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Ye Smudge Pot
By Arth r Parry.
1 A man shot for a squirrel, must
have soma strange emotion, when
he finally gets to a nospitai oea ana
Is resting easy.
Clara Bow, the hoyden ot the (11ms,
whose Inability to stand prosperity
has provided any amount ot bum
reading, will be perpetrated ' anew
and tears are felt that Ruth Elder,
the first lady to try suicide by flying
the Atlantlo, will be resurrected.
About ten years ago, aooordlng to
the files of this Journal, "Thomas
Bwem oompleted re-vamplng the lob
by of the Rlalto theater, and left at
once for his homestead In the Butte
Falls district."
It has been suggested that the stu
dents of Oregon State lost that foot
ball game last Saturday and not the
team (O80. Barometer) Putting
toe blame right where It belongs.
Mow that the Intangibles tax has
been declared unconstitutional, and
same will be refunded, the beneflol
arles can buy an Oregon auto license,
pay their regular tax without taking
advantage ot the 8 per oent penalty
blunder of the last legislature, and
do something for eweet charity and
Bants Glaus, unless they have to send
to England for a 187 sliver-plated
fishing reel, that won't work.
The pioneer women can brag all
they want to about how they suf
auffsred crossing the plains, behind
a bevy 'of Indolent bulls, but the
modem girl on the rear deck of a
motorcycle these mornings. Is an
awe-lnsplrtng, If chilly, heroine.
Uncle. 87, has oeaeed fighting a
enld, and la once again after the
VMs In Utah, and the bankers of
Kansas.
"OREGON LOOMS AS THREAT
TO TROJANS SATURDAY" (Hdllne
Oregonlan.) Try that out on the
ptsno of your imagination.
A freeholder, behind a new grown
General Grant beard, was out In his
frontyard yesterday waging a relent
less war on dandelions.
While the nation la regusted over
Al Capon, the Chicago gangster,
wearing a socks and S27.SO BVD,
they should know that California
boasts an 18000 cat.
MUSIC'S ROCKY PATH
The band now has only twsnty-one
boys In It, We have lost tour boys.
We have also three new boys.
We practiced for two weeks on the
music we gave on the IBth, for a
concert.
We have no orchestra, as we have
lost all our violinists. Besides the
first band, Mr. Rurnsby also has a
second band ot pretty good else
which he Is teaching to play, Some
of the boys In the second band will
soon Join the first band to help us
, out.
We are rather short ot trombone
players, but Mr. Rurnsby says he Is
glad of It. (Cont. HOJ.)
The Chinese pheasant eeaaon opens
tomorrow. There Is. not a Ohlnaman
within the . borders of the county, so
there will be no excuse for any errors
requiring the services of the coroner.
All the hunters will be as nervous
as a bride, so If a Jaybird soars be
tween you and the armed man, fig
ure that he will mis the Jaybird.
Last tall the P. Janney bantam roos
ter, peacefully filling Its craw In Its
own backyard, was blasted Into eter
nity by a aoolal lion who swore It
was all a mistake. The bantam was
Just as dead a It It had been cold
blooded murder in the 1st degree.
The authorities claimed that the
deed was committed on the theory
that the pheasant visited with the
domestic hens, to toll the hunters.
Who did not care to be foiled. Also
a hunter, that he could not catch,
shot Vinton Bealla Ouroc hog for
pheasant, and the resultant bacon
wsa peppered with bb shot. Not
many pheasant will be shot on the
opening day, as It will take the nlm
rode that long to ehoot all the "No
Trespass" signs. A new slate law
prohibits the shooting ot pheasants
from the highway, so there will be
no Bbootlng from the highways. The
hunters. In their Met, will trample
down oats, wheat, barley and gar
dens. They never trample down
weeds.
Also, there Is no co-ordination
between a Eugenie hat and gum
chewing. .
"Mrs. Smith, alls Jons , . ."
(Humboldt, Cal., Tim.) It's all a
matter of choice.
