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Tuesday, April 16, 1935
‘Everybody Talks About the
Weather ...”
There are times when it appears that the attitude
of the Delta country of the Rio Grande somewhat
resembles the popular attitude noted by Mark Twain
•bout the weather, when he said that “everybody
talks about the weather but nobody dors any thine".
And this attitude of the Valley would seems to ap
ply with particular emphasis to the tourist future
of the country
All of us seem to agree that a great future lies
shear of the Valley as a winter tourist center. We
talk about our climate, about our grapefruit and
orange*, our hunting and fishing and all that sort
of thing, then drift vaguely off into talk of an ad
vertising campaign, and so forth and so on.
But the things at hand, the things that all of us
no matter how humble our position in the sphere
of things, can do—we neglect Ask the average
winter visitor what impresses him as he spenda his
vacation time in the Valley, and he will surprise you
with his answer. Nine times out of ten it is the tall
palm trees and the brtghtly blooming winter llowers.
Yet, how many homes will you find that have a
•ingle palm tree planted agHinst the future, not a
single hibiscus, pomsettla ot flame vine with its
cheery note? Plenty.
That is one thing we may all do to further the
interest oi the Valley as a tourist center. Plant
palms, plant brightly blooming flowers and shrubs
that blossom forth during the winter months. And
then take care of them. A palm lined mam high
way through the Valley has been talked for 20 years.
Had those palm* been planted back 20 years ago. the
Valley would today have an asset the value of
which could not be exaggerated.
Perhaps that is too formidable an undertaking, but
•urely the setting out of a palm or two around a
residence lot is not such an insurmountable task,
and the planting of a few flowering shrubs will not
break many backs.
The Valley is missing an easy bet when it tails to
do these things
Good Advice
Adwce given the Valley differential committee by
Congressman West regarding attitude to be taken
by this section at the Rob*town diffcremal hearing
In San Antonio on May- 17 is good.
“Ask that the matter be held in abeyance until you
•ae what reduced rates the railroads are going to
give you in accordance with the agreement reached
recently." says the congressman. If the reductions
•re satisfactory, well and good. If not. then you
have the Interstate Commerce route for a differen
tial removal still open."
Congressman West strongly advises the committee
to have a representative in San Antonio before the
ICC hearing there, to present this attitude of the
Valley.
Oood advice!
The Boat It Coming In!
Bteamshlp Texas Trader wlH dock at Port Isabel
early next Monday morning, discharge a cargo of
merchandise consigned to Valley firms, take on 500
or so tons of onions, some canned goods, and the naxt
morning set forth for the Eastern seaboard.
At last, deep water transportation for the Valley!
The culmination ol years ot effort, of heart
break*. of disappointments, of labor on the part ot
hundreds, is upon us.
A new day is dawning.
Publicity That Takes
Because he wrote a yam about the Valley that
does not contain one single word of propaganda, a
yam that touches on the exotic characteristics of
this section, that hits human element all the way
through. that appeals to the average man and woman
the country over. Sherwood Anderson has contributed
one of the most valuable pieces of Valley publicity
we have ever seen.
“A Valley Apart” in the forthcoming issue of
"Today" will Interest Valleyites, will interest those
j who have never visited this section still more.
| Real Reasons Behind
Nervous Breakdown
. i ■" — ——
By DR. MORRIS f ISHBEIN
Editor. Journal ad the American Medical Association,
and of Hygeia, the Health Magasine
If you have never known the feeling of being ner
vous or mentally ill. and you always feel adequate to
every situation in which you find yourself, you may ;
discover it is difficult to understand the significance
of the condition called “nervous breakdown.”
Tn fact, you may even argue with the person who
AUffers with this condition and may try to make him
feel that it is all his own fault. You may say if he
! will only "buck up" or Just think right, he will feel
| right.
Actually, however, the combination of physical and 1
I mental circumstances is such that the person with
the nervous breakdown simply cannot get his powers
together for the purpose of "bucking up" and think- j
ing right.
ft ft ft
Today we know that development of such situation
demands a complete atudv of the physical condition
of the person concerned, of his personality, of the en
vironment in which he llvea, and of the people w'ho
surround him.
A nervous breakdown represents a variety of condi
tions Tt may be Just a case tn which the person 1*
unable to sleep gets tired easily, and is unable to con
centrate.
Next tt may be a form of hysteria, with Inability to
perform various functions, simply because the person
concerned is convinced tn his own mind that he can
not do so.
