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Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1924-03-06
EZENTUL MINDEN MASOD
OSZTALYU UTAST ELLIS
ISLANDON FoGNAK
MEGVIZSGALNI.

A bevandorlasi hat6sagok nj
rendeletet adtak Xxi, amelynek er-
telmeben beerkez6 hajok masod-
osztalyu utasait ezentul kivetel
nelkiil orvosi vizsgalatnak vetik
ala Ellis Islandon.
A rendelet ellen a United States
Line America newt goz0senek
negyszaz masodosztalyu utasa meg
d0bbenve tiltakozott.
Amikor tegnap radio utjan er-
tcsiiltek az ujabb torturarol, a
quarantine rende!t utasok hangn-
san adtak kifejezest elegedetlen-
segiiknek. Nehahnyan cgyenesen
Isiijclentettek, hogy mem mennek
Fat Ellis Islandra, orvosi vizsga-
latra.
A koyetkezmenyek egyel6re is
meretlenek.
A masodosztalyon lltaz6 k0zon-
lseget Ellis Islandra utasito rende-
letet Henry H. Curran bevandor.
lasi biztos a k0vetkez6kepen indo-
lkOlta meg. g Az egyik ok az. hogy
orvosi vizsgalatot nem lehet mes
terseges feny mellett vegezni $
haj6k tcrmeiben csak villanyvila-
gitas alkalmazasaval viEsgalhat-
max az orvosok. Kilon0sen all ez a
fert6zo betegsegekre, amelyek TO
lraman q Dor Is nyalkahartyak
szin6ben bekovetkez6 arnyalat'
valtozasokat naesterseges feny
msllett nsm lphst Jssrsvsnsi, vag5
pontosan 6sslelni.' Is
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1924-03-06
. MUNKAVEzONYOK

A varosi munkakozvetit5 iroda
fon0kenek, Mr.. I'll. r. Wcllernek
nyilat'k szerint, munkavi-
szonyok varosunkban eppcn olya-
nok, mint egy evvel ezel5tt. A
munka mindeniitt a legteljesebb
mertekben megindult, a karacsony
koriil megallt miihelyekben is er6-
sen folyik, ugy, hcgy batran ell
mondhatjuk, hogy kilatasok
minden tekintctben a legkedvezob
bek.
A gyarak, de kll0nosan vas
6s acel gyaraik valosaggal el van
max halmozva rendelesekkel ugy,
hogy lit munka az eg6sz ev To-
lyaman biztositva van.
Erdekes megemiteni, hogy a
szellemi munkasok sorsa sokkal
roszabb, ICY annyi1gyors- 6s gep-
ir6 no var elhelyezkedesre jelen-
leg, amire mem volt Ipelda meg. Az
iskolak, kiilomboao magantanfo-
lyamok val6saggal ontja'k maguk-
boil a sok v6gzett n0ycndeket, akik
azutan sehogy sem tudnak clhe-
lyezkedni.
TIT emlitjuk meg. hogy tavasz
! szal ugy varosunkban, mint a k0r-
nyeken a gyarak oriasi epitkez6.
seket terveznelz, ugy latszil, meg
nagyobb mcgrendelesckre van XII.
latas.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1924-03-06

+ tf +. .st Il
Dominic Marino, akinek West
Federal streeten van jol memo
szaraz'' szalonja, bahia jutott.
Rajottek, hogy bizony, neha 3 pa
linkat is szokott merni. Marino
erre megugrott, mem juthatott
azonban meszire, mivel Struthers-
len lefileltek behoztak varosunk-
ba. Termeszetesen nagyon tiltako-
,zott a letart6ztatas ellen, de mind
hiaba. $1,000 bond elle3eben azon-
ban szabadabra hely1kttk, iigye.
ban targyaias ! j6i B htt folya.
man lesz.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1924-03-06
GYERMEK BET0R6.

