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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1935-12-13
haven would be the little apartment
on West 98th Street.

haven would be the little apartment
on West 98th Street.
erich or poor, blind or seeing, I'll
never leave you, Carter!" Lucinda
was saying, in a choking voice, tears
running down her face as she kissed
her husband.
The sale of the Chalaire family
jewels reluctantly wrung from
predatory Zita) .. had even in these
hard times realized $4,000.
There had been much less owing
to the creditors than Carter had
imagined After everyone was paid,
there would be a sum of $4,000 left
for the young couple.
But the best news of all came from
the eye specialists! Day by day, Car
ter had gradually been learning to
distinguish objects -.
Came the time when he could real
ly see the lovely vision that was his
wife, Lucinda, in the blue satin gown
and brocade wrap he had given her
in the hot-headed days of their court
ship.
"We're going to the Ritz to cele-
brate. We've been married exactly
two weeks today" Lucinda told him
blithely.
She didn't even have to help him
down the stairs and into the taxi.
Wonder Of wonders! it was Carter
who guided her now!
"You look beautiful, Lucinda!
You're true blue!' Well forget the
past! Well make our own way!
We've everything in front of us!"
He grinned at her boyishly, there
in the restaurant of the Ritz Carlton.
He ordered everything expensive on
the menu, in his old, lordly way. That
was a sure sign of his physical and
spiritual recovery, she told herself.
She smiled at him. "The New
Deal
He said: "You betcha, Lucinda"
THE END
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1935-12-13
SYNOPSIS

Ten days after beautiful Lucinda
StanfOrd's meeting with wealthy Car
ter Chalaire, he confesses his love
for her. However, socially prominent
Zita Van Worst has her cap set for
Carter with the approval of his moth
er. Lucinda is happy in the thought
that Carter wants to marry her but
her heart sinks when, in reply to her
question as to what his mother will
say, he replies: "MOther needn't know
a thing about it..What's it got to do
with my family?" Then one night,
Carter does not appear. The next
evening, Lucinda learns from Bubbles,
her gOld-digging sister, that Carter
Zita. The same night, Catrer calls
but says nothing of his engagement
although he speaks of the futility OF
life and how, when one really begins
to learn what happiness means, some
thing hobs up to spoil it. Carter IN
duces Lucinda to go to Lake MahOpac
for the weekend. AS a result, she
loses her position as an advertisement
writer, but secures another as hostess
at a fashionable gambling establish
ment. One evening, Carter visits the
club while intoxicated and loses $780,
600. Later, he hears the proprietor
tell Lucinda that her commission on
the loss is $4OO. Although she is In.
nocent Carter believes Lucinda framed
him and breaks with her.
Carter marries Zita but they do
not get along. During an argument
with her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Cha
laire dies of heart attack.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1935-12-13
CHAPTER XII

The Stock Exchange firm of Cha
laire Incorporated was indeed in a
bad way. Mrs. Jeremy Chalaire had
scarcely been laid away to rest when
the blow fell 1t seemed that Jeremy
Chalaire had headed the pool manipu-
lating the liquor stock, which crash
ed deplorably. Four hundred thous-
and dollars must be raised at once,
to meet the stock deliveries before the
closing of the market at three o'clock
otherwise the firm would be sus-
pended from the Exchange!
The banks refused any more loans.
Jeremy Chalaire was frantic. His
son dashed home to his Park Avenue
apartment to take the family jewels
and put them up as collateral. The
butler informed him that his wife had
gone to lunch at famous speakeasy
in the Fifties. The jewels were not
in Zita's room. Carter dashed there
at top. speed, for already it was al
most half past one.
He found Zita in the bar with an
other woman and two notorious wo-
men-chasers. 1t was with the great
est difficulty that he dragged her
way from them, even though he in
sisted that his news was important.
She stared at him coldly when he told
her that she must give up the jew
els. Nor would she say anything
until he had driven her back to their
apartment in his car, when she sneer-
ingly informed him that the jewels
were not there!
"Good Lord! You dared to waste
this time. Zita, don't you realize
that every second is precious? It's
already after two. The Exchange
closes at three! And that'll be our
finishw
81 tell you the jewels aren't in this
apartment! And even if they were,
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1935-12-13

