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Well, never mind, I won't dramatic
1t. Tho house was on IRE. The
upper hall was thick with smoke.
I was five years old. I ran to the
front stairs. and flames were leap.
ing up them. I couldn't get through
the hall to the back stairway be.
cause the smoke was too thick. MY
picture Of it now is exaggerated, Of
course. But I think Of flames shoot
ing out at me from everywhere-at
my head and eyes and fset-leaping
and licking and trying to catch me.
Through It all I heard changing and
screams and shouts. as II the world
were taking part in a final mon.
strous quarrel. Five years old Is
too young to be as frightened as I
was in that hall. choking with
smoke that day.
ct RAN into the bathroom-some
= idea Of water. I imagine. At
any rate. it was at tho side Of the
house where the fire had gained the
least Roadway. Just a. got there
a fireman. with his face blackened
from smoke. came through the win.
dow. He let out q round oath and
reached for me. That was tho end
Of it-so far as I was concerned,
He frightened me much more than
the flames and the smoke. Like Z
good child, had gone regularly to
Sunday school. I thought the IRE.
man was the devil. and that he'd
come to catch me. I gave up the
ghost right then and there. Faint.
ed. you know.
Strange but fires don't bother
mo in the least, and never have
since then. I'll run as fast as the
rest Of them after tho IRE engine,
But to this day I have to stop Dc.
liberately and rationalize the whole
works before I can know that It
was not the quarrel before the fire
that day that caused the flames to
lick at me and the smoke to choke
me and the devil himself to come
and get me.
'They brought me out Of It all
right that time. The next time the
folks started a quarrel I ruined It
by throwing something or other not
unlike an epileptic ct. Scared the
lives out Of them. A couple OF
repetitions. and they sent me to
grandma's to live for the winter. /
recovered beautifully from the flts.
But still I run for my closet and
hide when I hear q quarrel. / don't
coddle myself and think tits cute
and original to be like that. I'm
ashamed Of It to the hone. But it's
true. A quarrel takes somethins
out Of me that ! don't ever get back.
Now, do you think that Z person
who liked me. and to whom I'd ex.
planned all this-fnuch more IN de.
tail that I've explained Il to you
would drag mo through the smoke
and flames again. and give mo over
to the devilf'
"But-but Barry" Cecily quay,
cred. tit II too terrible. II makes
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me afraid. Suppose. I'm scared to
death. I'll never dare"
emo. no, darling. Nothing like
- that. I'm not a freak-and
the fits were purely hysterical: 1
haven't had one for 16 years. I'm
not q freak. I don't mean that I
can't stand an argument nor a dis.
cussion nor that have to have my
own way about everything. You
could tell me to go jump In the
lake. IL you felt like it. and didn't
scream It. Don't ever scream at
me. or call me names in a loud
voice-will you?"
Barry! But-but exactly how
do you define a quarrel, dear?"
Noise. Recriminations. Hot.
ugly words. Loud voices. Squawk.
ing sareasms-"
But. Barry, your people couldn't
have been-like that? They were
both university people, and your
father was a member of Congress"
HE may have developed his voice
there. It was suitable for nothing
on earth but a shipwrecked sailor
that voice Of dads. But they wera
good. worthy people-both of them.
Overeducated a bit and-well. I'm.
derbred. or they couldn't have GUAR.
relied as they did. You see. thew
never liked each other at ali.
though for years were violently
and vulgarly in love. Shall we
talk about something else?
I'm just q minute" she said
"Barry-I'm still frightened. I'm
afraid you have made a mistake
I'm afraid that I'm q quarrelsome
person. Only this morning / was
Quarreling with my little sister,"
He laughed. II can hear YOU
chittering like q squirrel. Did You
scream at her? Did you say one
cruel. scorching thing to her. You
did not. You couldn't. I'm sorry I
told you. Please forget It. dar-
ling. And II. sometimes. I get
uncomfortable. don't say q word.
Just smack me down. I don't
mind. being smacked. It ia onlv
words that burn me up. You ara
always cool. Cecily. That is one
Of the things l love most about
you. Your hands are cool -
touch. and your voice Is soft ana
cool. and your eyes are the color
OF cool rain clouds, ana yonr
cheeks are pinky like sea shells.
and Your lips-even' when You "a
and paint them up-are cool coral
and kiss-shaped."
Cecily shivered. BOO! Ana
my mesh Is gooseAesh, and nv
teeth chatter. and my hearts IN
an ice chest. and I'll die nm.
thawed."
That's . swell way to receive
my fatrest flights OF fancy. isn,t
It? All right for You. ri thint
EN- up ahead Of time, after this
and revise them, and then IL you
still 80 ribald, III" He pause6
to search through his threats.
ITO BE Continued)
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called on the phone the other after

