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Collingwood's smile was lre'e
teeth-baring grimace.
"Sheila made her wedding journey
with me once, when she was Jus'
eighteen. The next time she rlues
with me 1t will be at my funeral On
I've earned it. and I'm not klch'hs'
And about this other thing; can
duck. You know what Hatch is hold-
ing me for. He told me just niue
while ago that if stepped aboard OF
a train, I'd be arrested before the
train could pull out"
Ii was a handsome little precautlon
on the part of the chief of the graft
ers. If fight should be precipitated-
if the bnss should try to checkmate
the C. S. & w. gobble-the arrest ana
Indictment of President Dunton S
nephew would serve bully good and
well as dramatic bit of side play
to keep the newspapers from print
ing too much about the other thing.
IF you really want to GO l think
1t can be arranged in some way, in
spite of Hatch and his bluffing," Mr..
Norcross put in quietly. $50 far as
our railroad troubles are concerned 1t
will neither help nor hinder for you
to stay on here, now"
AS if the helpful suggestion had been
a lighted match to fire a hidden mine
of rage, Collingwood sprang to his feet
with his dull eyes ablaze.
mo, by Cod" he swore. I'm GO
ing to make him come across with
those affidavit papers frstl You wait
right here, Norcross. You think I'm
all cur. but I'll show you. There isn't
much left of me but hound dog, but
even hound dog will bite If you kick
him hard enough. Lend me a gun,
If you've got one and I'LL"
Hold on-none of thatW the boss
broke in sternly, jumping out of his
chair to enforce the command. But
before he could make the grabbing
move the corridor door slammed noisily
and the madman was gone.
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900, deem breath OF free air and SNAKE
INV fist at your blamed ola co"-''".s
of railroad and tell 1t to go 10 .ne
devil. You shouldn't deny me a niue
pleasure like that -. .,,,
II was getting under the boss sN'n
-, last ~ can't believe that you
reo,Iy want TO resign" he broke OUT
sort of hopelessly. Its Simply pre-
posterous! J! -,
"pull II down out of the future ana
nut II in the present, and you've GOT
II" said Mr.. Van Britt. Il nave re.
,,.rad wrote it out on piece OF
paper and dropped it into your ilia''
box as | came through the outer once.
It,s signed. sealed, and delivered. You IL
Give mo n testimonial, or something ot
thot sort. To Whom 1t May Concern
won't YOU? rve been obedient anu
foitbful and honest and efficient, ana
all that. haven't IL!
"Td like TO know where you got your
liouor. Upton. That is the most cinf,
uable construction l can put upon All
tnls. Why, man aliyel you're quitting
mo In the thick of the toughest hSh'
the srafters have put up"
Yes, / know but mans got oniy
one life TO live. and I've always hau
n sneakIng sympathy for the high pr'-
vate in the front rank who didn't want
to stand up and get himself shot fun
of holes. I'm running, and you
should ask me why. I'D tell tou what
the retreatlng soldier told Stonewa'l
Jackson; he said he was running only
because he couldn't fly once more
the boss grew silently thoughtful. out
of the digging mental inquiry he
brought this:
HAS this sudden notion of yours
anything to do with Sheila Macrae,
Upton?'
"Pledge you my word again. I met
Sheila on the street today and prom
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Handing in a Thick Bunch of Tele.
grams for Transmission.

