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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-20
Former La Porte Editor Is
Hurt in Leap From Burn
ing BuiIding-Terre Haute
Statesmen Injured-Ruins
Searched for Bodies.
THREE LOSE LIVES AS
BOARDING HOUSE BURNS
OMAN and Two Children
Perish at GreenviIIe, S. C.
millionaire Sportsman
Victim at Chicago When
Ciqaret KindIes Room.

Bg United Press
EAST ST. LOUIS, ILL.,, Feb.
20.-Two persons are believed
to have lost their lives in fire
which today destroyed the
Arnold hotel here with loss
of $4,000.
Searching parties sought the bod
les of B. L. Patacato, SO, civil engi-
neer, and S. J. Cole, who are be-
leved to have lost their lives.
All others reported missing have
been accounted for, 1t was said by
the owner Of the building, H. w.
Giessing.
The injured include:
Capt. Charles Trauby of the East
ST. Louis fire department, burns
about the face and hands.
William B. Devers, As, salesman
of Terre Haute, Ind, burns about
body and face.
Harry 3. Darling, newspaperman
of La Porte, Ind, leg broken and
serious internal injuries. Darling
leaped from third story window
when trapped by the flames.
Wallace T. Calvin, 81, salesman,
of Chicago, serious internal injuries
and burns.
All the injured were taken to To-
cal hospitals.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
The roof crashed shortly after the
fire was discovered.
Darling formerly was part owner
and editor of the La Porte Qnd.l
Argus and was prominent in Demo
cratic politics Of northern Indiana.
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PATROL MAN SUSPENDED
Alleged to Have Been Drinking
While Oh Duty.

Patrolman Oscar Orr, Negro, 2434
Sheldon ST.. will face charges Of
drinking on duty before the board Of
safety Tuesday, following his suspen-
sion late Friday by Police Chief
Claude r. Johnson.
1t was said that Orr had taken sew
eral drinks while on duty and was re-
ported while he was directing traffic
at School SO, Twenty-First and Illi-
nois SITS. Emergency squad found
Orr at Twenty-Fifth st. and Colum-
bia Ave.
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NOW WHAT If THEY LOSE THE KEYS?


Leo, keeps his truck. He must be
the only one to enter and use the
garage, the court said.
Mrs. Davey was charged with VIC.
lating restraining order issued last
Oct. 16 prohibiting her from per-
mitting her home to become a place
where liquor is sold. According to
Jess z. Martin and f. A. Miles, at
torneys for the Anti-Saloon League,
Federal prohibition agents on two oc-
casions purchased liquor at the
Davey home since the order was is
sued. Mrs. Davey is now under
bond to appear in Federal Court.
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DEMOCRAT I'M
SENATE RACE
William Rocker, Lawyer,
Seeks Nomination.

William v. Rocker, 65, Of Hamil-
ton County, an Indianapolis at
torney for forty years, today an
nounced his candidacy for the long
term Democratic nomination for
United States Senator. Albert
Stump, also an Indianapolis at.
torney, is the only other entrant
in the Democratic race so far. Lin
coin Dixon of North Vernon is ex-
pected to announce his candidacy
for the place on the ticket soon.
Rocker said he intended to make
an active campaign in every con.
gressional district, relying on ad.
vocacy of League of Nations affilia-
ton to get the votes. He has offices
at S18 Board Of Trade Bldg.
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ELEVATOR DESTROYED
Fire Causes $500, 900 Loss at Council
Bluffs.

BIZ United Press
COUNCIL BLUFFS. Iowa. Feb.
2O.-Fire, believed to have been
caused by defective wiring, last
night destroyed the Trans Missis-
slppi Grain elevator with a loss esti-
mated at between 100000 and
$S50,000.
The offices, power plant, MIL
wright shop and a storage house
and large amount of grains were
destroyed.
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warning all persons to keep away.
Names of the persons permitted to
enter must be printed on the sign,
the court ruled.
Amy newsboy, groceryman, ped
dler or anyone who goes far beyond
the garden gate to this house will
be counting trouble" sali Judge
Moll.
But haye another daughter and
son." Mrs. Davey said.
We'll. they can sleep or the
roof" replied Judge Moll.
A paddock was also ordered for
the garage door. where the son,
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BIZ Tnited Press

OMAHA, Feb. 20.-Omaha's ma
MAC sniper" shot and dangerously
wounded Ross w. Johnson, 2S. Wa.
bash Railroad detective, at Council
Bluffs, Iowa, last night, and today
still defied detection.
Johnson was shot six times with a
22-caliber automatic pistol IN the
Wabash yards across the river from
here, and the only evidence left by
the maniac was the same left his
other victims-empty shells.
Council Bluffs police arrested Ted
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-20
BLAZE BLAMED
ON FIRE BUG
Vacant Double House Is
Damaged $500.

