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out cheer and comfort. Some
how il dullcd the keen edge Of the
victory he had won This triumph was
hollow.
Blind, hot anger Nsurgcd over him
as he regarded Church, the man re-
sponsible not only for his fathers
murder but for Olga's plight as
we'll.
His face within inches Of Church's,
his hands tightly clenched to keep
himself under control and not strike
him, he said: 1.-THE really contempti-
bic thing about you is that you
would have passed the blame on to
an innocent woman. You knew that
we had something on you ever since
the night Olga Maynard and saw
Jensen in that automobile. And then
you found out, somehow, that she
was. suspected.
$50 you planned the kidnapping,
and had my fathers picture planted
in her apartment. Church, il could
forgive everything else you have
done which can't, II coufsc%-l
could never forgive that"
lie turned 10 O'Day, his face twist
ing with pity. Lieutenant, they
beat her-that man Jcnsen-because
she wouldn't write confession
God knows what they'd have done
with her after she had"
| KILLED her, more than likely
growlcd O'Day. Rand, Pm an old
fool. I'm sorry for thinkin' what J
did about 1eNWnd I'm man enough
to apologize when sec her again
But this here bird" and he indi.
Gated The covering Church, lis
cooked There's not only murder
against him, but abduction an
number Of other things.
by the way, Church." he contin'
ued, "what was that you stuck II
your pocket?" He fumbled with hi:
large hand through Church's coat
! fished out a folded paper and spread
!. it on the table.
] "It's a will, Rand the will 9
\ Thaddcus Rand. guess this \
yours"
i ..Takc care Of it," said Jimmy
"They'll be wanting il as evidence
later on. Hold on, though. guess
III read it over myself.
n "Yep," he said later, when he ha!
l'gonc over it, ''it's just as Mooney,
informant, whoever he vas. said
Henry Rand or his heirs. u.
SAmucI Suurcu eAccutOT.
II He looked at Church again, but h
was speaking to O'Day. II bcllcv
that's all, Lieutenant" Once NOR
dull depression settled on him. an
, the draught of victory was bitter o
his lips. There was Mary, the gai
. he loved, no longer unattainabie bu
waiting to hear from him. And no!
that he knew she was his ana M
agonixcd longing was at an emo nj
triumph was suddenly flat, like tha
/ Of some seeker who, blind to ever!
thing but his goal, finds it, and whc
, 1t is in his grasp pauses to loo
! behind hin, and see what has bee
overlooked In his quest. !.
There was Olga, broken III sp.ri
/ hurt, with nothing to look fofWar
. Ito. |. And she loved him; ha
told him with her lips, with he
. eyes. with faithful devotion to hiu
What debt he owed her
! what debt.
Sand God help me- he agonize'
| show, can pay it?' He though
: "Church has licked me. after all"
: Surprisingly, it was Church min
I self Who broke into his reverie. H
! said, with 4 forced smile and affecte
! indifSApenee. ]" CONGRATULATIONS, Ran
4 You VIM Eofs fofs money now.
1 you can marry hex and they live
Z happily ever after"
{ AShut up, you,". growled. 0,Da;'
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Editorial Comment
A Motorized Nation
iCt Da,,l niynatchl

The first gasoline automobile in United States
appeared on the street thrty-four years ago next
month, April 10, 1892. The number OF motor We
hicles in the United States January 1926, ex-
coed 10000 900; while the countrys annual auto
mobile bill has reached the stupcndous sum OF $l4,-
600, 900 ,OOO Within the short space OF single
generation, Americans have been changed from Il
horse drawn to IA gasoline driven nation The whole
1l7OOO,O 900 of them could start out on an automo-
bile trip together if few Of them didn't object to
riding in trucks. Other recent inventions may have
placed greater strain the lay Imagination, but
it is doubtful if any has effected radical change
in the mode of life CT the nation automobiles
have.
With automobiles came demand for better roads
and more Of them; with better roads came an IN
creased demand for motor cars. As the processes
of manufacture were improved it became possible
to turn out cars at prices which brought them with
in reach Of all but the extremely poor Automo
biles have enabled millions to travel far from home
eheaply and comfortably who formerly seldom went
beyond their cwn town or city limits. AS result
Americans are becoming acquainted with their coun
try and countrymen to degree impossible fou'
short decades age. The $l4,0O0,0 900 they speno
annually on their cars not only contributes largely
to the support of variety Of subsidiary industries
but speeds up business generally, affords recrea
tional opportunities hitherto beyond the reach O
most people, and is knitting the cxtremtles OF TN
country together in the bonds of understanding ant
sympathy.
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(Official City, State and County Newspaper
National Safety Conference

