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manhattan night riskm aua isut synopsis one jump and settle the whole show for kotwl and all so tild tack thayer to his old coiivkc mate leter wayne n ihey stood on the roof ner the thayer penthouse apartment following a dinner ut whieh tack aw usual had drunk too much itoss hes no kood hes a ftormv leter recalled these words as he sat outside the penthouse some months later waiting while inspector connolly and asst district attorney barclay questioned martha thayer tacus wife aoout tarks murder leter lad met martha at emmas nlkht club ivlth tack and was in love with her be fore he realized it 1eters sister carol had warned him that the thayers were in with a bad crowd the jtoss to whom taek had referred to as a worm was kvan itoss who was with martha a jreal deal chapter viii just what had gone wrong just fhat had happened to spoil things for martha and tack peter didnt know- getty kogers shrugged her shoulders if she had views she wasnt broad- lasting them my dear said carol its the ife these young peopk- lead you talk as if you were fifty said peter not at all- but its true and you ught to be able to see it for your- elf they wont accept the standards we were all brought up with and they havent evolved any new ones for themselves theyre reckless and im patient and selfcentred they wont realize that marriage involves com promise that it means a certain am ount of give and take they dont inderstand the difference between love ind passion just for one thing they oh i do think sometime heyrc groping for something that cieyre working toward something hat would be rather gorgeous if they ould only get it but i think the trouble is theyre groping for it by themselves and for themselves in- itead of making an adventure of locking for it together that rather silenced peter carol had a way of doing that to him some times he didnt ndmit that she was right so far as martha was concern ed- but there were plenty of these lids he was seeing to whom what ihed said certainly did apply that was what he wanted to find some jirl and start out with her looking tor something you never could find vy yourself he was inclined to think that carol wasnt far from being right the key lo a lot of the trouble he saw around mm made and in the making to un- happiness to many divorces seemed to him to be the egotism of these young- ctcrs they werent as a matter of fact particularly selfish he thought most of them they were perfectly prepared to do astonishingly unselfish and decent things indeed when some one suggested them but selfcentred they emphatically were selfcentred nd egocentric to a rather appalling de gree they just didnt accept the fact that there was anything comparable in importance and urgency to the sat isfaction and gratification of their dwn desires and correspondingly it seemed to peter they embraced with extraordi nary eagerness a cynical and ma terialistic philosophy they believed or affected to believe that nothing lasted that the only chance of achiev ing happiness at all lay in snatching ut it as it passed they professed an utter lack of belief in the essential good faith and unsclshness of other peeple it was an article of their com mon creed that they must at all times look out for themselves since if they did not no one else would he wasnt himself inclined to take nil this too seriously a lot of it he thought was just talk he remember ed talking a lot of nonsense himself ftrwl hearing a lot more at new ha ven in his own salad days a differ tnt sort of nonsense superficially to be sure but nonsense none the less peter argued with martha some- limes about these matters he was talking abstractly he told himself but he was increasingly doubtful as a matter of fact of the truth of any luch pretense it was getting harder 11 the time for him to keep up the illusion that his interest in martha was centred on her mind that it didnt embrace her whole being to a disturbing and even alarming degree they had rushed headlong into in timacy of course thered been other luncheons at romis and such places issue no 2533 there was nothing clandestine at all about those metings they both refer red to them quite casually before tack who certainly never showed any resentment they had lunch at romis rather than at some place where they were likely to be drawn into a crowd because they liked to talk and so they argued quayreled de bated with one another about lift about abstractions and theories as a rule that was occasionally some thing broke down the wall they were both inclined to build up about real ities there was one day when she v as pale and worn with deep violet shadows under her eyes she looked dreadful and some shocked comment was torn from him oh im all right she said 1 lock like the devil i know but thats because i couldnt get an appointment to have my face done until after lunch- i didnt have any sleep thats all tack well tack was pretty bad last night isnt there anything to do about tack he said i dont know what she said he i suppose he cant help it were in a treadmill both of us and we cant get out tack well tack does get out for a while by getting tight