Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 167, Decatur, Adams County, 16 July 1952 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday By THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO., INC. Entered at the Decatur, Ind., Post Office as Second Class Matter Dick D. Heller —* President sAj R. Holthouse Editor J. H. Heller Vice-President Chas. Holthouse —— Treasurer i Subscription Rates: By Mall In Adams and Adjoining Counties: One year, 18.00. Six months 13.26; 8 months, >1.75. i By Mai’, beyond Adams and Adjoining Counties: Ono year, 17.00; 6 months, >3.75; 3 months, >2.00. - By Carrier, 25 cents per week. Single copies. 6 cents.

In America, the land of (tie family automobile, motorists move a million miles a minute over the highways. A startling statistic and oiffe to be respected. o_ —o —- Candidates counting unhitched chickens should bear in mind that lit really hot weather some eggs are iriore likely to explode than to hatch. \ ; '-\ * A doctor’s advice* for sailing easily through the hot weatuer csflls for avoiding fatigue, keeping clean?, avoiding chilling >and keeping away fi>m crowds. In other words, live alone and take it easy. Easier said than done, but every little, effort at it helps. \ A* * ' - ’ — Q- Or— — In the big county fair will be on at Harina-Nuttman park. You will enjoy every moment of the big show. Many of *“your friends will be there and the program will be sufficient to phage yog. Be sure to attend. Those in charge want to see ity \ grow and it will if you help. Boost the good cause along and help those who are working so earnestly to make it a genuine success. The New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers look like winners at this stage of the big leagues battles for world championship, but they still have a long hard route to cover. Last year the Dodgers had an 11-ganje lead with a month to go and lost cut in the lasft game when the Giajjfs beat them. The Cleveland Indians are chasing the Yanks; with the-White' Sox just a game behind them. , ■ . ■ ■ < , , o o ■ £ '■ * .‘. \ The Democrats are heading for Chicago where Hext Monday the ’ .1952 convention for y the nomination of candidates for president and vice-president will convene. With a dozen prospective candidate's it ought’to bq interesting. S* v eral d( these have made active f canoLgris, Kefauver, Ityssell, Harttnan and Kerr with Mi 1 . KefriuvTr having a considerable lead in delegates’■ at 'this time. Thri seiHfts nyiy be similar to those of last week when the Republicans met imt without the bitterness shown at that meeting.

i Facts About Cerebral Palsy

? By HERMAN N. BUNDESEN, M.D. L CEREBRAL palsy is often in the headlines these days, thanks to the many efforts being made to help chldr.en with this disabling disease. However, many people who read about the condition really don’t know what it is, even in a general way. Children with cerebral palsy are generally called spastic, which simply means that their muscles show an abnormal contraction, or spasm. : Trouble in Brain The rear trouble is .not in the muscjtes, but in the brain. The disease affects those parts of the brain which control movements of the arms, legs, and other parts of the body. This brain condition Usually results in paralysis, weak coordination, and abnormal or disturbed movements of various kinds. Thus, a child may have spasm of the leg muscles so he can hardly control them. If he can move them at all, the movements are usually jerky, rigid, and abnormally fast or slow. Other Difficulties 7 ' In some cases the brain injury or disorder that brings muscle disturbances may cause other difficulties, such as decreased intelligence, personality changes, • and epilepsy. How do children get cerebral palsy? The commonest way is through an injury to the head. Sometimes, it may be due to instruments or drugs used during

Last year, says Director J. Edgar Hoover of the federal bureau of investigation, his organization investigated $40,803 applicants for federal jjibsor employes already in. Not as many as Senator McCarthy Would have us believe were bad. The actual number was 330. Not even this small fraction was entirely composed of disloyal persons. Bad character of other kinds ajild mental instability were also causes for rejection and accounted for a large share of those barred. When told that Washington is honeycombed with traitors it might be Well to "look at the record." .Q — 0 County Superintendent of Schools Glen B. Custard, w'lro' has been head of Adams county's school system for less than a year has achieved a splendid rifeord. ’With more than six Weeks to go before the opening,of the county schools, Superintendent Cifstard already has alt book lists prepared 1 and almost every school ih the system has a full staff of teachers. This is uhusual and in the last several years, it has been necessary for trustees to make a frantic effort on the very day of V school opening to complete the teaching roster. Mr,| Custard has Stayed On the job all sunimlef and ha§, filled all teaching vacancies. The people of Adams county, np doubt, will approve this spit ndid work of an outstanding public servant. ■■\U' i J' ■ — Q ; -.— Family Reunions:— 1 it-s an old old custom, but il’fe still ; popular in Indiana: The Family 'Reunion! \ . . - . if J On almost every Sunday, of the summer months family reunions ■' ' >•/ ■' ■ t. 1 '• I !* ''*■ d i; '■ are held at every available park anq grove in Adams county. The all-day affairs are usually featured by big basket dinners, musical r programs, contests and short! business and social - sessions, exclusively for the respective fatpilies. • Some of these events gather to gethcr than I<W members 'of a particular family; others are much smaller. All hajre the same theme: ■ < <. • H. ; ■ i ■ The renewal of family Often. family members travel the Width of the country |x>.\ be with! their a relatives Oc-casions}-It's a fine American tradition and custom appeals to be gaining, every year' in Ijpopu-larit-y. - . - 'C •