Appalling increase in automobile accidents
prompted President Coolidge to call il national
ference Press reports. indicate that the delegates
almost unit in agreeing that the speed OF
automobiles must be cut down. Experts on traffic
maintain that fifteen miles an hour should be the
limit in business districts. except when traffic is
controlled by police or by signals
Oscar Wolf, a Chicago coroner gave some very
potent reasons why speed limits in residential and
rural should be rigidly established and en-
forced He said that those who take the position
that forty miles is safe thirty miles ought to
attend few nquests.
This meeting Of traffic experts should be long
step toward establishing uniform national traffic
regulations. If such were done, the problem would
be simpfied. The enforcement Of speed limits
fixed by the law should be most rgdIy enforced,
and interference by politicians in freeing vioators
should be eliminated.
Following upon the heels Of the national safety
conference, is the to be held in North Dakota
Governor Sore has received splendid response from,
the law enforcement officers of this state in his cf
fort to focus attention upon the necessity for STREE
regulation of automobile traffic, not only in the city
but on the rural highways of the state.
Safety first should always take precedence over
any effort to increase speed limits. 1t has beer
shown conclusively that by increasing speed you au
Dramatically cut down the number Of that can bt
safely operated the highways and the city
streets.
An investigation made recently in Chicago dis
closed the following fact:
At 90 miles an hour 1900 cars could pass IL giver
point; at 26, 257O; at 81 25OO at "a, 2400; at 40
only 2OSO could pass given point
The conclusion of the investigators that at 2.
miles an hour maximum capacity of the road is
secured.
Out of these safety conferences some real goot
should result. If nothing else is done than to di
rect attention of automobile drivers upon the
sity for radical changes in the operation Of motor
vehicles, such meetings will not have been held i:
vain
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3! y! WAY
oya Girl a Today
THE LOGIC OF THE TEMPTRESS

THE LOGIC OF THE TEMPTRESS
"That afternoon went to the mas
ter who was teaching Miss Lawrence.
He was supposed to be the best voice
teacher in America, / learned after
ward. l learned from his secretary
that he charged two hundred dollars
for just listening and telling you
whether your voice amounted to any
thing or not and he was said to be
very brutal in his conclusions. He
paid not the slightest attention to
your feelings in any way.
i '.Fronl my increased salary had
saved one hundred and fifty dollars,
and tho next morning went ~ Ma
dame, Seria who had always been
more than kind to me and asked her
il she would lend me the other fifty
and take it*out OF my salary for the
next month.
"She asked me what wanted the
money for. &
II told her.
Sing for nue. she commanded.
without any accompaniment or
preparation, because knew she was
sympathetic and kind, sang T0sti's
Goodbye.
"When finished, she wrote me a
check for fifty dollars, and said:
VISIT y day or two and ! will
put you in q position to get that au-
dition for nOthing.
This afternoon when. Miss Law
renee comes in ! want you instead
Of Lucille % model the dresses she 81
g696g TO look AZ While vhu" Rks
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changing outside the curtains-I will
arrange that you dress just outside
the rOoni--I want you to sing some
part Of this Goodbye song.
Buddy Trcmainc will be with
Lola Lawrence. He is perfectly crazy
about music and he won't disdain a
girl that is easy to look ut. heard
yesterday that Lola's voice had not
como up to standard under the strain.
Tortcntio has told her it would be no
use to give her more lessons. OF
course I'M not sure whether it is
Lola's voice or whether TrcmaIae
has gotten tired Of her but do know
she is going to Europe next week for
q rest and TNmainc is not going
with her.
Although it's very probable that
you will hear nothing more of your
singing today l am sure that Tre-
maine will be around here to find out
about you
II looked at Madame Scria some
what in surprise. She seemed very
hard. had not yet learned, Julie,
that we women have to be hard as
steel to make our way to the top in
this world.
Madame Seria, don't want to
hurt Miss Lawrence said hating
l.. If she has found out that some
thing is wrong with her voice she
must be broken-hcarted and don't
want to add to her grief...4"
(Copyrighh 1925, NEA Service, lnc.)
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New York WORLDLY