i cant liquor doesnt do so well by me but said peter- martha whats the matter what happened to you and tack you when you married him you must have i was mad about tack five years ago said martha she raised her eyes and looked at him steadily tout casse fon passe you wont admit that peter but its true im fond of tack i think hes rather fond of me in his way but he never was ii love with me i only got him be cause another girl turned him down we well we called it a day a long time ago thank god we didnt have a child first but you keep on together we live on the same roof if thats what you mean i dont think tacks unfaithful she laughed if you could call it being that- i wouldnt i wouldnt blame him if he were- but i dont think he cares enough lifes been rather dreadful to tack peter 1 suppose hes weak i suppose hes been stupid or he wouldnt have let it be but that doesnt make it any easier that was one of the days when they didnt discuss life in the abstract when ns a matter of fact they had very little to say to one another mar tha made a pretense of eating peter whose appetite normally was a hearty one did very little more jus tice than she to romis excellent fare he drove her after lunch to the place where they looked after her fece and her hair and nails and she leaned back in the cab her eyes closed her hand dining to his that was the first time peter definitely and with full knowledge of his wish and of what it meant wanted to kiss her he was thoughtful and worried after that talk- he had never since the night when he and tack had stood on the roof felt any resentment to ward tack such as had stirred in him that first night at emmas and now more than ever he saw tack as some one to be pitied saw in him too a quality of strength he had hereto fore completely missed he was baf fled and confused his rather smug complacency was assailed he wonder ed if perhaps life didnt hold some problems that had escaped his notice but even now he didnt realize that such problems could present them selves to him that all his neat and precise and readymade philosophy was in danger of being swept away by circumstances that would stormily and rebelliously refuse to accommodate themselves to it and to him then one night he was at emmas and martha came in with some people he didnt know very well tack wasnt with her nor was ross she looked around saw peter and came over have you got to stay with this crowd she whispered they seem to bo getting ready to move on no he said truthfully enough though by that time hed jiavc com mitted any crime in the social deca logue to please her- stay with me then she said i cant stand the people im with i lost tack hours ago heaven knows what became of him so five minutes later they found themselves side by side on two stools at the end of the bar in a corner of the room in the only place in em mas perhaps where two people could talk by themselves with some chance of not being overheard not that at first they talked much martha looked as she had the first night hed seen her in this same roorn her eyes weresullfcn hcr bauty was dimmed and sntfowcd try a harsh and acrid mood she was nervous and irritable she snapped up peters attempts to make talk until he too i two for luck by capt a o dollard vc this will introduce buddy baer brother ot max who defeat ed max schmeling buds quite a land with his fists too they were still sitting there still silent when evan ross came in with rita gould peter saw the sudden flame in marthas eyes the stiffening of her shoulders and it was as if anger passed from her into him j he felt and it was something new for him a queer tenseness of nerves and muscles a nervous irritability to which he was altogether unaccustom ed martha turned to him abruptly i want to go home peter she said do you mind he did mind damnably- he dis liked ross by this time with a defi nite active dislike and he hated rita gould he didnt want them to be able to drive martha fromthis place by coming into it but he said no thing of all this all right was what he did say he got the check and paid it and slid down from his stool without another word he and martha went out benny the fat man by the elevator stared at them for a second he added fuel to the fire that was raging in peter they went down and found a taxi and still with nothing to say to one another started across town all the way across in the cab they didnt speak martha sat staring straight ahead of her one hand tapping her knee nerv ously until peter thought the tiny sound would madden him but he too kept quiet come on up she said when he hesitated in the lobby- i dont know whether tacks home i dont want to go in the house alone anyway to be continued im softy peter she said im beastly i know it i wouldnt blame you if you walked out on me- you know i wont he said and laughed at her anything the mat ter specially 1 mean plenty hc said dont ask mc what thoughts thoughts are flowers which in the field in lifes wood and dell to mankind their fragrance yield sweetest stories tell budding beauty without price making their own paradise thoughts are dreams of what may be in some future time when mankind has found the key of that