/. A multi heten, tiiz pusztitott a
13 s. Watt str. alatt levo william
and Co. iizletebcn, azota az iizlct
be volt zarva. Vasarnap eijel azon
ban je1entett6k a. rend6rsegnex,
Ehogy az .iizletben rejtelyes mozgas
tapasztalhat6. A rend6rok atkn-
Etattak az iizletet egy IA ewes fiut
Italaltaksott. Termeszetesen a. rend
|6rsks lefileate jsvit6ipt ezetbs
kiildte . nagyremenyii ifjut,
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1924-03-06
Katholikus nep-
szovetsegi estely
Az elmult vasarnap nagyszamu er-
dekl0do k0z0nseg el6tt folyt le 4
Nepsz0vetseg ismertet6 gyalese.

Vasarnap, marcus 2-an este
-sufolasig megtelt Kossuth k0r
nagyterme azokkal katholikus
magyarokkal, akik az ohazaban fe-
nyesen bevalt Katholikus Nepsz0-
vetseg celia es programme irant err
deklodtek es akik aterzik, hogv
f5leg mai idokben milyen fontos
hivatasa es jelent6sege van ennek
a Nepszovetsegnek.
Az els6rangu es izletes vacsora
kereteben lefolyt gyiilest az anne
rikai himnusszal nvitottak meg, a
melyet felallva enekelt a kozon-
seq. Utana Varlaky Sander, SIT.
Istvan egyhaz plebanosa ismertet-
te az este ielentoseget es megnvi-
totta a miisort.
A bevezeto szam nehanv uj ma
oyar nota volt, amelyeket Mihok
Sandorne enekelt ell nagy tetszes-
t0l kiserve. Utana Nemeth josef
lelkesz, cleveland Scent Erzse-
bet magyar romai katholilsns hits
kozseg etdemes kaplanja ismer-
tette a Nepszovetseg celjait IS
munkassagat. Reszletesen terri ki.a
Nepszovetseg programjanak min
den egyes pontjara es meggySz6
er0vel hirdette azoknak igazsa gat.
A miisor k0vetkezo szamat Tauss
| Gyulane foglalta lie. ,aki n6vere,
Mihok Sandorne zongora kiserete
mellett enekelt egy miidalt s s6sxiIl
tie elismerest valtott Xxi a hallgato.
sagbol. Lampert Erzsike hegediilt
/ ell ezntan negy k0zismert magyar
laotat Mihok Sander zon9ora kisSs
rete mcllett, amiert zajosan meg
/ tapsoltak. DR.. Mosonyi p. Lipdt
Elelkesz es tanar mondott ezutan
nagyobb beszedet a katholikus
!sajt6 fontossa CAROL es tanit6 ere
jerol, vegiil pedig Sipos Ilonka'
szavalt Macy hatas mellett es Hal-
du Ilonka zongorazott tets2kst0l
| kis6rve tobb magyar n6tat KfsSre
jarvan az id6, Varlaky plebancs
lelkas szavakkal berekesztette az
esttlyt, Horvath Istvan, SIT. Ist-
van egylet elnoke pedig meek0-
szonte yendeg lelkeszek es a sze-
replok, valamint k6zonseg saires
megjeleneset.
Az estely legnagyobb rrnabcn
es csendben folyt le. Aket vrndeg
lelkesz beszede megismertette 4
| hallgatosaggal a Katholikus Nep-
szovetseg celjat es iranyat Is 4.
;nagyfoku erdehl6desbol itelve So-
gos a remeny, hogy nemsokara ha-
talmas tabora lesz lit a Szovrtseg.
mex. Nagyon oryendenenk, ha
lVarlaky Sandor plebanos ebben q
targyban mielobb osszehivna egy
katholikus gyiilest, amig a lelRr-
sedes lansja el mem alszik Is Oft
megalakitanak az osztalyt, amelr
nemcsak Scent Istvan esyhaxr
nak de a SIT. Istvan Is SIT. lmre
lkatholikus egyleteknek is erSs t5-
masza volna. 81
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1924-03-06
KINEvEzTE MAoAT
HAzIURNAx.

