THE 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"
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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.
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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.
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LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE
WHY DID
YOU TELL
YOUR PAPA
THW YOO
DIDN'T WANT
TO TAKE THAT
PACKAGE TO
MR. RHINESTONE?
OH--ER"
I DOM'T
KNOW-I
DIDN'T
REALLY
MEAN IT,
I GUESS"
YOU CAN TALK
FREELY TO ME
ANNIE- I
WANT YOU TO
TELL ME
EVERYTHING,
ALWAYS-
SURE.
MAMA
I DO
TRY TO
TELL YOO
EVERYTHING-
sn t
HJssrs' S M
I'M SURE OP IT- BUT
SHE DOESN'T DARE TALK
ABOUT IT TO ME- SHE
DOESN'T TRUST ME
WHV SHOULD SHE? I DESERVE
IT- B-B-BUT I D-D-DO SO
WANT HER TO LOVE ME
AND BELIEVE IN ME-
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STYMIED
WAS SHE TRYIN' TO PUMP
ME? IT'S O.K. WITH ME-
SHE'S SWELL AND I TRUST
HER- BUT, GEE WH1Z
I DON'T DARE LET ON I'M
WISE- BUT I SURE KNOW
WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO,
IF ONLY THEY WEREN T
MY FOLKS- J
V
REG'LAR FELLERS
PIN HEAD BRINGS HOME THE PUDDING
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CtJH Y01J TAKE.
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WEDDING " Wpters-i. '
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