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Show AMERICAN FOItK CITIZEN if i I M MZizim III E...5 y GRANVILLE CHURCH 5 in IfTi-, sr. s3au$ their when Jeff re- "Lai zora Mitchell warn-!'iiMme. warn-!'iiMme. it U too Utt to ' H cMm 10 ten "--HPO' 10 a,e,r tel. Se Biully iiriil to ItB persuaded her iT, chief enrtneer lor a fruit eompy ,me. He nearly chained !ft lolni .fur tolklng ' Jerry MclaoU, a former JJy, b Tlerra Uhro, who ' , MltcheU'i hatband 'Zl.nl MUheU Joh that ZTned to IB. They art IT,, Cabeia de Negro, Jeff ifJa'i "Don't eome" 2!1. ITH THE STORY tffttvm CHAPTER II . . .I4U SrtBc! And here ne was w.u. fkor f his arm- Buddy w . o hi trousers. V jjgguis Ci Libre rising up out ol '"rL. the, buildlnM of PCX irJ.- aVinc shaoe. His F " tiphtened about jgnjcawev -o 4 .telort toey drew close I .make out details of the ,iet docks and receiving saw the motor launch lilonf toe coast as though Ltftem. It, too, was head-14, head-14, port, and at last Curt the figure standing ui uic aid off his hat to wave It L tou old mucklej-head," he C 1 mlght've known you'd m to meet us. IfH your wireless you were through Cabeza. Hrya. fjt, Lee," called me swckj t the launch. "It's good w i fclb again. Where're the rA Lee each picked up a Li itood him on the broad 'bJy, from his new vantage art op: "Mummy, what s kMead?" LkWiead. darling," she an- JjpiTely. "is your Uncle Jer- bathe little boat See? V ru no opportunity for dal- !. The launch drew away ktetime the Pisces warped tdock Jerry Mclnnis leath- kct, close-cropped hair. lined clothes was wait- delivered a message W UnnlaVA rtn o rnmnfinf W The senor had been de-is de-is letting down river to meet M would reach Cabeza in I boor or so. in of their river boats?" I Ibty have two. But we later, Curt." Jerry scooped liildren, one in each arm. nil Lee, you're looking II didn't know better I'd ! were twenty. Hard to these are yours. Marta lore and can't wait to chuckling, nodded from jW luggage to his own toy, ind the mestizo imme tak possession to stand Bw the Associated man fW from the dock to the Jet of the town. There m of recent construction. Pnmpany was booming the m i good dock they've iWuid. "I suppose Mitch-IB" Mitch-IB" I word, and it sounded Oipped and odd, for Mc-W Mc-W threw his friend a iide- i they're really going It fruit Growers where Mclnnis, fresh from 6.W their first years of ftoeering stretched crth bank of the Rio Mtodred kilometer! or aw Plantation n line. These were 'mow-gauge railroad, and idling of fruit from J platforms to conveyor idi - Compania Agricola Wfc tt the Negro, had Waem. u wasn't poa- railroad through to marshes lay between W and the coast and ?wy to handle fruit wm to river port, and ,L "titers from there "w ocean vesseli could so good two nan. !lTi4ble fruU- CosUy oeiay and expense of C,"01 ire L"fP to Curt'a mint up f PPed before a sr Vhlcide bUndi. mall bil- .mt-iowB, led them ID1 TV . . louowea. Wh tim M T I. ViTldn't Wdi be k Know n,k- . - e can ptob- Jbut wen tn.. h .... two. Have a Hi,.. out my rusty . W 'alans l, we room, mount- wt raure bar tender mixed them nearby Purt made conversation. "Jerry, it'll cost so much to produce pro-duce and ship fruit here that I don't see how these people can hope to compete with Associated. Not without a subsidy, and Tierra Libre does not grant subsidies." Mclnnis grunted. "Well, that's their business." "Of course," Curt mused on, "it's a pretty slick hombre who could put anything over on Old Man Moore. I could give even money the Old Man figures they'll go broke getting Into production, then plans to bid in and take over the concession conces-sion cheap. Maybe throw a bridge' across the Negro and handle the fruit once from pick-up to the dock at Soledad." Mclnnis grinned, but said nothing. noth-ing. The bartender placed the drinks before them, then left to lend a hand in the kitchen lean-to. Alone now, and with a furtive glance to be sure Lee was occupied with the children. Curt pulled forth Zora Mitchell's letter. He spread it open before the other, and his face was serious, his voice low. "Jerry, what've I got into?" Mclnnis read the note, refolded it, slid it back to Curt. He frowned. He took a long pull at his drink. "All right, Jerry, out with it," Curt spoke again. "What's up?" "Well. Curt." his friend said finally, final-ly, "my reason for coming down ifclllil "There's nothing I can pot a finger fin-ger on." to the coast to meet you wasn't altogether social. But now I'm here, I have my doubts. There's nothing noth-ing I can put a finger on." He paused, "Come on, pal, we know each other's oth-er's first name. Spill it" It came out slowly and in pieces. "Well, Curt, I can't help feeling there's something fishy about your new outfit They have more men on their payroll than we have, for instance, Americans as well as natives, na-tives, trying to get things set before be-fore the next rainy season. That's all right But Soledad's the only live spot such as it is within their range. You couldn't call