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Show IMan Dykslra ludra-rfibril j i K XIV "that M.fS Af Evert tt liir,-- j ,,1'cess to that ..:c! kty to this o.d not seem to Pi ,iit r. ;m.L i.e htr M.m htr I r.M 15 U'l 51 w X J:- - ' . V l V 1 I a rt t t ft t ! y ta I p j. wr threat, though you Youre wholly with1; rights in arresting Grove, our old head, the pre- a ahade higher went voice fine 11 if you maltreat my nephew, if rod step over any single one of his i nion,5 emtrj 'f of your tpi rights, if you oron any him while finger iay I shall see to questioning, a falls on than more finger ftat i e A.--, t.v. at st E:r he fcr ave - us was u - V. of rang H ft!, irk he e. "youre elderly gentleman, A v tr H 'It1 L' rud-'.ace- slight-- j more than a He put on I.! to corded glare at ?;k glasses tynnn and me and then beamed The tafcigh them at Miss Agatha. it lady gave a slow smile of tri-isaid, as though he late comer to a reception, very good of you. Captain this is Senator Groesbeck, attorney. I think I can leave Grove safely in your joint care." "That is not a threat, though you I acknowledged introduction to the may think so. tstor who seemed to regard but Miss Agatha wTith the and stared at the four dim circles on iiiable suspicion of a corporation the desk top where the typewriter j?cl who had been hauled out of had stood. into a murder case. Then I I thought of Lyon and of the voice I had heard unless I were screwy t'll be going novt Miss Paget. issuing from the booth at Mino's Good last night. Could it have been only Thnnk you, David, she said and last night? Was it really yesterday Laged at me hard. afternoon that Lyon and I had Is ducked my head toward Alleg-ra,I found myself sitting fenced? arely meeting her eyes. I think straighter. That broken epee point sb started to follow me to the door, had not been accident. The plan 5$ her aunt, whose hand she still had been to kill me while Everett MB, stayed her. As I departed, searched my room and removed ,Tjis Agatha called after me: damaging evidence. What evidence? s11 T jome oclock tomorrow, David. I groaned and heard Lyon Ferriter Orf rather, today. come along the hall. 5e was not one whose purposes He was a shade more gaunt but e his smile was cordial and his easy lightly thwarted. drawling manner fitted him like a long used glove. Once more, his CHAPTER XV voice and appearance overthrew tannrn and his prisoner had my suspicion so violently that I found fwn 'he reporters away from the myself offended by his poise. "I he said. "Good morning, Iello. An empty taxi stood at 4 curb. I recall little of my ride didn't expect to see you here. Jfce. "Or I you, I answered. knew, as I got out of the cab, He frowned and shrugged his I wes out on my feet. I would wide, stooped shoulders. "No, he have thought of Cochrane and agreed, lowering his voice, "I made hat the new tragedy meant to an error in coming. I don't think snd me, if I had not seen the there's anything in the etiquette book kcre in Mrs. Shaws halL I to fit just this situation. People can ICAl a'cd and then called the Press. hardly be normal in such circumlik'1' ?nt Jerry. I could not match stances. I've taken enough on the in my time to fortify me a bit, t;.'n. He had reached the Mo-- i chin his voice softened as he after I had entered. Duke, but lone is all apart again. had been angry at my spoke of her understand can "I trcc Cochrane now was that, I told J from the Press man at him. He nodded. affluent rs, whither Grove had r He paused Of course you do. fa..m. I told him briefly what :':v' and I felt his further words were a fore-'le- c withholding only my ge that Grove had had a key belated retert to Miss Agatha Pagke Ferriter we are the bereaved. Cat, nor did I cite et After all, I cant imagine Pparently disembodied voice Poor old Everett Grove heard at Minos. why as too ,:7 to be discreet otherwise. The He overplayed his hand. For the n my bones had crept into first time, I thought I caught the fflm.d and in his clogged my tongue. faint sound of duplicity a 1 had finished. I heard Coch- - speech. His martyred air