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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published THE Every Eve- DECATUR ling Except DEMOCRAT Sunday by CO. Altered at the Decatur, Ind., Poet Office as Second Class Matter I. H. Heller _. President A. R. Holthouse, Sec’y & Bus. Mgr. Dick D. Heller Vice-President — Subscription Rates: Single copies S .02 One week, by carrier — .10 One year, by carrier *5.00 One month, by mall .35 Three months, by mail 1-00 Six months, by mull 1.75 One year, by mail 3.00 One year, at office 3.00 Prices quoted are within first and second zones Elsewhere $3.50 one year Advertising Rates made known on Application National Adver Representative SCHEERER, Inc. <ls Lexington Avenue. New York 35 East Wacker Drive, Chicago. Charter Member of The Indiana League of Home Dallies Now its time to get that resolution ready. We hope it was even merrieri than you expected. ————— Christmas is over again but the happiness will linger on a long time. It's the great season of the year and good will was more pre-: valent this year than in a long: time. There will be no lacK of news I sooon after the New Year dawns. Congress and the Indiana legisla-■ ture will both convene early in! January and that means a lot of things that will interest you. Watch ■ your daily paper. Decatur merchants did the best' Christmas business in a long time i and that's the kind of a report we I like to hear. We are coming back and those who keep up courage and with the time, who advertise and work, will get there Eli, — ———— In 1936 Decatur will be 100 years | old and of course we will have to I celebrate it with a Home Coming | 1 and whatever else is planned. It;' is not too soon to start organization j, tor there is much pleasure and j 1 many benefits to be derived from; such a partnership of ideas andl] service. 1 - 1 The weather man has been rath-1, er stingy with his supply ol water , the past couple of years and it is 1 somewhat serious. Creeks and rivers and lakes are low. cisterns are dry and there is a general! shortage. The ground is too dry for best results in crop production , and we hope he will be more gen-i erous the coming year. We need I a few good crops that can be sold at a profit to solve all the big problems of the country. New Years comes uext and that s, i important too. The past year hasp been encouraging but 1935 prom- 1 , (ses to be a year of opportunity for | those who will buckle into thei ! fight. Success doesn't come easy , for any one who really attains it. i Usually you reach the top after a long fight in which you retain honor and health and hope. In this community the future is very bright ; and we sincerely believe we are about to enter the greatest year of progress ever known in Decatur ami Adams county. Os course your services are needed. With a list ot nearly 3,500 readers, the Daily Democrat will enter 1935 with the intention of ideasing you every day. It is 32 years since the daily was launched and the files are history of the most interesting era in the life of this city, county, state and nation. The panorama continues and each day brings exciting an d interesting news. We will try to furnish it to you and we appreciate the cooperation of all. Those who failed to renew their mail subscriptions during the contest, will we hope, do so at their earliest convenience. The price is $3 by mail, in the first zone, in advance.

