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itfempierance Alliance Advt.)

A ‘iiilifiillllillif STATESMAN EXPIiESSES Hi5 VIEWS

i, THE TEMPERANCE SIEUATION IN ' ‘ CANADA REVIEWED

By Rf. Hon. Sir George E- Foster. G.C.M.G., D.C.L.

i

Having liccii \\‘:truil_v tirt-sscrl to tindcrtrtkt- stimc rictivc plhtforiti work in thc iiitri‘c~‘!s of thc 'l‘ctiipcr.'tticc Cztttst‘ ztt thc p ;scnt itnportatit (l'l.\l$ in its history‘, l \\'.‘l$ oliligcd to plczttl thc limitations imposed tipoii inc by zitlvuttcitig years. lt was thcn stig- Elhtcd that i llllglll.liliit‘t' my \‘ic\\'~‘ hrforc n wider COi1>lllli(‘llL‘_\' t pugh the prititt-tl tinge; null thc pft-‘srtli puuiphlrt is thc uiistvct‘ topfthai suggestion.

,~ l0 have anything to do witlt lIllUXlCKlllllg liquors, and signed thc

S0‘ for us l czui rtiiictiilit-t‘ thc cliicf inipttlsc to that action ‘citnic from seeing tirnnkcn lll('i1 rtllllillg out from lltc villngt: “t:tvcrti" and liflcnittg to thcit‘ litilililiiig~ tutti lirztwls zuiil tvitiicssitig thc utihtttipi- floss and stiffcriiig thereby crczitctl iit-igltlitir- hi; fattiilies.

' l .'ll’ll now citteriiigiiiy‘ t-ightit-th year grind limlily 11ml trtcntel condition. llnring all thc itucrvcttiug ycurs‘ I llIlVt‘ .'tdlicrctl tdinty original resolution, uiid have (llstl iztkcti ztu ztvciivt- pztrt in ‘Ill

ovemcnts in Canztdu looking towairtls thc supprcssiott ztitd pos- . st lc elimination of thc tttiivrrstilly‘ zickitowlctlgt-d evils of tht- Drink ‘ P. ,'lirafiic. ' . . My first conclusion, lll{‘l'L'ffii‘(', to which l risk your ztttt-ution if isllrinc llflSctl upou~

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in stituc of lllt'

in

; Personal Experience.

l have iicvcrsltirkctl hztrd work. l have led an exceedingly i active life, calling for constant and exhausting physical and mental l , exertion; have trhvcllctl as itiany miles, faced as many ztttdicttccs. f, and (lone as much organization and administrative work as per- haps zuty man now living in Canada; and ltztvc done this toil/toll! the aid ofjii/znrirartir of any sorl. “Ycs," says u friend, "bttt what x11 lot :01 fttn you havc tiiisst-rl.." .\‘l_v reply is. "Maybe, litti thcnhiivliizti zt lotof hczttlzichcs I ltztvc misscrl~—\\‘li:tt a lot tif

DAUGHTERS OF MIDAS BY AME U STI N

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!lllii tiarimutttit ‘ t nn-u flew into , ' i.

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town ‘I sized hinh up. bttt I fell for hlut, too. Bur “he didn't have me fouled for one little minute! I culled his bluff inside of two week's after we cttute to live titer. He ad- .

less nilvetiturer, that his aunt was untier ‘the indictment of his soil. Hlilkillg hhu to an apartment and a did not look up when ‘Mrs. Mead- ettr, and paying his laundry bills, owi t-uslled out of the room, ‘bang-

2,1.

THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN '-

S TEAS

. ntwnvs turns:

dime 5a -f‘0r,._56 Yataltio"

Iudteti to tne that he was n pettni- Curtis. whose. htiitd had bowed 10W rlitclwtl Yo"? 9113MB 111 11 forum“ m

run away with 1mg?" -

"Ila begged tuc L0 511W!" Billy lnttgltcd hysterically. "He plcfltlctl with me to ‘stay and be his dttuglt-

Iiatlter.

while he stiottgetl off you. '1‘. Q., for most of ‘his itieals. Hin aunt. put him wise that you were going to pick out. it ‘daughter as soon as

, you'd inudc up your itilitd which of

the three of us you liked best, and Iltutdsotttc Harry decided to play the game t-hree trays to win.’ tI-Ie got itlmt-ielt‘ engaged to botlt Billy and me, but zshé‘, poor stlp,.ll10llgll'l ‘she tvas the only frog in tihe pud- dle. ‘l knew I didn't-have a chance lt‘.l ti-itltrt win the contest-J’

Cltty loosened this grip ion Win 1110's tit-in and swayed against ha; The old man put his urm about tho boy. but Iris eyes did not loin‘..- Wiuitiett distorted face.

