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THE BROWNSVILLE HERALD
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also the local news published herein.
TEXAS DAILY PRESS LEAGUE
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Kansas City. 301 Intestate Bldg..
Chicago. iu„ iso N. Michigan Ave..
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Bt Louie. Mo . 505 Star Bldg .
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SUBSCRIPTION RATES
By earner— In Brownsville and all Rio Qrande Valley cttiea
lie a week; 75c a month
By Stall— In The Rio Grande Valley. In advance: one year.
07 00; six months. $3.75; 9 months. S2
By Mall—Outside of the Rio Qrande Valley: 75c per
month; 18 00 per vear; 0 months. $4 50.
Sunday, April 28. 1935
The Pull All Together
So fist snd so funous h«ve been the developments
In the Valley dunng the past two years that most of
us have not fully recovered our breaths nor have we
been able to get down to earth sufficiently to realise
that the hardest work is yet ahead of us. But the
hard work ahead will come much easier than the
work of the past two decade*, for have we not the
satisfaction of accomplishment behind us?
We have deep water porta in the Valley We have
oil fields. We have the assurance of the Kenedy
county road.
And for the future?
If we were asked to lay down a platform of work
for the Rio Grande Valley for the coming year, here
It is, with the various points by no means listed In
tha order of their respective importance:
1. The promulgation of an effective citrus adver
tising campaign, covering at least a part of the na
tional market, and backed by sufficient money to
aeeurc the services of an efficient agency and to
pay for effective copy.
3. A further development of facilities for ihe
entertainment and edification of tourist visitors, in
cluding at least some national advertising to attract
others to our section.
3 Immediate steps to capitalize on our oil Helds
and our deep water ports to the advancement of the
Valiev as a whole.
4. Additional steps looking toward a further
stabilization of the citrus and vegetable markets to
the advantage of our growers, with still more atten
tion to perfecting a real co-operation between ship
pers and growers.
5 A complete co-operation with state and federal
and county forces in the mosquito eradication work
looking toward a lessening of the malaria menace
to our section.
6 Further work looking toward the construction
of the Matanioros-Victona and the Reynosa-Mon
terrev highways.
1 More enthusiastic work on highway and in
dividual premise beautification
Several of these ■planks" are no doubt interlock
ing, but The Brownsville Herald believes that any
one of them or all of them, wnll constitute an affec
tive part of the program of any civic organization
looking to advance not only the welfare of the com
munity in which it may be located, but the welfare
of the Valle.v as a whole.
After, all—it is going to be the long pull, the
strong pull, and the pull all together that will be
put the Valiev over the top and bring it to its right
ful position
Intra City Transportation
Some 50 odd camions roam the streets of Browns- 1
Mile, individually operated, going where they feel
like it. and apparently maintaining no regular sched
ules to and from any section of the city. •
When you want one, they are not to be seen
When you are driving your okn car they swung
around corners with a fine abandon and are ever
lastingly cluttering up the streets and getting in
your way.
The time would seem to be nearly ripe for the es
tablishment of a bus line in Brownsville, covering
the principal residential sections of the city, and
operating first class buses
Surely such a line would be an accommodation to
the ‘one car” families of the city, and surely if
Brownsville grows at all. or even maintains its pres
ent status, there is business or will be business 1
enough to make such e line pay.
As we see it. three or four buses, operating on a
regular schedule.1 would give Brownsville better trans
portation service than the 50 or 80 camions now
operating are furnishing and would touch sections
of the city that are not now covered.
The maintenance of a regular schedule would
tend to increase the number of pa crons.
There may be an opportunity here for some enter
prising business man.
Money Spent To Save Lives
As President Roosevelt points out. the terrible ac
cident in Maryland in which 14 children were killed
when a tram hit a school bus is a pointed argument
in favor of the big grade crossing elimination proj
ect which is to be a part of the government's new
work-relief program
Given the best automatic warning equipment that
can be devised and the utmost care on the part of
motorists .the grade crossing is bound to be danger
ous. There will always be occasions when a motor
ist fails to see the warning signals and does not
hear the bell or whistle.
As long as we have main-line grade crossings we
are going to have a certain number of tragedies like
this one in Maryland.
Between $100,000,000 and $200,000,000 will be
.spent to eliminate grade crossings. From every
angle, it will be money well spent.
Varied Diet Assures -
Growth and Health
By DR. MORRIS USHBEIN
Editor. Joornal of the American Medical Association
and of Hygeia. the Health Magazine
Vary your daily diet to cover all the usual food
stuffs eaten by human beings, and you will have the
necessary substances for health and growth.
