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My God, boys, It's my

and My God, boys, It's my
fault!"
Someone said: "It amt your
fault. Tod. The kid, he got rat
tied"
Another said: It'll be all day
with old Jack now!"
They all looked at the boy ana
he knew they were blaming MIN.
All but Tod. Tod did not look his
way; there was something funny
about Tod's eyes.
His nostrils smarted and lump
swelled in his throat suddenly. A
helpless feeling ran his bones and
a sense of having been put-upon,
abused, outraged. Jack had gone
bust because his pay roll was
burned up but he had done just as
he had been told to do. 80.
And before he knew what he
was doing, he was sobbing just
that:
81 fetched the one you told me!
/ did! l did,"
He got that far before his sobs
choked him and he skunk to cor
ner, burying his face in his arms.
| Old Jack was bust and they said 1t
was because he got ratified when
he had done as he'd been told and
tried his best to help!
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CHAPTER II

TT RAINED toward evening and
L Jack Snow got to town at dusk.
He had heard about his camp, OF
course, but he had not heard about
the loss of his payroll. And when
they told him he said nothing for,
perhaps, quarter Of minute but
in those seconds he aged. Before,
men had called him Old Jack be-
cause they loved him. After
ward, he was an old man, In fact.
The first thing he said after ne
knew the worst that had happened
referred to Kerry. He looked at
the boy and winked and managed
sort of grin and said: "But you're
all right, son!" as if that were all
he would admit as being Of any i'm
portance.
And after that he said but lit
tie for days. He appeared to lis
| ten when people talked but II he
heard he seldom answered prop
erly.
Once he said to Kerry, when they
we're alone in their room at the
mill boarding house:
though, to let coupla thousand
bust you. But it was that
clost."
He managed to rustic enough to
pay off the crew; that is, those
who would take what they had
coming
He began to be feverish and
talked at night in his sleep, holding
the little boy close in his arms
while the tremors ran through him.
Tod West came to say goodbye
and declared again that 1t was his
fault, that he should have fetched
the letter-file himself.
Jack reused from his lethargy.
Fault, hell?" he snorted and spit,
the way he used to do. "You
done your damnedest, both Of
you!"
RIO BE CONTINUED
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Illustrations by IRWIN MYERS

driving the engine himself, snak-
ing the empties over the steel tit
to shake the stakes out.
The crew was on the fire then,
of course, and old Jacks voice,
generally so good-natured, was
sharp as knife when he ques-
toned Tod who was telephoning
for more wardens. Jack stuffed
the payroll money into the safe as
he talked, and then, telling Tod
certain things to do all in one
breath, he jumped into the waiting
blackboard and galloped to the
southwark, where mile-wide front
Of slash fire advanced toward
camp.
Kerry walked up when Jack came
in that night. Their room was next
the office, with big bed and lit
tie one; and he lay in his little one
and looked through the open door
way and saw Jack standing by the
desk, shirt all scorched, hair
singed, talking lowly to Tod. 1t
was bad, he said. He'd brought
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-05-14
Fl AAAE IN THE FOREST 4.,. y 1;,u.
rn Illustrations by IRWIN MYERS
wNU Service.