Police and fire officials today in
vestigated fire that caused $500
damage to a vacant double house at
2422 Sheldon St., late Friday.
Capt. o. J. Petty, Engine House
%, said the blaze started inside the
house near the roof.
Firemen are inclined to believe the
man who has been setting vacant
houses in Negro districts on fire has
resumed his work.
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So the following arrangement was
agreed upon.
Mrs. Davey, Mrs. Hazel Terrell
and Everett Terrell, her daughter
and son-in-law, and Leo Davey, 30,
son and Mrs. Mary Miller, sister
in-law, are each to have a key to
locks which will be put on all out
side doors to the house. No one ex-
cept these persons are to hold keys
and cross the Threshold of this
house, said Judge Mol.
Judge Moll instructed the Anti
Saloon League attornews to also
tack a sign on front Of the place,
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WEATHER FOR WEEK
BIZ United Press

bu CHlt61 ITeSS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.-Weather
outlook for period Feb. 22 to 27, in.
elusive: Ohio Valley and Tennessee
A period Of rains over south and
rains or SHOWS over north portion of
the first half of the week and
again near the end. Temperature
will likely average somewhat above
normal Colder, however, about
middle of the week.
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STATE TO GET LAND
Club Must Sell Dunes Tract or Sub
NIT to Condemnation.

Fifteen days will be allowed the
Prairie Club of Chicago to accept the
States offer for it's forty-nine-acre
tract at Dunes park or submit to
condemnation proceedings, 1t was de-
cided today at a State conservation
commission meeting.
The commission has offered to as
sumo a $4,000 debt against the club,
to pa /y$10, 900 in cash and to allow
cottage owners five years tenure.
The club has asked ten-year ten
ure. Deeds were received today for
forty-eight acres Of the Gary Boy
Scouts reservation and for twenty
acres which belonged to Frank Kos
SOSkL
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THREE BURN TO DEATH
Two Children and Man Perish at
GreenviIle, S. C.

BIZ Times SDecidJ
GREENVILLE, s. c., Feb. 90
Russell Handy %; Earl Smith, 15,
and his sister, Evelyn Smith, H.,
were burned to death today when
fire destroyed a boarding house, op-
Grated by the childrens mother.
Margaret Smith, II, another daugh-
ter, was seriously hurt when she
leaped from the second floor. The
mother and three other women ware
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-20
Right From Under
Policeman's Nose

ZRS. W. C. PATTERSON.
alMI 541 w. Thirtieth ST.. to-
@ day told police her
pocketbook and s24 disappeared
while she stood talking to a
policeman at Indiana Ave. and
Tenth ST., Friday night.
They're not that brave in
Chicago" she said. Mrs. Pat
terson recently moved here
from the Windy City, the
worlds crime capital"
A purse snatcher was
suspected.
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NEW paddock process for a
| Al home declared to be a
0 public nuisance has been
inaugurated by Judge T. j. Moll Of
Superior Court Five. Following a
contempt of court hearing Friday
afternoon before Judge Moll against
Mrs Susie Davey, 551 w. Wilkins
ST., the court ordered her home
technically" padlocked.
When Mrs. Davey pleaded that
wo sick persons live with her,
Udge Moll hesitated about vacating
and closing the house completely.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-20
CALLS FILMS TERRIBLE"

BRISTOL-An appeal to local au-
thorities to take steps to exclude
children from picture shows not spe-
cially approved for them was a SUD-
ject Of a resolution passed by the
National Union Of Teachers in con-
ference here.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-20
EXPECT RAINY WEEKEND
Should BE Colder by Sunday Night,
Says Bureau.

Indications are that Indianapolis
will have a rainy weekend, the
United States weather bureau report
ed today. The forecast is for cloudi-
ness with probably rain tonight and
Sunday.
Colder weather is expected by SUM-
day night. Temperature of 80 at Z
a. m. was above normal.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-20
CIGARET is FATAL.
Millionaire Sportsman Found Burned
to Death in Hotel.

to Death in Hotel.
BU United Press
CHICAGO, Feb. 20.-A lighted ci-
garet is believed responsible for the
death of Frederick Beverly Pearson,
80, millionaire sportsman, in his
room at the Claridge Hotel early to-
day.
Pearson was found burned to
death in his room when hotel en-
ployes, after noticing a blaze, broke
down the door.
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SLEEP SICKNESS FATAL
Former Aviator Dies After Two
Weeks Illness.

