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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-12-21
HIS HOURS OF HORROR

l9-year-od college boy had been an admirer of a
Michigan schoolteacher The teacher was found dubbed
to death lonely road and the boy was held on sus-
picion For hours the police tried to wiring confession
from him.
They made him stand beside the young womans
corpse and look on her wounds they questioned him.
They made him hold her lifeess hand while they kept
asking him, why did you do t?" They turned out all
the lights except that shone directly on he dead girls
bruised face and kept him standing by her body for
long time.
And then after couple of days of this another youth
admitted the murder!
Who now is going to repay this innocent college lad
for the hours of that the police inflicted on him
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he announced that he had bought shack plot OF
ground deep the Of Death Valley, California
said going to spend the rest Of his days there
in complete dleness He hated fish, fishing and the
never again would he look upon them.
This is complete break with all the old tradition, and
that very is refreshing to read about The
Jersey fisherman apparently refused to kid him.
SELF and in that respect he differs materially from most
Of us.
Probably very few of altogether satisfied with
jobs. The accountant nourishes secret desire to
locomotive engineer; the mechanic would like to be
travelling salesman the shoe salesman wishes he were
aviator the motorman dreams of coy desk job in
snug office.
But don't like to admit, to ourselves, that we
dissatisfied. So have invented long riga
maroe about the nobility of work.. service, and
We pretend that could not be happy If could live
without Jobs. And mostly, 1t isn't true at all.
The plain fact of the matter is that work is all too
often the very thing that keeps life from being rich and
satisfying. The whose job is all-suffcing is the
luckiest of mortas Most of not in that class
We know that living could be great adventure that the
world could be made yield soulfling experiences
exquisite moments of satisfaction and Joy if it not
for the fact that too busy after such things
The job holds fast. 1t is the Oldest most binding
tyranny earth.
after ALL Given chance to chuck his job he chucks
it with wholesoued vim and lies himself to the empty
desert for the leisure and contemplation that lifetime
of hard work had denied him. And who will say he isn't
right?
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WHO HASN'T DONE 1T?

(BarnOre SUM
There comes TIME every week when person is COM
petely tagged out Nothing like getting good nights
rest That means going to bed early The Joneses
up to say they have two extra tickets the concert
you are firm. You simply can't be up late three nights
running.
Well there is very little going to bed before 10
o'clock as the telephone is ring. So you find
book after dinner and begin to At 10 o'clock the
hero is in precarious position and by time you have
seen him once more in comparative safety is 80
1t occurs that the accounts have been put down
Tor several days and there several checks be
out That takes until lo:45 Then the dog be let
out and the furnace banked for the night Which leads
to the kitchen and investigation of the cake box.
The dog should now be waiting on the front porch
but ne isn't He is barking at something in the back
yard He is unresponsive to whistng and calling He
has to be gone after BY the time he
and put to bed 1t is LIS. The children must now be
looked at They wake up and ask for water They are
smiling and should have drops of something in their
noses As they tucked the clock strikes the half
hour. Eleven thirty.
TO the bathroom where the water found to be nice
ana not bath simply cannot be passed over. And it
Is so pleasant to lie there SOAK Out of the tub at
las and dry at 152 Followed by course i'll chropody
until the clock strikes H. Hair tonic tooth PASTE
ling and drink Of water search for slippers gather
ing up OF soied clothes winding Of clock and watch
spreading Of comforts tuckng In Of blankets opening Of
windows and putting out Of lights.
Al last In bed ct IL minutes past midnight which is
wnen you would have made it had you gone with the
Joneses to the concert.
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STORMS OF THE SOUL

The human heart is a strange, incomprehensibe
thing Feed it on misunderstanding and loneliness and
it is apt to explode in apparently meaningless
fashion.
In Canton o. lived middle aged respectable business
man, married and the possessor OF comfortable home
In the city there also lived young married
who couldn't quite to get along smoothly with her
husband
The young woman and the middle aged man became
acquainted Just what happened is not clear; letter
written by the young woman intimates that the man
forced his attentions on her. AT any rate she brooded
over it, the that she did able to contde
in her husband made matters worse.
So evening, she took revolver, went to the
house. rang his bell, and shot him to death when he
opened the door.
