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Wednesday, April 17, 1935
Tourists In The Valley
Significant indeen »re figures of the Brownsville
Chamber of Commerce regarding tourist registration
in this city during the season of 1934-1935. and in
dicative of the growth the entire Valiev has made in
the affections ot those who seek a tempered climate
during the winter months.
Tourist registration in Brownsville increased from
7*3 In the '33 - 34 season to an all time high of t303
during the season now closing an uppsge of ap
proximately 80 per cent. When it is considered that
— Judging from past experience only •one out of ev
•ry four to five tourists in a city, register, it wrill be
seen that Brownsville alone has had from 5 200 to
• 500 winter visitors.
Thai number of tourists friends, wintering in our
midst, represents a considerable amount of money
turned loose in the community, and multiplied by
the other thousands who have wintered in the various
community outside of Brownsville, presents a very
respectable total. Of course, we are Just beginning
our tourist adventure The established reports, high
in popular favor for years, of Florida and California,
would probably laugh at our exuberance over a
mere handful «to them* of 5.000 winter visitors.
The point is—increasing numbers of tourists are
coming to the Valley, and w*e are getting a goodly
number of ''repeat" .sales Not a town or city in this
city but will be well repaid by becoming more and
more tourist "conscious. b% doing the little things that
lie within the power of every single resident of that
town or city to make it more attractive and more In
teresting to the stranger within it* gates
He Ought to be Fired!
Somewhere in the city of Brownsville there is an
employe of a filling station who ought to lose his
Job and lose it quick
Approached by a woman visitor from the north in
search of a morr equable climate in which to live on
account of her husband's health, this filling station
emnlove proceeded to give the inquirer a most dire
picture of health conditions in the Valley.
Insofar as we arc aware, this gas station attendant
hoids neither an M. D degree nor is he qualified by
previous study to express an opinion on the sub
ject. Yet lie proceeded to give a dissertation on the
effects of Valley climate on sinus ailments that
would have immediately stamped him as an expert
on the subject, but for one thing, he knew so many
things that patently are not true. The visitor in
question very luckily did not stop with him. but pro
ceeded to make further inquiries which may result
in the family taking up Its residence here.
But the fad remains that a man making his liv
ing here in Brownsville went out of his way to
“knock * the city affording him a living and to knock
it to a representative of the class which affords his
emplover a considerable part of his business.
Such an employe is no asset to any business.
Port Day Just Postponed
Not called off. merely postponed, la the Port Day
celebration originally scheduled for Port Isabel next
Monday. Local conditions beyond the control of any
one prevented sufficient outgoing cargo being as
sembled for the dav planned Bui the shipa will
come in •sooner or later
The United States is fecund, heart-wanning, un
critical—like a mother Sordid things there alwav*
are there; it is necr«<*ry to look sbout for s bit of
beauty.—Author Louis Paul.
■ ■■■ j ■ ■ ■■■.. m.
Questions Gauge Your
Health Knowledge
■-* ————
tty UR MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor. Joaraal of the American Madlcai AuocUUoa
and of HygaJa. tho Health Magazine
Health knowledge it the kind of information you
[ should have Immediately available In times of emer
gency. During the last 10 years it has become a
significant part of the teaching in moat schools.
In a recent survey of freshmen entering the Uni
versity of Michigan, an attempt was made to find
out to what extent the health knowledge given to
pupils in high school had been assimilated. The
modern method of testing provides the offering of
a question with five possible answers, so that the
student may indicate which answer is correct.
The first question was. Goiter is not now so pre
valent in Michigan because <1> doctors have removed
them: <2i climatic changes: <3» the use of iodised
table salt; (4) the goiters are not being diagnosed;
<5» more tonsils are removed.
The right answer is No. 3. It has been found
that small amounts of iodine in the food are Im
portant in the prevention of simple goiter.
Surgeons have removed goiters that were a menace
to health. These, however, are in moat Instances
not simple goiters, but exophthalmic goiter, which
overwhelms the body, due to overactivity of the
thyroid
It has not been shown that climate affects the
incidence of goiter, nor does the removal of tonsils
• • •
Another question was The proper first-aid treat
ment of a finger cut is <1) Suck it. Put peroxide
on it. <3> let it bleed some, then elevate it. and al
! low it to seal up with a blood clot. <4* Wash it off
| with tap water *5* Cover It with court-plaster mois
tened with saliva.