Gloom is the cheapest of all human qualities and the least valuable tn the process ot wealth creation. John Hancock, the financier, , once remarked that in times of de- ! presslon Wall Street throws all ‘good news into the waste basket, tipportunities after a prolonged j period of deflation are hidden from ,' the majority because of the almost j universal tendency on such occas- , ions to peer into the future through ' the wrong end of the telescope. In the last year and a half of partial 'and irregular recovery, commonsense observations have indicated ! more improvement than some of I the oft-quoted statistical baiometers.—The Princeton Democrat. New York City has a new sales tax law, now effective. Its administration has created general public indignation. The tax covers everything from cigars to all kinds of luxuries, except on some classes of ; foods and prescribed medicines. There is much confusion created I by the collection of this sales tax. . In neighborhoods with a large for-leign-born population, customers i have refused to pay the additional I levy. Merchants consequently lost j much business. So hostile were j consumers that many stores reported business was seriously harmed. Many business men in New York City declared they would have to absorb the tax and pay it or lose I their customers. Merchants may . be able to absorb the tax, but, even I then, the consumer will ultimately i foot the bill. A large numl>er of people in Indiana favor a Hoosier sales tax to replace the present j gross income tax. Thousands of ! ; others oppose the sales levy, assert-1 ing it throws too much of the total : tax burden upon the poorer classes. , -The Anderson Bulletin. o RES IG N A LS * By OCTAVINE ♦ ♦ I For persons who believe that hu-l I man di-stiny is guided by the planets . the daily horoscope is outlined by a! . noted astrologer. In addition to information of general interest, it outI lines Information of special interest I to persons born on the designated I dates. DECEMBER 27 Tonight is favorable for a Christ- ! mas party and the time around mid ■ night should be very enjoyable. The early evening is discordant. The day is unimportant but should incline one to be analytical. BUthdate You should have a keen sense of hearing or a lack of the ability as your Suu ass ects that sense. The I ruler of your Sun sign is friendly from March 13 through 31, 1935. This should bring you a period ot I constructive advancement. You I should experience benefit through I some secret source from Nov. 23 through Dec. 2. 1935. Danger Nov. 1 through 4. 1935. Socially favoralde July 11 through 14. 1935. . Readers desiring addition infer-, i mation regarding their horoscopes , ~re invited to communicate with Octavine in care of this newspaper. Enel --sea 3-cent stamped self-addresses I envelope. Bees Threaten Grapes Shafter. Cal.— (U.R) —Local vine-1 yardists were busier than bees try-1 ing to figure how to prevent thous-1 auds of bees from destroyinng their j ' grapes. Growers say the bees! i puncture the grapes and draw all I the juice from them, leaving only j the skin and the seeds. The inI sects were attracted to this part of I the Jan Joaquin valley because of shortage of blossoms in other parts of the state. Jobless Teachers Reduced Lincoln. Neb — (U.R) —Unemployment among teachers in Nebraska has been reduced to one-half this year as compared to last, according to the University of Nebraska Bureau of Educational Service. Records ol the bureau show that of the persons registering for employment in instructional fields, only 16.6 per cent remain unemployed as compared to 31.2 per cent in 11933. o — Deer Challenged Truck Porterville, Cal. — (U.R) — While hundreds of eager hunters vainly looked for deer on the opening day of the season near here, a big buck blocked the road for a truck of the highway maintenance patrol and refused to yield the right of way until the truck stopped. Tom Whitley and M. K. Pitcock, drivers, cursed their luck for being without a gun. (J Seek Educated Dog Austin. Tex.—<U.R) —Registrar E. J. Matthews of the University of Texas here is searching the rosters to find if there is a dog in classes. He received a fetter irura Nwt.ll Texas disking for an "educated fox terrier.”

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♦— ♦ TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY | From the Dally Democrat File Dec. 26 —Allies leave 3,000 d>*<d on fields of bottle in the Christmas I conflict. i Mayor Roberts and 64 other Terre ' Haute politicans arrested on federal indictments, charged with election frauds. Miss Helen Everett wins the big stick of candy for sending in most words made from letters in "Sam Hite's South Grocery.” Miss Gertrude Butler and W. Guy Brown married Christmas eve. Misses Kate Touhey, Carrie Craig and Bertha Heller from the secretary of state's office at Indianapolis

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By HARRISON CARROLL Copyright, 7934, Kiny Features Syndicate, Inc. ’ HOLLYWOOD, . . . —Even Ms , pals don't know how seriously to ' j take him. but Bob Montgomery insists he is going !

into semi-retire-ment at the end of another year. "I'm not a rich man," says Bob, "but the plans I have Ixcn w orking on tor eight years are nearly complete. "My ambition is to be able to spend the spring and fail on my Con n c c t i cut

