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MI' A NT Offices to Ne Tori, tcictco, Detroit, 86 ftuelxw, Lot Awelti, SeiUlo, PartUnd. Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Perry A farmer In the dell, who lu pain fully cored lut spring, by a candi date' bull, narrowly escaped getting , gored by one of hU own late Satur-, dy. i The better dreaaed gala are wear- tag Abyssinian monkey neckplecea. these halcyon day. of the pretty gyp, it la not possible that the Abyseinian nei nnrut Traill ritt.Ht coyote, . once convinced in their own minds that a vote one way gives them better assurance of good times than a vote in another, The "individual loan" section of I , , , th oamer bin. is the silliest bit of ; they are going to vote that way, regardless of how they have political quackery since Oregonlans Qt d jn th0 past or wnat the ta,le thumpers Or rabble rousers were promised "electricity without ' ' cost." The very mean Mr. Hoover have to say about the future. wUl veto the bill, and loud will be : e e lTnrVllT". IF thiB w correot ther 88 to be more solid inde poor. The Democratic party, in the , pendent thinking on the part of the average voter this xectogV 'SET oTbeC "a """paign than there has been for many year, in .the past. What drone, as that is what the measure I the medicine men and snake dancers say about it, is going to SSSSS d VTmproTent to ! b P"" generally discounted; what the self-interested party move from their present misery, to : spoolers proclaim is going to be taken with a generous dash another state of misery, $800 to each ... uto tramp would enable those with 01 Bm fairly good care to make two trans- . Politically speaking, the people as a whole are disillusioned; .Tg'Tn."" oarn.rWh th th 8 "1 h Ptisaq ballyhoo wagon have demonstrated his unfitness for any position even vice-president. . The revival of the "free power bill," will enable this state to again hit Itself square between the horns, with 1U own pick-handles. t The play was a success, even tho en of the young ladles did suffer a lapsus lingerie In the second at. Boston Transcript.) Button I Button! etc, etc. Gloria Oadd was extracted from a jumble seat late yeaterday, as what was holding her In. was ruthlessly imprisoned sor arming xor ou in another man's gas tank. ,chW:;r",.T.wb?rr an ready for picking. (Baker Demo- J erat-Herald.) Well known fugitive located. Kidnaping of everything not nailed down, continues unabated around here. However, nobody has ahown a little originality and stolen a kid yet. The big idea is to take what you want, but don't get caught. Sev eral admit the epldemlo of thievery is becoming a bit tiresome, but are prone to hurt anybody's feellnge dur ing the Depression, by the Infliction of punishment, as provided by the statutes. - As the result of some careless spin ning down the highway, two people pun Into the hospital, , Prospectors are returning from the cool and distant hills. They could only clean up from SB to IIS per diem, whloh s no money for a miner. Besides, they were unable to keep up with the economic argumeate and tax-cutting, at the Bill Gore corner. Some argonauts returned yeaterday and reported they were able to pan three skillets of mountain trout a day. Romance has bit the Dub Watson boy. He has atarted to chivalrously kick little laaslea on the ahlns an unfailing sign and ayptom. Science ought to do something about inventing a chemical to squirt on drivelling hypocrites, now endeav oring to fan the fires of religious bigotry, as something to fight about In the fall campaign. a lt ua be thankful for the tools But for them the rest of us eculd not succeed. (Msrk Twain.) Just look ing at the bright side of an unneces sary pest. e KOTIOB Jim Bate having left our bed and board, to get a ,!rlr.k. we will not be responsible for bis taxes hereafter. Jim Is training lth the Democrats, and they are welcome to Mm. (Sgd.) O. O. Party, e . A los Angeles Jury awarded a nurse AOO0, because the barltonlc husband of Almee Sample Mcpherson broke her heart In a aeries of red-hot flirtations, all fully esplalned by loud mouth lawyers. The trial was out a standing because of the fainting pro clivities of the wrong wife and the wronged Isdy. There was miii plain and fancy swooning, en alight provo cation, than ever before In the his tory of Jurisprudence. Almee got In the Isat faint. This fact Is significant. A poor couple never sue each other for tinkering with each others' haarta, 7er Oim Petard ITE thought eol Robert Tallman, night watchman, guarding the 20,000 petition signatures for the college consolida tion measure, admits according to Portland police, the melo dramatic holdup at the point of a gun was a frame-up. Tallman was to be paid for his part in the hoax, and be implicates several other men, whose names are not made public. TTHIS confession should determine the fate of the consolidation measure once and for all. Any initiative measure so lack ing in genuine merit, that its SPONSORS must resort to fraud and crime, to put it over, surely deserves the overwhelming