NO PLACET WOMEN
J Copyright, 1946, by Tom Gill /)V TO tad G I LL
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CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
Little lines of amusement
had.formed about Dr. Norman’s
, eyes-. “You and Vicente play
rough,” he said, and his lips part
ed, showing strong white teeth.
“How did I get here?” Cliff
asked faintly.
“I brought you. with the help ot
two of my boys. You’ve only been
here an hour. How do you feel?”
“Sore.”
' “You should. But you’re a very
strong man. So is Vicente.
-M¥icente!” Cliff sat bolt upright.
“Where is he?”
-"In the other room. He does
not feel quite as well as you He
swallowed too much swamp wa
ter.” Again Norman smiled. “I’ve
been trying to persuade him it is
H75T absolutely necessary to tear
you to bits as soon as he re
covers.” Then the little lines of
amusement vanished, and he ask
ed,; “Why did you come here?”
“Xo see you.”
“What do you want with me?”
wL want to know why your men
*»e- getting ready to raid my camp
and plantations.”
The gray eyes showed sudden
jF,tec-est. “Did Madison tell you
that?”
"Yes”
“I thought so.” Norman
straightened a fold in Cliff’s band
age. “That’s better, isn’t it? Mad
ison,” he added as an after
thought, “is a liar. If I wanted
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to raid you, what do you think
kept me from doing it before?
“One hundred fighting men.
The doctor gave a little laugh
“Not at all. You hundred fighting
men can’t work and fight too. My
riders could have raided you al
any time of the day or night. No,
it wasn’t fear that kept us back.
Neither was it any reluctance on
Vicente’s part—nothing would
have pleased him more.”
“Then why didn’t you?”
“Whv should I help Madison
Florian? What he, wanted, and
what he expected was for us to
raid you. The only reason he ever
let you start your work here was
because he counted on our fighting
you. That would have given him
an ally against us and might have
beaten us. It was better to bear
with you for a time than play into
Madison’s hands.”
Cliff had not taken his eyes from
Norman’s face. There was neither
pose nor heroics about this griz
zled, low-voiced doctor—instead
there was a quality of flint that
Cliff could not be quite certain
how7 to deal with.
“As it is,” the doctor went on,
“you yourself have taken the de
cision out of my hands.”
“How?”
“By coming here. You certainly
must realize I can’t let you go
again now that you know the
secret of this island?”
“What will you do with me?”
“Keep you here. You will disap
pear just as some of Madison’s
vaq'ueros have disappeared. With
out you, I doubt that your work
will be carried on. Your men will
leave.”
Cliff smiled. “As simple as
that.”
“Perhaps not quite that simple.
There will be investigations ar.d
searching parties. Your govern
ment will write a few notes, and
the soldiers will show great ac
tivity —temporarily—but nothing
much will happen, and meanwhile
your camps and your docks and
bridges will be rottipg back to
jungle again.”
He spoke with a coc». de‘ached
confidence, as if the outcome w'as
beyond doubt, and the menace of
Cliff ’ s presence already disposed
of; but with equal coolness Cliff
answered, “I think you're making
a mistake. If I were really your
enemy, I could have told Madi
son’s vaqueros and the soldiers
yesterday about you and this is
land. It u'ould have been very
easy for them to surround this
place and take you.”
“Why didn't you?”
“I’ve been asking myself that
question. Perhaps the one reason
is—Janet.”
At that name a look came to
Norman’s eyes that held some
ihing of fear, but more of hunger,
and Cliff asked, “Hasn't Janet
told you I’m no enemy of the
Blacklanders?”
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Almost iraudibly the answer
came. “Janet has told me noth
ing.” Then, still lower, “Janet be
lieves I am dead.”
In that strange second of rev
1 elation Cliff grasped the reason
for those dawn vigils of the soli
tary rider above his camp. Only
an impelling, overpowering need
to see his daughter could have
driven Norman to risk that long
ride over trails where Madison’s
vaqueros and the soldiers rode.
Incredulously Cliff burst out.
“Do you mean she still doesn’t
know you’re alive?”
“Janet knows nothing.”
In Cliff’s voice, disbelief gave
way to anger. “You let her go
through two years thinking you
were dead, while you hide away
on this darned island, fomenting
trouble—”
“That’s 'enough!” Norman’s
eyes struck fire, and for a mo
ment he struggled to keep his
temper, then more calmly he ask
ed, “Why should I justify myself
to you?”
The two men held eacn -otner s
hostile gaze, and at last Cliff said,
“I think you’re right. I made a
mistake in coming here. I thought
there might be some way of pre
venting trouble between your peo
ple and mine. I suppose I thought
there had to be some good about
the man who was Janet’s father,
but I was wrong. Any father who
would let his daughter suffer two
years of doubt ftnd uncertainty
hasn’t enough humanity in him to
be reached by anyone. You may
be a good leader of lost causes,
but you’re a darned poor father.