Cabeza satisfactory place to liven a fellow up over a holiday. "So well, damn it all, you'd expect ex-pect that gang to come to Soledad once in a while. But no one over does. The two Swedes and the Dutchman I told you about are the only ones who ever get to Soledad, and that's only on business, to supervise super-vise receipt of shipments. "And they don't talk! We tried to get up a ball game with your people once. No go. It's as though this Montaya was afraid his men'd spill something to our advantage. And that's carrying the rivalry theme a bit far for this business and this country. I well, you see how vague It is, only a feeling ..." Curt reflected. He pushed his glass around in circles on the bar. "Ever get over to the new planting plant-ing yourself?" "No," grinned Mclnnis. "That wouldn't be etiquette. The Old Man paid them a courtesy visit once, but.we'-te lival outfits. If I went over they'd think it snooping. All the dope I've had on them is picked up from natives. You know how stuff gets around. "And that leads right into what I really came down here for. It was "especially to-uh, warn you.' But, he held up his hand, "don't ask me against what I don't know. That note from Zora Mitchell-I'd talk to her as soon as I could. Sounds like she knows something." He held an uncomfortable silence for a moment Then: "I got hold, of a rumor after you called me aeveral days ago. There's no evidence, mind you, and it was too late to stop you by cable. Well, the natives working for me have their own Ideas about Mitchell's death. They say It was no native did the Job, but a eouple of white men. But Curt," he expostulated. "you know no white man would hack a guy to pieces the way Mitch was found." Curt thought this out. "Huh, unless it was to hide the fact that it was a white man's killing. kill-ing. And suppose it was a white man, Jerry, or a couple of them? So what? Old Mitch knew his Job. but he certainly piled up enemies. You and I know that well enough. He made engineers out of us, first job out of college, but we got plenty bruised in the process. Men with less sense of humor than we have can't take the treatment he dished out" Curt pulled at his drink reflectively. reflective-ly. "You didn't give me any details," he mentioned after another moment. mo-ment. "There aren't many. A trackwalker track-walker found him early in the morningfortunately morn-ingfortunately before the buzzards did. Let's see, the 11th, it was. About a kilometer outside of Tem-pujo, Tem-pujo, in a ditch by the track. The damn zopilotes were wheeling overhead, over-head, so he got the section handcar, loaded the body onto it" "The 11th?" interrupted Curt "That's the date of their letter to me! They didn't waste any time. Wonder how they picked a man so quickly?" "Well, the date's correct I remember re-member because we had ah early evening dinner-dance on the Tekla at Soledad the night before Mitch was found. And the Tekla pulled out for Cristobal about 8:00 p. m. on the 10th." "It did!" exclaimed Curt softly. He looked at Mclnnis. "Their letter let-ter to me was dated the 11th, but air-mailed from Cristobal on the 12th. Didn't notice that discrepancy discrepan-cy at first When I finally did, I figured fig-ured the letter either made a plane to the Canal Zone, or was misdated in error." "We have no air service in Panama Pana-ma from Soledad direct Course, it's less than two hours by air to the Zone, but I doubt they'd make the flight Just for a letter. Anyway, Any-way, I know a messenger froVn Tern- pujo brought mail to the Tekla just before it sailed. Came as our party was breaking up and going ashore." "Then the chances are the letter to me, dated the 11th, was put aboard the Tekla which sailed the 10th. Actually mailed before Mitch was found murdered. Right?" "By God, Curt that's so!" Mclnnis Mc-lnnis brought his palm down on the bar. "Mitch was killed some time after dark on the 10th and discovered discov-ered early on the 11th." "Meanwhile . ." Curt fell silent, then looked up keenly. "The two Swedes are white men." Mclnnis frowned. "And there are plenty more white men where you're going. No, Curt the Swedes are not what we'd want for bosom pals, but we've no right to jump to conclusions. con-clusions. Besides," he dropped the scowl and grinned, "I did some checking up myself. Had my motor boy ask questions here and there. The Swede made the run from Tem-pujo Tem-pujo to San Alejo late that afternoon, after-noon, while Mitch was staying in Tempujo overnight" Another silence fell between them. Then Curt spoke harshly. , "Jerry, there's more here than meets the eye. If Mitch's killing was a grudge payment then, Tierra Libre being what it Is, there's little lit-tle we can do about it Nothing, in fact. And there's nothing for me to worry about. I don't make enemies ene-mies like Mitch did. But if there's more behind it . . ." Mclnnis heaved a sigh. "Curt be careful! Don't mount any white charger over Mitch. He asked for it He's been asking for it for