Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 246, Decatur, Adams County, 19 October 1954 — 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 A, It. Holthouse Editor J. H. Heller ....— Vice-President Chas. Holtiiouse ...i....... Treasurer Subscription Rates: By Mail In Adams and Adjoining Counties: One year, $8.00; Six months, $4.26; 3 months, $2.26. By Mail, beyond Adams and Adjoining Counties: One year, $8.00; I months, $4.75; 3 months, $2.50. By Carrier: M ceota per week. Single copies; 5 cents.

Hear Claude Wickard tonight! —o The school children had a lot of tun painting Halloween scenes on the atore 'windows. And there are several artistic paintings along the street The “canvasses” will be judged tn a Chamber of Commerce contest next week. 0 0 You are invited to the series of Democratic meetings this week, arranged in different parts • of the county. Check the calendar and take a friend to one of the meetings, where state and congressional issues will be discussed by competent speakers. 0 o Comment was made in these columns a few days ago about leaving bequests to community projects and institutions. Yesterday Cal E. Peterson, president of the Adams County Memorial Hospital, received a gift of SI,OOO from the estate of the late William W. Miller, which will be used for permanent improvements at the hospital. 0- fr— City and rural schools will be closed Thursday and Friday' for the annual teachers’ conventions. A majority of our teachers will attend the Fort Wayne sessions and a stimulating, instructive program has been prepared. Similar meetings will be held in Indianapolis, South Bend and Evansville and all over Hoosierland the children will be making the most of a double weekend holiday. —J« 0 Two judges of the Indiana Appellate Court will be elected from the Northern Judicial district on Nov. 2. One of these could be Severin Scburger of this city. His name appears last in the Democrat column on the state ballot. A check in the square on the left of his name, or an X in the Democratic emblem at the top of the column will be a boost for a local person who has every qualification to serve on the Appellate bench. —0 0— Columnists predict that Gov. G. Menncn Williams, known to voters as "Soapy" will be reelected in Michigan. The young executive is popular throughout the state and although the Republican gubernatorial candidate is a capable man. the odds are on “Soapy”, the experts predict. If Williams is elected to his third tei m he will be one of the strong candidates from the midwest for the Democrat vice-presidential nomination in 1956. He has a splendid record of service as Michigan governor.

Too Much Blood Sugar i Is as Bad as Too Little

By HERMAN N. BUNDESEN, M.D. I THE body has to have enough fuel for the production of heat and energy. The fuel that the body can use meet easily is sugar. When there is too much sugar in the blood, the condition is known as diabetes, which, in turn, is due to a lack of a secretion from the pancreas called insulin. I But the opposite can also exist; that Is, too little sugar in the blood, a condition called hypoglycemia. Hypoglycemia may be produced by a variety of disorders. I For example, it can be brought on by starvation or by giving too much insulin. A tumor of the pancreas may also produce it. In such cases, the patient may become unconscious. The blood sugar also may drop below normal in certain conditions of the other glands of internal secretion and severe liver disease. - Most Common Kind I The most common kind, however, occurs In persons who are high strung and thin, who have digestive upsets and who are likely to have high fever with mild infections. The attacks come on at any time, particularly when the person Is under strain of some type, whether mental or physical. They usually dd not occur before breakfast.

All signs point to Winston Churchill's desire to stay as British Though he is almost 80 years old, lie seems to retain his old fire. Doubtless he stays on ■ot to indulge in the luxury of exercising power, but because he really feels that in parlous times his hand is needed at the helm. Till he does retire, he will continue to be at the center of the British and the international stage. _Q pu— Chancellor Konrad Adenauer of West Germany will arrive next week to discuss the new rearmament plan with President Eisenhower. Adenauer is the undisputed head tn Germany and although the rearmament of his country is viewed with suspicion by France, experts feel that it is a risk which the Weet must take in the defense plan against Red aggression. The Germany Chancellor will be the guest of the President at Blair House in Washington and the meeting of the two executives is considered one of the most important ever held by representatives of these two governments. —— Adams county received about $42,000 in the third quarter distribution of state gasoline taxes, which amount already is earmarked for road upkeep and improvements. The county receives a little more than $225,000 a year for its 700-mile road system and the commissioners and Superintendent Singleton have been doing a good job ot stretching the funds In the road repair program. Road engineers say thiqsize county should have double the amount of funds, but raising the money is a problem for the state legislature. —JO o—— Baseball managers are expected to perform miracles, and if they fail, they lose their jobs. This explain Lou Boudreau's discharge as manager of the Boston Red Sox. He was developing a young team which might take two or ■-three years to become proficient. Yet because he did pot show results in a year or two, he has been dismissed. Big league baseball managers generally get new jobs. Bucky Harris and Steve O'Neill have been fired and hired so often that they must have to stop and think where they belong at any given moment. The reason for these frequent discharges is that it is easy to blame the manager for the team's shortcomings. and much easier to fire him than to get new players.

