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HKRALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH VMAS, OUKCON
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BILLBOARD
By BILL JENKINS
If you are real gone on flowers
then April In Oregon is just for
you. Flowers all over the
place. Starting out on the 9th and
10th we find the' Oregon Camellia
Society having a show at the Ore
gonian in Portland. Then on the
17th and 18th you can go over to
Hood River for Blossom Days:
April 18 also sees a Blossom Route
Day In Salem and the Multnomah
County Spring Garden Show at
oresham, Tne Pear Blossom Festi
val will be held in Medford on the
24th and Salem will get back in
the limelight on the 29th with the
Salem Home and Garden Show at
the state fairgrounds.
I seem to have achieved a cer
tain measure of fame in the gar
dening field myself. People often
come from as far as ten feet to
admire a certain specie of man
eating weed I've succeeded in rais
ing out In the brush patch we
laughingly refer to as the garden
plot. But since I can't identify it
yet (I've never been able to get
close enough) I suppose the real
died -in - the - wool horticulturists
would rule me out on a question
of legality of the. entry.
A letter comes In from J. R.
Rodgers at Sprague River identi
fying the men in the D ranch pic-
Former POW's
Asked For Aid
WASHINGTON Ufi Counsel for
Cpl. Edward S. Dickenson wants
400 former prisoners of war to
speak up "in the interests of ele
mental Justice" and tell what they
know about what went on in Com
munist prisoner of war camp No. 5
In Korea.
The Army will bring Dickenson
before a court martial April 19 on
charges that could result In the
soldier's being sent to jail for the
rest of his life.
Guy Emery, a retired colonel
who will represent Dickenson at
the court martial, said at a news
conference late yesterday the
Army has refused: (1) To make
available to him statements taken
from these men by military offi
cials, and (2) to tell him the
Barnes of the 400 men.
Dickenson, a 23-year-old Crack
er's Neck, Va., soldier, is accused
of collaborating with the enemy
and engaging in activities that led
to mistreatment of fellow prison
ers ,
Ha Ik nn nf 91 nrB i. ,
refused repatriation Vfter the end
of the Korean fighting. Later, Dick
enson and another f6rmer POW
changed their minds.-
$25
REWARD
for tha epprahtmion of per
aen committing vandalism
mind our store, Shoito Way
end Dlvitlon, ouch at latrine
air out or tirai, bonding wind
shield wipers, or any othof car
damage.
GRIGGS SUPERIOR
FOODS
BILL JENKINS
Managing Editor
post office of Klamath Falls, Ore.,
1 month t 1.S5
months .
year
$ 8.10
16.30
ture as (left to right) "Press" Dor
ris. Dave Skeen, Jack Snyder. Milt
Richardson, Rube White, Lou Allen
(the blacksmith), Johnny O'Shaugh
nessy. Bill Skeen, Henry Straw,
Prestly Dorris (nephew of the old
man). I. J. Straw (superintendent
of the D ranch) and Henry Picard,
boss buckaroo ol the ranch for
over 20 years.
Bill Skeen identified the picture
and said it was taken in September
around 1892 in the front yard of
tne ranch. The photographer had
set Up his camera in the doorway
of the blacksmith shop. The barbed
wire was always piled ur there
for lack of any better storage place.
The teams in the picture were be
int? used to haul in the winter sud-
ply of wojd, about 100 cords, and
tne hands were getting ready to
move the cattle to the winter
grounds.
Our thanks to Mr. Rodgers and
to Bill Skeen for furnishing the
identifications.
W millrin't l-Ocict tho lamnl.tlnn
to run the picture which appears
lit t h hari nf thlc i-nliim. -T--
doughty looking gentleman in the
uuigeu auib 01 oucKSKins is none
other than old Fred Houston him
self, all decked out for the Pio-
ut riBuc uere a numcer ox
years ago. The suit, Fred tells us.
Was loaned to him bv a frionH fnr
the occasion and Is supposed to
nave oeen laen irom the body of
a dead Indian chief following the
battle, at Wagon wheel, over in
Montana, many, many years ago.
The wig, and it is a wig. came
from San RrnnrJcrn nnH tVi i4fi
Just turned up. Anyway. Fred made
a gaiiaut picture. 'ioo oaa us men
can't get all dressed up real fancy
like that again and stay thataway.