defeat that now awaits it. The people of Oregon may as easy as that. At the outset suspicion was aroused by the refusal of the 'sponsors of the measure to explain where the money to finance their bill came from. The last minute hold-up and rushing of the petitions in an armoured car to Salem, only intensified this suspicion and the e . TPHEN came Chief Sponsor who opposed the measure of this attempt to keep it off the Now the entire shady proceeding is revealed as a put-up job, perpetrated at the last moment, in a desperate effort to hoodwink and flim-flam the people, Unless we are greatly mistaken, the voters of Oregon will waste neither time nor the midnight oil, in studying the details of the consolidation measure in The methods of the slick and shady politicians behind it will be enough for them. They will smother the measure, as it deserves to be smothered, in an avalanche of "no's." No Boob Crop This Year K S we view the present political situation, what the people of the country want above e depression. They don't want chanty, they want work; they .,. ,. . .. mi , :i don't want promises, they want prosperity. They are skeptical of both parties, they are sick and tired vt the politicians; but worn oil. Tney are going to do some thinking on their own account this year, and unless we are greatly mistaken they are going to be pretty realistic and hard-boiled about it. DECAUSE of this attitude of the people, we believe a vast majority of them do not know today, for which party they will vote in November. They haven't made up their minds. They are going to do some watchful waiting, between now and November, and some careful thinking, and while they may vote the wrong way they won t do so blindly, their errors, if any, will be of the head, not 0 the heart. e e e e a , . . AS a result the campaign ory of "let's have a change" is f not oi t0 b9 M "ure.fire" this year, a, it ha, so often been in the past. The rank and file do want a ohange, but they want a ehange for the better, NOT for the worse. They are going to be chary of merely a protest vote, unless they are protty certain, it DOESN'T mean flying from the frying pan into the fire. If this diagnosis is correct and we believe it is then the old time ballyhoo artists better keep a sharp eye on their cam paign tactics. A false step this year may mean thousands of votes, and it won't take many of them, to actually determine the election. ' Today's Guest Editorial The Mill Tribune, thanks to the oonrtety of tht Amiican Legion, Is printing a lerlee of guest editorials written on Important questions of the day by prominent oltliens In various walks of life. The Mall Tribune offeri these editorials as an Interesting feature but toes not necessarily endorse the sentiments eipressed. No. IS. MILITARY TRAINING IN UNIVERSITIES. y THOMAS F. RANK, President University North Pakota. As a cltlsen, I believe In a rea son. bit provision for preparedness on the part of the government, in the present state of civilisation of the world. In a stat university, where the provision for this preparation of the individual Is made by the state, the simplest possible obligation would be for the Individual to prepare him self to defend that state In time of need, and the nation of which that stats is a unit. As to the training Itself, I feeli 1.. That there Is no other training In the university that does more for the average freshman In his first semester and his first year at the university than his military train ing. He learns how to stand, how to walk, how to carry himself, He learns neatness In dress and In per sonal appearance. He learns aU of these not simply from Instruction but from observation and compari son, In seeing a company of fellow students In uniform going through the same drill and discipline and noting ths difference between the well groomed man of good bearing and the man careless In appear ance and bearing. Many freshmen at the end of a semester's training, would hardly be recognised as the same men that matriculated aa fresh men In the fall, and I, that this training comes In as one of the beet elements of balance In our univer sity life. When young men come hen from the high school wt start JIEDFOED MSTJJ TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, be easy marks, but they are not general publio distrust. e e Zorn's statement that thousands before, would support it, because ballot at the point of a gun the Voters pamphlet. everything else is an end of them towards Independence of work. Independence of Judgment, and self reliance In every way as fast as they are ready for It. At their age we, perhaps, push this principle of free dom and Independence little faster than many of thee arc ready for It. One of h fine offsets to this freedom, which some of them tend to turn to license snd lack of at tention to business, I the training in a department where exactness, law and authority arc the order of the day. One la particularly Im pressed with this thought when we consider the tendency toward law lessness of our whole people. This