THE GROOVE

A COMPLETE NOVELETTE

By Chester Andrews

Cogon. heavy and soft with reft *aln, gave no rustling warning It would have done in the diy The steady (humping of the sen- ■» «ep abruptly ceaseu. There was . heavy thud, a smothered chuckle,

then alienee.

An hour later Dean, accompanied corporal of the guard, cam* - hls > oua «® r brother, Joe. found the boy in an l.iert heap on ' wet ground, the back pan of hie ■: flead almost severed by th. upward PWlng of a bolo. Next oay Joe was i'fcuried with military honors In a lom-J-tj little gra\ eyard at the edge of After three volleys were Bred tfcfs blown, Itean bated his h»ad i||| . stood by the new-made grave. *S "Joe," ho said, “HI git the yaller dawg that done this ef I have to stay in the Philirplues till I ret. Jest you ".Test easy, boy, kaae I'm at,wine to git

the houn’.”

- Thereafty Dean mixed much with thft natives around Lipa. He even perMbded a rathi. good-loking girl (it was easy) to teach him Tagalog. Then, one night In a vino shop, hls efforts were repaid. Juan Pi anchor Was drunk—loquaciously d-unk—and certain remark.-, of hls made it clear to Dean that hls brother had gone

down at the nands of Juan.

These remarks were not ol ~ nature that wouid cany weight in court, but that made not the slightest difference to the white man. He was from the Tennessee lull country, where feuds ^ *re -ictunl. Hls father and grandfather had lived by the hill cooe and died With their boots on. Whereupon Dean drew hls revolver aud shot the Filipino with the same Justified feeling the average man has when he kills

'• -T The natives ..cun led out of the place like frightened rats. Not knowing the cause of Dean’s action they very naturally thought he had run amuck. _The shriveled little proprietor patTfceT to the guard house as fast--hls bare f- t could carry him, and chattered out a wild story to the effect tbet Dean had gone loco and shooting Filipinos as fast as be could

pun the trigger.

The sergeant, expecting to find dean vlno-craxy, took two members of the guard and set out for the scene of action. Half-way they met their man calmly walking toward quarters. -Well, what do you know about ^ktsT" said the sergeant. "A native .•^^ist carte hr ail scared up ar i told me A 11 A was down town waging a little 5L. wTr of your own. Whet's the row Bk down there, anyway?" ■L “Wa'n'tmucb row," stated Dean. ^^»Xourd out, t'nigbt. who the skunk was that bolood Jim, and 1 sect ’Im back to hell where he came from. - “Bad tiring to do now," said the sergeant. "You sec. this civil government is all puffed up over itself. As * understand It. they claim this ain’ war since all the big gum have been caught or come in. Say t. -ee gugus we been rounding up lately ure about the same as outlaws wouid be back in the States; tlfat wc got to give 'em fair trials and all that. Say the only ay wc can make 'em respect us and web 'em-justice Is to treat em Just, levs are strict about It, too. So I'll have tq lock you up till morning.” The sergeant took l>ean to the guardhouse and sent a corporal and two privates downtown to restore I wd- r. Wbi a the corporal returned h j repr^d that Juan was not dead, hut -fcadly wounded and lluat be had taken the Filipino to the army hospital. Wh-'^iold ol this, dean grunted hls

outrage that he should be tried at all for shooting a Filipino, ami especially one that was rightfully hls "m.. The truth Is. Dean had been unfortunaie (or was he fortunate) enough lo g.*t Into this trouble when civil authority was Just beginning to sup-

press the license of war time.

Two days after tne trial. Colonel Burke had the sergeant of the guard

bring Dean to bis office.

■Dcsa," said the colonel "you have been pretty lucky In this affair. First became the Filipino didn't die. and secord because the court martial ir going to let you off with a two year senteice In 'he general prison at Manila md a dishonorable discharge

from t to service.”

■An' you was the Jedge at the trial.' 'Aid 1 •cam "Now you tan' me this here ness an' tell me I'm lucky. Colcneb thought you was a man." "It could have been ten yaat.* Just we I as two," said the colonel tolerantl; . "The offense warranted a heavy sentence. The dishonorable disc'JJ.-O, of course, is Inevitable.’' A short *11and then: "Dean, the officer of this myself included, have almost stretched n point of duty In your favor, and yet yon are unable see it. You seem utterly Incapabh of gratitude. Man, you are In i groorel Wake up. Climb up and look over the edges—do a lot of thinking

in the next two years.”

"I will.” said Dean, but there was a

nasty meaning in hls voice.

“That's ah, sergeant," ssldr-he col-

onel.

n.