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farm and to divide the rest ot my time between the stage and the films." Though he will not finish “Vanessa, Her Love Story” in time to spend Christmas on the farm, as lie expected. Bob will hasten there in early February. His.caretaker tells him over long distance Uiat there arc eight feet of snow on the ground. The house on the property was originally built in 1812 but the star has had it insulated against heat and ' cold. Modern plumbing and heating also have been installed. One of Bob's chief sources of pridin the place is a natural crosscountry racing course. The future may see Hollywood actors wearing ghostly black and white makeup on the set. Haymond Lopez, cosmetic epedahst who has worked 11 years on Goldwyn pictures. is developing the new experiment. One adverse reaction to the idea comes from Anna Stcn, a Goldwyn •tar. "How could you play .a love scene with someone wearing makeup like that?” she demands. KNICK-KNACKS— Johnny Weissmuller’s swimming pals wouldn't know him. He lost all his tan in England and put on eight Pounds. He and Lupe are back at the night club rounds again. They were at the Clover club with Charles L* Malre. . .. Peggy Fears was there with Pat De Cicco again. . . . And It’s still serious between Polly Ann loung and her Pasadena-boy friend ' ... George McManus has been t&Ur--11 ing th« late spots with the Allan Dwana. . , . If you are a Holly wood

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visiting here. Myer-Dailey Company announces mi 1-winter sale. Herman Seilemeyer goes to Defiance, Ohio ot visit hi* daughter, Mrs. N. E. Vitz. Miss Fannie Frisinger attends Delta Gamma luncheon at English ' tea room at Fort Wayne. Marshall and Mrs. Sephus Melchi are visiting at Convoy, Ohio. Arthur Holthouse and Herman Ehinger are in Fort Wayne. o < e Modern Etiquette By ROBERTA LEE | « « Q. Is a godparent obligated to send a gift to the baby? A. Yes. always. This gift may be sent upon receipt of the invitation

stay-up-la ter, by the way, don't nilas Tommy Lyman's version ot "Miss Otis Regrets". He's at the intimate King's club. . . . And put it down in your date-book to see Bill Robinson dance at the new Club Continental. . . . Lola Lane has gone brunette fyr "The Puzzle ot the Pepper Tree”. It’s her natural hair shade, in case you didn’t know. . . . The Bill Gargans will put up one ot those new steel houses In Palm Springs. . . . Desert tennis fans will be able to play on the Charles Farrell-Ralph Bellamy courts Jan. 1. .. . Grace Tibbett is in town and denies she is I going to marry a rich oil man. or anybody. . . . And Joan Crawford is plotting a visit to New York after I the holidays. Before he Came to Hollywood, i Henry Wilcoxon couldn't sail a yacht. Now he is talking about a ;

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romantic voyage in search ot two unknown islands in the Pacific. The actor is a collector of old charts. On one of these he has found two specks of land which are not listed in geodetic surveys. Tfie Islands were first sighted in 18 to, he say*.

and again in 18C0. The old-time maimer describes them as heavily wooded, lush , with vegetation and apparently abounding in fresh water. Wilcoxon, who has made many trips to Catalina this year, wants to rediscover the islands. He hopes to do it next summer fn his yacht, The Wanderlure, or in a large boat that he may acquire. Fred Astaire’s nimble feet are dancing him into tire top rank of Hollywood stars, but still he isn't satisfied. He wants to be a song writer. As a matter of fact, he already is one in a small way. Do you remember a number called "Not My Girl’’? That was Fred's. He also wrote a couple that were .played a bit in England—“ Blue Without You” and "Tapping the Tunc". Fred is the tune man on the songs. Ho admits he can't write lyrics. DID YOU KNOW— That Frank Morgan has •hated off his (or the first time 1? I years to play his role in “Naughty 11 Marietta"? -I

