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Show Thursday, December 19, 1935 THE TIMES-NEW- 'ul i In i... ubt'ii Hiilily iliM Marm Pierce brushed tin ui.iiici hook with a worm on It In your Impatiently asUle, "Like us not it wn a ynu pocket?" she demanded. "I riiph you'd have to be drunk to do thut, see," he decided, returning to (to Bart" attack. maybe nothing it t uA Bart grinned. "Well." he said, I think thM's all a pack r lien. matter of fact, I did have quite you ahk in." And an nhe iikr an edge on, the last time I went she nioved uncertainly touunl tilIke Putney come by my lable. But this uncertainly wua, Ii fishing. after supper, and we had a appeared, pretense; for suddeiil place out like a nuuke't fewlrinks, and we 'lowed to try her bundandlicked she caught up the re the trout, and did. But half the tongue, away, hoi. ling It time, I didn't know whether I was volver andhan-ls-backed . her finger on fibbing In the brook or In the pas- In both She pointed It at Burt, and ture. Likely I put the book In that Bart amiably: protested then." pocket "Look out, Granny I That tliliu And he added persuasively : "Ike, will go off!" me." he'll tell you the "It's likely to," the old woman The old woman uttered a round to th. sniff of scorn. "Ike! I'd a Kg u red him. She appealed like be Is, Sheriff!" ht "There sheriff. If him. believe anything of you ahead and put the told me he carried his worms In cried. "Youon go him! I've got bin gun.' handcuffs his mouth, I'd believe It!" But Sohier said in a !affled tone: Burt's eyes widened. "By cracky !" It looks to toe like he exclaimed. "I mind, now. Ike "Why, niu'Mm,tells a here pretty straight Carey I and store clothes lent on, had his It all the way through." him uiy overalls to wear when we story, take Burt chuckled. "Granny, yo're u went fishing! He put that hook he said In an Ironic ml rib wonder," In the pocket of 'em, I'll bet a Her hands had sagged under the nickel !" of that revolver, until Marm Pierce looked at the sheriff weight hung now forgotten by hei almost apologetically. In a curious side. "Never mind about me," she chagrin. "That might be the truth. retorted, ber tone abstracted. "I'm Sheriff," she admitted ruefully. trying to see this straight. You "Ike was In here Tuesday afternoon come on her, up to the ledge, and me him to to get something maybe give grabbed her, and she raked your cheek, and that made you mad so you banged her In the fare and she went backward off the ledge!" She shook her head, staring at him. She whispered: "Man, I warrant you was scared enough for a minute, then. Bold as you be right uoman exi'luimed In a You mean to tell me you'd put t-- k II I Ames! MMi) j9 r I Williams JjrJ CHAPTER XI Continued 17 Anil suddenly her long composure vanished. She flamed at bim, a black powder flares at the touch of nmtch. "You'll take It from me. Hart Carey!" she cried, and rose to lier feet. Saladlne had not realized before now how tall she was. "You'll take It from me." she repeated. "You can't scare me, Iiart ; nor you can't shut me up. I know too much bout you !" Her voice rang! "I know a heap about yon!" she cried. "I've watched you grow up! When you first come hanging around my Jenny, I looked you over to see If you'd do for her; but Jenny had sense enough to see for herself you was no good. "And then Iltildy come along and you chased after her." Saladlne looked at Dart acutely. Had this man, too, despite his friendship for Will, fallen under Huldy's spellT Certainly his cheek was ruddy now; and Harm Pierce seemed to come close to him although she had In fact not moved at all. "Even Huldy wouldn't look at you !" she cried In furious scorn. "And land knows she wa'n't ever particular! Zeke learned you to stay away from her; learned you good! But after that, you was crazy, or the nest thing to It!