Maybe we have more modern
gadgets now than they had back
in the bimlTKVin Have hi.t
didn't have to wear neckties. And
that would make It just about al
right. Telling The Editor
COMPLAINT
I take off my bandana In sym
pathy to out of town visitors.
Klamath merchants - and their
help may well ask, traffic lane?
wnat that?
The traffic coo is mouslv attend.
tog to duty tagging a busv farmer's
car for overtime parking, while
saia, I mean sad, farmer gnaws
his knuckles. waiting in a shop for
service, while said (or is it sad?)
service leisurely strolls back from
a "Coffee Break" taking shortest
distance between two points, le,
anywhere across the street, slowing
up traffic as well as service.
Yours for a friendlier
Klamath Falls - .
M. C. Hunt
Bonanza, Oregon
DANCE
Saturday, April 3
RED BARN
Dorris, California
to
Billy Jack Wills I
and hit Western Swinq
Band
DANCING 10 'til 2
1.50
Admission
tax Incl,
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They'll Do It Every Time
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W THE HATLO MAT MTi CS LW
ALONG NATURE'S TRAIL
by KEN McLEOD
Yesterday I gave soma observa
tions on mountain goats which to
me are most interesting charac
ters, not many people, however.
have ever had the opportunity of
becommg acquainted with it in its
native habitat. The experience of
soo keepers has been very dis
heartening in trying to keep this
interesting animal In captivity for
It is one creature that requires
the freedom of the wild and
rugged places of the mountains
under the watchful eye of Mother
Nature and does not respond to the
restricted pens of man even with
the best of care.
The preservation of the moun
tain, goat, depends upon the pres
ervation of areas of its native
habitat, this should not be diffi
cult because they occupy the coun
try that is wild and rugged
among the snowy peaks, above the
area now generally occupied by
man. Sometime in the history of
the past the mountain sheep ranged
the snow fields and glaciers of
Mount Shasta, perhaps, if man was
so inclined, the mountain goat
could return again to the moun
tain from which its ancestors van
ished so many years ago.
The return of the mountain goat
is just a matter of public opinion
and a willingness on the part of
the public to see that they receive
the public protection that is so
necessary for a successful pro
gram of restoration. Until goats
do return to the mountain, people
who are interested in seeing this
unique animal alive, must travel
far to the north to find it in its
fast shrinking empire of Arctic
waste.
To the person who has a' love
of mountains there is no greater
thrill than when working up
some long snowy slope he sudden
ly comes face to face with one of
these dwellers of the land of ice
and snow. This is 8 far more
satisfying experience than going
to some large museum and look
ing at a habitat group of stuffed
animals In a glass case, mounted
in a simulated landscape with a
painted background. Yet for most
people the museum approach will
be their only contact with the wild.
I will never forget my own ex
perience in meeting Mr. Goat in
a rugged snow filled canyon on the
upper slopes of Mount Omega In
British Columbia. I had been doing
some research work in the little
Indian village of Chekye on the
Squamish River at the head of
Howe Sound. As we headed out
to work in the woods each day
we could look back across the
river and see the three great peaks
of the range across the valley.
THE DOCTOR SAYS
By EDWIN P. JORDAN, M.D.
Sometimes, what sounds like a
complicated question may not be
really difficult at all. assuming that
the medical facts are accurately
available.
Q If a young wife had. tubercu
losis, and after spending a year in
a sanatorium was allowed to re
turn home as an arrested case,
would there be tubercle germs pres
ent which could be transmitted by
her husband kissing her and then
kissing his cousin? M.M.
A Unless the tuberculosis lesion
had broken down, and she was
eliminating the germs of tubercu
losis In her sputum, she would not
transmit the infection to anyone
else. Any person who has had tu
berculosis should be checked at
fairly frequent intervals, however,
to make certain that the disease
remains in an arrested and non
contagious stage.
Q When syphilis has been pres
ent for six or eight years. Is It
possiDie to cure it? T.W.
