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4I Gilbert Swan

Lake Kedgemakudjik (Nova SEQ.
tia), Sept. 8.-At first I thought tina
the silence OF the wilderness here
abouts had been t~ransplanted by some
strange magic to the humans who
dwelt in It.
SO quiet it was this night that the
gentle caress Of lake ripples against
small stones seemed amplified to the
throbhing Of . surf. From some
point, far off in the solid mass OF
hemlocks and fus. a loon was utter
Ing its dreary call across q purpling
shutdown and an answer was coming
like the faintest Of echoes.
The group on the porch at Minard's
Lodge had been chattering about
some party from Connecticut that
had been out for eight days with
guides. It had either rained or
threatened rain for several days pre-
vtous. The womenfolk on the porch
were wondering about the fortitude Of
the womenfolk on the canoe trek.
well, anyhow" said Charlie Mi
nard lone things certain, they've got
two guides with 'em who'll never say
. word unless they speak first. Once
there was q fellow commented on this.
and Willie - one Of our guides said,
Folks don't come way up here just
to hear us gab.'"
4
Some days later I heard more
about this silence-it may not be the
answer: it is a clue.
It vas around the camp fire on
Caledonia creek. We had pitched
camp for the night. Coffee was boil
ing In q huge pot, dangling from a
nail driven into q bent stick. A few
yards beyond water tumbled in mu-
steal rhythm over boulders that be-
came visible during those instants
when the fire blazed high.
My guide had been talking about
moose hunting. This led him to the
subject Of craftsmanship. A year be-
fore he had won a canoe at a guides
meet for his expert target work.
"A lot Of the guides around here
can shoot-they can shoot plenty"
he observed. Most OF 'em had q
chance to show how good they were
In the war. But that's something
you'll eve get 'em to say a word
about. They never talk about it. Yet
Joe, the Indian guide, has more med
ais than you can count. He was q
sniper! A lot of 'em were crack snip
ers. This whole countryside gave its
best marksmen 70 the war-but they
never say nothing. Bill has four
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Quotations

Within the next 10 years I expec,
to be flying $50 miles an hour regu.
larry.
Captain Frank M. Hawks.
X Y
Many men are paying more to fail
to put a golf ball in a little hole than
they are spending on their children's
education.
Professor Frank Roscoe.
X Il \
A sense of humor must be impor-
tant for q long life.
Albert Bigelow Paine, biographer.
X y 4
The purpose Of an education is to
help find the truth in order that we
may do right.
DIR. Boyd Edwards.
X X
No faith In words. Give us deeds.
Leon Trotsky.
n Y
If all the women In China would
put four-inch ruffles on the bottom
of their dresses, they would soon use
up all the surplus cotton.
Governor william H. alfalfa Bib
Murray.
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ROYAL Romance

News dispatches tell us that Carol,
Rumania's profligate king. is seek
ing an alliance with the ruling house
Of Italy by suing for the hand Of
Maria Francesca, second daughter of
King Victor Emmanuel.
Diplomacy, which regards a prin.
cess and her heart as a mere puppet.
has worked stranger things, but at
first blush it would seem that the
romanticist king has picked a rathcc
hard row to hoe in this courtship.
First Of all, there is the question
of how such an alliance would help
the Italian state. II the match is
made through diplomatic channels it
must win the approval Of Mussolini,
real ruler Of Italy, and II Duce may
see no advantage for himself or his
nation in so direct an utilization with
the shaky Rumanian throne as that
provided by marriage. It is easy to
see how 1t would benefit Carol but
difficult to perceive how it could
strengthen 1taly's ambition to be-
come q dominant factor among the
Balkan nations.
Another. and by no means a minor
factor, Is the religious question. No
matter how often Mussolini and the
pope quarrel and make up, the Ital-
ian royal house still Is Catholic and
pays allegiance to the pontiff. There
may be insuperable barriers in the
way Of q dispensation for the princess
to marry Carol. In that event his
kngly status may avail him nothing.
And always in the background is
Carols marital record to date. A
man who cast aside his wife for not
one but several mistresses could
hardly be expected to bring honor
upon any new wife. A throne is q
throne, to be sure, but Carols offer
ing is q much-tarnished jewel, even
in the royal marriage market.
The world will marvel at the pie;
boy monarch's display Of certain Of
his qualifications even as 1t wishes
him i'll luck. Meanwhile the "ro-
nance" will be watched with more
than passing interest In Europe's cap
ital cities. A marriage with Maria
Francesca would do much to stabilize
things for the Rumanian government
and the present scion Of that branch
Of the House of Hohenzollern.
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ARE

al Capone, promising his help to-
ward capturing the kidnapers Of a
Chicago bookmaker, called kidnapping
1.-The lowest form Of crime" Maybe
he should have added, especially
kidnapping such an outstanding citizen
as a bookmaker."
+ Y
Pennsylvania scientists report that
the blight which for years threatened
the chestnut with extinction Is being
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LAURA LOU
BROOkMAN
Author Of.
MAD MARRIAGE"

