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my name" George stammered.
In that trunk? You're crazyr
He hardly knew his own voice. 1t
fell upon the silent room like a blast
of fear.
Ames shook his head.
YOU'RE a clever man, Griswald
but no man is clever enough to
circumvent the invisible forces that
work while he sleeps"
He detached the letter from the
document.
ITO George Griswald, or to whom
it may concern -" he read. In the
letter. the writer explained his mo-
tive for taking the gold-dust from
his partner. George Griswald, beg
ging his. Griswald's forgiveness. and
asking him to remember that the
doctors had given him but few
years to live. The letter called his
former partners attention to the
fact that the writer had spent not a
cent of the principal - had lived
frugally upon the modest income.
George felt the ground sink from
beneath his feet. He seemed to be
slipping into an abyss. A horrifed
protest rushed to his lips, but died.
there, inarticulated. As in a daze he
heard the lieutenant say in his
smooth. suave voice that beat on
Georges ears like the monotonous
waves on a far-off shore:
Everything you see on this table
with the exception of four bequests
of one dollar each, to relatives, is
yours. Griswald. This is the last will
and testament of William Bendix -
alias James Sanderson. Handcuff
him, Sergeant. That's Doctor Shale
coming up the steps,"
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any correspondence with relatives"
He paused and looked across the
table at George with curious con-
oentrated intentness, which. safe as
he felt, caused something like a chill
draft to strike the back of Griswald's
neck. So real was the illusion that
he glanced over his shoulder at the
door through which Sergeant Rice
had just entered.
"Sort of a hermit, ehl" he heard
himself say.
Looks that way" said Ames.
Hello, what's thisl"
The lieutenant had picked up a
large legal-looking envelope. Upon
it was written: To be opened in
case of my death
George Lit cigarette. The lighted
match shook. He blew it out and
tossed it in the corner nervously.
then pulled himself together.
Ames slit the envelope and drew
from it a document. George watched
him. A letter was attached to the
document with a metal clip. The
ieutenant's face was non-com-
militant.
Ever hear of any one by the
name of Bendix, Griswald William
Bendix1"
George felt something snap within
his brain. The room seemed sud-
denly to become hot too hot for
comfort. He moistened his lips with
the tip of his tongue.
"Never, Lieutenant" he said.
That's queer" said Ames. "be-
cause your name-George Griswald
is mentioned here in conjunction
with his"
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THIS WEEK

remember hearing the order to fire.
He was only aware afterwards that
he felt the hot barrel of his rife, and
that he was trembling. and that
there was a cold sweat under his
steel casque. He had fired into the
crowd. The other men in his COM
pany had fired. They too stood
there, white-faced, with tight lips.
Somebody must have given a
command. 1t had been obeyed auto
matically by well-trained men.
They had fired into the human mass
surging in the Place de la Concorde,
from which there came after a
moments silence - screams and
groans, and a general cry of horror.
There was a stampede among them.
They were trampling each other
underfoot.
do you see a red beret over
there2" asked CASTOR in a hoarse
voice.
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got the pattern from your firm. That
was last August" - she gave me a
wicked sidelong look - lust before
my husbands first wife went out to
Reno"
And you still think Mr.. Arroway
will like the paper?"
"Sure he will - when he sees me
against it." She balanced for an in
slant before mirror in her sweeping
draperies. "What do you call the
animals?"
Twas sorry for Sam Arroway. but
who was I to interfere with the mills
ofthe gods and their small grindinga
They're tropical birds without
any heart" ! answered. The old
lady called them - love birds. But
she was wrong"
And / took the order, remember
ing my Cousin Meg's most haunting
eyes.
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Love Birds
Continued from, preceding pose

