Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 60, Decatur, Adams County, 11 March 1927 — Page 7

" The Understanding Heart By PETER B* KYNE very, Hens? " VW murmurS and drummed on ud h his pudgy fingers. "Ah bls ' e9k this information came into «><'“ Jssion you wrote me that you ■ vOlirP M vou couUl close “ «»«“ for tllo , Ug h 11’section for half a million ,lia hut-you didn’t tell me old S*ld o*^„ ,he ~roperty” "v 0, 'induced the Hercules Comto deposit halt h million dollars I ' ally „>w in the Siskiyou County 1,1 thirty days, ncainst the deed, ■““fee simple, which you hoped to ° b ’Yes wrote a the company to that ‘ # S t ’ U Sv E SS ““milion? You “you could get it for a Quarter of sum from old Uncle Charley In t the old fool would probably have dropped dead if you had offered him le "n- h 'ir a "Thurlow replied frankly, ... be property, in my opinion, woud ha ve been dirt cheap at half a million and you had told me once that the company would willingly pay a million for It, it it had to. ■ Nevertheless it was up to you. as an employee of the company, to buy it as cheap!' - as possible for us, John. •1 agree with you, sir. An employee should be loyal." ■Absolutely. Well? “When you wired mo to secure <i ,leed in the name of James P. Rigdon rather than the Hercules Hydraulic Mining Company. Mr. Jethroe, I was mildly curious. I discovered that Mr. Rigdon was your attorney—not the attorney for the company. Further investigation developed the fact that the company’s money had not been placed in escrow against the deed, so 1 concluded that half million dollars Was vour money. The board of directors of the Hercules Hydraulic Mining company knew nothing about the deal. Although a dummy, I am one of the directors!" "But you knew all about it, John. "The other dp-ectors did not.” ■Well, is that any of your business?” "Not particularly. However, under the circumstances, I concluded that my activities in the matter could no longer be regarded as official. Personal. rather. Yours were personal, you know.” "As president of the company I was acting iu the interests of the company. "But you weren't taking the company into your confidence.” Granted. As you intimated a little while ago. I am the company.” You own fifty-one per cent of it, but you're not the company." Jethroe's fist smote hfc desk sharply. “What I say goes.” he reminded Thurlow. "How much did you offer old Canfield for that property?” CHAPTER 48. Thurlow smiled enigmatically at Jethroe. "When I realized that you contemplated buying the property through your attorney and then using your authority, as controlling owner of the Hercules Hydraulic Mining Company, to sell it to the company at a profit of one hundred per cent. I decided that no ethical reason existed why I shouldn't make some money on the deal for myself. I was not negotiating for the company, but for the company's president. "Had I been acting for the company, open and aboveboard, or even under cover, 1 would have turned the property to the company at the actual cost price. But when ydti tried to delude me into the belief that I was acting for the company, Whereas in reality is was your own private deal, 1 made u]> my mind to two things—and one of them was that the day the deal should be closed that day you should receive my resignation as the company’s superintendent.” Indeed! I thought you Said a moinent ago that yon revered your twenty - five . thousand rlollar-a-year job. I revere a twenty-five thousand-dol-ar-a-year job, but not yours-—not the Jo> it was in your power to give me ami in y O ur power to take away, frankly, Mr. Jethroe, 1 .do not relish working under your type of business man,” I understand. John. It was your i«ea that you and I should divide equally whatever profit might arise from the deal, was it not? Well. I'm a reasonable man—even when it hurts reasonable." He smiled archly .m. . superintendent, who ignored ’- tentative feeler and resumed. Flats 1 ! i reginle at I>**ood I n.-L ? heard a great de: '- 1 abollt hl« i Cb ® rey ' th e late Ashforth Dale, msjlaughter Monica, and. that unfor-

J After - 7 ‘ c JCTII motoring Gwl again* rough, chapped skin by applying w Gibraltar Witch Hazel Jelly u_l, „ application. e ,f «Ho™.Offic o rTraveU ng U.e j2rr'"^‘^n n, *" OTe * O.G.