little apartment. "And I can jolly
we'll understad it, too, for his bust
ness is gone, his family gone, and
that rat of Zita has jolly well left
the sinking ship!"
BERTHE, who seemed to be every
where, these days of warm Septem-
Der, had a further blow to unfold
81 say, I just heard the most ghast-
ly bit of news in the Yale Club-from
that Brighter who dined at the Cha
laires' house the night the old lady
died-he told me that Carter has been
hitting it up terribly in liquor, and
now he's in hospital somewhere or
other, stone blind from some bad
booze he picked up!"
Later she was to read that the Cha
laires' country house-or rather, the
entire contents thereof-were to be
sold at auction.
The sale was on a Saturday after
noon. Wanting to take a last look
at the room where her love for Car
ter had it's birth, and perhaps plan
ming to purchase some little trifle
as a memento of her great romance,
Lucinda took a train to Hewlett, and
the auction.
Down in her subconscious mind she
had the hope HE might be there
No matter what had happened
no matter how he had treated her in
the past, or what their misunderstood
ings might have been she still
loved him.
It was by the scent of jasmin in
her hair-or perhaps her little stifled
sob-that Carter found her in the
garden.
They had been standing quite close.
She had smiled timidly at him, her
heart laundering.
But he had turned his head away,
giving her direct cut. -.
1t was then that Lucinda had CIV
en- vent to the sound that was like
some tiny animal in pain.
"Good Lord! Is it's it Lucinda ?"
he had whispered.
The sale was over, the crowd had
thinned out. His fine dark eyes
looked the same-but with a terrible
shock she realized that BERTHE had
been right-he was blind! He could
not see her!
"For richer, for poorer, for bet
ter or worse!" Carter was beside her,
and in Lucinda's ears were the grave,
sweet words of the marriage cere-
mony.
There would be no honeymoon, in
the travel sense. Carter was an in
valid. He had no money now. Their
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1935-12-13

you wouldn't get them, for without
them what would be left to me?" she
iibed. with the firm gone broke
all I'd get out of my marriage would
be handsome, penniless husband! No
thanks! l stick to the jewels! They're
mine!"
"They're not! You've only got
custody of them! My mother didn't
leave a will. And even if she had
they belong to the family. Where
are they, Zita?"
She declined fatty to tell him. For
fifteen frantic minutes they argued
Then Carter lost control of himself
He rushed at her, catching her by the
throat. He shouted: "You'd see us
ruined for few baubles, you"
She struggled with him. She was
terrified now. She painted: "They're
in the bank downtown, in the safe
deposit vault" But when he let her
go, demanding that she give him the
key, she moaned that she had no idea
were it was, that he had better go
to the bank himself. 80.
But now it was too safe! Carter
flung himself frantically into his
car, and ignoring lights and posi-
BILE ''tickets" sped down town.
But despite his haste, the traffic
held him up several times. He was
looming down Fourth Avenue when
the big clock that tops City Hall
ponderusly struck three times!
Eight minutes later he drew up
outside the building on Wall Street
where Chalaire Incorporated had it's
office. Directly in front of him at
the curb was an ambulance.
A little knot Of people had col
lected. Chalaire leapt from his car.
The door-keeper, looking very scared
stopped him as he entered the build
ing.
"rM. Chalaire, sir +. bad mess, sir
:. your father -" the man slut
tered. He broke off, staring at the
ambulance.
"Good Lord. For him? :"
A frightened little office-boy was
guarding the door of Jeremy Cha
laire's private sanctum. There was
a sound of voices inside. Carter
thrust his way past the boy.
A Whitehead ambulance-attendant
and a doctor were STOPPING over the
body, which lay on leather-covered
couch in a corner. Jeremy's secre-
tary, an efficient girl who had been
there for eight years, was sobbing
quietly. After the report of the gun,
she had been the first to find him
slumped on his desk.
Some clerks and customers men
were near the door, inside the room.
They made way for the son of their
boss.
ooh, r. Carter, I was in the outer
room! 1t was just as the clock struck
three on City Hall -. the shot
came! )"
Carter thrust the girl aside.
A blood-soaked bandage was about
his fathers head. Yet, strangely
enough, there was peaceful look on
his face as he lay there on the couch.
dad! Good Lord! Oh, why did
you do it? Why? :" Like a tor
rent, memory of the long years of
his fathers kindness and patience
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-30
X REGISTERED

