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The Coolidge examiner., 1938-09-08

Sergeant Mcqueen and Corporal
Slade, of course / was interested in
their search for this McCord whom
you met in the interior last winter.
II did not meet McCord last win
ter!'
The cold glitter in the gray eyes
had a decided effect on Mrs. Han
bury's manner. She suddenly
dropped her air of easy confidence.
when they get John McCord. 3"
she went on, dramatically, ignor-
ing his fiat denial. do you realize
that you will be tried for aiding an
escaped murderer? Now, l promise
you that if you'll tell me where you
met this man and the girl-what
you know about them, I'll square
this whole thing with the police"
Again she approached too closely
for Alans comfort as her black
lashed hazel eyes narrowed. IT'S
going to go hard for you if you
don't. for Mcqueen will take you
down to the Deputy Commissioner
at the railroad for questioning.
The conversation was interrupted
by the return of Gabriel Dessane
from his supper. Harassed by the
certainty of being compelled to ac-
company the police to the head
waters, by doubt and miSgivings
which the mysterious Mrs. Hanbury
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SYNOPSIS

Alan Cameron. young trapper. Noel,
his Indian partner, and Rough. husky
Jngava sled dog, look in vain for the
Montagnais trappers' camp in the desc
late Big River country of Northern Can
ada Their supplies destroyed by vol
Verines. they are forced to subsist on
wolf meat until they come. amazed, to
substantial log house in the wilderness
of Talking River, where they are greeted
by a big blond man with a gun. Intro
ducing himself as John McCord. hunter.
the big man asks Alan If he dares go
with him next year to the River OF
Skulls beyond the Sinking Lakes, where
no man is said to have been before.
Heather McCord. the daughter. who had
come with him to the wilderness. wins
the immediate devotion of Rough. On
the eve of Alan's departure for Fort
George. McCord suddenly tells him to
bring him back some dogs. and to keep
his mouth shut to questions. He gives
the boy money. warning him not tQ show
1t at Fort George, and promises to ex-
plain all later. Returned to Fort George,
Alan meets Mcqueen and Slade, Pro-
v!ncial police, with Arsene Rivard, clerk
and Alan's rival for Berthe Dessane,
with whom he is in love. The two police
are looking for a guide to the Big River
wilderness. Accidentally Alan drops one
of McCord's bills and when questioned,
insists he had got 1t from Neil Campbell,
whose life he had saved at Whale River
two years before. He realizes he must
make good his lie by going north and
seeing Campbell before anyone else has
had a chance to talk to him. Berthe's
father tells Alan the police are after a
man wanted for murder, and have hired
BOAT TO check Alan's story at Whale
River.
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by the by" he continued, after a
period Of silence, "a Canadian Air
ways plane came in few days ago
bringing the mail from Moose, and
there's a passenger who is waiting
to see you" He winked at Duncan
McNab whose red face was widen
ing in a grin.
"A passenger-to see me?" Alan
stared at the speaker.
AYE, and she's kicked up more
rumpus in old Fort George than
I've seen since the measles killed
half our people"
'She?" what could a woman from
the outside" want with Alan Cam
eron? he wondered.
Eyes. a woman. She's thick as
peas with the police"
On his way to Gabriel Dessane's s
house. Alan stopped to see his friend
Pierre and learn if the Dessanes
were still at supper. Opening the
| door of the trade-room, to his sur
prise he saw Arsene Rivard in close
conversation with a woman whose
! Norfolk jacket, short skirt and high
laced boots marked her as a stran-
ger at Fort George. AS he entered
be caught her remark:
He must have met"
Hello, Rivard!" said Alan, en-
joying the embarrassment of the
two. "Pierre's over at his house,
| suppose?"
why, 'allo, Cameron!" The tone
of the clerk was very cordial as he
left the woman. who leaned grace
fully against the trade counter,
calmly inspecting the handsome
young voyageur, from his mocca-
sins to the deep-set twinkling gray
eyes.
Mrs. Hanbury, / would make
you acquainted with Alan Cam
eron," said the clerk turning to the
woman.
So this is the woman who has up
set Fort George, he thought. She
! seemed hardly more than thirty
FIVE. with a tall, graceful figure set
off by the whipcord suit. Her face,
framed by wavy bronze hair. was
the face Of a girl. except for the
hazel eyes, long lashed and large.
The eyes were Enthusiastically those
of a woman who had seen much.
May l speak to Mr. Cameron
alone?" she asked of Rivard.
Certainly. Madame" replied the
clerk with an insinuating smile as
he left the trade-room.
Mrs. Hanbury lost no time in
coming to the point.
Mr.. Cameron, are you out of
your mind?"
Alan laughed. Folding his mus
cular arms across his chest he
calmly met the handsome eyes that
| searched his.
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well, young man" snapped
Christie, a look of disgust on his
face, you've made a fine mess Of
things! Your starting north the
night after l told you the police had
hired a York boat proves you wanted
to see Neil before the police reached
him."
Alan's face went stone hard.
well, he told them where l got
that money. didn't he?"
Yes. but the police don't believe
him!"
do your" demanded Cameron,
a glitter in his gray eyes.
i've got to believe Neil Camp
bell, l suppose. but he didn't help
you at all with Mcqueen. The Ser
geant's sure, now, you met this Nc
Cord and he's going back with you
to the headwaters.
You're a fool, Alan. to put your
self under suspicion Of protecting
murderer!" added Duncan McNab.
1.-The police can make it hot for
you-take you down to the railroad
and put you on trial"
Alan's good nature had returned.
He smiled indulgently. displaying
his strong white teeth. TITS 400
miles to the headwaters. Noel and
I'll be glad to show the police the
way, if that's all they want. Won't
we, Noel? AS for our meeting any
body up there last winter-thats
nonsense!"
well, wouldn't be in your shoes
for good deall" snapped Christie.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-09-08
BY George Marsh

