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out on Tuesdays and Wednesdays;
of course, Snoops and staff are out
every night. About 90 miles from
St. Paul in an adjoining state, Mr..
NJ. and F. were having a quiet
tete-a-tete Tuesday evening.
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Names in South America

Lucky is the tourist on a South
American s. Il who finds 1t easy
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TslephOns REPublie 1884
FOR SALE
(Continued)
BABY CHICKS
FURNITURE-BOUGHT q SOLD

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ingS did not always agree will
the majority opinion.
He deteSted some men an(
women who we're universally popu
lar. And he liked a lot of peopl
who generally made no impression
upon the people around them.
DETERMINING FRIENDS
His means of judging people
made them seem different from
what they did to others. Where
others saw a pleasant well-man
cred man or woman, Harry Grifft
smelled a cautious or a belligerent
or a crafty or a sneaky or gener
Gus person.
The faint personal aroma Of
each made him think of some
animal or bird or even a fish. This
one Smelled like a fox, that one
like a bear, another like a snake
But sometimes a person would
smell like what he or she looked.
This was true of Swan Meyhew
Swan looked like a slim, faSt-fly-
ing huntreSS bird. To Harry Griffa
she smelled like a small falcon.
Swan Meyhew came into Harry
Critics circle as the wife of Bill
Mayhew, a steel tycoon. Bill May
hew was a big man with powerful
shoulders, thick chest, diStended
eyes, thick lips and an immense
love of life. HIS roar of laughter
would shake building.
His eyes never missed any move
ment of = pretty woman. He ate
and drank copiouSly and drink
never affected him in any way out
to make him take a louder and
keener zeSt in living.
He was 43 when he married
Swan, eighteen years older than
his slim, Shapely wife. Swan, even
then, could take care of herself.
She was beautiful and patrician.
Her head was long and narrow,
her little mouth strong and her
chin firm. Her nose was small and
aquiline. Her eyes were green
and hard.
When Harry Griffe met her for
the first time, her eyes fllcked him
and turned away. as much as 20
say: This is just another monde
script personality l will have to
know from now on" But then her
eyes swerved back to him and
there was interest in them. She
looked at the huge man and her
eyes narrowed. She felt something
kindred in him. Perhaps she
sensed that he was in love with
her at the instant he first saw her.
LOVE AT FIRST SMELL
He was. His first impression Of
her, of course, came through his
nose. He caught her as a swift,
brilliant bird hurtling through the
clean air which he could smell. He
Smelled the air and the fainteSt
piney aroma of oleander.
He caught the scent of oleander
even through the touch of per-
fume with which she had adorned
herself, some fragrance with a dar-
ing name like Passion or Bridal
Night. But it was the oleander
that was part of her, the scent
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Short Story

leave her sitting there. He woulc
laugh uproariouSly when he apol
ogized to her and then 60 out anc
do it all over again.
Swan took it all like 6
thoroughbred. She never whined
Few people knew about Bills treat
ment of her. But Harry Grifft
did.
She would drop remarks here
and there about it, enough to give
him pretty good idea of what
was going on. He saw lots OF
her. He had taken Bill Mayhem
at his word and he was with her
as much as she would allow him
NO LOVE FROM SWAN
Swan liked him. She was ten
der to him and she trusted him.
She was not in love with him.
She felt no feeling toward him
even remotely approaching it.
When Bill Mayhem was found
riddled with bullets from a 49,
caliber revolver in his suite of
offices one morning, it made a
grand story. Police swarmed over
the place. Swan did not know of
it till the morning after the body
was discovered.
She was visiting her relatives in
MorriStoWn, -. J One of the
bullets that picEed into Mayhew'S
mammoth body cut through a
watch and stopped it at $3.50. And
doctors saw that the time approx
mated the time that had elapsed
from his killing to the discovery
of his body. 1t was proved the
time of his death.
Any of a hundred people could
and would have killed him and
police spent months questioning
scores of possible murderers.
They never solved the murder
though. One of the chief reasons
was that they couldn't trace the
murder weapon.
All through her trouble. Harry
Griffe was a wall around Swan.
He went with her every place.
Night or day he was never far
away from her. Two months after
BilPs murder, Harry Griffe came
to Swan in her home. The search
for Bills murderer had died
down. Everything was quiet. Harry
said:
Swan, you'd better give me that
revolver. I'll bury it so that it
will never be found"
She got up and took it from
a secret place and gave it to him
How did you know I did it?"
she asked.
"I knew it the minute stepped
into MS office that morning. The
smell of oleander was all over the
place."
THE END
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The Scent of OeanderS