§| Signed the Pledge p "And before he'd wasted too much effort on Nydn Uomux lie it At thc earl)‘ titit- oi t3 ,\'c.'trs I iitudt- n bfl,\"s resolution uctw-Hfottiitl she'll ‘been lnurflell tut (no

tmc to Eddie Bututing, His pre- cious ttuut helped hint to snoop out that nice bit 0t‘ scandal, and lddtlie gave the tvorks away ititusclt nt u dance at the Country Club. 0h. iI knew hliu like my A-B-(Ys all the time, but I was crazy in love with ‘him, just the same! II even helped him in some 01' his other little side grafts. I steered trade to his ino- dtstr. shop. that he t-uu under the itame ot‘ Madame Dubofu. And -l helped hint get the dope on tin- high society mucket-y-ittttcks Liar his illndtt fakir, Numlr Sadh—"

"So Romaine was Sadh's accom- plice!" T. Q. grottned, "Truman wit,‘ right, but for lMn-i. Meadows’ ‘sake I wouldn't let ntyselt‘ believe him!" ' , .

"This is till an infaniotis ‘lie, attd tl'll site for slander!" Mrs. Meadows pained. i

"You'll be lucky if you get out of ‘this thing wttilv tinshred of reputa- tion left!" Winnie spat at her vi- ciottsly.

“Why are you tolling us all this —ubottt a ‘mill! you say you love?" Clay demanded. V

‘“-\‘\"hy? Why’! Because I'd rather see \b.nt dead than married to any- |one else!” Winnie screamed. "When Clara brought ‘up my dinner, i] bribed her -to take a not to Dal. I wrote hint that ‘l needed hi9‘ help. begged him to get me out of uh-is.

chances to tiiztkc :1 fool of thyself, to lost: my self-respect, and iriaybc to bccontt- a victim iiiysclf of thv tit-grading drink lntbit." For have not ytitt, my fricntl, as‘ liztvc l_, in mind and iiicitiory many fine _youtlts who stztrtctl lifc with ciirltiwiitcnts and rcsottrct-s cquttl i i‘ tor superior ‘to ottr own, 1nd who huvt- fullcn victims to drink and wrecked their own cztrt-crs lli‘.\'ltlk' bridging tnttold sttii'<~i‘ing in their families? Thcrcforz‘, my (YHIKIIISfIIH [rum [irnvnmtl (nr/icrirticc it‘, firxl, Ilmi altoitolir liquoiat" 1m‘ not uerrxsttry‘ Irr Iindilyi or MINI/Hf tnrrrl-imi emit of Ilzr rrwcrrr/ lciiul,‘ tllifl, xcrmiul, llml us I haw ‘itinriicytvl along my life [itil/izcuy of (‘ifj/l/l‘ _\‘t‘//LY//l(l'Z'(‘ ucticr kutncit an in- Irlance whet-t man or ruoiitaii was amt/It‘ rlroizgcr in litidy, more alrrri tilt tniitd 0r purer ill r/iirit by thc bcverag/c tire of inttmricaitts,‘ zit/til.‘ all along that [ialltttiayl Iizw.‘ scru niiinlicrlcss mcu mid rcmurn dc- graded, rttrerked and ritinrd by 1'1. i ,: ' Expericnce Fighting the Drink Traffic I Since vcryfeztrly y/cnrs I hztvt- been intimately and actively interested in all movements for thc regulation, suppression ztitd glimination of thc Drink 'i‘r:ifiic. liltiriitg that timc l have lit-cit taught by both cxperieiicc and tiliscrtiatiott that- I The Drink Traffirkrrw‘ rinr/irr/ no ltm‘. ltirnmu or iicwiiii‘. V‘! llmpelfedby dcsircbf gain, thcir Ittunnit sympathies dulled and col- ' i bred by constant nssottiztiion with the weakness and degradation of mcn and women and powerfully seconded by the cravings of an zip. petite which must lie created and (‘Xpfltldttl if they hope to continue business, the Traffic and thc Trztfftckcrs become dead to rill better impulses and allow no scruplcs of conscience or respect for law to HNJIU between them and their customers nntl victims. There may be some honorable exceptions, bttt they only serve to prove thc rule. To make their sulcs and secure their gains, they violate thc lawon every possible OCCflSiOH, corrupt the guardians and admin- istrators of the latv, and fottl the very foutttniits of justice itself. iksk ‘your own cxpcricuce and obscrvatioit ; ask ‘the records of thc courts of all tltcsc ycttrs; ask the findings of thc Dotttitiioit Par- liamentary Committee of i926 at Ottawa, and thc findings of thc Royal Commission of 1926 and i927. Do not thc answers agree with and corroborate thc above conclusions? . (2)Th(r policies um] [unis sitrrcsrivrly ado/iicd for the lust t L 10o year: ‘with refvrriicc m Ilu- Drink Traflic Iuwe only been cfiec- true in [trnporlioit In Hi0 autumn! rtml quality of the PROHIBI- TIiONS they haw conltiiiictl uml the cnfarcmtciti 0f llmsc Prohi- ‘I: ‘Bitions. ,5‘ , . ‘ Many peoplp have got into the habit of saying, “I don't be- lieve in prohibltiortfi a man's personal liberty to choose what he shall eat or drink is an indefensible right which should not be de- nied him. And this carries with it the provision of facilities for sale and purchase of these commodities.” This means, if it means anything, that there should be the greatest possible freedom for thc sale and purichase of drink Logically it means they samc freedom fonthc sale ttntl purchase of intoxicants as for ‘ 1 other articles of food and drink. And yet probably not one of ' '~ those who repeat the above formula would think of coming be i fore the public to press for .1 policy of free sale of drink. T hen- logic limps when facing pr actical conclusions.