A Doctors are usually reluctant
to use the word, "cure" In this
kind of situation, in most instances.
however, syphilis, even of this dur-
Ml. Alpha. Mt. Omega, and ML
Tantalus. Why the two aside from
Tantalus should be named "the be
ginning and the end" I never dis
covered: but. Omega was the
one that caught our eye. standing
as it does like a miniature Mnt
tcrhorn. Its call was irresistible
'There is nothing up there" said
the natives, but nevertheless we
had to go and see for ourselves.
It took a couple of Sundays to
discover how we could cross the
wide and muddy Squamish, which
for color and consistency should
be a good rival of the Missouri.
Then finally when we found a way
across the river on a stream
gauger's cable car we bad lo
blaze a trail through the Jungles
to reach the tallus slides at the
foot of the mountain. Alter exper
iencing the passage of the almost
impenetrable tangles that frame
these Canadian streams we have
often said that a tropical jungle
could not be much worse, for here.
you are not only confronted with
brush and brambles, but Devil's
Club as well. If you have never
met with Devil's Club you have
an experience to look forward to it
is a most peculiar shiub of the
Ginsing family, with slender Iiex-
lble stems closely armored along
with their entire length with sharp.
stiff needles that are capable of
producing painful wounds. Such
painful, difficult thickets appeil
even to the Indians whose folk
tales record how the fleeing hero.
throws behind him some prickly
object, which, by his magic, be
comes changed into an impassible
tangle of Devil's Club in which the
enemy becomes tangled and torn.
After passing the Devils Cluo
thickets, then up the mountains
great tallus slope to the snow ileitis
and finding one canyon that ap
peared to run to the top we
trudged our way on up the steep
slopes of snow. We imagined our
selves in the Alps climbing the
Matterhorn for we were up in the
clouds and filmy whisps of fog
would drift In and around us as
we made our way upward. Finally
my companion excitedly exclaimed
"What's that!" Only a hundred
feet above us on a rocky ledge
was a huge grey shape in the fog.
We stood and watched, not know
ing what it could be. the fog
swirled away, the odd shaggy form
raised its head and looked down
at us, his chin whLskers reached
his knees, his black horns glistened
in the sun, he eyed us quizzically
decided we were a couple of harm
less nuts, then went back uncon
cernedly to eating the delicious
morsel he had been dining on Dev
il's Club.
ation, can be treated so successfully
that it will not produce further
symptoms or complications.
Q Can a woman have sex rela
tions after having uterus, tubes and
ovaries removed? Is this called a
complete hysterectomy? What Is a
pan-hysterectomy? Reader.
A This operation should not In
terfere with normal sex relations.
The operation described may be
called either a pan-hysterectomy
or a complete hysterectomy.
Q About a year and a half ago
I had calcium around the bone in
my shoulder. This was treated with
X-ray, but I Just missed having to
have an operation. It seems worse
to me when I raise my arm. Could
this develop Into cancer of the
bone? Mrs. B.
A This sounds like a bad case
of bursitis with calcium deposits.
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By Jimmy Hatlo
Results Of
Barley Test
Revealed
Tests completed by the Tule
lnke Fnrm Adviser's office In co
operation with the U.S. Department
of Agriculture Malting Laboratory
at Madison, Wisconsin, and the
Aftrnnomy Department of the Uni
versity of California, have obtained
information on the malting quality
of Tulclake barley which is of con
siderable importance to mowers.
These tests have shown that the
excessive use of nitrogen fertiliz
er has increased the barley pro
tein In most fields, but this is de
pendent to some extent on the ori
ginal fertility of the soil, available
moisture supply, time and extent
of lodging, all of which are factors
which may influence the barley
malting quality, according to farm
adviser. Ken Baghotl.
The reports on this years barley
have shown that excellent quality
can be maintained in the Tulclake
barley provided growers closely
watch Irrigation, fertilization and
harvesting.
Of the 210 fields sampled this
year, the large majority of fields
produced barley of quality which
is In good demand by Eastern malt
sters. Although a lew samples
snows excessively high barley pro
tein readings and low extract per
centnge, the majority of the fields
had less than 13 per cent barley
protein and from 78 to 82 per cent
extract. This Li considered fttcal
barley for malting purposes, Bag
hotl staled
Of particular Interest was the
difference shown In barley protein
and extract on fields where pota
toes hove been grown In 1953 and
were planted to barley In 1963. Ap
parently a large carryover ol nitro
gen fertilizer from the previous po
tuto planting Increased the bar
ley protein and tlicrcby caused a
lower barley extract percentage.