Almost, even body knows now’ tha» sucking a finger
that has just been cut. or covering It w»th a plaster
moistened with saliva, would be exceedingly bad
treatment Washing it off with tap water ia hardly
safe, because tap water may contain germs although
probably the menace of health would be slight.
It would not be so serious to put peroxide on the
cut finger, except that peroxide when strong actual
I ly destroys tissue.
The correct method ia to let the blooci flow to car
i ry out any infection; then coagulation will seal the
wound and promote healing Most doctors still be
lieve, however, in the application of a mild anti
septic
• • •
The third question was The proper first aid for
turning the ankle is :< 1 > Walk on tt. »J> Manipulate
tt <3i Complete rest and elevation (4) Swab It
with liniment. <5> Paint It with iodine
It is bad for injured tissues ♦© subject them to
pressure, so that walking on the injured ankle or
manipulating it would certainly be bad for It. Noth
ing is gained by rubbing a sprained ankle with lin
iment or by painting it with iodine. The right step
is to elevate the foot and rest tt so as to give the
tissue opportunity to recover.
The doctor who is called to see a sprained ankle
secures rest for these tissues by application of strips
of adhesive tape or by suitable splinting or bracing
• • •
A fourth question was: The most certain way to
'recover from a cold Is: il» Take a ratharfic. r3»
Take a good workout <3» Go to bed <4> Cut down
on food (5» Gargle the throat.
There Is no reason w hy one w ho has s cold should
take a cathartic, since this has nothing to do with
a cold, but simply empties the bowels. A person with
a cold is sick and should not. indulge in overactivity.
Most persons who are sick will cut down on food
without having this done for them, but as long a*
the bowels and digestion are working satisfactorily,
there is no reason for cutting down on food with a
cold.
Gargling the throat, under the best of circum
stances. merely puts a fairly pleasant taste in the
mouth and washes accumulated secretions away.
Therefore the right answer as to wnat to do to
to recoser from a cold is. first of all, to go to bed.
Given a reasnable chance to recover under such cir
cumstances, the body will probably do so.
We a tell foreign countries. We dont want a war.
but we want peace and if you bother us well knock
hell out of you. - Representative William P Con
nery of Massachusetts.
Few (acts are sure, and all attitudes are debatable
And controversy soundly launched is the best possible
means of teaching one to think —John Hays Ham
mond. famed engineer.
I am watching events. When—and if—the time
comes that I may feel called upon to act again. I
will act.—Upton Sinclair.
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At a Gl ance
BV LESLIE Ell'llLL
(Central Pres* Staff Writer)
I _
NEW YORK April 17.-SeverU
persons are discussing whether an
unbiased, impartial Citizens league
should not be established at Wash
ington
Such leagues have helped toward
good government in cities.
The average citizen, caught be
tween powerful interests, has little
voice in Washington.
In fact, except for a few con«ci
entious men, there is nobody to pro
tect the average citizens interest
And the number of bills being
passed containing hidden or ambigu
ous clauses is appalling.
For example, who actually knows
what is contained in the army con
scription bill passed by the house?
Will it actually conscript wealth in
time of war?
Or is that matter left up to the
president, while every man up to 15
is conscripted for military sc-?*ee
and every worker is conscripted for
war work?
Here is a bill that still has to go
through the senate. What will it
contain when It leaves the senate?
It is true that Senator Nye. who has
been making the munitions investi
gation. plans to put teeth into it. to
! eliminate war profits.
Senator Nve. however, is only one
man Powerful mtere«ts are at work
in Washington; they can influence
some of the 96 senators.
But the average citizens, who are
certain to be drafted, cannot get a
word m.
Faster Train*
American trams are to be faster.
April :*8 — wiien daylight saving
tune begins again In many commun
ities — mill mark a general speed
ing up of trams.
The fastest long-distance trains
mill be "The Twentieth Century Lim
ited" on the New York Central and
The Broadway Limited" on the
Pennsylvania Boih run between
New York and Chicago Present time
of 17 hours 45 minutes will be cut
to a riat 17 hours.
That means the "Twentieth Cen
tury." which has a longer route, will
average 56.47 miles an hour. Includ
ing stops. Much of the run will be
at 75 miles an hour. Many New York
Central trains make 75 miles an hour
now for long stretches-as do train*
on the Pennsylvania.
