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alteration was in the eyes: Gorhe
seemed to be s~teeling himself. rallvine
all his quick wits to an
Nc. haven't been in Chicago for
over six weeks. I've been AT Shoe.
string, running the Richards job
Shoestringl Riehards2sn His coun
terieiI OF amazement was splendid.
Why, yes. Didn't you know. Cor.
bell Pause, while John scrutinized
the other in open hostility. Il sun
posed. Of course. Won knew that I'd
been there. using the name of John
Steele and trying to pull the opera-
lien ott Of the hole lis IN
And now a faint. faint trace of color
started 10 climb the mans cheeks as
he resumed his chair and eestnrea
towards another. But John did nor SIT
down. He stood there. staring hard at
his fathers partner.
Someone in Kampfest tipped Miss
richards off TO the fact that | hadn'f
dared use my fathers name when I
struck her for a job. | was let ont
Yesterday, a bit discreditedn
We'll I'll be d-dt" breafhed Cor
bel and Johns temper tiared.
Forget it, he snapped. I'm com-
ing clean with You, he mar enough "a
Dc as much with NE! | Numbered
Into 4 mess over yonder. / found nnt
that i lot ct desperate things were be-
lffs done In my fathers name. We'd
had q little difference. Tom and / and
welcomed the chance to hit back NJ
him. ! hadn't been on the ieb l4nr
though. before realized thar What
was being done wasn't the sort Of nlan
he'd follow or ~countenance. some
body else was behind 1t. screening
himself behind the Belknap namets
Good lord, man! And you're in
sinnating that | know something
about
know. Know? why, I heard ron
make threats to Miss Richards. inst a
monient before I tossed you out of her
office in December I.
The other swayed a bit and the ansh
y temper yielded 70 the paling OF
fear.
Yes thought sow John nut.
tered. Lets come clean with each
other. GoFbeI! From now on. LET'S
fight in the onenla
Fight? That what you're here fora
A fightsa
John pondered and a hard smile
flickered about his lips.
Not unless it's forced. Gorbel. I'm
here on guard, maybe. Tn the
first place. I'm going to stick right
here IN kamRfest and keep nv eyes
and ears open. If unexplainable
things keep happening to the Richards
onfht, I'm going to take on the chore
OF explaining 'eml II Ellen is let
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the repair shop. John thought tha,
me man bore himself with a greater
degree of confidence than his moro
physical superiority and his station
warranted.
he passed the fellow and his rroun
one night and heard him mutter.
Iakes a lickin' like a yeIlah doo y,
He knew by the turning Mt haad.
that the words were about him ~
did not like It but gave no indication
OF having heard. Let that riaef !.
everything ride except his sole ~.
jecfive4
1t was on Saturday that Nat p-aa
shaw drove up before the Belknan 4
Gorbel Office, went casually IN tho
steps and into the managers Office
~Howdy. Paulin he said cheerI,v
"Oh, hullo, Sheriff w-those evos
changing ever so slightly. "Coldrp
Kinda Time OF year for IT. any,
how
Have a chair. What can | do for
your"
Gorbel cleared his throat sharnlv
TN, I've got a letter from the wife
OF one of our boys herer-fumblino
In his pocket They've had n row
n he's hauled out and left her with
q coupla kids and don't send her
money regularly She wants him ar
rested. but don't favor arrestin' anv
more "a 8 necessary. | wondered If
you'd have a talk with him."
Gorbel leaned across the desk r.
see the letter. perhaps a bit over eager-
ly, as Ii In relief.
Anything can do, of course. Who
Is he2 Oh III look him up and
have a talk with him myself
For several minutes they discussed
the case. Gorbel obliging, suave. offer.
ing to go to any lengths to help settle
the matter.