She escaped For week she continued to live quietly
though nothing had happened Then husband found
in wastebasket crumpled note that gave him clew
He asked her about it. and she admitted what she had
done He insisted that she give herself up.
So she got into their auto with him drive the JAIL
En- route he asked her and over why she did such
thing and she would only repeat, Il don't know why
did it,. She asked him what he thought would happen
to her. and he replied that she probably would be
the electric chair.
AS they drew the Jail he remarked well won't
be long now Whereupon she drew out her revolver and
shot herself to death.
From this bare outline of the facts the whole thing
incomprehensible Why did the girl commit the mur-
der? She herself couldn't tell. She had been lonely
miserable unhappy N her domestic life, entanged
tonally with another man; and finally the whole thing
had to sudden, illogical climax murder-to be
followed little later by equally unexpected suicide
Why is all Of this worth re-tellng at this length?
Simply because it demonstrates more truth that
apt to forget that misery loneliness and mis-
understanding twist the human soul of logical
paths and make burst strange de-
structive explosions.
You never know what may be fermentng in the breast
OF casual acquaintance. Sympathy and forbearance
often are marvellous medicines in such cases; but when
they fa-when the outburst comes-the only thing left
is charity We at least deny ourselves the luxury of
condemnng another person for doing something that we
cannot understand.
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!. HATRED FOR THE JOB

IN WILDWOOD, N u, there lives rather unlSual man
-cne Sven Petersen. - years Of age.
Petersen Is. or has been, fisherman All his life he
has worked with dores nets oins and such appurten-
ances Of the trade. Recently however lfforgotten
brother who had prospered In the lumber business died
and left Petersen q very comfortable fortune
Now Petersen Is unusual for this reason: most men
who have worked with their hands all their lives are UNI
willing to quit even when they get money. They an
that they love their work. and that money will
not change their manner Of life. But not Petersen
first b loaded III his fishing apparatus in his dory
ied tug % tow Il far out 70 ~ ana sunk IT, Then
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MANY SAVE THESE HEALTH
ARTICLES

ANTILLES
You may note that the topics Of
these health articles vary from day
to day. One article may be on q spe-
cific food, the next on specific dis
ease, the third on diet In general, the
fourth on the workings Of the mind,
the fifth ,on some part Of the anat-
omy, the sixth on psychology, the
seventh on the weeks menus. etc. My
aim in diversifying the subjects Is to
make this health column as helpful
and instructive as possible by COW
cring from time to time every i'm
portant disease and all of the essen
tial points Of diet, psychology and hy-
giene.
A series of these articles embodies
a, course in simplified health instruc-
ton which, If you received it in the
form of lectures or printed treatises,
might cost you several hundred dol
lars.
I do not wish medical subject to be
surrounded by an air. of mystery.
Whenever possible have used the
simplest language in these articles.
Latin and Greek terms are either
omitted or explained, my hope being
that anyone who understands the
English language will be able to COM
prehend the causes and treatment of
the more common ailments. The
remedies which advise can usually
be obtained at home or in a nearby
store.
My readers are not advised to at
tempt to diagnose their own diseases,
since this can only be done by q
physician with years of training and
experience.
Many of my readers have cut out
my health articles appearing in the
newspapers and pasted them in scrap
books for reference. This is very
good plan, for these readers have at
their disposal information which has
resulted from my actual contact with
thousands Of patients.
Your newspaper editor deserves
great credit for his progressive atti-
tude in publishing these articles, for
their cost to him and the additional
cost of answering the letters Of his
subscribers probably totals more than
any other health column.
The new science of dietotherapy
are revolutionizing the practice Of
medicine. There is no reason why
the masses Of the people should not
be given the valuable truths of these
scientific discoveries. want to make
these articles as instructive as pos
sible and hope that you will study
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old Rothstein is waiting to be sure
he'll be cordially received before he
SurrenderS.
Oh, we'll, if you must, do your
shopping early on Christmas Eve.
A man down in New York swallowed
10 razor blades the other day. An
other sacrifice to science.
Did you ever hear of successful
restaurant proprietor writing a book
or play? Yet they have wonderful i'm
aginations.
Copyright, 1923, NEA Service, Inc.)
