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THE POHCHERN

which the low-hanging clouds had obscured
from him the last night, was out now at its
full, hinging down a white, unearthly tropic
brillance. AS he crossed to the cook tent
his shadow was dark blot that went skulking
under his feet.
He took water and bathed his dogs head;
the cut was not deep, but there was an ugly
swelling at the back of the head He got out
food and found there was nothing the matter
with Scraps appetite. Then he made roll
of food, tied small water bottle to his belt
slung his gun over his shoulder, and started
away from camp.
Time would have to elapse before he could
trust himself to face Byf1eld again. He meant
to walk to the ferry. 1t was night for
marching. Scrap had other plans. The dog
ran quickly forward on the way that he had
come, losing himself in the shadows of the
path, then came back towards his master,
with barkS of remonstrance and hurried off
again.
THE leopards will get you, you fool" said
Nick and started after his dog. Instantly
Scrap fell back just ahead of him and Nick
let him lead the way. He wanted to know
what Scrap was leading him to- A wild hope
Sprang up that the tusks were not on their
way to Irumu but that Hassan had been sent
alone to the trader and the ivory was buried
somewhere near camp. That would account
for Byfields eagerness to get them all out of
the place.
OF course he reminded himself, he might
be on FOOLS journey. At any rate he
was putting the miles between him and Byfield
getting out into clean solitudes.
The night had been young when he started,
and the moon stood still overhead while the
miles swung away behind his long strides. The
endless way over which he had trekked SO pain
fully in the braZen heat of the day seemed no
distance at all by night; a welcome breeze had
blown away the heavy heat of the valley and
his excitement winged his feet
1t was not the first time that he and Scrap
had swung along q trail by moonlight; now, as
rti'IraEoJ tSsfl =
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enacted here that night when he had waited
across the river. !. The two men, with the
tusks, the choosing of the thorn-tree that
would mark the lonely spot, the hasty digging.
the burial OF the tusks. That was the
point of one jutting up through the earth now.
Then the shot. No man but Byfield was
to know where those tusks waited Then he
must have cast the raincoat over the body
perhaps to hide it from his sight Undoubtedly
Hassan had annexed the raincoat, getting it
away from Scrap, and bringing it with him 70
guard it from other purloining blacks.
1t must have been at the burial of the coat
that the dog sprang, resenting the outrage to
his masters property. Byfield had warded off
the attack with his left fist and struck down
the dog with the spade in his right hand.
Nick could see it all as if before his eyes.
Hands up-you fool!'
Slowly Nick turned and Strengthened. Slowly
his hands, empty Of weapons, rose above his
head. Byfield was standing in the clearing.
his gun leyeled unwaveringly. Nick looked
into the black mouth Of it
Left me to rot, did you9 Thought you
We're the better man?"
Indomitable, the man must have got off his
cot dressed, and followed, stridng those miles
behind him, the gun ready His injured
left hand gave no sign of weakness now il
held the barrel steadily. Byfield's stiff finger
was crooked about the trigger. At that dis
lance he could trust his shooting.
He waited only for one more taunt.
Had your look, had you? Well, there's
room there for one more"
He fired.
But before the roar of the gun had shat
tered the stiffness of that night, something
hard and fierce had leaped like a bolt at his
chest The shot went wild; the gun clat.
tered from the mans hands and he was down,
the dog at his throat
He had said one true thing. There was
room there for one more.
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Il
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heard a sound that brought him upright A
dogs howl Faint and far away.
His move had reused Byfield. whats that?"
"A dog dog bowling" Intently Nick
listened but it did not come again.
You're crazy" Byfeld was contemptuous
you're off your nut on that dog question"
Nick lay down again. but he listened And
as he lay there, tense and stiff, he was aware
that the man across from him was listening
too and was occupied with secret brooding
thoughts that were like his own. . Two
men, hating each other, there in the dimness.
He wondered if Byheld-the Byfield who
had stolen the tuSks-was planning to get rid
of him. That would be the next step, surely
now he had shown his distrust and suspicion.
The major must have looked for more easy
credulity. But the story about the dog had
stirred forces in Nick. :.
There was Notwithstanding outside the
tent low whine-a scratching at the tied
flaps. The young Englishman was off the
Cot and at the entrance in one motion. He
was kneeling down and his bull terrier was
hurting itself on his chest, licking his face,
whining, wiggling with the rapture of reunion.
whats that?" Byfed was sitting up.
Nick rose, the terrier in his arms ITS
Scrap"
"Rot-can't be-" Byheld was speaking
thickly, as if in fever. He"
At the voice the dog in Nick's arms growled
saVagely. And in the candlelight Nick saw
wide cash across the dogs head. Red fury
nared in him. He glared at the man who
was sitting up now on the cot.
You swine you tried to kill my dog"
What? Listen to reason, Nick" Byfield's
voice had lost its thickness; he was sharply
focused now. Here's the TRUTH didn't tell
you, for fear you'd fly off the handle like this.
Your dog tried to kill me-that's where I
got this cut-and Hassan knocked him back
j thought he was dead. Now you have
1t and you can shut up about it."
Nick walked out of the tent. 1t was like
walking from darkness Into light. The moon,
n ia.
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always, LAC hcpI up d sharp LOOKOUT leOp2FES,
VINO VIII rush to mans very feet for choice
morsel of dog The dog was wary, too,
keeping but few inches ahead of him.
FAMILIAR signs at last, the trampled grass,
the cleared space of the old camping
ground that he had left that morning. Scrap
was not stopping there; with his nose close
to the ground, whining a little with eagerness,
he ran forward upon trail known only to
himself through the light brush into the deep
grass, and then out into scrub and thickets
again.
He stopped, growing, the hair on his neck
rising. Nick went slowly forward, He saw
hummocky circle of. marsh land. and iutting
into it crooked witch of thorn-tree ex-
tending eerie arms. The dog began shifting
at the EARTH and the man saw that the ground
there was covered with broken branches, to
hide he discovered as he kicked them aside,
a recent digging.
Nick had no tools but his knife and his
hands, but the ground was not hard packed,
and he clawed up huge clumps of it in his
desperate haste; his hands were tingling for
the touch of the hard ivory that he felt lay
hidden there awaiting its discovery. His great
tusks-the ivory that would answer his mothers
need and his, the secret that would solve the
enigma of his doubt and suspicion!
What he touched was not ivory but CLOTH
widespread weighted with earth. He pulled
corner, clearing it away; it began to come into
the moonlight.
His old raincoat, by all that was holy! Spread
out like covering.
And then he saw what it covered. mans
body, face down. black, with boots,
puttees, European clothes-Hassan, a bullet in
his back.
Shot in the back as he had bent over the
tusks he had helped Byfeld carry here and
bury!
Crouching, Nick stared, not at what he had
disclosed, but at the scene that had been
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at one side, leaving an uppermost deck 888 feet
long and 106 feet wide at the beam. This deck
is continuous from stern to stern and is
available for the landing and taking off
planes. As fast as plane lands unless it is
to be used again at once, it is rushed onto an
elevator and carried down into the hangar,
which is huge space followed out in the in
terror OF the Ship Each carrier can accommo-
date about rs different types of planes
Life on board the carriers is not without in
teresting and exciting moments, especially when
whole squadrons are being landed and taken
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off again as fast as possible. Planes can be
sent off in rapid succession at intervals of from
five to ten seconds.
Landing is not like the ordinary landing
of plane on the ground" explained Lieut..
Cotton, who has had considerable experience
in the fleet. I'VE have special retarding gear
which brings planes to a stop very quickly once
they are on the deck. Otherwise, they would
slow down gradually, and often planes get out
of control as they lose speed. On a narrow
deck-about 100 feet-that is something to
consider.
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always. he kept up sharp lookout for leopsrds,
who will rush to a mans very feet for choice
morsel of dog. The dog was wary too,
keeping but few inches ahead of him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-09

