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Newspaper Page TextTHE CAPITAL JOURNAL. SALEM, OREGON Chapter 1 COLLECTOR OF MEN That hour when Miss Gertrude Moore was 30, she looked a stern- lipped, puritan 65: and she priced herself upon the fact that she had "never evaded a duty!" Duty was seen by her as some disagreeable truth that she must tell, or as a gesture she must make near the particular apple cart which the sesture would upset. And, since age Increases flavor and bouquet, Miss Gertrude, at a frost-bitten 40, was as welcome to any convivial group as would be a case of swamp fever to the trop ics; and, although the general pub lie took no measure to stamp her out, their collective fading at her approach suggested that she was highly contagious. Occasionally when gentler souls considered Miss Gertrude Moore, they murmured that perhaps, after all, It was no wonder that her niece, Marsha Moore, was "a trifle fast"; but these gentle soul have weak lungs and their voices cannot pen etrate Into the wall of heart that has lost a love. Marsha Moore collected , men both single and ostensibly attached, as sundry old maids of both sexes collect Spode, Ming, Wedgewood, Canton, Sevres or willow ware. And, having collected them, she held them against the light to see through them and then she set them upon her shelf to laugh a lit tle and mirthlessly, or to raise her quizzical brows. Sfim MMWM3E When Marsha was 18 and Miss Gertrude 30, Miss Gertrude had seen Marsha upon the horizon as "a duty" Miss Moore told the Rector about It and when he called the day aft er "the tragic news" reached him, he had foregone his golf, knowing that Miss Gertrude Moore was not a person who "forgives undue de lav " "And you say you are going to give a home to your niece?" asked the Rector, who was pleasantly ro tund and to whom sinners drew near easily, and of whose "levity" Miss Gertrude disapproved. "I can do no less," responded Miss Moore after which she tight ened her Hps to look like one of the avenging ftes, but rather more so. "The child is 187" askeo ine sec tor. "Sixteen and unfortunately like her mother, of whom I have never approved." "God help herl" thought the Rec tor and with full piety. He said, "It was a tragic aflalrl" He was speaking of a large group of humans, for the most part com fortable and happy and content with life, who, on a huge and proud ship's maiden voyage, had louna wie way to Davy Jones' Locker . . had learned, too, something of how heroic the simplest souls may be . . . and how "God Save the King" mav sound, played gallantly by men who thought oi nome ana uie wr men at home, as a fleck cantea ana rank And the water rose. "One of the teachers is Bringing her here tomorrow," said Miss Ger trude: "she has been at a school In Connecticut." "I see" said the Hector as uc stared at Miss Gertrude. And he did see. w. honed the child would have some resource, some inner light that would brighten the gray, level way upon which Miss Moore would in sist that she walk. But he feared she might be of the group who know nothing of deeps ana wno mum. skim sustenance from the surface, Miss Moore bad told him of her brother, Admiral Moore, and of the unfortunate latitude among -per. nt the Navv" and of the Ad miral's wife and her lunations; una of this child who had been reared in hotels and schools and who knew nothing of that solace which comes from a solidly planted unmoving home, but who Knew everytning oi petty and bold Intrigue. "Poor child!" thought the rotund Rector. "Poor child!" And he sighed. Life, he found, was frequently too difficult! 'I shall enter her in the Churcii school here," said Miss Gertrude Moore. Yet again the Rector sigh ed. He considered the Church school to be one of the most dismal institutions he had ever been so unfortunate as to see; and he sus pected that the breakfast porridge was extremely thin and that boiled rice made a dinner finish at least three times each week. "I shall come to see your niece," he promised as he rose. Marsha who. the day before, had been summoned to the school office to be told that her mother and fa ther no longer existed in any form that she could recognize, was, as the Rector gained the New York street, again asked to come down to talk with Miss Prlngle. She hadn't cried at all. The news had made her feel only stupid, and as if she had been very ill for a considerable time. She had strange flashes of her mother, pink-lined parasol canted over a shoulder and in a rlksha in Shanghai . . . Colonel Duveen had always been by her that season. Marsha had considered him "quite a rotten sort of cad" Men for Marsha were divided into closes that she heoded, "Plain, fan cy, and rotten cads"; and even at that hour and at fourteen years, she felt she knew men well and that notliing more of them could be said to her. And too, throughout the long, THE MEETING By Mary Graham Bonner Early the next morning Willy Nilly started for the meeting which was to be held In the big grange In the next village. Christopher Col umbus Crow flew over, too, and Rip the dog went along because he was loved In the village since he had been the hero of the