ised her that 1 wouldn't so much
as Tip my hat to her while Collingwood
is on this side of the Missouri river"
"But If you quit, you'll go east your
self, won't your"
Maybe, after while. For the time
being, I'd like to loaf on you for
week or so and watch the wheels go
around without my having to prod
them. It's running In my mind that
this newest phase of the c. S. & w.
business is going to stir up a mighty
pretty shindy, and had foolish no.
tion that I'd like to stick around and
look on-aS an innocent bystander."
"The innocent bystander usually
gets shot in the leg" the boss ripped
out, with the brittlest kind of humor.
And then: II suppose shall have to
let you do what you want to-and let
you pick your own time for giving me
the real reason. But you're crippling
me most savagely, UptOn-and at a
time when | am least able to stand it."
Mr.. Van Britt got up and edged his
way toward the door.
ITS good reason, Graham: and
some time-say when we are walking
through the pearly gates of the New
Jerusalem together-maybe I'll tell
you about 1t. If l were really good
scrapper, I'd stay and help you fight
1t out with Hatch; but you know the
old saying-captal is always coward.
iy; and my present credit at the Portal
City National is pretty well up to n
quarter of n million, thanks to the
dividends I deposited today. Good.
night I'll see you in the morning-if
by that time you haven't decided to
cut me cold"
l kept right busy over the indexes
after Mr.. Van Britt went away ius,
to give the boss little chance to catch
up with himself. He sure was catch.
Ing 1t hot and heavy on all sides
All we needed now was for Presidep,
DuntOn to come srpashing in with one
more good Jolt and 1t would be all
over but the obsequIes, the monumen,
and the epitaph. At least, that Is the
way 1t looked to me.
1t was along about ten O'Clock wber
the boss closed his desk with n hans
and said we'd better saw 1t Off for tbt
night. walked uptown with hin
mrd Is we were passing the Bullar(
ne turned In to ask the night clerl
II Colllngwood was In his room. TIL,
answer was nix; that the young New
Yorker hadn't been seen since dipner
On the way out we saw Mr. vo,
Britt at the telegraph alcove. He wa,
handing in a thick bunch Of telegram,
for transmission, and he rather no,n.
edly turned the sheaf face down uno,
the marble slab when we came along
as much as to say "it's none of vor'
business what I'm doing.-
It struck me as sort Of curious tha
ne should have so much wire CORE
spondence when he claimed to be t.S
Ing rest. and why he was 30 csresu
not to let ~ get glimpse Of whs,
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opium Shipments p.clIr.

Washington-AIore "QuOr l. nil
into China MS the use Of opium III
off, according TO a report TO the %
merce Department from COniul ca
eral w. Ii. Gale at Hong KOrz n
net revenue collected in Hong E4
from liquor duties and licensed VI
hauses during 1920, Mr.. Gale aan
S779,0OO, compared with si@Ni J
1910, while the revenue from ihs In
monopoly in 1920 was aJSOm =
compared with S6,SO00O0 duhn. IVA
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Senator Norris Collapse

Washington.-SenatOrN Norris R5s
hcan, Nebraska, suffered a psHhls
lapse In the Senate at the close ~
address of nearly three hours ny
fort, combined with intense ha- Z
hnusted him and he was taken ps
adjoining committee room Thts =
aid remedies were applied By M1
Ball of Deleware, n physical
said Mr.. Norris condition w@%
lieyed to be serious.
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Anti.soviet Plot vne'''fa =.

New York.-The enten'e ,, In i 4
system was directly ih'ol,.s l,.,s.tMl
fer revolutionary plols u" .an 4
Petrogrnd and in the W., Ms' ,o,j
inces of Russia, accora,ns d, r.
received from the oil'''" .,hIst
Telegraph agency. by THE, the P,rs'II P's,ssI
Soviet Russia. "The rug "A 4
the Petrograd conspiracy, ~, oatI
message, "headed by 0,,, ,ns NJ.
monarchist leader PROFESS n,ss
sell, confessed to plans, plans ia =
French espionage agents ..s md n
nate leading Communists o,dos
workers and TO blow W 'i,n rpd ID
ways, factories and po'sV'
etc.
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CHAPTER XVI
The Deserter

