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CHAPTER iv-continued

He hitched at his belt with
frankly staggering gesture.
"After all these years, the JoD
was done quickly; in mere hours.
And now I can be on my
way"
He turned on his heel and made
slowly for the door.
A buzzing murmur filed the
room. Eyes were on Kerry, on
Tod West, standing there with
much seething in him. He had
role to play, this West. He had a
reputation at stake, loyalties to
consider perhaps things to
fear. His place in the country was
in the balance, he knew. But the
charge of cheating at cards was too
incredible in the minds of these
other men to be of more than pass
ing consequence if he played his
role properly, as respected lead
er should.
He found his voice at last.
"Hold up there, your Kerry was
at the threshold.
He turned, smiling that bitter
smile.
you're a raft" West said again
heavily. you're a .. damned
rat! What's the idea, tryin' to
make me out crook? Black
mail?
ST never seen or heard of you!
And I've only this to say, after
CALM you rat. Just this: you'd
best be on your way come sun-up
Your kinds not wanted here!'
Kerry lifted a hand to scratch
q temple slowly.
"That's tough on me, Tod West,
he said. ''I'm through, here.
stumbled on the thing wanted t
know for years. And I'd like t.
be gone, being the roaming kind
But If there's one thing I'm more
afraid of than taking root, it's 4.
being driven. Tod West!" HI
began to laugh. $50 I've got t
stay! I've got to light while J!
He went out into the darkness
and his deep laughter foated bac]
to them. A fierce exultation racket
him and he did not look about; di'
not see Nan Downer standing ther
In the edge Of the light shaft fron
; window, one hand across he
breast.
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CHAPTER V

At ABOUT the time Kerry
"A Young was finishing his eve
ming meal, Dan Downer and Ezra
Adams, short, squat, gray-haired
logging-country doctor who had
driven out from Shoestring, the
county seat, walked slowly across
the trestle from Mans headquar-
ters to Vests LandA
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CHAPTER VI

N1NT s.n W
TIME sun had climbed from the
i bank of orange clouds which
screened it's rising; the mill Whis-
tie had blown summoning men to
work and the saw had at last
taken up its daily song.
Kerry Young had been up before
the break Of day, built his fire,
bathed in the stinging waters OF
the river and dressed leisurely.
Then he set his shaving kit on a
stump beside the stream and pro-
ceeded to clean cheeks and chin Of
Yesterdays beard stubble. Today
he was going to present himself to
Nan Downer and ask for work, q
move which Ezra Adams had urged.
It was while peering into the
mirror as he began manipulating
the razor that his eyes lost their
CLINT of laughter and became most
intent. Across the way spruces
grew thick along the river bank, and
as he turned his back to the
stream, he caught in the mirror
reflection Of branches being parted,
of face peering at him.
He pretended to give this watch
err no heed, but he took long at his
shaving, and half dozen times had
a fair glimpse of the mans face.
It was no one he had seen before.
He was not all surprised when
Tip, recumbent beside the fire,
raised his head sharply and gave a
low growl.
Easy, chum!" Kerry muttered.
Coming into the open, eh?"
But it was nothing across the
stream which had attracted the
dog: nor was the man approaching
the one who had spied on him from
! the timber.
Jim Hinkle was coming along the
trail which followed the bank.
swell, Jim?' Young asked.
Hinkle plunged at once into his
errand.
"I've come to tell you," he said,
"that this amt very healthy
place for you to hang around"
$50? Kind Of you to take this
trouble. Is this u. friendly act
. or a warning, Jim?"
"Call it what you want to.
, come here because it looked las
night as If you was dom me a ia
vor. Instead, you put me in a hel
} Of hole. You, nor nobody else
4 can make me think that Tod Yves
would cheat at cards y
A Whit Of surprise escaped
e Kerry.
j "WeI, I'll be damned" h
) breathed. "You really aren't con
4 vinced?"
|. II don't know what your gam
4 was, but when stranger in thi
4 country makes a play like tina
with man like Tod - well, h
o don't get far"
t Maybe. Not at first"
"Or anywhere along the line
J. The man appeared to be making a
effort to lash himself into a moo
y Of turbulence. IF you'd stuc
% around to hear what they said
a the store last night, you'd find o,
,e how far you got.
! (TO BE CONTINUED
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wNU Service.