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PROSPERITY IN INSURANCE

Life insurance is many things that good Evangel-
list Ham elevated it to place beside religion in recent
sermon here and showed by analogy Bible that it
was practised long and of the prophet that
has the sanction of Biblical authority addition to
the example Of Joseph nsurng Egypt against starya-
ton in the great famine along the Nile
The recent convention of the Association of Life In
surance Presidents in New York. used insurance as an
economic yardstlck to measure the prosperity of the
United States 1t shown for the sixth success
sive year the American people had in 1928 established
record for life insurance investment The total cited was
approximately $l85ooooo,o0o of new insurance, or
100000 more than in 1927 This country now car
res 70 cent of the total insurance in effect in the
world.
It predicted that by the fall of 1929 the total If
American life insurance will aggregate the staggering
amount of 100000 This after 81 years of exist
ence OF American life insurance At present the total in
vested In life policies is estimated at 900 600 net
increase for the year, of $1,000 100000.
It hard to think normally in such tremendous fig
ures IS these but that they demonstrate prosperity in the
nation is not conclusion confused by their vastness
One insurance chief commented that the figures were
evidence Of the immense resiliency Of the purchasing
power Of the American people when one considers the
vast volume Of consumption of automobiles silk hose
cosmetics chewing gum and other products not essen.
TALLY necessities The 1928 total of life insurance was
nine times that purchased in 1901 There are IS
policyh0lders.
The United States leads the world in insurance invest
ment showing that its people exercise nationwide fore
thought IN providing for old age and dependence It
likewise shows that Americans not stepped in
teal Indulgence to overlook the obligation Of provid
Ing projection for dependents against the day when
death removes the provider It is this form Of providing
that keeps down the burden Of public charges on the
community as well as the modification to sensitive spr-
its OF accepting charity and proves, moreover that
American ethics have their exemplary and unassaiabe
points.
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outstretched hands, unmindful OF
the meaning he could put upon her
welcome.
Dan was not conceited, which
was unfortunate. Otherwise he'd
have known that she was overjoyed
to see him.
where have you been?" she
cried, and stood on the tips Of her
toes to bring her face nearer to
level with his.
Home" he said sparingly.
"You never gave me a chance to
thank you." Jerry reproached him;
"even II I knew how"
Dan could have told her Of one
perfect way. but he didn't. Instead:
I'm glad you've had so much sue.
cess" he said with unaffected sin.
certify.
II missed you on the openine
night" Jerry told him. 'Oh, I've
got to run and change my costume
You won't 60 away. will you1
Please come back here again after
my dance in the second act. I'll
be through then. We can have q
long talk"
Dan returned to his seat and
when Jerry came out with jack
Beals he looked at her hungrily
Up there. with hundreds Of eyet
upon her. was Jerry, q bit Of q girl
who meant nothing more than 4
transient period Of high.class the
atrical entertainment to everyone
in the audience-excepting Dan.
To Dan she was everything elst
life itself +. a wife
a sweetheart a mother for hi.
children :. q little pal :.
CHERRY, jerry" A bit Of q CIR
y =. Just a little figure dane
ing to the tune Of singing hear
/. making man ache with
agonized longing to take her In bill
arms take her away from
the spotlight and carry her OF {,
his castle homo In the mountain
Businesses. In reality 1t might b
just a plain little house with 1
built-in garage. But to Dan an,
house with Jerry by his side-hi'
Jerry-would be q castle.
I'm q fool" he said again q,
he hurried backstage before Jerr,
had taken her last curtain. H,
saw her come of. laughing an,
bowling. "She must like applause,
he said to himself, with intention
al criticism.
Jerry saw Dan and danced owe
to him. I'm SO glad to see 70,
again." she said. Lets find ,
place to sit down and talk"
She drew two chairs close to
gether In a deserted room she ha,
located. "Our greenroom," a wise
cracking chorus girl had once r.
marked. you have to be green Il
|, fuse It."
Il They were trying hard to max
casual conversation without touch
Ing upon the things that lay near
. est their hearts. when Aleste
found them. He greeted Dan Wit
q lack Of 1riendliness.