Mr.. Norcross chased out and tried
to overtake Collngwood, going as far
as the foot of the stairs. l went, too,
but got only far enough TO meet the
boss coming up again. There was
nothing doing. The station policeman
had seen the crazy rounder jump into
taxi and go spinning off uptown.
There was another jolt waiting for
us when we got back to the Office
While we were both out, Mr. Van Britt
had blown in from his room at the
foot of the hall and we found him
lounging comfortably in the chair that
COllingwoOd had just vacated.
II thought maybe you'd turn up
again pretty soon, since you'd left the
doors all Open" was the way he started
out. Then: "Sit down, Graham: 1
want to talk few lines"
Mr.. Norcross took his own chair and
twirled it to face the general super
intendent. "Say It," he commanded
briefly.
MIR. Van Britt hooked his thumbs
In his armholes.
'1ve just been figuring bit on the
general outlook: you have decently
efficient operating outfit here. what
with Perkins and Brant and Conway
handling the three divisions as self
contained units. You don't need
general superintendent any more than
monkey needs two tails"
'What are you driving at?" was
the curt demand.
well, suppose we say retrenchment,
for one thing. AS l size 1t up, you
might just as well be saving my salary
1t would buy a good many new cross
ties in the course of year"
That's all bunk. and you know It,"
snapped the boss. 1.-THE organization
as 1t stands hasn't single stick Of
dead wood In 1t. You know very well
that railroad the size of the Short
Line can't run without an individual
head of the operating department"
MIR. Van Britt laughed little at
that.
'If you should get some one of these
new efficiency experts out here he
would probably tell you that you could
cut your staff right In two In the
middle"
I could see that the boss was get
ting mighty nearly impatient.
'You are merely turning handsprings
around the edges of the thing you have
come to say. Upton" he barked out.
"Come to the point, can't you? What
have you got up your sleeve?"
Nothing that could make you
understand In month of Sundays.
I'm sore on my job and 1 want to
quit"
Nonsense! You don't mean that?'
"Yes. do. I'm tired of wearing
the brass collar of a soulless corpora.
tion. What's the use. anyway found
bunch of dividend checks from nv
bank at home In the mail to-day, and
what good does the money do mel
l can't spend 1t out here; can't even
tip the servants at the hotel without
everlastingly demoralizing them. I'm
like the little boy who wanted to 20
out In the garden and eat worms"
The boss was frowning thoughtfully,
you're not giving me show, Up.
ton" he protested. Cant you blow
the froth of and let me see WHATS
in the bottom Of the steinfr
"Pledge you my word, it's all froth,
Graham. ! want to climb mp on thu
mssa behind the shops and take I
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situation, and what it was likely to
develop. The Mountaineer editor was
given all the facts, except the one
big one about Hatch's death-grip on
US. and in turn Mr.. Cantrell promised
the help of his paper to the last ditch
though. of course, he had no idea of
how deep that last ditch was going to
be. l had lot of filing and indeNins
to do. and l kept at work while they
were talking, wondering all the time
If the boss would venture to tell the
editor about the depth of that 'last
ditch" He didn't. l guess he thought
he wouldn't until he had to.
1t was pretty nearly nine O'Clock
when the editor went away, and Mr..
Norcross was just saying to me that
he guessed we'd better knock off for
the night, when we both heard a step
in Mays room. A second later the
door was pushed open and man
came in. making for the nearest chair
and flinging himself into it as IL he'd
reached the limit. It was Colling-
wood. He was chewing on dead
cigar and his face was like the face
of corpse. But he was sober.
Naturally, l supposed he had come
TO make trouble with the boss on Mrs.
Sheila's account, and / quietly edged
open the drawer of my desk where
I kept Fred Mays automatic, so as
to be ready. He didn't waste much
time.
81 saw you as I was coming away
from Hendricks last night" he be-
gan. with a pickering rasp in his voice.
Did you go up against the gun I had
loaded for you?"
Mr.. NOrcross cut straight through to
the bottom of that little complica-
ton at single stroke.
what Mrs Colllngwood said to me.
or what 1 said to her. can have no
possible bearing upon anything that
you may have to say to me. or that
I can consent to listen to, Mr.. Colllng-
wood"
The derelict sat up in his chair.
But you've got to keep hands off,
just the same; at Hendricks. and In
this other business. too. If you don't
moon Get me?"
The boss never batted an eye. I'm
taking it for granted that you are
sober. Mr.. Collingwood," he said. "If
you are, you must surely know that
threats are about the poorest possible
weapons you can use just now.''
''It's plant, from start to finish :"
gritted the man In the chair. 81 haven't
done a id thing more than to cash
a few checks for-for expenses and
turn the money over to Bullock. Now
Hatch tells me that l was working
with spotter-hls spotter-and that
he can send me up for bribery. It's
lie. don't know what Bullock did
with the money, and don't want to
know"
But you had orders to give it to
him when lie required 1t. didn't you?"
Mr.. Norcross cut in.
That's none of your business.
want you TO choke this man Hatch off
of me"
The boss had picked up his paper
knife. 81 don't know why you should
come to me for help" he said. You
have been hand-in-glove with these
conspiratOrs ever since you came OUT
here. Two days ago you knew that
they had set a trap for my special
train on the Strathcona branch-a trap
that was meant to kill me-"
1t was a random shot, and l knew
that Mr. Norcross was just guessing
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al, Warehouse BIais.