things to talk over" He could see
the other, now. He was short,
squat, and breathed rapidly. I'm
named Adams, Young; Ezra Adams.
I'm the local pill peddler."
ooh, hullo, doctor!" The old
mans voice was pleasant. "Glad
you dropped in. Here, sit on the
bed. Light your pipe?'
mo, guess not, thanks. | i
This is kind of confidential"
''So?"
He felt the doctors attempt to
scrutinize his own shadowed face.
"sit down. Nobody can get within
ear shot with Tip here"
Adams began in moment. Il
was in the store when Tod made
his play, Young. I saw and heard
and things have happened
since that make me feel maybe I'm
going to have to ask your help,
strangers though we are. Also, !
heard about what happened this
afternoon. l added that to what
| I know about YOU"
Pause. IF you could be inter
ested in job here, you'd be free
to take it,"
"Job? What kind Of job?"
The old man eyed him in the
darkness. "Coroner's clerk" he
said in whisper.
"You kidding me?'
"Not in the least. I'm I'm
more serious and in greater need
than I've been since l can recol-
lect.'
| "Well. that's new one on me! y
He laughed. "Coroner's clerk
Why"
"Let me explain this little. l
have to pop it right at you With
out any preliminaries because it's
it's an emergency, guess. Mar
didn't go into detail about the kill
II ING of her father. / want you t.
know that. You've got to know
it. That is, if you're going to con
, slider my proposal.
"You see, Downer was a quee1
old duffer. Salt of the earth, but
, queer; eccentric. 1t was one OF his
eccentricities that led to his muir
der. He never would deal with
man except for cash. Kept banl
, account and all, but when he dlt
. business checks didn't go.
HE had this payment due t
d West last November. The fifteenth
it was. The day before he drov
> into town and drew the none
from the bank, started home abou
k dusk and was killed not three mile
r, from here by bullet in the brain
d The money, in one of these IL
= boxes. was taken out of his cal
/, It amounted to over twelve thou
< sand dollars.
!! "You see, I'm coroner here.
y started an investigation and tn
e. sheriff, he fused some.
y "Two men, only, that we kne'
of. had the slightest motive. On
was Jim Hinkle, whose money 20
le cot back for him tonight. He
70 been working for Cash, had bee
IS fired the day before and fired wit
d. gusto, which was Downer's wa
Id But he was playing cribbage wit
id Tod West all that evening an
stayed in Vests house all nigh
ad his family being away. SO vii
hit West being what he's thought
ck be-" drily - Hinkle was countt
ID. out.
ad "West was quite active in tn
i'm thing. He wanted his money al
wv Nan. Downer's only heir, dld1
as have more to pay him. He dug
the information that Holt Stua
nd had had run-in with Cash ear
fle in the week. Holt was working t
Cash. Well, it seems that Hol
pretty we'll struck with Nan. III
II
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as the girl oIoAy PAOSAO0oSu W
ward it's climax. Her voice, though
low, was quick and tense, and once
it caught in sob.
'And that's that, Ezra!" she said
TREMENDOUSLY. "It's me or or
the property. "Oh,"-with sudden
bitterness "I've had a feeling all
along that he wasn't the man the
country thinks him to BET"
''That's your womanly intuition.
And my opinion was &. doc
tors, I guess"
They talked for a time, stand
ing in the dusk and then the girl |
said:
'Now, for Jim and Elsie Hinkle's
troubles - and led him resolutely on.
They entered tar paper house
where a woman washed dishes by
the light of kerosene lamp, her
mouth set in an expression Of for
| bearance. In a chair, his one leg
strapped between wooden splints, a
fve-year-old boy played with
battered toy, At sight of the ply
| stefan he began to yelp excitedly
and threw the toy violently away.
"Unc' Ezra Unc' Ezra!" he
cried, his face shining.
.Hullo, Jimmy! Evening, Elsie.
All ready to be measured up for
the brace, Ell? Well, we'll, we've
come along so far and have got
kind of leg left. Now We'll start
on the job of making silk purse
out of something"
He began pulling off his coat.
.sWhere's Jim?" he asked.
The woman's face darkened. AT
the store, I guess. Gambling again,
I suppose"
"Well, We'll go ahead, anyhow
And he went ahead, holding the
misshapen leg on his knees, cycling
the long, blue creases of some ter
rible hurt and Nan looked on,
) watching the play Of his deft fin
} gers.
5 The painstaking chore, finally
3 finished, and no Jim in sight, the
} two walked toward the store, Ezra
? saying:
"Of course, if Jim hasn't the
s cash. I'll have to buy the brace my
: self, I told him that last time
was out and he promised. But,
with sigh times being what they
S are. I'm scraping the bottom of the
till myself"
r So they approached the store an(
saw what they saw.
n AS they left, Tod West was say
d ing to jim:
o "Hell, No! won't take bac1
( that money! He's rat and liar
Jim, but /. J" He shrugged am
i! met Jim's eyes squarely, neatly Gov
n ering the effort required. "Lorc
d boy, rye always tried to lean back
J! ward in my dealin's with others
No, sir. If any man says took none
n unfairly, don't even want to argue
Not on your life, I don't. None
!" amt worth that, JIM"
4
to Kerry sat in the darkness on tn
to river bank, listening to the boom
d. of an owl and the song Of cricket
re and the plopping of night fee
ing trout. He smoked leisurely an
lie Tip, his head in his lap, breathe
- So his childish suspicion ha
SIS been right; so the last sane though
ok also a suspicion-which Jae
ed Snow had had, had been justifie
lid The dog now lifted his hes
re sharply and Kerry could feel hi
I'M stiffen. After a moment, a 10
er vibration ran his back, which WI
the beginnings of a groWl.
"Steady" the man whispered al
reached for his bed, jerked his Ri
from the blanket folds.
nv Then, aloud, he hailed:
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"l've Come to Tell YOU" He Said,
"That This Amt a Very Healthy
Place to Hang Around!"