Third, it may be a nervous condition in which
vnxletv is the chief svmptom. with fear, palpitations
of the heart restlessness, and a lack of power to
make decisions
I • •
Bevnnd these forms of nervous conditions, there are
vnnour forms of insanity and. finally, actual changes
in the nervous system, with paralysis, inflammation of
the brain, and such disorders
The average man who talks about nervous break
downs usually means the conditions first described, in
which loss of sleep, easy fatigue, inability to concen
trate. and Hack of pow-er to make decisions arc the moat
significant factors.
Nervous breakdowns are not limited altogether to
high-powered business men. to clubwomen under se
vere strains with activities, to social leaders, or to
statesmen. A child in school may have a nervous
breakdown, as mav also a retired millionaire with
nothing to do.
The lacy, delicate, and refined person who enjoys
!>oor health or the eccentric musical genius, as well
as the tramp, the drunkard, or the drug addict, may
be victims of nervous breakdown.
Ordinarily all these caaes represent what one lead
ing authority in diseases of the mind has called “hu
man nature working unrl'r difficulties ’
Most parents don t spank nght. They let their emo
tions run away with them. The parent who tells me
spanking hurts him more than the child. T always tell
to stop spanking. That parent doesn't know how —
Dr Miles Murphy. U. of Pennsylvania psychologist
In 1914 there was one nation whose ambition to
expand served to create war. In 1995 there are two,
one in the west, the other in the east —Joseph Stalin,
Soviet dictator.
No national has the nght to go into the trouble zone
and expect his nation to back him if he gets into
difficulties. — Bernard Baruch.
Never since the World War have there been such
misgivings for the fate of peace a* now. — Maxim
Litvinov. Soviet commissar for foreign affairs.
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Why shouldn't women demand political recognition,
not. for personal advantage, but for the opportunity
to serve? — Madame Secretary Perkins.
Americans spend more for cigarete each ytar than
it costs to maintain the army and navy combined —
j Mrs. William A Becker. D. A. R. executive.
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Almanac:
April 16-h
1741-Charles Willson
Peale, American.
artist, torn* •
17%/b‘Cootrvtt, first
play written and
performed in ,
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The World
At a Gl a nee
BY LESLIE E1CHEL
(Central Pres* Staff Writer)
NEW YORK. April 16. — To ad
judge the present time, one must
project himself a century Into the
future and look back.
That Is the advice given to the
writer of this column by a popular
writer.
We cannot look upon the present,
as a part of It. without bias and
prejudice and partiality.
• • •
Looking Back
There is a book, recently published.]
which does look back a century—
upon the past century, of course
• Queen Victoria.'* by E F Beson.
noted English writer, is the book
Written with sn impartiality and
a restraint and a clarity that sweep
away the obscurities of the past this
volume seems more like a prophecy;
than a requiem. The volume seems
to infer that others 100 years hence |
mill look back on us much in the,
same manner that we are looking
back on the Victorian age
We say. as we read: “Could this
have been possible—less than a hun
dred vears ago?"
Human right*, even in the most;
democratic of countries, were negli
gible. as we consider them.
Despite the trappings of royalty
(paid for with untold millions taken
from the meager earnings of the un
der classes!, misery and want and
disease mere the order of the times.
Rovilty itself was a victim of dis
eases which today tve have wiped
out- „ _j
But the ironical fact, the upper
most fact, is this: The want, the
miserv. the lack of progress of the
people, the disease itself sprang from I
a determination of the ruling
classes to maintain the status quo |
And that very detemlmatlon. that
dogged stubbornness (which was
hailed then as patriotic courage! !*d
to wars and the toppling of ncarlv
all the thrones of Europe. Instead
of preserving the integrity of the
status quo. instead of bringing sta
bility and happiness, that policy
brought instability, frightfulness
and chaos. , ,
A.s we look back, we exclaim
• What stupidity!”
But how should we have acted if
me had lived in the conditions of
one hundred years ago?
m m m
Today
Will our descendant# of one hur
trcd years hence say of us: "What
stupid persons they were!"
In England the first men to or
ranirc workers into a union were
icported in prison ships to far away
nenal islands.
In the United States today person
who try t<, organize workers in in
dependent unions are termed Com
munists and are sentenced to pri
son tinder anti-syndicalism laws as
traitors to the government.