Fortunately, the attacks do not get progressively worse or more frequent, but, especially in children, tend to lessen'and often may disappear entirely. Proteins Beneficial It is believed that this condition is brought on by an overproduction of insulin due to the taking in of too much sugar. On the other hand, the attacks may be prevented or lessened by using a diet high in protein foods, such as meat, milk and eggs, together with fatty foods, and low In starchy foods and sugars. It is also helpful to avoid excitement and anxiety, and to have children lead an ordinary life with plenty of rest and proper relaxation. Persons who suffer from fainting spells or attacks of weakness should have a careful study, Including a laboratory test, to determine if the body is utilizing sugars satisfactorily. QUESTION AND ANSWER Mrs. L. D.‘ Is It true that lodine will relieve extreme nervousness? Answer: lodine is helpful in nervousness when it is due to a disease known as hyperthyroidism or overactivity of the thyroid gland. It should not be taken for nervousness alone, except when prescribed by the physician. M

20 Years Ago i Today 0. 0 -. # / A October 19 -sM. F. Worth, tn an reelected of bha Northeastern Indiana Teacher’s association without opposition. J. Ward Callrrnd and Albert Bel- 1 lomeyer win high' honors at the Rotary spelling match eonJueted by O. L. Vance. John A. M. Adair of Portland, former congreannati, will speak at the court house here October io. A few of the bills of the $50,000 rtuisom paid for the release of Mrs. Alice Stoll .of Louisville are found in Fort Wayne stores. The Cthkkigo World's Fair will close October 51. Court Rews Marriage Licenses Donald Hirsch, 20, Lafayette, 0., and Deana I asters, 19, Lima, 0. Manno R. Schwartz. 21, Monroe route one, and Mary N. Wengerd, 20. Berne route one. Elmer G. Branham, 21, Coi.nnbus, 0., and Janice Williams, 20, Vaughneville. O. Restraining Order Agnes Morence. pdainthit in a div. orce suit against Jack Morence, has filed an affidavit for a restrain, ing order. It has been submitted and sustained by the court. Alias Citation No return was made on a citation against Garth W. by Gladys R. Anoerson for failure to provide as ordered by the court. An alias citation has been ordered issued personally to the defendant and is returnable Oct. 30. Estate Case The inheritance tax appraiser's report hws been filed in the Enoch Yoder estate and a notice has l»een ordered issued returnable Nov. 8. • fl Household Scrapbook I BY ROBERTA LEE «— — : o Mending Woolens If a woolen garment is torn, draw a few ravellngs from the goods and darn with these. Then press with a hot iron, under a thin, damp clock and the darn will hardly be noticeaMe. Scorched Cake ’ If tihe cake is scorched on top

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CHAPTER NINETEEN 1 STARTED the Mercury, turned around, and drove slowly through the village to the hospital Only a tew cars were parked around it, and moat ot the lights in the rooms were turned off. Inside, the corridor was dimly lit. A couple of nurses swished silently by. A young nurse behind the desk was reading a copy ot Life. From somewhere a baby cried fretfully. There was the medicine smell of all Hospitals, and the night hush. Sandy and hex mother were sitting. ■ on a bench near Ralph's door. Homer Hollis, dressed in his sober dark suit, stood a little way down the corridor gazing at a weight chart on the wall 1 didn’t see Eileen Fortune. Sandy got up and came to meet me. i knew by her face that. Ralph was no better, but she answered the silent question in my eyes. "No cnange, 1 guess," she said in a low voice. “You guess? Hasn’t the doctor been here?” "He came about a half hour ago and went into Ralph's room. When he came out, he — looked rather grim, and he didn't tell us anything. He went away." "I see," 1 said, and looked over her shoulder at her mother and father. They nodded at me lySandy said, “What have you been doing, Jim?" "Just moseying around." 1 hesitated, and then added, "Look, Sandy, nave you thought about calling in another doctor?’’. ——— “Yea Dr. Mazzini said we could, if we wished. But old Dr. Sweet is the only other one in town, and he's not so good." She smiled a tribe bitterly. "If we called anyone else, it would have to be from Wheatville — that’s the nearest town ot any size. There are several doctors there.” ’ 1 remembered Wheatville very well indeed, and 1 said to Sandy, “I'll go there and bring a doctor back, it you want me to." "Don't you teel that Dr. Mazzini is doing all he can?" "I hope so." "Jim, is there something you should tell me?” “Yes," I said, thinking it was time tor me to tell someone—maybe past time. 1 moved my Head, indicating to Sandy that i wanted her to follow me outside. We stood in the shelter of the hospital entrance. 1 lit cigaret* tor both ot us and the sparks flew away on the cold wind. 1 told ncr quickly all about it, about everything; about the bullet striking the tree beside me, my visit with Judy Kirlcland, nij. encounter with Earl Seltznian in the woods, the bullets in the alley. She listened quietly, drawing on her cigaret