Place to Hang Around!"
"The money" he whispered, lis
still in the country!"
'nThe devil !"
as truth! In my pocket l have
a twenty dollar bill that was part
of it. 1t was paid me on account
tonight"
"You got any idea where it came
from?"
Ezra looked around and listened.
"Out of your poker game" he
said grimly.
After a moment Kerry gave
low whistle.
"say! That makes the situa-
ton look up, doesn't it,"
'That's why I came to you,
stranger. I need help and need 1T
right now. That money is cached
somewhere in the country. Who
ever is hiding it, needs money
badly. Young, will you take com
mission as my deputy?"
Kerry's heart was beating rap
| idly. Here, indeed. was a chance
| to do something for Nan Downer
He waited a moment, considering
all things. Then he said:
"I'll go you, doctor! -
"Good! But We'll have to keep
it between you and me. Not ever
Nan must know"
&c
Across the river in the big house
of peeled logs which was Toe
Vests abode that citizen stood be
! fore Jim Hinkle, who was seated
and whose eyes remained averted
"And now it's up to you,' Yves
said heavily. Il guess it's my RICH
to expect that much from you"
I It'll look like hell, for me to d.
that" Jim protested. after wha
he thought he done for me. . I.
How'll go at it? Besides, he's nc
body to fool with. l only"
"Shut up!" West gestured say
agely. because a rat comes alon
. and frames me so I'll look like
, crook, you'll forget all I've don
for you"
Evening star., 1936-05-14