In England, a century or so ago.
the Whigs were in power, and the
Tories were considered in the begln
! ning. much as left-wing Socialists
ara considered now In a mere few
years, the Tories were considered the
ractionarles and the Liberals arose
and defeated the Tories
Then the Labor party arose There
were alarums Civilization would
perish" If it got into power,
But the labor party did get into
power and civilization went, a few
steps ahead.
The party suffered a reverse, but
signs point to its victory again in
England.
Prior, however, to the end of a
century since the mid-Victorian
reign, there are likely to be more
radical and drastic parties rising to
wipe out the Laborltes. Blackshirts
and Communists certainly will not
be the end. Five parties succeeded
one another in power In England
within a century And each suc
cessively was reviled ad feared by
the throne and the Interest* be
hind the throne.
Queen Victoria refuted to call the
Tories into office when flrat they
defeated the Whigs. (She was com
pelled to. later.* She wa# certain
the world would end if the Whigs
did not remain. Then, she felt the
same when the Liberals ousted the
Tories. She made life miserable for
the Liberal prime minister, whom
the people desired.
Queen Victoria did not trust the
judgment ot the people, except
when their mind# were fanned into
an imperialistic, national flame.
Tomorrow
Can we vteua liae what tomorrow
will bring?
Or does the inevitable anger us,
as it angered the Victorians, who en
deavored to retard progress al
though It would have saved them
much anguish
Can we not picture a world in
which there ts much larger sharing
of the profits of production?
Can we not picture a world m
which social security will have ad
vanced to far greater stage# than
we can foresee at the present time?
Can we not picture a world in
which we shall consider our present
divorce laws immoral, because they,
in some state#, force mismated per
sons to Uve together unless they can
prove scandal against each other?
Is there not a possibility that the
future will turn back to our page
in history and smile over the narrow
bickerings which governed our snail
like pace toward social, economic
and freednriT
News
Behind the
News
Capital and world gosalp, event*
and personalities. In and out ot
the news, written by * group of
fearless and informed newspaper
men of Washington and New York.
This column Is published by The
Herald as a news feature. Opinions
expressed are those of the writers as
individuals and should not be in
terpreted as reflecting the editorial
policy of this newspaper.
WASHINGTON
By George Durno
Neat—An inconspicuous oill is now
pendmg be lore congress which may
put a new lace in the United States
senate and at the same time straight
en out a political Jam by the new
deal in last November'*'Congression
al election.
The state involved is New Mexico.
The principals are U. S. Senator
Bronson Cutting, progressiva repub
lican. U S. Senator Carl A. Hatcn,
democrat, and former Representa
tive Dennis Chaves, also a demo
crat. The pending bill would create
additional federal district judge
ships in several states—one of them
New Mexico.
It is in the wood that if all goes
well Senator Hatch will resign to
Mep on the federal bench, and that
Dennis Chavez will be appointed to
fill out Hatchs unexplred term in
the upper house.
• • •
Healing—There recently came a
recommendation by the Judiciary
conference, which Is headed oy Chiei
Justice Hughes of the U. S. supreme
court, that New York and California
each needed two additional federal
district judges if overburdened
dockets were ever to be cleared.
When a bill to this effect finally
was reported favorably out of the
senate judiciary committee it in
cluded. In addition to the New York
and California Judgeships, new
bench seats in New Mexico. Kansas.
Oreeon, Kentucky and South Da
kota.
This bill is still on the calendar.
It will have to pass the senate and
then the house and finally go
through conference before becoming
law. But the makings of a rare poli
tical trade are In It at the moment.
If it all works out Chavez will drop
his contest against Cutting over last
year’s election That may help heal
the wounds Cutting felt he suffered
when the White House failed to give
him turn-about support in 34.
• • •
Ye*—No-^Another bit of phenagl
ing over a senate seat is said to have
lallen through—at least for the day.
This one was to have Involved Sen
ator John H Overton. Governor O.
K. Allen and Lieutenant Governor
Jimmy Noe. ail of Louisiana. As you
have guessed by now, a man named
Long was pulling the strings.
Ladled out of a nutshell. It was to
have run as follows: Overton has
been in 111 health. He was to resign
.rom the senate. Simultaneously O.
K. Allen wras to have resigned a*
governor, and Noe. ascending to the
governorship, would have appointed
Allen to fill out Overton s senate
term.
• • •
0\ erton. Allen and Noe all belong
to Long politically, lock, stock anu
barrel. But at the moment Washing
ion life seems to have improved
Overton s health. He says ht s go
ing to stick around.