u may be. never had much
mind" ne answered, drily.
You're playing dangerous
game" she became suddenly dra-
matte, when you start to work
against the Provincial Police"
He had once read of woman de-
tective in book in the post library.
Could this woman be a government
detective?
How have l worked against the
police" he asked. disarmingly. by
telling the TRUTH"
She burst into paroxysm of laugh
ter that did not fail to display the
whiteness and regularity Of her
teeth Drying her eyes with hand
kerchief that filed the air with a
subtle perfume, she said. standing
very close to the uncomfortable AL
an: why. you poor boy. do you sup
pose they don't know you're lying?"
Excuse me. Mrs Hanbury. l
don't know who you are" he said.
the blood darkening his bronzed
face. What right have you to ask
me questiOnS?"
She opened her large eyes with
their long-lashed lids in amazement.
They didn't tell you-at the Hud-
sons Bay?"
mot a word-except that you
were here and wanted to see me-"
That's strange! I'm connected
with the government you know
special agent. / flew to Moose on
another matter and wanted to have
a look at the East Coast Knowing
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Adventure in Comprehensive

Queer things-seedsl Sometimes
we don't recognize them. Take that
luncheon at Washington's Mayf1ow-
er hotel one spring Saturday. There
were 300 guests. The First Lady
was to tell us her ideal of women
In politics. AT my right was
friend. The seat at the left was
vacant. No sign of a seed. Then
pleasant voice asked permission to
sit beside me. There was the seed
unseen before. already sprouting.
The days and weeks that followed
saw it grow through comfortable
companionship and congenial fell
lowship, becoming a real adventure
along the alluring lanes of friend
ship.
However sophisticated we are,
however far we shy away from
show of sentiment, it yet remains
that every forest oak was once with
in the tiny compass of the acorn.
That sounds old-fashioned but is as
modern as today. Life continues to
grow great results from seeds so
small that often we fail to see or
to believe how they can be impor-
tant to our purposes. When our
spirits are negative, we sometimes
cast these seeds away, losing what
might become very precious to us.
Not every handful of seeds p&oduces
a glory of eucalyptus. Not every
train acquaintance pays the score
with a cleaning diamond. That
would put the whole business on too
low a level. But every seed holds
unpredictable possibilities.
Copyright-WNU Service.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-09-08
Growth of a Friendship