denly sober and jerking his head
at the lad. "Twenty-two hunderd,
small as it is, ID bust me right now,
so get that out if anything pops.
But him If you get chance,
send him into town anyways"
So Kerry knew that Jack thought
more of him than he did of going
bust.
He sat there a long time, feeling
important. 1t wasn't much that
he could do for Jack ever, but
now, watching that file, he knew
that If fire should come into camp
he'd grab that box and get to the
speeder faster than he had ever
gotten anywhere before in his life.
He rose finally and looked through
the window toward the water tank
where the speeder waited. Tod
West was just then coming up
from the alders along the creek,
| looking around in funny way,
as if he expected to see somebody
or something alarming.
When, only minutes later, he
heard Tod bawling his name, his
heart went fippety-hop and almost
| choked him.
Kerry! Kerry! A-run
MIN, Kerry"
And he was running desperately
hugging the file against his belly.
He threw a look to his left where
streamer Of thick, white smoke
was coming up to mingle with the
blue haze which had been drifting
through camp for three days. Brush
was on fire south Of the barn.
Tod began trying to save thu
cook shanty and Kerry wondered
why he didn't throw water on thu
office, which was in greater danger
but Tod, too, was terribly excited
''She's goin'!" Tod yelled. "Ol'
Offices goin', Kerry!" His voic
was funny, for all the world a
though he were glad because tn
ONCE WAS DelIlS l1ChCuH NY AuuSA.
fast-devouring flames.
He did not start away at once
He stood there printing the motto
slowly, splitting gasoline, becaus
his hands shook so much. He KEEP
his eyes on the Office where flame
were licking at the roof, eatin
into the hewn log sides.
!; "she's goin', Kerry!' he said an
. gave a queer laugh which mad
t the boy wonder if grown men, ais
J sometimes laughed when they fe
like crying.
/ He glanced at Kerry, then, an
n at the letter-fle and licked h
e lips.
"sure you got the right one
), he asked.
f "The one you told me, "-stou
ly. "We'd better haul, hadn't we
'. "Just a minute, now!"
u He waited, standing there ar
Y, watching while part of the Q
1t fee roof tumbled in. Only the
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half the crew in to get some rest;
he'd turn in himself and try to
catch a wink, because with all that
chopping afre, tomorrow was go
ing to be hell itself. -.
And tomorrow was, with the tel
ephone ringing and help from town
coming through all day, and the
smoke thick and thicker.
But at breakfast this morning,
eaten before the first crack of
dawn, Jack had said:
1--WE got an even break, now.
We'd ought to hold her, but you
never can tell. Why, yesterday,
some Of them damn birch stubs got
burnin' clean to the top, nd I'll
bet they was THROWN live brands
half a mile ahead Of 'em."
"And they might go further than
that" Tod West commented.
They might, another said; not
| likely, but still they might and
then Jack pulled Tod to one side
| where nobody but Kerry could hear
| and said:
"Since this thing broke I've
thought no more about payroll
than the boys have about pay day.
| Shows I'm gettin' old. You'll be
here, Tod. Somebody with a head
on 'em's got to stay by the tele-
phone again. 1t amt likely she'll
get away from us. II she does, 1t
amt likely she'll get clean to camp
in hurry. But If anything should
happen, you get that payroll into
town. Silver's all right, but it's
mostly bills and bills'd burn sure
in that old safe Of NINE"
'sThey sure would" agreed Tod.
Then Jack had looked at Kerry,
| "Be good boy, son!" he said
cheerily, as If he were only going
out on the job and not to a fire
line. BE good boy,"-and tweaked
Kerry's ear playfully.
"And him." he said to Tod, sud
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did he shove the speeder ahead un-
til the motor caught and coughed.
And then they were looming past
the siding, and he screamed from
the heat that beat upon him; OPP
ened his throat and yelled and
writhed against the weight of Tod's
body. Then, suddenly, the torture
was past and he was half sitting
up and they were hitting it down
the grade.
Then he felt better and they
were clicking over the switch
points and here was town and the
motor stopped and Tod West was
calling out to somebody with a lot
more excitement than he had
shown back at camp that Jacks
headquarters were burning.
A group quickly gathered, mostly
old men and boys, because the best
man power of town was out on the
fire line, and they followed Tod
and Kerry across the street to the
bank.
They crowded into the bank and
| man rose from his desk behind
the counter.
Jacks headquarters are gone, y
said Tod, handing the file to the
| man. "But we brought in the pay
roll. Did my damnedest to save
something of camp but was alone
Kerry, here, logged the money out
of the office just in time"
'"That's fine" said the banker
pressing the catch of the file
"That's sure lucky! I happen tt
know that if Jack should lose"
He stopped short, then, and Too
leaned forward and the Others
pressed up close, attracted by thu
look on Vests face, likely. 1t wa'
look that even seven-year-olt
boy would notice.
"Why," the banker said, "why
Tod, it's empty!"
A moment of terrific silence fol
lowed and then Tod looked down a
Kerry and said in a queer, un
friendly way:
kid, which file did you bring?
The boy swallowed, with a neN
sort of thrill running his SINAI
frame.
5 "Why," he said, "why, fetche
e You told me the one on tn
. safe, Todw
The bookkeeper swore slowly III
! der his breath and looked at tn
r banker.
e Good God, / trusted him!' b
t said in a whisper.
The other clicked his tongue
"Oh-h!" he said, longdrawn. "Br
he's only a little boy" he adde
d and slapped the file shut. "Ths
e surely is going to be tough fl
}, Jack!"
t Kerry's knees were shaking an
there seemed to be a vacant pla(
d in his middle.
S "Tod, what's the matter?"
asked shrilly. '"Tod, is the none
]" back yonder? Did it burn up, Tod
And then, summoning all his vigo
t TOD, I done just what you to-
!" mel"
West shook his head. "No, ye
d didn't understand" he said in
f. moan. "You didn't understand, al
n the moneys burned sure as he
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CHAPTER /