Eugene Jordan beallitott yssks-
nap n. Hine streeten levo esylk
hazba OFT .magat haziurna'k MI
adva, bekollektalta . rentet.
A lak6, Lous Wright, csak ak-.
kor iott ra turpissasra, mikor AZ
igazi haziur megjelent lakbsr6rt.
Termeszetesen azonnal jeltnttst
tettek rend5rsegen, megindult Y
nyomozas Is sikeriilt lefogni AZ II
haztulajdonos urat.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1924-03-06


dig s1negbukott, ssamoljon el lxiadasai-
r6l, amit korteslred6se kSlt0tt. Egg
pennsylvania polgar, aki szerencsetler
s6g6rs msgbukott. q k0vetkez6kep sza-
molt d kiadasair6l:
Elvssxtsttem 1s4e 6rat, mivel nom
aludtam, hanem mindig valasztasra
gondolta1n. AZ
Kitt0tt6k k6t fogalnat Is egy csomd
hajamat kihuzta . politikai ellenfelem
Ajand6kostam egy Skx0t. 6t bAr1nyt
s. n6gy usz6t . n6ptinusp6 6lysk c6ljaira
Bar&tsagb6l odaadtam k6t h6xsntr&gert
n6gy 6ltSny Palm Beach ruhat IS =,
dollart k6szp6nsbsn.
Msgcs6koltam 1875 gyerekst. Fel&lli.
tottam n6gy sparhstst, II helyen rak.
tam ttixst tiixhslyhs. 47e m6rtf6ldei
gyalogoltam s. kssst fogtam s50s en-.
berrsl - assSonnyal 10101 haxugs&got
mpndtam s. annyit bssS6ltem hogs
sxxs ujsAg hasAbjain sam f6rne q.
R6sstvsttAm is konfssencikn = 81
dcllart adom1nyostam kdlfSldi mis1si6a
c<ijair1 sssFsassst vallottam Ssyssy'
sssonynai nIgy szalmaSsvssyi yinsk
nes1soroneatt&ms 40 ssgsxhset,. = ku.
ty&k se-Gssr haraptak nsg s. = v&lasE
tksoinM s6s SEavasatal elbuktam. "A
1SIas6gsm siy<lt tdlesh ~ .ssyEsiatlsl
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-02-21
DRAW INSPIRATION FROM THIS

Asked to offer suggestions as to
what qualification" young people
should strive for in order to fit them
selves for responsible positions in
public and business life, one of our
greatest national industrial leaders
and students of human nature, draw
ing from his fund of knowledge gain
ed through sixty years of study and
contact with persons in every walk
of life and in every country, says:
Business geniuses, like men sue
cessful in craftsmanship, are not
taught. They are created. Every man
of great achievements carries very
far beyond anything which he ever
learned except in the hard school of
experience added to Heaven-given
endowments.
The average teacher, preacher writ
er of theses, college professors and
sands of men who are ready to
tell twenty others what were good to
be done are as rule plgmleS IN com
parison with such men as Washing
ton, Franklin, Lincoln, Bonaparte,
Mussolini, or other men of great in
dustrial achievements, like Rockefel-
Ter, Ford, etc. They were not taught,
nor given any rule of procedure, nor
did they follow a chart. With their
Heaven-given endowments they blaz-
ed their own trail, and Immediately
stepped into an arena unaided by any
writer of formulas.
The stride Of such men and their
accomplishments are beyond the
reach and quite transcend the imagi-
nation of those whose function in life
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-02-21

is to teach how such things should be
done.
The men who become great leaders
and rise to the heights were not
taught what they should do, or how
they should do it, nor in most cases
did they start with any conception
of their own future. They started to
make the best of their endowments,
and then a personal conscience, seiz-
ing opportunities and indefatigable
work did the rest. No man ever did
much work by any mechanical chart,
or depended upon what he was
taught either in school or from the
pulpit
The successful young man, instead
Of giving heed to mechanical and
formulated directions, is working out
his own problems, and he only sue
ceeds by going further and accom-
plishing more than anybody who has
ever preceded him in a like field of
endeavor The teacher or writer Of
theses is limited in his sphere by
what he has learned of what has gone
before.
Qualifications are endOwments
and they cannot. be taught. Qualifi-
cations are the very foundation Of
every great life, and no teacher can
create qualifications.
Il think the experience of all men
who have accomplished much is that
whenever teacher or advisor inter
venes with lessons as to how they
should accomplish their task, or
whether they should undertake their
task at all, the result has been a
weakening, not strength, and to the
extent to which such counsels were
needed, inspired work was chilled
and. measurably paralyzed."
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-02-21
WHY MEN NEGLECT CHURCH
AVTO cASTEl