Could it be that Noe. the yes-man.
said yes while Overton, the yes-man.
said no?
And what is Long saying?
Reform—Men wwe In the ways of
relations between the White House
and Capitol Hill say that In the final
analysts the administration's imper
ative "must" program will Include
only four bills—social security, ex
tension of NRA, banking and eradi
cation of utilities holding companies.
Whether they all get through is
something for the future, but Presi
dent Roosevelt still has a well-gag
ged nouse to fall back on whenever
the senate gets obstreperous There
will be concessions as politics Is
built on trading, but the New Deal
expects to see the 74th congress
write the basic principles of the.se
four into law.
Those trying to chart the New
Deals future course will note that
three of the four measures contem
plate reform of the existing system
indicating that reform is still as im
portant as recovery. There are many
who might classify the NRA bill as
a reform measure also.
• • •
Disagreements— No visible change
has been made in the program for
enactment of the Rayburn utility
holding bill, but significant remarks
[in congress corridors indicate that
the bill will luave some of its teeth
1 drawn. Statements by Dave Llllen
thal. power boss of TVA. have been
challenged by the House Military
Affairs committee and he ha* been
! given a chance to tell his story over
again. He harps on the danger of
power shortage in the TVA regions,
, an hough work is going ahead on two
dams and TVA is holding it* hand
out for funds with which to build
lwo more.
Analysis by utility experts has
shown that TV As estimates of pow
er cost* do not. take account of mil
lion* spent in building Muscle Shoal*.
| or interest on that investment Of
ficials of private utility concerns in
j the South deny that there’s a power
[shortage or any danger of one.
Pressure*—Although public utilities
■ regulation is the subject of bitter
est controversy within and without
the administration these days it
i didn't disturb the senate agriculture
(committee. Without hearings or de
bate the committee favorably re
| ported the Norn* bill which would
give TVA power to issue bonds up
| to $100,000,000 for the purpose of
buying existing private power facili
ties.
The Norris measure is designed to
I overcome the Grubb decision
which held sale of surplus power by
TVA to be unconstitutional. It gives
the Valley Authority explicit license
j to merchandise power.
Lot* of concealed pressure Is be
ing exerted here ana there to keep
Uncle Sam from breaking down and
taking over the public utilities.
• • e
Hollow—Secretary Dem has put a
crimp on the bills to take the prof
it out of war. His spokesman before
congress has sounded the warning
that victory is quite an important ob
ject In war time and that tha gov
ernment is dependent upon Indus
try to provide the means.
In cloakrooms tha senators say
they don’t attach much importance
SLEEPLESS NIGHTS
Cfp'
<P V
UTILITY
to anti-war bills Nye's committee
revelations of profit* from muni
tion* are not items of new*. Law
maker* ask how the country can be
expected to expand its energies ten
fold over night if the government
i* to be denied the right to offer
Inducements.
The pressure for a law to take the
profit* out of war, on the theory
that it will discourage war-monger- !
ing, us such that a bill may pat.*.
Cynic* say that this doesn't mean
anything—that the law would be
scrapped at tha outbreak of war.
• • •
Note*—Speaking of work-relief.
China at one tune had 1.400.000 men
at work on river dykes, as reported
by Sir John Hope Simpson, chief
engineer ... 'Incoherent, eonfuaed
and contradictory.** says Senator
Borah of the NRA bill ... Utility in
terests every* .here are concentrat
ing for a fight against the Tennes
see Valley Authority ... the sen a to
his passed a bill requiring the Sec
retary of Agriculture to find out and
report all pos1 Ible Information re
garding peanu ts—
rt DARK BLOND
A . CaBIETQM KENDBAKE _
BEGIN HERB TODAY
■ILLli'KNT GRAVES, irerttao
to GEORGE DRJMGOLD flito Sat
employe) In hla aOU-a <ea4
JARVIS HAFP. ■ airaaget. aRera
to help hat. B* aaafla ha* to a
bra aty •* op tehee* aha la traaa
farmaS taia a brnaei. tha* tahaa
ha* haaa*. totToSnelnp ha* aa hi*
aaeratary. Sba meat* (lappa aaa.
NORMAN) hla atepaaa ROBERT
CAISEi MRS. RAFF) aat VERA
DITHENE. Bra. Uapp'r malA
That alcht a aat* aada* ha*
«**» inform* Mllliaant. -The wom
an la hlaah ermine In ha**.” Mil
tie* at oeeo tha rtaaa. trie* to
lallaa*. hat lanaa ha*. Hlllleaat
aaea to th* ehaaXear's aaarier*
Tha rhiDflaa* la SaaS tram a k**
lat waaaA.