- |
" throat. Heat, so intense that
it seemed to be fluid, poured over
them. The sound of the speeder's
motor and the clatter Of it's wheels
on the uneven rails was almost
drowned in the raging voice OF the
fire; and Tod, an arm around him,
holding him close as they rocked
and swayed down the grade, was
trembling.
But he wasn't going to cry, even
IL he was more scared than he ever
had been in his seven years of ex-
perience. Not much, he wasn't
He Rugged the precious letter-file
with old Jacks payroll in it closer,
and tried to look ahead; and when
he saw living flames from the burn
ing cars of chemical wood swept
across the track like curtain, he
threw himself flat and squeezed his
eyes shut and held his breath, and
did not complain with so much as
q grunt when Tod's big body,
sprawling suddenly over his small
one, made his ribs bend out OF
shape. No, sir This was no time
to act like baby!
Headquarters was going, sure
enough, but they were getting good
old Jacks money out to safety.
That was his job: to help save
good old Jack from going bust.
When you've got a job like that,
for man like that, you can't let
on you're scared, can you? No;
not even at seven, you can't!
He had been outside the office,
standing in the deserted camp
clearing, staring off up the road
which Jack and the crew had taken
before daylight, and where the
cook had just gone with dinner
for the fre-fghters, when the book
keeper called to him.
Listen, Kerry" Tod had said.
II want you to sit right here un-
till call you or come back. Winds
getting worse"
His big, ordinarily good-natured
lace WAS Wu1LCs oAu AA0 OSceuS "a
moisture pricked out above his eye
brows.
"sure," said Kerry Young, and
swallowed, his heart going faster
with Tod looking so scared.
"Now, listen, careful. / took the
payroll out Of the cash drawer
seel It's in this letter-fle - this
one. right here" He laid his han(
on the brown box on top of the
safe. Another file was on the desk
and more on a shelf above it; bu
Tod put his hand right on tina
special one. "I'm goin' out to scou
around. II anything happens, i
may happen fast. The speeder'
right on the track, now-right b.
the water-tank, there. If yell, yo1
bring the file and come a-runnin
Understand that?"
@Sure, Tod" said Kerry, an
swallowed again, even If his moutl
was drler than ever.
'Good boy! Everybody's got t
do his part, time like this"
He went out, then, and Kerr
sat down on a chair with hi
breath fluttery in his throat. RI
sponsibility sat heavily on his sma
shoulders, but he'd do just VIVA
Tod had told him to do. That pa.
roll was old Jacks money, and he
break his neck to help old Jacl
he would! Good old Jack, VIII
had found him in the house th
day before his mother died, an
got the doctor and did all that h
could do, and who, after it was a
over and he was alone, brougl
him to camp. That had been vii
ter before last, and it looked as
he was going to stay with JAG
forever. He certainly hoped s
Nobody In the world could be
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-05-14

Start right here on one of
the swiftest, smackin est
adventures of your whole
life. Never before has even
this noted writer of out
door adventure stories
reached the peak of two
listed he man action OF
FLAME IN THE FOREST.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-05-14
Benin III nOJU
Nv Harold Titus

Begin today with Kerry
Young in his determined
search for the man who
wronged him when he was
only a boy-you'll never give
ND until you've finished the
last thrilling chapter! Start
FLAME IN THE FOREST
now.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-06-24
Con,munistAppeal
Issued To Masses
At Party Meeting

New York, June 24.-(AP)-With-
drawing temporarily from the tradi-
tional full socialism policy of the COM
munist party, Earl Browder, secre-
tary-general, struck the keynote of
the ninth national convention today
with an immediate program which
the masses are ready to support"
"The direct issue of the 1886 cleo
tion," said Browder, mentioned as a
candidate for the communist nominal
ton for the presidency, "is not social
ism or capitalism, but rather demo-
cracy or fascism."
William z. Foster, the partys chair
man, who also was regarded by OBJ
servers as a possible presidential NOM
inee, opened the convention a few
hours earlier with a call for mighty
peoples front against reaction, fas-
cism and war-a farmer-labor party
Browder, saying "the great majority
are not yet prepared to turn to So
cialism as represented either by the
socialist party or the communist
party" added:
1--WE communists come forward with
an immediate program which the
masses are ready to support"
"The communist party" he said,
declares without qualification that
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-06-24
Japs Frown
On3-Power
Naval Pact
Spurn Invitation To
Join Treaty Con-
sidered practical
ly Meaningless