fire. He felt he might be able to help Christo pher. The bears and ducks and Top Jrtch thought they had better not jo and Willy Nilly thought so, too. It was just as well not to make too blj a crowd. They anxiously waited behind, and Rip promised to run lock and forth to tell them how kings were going. The room was well filled when illy Nilly arrived and several of c people there hissed when they v Christopher. But Christopher perched on Willy Nilly 's shoulder and looked about the room with great dignity. He shook a little, it Is true, but that was only because Willy Nilly was trembling. Christopher was as calm as could be. Now the man who was taking charge of the meeting began to speak and he spoke for a long time against crows. There wasn't a good word he had to say lor them. Then someone else spoke and said that crows did more good than harm in destroying enemies of the farmer such as field mice, cut worms and others. Many in the room did not seem so well pleased with this fanner's speech and Willy Nilly felt the case Would bo decided against crows. ' All of a sudden there were squeals and screams, and the meeting was broken up. What had happened? Monday "Clever Christopher" If ACROSS 1. Any monkey 4. iivory tiny 9. Vemllnt 12. Cuikilict 13. r I en Blue 16. Locomotive driver Sash Lncerated 10. Dtmlnuilvs feminine 21 Exclamation J2. City In lluly S Leaven J1 Party SI. One who put frollriR ud SI. Lat- comb, form SL Whistle of varying pitch li. The b'uropeno Riiltitlni-h SO. Com pa M point 7. Capital of Norway 19. Pemlnln name 40. Clover 42. Prlncelv ItnU Ian family 44. 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Before: pre llx S3. Affirmative 66. State whose cnplial Is Blsmarckt abbr. ' z I3 Pli4 Is u I7 la lf ' " , , ,, '!'( I 1 '".'j. '. mmmmwm. I H l4 W WTi MM, !Ll!LZll!L !lZS!LZZ 32 33 34 35 lZZil?!Zll"ZZ mm ifir mm zlI 2 t MSI S2 33 : m& 54 ss f3T 1 1 I fir I I I I mr I T" wakeful night and during the day, she had seen her father; tall, lean, and erect, always debonair; anxious that Marsha should not care too much about anything nor anyone. "Don't go caring too deeply p he had warned her again and again, "It smashes your heart to noth ing" He had dreamed, young, that life might be father splendid," and when he found that it could not be that way. he had chosen laughter; but looking on Marsha he remem bered women cried easily. Miss Prlngle was behind her desk. "My dear, dear child I" she said as Marsha entered, m arena ooorjea as she had been taught and Quite properly, but a muscle at the cor ner of her lovely lips twitched a trine. "I have a message from your aunt," Miss Prlngle continued; Miss Prlngle hoped the aunt was a per son of "character"; Marsha was not easy to deal with and men were too attracted to her. The Latin teacher for Instance. Miss Prlngle reached for Iter smelling salts. That affair had close to upset the whole school) 'Sit down, dear," said Miss Prln gle. Marsha settled. Miss Prlngle stared at her xor a moment. Even women sometimes had to stare at Marsha, who made the dullest witted soul think of Spain ... its languor, hot passions, sweet scents; its drugging, enervat ing loveliness. And while Miss Prlngle stared at the flower which was Marsha's face, Marsha thought, "I shall have to live with Aunt Gertrude I sup pose"; thought it levelly: hope lessly. She and her mother and father had always laughed at the mention of Aunt Gertrude, but one can't always laught at such peo ple, living with them. Bhe heard the news stoically. Then she rose; "I'll go pack my things" she said dully. Miss Prlngle saw her sway. "A moment, dearl" she said, and ringing for Alice she or dered a small glass of port. Mar sha drank it and then she went back to her room which she had shared with the romantic Clara-belle. Here she packed methodically, as Clarabelle wept for her. And as she packed she forecast the measure of her new life. 'Is your aunt kind?" Clarabelle asked after a deep sob. "She means to be" Marsha an swered as she folded her party dress, "and It makes her quite un bearable at moments. Will you look on the cupboard shelves, Clara belle? I sometimes stick stuff up there" Clarabelle looked to bring forth a packet of violet-scented cigarettes. T hope it won't be starkly and perfectly tragic for you!" moaned Clarabelle. I shall manage," said Marsha, "I'll have to" she looked around the room "I think I have every thing now," she ended, "that be longs to mo" and again she saw her mother In a 'rlksha, and her father telling her not to care too deeply lest she smash her heart. . Yes, everything that belonged to her could now be packed In a suit case and a trunk, and was. Marsha s farewells at school were not prolonged. Clarabelle flung her arms about Marsha, wept and then ncccpted the remains of the packet of cigarettes. Marsha could spare them, for she had another box. The other girls did not really exist for the departing one, and what farewells there were seemed as per functory as they were. Miss Prin- Rle herself came down In the midst of her moat grand, sceing-the -grief -stricken-student-off manner, play ing the scene for all it was worth, and perhaps a little more. Marsha still was too dulled to care, and too absorbed In her own thoughts to do much more than bob in Uie approved style at the end of the standard Pringle depar ture speech. Only Alice, Miss Prin- Kle's maid, Marshas dulled behav ior, and behind Miss Pringle's .schoolmistress crust, there existed a truly dramatic situation. Alice wept. (To be continued.) Stay ton Mrs. Hollie Champ, who has been seriously ill for the past several months, has been moved from her home to Mrs. Garland Shoemate's, who will care for her during her illness. j rrv Oh, Ho!" Puff; Uughl, "That ll where you belong," He crabs (he wheelbarrow and ahoves It along. 