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or bottom, grate over it lightly with a nutmeg-garter instead of scraping w*th a knife. This leaves a smooth surAice for thfli frosting. Colic Colic can often be relieved In a young baby by rubbing Ms back, or by wrapping him up warmly. ft —' c Modern Etiquette | | BY ROBERTA LEE 9 n Q. Would it be all right for me to give a shower for my nephew's fiancee? She is a stranger in town, and none of our friends or relatives have met her as yet. A. Not a shower. Guests should never be asked to bring gifts to one who Is a stranger to them. On tihe other hand, it would be very nice for you to give a party (not a shower) in her honor, for the purpose of introducing her to your relatives and friends. A. If. a guest is late to dinner, and the meal is already progressing. is it necessary that the men rise to greet this guest? A. No. The host and hostess should rise, but it is less confusing for the other guests to remain seated.

and staring out at the night, and when 1 had finished she didn't speak for a while. At last she threw the cigaret across the drive and turned to me. "Jim, l—l don't know what to think.” “Maybe your father suspects a little," 1 said, "but don’t say anything to him, or to anyone. I wanted you to know —before anything else happens." “I’m glad you told me.” “Where’s Eileen?” 1 asked. “Her father persuaded her to go home with tum." She touched my arm. “Jun, what are you going to do now?” “Mosey around some more." "You can t get away trom It, can you?” she said sadly. "This was supposed to be a vacation tor you, and now ..." "Don’t worry about it,” 1 said, more harshly than I d-intended. "Maybe you should tell the sheriff?” “Not yet, It isn’t time for that" “But who ... ?’’ “Somebody, ’’ 1 said. "I'll find him, or her, if I’m lucky. I've got to try. You can understand that, can't you?" "Yes," she said. "Can I go with you ?" “No." "Why not? I do anything for Ralph, just sitting here.” "You stay with Ralph.” "Why don’t you just drop it, Jim? You don’t have to keep on. Wait and see—what happens. Forget it, tor now." "I can’t.” She began to cry silently. It was the first time I’d ever seen Sandy cry. 1 put my arm around her and said, "Don't." She came against me and whispered brokenly, "What are we going to do?” "Maybe I’m all wrong," I said. ’Maybe it was just some triggerhappy bum in the alley, and I’m building it up too much in my mind, all of it. Maybe—” “Stop it,” she said. “You don't have to talk that way to me.” She began to shiver. "You’re cold,” I said. "Go inside." "Jim, I’m afraid. Please be caret ul." “Sure." She uned her face and I saw the glint ot tears on her cheeks. Her arms went around my neck and she pulled my head down. It was the secund Um* I'd kissed Sandy, and 1 liked it even better than the first. Presently she pushed gently away trom me. 1 reached tor het again, but she shook ner head. "Not now. i—l'm tine now. I'd better go back with Mom and Dad." “Chin up," I said, and moved away trom tier and across the drive to my car.

Q. When does one properly take the napkin oft the table and put it on one’s lap? A. As soon as one is seated. Divided Road Near State Fairgrounds aNDIAtNAPOUJIS (INS) — The Indiana highway commission lias announced that construction of a four-lane divided highway ou Road 37 on the east aide of the state fair-grounds will begin within the next 10 days. The project will begin at 38th street and end at Keystone avenue and 'will be the first section of a ney limited access road to Noblesville. b There will be an underpass from a spot near the fairgrounds hotel to a point on the east side of Road 37 near Pall creek. Big Guy WASHINGTON, (INS) — The brontosaur, long-extinct plant-eat-ing dinosaur, was the largest animal ever to walk the earth, the National Geographic Society says. An average creature measured 70 feet long and weighed more than 30 tons.