"Huh," he said. That oomee here darned six-shooters. f could shout straight wld ’em Bet ef it hrdcr been a rifle he wouldn't he yflgMdn' the air now.” L Next morning when the case was laid before Colonel Burke, be shook K bis head, t “Pretty serious," he said. "If this | Filipino dies well have to turn Dean K«»ver to the civil authorities, and It P4rtUg-a a murder charge, sure. On tne W hand if he polls through, we can r Dean by conn martial and make ^ It a lilUe easier for him. At any rat' sap him In the gimruhousc till the Wtors can be sure about Juan." Nine days Juan lay In She hospita a bullet hole through his left lung ^ end hung between here wnd be:-e*fler. ad nine days D>wn lay In the guardnose and grew surly. Every one beared Jaan guilty, but every one exited themselves to pull him through. HTl»-y bated to see a white man hang rder-er At last the doctors S Juan safe. Then a court as convened and Dean .tied [for wilful assault on a native. That , the light'*! charge they could

defense, denied nothi said nothing MC»|>t

The military prison at Manila was one of those low, Jat. adobe structures of the old Spanish type. It had been built during the Spanish regime for the housing of a heterogeneous collection of prisoners. All attention had been give- to the economy of space and none whatever to comfort. In .the dry season the walls became bone-dry. and held the heat. Then the Prisoners called the relic "hake ovens." In the rainy season they were damp, slimy, cold and then they called them “tombs." It was a place well fitted to embitter a man's soul. Here Dean exWed, worked In the day. slept at night—sometimes. He thought much, but not as the colonel had intended; in fact, hls brooding drove him deeper Into the grot rather than lifted him out. No matirr what the hardships he endured. Dean charged them, one by one, to Colonel Burke's score. If the food was bad, it was the colonel's faull. If hls back ached from hard work the colonel was blame. So at the end of bis years. Dean had quite an account to settle with Colonel Burke, and he was fully determined to settle it On being released from prison. Dean searched the Army and Navy Journal, and learned that hls old rogtRtMtioncd at Da\ao, Southe.n Mindanao. Davao, then, was hls objective. But the first thing to be sidered was money. So Dean became a driver of mules, worked impatiently for one mon'h. and then Leaden south. On hls way he slopped at Lina. Shortly after bis arrival there. Juan Planchai disappeared from among men. No one knew where or bow, which shows that Dean had changed hls

methods.

From LI pa. Dean hade bis way part by land and purl by sea to Davao, and began to watch for hls chance. Several times ha saw Colonel Burke, even passed him on the street one day and was not re.-ognlsed. This was gratifying. Bift so far no chance had offered Itself for Dean'- purpose. And he was becoming Impellent when, one evening Just after sunset he noticed his “meal'' stroll lag toward the

beach.

Dean followed at a safe distance, and the colonel made straight for a high promontory overlooking the gulf at Davao . At the edge of the miff he took off hls hat. unfastened bis blouse at the throat, and stood (coking down at the tlde-wavi« beating against the rocks 30 feet beloar. He Inhaled great drafts of brisk sea air, ami bis masslvo shoulders heaved with every jreath Dean noted those shoulders and calculated the chance of getting an aim's length without being seen or heard. It <ras no pun of his plan to do any shooting. A light blow at the hack of the head with the butt of hls reolver. a shore over the cliff and— the impression of accidro' or suicide. When about 30 paces from the colonel. Dean drew his revolver cautious ty, crouched low, and crept forward, using every hummock and inequality

of ground us cover, were gained and

“Moro,” muttered Dean. "TryIn' to rob me outer my meat.' The Moro moved a step nearer the colonel, the long arm swung back. Dean's revolver spat Are, and the form sank to the ground, quivering. •he colonel turned in a fla volver in hand. The More lay at hls feet still duelling the knife, and 25 yards oway Dean stood with smoking revolver. The situation was plain. The colonel stepped over the naked brawn body and walked toward Dean. "I a ant to thank you. tlr." be said. "Unquestionably you have saved my life Well, by the Lord. If if

Dean!"

The colonel shifted bis gun t left hand and stepped forward, holdaig out hls right, bus Dean appeared frt to sos It. The hand dropped and the colonel stepped back eulckly. "Well." he said. "1 don't quite understand. You Just did me the greeteai favor ot all favors, and now you refuse to shake my hand. If that's the way you feel toward me why didn't you let the Moro do hit work?" 'Knse," said Dean, "you wa'nt hls meat. You air my meat." "I see." maid the colonel. "Still hi the grocre. Then 1 pnaume you came o-x the same genUe mission as the Moro did. It's rather flat to ring. I must say. to have one assasalr. kill another for the honor of killing me." Detin made no answer anB the colonel stood quiet. Intensely thinking Suddenly hi leveled hls revolver at Dean's chest. "Drop that gun!" Dean obeyed. "Step back I A couple of steps more." Keeping hls eye on Dean the colonel slooputl and picked up the other's revolver. Then he emptied the chambers of both guns and threw them on the ground well behind him, took off his blouse and ha» and tossed them over the guns. •Doan," be said, "when my old daddy couldn't reason with me, he licked the whey out of me. Now step up. Dean, and let's see what you're

made of."