- I tell you, I know !" Her head thrust at him. "I know why your sister drunk that apple spray, Dart," she said. In a deadly whisper, her eyes like fire. Saladine watching Bart saw that tinder this accusing v'Hnde the a rising man's face congested vi IV ml Mil iJ.il I 1 And he said calmly; "It couldn't be the way she says." He appealed to Huldy's husband. "Will, you know mighty well that Zeke was always somewhere around Huldy. If this had happened the way Granny says, Zeke he'd have been on niy tail In no time at all. You know that. Will, as well as me l" Will, thus Interrogated, nodded "That's so, Bart," he adslowly. mitted. But Mann Pierce turned to Bart Insistently. "Bart," she said, "I dunno as I can prove what you did to Huldy, hut 1 11 make you admit yo re a liar I You've made up this whole tale, since you killed Huldy. You never went down brook to fish. You never even had your rod with you. You picked It up at your house, on your way to get Will! Your rod's outside, with a worm on the hook. all dried up and shriveled ! You didn't fiu with a dead worm,. did you?" Her tone was hot with scorn. "Why sho," he protested, "a worm will dry up mighty fast." Her eyes narrowed. "You told me yon dug bait yest'dayT she challenged, lie uodded. "Certain," he said. "Got your bait can on, ain't you?" she demanded. He touched bis belt. In an assenting gesture. And she took one step toward him. "Hand It here!" she demanded In a rising triumph. "Let me have a look at It! If there's any fresh-duworms In your bait can, Bart, I'll take back every word I've had to say I" Saladlne, turning to look at Eart, found his eye caughf and held by an object on the table between them. That of a heavy gun which Bart bad laid beside the lamp, a while ago. It was still there, black and deadly: The lamp was between It and Saladlne: between It and Marm Pierce. But where Bart stood, the butt of the gun was not ten Inches from his hand. ill g CHAPTER "Look Out, Granny! That Thing Will Go Offl" for an earache. I wrapped up a pinch of black pepper In some cotton, and dipped It In sweet old and put It In his ear; and I told hlra to go home and put a bandage 'round his head to keep It warm. But he 'lowed he wished he had a drink, and he set out to go over to Bart's. I mind he did have on bis store clothes, just like Bart says !" There was a reluctant honesty In her tones; she faced Bart again. "But Just the same," she Insisted, "I don't swallow the whole of your tell !" She stood frowning with the Intensity of her thoughts, searching for some crevice In his armor. "You said a tvhile ago yon had stopped fishing and was on your way home when you heard Uuldy yell," she reminded him, seizing on a new point. "But now you claim you'd Just broke a hook off, and tied a new one on. How could you break a hook If you wa'n't fishing?" He answered, almost mirthfully: "I stopped to try the deep hole there at the foot of the ledge." He had parried all her thrusts so easily that there was a sort of madness In the little old woman now. She was Ilka a caged animal, coursing to and fro In Its search for some avenue of escape. "Well, how come you to take so long hunting them feathers I sent you after, before Huldy died, and not finding any, when the hen pen was full of 'em?" she demanded. "Looks to me you was afraid If I had them I'd get Huldy to come to, and she'd tell on you!" "I was figuring you'd ask that, by and by," he assented frankly. "And I'll tell you how It was." He stood at ease now. "I set out to get you sq,me feathers,' he declared. "I didn't put any stock In It, with Huldy as good as dead, or maybe dead a'ready; but long as you wanted 'em, I started out to get XII THERE 1- was something ludicrously incongruous, and by the same token the more horrifying. In the terms of Marm Pierce's challenge, That the question or whether a man were guilty of murder should hinge on whether there were any fresh-duworms In his bait box had something hideous about It; and yet what Marm Pierce said was Ingeniously true. If Bart had Indeed gone down Carey's brook this day to fish, as he asserted, then he must have been supplied with bait. If he had no worms. - g mam "I Know Why Your Sister Drunk That Apple Spray." fury. This old woman with the tongue of a termagant lashed him raw. What.she said might or might not be true; yet true or false, he could not retort with the buffet and the blow her words deserved, lie must stand helpless while she flayed him; yet bis dark cheek was purple now! "You fetched me some dry groceries from Liberty village last night," the old woman continued bitterly, "and listened outside the door and heard me telling Jenny to get me a lily root from the brook today. That's why you went down brook, Bart. Tou never went to fish at ail. I don't believe you ever even took your rod. You went to spy on Jenny ! "And on the way back, I low you climbed up through the woods to pee If you could get a