years. And you've got Lee and the kids here now. But if well, I don't have to say it, but if you find you're in a spot call on me." They downed the last of their drinks and swiveled to face the room. But before rejoining Lee Curt brought up another matter. "By the way," he said slowly, studying his friend's face, "I saw a dentroyer headed for Soledad this morning. American, I suppose looked like ours. Any particular reason for it?" "No. The country's quiet as a church meeting. Dr. Arecas only one step removed from being a dictator, dic-tator, sure, but a good one. Seems to be what the people need, they're satisfied. He's solidly entrenched, too, there's no opposition to speak of. But . . ."He paused. "Well?" - "Well, we had a Navy Visit only a couple of weeks ago, and they certainly cer-tainly aren't scheduled to stop in again so soon." He added, in a puzzled puz-zled tone, "Funny I didn't see the ship ss I came down the coast" "You were pretty low in the water wa-ter and they were some distance off." r -.-. ' " "Huh. Well . . ."He shrugged. They started across the room to rejoin Lee and the boys. Mclnnis dug his fingers into Curt's arm. -See Zora. Mitchell Curt, - first thing you get to San Alejo. But only to find out if you have anything personal to guard against" he said insistently. "Don't borrow trouble. You're a family man now. What's more, the family's right here with you." "Yeh, I see what you mean," Curt answered dryly, bis eyes oa Lee and the children. (TO BE CONTINUED) Kathleen Norris Says:. What a Job in Washington Holds for You Bell Syndicate WNU feature. IMPORTANT COGS There's nothing particuUrly exciting tbout being cog, even if you are a cog in m ex-tremely ex-tremely importmnt machine. That, $ayt Kathleen Norrit, it what you would be if you went to Washington to work at one of the hundreds of necessary, nec-essary, but not glamorous, jobs girls and women like yourself think they want. In answering a 34-year-old mother this week she points out the fact that there is still much work to be done in the home and on the farm. Not all this war's battles will be fought overseas, you know. There is still the homo front remember? To ubmndon m prosperous dairy form and land kentlf and her thre children Ut Washington who every inch of living space it fiercely disputed, would bo insanity. By KATHLEEN NORRIS FOR the consolation of thousands of women who want desperately to get into some sort of dramatic war work, let me state definitely defi-nitely that most war work in these tremendous days falls very rapidly into the routine, not to say drudgery class, and that Washington itself is far from the exciting center that everyone who isn't there fondly fond-ly imagines it to be. Washington was essentially a small town, with all the delightful features of a small town, until war preparations began. In the last year it has grown spread out wildly in every direction, blossomed with great office buildings and hurriedly constructed apartment houses. Transportation is difficult for the thousands of new workers who crowd into the city; street cars and busses are jammed, restaurants are suffocating, the romance and beauty of the Capitol are dimmed for the time. Girls who get jobs in Washington have their fun and glory before they leave heme. The family treats them with new respect; the other girls and boys frankly envy them. Merely One of Many Cogs. But on reaching Washington the lucky job-winner immediately discovers dis-covers that she is merely one of a great number of eager, willing, unimportant un-important cogs in a great machine. No, not unimportant no cog is unimportant un-important But a cog may be useful, use-ful, and still not have a very exciting ex-citing time. She gets to Washington and reports re-ports somewhere. She is given a desk in an office, and to that office she repairs every day. She walks miles, climbs stairs, lunches In a packed cafeteria, shyly makes friends of her associate workers. Te be sore her letters home are dated "Washington," but as far as any sense of being en the battle front being a witness te great events, having hav-ing a share in the destiny ef the nation goes, she might as well be anywhere else. The conduct of a war, like genius, depends on an infinite capacity for taking pains. No longer do handsome hand-some captains of cavalry dash up at the critical moments, with flags flying, to report that the reinforcements reinforce-ments are here. General No longer do hoop-skirted women slip through the lines te kneel beside soldiers on the field. War. as the young clerks in Washington know It means bookkeeping, filing, typewriting, answering an-swering telephones, climbing stairs; It means complete subjugation to orders from superiors; it means seeing see-ing others preferred te oneself; ft means sacrifice of good times. for there are few dances in Washington Wash-ington this winter, and there are few theaters two or three at most and only a few first-class picture-bouses. picture-bouses. Lonely Girl's