WANTED POULTRY-HIGHEST PRICES
PAID. CHARLES STEVENS, 1850 MADI-
SON. DR. $780,
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STOP! LOOK! READ!
First Grade Poca., third vein, shoveled
pioneer Island Greek, fkd lp.; se75.
Ar-ti-Co Ain. lp., semi. Pcca.; $3.50.
Commercial Up. Ind. No. 4, Gin. fkd.
lp; $5.25. tons $40.
COMMERCIAL FUEL co.
BIG w. Ohio Sta Ii. 6443.
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Barter and SsDop

FLA kFt FIANO-WIU Dart trade or eeU on
payments; s2-5o per week. $50 n. Della.
ware st.
TRUCK-Ford. house built on It, will trade
for what have your See MIR. w. L.
HILL. r, ioi2.
HARBER SHOP-Au new MIXTURES: beauty
shop space. Trade for good ear 4eoa
College. See J, Miller, evner.
BEAUTIFUL-Police dog: registered; for
electric radio or chickens-of? Ii $685.
FOR SALE-Or trade Ter truck: restaurant
fixtures. Call. 1905 W. soth. St.. today.
FORD COUPE i925-Gd Condition. Trade
or late motorcycle. 81 MASSACHUSETTS,
COMPUTING SCAI.ES-Cash registeT; will
trade one or both fer radio. He. si10.
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Business Opportunities