Especially older people. My hus-
bands a lot older than me-"
do you think he'll like the
paper, Mrs. Arrowayl"
"You mean it won't suit him 30
well as it will mel Well, maybe
you're right at that, but he won't
have to see himself against it. He'll
be looking" she chuckled. "at me-"
She touched herself lightly on the
breast and, by that gesture. I knew
that she had been an actress. How
soon can you do the room over
completel"
calculated. 1T oughtn't to take
more than a week."
MY husbands off on a business
trip for ten days. 1t should be ready
for him when he gets back then2
Good. I saw the paper in a lady's
room. an old lady's room. Can you
imagine it1 And l found out she'd
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Sacred Namew said his COM
rade on the right. 81 don't like firing
at unarmed folks. It's massacre.
What swine gave Us the order to
firel"
Among the dead and wounded
who were carried into the Restau-
rant Weber in the Rue Royale, which
became a casualty clearing station.
was young girl in a red beret. Her
blood stained the white cloth on one
of the tables.
1t was never established with any
certainty who gave the order to fire
on the sixth of February in Paris
last year. The Minister of Justice
denied this responsibility. The Pre-
feet of Police denied it. The officer
who commanded the troops denied
it.
1T was a massacre" said the
people of Paris, among whom is
CASTOR Boucher. serving behind the
counter of a drapery store. He did
not take that apartment in the Rue
Montmartre. There is another yirl
in the flower market by the
Madeleine.
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Continued from, page fspo

respectable bourgeois crowd. But
they seemed to be angry and agi-
tated. They were booing the police.
They were pulling some of the gardes
mobiles out of their saddles. Many of
them were armed with bits of iron
from the railing around the trees,
and with wooden slaves torn from
the newspaper kioslss.
CASTOR Boucher remembered
afterwards some of the faces in the
crowd. He remembered one man
who had been slashed by a police
baton. There was a trickle of blood
down his right cheek. CASTOR
Boucher remembered afterwards
that one of the gardes mobiles had
drawn his sword and was slashing
at a group of men trying to drag
him off his horse. CASTOR Boucher
remembered every incident of this
affair, until a moment or two when
his mind went blank. He could never
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red of skin. not ruddy. with a delib-
erately springy step and an eye,
veiled. but bright with questing.
The dabs of white on his temples
looked as artificial as Cousin Meg's
red curls. Above me. I heard
Cousin Meg's greeting, for she had
run out at the sound of his step.
1000. sweetheart! Not off yet
for the day9 How lovely" He went
up the rest of the fight, not eagerly.
and wondered if Cousin Sam were
alover of dogs. Sammy, I'm having
my rooms done over for you. Love
birds - won't that be sweet9"
VERY sweet" said Sam.
"Oh. I'm sorry you didn't get in
in time for Joe. l wanted him to see
my husband"
The pride in her voice, the
humble. anxious pride and the dry
little perfmctory word with which
he answered her, drove me in haste
to the front door. l was young but I
was able to recognize tragedy.
The papering and decoration were
put into the hands of the appropriate
mechanics and very soon after my
successful visit to Cousin Meg, was
sent to the Buffalo store on an i'm
portant order. l did not get back to
New York until the autumn of the
next year. Oddly enough - though
by a quite natural accident, as I was
to discover - I had not been back a
fortnight when I received another
demand for Cousin Meg s love birds.
A woman's voice. nonchalant and
young.
II wonder if you can find me a
certain wall paper. It's a pattern of
birds and bamboo. Very bright COL
ored tropical birds"
II think l know the one you
mean. / may be able to get it. Would
you like me to bring you over the
sample to make sure2"
"Yes. please. The name? Oh, it's
Mrs. Samuel Arroway." She gave a
number and hung up.
Twas startled, but had no leisure
for inquiry or investigation. Not an
hour Later, was admitted to a
charming penthouse apartment.
overlooking the East River. 1t was
ablaze with October sun. and wind
from the harbor stirred its curtains.
Everything was new, freshly done.
The bedroom I was asked to re-