. You ought to be- dressing" b
. said to Jerry with Z disapprovinI
glance at her costume. She ha
been wearing q light robe but mol
i lit had fallen OF her shoulders.
Jerry turned apologetically {
Dan. Were going out to . pal
IT," she said regretfully.
ITO announce our engagement,
! Alester added abruptly.
Jerry WINGED when she saw hoy
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one morning. and ran her fingers
gently over the tiny purple blooms.
"Once upon q time" she said soft.
ly, I'D have thought it wonderful
to have flowers sent to me each
morning"
The words were followed by a
sigh. But I guess it's not so
much having things as not having
them that matters" she added as
she turned away.
JERRY was not finding what con.
y tact she had made with wealth
as continuously fascinating as she
had thought it would be. But
neither had she forgotten the sor.
did days Of her girlhood. The re-
suit was that she surrendered to
the belief that thrills and ecstasy
were only words in the dictionary.
But II wealth could not lift you
to heavenly heights, certainly pow
erty could set you down in bot
tomless- pit where worry and strug-
gle were never.ending. she reflect.
ed. And show girl could lose her
job. could break her leg, or grow
old. She would grow old.
II can't save enough" Jerry told
an inner voice that protested
against the violation of her secret
dream. "Actors cant save money
it just can't be done because you
have to be hard.hearted to do It
and you can't be hard-hearted and
be good actor"
She was still in a state Of bat.
Ting with herself when Saturday
night arrived. She put on her
bridesmaid dress with a heavy
heart. One Of the girls was out and
Jerry was substituting.
There was something wrong with
her tonight. The usual sparkle and
vivacity were missing from her
performance. Mr.. Hule spoke ia
her about it when she came Oh
stage. -
Jerry tried hard to put some life
into her dancing when she went
on again. She was failing dis
mally when she CHANGED to look
out into the audience and saw Dan
Harvey. He was sitting on an enc
seat, center aisle. third row.
Jerry missed q step and :. Mr.
Hule, in the wings. swore under
his breath. But he wondered, be
fore she came dancing of stage
with the other girls, what had hap
pened to her. Certainly she wa:
animated enough now. And busy
too-sending a boy hurrying Of
with a whispered message.
InAN was leaving his seat for {
- smoke in the lobby when tn.
boy reached him. He bent his heat
to take the message and then, mucl
tn the envy Of man in the secont
row who had overheard It,. hi
fstarted backstage. .cursing hinisel
every step Of the way for beinl
such. q fool, . driveling fool, q per
feet fool. q blankety blank fool
In fact all the kinds Of fools ther'
are.
| Jerry was waiting for him In he
bridesmaid costume that was no
50 chastely modest AZ to concea
the dimple In her shoulder or tn,
round swell Of her proudly carries
bosom-a bosom that at the mo
ment was rising and falling in {
most revealing manner.
But Jerry was not conscious tina
she was thus betraying her inne
emotion. She went to Dan witt
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the blow hurt Dan. She knew
that he was struggling to speak
calmly as he wished her happiness.
Her anger flared hot against Ales.
ter for his brutality. He had &C.
knowledged on more than one oc-
casion that he knew Dan loved her.
Jerry knew that he had struck in
jealousy.
A LESTER ignored the fiery look
- she turned upon him. He was
In black mood. He hadn't wished
to take his bride.to.be to Leon.
tines party, but the latter had
brought pressure to bear
threats had compelled him. Leon
tine had not hesitated to use the
one weapon she knew would bring
him. It was fear.
Alester had bent before her DOW
er. But It was only after he had
capitulated that he began to try
to analyze Leontine's motive-her
real motive the one she had
given him was only q flimsy pre-
text, he realized on second thought
=. why should she wish to "hon.
or" Jerry?
Fear began to creep over him.
Dan was leaving he had
not congratulated Alester. Sud.
denly the latter strobe up to him
and put out his hand.
Don't be in hurry, old man."
he said cordially. and carefully
avoided looking at Jerry.
Dan hesitated uncertainty before
taking the outstretched hand.
why not come along with us?"
Alester went on, his voice taking
on q growing eagerness. "We're
three now: q friend Of Jerry's il
,going-you can have the rumble
seat"
"Oh. you're driving?" Dan said,
but not as stupidity as it appeared.