Why do men neglect church at
tendance? The following reasons can
be assigned why certain classes neg
lect this important duty:
FIRST: A scared Sabbath con-
science sends men to the golf links
on the Holy Sabbath.
SECOND: The gasoline mania
causes thousands to take the family,
the dog, and the lunch basket into
the automobile early Sabbath morn
ing when they begin to break the Ten
Commandments, the speed laws, the
rules of domestic tranquility, and Sab
bath observance.
THIRD: Screenitis sends thou
sands into the motion picture houses
where they make pagan attack up
on Gods Holy Day.
sFOURTH: Laziness keeps thou
sands at home wrapped in the bed
clothes-too INDECENT and sloven to
dress and attend divine worship.
FIFTH: False conception of wor-
ship or because the sermon is poor,
they drift into the habit of neglect
ing church attendance.
SIXTH: A large number of those
who stay away do SO because they
are plain pagans; their education is
defective. No well-bred well-trained,
modern, up-to-date, and otherwise nor
NAL man stays away from church SER
vices.
SEVENTH: There are thousands
of business, professional, political, and
official men who neglect church be-
cause they are conscious of the fact
that they are grossly sinful, selfish,
conceited, and derelict in the perform
ance of their duties. They know that
if they face the gospel as expounded
from Gods infallible Word they will
have to surrender their selfish, mean,
conceited business and professional
attitude toward the church and the
gospel. They are trying to avoid the
doctrine of responsibility, accountable
ity, and judgment They are foolish.
Every sensible man ought to prepare
to meet his God Every desirable,
worthy citizen ought to be found in
his pew every Sunday morning wor-
shipping God.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-02-21

A train in the Wild West was held
up by bandits, who ordered the passen
gers to give up their money. One of
the victims was Jew, and when his
turn came he reluctantly drew $500
from his coat, and, taking Sc, returned
it to his pocket.
What do you mean by that? asked
the bandit.
Surely, answered the jew, you don't
mind me taking two per cent dis
count on a cash transaction?
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-02-21

A prominent playwright was in At
lantic City, supervising one of his
plays. One night he saw an old scrub
woman bent over her work. Thinking
to give her treat, the playwright
stopped and asked her, Would you
like to go to theater tomorrow night
The woman looked up, studied his
face earnestly, then said: can't go
tomorrow night. Can't you get some
other night off?-Chicago Tribune.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-02-21
His Cinema

Poor Old Man: Lady, could yer GIN
me a quarter to get where me family
is?
Kind Lady: Certainly, my poor man,
here's a quarter Where is your fam
lily?
P. o. NJ: AT de movies.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-02-21

The train travels along the edge
of the Atlantic. carrying its precious
freight, of which SO per cent. would
be about as useful in heaven as it is
on earth. Philadelphia, Washington,
Richmond, fly past, and Jacksonville,
that one day may be greater than all
of them, as the seaport of southern
empire.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-02-21

Back in your little room. You study
the map, and realize that these pill
grims of fashion all testify to unseen
wisdom. They are taking their money
to be spent in developing magnifi-
Gent State They will return to make
known marvellous climate, the won
.derful land of Florida, with its sensi-
BILE, industrious people, the land that
in years to come will be great garden
for the nation, a marvellous play
ground in Winter for millions of real
workers, the permanent abode OF con
tented, prosperous tens of millions.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-02-21
lEnroute to Florida

Everybody on this train is going to
Palm Beach, via the Seaboard Air
Line. A solid row OF twelve Pullman
cars left New York via the Pennsy-
lvania Sunday evening at seyen-five
with everything full.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-02-21