Time will be cut also between New
York and Washington Average
there will be more than 60 miles an
hour for the chief trains. The Penn
sylvania has electric operation while
the Baltimore A Ohio will try
streamlined locomotives.
A week earlier, on April 21 the
Burlington will put on two Diesel
stream-liners between Chicago Bnd
Minneapolis-St, Paul, whose 100
mile-an-hour cruising speed w’tll
permit them to maintain what the
railroad savs will be the fastest reg
ular running time in America
Not to be outdone. ».hr Chicago.
Milwaukee. St Paul A’ Pacific will
put on similar fast trains between
Chicago and the Twin Cities
And "The 400." mile-a-minuter be
tween Chicago and St Paul-Minnea
polus. on the Chicago A* Northwest
ern. will go still faster to compete
This was the pioneer speed train on
this run and it has been doing an
increasingly large business.
AH over the nation schedules will
be shortened.
And. of course, virtually all
through trains will be completely air
conditioned.
If track conditions of lesser rail
roads were better, schedules could be
cut In half in some instances
During the summer, semi-weekly
speed trains will be installed on
transcontinental roads, cutting a
day off the time to the Pacific coast.
There Peace
As the economic warfare through
out the world Intensifies and suffer
ing spreads among all peoples, some
men are standing out for a cessation
of warfare Such men. of course,
risk the chance of being accused
of being against their country's in
terest—due to an emotionalism, sim
ilar to that during actual warfare,
aroused by nationalism.
In England Sir Malcolm Robert
son. former British ambassador to
Argentina, brings the subject to the
front by saying:
“It would be difficult to find a
stronger advocate of closer < British)
empire economic union than I am
But when it comes to Argentina. I
claim that she Is in a very spectal
position and must be regarded al
most as part of the empire. Cease
to purchase from Argentina and you
anil ruin hundreds of millions of
in any British dominion. You will
British capital, more than Is invested
increase the number of unemployed,
you anil nun several vitally impor
tant shipping lines, and you will es
trange and hit very hard a pre-emi
nently friendly people."
The condition of which Sir Mal
colm speaks is common to the Unit
ed States and other countries as well
as to England
DAY WEAR IN LONDON
LONDON. (T—Straight slim skirts
of normal length are featured for
day a ear. the outline accentuated
above the wain by full, flattened
sleeve*, often short. Necklines are
>oft and high, with touches of lace
or vivid scarfs in glass.
News
Behind the
News
Capital and world gossip, svsnta
and personalities, in and out ol
ths news, written by a group ol
fearless and informed newspaper
men of Washington and Nsw York
This column ta published by Th#
Herald as a news feature. Opinions
expressed are those of the wtIters as
individuals and should not be in
terpreted ss reflecting ths editorial
policy of this newspaper.
WASHINGTON
By GEORGE DURNO
j Tired — “Cactus Jack" Gamer bids
' fair to convert the vice presidency
from a "political graveyard ’ into a
live man's Job. He has never been
content to be merely the official
diner-out of the administration. His
alert mind and natural yen for
power have led him a never-excer
clsed prerogative that will make vice
presidents a potent influence in
shaping legislation — provided the
senate doesn t finally clip thetr
wings
Garners decision to scrap the
lime-honored custom of allowing
chairmen of senate committees to
select their own conferees and to
: name them himself should have some
Important results the next time a
controversal piece of legislation
needs ironing out between the two
houses.
The vice president is tired of seeing
1 senators selected as conferees who
; are opposed to the piece of legisla
tion in question. It happened last
, when the $4 880.000.000 work-relief
bill floundered around tn confer
ence.
. . .
Experience — This reaching out
for power is characterise tc of Gar
ner. When he became minority
i leader of the house he did not re
sign from the ways and means com
mittee — as is customary — and
itend strictly to the business of lead
ership. He held both jobs and ruled
I the democrats with an iron hand.
Nor was he relegated to innocuous
desuetude when he became vice pres
ident. Although he announced with
becoming modesty that he was mere
ly the senate's presiding officer, he
(continued to wield great influence
In the house and ha* been steadily
expanding his territory to cover the
senate as well.
He often says the last word about
legislation at cabinet meetings —
as befits his third of a century of
experience in congress.