paper had been only recently decor
ated in lavender. My client was
twenty-four or twenty-five years
old, tall, round, slender, with that
queer, graceful insolence of New
York youth. She swayed about in a
slender black robe as supple as a
panthes's coat, and waved a cigar
cite in a Jade holder.
Lavender IS such a lousy color"
she said. Don't you think bright
oolors sort of brighten people up1
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the grass, a hundred miles from
Paris"
There's nothing wrong with
Paris" said Yvonne. II like to be in
a crowd. Paris is, after all, Paris"
That's true" said CASTOR. But
these people in this restaurant are
all talking nonsense and making a
loud noise, which prevents me from
talking to you"
II was in the front line trenches
for four years." shouted one of the
elderly men. did l fight for this
iniquity, these ruffians, these -"
The young men at the other near
by table were making a great din.
Down with this government of
. apaches!' shouted one of them.
CASTOR put his big paw on the
hand of Yvonne and fondled it.
1--we no patience with politics."
he said. What do they matter to
you and mel"
, They had another kiss outside
the swing door before he strode
away. He turned twice to look back
at her and she waved her hand be-
fore darting across the road with its
tide of traffic. He could see her red
beTet between the taxis.
That afternoon he marched with
his company to a position in front
of the Chamber of Deputies. One of
his comrades spoke to him.
There's going to be trouble, old
man. We shall get a few stones on
our pates."
1t was evident that trouble was
expected. There were enormous
numbers of police outside the
Chamber. The mounted men
sardes sso6iles were massed in a
side street.
Castor paid little attention. He
was in day dream. He was think
ing of Yvonne. She had a pretty
way with her. That was why 80
many fellows stopped to buy flowers
at her stall. Of course she tiirted with
them bit. 1t was good business.
She had been very loyal to him
during his military service. She had
turned down his sergeant all right
and heaps of Others.
Alot of people were moving about
the Place de Ia Concorde. The police
kept moving them on until presently
there were too many OF them. They
surged about restlessly. Some dem
onstration. 1t was probably some
thing to do with the Stavisky affair.
A few heads would be broken of
course. The police were already
doing a bit of work with their
batOns.
Yvonne wouldn't see anything of
this turbulence. thought CASTOR.
She was safe up there outside the
Madeleine. Yvonne. thought Cas-
ton, standing in the front rank of his
company. was just the girl for him.
There was a lot of noise in the
Place de la Concorde. The police
seemed to be trying to break up the
crowd. The gardes mobiles were on
the move. Their horses were rearing
among the densely packed people.
There were shouts and yells and
screams. Some of the gardes mobiles
were unseated by things flying
through the air - bottles. sticks,
kstones. Quite scuffle. A riote That
pwd in the Place de Ia Conoorde
ked as though all Paris was
,ing it's way towards this bridge,
e de Ia Conoorde, which led to
Chamber of Deputies. II they
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Stories
DON'T GOMEZ
B Y THE YARD
Many famous writers have
expressed their approval of
THIS WEEKS editorial
plan which puts a premium
on brilliance and briefness.
Many have welcomed the
opportunity to write swiftly
and tersely, without pad
ding" to fit a conventional
word-length.
HIS EEK breaks
away from this old editorial
formula. 1t is paced to the
speed of the times. Stories
are shorter and swifter. Ar
ticles never drag.
Irwin S. Cobb calls it "a
promising adventure" l. A.
r. Wylie says it is "a chal-
lenge and an opportunity;
Octavus Roy Cohen thinks
"stories both good and
brief" are what the public
wants. And P. G. Wode-
house, that standby Of edi-
tors, claims his latest serial*
"is better in this shorter
form, as the condensation
makes for swiftness of ac-
tion", although he had
enough material for a thirty
thousand worder.
'Of course you're reading Laugh.
ing Cas-
Ask your news
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MAGAZINE |
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COAL STRIKE NOW
FEARED INEVITABLE
Hopes of Averting WaIkout
of 100000 Wane.
By Lnitcd Press