OMORROW the entire Store you'll find
bargains Odds
drastic reductions clear selling Be-
PLEASE NO LAYAWAYS o. u
PHONE ORDERS!
, 1935-01-29

are going to have plenty to con-
slider.
TWO problems will he uppermost
In all minds when President VIII
liam Green bangs the gavel. First
is the bitter row that has split the
building trade wice open. Second
is the threat OF industrialists To set
up a national association Of ON
pany unions that would function In
organized opposition to the "A.
r. Of L.
Both are large sized headaches Tor
the laborites.
Balance - Organized labor Lead
ers are relying at the moment on
Senator Robert r. Wagner's new
labor disputes bill to head off any
nationwide coalition or company
unions. They understand this bill
is to prohibit employer assistance to
employees I'm forming labor organi-
cations
Unfortunately for the A. +. or r.
this bill hasn't been introduced yet.
much less passed.
Members OF the "A. ". or r.. exc
cutive council don't cotton much to
the argument OF big business that
creation OF q national association of
company unions would simply put
two parties into labor as into poll
tics q well-organized minority
always balancing the majority
which happened % be in power.
Veteran observers on labor history,
however, think privately that the
fat boys are sowing dragons teeth
for themselves when they try to
make their handpicked unions U
preme. singly Dr. collectively.
After the railroad shop strike Of
1922 this was tried. 1t didn't work.
Furthermore. many Of the d0cile
company unions gradually evolved
and were taken over by new blood
to become fighting. striking. col
lectively bargaining units or the
first water.
Perhaps It would be useful TO have
In due course they could combine
the company unions amalgamated
with "A. r. Of L. and put labor where
It's leaders intend II TO be.
Guesses - The senate may rip
open the economic security bill.
Secretary Perkins told the house
committee that all its provisions
should 60 through - any plan TO
segregate classes OF beneficiarieS
would destroy the symmetry OF the
scheme elaborated by the presidents
committee.
Senator Borah wants the Towns
end Plan discussed. Senator Hast
ings says the security bill fools con-
gress and the people - that old
people would draw down only s2.7e
a month or Whereabouts. Other SEN
, 1935-01-29
HOPE FOR REPUBLICANS IN
FUTURE CONFLICT!

One of the most entertaining of indoor
games for winter evenings is trying to
figure out what is going to happen to the
republican party.
Is it dead, waiting only the services of
coroner and mortician? Is it just sick,
waiting for the services of a doctor? Or is
1t beginning a slow but sure recovery
which will presently carry it back to full
health and national power?
DR.. Charles A. Beard, historian, sug-
gests that one way to answer these ques-
tons is to look at history. In the current
issue of Scribner's Magazine he takes such
a look, and from it he concludes that the
@. o. p. is a long way from dead, in spite
of the merciless s~hellacking it has had to
take.
Twice before, he says, there has been a
great upheaval of forgotten men at the
polls. The first took place in 1900 and put
Thomas jefferson in the White House; the
second occurred in 1923 and resulted in
the election Of Andrew jackson.
Each time the party Of wealth and
power was showed under and the "revo-
luton looked like a permanent thing.
But each time war and the development Of
business enterprise put the rich and pow
erful back in the saddle.
The Jeffersonian revolution went along
swimmingly until we got into the war of
1912. The wars end found American
industry, stimulated by war expenditures,
a giant in comparison with its previous
status; it also found an immense public
debt in the hands of bankers and business
men.
So the forgotten man had toigather his
forces for a new assault. This came in the
election Of Jackson; and this time the
revolution looked even more like a solid
and everlasting affair. But once again
business enterprise went ahead at an I'M
foreseen pace, And once again there came
a war-the Civil War, this time-to upset
the balance still further.
When the dust had cleared away, the
elements Jackson had overthrown were
firmly re-established.
Now we have the Roosevelt revolu-
tion," with the republican party taking an
awful beating. Is the new state of affairs
to be permanent?
DR.. Beard sees no reason for thinking
SO. The economic base has not shifted.
, 1935-01-29

The New Deal has not taken the instru-
mentalities of economic power from their
former possessors. And dark on the
horizon lies the shadow Of a new possible
war-a Pacific war, this time. dimly seen
but threatening.
Studying all this in the light Of his
tory, DIR. Beard sees little reason to look
for permanence in the overthrow Of forces
for which the republican party has been
the spokesman.
, 1935-01-29

been TO see her. there In the silk
mill.
II wonder" he asked himself for
the dozenth time. what her name
is?"
THERE were ways to find out. OF
H. course. There must be. why
couldn't no Just 10 up 10 that blE
fellow In the room where she
worked and say. "That girl there
yes. the second one from the aisle
What's her manner"
That would be the simple. direct
way. but he couldn't do It. He
couldn't because he was Brian
Westmore. whose father had built
the mill. who would one day own
IL. and she was q mill girl
He could scarcely believe II. even
yet There were dozens on mod.
erately wellto-do families In the
town. They lived In attractive
homes out on Wells Avenue or Liv-
ingston Street.
He had supposed the girl skating
on the river that night vas one
or them. Sooner or later. he'd been
sure. he'd run into her at the Coun-
try Club or on q downtown street.
or out with some crowd RE hadn't
dreamed he'd find her herein the
mill.
Was that why she'd run away
the other nlght- before he got back
with tie carr
Brian wondered about that And
again hs wondered what her name
was-this girl with the gray eyes
and dark brows and the head get
20 proudly on her shoulders. She'c
been plucky. Kept her head and
her nerve or he'd never been able
TO keep her from going under the
Ice. Yes. she'd been game.
She was out there now. I'm that
huge. gray room with the roaring.
grcaning machines and the whirl
ing spindles and the girls whose
arms moved like machines. to0-up
and down. up and down. Brian mad
seen her. bending forward doing
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, 1935-01-29