Watch (or the upeulmg of Grand
ma's Para.
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Will There
IT IS universally claimed that,
League of Nations is facing
Yesterday the League council indorsed a declaration by
Aristide Briand, that the League
Far East.
If peace results if war is prevented the League will get
the credit for it; if peace doesn't Tesult, the League will get the
blnme.
Simple, isn't itf But, actually, too simple to be true.
WTHAT is true in this particular case! In our opinion simply
this: If Japan really wants war, wants to take advantage
of the present situation to conquer and annex Manchuria, war
she is going to have, and nothing
will prevent her.
' If sho really DOESN'T want war, if she merely wishes to
protect her property and her subjects in Manchuria, and will
recall her troops whenever the dangers are over, then there will
BE no war.
. In other words, the final outcome depends entirely upon
what Japan the strongest military power in the Far East
WANTS. :
If she wants war she is going to have it; if she doesn't want
war, but DOES want law and order restored in Manchuria, she
is going to have THAT.
Which is only another way
that make war exist, there u no
TPHE elements' that make for
East today. ... '
Japan is overcrowded and needs territory.. In Manchuria
she has the territory, the raw materials, certain legal rights, and
an efficient fighting force. .
On the other hand, China
nation she once was. She has
troops under arms. Popular feeling against Japan is strong.
She would never humbly submit to conquest today, as would
have been the case a couple of decades ago. In the face ot the
common danger undoubtedly all
up rather an effeotive resistance.
But China KNOWS she would eventually be beaten and
Japan knows the same thing. So China appeals to the League
of Nations and, we repeat, that appeal to the League is going
to have just as much force and effect, as Japan WANTS it to
have and no MORE
ITO, IF Japan really believes "der tag" has ooiue then noth-
' ing the League of Nations can do, and nothing any nation
in the world but one WILL do, can prevent' a Chirm-Japanese
war. ,
That one nation of course is Russia. Russia alone has the
force, and the political interest in Manchuria, that would justify
the use of force.
If Japan believes that Russia like the rest of the world is
too concerned with internal problems, to spring to the defense
of China, then war will be declared; if she believes that she
can't fight China without also fighting Russia, then war will
not be declared. .
. Whatever happens the League of Nations will merely dem
onstrate to the world again, that without force to back up her
decrees, she can no more prevent war, than Dame Partington
could sweep back the waves of the Atlantic ocean.
Tell the Whole Story
'THE OREGON JOURNAL' is greatly exoited over the spco-
taole of the Iowa National Guard proceeding against a
group of dairy farmers with fixed bayonets.
Suoh a situation -of course is dear to the sentimental and
somewhat demagogic heart of the Journal's editorial staff, and
its defense of the unarmed and embattled agriculturists, will
bring tears to many eyes.
But why doesn't the Journal tell why troops were called out,
and what caused this extraordinary oivil wart
ACCORDING, to one reliable
harl t.n h nallarl in nml..l
- .. w i, vv ,,vuuv va i ii i (turning uiftii j luuu u l
this state, and the defensoless children of the commonwealth."
It seems there is a state law against the sale of infected milk
from tuberoular oows. Cow owners are required to have their
stock tested for'tuberculosis before thoy can sell milk. The law
is said to be approved by every
and by the people at largo.
But a certain group of radical and discontented farmers re
fused to submit to the law, insisted upon their right to sell
milk anywhere they wished regardless of whother or not it
might mean death to many people, particularly babies. The
state either, had to call out troops to oompel these farmers to
obey the law, or admit that the law was a dead letter, and the
state must be flooded by infected milk.
rXOESNT the Journal believe in th tuberoulin test for cows!
U Doesn't It believe, that such a law should be enforced!
If a minority of cow owners refuso to obey such a law and
insist upon selling milk when and where they please", would the
Journal favor allowing them to do sot
If not, then just how would
themt
MOTHER'S SUBSTITCTR
By Alios Jndaon Peale.