irked me. I felt my brain light up and was cr.uckle. e war.g it on the town again, canny enough to wait an instant, i Ill meet you at noon tomor-a- curbing myself, before I said: '1. I can't imagine that Grove did beanery near the Morel's tidings to impart, my it interest you. Lyon looked at me quite carefully , I V 'cyll it red, as I pulled myself and then shrugged again. "Fortunately,"' he said, this time whether anything ever eat.d crrst me again. I slept so my al.bi is endorsed. I only know K:er.;v "kat when I woke, I had what the police, and w.tncsses, 3 ..Kc ex-r of a say it r "Sure. I answered, "and I dont ory of revelry. a' suppose you can imagine how Grove y uneasy stomach. I got a key to your fiat? o. Cochrane's If that reached him. he did not deft story I wished that he had shiw it. He seemed to be thmkrcg s le ss authoritative con-ir- of somith.r.g that his long brown had JU taken place in face quite hid, before he Paid: That is net true. I came here apartment, but it was a Jam. scrupulously fair tb.s rmrr,:rg to tell M. ss Paget that -t that I gave i. ';rS Paget was con-- I would mike aff.da"as gull held as a ma-- , Grove that key." 'T 'tr.es un I told hu: "Which. hich mca I knew rJ' " arch'vsiro.m perjury had not talked bea de Icrtius," she J e ev-fin- T - wait-W:r- 11 5 IT a" T e ( al e J I i ,t i : ii ; i -- 1';.. i.hi m 1 t .i . ( ( t y . d f ' at t 1 r 5PACE BETWEEN DOOR MM'vrvvAV ,T BEFORE ADDINS LONG CURTAINS, SHELF AND Ll. MIRRORS JOINED WITH CLARENCE A. DVKS1KA Dvkstra didn't k k any different from the way he did when we sat down for a bull session in the fraternity house back in 1!'08. He has tiie same warm, overflowing nature and his face is still its window. After we'd exchanged a few reminiscences, I said that I supposed he had been clinsi n to head up tin draft chiefly becan-i- , as president of a gnat umveis.ty, tie stood fur youth. He said he su; ; cd so. Thin I asked me you really "Iiut w here for? This sihetoe service system runs itsi if, what aie you supposed to worry about'''' Then, we got to the real n:e,.t i f the nut. "The thing we are concerned with, he ansu i red with that dash of ginger that spiers his scholarly thoughtfulness and n akes everything Dvkstra dois, live, the thing that we are concerned with is what is going to happen next year. I realized he was way ahead of me. "We have the continuing responsibility of training a cit ren army" and he emphasized the word "con- r i J about and picked up my an nf ffniiM id t i i.'t hall. Something made me faintly uneasy. I forgot my qualm when she entered the room. tinuing." I got up. Worry had hardened "We have to aik ourselves how her. Her face was white. Her eyes the boys who have finished a year's endured mine so Indifferently that training are going to report back Will their n;ort be such I wondered if this could be the girl home. I had kissed a few hours ago. She that the.r parents ani their friends was immune to my smile; she was will say it was a foot year? deaf to my greeting. She looked from me to her aunt, who gave a Training Should In nod. Allegra's Improve Conscripts prompting "We want the boy m report that clenched hand, a paper crackled. Her voice had the same impersonal he is physically bitv: off; that his sound as she asked, looking straigh: morale is strength! r. i; that he has seen and learned a lot about the at me again: "Do you know a man named Law- country arid is com-- red that we have somcthi; g to i. ' nd. rence Duke?" I knew I could feel it coming. "We want h.m to t advanced in now that it wasn't just anxiety for his education, the k,- - of education her brother that had bleached and you get living with (tmrs; we want hardened her. There was sweat in him to get a feeing ' r the whole my palms and my voice sounded population; to find out h w the Texan hoarse to me as I said: Yes. looks at things and the boy from the Allegra gave her head a quick lit- great Northwest; the fellows from tle jerk and unfolded the paper she across the tracks and on the hill, held. the country boy and the one from I dont, she told me with quiet the