a difficult childbirth. It niay also develop if an infant} is dropped on his head, or has hemorrhagic disease of the newborn, or a severe infection. Certain types of difficult childbirth can cut off oxygen from the infant while it is being born; and this can sometimes damage the brain. Some Cases Hereditary It ia possible that some cases of cerebral palsy are hereditary—- - perhaps thirty per cent. A certain number may also be due to severe infections of the mother before childbirth. For example, if a mother has German measles in the iirst three months of pregnancy, or a severe kidney infection, there is Some danger of damage to the childly Carbon monoxide poisoning of the mother, or over-exposure to X-rays may also injure the‘unborn child and lead to cerebral palsy. i. This disorder is one of the many reasons why regular physical examinations during pregnancy are so important for both mother and child, V ' QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS C. M.: Can excessive doses of vitamins be harmful? Answer: Yes. Excessive doses of vitamins A and Djnay prove toxic to a person, producing severe symptoms and even death. Therefore, vitamins should not be in large amounts, except under, a doctor’s direffl!?!!* 1 '

20 Years Ago , , TODAY I o—„ — o July 16 — A revised unemployment relief bill is passed in congress and goes to President Hoover. It w’as'changed as requested by the president. ’ The Mizpah Shrine band of Fort Wayne gives a concert at Legion Memorial park. The heat wave takes a rest ami temperatures drop to go above here today. Sheriff Burl Johnson refuses to turn the "alcohol truck" over to the Cleveland finance company without due process of law. The J. S? Peterson family gathers at the Howers cottage at Rome City for a two weeks outing. John DeVoss, who is a desk in the enrolling room at th? legislature, i is home for the week-end.

Marriage License Lindell R. Hooser and Wilma Jean Well, both 20, and of Rittman, O. 0 Q ! Modern Etiquette I «■"’ BY ROBERTA LEE | 0 o Q. Is it really necessary to leave a little food on one’s plate. I have been told this is a rule of good niaiipers? A. This is riot only silly, but it is shiest - : wastefulness. Ihm’t hesitate to eat every bit of food on your plate. This, of course, does not mean that you should “polish" the pilate,\ -• Q. For years, I have been sending wedding annivt4sary cards to a friend. Since last anniversary, however, heir husband has passed away. What this year? 1 A. You can send a Vard expressing t thoughts of friendship, but leave out the word "happy.” Q. When a person to whom you are being introduced says, “I am very pleased to meet you,” what should your response be? I lA. "Thank you”, is suffßdejit. Cool Milk Milk, after being drawn, should be cooled in winter Just as in wairn summer weather. Prompt cooling I prevents growth of bacteria.