sight of Huldy! Like as not you'd peeked at her before thnt, times when the hussy'd be sunning herself like a snake there on the ledge. I wouldn't wonder If thnt was why Zeke worked you over, that time. Like as not he caught you there. Anyway, my guess Is you (found her there today, and she tormented you the way she always did, till you couldn't stand It. and you grabbed her! And she fit you. and set hpr finger nails In your cheek ; and at thnt. you went crazy mad. anil yon hit her so hard, yo broke your own hnnd on her face! That's what happened! I'm as certain of It as If I'd been there and see!" Then she turned to Soliler. "There It Is. Sheriff." she exclaimed. In a "There It Is. If tone of finality. you've got enough brains to sei!" r.i:t the big man affpr a mmiipn: waggel his head. "Why, I don'i see as there's anything only your gties. nin'nm," he protested. And Bart spoke through stiff Hl. r1"' e:'s,ly enough. "Ii's nil right. Sheriff." be said. "Old women gKt fjol Idecs!" mm then his statement that he Intend ed to fish was a lie; and his other words were doubtless He9 as well. If Bart had no worms In bis bait box. then he lied; and If he lied, then he had killed nuldyl Thus simply the Issue phrased Itself In Saladlne's mind. Bart did not move till old Marm Pierce repeated. In triumphant Insistence: "Let's see, Bart! Let's see If you've got any worms In that can at all!" Then he was suddenly at bis ease; he smiled and shook his head. "Nary a worm, Granny 1" he said cheerfully. She nodded In crisp satisfaction, swung to Sohier. "There, Sheriff!", she cried. But Bart said, chuckling: "Tbat don't prove anything, though! I told you a while ago, when I come to pick Huldy np I took off my belt with the bait can and my gun and left It there on the 'ground. Time I got back to fetch It, the bait can, the cover on It had come open, and the worms bad all crawled away." Marm Pierce whirled on him In baffled fury. "You'd talk yourself out of your own grave Bart!" she cried. "But you won't talk yourself out of this. There's a dead worm dried on your hook on the rod outside the door! I guess you wa'n't flsnlng with that I And It didn't shrivel up the way It Is Just sence you got through fishing, It's wet from rain, and either. slimy; but It's been dead on that hook for days." Bart nodded. "Sure It has," be assented. "I forgot, when you asked me about that a while ago. But Just before Huldy screeched. I snagged my hook on a log and hail to break It off. Didn't have any spnre hooks with me. hut I found this one In my overalls pocket. I must have stuck It there pome time and forgot It. It bad this rtend worm on It ; but I tied It on my line, and I was jtiwt setting out to scrape the dead worm olT with niv 1 heurd Huldy yell!" knife wh-"That's n likely talc,'' the oid some. "But when I was going through the shed, I happened to look out the window on the back side, and I see something move, over In the alders. It looked to me like a man. I stayed there wntchlng, but I didn't see him again; so after a spell, I come back In the house." "You never said nothing about that before!" Marm Pierce exclaimed. "Soon as I come In, you Jumped me right out Into the barn again, went with me," he reminded her. "And when we come back with the feathers, Huldy was dead, and Jen ny said there was somebody In the Win-sidthe house, so I knoived It was prohnhly Win that I had see." The old womnn considered this. "Maybe If Win was around here after Hnldy died . . ." she began thoughtfully, btit then she remembered. "But It wa'n't Win thnt you see." she protested quickly. "He was In Liberty vil'age by then!" "Well, whoever It was." Bart said In a conciliating tone. They were nil silent then while considering thl suggestion that these had been jump man. who was not Win Haven, near the house e ; PAGE SEVEN 1 "r 'm oen ITAIl NEIMII. S. Human Sacrifice Still Prevalent in New Guinea Sacrifice of human beings to propitiate the spirits of w ind and water was wltnensed by a British patrol officer In Papua, according to his report recently submitted In Port Moresby. The government has that the rite cease. The onV cer said the rite Is traditional. The victim may be either a man or a woman, and Is always a member of another tribe, found alone In the swamps. To the accompaniment of dancing, singing and the beating of drums, the victim Is killed, and the body cut