The sincere prohibitionist who studies the straw
vote will have to admit that in the territory police
there is the strongest indication Of safe majority
in favor of modification. He can hardly deny thai
this majority is growing and that bone dry scnti
ment in the United States has long since passed Its
peak. ~
The practical effect Of the poll is to make prom
bition major issue in the election next fall, anc,
barring unforeseen foreign or economic crises, the
major issue in American politics for some time 70
come The poll shows that the time has come for
the liberals to make organized effort to break
the control Of the Anti-Saloon league in congress-
The drys ought to understand that the vets have
mo intention of trying to force liquor upon communi-
ties that prefer to remain dry Those states which
choose to maintain Vostead standards should GER
tany do SO, and there be no objection to federal
assistance in preventing the importation Ut liquor
into bone dry territory. What the liberals should
ask for is determination by each state Of the pro-
hibtcd alcoholic content and federal assistance IN
the maintenance of that standard. They should
ask in short for states rights with federal coopera
ton
On that principle they will ultimately win Int
principle is right. The principle conforms to ths
genius Of American institutions The principle
workable The principle is~simple and plain N
Democrat can reject it without rejecting the funda
| mental principle of his party No Republican car
reject it without rejecting what the present ia,
leaders of the Republican party, from Coolidge t.
| Borah are preaching. The principle Of states
rights will win
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a single super-power generating plant Is uhdel
way in Illinois which will have producing power
capacity equal to the present combined output of all
the stations CT all the companies in the Chicago
Illinois Indiana industrial
This indicates the process of Capitalization IN the
power utility field. Underground transmission at
high voltage beyond anything attempted in this
country has opened up new possibilities The eff
cheney and economy of mass production Of energy
has been demonstrated in a limited way in the Bis
marck area Development will continue along this
line.
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Id want it. Seems he had an old
friend who used to be on the force
years ago in Grafton and who went
down to Mexico, learned the lam
guage an then settled down in some
business or other.
"Mooney got in touch with him,
an this fellow did some gumshoe
work an finally found those Mexican
lawyers Thaddeus used to deal with.
They told him the dope an he re-
lays it right back to Mooney. Sim
pie as pie, wasn't it-after he got
on the right track"
Jimmy heard him listlessly. As
they were leaving the front door,
O'Day, with sweeping glance
around him, said, "finc house you've
got here. Rand. Do you realize, my
boy. that it's yours? Why. you're a
millionaire, lad!" He whispered,
"Think of it,"
And then he threw an arm around
the others shoulders. Jaw, buck up,
lad, buck up! It has been hard, but
you pulled through On top. Imagine
| that guy spendin' your money all
| these years. But it's yours now, an
let's hope you put it to better USE"
II hope."' said Jimmy thoughtfully,
II hope I'll be generous, that's alf.''
He watched DULY while the Off
GERS climbed into the automobile and
pulled Church in with them.
/ He climbed in alongside O'Day and
| sat silent, his mind muddy tumble
Of thoughts as he tried to reach some
kind of decision. And then, frowning,
he set his teeth. He knew.
"Want me to drop you off at
homc?' O'Day asked, cor are you
coming down with u.s."
"I'm going down there later ia
meet Barry Colvin," said Jimmy
"First Of all, though, I've got to see
Olga Maynard"
Ito Be Concluded Tomorrow
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Old Tricks In EurOpe

A baby touches a stove only once, but Europe is
playing with fire again. Dispatches from London
say that eight nations laying in arms and NUM-
items at rate which does not Look like they intend
to use them fer target practice only.
The nations named Greece, Russia. Jugo-
Slavia, Finland Lithuania, Poland. Rumana and
Turkey
Thirty planes are being built in Sweden for Tur-
key by German company. They are net mail
planes.
You'd think that after all these years theyd have
a little sense there. But you can't teach an
old horse tricks
Mussoln casts Il balcfu eye at Germany III
Ducc" is worried about threatened boycott.
Take one Of ltaly's teeth" he says, "and We'll
take whole set of yours.
The Italian has the right dca though. If Ger
many boycotts, he says, Italy will boycott right
back.
begins to have trouble early. What will it be, say
in 20 years, when big question arises? The
memory CT the recent will not be 50 fresh then
There are strange qurks in the life of Col. Charles
Il. Forbes who is just beginning two-year sen
tercc at Leavcnworth for graft head Of the Unit
ed States Veterans Bureau Forbes enlisted in tht
:. marines when he IL years old During the wal
he was cited for bravery at the 'front.' winning dis
tinguished service medal. At least he has the mem
ory of herosm companion in prison.
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M1gP}s
Of Me.TWNS