NAMED before departure OF the
train for Blue Springs. Boxes Of
assorted sizes jostled about them in
the taxicab. Marks roll Of bank
bills was $425 thinner.
THE taxi driver complied with
Travers' instruction to "step on
It." The cab careened through the
crowded streets. turned corners on
two wheels. jolted to abrupt. breath.
taking stops for trafnc signals. and
discharged them at last at the cab
entrance Of the huge railway sta.
ton.
"Fifty seconds to make it," Mark
whistled sharply. RED CAPT" he
shouted. RED CAPT"
Two colored boys rushed up and
loaded themselves with the pack.
ages. Mark thrust a bill at the cab
driver whose eyes widened as he
realized its denomination. Then
with the boys In red caps leading
Norma and Mark raj pell.mell for
the train gates.
A brakeman was shouting "All
aboard! All aboard" for the last
time as they swung onto the car.
Breathless, they tioundered to seats
In their compartment. The colored
boys dropped the luggage and made
. swift retreat. The train had be-
gun to move. was gradually gather.
ing speed.
Norma looked at Mark.
WE'VE got here!" was all she
could manage to gasp. She raised
one hand to straighten the little
black hat that had been pushed
back at = foolish angle In the run
for the train.
There came a tap at the door.
Mark answered. It was the CON
ductor. Something about the tickets
needed to be settled. Only . mo
ment and the couple were alone
again.
Norma had discarded the trouble
some little hat. Mark helped her
out OF her coat. Somehow this led
to slipping his arms about her.
whispering precious nonsense.
Norma's hair became badly disar.
ranged but neither Of them noticed
that.
'EIappy. kid?"
Il was to become q habit Of
Marks during the next few weeks
to make that inquiry. As habitual.
~ and with emphasis the girl was
to answer as she did then:
"of counsel"
Without talking they watched the
landscape stream past. Marks arms
were about his bride. Her head
rested on his shoulder. They had
passed the suburbs now and were
flying through wooded ravines. The
foliage, touched BY the first frost
Of October. had begun to show gor.
geous tones Of gold and scarlet.
what time Is 1t, Mark?"
"Nearly six. I'll have the porter
bring . menu. You'd rather eat
here than 90 into the dining car.
wouldn't you?"
She nodded. Instead OF summon.
ing the porter. however. both pre-.
ferred to prolong that perfect In.
terval. Tho shadows on the coun.
tryside grew longer.
Why at that moment Of all times
should memories she had relent.
lessly put behind suddenly reappear
to plague Normal She turned away
from Mark. What was he saying3
She heard the words dimly:
'Oh. there's something I forgot
something Important" =.
;. Ito 10 Continued)
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He could not understand the ex.
preston in the girls eyes.
"WhaA's the matter?" Mark re-
peated. Don't you want to 60 to
Blue Springs?"
"Of course-only, Mark, do you
think we should? I mean do you
think right now"
Fright now? Say. when Is 1t
customary to 90 on = honeymoon?
After the ceremony or is years
later? II there's some place you'd
rather 60 than Blue Springs I sup
pose I car change the tickets. I
was sure you'd like 1t there!"
mo, NO! It isn't that. I'd love
It, Of course. 1'd-1'd love any place
with YOU"
CHE could not endure to see the
~ light of. enthusiasm fade from
his fAce. Norma went on, laugh.
Ing. ibid you say We start In two
hours? oh. I'm glad I packed
things before you came. Well have
to hurry. won't wei"
Travers was not satisfied. He put
q hand on her arm. studied her
face searchingly.
"Tell me why you don't want to
90 to Blue Springs" he said.
II do want to 80. Mark! guess
well, all the time ! was here
alone I was thinking we'd have to
find some place to live that doesn't
cost too much. You-you aren't
going back to your fathers Office.
are you? I thought we'd have to
save our money until you'd found
another job"
$50 that's it," Marks laugh was
q shout. "But we're not poor
darling. We've got money-lots Of
It! Here! Take a look at this
wad again. There's $1445 in that
fistful of filthy lucre. Enough fol
a fair sort Of honeymoon. don't you
think? That's the kind Of a mai
your new husband is. Madam
Walks out without a single penny
in his pockets and comes back with
$l445!"
He had not answered the ques
