UNLOCKING
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.
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News, Household Arts Dept.,
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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
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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
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PurehftM Coupon pjoohe today
ntf epenel It when you need It
tor My Numojer or ortielot wtiteh
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get eeuoowe that fewy higher
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THIS CURIOUS WORLD "y Willlom Ferguson
A CRACK IN THE EARTH'S
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BePORI THE WAR, HAD A
HI&HEH BIRTHRATE THAN ANV
OTHER METROPOLIS IN
EUROPE OR AMERICA
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DEODED BEARING
ON FUTUR6
EVENTS.
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Boor and Her Buddies
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AND REVIEW IN TEN
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HUBERT JUST AS A GAS I ACCIDENTALLY
BUT ME yvesn-l2 FAR. I RAM ACROSS SOME
VVMAT3 H6 DOING AT SOLD FAMILY PICTUfieS
YOUR HOUSE, ANYWAY? AND HE WASifiL .
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LAZY THE WAR IS NT OVBR! YOUR OKOrHUO
AND UNCLES AND COUSINS -YES. AND
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