called on the phone the other after
noon, with the strangest request I
ever have had.
my name is" he began, "And I
come from Springfield, Ill. I read
your stuff in the paper there. and
here I am in New York broke. Can
you loan me some money? I don't
know a soul here. Yours Is the only
name I know in New York. I could
use about $20."
And 50 could I, stranger!
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| isn't true. sweet, and l won't II I
can help 1t. You must have known
was trying to be funny, II feebly.
about the shuddering ladies. Though
most Of them are unflinchingly In.
different to mo and my charms"
1T wasn't that" she said.
ut was?" he prompted.
"Your saying that no girls had
ever loved you or even liked you."
lite glanced at her. II see." he
- said. "Via Lutte. via Marta?
I might have known-they're both
lippy. I can't sec that It matters q
boot in hades whether girls have
loved me or not-the repeating Of
it sounds simpy and sickening. any.
how. But you'll have to take my
word for It.. I should know.
shouldn't /? Those girls loved them.
selves . lot: they loved their van.
ity; they may, perhaps. have loved
love charity and spasmodically-
but they didn't love me in the least.
AS I've told you, they didn't even
like me-"
Cecily said "Oh, but you couldn't
know that. positively" and quailed
at his frown and added hastily.
could you?"
II read the other day." he an.
swered, about a man who. when he
came homo and found his dinner
was not ready, held his wife's hands
down on the hot cook-stove until
she tainted. Shed have q reason.
able right to decide. don't you think
so, when she gets out Of the hos
pital that the man didn't love her
and had never loved her nor liked
her as q real friend?"
Barry"
"I'll tell you," he said. "1'd
thought that I wouldn't. It is un.
necessary. in q way. But you'll re.
gard it as confession, won't you.
Cecily. and not as q warning?
Quarrels-do something to me that
I can't endure. I can't explain the
sensation better than by saying
they extinguish me, suffocate me.
though that isn't accurate. because
suffer all the time. Fact dear, q
quarrel touches my mentality dan.
gerously.
'I'm sure that I know how II
came about. Mother and dad quar-
relied incessantly. frightfully during
my childhood. and al the unpleas'
ant things that happened to me
happened In connection with these
Quarrels. grew>to hate them; to
be afraid Of the loud voices and the
ugly words. Physically afraid
They made me ashamed. too.
knew that It was disgraceful. and
I'd skip Of into . closet and hide
ana cry.
"Ons day, during = particularly
violent quarrel. ! ran away and hit
~ usual In my closet-a small one
In the upper hall where dad KEPT
his fishing and hunting traps.
went to sleep IN there. When
woke and pushed open tho door
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BEGIN HERE TODAY

BEGIN HERE TODAY
ANN. CECILY and MARY FRAN.
CES FENWICI< live with their
grandparents. The sisters have
been orphaned since childhood.
The grandparents-knOw ~ "HO.
SALE" and s'CRAND"-have long
since lost their wealth ase the
and Cecily's earnings. For this
reason. Ann. 3. and PHILIP
ECROYD. young lawyer, are stt11
pOstpOning their marriage though
they have been engaged years.
sx Hsf.ly MsKn 4 IN n. 'o s:s,s w.s.
but when he proposes she refuses
to name the wedding date be-
cnuac she cannot leave Ann With
the financial responsibility OF the
home.
Mary.Erances. Is. and still n
school. strikes mp nm acquaintance
with EARL DE ARMOUNT. stock
company actor. she meets hIA
secretly ON several occasions.
Ceclly tells Ann that Barry has
proposed. Next mornlng he ee4es
carly to drive Cecily to her once.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XIII
PARRY stopped tho car. a. she
had hoped he might. under the
trees on the driveway and kissed
her. tits true" he said, then. III
is true. isn't it. Cecily"
"Oh. It Isl" she answered.
For both Of u.s."
but dear-of course for both
of u.s."
wouldn't it have been terrible. y
he asked. III I'd loved you, like
this. or ii you'd loved me and the
other one hadn't? It couldn't be
lived. What do people do? Cecily
have you ever loved any other man
like this?"
II have never loved any other
man at ALL" she said.
you've thought you were in love
though. haven't your"
She shook her head. mo, I never
have. Not once nor a little. But
you have. haven't you. Barry?"
1--WE had cases, crushes--that
sort. But i've never asked any
other girl to marry me, 90 they
couldn't have amounted to much
the crushcs. ! mean-could they?'
Perhaps not to you. But what
about the girls?"
Nothing at all about the girls
It has been always Ill on my side
No other girl has ever loved mi
nor liked me-very much"
Cecily, then. could take her choice
Of hypocritical humility. base per
fidy. or Just plain dumbness. Shl
found none Of them to her pleasure
so she gasped, "Why-Barry!'
miserably and let It 80 at that.
did you want mo to be muct
loved man3" hs tsassd. "sorry, bu'
most women shudder away from nj
on sight. What's the matter, dar
ling? Something? Anythingf"
BARRY, / shan't Anind, that II to<
much. about your other love Affairs
But I'm going to mind like every
thing when you don't tell me TIL
truth"
"As you should" he agreed. "Bu
I haven't told you anything tina
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PRISONER vs.. PRIsoNER