It Is necessary for every mother
now and then to get away from fam
ily cares.
Ideally she should be tree tor at
least a tew hour each day, yet no
mother has a right to delegate her
Job unless h I sure ah is leaving
an adequate substitute In her place.
in iirst qualification for anyone
left in car of a child I that she
should be patiently kind and ftnd her
Job congenial.
The nun who Is neither fond of
children nor Intelligent I a real men
ace.
It I she who Inculcate the stock
(care of bony men and bears and
darkuees. It la she who makes bar
Be War?
in this Mancburian crisis, the
tho greatest test in its history.
will act .to bring peace in the
the League of Nations can do,
'
of saying that when the elements
substitute for a superior force
war, certainly exist in the Far
is not the weak and defenseless
two or three hundred thousand
of China would unite, and put-
Iowa newspaper : "Troops
tli !.,
dairy association in the state
. .
it advise the state to compel
chart Irritable, rebellious and un
happy. Not only Is It Imperative that
mother's substitute be kind-hearted
and reasonably Intelligent, but also
that the child be on friendly terms
with her colore mother goes away.
Many a child ha awakened from
hi nap terrified to dlecover that
mother has vanished and a stranger
left In her place.
No matter, how competent thle per
son Is, she may be unable to allay
the child's fears or comfort him In
bis desertion.
Young girls are not usually good
nurse unless they pom unusually
good Judgment combined with the
facility for enjoying tl.emselve on a
very simple and childish level.
Most of them are too proocupkd
with adolescent Interest to be any
thing more than Indifferent watch
men. The best substitute for mother
usually la to be found In some middle-aged
woman who lias brought up
her children and enjoyed doing It.
"oday
By Arthur Brisbane
Civilization, 1931.
Carnera-Sharkey.
Ladies Present.
A Sad Dinosaur.
Copyright King Feature 8ynd, too
If in ancient Rome you had
attended the', gladiatorial
fights, emperor looking on, pop
ulace pointing its thumbs up
or down, all classes represent
ed, you would' have a fairly
clear fdea of Roman civiliza
tion. Seeing through other eyes a
modern spectacle in which bru
tality is the amusement, with
men set to fight, you get an
idea of our civilization and
manners.
, Primo Camera fought with a
powerful Lithuanian, who
ohooses'to call himself "Jack
Sharkey." ,
In our prizefighting, as in
other lines,- American civiliza
tion has achieved "mass pro
duction. .
The old prizefight, best de
scribed in Hazlett's essay,
shows a few spectators gather
ed in an isolated spot, around
men fighting with bare fists on
the turf.
v Night before last 30,00? men
and women went a long way to
Ebbet's field, Brooklyn, N. Y.,
to sit through cold hours of the
early night, around a ring with
powerful lights overhead' that
made the fighters visible far
away. '
A at other banquet there were
"hora de'ouevre,". minor tight .by
minor fighter to whet the appetite.
In dressing rooms below ground were
a dozen suoh fighters, a majority
with rather long nosee, usually brok
en. Just below the forehead: some
were "ambitious beginners," others
were described a "punch drunk,"
their brains Jarred so often In prize
fight, wtre headed, probably, for the
Insane asylum.
The two "great" fighters each had
separate rooms, each with half I a
dozen men to take car of him, wind
ing heavy tap around his knuckle
to prevent bones breaking, telling
him how great he was, to keep up
hi morale.
James J. Johnson, who came from
Liverpool, was directing the fight,
his enterprise. You cannot mistake
him, for he I built Ilk Lawrence
Barrett, and always wears a black
derby hat, and I a philosopher. "The
last tan seconds should make a cham
pion," says he. Young men that get
tired easily should remember that.
In one "prellrnlpary" Mr. Cobb
might be the best heavyweight
tighter In' the world, "If to could
take car of himself and train." Re
fight a negro. Both weigh above
two hundred pound. The negro In
a dressing gown ot many colors
would have been bought easily by the
Queen ot Sheba, smile and dances,
quite happy, for part ot a minute.