Fine OF you Nat started to rise
'Oh. by the wayi Seems that this
feller who burnt up the Richards
got a brother down below. He
had some kind of fraternal insurance
thnt was void Ii he met death while
drunk They've written In about n
the company. s'pose They've rot 4
right to the facts
why. that's only right L don't like
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Sparrow Neglected by
Translators of Bible

Inc sparrow may not be an exceed
ingly important bird but 1t certainly
deserves better usage than it received
from the translators of what Is known
as U Authorized Version of the Bible
It's Hebrew name was tsippor, saws q
writer In the Montreal Family Herald.
winch occurs some t~hirty-two times In
the original, but Is translated sparrow
In only two places, Psalm "a, 8: "Yea,
the sparrow hath found an house and
the swallow a place." and Psalm 1902:
4. i am as a sparrow alone upon the
house-top." In other places 1t ID set
down In our Bibles simply as a bird.
What spirit Of ~divination instructed
h1ng James scholars to differentlate
between the 'tsippors" In the two
Psalms and the "tsippors' elsewhere
no mar may say. but SO far as any
one has been informed 1t would an
pear that the sparrow received less
thai fair play at their hands, however
wisely their choice was exercised In
some cases.
Generally faithful little mothers.
true to their task of rearing their
broods, are hen-sparrows, restless and
disconsolate when driven from their
eggs, as the nature-loving writer OF
Proverbs 27.8, notes, when seeking
FOR a parallel to a man who finds him
self out OF bis proper station liz life.
As q sparrow that VANDERBILT from
her nest, 50 Is a "a that VANDERBILT
from his place.
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them TO lumber. When tho ,oc,
snarled and tangled ON shore .Joh,
worked with n peavey. prying hen
Tree, rolling them on down. Then
with plke-pole. from shore or from his
stand on other logs. he helped too,
them 10 the slide with its endless
CHAIN which grinped and dragged them
upward TO disappear within the min
lie lived in the company boarding
house. a modern. clean. well-manaead
establishment. He spent his first eve.
ming In the company recreation hall.
AT checkers with other men. nlaving
pool or bowling. watching moving mic
lures.
turing those first days and NIGHTS
ne was only another man. n of him.
dreds. and accepted as such hnt
towards the end of the week his
checker opponent-Foote, a lumber In
speetor-said casually:
You know. Jack. they're saving
your names Belknap.,
1T Is"
Are You old Toms boy?.
John admitted il
Wen I'll be jlggeredtr the other
laughed and turned away.
As his identity became known II
brought some i%ncredulous looks. some
good natured skepticism: and soon
thereafter he had a distinct feeling
that his standing was not what it had
been. That now and again a man
laughed at him. a BIT sneeringly
4 distorted report of what he had
done Went through the town. He had
been kicked out by his father: he had
gone TO work for the Richards com
pany. he had stolen some of his IA
Tiers logs. had been discharged and
ordered to come TO Kampfest where
ne could be under the watchful eve Of
Gorbel. The son OF the boss was he
ihg disciplined Well. let it
ride he decided. He had more I'M
portant things to think about than
what people thought OF him.
Still being this particular sort OF 4
pariah was unpleasant. II was the
MA Baxter who brought his stains
nome 70 him most f0rcIbIy. This was
the man who. Richards men believed.
had been brought IN to start trouble
and whose rumored coming to Shoe
had SET the stage for Johns
" dramatic entrance into that
town.
John had singled the fellow out his
night in the recreation hall. A
great. heavy-shouldered. thick bearded
ruffian he was, always seated by the
lreplaee, splitting copiously. boasting
70 the younger and less stable men
His tongue was vile. his ego great. and
though his job only that of helper In
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the racket, all right. and he's come
here 70 work in the mill SO he can
Keep his ID eyes opent'
The girl drew a quick breath but
did nnt sneak
"Thatll raise h-It" he muttered.
Still, il may not be so bad in one
way. II | do let mp now. won't she
THINK her finding out about his game
mad something to do with easier 20
ings That might be an advantage
Ill need all the breaks | can get now,
-glancing at a calendar. ..The old
man'll be on his way back in a month.