“And now,”—Cliff sat u p—“I’ll
tell you something you don’t know.
You’re not going to keep me here.
I left word at camp that if I’m
not back tonight, my men are to
come for me. There is one person
down there who knows not only
where you are, but who you are,
and unless I go back and stop it,
Madison's vaqueros and the sol
diers will have your secret before:
dawn. That will be a happy way
for Janet to learn her father is
alive.”
Norman made no move. His
eyes burned deep into Cliff’s, and
after a moment he gave a snort
sigh. “I wonder.’’ he said deliber
ately, “if you are lying.”
“You know I'm not. But the
easiest way to find out is to keep
me here and see what happens.
Norman nodded in that quick,
decisive way so characteristic of
Janet. “Yes, I believe you. You
are an intelligent man—it is a
pity we are on opposing sides.”
He walked across the room, then
turned. “Shall we make a com
pact? In return for keeping the se
cret of this island, you are free to
go whenever you want.”
“It's a bargain,” Clift answered.
As if eager to have him gone,
Nc-rman asked. “Do you feel well
enough to ride?”
“I’m stiff, but I can make it.”
“Good. I will lend you a shirt,
and your horse is outside.” Again!
his gray eyes searched Cliff's face.
“I cannot ask you to promise, but
it would be best for all of us if no
word of this reaches Janet.”
“Why?”
“For her sake. If she knows 1
am here, she will come to me, and
I would not have her share the
life of a man with a price on his
head. The time may be soon
enough when she will have to
know about me—but not yet. And
now. let me show you something.”
He led Cliff to an inner room
where, on a cot, Vicente lay. The
big breed’s face was puffed and
swollen, and at sight of Cliff he
tried to rise, but Norman’s hand
gently forced him back. “Rest my
son,” he said. “The fight is over."
Vicente’s lips moved painfully.
“We will fight again.”
Cliff shook his head. “Not if 1
can help it. One fight like that
will last me a lifetime.”
Following Norman out to where
his horse was tethered. Cliff silent
ly mounted, but as he lifted the
reins, he looked down at the doc
tor and said. “I came here hoping
for peace. You and I might have
helped each other, for I need men
—a lot of men—to gather rubber.
You could have brought work and
pesos to every farmer in the val
ley, but instead of that you would
rather tturn your Blackianders
against me and make it tough for
both of us. Well, that’s the way
you want it, and there's nothing I
can do to change it, but if I’m
forced to take sides with Madison
and his vaqueros, it won’t be my
fault—it will be yours.” Turning,
Cliff rode down the bank an<j out
into the swamp.
Back on the firm earth of the
mainland, he stopped and for a
lime sat looking over the stagnant
water, where always a thin,
ghostly mist seemed to hover.
What had his visit to Norman ac
complished? Very little so far as
any actual understanding was con
cerned, yet he had a feeling, too
intangible for words, that Norman
did not intend to make an immedi
ate raid. Even if he had, he could
scarcely attack now, without Vi
cente, and the big Blacklander
would not be able to ride for days.
And as he sat there by the
swamp’s edge. Cliff realized that
without any conscious deliberation
on his part, he had come to a de
cision of his own—he would never
join Madison. However great the
need might be, he couldn’t
stomach the idea of having Madi
son and his swaggering vaqueros
as allies. Or was that the honest
reason? Wasn’t it really that he
couldn’t face the thought of attack
ing Janet’s father?
With a littie sigh, Cliff picked
up the reins. “I’ll probably end by
having Madison and Norman both
against me,” he murmured. And
as he rode, his thoughts turned to
the riddle of the grizzle-haired
doctor. Why h a d he deliberately
let the world think he was dead?
Why had he left New Dixie, where
he was loved and respected, to be
come the outlaw leader of an ob
scure cause? Most unanswerable
of all, why, for two year£ had he
let Janet endure the anguish of
believing him drowned?
(To Be Continued)
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MONRONEY THINKS
ACT WILL STAND
Co-Author Of Reorganiza
tion Law Believes It Will
Survive Acid Test
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 — (A>) —
Rep. Monroney (D-Okla), co
author of the Congressional Reor
ganization act, cocked an ear at
the fussing o^er the budget today
and concluded it proves the law
a good one.
After nearly two months oi
Congressional operations under
the act, Monroney said he sees
no reason for any important
changes in it.
There has been some sniping at
the provision requiring Congress
to take the President’s budget and
then figure out a budget itself,
computing expenses and income.
Some members say Congress can
do little better than make a guess.