But when that preliminary I over,
Mr. Cobb lift him up and carries
him to his chair, unconscious. That
Is over, and the crowd Is well pleased.
When the fighting la alow, no
blood, no bruises, little aotlon, the
crowd hisses and boo.
At last the "big men" come on.
one "Jack Sharkey" from the land
that lies along the Baltic sea, la
heavier than the majority of fight
ing champion, weigh got pound,
six feet on Inch tall. Aa he stands
in the ring, shaking hands with the
giant Italian, Prlmo Camera, he look
like a little boy beside hit father.
Referee "Gunboat" Smith, whose nose
was broken In a classical manner
long, long ago. conqueror of many of
the beet, refuse to make predic
tions: "Sharkey can box, he knows
bow to hit.- Camera haa only what
God Almighty gave, him."
Divine gifts to Prlmo Camera are
Impressive, without an ounce ot fat,
his waist only two Inches bigger than
that - ot Sharkey, he weigh 883
pound, stand nearly six feet six in
height. Re Inherit a bug body that
hi ancestor brought down from the
north over the Alps Into Italy long
year ago.
His gentle eyes are soft brown, and
be seems to wonder why "promot
ers," observing hi enormous muscle,
decided to maks him a prlasnghter.
He need not wonder, for James
Johnson, wearer ot the black derby,
eaya "hi owner wUI mlk a million
dollar out ot him."
You must know that many price
nghtera are "owned" now, a gladiat
ors wer owned In Rom.
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About the tight that luted Wten
1
Personal Health Service
By William Brady, M. D.
Signed letter pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not to disease,
dlagnusl or trreatment w'Ji be answered by Dr. Brady If a stamped self
addressed envelope le enclosed Letters should be brief aod written In ink.
Owing to the large riumbei or letters received only a tew can be answered
here. No reply can be mad. to queries not conforming to Instruction
Address Dr William Brad in care the Mall Tribune.
CANCER OF
Is it possible, asks a correspond
ent, for a doctor to take on look at
an X-ray of .a man' stomach and
announce definitely that the patient
baa cancer and will not live more
t h a n a year?
That 1 exactly
what a doctor
told my family
after advising an
X-ray examina
tion because my
father did not
look well. Father
Joas had no peine
but the doctor
says he will have
plenty of trouble
In the next few
months. Father Is 60 years old, has a
tobacco cough, but has never been
111 a day In the 23 years years I've
known him, except for occasional
headache which he always assuaged
wltA some kind o( headache powder.
I haven't muob (aith In this doctor
because he 1 dead ' set against an
eleotrlo fan blowing directly on one,
believes In avoiding drafts winter and
summer. Yet I cannot ask dad to
see another doctor because- of the
terrible sword hanging over his head,
of which he is unaware . . (Mrs.
X. E.j
- A doctor, may be a good doctor
even tho he wear red suspenders or
smoke two-for stogies. That this
doctor .harbors quaint notlolns about
drafts by no means implies that he
is not competent to diagnose cancer
of the stomach.
I do not think any doctor can
positively diagnose cancer of the
stomach from X-ray evidence alone,
tho certainly a good doctor who has
examined the patient and knows the
history can arrive at a very sound
opinion that the trouble Is cancer,
when he sees the X-ray negative.
I am no hero, but I am sure I'd
rather have the candid opinion of
the doctor If I were the patient In
this case. There might be things I
should wish to do, or other things I
should not wish to do, if I knew I
had cancer.- It 1 nqt fair to with
hold such an opinion from the pa
tient In such a case. There may be
some Justification for concealing the
truth In a hopeless case from a
young person. But a man who has
lived fifty years haa had a fair whack
at Ufa and It really doesnt' shock
,hlm so terribly to learn that he le
numbered lor the harvest.