Marky Muskrat went off to Scrub
! Up Land with the March Hare and
the Twins like the good little fellow
I he was.
! But he didn't want to be spring
have bath when you're all ready
to go out to play.
.'I'll just look the same" he said
"Ill just be an ugly old brownie
matter how clean am. know, be-
! cause ] can see myself in the water
as plainly as if I had 4 looking
glass"
| "Don't you wish you looked like
! mel" Knocked Il voice just then.
| Ard there sat Bobby Bluejay in a
tree. He was as blue as corn
flower. with bits Of white OH him,--a
dude if ever there was one-~
Eyes, do" said Marky honestly,
as he trudgcd along.
! "Or like me-" called another voice
shrilly. And there sat Redwing
Blackbird. He had just arrived from
the south.
ayes, do" said Marky. II al
ways liked red"
called Robin Rcdbrcast's voice proud
| ~.
Eyes, should" agreed poor
| Marky. I'D like to be just anything
rather than plain ugly old brown that
looks like mud Why. Pm almost
exactly the color of the mud bank
live in! Sometimes Mama Muskrat
used to say that unless she looked
two or three times she couldn't see
me ut all"
BY this time they had reached the
little bush where the path turned off
to that corner Of Fairyland where
Mister Rubadub lived.
You'll feel much better when you
get the burrs and tanglcs brushed out
Of you, Marky," said Nick kindly.
"Rub;.dub won't hurt you. Then you
can 20 and get Il good square meal
in the Land Where Spring is Comin'r
Everybody feels sort Of blue VIXEN
he's hungry"
Suddenly Marky began to grin.
Then he began to laugh. He laughed
so hard that he couldn't get his
breath long enough to tell them what
| it was all about, until they had
! reached the place where Mister Rub
/, adub was waiting.
fairyman curiously. won't You tell
US. so we all can laugh?''
"Surc!" nodded Marky happily
"Nick just said something that put
an idea into my head. He said every
body felt blue when he was hungry
! Why cant | be blue as we'll as feel.
blue, Mister Rubadub? Pm tired and
| sick Of being brown"
At these astonishing words Mister
Rubadub scratched his head. Nancy
and Nick looked at the March Hare
and the March Hare waggled his
ears and looked ut them.
"Why couldn't ] be part red and
part bluc?" went on Marky anxious
| ~. "That's better still. You have
all sorts of fairy paint, haven't you
T., Mister Rubadub. for the bright col
ored birds that come to get fixed VI
the ones that faded down south in
the sun And maybe you could mis-
in little bit Of green, also some yell
low and Grange like the orioles wear
I'd like to be all colors, Mister Rub
adub. Just for once! I'm SO sick Of
just looking like mud"
Marky pleaded so hard that the
fairyman stopped scratching his
head, and the March Hare stopped
waggling his ears and Nancy and
Nick stopped smiling at each other,
Everybody began to feel sorry for
the plain little muskrat who was 50
tired of himself.
~ might try" agreed Mister Rub.
adub finally. "But you'll look like !;
cross between a poll-parrot and d
rainbow, I'm afraid"
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rare quality Of sympathy and Under
standing beneath his tough hide.
It had not occurred to Jimmy that
he was wealthy. He failed to realize
it even then. He thought, "ies, !
suppose l can.-7and trample on tina.
poor girl you dragged into this"
To Church he remarked quietly,
you'll never realize what you've
done to me-" and turned away to
hide his face. s4
A struggle went on within him.
As long as Mary had been out OF his
reach he had been. Indifferent to
everything else-as Indifferent, at
any rate, as a sensitive nature would
permit.
Then his path had seemed so clear.
But now ID branched. and ono way
| Law desire aud the other way---was it
duty? lie thought Of going to Olga
and saying, you'll be taken care Of
now. Your troubles arc over. I've
| got influential friends. I'll see that
you get your start-your career"
But the words in his mind were
mere empty phrases. It would be
nothing short of hypocrisy. he
thought.
! He groancd aloud. Lord, that's
not paying her back. owe her
everything" and was startled when
O'Day put hand on his shoulder.
"Come, lad" O'Day was saying
"let's get out Of here. You need te
sleep it over. Too much Of u strain
You're tired, an you're hurt, an
your nerves are all in pieces. You
need quiet"
He turned toward his men. Bring
him along, boys" and pointed *
Church. -
When he spoke again to Rand M
manner was bluff and hearty. die
l tell you how Mooney got that dops
I from Mexico City? No? We'll, h,
called me up first and sent the tele
gran, on us confirmation. l told hin
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zz6l@sYELLOW STUB
&>lFossE -