Two travellers on happy holiday in
Florida stopping to call on a friend.
1t was carefree, glad day under
the palm trees beside the lovely
lake in Winter Park. They wrote
about it to one whose name was
often on their lips that day. Return
mail brought a handful of seeds
and introduction to other friends
away from home and restless for
companionship. These seeds start
ed to sprout. Passing days cultivat-
ed them until rare and lovely
treasure of friendship grew that
becomes more beautiful with the
years.
The auditor of an important edu-
cational group was a regular trav-
eler. Travelling grows monotonous
but offers chance generally to
catch up on rest and to read a bit.
This particular trip was long. The
auditor was weary Of figures and
Of balances that did not easily bal
ance. She wanted to sleep away
some Of the hours on the train.
Across the aisle was a little old
lady. stranger. She did not seem
to have any promising seeds in her
hands. She was nervous and rest
less, bit fearful. She seemed eager
for companionship. 1t developed
that she carried a heavy personal
load and greatly needed a human
safety valve Most of US do. So
the seasoned traveller put away her
desire to doze and gave herself up
to listening while the little lady
talked. 1t was not much to do. But
it cost its price.
Seeds must have time to grow.
And there is never any way to know
ahead which seeds will pay to plant,
which will grow and make our. gar
dens of life its loveliest We have
to take chances on them same as on
everything else These special seeds
which the traveller sowed in a Sec
ton of the sleeping car grew to
friendship that abided until that
wistful little body who wasn't quite
accustomed to trains and travelling
slipped away across the Final Riv-
er. Now tangibles are not the only
values. Sometimes they are not
valuable at all. But from the little
lady to the traveller who wanted to
doze and pass the time but who was
willing instead to be friendly and
helpful, there came gorgeous dia-
mond because you were so good to
me that day" Little thing, big
thing, either view you take.
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start out with the apron, then
make the dress, and you'll get a
real thrill out of the way it looks.
Trim, Fitted Apron.
Just five steps in your detailed
sew chart,-and presto, your
apron is finished! 1t fits so slimly
and smoothly over the hips that
it doesn't add fraction of bulk.
1t protects your frock thoroughly,
front, back, and up top. And it
simply cannot slip off at the shoul-
ders, when you have your hands
in the dough! Percale, gingham,
calico and batiste, plain colored
or in pretty prints, are nice for
this design. Trim it with braid or
bias binding.
SIenderizing Afternoon Dress.
You'll find this one of the most
becoming and comfortable dresses
you ever had, and it's just as
smart as it can be! 1t has the
new kind of skirt, smooth-hipped
and almost straight. Inside tscks
on the shoulders give you the full
ness you need over the bust. The
v-neck, cut deep and rather mar
row, is always fattering to large
women. Make it up, for right now,
with the short sleeves, in chiffon,
georgette or soft silk crepe. Later,
make it with the smart, long bish-
op sleeves, in thin wool or sheer
velvet.
The Patterns.
1879 is designed for sizes "a, 36,
38, 40, AZ, "A, 46 and 48. Size SO
requires rs yards of 35-inch ma
terial; 5 yards of braid or bias
binding to trim.
1877 is designed for sizes 36, 38,
40, AZ, A, 46, 48, so and 81. Size SO
requires 434 yards of 39-inch ma
terial, for short sleeves; 55s yards
for long sleeves; rs yards edging
for neck and bow.
Send your order to The Sewing
Circle Pattern Dept, Room 1920.
I'll w. Wacker Dr., Chicago, Ill.
Price of patterns, IS cents Tin
coins) each.
g Bell Syndicate.-WNU Service. !
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-09-08
SEEDS
CaIifornia's eucalyptus trees
grew from handful Of
Australian seeds. Seeds of
kindness will similarly enrich
our personal lives.
BY WINIFRED WILLARD

. IMPLE thing for him to send
- from Australia by slow-sailing
ship to his wife at home in Califor-
MIA. Just a handful of seeds4 Small
thing to bother with. Big thing to
reckon with in the long run. For
this handful Of seeds gave America
all the glory of our eucalyptus, love-
ly in its silvery-blue- e-green foliage.
It's spicy fragrance always an
nounces its presence. Nothing else
smells like it.
BY the standard of the dollar,
eucalyptus leaves, sap, bark and
fiber turn themselves into good
American money in the course Of
every year, for medicines. tonicS,
preparations that many thousands
Of US use without knowing how we
got them.
Any inventory of CALIFORNIA; S
claims to observation-disclosures the
year round, sun-kissed oranges, sun
made raiSinS-muSt reckon with the
wealth of the eucalyptus and with
the two people, unpretentious and
unassuming, who laid that wealth in
California's lap-William Taylor.
pioneer, preacher. practical man Of
affairs and his little home-making
wife. She, too, looked into the fu-
ture, seeing what these seeds could
become of beauty and blessing.
Then she did the practical things
needed to make them grow The
seeds her husband sent her were
worthless until she planted theml
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-09-08
CHAPTER v