means that as a people we enjoy a little larger degree of liberty than w are capable of. My feeling la that our military training In the university is the beet balance tor this excess of freedom, as a reminder that we have In the university. The three commandants of cur R. O.T. 0. of the past 13 years have been. In each case, the equsl of the highest grade of men that we have cn the regular university staff. Ths work under the direction of three commandants, has been correspond ingly of high order, end hss hsd a correspondingly wholesome Influ ence en cur men. The officers as sociated with these eommsndants would compare favorably all the time with the etett In our departments of Hhe university, Aa to the n. O.T.O. work being voluntary, I am opposed to that as a cltlsen, bscause If this policy of preparedness on the part of the government le sound, and I believe it Is. then It should be csrrlrd out br men for whom provlalon is made by Personal Health Service By William Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not to disease diagnosis or treatment, will be answered by Dr. Brad; if n etamped eelf-ad-dressed -envelope is enclosed. Letters should be brief and written in ink Owing to the large number of letters received only a tew can be answered here. No reply can be made to queries not conforming to instruction Ad dress Dr. William Brady In care of The Mall Tribune. THE OLD MEDICAL FALLACIES ARE THE FUNNIEST.' Our Texas reader writes; I enjoy your column and get benefit from it. Your "B. B." Is great. I subscribe to the paper solely for ypur column and cur rent com ment. But per mit me to ssy that, like every other human being, you are sometimes wrong. This Is true as to your views on alco hol. A doctor friend says: "Dr. Brady la right, and he Is wrong. Alcohol Is a stimulant and a depressant according to quantity." So far we might debate the ques tion with a perfectly straight face, But our Texas friend waxes melo dramatic. Just when we were listen ing seriously: Another doctor says "Alcohol Is a specific for the venom of a rattlesnake." No science can equal facts. Science changes, facts do not. My father, two brothers snd I were bitten by rattlesnakes. The life of each was saved by alcohol, a great, but dangerous medicine, like strychnine and arsenic In the hands of Ignorant people. This Is written for a purpose. If some man, like the writer, should be bitten many mllea from a doctor, he may have a aure remedy at hand to aave his own life. Please aay what you would give for anake bites if the snake serum should not be at hand, and by doing so I am aure you will benefit hundreds of people. Gladly. ' First, I can assure our Texss friend that all authorities of scientific standing advise against giving slcohol in any form to the victim of snake bite. Actually the vlctlma chance to recover Is better without treatment of any kind than it Is with slcohol. I must call attention to a charac teristic feature of both of the ex perts or authorltlea whose views our friend quotes they're anony mous. For all we know they may be fake "doctors." It would be more Impressive If our friend could name authorities he cites. One likes to be sure, at least, that the doc tors are men of standing and not hypothetical authorities. If I were confronted with rattle snake bite and had no anti-venom (serum) at hand, here Is the treat ment I should give or wish given: Immediately make two crlacross in cisions or skin deep scratches thru the fang marks, with knife, razor blade, needle, bit of glass, tin, thorn or sharp atone. This Is to en courage bleeding. Suck this wound for eeveral minutes. About the limb sbove the bite tie a handkerchief loosely., then insert a stick and twist tightly enough to shut off the cir culation. Let this remain not longer than five minutes, and then loosen the publlo for their preparation for life, and there Is no moTe logic In having military training voluntary than there la in having tax paying voluntary. So far as I know, the people who are advocating voluntary military training are using that as a method of attack on military train ing. As a university official, I feel that our provlalon for excusing men from military training Is satisfac tory and sufficient. The adminis trative committee (which is the ex ecutive committee of the university council or faculty) has authority to excuse men from this training for sufficient reason. Tomorrow! Frank Miles, Editor Iowa Legionnaire. Today By Arthur Brisbane The World's Good News, Why Cancel? Rockefeller and McCooey, Ladies, Many Kinds, Copyright King Peaturea Synd- Inc. Having signed the agreement permitting Germany to settle her war debt by paying of seven hundred and fourteen millions dollars, instead -of eight billion dnllnrs, Europe now looVs at Uncle Sam, ask ing "what will you dot" No one in Europe now acknow ledges any difference between money taken by brute force from a beaten enemy, and an honorable debt for money bor rowed by gentlemen "with their backs to the wall." This nation will see a differ ence, whatever its officials