Dean knew nothing ot the standup fist fighting. His accepted mode of warfare wai gun and knife, but he was. at least no toward. He put bis head down and ru*hrd. The col onel met him with a crashing upper cut, but Dean merely shook his head and bored him. He-had just one Idea —to elinch. Blow after blow he to6k on face and body, but at last he locked hls long, sinewy arms around his antagonist in a pythonlike grip. The men went down Doan was the stronger of the two. but was so awkward that be could not use hls strength to advantage. On the other hand the colonel was quick and accurate, and therefore able to protect himaelf from most or the Diner's moiling blows and. also, work out ol the powerful embrace They rose, and Dean tried kicking. The colonel cooly side-stepped, caught lean's foot as It came up and turned him a double somersault By thD time Deal was in a frenxy. rushed blindly, flaying with his great arms like a wild ape. Some of these blows the colonel blockc* and some of them he t’ok. straight, stinging punches finally had their effect. Dean down, he didn't falL nor was he knocked down. He Just slowly sanv his hunches and sat looking at the colonel out of one swollen eye—the other was closed tight air shore some c an." he said with admiration. The colonel caluly put on hls ha! and blouse, picked up the two revol vers, stuck fcir. own lu the holster and hnnded Dean's to him. Good night. Dean,” he said without ?. trace o.' anger. Three days later Dean come, haltingly. Into the colonel's r.fflce. There still dark circles under hls eye*.

u

Would Be a Malay and Shoot at Parrots

Billy Thought It Would Be Great Sport to Live in Jungle a la Robinson Crusoe

( ing upon ever}- school boy and girl to I'd like to be a Malay boy. and lH.*como a buyer of 1 hrift Stamps and

shoot parrots in the Jungle with a bow Government Savings Stamps to work

and arrow instead of going to school] every day," announced Bi'ly. who was "looking over" hls geography lesson

preparatory to studying It.

"Well, that would be very nice." agreed hls father. "I tried that out once In the woods on grandfather' farm, pretending (hat an old owl was a parrot. The only troub'e was that by the time I had lost al. my arrows and the owl. I mean parrot, had lost himself In a hollow tree, I was five miles away from home aud It was a

long walk back.”

"But I’d ride back on my bicycle,"

said Billy.

“If you were a jungle boy you wouldn't u »ed a bicycle, oeeauso you could nm twenty miles vithout stopping. and besides you wouldn't have a bicycle because they don't «ho Jungles and all a savage has is what he finds crowing, or can dig out of the ground." see. BUly.” continued hls father, "the difference between an American boy and a Malay boy Isjust this. For about 1500 or 2000 years, the American boy's fathers and grandfathers and great grandfathers and so back, have been saving money and making things In bigger aud bigger quantities Instead of living off the fruit the/ could pick or the birds and animals they could kill day by day. 'It would take one man a year two to build a bicycle all by himself, but In a factory they turn out one every minute or two.” "The reason why America has more factories and railroads and more telephones and automobile-., than any other country Is because we have saved up the money to do things In a big way and learned how to do them

that way.

“One person’s saved up money,

which is called capital, doesn't amount to much, but the savings of 100,000.000

are almost too big for figures. "Jo*t the saving of the school

children of the country are enormous, because there are 20.000.000 boys and girls in our public schools. The school children working all together, are doing things in the same big Amer-

ican way that the grownups are.” "I see." said BUly. "It's like Gull!

ver and the little people. One of them couldn't have done anything, but all

together, they pinned him down." “That's it.” said hls father. "That's

why the Treasury Department Is call-

n farms during the summer vacations

Unen ones for pattern. There the Urge centerpiece, the sm. plate dollies, and the still sm: tumbler dollies. Then, using the i for a pattern, she cut from the p several wings and fastened then little rolls of the paper for the bo« Those she suspended over the -e of the table from the chandelier

and to save the money earned during

the summer.

"What one or two children save don't make any diffcietice. but what they all save means millions. And as you will understand wh.’n you grow up it means more for you than It does

for the country.

“O rod and green parrot In tb" Jungle is pretty lo look at but not verygood to eat but a green Thrift Stamp and a red Government Savings Stamp, when you have saved up for them are

a big start for success.”

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One girl, who was famous in her, •'crowd" for her original Ideas got the Idea for her lovely engagement luncheon from an exquisite luna moth that her young brother brought In to morning from the garden. It was the wonderful pale green of the wings that appealed to her first. It seemed the ideal color fof an early

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