to act as godparent, or ou the day of the christening. Q. When should invitations for a costume ball be issued? A. They should go forward at least three week* in advance, so the guests may have time to plan their .ost times. Q. Does it make any diffenece from which side of the chair one takes his seat in a reebiurant? A. Either side is correct. —— • » j Answers To Test |' Questions — 3e'ow are the answers to the Teat Queationa printed I cm Page Two. • —* | ! 1. Austin. 2. Amelia Earhart. 3. Hohenzolleru. 1. Antonio Stradivarius. 1 5. A form of croquet. 6. Thirteen, j 7. Aviary. 8. San Francisco time is two 1 hours earlier than Chicago. 9. Chicago. 111. 10. It does not hold the title, but leases the Zone in perpetuity. 1. Atlantic City. 2. Superior. 3. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. 4. Moccasin snake, or Water Moccasin. 5. A legendary English outlaw. 6. An English novelist. 7. A high explosive dynamite. 8. China. H. Religious followers of Elias Hicks. ’ 10. —The C. S. Frigate "Consti1 tution.” 0 ♦ Household Scrapbook ROBERTA LEE When Painting Why net pnt a cardboard picnic plate under the can of paint before beginning the next job? It will catch all the drippings, and is also convenient for placing the brush when necessary to move from one place to another. . A jfi The Gas Range I The brown stains on light-colored gas ranges can be easily removed ' by using a cloth dipped in turpeni tine. <Jse of Crumbs The crumbs that are left over fr: in bread, cake, or muffins are ■ excellent to use as a crust for any baked or scolloped dish. -—-o— —- Married in Auto Warrensburg, Mo.— XI.R) W. F. Early, 26. and Jane Hartman, 25, chose the intersection of Highways ;50 and 13 for the scene of their marriage. They remained in their ear while Probate Judge W. C. McDonald read the service. o _ , 94-Year-oOld Will Refiled Independence, Mo. — <U.R) The i 94-year old w ill of a pioneer Jackson county farmer was recorded in 1 probate court. Filed originanlly beI fore the probate division was created. it was necessary to record the I document to perfect the chain of II title to a piece of real estate.

WREATHMARKS JOHN'S GRAVE • 11 AA ' Wreath Is Placed On John Dillinger’s Grave Christinas Day 1 Indianapolis. Dec. 26. —(U.RI —A wreath of flowers adorned the grave of John Dillinger, slain Indi- | nna outlaw, at Crown Hill cemetery ■ Christmas day. A year ago he and his outlaw friends spent Christmas in luxury , at Daytona Beach. Fla. A card attached to the wreath was inscribed, "Merry Christmas to , my pal.” , Police believe that the wreath ( was placed there by a crank or by ( one of Dillingers former friends here. Even Mary Kinder, sweetheart of the gang, was suspected. But she is said to be in New York. A tourist from California gave John Dillinger, Sr., Mooresville, Ind., farmer $lO to buy Christmas flowers for the outlaw several days 1 ago but it was not known wivether the father used the money for the wreath. Police believed not since it would have been inscribed differ- ' ently. The tourist left the money after