PICTURE SHOW-County seat; bargain II
sold at once; clients can not operate on
account of illness. Address Times,
BEAUTY SHOP-East; four booths. fully
equipped; trade established; good reasons
for selling. IT. 1878.
CONFECTTONERY-An light lunch for
sale or trade. 3027 e. Tenth st.
Business-Site in Muncie; good location;
close to General Motors. Ia. 1858.
TRY TIMES WANT ADS FOR BUsI -EsS
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BUY DIRECT
BIG -FOUR RY. co

hIU FUN II l. OO.i -
High grade ssepladders. sizes 4 IT., 5
it.. IT,. 8 it.. and 10 It.. at 25c per IT,
station. Corner Capitol Ave. and South
street.
MANS OVERCOAT-2 ladies' coats, new.
size AZ: fur cape, suit and other wear
ing apparel. 1874 N. Alabama So!
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We HAVE-Euipped one of the most de-
sireble rooms In Indianapolis with COM
fixtures; priced right: terms II deslrsds .
WONDERFUL business opportunity.
r. n GARDNER e. co.
7ai z. Maryland 1t. L. 7sss.
EUTEST-Cieanest best located lunch
room on the east side; can be heutht
very reasonable.
State REALTY co.
$50 Lemeke Bldg, u. 5s22
RRSTURANT-For sale; in town Of / goo.
Doing real business. VIII bear investiaa-
ton. Price 81, $50. Box E-76, care of
Times.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. $50 to s3S per
day Price $3.50. Rent s75 including
heat, water. Terms COOKS AGENCY.
zoiz s. Del. u. fozo.
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AT STUD-Raffles Pride, imported;
large, beautiful German Police Dog
took high honors in London Pet Show.
From Grand Champion Stock. If you
wish to breed to pure imported blood
lines-see him. Look for his picture in
next Fridays Times. Charles n. Por-
ter, Acton, R. r. A., Beech Grove 1S1R2.
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Miscellaneous for Sale

WANTED Semi-modern home from owner.
Not over $2,500. Call evening, ia. 1857.
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RABBITs-Matured utility; does and
bucks; Chincillas, 81, So and So; New zea-
land Reds, $3.50 to SIS SO; Checkered and
Flemich Giants. So and 81. $40 w. 29th.
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POMERANIAN PUPPIES = Orange and
black: eligible. pedigreed; healthy, bea-
tiful coats; reasonable. 729 3. MOTIFS ST
POLICE PUPPIES Intelligent; free farm
raised; excellent with stock; beautiful
Observation-Disclosures; New Zealand Reds
junior and senior stock. Wa. 06l5-W. 1861
ConSer Ave.
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GERMAN sHERPHERD.Police puppies;, l
pure white. male; 1 silver gray, female;
eligible; good blood lines; reasonable
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GOOD BROOD MATRoN-2 Boston Ter
"Puppies.'' 1929 w. Sind Ha. 4362-J.
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Storage and Transfer
FIREPROOF STORAGE

II IINIII INONI . VIII VI
Store now, pay months later. We
call and give estimates without eoiiga5
P.RsR7TLOw- JENKINS MOTOR OAR oop
42s E Market CsI sRl 2is0.
WANTED-Load of furniture; going 10 1Ft,
Wayne or other points north: spsefar low
prices until Feb 10. Ri. 7750. PARTLOW
JENKINS MOTOR OAR CO.. 42S E.
Market st.
j. II. TAYLOR TRANSFER-Free esti-
mates on local and long distance NOV
ing. RI 1865.
CENTRAL TRANSFER q STORAGE co.
Commercial trucking and contract haul
ing 1l8 S. Alabama. Ri. 1884.
HAULING. PACKING, STORAGE : Low
rates on California shipments. OTTO J.
SUE1. Ri. 362S-6561. al N Pine.
LINCOLN TRANSIT CO.-LoeRl' and Long
Distance. F1irn. piano moving General
hauling. 1908 College Ave. h. 2z2sra.
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high honors in London Pet Show. A
beauty. Ohas. Porter, r. r. A, Beech
Grove 131 RI.
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ReaI Estate for Exchange

