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KGWN

VIOLA

t WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE: Kenneth Gwynne arrives in Lafayette, Ind., to inspect the land he has inherited from his father, fc-ho ran away many years before

w iiu uacuei iirii'r. ivrnneui intrvia his beautiful half-sister, Viola liwyn. and her sweetheart, Barry Lapellc, who was prevented from doping v.iih her by Rachel Carter, ffhum Kenneth hates. Kenneth finds i cordial welcome awaiting him at '.he inn in Lafayette.

GO OX WITH THE STORY:

"Robert Gwyn's son is glways welcome nt my store and my home." Raid one man cordially. "We didn't know till last fall that he had n son. and well, I hope you don't mind mv saying we couldn't believe it at first." "You spell the name different from the way he spelled it," observed Iiujher, the recorder. "I noticed it in your letters, and it struck me as queer." "My father appears to have reverted to Hie original way of spelling the name," said Kenneth, from the uprter step. "My forebears were Welsh, you see. The manner of spelling It was changed when they came to America, over a hundred v e:rs ago." When Kenneth returned to the dining room, he found Johnson waiting there with his wife and two of his comely daughters. They were presented to the new guest vi-1 tli due formality, and then the litndlnrd went out upon the front porch to ring the dinner bell. "I guess you won't be stayin' here long, Mr. Gwynne," said Mrs. Johnson. "Your mother I should say, your stepmother has got your house nil ready for you to move riglit in." Kenneth, forgetting himself in Ms agitation, interrupted her with

the startling question: "Whore does Rachel Carter live?" "Rachel who?" . . He collected his wits, stammer1ng: f. r "I hellew that was ker-name before she before she married my father." "Oh, I see. Her name Is Rachel, of course. Well, her house Is up Columbia street that's the one on the other side of the square almost to the hill where Isaac Edwards has his brickyard, Just this side of the swamp." After dinner he repaired to the office of Recorder Bugher. "Everything's In good shape." announced Bugher. "There ain't a claim against the property, now that Mrs. Owyn has given tip her Idea of contesting the will. The property Is In your name now, Mr. Owynne and that reminds me that your father, In his will, spells your same with a double n tnd an e, while he spells hers only with one n. He took Into consideration the fact that yon spelled your name In the new-fancied way, as you say he used to spell It In Kentucky. And that also Recounts for his signing the will 'Robert Gwyn, formerly known us Itobert Owynne.' "Another queer thing ubout It Is that he bequeathed certain property to you as 'iuy Hon, Kenneth Gwynne,' while he falls to mention Ms daughter Viola at nil, except to say that he bequeaths so-and-so to 'Rachel fiwyn, to jive, bequeath and devWo as she sees fit.' Judgo Vylle says Viola can contest the will If rhe so desires, on the ground tliut rhe Is milled to as much as

you, Mr. Gwynne. Eut she has decided to let It stand as It Is, and 1 guess she's sensible." "I did not know till this morning, Mr. Bugiier, that I hud a half-sister." "Well," began the recorder, pursing Ids lips, "for that matter she didn't know she had a half-brother til! the will was read, so she was ulmost us Ignorant as you. When did your own mother die, If It's a fair question?" "In the year 1812. My father was away when she died." "Off to the war, I suppose," "Yes," said the young man steadily. "Off to the war," ho lied, still staring out of the window. "I was t Jeft with my grandparents when he went off to make his fortune In this rew country. It wus not until I was fairly well grown that we heard Hint he was married to a woman named Rachel Carter," Later the young man called at the office of Mr, Cornell, tho lawyer who hud charge of his affairs, He )iad come to Lafayette prepared to denounce ICschel Carter, to drive her In shrine and disgrace from the town, If necessary. Now he was faced by a most unexpected and staggering situation. To denounce Rachel Carier would be to deliberately strike a erne!, devastating blow at the happiness and pence of an Innocent personViola flwyn, his own half-sister, A. word from him. and that lovely clrl, serene In her beliefs, would . be crufhed for life. The whole 0cheme of life had been changed for him In the twinkling ot on eye, s it were. He could not wreak; vengeance upon Rachel Carter wlth out destroying Viola Owyn and the mere thought of that caused him to turn cold with repugnance. How could he. publish Hacllfil Cjtr-

GEORGE BADR.

McCUTCHEON

4, fioem tftAtf eoHMjfr-jm

TersrriTamy fo The world "wlFR that Innocent girl standing beside her to receive and sustain the worst of the shock? Impossible! Viola must be spared and so with her, Rachel Carter! In the course of his interview, with the lawyer, from whom lie had decided to withhold much that ha hnd meant to divulge, he took occasion to Inquire into the present attitude of Rachel Carter, or Gwyn, as he reluctantly spoke of her, toward Mm, an open and admitted antagonist. "Well." said Cornell, shaking his head, "I don't believe you will catch her asking any favors of you. She has laid down her arms, so to speak, but that doesn't mean she Intends to be friendly. She considers herself cheated, and that's all there Is to it. I doubt very much whether she will even speak to you, Mr. Gwynne. She is a strange woman, and a hard one to understand. She fought desperately against your coming here at all. One of her propositions was that she should be allowed to buy your share of the estate. If such a transaction could be arranged, you will remember. Yoo declined to consider it. As regards her present attitude, I think she'll let you alone If you let her alone."