- Maybe ii won't be so bad hay-
Ing the kid here under my thumb He
can't be sure Of a thing. All he'll
have Is his id suspicion r
Don't be too sure. II he ever tum-
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bles to the North Star deal. look ont -
Ills head jolted forward truculentlv.
What do you know about North
Starr
Il haven't been a stenog in lumber
offices for FIVE years without learning
my way around ,"-heatedly. ATS an
right II you get away with il. I'd
sooner see you two-time a rich old
geezer than to throw the harpoon into
a girl, even If | could scratch her evas
outi We know that down In Chicago.
You should know 1t up here. And If
ne gets inside this office and gets the
same bee In his bonnet that I'VE pot
its the old ball and chain anklef for
you. big boy
lie wiped his forehead irritably
You know too id much.
she flushed beneath her make-un
Il didn't know enough once II an.
pearsl believed you and kicked ms
chances In Chicago over to trail mn
here. What've | got? Promises More
promisest All | GET
And a fur coat and q car ana
enough dresses to stock a store.
and"
which were only a part of the bar
gain" She put a hand on his sho,,l-
der and a hard anxiety showed In har
wide blue eyes Paul! Don't he y
goopi Don't try to hog 1t. Don.f
try to run a racket on old Tom. I've
got a stake In you now. / nav dy or
the handle now and then and saw
mean things, but Paul I'm
crazy about you all the timer
Her mouth trembled.
Good girlw he said absentlv and
kissed her. Don't fret. I've done
pretty well for myself so far. / know
about where I'm going. even in the
dark r.
In calked boots and his heavy CLOTH
ing John toiled ten hours each dav
ahout the hot-pond of the pronartv
which bis father shared with pan,
Gorbel.
Ills Immediate superior was >
SWede, hailed as Ole. whatever nj.
name might be. His Job was to helm
keep logs going from pond to snw
hoor Al rapidly az the mill redr,c.Aa
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alone to make a go of the job-which
she can do now with a fair break
you and Ill get along sp~lendidly: II
not then there'll be a war. and
you'd better believe it,"
Gorbel summoned a sort of laugh.
Sir Galahad. eh2'
If you choose. We understand each
other, | guess, and all that's left is for
you to give me a job
Job? After you've made a play
like this?"
"0f cours a job. You're adyertIs-
ing for men you're hiring men every
day. | can't just mount guard over
you and do nothing else; besides. I'll
have a better chance OF hearing what's
going on If I'm on the payroll. Or
are you afraid to have me around?'
Gorbel's mouth twitched
Listen here, John,v he began.
You've been guessing at a great many
things; you've gone off half cooked.
What you heard me say to Ellen Rich
ards can be explained
Explain? Who the devils asking
for an explanation? I'm not interested
In what you'vegot to say, Gorbel. Where
and when do | answer the advertise
ment you've been running In local pa
pers for men?n
Conflict in those eyes before him
thenl Fright and caution and craft
fiickered In their depths, and out of
these came a faint CLEAN, as will show
In a mans eyes when inspiration
sweeps him.
He shrugged. Every well. Have 1t
your W way. Ii you want to 20 to
work as a common laborer. good. But
| don't know what's open. You might
ask McWethy. the mill foreman"
Fair enough. Gorbell That's the
first decent impulse you seem to We
had since | came In. I'll find Nc
Nethy. Good morning r.
He walked towards the door without
so much as another look.
When he had gone Paul Gorbel took
the desk telephone In his hand and
pondered a moment; then called the
mill foreman.
"McWethy," be said. and his voice
had In IT no trace of the emotions re-
on his face, young John Belk-
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The little Girl
who wouIdn'
al

Nature knows bestl Never coax q
child to eat! Remove the cause of Il
youngsters poor appetite-get rid
of st1sis. Children who don't eat
are sluggish. Not to correct this Is
fnercusdbIe. 1T Is so easy to do, IL
You will only use the california
treatment" Read what 1t is doing
for ~listless children In every part
of the country!