~ 4 WtiCU RFCSS
WASHINGTON, June ia mine
strike tieing up the nations soft
coal fields appeared virtually GER
tain today as less than 48 hours re-
NAMED before the deadline for ces-
sation of work.
Although wage contracts covering
some 100000 union miners will not
expire until midnight Sunday, June
Is, operations in q majority of
mines are scheduled 10 cease Friday
night at completion of the 35-hour
work week.
Although there was no reliable in
dication action would be taken to
avert a strike three possibilities
stood out:
l, Passage by Congress of the Guf-
fey coal regulation bill which a ma
jority of operators claim would per-
nit new wage contracts.
2. An agreement by United Mine
Workers to suspend the strike call
temporarily in the hope that Con-
gresS will act
3. A dramatic laSt-minute appeal
from the White House asking the
miners to stay at work until the Soft
coal industry's problems can be
worked out
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HITS
SIZZLING PACE
Reaches IS Degrees, :
Higher Than Last Year;
Rain Predicted.

indianapolis sweltered today as
the temperature scared to IS de-
grees at noon, attaining a point IA
degrees above normal.
While the temperature was de-
grees above the mark set for June
IS last year, it was not as bad as it
might have been. The record heat
for June Is is 95 degrees and that
mark was set in 1894.
Coming on the heels of unusually
low temperatures, the hot weather
climbed to 81 yesterday afternoon.
4 degrees above 1884 readings for
the same day.
Swimming pools were thronged.
Merchants welcomed booming
market for hot weather foods and
clothing
Relief was predicted for tomorrow.
Showers we're expected to break the
heat wave during Friday Until then
forecasters predicted little change in
temperature.
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tors in history to fly the 24l0-
mile eXpanSe Of water be-
tween the California coast and
Hawaiian Islands more than once
Defvnc rain squalls and forecasts
n evcIonic conditions over the Pa
cifc the Clipper SCARED from its
East San Francisco Bsy terminal At
5 o. m. indianapolis time yester-
day.
Time ~ the fight pared - min
utes from che Clippers previous
record. established or the east-west
fight April Is and II.
Todav's Journey was completed m
Il hours 81 minutes. compared 10
The first flight record Of IL hours
30 minutes
The ship slipped down 70 per-
feet landing and TAXED to the shore
ramp.
It's arrival created only mild in
ferrSt m Honolulu A minimum Ct
rreetprs we're on hand To receive the
Aiers nm contrast 70 the tumultuous
crowds which welcomed the Clip
per- crew on Its first flight two
months ago
The attitude of the aviators-calm
and treating the fight as A COM
monplace event-appesred to have
been transmitted IN a measure TO
the CitIZenry-
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CORONER ENDS
BURNS INQUIRY
Accepts Rays Theory That
Woman Killed Husband,
Took Own Life.

Coroner William E Arbuckle to-
day capitulated to the theory of
Sheriff Otto Ray that Mrs. Minnie
Burns fatally shot her husband,
Jerome, the night of May Il, and
then fed the home at 1926 W. Nor
ris-st and killed herself in a near
by ditch.
After his autopsy on the body of
Mrs. Burns was completed, DR.. Ar
buckle said that it is a 10 to l
chance that the sheriff's theory is
right and indicated that the case
is closed.
Yesterday Dr. Arbuckle an
nounced that circumstances sur
rounding the shooting led him to
believe that both of the victims
might have been murdered by a
third person or persons.
BalliStics experts established that
the gun found under the body of
Mrs. Burns had fired both the bull
let's that killed Mr. Burns and the
bullets that killed Mrs. Burns.
Private services for Mrs. Burns
will be at 10 tomorrow at Royster
g. Askin Funeral Home, 1902 N. Me-
ridian-st
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today for Shanhaikwan and
Chingwangtao, few miles
southwark, the United Press
learned.
The rumor spread among
intelligence officers Of the for
eign garrison, whose duty it is 10
gather such information.
Spokesman for the Japanese high
command said they could neither
confirm nor deny the rumor. A new
crisis seemed approaching swiftly
over an apparent japanese move
for extended domination.
There is a railway direct from
Shanhaikwan to Tientsin. Shan
haikwan is at the junction of the
coast and the Great Wall. The SOL
6iers involved we're reported to be of
the Kwantung army in Manchoukuo.
Chahar providence, northwest of
the Peiping- Tientsin area, was indi-
Gated as one probable theater of
action. Foreign military sources
heard that forces from the japanese
army had reached Shan
Eaikwan and occupied the telegraph
offices. 1t was explained, the in
formal ton said. that they were part
of replacement troops for TientSin.
These men would be a separate
force from any in the Chahar area
to the northwest.
japanese troops also we're moving
from the Great Wall
more directly north of Peiping. A
spokeman confirmed that a few
men of the Kwantung
army proceeded yesterday from
Kupeikow. a pass on the Great Wall,
to Miyun IS miles south in the di-
rection of Peiping. He gave as the
reason the lack of adequate bar
racks at Kupeikow.
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NEARLY SCORE FERA
MEN STRICKEN WITH
PTOMAINE POISONING
Police were informed this after

Police were informed this after
noon that between 10 and Is
FERA workers on a street i'm
provement project at Randolph
and Kelly-Sts were stricken sud-
denly with an illness believed to
be ptomaine poisoning.
Their foreman called police and
two ambulances we're sent to the
scene where several of those
stricken appeared to be in critical
condition.
The men had eaten, the fore
man said, at about II o'clock and
had returned to their jobs. All,
apparently, became i'll at about the
same time.
Capt. Jesse McMurtry said the
food had been prepared at the
FERA kitchens and sent to the
men on the job.
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KIDNAPERS TO
ESCAPE DEATH
AbduCtorS of Boy Make
Deal With G Men, Aid
Mahan Hunt.
Copyright. 1885. by United Press,

