Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-08-09
susanne Wires
By Idah
McGlone Gibson

SuSanne Wires
"WelI, perhaps am jealous
Kay" confessed Phil ''but III jus
tell yau one thing rgiht now; if
sheila Ell3ston goes back to the
hospital here's where your brother
Phil finds something chronic the
matter with himself; something that
no nurse can adequately care for
except Sheila.
4 shall give her permanent
position in my sick room no mat
ter how much it costs, then that
meddling doctor can take It out in
worrying about her duty to human
lity if he wants to-"
Phil had been pouring out his
protests al such 8 great rate that
IL had not looked at the message
in my hand. / knew, Of course, that
it told him that Susanne Jones was
returning I glanced at it now. 1t
was dated from the ship and read;
"La France Will dock tomorrow
noon Buddy. I am on it and most
anxious 70 see you. Started home
earlier than / intended TO but it was
lonely over there with all my friends
back home Expect to see you fran
tically waving as the boat slips in
"sUsANNE .
"Wellf" the word left my lips
with rising infection.
Phil had the grace TO blush, but
he stood staunehly by his guns
Don't be a goose, Kay. I'm just
what she calls me-'her buddy.
Men and women became very 'com-
rady' during the war, you know.
There's nothing in it'll told you So
when told you about Susanne.
Phil" / asked as solemnly as
could. because my lips were smil-
ing, 'is it possible that you are
archaic enough to believe that there
IS such a thing as platonie lovef"
"Of course not, Kay" he GRIM
ed, but there can be sometimes
wonderful kind of friendship be-
tween a man and q woman pro-
vided they are both too much en-
crossed in some great cause to be
interested in each other"
why keep barking back to the
war, Phil-it's over years ago."
Simply because we who were in
it can never think quite the same
Of life as we did before, Kay"
EYES, I know 1 answered softly
"it changed all things for me
when it took Blake away from me
But you know that you are just
beating about the bush, You ere
trying to find a way to put susanne
Jones off for day or two until you
have settled matters with Sheila.
1 do NOT blame you for trying to
settle that before there is any in
terruption. However, I think Su-
sanne's coming is rather good
Of exercising his own free viii in
the choice Of a candidate. Only
one course is open to them in
proving this--the possibility of
getting the individual to take the
stand and swear that he east his
vote with fraudulent intent. or
under influences which subordi-
mated his own free will
Up to Voters Alone
Under any circumstances there
remains one bit of evidence nee
essary to the contestant which no
one has yet suggested a means OF
securing the name Of the can
dldate for which the individual
voter cast his Ballot The voters
alone can answer that question,
and when asked to do so nine cut
Of ten of them VIII probably in
form the lawyers that 1t is none
OF their business for whom they
voted,
The hepelessness OF their re
naming task will become clearly
apparent within two or three days
after the taking Of testimony has
begun. The first witness viii
probably be summoned when the
court reeonvenes In Salem Thurs
day morning.
From then on 1t is but a mat
ter OF days until the recount col
lapses.
Court May Dismiss
There are those who contend.
OF course. that the proceedings
will continue until the s50.000 or
100000 raised among klansmen
and others has been completely
absorbed by the lawyers and 9TH
ers benefiting from the recount.
But they fail 20 take into consid-
Grafton the fact that there are
lawyers Of costly established le-
gal regulations connected with
the Hall forces who cannot ar
ford to jeopardiEe their standings
by remaining connected with a
case which has "fiasco" written
In indelible ink across the face
of It.
Another point OF which the.