Tokyo, June 24.-(AP)-Japan re-
jected as practically meaningless
today the three-power London naval
treaty.
The cabinet, following the lead of
the Japanese delegation which walk
ed out of the treaty sessions last Jan
uary, refused a British invitation to
join in the pact.
The Japanese objection to the "stop-
gap" agreement signed March 25 hy
the United States, Great Britain and
France was based on absence of naval
parity clauses, which Japan had in
sisted on.
Because the new treaty does not
provide restriction of total naval ton
mage, it is practically meaningless, -
a cabinet statement said.
Admiral Osami Nagano, navy min
lister, was reported to have emphasiz-
ed to the cabinet Japan must be free
to build whatever ships she needs for
defense purposes.
This freedom could not be main
tanned, he was reported to have said,
under the exchange clause.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-06-24
Crops Fail
But Prices
ShOzVGain

Chicago June "a (AP)-Farmers in
the arid areas Of the west, watching
farm commodity prices rise while
crop prospects waned, faced continual
ton Of hot, dry weather today.
Deeply concerned over the spread
Of he drought, they received more
bad news from mcteorolOgists. Gene
rally fair and warmer conditions were
forecast Shower swere regarded as
probably only in scattered sections.
Market authorities cited the pre-
Willing heat and lack of rain as the
major factor in the advance of agri-
cultural products to point at or near
seasonal price peaks.
The Federal government stepped
into the emergency. Senator Bulow,
Of South Dakota, said President
Roosevelt and WPA Administrator
Harry Hopkins had a pproved a pro-
gram Of WI'A employment, livestock
loans and direct relief for farmers
whose crops had failed in the North
west
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-06-24
Socialist Government, Boil
stored by Vote of Conf
dence, Seeks Strong
er Position
CLOSER UNION WITH
ALLIES is SOUGHT
Few Fresh Strikes Reported
AS Nation ENERGIES From
Grave Internal Strife; Two
Proposals Offered To Safe
guard Relations of Euro
pean Powers

Paris, June 24.-(AP)-Fear of in,
ternational isolation haunted France
today as she slowly emerged from in
ternal strife.
The Socialist government, encourag-
ed by a 382 to 1913 parliamentary vote
of confidence, struck out vigorously
to strengthen it's position among Eu-
rOpean powers.
Premier Leon Blum carried for
ward a double drive to bind France
more firmly to her present allies
through regional security pacts which
would, in their term, fortify the Lea
que of Nations collective peace agree
:nent.
A few fresh strikes in renewed
clashes between leftists and nation
alists complicated the domestic situa-
ton, but the minister of the interior
assured the cabinet firm measures
would bring an end to the internal
struggles.
Openly fearful France may be left
Continued on Page Six.)
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Delegates un;nterested, In
General Convention SEES
sion, Which Is Slim
ly Attended
CONSERVATIVE WING
WELL OUTNUMBERED
Demands for Constitutional
Changes and Endorsement
of Townsend Plan Dump
ed Upon Platform Body;
Committees Are Organic
ed for Their Tasks

Convention Hall, Philadelphia
June "a (AP)-An upsurge of
platform dispute threatened the
much-talked Democratic harm
ony today, while business re-
placed tumult in a routine, Slim
Unattended third session.
The interest all was in the commit.
tees and the crowd which assembled
for the convention proceedings them
selves was so small that the gates
were thrown open to the public. Even
so, with no tickets required for ad-
mission, the galleries were only par
TALLY filled.
With the conservative wing of the
party far out-numbered, demands for
constitutional change and endorse
ment of the Townsend old age PEN
sion plan gave the platform commit
tee promise of trouble, but the Roose-
welt leaders set their faces against
both proposals, and predicted the
campaign declarations would contain
neither.
To head the committee on perma-
nent organization, Senator Homer T..
Bone, of Washington, was chosen; to
head the credentials committee, Re
preventative William Cranfield of
Massachusetts.
A morning drizzle furrowed the
brows of some individuals making
ready for the mammoth rally planned
for Franklin field Saturday night
when President Roosevelt and Vice
President Garner will accept nominal
tons. The Weather Bureau held out
hopes of clear weather, however.
One patriarch of the party will be
absent. Senator Carter Glass of Vir-
ginia, tired by the strain of the one
session he attended yesterday, against
physicians orders, decided to obey the
doctor. He returned to Washington.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-06-24
New Interpretation of Inter-
state Commerce Act Call
ed for in Conven-
ton Classic
GREATER FEDERAL
POWERS DEMANDED
Regulatory Power Over La
Dor and Economic Prob
lens, Which Supreme
Court Says Is Now Lack
ing, Is Sought; Delegates
Enthused to High Pitch