The house on the north corner of Crawford and Tymocktee Streets, across from the high school, was a stucco bungalow built maybe a hundred feet back from the curb. The lawn was well kept, as were the midget pines clustered around a cement stoop. There was a black-top drive leading back to a one-car garage. The light from the corner street lamp was strong enough to show me that the garage was empty, and that a rolled magazine was sticking in the metal clip beneath the mail - box beside the front door. The bungalow was dark, and it appeared that Earl Seltzman was not at home, that he probably had not been home for some hours. 1 made a U-turn, drove to the main street, and headed tor River Road, as 1 passed Daisy Brown's house, 1 saw 1 ' that Che rose-tinted lamp was still glowing in the front window 1 nad a half notion to stx p and see if Dr. Mazzini s car was in the garage, but the upper floor of the nouse was dark, and 1 kept going. 1 passed the city limits sign, turned into River Road ar.a came at length to the house with the high windows and the brass coach lamp on a green post. There was a light shining across the lawn from a side window, and 1 guessed that it came from the knotty pine bar. As I drove slowly paM I saw that Judy Kirkland's red Buick convertible was still parked in the drive. Behind tt was Dr. Mazzini's blue Ford sedan. 1 braked my car, swung it over to a grassy shoulder, turned around, arid headed back. Just beyond the house was e clump of tali borebranched maples. 1 pulled off the road, stopped there, turned off the lights and walked back Co Judy Kirkland's front lawn. 1 passed the Ford, stopped at the rear of the Buick and felt its tail pipe, tt was cold. The Buick hadn’t been driven lately, at least not within the last hour. 1 moved silently along the house to the side window and cautiously peered in. The room looked the same as it had in the afternoon, but there was no one there. That surprised me. 1 turned and gazed toward the rear of the house, saw a taint glow of light. 1 walked back. The light was coming from what appeared to be a kitchen window, but it was a high window, beside a small back porch. The window was open about two mches, and a blind was pulled half way down. 1 looked around tor something to stand on and found a case ot empty beer bottles beside a gas meter at the side ot the house. Carefully I laid the bottles on the grass, one by one, turned the case on end beneath the window and stood on It Slowly I raised up until I could sec inside (To (St Continued!

Republican National Chairman In State Speaks To Indiana GOP Party Workers INDIANAPOLIS (INS) —National Republican chairman Leonard Hall told a press conference today that he GOF can’t call Itself the majority party in this nation and that the present canijxaign is being conducted on that premise. Hall was in Indianapolis to address g 'harmony luncheon” of Indiana Republican party wo.kerw. Including leennents of the two factions headed by Gov. George N. Craig on one hand, and by tJ. S. Senators Homer Cupehart and William Et Jenner on the other. Jenner attended the luncheon, and Capetart sent Paul Cyr, former state GOP chairman, as his emissary. The affair is under the auspices of the Indiana state central committee, now controlled by Gov. Craig. At hfa press meeting, chairman Hall reiterated his claim that the GOP will maintain control of both bodies of congress, the house by 16 to 25 seats, and tflie senate by a minimum of two. He declared that many of the Democrats and independent voters who supported Ike for President in 1962 are out now working for a GOP congress Now. 2. When asked if Indiana has not received extraspeciai attention (President 'Eisenhower, Vice President Nixon, and several cabinet members and a number of the outstanding inean•l>ers of congress have made speeches in the state!. Hall repiled: “if you look at other states, they are getting the same attention. The national! ccnvmMtee had 157 speakers out last week. I've been in 40 states, and 1 know the Vice President has been or will be in 40 st»t®s — this is being run like another national convention. We don’t take anything tor granted until the polls close." The national GOP chairman also:: Declared that his tour of Kentucky. just completed, has convinced him John Sherman Cooper will defeat former Vice president Albeat Barkley in the Kentucky senatortali race. That Democratic national chairman Stephen Mitchell has violated the “clean campaign” pledge he made through remarks he has made ailxiut Vice President Nixon; the President and Ohe Dixon-Yates contract, and Bob'ty Jone®. -—“I think - whee he OMitv-heHl walked out of the room,-be threw