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; CHAPTER SEVENTEEN SOMEWHAT after Bess' visit Paul saw Bob Simpsoh and then Roger Tarrand. And Tar rand asked, “1 suppose Bob told you everything ts going along in an orderly fashion.’’ "Yes. He’s doing a fine job." "He certainly is. So you nave nothing to worry about on that score. •fl don’t, Roger, Bob rates my place. 1 hope you all feel that way.” \ He thought of Bob sitting beside him saying, "You’li be as good as ■ new, we all know it, Until then Ijl’m your legs, Paul. Remember that." He thought of Bob’s praying with the two men c a ug n t away trom the rest of the people in that place, quiet, in supplication. This time it ( was Bob ! who prayed and Paul who listened. The days passed. After a month Paul was in a wheel chair in the solarium. People came to 'see him, brought gifts, puzzles, crossword and jigsaw, brought flowers, news, affection. Mrs. Eagle went to see nun and was cross with herself. She said, “I declare, 1 don’t know what gets into me. The dining room ceiling has a crack. I told Miss Granby, not knowing who else. I’ve nad trouble with the stove too. Dr. Lennox spoke about moving you into the downstairs bedroom and fixing up a study . . . The ndw cleaning woman's nd good. 1 fireu\\ ner, shiftless crea- , ture. Miss Granby found me a real good girl. My,-I'm busy, Mr. Lennox. Phone rings all the time, people come to the nouse. 1 wrote ’em ah down. Here . . . everyone sent iove, and said they pray for you." Little by little he became inured to seeing people, and Miss Granby took over much of tus correspondence. He heard from people, many of them Strangers: other polio cases among them. It had reached the press, early in his illness* and he was deluged with well-wishing. ne felt as if he someone else, as it they couldn’t mean nim, these kindly strangers, writing, ”1 knpw what it’s like. I’ve been through IL I pray for you-” L Some letters he answered himself when ne could do so. He wrote Connie first ot all. ”1 cannot adequately thank you for your letters. 1 am up tn a wheel chair now. I buzz about quite briskly. Connie, you ask when you may come, in every letter. Would you be hurt if 1 said, not as yet ? But when I return home, where there is privacy. Besides, by then 1 may know more of the future than 1 do now." She read the letter and cried out . to Hortense, “He doesn’t want to see me!"

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Happy-Go-Lucky The Hartford llappy-Go-Lucky 4-11 club liehl thvir regular meeting recently at the Hartford school. The. meeting Was called to order by Lavera Alt, and Laurinda Batd led t'he.group in singing. The roll call) “My Favorite Color,” and the mint utrs of the last meeting were read) by 'Carol Wheeler. Home demon-i stration agrint, Anna K. Williams. alked io the group about jhe 1 11 fair. Demonstrations were given by Pat McCune On a devil's food cake, and Dianne Phiarr and SuzieDubach on '.l’m-y day cake." Carol Wheeler a talk on gardening. Rcfre.-hments were served to is members, leaders, arid two visitors. The next meeting will be held July 22 at 7:3'» at the Hartford school. Happy Hoosiers The fifth me< ting of the Happy. Hoosiers 1-1| club was held recently. The meeiing was called,to ordef by William Kipfer and the minutes of H'.O last tnetf.ing wt re rt ad by Karl Rich. After the meeting everyone enjoyed swimming at Pine Lake. The next meeting will be

•That’s natural,” said Mrs. Marshall. “1 believe he loves me. This time I’m sure. It that’s so, why is it natural? Nothing’s changed!” “ You’ll have to convince him, not me,” said ner mother? “He thinks it is. 1 guess. How sorry are you for him?’’ ?. Connie looked at her, appalled. ’’How can you ask that, Mother? 1 can’t measure it,” “He can’t stand to have you sorry for mm, Connie, so he doesn’t want to see you.” _ “But I’m not, in that way,” Connie argued. “He nas everything, his mind and heart and future. I thought maybe 1 couldn’t be a part ot ms future, I thought he didn’t really need me . . . But now 1 can be a part, 1 know it. I’m sick with being sorry that he had to nave this ... I asked Jon wpen first I knew, does he have ’ pain ? and when he said, yes, 1 cotild feel it in myself.” She was quiet and then said, “I’d rather have Paul if he were to be forever shut in between four walls than any other man living.” I ■. Mrs. Marshall swallowed. She spoke practically, not daring to speak otherwise. “Well, if that’s true, tell mm so. Mostly women do the proposing, whether men [know it or not. Your father was the most surprised man in five counties wnen ne realized ne was going to be married!” On the night he wrote Connie,j Paul heard [the boy in the next bed crying forlornly. He was seventeen, a thin, cheerful boy who had been ill a long time. He nad a very severe involvement ot both .legs and one arm. He muffled the sound with the pillows lest a night nurse hear. And Paul asked. “Is there anything 1 can do, Ben?” “No, sir, thanks.” After a while he spoke again. T just get down sometimes, not often but specially i after the folks have been to see me. Sorry 1 made a fool of my- ! self." “We all get down at times." “1 suppose you’ll think it nuts,” said Ben, “but 1 thought I was going to play pro-baseball sometime. I’ve been set on it since I was a kid. So It burns me up .\ . . you sec, 1 am—l mean 1 was—pretty darned good.”’ Paul said, "Ben, you have to believe that when one door closes another will open.” ■ “Oh. sure. But do you belieye it, , Mr. Lerinox ?” i It was some time before Paul answered. “1 used to, Ben. I try to, now.” "Thanks,” said Ben. “I mean, for leveling with me. Say, 1 never thought you got down, being a minister and all.” i “That doesn’t always save yon from depression.” They spoke very