A young Czecho-Slovakian, assisted
by all the people in his town, is work
ing at the problem of transmitting
power without wires. Whoever solve
that can command hundreds of mil
lions for himself and endless billions
for the world. Waterfalls could run
machines hundreds Of miles away, and
airplanes fly with power taken
through air, through earth plants.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-02-21

Nevada killed Gee Jon. Chinese
tong murderer, with hydrocyanic gas.
Mr.. Jon, according to guards, "wept a
little as he was placed in the chair.
His tears seemed to ask, why pick
on me?
Doctors say death was painless, but
they don't know. Gee Jon lived six
minutes after he began breathing the
deadly gas. Where is he now? Some
where in space telling Confucius about
it?
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-02-21

Ramsey Macdonald, British Labor
Prime Minister, gives up one of two
$4,000 salaries to which he is EMIT
led
The English have brains enough to
pay well men to whom they give i'm
portant jobs. This makes it unneces-
sary for oil companies or others to
pay them after they L FAVE office
for services rendered while IN
office.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-02-21

Appel got married. The evening of
his first payday he gave his bride $14
of the SIS salary and kept only 81 for
himself But the second payday APP
pei gave his wife 81 and kept $14
himself
Why, Charles, she cried, in injured
tones, how on earth do you think |
can manage for whole week on a
paltry dollar?
I'll admit l don't know, he answered
l had a rotten time myself last week.
It's your turn now.-Topeka Journal
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-02-21

If Government insists on killing it
should kill as savages usually do, chok
ing with rope, cutting off the head
or in some other savage fashion.
Science and scientists should not
be disgraced in the operation. Ten
thousand years hence this will be spo
ken of as an age that used to hang,
shoot, asphyxiate, kill with electricity
and then foolishIy expect criminals,
with the undeveloped minds of chill
dren, NOT to initiate murderous ex-
ample set by government itself
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-02-21

In race against American cars at
Stockholm, last week, a Swedish car
driven by Swedish motor alcohol, beat
all the American cars. The latter used
gasoline imported from the United
States.
That's good news. Unlike oil wells,
the supply of alcohol never can give
out. We could get enough alcohol out
of corn stalks in the United States,
and other vegetable matter, to run
all the machinery of the United States
There is power inexhaustible. And the
inside of an explosive engine is the
right place for elcohol, not the inside
of man.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-02-21

Here! bawled the hotel Waterman to
a nightshirt-clad man who was pacing
the corridor at 2 a. m. What are you
doing out of your room?
The man opened his eyes and SEEM
ed to come out of trance. beg your
pardon, he said. am somnambulist
Well, roared the Waterman, you
walk around these halls in the
middle of the night in your nightshirt,
no matter what your religion is
Country Gentleman.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-02-21

Ethel Jaeger entered public school
at six and in eighteen months did
three years work, advancing from one
class to another rapidly In addition,
the child took piano lessons and stud
led classic dancing. The little girl will
be praised, the father and mother will
be proud. But that is false education
A child with a superior mind should
be held back. Children would be bet
ter off as whole if allowed to de-
vote their first ten years to outdoor
exercise, and learning through their
eyes, not teaching them even to read
until ten or twelve years of age.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-02-21

Good news is that General Motors,
big automobile making company,
broke all records last year, selling
$685., 100000 worth of cars. Many
Americans are getting fresh air that
didn't use, to get it, plus the health
that comes from fresh. air.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-02-21

70 LAND or PROMISE
FORCING YOUNG MINDS
RAMSEY AND HIS PAY
THEY KILLED GEE JON
THE PLACE FOR ALCOHOL
Evening star., 1924-07-27
IMlpAlyW.