Bv United Press
FIT. WAYNE. Ind, Feb. 20.-Her.
bert Eckart, 20. a veteran Of the
American aviation service in the
World War, died today from sleep
ing sickness.
He had been i'll with the disease
for two weeks.
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TWO ESCAPE FLAMES
Z Grocery at Lake (icott Burns With
$1,000 Loss.

BIZ United Press
LOGANSPORT, Ind, Feb. 2O.-A.
F. Howell and his son barely
escaped with their lives in a fire
which destroyed the Howell grocery
at Lake Cicott, ten miles from here,
early today
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SO REPORTED DROWNED
Eggyptian Steamship Wrecked
Bucharest Hears.

By United Press
BUCHAREST, Feb. 20.-The
Egyptian steamship Funha, bound
for Galatz from Constantinople, was
reported today to have been wrecked
Reports claim that fifty persons were
drowned.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-20
UNION OFFICIAL DIES
Aged Printer Succumbs - Funeral
Sunday Afternoon.

Funeral services for Hugo Miller,
So, of 629 Hamilton Ave, fourth
vice president and head of the Ger
man branch Of the International
Typographical Union, will be held
Sunday at p. m. at Flanner and
Buchanan undertaking parlors. The
body will be cremated.
Miller was born in Germany and
is an "old time" union printer, ac-
cording to j. w. Hays, international
secretary. He has been a resident
here since 1883. Two daughters
survive.
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SHAVE FATAL TO SENATOR
Small Cut on Face Causes Blood
Poisoning.

DIV tWtS SDGCfu6
EVANSVILLE, Feb. 20-A small
cut on the face received while shaw
ing was held responsible today for
the death of John Sweeney, II, State
Senator from Tell City, who died last
night in a hospital here. Blood poi
soning developed from the cut.
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Approval Expenses

Whole-hearted approval Of the
plan was expressed by members OF
the Chamber of Commerce Industrial
committee. and most OF the members
stated that they hoped the Chamber
board of directors would indorse and
assist the formation OF the club and
the creation Of a fund 10 advertise
the city and get new industries. Nc
Kee is a member of the industrial
committee.
The committee did not go formally
on record as regards the movement,
Harry Reid. president of the Inter.
state Public Service Company, chair.
man, explaining that he believed
such action would be outside the
province of the committee before di.
rectors act.
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Verdict Friday

The jury reached a verdict at 1885
p. IN. Friday. Arguments OF both
sides were completed late in the
afternoon and Special Judge Charles
S. Wiltsie completed reading his In
structions to the jury shortly before
5 p. m, after which the jury retired.
The court remained in session
until p. m. in case an early verdict
might have been reached.
The trial opened Feb. with the
selection of jury. A special venire
OF fifty names was ordered by the
court when defense attorneys. Merle
n. A. Walker and Ira NJ. Holmes, oh.
jected to venire which had pre-.
viously been called to hear another
case which was continued. The jury
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Windsor ]. Weaver, Charged
With Presenting False
Claim for $17,673 to
Marion County, Acquitted
in Criminal Court.
VENIREMEN OUT FOR
MORE THAN FIVE HOURS
Prosecutor Remy Indicates
Damage Suit and Perjury
Charge Against Defendant
viii Be Carried Through
by State.

Windsor j. Weaver, contract
or, tried in Criminal Court on
a charge of filing a false claim
with Marion County, was ac-
quilted today by a jury which
sat eight days listening to evil
dence.
Weaver and his father, George 4.
Weaver, were indicted on a charge
OF filing n false claim for $17.673.25
for labor and material said TO have
been furnished In the erection Of
two new wings at Julietta. county
hospital for insane. Separate trial
was granted.
Trial date for the father has not
been set
Weaver shook hands with the
jurors after the verdict was read.
His wife was in court.
Prosecutor William II. Remy indl-
Gated a damage suit, and perjury
charges against Weaver and his
father. growing out OF an alleged
false statement in an affidavit rela-
tive to a contractors bond, will be
pushed by the State.
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Forecast