ton about returning to his fathers
employ but Norma did not notice
this. Her eyes were dazzled by thai
tremendous roll Of bank bills.
"Oh. Mark, it's such a lot! Yor
wouldn't spend all that just on
trip!"
would II Lady. Mark Travers
wives always get the best. Look
do you want to know how I got it,
She nodded. round-eyed.
Mark grinned again. sold tn
car! Might have got more out Of 4
but this had to be cash. That's VIII!
I was gone longer than I expected
to be-"
"You sold your roadster?"
Mark nodded. Quickest way
y could MlnK OF TO GET car.Iaro anu
J, little extra. We could have driver
TO Blue Springs but how'd We pa!
this hotel bill? Eureka-enter Mari
Travers. tho financier! Now tel
me, don't you think you've marie,
q bright boy?"
"Of course I do! Oh. Of course
dol"
They began to make hasty prepa
rations for the trip. Ten minute
Of tho two hours which Mark hal
allowed them were gone. The littl
brown overnight bag which Norm'
had brought with her the evening
before-all the luggage they pot
sesssd-stood waiting. Mark he'll
the polo coat and the girl dung he
arms into It.
Look here!" he announced sud
denly. there's . shop where N
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6lSLer uSeQ 10 Ouy tnlnSS. you can
get clothes at Blue Springs but you
ought to take something more
along" Tile knew she had only the
one brown dress.) "We'll check
out. climb into q taxi and dash
around to that place-Fanchon's, l
believe it's called. You can buy q
dress in half an hour, can't you?"
II can IL you'll help met"
It was all delightful, impossible
and exciting fun. They went down
into tho handsome hotel lobby.
Norma was self-conscious. imagined
the eyes Of everyone about were on
her. And why not when such a
handsome, distinguished youth as
Mark Travers was by her side? Her
cheeks flushed.
THEY stepped into a taxicab and
were whisked away into traffic.
Here on either side Of the street
were familiar buildings and YET
everything looked different. Marks
hand pressed tho girls. He stole a
quick kiss and made her blush more
deeply.
Happy, kid?"
She assured him to his complete
satisfaction that she was. Another
1C minutes and they had arrived
before the impressive white stone
front OF "Fanchon's." Twin show
windows exhibited each q single
frock. Even the name, "Fanchon'
on the inconspicuous metal tablet
limited at exclusiveness and ex
pense.
Norma .hesitated. wondering 4
she had the courage to enter such
a place. Travers had turned to thu
cab driver. "Wait for U.S." he in
structed.
They went into the shop and
svelte, black-satin clad woman CANE
forward to meet them. Somehow
Norma made It know that sh,
wanted to buy a travelling dress o.
perhaps a suit. She was in q fevel
Of self-consciousness. aware Of tn
shabbiness Of her costume in com
parison with those about her. Sh'
thought Of the taxicab outside, It
meter clicking away dimes ant
quarters. What a way to shop!
Marks face. smiling. doomed be
fore her and she was treasured.
They bought the travelling suit
= gray tweed with threads Of blu
in It and snug. trinity fitted cola
and cuffs Of tight-curled krimmel
They selected gray because Mar
reminded Norma she had wor,
gray the first time he saw bel
There was . black hat that cam
down closely over the head but hi
none Of the glory Of the soft.wavin
hair about her face. It was . beat
tiful costume and fitted without a
teration. Fanchon brought on
even shoes and purse and gloves {
90 with the tweed suit.
The minutes were flying. Norm,
getting into her new fnery hu,
riedly. reappeared from the dress
ing room.
I'm ready now. Mark"
He had caught sight Of anothe
frock which she must have-a
evening dress Of lovely peach-co
ored soft stun with shoulder
dropped like an 1860 bellies.
"Oh, but We don't have time!
the girl protested.
rs It tho right size?" Mar
asked the saleswoman.
1T should be. The young lady
so slender. She wears the gown
exactly az they have been created
When they finally emerged 1rol
) Fanchon's barely Is minutes :
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The Bottom, a town on the island
Of Saba, In the Dutch West Indies,
is built on the crater floor Of an ex-
tinct volcano and can be approached
from the shore 900 feet below only
by hundreds Of steps in solid rock
known as the Ladder.
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SWEDEN AIDS