'Stny here," Puffy anya, "JTou won't have to pay rent," And down roes the man tat a tank of cement. GVAaM-. T TTnolrm III A ANSWERS TO iQUESTIONS Q. Who was the hero of The Wearing of the Green? J.B. A. He was James Napier Tandy, the Irish patriot end agitator. Q. Do men live longer than wo men? D.D.V. A. On nthe average women live to be older than men. The average span of life for a man Is 08 years, and for a woman, 58 years, Q. Who chose the name, Little Women, for Loiusa May Alcott's book? G.T.O. A. When first submitted to pub lishers, Miss Alcott had named It The Pathetic Family. The publish ers thought the first chapter dull. She did some re-wrltlng but also re named the story, Little Women. This time It was accepted. Q. What distance does a kangaroo cover with each leap? JJB. A. A kangaroo Is capable of a bound of from 12 to 14 feet. Q. Who was the first martyr to his Christian faith? L3. A. The first recorded martyr of Christianity, called the protomartyr, was Stephen (Acts 6 and 7). Q. What effect would be produced on tides if the earth stopped ro tating? H.T.C. A. The Coast and Geodetic Survey says that the usual dally and seml- dally rise and fall of the tide would undoubtedly cease. There would, however, be a semi-monthly and semi-yearly tide of small amplitude due to the monthly revolution of the moon around the earth and the yearly revolution of the earth around the sun. Q. Does Lake Champlaln extend into Canada? WJC. A. Lake Champlaln Is chiefly In the United States, between New York and Vermont, but has its northern end six miles within the Canadian boundary within the Pro vince of Quebec. Its extreme length from north to south is about 125 miles, and its breadth Is from M to IS miles. Its total area is 600 square miles. Q. Who first had the Idea of In telligence tests? US.. A. Francis Galton was a pioneer when in 1873 he applied measure ments and other statistics to an thropology, and in 1883 published Inquiries into Human Faculty. These were improved upon by Cat- tell in IBM, by Munscterberg In 1881, by Claparede in 1895 and Binet and Simon in ibsb. Q. Is the Uspallata Pass, which Is used by airplanes flying over the Andes from Argentina to Chile, the only pass that airplanes could use? C3. A. There Is one other within rea sonable distance, Malpo, but It Is forbidden non-Chilean pilots for reasons of military intelligence. Q. Who will be eligible for treat ment at the narcotic farm at Lex ington, Kentucky? BJ. A The Public Health Service says that there Is now being constructed at Lexington, Ky the U. S. Nar cotic Farm No. 1. This is being con structed primarily for federal pri soners who are narcotic addicts. The law provides that other persons may voluntarily place themselves there for treatment. Q. Please describe how gold Is handled in shipping it to the unit ed States. CO. A. The gold Is usually packed In small "herring" kegs holding about $50,000 each, or in boxes containing five bars, -valued at a total of more thaje $40,000. Shipments are made either in bars or coins, the latter being more difficult to handle. After Its removal from bank vaults, the gold Is loaded Into cars accompan ied by armed guards. Aboard the ship it is stowed in the bullion room or strong-room and the purser is responsible for It. Armored trucks and guards await the shipments, the trucks being bullet-proof with guards at the gunsllts. Q. Who discovered heavy water? EP.B. A. Heavy water was discovered by Dr. Harold O. Drey, professor of chemistry in Columbia University, New York City. Dr. TJrey first dis covered the new atom of hydrogen in November, 1931. The original method of concentrating heavy wa ter was by evaporation, but subse quently Dr. E. W. Washburn of the National Bureau of Standards, de veloped a new method by means of electrolysis. Practically all the hea vy water extracted today is obtain ed by this method. Q. What Is the population of the Republic of Germany? B. B. A. The preliminary figures for 1933 are oa,3uu,ouo. Q. When was The Rosary first sung? L.G. A. It was first sung in Boston by Francis Rogers, in February, 1898. Make Your Own Summer Sports Dress It's a double duty model. Dresses of this type are In cottons such as pique (plain or print) or horseblanket checked peasant cotton of linen-like weaves or in shirting cottons, in plain pastels. white or prints in tub silks or in linenj. These fabrics make it suitable for active sports without being in any way hot to wear. 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