i The adherents of the new policy of Governmciit Control, so-callcd, admit and zttitilattltl its prohibitions. ‘They point also to the reduction and elimination of the saloon under the old license laws. In Ontario under license laws the number of 5210005 wtiggroduced from’ 8ooo to 4000 and local option was eitablcd lo dear-them entirely out of large districts. Whatever the improve- mlgt, it came about because of the prohibitions contained in these

.1161 . The license act allowed one pcrson in 30o to sell, but it

‘Billy, you've ltntlerminedher char- acter with luxury and imade herfpower! easy ‘prey for the {first black-heart- Wintile were right all along! You that came along. were engaged ‘to her, mo! Three girls ruined.

to take inc away from Colfax, and the sent mu back word that there was ‘tio aiistver’! ‘No answer!’ " she nltt-flletl. "l'd ldll him if t1 (ould! ‘No answef-after all ‘I've tnettnt to Dal Romaine. Why," sthe wean oit, reckless in her fury. "I've [spent two week-ends with him at. his cabin in tt-lte cottntry, and a week with li.nt in Cthicago, when Biilly didn't cvctt know where. he was! I'd have cut ‘air my right hand for him, ciook ‘though 1 knew lti-itt to be~iand then he won't evendilft a finger to help me when ‘I'm down and ottt!" il-iur tury spent itself suddenly and she. begun to sob,

In ispte of his disgust and rage. ,Cl:ty‘~.-i face ‘softened a bit at sight of lter tears. "Where is ‘Billy? Where did he take Iter?"

‘ll “but. ‘tiei1!" ‘Thictt-“Yes; 1 will! tHe slliitlfl.‘ have her! He thinks hc cttn compromise her mid then force '1‘. Q. ‘to let him marry her, ttiftsr the adoption goes t-liioglt. Oh, I know hint! ll ‘told you It'd stient two week-ends witrb him at his .c|1‘l).l1 In the cou-nitry. ‘He'll ttake her there. It's ole-veil

mile-s from here, out. pat-it (ilifton.

Turn oil‘ ttlie main mad about three miles from Clifton-it's a left turn. dirt. road. The log cab.n is about t1 quarter oi’ a mile from ‘tite tmuln road. You can't miss it. And I

ltope wit kill him!"

Clay did not igive her Iris prom-

ise iit words, but. his face, as he

turned upon his father, was terrible

to ‘see. ' '

"I'm going affter ‘them, Dad. ntnd

iiill bring B.1ly book-but -not to

you! I'm going to take her to her

tttotlter, and ‘I'll marry her if she'll

have me. God knows 1 love her

enough to marry her, no 1118.14.81‘

done to her. An for you, Dad. tl hope you realize what your selfish

sling little .hypocrite"—hi-a ‘seared Wlntttle Shclton with hatred

menace ‘to decent. people.-

ed adventurer

"Ha flunk out off the room, this!

furious young fscg contorted with Irupted her roughly. "You left that an effort to keep tback tours. '1‘. Q. "house knot-ting you'd won!