Philadelphia, June 24.-(AP)-Aftel
roaring it's approval of a keynote
speech calling for a sweeping rever-
sal of the Supreme Courts invalida-
ton Of New Deal policy the Demo
cratic convention plunged today into
the thick of the struggle for harmony
on the 1886 platform.
The delegates, with the convention
hardly started, were already hoarse
and footsore from the shouting and
parading with which they greeted
Senator Alben w. Barkley's speech
haunting the Republican leadership
and accusing the Supreme Court ma
jority of tortured Interpretation of
the Constitution.
Today they had something Of re-
spite After a 'brief routine session at
noon, they were on their own until
evening, when Senator Joseph T.
Robinson, of Arkansas, permanent
chairman, will continue the assault on
the New Deals foemen in a speech
about 10 o'clock, eastern daylight
line.
Observers drew from Senator Bark
evs address that the platform would
contain no demand for a constitution
al amendment, but he did project in
to the convention-and into the cam
paign beqond-a constitutional issue
defined in the New Deals own terms
He called for a new Interpretation
Of interstate commerce-embracing
every product destined to move across
state lines. This would give the Fed
eral government regulatory power
over labor and economic problems,
which the high court says it now
lacks.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-06-24
HOEY HAS CHANCE
FOR GAIN IN EAST
May Carry Half of Counties
Heretofore Known as
''McDonald Belt"
RESULTS OF SURVEYS
Strong Coalition Formed Between
H0ey and Graham Leaders; Sit
uatiOn in Many of Coun-
ties Analysed
RESULTS OF SURVEYS
Daily Dispatch Bure"u,
In The Sir Walter Hotel.
Nv i g. RASk NVk VITT

Raleigh, June PA survey Of
twelve eastern counties in the heart
Of the mcdonald belt, in which DR..
Ralph w. Mcdonald and Sandy Ora
ham led the field in the first primary.
indicates that Clyde r. Hoey will
carry at least six Of the twelve in the
second primary, with a fighting
chance to carry several others. This
survey is based upon first-hand re-
ports from individuals who have been
in all of these IL counties within the
last week all Of whom maintain that
the Shelby lawyer will undoubtedly
get a majority over Mcdonald in half
of them, although he carried only
three of these II counties in the first
primary.
The counties included in this SUR
vey are Nash, Edgecombe, Wayne,
CONTINUED on Page Sikh
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Riley Keynote Address ecs Constitution 1886 Ca1paig
Tar Heel Groups
face Routine Dav

Philadelphia, June 24.-(AP)-
North Carolina delegates to the
Democratic convention settled
down today to the routine of con-
CiaVe.
With the State recOrdsed N favor
of the proposal to quit the century
old two-thirds rule, there was little
for the delegates TO do other than
to listen to the addresses and join
in the spasmOdic demonstrations.
Members of the various commit
tees had tasks to perform, but most
of the delegates were enjoying the
social activities of the convention.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-06-24
WON'T
FACE COURT TEST

Washington, June 24-(AP)-Court
action to determine the mental status
of Representative Marion Zioncheck
of Washington State, was called off
today as the young legislator started
a course of treatment in a private
hospital at Towson, Md.
Loudly protesting, Zioncheck was
removed late yesterday from Calling
er hospital on a stretcher and wrap
ped in a pack" tightly bound sheets
An ambulance quickly whisked him
off to the Sheppard and Enoch Pratt
hospital three days before a sanity
hearing was to have been held in the
District of Columbia Supreme Court.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-06-24
TAR HEEL K|WAN|S
PLANS 1887 WORK
Agricultural and Commun-
ity Activities Slated at
National Meet

Washington, June 24.-(AP)-Caro-
lima Kiwanians attending the goth an
nual convention of Kiwanis Interna-
tional, made plans today for 1886 ag-
ricultural and community activities.
Arthur Fountain, of Tarboro, N. c.,
was named a member of the agri-
culture committee of the district.
Agricultural activities, which Xiv
anis clubs will carry on during the
year include plans for diversified
farming, consumption of more home
grown products and land use plan
ming.
j. Watson Smoot, of Tarboro, N. c.,
was made a member of the com
munitY works committee.