This is the important conclusion made from re
cent studies of foods and nutrition.
It is dpubtful if any desire of mankind is greater
than the necessity for alleviation of hunger. Hunger,
however. ia satisfied by almost any food that is put
Into the body, whereas the maximum nutrition is
gamed only by the right foods taken in the right
amounts.
Primitive men depended on their instincts and ap
petites for the choice of the right foods. We know
today that these instincts and appetites cannot al
ways be trusted.
They are much less to be trusted, however, m our
modern times, when the choice of foods ts so tre
mendous. when foods have been sophisticated to a
great extent, and when the advertising appeal is add
ed to the normal appeal of hunger and appetite.
• • •
In a recent survey. Sir Frederick (lowland Hop
kins, who some years ago was awarded the Nobel
prize lor his work in nutrition, points out that our
real modem knowledge of nutrition begins with the
work of Leibig in 1840,
Leibig is credited with having established the view
that the proteins of food when eaten ere easily, di
rectly. and almost unchanged built into the tissues of
the person who eats them. On the other hand, the
fats and carbohydrates, or sugars, represent fuel
which is burned in the body to supply heat and
energy.
Since the time of Leibig, some of our views regard
ing the usefulness of proteins and carbohydrates In
the body have changed. Today we know that there
are several types of protein which differ in their
chemical organization and in th^ manner in which
the body may use them for its own growth and for
repair of tissues.
• • •
The proteins in food which can be used to the
greatest value by the human body are those which
contain all of certain essential substances called
amino-acids in such relative proportions as corre
spond most nearly with the proportions required by
the tissues of the consumer. These are called first
class proteins and also proteins of high biological
value.
The animal proteins are those which rank highest
in such values. The average human being needs
from 80 to 100 grams of protein a day to remain tn
health and in a satisfactory state of nutrition.
As to the fats and the carbohydrates, we now
know that both are required by the human body in
certain proportions, and we know also that each
class among foodstuffs ha* special functions. The
fat* are not properly used by the body in the ab
sence of carbohydrates.
I know my friends in America are not. only think
ing of me. but also praying for me in my effort* to
maintain and strengthen the peace of the world —
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald of Great Britain
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WOULD GO The opposite DIRECTOR
The^World
At a Gla nee
,|li;
BY LESLIE EICHEL
(Central Press Staff Writer)
NEW YORK, April 27.—Americans
will be called on to consider more
complex problems at the next pres
idential election than ever previous
ly in history.
A few of the problems were pre
sented to the American Society of
Newspaper Editors, meeting In
Washington—but only a few.
Newspapers have been under fire,
thus editors have sought some clear
thinking.
Probably the most realistic state- j
ment was made by Prank H. Si-,
monds. writer on international af- |
fairs who spoke on the Inability of
the world to have peace as long as
economic wars lasted.
This chiefly, is what Simonds
said that interests the United
States:
• The repeal of the Hawley-Smoot
tariff law would today be a greater
contribution to world peace than the
revision of the Treaty of Versailles."
Him Senator William E Borah
cf Idaho, in making a plea for free
s vech and a free press, asserted
tin! methods being used by legis
latures and other groups to counter
art Nazi-ism and communism were
as offensive and intolerable as the
forces which they are supposed to
counteract.
"The real problem." remarked
Senator Borah, "is how to protect
the citizen against the encroach
ment upon his rights and liberties
by his own government, how to save
him from the repressive schemes
born of the egotism of public of
fice."
• • •
Beal Problem
But the real problem is far
broader—and it is one that has not
been met with courage or foresight
either by Democrats or Republi
cans.
Thst problem lies in this—and
! tills is the issue being forced upon
the parties for the next election:
How ran the broadest earning
ixwer he returned to the mass of
citizens?
The great ma^s of people desire
neither relief nor dole nor subsidy,
in spite of all the propaganda to
the contrary The great mass of
Americans desire to be "on their
own."
But they cannot be so long as
earnings concentrate into a small
proportion of the population.
It is not a matter of dividing the
wealth—it ceases to be wealth the
moment the driving power and the
genius behind production stops
The problem is a matter of a
broader share of the products that
one helps to produce.
WWW
Abstract Problems
Actually, problem* stated in the
abstract like that (probably the
moat truthful portrayal* will not
appeal to the maw of voters.