crowded city. "We want the boys to learn from scorn, "but he writes on the letterhead of the Sphere: Dear Madam: t; Ik.r.g to each othu r about all kinds Perhaps you are unaware that your of t.h.ngs; have thm learn the deescort of tonight is a reporter on fense po.nt nf v.tw; to understand and fee) their whole country. the Press in d.sguise. "We have to he ,r 'rested in what Miss Agatha asked: "Is that true, David?" haLper.s tr..s jear if we are going "As far as it goes," I told her to i 'ok ah erm and there was a sudden dullness in "Upon the b'y's report will dethe clever old eyes. I had no time pend what happens mi the floor of to explain for Allegra said and her congress later. Mayie congress will voice cut: decide that perhaps tr.e boys should You have been stealing my aunt's generosity and my friend- Spanish Popular t SaaiP Washington is go.r.g "the South "No, I said. American Way rapidly, accordYou are a reporter for the ing to Baukhagt A great craze Press? to study Spanish has broken out I said. "Only on probation, and its "Como esta Usted" all of the I heard voice anger In her up and down U.e stmt. And it's trust betrayed. It angered me I The Ofin not hat and coat The girl said: "A stool pigeon." I ignored her pur That stung pr sely and turned to Miss Agatha Washington. only fice of Education reports that figures from seven North and South Carol. na colleges show an increase of 77.1 per cent in the number of students studying Spanish. h 3 SMALL - V. . 3 AND WINDOW tVl i r Miss Agatha. Again, she gave me that puzzled stare. I thought she was going to ask a question but she turned her head instead and called: "Allegra. I heard the girl come down the Spears MIRRORS w lu-- Grove that latcfkey. "I can gather,' I snarled, that hes willing to crucify a silly kid for the sake of Ior.as good name if any." My violence seemed to soothe her. Her face softened a littla. She said dryly: "Im glad youre so strenuous, Some tiung has happened David. that Allegra and I want to ask you about." 1 was so dumb that her words heartened me. I thought that they were going to ask for counsel and I forgot my reepnt wrath. Perhaps that sacrificial yearning I had felt in Allegra's presence wasnt so idiotic after alL I might yet serve her. Im grateful to you both, I told stared. v METAL STRAPS ALONG BACK , The old lady turned her head and looked at me and again 1 marveled at the resilience of her crippled body. Not even the plight of her beloved nephew had dulled her eyes, or shaken her voice. I was still toe angry to read omen in her regard. "1 gather, (he said, "Mr. Ferriter has been welling you he gave ho had not p! cm , ut 1 wheeled 1.. ' slammed. cf breath and ruffled, entered. hang-ove- Wo t. tt or 1 t ' intended to compliment tjfbut he was interrupted. jut Rulhyetli e-- tin mi 1 ai 88 amusement. ftbss Paget," he began, At. .mi) It I'M ilit.it . she ceased as fcoesh her words had smitten some Shannons face feivfe.tle bulls-eye- . joined a trifle. He looked at her witt respect and an unwilling trace be'J if I I "Y i r hi at the slit ss 1 Li id i n !..'W I) e the hut Wild and hut u.tde me alIhe Li j igner. hitch aie "It doesn't,'' he s.t.d "No one git o..t ki.ius wtv !e u.ts then except, poss.tly, poi r old LNerelt" "Your sister knows," 1 a.d, tine rnt.re gling. "Maybe you do. tou." i K'.i that "Are you. he drawled, "trying to is why C. A. I.'kMu called be offei.s.ve? to he select.ve sei:ce ax.: .: Mua "It's no effort," I assured hint. ti r. When I sat down in his i iw office "Everett committed suicide. No doubt he had his reasons. He left in Washington which a month ago the note they found on Grove, No was the dining room of a fat In an doubt you know what It means. apartment house tha war departGrove is that way about your sister. ment has hastily made cer Mr. That's why he had a key. He's In Mf II WjWttWpp!l this jam on her account while &( you A voice behind Lyon cut through my angry speech and checked it. "Would you mind," it asked, "stejp.rg a little aside, Mr. Perri-ter- ? '4 AV' I thought you had gone. j He i keyed. Miss Agatha sat behind him in her wheel chair. Her bleak face daunted Lyon who was as nearly ill at ease as 1 had ever I seen him. fci "Yes," he stammered. I should have gone some time ago, and without further glance at me, hurThe door ried down the hall. I've lived," Miss Agatha ended, ticre years in New York than I to confess. If you misuse your lutlority, I shall misuse my And never, she added, with is tiddly mirthful puckering of her U wrinkles, "think I havent got influ-Bic- as ena'- sir. ' nl T rainma , w Ui't's Jvur flat ' K II i liohli' ' He half-hou- r think. 