M OSTLY cloudy tonight
N1 and Sunday; probably
rain; slightly warmer tonight;
lowest temperature somewhat
above freezing.
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To Meet Soon

A definite date for the second meet
ing OF the executive committee was
not fixed at the meeting late Wednes-
day. but it probably will be held
soon. Williams and Atkins said. At
that time, a chairman for the men,
bership campaign Of the club will be
named.
1t also is likely that applications
will be received at the meeting for
the position OF indianapolis sales
manager" whom Mckee suggested
should be a $4,000 a year man, p"
who knows his business.
The executive committee members
were unanimous in their enthusiasm
over McKee's plan for promoting a
greater city.
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M'KEE PLAN
GROUP Will.
INCORPORATE
Temporary Committee in
Charge of Drawing Up
Papers.

Incorporation papers for the Mil
lion Population Club, conceived by
Homer Mckee. head of an adver-
tising agency, were being drawn to-
day by attorneys under orders of
the temporary club organization
executive committee composed OF
Elmer Stout, Fletcher American Ma
tional Bank president, G.. M. Will
liams. Marmon Motor Car Company
president, and w. A. Atkins, Of the
e. c. Atkins Saw Company.
1t Is planned to file articles Of in
corporation with the secretary OF
State to give the movement n cor
porate existence. This will be The
first act in organizing a club that
plans to enroll $4,000 members. en-
ploy an industrial expert to "sell"
the city to Industries, and supervise
the citys business and culture ex.
pansion.
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Home Edition

NNR. FIXIT is on the job for
Nl Times readers. He looks
up matters at City Hall.
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the real traitors and showed how he
had been made the scapegoat to COW
er their sins. A new court martial
brought in the remarkable verdict
that he was guilty with extenuating
circumstances" He was sentenced
to ten years Imprisonment.
Reinstated and Promoted
But President Laubet granted him
pardon and in 1905 the highest
court in France declared him inno-
cent. He was restored to the army
and advanced the rank of major.
During the war he was with the
artillery and served at the front. His
son, during wartime, entered the
army as a private and came out a
captain. His nephew got the Croix
de Guerre and was killed. Dreyfus
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-12
MOST NOTEDMAN
50 YEARS AGO IS
NOW IN OBLIVION
Dreyfus, Victim of Frame
up, Lives in Secluded
Apartment.
BV NEA Serrice


PARIS, Nov. 12.-Thirty years ago
he was the most famous man in the
world. Today, white-haired where
his hair once was so dark, slightly
STOPPING, he is practically unrecog'
nized. He is the most uninterview-
able person in the French capital
Alfred Dreyfus.
The victim Of military castles
frame-up, the prisoner of Devil
Island, dwells in a sumptuously fur
nished apartment in one Of the swag-
ger residential districts Of Paris. He,
who once wrote poignant letters
from a cell, now sits quietly in his
what? Perhaps nobody will know
until after his death.
Accused as Traitor
Remember his story? He was con-
Victed by military court-martial of
the crime Of telling French military
secrets to the Germans. He was a
captain attached to thesgeneral staff.
He came of a wellto-do Alsatian fam.
lily and there was no financial rea.
son for him to betray his country.
On January 4, 1895, he was pub
licly degraded. In front of his troops
he went through the agony of having
his epauletteS torn from his uniform
By special law he was sent away,
a solitary prisoner on a bare rock off
Guiana-Devil's Island
But he had friends who uncovered
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retired as a lieutenant colonel and in
1919 was made an officer of the Lee
gion of Honor.
I found Col. Dreyfus ''in," but he
always is "out" when newspaper
men call. He's had enough publicity
to satisfy him for several lives.
But the concierge of the building
is not quite SO mute. The concierge
knows all the comings and goings.
"Ah," said she, 81 could have told
you you would waste your time and
calling card. Colonel Dreyfus
never receives reporters. Sad? lie
Colonel Dreyfus? Mais non, He is
gay. He is happy in his home, hap
by with his beautiful wife, happy at
the married happiness of his son,
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: THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Captain Pierre, happy with his
brother Matthew.
do his defenders come to see him?
Monsieur, they are nearly all dead.
Jaures, the great Socialist orator;
Colonel Pinquart, who risked his
career to speak for him; Labor, the
great lawyer; lola the famous novel
ist, all are dead
Clemenceau One Defender
"Only his brother and Clemenceau
survive.
Ride? No, the Colonel is getting
too old for horseback. But Matthew
has an automobile and often comes
to fetch him. He's very nice, very
nice"
A man may not be a hero to his
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-12