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CHAPTER XXXVI I Harrow turned and looked des- ' perately toward sea, hoping to sight < the Commander heading toward ( them, but the yacht was farther ' away than before. There.was noth- 1 ing ahead then but disaster and the slim chance that all of them could 1 reach shore in their lifebelts. It was ' not far now, perhaps a mile, per- ' haps less, but with the storm grow- 1 ing this way, that was a distance. ‘ And Ida was exhausted from her ] fright and her nausea. They had not long to wait. The ‘ Kayo finally gave a heave sidewise ■ and the next big wave crashed down 1 upon it, pitching them all to star- 1 board, and capsizing the launch. Harrow rose to the surface, desper- ' ate, cursing himself for this foolhardiness, and determined to do any- 1 thing at any cost to himself rather than cause the injury of one of ' these men and women with him. Kay was without a lifebelt, but • she was holding Ida, who had lost control entirely when they struck ' the water. The Kayo had gone down ! beneath them. It was as miserable a moment as ' Farrow ever had experienced. Alone it wouldn’t matter, but this , way, and him unable to help—Oh, why the devil couldn’t Johnson see them through his glasses and understand the plight they were in! Floundering about in the water, I they all were making desperate efforts to keep moving with the wind, ' toward shore. A mile maybe, maybe less, but the longest mile any of them ever had faced. And the wind, driving in from the epen sea, lashed the rain down upon them mercilessly. • • • • On the morning the Commander 111 left the city docks Pete Ryan sat nearby in the yacht club billiard room, watching. He saw Harrow and Spike Winch and Ida Campbell and her brother arrive and the chauffeur leave with their car, but he did not. see Kay. He realized then that she probably was to be stationed down at the inlet to play her part in this dangerous publicity hoax. , , One of the skippers who frequented the yacht club chuckled and said, "Pack of fools!” giving a strong, gurgling suck at his stubby, charred, little pipe. Pete looked up at the weatherbeaten sailor. ' "How bad do you think it s going to be?” “Warnings out down below,” the skipper said laconically. He peered out the window, deep crowsfeet wrinkling about his eyes as he squinted across the rough water of the river toward the docks. "Pack of fools! Thought Johnson had more sense.” "Maybe they’re just going to move down the river a piece,” Pete suggested. “Crazy to move at all today ii they don’t have to.” The skipper shook his head sadly, smiling to himself and drawing at his pipe. "Crazy bunch anyway on that boat.” He walked away, a grizzled Void man who had gone to sea in ’ the days of sail. Pete watched the Commander leave the dock. She was a beautiful craft and, much as he disliked all she represented, he found himI ncif experiencing a thrill of genui inc admiration for b vas she nosed 1 serenely out into the wind-lashed Halifax, aloof and as if above such things as blows. When the Commander was well downstream, Pete went to the boatshed and climbed into the made-over ’ lifeboat that he had borrowed, an ugly, sturdy craft with a strong, though by no means fast, motor. He pushed out of the shed and after a little difficulty had the boat started, following at several hundred yards’ distance the big white yacht heading for the inlet. Pete kept well behind the Comi mander and rode on, unflinching, through the rain which streamed into his face and poured down from his uncovered head. At the inlet he saw the Commander heading out into the sea and shook his head much as the old skipper had done. "The fools!” he - growled, “the crazy fools!” But the big white yacht kept its steady course, beautiful and still aloof and self-possessed. Pete strained his eyes looking for lie Kayo, but could see nothing of i-' it. He began to doubt that the plan £ was to be carried out. Certainly Kay would havs sore sesse than

being shown through the Dillinger home. Only two of five members of the . gang who were together at Day- | tona Beach a year ago are atil! I living. Harry Pierpont died In the i I electric chair at Ohio state penl- . | tentiary. Charles Makey, sentenced I to die with Pierpont, was slain 1 when he and the latter attempted to iwapo from the denth cell. Dillinger was killed by, federal agents at Chicago July 22. John Hamilton is at large and Russell Clark is serving a life sentence in the Ohio , prison. o_— Caught Eagle iq Bare Hands Banff. Atla. —(UP) — Harry Lo- , der, a tourist, caught an eagle with j, hie bare hands while it was in full , flight near. Louder was traveling I, uJong a highway when a golden i eagle flew by the window of hie automobile. Reaching out, he caught it by the neck and palled it into his car. He turned it over to the Banff Zoo. —„ , . O' - ■—— ■ Acadian Hayfork Found St. John. N. B. —(UP)— A 200- j year-old Arcadian hayfork, believed I to be the oldest in Canada, has just j been .placed on exhibition at the New Brunswick Musintn here. Heavy and awkward, the fork- was ueed by early French settlers. It j was found in the barn ot an old Little Brook N. B. farmer. |_