Sick at heart with Berthe's cold
ness, Alan sought his old friend
Pierre to learn what had been the
comment at the Revillon Freres on
his sudden departure for the north
coast.
You max queek start. eh, dat
night you leeve for de nor'?"
laughed the big Frenchman when
he and Julie had welcomed the wan
derer. Dose poleece, dey were
YER cross, wen you beat dem to
Whale Riviere."
What did they say when they got
back?"
wal, l hear dem talk wild de
boss. Dey say you race dem to
Whale so you can tell Neil Camp
bell about de monee."
What did Gabriel say?"
He say, no, you went for dog"
Good old Gabriel, thought Alan,
he's still my friend. Then he asked:
What has Rivard been saying?
know that he's done all he could to
turn the Madame and Berthe against
me. Berthe wouldn't talk to me to-
night
Pierre scowled and shook his
head. "Ah, dat ees bad-ver' bad.
Madame Dessane she lax Arsene,
yes, she lax dat young feller. But
Ma m selle Berthe she weel be all
right. Eet ees dat woman, Han
bury, dat max all de troub'. She
turn Fort George on hees head, so
wen Arsene tell Berthe you talk
to her tonight, poof! She get mad
lax de odder woman"
What do you make Of Mrs. Han
bury?"
Il t'ink she ees huntin' lax a
fox, YER hard for something. Wat
dat ees, don know, but she ees
try hard to find eet all de tam
she stops with the Northern
Trading people?"
"Ah-hah! And she make troub'
dere quick wild Madame Martin. De
woman are all cross wild her. She
weel not tell dem wy she come to
Fort George"
The moon was up when Alan took
the river trail to the Hudson's Bay
settlement. His thoughts brooded
over the mood in which he had
found Berthe. There remained but
a short space, now, before he would
have to start for the headwaters-
probably with the police; only too
brief an interval to win back Berthe.
And then there would be months of
absence, possibly a year or more In
the interior with John McCord,
while Rivard and Madame Dessane
poisoned her mind. But McCord
had promised him money and mon
ey he needed.
The following morning when Alan
and Noel returned from their fish
nets and were playing with the huge
puppies inside the dog stockade.
they had a caller.
&c morning, Cameron!" Alan
looked up to recognize the thick-set
figure of Sergeant Mcqueen behind
the slabs of the gate. You got
your dogs, / see. Beauties, too!
Nothing like them at Whale River"
II got the pups in the Nastapokas,
from a Husky" he answered, as the
slate-gray Powder, pursued by Shot
and the brown-patched Rogue cir
cled him in a mad race, while
Rough lay near at hand, watching
their childish antics through conde-
scending, oblique eyes.
ITO BE CONTINUED
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PERSONAL
EnioyMaking These
Practical DESIGNS

IF YOU like to look simmer
than you are, these designs are
made especially for you! They are
practical, pretty, easy to make
the kind you'll use time and again,
for they adapt themselves to every
season of the year. Each is ac-
companied by a detailed sew
chart, to guide beginners. If
you've never done much sewing,
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-09-08

had aroused. Alan went over to the
factors house. Received coldly by
Madame Dessane, he found Berthe
waiting.
"You have found her very agree
able, to talk so long in the trade
room?" she asked. giving him a
lifeleSs hand.
"Arsene told you then? So you
think that woman"
Il don't know what to think
Goodnight, Alan!" And she left the
room.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-09-08
The Spirit Blooms

The world is not respectable; It
is mortal, tormented, confused,
deluded forever; but is shot
through with beauty, with love,
with glints of courage and laugh
ter; and in these the spirit blooms
timidly, and struggles to the light
among the thorns.-George San
tayana.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-09-08
La Guaira, Famous Port

La Guaira is the port for Caracas,
the capital of Venezuela and for
many years the home of Simon
Bolivar, the Hberator of South Amer
ica. In La Guaira there is house of
worship called The Church of the
Most Holy Damn" because it was
built with fines imposed upon people
who SWOre,
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-09-08
Rabbits Very Small at Birth

Eyes of young rabbits open on
about the eleventh day. On the
seventeenth day they are usually
away from the nest. Little rab-
bits weigh about an ounce and a
half at birth. By the time they are
Sc days old, they weigh a pound
each.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-09-08
Idea First
Tried Out
BY Legion