"My sister has asked me to come up to the house to see her this afternoon," said Kenneth. The lawyer looked surprised. ''Is that so? Well," with a puzzled frown, "I don't quite understand how she came to do that. I was under the Impression that she felt about as bitterly toward you as her mother does. In fact, she has said Borne rather nasty things about you. I think you will be quite safe in going up there today, so far as Mrs. Gwyn is concerned. She will not appear on the scene, I am conSdent. You will not come in contact with her. You say that shahas put some of her furniture at your disposal, but she doubtless did so on the advice of herlawyer You jaust nwt-forget that you-faJe ItCJilff vU, left half of his personal eflecti te yoa.j She is jost rnaxt" enofcgh to select In advance the fjnrt that she is willing for you to have, feeling that you will not be captious about It."

"I have no desire to exact anything of" "Quite so, quite so," broke In the lawyer. "But she could not be expected to know that. I suspect she is considerably worried about Viola. Your half-sister is being

rather assiduously courted by a young man named Lapelle. Mrs. Gwyn does not approve of him. She is strait-laced and er puritanical." "Puritanical, eh?" said Kenneth, with a short laugh that Mr. Cornell totally misinterpreted. "Barry Isn't exactly what you would call sanctimonious," admitted the lawyer, with a dry smile. "The worst of it is, I'm afraid Viola Is In love with him." His client was slleit for a moment reflecting. . Then he arose abruptly and announced : "I agree with you, Mr. Cornell. I will go up to see her this afternoon. I bear her no grudge and after all, she Is my sister. Good-day. sir. I shall give myself the pleasure of calling in to see you tomorrow."

What the Masons Are Doing

"Is Dis Mistah Gwynne, Suh7"

TO FORM GROTTO LAFAYETTE, Ind. T hirty-one

master masons have banded themselves togrether and have petitioned the supreme council for a dispensa

tion to form a. local council of the Grotto. They have received assurance that such a dispensation will be granted and the new organization Is expected "to begin Its sessions in

the near future. Arrangements have been made with the members of the

Knights of Pythia3 to use their

council hall every Monday evening. Dancjng will be one of the main features during the winter season.

ERECT WELFARE BUILDING

FORT BAYARD, N. Mex. As a result of a movement started by the Sojourners' Club, which is an organization of officers in the military and

naval seTvtce of the United States

who are masons, a commodious welfare building has been erected here for the benefit of the 'one thousand tubercular patients who are inmates of the United States Veterans' Bureau Hospital.

using scenery. Following a banquet, Crawford White outlined the Grotto mission in , masonry. Worshipful Master- Franklin E. Ferris presided at the meeting.

After a moment's hesitation, he rapped firmly on the door with hia bare knuckles. The door was opened by a young colored woman.

"Is Miss Viola at home?" he la- j quired. "Is this Mistah Gwynne, suhT" "Yes." "Riglit In heah, sun," said the girl, throning open a door at his left. Logs were smoldering in the deep, wide fireplace at the far end of the room, giving out little spurts of flame occasionally from their charred, ash-gray skeletons. The floor was covered with a bright, new rag carpet, and there was a horsehair sofa in the corner, and two or three stiff, round-backed little chairs, the seats also covered with black horsehair. These features" of the room he took In while he stood beside the center table, awaiting the entrance of Viola Gwyn. He heard a door open softly and close upstairs, and then some one descending the steps ; a few words were spoken in the subdued voice of a woman and the less gentle response of the darky servant, who mumbled "Yas'iu," and an instant later went out by the front door. He smiled. The clever Viola getting rid of the servant so that she couid be alone with him. he thought, as he turned toward the door. A tall woman In black appeared in the doorway, paused there for a second or two, and then advanced slowly into the room. He felt the blood rush to his head, almost blinding him. . His band went out "Tor. the" support of -the table, hU

body stiffened and suddenly turned -J

void. The smile with whtafc-tee totended to greet Viola froze on his lips. (TO BE CONTINUED.)

RECEIVE OLD PAINTING CHICAGO William F. . E. Gurley recently presented St. Cecelia Coramandery of Masons with a 400-year-old oil painting of St. Cecelia, patroness of music and the arts. The painting has been in the possession of an English family for 300. years.