to be anywhere outside at a time like this in her little boat. He took out his glasses and followed the course of the Commander, watch- st ing for a glimpse of a little, bobbing craft somewhere nearby. e; Minute followed minute and he h wondered if he had come for no ki reason. Perhaps he should have taken Kay into his confidence. He d realized this with a bitter little it chuckle. He had made several mis- ci takes lately by not taking Kay into ir his confidence and it was only fit- s< ting that this be another; he deserved it. Nevertheless, he waited, fl keeping the glasses upon the Com- s< mander’s stern. ri Suddenly, he seemed to hear the rumble of an explosion. Was it tl thunder? But it couldn’t be; there si had been no thunder; only the N whine of the wind and the pounding k of the surf. lie kept the glasses il trained on the Commander. The big u yacht seemed to be turning south- ti ward. People seemed to be running about the deck. Pete’s hand, hold- w ing the glasses, became tense, and it sweat formed on the palm. Were s; they going to do it after all? Then s where was Kay? il Then he saw them lowering the e boat. He followed it carefully, los- d ing it now and then with the movement of the ocean, but always pick- c ing it up. There were four people F in the boat and they were rowing, u coming toward shore, toward him. b He moved the glasses southward, n but saw no sign of another boat, n then northward, and still no sign, v Once more he directed his attention 1< upon the approaching lifeboat. Sud- s denly he saw it lurch and capsize c as it swung about broadside to the t wind. h He began to wonder if the cap- t sizing had been real or intentional, t If they actually were in trouble he d ought to go out to them. But as he t watched, covering the surrounding v water with his glasses, lie finally d saw a boat and recognized it as b Kay’s. Then the plan was being carried out. a It was none of his business now, v he presumed, but he boiled with an- t ger at Harrow. The whole affair e struck him as cheap and petty, regardless of whatever hidden de- h signs Harrow might have besides, g Pete watched the Kayo pick up g the four swimmers, then turn and i: head in toward the inlet. Soon, with ii good luck, they would be arriving li and he would have to be out of sight, g But he waited a few minutes longer. And luckily.* As he lifted the F glasses for another look seaward, he saw the boat at the moment it was swamped. He waited no longer. F In a moment he was driving his t slow, seaworthy old tub out into the li open sea. gritting his teeth in rage r and anxiety. This was absolutely h the last of it. Whether it was his fa business or not, he would put Harrow in his place. That is, if Harrow a still lived when he reached them, t Serve the skunk right to let him s stay behind and wallow in the water, Pete thought bitterly. Soon—though it seemed slow I: hours had dragged past—he came i upon them, all still afloat and strug- 1 gling about in life belts—all but r Kay, who was swimming without one. 1 The relief on their faces was in- a describable. Harrow lifted a hand s weakly in a sort of futile gesture of t gratitude and Kay grinned. Pete f struggled to get Kay into the boat first. t Once she was ou? of the water I herself, she insisted on helping with f the others. Ida Campbell, near col- i • lapse and unable to speak, waa t i next, then her brother, then Spike. I Spike himself helped Earl Harrow < into the boat. Pete did not even look t • at the man. As soon as they were « : all aboard Pete headed toward . shore, his face set, his mouth tight- < . ly closed. Once they were on land he turned ( to Harrow. "I’ll never forget this, P.yan,” . i Harrow said soberly. Pete scowled, and spoke, his voice . low and thick with unger and dis- * gust. “I'll say you won’t!” he mum- ( ! bled, and he swung at Harrow, his 1 1 fist catching the producer squarely ' ‘ on the jaw. 3 Harrow fell to the sand. "What’s this!” Spike Winch de- ' 1 rnanded, pushing forward. "Pete! Spike!” Kay tried to 1 • plunge forward and get between ( : them. i Harrow was trying to rise and ' r Pete stood above him, ready to 1 smash him again.