his original idea, suggested by SIM
liar work by the American Legion,
of which Mr.. Burkard is a former
New York county commander.
He has been a genial mixer in
the department for many years,
vice president of the glee club and
long active in the affairs of the
p. B. A.
A friend of this writer, gathering
material for a book on New York,
quoted to young police lieutenant
Inspector Williams remark that
There is more law on the end of
a policeman night-stick than there
is in decision of the Supreme
court"
That's bunk, and 1t always
was" said the lieutenant. Col
lege men are joining both the
police and fire departments. ].
Edgar Hoover, and others, are
helping to bring about new
conception of a policeman. The
'lat-foot' era is ending"
And then, said my friend, the
lieutenant disclosed that he was
college graduate and engaged in an
informal discussion of psychiatric
training and methods in connection
with police work. Would the cops
have made their own psychological
clinic in Inspector Williams day?
THE late Texas Guinan gave
l. George Raft pair of gold-plated
garters. They brought him luck and
he still wears them. The sleek,
slow-eyed young
Tex Gurndn Italian, alumnus
GaUe George of New Yorks
Gold Garters Helrs K it che n,
in his easy dancing stride-he's an
ex-hoofer-but like other moving
picture stars, he's beginning to look
a gift-horse in the mouth.
He doesn't like his role in Para
mounts ''St. Louis Blues" and the
company suspends him. 1t is one
more instance Of increasing es-
thetic sensitivity in movieland.
In and around HelPs Kitchen,
he was a professional light
weight boxer, winning rs fights,
kay0ed seven times. He was an
outfelder for the Springfield
(Mass.) minor league team Cor
two seasons. He did well
enough, but it was a sideline of
impromptu hoofing and spoofing
which paced him into the night
clubs and the big Broadway
shows.
He achieved sinister, reptilian
suggestion in his dancing which
made him known fraternally up and
down Broadway as The Old Black
snake"
He was just looking on at the
Brown Derby in Hollywood when a
prowling director seized him as a
type" and ruthlessly sloughed him
into fame and fortune. His 1887
earnings report was $202, 2,666, topped
only by Cooper and Baxter, among
the male stars. He owns As suits
of clothes and a piece of Henry
Armstrong.
g Consolidated News Features.
WNU Service.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-09-08

GW 1ORh.-I OICGIIlSn SeeIll W
= have more social security than
almost anybody else, if they behave
themselves, and yet about 70 Of
them have COM
oe" S""Se mitted suicide in
For Cops New York in the
Dependency last few years.
Just why "a po-
Hceman's life is not a happy one"
was not made clear by Gilbert and
Sullivan, but members of the New
York force are out to find out and
do something about it.
Their new and unique trouble
clinic" has been investigating and
prescribing. 1t lists eight reasons
why policemen get in distress, and
the list includes just eight brands
of money trouble. The news today
is that the department clinic has
official sanction and is opening
headquarters in the old World build
ing
Patroiman Joseph j. Burkard
of the traffic squad, an energet-
ic, resourceful self-starter, In
the department 20 years, pio-
neers the new clinic, with the
aid Of young patrolman who is
student of psychology at Co
lumbia university.
They brought in DR.. Menas S.
Gregory, famous psychiatrist, and
DR.. Carmyn j. Lombardo, also
widely known as a specialist in men
tai disturbance. The clinic already
has handled $50 cases, some of
them of extremely serious nature.
The clinic was established under
the Patrolmen's Benevolent associa-
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-09-08

tion, of which Mr..
B u r k a r d was
elected president
last year, 1t is
said to have been
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-09-08
WHO'S
NEWS
THIS
WEEK
By LEMUEL F. PARTON

NEW YORK.-Policem seem to
l have more social security than
almost anybody else, if they behave
themselves, and yet about 70 Of
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-09-08

them have COM
mitted suicide in
New York in the
last few years.
Just why "a po-
The Washington times., 1938-03-11
OTHERS IN DECLINE
Variable Weather
Drops Retail Sales

NEW YORK, March II Q.N.So
Variable weather this week pre-
vented a uniform trend in retail
sales in leading centers of diStri.
button and caused drop in total
volume of two to five per cent
under the preceding, and six to 1S
per cent below a year ago, Dun &
Bradstreet, Inc, reported today
in its weekly trade review. In the
wholesale field some markets
gained 10 per cent over a year ago,
but the estimated aggregate vol
ume sank eight to az per cent.
The Washington times., 1938-03-11
SOCIAL
INTRODUCTION
BUREAU

The making of companionable acQuaint
ances to those of culture and refinemen
is often difficult. This Bureau is con
Quoted to help you in this matter. Mei
and women of all ages have found com
panionship through the assistance of Mrs
Martha Taylor Hughes, Box Pho. Herald
Times or phone North 5000. All in stric
confidence.
The Washington times., 1938-03-11
HOUSES FOR SALE OR RENT

MODERN new Groom. bath. shower, 8
laboratories, full basement, built-in ga
rage, h.-w.h.: semi-detached: FLA financed.
good terms or reasonable rent. 1910 Sheri-
dan St. N. W., or GE. 6674.
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SALE INVESTMENT PROPERTY
HOUSES FOR SALE

5-ROOMS. Frame house in Georgetown
rented cold S15 mo. for yrs. Price $3.50
LEO M. BERNSTEIN & CO. ME. 5400