which exuded delicately from hel
body.
Mayhem came up to them at the
instant of their meeting and stand.
ing beside his bride, ne said:
Harry, you and Swan should
get along famouSly together. She
likes her men admiring but re-
Spectful. AS a matter of fact,
I've had it in mind to turn Swan
over to your protection.
"a girl as beautiful as she is
needs it when 1 am not around to
give it. And you're just the man.
You are affectionate but not dan
gerous. Like German shepherd
dog"
Harry Griffe took all this with
a slow smile and his half-vacant
stare, so that others standing
around began to chuckle. Harry
Griffe was so damned stupid!
But Harry Griffe wasn't stupid
at that moment. He was think
ing. He was thinking that Bill
Mayhem smelled like a pig and the
smell of a pig did not blend very
we'll with the fragrance of ole
ander.
Within a year after their mar.
riage, people who knew them be-
gan to realize that Bill and Swan
Mayhem didn't blend we'll and
that their marriage was failure.
Bill Mayhem was not an ideal
husband. He was rough and
brutal. He liked excitement and
he didn't care where he got it.
He had hammered his way to the
top in steel through sheer ability
and strength and intelligence.
His rise there was legitimate. He
had all the money he wanted but
he didn't have all the excitement
he wanted.
BILLS WAY OF LIFE
He liked women. He liked
thrills. He backed night clubs for
There were rumorS
that he was fencing dope, that he
was mixed up in a Chink SNUG
Cling ring and that he was slow
on paying the losses he sustained
in travelling gambling games.
These losses were sometimes fab
ulous. Mayhem was known to
have bet as much as $4,000 on
the turn of a card-and then let
the winner wait for his money.
About him was gathered a crew
Of modern condottieri, men who
would kill for twenty-five dollars
and who would do anything for
profit.
They swarmed around his office
and when protests were made
against their presence in the vi
cinity of a most respectable cor
poration like Welded Steel, Inc,
Mayhew had separate entrances
cut into his office suite so that
his visitors would not contact any
one else. There were four of
,hese, two of them secret.
His treatment of Swan was typ
cal and hard to take. He liked
10 maui her and when he realized
that she had neither love nor re-
Spect for him, to humilitate her
He would wait until she fell
asleep and then wake her up by
on the water in the bath
tub or walking heavily or slam
ming doors. He would do this for
,hree or four nights at a stretch,
until she was nearly crazy with
nervous fatigue.
He boasted of other women to
ler He would make engagements
at a public restaurant and then
come in with another woman and
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afford such cheap laDoF.
Harry was lot very bright, bu'
ne was not a moron either. He
had been exposed to a prep schooI
and college education and he fitted
unobtrusively in the Brahmin Oil
Comrany. large organlza ton
which mad been founded by his
grandfather. an old freebooter who
pirated his way from poverty to
success and distinguished himself
by giving away millions in phllan-
thropv before he died. Harry was
q vice president of the company.
His duties were not onerouS.
He was supposed to have some
thing to do with the distribution
end. but all he contributed was the
signing of his name to various
documents of whose contents he
was absolutely unaware.
He signed them because the
company's attorneys asked him to-.
AS the attorneys were also mem
bers of the company, and as
Harrys interests were completely
protected by other Critics, he
never made any mistakes in
putting his name to the docu-
ments. In his own right, Harry
was worth about thirteen million
dollars.
HIS SENSE OF SMELL
He was slow talking and given
to What-becauSe he was rich
were said to be long periods OF
thought. What they really were
can be best described as periods
of senSory digestion. He was re-
viewing the messages his senses
brought to him, just as a cat or a
dog or a horse does.
And like the cat, the dog and
the horse, these sensations
reached him mostly through his
nose. And that was because
nature, after his mother and
father had started him on the
way into life, had little fun with
him. She gave him an oVerdeVel-
oped sense of smell.
Perhaps it wasn't so much a
Gift as it was a throw back.
Scientists are aware of the fact
that our olfactory nerves have
been blunted by untold centuries
of the mass living GENEROUSLY called
civilization. Primitive man, like
any of the animals, depends more
on his nose than on any other
organ.
His nose brings him the first
message of the approach of dan
ger. 1t gives him the direction OF
the wind, the population in ami
mails and plants of any terrain,
the presence of game and the fit
ness Of his food.
Harry Griffe could come into an
empty room and by lifting his
head and shifting could get a
pretty good idea of what that
room had held within the last "a
hours. He could smell a storm
coming about day before it ar
rived. He could judge the value
Of tobacco. coffee, tea and liquors
by shutting his eyes and whiting
them.
He was a startling example of
primitive man in action in his
choice of friends and people he
liked. He judged them wholly by
their personal aromaS and his lik-
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By CHARLES McGUIRK