Issues that lend themselves to
emotions and hysterics have a more
popular appeal.
Already, people speaking truth*
are denounced as “un-American."
We can. therefore, vision the next
campaign
We even may be forbidden to
speak the truth bv that time
• • •
Opportunities Missed
If now there is a torrent of crit
icism on the heads of the Roosevelt
administration, it is because she
president mussed his great oppor
tunity. His administration began
in conformity with ihe desirt* of
the people. Tt has frittered to a
hesitant, pawuif thing, not even
growling when forces antagonistic
to t.hc welfare of the people de
prive the people of their right*.
Worse, it has permitted broad
openings for demagogues—and. In
stead of removing the situation that
bred the demagogues, it has inten
sified that situation.
And where it has accomplished
good, through Its first rushes, it
now seemingly is backing down—
so that people are n*>erable under
half measures.
The reactionary Democrats never
would have gotten anywhere, the
southern sharecropper tragedy, the
1 monopolies under the NR A. the be
I fuddling of the NRA labor clauses.
I the intensification of the world
1 trur* * battle through artificial stim
ulation of currencies all could have
been avoided if the administration
had maintained a straightforward
and sure course.
Nor can the republicans cheer.
The storm of the next campaign
will bring no ease of mind to either
Democrats or Republicans The
fury of the storm will be made up of
a people beside themselves in de
spair. striking blindly. And that
too. is why it will be difficult to
present abstract problems — the
truth.
Considered to be the father of
lighthouses, the Pharos of Alexan
dria was built at Alexandria. Egypt
several centuries before the birth
of Christ. It was several hundred
feel in height and the blazing fire
at its summit was visible 27 miles at
sea
The world's largest clock is lo
cated atop the Colgate factorv in
Jersey City, n J. Its dial measures
*C feet In diameter, its minute hand
ts 27 feet 3 inches long and its hour
hand 10 feet 0 inches m length
Sally s Sallies
A woman's face u her fortune only when
“ Aaw»a lot of meant.
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News
Behind the
News
Capital and world goaelp. avanta
and personalities, m and out ol
ibe news, written by a group ol
rearless and Informed newspaper
men of Washington and New York
This column Is published by The
Herald as a news feature. Opinions
expu|<ed are those of the writers ae
mdiv.duals and should not bo in
terpreted as reflecting the editorial
policy of thla newspaper.
WASHINGTON
By George Dumo
. Hoist —Smooth and efficient
workmanship lies behind the killing
of the Copeland pure food, drug
and cosmetic bill for a second con
secutive session but the measure s
opponents are beginning to wonder
whether they didn't shoot too hard
and fast.
In the existing law. which dates
back some 25 years to the famous
Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, there is a
provision which permits the gov
ernment to make multiple seizure*
of a suspected food product, drug
or (latent medicine. This has long
stuck in tiie craw of the trade be
cause when it is thoroughly exer
cised. a tirm s business is well crip
pled pending court decision on the
justness of the charge.
When Royal Copeland. Senator
doctor from New York, brought his
new bill up recently the opposition '
idea was to amend it so none of
the objectionable features of the old
Wiley Act would be left, to say
nothing of original New Deal ideas
for strengthening control over pat
ent foods and medicine that go into
\our stomach and the paint that
goes on your face (provided in the
iasi instance you are a lady!.
• • •
Sniping — Sen. Copeland brought
his bill up valiantly, explaining it
was a perfection of the one offered
last year that got voted down be
cause it bore the earmark of Under
secretary of Agriculture Rex Tug
weil—who stays in 111 favor in cer
tain quarters on Capitol Hill.
Then the sniping started. Before
the bewildered senator-doctor could
catch his breath, amendments were
being offered right and left, and
some of them passed the Senate.
Drugs had to be ‘ Imminently dan
gerous to health” before liable to
action. The Federal Trade Com
mission. rather than the Food and
Drug Administration, would pass on
false advertising in the future.
And—among dthers—only one
shipment of misbranded shipments
could be seized by the government
except on court order.
...
Ace—Officials who have been ad-1
ministering the old Wiley law for
years went tnto a huddle when they
listened to the nature of the amend
ments to their new act and saw an
important one pass. 44 to 29.
They decided discretion was the
better part of valor If the Cope
land bill stayed before the Senate
the most effective portions of the
present law. as these officials see
them, would be wiped out.