11 i m i ce ;n t i e e It bat is not a Pri i kt i "This hire Ferriter, the one that's ft," he whispered, "is in there now. He come about a ago. Fmeman tills me his sister t.xk on whin they blew in and heard what had happened kinds historical. They didnt stay here last night." "Now that' funny, isn't it? I jeered and pressed the Paget belL "Not to me it aint, said Hoyt, ducking back into the car. Annie let me in and motioned me into the workroom. Miss Paget, the maid said, was busy, but she'd see me in a few minutes. I sat down policeman Agatha went on: UJ.-- s rar pl I: V. doiT. path his breath, the bled something. t ( I i u- York. U i: s ti "Oi.iv c..n d I it n.t ?. d.r.g . ' I i her aunt's hand, the other fcr a cha.r I w t i.t t j.,.l f r :t . . . u nn. Miss Agatha moved Lh t n re.il g od to n Th( u's s A that, w illy so l.t'.le. Her head l.fted. ut h ub. r.y ygt m.re impressive than bluster, it. Dave." .n her voice. "Yiure tt Hi: j. rt one thing, Captain Shannon he It t me :T otr.c eldest living member cf the Ecd.e nodded tiw..rd It has influence in ijje: Emily. v ' i - Utl- - ari v!i I Hunt: Intuit f.uf" taking that typev iter We've found M ss Paget. fingerprints on the He it was who .. .! M ace bar. t I'm sorry but we're m, for further questiontak.iBe t.an : Allrr d Continued ('un-cri- 15 ,nt out, . a-- Aid to . i I ' i f ; kX ,, m . ;!lt n ! ( i M : , . . ! . i n iv : i m- -, y S'BOARD COVERED WITH S , OF FRAMES MONK'S CLOTH'7 i Looks Far Ahead To End of Service As we talked it w.i r.i-hew tm.i h f ilhcr ! ,m He ground .md He .he the hi to see v I iih.i t'- - :e urge. I Ishsttu wus leek n ,,i.me ,1! A ri Im.mi-lstrute- ? r N fiotn the Mii. Mait.n.LiIe wax t1 .i.k.ng, "It will Ie inv turn next. rth.nl will they think when they ( ii r Mi..i ed to t e a prefessur of hist, iv t'i.t he mi it. lied to pel science, psi'.li beeu.ise of the influitue of Put gieut scholar, eh r whom l.e Charles Mitr'.i'u i 1 111 H way it.b Li-n- come to our house? Then she put In r latch key into the lot k and stepped mt her own fnrit hall. "Jut what I was afraid of, she sa.d aloud. "When you look at this hall as nn outsider the worst thing you thmk is that its owner stmLed Ltn .1 s i ei . e. Pie study of tilings that im.ke the wheels tf go et ninei.t go round, helped to puill him away fmm the i.tmpus and the library and into an active loir m civic administration lie wus tin. illy called bnik info the college world After seven veuis as city nga.n manager nf Umc.nn.iti, while he IliU'ie H spill uid record, cuiivitg tli u t hu - v i .. i' h tin t. n or .f tf P e fl .od if tl,r. e v.,is ! !. t ii-wus n.u the L: ,m-s.t1 f UPHOLSTERY TACKS BRACKETS TRINGE bi lacking in imagination. Light then things began to hap- pen. The shabby o!d hall caipit was washed light on the floor ami then rlyevl a deep gu-ewith but d e a p! i ' 1 , ( d .of s g ii vv tth a ( f 'I lib H e m h l .v ii i g . i between doer and window into definite panel crying for a long nuiror and a console shell. The sketch shows you how these were made from r.ext to nothing. The frames of the three Inexpensive small mnrors were painted red before they were fastened together. The shelf was covered with cream colored monks cloth to match the w tills and woodwork and edged with cream color cotton fiiege talked on with large nd taiks. rmUtnd TLf M !' u v - ' a v N it : iv is Tt nri'Jitcn Your Ionic ilh Kasv Croclirt filiil tn tp mi i 10 $rrR9 Hertford Hills New HI for Hook s lork 5. s (Irrat and Small In tin worlds audience hall, the simple blade of grass sits on the