THE BEDTIME STRIP-w-

whttt that. thrown-skinned devil thus so you got yourself engaged to all

folly has (lone-made a thlet’ of tbusy you've been! Nyda Lomtix, turned this poor, ‘sttiv-Ishpl began to laugh rind cry, hygtgrl- Wm, such, force that she released eye/s cit‘ y.

l 0'1 wasn't engaged to Nydtt ever," and c0ntetm‘pi.—"il1to a cheap crook. m1 ‘barked at her rottghiy. strzpped her of her virtue and wastrt necessary."

thrown her back upon the world. u As for-you said Eddiel Banning thimself and another iparson in‘ your

All for your knew —-1she knew-she ‘was laugh- owtt seltiJ-pleuute, tbecause you ing at me were lonely! And you did It in'wottId win both you and T. 6)., then ‘the name o: philanthropy! Pltila

n- ,when she ifound out I'd won the coit- thro-py! My God!" t.—" ‘

tea

ing. ‘the door behind p129!‘-

Qdttly enough it was Winnie-who tried to comfort! the broken old man. Slte touched him diffidently (uy-llle shoulder, spoke the sincer- ct-tl word-s tvhe had uttered to him during the whole year: "I—'I'm ‘sor- ry. ‘Mr. tCurtitt. You're a good man anti I don't blame you for hut- itig me, ll hate myself!"

ter, uud 1-—ll thought. only‘ 01 1591' ting ttwny and flying into T0111‘ straits! Your arms! Oh. W118! 11 1.11mi. gullible foul I've been!

i “Listen, Billy!" Dal swerved the un- nudtlenly from the sitiootlt as- phalt pttvting into a tutu-row dirt romt "Don't he IL tool any 1011B- er! Jisteirto me! You love me~—"

“Love you!" She; raised it hatttl‘ as it‘ she ntent to strike hint.

“You, you love mo, You vc been mud with love for 1t rem‘- 11111 wuui In marry you! ll\l()l‘.l11~'11"r01 .tho money you'll lnive its 'l. Q. fill!“

CH AIPTEII DIX

"This Isn't the road to Chathnitt. Dal." Billy rottsed lterseli‘ from n long silence to proton-rt. "You should

‘have turned buck titers-the right m- dangme,“ m" beuum, | in“, 1111113‘ you, I've bcctt sincere about that, Dal Itotnnine drove on for u long a. pump ,1 “(Iver my,“ Wynn“. Shel.

minute wltli-tittt z-ilifit-tkittg. Dllriltil that tnintite Billy stole tltixlous‘ glances at his set. stern Inca. Now that lie was so soon to become her liusbztatd, she was beginning to ‘have a nervous fem‘ tltnt he was a stratig- cr to her. ‘Even the cotttottr of his narrow, handsome hcnd seemed ‘strange to her, In the occasional glare of the Iteadlights of a passing car this black eyes glittered, narrow nml--sitiister. Who was ‘this tlllilll she ‘was eloping with‘! iwtho was Dalliurt Romaine, to whom she was entru-stittg her life? He hnd killed a mun- he had said. llndia. Mystic- is

ion-A"

"lhii yotl ‘spclli week-ends with her, iiud hcr ttteet you somewhere for at \veck-0li, how cottld l have been so ililltul!"

"You must. lit-ltell, Billy! »l 10W? you uud~l want to marry you. ‘l court. utztrry you unless you have money. tl've been living "111 "l? uunt while I've been in Colfux, ex- ccpt for wlittt iI could pick tip here bud tltcrc—"

“flrugging in (etrstomers for Mad- tntte Dubai-i tutti-flint, I see it oil now! tit was you who was Numir Sadhfiv. zttvcontplicte! It was Y0“ .m. J-Ie had hypnotic POWER-i. who worked up u blackmail catn- He ltfld vast v. H9611 "Don her. But pttigit against the people who hnd -—‘0t course Site loved him! Hmhitun-t»... kind ‘to yott. on. you're too aihe given up Clay Curtis for hlm'."it1ns|)otlkal)ly vile! II ‘htmte you!

"Dal!" Tho itttniliar syllable tilt ‘I>.iu't dare touch me!" she scream- her lips became a cry. led as he leaned toward her.