With aplicator attached to cork,
just brush "Heet" over the pain area,
whether in hands, shoulders, feet,
legs, back, neck or body. Instantly,
you feel this harmless, glorious, pene-
trating heat draw the pain right out
Of the aching or swollen joint,
muscle or nerve. Besides, "Heet"
scatters the congestion and estab-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-12

supervisor Of the bureau Of public
safety. Detroit police department,
Rounds claims that IF all drivers
were compelled to become familiar
with the rules of driving and if they
would obey them. so per cent of our
traffic troubles would be over"
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valet. but the martyr of DEVILS
Island is certainly an idol of his
concierge. And If you know any
thing about the hard-boiled. worldly
wise concierges of Paris fiat build
ings, that is abundant praise.
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fishes a cure
"Heet' contains two soothing,
PENETRATING ingredients, too expen-
sive to use in ordinary liniments or
analgesics. "Heet" is II clean, fra
grant liquid; doesn't stain, blister or
irritate the skin. Druggists guaran-
tee each 6O-cent bottle.-Advertise-
ment.
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UNIFORM SAFETY LAWS
Every State Should Adopt Them,
Says Detroit Chief.

BIZ NEA Scrrice
DETROIT. Nov. 12.-Every State
in the Union should adopt uniform
traffic laws, says II. o. Rounds,
The Washington times., 1926-08-28
Ho1D Winter May Fan or Quench Summer Romance

happily, light-heartedly to her
room
elise didn't see Phil again. Hs
bad checked out at the hotel, leaV-
ing by the late train, without
saying good.by.
Monday morning found her In
Eober black frock at the Kitchen
ware counter OF the biggest de-
partment store of nearby city.
The new fioorwalker, recently
transferred from another branch
of the store, came along. dlspelllng
Elise's vacation-day dream.
She looked up in his face and
recognized Phil.
'You." both exclaimed with one
breath.
Then words failed them and
they laughed.
II ran away" explained Phil.
because I thought you heiress
to millions from your style and
manner and I dared not tell you
that I am Just a floorwalker.
That lalI ice cream sodaS and
bus rides took the place of vaca-
ton Iuxuries. But holding hands
at movie proved quite as thrill
ing as OH the Vine-enclosed Vefan'
da Of the expensive hotel.
It's well to remember the sub.
iect of finances when summer
romance grows serious. Appear
ances may be deceiving. Marriage
isn't a lark like a vacation. Make
sure that you like him well enough
to work and save with him 50
we'll as play with him. and that
you are both willing to do your
share.
Though vacation romance may
prove transient, a successful vaca-
ton is always an adventure In ro-
nance. for It sends you home so
healthy and happy. lovely and
lovable, that true love seeks YOU
out naturally, as a needle is drawn
to it's magnet.
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too late to turn back from your
other affair, still have an
outside chance, Rogers said.
Though / wouldn't really know
how to go about winning you. ]
haven't the experience.
Very Uneasy
"I,m afraid couldn't help you"
Joslyn said. The conversation
made her uneasy. The trouble
was that she couldn't figura-
lively brush Rogers aside she
liked him too much for that. II
came to her, with q pang OF con.
science, that all of this consti-
tuted unfaithfulness to Kelvin.
II don't suppose it's sensible to
expect an immediate decision,
Rogers said. although I'd like
to dispense with the usual ma.
chinery of a courtship, the flowers
and theaters and all that"
should think that you'd be
afraid to ask q girl like me to
marry YOU" Joslyn yentured.
'How,s that2''
Because of what / told you
about the inherited weakness, the
Wild-woman streak"
Amy man naturally likes to
think Of q wife as being chaste
before and after the ceremony,
but that's q chance we must all
take" Rogers asserted thought
fully. I'll admit the danger, but
/ don't dwell on It. :"
I'D be afraid to marry anyone
for that reason" Joslyn told him.
ia rather stay single all my life
than to drift into q tragedy"
Once more, the feeling of frank.
ness, hardness, grew upon her as
a protective covering for her more
delicate feelings She realized that
she was talking casually on dan.
gerous subjects with a man. It
was as though some defensive girl.
ish candor in her had broken
down under the stress OF the New
York pressure. Rogers, with the
almost brutal frankness OF a Tnedi-
cal man, seemed unconscious Of
any Improperly.
This whole question Of morals
is too much in all our minds" he
stated. I'VE ought TO quit think.