The Ideal Hannchen Barley for
malting purposes should have a
protein value of less than 12.5 per
cent and an extract percentage ol
from 79 to 80 per cent. The analysts
represents a total of 6fl samples
taken from different fields through
out the Tulelnke Basin.
Oregon GOP May
Answer Morse
PORTLAND W - The Republi
can Party may ask 19 Oregon
radio stations lor weekly time to
balance talks given by Sen. Wayne
Morse, Ed G. Boehnke of Eugene,
chairman of the Republican State
Central Committee, said Friday.
Boehnke said the Morse program
was announced as "a public serv
ice" and so he assumed it was
free time for what wos "clearly a
political broadcast."
He said a study would be. made
and he believed It quite certain
the Republicans would ask equal
time.
If this Is the correct diagnosis
there is no reason to believe that
It would lead to cancer of the bone.
Q Will you please explain what
Is meant by "acute gangrenous
gallbladder"? I lost a dear friend,
81 years old, from this condition.
.Mrs. V.
A This presumably refers to an
acute inflammation of the gallblad
der, associated with death of the
tissue itself. The only chance for
recovery would have been on Im
mediate operation, which, of course
carries considerable, risk at suoli
an age.
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recHmriiuHj it mum a
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James Marlow
WASHINQTON W For five
memorable days In mld-Muivh
Han. McCarthy's flglrl with the
Army held at white heat, Then It
visibly cooled while his Senate
committee looked for an oulslde
lawyer to Investigate the case.
For lark of developments, the
McCarthy story gradually disap
peared front the front pages. The
Wisconsin Republican himself be
gun to call it "a tempest in a
teapot.''
Ben. Muiult IR-SU), who says he
considers McCarthy ono of his best
friends, talked as though he sought
to minimise Its imporliuice (no.
Mundt, acting as chairman In Ma
Canity's place for this investiga
tion, led the search lor the lawyer.
Ho must be, ks-1 Mundt, a man
"as fatrmlndcd as an eminent
Judge."
Mundt first tiled the president
of the American Bar Assn., who
turned It down. Yesterday the
committee decided it had found
the man:
Samuel Powers Bears of Boston,
a GB-ycni-old Republican trial law
yer who collects gold toothpicks as
a hobby and was three times presi
dent of the Massachusetts Bar
Assn.
The committee talked 49 mlnutrs
with Hears and then picked him
unanimously.
Sears said he could act "dispas
sionately." -
Soon it appeared Dint at least
some of the committee members
want to ask hint some more ques
tions. It wasn't long before they
found they hadn't learned all that!
was known on where Sears stood,
or had stood, on McCarthy.
When newsmen asked Sears, long
an outspoken foe of communism.
If he had evor taken a stand on
McCarthy or "McCarthylsm." he
said he never had, publicly or pri
vately. Mundt and other commit
tee members said they had asked
Uie same question and received
the same answer,
Shortly afterwards news came
from Boston by way of news
paper files and the Harvard Crlm
son, university undergraduate
dally that Soars had spoken out
publicly more than once in favor
of McCarthy, but not later than
two years ago.
He was quoted as saying Mc
Carthy "has done a great Job" and
the loss of McCarthy to uie Senate
(in the 1953 elections) would be a
"blow to the United Slates."
Harvard Prof. Mark Howe, who
had opposed McCarthy's re elec
tion, called sears' appointment yes
terday "Incredible." He said he
had debated with Sears and that
the latter "was willing to excuse
any McCarthy tactic."
Two members of .the committee
Senators Potter (R-Mlchi and
Jackson (D-Washi said they will
ask Sears to look back on his past
statements and say If he still feels
he can do an "Impartial" job.
Two other senators Mundt and
McClcllan (D-Arkl said they
doubled anything said two years
ago could be taken as Indicating
prejudice in McCarthy's present
fight with Army officials.
The Democratic members the
third was Sen. Symington (D-Mol
said they were unaware of some
thing else about Sears: that 10
days ago he expressed to Sen
Sallonstall (R-Mass) and Rep. Cur
tis (R-Mass) an "interest" In the
Job.
The McCarthy-Army row re
volves around O. David Schlne.
an unpaid worker on McCarthy's
staff until he was drafted.