Anyway, If the correspondent lacks
faith In the ability of the doctor,
she should give her father at least
the chanoe of appealing to another
doctor tor either a disagreement or a
confirmation of the diagnosis pro
vided of course that only a reputable
doctor 1 consulted. It would be
cruelty Indeed If the man were per
suaded to go to some charlatan who
promises so much when honest doc
tors can give no hope.
If 1 had cancer of the stomach
I'd Just say good-bye to the doctors,
unless I needed relief for pain or
other dlstressng symptom. Certainly
I should submit to no surgical ex
ploration, unless there was a reason
able doubt of the diagnosis, a possi
bility that the condition might be
round, forty-five minute ot fighting
with a minute rest between each
round, you read yesterday, If Inter
ested. It was a dull affair, sort of
"Irresistible force meeting an Immov
able obstaolel" .
Camera la so tall that 8harkey
could reach his face with great dif
ficulty, and confined himself to at
tack on the pit of Camera's stom
ach, which ha battered again and
again with terrlflo -power, driving hi
blows as often as possible on the left
side "under the heart," cutting the
akin.
Friendly experts at the ringside
kept shouting "Downstairs, Jack,
downstairs," meaning he should hit
the giant In the abdomen.
In Camera's corner an Intelligent
Frenchman, Dr. See, a great athlete
In his younger days, directed and did
the thinking tor the huge man In
the ring, calling out over and over:
"Avansee," meaning "advance." "La
gauche," meaning "In line," which
meant that he wanted Camera to
stand up properly, sldewlse, not ex
posing himself too much.
Often the Frenchman cried "Up,'
suggesting that Camera uppercut
Sharkey.
Sundown
Stories
LEAVES' P1I0TO0RAPH9
By Mary Omhnin Bonner.
"I kept hearing the different mem
ber of the family talking about the
beauty of the leaves this yesr." the
Little Blaek
Clock said, "and
I thought perhaps
wo would simply
turn th time
back a few hours
and take a row
on the lake."
SO they went
down to the lake
and got Into the
rowboat that was
waiting.
Than they row
ed along. Tbe
tree had almost
all turned color, but so far hardly
any ot the leave had fallen to ths
ground. ' There were tree ol orange
and tit of red and tree of brown.
THE -STOMACH
some benignant tumor or lesion
which might be amenable to radical
surgery. In my Judgment Medicine
today hasn't a remedy worth a boot
(or cancer of the stomach, save only
the well known palliatives for pals
and other symptoms.
Many If not most esse of cancer
of the stomach are quite painless in
the earlier months. There la only a
loss of strength, weight and color to
arouse suspicion.
QUESTION'S AND ANSWERS
Hurrah, Kids, Hurrah
I am' a firm believer In your teach
ngs especially about "crl." I know
my children have had a lot more
fun and better health alnoe I (top
ped worrying and bothering them
about getting their feet wet or play
ing outdoors without enough ."cloth
ing on. (Mrs. L. O.)
Answer Yes, but still It 1 a long
long time waiting for the kid to
grow up and take a stand on our aide
ot the fight.
The Wheat Surplus
What you write about plain wheat
la true. We have ptm. eating It aa a
breakfast dish for . two years, since
you recommended It. and It la not
only cheap but a most palatable food.
When we try to persuade some of
our neighbors to try It, they think
we are queer, eating the food that la
good for pigs and chickens. As you
once remarked, we farmers are awful
suckers to cart our wheat away to
the mlU and then go to. the grocery
to- buy It back with a pretty label
and a fancy price on It ... (J. R.)
Answer Of course, a farmer lent
to blame If hi education -was neg
lected. What I cuss him for Is his
obstinacy in clinging to worn out
traditions, like that about natural
wheat being tit to feed pigs and
chickens. Maybe It Is. It Is also fit
to feed men. If the dumb farmers
with a lot of wheat on their hands
could wake up and realize the truth
about this, he might dispose of a
considerable ahare of his surplus crop
at a reasonable price. It la Indeed
absurd that the famishing city work
ingman's family should not get some
good wheat to eat, because the poor
gullible farmers who have the wheat
imagine It Is fit only for beasts to
eat.