same carjKt with the sunbeams, and the stats of midnight. Ta gore. INDIGESTION mar iflrct the tlrarl In tb atumarh or (uilet mttf art Itka ft halt u Utter on tb heart At the first tun nf diairt on lirll ant lahtrU to tititrt n n tnd weimn drix-nrt ca frra No lasalfv hut matin of tha fastest On trapped YV 'aWTtkO, ithu mnllritit'a FlHT )hMC IwU.o kieavo fur rid trutlgt Urn prove Hell-a- LUl lUJ Ui If tt liur. rrtua op-poi- Lanas I'atlern Ur Make Opportunities wi.'e man will make more unities than he finds. Bacon. A (S(lO L'VKN a hi i;;i,i or will find this J medallion an easy otic to Joined together the medal- cro-rhot- . lions form a lovely pat tun for large or small net ossones. Students Change Attitude on Draft Pattern fidhO conliln JnMruitinr for of if and merl.ilhon; liluHi MilcJuf; photon aph of medallion; I xSffui uirter to; I wante-- Euild.r.g our defense bulwarks may meac the end cf barriers between file states. "It is certain," says Chister H. Gray, director of National H.ghway Users conference, "that the federal government will not perm.t the hold.rg up of troops and materials at state lines. It is that civilian equally important highway users have the same privileges. If the states do rot act to eliminate trghway barriers, then the federal government might step In trd Insist on reciprocity betwem the states. ' t tn tUrt b with Semi OUkT to DravM-- A!rti un-oth- war-spiri- t.H Name nuiy g;o out of business- - then the United States employ merit service will play its path The ndimmstr explained it this way: "The employer will want the man who has had a year in the army because he'll he hi althli r, better (iis-c- i bned and he'll have learned to live w.th his fellows. Hut if tiie job isnt ihetc, we'll have to find i r one. "Then there are the hoys who didn't have a job when they want into the army. We will have to help local organizations working with business to take care of him. they had something concrete to talk about. "The reversal of the British attitude of appeasement after Munich affected them. Thi n the fall of France; and there was the realization of what had actually happened to tiie occupied countries." I wondered if it wasnt an emotional sweep that affected the country, a patriotic Dykstra didnt think so. "The questions the students asked showed that they had been considering facts. And I think that is true generally. The daily happenings have made the people realize that defense is necessary, that they want to be part of that defense. They have begun to realize that it can happen here. fniv la c k pi u ift mhs. iu in Kat'luse selective service system will see that he gets it. Hut some firms n, r the Fur!. tint tn ING M f itn i ! m if the buckram nutkmg vi (ii I f to knowi how the hoys themselves felt about serving. I knew he knew the content of thousands of letters wluTh have poured into selective service headquarters. But he went back further than the letters for the beg.nrnng of his answer. "Last summer," he said, "on the university campus 1 noticed the change in the attitude of the students. The questions they asked had lost their cynical flavor, thfir pessimistic approach to the subject of any military s'rvne which was characteris tic of recent years. For a long t.rrie they had been under the Influence of Committees Against War and other similar organizations, which advanced abstract arBut by the time the guments. selective serv.ee h.ll got undir (Illitt.Ml.S t of lit um! "i.V' f W 'ie that, he Wus lie. id of the w liter and power tli p.,i tm nt of the city of Los Angitis tluoiijh Pic period of tiie build. tig of the lloiilm r dam when the fi glib tied furiTuis fought with guns ,md dinimitc the new project which they theuglit would rob them of their wutcr. And another thing which lie Is thinking about when tie says "next year" is the job situation and tiie part the guvci nment must play in fitting tiie trainee hack into civilian life. A piart of the function of the selective sirvice system is to see that the hoy lias a job when tie ends ins year of service. 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