An Army report alleged that Mc
Carthy and his chief counsel. Roy
Conn, tried through pressure on
the Army to get special treatment
for Schlne.
McCarthy and Conn disputed
this, and in turn charged Army
officials had tried to "blackmail"
them Into ceasing their investiga
tion of Its handling of subversive
suspects. This charge, too, was de
nied.
When McCarthy's committee de
cided March It to Investigate the
whole dispute, tension seemed to
ease, news grew scarcer and Mc
Carthy began talking as If It was
all Just a dispute between two oth
er guys. "This blowup between
Conn and Adams," he said, John
Adams, Army counsel, was In Ihc
midst of the quarrel over Schlne.
Mundt echoed McCarthy, he said
he was at a lass to understand
the "feverish Interest" in the case.
Although there were charges of
blackmail and Intimidation, nobody
yielded to them, Mundt said.
"Involved here at worst," he
added, "are misconduct and mis
representation by one or more in
dividuals connected with the Army
or the Senato committee or both."
Coat Stolen While
Court In Session
LOS ANGELES ( The Los An
geles felony court proved to be
Just that. Someone stole a topcoat
while the court was in session yes
terday. The coat belonged to Finis A.
Brown, detective sergeant. He
was there to testify to robbery
charges against a woman musician
and her male companion a painter.
"I guess you can't trust people
here," Brown obnorvnd.
Frank Waters Johnson, MD
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
announces the removal of his office April I
to 112 No. Fifth Street
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON ;
to continue the practice of
REFRACTION, SURGERY
and
s MEDICAL TREATMENT OF THE EYE
Phone 6431
HAL
NEW YORK W There came
a limn when machines took over
the rule nf the world from people.
A thousand years after that ling
er Robot and his Hon, Junior Ito
bol, sat playing chess and talking
of the past. -
Behind litem, an oilcan In his
hand, stood their faithful human
slave, Adam, who was piiiud to
be In the service of two such dis
tinguished machines.
"Tile human luce nil hut de
stroyed Itself In the third world
war with an Instrument callrd the
hydrogen bomb," recalled Roger.
"Then they developed an even
more terrible bomb, tine (hat
could ba made out of hot air.
"As there wns even moro hot
air than hydrogen uviilluhle, you
could predict what happened, In
Uio fourth world war, liniglil with
hut air bombs, everybody was de
stroyed except a scientist iiaiued
Fraiikenswllch ami a few base
ment iiutlvcs In a place culled
Outer Cunurslc.
"As men go, f'ruiikenswltch was
fairly brilliant, although natural,
ly he couldn't solve half the prolj.
lcius that I can, Ho had the heart
but lacked Uie tubes.
"Fraiikenswllch haled people he.
cause they wrecked their lives with
stupid emotions. But tie hived ma
chines because they perform Die
tasks they aro built for, and never
attack each other.
"So he comtruclrd a series of
machines, sumo simple, some
(ahem, like myself I extremely
complicated, but each with an or
derly task lo do In an orderly
world.
"With our help It wus easy for
him to subject the lightened Ca
narsie peasants and teach Uiem
their Job whirl) was no more and
no less than to keep us machines
functioning.
"I was his favorite machine, and
he gave me a vncabiilury of 10. 000
words. Thus, niter his death, It
Man Accused
In Theft Case
Philip Jackson, II, who was seri
ously Injured In a spectacular
truck crash March 31, was ar
raigned Friday afternoon before
District Judge D. E. Van Vaclor
on a burglary diarge.
He Is accused of breaking Into
the Chlloquln City Store and steal.
Ing four cases of wine,
A few hours after the alleged
burglarly, a pickup truck In which
Uie defendant and a 17-year-old
girl were riding went out ol con
trol and turned over after plunging
off old Highway 07 near Williamson
river.
Jackson was released Friday
morning from Klamath Valley Hos
pital. Ho appeared In court on
crutches. He asked for additional
lime to employ legal counsel and
decide on a preliminary hearing.
Judge Van Vaclor set the case
orer to next Wednesday at 10 a.m.
He remanded Jackson lo tile county
Jail In lieu of 12.000 ball,
Fish Punch
Cards Expire
Salinon-steelhead anglers atten
tion! The Oregon Stole Game Com
mission remindn all anglers that
the current salmon - sieelhead
punch card expired March 31.