• • •
Withdrawn — Senator Robert D
Carey <Ft• of Wyoming rates as the
CCC's No. 1 nemesis. First he **r
red up that toilet kit investigation in
the early days of the forest army
w’hich nearly had the New Deal on
its ear Now he has again stepped
in to ask "How come?'*
The senator learned some days
ago that an Invitation for bids had
been sent out by Director Robert
Fechner's corps for the furnishing
and delivering of fabricated material
and supplies for complete mail order
barracks. A little private lnvesM
Ication convinced him that buildings
of this tvpe might prove a great deal
more expensive than structures
'erected from local lumber by local
! labor,
Carr got In touch with Fechner
and stressed the desirability of pro
viding as much work for local labor
as possible — also suggesting that
comparative costs be more carefully
checked Fechner saw the point and
the invitations to bid were wlth
j drawn.
• • •
Footwork — New England is build
‘ing a bonfire under the administra
I non on the cotton processing ques
tion Cotton mills are making s tre
mendous howl and are backed by
legislators and governors The
ICa« • 'Mi.setts delegation demands
! protection against Japanese cotton
| imports and denounces President
Roosevelt for failing to apply an em
bargo as authorized by the recovery
act.
Secretary Wallace Is roasted by
angry New Englanders for his threat
to boost processing taxes instead of
j lowering them The movement in
opposition to the processing tax is
spreading. FDR. is urged to pay
farm benefit* directh out of work
relief funds — aa he is authorized to
do — thus doing away with the tax
which New England claims is killing
the textile industry.
Quick footwork will be necessary
to save the new AAA bill.
• • •
Impeachment — The house Judi
ciary committer has been sifting a
mass of evidence and testimony per
taining to the methods of operation
of certain federal judges In Illinois.
California and Florida at. recent se
cret sessions
One member told a W’ashington
friend that he would not be surpris
ed to see impeachment proceedings
instituted in certain instances.
# • •
Necessary — It develops belated
ly that not every member of congress
who voted for the big work-relief
bill was personally sold on it.
Representative Henry B Steagall
(D*. of Ala., chairman of the houae
banking and currency committee,
might be placed in this category.
At a recent private gathering he
explained he really didn't think
much of the measure but that he was
Sally s Sallies
Half the world doem’t know how the
tt>r» h»!f f!\ a—but oh. hot* 4 v* ould like
to imci ou;I
‘ON, MY BRAVE MEN!’ _
if. y~7
the one man in his district qualified
to represent it. Listeners deduced it
was necessary to vote for the work
relief bill if one wanted to continue
to represent that district.
• • •
Dies — The senate Agriculture
committee will soon report out fa
vorably the Prazier-Lemke Farm
Mortgage Refinancing bill. This
provides for the mandatory issuance
of farm credit corporation bonds at
1% per cent interest — the money
to be used in refinancing farm debt!
at the same rate of interest.
One feature of the measure re
quires the Federal Reserve banks to
buy the bonds — which are based on
the full value of the farms mortgag
ed and 65 per rent of the livestock. I
iThe banks would then be required to
issue currency against these bonds
with farm and livestock backing
One member of the committee ob
serves "If the bull dies, so does your
' •buck'.** I
Notes — Buying in Seaboard Oil
u attributed to John Hays Ham
mond's casual remarks In his auto
biography showing It* profit* . . .
Bi-partisan confabs in the house ara
aimed at killing off the proeeasmt
tax — and this group counts on help
from the supreme court . . Some of
FDR's best friend* are cautlonlnt
him against trying to whip congress
into line on bill* that democrat*
privately oppose ... He 1* carefully
sounding out the situation . . .
-at
<X DARK BLOND
^lCaPIETOW KeNDBAKE _
BEGIR HERE >'0041 I
RILLKEN1 GRAVES, «*»r»l*n
I* GEORGS DRIVGOLD. Rada he*
employe* la kli aftee dead.
JARVIS HAPP. a •triage*. aSara
ta ktly he*. He aead* he* ta a
heaaty shop where abe ta tvaaa
farmed lato a hrnnet. then takes
her home, tatrodaeln* ber aa hla
aeeretary. Sha meets Happ a aoa.
RORMARt hla atepioa ROBERT
CAISRi WRP HAPP: and VERA
DCrHERIu Mra. Happ* maid.