When appetite fails, tongue Is
coated white, eyes are a bilious yell
low, don't give small children any
constipating cathartic that drains
the system and weakens twenty
feet of tender bowels! California
syrup of figs Is the only medicine"
they needi
That girl or boy with a furry
tongue and q bad breath should not
be desed with salts California
syrup Of figs will gently stimulate
the colon mlscles-and the child
you used to coa to eat will fairly
devour his food, digest it, gain
weight.
Try the California treatment Be
gin tonight, with enough Of the pure
syrup of figs to cleanse the colon
thoroughly. Give less tomorrow,
then every other day, or twice n
week until the child's appetite, d.
gestion, weight, complexion, tell
you the stasis is gone.
BE sur TO get the real California
syrup of figs. Any druggist has it,
all bottled, with directions. It's a
natural, vegetable laxative. Just as
good for babes of two years as boys
Of ten. They all love its tastel
There are limitations OF California
Syrup OF Figs and those acho troud
sch yon some substitute eren arhen
q chiId's health Is concerned. Don't
eDer take dnl bottle that Is not
plainly labeled CALIFORNIA.
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EVENTS LEADING UP TO THIS INsTALLMENT

IS bone f contention Father m son par without an ndMndIr Al smhL F Ga tBakmps ar
gt his attackers realize it is case of mistaken identity John learns his ahMl5 M Is nonnd After fist
nm I @mN1 nvng. he seeks employment with that company AT the ono he nn 70 Wkhe
AhT him out aGbe does not recognize him The girl Ellen Richards mT m bully
ing Ems bravery bs b = .anc eliminates the wrekng ola snow pw J, aNs
covers that tsuen John BdEp He send an m M M ira Mm ww work hr on the case Gd dis
heart dahEsJ John '' h - @mbe@ Tp business troubles Ellen against the dam m p
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ITO BE
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STIFF QUALIFICATIONS

The qualifications of a flying
hostess on passenger mir lines in the
United States are that she should be
a college graduate, single, not over
twenty-five years of age. slender, have
a pleasing personality and the ability
to converse intelligently and pleas
antly with all types of people. She
must also play bridge.
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10 beat a family out of what might be
due, though"
But he was drunk ?s-looklng up
keenly. -
$50 soaked he couldn't or wouldn't
workir :
And you knew 1T and gave him
the ARP -
Yes. Just as | told you"
And that was after superb
NO. Just before. | told him TO
get out first thing In the morning. but
got under his skin. l guess. / didn't
see him afterwards
That's right. You told me that be-
Tore. You don't want to write q letter
10 the insurance company, then?'
Gorbel cleared his throat.
NO. don't. But IL theyll make
an investigation. I'll tell them what
Know. Of course
Il Il 0 didn't see him drinking.
did your
See him! surel He was lust
empfying a bottle out by our gasoline
cache when | caught himt"
! see.a The sheriff sighed and
stretched. AS he leaned back. quick
alarm rode in Paul Gorhefs ewes.
We'll get along. | guess. III tell this
lodge to make their own investigation
then.'
80 far Bradshaw. whose wits were
no match for Paul Gorbel's agife mind
mad made no betraying plumbers. He
had led his man on, a step at a time
as John had planned he should do.
and had gained one tiny step this
afternoon. But he did the wrong
thing next. He drove slowly away.
not towards shoestring. but down
towards the mill. He stopped his team
again and walked across the street and
Gorbel, from his office window.
watched.
An hour later when McWethy, the
mill foreman, came In with his daily
report, Gorbel met him In the hall
way.
What was Bradshaw prowling
around the mill for?' he asked.
oh. nothing. / NESTLE stopped
IN to chin a minute and went on out.