chology which had made his plans
move on creased wheels from the
very moment he gave IS to the cring-
ing beggar. There must assuredly
be something in such a superstition.
He admitted that, even to his coldly
skepticaI self Else, how account for
the perfect assurance of victory which
had been his from that moment on?
How else account for the success of
every step of his scheme since then?
Roke slept like child. Drowsily
awakening, at sunrise. he lay still
for a little while; trying to realize
why he felt SO unaccountably happy.
Then gradually, he remembered; and
he stretched himself out in bed with
sensation Of utter bliss. How diff
ferent was this from the awakenings
when the danger of his position had
flown at his throat like a mad cat,
enough to function,
"A poor man, served by you, shall
make you rich!' he exulted.
He was turning over for another
happy snooze, when his one servant
an old woman-tapped at his door
"Mr Roke." she quavered, there's
two men-two Observation-Disclosures
to see you. I told 'em you wasn't up
yet. But they said it was very i'm
portant. They"
"Oh. all right.' Roke cut her short.
Say I'll be right down.
He was climbing out of bed, as he
spoke. Gone was the delicious drowsi-
ness Of a minute before. He was
alert, wide-awake, ready.
Clive's death, no doubt, had been
discovered. Some neighbor, knowing
Roke's close acquaintanceship with
the dead man, had called to tell him
of the tragic accident. That, or else
some Paignton commuter had caught
a glimpse of the two as they rode
into the borough together, the night
before. and Roke's perfunctory testi-
Evening star., 1924-07-27
AS Give LEANED FORWARD,
ROKE STRUCK.

the other dangled pair of hand
| cuffs.
Very prettily done, Roke." com
mented Give, breaking the moment
of stark silence with q slow drawl
| which was threaded by saturnine
| grimness. Every prettily, And if
hadn't forgotten to stop at the service
station on the way from town lass
night it would have worked But,
you see, It happened there was only
about a pint of gas left in the tank.
The engine stopped automatically be-
fore it could pump enough carbon
monoxide into the garage you so
thoughtfully closed. Probably the en-
gine stopped before you were halls
way home"
Roke did not speak. Through his
dizzy brain raced the thought:
a pint of gas pint OF
! gas. A f1awless plan wrecked-a SEN
tence in jatl-the end of all the world
for me! Three cents worth of gaso-
line to smash mans life! Three
cents"
Il was suffering a good bit from
L
to-" went on Give to unhearing ears.
But / had sense enough to see the
gas switch was turned on. And I
! can swear ! had turned it off. I saw
the garage door was shut. And it
! had been open. 1t got me to think
| ing why you should have tried such
| a thing. And 1 went over to the
| borough hall, and through the books
there 1t took me most of the night.
But 1 got what ] went for. l got
enough for the warrant Chief Nc
Cabe is waiting SO courteously TO
read to you"
| He paused. The chief stepped for
ward. Roke lifted his heavy head
and his cracked lips parted in the
words:
Three cents"
| Copyright. 1924
Evening star., 1924-07-27

mony was wanted by the coroner, as
1.-The last person who had seen the
deceased alive"
ready and eager. There was not the
remotest flaw in his case.
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CWIFTLY he tossed on his clothes,
~ waiting not to bathe or to shave
or SO much as to wash his face A
haggard aspect would well become
him on hearing Of his old associate S
demise.
In less than five minutes he was
clad, and was thrusting his feet into
a pair of slippers. He looked UP
from this brief task at sound OF
steps on the stairs and in the pass
ageway outside his bedroom. There
were two sets of steps. Evidently
his visitors were unwilling to wait
for his descent to the living-roonl
and had come upstairs in search OF
him.
Roke's brow creased at this undue
liberty of the irS as he rose and started
across the room to h.eet them.
AS he was midway in his advance
there sounded a peremptory knock
at the door panel. Without waiting
for a response, the man who had
knocked turned the knob and flung
wide the door.
Roke halted with ludicrous haste in
his careless stroll across the room.
His Jaw hung loose. His eyes bulged
like a sick frogs.
On the threshold-a neat little
bandage encircling his head-stood
Maxwell Give.
He looked pallid and as though
he had done no sleeping. The ban
dage was held in place by a wad of
gauze dressing above a bump on his
head. Just behind him in the door
way doomed the portly figure of the
borough chief of police. In one OF
the chiefs hamlike hands was clutch
ed an official-lookinG paper. From