“But the legislative budget pro
cess has proved its worth,” Mon
roney told an interviewer. “There
has been more discussion and
thought so far on income and out
go than in a whole session hereto
fore. And this has held off hasty
action on tax reductions until we
s£e how much the government is
going to spend.”
Present efforts of Senate and
House to work out a government
budget, he said, are in the nature
of an experiment. Next year, he
forecast, Congress will have ex
perts at work on' the subject prob
ably by July. They could cooper
ate closely with the Budget
bureau, which prepares the Presi
dential budget, and be ready to
suggest to Congress as soon as it
meets what items might be
trimmed.
Literary
Guidepost
By W. G. ROGERS
DANCE MEMORANDA, by Merle
Armitage, edited by Edwin Corle
(Duell, Sloan & Pearce; $7.50);
THE DANCE, by John Martin
(Tudor; $3.75).
The growing popularity of the
dance, with at least four major
companies on tour most of the
time and returning to New York
to play a total of several months
a year to well-filled houses, should
assure a wide circle of readers for j
these books.
Armitage, whose personal rec
ollections go back easily to Dun
can, supplies rather an apprecia
tion than an interpretation: his
brief text sprinkled with interest
ing anecdotes, is illustrated by
about 275 reproductions of photos, !
paintings and sketches of dancers
present and past in this and other
lands.
Martin, the Times critic, is more j
informative, though he stays corn-!
fortably clear of technicalities, and
his 266 photos supplement his long
er text more specifically rather
as illustrations than as art.
Both commentators begin their
stories in primitive times, and
carry them up through Martha
Graham as the most advanced
and important figure in the con
temporary scene. The dance lover
will cherish one or both of these
volumes.
THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON,
anonymous, preface by T. S. Eliot
(Scribner’s; S2.75).
Some of the most harrowing
stories I have read are related in
this book about the experiences
of the Poles under Red rule from
1939 on.
The author, for whom Sikor
slii’s widow vouches, had access
to personal accounts of the suf
ferings and hardships of the Pol
ish people living fn the area ab
sorbed by Russia. Thousands were
transported in filthy unheated,
packed trains; they froze in win
ter, were crippled by disease and
died, endured the brutality of sol
diers and secret police.
These wretched accounts have
the ring of truth, and the book
may be popular. But the author’s
case is weakened seriously, some
readers will think, not only by
the peculiarly inadequate intro
duction and conclusion, but pri
marily by the invariable anony
mity. Not a single one of the
many quoted witnesses to the new
charges against Russia, not even
the Englishman w'ho wrote the
epilougeti is identified.
Denies Speculation
MANILA. Feb. 23. — ifr) — A
sokesman for Ambassador Paul V.
McNutt tonight denied speculation
from Shanghai that he might be
come Ambassador to China.
“It is not so,” he said, reiterat
ing that McNutt, who plans to re
sign soon, will resume private law'
practice in the United States.
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One of the entrants in a na
tional magazine’s ‘‘Male Tested”
fashion show at a New York City
night club, Joanne Jaap is shown
displaying a 1947 bathing suit. A
male jury has the pleasant task
of judging the latest in different
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MISSIONAY MEET
SET WEDNESDAY
AT WRIGHTSEORO
A study of the missoin book
((Shining Like the Stars," will be
held in the Wrightsborg Baptist
Church Wednesday afternoon at
2:30, it was'announced last night.
The meeting will be held by the
Woman’s Missionary Society of
the church. The book will be
taught by Mrs. C. M. Coker.
WINE PIPELINE
PARIS, Feb. 23—(.P)—The French
press agency said today work
would start soon in Algiers on the
construction of an underground
wine pipeline between wine-pro
ducing plants of that city and its
harbor.
Some of the words in the Eng
lish language are derived from
the slang used by Roman soldiers
20 • -nturies ago.
Leather damage
SMALL IN BLADEN
County Agent Reports
Farmers Well Ahead In
Land Preparation
Special to the Star
ELIZABETHTOWN, Feb. £3—The
farmers over Bladen county are
further ahead in land preparation
this year than they have been
in several years, declared R. B.
Harper, county farm agent, after
making a survey of the progress
of the crops throughout the county.
The majority of the tobacco
plants survived the cold wave,
Harper said, and with'' the labor
situation over the county slightly
improved, approximately 10,000
acres of tobacco are expected to
be set this year. The small grain
was damaged only slightly by the
freezing.temperatures and the aus
tin winter peas are in very good
shape, Harper reported.
Wilmington Sponsorship
The 1,000 baby chicks for the
4-H club project sponsored by the
Sears Roebuck company, through
the Wilmington store, were receiv
ed and delivered this week to the
five girls and five boys who will
carry out the project. Arranger
ments were also made during the
week for eight registered gilt fe
male pigs to be given for a simi
lar project by the Sears store
in Fayetteville.