Copeland, on advice of counsel,
did a double-quick retreat. His bill
If back on the calendar and will
never get to final action this ses
sion. In the meantime multiple
seizure is still the prerogative of
the Food and Drug Administration
and presumably will be exercised
whenever those in charge decide the
consumer ia be mg gypped.
• • •
Whipsaw—There Is talk in the
fastness of Washington these eve
nings that what may appear to be
an administration surrender to the
public utilities interests—if it oc
curs—possibly will develop into a
deferred lackjacking.
It works this way: Terrific pres
sure is being exerted by powerful
influences to stop Congress from
passing the bill President Roosevelt
recommended which would legislate
utility holding companies out of ex
istence in five years. Latest infor
mation being eased around la that
the administration will take a com
promise and accept a measure pro
viding merely for federal regulation
of the super-stockholders.
Now comes a suggestion that even
should such a compromise pass,
there will be tax legislation of sorts
before Congress finally adjourns
What could be simpler than to add
on to this one a schedule that would
have the effect of taxing holding
companies out of existence inside
of the originally prescribed five
jears?
• • •
lagle -They do say that a new
NR A bill is being drafted for presen
; tation to the Senate when the time
.scorns propitious.
The one being subjected to such
| severe criticism bears the name of
'Senator Pat Harrison, chairman of
the inquiring committee. It was
j introduced suddenly some days ago
to meet what appeared to be a leg
{tslatlve crisis There are those who
suspect and insist this first bill was
the handiwork of Donald Richberg
director of the National Emergency
Council and real boss of the be
leaguered NR A
The new draft, it is reported, will
1 smooth out some of the proposals
for federal supervision of interstate
b<; mess now being most thoroughly
attacked.
But don't forget that ftr White
House is applying as much pressure
t on Congress for extension of NR A
1 as it did to get the $4,880,000,000
work-relief act through Compro
mise being tne law of politics there
will be some, but if President Roose
velt has his way. the Blue Eagle
will continue to flutter a wing.
• • •
Opposition—“How's the voice cry
ing in the wilderness?" asked a
cabinet member of his colleague.
Secretary Wallace. Wallace smiled
wearily and didn't reply.
Lobbyists representing all kinds
of business are throwing scares into
members of Congress concerning
the wickedness of AAA and the di
abolical scheme of Wallace to be
come a Hitler of agriculture and
food Wallace shrugs his shoulders
and asks. "Do you want fanners to
survive or not**'
Elisha Hanson, representing news
papers. kicks against the “search"
clauses in AAA and other bills He
pictures censorship coining after
federal officers are empowered to
pry into books and papers of all
business concerns. Opponents of
processing taxes are very active,
southern as well as eastern South
ern members protest against the
system that they claim has made
wanderers of share-croppers
•
‘COME OUT, COME OUT, WHEREVER YOU ARE!’
Serenity—One of the marvpls of
Washington is the even temper of
President Roosevelt while some of
hia lieutenants show evidence of
ragged nerves in outbursts of tem
per. the president has not been
known to break out. although he
has plenty of provocation. The
quarrels In his official family don't
seem to disturb him. Vexatious sit
uations strike him every* hour. Par- }
tv treachery on the hill is enough
to cause him to explode He could
easily demolish some of the men
who are trying to undermine him.
but he treats them as friends.
Roosevelt* astonishing aplomb in
the midst of staggering difficulties I
is one of the reasons why Republi
cans are cautious In tackling him.
They know' he is strong in the coun
trvs confidence If he would only
show nervousness and fraezled
nenes they would be more sure of
their ground But he doesn't give
them an opening.
DARK BLOND’
A.CaPUTON KeNDSAKE 0WBHEAreMcs.BC.
•■GUI MMtfc TODAY
MILLIdCJII GRAVES. accrvtar;
to GEORGE DUIMI.OLD tad* bet
eaylayn ta hta aWte* dead
JARVIS RAFT, s atraase* after*
t* bats bat Ba aaada bet t# a
b ca or; *bop where *be la traas>
formed tat# ■ brand tba* take*
bat bam# tateadaelas bat a* bl*
aeeretarj. Sbe meet* Happ a Mt
MORMANi bla atepaoa ROBICK1
CAlSEi MR* RAPP. O I C K
GENTRY, Rapp’r partaen aad
VERA OLTHKNE. Mtb Happ*
mat A
la Rapp's borne MilMeeat *ee»
(be m;*tcrloa* woman Ip blarb
emit* whom abe believe* ba*
•owe aaaaaettaa with Orlmpoid'*
Sea l A
Tba abasNeat U foaad dead
Lstat Happ ta bISnaped
Mtllleeat aad Normaa leara tbe
ear Srteea b; tba womaa la «t
mine batons* to PHYLLIS PAIL
CO.N th rbe; pa ta bat apartateai
aad while tba; are there lomroee
trie* ta aatat Normaa tallow* t#
■ ad oat wb* It U Mlllieeat dis
cover* tbe aalteaae eontainlnie
Happ‘* baslaeo* aeeoaol* taba* It
aad **♦# ta tba batal where aba
atappad before
Normaa eomas. There ta a aaaa*
betweea them ta which ba taba*
bar la bta arm*.