house sublime where the humble and the great in each others service wait thoughts are stars which in the sky for all time are set recking not of clouds that fly wars that men beget thoughts mans destiny control though the ages onward roll a b c ill tidbils pain as the pain that can be told is but half a pain so the pity that questions has little healing in its touch what lily craved was the darkness made by enfolding arms the silence which is not solitude but compassion holding its breath jimmy i have a dreadful pain in my head susie why dont you have it filled it is hopeless to attempt to stand- 1 dont want to talk about it ardlze love havelock ellis ker outfit was established in a ropedoff enclosure at on corner of a flat field on the outskirts of the fair her aeroplane gaily painted in red and blue had a ladder leaning in vitingly against the fuselage a board sugested an aerial viev of the fair and surrounding country for the modest sum of five shillings per head sonia carrington smartly attired in workmanlike polo jumper ami breeches waited patiently for cus tom she had waited since the fair opened but no one had had the te merity to engage her services jack dunthorne steed at the back of the crowd and watched her admir ingly underneath the smiling curve of her lips he could see her little chin jutting out riucky kid plucky but misguided didnt she read the papers didnt she know- that less than a month before an- other joyriding pilot had crashed in the school playground of this very- town he had killed and seriously in jured a dozen children but had es caped himself the incident was too fresh in the minds of the local inhabitants for them to show any degree of airmind- edness- go up in an aeroplane no fear and with a girl too not likely he was half inclined to speak to her to tell her what she was up against perhaps he had better not these modern girls were ery inde pendent he shrugged his shoulders and be gan to walk away he had covered about a hundred yards when a sud den clamour made him swing round two hulking youths had slipped through the ropes and were advanc ing bent on mischief jack broke into a run elbowed his way sternly through the crowd vaulted into the enclosure ranged himself alongside the whitefaced girl cone out of that he cried fiercely the louts retired sheepishly jack redhot with anger address ed the crowd if you dont intend to patronize this lady why the devil dont you go away and leave her alone why dont you retorted some wag at the back- there was a general titter ay go up yoursel they called jack turned to sonia without hesi tation will you take me he smiled she flushed selfconsciously yes but i dont want you to feel youre forced into it jack felt rather mean he was no better than the others look here he offered ill hire you or twenty minutes for a tenner take me up and stunt me- when they sec you can handle your bus theyll roll up in hundreds sonia stared up into the bronzed face before her was he joking if only he knew what it meant to her the blue eyes returned her gaze un- twinkingly very well she agreed and thank you very much she set about making her prepar- ations why arc you singlehanded jack asked surely you have a me chanic sonia paused with one hand on the propeller he left me in the lurch this morning she did not explain that he had taken her last penny with him and that but for jacks intervention she would have been destitute she swung the propeller- the en gine broke into a roar she disap peared into the tent and recmcrged in flying hat and goggles are you ready she asked jack nodded briefly and climbed into the cockpit ho was beginning to wonder if he had been too quixotic in his offer to help the whole equip ment seemed a little below par no mechanic an outofdate type of machine an engine which sounded as though it was well worn only the girl herself still retained his confi dence she had started up with the sangfroid of an oldtimer she took off in a climbing turn jack realized at once that what ever the shortcomings of her ma chine that she was a firstclass pilot- her touch on the controls was as deli cate as a caress she humored her engine instead of racing it he had no further qualms and gave himself up to the enjoyment of the flip he glanced over the side ot his cockpit the school where the acci dent had occurred was plainly visi ble jack pictured the feelings of the pilot who had crashed there it was ghastly to know one was going to write off a number of human lives and be able to do nothing about it in the front cockpit sonia was concerned solely with earning her money this aeroplane venture had been a failure from the start she had bought the machine with borrowed money- it was secondhand and al- she tested it in a trial flight the en gine had broken down almost ini mediately afterwards then she had discovered that peo ple would not trust themselves with her she thought it was because she was a girl actually it was because she was far too good looking it did not seem possible that a girl as pretty as paint could pilot an aero plane in safety now was her chance to show them and she gloried in it she intended to give her passenger full value