up "with full ceremony." Some parts of the body are eaten; others- are preserved us trophies. The upper part of the skull Is retained by tbe chief and the lower Jawbone Is the perquisite of his second in command. With thew trophies Kiting on eorrts round the necks of their btiders the raiders believe they cannot lose. . ! Washington, A politician without problem confronting him It vir tually unknown. Political Whether be be a In adverting to the Townsend plan as I have done. I have at- - ahot In political life or Just ward heeler, his life Is constantly betet with difficulties. Those difficulties always have and always will force him to wiggle ami qulrm Problems to set tempter! forth In a manner what I believe to be one of the greatest dangers of the present day, namely, the absence of clear thinking. In t lie Townsend plan, as In many other problems tbat confront the nation at the moment. Individuals seem prone to Jump at conclusions without analyzing what conditions actually are and without considering what the ultimate effect would tie. It seems worth while to consider another national problem which, though of an economic nature and less sensational In Its outward Is nevertheless very real. This problem concerns our transportation system. Shortly after President Boosevelt took otlice we were deluged with argument that amounted to propa- Another Problem b!g and sprout additional gray hairs. The newest problem worrying po liticians N tlu Townsend old age pension proposal. Promoters of that fantastic scheme are gaining such a headway that even James A. Parley, postmaster general, chairman of the liemocratlc national commit tee and chairman of the New York fate liemocratlc committee. Is cur rently reported to be developing frowns on his otherwise smiling face. When Mr. Parley begins to get worried, there is cause. Indeed, for all of the other politicians, big and little, to get worried. The also are concerned about the 'Townsend plan. But It Is not quite as Important to the Itepubll-can- s now. as It Is to the Democrats to "Sheriff, what do you aim to do?" she demanded In Irascible shrill take a stand on the Townsend plan tones. "You going to set there all because the Democrats are In connight? This Is your business, not trol of the national administration and obviously they are on the de mine. Stir your stumps, man!" Sohier rose and turned to face fensive. The battle being pressed by Mr. Bart "Bart," he said. "I don't mean to say you had anything to Townsend and his satellites Is no do with this. But what If you and small concern. Impossible as It Is of Will was both to come along to operation; doomed to ultimate fail town and talk It over with the coun- ure as such a scheme must definite ty attorney there?" ly be. It continues to expand In Its His tone was as though he urged scope of political Influence and has Bart to humor old Marm Pierce arrived at the point where It conthus far, and Bart answered agree- stitutes a power tbat must be reckoned with by all. ably enough. "Why, It's foolishness. Sheriff." I am convinced that anyone who he protested. "But If It'll favor you, will the Townsend plan can- I'll go. ril have to stop by my place not analyze at the conclusion arriving help and pull down some hay and give that It Is comparable to the fantasy the critters water. They ain't been of the "Mississippi bubble." When fed tonight" the Mississippi bubble broke, not "Shore," the big man assented. but millions were "We can do that." He looked at thousands If not utterly destroyed, Saladlne. "Jim, say you drive me and their economic future, so glowand Bart 'round there first?" he pro painted, was completely "Then we can come back ingly posed. wrecked. here and pick np WilL" Saladlne hesitantly agreed, since The Townsend plan which conthere seemed no better course. Hul templates1 payment of two hundred was Ferrln dy dead, and doubtless dollars per month murdered; but If Bart were guilty. Townsend to the Indigent Is then be was an Incredibly shrewd oT onc those Plan and crafty man ; and If ie lied, then that de things he was Incredibly apt at mendacity In periods of Marm Pierce herself appeared to be velops Invariably economic distress. It Is distinctly as unsatisfied, though uneasily con product of hard times. scious thnt she had failed to prove a When people are out of work her case. She stood wih her hand and without