Seattle, MISUNDERSTANDING ct q gar
age here had r. w. Nelson arrested
because he was sleeping in Q parked
car. James r. Smart was asked to tes-
tify against Nelson. Came the trial.
The court was notified that Smart,
too, was IN jail. He had been arrested
On Z charge Of drunkenness He was
called to the witness stand, however.
and testified against Nelson. The late
ter Was asked to leave town.
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PLEASANT SENTENCE

jacksonville, Fla. - Three youths
were picked up In this city for hitch
hiking. They had six cents between
them. Ordinarily hitch linking Il
frowned upon and punished with q
Jail sentence. Because Of their age,
however, Judge Anderson sentenced
them to big dinner at the expense
Of the city prison farm, after which
they were released.
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AGE DOESN'T STOP HIM

London.-At an age when other
men are too feeble to indulge In
nothing more than mild exercises,
Sir Flinders Petrie, 70, has set off to
Palestine again to search for hidden
treasure. The great archaeologist
has been excavating for 50 years and
this time hopes to uncover valuable
information on the old homes Of the
Shepherd Kings.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-01-13
Daily Health Service
Correct Diet Is Vital Treating Tuberculosis
Experts Point Out Right Food Necessary to Combat
the Disease

, health. If it can be shown that . de-
finite lack Of vitamins exists, that
lack should be supplied. But only
rarely in the American population
does any adult seem to suffer from 9
real vitamin deficiency. The expert
ments with vitamin feeding may be
carried out over long periods Of time,
since It does not seem that harm can
result from relative excess Of vitalp-
ins.
The two diets most talked about at
the present time are the Gerson diet
and the Hermannsdorfer- 6auerbruch
diet. These diets do not vary greatly
one from the other. Both Of them
eliminate sodium chloride or common
salt, substituting calcium-rich salt;
both restrict meats greatly and water
greatly; both are rich In fat and pro-
tein but low in carbohydrates; both
provide for giving much raw food
with cod liver oil, phosphorus and
calcium.
In surveying all Of the available evi-
dence for these methods, Mayer con-
cludes that some people react favor
ably to the withdrawal OF table salt
and that some improve on larger
than normal vitamin intake, but that
It IS not safe as routine proposition
to put all patients with tuberculosis
on q special diet Of such character
with the Idea that 1t will be beneficial
to all of them. The person with tn.
berculosis is q human being and no
two human beings are exactly alike.
Every case must be studied as m In
dividual and treated on an individual
basis.
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FISHY. FISHY. IN A TUB

Boston, Police staged raid on the
home Of Constantin Rubynsk to search
for liquor. On looking in q bathroom,
they found q live pickerel swimming
around in the tub. Sergeant Donlan
asked Rubynsk what he was doing
with the fish. "Fattening it up for
Friday" Rubynsk replied.
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Editorial Comment

Editorials printed below show tho
trend OF thought by other editors.
to whether they agree or disagree
with The Tribune's policies.
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G. q. Darwin, University Of Edin-
burgh.
y = =
Truth loses values II people do not
understand -Kiu-o, Japanese priest.
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Neither has 1t been certainly DEM
onstrated that any large increase over
the usual amount of vitamins is adj
visable, even for persons in good
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-09
BRADDOCK GIRL IS
NAMED CLUB HEAD
Mamie MAIDEN Elected Presi.
dent of N. D. Achievement
institute At Fargo

