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III An

art out Of the room. Well go back
to the Avery case. In going over the
papers I found that the prosecuting
attorney In his search of the bunsa-
low the morning after the murder
found q number of pieces of paper
that bore an odd. irregular sort Of
sketch. I'm going to pass one of
them round. but please send it back
to nae Immediately"
He produced a sheet Of letter paper
that bore traces of hasty crumpling.
but 1t had been smoothed out again.
and held 1t up. It bore the litho-
eraphed name Of the Avery Quarry
Company. On 1t was drawn this de-
vice:
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ernor resumed when the door closed
upon the waiter. II had many talks
with him about this case. He con-
fesses that there are things about 1t
that still puzzle him. The evidence
was purely circumstantial, as 1 have
already indicated; but circumstantial
evidence, as Thoreau once remarked.
may be very convincing. as when you
find trout in the milk! But when
two men have spent day together In
the house of one of them, and the
other Is found dead in a lonely place
not far away. and suspicion attaches
to no one but the survivor-not even
the tramp who usually figures in such
speculations-a jury of twelve farm
ers may be pardonad for taking the
states view of the matter"
THE motive you spoke of. business
jealousy, doesn't seem quite adequate
unless it could be established that
they had auarreled and that there
was a clear showing Of enmity," sug-
gested Fullerton, the lawyer.
You are quite right. and the man
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and seen plays built upon that idea.
But here is Avery with fifteen years
to serve, and. II he's been bearing the
burden and suffering the penalty Of
another's sin, must say that he's
taking it all in an amazing spirit of
self-sacrifice."
"Of' course" said Fullerton "Rey-
nolds may have had an enemy who
followed him there and lay in wait
for him. Or Avery may have con-
nived at the crime without being
really the assailant. That Is conceiv-
able"
We'll change the subject for a
moment" said the governor. "and re-
turn to our muttons later
X X
LIE spoke in low tone to Burgess
L L who looked at his watch and an
swered audibly:
I'VE have half an hour more"
Tho governor nodded and. with a
whimsical smile. began turning over
the tablets.
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they found this and three other sheets
Of the same stationery that bore this
same figure. It seems a fair assump-
had amused himself by sketching
these outlines and then, when he had
filled the sheet, tore 1t Off and threw
1t into the fireplace, wholly uncon-
sc,ous Of what he was doing. The
prosecutor attached no importance to
these sheets, and It was only by
chance that they were stuck away in
the file box with the other documents
In the case
Then you suspect that there was
a third man In tho bungalow that
nightT' Ramsay asked.
The governor nodded gravely.
Yes; I have some little proof of
it, quite bit Of proof. in fact.
have oven had the wastebasket of the
suspect examined for a considerable
period. Knowing Burgess interest in
such matters, I have been using him
to got me certain Information very
much wanted. And our friend is a
very successful person! I wanted to
500 the man / have in mind and study
him a little when he was or guard,
and Burgess has arranged that for
me, though he had to go into the tile
business to do 1t! AS you can readily
see, I could hardly drag him to my
Office, so this little party was gotten
up to give me a chance to look him
over at leisure
%np Nf- ho
men.
you can SEQ that this is a very
delicate matter" said the governor
slowly. Burgess thought it better
not to have q smaller party, as Tate.
whom I never saw, might think 1t a
frame-up. So you see we are using
you as stool pigeons. 50 to speak.
Burgess vouches for you as men Of
discretion and tact, and 1t will be
your business to keep Tate amused
and his attention away from me while
I observe him . little.''
"And when give the signal you're
to go into the library and look at
picture books" Burgess added.
That's not fair!" said Fullerton.
"we want to see the end Of itr'
I'm so nervous" said Cotton, I'm
likely to scream at any minute!"
Don't do it," Burgess admonished.
"The new house committee 10 very
touchy about noise in the private din
ing rooms. and. besides, I've got lot
Of scenery set for the rest OF the
evening and don't want you fellows
to spoil It"
TT begins - look" remarked the
govefnos, glanolag q Al0 watch, ':as
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These pads were placed before you
plain. 1 apologize for taking advan-
tage Of you, but you will pardon me.
I'm sure, when tell you my reason.
I've dipped into psychology lately
with a view to learning something Of
the minds eccentricities. We all do
things constantly without conscious
effort, as you know; we perform acts
automatically without the slightest
idea that we are doing them. At
meetings of our state boards I've no
ticed that nobody ever uses the pads
that are always provided except to
scribble on. Many people have that
habit OF scribbling on anything that's
handy. Hotel keepers, knowing this.
provide pads OF paper ostensibly for
memoranda that guests may want to
make while at the telephone, but
really to keep them from defacing the
wall. Left alone with pencil and pa
per, most Of US will scribble some
thing or draw meaningless figures.