IF Harry Gre lad been born into much money, he
might have of those poor harmless Of indie
terminate age enacg the role of handymen around
pubc buildings the houses and grounds of people who
.ffard sunbn CHI labor
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THE END.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-01-13

Troy have never had uniforms be-
fore.
Everyone is anxiously looking
forward to the day when this troop
can appear in the green and gold
outfits worn by over 100000 other
girls in the country, and respected
by all as the uniform of those who
belong to the ever increasing group
striving for clean, honest living,
world peace and happiness.
Mrs. Charles Cone is continuing
the class in sewing and many of
the girls are preparing 10 pass tests
or work for badges in this class. A
number of, sewing aprons which
the girls were making are now COM
pleted. Upon completing the aprons
the Scouts may then work on any
sewing project they wish, with
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The Girl Scouts have been very
busy since Christmas making plans
for the New Year. During the first
meeting in January two new Scouts,
Florence Stone and Kathleen Cole,
were invested and received their
pins. Florence Stone is a member
of the Rainbow patrol and Kathleen
belongs to the Falling Leaf patrol.
To have every Girl Scout in uni
form by spring is the goal the girls
are working towards. Many of the
Scouts have saved or earned enough
money to purchase their own uni
forms. In order to make the ex-
pense as little as possible, the troop
will buy the cloth by the bolt, so
that each girl in turn may buy just
what she needs to have her uniform
made at home. The Girl Scouts in
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following described real estate lying
and being in the County of Lins
coin and State of Montana and par
ticularly described as follows, to-
wit: Lots Three, Four and Five,
Block One, Kidder's Amended Plat
to West Troy; Lot Eleven, Block
Two, Princes South Plat to West
Troy;
Improvements on SWA Section
Fifteen, Township Thirty-one North,
Range Thirty three West;
Lots Six and Seven SE4SE14 Sec
ton Sixteen, Township Thirty-one
North, Range Thirty-three West,
and improvements thereon;
Contract No. 02431 with the State
of Montana to purchase lots Six
and Seven SEASEA Section Six
teen, Township Thirty-one North,
Range Thirty-three West. M. M;
Together with all and singular the
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SHERIFF'S SALE.

Kootenai Valley State Bank, a
corporation, plaintiff, against L. E.
Throop, defendant.
To be sold at Sheriff's sale:
On the 18th day of January, A.
D. 1898, at two o'clock P. NJ, at the
front door of the Court House, in
the City of Libby, County of Lin
coin, State of Montana, to the high
est and best bidder for cash in
hand, all right, title and interest of
the said L. z. Throop in and TO the
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tenements, Entertainments and ap-
purtenances thereunto belonging or
in anywise appertaining.
Dated this 10th day of Deem
Der, A. d. 1887. =
T. r. BANEY,
Sheriff of Lincoln County, Mon
tana.
BY C. o. HOISINGTON,
d23-j13-4t. Deputy Sheriff.
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Field Known as ChiId's Poet

Eugene Fields poems Of child.
hood gained for him the title of
child's poet.
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whatever help they need frsm their
instructor.
Evening star., 1938-05-04