Didn't talk TO anybody else?v
No. Oh, yes. He did
go over and visit a minute with GUN
Relknap.f
Gorbel turned abruptly into his
office and stood beside his desk. biting
q lip. froWning. The office workers
going out. Then footsteps, and
opened the door.
Going to dance tonight?' she asked.
He whirled on her. raging.
Goo lord, Marie. do you think all
got to do Is dance? No! I've
got the evening full!n
She hridled at his tone.
We'll. you needn't be SO rough
about itl'
And you needn't nag day after
lay T.
"sa-a-ay!" She closed the door.
Needn't nag, need T?'-approachlng.
! suppose 0 have got a full eve
ling. Going to take a little drive.
.ntie2 Going to drive over to Shoe
for the evening?n
4 haven't been In shoestring for .
y
You liel''
Don't you tell"
you lie! !" she cried again, cutting
i'm off. You were over Wednesday
light and tried to see this Richards
iri and got a door slammed in vour
acei Now laugh that off, you big
umt"
Well, what of itY" he demanded.
I'll see, what of It'll I've been lied
} and double-crossed and strung along
bout long enough I'm'-voice dron-
ing to a %curiously controlled level
I'm about done"
ANY time you're through, then. inst
the word! r.
She turned and went out. slamminp
he door.
ITO BE CONTINUED !.
~ rroxy NnrTa-AuI l.
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MEN WANTED
For Mills and Camps
Aarp T94Ms1l4 49,

BEIkNAP 4 GORBEL,
kAMPFEsT.
-feffffff1p bent over q long mo.
ment and then Strengthened. tongue
IN his cheek.
Why not2 he asked himself. He
was a man out Of Il job. j good man
Paul Gorhel was advertising for
men.
lie began to pack hastily, move.
ments d bit feverish.
lie caught Bradshaw Just as the
sheriff was leaving the jail.
Something newss the sheriff asked
as he turned back and read the ex-
element in the boys eyes.
- lot. About something you'd
never guessedt''
lie plunged into his story with the
nronouncement that he had been living
and working and fighting. under an
other name. The Others jaw dropped.
and for an interval his gray eyes were
hard with suspicion. but as John
talked on, earnestly. leaving out moth
Ing except his personal relationship
with Ellen, that look altered and mel
lowed. and the big officer began to nod
slowly.
When the boy had finished. Nat
drew q long breath and let it out In
a soft whistle.
pieklefsa he said, wriAkling his
brow. "A pickle, It's a tough break
Tor you, son. but I'm going to string
along. Huhfu Ha narrowod
his eyes and considered. TITS prohlv
so, what you think about your father.
This Gorbel, now. has got by up here
about a hundred per cent His men
like him he's got a reputation for the
1airest kind Of dealing. But. lookIn'
back, can. see some smart work.
He lighted a cigar and crossed his
legs.
Your pa, now, s a good figure to
pick on and give a bad name. Most
rich men are supposed to be without
any scruple. Working men'll believe
that before they will any good of EN-
Course, he's never operated in here
before, but I've always heard him
spoken Of we'll by the few old-timers
I've known who worked for him. Bv
jocks, come to think back. they all
like him 1t sort of looks, John. like
our case has a lot of angles 7"
by livery team and through the
night, John drove to Kampfest. all his
worldly possessions in a pack-sack n
new and resolute purpose overriding
he undertone of sorrow and mjsriv.
ing In his heart.
John was the first to enter Paul
Gorbels office after he had seated him
self at his desk for another davis
work.
The man looked up, and If he expe-
rienced any reaction other than sur
prise he covered 1t well.
of all things !" he exclaimed. ".John
BelEnapl Where'd you come rom?
rising, and extending his hand.
Don't get up" John ignored the
proffered clasp.
Wen, you're about the last person
! expected to see walk In here this
morning.