held July 28 at the Election school. I Haocv Hustlers The Happy Hustlers 4-H club held th<>|jr local meeting July 8 at the home of Wanda and Chlor Nehenschwtinder. The meeting was. called to order and the roll call .'Uiswtrtd liy "Favorite sport.” The minutes of; the last meeting were triad and approved. Group singing Was led by WAnda Neuenschwander arid Bette Royer read a poem. Following the. netting Were served by Wanda and Chlor Neuenschwander, Bette Royer, .and Janet Aghr. The next meeting will be held July 22 at the home of ! Cyi)thia and Cecilia Lehman. ’ Roving Rangers The Monmouth Roving Rangers. 4-H club met recently at the Mon\ihoii: school. The meeting was \ called to order by the president. I Tow Drew. The pledges were led by Kenny\ Busick. Tire roll call, Favorite Flower” and the minute? of the .last meeting were read by the secretary. L?o Busick gave a talk on “Fitting a calf for show.” H was decided to have a tour July 28. The refreshments for the tour Will be served at Clent’s Lake by llouald Gerke. Delbert Witte. Dale Busick. and George Fuelling. FolUnving ithe meeting, refreshments W» re st ivt <L ”

low, not to disturb the others. “Let’s make a bargain. When things get too rough, you let me know. IT! do the same. And we’ll try not t& get down at the same time. You much of a churchgoer, Ben ?" Ben said diffidently, “Not too good, maybe. But now and then Mom would drag me ..." \ “She taught you the Lord’s Prayer, I’m sure," said Paul, “when you were very small. Say it now, in your mind and heart. I shall, too.’* He now knew the other patients. At first he had cared little about them, nor was he interested in their individual cases and problems. But slowly, in spite of himsijli or because he was desperately irt need of looking away from Paul Lennox, he began to take Interest. Sp their names and backgrounds were familiar to him; even their hope and their fear. People had always turned to him, they still did so. Originally it Was an effort to force himself to listen and to answer. It seemed ironic that they asked counsel of him. But he gave it. He listened: he learned from the doctors what, in each case, was the heartening thingy to say. He prayed with those who asked it of him. He learned to laugh at the jokes, some of them macabre. And so grew to think about these others not only with his mind but with his heart, : I in about ten weeks from the time he was hospitalized, he was measured for the brace he must wear on the right leg, and some tert days later it was ready. He must remain another two weeks or so in order to learn the use of his appliance and of crutdhes. He watched the others: very young children, some of them, to whom a Step was a mile of progress, a brace, victory, a crutch, the symbol of achievement. But he said to Jon unhappily, “I’ll never become accustomed.’.’ "Yes. you will. Speaking of cr'Utches, ever think about those all of us use, the invisible ones? Tim had alcohol, a bad crutch, it let him down. Novy he has a pair which won’t: Rosalie and A. A. I have Rhoda, I suppose. Some men have ; drcams: some have work, some have God ..." But that was a bad period. Dr. Evans said, of the right leg, “1 can’t promise you it will ever be normal. I don’t believe it will be. But I do predict that you will be a great deal better. 1 believe yoU will get' out of this with a limp, no more. But it will take ckre, work, patience, and most of all your own determination and cooperation. And time, a great deal Os time.” (To Be Continued)