He wanted time to get his bear
ings. He knew Alester well enough
to recognize the symptoms OF di.
plomacy that generally developed
when he wished to cover an ute
rior purpose. Something was wrong
with the man; his eyes were blood.
shot and his lips twitched.
lite looked inquiringly at Jerry.
- In his hesitation she read a
desire to have her endorse Ales.
ter's invitation. She couldn't un.
derstand why he should want to
torture himself. but she could not
bear to send him away with that
pain IN his eyes. It would haunt
her forever.
do come" she said softly, and
put hand on his arm.
DO you really wish IT." Dan
asked.
Jerry's lips framed the word yes.
Still Dan was undecided. He did
not want to accept, yet he could not
ignore . sense Of impending trou.
BILE.
Where Is the party?" he asked.
"You sec I'm not dressed for any.
thing formal. ! don't believe, I'd
better crash in like this. Jerry"
| Alester took him by the arm and
attempted to lead him to the door
without replying to Dams question,
but Jerry's words came too quick
for him.
"We're going to The Rolling
Stone Inn," she said.
j. Dan halted and turned to face
her with the Queerest expression
shed ever ceen upon his countc-
nance.
Ito BE C0ntinued)
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THIS HAS HAPPENED

THIS HAS HAPPENED
Fate introduces JERRY RAY to
ALESTER CARSTAIRS when he
crashes into the camp she IL
sharing with her roommate. She
likes his pilot. DAN HARVEY.
but Alestcr showers her with mt
tentiOn.
Dan tries to win her. but when
he proposes she says she docs not
believe In love but hopes to marry
money.
Jerry loses her Job ON Alester's
account, and he gets her q place
in a chorus. She works hard and
City for the opening. but she
nngers him by refusing to attend
q midnight chorus party.
She wins promotion to q spe.
cial dance number. The second
week of the show II in Boston.
train by stopping ut r0ndhouae
for dinner. He thinks Of the air.
plnne but Dan refuses to 60 mp
In the storm.
Alester stubbornly prepares for
flight with Jerry and when Dan
sees they are determined. he takes
the plane up. They run into nm
ems when lightning sets hre to .
wing but the heavy rain smOlders
It and he gets the machine down
to safe landing.
They catch a train on to Boston
where the press agent plays mp
the stOry-featuring Jerry for
show publicity and Dan for his
bravery. When the show gets to
New York Jerry IN finished
dancer and Alester decides to risk
family ire by proposing.
She begs Him to wait before
announcing mn engagement and
1 aaSSTlSE SEE Atn1sp iSa a; 1t cs
insists.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XIV
TERRY'S sentence was not com
= pleted. She had been on the
verge of telling Alester that she
could not understand his desire t.
have his future wife associate with
a woman like Leontine Lebaudy
when suddenly she remembered
that she knew nothing against lie
ontine-except that she ran road
house with an unsavory reputation
II Alester felt that this indict
ment was not sufficient to place hel
outside the pale as far as hi!
fiancee was concerned, she need no
make an issue of it, Jerry told her
self.
Besides, she had given in to AL
ester in very few things. What I
she wanted him to 60 to a party a
the home OF some friend Of hers
Certainly she would expect him t,
consider her wishes in the matte
she felt 1t only fair to con
slider his now.
when is she giving her party?
she asked Alester abruptly.
ION Saturday. because l told he
you won't stay up after tw
o'clock on any other night"
"All right" Jerry said Hstlessly
and not even the wave Of relic
that swept Alester and espresso
itself by his showering her wit
kisses, made her glad that she ha
yielded.
Jerry lived in a sort Of shell 70
the next few days. Nothing SCENE
to touch her. though her room q
the unpretentious hotel where sh
was living was filled with flower
and other tokens Of Alester's alfe'
ton.
She stood before q bowl Of violet
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BARBS

Great opportunities are open to
habitual golfers these days to write
Broadway stage hits.
Vincent Massey, Canadian minister,
says that personal contact is the best
aid to peace. And, for that matter,
Mr.. Massey, to war, too.
y
Grover Whalen, New York's official
welcomer, is said to be slated for the
job of police commissioner. The
theory may be that the killer of Arm