Stripes, oII-over potterns
on light or dark grounds
or plain coIors with con-
trostine trims. Sizes A
to D.
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eyes q gave you chore this
morning r. bat d1Ct nee lcct
glrn you any authority to-
Anlrom checked INN This
isn't the time for that" he draw'eu
Ihrustine his hands deep JoNn
IN has trouser pockets he oof "a
turn or two about the room When
he next faced Trone his eyes were
hard and cold "You've cot . pole
cat on your payroll Mobile two or
three
Trone stared back in silence
AnkrOm said. This po,ecat
mentioned IS passjn the word to
these ruStIcrs. lie tells en- when
it's safe to make n haul an like
wise where to make It
you got proof Of this"
Hasn't Hackett been reD7ruN'
that you're losIn cattle" AT
Trone's nod Ankrom shrugged
I'D say it was evident then AS
your range boss, il is To Hackctt
10 stop this stealth Evidently ne
can't stop IL There's only one roa-
son. as | see Il. why Hackett can I
stop your losses with the men Al
has disposal. Someone on your pay
roll IS tipping the rustIers oH tell
ing EN- where Hackctt and the
men will be az a time when a
bunch Of your critters are loosely
guarded SOmerlace else
tsN-.. .~,,-n4 :
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LOVE ON The RANGE
BY NELSON c. KYE

Leaving II ulen WIN Lralung relns
ne went to the clubhouse and left
the corral to the punCheTs.
When he emerged several mo-
ments later a belt a0c holster
sagged about his waist. His spurs
rang thinly as he crossed to where
three mounted men awaited him
beside the saddled 9c1Esk.n lie
climbed aboard and threw his
glance against the man from the
northWest line camp
Lead off he AID. and don't
wear these horses OIL We may
need en- later or.
When Ankr5m returned 10 the
Ratter rs home ranch It was al
most noon. After caring for his
bucksk.n, Ankrom strobe stI4Y
to the ranchhousc and without
knocking quietly entered Trone's
office. The old man looked up with
q sc0Wl.
Back- eho WHAT a.d you find
out2"
you got any idea where these
krom cOUntcyed
Trone's scuWl grew tlackly
deeper No, he SAID. and crossed
his arms.
Do you know I'D" they've been
got away WITH"
No, don't know that. either"
Don't You ever t-Ee a pssc3r
-4r--..rs-l ,ry,,,,. 80. ,,....
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me -IorY 30 rar

Under the name If Abe Street
-. ~Lc+--f-re Ankrom takes @
5o9 o1 the troubled R1fteT T
rGacl Or lelp loUelg Lee Trone.
Colonel Struthers and MS daugh-
ter Betty come 10 Tiei end An
tfo#- cosfa1es Str5ttaecS as 4
gambler. Kelfou Dream Then
Dream ls U-gsterlous.g slot. Both
k4ichford, Tic bUrly sheriff and
Clas dell neigh boring rCHchcv,
iat also recognized tie ,mpas-
ffe Ir1a BE bree e IN q uclg
2 FER l.LeH Tne.'ers .pe me
~ ..el-
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Trcne demanded spIrrcd by q
sudden surge of anger al has loss
Couldn't say. boss H2Vcl' seen
an fer week.
Ankrom stepped forward from
the hadCWs Didn't he 20 10 your
southeast line camp last night? "
be asked And al Trone's displr'tcd
nod. lie hasn't showed here
since"
Trone shook his head ana again
his hand brushed across his eyes
as though 10 shut away unpleas-
ant pictures. It's beer this way
right along" he muttercd slowly.
"liacketts always some where else
when these rustlers strike. | can I
understand tins thing.
Must bee a leak Somcplace. An
kram suggested th3uShtflllY
Leak Irouc Numbered
aLeaki He'll they know every
move wc make lie clared toward
kafehford IF the law was worth
a damn"
That's enough Of that brand Of
lingo" Raichford growled Il amt
no mind reader" lie turned TO the
Funcher. You say two of the Raj
Ter j men we're doWncd?
y amt sure wattaer they cashcd
in Eds chips OF not But they sure
bloNed Charles lamp OUT An
last 4 seen Of I'd he was spraWled
cat on his face an. not dom any
movia'.'' RE boked to 1Rrd ifnple.
We goh' 10 stand round here Ras-
SIN all aight2"
4 guess the sheriff here Will
take charge" Trone apswered
Not now I won't" Ratohford
FroWled Right now | got all |
ran tend 70 runnin' down this MUIR
der business Youth have 10 take
care of it Yourself. Trone
Take The Boys
TO ANKROM = seemed that
l Troac vas about 70 make some
violent rctort lie Strengthened
stsft-F bat then shrugged .
-Str.l,.- g.. take the boys an see
Nhat vou cam a." ae sad and
scent back irs De the aouSc.
Arkrom went toward t0c cor
ral Rattle ycur hooks, tc.ae am
let's cet moving
IAN be darn sure voG cone
back when you're finished the
sheriff shouted
Arkron stroje inside The corral
Hr-.f lam -re Nf- r,.-., 'fr.
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Milford chronicle., 1938-06-17
DELMAR