2 ACRES Good home sight OF Lafayttt
Rd.; on 50th. Terms. Oh. 1851.
The Washington times., 1929-04-15
oils STEADY IN.
IRREGULAR
MARKET
by w. s. COUSINS

NEW YORK, April Is u.N.s.C.--.
The oil stocks were the principal
,bsneficiaries today Of an extremely
irregular and confused movement
Of prices on the Stock Exchange.
Most Of the active industries were
thrown on the market in the final
period in a grand rush to take
profits. and prices went off a point
or two. Steel common. American
Can. General Motors and other
speculative favorites sold within
an extremely narrow range.
The swing to the oils accom-.
panied reports of good success In
holding down excess crude oil pro.
duction at important western fields.
Pan.American B led the procession,
with 2h.pont jump to 621a; Cen
eral Asphalt was up about 4 points
at 1874 and Standard of New Jer-
sey sold actively above so.
United Aircraft sold up about s
points at 97ls, In the lead of special
ties. but the stock had little com
pany In Its upswing. The motor.
steel. copper and electrical stocks
closed the day at lower price levels
and the rails we're unsteady at the
close
The Washington times., 1929-04-15
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO, April 15.-Livestock:
Hogs-Receipts, 10000; market
steady Top, s11.65; bulk, $10.850
11.60; heavy weight $11.25011.55;
medium weight, $11.25@11.55; light
weight. $1100611.65; light lights,
S10.g0611.50: packing sows, $10.15I
1915. Holdovers. 1000.
Cattle-Receipts, $4,000: market
steady. Calves: receipts, 5000;
market rs to soc lower. Beef
steers. good and choice, $13.501
1875: common and medium, SIC. O0n
1900: yearlings, $9.00014.75. Butcher
cattle: Heifers, $850614.50; cows,
$7.00m11. so: bulls. $7.50611.00:
calves. S12, O0On15. 90: feeder steers,
SO. so a 1900; stocker steers. $4,000
1880; stocker cows and heifers.
$7506I1.O0.
Sheep-Receipts $4,000; market
steady. Medium and choice lambs,
$16.50117.50: culls and common,
$4,000 yearlings, $4,000
1900; common and choice ewes.
$5.00G12.00; feeder lambs $4,000
16T5
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New Bank Notes

National bank notes. In the new
small size currency will not be ready
for issue until some time. after the
issua nee in Ju'9 of the Government
notes, 1t was disclosed toda. by
Comptroller of the Currency Pole.
The program of reduction did not
include national hank notes at the
time Secretary Mellon ap proved the
new currency as it was contemplated
that they might be retired, Mr.. Pole
said. Tn January Of this year. how
ever, Ii was decided to continue ma
tional bank currency.
The new bills, he said, will be ap-
proximately the size of the Philip.
pine currency. 1t will not be posi-
HE for a short time to issue new
currency in the denominations above
$40.
He concluded; that the new money
will result in a currency OF greatly
improved appearance from an artis-
tic point of view, a vastly greater
convenience in handling, and the
bills win be infinitely more difficult
to counterfeit and a very consider
able saving in cost of manufacture
To the American public.
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su;ring Trade Good

Spring industrial activity through
out the country promises to i'm"
prove during the month of April. 1t
was forecast today by the Depart
ment of Labor in making public it's
monthly Industrial employment In
formation bulletin.
In predicting Improvement in en-
plcyment opportunities in April,
Francis /. Jones. director general of
the United States Employment Ser
y9ce. announced the industrial
activity of the country reached a
remarkably high level in March.
with the advent of favorable
weather in a number of States,
there was an increase in the de-
n,and for all classes of outdoor
labor the survey showed. Spring
aericulturai work was started in
many localities. absorbing quite a
number of men who had been un.
emnloyed during the winter period
some increase in the volume OF
building was apparent. and highway
construction increased.
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CREDIT DEMAND
FOR TRADE
LARGER