That alpht a aaie ande* he*
daot Inform* Mllllreat. -The wom
an ta hlaeh ermine la here." Wil
der a I aeea the woman, trlea ta
Valla**, hat loaea he*. Rllllreat
goet ta the rfcioVegr’i tuner*
Tha ehaoffrnr Is dead from a bal
let wound.
Bill m«<r*lng 11161**1
RAHOTEI tahea eharse af the
can*. He aa^***011* Wdllcent. I-ater
when she la la the eorrldo* talh
lap ta Rormnn they hear Wra.
Happ anawet the telephone dowa
atalrs. A moment late* Hra. Happ
aereama.
ROW GO OR WITH THE STORE
CHAPTER XXIX
MI LUCENT remained rooted to
the Heirs, staring with wide.
incredo long eyes It was Norman
who raced down tbe stairs, picked
up Mrs. Happ. holding bis hands
beneath ber arm-pita.
“What is it. Cynthia?” he
asked.
Twice she started to speak, and
twice words failed to come from
her lips
“Wnat is it?” Norman de
manded again, alarm in hie eoloe.
“Yoar father." she said.
“What aboat him?"
“They telephoned.”
"Who telephoned?”
“The men who bed him.”
“What do yon mean?” he
asked.
Millicent suddenly earn® to life
8ha sensed something of the sig
nificance of the words, ran down
three or four stairs. “Yon mean
he’s been arrested?” abe asked.
Mrs. Happ shook ber bead and
aaid, “He’s been kidnaped.”
“What?” Norman Happ ex
claimed.
“Kidnaped.”
“How do yon know?”
"They said eo over the tele
phone.”
“Who said so?”
“The men who bad him.”
“What did they eay?“
“They said they bad biro, that
he was safe for the present, that
there waa no nse trying to look
for blm. and that nnder no cir
cumstances were we to notify tbe
police—that If we notified the
police be wonld be killed.”
“Bat what did they want?”
Norman Happ asked. “Waa it
money?”
‘"They didn’t say. They said
they would communicate with me
later, and that when they got in
touch with me they’d give instruc
tions as to what they wanted
They aald 1 was to keep Mr
Happ’s disappearance completely
concealed from the officers In the
house. **
"They knew that officers were
in the bouse?” Norman Happ
asked.
“Apparently."
• • •
VIILLICENT was frowning doing
some very rapid thinking.
"He left his study." she said
’’and gave Mr. Buchanan the tey
Mr. Buchanan had some evidence
he wanted to . .
Cynthia Happ suddenly galvan
tzed into life She leveled an ar
cuslng forefinger at Millicent.
“You!" she screamed. “You're
the little hussy that Drought thl?
ill about! if it nadn't oeeo for
> you this would never nave nap
i pc tied! He brought you into the ■
bouse and look what's happened.
My busband la kidnaped. His
chauffeur baa been killed. We're
all involved in scandal. There are
police officers trooping about the
house, asking questions and prying
Into things that are none ot their
business. And who's to blame for
it—who’s responsible?"
Cynthia Happ’s voice rose to a
crescendo of hysterical accusation
and her rigid forefinger fairly qutv
ered as she pointed at Millioent.
“Ton are!!!P*
Norman Happ said, “Now listen.
Cynthia, calm yourself. This fsn’t
going to do anyone any good."
The woman pushed him to one
side. "You’re responsible." she
screamed at Milllcent. “Don t stand
there with that mealy mouthed look
on your face. Ton can't bluff me
with any of that kind ot stuff
You’re responsible for Harry Feld
lug’s murder! It’s because of you
my husband’s been kidnapped!
Yon ..."
Sergeant Mahoney’s voice, from
the head of the staircase, sounded
as professionally cheerful aa the
voice of a doctor entering a sick
room where the patient Is lying
on his death bed. “Well. well, well.’’
be said. “So ‘here seems to have
been a kidnaping. Tell mo abont
It, Mm Happ.”
At once Cynthia Happ regained
control of herself. She took a deep
breath, stared at the bead of the
stairs with resentment glittering in
her eyes.
Sergeant Mahoney moved from
the bead of the stairs, walking
around the comer of the banister
so that be was plainly visible.
Mm flapp’s face wreathed itself
In smiles. "It happens ” she said,
“that you overheard me telling this
young minx exactly what I thought
of her. I’m afraid I wasn’t mine
ing words.”
