
"I'd kick like hell," she laughed.
On their only night in Paris she
appointed herself a penance. Noth
ing would do but he must conduct
her to the cafe in which he had read
the description of her wedding to
Dak.
"What a shabby little beast I
was!"
As a corrective, he hailed a pass
ing fiacre and ordered the man to
drive to the Folies Bergere.
-yuit it." He crushed her to him.
"There's no one dearer in the world.
I'm fed up with your repentance."
Twisting in nts embrace, she k!b-
gled: "So am I." j
That started a new chapter. I
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country the following evening, they
seemed to have become lovers with
out a past. The sun-saturated con
tentment claimed them. Everything
seemed a stage-setting for their dbs-
sion. For an entire week they forgot
tune ana laugnea.
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ing, Clive missed her. When she re
joined him at lunch, she was wear
ing a face as long as a fiddle. That
afternoon she excused herself on
the plea that she had a headache.
At five o'clock he tiptoed into her
darkened room to find it empty.
Shortly before dinner she entered
and begged him to take her to the
Casino.
"But you're not up to it."
She professed that her headache
had quite, quite vanished.
At the Casino they dined out of
doors on a terrace, rose-pink in the
light of sunset. The sea was mack
erel-greenthe horizon a jasper
wall. A Spanish orchestra made
wild music, to which a brilliant
crowd of spendthrifts, fortune
hunters and respectable sight
seers danced tumultiously.
They dawdled over coffee long
after night had gathered. Chvc did
his best to entertain her. She paid
him no more than a polite atten
tion. Suddenly, with a hurried, "Ex
cuse me," she escaped him.
Having settled the bill, he hunt
ed everywhere for her. His anxiety
had reached lever-pitch, when he
bumped into her coming out of the
baccarat room.
"O, it's you I" Her face was
chalky. "I've seen enough. Best be
going."
In their room at the hotel, over
looking the moonlit Oolfe de Gas
cogue, they undressed In silence as
though they had quarrelled. As he
extinguished the lights, she dug her
face in the pillow and burst into un
controllable sobbing.
"But Santa, what have I done?"
She threw her arms about him,
seeking protection.
"It's not you. It's Dicky."
"Curse the fellow. IH settle his
hash. Has he taken to writing you?"
"He's here. Today I saw him."
(To be Continued)
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Questions must be clearly written
and stated as briefly as possible.
Encloso three-cent stamp for return
nostage and address the Capital
journal information Bureau, Fred'
eric J. Haskin, Director, Washing
ton, D. C. . . .
Q. Does Ann Leaf broadcast over
the organ at the Paramount thea
tre while pictures are being shown?
If so, how is it arranged not to In
terfere with the movies? S. McL.
A. The Publix Theatres Corpora
tion says: "We have a specially de
signed organ broadcasting studio
aside from the organ installations
In the theatre auditorium itself, and
it is from this studio that Miss Leaf
does all of her broadcasting work,
Q. What Is the derivation of the
word trivial? G.N.
A. Trivial comes from trivlum, a
Latin word meaning a meeting-place
of three streets, or a crossroad. From
this original use comes the extend
ed meaning, pertaining to the streets
and hence common, ordinary, or
petty.
Q. How man men are employed
by the Veterans Administration? R.
B. E.
A. On July 1, 1932, there were
J. H a s l n
19,693 men employed by the Veter
ans" Administration, of which 2,
082 were located In Washington, D.
0., and 17,610 outside of Washing
ton. Q. Is religious training In Ger-
many required by law or Is It op
tional. A. M.
A; Since 'the separation of church
and state in Germany as effected
By the Weimar constitution, relig
ious instruction Is not roqulren by
law in the school, but is given If the
parents desire It. Certain periods are
set aside lor tne purpose. The In
structors are appointed by the state.
Q. What causes the holes in Swiss
cheeses? F. W. S.
A. After the salting process, the
Swiss cheeses are placed In a room
at about 70 degrees P., in which the
typical fermentation produces gas
noies or "eyes" due to the develop
ment of certain anaerobic bacteria,
during a period of about two weeks.
The finished product appears on the
market with the cut surface show
ing "eyes" one-half Inch or more
in diameter.
Q. How many soldiers did the Le
viathan transport? D. H.
A. During the World War this ves
sel acted as the world's greatest
troop ship. She carried 110,591 Unit
ed States troops across the Atlantic
in ten trips. Oil one trip die carried
11,470 soldiers, biViritln; the world's
troop transportation record. When
the Leviathan carried her record
breaking contingent of soldiers, she
also carried the officers and crew
to the number of 2271, making a
grand total of 13,558 souls on board
the greatest number carried across
any ocean, by any ship, on any trip
Q. What Is the lowest authentic
barometric reading? E. L. P.
A. The Weather Bureau says that
one of the lowest authentic baro
meter pressures recorded in recent
years was in connection with the
hurricane of September, 1928. As
the storm passed over Puerto Rico
a reading of 27.35 (reduced to
level) was recorded. During the hur
ricane at Miami or 1926 the baro
meter reading was 27.75.
Q. What is the difference be
tween filibustering pud log-rolling?
K. B.
A. Filibustering is the name
given to retarding legislation by
taking up the time In lengthy
speeches, etc., which delays the vote
until too late. Log-rolling is a term
given to the practice of combining
to assist in getting through one
measure in return for help in get
ting another measure passed In
which the other party is interested.
Q. Why was Trotzky exiled from
Russia? H.A.
A. Leon Trotzky was exiled from
Russia because of his opposition to
the Russian government. After Len
in's death in 1924 It became appar
ent to the communist leaders that
theoretical Marxian socialism was at
least in certain regards inapplic
able to the Russian situation. As a
GOOD BUSINESS IfLfpTiv l
result, a schism broke out In th?
Bolshevist ranks, with Trotzky at
the head of the "die-hard" group.
His outspoken opposition to the
government, particularly during the
Chinese crisis of 1927 led first to
his "censure" by the government
and then to his expulsion from office.
Q. When was Tom Thumb taken
to England? J.H.
A. Charles Sherwood Stratton
(Tom Thumb) was born at Bridge
port, Conn., January 4, 1838 and
died in Mtddleborough, Mass, July
IS, 1883. He was taken by his
mother to P. T. Barmun In 1842
and at that time was 28 Inches in
height and weighed about 15 pounds.
He wos perlectly proportioned. Bar
nuin exhibited him In England In
1634.
Q. How many different papers and
periodicals are sent through the mall
and what does It cost the govern
ment? C.P.R.
A. The approximate number oi
newspapers and periodicals publish
ers entered as second class mall
mater Is 29,000. The postage rate
is l1,- cents for reading matter and
2 to 10 cents for advertising mat
ter, according to 'he zone. In 1931
the revenues from this source were
practically $26,000,000. The expend
itures were approximately $123,000,
000. making a deficit of more than
$96,000,000.
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