ny HARRY GUSACK
Financial Editor

A considerable growth in the
volume OF bank credit outstanding,
chiefly in response to seasonable
demand from trade and industry, IL
reported in the Federal Reserve
Bulletin for the month OF April.
made public today.
The survey Of credit develop.
nnents during the past seven weeks
indicates general growth Of COM
n1ercial loans and general decline
! investments throughout a large
part Of the country. Security loans,
which include brokers' loans in
New York city and elsewhere,
showed small aggregate increase.
but declined in several Federal re-
serve areas.
Demand for funds to finance the
trading in securities in the New
York market has continued large.
but the only increase in brokers'
loans has been in loans by lenders
other than banks. This class OF
loans showed an increase OF about
$275,00O, 600 for the period of seven
weeks ending March "a. while street
loans by banks, including both
New York banks and other banks,
,clined by nearly $500, 100000. The
liquidation of brokers loans by
hanks since the boards statement
Of February indicates an effort
by the banks to comply with the
desire of the board to restrain the
diversion of bank credit into specu.
lative channels. This liquidation
has been accompanied by further
rise in money rates. which has at
tracted funds from corporations
and individuals in this country and
abroad.
The volume of reserve bank
credit outstanding showed a decline
Of about $50 600, coo during the
seven-week period ending March u,
due in part TO gold imports. The
decline in reserve bank credit has
been in holdings of acceptances. as
Government security holdings have
shown little change, and discounts
for member banks Increased by
SITS, O00, 900 Acceptance holdings of
the reserve hanks, which In the
last part of 1928 and the early
months of this year were at the
highest level in nine years, declined
sharply and since the end of Febru-
airy have been smaller than year
ago. The reductions in acceptances
held has been que in small part
emily to a decline in the total volume
of bills outstanding, as this decline
has been relatively slight. but
chiefly to the fact that the higher
prevailing rates on bills have made
them more attractive to investors
The buying rate at the reserve
banks, which is now above the dis
count rate, has heen an influence
inducing member bands to obtain
reserve bank accommodation by dis
counting eligible paper rather tnan
by selling acceptance.
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BAL TIMORE GRAIN MARKET

wheat-Firmer. No red winter,
garlicky. domestic, s1.27h. Re
ceipts. none; g h p m ents, 1900
bushels.
Corn-Firmer. No. yellow, do
nestle. sI.eS11.0s. Receipts, 10,T72
bushels; shipments. 1901.
Oats-Firmer. No. white, do
nestle. 60@61c: No. white, $50
SEC. Receipts, 1.763 bushels; ship.
ments, 81 PSI bushels.
Rye-Nominal.
Hay--Steady on better grades,
SIS TO $16 ton.
Flour-Dul
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ouotations Fsrnishsa By ". .. Hibbs q Co.

Intertype Corp sOls 80 3Oa 80
j.
Jewel Tea Co.. 1856 1856 1875 lao
Johns Manville 1909 lsO3s 1908 1870
Jordan Motors 10si l0la lole loM
Kan City So, =. s2A 90 90 s21s
kaufman Co.. 271I nix 27X 2s1S
Kayser J..... es s5h s5k se%
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STORM WARNINGS

Northeast storm warnings were
ordered displayed today from Cape
Hatteras to Nantucket, Mass. The
United States Weather Bureau re-
ported strong northeast winds and
gales and rain will pevaIl over that
territory for the next "a hours.
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LOCAL STOCKS
Furnished BY W. ,. Hibbs 4 Col !
SAVES


Washington Gas So, A, $1,000
1921. s1OO01O2h.
Washington Railway and Electric
A., $1,000 @s5%.
Annapolis and Potomac Railroad
Sc, GID, sI,OOO9ss, s2,OOO0ss.
Potomac Electric SIS pfd., 1O@113,
5@l1s, 50112, SOFIA.
Riggs National Bank, 50575, 80
SIS, 1855. M
Title and Investment Company
Nd. com, 5639.
Chevy Chase Dairy pfd., 2@I06ik.
Mergenthaler Linotype. lOo91O7A.
Real Estate and Guaranty Mort
gage pfd.. 9067h.
After Call
washington Railway and Electric
pfd., 5097
Mergenthaler Linotype, 50@1O7A.
Washington Gas SIS, A, $l,OOO0
1924.
washington Railway and Electric
rs, $1,0006sS
Capital Traction Company 100
9Sb.
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Rank Debts Drou

Debts to individual accounts, as
reported to the Federal Reserve
Board by banks in leading cities for
the week ended April 10 aggregated
S17,s45 ,0O0. 900. or 1910 per cent be-
low the total reported for the pre-
ceding week. and 26.5 per cent
above the total for the correspond
ing week of last year. Both of the
last mentioned weeks included but
five business days In a number of
cities.
Aggregate debts for IA centers
for which figures have been pub
1ished weekly since January 1919.
amounted to SIC, 934 900, 900 for the
preceding week and S13,276, 900 900
for the week ended April II of last
sfsqs9E4 -
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DINNER AT CHURCH

RIVERDALE. April Is. The
Woman's Guild of the Lutheran
Church will serve a dinner tomorrow
Tuesday evening in% the church
basement. Mrs. Edith O'Donnell
will be in charge.