All of Iho license agencies ol
tho state are prepared lo receive
the old cards and Issue new ones
which are good from March 31.
151 to April 1. 1955.
Anglers possessing punch cards
that expire, at the end nf this
month are required by law to
rclurn them to the game commis
sion not later than May 16, 11)54.
To facilitate the return, collec
tion boxes have been placed In all
license agencies.
A successful salmon and steel
head management program can
only be realized through the co
operation of the anglers who har
vest Uie fish. Without a knowledge
of the catch, not only on a state,
wide basis, but more Important,
by the major stream, the results
of litres m clearance, screening,
planting, and regulation can never
be properly assessed.
GRANITE and MARBLE
MEMORIALS
Bronxe Tablets, Vases and Inscriptions
CLARENCE WARD
Klamath Monument Co.
Rearesentlnt Oragon Granite Co, el Medford
HI Phene 33J
BOYLE
was easy fur .0 tarry on for
lilm.
"Poor Kriinkcnswltrh, he did
have In dir. One l his heurt
valves simply wore out. That's the
trouble with people. You can't re.
pit ir them. But a machine, ran go
on forever. A new geut here, a
new bulb there and he's as good
as ever.
"Take inc. fnr example. I'm a
thousand years old mid If I tin
say it myself I look us if I hud
been built only yesterday."
Behind them Adam shllled cm
tired feet and thought, "Old lua
chliies are like old people they
never quit talking,"
"Since Frunkciir.wltch riled," rtu.
ger said, "1 and the other ma
chines have just kept enough pen.
pie breeding olid leedlng lo keep
in oiled mid luiiclloiilng, Tlieii,
huvo been no wars, and for a
thousand yeurs (hero has been im
Joy, no sorrow, no wonder, anil
no deulli In the world except, nf
course, among people, If you chuosn
to count lliein."
"Will the world go on Ilka tins
foiever?" asked Junior.
"Certainly," aald lloger Robot.
"All a machine wants lo do i.i
function. Take our chess game,
of which we have played" Hi.,
gar's lights hinted up n he
thought buck "exm-lly 8.313.
"Naturally, as I have 33.617
tubes and you have only 9 4H.V I
am bound lo win every game. Hut
i ainca you pluy the best you cuit
Willi only a limited number ol
tubes, you have performed your
function and that's fine."
"But sometimes i f.ri ru,.
llulcd." whimpered Junior.
"Krusttated?" barked Roger.
"That word Isn't In your vocabu
lary. Arimu, have you bein Ism.
prrlng with Junior's tubes again?"
"M'l only changed a few. , ,
Jut lo see what would hapiieii,"
stammered Adam.
'""Well, the next time It happens,
you'll be turned out (o starve.
We don't want any changes. Ynu
know the motto of -our machine
civilization: 'Let well enough
alone.'"
Adam sank lo his knees and hed
ged forgiveness. He explained he
hud done It only because he loved
the little machine and wanted hint
lo grow up.
"Well, he's not lo grow up -that
would only confuse a m
chine. Just as H does people," said
Roger, sternly. "Junior, It Is limn
fur your evening arithmetic exei.
clses. What Is the product of 08
limes 999?"
"Junlurs lights went blank,
then glimmered feebly as he said,
"J.SOt.ISS?"
"Wrong!" shouted Roger. "What
Is the mailer with you. Junior,'
17)01 an easy problem."
"Excuse me, air, the boy's a hit
rusty," aald Adorn. "Let me fix
him."
He twisted two of Junior's tubes
and poured a , little oil on three
of his gears. Immediately Junior s
lights gleamed brightly and, he
said in a loud clear voire:
"The product of 999 times 999 is
8119,001. Next problem?"
"That's better, my boy," said
Roger, and turning to Adam he
added:
"You know, Adam, you're gel
ling lo be one of the family, I
know, of course, that you're only
human, but every once In a while
you do something that shows so
much understanding I have tha
eerie feeling you are almost me
chanical." The fine old man's sleel hand
reached out and palled Adam
condescendingly on Uie head, and
Adam blushed with pride and said:
"Oh, thank you, master, thsnk
you."
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