On Sept. 8, 1917, the department
of state Of the United States startled
the world by making public kilograms
sent in cipher to the Berlin foreign
office-through the Stockholm for
eign office-by the German Charge
at BuenoS Aires, Argentina.
Secretary of State Lansing declared
that the kilograms had been sent by
Count Luxburg, German charge
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They Do Come Back

When Francis Ouimet captured the
American amateur golf championship
y Chicago Saturday he put quite a
crtmp IN the old sports saying "They
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RApID-rrRE CAMERA

AASG OEAN4kz1Sso
What Is thought to be tho tastes
camera in the world was recently dis.
played before the French Academ,
Of Science. The machine Is able Il
take photographs Of action which
lasts only l-100,000th Of q second.
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Editorial Comment

Editorials printed below show the
trend OF thought by other editors.
They are published without regard
to whether they agree or disagree
with The Tribune's policies.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-09-08

Making and selling toy balloons In
the United States is a 5000, 900 bust.
ness.
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Member Of The Associated i'ress

Member Of The Associated isress
The Associated Press Is exclusively
entitled to the use for republication Of
MI news dispatches credited to 1t or
not otherwise credited In this news
paper and also the local news Of
spontaneous origin published herein.
All rights Of republication Of all other
matter herein are also reserved.
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NOW 60 ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XIV

THE door new open and Mark
Travers. beaming. doomed a
greeting from the threshold. In
three skips and . leap Norma was
in his arms. She was laughing.
touching HIS cheeks with r~eassurins
fingers, raisiag her lips for his kiss
all in one instant. She was aware
there was film before her eyes.
"Oh. Mark! I've been such On
idiot. ! was afraid something had
happened-!"
Happened? Well, L should
think there has. I'll tell the world
something's happened. What dc
you suppose I've been doing al
this time? Listen. baby. we're
starting on q honeymoon In exactly
two hours. Look"
One Of Marks hands dived into
q pocket and came out with q dan,
Cling unfolding strips Of green pa
per. Railway tickets. He tossed
them toward Norma. A second
dive and he was displaying more
paper. Creenbacks. More Of them
than the girl had ever seen. They
were folded into q huge roll.
what? Why, where In thu
WORLD" Norma foundered tol
the words.
Before she could 80 on Mark had
caught her arms and was whirlina
her into . crazy whirli.gig pirou,
cite.
Don't you hear me, Norma,
darling? Don't you understand
We're going places! Come on
we've got just two hours to make
the train. Blue Springs, Mrs
Travers! How does that strike
you? Blue Springs. where the sur
shines and skies are almost a. blue
as your eyes. Riding and bathing
and lots Of golf. Oh. you'll love I'll
Blue Springs is the grandest place
to play in these here United States
You and me. Norma! Why-why
what's the mattsrf"
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TOWN IN VOLCANO

spared -. or sunk without Q trace
being left (spurlos vesenkt).
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BEGIN HERE TODAY


Pretty NORMA KENT, 2O.year.
etas secretary In a law once. sees
MARK THAvERS for the Arst
time when together they rescue q
puppy from downtown trnmc In
Marlboro, middle-western metr0p.
oils, Norma refuses Travers' In
vitations ana her Indifference
spurs his interest.
BOB FARRELL, young lawyer,
asks Norma to marry him and
she refuses: though she y fond Of
nm apartment with CHRISTINE
SAUNDERS. She fears Chris IL
falling In love with her married.
employer. BRADLEY HART, pro.
prlet0r Of nm advertising agency.
NATALIE PRICE, popular debu.
tante, II trying to win Travers III
q husband but her Efforts fail
when Norma Mt last hllows the
young man TO tnke her to dinner.
+. NJ. TRAvERS. real estate maG.
nates but thinks him q clerk In
the real estate ONCE. Within =
week Mark has launched a whirl.
wind courtshlp. Norma finds her.
self deeply In love but thinks she
must send Mark away because Of
some secret Of the past. Chris
0eOlafeo u NORMA loves vf4vex0
all else II unlmap0rtant.
ment one evening when Marks
father arrives and demands she
must end the alRalr with his SON.
Mark ovefheafs the conversation.
Father ard BOZ quarrel and Trav-
= declares he will disown Mark
tf 10 marrles Norma. After his
father has gone Mark begs Norma
to marry him at onee. Chris and
Bradley Hart accompany the
couple to = little town n the next
county where. the marriage takes
place. Mark takes his bride to
the pa1atlal Hotel Marlboro. He
discovers next morntng that he
has only o13 IN kls wallet. Mark
departs, saying he will return
soon but By 3 ,. N. he has not
come.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-03
FEDERAL court
INTERPOSES IN
RATE CONTEST