film actor Selling private tele-
phone numbers of stars is one Of the
most profitable businesses in Holly
wood =. A guest phone bangles
above the iron gate of Mr.. and Mrs.
Warren Williams Encino estate so
welcome visitors may announce them
selves and be admitted . Johnny
Weissmuller seen-and heard-teach-
ing an admiring group of children the
"Tarzan" call . With few excep-
tions, beginning and end titles Of films
manufactured in Hollywood are made
by the Consolidated Film Co., and not
as you might think, in the home
studio.
A factory in town that specializes in
sound effects sells SO different types
of door slams. According to an exec
utive, the sound effect most in de-
mand at the studios is the sock on
the jaw, of which the firm keeps a
wide variety in stock-hard, soft and
knockout socks, all made artiflcially.
During the making of Dancing Pi-
rate" the company received an order
from Jock Whitney's outfit for the
sound of frogs croaking. Some one
must have slipped up on the job, be-
cause when the sound effect arrived,
it turned out to be the noise of
crickets chirping!
Heavy" Man Noel Madison, for.
merly of Broadway, owns an exclusive
athletic club for buffers only . every
one is so successful in Hollywood that
even the newsboys smoke cigars
Author Bill Lipscomb, who is more OF
less a teetotaler. related that he saw
a bungalow on moving truck, inside
of which four people were having 8
wild party Cartoonist Feg Murray
takes his ping-pong table with him
when visiting folks less burdened with
possessions Pink Tomlin's agent is
called Coy Poe Wee Georgia Stone
spent four hours a day for three
months making up for the role of the
cat in Anthony Adverse" And he
only speaks three lines in the picture
:. to get regular work-at SIS a day
dress extras must possess wardrobes
valued at $500.
A handsome Egyptian potentate
visited Isabel Jewell on the set OF
Lost Horizon" He asked the actress
to name gift he could send her from
the land of the Nile. Send me a
camel Isabel murmured, mischiev-
ously. A few days ago Miss Jewell re-
ceived notification that the camel is
on its way to Hollywood.
(Copyright. 1896. by the North American
Newspaper Alliance. Inc)
Evening star., 1936-05-14
STUDIO FOR CHILDREN
IN DRAMATIC PROGRAM

THE Children's Studio of Speech and
Dramatic Art, under the direc-
ton Of Rose Robson Cohen, will pre-
sent a program Of one.act plays at $3.50
Saturday afternoon at the Burlington
Hotel. 1120 Vermont avenue northwest
The plays will be enacted and staged
by children, all under IL years of age
''The Birthday of the Infanta,
adapted from the story by Oscar
Wilde, will be played by Phyllis Rands
as the Infanta, Doris Goldberg as the
Duchess. Nora Ann George as the
Count, Priscilla Makela as the Cham.
berlain, Marilyn Sirota as the Moorish
Page, and the Fantastic will be por-
trayed by Mildred Sirota.
1.-The Clown of Doodle-Doo." a
play Of lighter vein, and in direct
contrast to the tragic birthday of the
Infanta, will be plyed by Evelyn
Cohen, Beatrice Goldman, Doris
Goldberg. Marilyn Sirota. Mildred
Sirota. Miriam Shapiro, Vivian Mar
golis, Sheila Kaminsky, Meurice Cohn
and Norma Lee Cohn.
Lucy Locket" Is based on the
nursery rhyme, and will be enacted
by the younger members of the Sat.
urday class.
Harold Colborn has designed the
costumes for THE Birthday of the
Infanta," and also has charge Of the
stage.
Evening star., 1936-05-14
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing.

National-"Three Men on a Horse, -
at $3.50 pm.
Palace-"These Three" at i2:l5
2:35, ASS, 7:15 and 9:35 pm.
Earle-"Thirteen Hours by Air." al
II am, 1:35, 4:20. 7:05 and $50 pm
Stage shows at 12:45, $3.50, $40 ano
sos pm.
Loew's Fox-"Big Brown Eyes," al
10:45 am, 1870, 4::30, 7:05 and 9:5S
pm. Stage shows at 1910, $3.50, $40
and 9:05 pm.
R-K-O Keith's-"The Ex Mrs
Bradford" at 11:42 am, 1:44, 3:46
5:4s, 7:5o and s:52 pm.
Metropolitan-"Mr. Deeds Goes to
Town." at 10:30 am, 1926, 2:40, ass,
tbs and $50 pm.
Belasco-"Ecstasy," at 1905, 2:05,
4:o5, 6:05, sos and 1905 pm.
CoIumbia-"Captain January" at
1855 am, 1:55, $50, $50, 7:45 and
Gas pm.
Tivoli-"Rhodes," at 2, 3:55, 5:55,
7:50 and $50 pm.
AmbasSador-'Robin Hood Of FL
dorado" at Sis, and 9:55 pm.
Little-'Lttle Women" at 11:12
am, 1:16, 3:19, 5:23, 7:27 and 9::31
pm.
Howard-"Another Face" at 1890,
g $40 and lO.3C n m Stace SIoue
at las, AIS, 6:45 and 9:15 pm.
Evening star., 1936-05-14