may ay. This country needs MORE money not "inflation," but reflation, as VT. R. Hearst has pointed out repeatedly. Our monetary system, today, re minds you of a small boy's football. With all the air out of it, it lacks bounce. OREGON, MONDXY, Brady, M. D. It for half a minute, then tighten again for another five minutes, and so on indefinitely. Keep the patient at rest no walking about or run ning. Administer whatever real stimulants you can get. Alcohol NEVER. Coffee or tea la excellent. Strychnin, atropln, adrenalin are excellent If they are available. Aro matic aplrlts of ammonia from the first aid kit Is a real ettmulant. If a package of anti-venom Is In the emergency kit (as It should be If you are traveling, fishing, hunt ing or camping In sn&ke country) do NOT use the tourniquet or bind the limb after injection of the anti dote, for the antidote ahould be car ried as quickly aa possible through out the circulation. The package of anti-venom sells for S10, or one may rent a package for a week-end trip for a dollar or so. It will keep well for five years or more, and by following the dlrec. tlons in the p&ckage sny child can successfully administer the serum. It is the best trestment for snake bite. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. Ethics My Eye. A correspondent writes a letter de scribing the satisfactory treatment he received from a physician who evidently has unusual skill in the treatment of certain conditions. The conductor geta almost as much Joy from auch a letter as tho he were the physician himself. But the cor respondent rather' dashes cold water over It by withholding the name of the physician. Why keep it secret? Perhapa there are many other read ers who seek Just "ch a physician If I only know t.;out him and his work. The correspondent says he supposes ethics prevents me from recommending particular doctors anyhow. Ethics my eye I Cyst. Candid opinion about cyatlc tumor of right ovary. Four yeara ago It was size of a lime, now size of large orange. I am 33 years old. Mrs. D. S. Answer Have It operated on now. At best It can only give you more snd more trouble. At worst It may develop msllgnancy (cancer) In later life If not removed now. Cat Hairs. Angora cat, great pet, leaves hairs everywhere about house. If by chance we breathe In any of the dust or fine pieces of these hairs will it do us any harm? Mrs. B. P. Answer No. Barely an Individual happens to be sensitized and suffers ssthma If he Inhales any cat hair or dander. Ice Eating. Is It harmful to eat Ice crushed in water? I crave It often. Mrs. O. 8. Answer It is h&rmless. Impacted Wisdom Teeth. Is It possible for two Impacted wisdom teeth to be abscessed yet give no pln or soreness whatever? B. O. B. Answer Yes, such 'silent" abscesses about the roots of teeth sometimes cause serious systemic trouble. (Copyright John F. DUle Co.) Everything Is sagging down, Refla tion, pumping new money Into the world of business and Industry will be like pumping new air Into the deflated football. . Senator Borah Is trying to make the senate see the truth, but the ef fort Is mixed up with a fight against beer. Thst confuses the Issue. The amount of gold we possess would Justify the addition of billions to our currency, leaving the dollar as sound as ever and bustneas much healthier with the sacred "dollar basis," lntsct. The problem Is how to get the new money Into circulation, ' Into the hands of those thst would spend It in stores, and elsewhere. Pumping It into banks or other corporations, to be hoarded, or used to repair mistakes In financial Judg ment, as the finance board dumps Its billions, will not solve any. problem. - Ths government, thinking to hold up the price of wheat, forgetting old "supply and demsnd" spent hun dreds of millions, for gr&ln snd stor sge, did not hold up the price of wheat, and did not know what to do with that grain, "eating Its hesd off", In storage. The Bed Cross wss Invited to dis tribute wheat among the needy, and has got rid of more than thirty-one million bushels of It. Eleven million bushels of the wheat have been fed to live stock, which seems amusing. The wheat left the farm, travelled to Chicago, or some other wheat center, was handled and re-handled, stored at great expense, then taken back to the farms, per haps the very farms where It was grown, to be eaten by animals there. That will amuse farmers and old supply snd demsnd. It appears, also, that a consider able part of the wheat was used up In "Red Cross expenses,'' for milling wheat Into flour, transportation, etc. It Is an amusing story of a capital istic government trying a little Bol shevik experiment, not too success fully. . One little gleam of sunshine, and It comes from the farm. Prices for stock are rising. Hogs have gone up since Msy 3Sth two dollars and twen- (Continued on Psge Bight) JULY 11, 1932. Flight o Time (Medford and .Jackson Count) History from ths FUet of The Mail Tribune of ay and 10 Kesri go.) TEN XEARS AGO TODAY July 11, 1922. (It was Tuesday.) Klsn foes plan Injunction to pre vent