ators insist that the bill Is a shrewd
scheme TO gain control over the
states through the power Of federal
cash - MS N that hadn't been ac-
complished already.
The fact Is that figures and esti-
mates r gueSswUrk. No one knows
what the bill would produce and
, 1935-01-29

after notification Of intent
A nationally known drug chain
decided To become wholesalers for
the benefit OF its drug stores. A rep
resentative called at FAHA with
tentative gin and whSkey labels 70
make sure they didn't infringe ON
other brands.
, 1935-01-29

still less what the states viii do -
and fail to do.
jam - Regulations OF the Federal
Alcohol control administration re-
quire that any person desiring TO Eo
into the wholesale liquor business
must furnish sample copies or his
prospective labels within ten days
, 1935-01-29

something with jerking fingers. He
hadn't been able 20 hear what
Thatcher was saying because Of the
uproar In the room. The air was
too warm: the whole place a blur
or gray and black-dizzy. whirling
motion and grating noise.
Thatcher said all those girls were
well-paid-
Brian wished. suddenly. that he
could talk 10 the girl with the
gray eyes. She could tell him
things he wanted 70 know.
MEANWHILE here he was In this
- shining new once with the
door on which no one knocked. the
memorandum pad that was blank.
the telephone that never rang.
ne had q report Thatcher had
given him 10 read and he'd read A
through twice. The whole thing
might have been 80 much Greek.
for all he understood &C.
Its only because this Ia the drsi
day" Brian told himself. ut won't
be like this tomorrow
The telephone rang
Brian lifted the receiver. said
Hello" and recognized Vicky's
voice. 'How's the new captain Of
industry?- she demanded.
Hardly n captain" Inc. told her.
More OF q cabin boy. How's the
pampered parasite?"
vicky laughed Brian she said
I'm I'm q mess"
"What sort or q mess7"
"Oh. it'H nothing 10 dreadful. On
ly | don't want Father % know. Lis
ten. win you do something for
meg-
Say the world" he told her. a
hope I haven't committed myself
TO anything worse than setting ire
10 a bank or robbing the u. :
mail"
vicky laughed again. ~Aren't you
sweet No. IT'S not nearly 90 bad
as that. I'm out a. a garage On
Surrey Road-near PIkesvIIle- n
Baa drivingl n little TOO Cast. 4
, 1935-01-29
I-SILK[EN- &P[NQLES
A%np% Ru&naD epss Ne. SERVICE NO

guess. on that long hin this side U
Pikesville. There's a turn nc thi
bottom and-weIl. instead or turn
ing | hit N tree"
Are you hurt?"
"Not q scratchl But there's
something wrong with tho car.
They're working on IL here NJ the
garage. Some people came along
and towed me this FAR. Its going
10 take hours and hours before the
cars ready-maybe not tonight
What l want Go know. Brian. iH
can you come out and Get me7-
"Of course"
"AnEelt But don't say anything
to Father about II. He'd b terribly
unreasonable How soon can you
get here7-
Brian looked at his watch -f'na
a working man now" he reminded
her. Its a little after 4 O'Clock
Now don't tell me you're doing
anything 20 important you can't
get away This In N terrible place
cold and dirty and dismal Please
come right away. Brianl"
RE looked at the bare desk be-
fore him.
81 guess 7 can leave" ne said
hesitantly. BE right out"
n took almost mn hour TO ind tho
garage on the Surrey Road. vicky.
wrapped IN her brown fur coat. R
green hat slantlng over one eye.
was sitting on q high bench. swing
ing her feet. when Brian Btrode
INTO 'n' pace
CHE jumped down. smiling. my
- herol- she said. What would
ever do without your They're send
ing the mi I'm tomorrow: " won't
be ready tonight And. Brian. I'm
simply starved"
well. then. I guess you'd better
have something 10 eat. hadn't youf
so'
Inere,s . place up the road"
me o Y nim- ITS Just N barbecue
ana tneres tnat nice little place
near Mi~iiervllie-
The nice little place near MIl.
lervllle wins" Brian announced.
They drove TO their roadside resL
tauranL vIcky was IN ray spirits
an excellent nntidote for the long,
uneventful afternoon Brian had
spent The restaurant was warm.
pleasantly furnished and the food
was wellcooked.
They fingered over eoFes ana
c~lEareta. Brian talked about PnrIR.
told amusing ~aneedotaa vickv was
an a~ppreciatIvs audience At Length
she said. aThis has been fnn. harn't
IL? But I suppose we'll have 10
60"
IN wa dark nE thew drovn harh tn
westmore. Lights rhona hara ana
there N farm houue wfndowr
Ahead the roadway stretched lihs
, 1935-01-29