NOW GO OA WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XJLX Vill
IVORMAM said. “Millicent. I love
you. That's why It meant sc
much to me when 1 found you wore
safe after knowing you nad dmi
to such danger. 1 didn't want tc
tall you now Decause 1 was afralc
you’d think 1 was )ust Ilk* Bot
Calsa 1 know the way be mna'
have tried to force himself upor
you. But It's different with me
Won’t you understand? Can’t you
understand?”
Sbs tried to find words, but word*
would not come
He misconstrued her silence. “Ob
please, dearest one." he said, “pleas,
don’t misunderstand me! i can
hear the thought of living without
you. Please don't be prejudiced
against ms because i was swept of
my feet. Give me a chance to shoe
you that 1 really 1c love you. After
we have all of these trouble* be
bind os—after we are living a*
we want to. without fear of whs
may be just around the oorner
Then, sometime when you 0S7i
learned to snow me better. I’ll set
you to marry me Ontll then, pleas,
bold your mind open. Please don"
become prejudiced ..
And then sb* found her voice
and beard nsrselt saying. ”8U)y
can't you see 1 love you. too?”
Bis arms closed about her. Theii
lips clung together for a rapturous
moment
This time tt was Norman wbc
terminated the caress. Slowly
released ner. looking at ber witi
eyes In wbleb there was no longei
hanger, but only e deep tenderness
“Dearest." be said, “we owe It
to yon to get this thing straight
ened oat and. oy Heaven, we're go
ing to straighten tt outl We re go
log to And the person who klilec
Urlmgold and we're going to line
Harry gelding's murderer. Jus’
let me elt over bert where 1 eat
watch yon while yon work on thos<
hooka. Then well go find Gentn
and when we find him I'll eon
front him with the facta and &g
urea.*
see
CHE brushed bar lips lightly
against &ls cheek, caught at*
band, held tt tn both of bars tor a
moment Then with s low. throat)
laugh she poshed aim over towerc
the big overstaffed chair and eaic
“Sit there, Normals I’m eo bapp*
I’m afraid I can't ado a column 01
figures But I'll cry. because It oa>
to be dons We're flgbtlng again*
minutes Sergeant Mahoney is look
mg for m* and U wont M long
until be finds me When be doe*
we have to bare ibis thing solved.
Without a word Nortnao sai
down took a cigaret from bis case
and lit It
“Go ahead." be said. “Ill wait
I can wait now^ that I know bow
vou feeL Only work as fast as yon
ran. to that I can get out and d>
my 'bare toward cleaning thu
thing np "
She made no attempt at an or
derly audit o: lb* books, instead
she looked for certain tell-tale evi
dences ol discrepancies—t b I n g *
which she bad learned daring the
time she nad acted as assistant tc
s public accountant
(>ess than two hours bad passed
when she looked op et Norman
Happ who had kept perfectly quiet
watching ber.
“There’s a fund of more than
I200.0U0 that ba* simply disap
peared " she told him. "It's beer
luggled around tbrougb one or twc
accounts and then complete!?
dropped. 1 can tell yon Ibis abou’
Rlcbard Gentry—be’s an Indlffer
ent bookkeeper but bee an em
bezzler. His books would oevei
stand op to an andlt They wouIdD t
even balance. His accounts show
discrepancies right on their faces
“Okay." be said, “let’s go. How
about that shorthand notebook—the
one in which you took Drlmgold’s
confer slon?"
She banded It to him. He opened
the book and looked at the series
of pothooks
“It might as well be In Egyp
tlan." be told ber, “as tar aa I’m
concerned.
Suddenly his eyes narrowed and
be said. “Look here, MillicenL Sup
pose we could discover what tbai
crime was Drlmgold was going tc
confess Don’t yon think yon conld
have It appear bis confession bad
gone farther than It really did'
No one could check np on yoo.