this fresh young upstart be so pro-
vokingly cool? How could he jest
with death in that manner? A sud-
den sinking fear assailed him that,
somehow, something was WRONG
that there was something he didn't
know. His finger frightened on the
| trigger.
"Why don't you shoot, Church"
and Jimmy, facing him .squarely,
took step toward him. go ahead;
| get it over with"
"Damn you, will" Ills teeth
were set. Grimly he pulled: the trig-
! ger, and instead Of the barking shot
he heard hooking click. He pulled
it again. and again the hammer
snapped on an empty chamber.
Rand's haunting laugh was IN his
ears. empty, Church. Only one
bullet in it, and ] wasted that on
your book case.
"YOu fool" he said, "dV you think
I'm crazy? Do you think I'd DELHI
crately walk away from that gun if
It was loaded? thought you'd do
that very thing. Church confess and
then repudiatc it the moment you
knew wasn't going to kill you.
You see. anticipated you, and you
played right into my hands by add
hitting it over again just Il minute
ago"
S"l can still repudiate it, Randi
said Church, and it was like the last
barring Of teeth Of cOrnered rat.
He jumped for the table. "And
can still kill YOU"
But Jimmy was in his way, and
before Church could reach the table
drawer there was a loud trampling
Of feet and sudden influx Of blue
coated men. Strong hands held
Church, pinned his arms from be.
hind.
"You see, Church." said Jimmy
you can't very well repudiate it
after all. These men were planted
outside the room. They've even go'
~ court stenognpher. You got every
word, didn't you, Lieutenant Jimm,
turned to O'Day, who was standing
beside him.
,1Didn't miss thing. Rand.
lJO'Day was cycling Church wrath
fully. "You dirty sneakin' dog!" h.
observed, and turned his back.
Jimmy opened the table drawer
pulled out Church's revolver an'
flung it on the table.
He leaned toward Church, who was
still held tightly from behind. "Ther'
I are two reasons why didn't xii
you, Church." he said. II guess yos
8 know what one. Of them was-a CIR
We both know. The other-I CAV
5 my word to O'Day."
b He had time now to relax, and t.
: think; and the bitterness which hat
grown TO be q part of him since
i Henry Rands tragic death was some
: how lessened by the thought tina
l the man responsible for it stood be
fore him. beaten, exposed and cor
II noied. That and the thought tina
{ Mary Lowell would be waiting TO
!. And then the poignant retaliation
a. that Olga Maynard, who had beel
helplessly enmeshed in this thin
9 sP& Rpf5stea about; We: Wing s| etS
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Lovers and Realism

E. H. Sothern, the great Shakespearean actor,
tells how Elinor Glyn back to Julia Marlowes
dressing room after Miss Marlowe's presentation
CT "Romeo and Juliet"
do you not find Shakespearcan plays artificial,
Miss MarlOwe?" the writer asked. Lovers do no.
talke like Romeo and Juliet talk in the balcony
scene"
NO." answered Miss Marlowe, "but they would
if they could"
We have given up a good deal for the stark real.
ism Of the stage and the books Of the day. Quail,
ties Of poetry and imagination have been lost in the
rush to print or enact truths-mostly unpleasant
Life without bit of idealism is pretty grisly
thing Perhaps Miss Marlowe is rght-if the girl
and boy were given chance they would learn lit
lie about beauty and escape few sordd chapters
IN life.
young woman, suing 2 man for $4,000 To-
stif 81 brsaai = ssgsn II weep softly n the essrt
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Capital Punishment
Dickinson Pressl

Maybe after we have had few more brutal MUIR
ders like that which occurred at Carson couple OF
weeks ago and numerous others that have taken
place in the state in recent years, the people OF
North Dakota will rise up and demand that their
legislators restore capital punishment as well as to
pass laws tl&t viii do away with lot Of delay and
red tape that now characterizes court procedure,
4lIsrssy tswSrtinez sxift and apEe. instisa. $500