calling of recall election for sheriff. . Local folks hie to hills aa heat wave continues. Tourist travel at height, and city auto park does land office business. Secretary Hoover's atd to address C. of O. forum on tsx Issues. Half-holldaya on Saturdays for sll postofflce workers ordered. "Come cn, get outa there," aid harsh voice. Chapter 1 A GIRL AND A MACHINE GUN AD Jerry Cal houn's old road ster not run out of gas that dark night on the Merrick road, the most aston ishing mystery of 'ths decade might have re mained unsolv ed for years. Men and women of wealth might have continued to surround them selves with armed guards whenever they ventured Into the streets. The mysterious disappearances of prom inent men and women might have continued; Nancy Wentworth, that wholly adorable little musical com edy star, might still be mourned by Broadway theatregoers, while Jerry himself but we had better be gin at the beginning. Everything had gone wrong at the Held (hat afternoon. The de crepit biplane In which Jerry took venturesome passengers Into the air at a dollar a minute had, like the traditional one horse shay, gone to pieces all at once. The en gine missed on one entire bank of cylinders. The control wires lead' lng to the nippers developed frayed spots. Ths oil pump ceased to function. So, with this and that, It was well after midnight before Jerry and his helper succeeded In getting the plane In fit condition to stagger Into the air the following morning. Then, every bone and muscle ach ing with weariness, the pilot cranked up his twelve-year-old roadster, ricocheted out of the field gate and, cut-out wide open, hurtled across Long Island toward New York, twenty miles away. Midway between two sprawling hamlets on the Merrick road his roaring engine popped, gasped and stopped. The flyer cursed long and wholeheartedly. No need to look Into the gas tank. He knew it was dry. Sheer carelessness, which must he paid for by a fire mile walk back to the nearest all-sight filling station. , He had walked a hundred yards or to when he heard the vibration of humming motors. He looked back. Far down the road were the beady white eyes of two approach ing cars. Standing still, be held up his hand, realising that the c Inures of being picked op at this time of night were something less than slim. More than one good Samaritan had been robbed on highways In Just such a manner. He was gradually bathed In the blue-white Incandescence of head lights. There was a slither ot tires as a heavy llmouslna, lis motor purring rhythmically, coasted to a stop. The second car swung Into the center ot ths road and roared past. A dome light In the rear com partment cast Ha warm glow upon girl, wrapped In flame-colored evening cloak, who peered at the figure In ths obscurity of the outer darkness. For a moment Jerry's heart thumped. He recognised her at once It was Nancy Wentworth. the most beautiful and talented young star In th .T. islcal comedy armament, lis had teen her twice. vg Autolst, hit by train at Dakota crossing, lands on smokestack. Autoiets urged to tske Derby road to Crater lake, and save time, due to construction work. TWENTY YEARS AOO TODAY July 11, 1012. (It wss Thursdsy.) Roseburg claims the "Mutt and Jeff," comic strip characters, were Inspired by former Douglsa county chsracters. A golden stream of money flows In the campaign war chests of both parties. Senator Lorlmer, "the blonde boas of Illinois," facing cutting from sen ste, makes speech in own behalf. As a poor newsboy In Chlcsgo, Lorlmer attended a Sunday school class taught by a local resident. 'Eugene W. Chspln of Arlzons, pro hibition presidential nominee, de ambler s by Exutouct L. and her picture a thousand times, since that memorable first night two years ago when she had taken Broadway by storm. "I'm Borry to have troubled you," he bowed, "but I ran out ot gas back there. I'd be mighty grateful for a lift to the nearest filling station." Miss Wentworth surveyed him carefully. Reassured by his lean, tanned face and by the twinkle In his gray eyes, she unlatched the door and motioned for him to enter. "Stop at the first gas station, Anthony," she called through the open partition. The chauffeur nod ded,, clicked the gears. The car swam ahead. It came to Jerry's mind that the girl lived some where out this way, commuting to and from the theater In her big foreign car. "Ouess I'll run out of gas about this time every night," he grinned, glancing at her cameo-llke profile, with Its firm chin, Its perfect mouth and Its slightly and saucily uptllted little nose. Once again those wide brown eyes, as clear and level as a boy's, flickered over him Impersonally, as though to classify him among the various kinds of men who essayed wisecracks on short acquaintance. His towsled hair was short and wavy. There was a faint smudge on his left cheek bone His body, lounging easily In the thick uphol stery, was rangy and broad shoul dered, tapering to the waist like that of a boxer. His hands, large and capable-looking, had been scoured with sand soap and