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 3. U.P)--For
the second time in recent years, the
federal courts today had inter-
posed between the state railway
commission and Los Angeles
public service, to prevent, at least
temporarily, the carrying out OF a
rate order.
In the action a statu ory
court, consisting of federal cir
cult judge and two United States
district judges, granted the Los An
geles Gas g. Electric Corporation
an interlocutory injunction against
the state railway commission, the
governor and other state officials,
prohibiting them from enforcing a
reduction in gas rates which had
been ordered effective January /.
~ A 100000 bond must be posted
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was driven back across the
Marne.

was driven back across the
Marine.
EarHer disasters Of the war were
dimmed In gratitude for the Marne
victory, and Joffre became com.
mander- -in-chief of all the French
| forces.
Then in 1915, the marshal settled
down to two different kinds OF war
fare--one in, the trenches and the
| other against criticism.
Of the two, Papa Joffre preferred
the trenches. He resented criticism
of his Verdun offensive; of his
trench warfare, method for which
critics said France was not prepared
Then. when the German army
hurled itself against the Verdun
line, found it weak and nearly swept
it away, Papa" Joffre was COM
PEELED to give way to the late Mar
shall Foch in November, 1916.
But to make his retirement the
more palatable. he was appointed
technical adviser to the govern
ment," a more or less euphonious
title.
Greeted Americans
When the United States entered
the war. Joffre headed French
military mission to tell the Ameri-
cans how much France needed help
On his tour of the country, his
twinkling eyes, his walruS-like mus
taches and his Sprightly demeanor
made many admirers.
Joffre was chosen to be one OF
the French Academy's 40 immortals
in 1918, and he was given the
Medaille Militaire, which exceeded
in honor the grand cross of the
Legion of Honor, bestowed upon him
in 1914.
After the war Joffre was never in
good health. He was taken i'll in
June. 1925, with throat trouble and
there was some apprehension for his
life after fever set in. But he got
over the attack in few days.
During the last few years of
his life, Joffre was embittered
because of a controversy started
Dy SO.Cdllcu UIluSdIy CApCAtS VII
the question of who won the
battle of the Marne-JOffre or
General Gallieni.
For ten years after the war he
had remained silent concerning the
battle and some took this silence
as tacit admission of the charges
brought by certain individuals that
he tried to evade the decisive battle
of the early war and had favored
retirement of the French forces to
the south, abandoning Paris to the
enemy.
Finally, unable longer to endure
the criticism, the aged marshal an
nounced he had answered the
"damnable charges" in his Mem
oirs," which he had written for pub
Iication after his death.
He said he quoted from old army
orders to prove that all of his moves
in the series of retreats were strate-
gic.-
In recent years, Papa Joffre had
been forced, because Of leg injury,
to remain indoors a great deal. He
spent much of his time playing
bridge and checkers.
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City and County News Briefs

Funeral Services-Funeral serv-
ices for Jake French, 70, who died
in Holtville on December 81, will be
conducted at the B. E. Lemons Fun
eral chapel tomorrow afternoon at
2:30 o'clock. Burial will not take
place until relatives are discovered.
French lived in Holtville 20 years.
Edwin Stewart-dry cleaning and
pressing. We call for and deliver
Quality, service, dependability. Casa
Rey Hotel. Telephone 1l6. 3Ot5
Peddler Held-Hidero Matsumoto,
japanese peddler, is held at the
county Jail for immigration author
tiles. He was arrested in Ca,exico
yesterday for illegal entry into this
country.
Arrested At Border - Rudolfo
Leon was arrested in Calexico yes
terday by immigration authorities
and lodged in the county Jail. He
is said to have entered this coun-
try illegally.
Attends School-James Holcomb
of the local California State High
way Patrol office will attend the
training school conducted by the
state in Sacramento for two weeks.