Challenge Accepted '
Without ulterior motive I ask you
to try this experiment. Don rubber
gloves and silt lengthwise the cart
ridge case of a half-pound dynamite
cartridge, sit beside It and read the
paper tor a while. No distress wlU
be noted. Then remove the gloves
and toy a tew moment with the
cartridge contents. After the man
sized headache you get is over, give
us another short discourse on the
Impermeability or the non-absorbent
qualltle of your skin. W. G. H.)
Answer-lf you can persuade any
sclentlflo authority or physician of
standing to attend the test, I'll glad
ly undergo It provided I shall have
control of the air I breathe turnout
the experiment. Nitroglycerine head
ache la caused only by the fumes
Inhaled, Just as amyl nitrite la In
haled when we seek the vasodilator
effeot ot that emergency remedy. -
Flight o Time
(Medford- and Jackson Conaty
History From th File of The
MaU Tribune of 80 and 10 Years
Ago.)
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
October 14. 1881.
(It was Friday.)
R. H. MoCurdy circulates petition
for formation of country and golf
club.
Hotel maid testifies that Dr. Brum-
field, charged with murder, planned
to sail for Australia.
BUTJget committee refuse to grant
county veorkera 10 pel cent Increase
in pay.
Two auto crash In front of Page
theater, and departing crowd gets
thrill after eeelng Oougla Fairbanks
in "Th Mark of Zorro."
Merchant form own bureau In
Chamber of Commerce.
FIfty-flv bablea register In tint
Medford clinic.
Dr. Brumtleld, charged with mur
der, testifies In own behalf, and de
clare "mind 1 a blank."
Harding administration announces
that general railroad strike threaten
ed "under no circumstances shall
halt th malls."
Heavy wind predicted for valley.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
October 14. 1911.
(It wa Saturday.)
Kew York Olanta win flrat gam ot
world series from Athletic, 8 to 1, In
a great pitcher' battle between Chief
Bender and Christy Matthewson.
Assessed valuation a county fixed
at S.69,35a, by Aseseor W. T. Orlev.
County fair to be Incorporated and
made annual affair. .
Court Hall writes dally article for
Mall Tribune on the world aeries,
and what be think ot same.
Th Ladles' AM society ot th Pres
byterian church meet with Mr.
Mose Alford.
Valley trolley line to ask city tor
franchise.
and tree of pink and flam color.
At least that was what Peggy said,
but Jobn told her that th leave
and not th tree were these colors.
Then they bad a friendly argu
ment a v whether you could not
ay - leaves when you meant trees,
for what war trace, a Peggy said.
It they were not made up ot leaves
and branch and trunk!
SAM
BY FREEMAN LINCOLN
try OT '811 1 'Bam M sow
vilk me," Freddy ff "
Ptak Abbott, Bam SfterrfU's flaaee.
This asms to Po, who acs
Kopti that Bam would learn to
love Aim. Sam. Sesame enaaoed
to Peak' eeoauss ot ker family's
Itnandal dUlcuUles. and (a nullify
th tftot ot hor AWf-orolAer'
tan-lass ts tkHr maid. Sse has
teen working on (he Bxrrew,
sonic Abbott sums, sine her slep-
other last tho family money. Bui
I has teen inoreaiAnalv hard to
control the family budget, and
hs has lonyed for tho ease of her
early Hs. She Intended to marry
Wroia'v Kunson. but wa prevent
ed by her- stepbrother, Nelson's.
action, Freddy explains this silua
atlon to Abbott, and asks him to
release Sam. Abbott repllto that
Bam might bo happier with money .
than with love. "I'm okina you
now," Freddy soy, "whether you
are aotno to let her stfofe to a de
cision that ulB wreck her We."