Sometimes it's Indicative of a do
liberate turn Of mind: again It's sheer
nervousness. After I had discussed
this with we'll known psychologist
I began watching myself and found
that made a succession of figure
eights looped together in a certain
way-rve been doing 1t here!
And now" he went on with q
chuckle, you gentlemen have been
indulging this same propensity as
you listened to mo. find on ono
pad the word Napoleon written
twenty times with lot Of hourishes.
Another has traced a dozen profiles
Of . man with a bulbous nose; 1T is
the same gentleman. find, who hon
ored me by drawing mo with triple
chin-for which I thank him. And
here's what looks like dog kennel
repeated down the sheet Still
another has sketched the American
flag all over the page. II the patri-
otic gentleman who drew the flag will
make himself known. should like to
ask him whether he's conscious OF
having done that before? Z
I'm. guilty. governor" Fullerton
responded. Il believe 1t 10 . habit of
mine. I've caught myself doing 1t
scores Of times"
"rm responsible for the man with
the fat nose," confessed Cotton. I've
been drawing him for years without
ever improving my draftsmanship."
That will do," said the governor,
glancing At the door. I'VE won't take
time to speak Of the others, though
you may be relieved to know that. I
haven't got any evidence against yea.
Burgess please set. tAsss works Il
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who prosecuted Avery admits IT," the
governor answered.
There may have been third man
In the affair. suggested Ramsey.
land I suppose the cynical must have
suggested the usual woman in the
case
'I dare say those possibilities were
thrashed out at the time," the gov
ernor replied; but the only woman
in this case is Avery's wife, and she
and Reynolds had never met. have
found nothing to sustain any suspi-
cion that there was a woman in the
case Ayery's ostensible purpose in
asking Reynolds to visit him at that
place was merely that
they could discuss the combination Of
their quarry interests privately and
close to Avery's plant
1T seems that Avery had UNDER
taken the organization OF a big COM
pany to take over a number of quar-
ries whose product was similar, and
that he wished to confer secretly with
Reynolds to secure his sanction to a
selling agreement before the others
he wanted to get into the combina-
ton heard of It. That, Of course, Is
perfectly plausible. I could make a
good argument justifying that.
Reynolds, like many small capi-
talists in country towns. had a num-
Der Of irons in tho fire and had done
some promoting on his own hook.
AL the financial genius and all the
n q
to Wall street, though forget that
sometimes when I'm on the stump!
I'm disposed to think. from what I've
learned Of both of them, that Avery
wasn't likely to put anything over on
Reynolds, who was no child In busi-
ness matters. And there was moth
ing to show that Avery had got him
down there for any other purpose
than to effect a merger of quarry in
terests for their mutual benefit"
There probably were papers to
substantiate that" suggested Fuller
ton: Correspondence and that sort Of
thing"
Certainly; I have gone into thai" !"
the governor replied. "All the pa
pers remain in tho ONCE Of tho prose-
cutting attorney. and have examined
them carefully. Now, II Avery had
been able to throw suspicion on some
one else, you'd think he'd have done
SO. And If there had. been q third
person at the bungalow that night.
you'd imagine that Avery would have
said SO. It's not in human nature for
one man to take tho blanc for
another's crime. And yet we do hear
eR such things. and have read novsls
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the case more than to declare his in
nocence. I've seen him at the peni-
tentiary on two occasions, but could
get nothing out of him. In fact. I
exhausted any ingenuity I may have
in attempting to surprise him into
some admission that would give me
ground for pardoning him, but with
out learning anything that was not
in the states case.
They're using him as book
keeper, and he's made a fine record
medel convict. The long conf1ne-
ynent has told seriously on his health,
which is the burden of his wife's plea
for his release, but he wouldn't even
discuss that.
There was no one else at the bun
galow on the night of the murder"
the governor continued. ut was
Avery's habit to get his meals at the
house of the quarry superintendent.
about 500 yards away, and the super
intendent's wife cared for the bun
galow. but the men I've had at work
couldn't find anything in that to hang
a clue on. You see. gentlemen, after
seven years it's not easy to work up
q case, but two expert detectives that
employed privately to make some
Investigations along lines I suggested
have been Of great assistance. Fail
ing to catch the scent where the trail
started, set them to work backward
from q point utterly remote from the
scene. It was a guess, and ordinarily
it would have failed, but in this case
1t has brought results that are all but
convincing"
X y *
THE tablets and pencils that had
l. been distributed along the table
had not been neglected. The guests,
without exception, had been drawing
or scribbling. Cotton had amused
himself by sketching the governors
profile. Burgess seemed not to be
governors review OF. the case. He
continued to hdget and his eyes swept
the table with veiled amusement.