resources; when they at her mouth, her head bent; and are they are always prey her brow was furrowel with per to suffering, all argument offering any and plexity. conditions exact The relief. them But she said no new word while even a a toll lending to toll, greater the sheriff buttoned his overcoat crime. Only a few days ngo the and Eart put his slicker on.. Only W. H. secret then she exclaimed: "Sheriff, thert chief of the me that service. It wns a chartold ain't a mite of sense taking Will to Moran, acteristic of hard times thnt counEast Harbor!" currency were more The sheriff hesitated ; but Jennj terfeiters of hands will find someIdle active. came to her grandmother's side, to do and the clever crook touched the old woman's arm. "It's thing will of the situation. all right Granny," she said gently. Whiletake advantage one who has talked every "If there's any way he can help. with Doctor Townsend recognizes Will, he'd want to go." his earnest desire to But Saladlne suggested: "Sher- bis sincerity,relief for the aged and iff, taking Will along Is going to accomplish population, I believe It Is leave these two women alone here. Indigent that Doctor Sohier scratched his head. "That's an Indisputable fact would not get to Townsend's plan so," he agreed; and he said reluc first base except for the fnct that tantly: "Well, Will, maybe you'd now has millions of best stay here tonight. I'll be out this country are almost if not quite citizens who In the morning." again food. without "Whatever you say, Sheriff," Will The point I am frying to make Is assented. Bart said In dry 111 humor: that Doctor Townsend's scheme. Idle "Looks like the pack of you was drenm thnt It Is, has been put forbound to lay this on me. Why sh'd ward at one of the few times In this I go, any more than Will? Huldy nation's history when It Is possible blamed It on him. Sheriff, you can't to amass a following of political ImIt look! portance. It Is only In times such get around ber own say-so- . as these thnt people would pay atto me." and The sheriff was uncomfortable; tention to It. It will die downsomewill crumble but after a moment Bnrt In a re his organl7jitlnn time In the future but this will not turning good humor yielded the nntll It has caused plenty happen can stand "I he It though," point of until It has wrecked pogrief, "And Will had ought to 'stay said. here with them, at that Zeke's litical fortunes of countless scores around here somewhere. No telling of men and women who guess wrong what he might try to do; but Will and until probably It has produced a burden of taxation upon this nacan handle him." So It was decided. It did not oc tion the like of which never lias cur to Saladlne till somewhat later been seen before. Townsend plan supporters In all that a remembered fear of Zeke on his own account might have prompt of their preachments have consisted Bart to this easy and surprisently talked of their proposition ing surrender. Yet Bart, as the from Its beauteous side. It Is susevent proved, might have been Justi- ceptible of that becausp It Is easy fied In welcoming for a while the to point out what a blessing It would be to have each aged por;n receive protecting custody of the law. Bart and the sheriff slepped out a monthly chock of two hundred side; and Saladine, after a word ot dollars from the government. But there Is another side to the farewell, followed them lo his car. They had taken the rear seat. He picture. It Is basic. Where will the cranked the engine, and climbed In government get the money? Town-Senand turned on the headlights. Tlie spokesmen have tl rnred out a kitchen door was open yonder, and visionary taxation scheme to raise Will and Jenny stood In silhouette the nmottnt of money required but ngalnst Hie light their shoulders the thing they do net discuss Is the fundamental fart that by their taxtouching. Saladine hacked the car. prepar- ation scheme they will depreciate ing to turn; but In that last- - mo- our national currency nnd wl:l load ment, old Marm Pierce came burst- upon those who are willing to work ing through the door, brushing Will such a burden of tnxallon that sunn and Jenny out of her way. holding there will he a clamor from three up both hands, cnlllng something out of four of t lie population for Saladine waited, and she ran across some kind of a government payment. the yard and drew clow