Chicago.-Fire thought 10 na., "a =,
due TO spontaneous colllpuso.I Wv, a
n loss estimated Mt Sl''eM 4
building and contents ol o,,.,,,s rs
Terminal warehouse and cAl'as.1 |,
age and Transfer Comp''; y,
southern outskirts of the dll, /, /
men were injured In flgll''''3
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Killing Pigeons in wls'asl

Madison, Wis.-Riflemen psa
the Wisconsin capitol building "
killing hundreds of pigeons al y
quest of the superintendent o. y
erty, who offered the plea Of e%,
Superintendent Morrissey Na D.,.
the capitol was being made q aa
roost" and that ii was coS'lns = 'A va !,
hundreds of dollars to feed ',S :.
Wisconsin people visiting capla
had long regarded the pigeons W
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II was all about. But the whole thing
was now so horribly muddled that q
little riystery more or less on any
body's part couldn't make much DIFF
ference; and that was the thought I
took to bed with me little later after
we reached our rooms In the railroad
club.
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Present Membership l,,o. r....

Washington.-Six members n 4
House Census Coml.ittee, vhSd i.
Gently voted 10 report a bill fs
creasing the membership Of the By
of Representatives from 4s5 ia n
declared i'll a minority report "a
that the present total was biz ssSt
Chairman Slegel, who presenta b
majority report, said that the ND
portionment was required after as
ten-yeor census, Maine and NsH
would lose one represeniatIre al
and the annual cost for addlngtrat
five members would he around ~
900.
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at where It might land when he fired
1t. But 1t went home; oh, you bet 1t
went homel
"D-n you'll" gurgled the bounder,
half starting to his feet. "Why shouldn't
Iwant TO see you killed. Haven't you
done enough to mef
mol" the word was slammed at
him like bullet. And then: "As /
told you in the beginning. we won't
60 into any phase Of It that involves
Mrs. Collingwood. Get back into your
own boat. Are you trying to tell me
now that Hatch b threatening youfs
Hes played me for eoms-on. he
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Elevators Sign with ,,'s S''s' !,