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Spike had drawn his automata. “Spike!" Kay cried. "Never mind the rod,” Ha-rnv H said weakly, struggling to his feet ■ Spike looked regretfully at ha H‘ •mployer. Harrow, blinking, shock H i:s head at Spike, anti tottered to H seep on his feet. K “Why the—” Spike blurted, and R Iroppcd the gun tn the sand, whirl. ■ ng on Pete. His li ft shot out and M •aught Pete an tiio cde of the face, H naking a sickening smarkfey j round. Pete tried to shake the mist away H from his eyes. How that guv could H sock! He knew -utw that he had a K real fight on his hands. ' Spike came forward, 'rearing, the trained fighter, and Pete had H ■ense enough to r<. ugii.ze it at oaw. No slugging now. He'd hate to K. keep out of this guy’s way, box him, insight with him. keep him from uncorking the full furce of those two fists. Spike feinted and came threegh with a hook. Pete ducked, blocked it, caught part of its force on his shoulder, drove his left into Spike's R stomach and closed in. The insight- ■ ing was vicious as th< v reeled about, ■ each trying to tie the other up and H drill on the middle. One of Spike’s fists got loose, came up in an uppercut and sent ■ Pete jolting backward, stumbling, until he sat down heavily. He blinked again, clearing away the K mist, and struggled to rise. The moment he was utl his knees Spike was on him again, sending merci- BM less rights and lefts to his fsa. Bl slashing at him with a deadly me- Ml ch an i cal preci-ion. Somehow, B| though, witii his han is up and his Bl head dow n. Pete .mana, ed to push B| through the storm of fists aid Hi throw hiim-olf u’ -m Smke, bearing HI dow n heavily ai.d t> ■. :r.g to clinch, —| to tie him up, to ride on him and Ht w eigh him dow n It was ail hacoaid Hg do to keep his 1,. t ar. i realize whit HI he intended to do. H| He did manage to get inside Spike H| again and to <h: • round they Ml went, their feet gouging the sand, Hl their fists hammering at each oth- Hg er's bodies. Bl Suddenly—he never knew how it Hg happened—he felt Spike's body Kg give and buckle. One must have gone home. In the second of real- HE ization. Pete put everything he hid Kg into a right to the jaw and sawthe Kg little pug go down, i il over,Strug- HI gle a little, then go limp. Hi From somewhere tar away came K| Earl Harrow’s voice. H| "Good work, Ryan!" Hl Pete thought he was dreaming. ■ I Dazedly, he looked about him. B [ the man standing there, smiling, Kt leaning on young I ampbell for support. It was real then. Pete shook Kg his head again, tried to clear us K g brain. . . ■• Earl Harrow smiled disarming? p g at Pete. “You pack a very zuttto- K | tative wallop, young fellow, M ■ r said. ■ j Pete was too surprised to answer, m g Spike Winch, on the sand, was B | beginning to come to. H< was rais- B, ing himself up. holding his J*’ ® ■ ! his hand, and blinking his eyes stu- B > P Young Campbel! was I I Ida who by now had begun to U ■ ! an interest in life again, and a > B | stood by. too surprised to s*7 B I thing. She stared incredulously B | from Pete to Harrow to , . ■ t Harrow stepped over and M up Spike’s automatic, ne dre • B ■ handkerchief to wipe the gu . • B | finding it sopping wet grinned b ishly and merely wtapped 1 c.>|] B j the sand encrusted pistol. R howl when he comes to clean B | Colt,’’ Harrow I treats it as if it were a chronon | Ct pcte turned to Kay/W’*' I out of this,” he said du»y. ■ “Wait a minute,” Harrow U ■ { SCSted ‘ u . vm Kav P* I ! They turned to htw. waj ■ I tesspsix''!**-* | p “ll's no bw mall"'.rtl'.Xe I pies—especially at thu ™ . fn B Harrow said. ‘q-he'thing I very sorry for ail I to do is get dry and wa • n w ji) B get back to town. J Ryan, B bring the boat. As j, e ■ I know you must rather j H ing to look at me l ust That 4 tom* - B can’t say I blame X"' 1 - “ you ■ thing Ud like to talk | later ’ (To Be Continued) I CoovrW. I«3<- KUie f ulul, ‘ |