beside the The end then would be obvious becar and shouted over the engine cause nfter nil government ns such roar ; produces nothing. All tbat I: pays out must be taken from those who (TO UE CONTINUED) produce. d Prejudice nat Prejudice and urally proceed from Inexperience of the world and Ignorance of mankind. Addison. ganda favoring government ownership of the railroads. There was a reaction against tills Idea. The reaction was so strong that few politicians dared to unloose their demagogery in favor of government ownership. Yet, It Is perfectly evident that those who favor pcrpotn-atinprivate enterprise which Is always more efficient and less wasteful than any government nre In danger of being lulled to sleep. Crack pots and misguided theorists In great numbers still favor government ownership of the railroads. Certain developments of the past several months confirm the statement I have Just made. Taken singly, these developments appear Insignificant. Collectively, they are very Important I have heard It charged tl.at government ownership advocates have a well-lnlplan to wreck prlvnte ownership In the rail Industry. This charge goes further. It asserts that those who seek to destroy our prof-I- t system are proceeding, piecemeal, to loud a burden of charges upon the railroads so that In the end It will be a physical Impossibility for the railroads to earn a prollt m W.',,"""Mr I ror Hefting g Obviously, If that end were at tained, bankruptcy would follow, Then, there would means ne no alternative Dut legislative ac Bankruptcy tion placing tno railroads In government ownership, Our wartime experience ought to be sufliclent to demonstrate how the costs mount when the government operates the railroads. It means more taxes on every one of ns who has Income whether It be large or small. But to get back to the developments mentioned earlier. Whether there exists an actual plan to drive the railroads Into bankruptcy or not. the developments certainly are subject to that surmise. One of the Items of expense, a new burden of cost that Is proposed to be loaded on the railroads. Is the rail pension law. I have seen some statistical calculations which were convincing to me at least that the charges proposed to be levied upon the railroads by the law will not work out In the manner their proponents claim. The bill would assess each rail corporation per cent of Its pay roll anil each worker would contribute a proportionate amount of his salary toward his pension when he retires. Like the Townsend plan, no one can argue against the fine spirit actuating a move to protect the retired workers. But to go behind the figures at the stnrt onp finds certain nstnnlsh-In- g fncts. Almost any wny, almost any method, one uses to calculate this cost, forces the conclusion that after eight or ten years the pension system will have expanded to such an extent that the railroads will be carrying an annual cbnrge cn their payroll of not VA per cent but approximately IS per cent. I think It goes without saying that no Industry can bear surh a tax. In addition to the pension proposition, labor unions, aided by their cats'-pawIn congress have kept tip a steady machine gun fire, demanding first one thing nnd then nnother from the carriers. For Instance, one of the current demands and It Is likely to succeed In some form Is the moven-en-t for shorter hours for prarilrnlly the pntlre list of railroad employees. Of course, the railroads cannot justify working fbelr employees longer than eight hours except In nn emergency. It Is possible that fl seven hour day mlirhf he practiced, p.ut even a seven-houday would mr- n that the railroads mus: add to their costs, and any Item nddod to oporntlng costs reduces thp chnnce of thp corporations for nn even break between Income and out- INSTANT LIGHTING Iron the easy way in less time with the Coleman. Iron in comfort spy place. I fs entirely eeif heating. No cord or wires. No weary endless trips between m hot and iron one-thi- inn board. Hakes its air. Lifrhta instantly Operating coat only an boor See your local dealer or write for FREE older. stovfl Bums owngu. no TMG COLEMAN LAMP Dsjejfc. WUim . Wtehtta tsoi I go. There are a nnmher of othpr sncti demands or movements under way or In the oiling. Each one means a new burden, a new tax on tlx railroads. 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