Mr. and Mrs. Joyce Morse and small
son of Akron. Ohio. have been guests
of the formers parents. Rev. and Mrs.
George Morse of near town for cOu-
pie of weeks.
Mrs Florence Hastings of Whining
ton spent a few days of this week
here with relatives.
E. w. Palmer of near town who has
been quite sick Is reported improving.
1t William Canty of Tuscaloosa. Ala.
was recent guest Of Miss Vivian Ell
lis.
| a visit with her sister. Mrs Ottie
Ballard and family of Philadelphia
Lee Poore of Lincoln. Neb.. after
| spending some time here with his par
ents Mr.. and Mrs, Howard Poore left
on Tuesday for Kentucky in the inter
! est of aviation.
Mrs f. E. Freeney is spending the
summer with her daughter. Mrs. Dom
aid Adams and family in Washington.
While there she will attend summer
school at Towson.
Mrs. Frederick Rush of Wilmington
and George Dutton. Jr. of Columbia.
were called to Delmar this week by the
death of their grandmother. Mrs. Kate
Lowe They are spending some time
with their father. George DuttOn. Sr.
Mrs. Frank Taylor of New Freedom.
Pa, was i'm town on Saturday calling
OF old friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. p. Journey have had
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Schofield OF
Camden. n. J.. and Mrs Albert Brogan
of Chester Pa. as their recent guests
Mrs. Samuel Hamilton is spending
this month with relatives in Atlanta.
Ga
Mrs. c. f. Pusey spent last week in
New York and attended the graduation
exercises at Columbia University where
raraiNan his degree IN
of arts,
Miss Mary Louise Stevens has been
visiting her uncle and aunt, Mr. ana
Mrs Lawrence Allen.
Z. Guy Hastings and daughter. Miss
Eta Hastings spent Sunday in Phlla-
delphia with Mrs Hastings. VINO is
there for medical treatment.
Ralph Nichols, cashier of the Bank
nf Delmar. was rushed to the PENN
sula Hospital. Salisbury. Friday after
noon where he underwent an opera
ton for appendicitis. AT this writing his
condition is reported favorable.
Mrs James e. Cleary. who spent tine |
past week with friends here. returned |
to Baltimore.
saturday. July 2S. has been selected |
as Pony Penning Day at Chincoteague
Island, Va. and the people in this
as well as those from all
parts of the United States. are looking
lOTWdTu ~ liuo duilAai eiLoi' -. -
it will he held in connection with the
annual Firemen's Carnival. which viii
open July 20 and close July 81.
The annual Children's Day exercises
we're held in the Delmar NJ. f. Church
on Sunday evening. July IL.
Albert Williams. Jr., received his Is.
:. degree i'm civil engineering at the
exercises at the Citadel.
Charleston. $. c.. on June 3. He has
accepted an appointment with the u. |
) Army as second lieutenaat and viii
lake up his new duties on July l.
Mr. and Mrs. william Hastings en-
ertained several relatives and friends
At dinner on Sunday i'm celebration of
Mr. Hastings 62nd birthday