of bread and $50 pies. So all the
principal members of the cast lost
weight s1,125,000 was spent on
the picture . Over 250,O00 feet of
negative was shot and cut down to
10000 :. A press party in the desert.
attended by your misguided cor
respondent, was broken up by parti-
cularly nasty sand storm, and news
paper ladies and gentlemen savored
the delights of sand in the teeth
and sandwiches.
When the picture was over, and
the sand-coated company returned
home to Hollywood, Claudette Colbert
breathed sigh of relief and ex-
pressed herself as follows:
IF you expect me to say like
making that type of picture, you're
mistaken. I'm city girl
Ronald Colman, most stoical of all
film stars, neither liked nor disliked
the gruelling experience. Il make the
best of any place I'm in," he said.
Victor McLaglen expressed sorrow
at the return to civilization. II like
locations tough" he said, "the
tougher the better" and sped away in
a luxurious car to his well-furnished
manor in La Canada Hills, northwest
of Pasadena.
Hollywood oddities =. Allan Jones
was a coal man before becoming a
Evening star., 1936-05-14
MERCHANT OF VENICE
is SPLENDIDLY ACTED
Children's Community Theater
Players Seen in Notable Pro-
duction of Classic.

duction of Classic.
"a GAIN the plea of Mercy droppeth
as a gentle rain from Heaven"
echoed across the boards, and again
vengeance was confounded as the
Children's Community Theater gave
their own version of "The Merchant OF
Venice" in the auditorium of Roosevelt
High School last night.
AS before, the presentation was an
artistic success complete vind1-
cation of a method and of group
of earnest and enthuiastic youngsters
working in complete harmony for a
desired end.
To attempt to single out certain
individuals for extra commentator
from cast so entirely in accord and
of such a high level of acting ability
would be unfair to the larger number
whose participation was so essential
and so well done; yet as in life, there
are a few figures who cut a wider
swath on any stage.
Frances Shiflet as Shylock, Shylock
tllc CldlGy O1lC AAAohAi6 AiA, uAAAAOAy
demands and lusting in the glory of
his vengeance. Shylock the broken
old man totterihg of stage. Miss
Shiflet was each, truly and wholly.
Dorothy Ann Washington as his lovely
and enhancing daughter. Antonina
De Luca as Portia, the rich, yet clever
young lady. How any young husband
could fail to detect her beauty beneath
any sort of disguise is beyond COM
prehension. Jean Holzbeierlein as
that husband who was so sorely
tested in the struggle between love
and gratitude. Pauline Hurley as
Antonio. who came near to giving up
his life for his friend.
All these and many more parade
across the stage in the rich glory of
their costumes, living the life of old
Venice in all its fullness. If such
results can be obtained from the
method employed by this group it
is to be earnestly hoped that it may
be more widely employed both here
and elsewhere. R. D.
Evening star., 1936-05-14
WASHINGTON PLAYERS
IN ATLANTIC CITY EVENT

members Of the original Wash
H'A ington Community Players cast
will go to Atlantic City on Thursday
May 28, to appear at the Auditorium
ball room in performance of "Six
Characters" by Edwin r. Heiss, as
one Of the outstanding events in the
Conference on Social Work, under the
auspices Of the Family Welfare Asso-
citation Of America and the National
Committee Of Volunteers in Social
Work to be held there beginning
May IS.
Among the popular Washington
players appearing In this series Of
character sketches are Maurice Jar
Wis, George Harrington, Ted Freter,
Harry Blutstein, Yerby Pannill, Lois
Alexander, Edythe Lazrof Goldman
and others.
Evening star., 1936-05-14
Laboratory
Is
New in Field
Pen Women to Have
Facilities to Try
Local Products.