Problem. .Friendships re difficult for the lonely girl who goes on there te live in a boarding house In a small square, impersonal room, because what our uniformed men want now - U borne-life-and simpTe" hMplfta'lity. It is do treat to them te take a girl te a second-class restaurant and afterward te stand in line for an hour to get into a movie. The flrst-class flrst-class hotels are expensive, and often both girl and boy are tired and don't feel up te the exertion of dressing formally for the evening. Motoring is out of course. Now -this Is not to say that pleasant things, -like evenings in some friend's home, contact with other working girls, the novelty of a new job and a new place, don't exist. They do. But they strangely enough have nothing to do with the war; they are just the diversions that exist everywhere, curtailed, more expensive and much more limited in war times, but inevitable wherever youth meets youth. The point I am trying to make is that Washington will offer-you nothing noth-ing Just now that any other job in any other city doesn't offer. You may be boarding in the house next to the secretary of labor or the English ambassador, but you'll know no more of world affairs than your father is reading in the evening eve-ning paper, or your mother is hearing hear-ing on the radio, at home. And added te all its other disadvantages dis-advantages is the constant sense of hurry and pressure, the keen competition com-petition for places, the nagging sense that one has volunteered for the wrong work after all, that perfectly per-fectly new, untried recruits are pushing in to far more advantageous positions. Eager to Help. "I am desperately anxious te get Into all this," writes Lily Davis from an Ohio town. "I am 34. and have three small children. When we married, Oliver was a lawyer with political ambitions that I shared. But ill-health and a series of business busi-ness misfortunes sent us out to this rambling dairy farm, 20 miles from the nearest town. I have help in the house, and on the farm he has three men continually, and more in summer. We prosper, but I am feverish to do something to help, and plan this autumn to go on to Washington to see whether the services serv-ices ef a former school teacher can be put te use. Should I obtain a job I must then make some arrangement ar-rangement there for my boys, now aged eight seven and three. I would not want to live in the city, but near by, where there are good schools and nursery schools. My Husband has consented to this plan. Will you advise me as to the first steps toward accomplishing it?" This is typical of the attitude of many women. But surely it is obvious ob-vious to us all and in saner and less -restless moments It must be obvious to Lily herself that to abandon a prosperous dairy farm, land herself and her children in a cjty .whose , every - inch - of - Hvmg-' space Is being fiercely disputed, burden her shoulders with the responsibility re-sponsibility of managing a delicate man and three small children, a house, a servant and a new job. would be Insanity. How many thousands thou-sands millions of women in the world would thank God on their knees for the security and peace of a farm for the children they love, far away from bombs and battlefields! Proper Alignment To keep precious rubber from rapidly wearing off the front tires on automobiles and tracks, the wheels mast be kept in proper alignment The wise motorist has the wheel alignment checked twice a year. A tire a half ineh out of line will be dragged 87 feet every mile. Ant Slant Ants predominate in number over ov-er any other living creatures. Mississippi River Oddity In following its course of nearly 2,600 miles the Mississippi river reaches a point four miles nearer the earth's center than at its source. If apple trees are grown in sod they should be mulched and ferti-izei. ferti-izei. One of the best materials for accomplishing both purposes is baryard manure. It will pay to apply nitrate of soda or sulphate of ammonia around the tres soon after af-ter growth starts or at least two weeks before bloom. Use five pounds of nitrate of soda or four pounds of sulphate of ammonia. Do not apply close to the trunks. Flavored, Though Edible mushrooms contain about 90 per cent water. In One Operation Walls can now be built in one, operation. Colorkote insulating panels pan-els can be jailed right to studs and joists. No need to lay laths, plaster, plas-ter, or calcimine the wall. Castle in Poem Chillon, castle in Switzerland once used as a prison by the dukes of Savoy, was made famous by Byron's By-ron's poem. "The Prisoner of Chil Ion." Home Filtered Air Busy women who are doing volunteer war work do not have time to clean grimy walls and woodwork. New coal flow winter air conditioners filter the air before be-fore it is circulated into the rooms. This clean air keeps the House clean. - - The "Cradle of the New World" is beautiful, mysterious Haiti. 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