for his money she climbed steadily to three thous and feet glancing over her shoulder she looked inquiringly at the man behind to see if he were ready he smiled and waved his hand he had evidently been up before she deduc ed- she pushed down the nose of her machine to increase her speed the wind began to hum through the brac ing wires its note increased cres cendo sonia braced her foot against the rudder bar gently pulled the control column towards her the cowling rose steeply before her she waited her hand on the throt tle the horizon flashed into view she shut off the engine the air roared like a breaking wave with the speed of the dive sonia eased the machine back on an even keel jolly good jack applauded just before the reawakened engine drown ed speech- sonia set her teeth did his voice contain the faintest hint of patron age her long run of illluck af fected her judgment if he was patting her on the back because she was only a girl she would jolly well give him something to think about she promptly looped again the moment the machine came out of the dive she looped again followed two halfrolls a full roll another loop as she came up this time her pas senger shouted half a minute sonia smiled grimly but took no notice she pulled her stick back for another one flushed with excite ment she made her circle rather too sharp the machine was on its back when an ominous crack sounded sharp ly above the while of the propeller she automatically shut off her en gine the machine went into a dive she pulled the stick towards he the plane refused to rise sonia tugged and tugged nothing happened they were rushing vertically to wards the earth- directly below them all unheeding the fair was in full swing sonia felt sick with ap prehension put your engine on again jack shouted itll help her come up again sonia took no notice im patient at her stupidity he shook her roughly she fell forward on her safety belt the lack of food had had its effect she had fainted jack thought quickly unless he did something the tragedy of last month would be re-enacted- with the rush of wind holding him back it was an impossibility for him to climb into the front cockpit yet he must get control he leaned for ward over sonias inert body with his left hand he opened the throttle wjth his right he seized the con trol the machine refused to come trouble lay the weight of his body thrown into the front cockpit had shifted the centre of gravity for ward he must shift it back or noth ing could save them of the people beneath he forced himself round climb ing on to his seat he flung himself face downwards along the fuselage stretching down with his hands he felt for the elevator control wires- he grasped them and pulled with a sigh of relief he saw that the dive was lessening sonia recovered from her faint to find the plane on an even keel she autcmatically took control looking behind she saw the perilous position ti her passenger she shut down ler engine and called to him that all was well five minutes later they landed safely sonia taxied back to the enclosure together they examined the machine the rigging was slack and untrue it looks as though your mechanic was a dud remarked jack dryly- no wonder he pushed off sonia turned impulsively towards him but for you we should both have been killed however can i thank you jack shook his head you dont have to he declared i wasnt thinking of you and my self but of the people on the ground he went on to tell her of the re cent accident sonias face screwed up in hor ror how terrible do you know who the pilot was it was i he confessed simply london titbits so they say presidential authority rests fai less upon specific grounds than upon abllitj to lead the electorate franklin d rocsevelt human history s not a logical in evitable development in which th cause is always equal to the result bruce barton national governments must b rationalized renovated and made di rectly responsible benito musso lini no great human experiment cvei rides into its wn with a 100 pel cent success ravmond b fos- aiek what world trade needs is not abolition of tariffs but first a reduc tion to a more moderate level and then even more reasonable stabil ity sir arthur salter i see no sign on the horizon that gives promise of any composition or oiipvsei of greatness frank damrosch unless you have oj earning a living you take by entering politics as an tion ogden l mills means of big risk occupa- unde the economic system now existing no country can prosper in isolation prince of wales solid reading for pleasure or self- improvement has fallen too much into neglect a lawrence lowell the main burden of putting things right ought to rest upon the same agency that got them wrong viz- a change in the dollar price level sir josiah stamp the elimination of war will never be achieved by wishful thinking or by mere appeal to emotion james r angcll to up he knew in a flash where the the great adventure grieve not for me who am about start a new adventure rather fill a cup and wistrme godspeed for the hidden days come with the red stuff fill the goblet up and drink to one who ever loved new- ways ahead unfurrowed lie broad fields