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Newspaper Page TextUNLOCKING By Charles Courtney Q Charles Courtney is the w World's Mglmt ixtld UutU Jlm viy Valonlltif, This is the true iori of hit many adusiituro unlooklncr saes oroutwi III earth aixt wuUr the sea. cnvrTEti xr AN old lift In my window with in lnuenlous combination lock draw a Jnpsneso student Into my hop one afternoon In 1020. Mr. Kato, who wni taking a post graduate courts at Columbia, lold me that ho wn studying bank vault designing and tliat hla father win connected with tho Imperial Bunk of Jitpnn. The ion expected to return and tuko up hli futher'a business. Kato told me that some snfos nd vaults In Tokyo which had been damagod by Uio earthquake Otwo years eurllor were still locked. So, when Kato returned to Jupnn at tho end of the your, I went with him. In the three weeks that I spent In Tokyo, I opened about twonty safes and, after repairing a few of them myself, saw that cspeble Japanese mechanics could finish them. During my stay, Kato gave a dinner fur me, Inviting American engineers and those of his friends who had been educatoa In the United States. Although I felt that my legs were paralysed from sitting Ullurwlse on tho floor and wondered If I would over be able to walk agnln, I was Interested In the banker on my right. Toward the end of the evening, he said to mo, "Mr. Courtney, I know I can trust your discration. I havo a safe for which I do not have the combination, and I need Its contents. Will you open It for me?" Oe e SEVERAL days Inter I dined with the banker and, after dinner, was taken to a small, decidedly feminine, richly furnished room. Moving a carved Jade screen, he showed me an American safe of good make, a model about IS years old. This." he sold, "Is my wife's sfe. When I gave It to her, I told her the combination and delib erately kept no record of It my self because : wanted her to feel that the contents of It were hers nd could not be touched by any one, not even me." . His ' wife, he told me, was a leery beautiful woman. She loved jewels, and he enjoyed giving them to her because he con sidered them a good Investment ; A year earlier, the wlfo had idled in an automobile accident. Now the banker wanted to con- Overt the Jewels into securities and Ijst his affairs In order for a nephew who had no interest in gems, X worked at tha safe for an hour. Opening tha door, I stood back nd waited for my host to look t the contents. On a shelf was package of letters with Amer ican postmarks but : Jdresied in bold, precise Japanese brush strokes, and a carved rose cor nelian wel case. Gently tho banker lifted out the lettera, yel lowed envelo. ea with a faint and musty perfume. "I the . to her on my first tri? to the United States afte.- e were : arrled. He put the ewcl case on a low table bet .en us. "Do you like gems, Mr. Court ney?" he .sked. These ai ome of the finest in Japan. Pus) ng the box towsrd m, he opener1 the lid. The box was full of pretty little dried red berrle that looked as If they might hav- come from holly tree! 1 glanced at mr host, Olmbarrassed, not knowing what a say. His face was paper-white and his eyes dazed. Slowly he tipped the box and poured out the red berries, letting them spill on the floor. In the bottom was a thin, folded bit of paper, a woman's letter paper with' spray of pink blossoms across the top. Ho spread out the paper and as he looked at tha delicate characters, tho color cams) back to his face. e "JAPANESE politics ore too In J volved for me to toll you tha ' .details," the banker said, "but I'd like you to know what a splendid thing my wife did. Threo years ago my business was on tha verso of collapse. One of our directors, to whom wo had lent an Impru dent amount of money on tha stock of his large and flourishing investment business, became in volved in a political scandal, tha FUNNY BUSINESS VWhat are you crabbing bbout? You said 50 cents, , - didn't you?," ' "" ADVENTURE ' coPYMiaHT, less. nba eaavioa, in a. kind that ruins the confidence of Investors, which was likely to make his stock praotlcally worth less. If ws called our loans, ha would surely be ruined and couldn't pay anything. If wa car ried him, we would probably go down In tha crash. "Although I tried never to bring my business worries home, it was Impossible to keep my state of mind from my wife. She knew that I was troubled for fear tha whole business that I had Inhsr I'ed from my father would topple, and she knew thst I breathed freely again when the threatened director was able, through some miracle, to raise casn, clear his loan at tho bank, and rlda out the storm. "My wife was the miracle. She had faith In him, believed he would eventually repay her, and In any ease, risked her private fortune to save me. These berries wor" her method of keeping ac counts. Mr. Courtney, she was a remarkable woman. See for your self." The banker rose and went into another room, stepping carelessly on tho red berries, and returned In a few minutes with an Ivory miniature. It was an exquisite, expressionless, doll-like face above a European evening gown. The palntor had done the emeralds around the neck with more under standing than he had tha woman. (To B Continued) (From the book of the some noma urritten in collaboration with Thomas M. Johnson and published bu Whittlesey House, Ntv York City) Bluebirds In a garden of flow ers. Each one of these chubby, happy-looking birds has a differ ent flower background. Wouldn't you love to embroider them on your bedspread? Eight in all they make a colorful, lovely showing. Tha outline) stitch is such fun to do. Pattern 7487 con' tains a transfer pattern of eight SI x 5t Inch and 8 smaller mo tifs; list of materials; stitches. To obtain this pattern send 11 cents In coin to The Herald and News, Household Arts Dept., Klamath Falls. Do not send this picture, but keep it and the nunv ber for reference. Be sure to wrap coin securely, as loose coin often slips out of the envel ope. Requests for patterns should read, "Send pattern No to followed by your name and address. Because ot the slowness of the malls, dolfvesy of Herald and Now Hotfreftold Arts patterns may take two weeks to reach you aftcv your order Is mailed in. We're sorry. The automobile tire mounted on the right rear wheel is usually subjected to the most severe wear. Dismissal of OPA Enforcement' Man Brings Charge SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 13 UP) Dismissal of John T. Mo Ternan as chief regional en forcement attorney for tho of fice of price administration brought from him today a chargo that Regional Director Frank E. Marsh "has prevented the enforcement division from carrying out Its duties." McTernan Issued a statement declaring "If you are paying more for groceries and meat and vegetables and you are and if restaurant prices stilt are soaring and they are you have Marsh to blame. Olgantle Coins Stone money is used In the Caroline Islands of tho South Pacific ocean. Some of these mas sive coins are 12 feet In di amctor. 125 CREDIT ONLY $5 DOWN , $5 A MONTH Wt Mil 'tin yo tuvi the money 1 fewy the thing) yen teeat tttt Itf iMortAi power tm PurehftM Coupon pjoohe today ntf epenel It when you need It tor My Numojer or ortielot wtiteh eton't ooet mere thin N Motv Of pey ft little anoro atom uJ get eeuoowe that fewy higher HoosJ mmwn0. Veuel m rylng etwrflo. THIS CURIOUS WORLD "y Willlom Ferguson A CRACK IN THE EARTH'S 300 MOJBT&OAt&f 3OfeBAPHSRS HAVE TRACED AM OPE NINO IN THE EARTH FROMTHB THROLXkH THB r0 SMA, ASrSSMtAi AND MxrATcatMmrvnu SaSJBftSB BePORI THE WAR, HAD A HI&HEH BIRTHRATE THAN ANV OTHER METROPOLIS IN EUROPE OR AMERICA 32. PER THOUSAND. ' -. 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