The People’s Voice Thia column for the use of our readers who wish to make suggeationa for the general good ; or discuss Questions of Inter- | est. Please sig* your name to | show authenticity. It will not | be used if you prefer that It I not be. ! | V 0 j Quotes Scripture Dear Editot: . I have never met Mirs. Arthur L. Miller, yet I admire her for the stand she has taken in regard to the way women and girls dress. We find in Genesis 3rd chapter . 21&t verse that God made coats and clothed Adam and Eve. I Then in Ist Timothy 2nd chapter and 9th verse, we read, that women should adorn themselves in modest apparel. Let us hear from the Christian people In our city. Another Mother. o Q i Household Scrapbook I BY ROBERTA LEE I 0 0 Cool Meals The family appreciates cool meals during hot weather. A model menu consists of hot soup, like creameif’asparagus, a jellied chicken salad, hot rolls, iced tea, and fresh orange or raspberry ice. Grease 1 Greased splits on wooden floors are sometime ttfificult to remove. Put a little chloride of lime in the water, cover the stains with it, and let rdriikin fpr an hour. Then scrub and rinse as usual. Aluminum Utensils Aluminum cooking pans are often warped out of shape, by the practice of putting cold water into them while - they are still hot. ja —— Kurd Soap Remove the wrapper from a bar of soap and let the bar dry and harden before you use it Hard soap lasts longer than does soft moist *>ap- ' CHAPTER EIGHTEEN PAUL liked Dr. a big slow-spoken man, who himself walked haltingly due to an. injury sustained tn childhood. He had strong, gentle hands; he was honest; he was sympathetic and detached. \ Paul said, •’There’s something else wrong with me.” "What exactly T” \ ’ •T don’t know... the others, even that wonderful kid, Saul, in the respirator, they have tenacity arid nope. They are rarely depressed. When they are, it doesn’t last. 1 might nave said that such qualities belong only to the very young, but it wouldn’t be true. Take O'Hara. He’s toßty-nine, nas a wife and family, 1 recently talked with nis priest and learned a good deal about him. He was a steelworker, as perhaps you know. Now he talks of preparing himself for another job. one which won't require tegs ... he will, too —at nearly fifty. - What’s wrong with me. Dr. Evans? Thq others can take this; 1 can’t” "Will you mind If I speak frankly?” "Probably, fiut speak anyway.” "During your professional life, Mr. Lennox, you hav)e advised Other people* Now vou deal with your own problem, and lack abjectivity ... which is natural.” Paul said, "It isn’t the first time.” “Also,” said Dr. Evans, “W 0 must not forget that you are a clergyman.” “What has that to do with it ?” asked Paul. “Although it is really the root of my difficulty, because, being a clergyman. 1 should be better able to accept.” "No. You have always operated upon the unrealistic plane,” said Evans, “that is to say, for much of the time, on the spiritual.. "Arc you saying that 1 have run from reality?” “After a fashion.” "But who is more often forced to witness reality than the clergyman?" said Paul, top astonished ! to he affronted. “There is little j of life that ne does not s>ee, the ; most soridid, the most miserable i aspe'ets of living, the saddest. And also surely the spiritual plane is as much of a reality—if you insist upon the term —as the physical. More, much more.” “1 was wondering when vou would rediscover that,” said Evahs. I ’’l’ve known you for a short time only. 1 dare say your familjr and friends would have said that you. with your inner resources, would make a good, complete adjustment. You haven’t. I, a stranger, knew you would not. for you have more to reconcile than most. 1 am not in your sense a religious man. But I’ve seen death too often not to believe In something beyond It: also I’ve seen courage admitting of no explanation tn purely physical terms. I’m certain you are a physically brave man. and that you once believed yourself to be as courageous spiritually. I think you are. I hope so. But you will have to find out for yourself.” £ Paul said, "Thanks Every so often 1 am reproved and know I rate it. Dt. Evans, it is terrifying to feel insecure. 1 have always been so sure of myself.” “That's just it, Mr. Lennox. The strange thing is that you. of all men, should not have -continued to feel sure: not of yourself but of something not yourself.” That Yiight, lying awake, conscious that his Rg ached, aware of

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deathly fatigue, he thought. Is it possible that all these years 1 w - as certain only of myself? He rejected this violently. It was utterly false. He had bden sure of God. Had been. \ It came to him with the force of a shattering blow that, in daring to question, in daring to doubt, and in permitting himself to experience the blackest despair known to man—despaiV born of the conviction that God nad forgotten, that He was indifferent to supplication, that He had failed his servant —he, Paul, had committed the Ultimate sin. After a long time a nurse moved to fits bed. She asked softly, “Can’t you sleep, Mr. Lennox ?” Tm all right,” he answered, "thank you, Miss Howard.” He put out his hand, touched the Bible on the little table. He could not read it now. But he could pray. He could say, 1 have 1 ' lacked the key... there's always been one locked door, which only that key could open ... The key is humility. And in my blindness I did not know it. He was as broken as though struck down, uijder° g rinding wheels. \ But he knew that tn the God he worshipped, and in the Son of God, wio had. yin His Father's Name, ransomed aP mankind, there w-as nothing but forgiveness, love and compassion. He said mutely in the darkness the great words of the Twentythird Psalm. He had often said them, sitting beside a dying man. They were strong words to hear at ebb tide. Now he 1 had not through the valley of death but of despair: and had emerged. Per-'' haps not wholly: there were still shadows. But he knew a sense of frecdotn in casting the burden on his Lord. That was trust, and ac-' ccptance. For only through faith, the long way home. Tfiat morning he had been readying to himself from Micah. Nb'y/. remembering, he knew he had read blindly, without comprehension. “And what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to lovri mercy, and to walk humbly with thy. God?” * Walk humbly. It cannot matter how you walk in your physical body, nor with now hesitant a step. The spirit goes free, it runs ahead, it has wings, because the spirit walks humbly.