Chapter 15
GAMBLING ON HOPE
Mf DON'f know, Munson, I hon
' estly don't," Peak said. "I might,
of course, follow your suggestion. I
might rush out to Sam, tell her that
all Is discovered, cast her from my
life, and take ths next boat tor the
far east
"That would be the . dramatic
thing to do, but I'm not going to
do it. It wouldn't help Sam a bit"
Be shook his bead. "No. I'll admit
that you've given me something to
think about, and I'll promise to
tblnk about It Beyond that I
can't go." -
"Not" Freddy Inquired heatedly.
"Then I can go further! I can take
Sam with ma to Kansas City!"
Peak looked at him. "Can your
Freddy shrugged. "No," be ad
mitted bitterly, "I can't As a mat
tar ot tact 1 telephoned Sam just
before I came bar and she wouldn't
talk to me. Said that she and 1
were through tor good."
Peak said: "I'm sorry, Munson.
I honestly am."
' There eras more talk but it came
to nothing, end In tbe end Freddy
went away.
So Sam was In love with Freddy
Munson. Tbat waa tbe explanation
Peak bad been hunting tor. She
was in love wltb one man and en'
gaged to be married to another.
No wonder she was pale and so ob
viously unhappy.
Peek smiled grimly and tossed a
pencil on tbe desk. "Well, Abbott,"
b remarked,, balf aloud, "there's
yoqr answer. And wbat a pretty
little answer It tamed out to be!"
Peak Abbott decided to say noth
ing to anybody about Freddy's brief
but important visit to the city.
Sam's behavior In the days that
followed was something ot a reve
lation. It wa obvious tbat she
must have called upon much of ber
reserve courage In order to rebuff
Freddy when he telephoned, and It
was equally obvious that having re
buffed him, she must be suffering
keenly.
To Peak, who watched her with
a keen undertsandlng ot what sbe
must be feeling, It seemed that her
acting was almost perfect She
treated him and everybody else, as
though nothing whatsoever had
happened, and at tbe and of two
.weeks he was forced to admit tbat
' he had seen but one tiny ripple
whtcb might possibly be a mark
' ot Freddy's awlft passage across
tbe surface ot things. .
Sam had once more brought up
the subject ot their wedding date.
"Well, young man," she demand
ed severely, "when do you tblnk
you'll get - around to doing your
duty?"
Peak smiled. "I suppose, In your
opaque way, you are asking me
when we are going to be married."
"I am." She nodded Snnly. "How
about next month?"
"Next month?" Peak, hesitating,
frowned. "I don't see bow I could
possibly get sway for a honey
moon." "Nonsense!" sail Sam. ' "You're
Just stalling."
"Am It I wonder."
"Certainly you are. You're try
ing to give m plenty of time to
change my mind, In spite ot tbe
fact tbat I keep telling you It won't
be changed."
He looked at her. "Why are you
In such a hurry. 8am?"
Sam said slowly, not looking at
him, "Did It ever occur to you tbat
my money troubles will be over a
soon as I marry you?"
"Nonsense!", be contradicted al
most angrily. "It's you who are
stalling now. You' know perfectly
well tbat if you need any money
yon can have It You don't have
to marry ma to get It"
"I suppose I don't but th tunny
thing about me la tbat I'm a mix
ture of practicality and pride. I
cant quit to taking tometblng
for nothing."
"I wish yon loved me. Sam. t
really wish you did."
"I wish I did, too." She spoke
In a low voice. "It It would make
But now th Little Black Clock
drew their attention to the lake. It
ws absolutely smooth, pot a ripple
crossed over It It was as smooth
glass.
"Nov well see them!"
"What?" asked Un children.
"We'll' see the photograph ot the
leave for that I wbat they some
times call them.
"We would i peak ot tbe reflection
of th leave In the water, but they
sometime call them their photo
graph. They hav photoarmpbs that
do not last forever, but Just see how
lovely they are and how beautifully
they do Justice to their subject."
And la th water al! the tree were
reflected, with all their many lovely
colors, and In th background were
the dark pine tree.