Fargo, N. D., Dec. 9.-(ReOfficers
elected for the ensuing year by the
North Dakota achievement institute
Friday are: Mamie MAIDEN. Brad
Fdock, Burleigh county, president:
Arthur Fleming, Sawyer, Ward coun-
ty, vice president; Arvid Berggren,
Hampden, Ramsey county, secretary;
and Grace Haugstad, Ray, Williams
county, treasurer.
Sixty-three head Of All club live
stock, which went on the auction
block at the annual achievement In
stitute sale Thursday, brought total
Of 1920.
The "a head of beef animals brought
$2,343.36, an average Of 1874.
The 20 hogs brought $557.49. aver
aging 1854. Seventeen sheep sold
for $319.39, averaging $3.50.
Earl Davis Of Page sold his grand
champion steer for "a cents q pound
to Urban Powers Of Fargo, hotel man,
who for the fifth time since the sales
were started seven years ago, bid in
the top animal. He paid $269.94 for
the 1,227-pound animal.
While the sale averaged much low
er than in former years, the boys and
those in charge Of the sale said they
were well satisfied. considering the
low market prices for livestock.
The annual four leaf clover COM
munity program was staged under d.
rection Of A. q. Arvold and the staff
Of the Little Country Theater at the
college.
The young people were to visit the
Fargo packing plant, guests Of Ar
mour and company, Friday forenoon.
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Claim Wounded Man
COnfesses HOldups

st. Paul, Dec. 9.-(R)-Police said
Joe Sullivan of Lake Elmo, Mimi,
bandit suspect, had confessed to three
bank robberies. /,
Charles Tierney, assistant inspector
Of detectives, said Sullivan admitted
participating in the holdup Of the Bay
City, Wis.,, State Bank Wednesday
when three men obtained $2,500: that
he was one Of trio that robbed the
Farmers State Bank of Welsh, Mimi.
May 10, of $2,442, and that he and
another man took $500 from the
First State Bank Of Hugo, Mimi,
Sept. "a.
The confession was obtained after
Sullivan had been identified, police
said, by victims Of all three robberies.
Sullivan refused to name his COM
panions in the crimes.
Tierney said Sullivan would be
questioned about other robberies be.
fore the authorities would decide
whether to prosecute him In Mime
sofa or Wisconsin.
Sullivan was arrested at doctors
office at Lake Elmo when he sought
treatment for wounded hand, receiv-
ed when he was fired at as he fled
from Bay City.
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PRESIDENT HOOVER,
CONGRESS RECEIVE
FARMERS PETITION
Ask Relief Appropriation, Debt
Moratorium, Cancellation
of Back Taxes
DRAWN UP BY CONFERENCE
Resolution Approved Interpreted
As Opposing Big Three
Recommendation
DRAWN UP By CONFERENCE

washington, Dec. 9.-(R)-Before
President Hoover and congress Fri
day were laid demands for a $780,
100000 federal fund for distressed
farmers-the program of the national
farmers relief conference.
A delegation Of five, including one
Negro, went to the white house to
read its program to the chief execu-
tive; a group Of $50 went to the CAPT.
toll. split into groups and presented
lengthy petition to Vice President
Curtis and Speaker Garner.
Curtis laid the plea before the SEN
ate Immediately upon its converting
and Representative Howard Oem.,
NebO read 1t to the house.
The white house group included
one overalled farmer and two In
khaki trousers. Hoover shook hands
with all.
AS they departed Philip Smith Of
New Hope, Penn. spokesman for the
group, said, 1.-THE president did not
make any positive comment on our
request, explaining 1t was all new to
MIN and that he could not give an
immediate answer, but he received
us very well and listened to our
statement"
The petition demanded a half bill
lion dollar appropriation for needy
farmers, q moratorium on farm
debts, and cancellation of back taxes.
The group was headed by Fred b.
Chase Of Washington, N. H., the petit
ton, drawn at the conference Thurs
day OF ESQ farmers, requests among
other things a moratorium on farm
debts. no evictions and government
pfice-fixing.
Completing their legislative pro-
gram Thursday night, the rest Of the
$50 or more farmers turned lobbyists.
making a round Of calls on their SEN
ators and representatives to urge
enactment of their proposals.
One of the resolutions approved by
an overwhelming vote was interpreted
by leaders as opposing the big three"
farm relief plan now before congress
the export debenture, equalization
fee and allotment proposals.
Urging the defeat of ANY legisla-
ton based on the theory of surplus
the resolution added:
while millions Of our population
are undernourished through loss Of
purchasing power, the acceptance Of
the surplus theory Is q crime against
society,""
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RATE Case MEANS
NCREASEDEXPENSE
FOR north DAKOTA
Southern Rail Carriers Present
New Petition, N. D. Conn.,
4. = s mission Reveals