He felt light and purged: strength flowed back into him, that of the everlasting arms to which he could now wholly surrender. He was the strongest man on earth because his strength was not of dependent upon a network of . nerves,, nor muscles, not deriving from flesh and bone but from an Inexhaustible Source. And now 'he would sleep sotindly and Without drcams, in this the first hour of recovery and healing. On the following morning Jonathan came briskly into the solarium. his face shining as the’ sun. He smote Paul lightly on the shoulder, sat down, and said. “Congratulations. Uncle. You have a niece. According to v medical, grandparental and maternal standards she is beautiful and a potential red-head. Weight, six pounds twelve ounces. Rhoda’s fine. I’m glad 1 put my foot down and insisted she stay away. Billings backed me up. of course, otherwise, no dice, He’s her doctor, I’m only her husband." “Hold on. Catch vour breath. This is wonderful, news. When did it happen ?” \ ’

WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1952

"Around four Dad phoned from the hospital. Then 1 had to wait hours before 1 dared wake anyone.” , , “I wonder how my namesake is taking it ?’’ t “I’ve no idea. Rhoda wrote some time ago that he was resigned to \the impending event but would much prefer a > puppy.” “When can you taik with Rhoda, Jon?” • ; ‘ “I already have... just before Fcarne nere. She’s chipper, a little smug and magnanimously inclined . to forgive me for not being present. To my horror, she said, ’You’ll have to arrange Things better next time. Women are w’ondertuL Almost human. Beats all how she the shots. Remember, she .... said, a girl. Well, §he always gets what she wants. She got me, didn’t she?” j • . “Think you can go up this weekend?” j * “If my luck holds. I’ll make it, if only for a day.” He regarded his brother, smiling. “Well, everybody’s dandy. 1 can stop having the jitters and also cut down on the phone bill. And you look very fit this morning, PauL Better than I’ve seen you in a long time.” Paul leaned back in his whecL chair. “1 feel fine, if a little unsteady, as if I had passed a crisis. Last night was a turning point, Jon! 1 took a good look at myself. 1 can make real progress now. It’s a strange thing. 1 was thinking about it, before you came thia morning. I’ve always been able-to understand martyrs. To die for ohe’S Faith, that doesn’t come hard . i . to die for anything good in which you believe: for your country, for a great ideal But to live . . . that’s another thing. The stake, the rack, the cell—no matter how prolonged the physical agony,there’s the blaze ot glory and the unalterable conviction. You suffer t and perish for something. But the inching along day by day, wondering why. and to what, if any, pur- •. pose—Well, you begin, to believe, no glory dhere. Nothing. But it’s over.now and I’ve found my direc-, tign.” * Jonathan soberly, "That’s the best news 1 could hear. I knew it would come." “You hoped. Be honest, a You weren’t sure.” . “Pterhaps not. You have away of convincing people, tins time it operated it reverse.” “If you see Dr. Evans before 1 A, do, telknim. will you, th’at I have passed my personal prisis? I’m not going to promise suddenly to start shedding sweetness and light. 1 doubt it’s in me. 1 expect to falter often. But at least I’m headed the right way. It’s taken me too long; and I’ve been ’ feeling very sorry for myself. Which was tough on everybody.” “I understand. ■> But folks won’t feel pity, Paul; rather, admiration.” » “I don’t want that either,” he said restlessly. “I want to be accepted, as 1 have learned—at least in some measure—to accept myself.” He smiled. “Jon, will you send a wire for me? 1 have it Written down here." Jonathan looked at the slip of paper upon which Paul had written Connie’s name and address and then: “Expect to be home in a coupld ot weeks meantime if you cam get to New York please come see me in the hospital.” Jonathan put the paper tn his pocket “It looks as if you had, really regained your right tr.nd.” . (To Be Continued)