tunate wretch, Bob Mssou. 1 had an idea Uncle Charley wasn’t going to live very long. He was very old. Man, he must have been more than ninety, and I knew his old heart was beginning to go back on him. I saw him carry a sack of flour out of the general store one day, and after he had dumped it in the tonneau of his flivver he leaned against the car for about five minutes, head ddwn anil shaking like a leaf. “When I went out to see what ailed the old man I discovered he couldn't talk; he was breathing stertorously and trembling: his face was pale green and he appeared on the verge of a collapse. He looked frightened. A heart attack makes anybody speculate on immediate death—and Uncle Charley was nobody's fool. "I had a suspicion that if I'd offer him a good price for his land he'd forget his animosity toward you and sell. There are not pockets in a shroud, and he couldn't take the land or his dislike of you into the grave with him. Uncle Charley had horse-sense. “He hated you for the part he thought you played in hiring special counsel to prosecute that man Mason, who killed my predecessor at Dogwood Flats, but —Uncle Charley loved that Dale girl as if she was his own daughter. Monica Dale was always’ his little gal. Why, they tell me that when Uncle Charley went over to that tunnel and found his partner there dying, with his chest caved in by a rock that had fallen off the roof of the tunnel, his grief was such that half the men in Dogwood wept iu sympathy with him. “He and Ash Dale were boys together in the Confederate Army. They crossed the plains together, and they cursed each other and bickered bitterly at each other half a lifetime just to conceal their affection for each other. While I only spoke to him once —that day he had the heart attack—l had heard all about Uncle Charley. "I knew Uncle Charley - was a white man. A cleaner, finer old sport never drew the breath of life. So 1 knew he'd sell at a price that would represent a huge fortune to Monica Dale. I knew he wohld want the money for her. And I wasn't disappointed. He did! Then the poor old fellow died and spoil everything. I've got that executor to deal with now, if I want to buy the property from Uncle Charley's estate, and I’ve got him to deal with when 1 attempt to buy it from Monica Dale after the property eomes into her possession.” , “All very inteersting, John,” jethroe agreed, “and all excellent business : reasoning, even if it does appear to be

FEEL WONDERFUL! Food that "Stands By” You Quick Quaker Protein, carbohydrates, laxative “bulk” and vitamines, plus toasty, creamy deliciousness. Cooks in 2Y2 to 5 minutes! j amer"nstore g II GROCERY DEPARTMENT I Peas, Early Juiy*. can 10c; 3 for 2.jc K i'orn, can 10c; 3 lor 25c Pork & Hearts. can 10c; 3 for 25c ■ 9 r,,.j |{ caßSj c a n 10c; 3 for 25c K Salmon, Pink, can pc K H 1 ’ran, leaf 10c Bfc p P&rtry Flour, sack 00c ■ Pearl Minute Tapioca, large size, box 10c ■ S Perfect's Corn Flakes, per box 10c and 13c I H Phone 641 Free Delivery in City If I JOHN MOSURE. g ■ ■ ■ ' Jl.-T- FLMAKE PAY DAY SAVE DAY I You find people thinking that saving is useless unless large deposits are made. Frankly, this is a mistaken notion. The regularity, not the amount, of _ w I yottr deposits is the important thing. Regular deposits—each pay day—plus interest, will make the future yours to command. SAVE REGULARLY | THE PEOPLES LOAN & TRUST CO. BANK OF SERVICE I

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT FRIDAY, MARCH 11,1927.