North Dakota faces increased ex-
pense in fighting the railroads pro-
posal for freight increases in the re-
opened western trunk line class rate
case, as a result of the filing of a
petition by southern rail carriers
seeking to bring into litigation rates
between North Dakota and other
northwestern and southern states, 1t
was disclosed by the state railroad
commission Friday.
Southern carriers are making an ef-
fort to broaden the issues in the case,
and II the interstate commerce COM
mission grants their petition, it will
mean extended hearings and conse-
quently additional expenses, the state
commission said.
The I. G. G. undoubtedly" will
grant the petition, in the opinion Of
officials Of the state commission.
An adverse decision from the in
terstate commerce commission in the
action brought by the southern rail-
roads, in addition to costing North
Dakota thousands Of dollars additional
In freight charges, would provide an
unfavorable rate precedent which
would be difficult to overcome, off,
Gals Of the state commission said.
The southern carriers ask that the
I. G. @. reopen the class rates between
western trunk Zine and southern ter
ritories 80 that all interested parties
may have the opportunity to submit
full and complete data upon which
the commission may determine q ba-
sis for all-rail class rates" between
the two territories.
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Convicted Eagles
Receive Sentences

New York. Dec. e.-R>-Conrad H.
Mann, president Of the Kansas City
chamber Of commerce, Friday was
sentenced to serve five months i'm
prisonment and pay q fine Of $4,000
for violation Of the federal lottery
laws In connection with "frolics" Of
the Fraternal Order Of Eagles.
Frank r. Herring. who was editor Of
the Eagles magazine, was sentenced
to four months imprisohmept and to
pay . fine Of $4,000.
Bernard G. Mcclure. one Of the pro-
moters. was sentenced to serve . year
and day and was fined $4,000. They
were convicted In federal court last
Saturday.
The two counts on which the de-
PENDANTS were sentenced were that
they had caused lottery tickets to be
shipped In interstate commerce and
that they conspired to ship lottery
tickets In interstate commerce.
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CONVICT OUTSIDE
man PRISON CASE
Harold Monk Fontaine Aided
leavenWorth Prisoners in
Dash to Freedom

Kansas City, Dec. 9.-(PHHarold
Monk Fontaine, the first of five men
brought to trial on charges resulting
from the Leavenworth federal peni-
tertiary break year ago, was con-
victed Thursday night by q federal
court jury after three hours Of DELHI
Grafton.
The ex-convict, an alleged outside
man in the plot, was charged specifi-
cally with assault with intent to kill,
an offense punishable by a maximum
sentence Of 20 years. Judge Richard
J Hopkins deferred sentencing.
Government prosecutors n m d
Fontaine as the man responsible for
smuggling arms and explosives into
the prison for the use OF seven con-
vtcts who made q spectacular break
for freedom last December. They kid
mapped Warden Thomas b. White and
threatened to blow up the maingate
Of the penitentiary unless he assured
them safe passage through the por-
tai. White was shot in the arm when
he made an attempt to wrest q gun
from one Of the men.
Three OF the convicts were slain, and
four, who were recaptured, now are
awaiting trial here.
Government witnesses said ron-
tatne confessed originating the plot
With one Of the escaping convicts,
Stanley N. Brown, Minot. N. D., mail
robber, while Fontaine still was 4
prisoner at Leavenworth.
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Wing Woman Found
Dead at Her Home

Mrs. Maggie Granville, 6s-year- old
Wing woman, was found dead on the
floor of her home Thursday night,
about 48 hours after she was thought
to have collapsed from heart attack.
Believed to have died instantly, Mrs.
Glanville was alone at the time OF her
death, her son, william, being in
Minneapolis on q business trip.
Neighbors discovered the body at
ter children had attempted to enter
the residence to sell Mrs. Granville
some Christmas seals. When no re-
Spouse was made to knocks at the
door, neighbors became alarmed and
entered the house to find the body
on the floor.
w. =. Perry, county coroner, said
IN examination would be made Fri
day afternoon to determine the cause
Of death.
Funeral arrangements have not
been completed.