John looked at him with close scru-
tiny as he said: YES. That's easy
understand" He thought the mans
changed a trife and that d flicker
OF dismay showed In those dark. IN.
teiilgent eyes. Il didn't figure that
rou'd expect me-"
up from C~hicago7r
And now a decided. but stflI .ubtla
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CHAPTER VIII

B%ewillered to a point where he felt
remorse almost as profound rs would
have been his lot had he been schem.
ing to ruin Ellen Richards property.
John Relknap, no longer disappearing
as John Steele, left the girls office
and maae his way to the hotel where
he had lived when In town.
He ate a p%erfunctory neal and went
slowly up the stairs TO his eubicle of
a room. lie dropped 10 the creaking
bed and sat there, hands dangling be-
tween his knees for Il long interval.
He was In a pinch; beaten In his
lofty ambition to champion the op-
pressed a growing love had been
hurled back into his teeth. Bur he
laughed He laughed. sitting there
alone in the bare little room. and the
laugh had in il a defiance. a challenge
to the fates which had woven this net
of circumstances about him. What
the next Step would be he hadn't even
q guess. He needed time to think thai
out. HIT Of two things he was certain.
Gorfel WIS not going to drive Ellen's
company 70 the wall and Ellen was
not 70 70 m thinking fer fffttrh longer
that his further was behind the trouble
which had been made for her With
those ends accomplished. this other.
this cold weight about his heart. would
be ready for consideration.
But he could not stay here IN Shoe
string. It would avail him nothing ii
would only bring him continued dis
tress.
lie paced the room. bordering. and
came 70 q halt beside the spotted little
dresser. Last weeks Shoestrins Ban.
ner lay there and he stared 1T the
smudgy lines. unseeing. Unsee-
ing until his Idly rowing eyes fell on
the heavily typed words.
REIKNAP & GoRBEL
lie leaned lower and read what was
The Nome nugget., 1933-06-03
MORGAN INVESTIGATION RECESSED

WASHINGTON, June 2, (APl- The Morgan investigation recessed for the week end after counsel Davis protested against the quest ioning direced to Thomas Lamont, Jr. partner, apparently relating to his income. He was told to get further information after he denied he knew the answer to a list of questions.
 The officers and directors of corporations to whom personal loans were extended by Morgan was aired. They induced E. w. Marland, Oklahoma representative; Robert Olds, former State Depart- ment official Frank Stearns; ''Friend Coolidge;" and others.
 The suggestion that some bar gain price stock was offered. to British and Belgian kings was denied.
 George Whitney. another part ner, who told of Morgan's particip- ation in the late 1929 stock activ- ities, said that a few bankers with a quarter of billion at their fin gers, supported the crashing mar ket. Morgan sold over million shares at more than million pro fit. exclusively of interest. although he believed they would have taken loss on them pfevieasIy 6a.
The Nome nugget., 1933-06-03
STARTS AROUND
 THE WORLD FLIGHT
 DUE NOME IN 4 DAYS

NEW YORK, June 3rd, tAP)-- James Mattern. aviation's Jack of all trades, streaked away from the Floyd Bennett Field at 4:20 AM Eastern standard time today on a single handed /2hight around the globe.
 The plane is due to arrive Nome in about four days He flew the refueiing ship in connection with the Robbins and Jones nonstop flight from Seattle to Tokyo via Nome, when, due to fog conditions at Nome, they were compelled to abandon. the flight.
The Nome nugget., 1933-06-03
 ROBOT CONTROLLED PLANE .- ....... LANDS NEW YORK

NEW YORK, June 3rd, (AP)-- Captain Frank Hawkes. landed on Floyd Bennett Field at 10:16 PM Eastern standard time He left Los Angeles Friday in robot con troIled plane, cutting more than four hours off his nonstop record |of 17hrs 36 min. made in June. 1929. In short trans-continen- tal flight. Captain James Haizlip, made the flight in 10 hrs, 19 min. last August.