"Billy. darting. we're not going! Ho drew back, and though in ‘the to Chuthum tonight," Dal sttid at dark she could not see his face lit-st, w.thout looking ttt her. "l “clearly, site caught the evil glitter retilize you are in no condition tum; ,1.” eyes. “mh a muck “love. go bachto ‘the Curtis thouse tonight. llnignl of hi5 hand upon ‘the dun-th- bttt tomorrow you must. return, sztydioartl he‘ killed the engine of tlte nothing of having been ‘with ine—" noudster. ‘

d-Ier hand clutched his sleeve, "You'd better geyover your fit of tried to shake tihe rigid arm whose ltysterics and listen to reason. hand was clamped so tightly upon Billy,“ he said eldly. “I'm telling the wheel. "What do you mean, you the ‘truth. ‘l do ‘love you. Shut Dal? _Y-ou—yott're not going t0 up, or I'll choke- you into listening marry me?" . to me!" he commanded her fero-

"Ixstett, tlarltfiig." ‘he ‘said, with ciously as she tried to interrupt an attempt to make this voice soft h"nt, "Be practical, for ottee itt and caressing. "We're going ‘ttfiyottr lite! You can go back to '1‘. wait until April to ‘be ittrtrried, us Q. Curtis. Take what he wttttta -tc we had plattneil ull along. ‘l ltave give you—-and then marry me. You no money—" can wrttp the old mun around your

"But. you ‘won't have illllltill tnorc finger. He'll accept me an a son-in- by April!" Billy cried in a tianic o; law if you make him realize that fear. "l—1 don't. under-stand, Dal! your happiness depends upon it." I'nt not. marrying you for tuotteh flf-Tivly. happlne'.s‘,-i!"- She flung the You've lived well here, traveled in Wttrtlfl Ill ill-til‘ b1l19T1Y~ the best sticicty. Surely you can support tt \vii's-—‘l'm ut-icd to plain living. cxrzcpt~cxcept tits lard y821l‘--—"

"Titttf-s wlint -l waitt to talk with you about, dearest, if you'll try to get control of yourself," Dal inter- rupted her, lillflllp,‘ his right hund from the wheel und putting his ‘arm about lie-r ‘shoulders. “You must go back to Mr. Curtis. stay out the year, and-and win your reward for

the picture," hc went ‘on relentless- Iy- “If you don't g0 buck to hint, and it" you don't marry me, you'll have to go back t0_ clcrking in a store. Yotrvoltntl your chance to become It real viol-ittst and you've friltteretl it uwtty—"

“Because of you!" ‘she reminded ihtim, beginning to sob again.

"Because you loved me," he agreed. "You dio love mo. I'm not ha-vlng been a loving companion to gohfglo 311w 11°“ "1" 111's‘ ‘bemmfle n 10nd}, 0M many. you re on‘ idealistic little fool. ‘Im

“what do yo“ mean’ Dal?" Bmyno worse than other men; I’ni just jerked 0m m. we embrace 0., h.“ eleverer thauHast-tes like your dear ttriit and letuteil ‘forward to stare C1117 6111113‘- witlt horror into his face. . “Yotr kunw-yottive known ‘illl tho time —-?" Her volceullntl ttwny in n 1m.

1mm] whlfllmr‘ Dnl Romaine seized ltcr ‘ltilnds [HMIFFHP 111l“,"";'11‘~' 2° forced her back upon ttllB seat, then w‘ ,, we” lfiulzfi, ‘y; ‘n’: ":1“1f]1",lie'f0re she realized what ho wns do- ““_V‘_V,, i ‘ " Y 1 1' Jug," hemlépltlll thc rm‘ tltltitletl‘ wtiy ,_ - n agar i. t‘ lg‘ over we 4 eep y I Mfimmw?! 111")’ “11‘"1‘1“1"_.rtttted road. 11c drove with one °‘,,,‘l1‘r"1y,‘1""" 111111- l-llilflt], keeping her ha-utls IlIIIITTlSOH- ""9" 11°11'11"?" s" 11"1'1'11'11' 1" ed in the tlron grip or iris other. my lrav-Iittg known, .I)al protested. ttmlae are, you taking me?» "m1 “Y 1115 1“ 1116111115 1°10? 111951!‘ (‘Billy struggled to tear thet- hands Ing and reasonable. "Nor in Aunt out ,0; Ms grasp “Let me m" o; plttula arltttvlng told -me. You cant u"; c“, Dal Romaine! q-H km “me "'31 11 11119 “111111911 1191' 1111""- myself if you don't! I swear Fl ite nephew to marry a girl who Wm!" woplil be T-Oll‘ aonip day.’ “I'm taking you to ‘that cabin T1118 1” 11mm“ 13.111!’ 8115111911 011 vou’ve talrendy visited with .me," he '1 11111“ 11°19 "1 1111151119" "Y0" tkeep youthere all nlgttt-antl after were frying to mnrryline for tnymm, n9, grimly, “pm going m potter. A detrsrtmeiit storeylerk that you’l‘l be glad to go back to ‘r. e "3 ma" ‘"1 1m" 1191' ‘111011051- A1111 Q. tCttrtis and tell him youive decid- ed to accept this offer." _ "Let me go! tl'd kill myself 110W YF-Ehlflllllftrather than stay with you!" she ‘How-thow- ‘shrilletl. heaving her body upward