Then he tapped q bell and a waiter
appeared.
Pardon mo a moment, governor,
till tho cigars are passed again."
In his round with the cigar tray
the Jap. evidently by prearrangement,
collected the tablets and laid them
in front Of Burgess. .-.....-
Changed your mind about the Linn
erick contest. WEBB" asked some .one.
mot at ALL" said Burgess care
lessly: "the tablets have fulfilled their.
purpose. It was only . silly idea
OF mine. anyhow" They noticed, how
ever. that . tablet was left at tho
still vacant place that awaited tho
belated guest. and they wondered at
this. surmising that Burgess had
planned the dinner carefully and that
the governors discussion Of the Avery
case was by connivance with their
host. With q quickening of interest
they drew their chairs closer to the
table. a.
"The prosecuting attorney. who rep
resented the state in the triai n new
. 3udgp -o8 ehe circuit COURT = the gov.
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though some of our scenery might
have got lost"
He'd hardly bolt" Burgess replied;
"he knows of no reason why he
should. l told the doorman to send
him right up. When he comes there
will be no more references to the
Avery case: you all understand"
They murmured their acquiescence
and a solemn hush fell upon them as
they turned involuntarily toward the
vacant chair.
This will never do" exclaimed the
governor, who seemed to be the one
tranquil person in the room. We
must be telling stories and giving an
imitation Of weary business men hav-
ing jolly time. But I'm tired of
talking: some of the good story-tell-
ers ought to be stirred up"
With a little prodding Fullerton
took the lead, but was able to win
only grudging laughter. Cotton was
trying his hand at diverting them
when they were startled by a knock.
Burgess was at the door instantly and
flung it open.
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40 the dinner Progressed the gov
"A srnor was encourages to tell
atossaaL and aoesded good.1aeursaly
\ By Soeoun1in9 1om0- annaanG- things
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THE governor lapsed into silence.
L seemingly lost in reverie. With
his right hand he was scribbling idly
on the tablet that lay by his plate.
The others. having settled themselves
comfortably in their chairs, hoping to
hear moro Of tho murder, were dis
appointed when he ceased speaking.
Burgess usual calm, assured air de-
serted him. He seemed unwontedly
restless and they saw him glance fur
lively at his watch.
Please, governor, won't you 60 on
with the storyr' pleaded Cotton.
You know that nothing that's said
at one of Webs parties ever goes out
Of the room"
That" laughed the governor, "is
probably unfortunate, rs most Of his
stories ought to go to the grand jury.
But II I may talk here into the pri-
vate ear Of you gentlemen I will 60
on little further. I've got to make
up my mind In the next hour or two
about this case and it may help mo
to reach a conclusion to think aloud
about It"
"You needn't be afraid Of u.s." said
Burgess encouragingly. We've been
meeting here-about the same crowd
once month for i've years and no.
body has ever blabbed anything"
"All right; we'll 60 q bit further.
Averys stubborn silence was Q con.
trtbuting factor In his promDt oon.
viation- A college graduate . high
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honestly, II ne q cracEeo 6a1eS I'll
tho way from Boston to Seattle"
Ramsay and Cotton protested that
this could not be so: that the man
they had luncheon with was a shoe
manufacturer and had talked Of his
business ~ only an expert could
Tho governor and Burgess ex-
chaneed glances and both laughed.
"He knew the shoe business all
right enough" said Burgess. for he
learned 1t in the penitentiary and
proved 50 eficient that they made him
foreman Of the shop"
Il suppose" said Kemp. that
you've got another crook coming to
take that vacant chair. You'd better
tell US about him so we won't COM
NIT any social errors."
At the governors right there was
an empty place. and Burgess remark
ed carelessly that they were shy q
man, but that he would turn up later.
i've asked Tate, q banker at Lo-
rinsburE. to Join US and he'll be along
after q while. Amy OF you know
suadsd him to transfer his account
to ua and as this Is the first time
he's been in town since tho change ]
thought It only decent to show him
some attention. We're both directors
IN q company that's trying to develop
q tile factory IN his town, 30 you
needn't bs afraid I'm going to put
anything over on you. Tats's attend
ing q meeting tonight from which I
am pssrsttably absent! He. prom
fseA TO be hero before we got down
to the eehee'"
Evening star., 1922-02-05
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we're their partners, and they enjoyed
the frolic rs well as the Leaflets.
Suddenly some of them discovered
their shadows on the ground, and they
danced faster than ever. In fact, old
Mr.. Moon grew tired and sleepy and
went to bed, and stil the dance sent
on, for now they had found Sometning
thai amused them the Leaflets would
not stop, They tired ont the Little
BreezeS and they went home; ana not
until then lid the Leaflets stop
dancing
II was long time ago that the
Leaflets held their first dance. hut
ever since they are always calling the
Little Breezes or the Brisk Breeze 70
come and dance with them.