Neal moralai IIRCIARI
HAHONE1 take* aharce at the
aaae. Ha anealloaa Bltlleent.
Rah Tala* tall* Hlllleaat that N
ah* Saea aat rla* him the nata
baoh eeainlnlas DrtmsalS's ***
tesoloa within SS aeeoatfa he will
tell th* pall** what ha haaaaa
a boa i h*e.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XXVIII
MILLICENT stared steadily et
Bob Caine and said. “Ton end 1
might aa well have a showdown os
this."
Ha looked «p from the watch tn
bis band. "You're damn right." be
told her. “You've played a run
around game with me long enougb
I want that notebook." He glanced
once more at the watch, then
pushed It Into his pocket "Time *
op." he said.
“You Insist." she said, tn a voice
sba thought might have a soOctsnt
amount of disdain In It to convince
him. "In thinking that 1 am a girt
tha police are referring to as the
Murder Girl. 1 really would Ilka to
know on what you base your as
sumptions."
“Forget ft!" hs told b«r. "I was
guaaslng before. 1 know now."
"And even If l were tbs M order
Girl," the said. "I can’t understand
what you would want with my
shorthand notebook."
“Never mind understanding so
much” be told her. “You and 1
are having a showdown. 1 want
that book.*
"Why?"
Sba was growing defiant now
feeling that she could et least stand
op tor ber rights with this man
and call his bluff. For some reason
the felt that R too* a bluff.
“I’m going to toll Sergeant Ms
honey you're kb* girl the police are
locking tor."
"Do you think hVH believe youf
"Hell believe me to the extent
that ball start giving you a third
degree, and It won't be long before
he finds out the right answers."
"And then whatr
He laughed sneerlngly. “Being
mixed up In one murder.” be said
"It won't take the police long to
figure that you're connected with
the other one."
"There Is absolutely no evidence,
she said, "to connect ms with Mr
Drtmgold’a murder except certain
drcumstntlai evidence that can be
readily explained."
“Sure." he told her. “and there's
bo evidence to connect you with
Folding s murder except aome elr
cumstantial evidence that can be
explained. But sister, you fust try
•x plain lug away (too seta of dicum
stands) evidence and aae what hap
pore You’ve been mixed up In too
many murders to give me a run
around. I want that book, and 1
uant ft .. .“
as*
T*HB door burnt open. Fora
*■ Duchene ber eyes glittering
pusbed bar way into the room. 8b*
paid no attontlon whatever to *1
ileant, but turned savagely to Bob
“You poor deluded damn tool!'*
the said.
“Dont butt hi on this." Calse
told her. “I'm bavins n show
down."
She laughed bitterly and enld. mA
sweet time to have a showdown.
Sbe holds all the trump earda."
"Sbe doesn't hold anything,"
Calse told her. “What aru you
beefing about?"
“You." abe aald. "went In and
smashed that whisky flask. 1 tup
pose yon thought yon were being n
bright little boy. didn't you?"
-What It 1 did? Tba thing bad
fingerprints on It."
"And yon thought they ware
mine!"
He said nothing.
“I told yon they weren't mine!"
she half-screamed. “1 told yon 1
didn’t know anything about Feld
tag’s murder. But you wouldn't be
lieve me; yon though'. 1 was string
yon along. You thought those were
my fingerprints on that whisky
flask, and yon busted in there and
smashed the whisky flask. Why.
yon poor. Incompetent fool! Those
were her fingerprints. She was the
one who had been In there. With
that evidence against her. we’d
have been out in the clear. It
wouldn’t have been necessary to In
a tingle thing. But yon lumped nt
the conclusion that 1 bad been
lying to yon when I told yoe i
hadn’t been there. Yon’ve destroyed
the only real evidence there was
•gainst her."
For a moment Bob Oalae waa
jarred. He stared at Vera Dnchene
with crestfallen countenance Then
slowly the stubborn light welled np
In Ms eyes once more and be
whirled to face Ifltlllcent.
“Never mind," be said to Vera
Dnchene over hla shoulder. “I've
got all I want on this girt."
“What do yon mean?”
T mean that sba’a going to do
what I tell her to, and I'm tolling
her right now."