MY advice to young painters is to remember thl
nothing is denied TO well-directed labor.-Frank
Salisbury, British artist.
, 1935-01-29

The only good book. in my opinion, is an homes
book. and no book. I am sure. can be honest anc
wholly backwards Fisher, author.
, 1935-01-29

GALE HENDERSON, pretty. -.
works In q slik mill. she and
her brother PHIL. ~ support
their fnvaiid father.
STEVE MEYERS. who mIno
works IN the mill. nskn Gale 20
marry hIm. she promises fa give
him an nsweF In = few days.
That niRht Gale gees skating
n the river. The Zee breaks and
she Nv encued nv BRIAN WEST
MORE, who's father. now dead.
buiit the mill. Brian mnkm Gale
20 walt while he gets his cnr bnt
when ne returns mhe a. gone.
Brian arrived home only that day.
after spendinB two years in Paris.
never be an artist. ne hnm come
heme 10 work I'm the mill.
brian has been by
ROBERT THATCHER. general
manager OF the mill. fhnt the mill
employees ARE welt pmld- The en-
net opposite 10 true hut Thatcher
schemes 90 keep Brian frmm dIn-
covering thia. On a tonr Of the
riiI Brian sees Gale ana recow-
Mines her.
now co ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER x
QRIAN WESTMORE sat before
- the shining new desk with it,
fresh green blotter. its calendar
pad with a place for memoranda.
the chunky. Cat rectangle In which
pens stood poised. Re touched the
mImeographed sheets before him.
moved them with restless fingers.
There was everything on that
desk. everything in ths pleasant.
sunlit ONCE that the well-appointsd
ONCE should boast A cradle tele
phone stood conveniently at Brian's
left; a copper ash tray on the
right.
Over against the wall stood a I'll.
lng cabinet-with barren files
Brian knew because he had exam
Ined them. There were two chairs
In the room beside the 10 he was
sitting ia. both pushed stiffly
against the wall. There was q large.
framed photograph OF the silk mill
on the wall which Brian was facing
and a map or the United States al.
rectly opposite.
In the top desk drawer on the
right was q supply or fresh station
cry bearing the mill Ietterhead-
There were pencils there. too.
freshly sharpened.
And the telephone did not ring.
No q knocked on the door. There
. no one 10 sit IN the chairs.
Even the memorandum pad was
completely blank.
Brian pushed the mimeographed
cages from him. He stood I'D and
walked 10 one OK the two windows.
stared out at the broad. brownish
space between the buildings and the
high wall surrounding the mill
property. A truck was moving along
The paved road beyond. A small
truck. II might belong 10 N grocer
Or Q dry cleaning place. or even .
1~aA1~ was luUAU IN nuAA1N IN the
town. Yes. of course
Brian turned bis back on the
truck and forgot Il. he stared nc
the photograph OF the mill and saw.
Instead. q girl with gray eyes and
dark. wide-curving browa
"Shs looked pretty" he thought.
even in that blue a~pron-thins."
Not quite a. pretty a. she had
the other night. standing IN the
irelisht. with the wind blowing
her hair where Il had escaped from
her cap. and the blaEs putting color
into her cheeks. And yet she was
the same girl Oh-no doubt OF ~
He'd recognized her the minute he
saw her.
Brian hadn't been sure whether
or not she'd recognized him. be
cause she'd hurried past 20 quickly.
And Jet. for m instant. their eyes
bad met Probably she was ~ much
M~urmrAmn1 mmm1mw hNrm. mm nm hmM
, 1935-01-29

Acting Is a portrayal Of life. and certainly the best
and quickest way to get the knowledge Of II is In
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Bruce. movie actress.
, 1935-01-29

The masses Of workers In factory. mill. and mine
are regimented to a degree unknown to any pre-
vious society.-Dr. Lewis Lorwin, economist.