mixed slightly with unbusinesslike sentiment. What did you offer Uncle I Charley for the land?" "A hundred and fifty thousand dol-* lara." “In God's name—why? John Thurlow, you must be crazy. He never agreed with Ashforth Dale that the land was worth exploiting.” "That is true. When Uncle Charley acquired that land he had an idea it was valuable, hut after he mid Dule had driven the tunnel and failed to develop anything spectacular, Uncle Charley lost faith. Ashforth Dale did not. However, us I said, Uncle Charley was nobody's fool, and of course the instant I came to deal with him he knew'the land looked good to the Hercules Hydraulic Mining Company. He would have declined a trifling offer and fenced with me. And I couldn’t afford that. 1 believed the old man had but a short timo to live -and 1 wanted to close the deal immediately. However, 1 disliked being niggardly with that Dale girl.” “The Dale girl didn’t enter into the proposition at all,” Jethroe cried angrily. “You and I were the only persons to be considered.” “Oh yes, she did enter into It. I would have taken the long end of a big bet that she was going to be Uncle Charley’s heir — and I wanted to see her fixed for life.” “You’re in love with her,” Jethroe charged. John Thurlow smiled. “The man whose heart wouldn't go out to that girl would be just about ten per cent human, Mr. Jethroe. I felt I could afford to be generous — with your money.” “Os all the damned impudence!" “Wait! You haven't heard every- , thing yet. You realize, of course, that when a man has no capital he must operate on brains. If I had succeeded in buying that land from Uncle Charley for a hundred and fifty thousand dollars and selling it to you for five hundred thousand, my profit would have been three hundred and fifty thousand, while yours would have been half a million." “The two profits combined total WELL-KNOWN MEDICINE QUICKLY STOPS COUGHS AND THROAT IRRITATIONS T” "Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound has its own place in our medicine < abi inet and has saved us many a burdensome doctor’s bill. For bronchial coughs for croup and whooping uaugli, sot troublesome night cough. and when my own sensitive throat starts up a nervous hacking:, we find Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound always prompt and reliable aid.’’ Mrs. J. M. (name furnished) Verndale, Wash. Sold and recommended everywhere. Ask for it.

eight hundred and fifty thousand," Jethroe reminded him, “and halt of that la four hundred and twenty-five thousand. You aren't a business man, John Thurlow. You're a sentimental fool. Yon held the high hand and you played it like a dunce." "Death held the high hand, Mr. Jethroe. I would have been satisfied to make three hundred and fifty thousand dollars off you, but an additional seventy-five thousand dollars in graft from the company that employed mo would not have been to my liking. Yon see, we engineers have a code of ethics. We're loyal to the payroll." "But I was the payroll—l am the

-V'Vd 'J. I CENTRAL GROCERY I w “Os (’oursc” ® 2 Phones, 31 and 32 Free City Delivery I*l I I White Lib, 24‘j lb. bag...9oc L B gSS iIJ Polar Bear. 24’a lb. bag. .$1.1!) w J’ | I|l 10. Loyalty, 24 lb. bag ...$1.19 B ■ ■■ Wff 11 Aristos, 24*/| lb. bag ....$1.34 B w- XX — Bursleys High Grade, 50c fITTQfJ Perfect, lbsoc UUI luU Bulk Rio, lb27c jggjw !■ wmi ■ ii iLawJK aonon* Vanilla Cookies, Corn Flakes, K per pound large pkg., 2 for I 20c 25c I U wi i■! m i KrfMsswmEafcNis | I j f Potatoes. Perfect Jelly Dessert la home grown, peck i 3 for * I 38c 25c I hEI B Fresh Tomatoes. Radishes. Onions, Carrots, Spinach, « Strawberries. Fresh .Milk anti Baked Goods. I Robert Zwick |

«Iv 3 iis s I S w | South End Grocery I Phone 204 Free Delivery I Opposite Erie Depot 110 lbs. Pure Cane /* | i.arge Cans Little Elf I I Sugar . OttC Baches, in heavy 110 cakes P.&G. 9K Z . syrup ...... 5 I White Naptha SoapuDv d cans Red Beans 9P7z* I I 3 lbs. Fancy New Qff '' ’’ ‘ ' “*'*'*' g Seedless Raisins... I { , cans Red Kld,ie - V 3 tbs. Fancy New ?® a " 8 P’«V *' ’ I Prunes ... 3 tans 1 umpk,n 25c I Bursleys High LH 3 cans Kraut I Grade Coffee, 1b... x1 C ZbC I I Fancy Santos Cos- 97 3 cans Baked O’'.. I fee in bulk, 1b.... 8 V Beans I I 4 lb. Fancy Navy - ,ar S e cans 1 I Beans —'Jt Tomatoes g I Perfect Soup. Tomato, - cans Green or z» f I Chicken, Vegetable OPCz» Golden Wax Beansl 3 cans 2 pounds Fancy 9J* Early June Peas i)r„ I 3 cans 2d C f lb. Fancy Coun- nr „ ... ... _ _ fry Onions I Good Sweet Corn 4)r Swansdown Cake I 3 cans Flour Z9C I Large t ans Little Elf Pine- F ancv Blackberries 6>r „ apple, in heavy O£z. in syrup £iOC I syrup i-U 1 .. 3 cans Fancy qq I Large Cans Little Elf Lima Beans ...... I Apricots, in heavy 3 small cans 9PC z* ■ syrup mMV Perfect Peaches... t) C 9 I 100 pound bag Oyster Shells OSC I 100 pound bag Medium Salt I 100 pound bag Scratch Feed /|(| I 100 pound bag Chick Feed I Heavy Plain Blue Overalls $l.OO l BIG DOLLAR SPECIALS $ 7 cans Fancy Salmon $l.OOl 16 lbs. Fancy Hand Picked Beans $l.OO l 12 cans VanCani 1 Baked Bears («| QQ I </i bushel Fancy Sand Grown Potatoes and QI ftft fl 8 pounds Fancy Country Onions, all ul,Vv fl 8 yards Best Hope Muslin Q 0 D 7 yards 36 in. Percale 00 fl 5 yards Stephens Linen Toweling $l.OOl 5 Large Bath Towels $1.00!