Often, when all the rest of the world
seems quiet, If you look at the young
Leaflets you will no doubt see some
of them, at least swaying and swing
ing, trying new steps and watching
the shadows they make on the
ground.
Never since that night long ago
have the Trees been able TO keep the
Leaflets from dancing; hut, as they
never fuss or complain, the Trees do
not mind. And SO, while they sleep,
the little Leaflets go ON with their
dance, sometimes even dancing In the
rain.
20. isSS. by Mcclure Newspaper syndieate.l
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SPEAK TO FRIENDS

DON'T he one of those careless In
H. dividuals who walk along the
streets with their heads bowed. for
getting to look up when they pass
thei: friends.
You will really find II social eac-
QUESTION If you cultivate the habit of
keeping your eyes open, ready to
greet your friends when you pass
them In the street. You will acquire
a reputation for friendiness and
thoughtfulness that is quite worth
while.
II Is especially the part of anyone
who has lived for long time in a
community to recognize the newcom
ers. She should remember that IL Is
harder for one newcomer TO remem.
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HELP YOURSELF
OMAN Is in the world to overcome
AVA himself
Ou WALTER l.
] ROBINSON

OMAN is in the world to overcome
AVA himself
How often have you thought of this
when finding fault with the world in
general because YOU thorght your luck
was hard? It's safe venture to guess
that most unhappy persons never even
consider their own positions from this
angle.
Too many. blame others for their
own mlsf0rtunes when they could find
the fault at their own doors Too
many consider their luck bad when
II is better than they deserve. If
they recognized their own short-com-
ings or tried 10 overcome them when
acknowledged, they'd frequently over
come their worst handicaps.
II one starts out to get somewhere
he isn't likely to reach his goal as
quickly as he desires IL be- sits by
the side Of his pathway and hopes for
some miracle to happen which will
bring him TO the desired destination
without climbing ~ the hill.
Once In while kind motorlst will
overtake the lazy loiterer and give him
a lift. But the chances are against
such good fortune when the pathway
follows an upgrade course. For few
stop to pick up passengers while try
'ug tn reach the top on high"
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would look queer and the Fruit or
Blossoms would not be half as beautl-
full"
In vain did the Trees tell them that
they were beautiful, and that every
one loved to look at their shining
green dresses, but still the little Leaf
lets grumbled and fused, and at last
all the trees talked it over one night,
and 1t was decided that the Leaflets
should have dance all by themselves,
before the Blossoms or the Fruit
came.
As all the festivals and parties take
place on moonlight nights, the Trees
waited until the moor was shining full
and bright, and then they told the
Leaflets about the dance.
All the little Breezes were invited to
help with the dancing, aid even Brisk
Wind was asked to come around for a
while. The Soft Signing Winds were
asked to furnish the music, for the
Trees wanted the Leaflets to have a
wonderful dance.
When the little Leaflets heard they
were to have a dance they could not
keep still, and long before the dance
began they were s~'aying and flutter-
ing about, prscticing all the fancy
steps they could think of for the Won
derful dance.
By and by the Moon came up and
the dance began The Little Freezes
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There was turmoil on deck, feet
clattered 70 and fro, there came a
grinding sound, and the engines seemed
to stop.
The timid passenger rushed from his
cabin. and almost colided with the
captain.
"What has happenedf' he painted.
"Be prepared for the worst said
the captain sternly.
"Wh-where are the life beltsT
ITS too late to use those" said the
captain. We've done everything we
can. Now it's every man for him
SELF"
He led the timid one to the side OF
the deck
II can't. I daren't look :" hf cried
Tell me what has happened ~
"We're in harbor" said the cap.
tain gently.
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Uncle Sans National Forestry Policy

Representative Haugen of Iowa,
chairman of the house committee on
agriculture. has appointed a subcom-
mittee on forestry, consisting of HIM
self, Mclaughlin OF Michigan, Clarke
of New York, Rainey IF Illinois and
Jones Of Texas. Chairman Haugen
hopes to secure favorable congress
i0aal action on forestry policy advo-
Gated by Secretary Wallace. 1t in
cludes:
Extension of the existing federal
cooperation with the states in forest
fire protection.
Initiation of federal cooperation
with the states in growing or distrib-
uting forest trees or seeds for plant
ing.
Extension of the national forests.
Present financial cooperation be
tween the national and state govern
ments is limited to the distribution Of
100000 annually among the state gov
ernments which themselves make some
e. Taxation systems that make it eco