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Show THE RICH COUNTY REAPER, RANDOLPH, UTAH t VICE VERSA 88 By CARLTON JAMES Associated Newspapers. WJTU Service. sS OMETIMES," said retired Po- lice Inspector , Andrews, It , seems that the more a man tries to evade capture for a crime he has committed. the more likeAnd ly becomes his apprehension. t , J vice versa. Vice versa? 1 said In some astonishment. What do you mean by that? Andrews smiled faintly and nodded. Yes, he said, vice versa. Take, for example, the case of Vic Bradley. Vic was a .murderer. Not chronic, mind you. He killed to pay a debt Vengeance. His victims name was Ross. Burt Ross. When they were young men, Ross had stolen Bradleys girl. He persuaded her to elope with him on the eve of her marriage to Vic. Made all sorts of promises, spoke slanderously of his rival, produced a note, written in Bradleys hand, In which he admitted that he was marrying Helen, his betrothed, only for her money. Vic never got over it. He learned later from Helens own lips of Ross trickery, learned that Ross had forged the note himself. Helen died In Vics arms. Ross had killed her. Bradley never forgot and never recovered from the wrong done him by Ross. He swore to kill the other man, and dedicated his life to this purpose. But its accomplishment was more difficult than he had anticipated. Ross vanished. But Vic knew that no man In this day and age can completely disappear. And so Bradley began his search. A distant uncle had died and willed him a modest fortune, so besides being able to devote his entire time to the accomplishment of his purpose he was also enabled to employ various agencies to assist him. The search lasted for ten years. And during this time Vics desire for "Vic Called at Rosss Room and Shot Him Dead as Casually as You Please. vengeance did not diminish in the least. In fact, due to constant brooding and lack of other matters to occupy his mind, the thing became an obsession, haunting him day and night. Eventually he found Ross in a New York hotel, living under an assumed name. As soon as he had positively Identified his enemy, Vic loaded up the automatic he had purchased for the purpose, called at Ross room and shot , him dead, without preamble and as casually as you please. Assured that Ross was dead, he pocketed his automatic, strolled out of the hotel and returned to his ment He then sat down to wait. Momentarily he expected the arrival of the police. He had not planned to attempt avoiding the consequences of his act, realizing the futility of it. When the police arrived he would confess to the crime and gladly go with them. He had expected to pay for his revenge with his own life, and felt that his bargain was not unfair, Bradley sat in his chair for two hours. But the police didnt come. This fact mildly surprised but did not puzzle him. He knew it would be merely, a matter of a few more minutes. Presently he became conscious of hunger, and left his apartment and walked to a nearby restaurant He made no attempt to be secretive or He regarded no overly indifferent. one furtively, indeed was not concerned with how people regarded him. He just didnt care. He could see no point in voluntarily surrendering himself to the authorities, neither would he go out of his way to evade capture. Returning to his apartment, he half expected to find a squad of uniformed officers awaiting his arrival, but the place was as he had left it deserted. He sat up for three hours, waiting. But nothing happened, and he went to , attended an art exhibit, dined with friends and returned to his apartment quite late. It was while he was disrobing that suddenly the desire came to him, to live. That is, for the first time in ten years, Bradley awoke to the fact that he was still a young man, that life stretched out ahead of him. He had satisfied his desire for vengeance, achieved his goal. Why not now dismiss the incident from his mind, call it a closed book and begin all over again. The idea grew upon him. The more he thought about It, the more pronounced became the longing to follow this course of action. Yes, that was the thing to do. It was the thing he would do. Instantly, now .that the decision was made, he thought of Ross, of the crime he had committed. There was little danger of capture. He knew that from his experience of the past few days. Still, he must be more careful. Hed been altogether too indifferent and careless. It was a wonder he hadnt been picked up long ago. Bradley crossed to his closet, took down the suit he had been wearing on the day he shot Ross, and removed from its pocket the automatic. It would never do, he told himself, to have the weapon found on his person. He considered several hiding places, and eventually tucked it far back In a drawer of his desk. He reviewed his crime and tried to think of other precautions to cover up his guilt. None presented themselves and he became a little alarmed. Capture now held for him a peculiar horror. He shuddered, thinking of the electric chair. The next day he visited his club again and that evening he was arrested and charged with the murder of Ross. Andrews paused. The faint smile was still on his lips. How did they What? I said. find out he was the man? By vice versa," said Andrews. Dont you get it? As long as Vic didnt care whether he was captured or not, he could act perfectly normal. But the minute he tried to act normal, he failed. The reason he went to the club that next day was because he felt that if he didnt, the members , might become suspicious of his absence. One of them noticed his change in attitude. Another, quite Innocently asked him where he was on the night of the murder. A third became suspicious at Vics answer. They talked it over, they questioned him further, and the guilt in Bradleys eyes was too obvious to be ignored. A member with whom he had never got along very well took it upon Officers himself to call the police. searched his apartment. They found the gun. He was charged with the murder and confessed. Andrews You see, he paused and shrugged. said, vice versa." Drive Against Trachoma Prior to the war the existence of trachoma in Rumania was almost general, but In the process of training young men for the military service there was a successful onslaught upon the ravages of the eye disease. Recruits found to be infected were sent to a hospital, where they remained as long as their condition was regarded as infectious. A history of each case was prepared and a government physician was sent into the locality of the victims residence and examinations made. If any great number of cases were discovered, means were taken at once to stamp' out the disease. 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