A NEW Laboratory little theater'
= is to be established in the Dis
trict, sponsored by the League Of
American Pen Women, for the purpose
Of trying out selected one-act plays by
members Of the league, before the
manuscripts are sent to publishers.
The theater. complete with stage
and adequate seating capacity, is
to be located in the former ball room
Of the Burlington Hotel, where the
pen women now are established in
their new headquarters.
The Laboratory theater" is to apply
it's first test" Friday night, May
%. when three plays-"Overtones, +"
by Alice Gerstenberg of Chicago: II
Shall Be Waiting" by Florence r.
Kahn of Baltimore. and Morning
Devotions," by Emily Maddox of WASH
ington-will be presented under the
direction of Rose Robson Cohen.
Increasing interest in one-act plays,
according to Mrs. Cohen, has in
creased the need for a local "labora-
tory theater," where dramatists may
try out their efforts in actual produc-
ton. Criticisms of the plays will rest
entirely with the audience, which will
be invited only because of its interest
In the theater, and will consist princi-
pally of editors. publishers, critics
and members of the Pen Women's
League.
The best talent available in the
District will be invited to participate
in the plays. Those to be presented
on the first program will be done by
Yerby Pannill. jeanne Adams, Edythe
Goldman and Toni Sorel, in "Over-
tone" John Mann, Andrew Dent.
Milton Hirschfeld, Eleanor Cox
Karsten and Marshall Adams, in II
Shall be Waiting" and Mrs. Karsten
and Mr.. Mann in Morning De-
votions."
Evening star., 1936-05-14
Genealogical Society Dinner.

The National Genealogical Society
will hold its annual dinner at 6 pm.
Saturday in the Y. w. c. A. Building.
Seventeenth and X streets. Ances-
trail charts, coats of arms and copies
of valuable public and private records
Of genealogy will be displayed. Mrs.
Andrew j. Sanford heads a committee
in charge of arrangements.
Evening star., 1936-05-14

Food consumed
on location, ap-
proximately 1000
pounds a day, was
trucked 288 miles
from Los Angeles
In refriger a t e d
cars. Prominent
among the nour-
ishment items
az tons of sugar.
277 cows, 6,203
c h | C K ms, 48
So u a BIS, 400
ou n d S Of oat-
meal, 1000 boxes
of corn flakes.
75,000-odd loaveS
Evening star., 1936-05-14
Art School Plans Exhibit.

The Critcher Art School will hold
its final exhibition Of students work
this year in the school studios, 1926
Connecticut avenue, for one week, be-
ginning Saturday afternoon. The ex-
hibit will consist of the work Of the
juniors, seniors and professionals
studying at the school. The public
Is invited to attend.
Evening star., 1936-05-14

IN the desert, Miss Colbert found a
scorpion in her tent all the camels
In California (44 were hired for the
picture Victor McLaglen became so
interested in the short wave radio
sets used for communication between
studio and Yuma location, he decided
to add a radio unit to "McLaglen's
army" already boasting a cavalry unit,
airplane unit and Red Cross unit &.
Doris Duke Cromwell, millionaire
heiress, visited the set and was al
most knocked down by rush of Arab
extras seeking refuge from a kicking
horce
Evening star., 1936-05-14
Piano Teachers Busy,

Piano teachers Of Germany are again
coming into their own as the result
Of the government sponsorship Of q
revival Of culture in the home. This
in turn has increased the demand for
pianos, especially the miniature ones
which fit into small rooms.
Evening star., 1936-05-14
Writers to Hold BANQUET.

The recently organized Professional
Writers Club Of the Y. w. C. A. will
hold a banquet and program of
dramatic skits May rs In Barker Hall,
Seventeenth and K streets. Mary
Margaret Feldman will preside
Evening star., 1936-05-14
Mahan's Car for Tobacco.

TACOMA, Wash. @. william
Mahan, of to Mcneil Island Prison
to serve 80 years for kidnapping George
Weyerhaueser, offered to trade his
sedan for enough tobacco to last him
through the term. United States Mar
shall A. ]. Chitty said the car had q
clear title except for q years storage,
but there were no takers.