"Someone who nsed my system of
shorthand conld.” she told him.
“We'll take a chance on tbai
i^t s see If we can't find out some
thing about what be was going t<
confess because It’s linked with thi
whole business In some way. Com*
on. Let’s go see this ebap who rum
the liquor store and see If be can't
give os an add'tlonal clew With
that In our bands we will be sit
ting pretty.
“How about this suitcase?" she
asked.
"That.- be eald. "can be left with
tbe clerk at the desk. Tell bim it
contains valuables and bell put It
in a safe place. Come on. let's go.”
• • •
TTB unlocked tbe door, bold It
11 opes for ber. and together
they descended to tbe lobby. Hapr
naoded tbe enltcase across the
counter to tbe cie»k and said. Ths'
nas soma valuable document* tn It
Qlv* me a receipt and keep it tn
a eafe place Tbe suitcase Is U>r
property of Miss Mllllcent Jones
wbo Is registered with you *
Tbe clerk eyed txim with cynic*
appraisal, out what be taw to Nor
mao Rapp’s eye* made him lowei
bis own and nod with unaccae
tomed civility.
"Very well air,** be said making
out a receipt
Norman folded tbe receipt band
ed it to Mllllceut and said. "You o
better seep Lbts wt;b that not* Bor
Calse wrote and then you'll bare
all tbe evidence together "
They caught a tea lean. went to
tbe liquor store, and Norman Hapt
said. “Com* on in. MllltcenL Ha
won't help us unless you ask blm.
He's strong for yon."
Together e> entered the liquor
stora The proprietor's eyes lighted
up as be saw MllilccnL “Find tha
people yon were looking for?" ha
asked.
“1 think we have." Mi lllcent told
Dim, “but we want to make certain.
Will you nelp us?" •
“What do you want me to doT*
“Go tc 3»29 Barron* avenue Go
to Miss Phyllis Fauiconer'e apart,
meni. Tell her tbat you're eelllnf
life Insurance or soliciting tor a
laundry route or something of that
son. Get a good look at the woman
and see If she's the woman In tha
Mack ermine coaL“
"I’ll nave to get someone to
watcb tbe store.” be said dubiously.
“There's a man next door who
comes in sometimes, but be wants
32 an evening, and be won't ...”
“That’a all right" Norman eafd.
‘You call blm In. Here's the 33
and bere'e another S3 for tbe taxi
'ab tare and expense money.”
Tbe man took tbe 35 bill Norman
nanded blm. grinned and said. “I’U
get going. I'll send tbit man lx ' f
to keep tbe atnra Do yon tolka “
want to wait in here until 1 get
back?*
”1* there a back room some
where?" Norman Happ asked.
“Sura Come right In here and
sit down.”
• • •
LIE led the way to a back room
wblcb contained two chairs, a
cot a stove, some cases of bottled
goods, and shelves littered with an
array of liquora There was a
glass panel in front of some of the
bottles so that it wa» possible for
a person in tbe back room to ob
serve eusromers who entered the
store without in turn being ob
served.
A tew momenta after they had
seated themselves a bald beaded
man with a drooping, lackadaisical
manner sbnffled Into the room,
cave them a nalf-emtle as though
It were too much of an effort to
raise tbe corners of bis lips. “My
name's Johnson.” be said. ”1 waa
-ent in here to watcb the (Mace.*
He sat down on the edge of th#
cot crossed long legs and said*
' ‘Business acre Is rotten *
“Is It?" asked Norman.
*I've got a stationery store nest
door. My daughter runs It when
I'm sway. I come over ber* every
anc# In a while. Business la good
in the liquor line but ...”
He broke ofl as an electric bell
sounded.
-Customer* coming In, be ae
plained.
He got op from tby cot, lull7 1
shuffled to the outer store. A
“Did yon ever m encb • tired
man?* Millleent inquired.
Norman Happ grinned and got op
to look through the glaaa window.
TU *ee now be waits on custom
ers." b* remarked.
Be stood tor a moment staring
through the glaaa partition. Bud
deniy ns gave a sun of surprise.
Good heavens! * be exclaimed.
| Look bore. Millleent. but keep
1 under cover where they can’t see
I you I'm afraid they’re looking for
1 von."
. tih* Joined him at the window,
looked oat Into the Interior of the
store.
Cynthia Happ and Bob Calae
were 'tending at tb* counter, telle
mg in tow tones with Johnaoe.
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