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"Love hasn't hurt me, Sam.
Quite to the contrary."
"Yea It has!" Her aemai waa
swift and almost tearful. "Don't
ygu tblnk I know wbat yon are;
going through, Peak? I can't make1
up my mind whether I'll hurt yon.
most by keeping you to your bar
gain or by letting you go, I wish
you'd help me."
"That's easy. Let me stick to
my bargain. I'm a gambler, Sam,
and I'm gambling everything on the
bops tbat some day you may come
to care about me. It may be a poor
bet but at least It's a bet"
Sam did not again refer to the
subject of tbe wedding date, and
Peak waa content to let the matter
rest He knew tbat it would never
have been mentioned at all except
for Freddy's telephone call. Sam's
determination bad been shaken by
that telephone call, and she wanted
to do something Irrevocable; some
thing that would forever deprive
her ot the right to change ber mind.
By the middle ot the last week
in March Fourth Aldersea made
good his promise to Eugenie Frye.
He named a definite afternoon for
her to come, to tea at the stable,
and he performed the dlstatesful
task ot explaining the situation to
Sam. i
"I hate having to drag ydu'into
it" he confessed nervously, "but I
don't see what else I can do. Sbe
buys a lot of books from me, and
she has helped me In other ways."
. "Ot course," said Sam soothingly.
"I'll probably enjoy myself thor
oughly." Fourth was grateful for Sam's
sympathetic attitude In advance, but
be was more than grateful for the
way sbe treated Eugenie Frye when
that lady finally put In ber appear
ance at the stable.
In the beginning it seemed that
things were certain to go badly,
Eugenie, in an expensive but badly
chosen afternoon dress, was nerv
ous and ill at ease. ...
Sam, Fourth discovered, was
more than equal to tbe occasion.
Before Fourth bad time to realize
exactly wbat was happening tba
two ladles were chattering across
the tea table as naturally and ai
animatedly as though they were
friends of long standing.
Fourth marveled, gazing at Sam
wltb a new respect. He was tre
mendously relieved and was his
cheerful vocative self again.
"You didn't know that I was an
Inventor, did you?" he demanded
suddenly ot Eugenie.
"Why, no!" cried the "widow.
"Are you really an Inventor? I'd
love to hear about It"
Fourth needed nc more encour
agement and be proceeded to set
forth, in detail, ithe story of bla
electrical circuit breaker. He told
the tragic conclusion, in a minor
key. Fourth bad taken his inven
tion to the leading manufacturers,
and one after another they bad de
nied him recognition.- They all ad
mitted tbe undeniable excellence of
the device, but they all, wltb Il
logical stubbornness, maintained
that It would be Impractical for thf
commercial field. Its complication!
ot design would make its manufao
tare prohibitively expensive.
"All of which," Fourth, informed
the widow Frye solemnly, "was ab
solute nbnsensel but wbat could I
dot I did sot have the capital to
form a manufacturing company ol
my own. I could not get the cap
ital. The result, Mrs. Frye, was
tbat tbe beat circuit breaker tbi
world will ever 'see lies rotting on s
shelf all because ot tbe lack of a
tew miserable dollars!"
Eugenie's thoughts were obvious.
She listened Intently to everything
tbat Fourth said, and when he had
finished sbe asked a tew pertinent
questions.' How mucb would it
cost to manufacture these circuit
breakers? For how much could
they be sold? Would he mind
showing ber a model of the devlcet
Fourth was more than glad to
oblige. He went to a cupboard
In a corner of the room and
brought to light the child ot his
brain. Then he set out upon a
complicated explanation of its vari
ous points of superiority.
In the midst of It all there was
an unfortunate Interruption. Sam,
who had wandered over to the
front window, saw an automo
bile turn in at tbe stone gates and
start up the drive.
The car stopped at the front door
and Sam beard footsteps on the
gravel.
Tbe knob was turned and the
door swung slowly open. Sam
gasped.
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