• • •
VTTRA DC CHE NIC spoke hastily
™ “Listen.” she aald. that 9or
geant Mahoney Is after me. He's
going to drug me over the ooaia I
dont core what else you're working
for. this comes first Yon know
what's going to happen If be eta ns
getting inquisitive. We’ve got to
short cat that some way. I want
you to make her swear I was with
bar last night"
Calse said to Mlllloeni “Sbe wac
with you Do you understand that?*
"I understand nothing of the
sort She was not with me.”
“Okay." be said. "I’m tired of
being strung along. You’re all fin
Isbed, baby."
He turned on hla heel and started
for the door.
Vera Dnchene dragged him back
“No, no! she said. “We’ve got to
make ber throw in with ua Shu's
In a key position."
MiUlcent knew sbe should keep
quiet knew it even while the was
speaking, bat there wee something
about this woman which irrtte’ed
beg beyond endurance. She enld.
vary distinctly. “It happens that It’s
too late tor me even to entertain
such n proposition. Sergeant Ma
honey knows yon are bolding my
muddy clothea He seated that yon
were holding them for e purpose
and be figured out lust what that
purpose was 1 think be snows
exactly where yon were teat nigh'
and exactly what yon were doing
Had aha suddenly espiooed e
I bomb in trout of thorn their facet
could not have shown greater com
steruatlon. Vera DncBeoe gasped,
then glanced apprehensively at Boh
“Quick!" sbe si do. “We've get te
Os up oar alibi from the other
end!*
For a moment Elob Calse stared sd
bar stupidly. Them be nodded and
tamed toward tbr door.
Without s word to Mlllicent, they
left the room.
Mlllicent waited only s moment.
Then sbe opened the door and
stepped Into tbo corridor. She
wanted to get out of that room.
Sbe didn't know tvbcre abe was go
ing or wbat sbe waa going to do
when she got them out she wanted
to be tree ot those stifling wall®.
Sbe almost ran down tbs eorrV
dor, and was ball! way down tbo
stairs wben sbe teased an o bet mo
tion ahead ot ber.. 8he looked ay
and saw Norman Happ’e broaft
shoulders. His arms swung wide,
“Wboa!“ Lj eai<L “What la tbio
—e runaway?"
• • ft
WTHKN Sergeant. Mahoney haft
" placed a friendly arm about beq
shoulders she had felt strangely
relaxed. Sbe bad f<itt like an almost
•xbausted swimmer wbo finds so mo
th ing to which be esn ding tor
temporary rest B at with Norman
Happ shs felt this wnsatlon greatly
Intensified. Sbe canted to lie tn
his arms, limp and relaxed, feeling
that be would sta.nd between ber
and the world. The®. as abe tett tbo
warmth of bis personality surround
ing her. there was imother feeling-*
s strange pulse-p ponding eenso*
tlon which glowed within ber.
Bnt tt was Mlllicent who
pushed back, langiaing slightly.
“I'm afraid," sbe eald. “•
wasn’t looking wbrnre 1 was go*
Ing."
“Ton were tn a linrry." he said*
keeping bis bands on ber arms,
than slowly letting them slid#
down until he held both of her
hands.
“Look at me," bn said.
8omewhere on the lower floor
a telephone bell rang repeatedly.
Mlllicent raised birr ayes to uta.
“What's the matter?" be asked.
"Were yon running away Croat
something?"
She ebook ber bead.
“Sergeant Mabon ey been glvtng
yon a third degree?**
“Sergeant Mahoney," abe toM
him. “la very aloe."
The telephone continued ke
ring. The monotony of tt got o«
Mllllcent’t nerves. “Isn't someone
supposed to anew pr that tala
phone?" shs naked.
The words were no mo?e than
out ot aer month before sbe heard
tha smoothly polls bed tones of
Mrs. Happ saying. "Hello."
Norman Happ smiled at her
and said. "No sooner do you so*
press a with than It’s gratified.*
Sbe started to tty something,
but was interrupted oy a terrified
scream from the lo^rer floor.
"What’s that?" Idorman Happ
asked sharply.
Ones more the at ream was re
peated. Mlllicent b<iard the tele
phone crash to the floor. Then
sbe beard running stupe
She sad Norman laced the toot
of the stairs.
Cyatbia Hspp’s ftioa. distorted
with emotion, stared up at tbem.
Shs saw them., tried to specs sad
couldn't. Inststd. ske Anna aer
arms above bar be id screamed
once more and ptteipsd taco for
ward to the stairs.
(To Be Ocwfl—d)