"Indeed you weren't," Sergeant
Mahoney said, coming down the
stairs, "but you said something
about your husband being kid
naped.”
• . .
YNTHIA HAPP laughed. Tm
afraid that I was very much
worked up." «he said. Tm cer
talnly thankful to you for the tn
terruption. Sergeant. Regardless of
the provocation 1 may have bad. I
certainly had no license to talk to
a servant as though she were an
equal. After all. the child is noth
ing but a hireling—one who does
my husband's work, one who Is tn
my bouse because It Is necessary to
have her here—Just as one would
have a painter, a scrubwoman, or
a window washer."
Millirent realized Mrs. Happ was
trying to make her lose her temper,
to create a scene in the hope that
such a scene would distract the at
tention of Sergeant Mahoney from
what Mra Happ herself said. Milit
ant refused to make a scene.
For a moment Sergeant Mahoney
| looked puzzled. Then he said. "But
what about the kidnaping. Mrs
i Happ?*
•Mrs. Happs smile was the smile
j of a perfect hostess welcoming
guests. "I'm sure." she cooed in
her most seductive tones, "that 1
1 know nothing whatever about any
kidnaping.'*
j "Under those circumstances.** Ser
‘ geaut Mahoney suggested, 'suppose
I «e oave a little talk .ogether t
want to use ibe telephone for s
lew uomems am then i w.juic
like to talk «ab you"
"It happens.' Mrs. Happ told him.
“I have other plana.**
“Surely they're not ao Important
that they can’t wait for a few mo
menta."
“I'm afraid they are.”
Hia face became atern. He Mild.
'To afraid I'm going to have to
inaiat. Mra. Happ.’’
“How strongly would you insist?*
"As strongly." he told her grimly,
“as U became necessary for me to
insist, in order to carry my point*
She had played too much bridge
not to know when the carda wera
stacked against her and ahe waa
too practised a hostess not to know
how to carry off the situation.
“Oh. under those circumstances,"
she said, “if it’s ao important I
will be glad to alter my plana.
Where did you wish to go for our
little chat?"
“First," be told her, “the tefw
phone."
Both Millicent and Norman Happ
remained on the etaira, their ears
strained, listening.
• • •
A BRUFTLY. from the lower floor. ]
** Sergeant Mahoney’a voice f
drifted -p to them.
“But. madam." he said, “this tele
phone has been knocked from the
stand. I heard It ringing a short
time ago and I'm quite certain I
heard ydbr voice answering it.
"It was." she told him. “a wrong
number. I’m afraid I must have
knocked the stand over when I
turned away
“But the stand hasn't been
knocked over.” Sergeant Mahoney
said Insistently. “It's the telephone
that was knocked or thrown to the
floor. How do you explain that?
And I heard yon scream. How
ahont that?"
“Really. Sergeanf. there are some
things one Just can't explaln-mat
tern of carelessness, perhaps . . .*
Her voice trailed off into silence
and Norman Happ. taking Mill!
cent’s arm. turned her gently about
on the stairs, started ascending
them.
“They'D Just talk around In cir
cles." he said. “Cynthia won't tell
him anything, but yon and I have
got to have a talk.”
She found herself welcoming the
touch of his palm undor her elbow.
“Hell know that she’s lying."
"That won't tpake any dittos^
ence." Norman Happ Bald grimly.
“He won’t get any Information owt
of her, but ttr’ve got to do tome
thing."
“What do you mean?" she asked
They wsra In the corridor now.
Nbrman Happ looked about him,
then lowered his voice
“She’s a wonderful actress.” kerf
said. “She’s got plenty of polse.r
Sergeant Mahoney will never get
her story."
“Don’t you believe lt.“ Millicent
retorted. “Sergeant Mahoney wil
read her thoughts. He’s playing *
with her as a cat plays with a
mouse*
“Perhaps you're right," Norman
Happ agreed, “hot the time hae
•otne for you to put all of your
! cards on the table Wa ve got te
play oia thing together. Have yon
enough confidence In me to tell me
everything?*’
Millicent suddenly found herseM
-itartng into bis eyee. He bag
grasped her shoulders, whirled bar
ibout *o that the was facing him.
His arms ware around ber
Millicent. be said, “can yo^
*Ul you tell me eterytttingr
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