Fargo. N. D.-Eighly'iI'aa,i 'I'a,iao,
elevators s"sp. and local assoe,s'',s, St,,, ! ,
been signed by the United nit ddsssIs sas
Growers, Inc, In Nor," ,he M
erpn,cs. erain Sales agency, announce r,ss,s
eighty equity eleva,",s ',as tss ~!
been signed, this makes ',s,s vbIa'
or associations. in the sta'. "a n. n
agreed to deal throus"
this fall, he said. .N.1,
To Make Paris .s,tsd s,n,i'i y.
washington.-A c9nessaIs ,2n,,sa Isuls!
being made by the o" nS The
pork 1,o H,a service to make s..,,s y n
parks Of the United 'saspass
sanitary for the vass !, touha
have recently taken = s.gss 's' q
When tourists were 80 y
Of them treveled a.a,s o. b.
stopped at park I,o los'
problem was simple, :. ,cdt
however. the greh. n out
automobiIes and car'p {, rn'tp.itl =
u complicatins a''
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Got a se.rs.

what ails the poetess7r "she went
looking for the first robin Of spring.
time and saw the flrst snsks~
Evening star., 1921-03-18

mission Of the unwritten law. Many
q person has been acquitted Of mur-
der who deserved conviction and pun
ishment because of some kink in the
indictment Or some flaw Of evidence.
In this case there was practically no
issue of fact. 1t was wholly a ques-
tion of whether or not the jury be-
lieved the woman had been ". onged
and was justified morally in her &C.
tion. The man had dismissed her with
little consideration. According to her
own story, unveriied. Of course, he
threatened her with physical violence.
She claimed that she shot in self-de.
fense, or in panic induced by fear Of
injury. But she could probably have
gone to verdict without any plea and
have secured acquittal just the same.
The only danger about these un.
written law cases is that they may
encourage departures from the normal
period. but every case must be and
probably will be judged on it's merits.
So long as juries sit in judgment they
will be subjected to sentimental pleas
and emotional reactions. And it mat
ters but little whether the law is
written or not; the result will in the
long run turn upon question of JUS
tification.
Evening star., 1921-03-18

months. asked for the quashing Of Ger.
tain Of the indictments. He explained
that he had evidence that witnesses
upon whom he had relied had been
tampered with and were no longer
trustworthy, that the testimony given
before the grand jury had been OBJ.
tanned by the defense and offered by a
syndicate for publication. and that
other persons who should have been
indicted in connection with. this con-
spiracy had not been accused. He
needed more time, he said, than the
court was willing to grant to prepare
for trial. and failing to secure 1t he
preferred to nolle pros the cases and
seek new indictments.
1t is possible that these cases will
never be tried. Powerful efforts will
be made to prevent. This scoundrelly
swindle, which aimed not merely at
the pockets of people who were fool
ish enough to bet, but at the good
name of the American national sport,
reaches big money" in the sporting
world. The players themselves are
mere pawns. They have been already
punished perhaps not adequately, but
severely. They have been banned
from organized base ball, and save in
the pirate leagues and independent
circuits they can no longer play the
game professionally. Even if the case
never comes to trial, they have paid
a severe penalty for their indiscretion
and folly. But it is the men higher
up. the men who tempted them and
bought them, who should be reached,
and this is evidently the purpose of
the district attorney in Chicago. More
power to him!
Evening star., 1921-03-18
The Base Ball Conspiracv.

About six months ago the country
was profoundly shocked by the dis.
closure Of shameful conspiracy on
the part Of members Of one OF the
professional base ball teams to throw"
games in aid Of the gambling fra.
ternity. These men were indicted for
conspiracy and were promptly drop
ped from their teams. Since then the
case has awaited trial in Chicago The
men have been definitely released"
and banned from organized base ball.
In court they have been pressing for
trial with an insistence that seemed
strange in view Of the fact that some
of them had confessed and were pre-.
sumably ready to turn states evi.
dence. Conviction would seem to have
been assured in these circumstances.
But the state was asking for delay
and the suspicion arose that the case
had crumbled.
Yesterday the reason for the prose.
|cuuon's procrasttnstion appeared,
when the district attorney, failing to
get further extension than two
Evening star., 1921-03-18
The Unwntten Law.