The Bank of Elizabethtown will
give five pigs for the project and
4-H girls and boys will partici
pate.
School Held
The annual Bladen county tobac
co school, halted during the war,
was held last week in Elizabeth
town.
Howard R. Garris, extension
plant pathologist; James T. Con
ner, Jr., extension entomologist;
and Roy R. Bennet, extension to
bacco specialist, spoke to the 500
farmers present on planting, har
vesting and cultivation Of various
varieties of tobacco. They also
spoke on plant diseases, how farm
ers can identify and control the
damaging insects
Approximately 30 home demon
stration club women attended the
training school for project leaders
held ir. Lumberton last week.
Blasting Demonstration
Forty-two veteran farmers, along
with several other Bladen county
farmers, atended a ditch blasting
demonstration conducted on the
farm of E. B. Grahom. Lake Creek
Township, conducted bv H. M. El
lis, Extension Agricultural Engin
eer.
Eilis explained the dangers as
well as the benefits that result;
from the use of dynamite, Harper ;
reported.
LONGWGOD SAILOR
IS STATIONED AT
PORTSMOUTH BASE
(Special to The Star)
LONGWOOD. Feb. 23.—John E.
Brown, pharmacist’s mate... third
class, son of Luther C. Brown of
Long wood, is stationed at the Na
val Hospital. Portsmouth, Va.
Browrn entered the Naval Service
in July. 1945, and received his re
cruit training at the Naval Train
ing Center, Bainbridge, Md. He at
tended seven weeks of Hospital
Corps School at Portsmouth, and
was temporarily assigned ward
duty. He is now working at the
hospital fire departmnet.
TAX DEPUTY CITES
FILING PROCEDURE
Many Withhold Proper In
formation Chief Zone
Deputy Reveals
Many taxpayers in the case of
man and wife a,re filing income tax
returns without proper information,
which results in a condition pre
judicial to themselves, Raymond
D. Christman, chief zone deputy of
the Wilmington internal revenue
district, warned yesterday.
He cautioned that these persons
should aquaint themselves with the
regulations before finally submit
ting their forms W-2 as their final
return or in filing form 1040.
As an example, Christman stated
that a great many married women
who have been employed only part
of the year 1946 and whose income
resulted in less than $500, are fil
ing separate returns from those of
their husbands in order to secure a
refund of their withholding tax.
The husband then takes credit
for his wife on his return and gets
$500 surtax exemption, Thus when
the returns are received in Greens
boro and matched up, the bureau
refuses to allow surtax exemption
to the (husband for his wife.
The bureau has no choice in the
matter, Christman said, as the j
couple filed separate returns.
Therefore, should the husband
have an income -pf $2,500 and the
wife have an income of $250, fiom
which there was withholding tax
amounting to $3"', she received that
amount back.
On that basis, her husband's in
come tax is raised to exactly S100;
resulting in tile husband’s losing
exactly $100 for the privilege of
his wife’s securing a refund of her
tax.
Where the income of either
spouse.’’ said Christman, ”is less
than $500, the law requires that a
joint return, incorporating both in
comes into one. be made, which, as
can be readily seen, is advantage- ’
ous to both.”
SOUND DIPLOMACY
SOLVING PROBLEM
Summer Wells Says A*,,,
sador Messersniith Scnr
mg In Argentina
WASHINGTON. Feb 2s
Former Undersecretary n7'f "
Sumner Welles declared' , 'Ma!*
that t h e differences be ■ -P ?ht
United States and Argen in "
now being solved bv tV‘*Mn4»'
gent diplomacy” 0f Ambi ‘‘
George Messersmith. ' 'ador
Welles said in his weekly hr
cast that they would ha« u8*
solved long ago had Messer been
-been able freely to carry
policies m which he believes '
ly. policies based on full re^
the sovereign rights a* the Ar 1
tme people and of their frlT
elected and constitutional no.-;e y
ment rather than the pohc s "i
browbeating and of attempt^
r.ilateral imposition which he n
partment of state has so mistaken
ly and so unsuccessfully be™ 7,
ing to put over.”
Messersmith returned -
to the Argentine capital af'tir ‘on
ferences here with Secre • y i
State Marshall and SoncM
Braden, assistant secretary
charge of Latin American aff- "
Messersmith and Braden have'di!'
agreed in the past over details m
policy toward Argentina. "
Welles called for the “iT
ate termination of the whol'
necessary deadlock” between L
United States and Argent! - !
asserted that any inter-Amerie™
defense treaty would be worthl4.
without “loyal” Argentine cooper
ation. ‘
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