strikehim on the unotrth.

three of its, to he sure you caught thc right one! _

the iron clutch of h-is hand upon hers. o ~

"11 ‘ITQmtI-"le stepped ‘hard upon ‘the ine" 0n ‘Prince Edward mam “So that's what you meant when 1y ahead 5;,§‘.§';‘l,|°,."‘f,,§,“',,,f,'}§‘..f,';,f," iflflf'“%bf,'fz',“nél‘° :_‘::L'r1:§' ‘a :19" ' - i Q ern

‘ltfld Dlll ened of the man at the ‘wheel than of death. She tugged for a tmom- ent inefiectuolly at the door or the car. then, stepping stidtleny upon the seat. was about to ileap when ‘Romaine released the wheel and threw himself forward to grasp at her body crouched, forhttle 591-1“, ~When she felt his handegrasping at her rite jumpéii. The our, with. out the restraining hands of a drlv. er upon the ‘wheel. ‘plunged limo

So my suspicions about She

all tihe time. sure she

"My 00d!" Dal ‘Romitine Inter-

“Thcn tonsider the other side oi‘

“Don't tlritg ltin itttme into this!" ‘close “mo Billy hitrletl lterscll‘ against him i0 lesson our worlcihis hezwy season.

113.108.

Orchestra between lthe acts was al- 1 train‘.

schedules‘ e ffectiv e June 26th,, 1927. For further pari ' ticulars ‘apply Ticket,“ District Passenger». , Agent. ‘j ' '

‘Kings. Among the number o-f pur- chssers In Souris are: iKeith Arb- tns. Roy ‘Crockett, ‘an. tMaciLel- 1811. A. '0. ‘COX. -A. tLavle and Ar- thur MacDonald.

and ‘Alice lCox motored on Monday Inst. -

a very tb

\ s.

. t ed to the- ni- Mel-ft , ‘M1011 beside the mo!!! overtntfited. _

Billy's lehp and curated hiet- clear of the narrow roadfand ‘IMO the atwt. on the" rixh-t. she wuxsled out of the muddy slime and Mead her shuddering ltilnh-a to cqrry he!‘ to the overturned car. The wheels of the cream-colored roadster were still revolving slowly ‘when she gfgppefl into the tilt-by water of the ditch -to peer under the inverted body of the car. ‘Dal Romaimya crumpled, still tbody was pinned under the whee-l. this head ibent at ‘such an ngle against the windshied that there could be no doubt that this neck was broken. Billy stood there, shaking, with an ague 0t fear and‘ relief an“ nausea; the-n site climbed upon the road again, and was wbout to sing- ger away when she stumbled upon a suitcase. flung clear an tt-he cut‘ had overturned. tShe stooped and picked it up, ‘felt its sleek ‘leather H1083 with i181‘ muddy hands. found that itrwas hers, and than, ‘bending o. little under dts weight. aha walk- ed u short way along the dirt road. A plan ‘seemed to come to her daz- ed mind, Again she tiltttiketl lttto the muddy water of the road- uitle d-ltch, then, her suitcase bump- 1m; ngujinst her knees, she set 017 ucrot-rs tthe stubby. field. her liiwk turned upoit Colfax. (wiheit u ratt-litun flivver Ptutic through ‘the ruts oil‘ ‘tho road lei-"s than five itvitt-utrn later, It was loo Illlrk [or ‘the driver to see the stitull flgttre to'i‘1ing through the dettd stubble of the field, swaying dnuik- only under the weight icf the sult- ense and a loud 0i’ horror. . (To Be Concluded)