The outcome Of the Ardmore, Okla,
trial was not at all surprising. The
accused woman was acquitted prompt
ly by the jury. though there was no
question of the fact that she had shot
to death the man with whom she had
lived for several years. At the out.
set Of the case there was a sympathy
for her. Correspondingly there was
. feeling that the dead man had got
his deserts. Thus the "unwritten
law" came into play. that strange ele.
mat in our American jurisprudence
that has played such a large part in
the past and probably will continue
to figure In the determination OF JUS.
tice.
It Is impossible to reduce to statu.
tory form this extrS.legal doctrine of
private justice which has been applied
repeatedly in defense Of the injured
husband" against the home breaker
or by parents and brothers against
ssducers, or. rs in this case in Okla.
houna. by the victims Of masculine
brutality. 1t IL. Of course, q danger.
ous doctrine in its bald aspect. But
in the long run It probably works
out With q good measure Of equity.
A. Tor that. there 10 as much DANCE.
Of miscarriage Of Justice in the appli.
cation Of technical law as in the ad.
Evening star., 1921-03-18
Bolshevism Scores Again.

The kronstadt revolt has COLLAPSED.
the soviet forces recapturing the town.
koslovsky. the rebel leader, has fled
to Finland with his revolutionary com.
mittee and about 500 soldiers. Thus
ends another attempt to overthrow
the bolshevik regime in Russia. Sup.
preston OF it, however, cost the soviet
dearly. Many people were slain in the
fighting at Kronstadt and Petroxrad.
and before they retreated from the lat.
Ter place. it Is reported. the reyolu.
tionists destroyed the warships Petro-
pavlovsk and Sebastopol, to save
which Trotsky withheld bombardment.
Just at present there Is no sign of
an organized all.Russian anti.bolshe.
vik reaction. This was believed to he
likely at the outbreak Of the Kron.
stadt-Petrograd rebellion. The trouble
in Russia today is the lack of cohesion
and Of unifying leadership. There
are probably many millions Of the
Russians who want the bolshevik gov.
ernment overthrown. perhaps a heavy
majority. 1t would. indeed, be strange
to hnd any considerable part of the
people favoring continuation of the
soviet. Thus far in its operation Dol.
shevism has brought the people Of
Russia no blessings, but many sor.
rows and sacrifices.
Inc necessary leadership may de.
velop. But Russia is a vast country.
with bad communications and prac.
tcaiiy no chance Of a unihcation of
spirit and purpose. The northwest
part may be aflame with revolution
and the southwest inert. Not until
all parts arise, and particularly not
until the soviet army weakens in its
aiiegiance-or overcomes it's fear.
which is the same thing in this case
will Russia overwhelm sovietism.
Evening star., 1921-03-18
The Postal Service.

Postmaster General Hays says Of
the Post OfEce Department: 1T is not
IN Institution for profit or politics. but
an Institution for service, and it is
the Presidents purpose that every ef.
fort shall be made to improve that
eervice.''
This announcement will be read
everywhere. and everywhere with ap-
prevail. A thoroughly efficient postal
service 10 desired everywhere, is i'm.
portant everywhere, and will be wei
comed everywhere.
Justly or unjustly. the postal service
undsr the Wilson administration was
more vigorously and generally attack.
ID than any other administration fea-
tufe. Complaints came from many
quarters. and related to many things
Mr.. Wilson, however, put them all
aside and stood by Mr.. Burleson.
Nevertheless, there is expectation of
. change for the better; and this is
strengthened by the reputation of Mr..
Hays az an organizer and man of
thorough business methods.
No member Of the administration
has it in his power to render his chief
more signal service than the Post
master General. The postal service
touches at all points. 1t is a very
intimate service. SO to say. 1t is a
visitor to every household. It's arrival
IL hailed with satisfaction, and often
with delight.
When the service is prompt, there
fore. and all those connected with it
are inspired by a common, even a
brotherly. purpose, the administration
10 advanced in the appreciation of all
the people.