CHAPTER TWENTY JUDY KIRKLAND and Dr. Mazzini were seated at a table directly opposite the window of the kitchen of Judy’s house. 1 could hear them talkin, vary plainly. They faced each other, the doctor on the edge of his chair, leaning forward, his dark, lean faace intense. Judy sat slouched, her chin in her hands, her eyes focused on some distant spot beyond. Her shirt was still unbuttoned, and a strand of dark hair dangled over her forehead. Her mouth held a sullen, pouting look. Between them was a round glass coffee pot and two cupa The doctor's cup was empty, and as I watched he poured more. Judy’s cup was full, and growing cold, no doubt. The doctor said sharply, “Judy." “What?" "Drink your coffee, and listen to me.” "Don't want coffee. No coffee." “This is serious." “Serious,” she said. He spoke in a voice a parent uses with a balky child. "Please drink your coffee?” "Love Ralph,” she said. "I killed him." “It was an accident, Judy. It has to be an accident. Just remember that, no matter what happens. Listen, Judy, 1 want to marry you. Tomorrow." “Tomorrow* Sunday.” "Monday, then. I love you, Judy,"* "Gonna marry Ralph. Be a dead man's bride.” “Talk sense,” he snapped. "You don’t love Ralph." "Owe it to turn. - I done him wrong. He’s a nice boy. Pure boy. He loves me, want to make it up to him. Wanna marry him before he dies. Least 1 can do, if he’ll have ma I'm poison, but maybe he'll have me." “You don’t owe Ralph anything," the doctor said tn a low, desperate voice. "It was an accident. You want to marry ma You know you do." “Yes,” she said, “but not while Ralph is alive.” he dies. Least I can do, if he’U me then?” The doctor’s voice cracked a little. Slowly she moved her head and gazed directly at him. "Is he going to die?” "He—he's very bad, Judy. I’m going back to the hospital pretty soon. 1 shouldn’t have left him, but 1 wanted to see you." "I killed him," she said. Dr. Mazzini banged his flat on the table. "Stop It! 1 want an answer now, whether Ralph Hollis lives or not I've waited tor you a long time, and you can't keep me on the string any longer. 1 can’t take it any more. You've got to forget tins Silly obsession about Ralph. You don't love him—you just feel that you've wronged him, and subconsciously you want to

I if- i ' I ~ matt ' n = ■ IbaSHF / I is® jbL BMHnflw Gen. CraeweD Gen. Speidel Gen. Heusinger , THESE THRU former German army Commanders will head tlie new 600,000-man West Germany army envisaged under the London accord. Gen. Ludwig Cruewell is slated to be commander-in-chief. He is regarded as one of the most brilliant military officers of his nation. Gen. Hans Speidel is scheduled to be chief liaison between the new army, the Brussels pact nations and NATO. Gen. Adolf Heusinger, who was chief of the now defunct EDO delegation, is axnected to be named chief of staff, nntarnofional SoundttAofoaJ

it (tihe pledge) in the waste basket." Opined that revalu-tion of a hoax in the wartiipe experiences of Utah’s GOP Senator Douglas R. Stringfellow wiM do no harm to the GOP. “It’s strickiy a local situation.’' ISwii jZT .... gOyMk- *'V v-Wn| «• HERMAN E. THOMAS, Allentown, Pa., former FBI undercover agent, tells the Senate internal security committee in Washington that "steel is the most important basic industry, along with the electric and transportation industries,” in the Communist Infiltration plot Thomas, undercover agent for about 10 years, put the finger on some 150 past or present Communists. / International)