’ payroll." ’ "Yon," said John Thurlow firmly, "arc Henry Jethroe.” "Enough of this infernal fencing. We understand each other. If you can still put that deal through with Monica Dale, after she comes into possession of the property. I’ll give you a half a million dollars for your option." Copyright 1926 Peter 1). Kyno by arrangement with King Features Syndicate, inc <•!'«» i,e < <>vrivt ia>> C.irl (Liss/Chat les Hite and Carrell Cole motored to Fort Wayne last evening.

g i THE HOME OF QUALITY GROCERIES 1 1 Buy goods at our regular price, and save money. E Buy our weekly specials and make a double saving. >ll MAKE US PROVE IT Extra Special for a week. Try ’em. Little Elf Sugar Corn, 15c Bursleys Extra Hand Picked Navy Beans IQ. t 3 pounds JLt/C Large Post Toasties 1 j Large package I K 15 ounce California Sardines QPxr* Merkle’s 75c Carpet Broom Only OUC B 50c Broom, 5-seamed Oiiz. B Only 4 OJ/C 50 pound Block Stock Salt 45c I B 100 pounds Meat Salt SI.OO * 100 pounds Oyster Shells (genuine) SI.OO f B Mulkey’s lodine Salt Red Seal Lye Herring 2 cans in brine, 2 1b... —IOC Lewis Lye Boneless Her3 cans ring, dried, 1b... Dr. Saymans | Az* Pink Salmon 1 Soap, bar ll Can 1 , Have you “laid in” your Cane Sugar yet? Better see us. p Full line of new, fresh, Garden Seeds in packages. Lunch Meats and Smoked Meats i Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Daugherty line of Cakes and Confections. I M. E. Hower I —Phone 108— K

| SCHMITT’S FOR QUALITY MEATS Watch Our Window Display Saturday. I Fancy Spring Young Roasting and Lamb Frying Chickens | Beef and Pork Tenderloin. SATURDAY’S FRESH MEATS SALE Boiling Beef 1 (lz. I Pound Young Tender Beef Steak 90p Pound jFresh All Pork Sausage (Bulk) lAr 2 pounds for Spare Ribs, pound 18c; 9Ar 12 pounds for | Fresh Side, Whole or Half *?()(• I Pound I Veal Stew or Pocket Roast 1 [Pound J<Jt SATURDAY’S SMOKED MEATS SALE [Small Picnic Hams, Eckhart Cure 21c Pound Lean New York Shoulders, Eckhart Cure 91 z* [Pound |[ Medium Meavy Bacon, Home Cured 25c | Chunk, pound SATURDAY’S LARD SALP] I 3 pound bucket of Lard 50c 5 pound bucket of Lard 80c 10 pound bucket of Lard $1.50 50 pound can of Lard $7.25 We carry a full line of Fresh, Smoked, Pickled and Salted Fish. Fresh Oysters and Salmon. Try some of our nice assortment of Cheese, Old English Kay Cheese, Philadelphia Cream, Krafts Pimento, Limburger, Cream. Swiss and Brick Cheese. iayjt»a«mCTMnii lu, Miim■ ,w rihi Phones p Schmitf Free __ Delivery 96 Meat Market service

SEVEN