TACOMA. Wash. June l3.-HaT-
mon and Margaret Valley. confessed
kidnapers of 9-year-old George
Weyerhaeuser, will escape the pos
sibility Of death sentence through
deal" with Federal authorities.
is vas reported today.
The reports. not confirmed, said
the Valleys would be prosecuted
solely under the Federal Lindbergh
law IN return for information about
William Mahan, their accomplice in
the kidnapping, now hunted in Mon
tana and Canada.
Less drastic than the Washington
state law which permits the jury
10 fix death for the mere commits
sion of a kidnapping. the Federal
law provides for the death penalty
only where victim has been harmed,
but permits life sentence in cases
like the Weyerhaeuser abduction, in
which the 9-year-old schoolboy was
returned uninjured after payment
Of 100000 ransom. Georges alb
ductorS took special pains not to
narm him. Iney tOld MN he
was too valuable to hurt"
Federal authorities remained in
charge of the Valleys today, al
though they were confined in the
new county Jail at Olympia, the
state capital.
The Valleys were brought here
from Salt Lake City by plane yes
terday. -Four Federal officials guard
ed them in the heavily curtained
plane. On their arrival they were
taken directly to the office OF United
States Commissioner H. G. Fitch.
They affected an air of bravado
as they listened to reading of the
charge that they violated the Lind
bergh kidnapping law in transporting
the kidnapped boy into Idaho and
the Federal laws against using the
mails 10 extort.
Chewing gum vigorously, Marga-
let pleaded not guilty" in a clear
voice Her husband slouched as he
answered. Not guilty" Bail was set
at 100000 for each on three indi-
vidual charges. They waived pre-
liminary hearing.
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Picture on Page Three

A great Wabash Valley develop
ment similar to the Tennessee
Valley Authority may some day be
set up in Indiana along lines now
being worked out in the IVA. David
z. Lilienthal. IVA director end
general counsel. SAID before leaving
Indianapolis yesterday.
Mr. Lillenth7l said that while no
definite plans for the Indiana prof.
ect had been made the contem-
plated Wabash Valley Authority
would provide a power development.
food control system and land rec.
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Wabash Project Patterned After IVA
Predicted for State by LiIienthdI

left last night for Michigan City to
visit his parents and he will attend
the fifteenth reunion of his class at
De Paw University before return
ing to his Tennessee headquarters.
Mayor Kern entertained Mr..
Lilienthal at a luncheon in the In
dianapolis Athletic Club. At the
luncheon the plans for the city's
operation of the Citizens Gas Co.
we're outlined by the Mayor and Of
fcials of the City Utilities District.
Mr. Lilienthal said that under the
proposed set-up he saw no reason
why the company could not be oper-
a.ed successfully by the city.
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BY THOMAS B. MORGAN
United Press staff Correspondent
fCopyrieht. 1895. BY United Press

ROME, June 13-Italy is seeking
to establish a protectorate over
Abyssinia, retaining the present
dynasty of Emperor Halle Selassie
I, it was said authoritatively today.
Abyssinia, it was said, was ready
to cede to Italy the province OF
Ogaden, to be joined 10 Italian So
maitland.
Ogaden borders on Italian ard
British Somaliland 1t is triangular
in shape, and fat, between the
mountains and the coastal strip Of
Italian Son1ahland to the east. 1t
was the scene o. the clashes be-
tween Italians and Abyssinian
rribesmen which led to the present
crisis.
Italy, 1t was said. regarded the es-
Enlistment of a protectorate as
practicable. believing 1t could be ar
ranged by getting the consent Of
Great Britain and France to the
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lamation similar to the work now
being done in Tennessee.
The Wabash development is but
one of many such projects contem-
plated by the Federal government
Mr.. Lilienthal declared.
Even before work on the local de-
velopment is done Indiana will de-
rive great benefits from the IVA
in that the power operations there
will bring about q general reduction
Of electric rates through the Mid
vest. he said.
While in the city Mr. Lilienthal
was the guest of Mayor John W.
Kern, one of his classmates al Har-
ward Law School. Mr.. Lilienthal