make ft right Forget Ralph. He doesn’t want you any more.” ’l'll make him want me," she said slyly. ”1 know how." Dr. Mazzini reached across the table and slapped her. The blow knocked her head sideways, and her elbows slid off the table. She sat back in her chnir and gazed at him with wide eyes. He said grimly, "Are you going to marry me?" She began a slow smile. "Answer me," he shouted, and he lifted his hand again. She said something in a voice so low 1 didn’t catch it He leaned forward, his eyes blazing. She began to laugh. Neither the sight of the laugh, nor the sound of it, was pleasant. "No use, Tony,” she said. "Ftn no good. Ralph, 1 shot him. Gonna make it up to him, crawl to him—if he lives ..." It was the first time I’d heard Dr. Mazzini's first name. Anthony Mazzini, M.D. He gazed down at her a moment, ahd then he said something tn a low, bitter voice, swung around and left the kitchen. Judy lowered her head on her arms, her hair failing like ink over the white table top. From the front of the house I heard a door slam, and the angy roar of a car starting. I jumped off the beer case, ran around to the front. Up the road the doctor's car was a diminishing pair of red tail lights. 1 ran down to where my car was parked beneath the maples, got tt going, and pushed it hard up River Road. I caught him at the city limits sign, and then dropped a half block behind. As we passed Daisy Brown’s house, I saw that the rose-tinted lamp was turned off at last, and that the whole house was dark. Ahead of me, the Ford kept steadily on, through the business section, across the square. It was almost midnight, and Dan's Place was one of the few establishments still showing lights. 1 followed the Ford along a dark street to a point where the houses scattered out, and the country began. Then it turned left, and I saw the lights of the Ridge Center hospitat 1 pulled over to the curb and stopped. The Fojd circled the hospital drive and “parked beside the ambulance ramp in the rear. Dr. Mazzini got out and hurried through a door beside the ramp. 1 drove to the front entrance, quickly went inside, and ran up the short flight of tile steps to the corridor and pecked around the corner. 1 didn't see Sandy, or her mother and father. Dr. Mazzini was hurrying toward me, carrying a small black bag. He paused at the desk, said something to the nurse, and she leafed some papers on a clip board and pointed a finger. He leaned over the desk, peered, nodded, and hurried on. At Ralph Hollis’ door he stopped, carefully turned the knob and stepped inside, The door closed.

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Lodge Scheduled To Outline U. S. Stand L Slated To Speak To Committee Os U. N. UNITED NATIONS. N. Y. (INS) —Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge. Jr., was expected to disclose today if the U. S. opposes inclusion on the UN assembly’s agenda of a Russian change that American military support of Formosa is aggression. Lodge was scheduled to make known the, American position at the afternoon session of the steering committee, which has before it Andrei Vlshineky’s formal accusation. • , The U. S. over the past eight years has stood on a policy that all questions offered for the assembly member nations should in principle be accepted. Informed American sources indicated, however. that this morning's cabinet meeting in Washington may reverse this position. Meanwhile. British minister of state Selwyn Lloyd, who is leaving for London to assume his new post of minister for supply, said in a farewell news conference that the risks of a third world war have receded considerably since-he first came to the UN four years ago. Lloyd said that open discussion in the assembly and political committee on nuclear weapons contra, has reached its final point of usefulness and that next moves must be made in private talks between Russia and the western atomic powers—Britain. France, the U. S. and Canada.

1 stepped to the corridor and stood against the wall, sweating with indecision. A cute tittle redhaired nurse breezed by, paying no attention to me. I waited a little longer, and then made up my mind. 1 crossed to Ralph Hollis’ room, opened the door and stepped inside. Dr. Mazzini was bending over the bed, a hypo needle tn his hand, peering Intently at the still form on the bed beneath the transparent oxygen tent. The sound of Ralph’s breathing was harsh and labored. The doctor had lifted the side of the tent, but dropped tt and swung toward me, his eyes wide with surprise. We stared at each other for an * instant, and then be smiled. "Oh, hello." 1 closed the door behind me. "Hello." “You—you rather startled me,” he said. "How is he?" He turned his head and gazed down at Ralph. “Not good,” he said tn a low voice. "1 can t—" "What’re you giving him now?” He looked at the needle in his hand, and then at me. The dim light made shadowy planes on his lean, dark face. "PenicilUn," he said, and then added with a trace ot mockery. “Do you approve?" “How much?” “Three hundred thousand units, but—” “Give me the needle." I held out my hand. "Certainly not," he snapped. "It's sterile." A light flamed in his eyes. "Please step outside." Ralph’s breathing seemed to grow harsher, filling the room with an ugly, thick rasping sound. "1 want that hypo,” I said. “Get out,” he snapped. "I think you’re a nut, Bennett. Is that your name?” "The hypo,” I said. He took a menacing step toward me. “If you don't get out of here . . ." ”1 don’t want any trouble, Doc,” 1 told mm, and 1 lifted the .38 from my overcoat pocket, pointed it at him, and held out my hand. He looked at the gun tn shocked surprise, and then at me. “You really mean it, don’t you?" “You bet." “I suppose you have a reason?" "Yes." A queer, bewildered expression crossed his face. Silently he handed me the hypo needle, plunger first. As 1 took it, he said quietly, "Ralph needs that." “He’ll get it (Jet a nurse. Tan her to bring some more." “This is crazy—" ° “The nurse," 1 said. ’He reached under the tent and pressed a button on a cord beside Ralph s pillow. Then he turned to face me, his dark face flushed. We glared at each other like a couple of strange dogs. (To Be ConltnuedJ