water, but still bore traces ot hours spent on balky machinery. No need to tear this man. "I'd advise you to keep an extra can or two ot gas hidden some where along the road," she retort ed. Ths limousine swayed suddenly. A sedan, parked by the roadside with all lights extinguished, had suddenly appeared In the white beam of the headlights. It turned squarely across the highway and remained there, blocking the en tire width of the concrete. The chauffeur, throwing his full weight on the brakes, brought the limou sine to a screeching stop a scant half-doien feet away. The doors ot the darkened sedan swung open. Five men spilled out Four carried automatics, the fifth, something which looked like a strangely cumbersome rifle. "A machine gun! " Jerry explained. He reached for the switch and snapped off the dome light. Just as his other hand touched the door latch, a powerful flashlight was focussed full upon the chauffeur, Miss Wentworth and himself. "Come on. get outa there!" came a harsh voice. A hot surge of rag swept over Jerry like flash of fever. After two years ot lighting and flying In the hell-swept skies ot France to be lined up on a peaceful American road Ilk? a silly, cowardly sapl He was reckless and violent by natura, but knowing the deadly prowess of a machine gun. ha stee'.ed himself to quiet. He stepped out ot the csr and helped the girl to descend. Whtt t sport she was! As cool as It shs were takl.it her first bow of ths eve ulcg. Her wonderful eyes held no clares In speech at Omaha, "th farmer Is never sstlsfled unless he thinks he Is getting robbed." Mid dle west farmers angered. Flrat carload of BartletU sell for 12 f. o. b. Medford. Fake Coins in Madrid, vranmn iapi Casual small change contains so msny lesd coun. terfelts that cafes, receiving snera from regulsr custoroerj, try to pass .h- fv, rnimi back to newsboys and cigarette girls on the theory that street venders are the source. Six-Year-Old Shy As Hero. ' im imaNnisco (API When a committee of adults called at th home of 6-year-oia KODen aixits in ifam mintv. c&l.. to commend him for saving a S-year-old compan ion from drowning, they found htm hiding In a haystack. Two loads 16-ln. green slabs, M S0, Med. Fuel Co. Tel. 631. Throw AdcwnA - , bjnt of laughter now. Tney were) scornfully unafraid as she tried to look through the dazzling rays ot the searchlight Into the blackness which concealed the armed men. Hands, silvery white In the cone ot ' brilliance, seized her and whisked her into the darkness. A scream broke off In a whistling sob, Jerry, forgetful ot machine guns and automatics, leaped as swiftly as a striking snake. There was a spurt ot crimson slightly to the left, a blaze of white, blue and yellow In his own brain. He felt himself pitching headlong Into a bottomless void. An Infinitesimal pinpoint ot white light, far In ths distance, came nearer and nearer, growing In circumference like the headlight ot an approaching express train. Then, sudddenly, it exploded. Ex ploded Into an Intolerable agony in Jerry's head. He heard hlmsell moaning with the torture ot It and, hearing, he stopped, ashamed. The slanting rays of the morning sun fell In a blinding glare across the white counterpane of his cot He closed his eyes quickly, "How. are you feeling, Calhoun?" It was an unctuous voice, a pro fessionally cheerful voice. Jerry disliked It "Like hell. Go away." "You are lucky to feel at all. Ton had a close shave." With an effort ot will, Jerry looked about until he saw a calm faced Interne standing by his bed. On the other side was a nurse who regarded him placidly. "Where am I?" he demanded, forgetting the ache in his band aged head In the sudden flood of memories of that scene on the Mer rick road. "You art In the Hempstead hos pital," announced the doctor, "Yon must , have armor-plate Instead ot bone in your head. A bullet bounced off your skull that was marked tor your brain. You'll have a scar where you part your hair, but that's all. And by ths way, there's a man In the hall who says he's a detective. He wants to talk to you. I'd rather he wait Led a few hours, but he Insists that the matter Is urgent Feel un to It?" Jerry did not but he nodded his head. The nurse opened ths door and returned, followed by an old ish, overstout man who regarded the patient with mild blue eyes. "I'm Stevens, of the Treasury department he explained. "Do you feel able to tell me about ths ruckus you were In last night?" The telling ot It took little t!m. It had been, after all, a matter ot less than Ave minutes between Jer ry's stopping of the big llmouslns and the vivid stab of flame which had blotted out his consciousness, "Now." the pilot concluded, "can't you tell me what happened after ! passed out?" "Wish I could." admitted Slov ens, truthfully. "The chauffeur got a smack on the head about ths time you did. When the birdies bad stopped carolling he was watching the sun rise. Miss Went worth has disappeared." fCocyrtear. Dial Pr;t) More klenifna temerrew and Jtrry la torwen'.td by a deilre fo CiTAW PS ?r Nancy s reieue.