for me lands unexplored stretch out a far- flung sea is beckoning and even now a ship to bear me builds in the eternal slip eager i stand and ready to depart i and my restless pioneering heart lydia kingsway the state has as good a right to move undesirable citizens as a gar dener has to weed his garden dean i nge while every major depression has started at a different period of the year every major recovery has be gun in the sumner hoover herbert the happy peoples are in the cemeteries i suppose george bernard shaw- it is better to do nothing than to do harm bertram russell friendship the most precious thing between individuals is also the most precious thing between na tions ramsay macdonald carrier pigeons are seldom lost carrier pigeons of the manitoba forestry department flew 5000 miles and suffered only five casualties dur ing 1932 according to r s harvey in charge of lire prevention at cormorant base on the hudson bay railwey there are 01 birds 20 of which were hatched this year two pigeons were carried on every flight made by aireplanes and carried mes sages from norway house and other northern stations with hazardous flying conditions in the north where smoke from forest fires and predatory birds interfere with the flight of pigeons the loss of five birds is considered small america with all her genius for production has not rt lefrned the art of distributing according to her capacity to produce edward a filenc the greatest thing that life does is to give you experience and knowl edge of other people mrs frank lin d roosevelt- i believe that events in nature are controlledby much stricter and more closely binding law than wo sus pect today sir james jeans you must put a big emphasis on the work luck if you are going td succeed in advancing knowledge in scence simon flexncr top price for from all the information we can gather there is a fairly heavy crop of lambs this year and methods of marketing likely to be somewhat different due to the fact that abattoir companies have decided to place less lamb in cold storage and maintain a greater quota of fresh lambs the year through so as to meet the requirements of the consumer during the last few years the quality of lambs have shown a decided improvement and by doing so you have done much to stimulate greater con sumption hence demand for greater volume this has been accomplished by better breeding better feeding and castration of buck lambs light thin lambs do not produce good quality of lamb meat heavy lambs are also undesirable for the market but good fat lambs yielding a dressed carcass of thirtyfive to fortyfive poundsare desirable and will command top prices or in other words well finished lambs weighing 70 to 90 lbs live weight at the market are desirable lambs weighing over 90 pounds at the market are likely to be discounted in price with all these facts before us we feel disposed to recommend you to ship out your lambs as they get fat and hold unfinished lambs on the farm until fat but the chief feature is to keep send ing them out as they get ready believing as we do that prices will be better during the early season of marketing rather than fall months when receipts are likely to be heavy we are anxious that farmers may receive the best possible returns for their lambs and are our shippers to cooperate with you by maintain ing a regular shipping service and assure our readers that we have a full 6taff of experienced salesmen and in a position to handle all classes of live stock ship your live stock by rail or truck to your own company who introduced cooperative marketing where your stock is sold and weighed up according to owners for the highest prices available on the open market your truck driver will carry a bill of lading on which you can consign your stock to us then after the stock is sold we deduct market chargen and pay the truck driver his cartage and the net proceeds can be paid to you at the counter or sent direct to your mail box all settlements audited by chartered accountants get in touch with us for your stocker and feeder requirements write wire or telephone lyndhurst 1143 or 1144 the united farmers cooperative co limited live stock commission department though it had seemed all right when union stock yards west toronto there is no political peace with out economic peace edouard her- riot its an old principle of philosophy that when you assert something you may without intending it be denying something else john erskinc let us not forget that the most advanced nations were primitive once upon a time aldous huxley- mans progress has always been when he wns forgetting himeslf and had a spiritual ideal viscountess astor it is true today as perhaps never before that no nation lives to itself or dies to itself havelock ellis quietly imperceptibly our epoch is returning to the middle ages to the tenth century before christ even to the cave age gugliclmo fer- rero t so you think women should bj tble to run the country well for logic and style im willing to put my daughters gradf nation essay up for comparison with a lot of the regular campaign ipeeches keep your face to the sunshine and the shadows will fall behind you