INITIATE FORTY -NINE JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Forty-nine novices were conducted over the burning sands of the desert at the midsummer pilgrimage of the caravan from Morocco temple. The ceremonies began with a parade which moved from Morocco temple mosque. A light lunch was served hi the temple from twelve until one o'clock. Festivities at the beach began at five o'clock jn the afternoon. A band con

cert was given on the boardwalk by the Morocco Temple Shrine Band. MASONS HOLD PICNIC GOLDSBORO, N. C Masons of the sixth district held their annual picnic outing at Walters Mill. It was a basket affair to which the -public

had been invited. Features of the program were addresses by Rev. Lee McBride White of Kinston, Rev. C. K. Proctor of Kinston, Rev. Zeno Wall of Goldsboro and Dr. W. C. Wicker, educational field secretary of Elon College, N. C, and the basket luncheon which was served on the grounds at noon.

MASONS START WAR ON LAW VIOLATORS

Bootleggers and Rum Runners

Hit by Message of Grand Master of Oklahoma Lodges

GET $50,00 "REQUEST PHILADELPHIA, Pa. The Grand

Lodge ot Masons of Pennsylvania re

ceived a bequest of J50.000 from Gus-

tavus C. Seidel. The will stipulates that the money shall be used for the erection of cottages for old couples at the maaonie home at Eliz-abethown.

THE RIGHT SPIRIT

MEET ON TRANSPORT JTEW YORK A very interesting masonic meeting was held on board the United States Army transport St. Mihiel while en route from Panama to New York, under the direction of F. A. Crawford, master o Military Service Lodge No. 570 F. & A. M., San Francisco.

H0OSLERS LAY CORNERSTONE MICHIGAN CITY, Ind The corner

stone laying and the dedication of the new masonic temple here took place last week. State Grand Master J. Lee Dinwiddie. of Fowler, had charge of the ceremonies. A large niimhpr nf masons from lodges in

northern Indiana and southwestern Michigan cities added to the attendance of local members for the oc; casion.

PLAN NEW TEMPLE RICHMOND. C'al. The Masonic Hall Association of this city is now considering plans for the erection of a two-story masonic temple. The new edifice will be modern in every respect and will be built at a cost of approximately $100,000.

An Idaho Klansman, under date of September 22, sent $2 to The Fiery Cross as subscription for the paper for a year. That in itself speaks volumes for this Klansman, but it

was what he had to say after the first paragraph ordering The Fiery Cross for a year that really counts. The spirit expressed here is just what is

maKing Klankraft all over the na tion the great movement it Is.

It is given below just as A. E. S.

expressed himself: We held a state meet here on the 8th inst. and paraded "visors up" by order of the mayor, Eugene B. Sherman. We are making headway in spite of spirited opoosititm. No orier was ever needed more and none ever met with such

pronounced success in the United States. It has WITHIN itself the Power to live forever so Ions na mankind Khali need government ty the people and for the people. There is no fear when the vouth and Mood of AMERICA is aroused and brought face to face with a national issue that involves the liberty and freedom of America. The problem is to mikf them acquainted with the fneta in time and thoroughly mrakrn the Protestant faith to the danger that threaten not only the United StJ-ten but all the world. No chieftain ever became great sponsoring the cause of the world in advance of his own clan. Let vs light for AMERICA FIRST and we will have the vrorld always with us. Tours in the cause, A. E. S.

LITTLE . ROCK, Ark.. Oct. 6.

"Charges should be filed against every Mason who is known to be a patron

or bootleggers.

This is a paragraph from an edict

sent out by John Q. Wolf, grand mas

ter. to the subordinate lodges in Arkansas. His edict has peculiar significance at this time, when the

newspapers of Little Rock and other

communities are publishing lists of

hose who have been patronizing

bootleggers and hootch manufactur-

rs.

A Klanftntan's Fisht

Liquor law violation is one of the

things which the Klan has consist

ently and persistently condemned

and its officers and lecturers are con

tinually preaching obedience to the

aw in all requirements, with espeeia

reference to the strict enforcement

of the eighteenth amendment.

In this connection the attitude of

the Masonic bodies is very significant.

While there is no connection, nrgan

cally, between the Klan and the Ma

sonic fraternity, it is well known tha

both organizations stand for the same

high ideals.

After Offenders

A committee, of which Chief Jus

tice E. A. MeCulloch of the- supreme

court was chairman, offered the fol

lowing resolution at the meeting o

the grand lodge:

That it shall be the duty of the

junior warden of a lodge, when noti

fied or advised that a member of the

lodge has been convicted in any court

of competent jurisdiction, of the of

fense of having violated either the

state or national prohibition laws, to

procure a certified copy of such con-

ction and present it at the first

meeting of the lodge, and thereupon

it shall be the duty of the lodge to

expel or indefinitely suspend such

Thember.

KLAN VICTORIOUS IN

EVERY LEGAL BATTLE, KL0NV0KATI0N HEARS

Klonsel Says Organization Has

Been Attacked More Than Any Order in America

Tells Delegates That No Judgment

Has Ever Been Rendered Against Body Two Damage Suits Pending

KLAN AVERTS TROUBLE WITH CATHOLIC THUGS

(Special to The Fiery Cross) BIG SUAMICO, Wis., Oct. 6. At a meeting of the Klan here last week, American guards found five machines parked in a deep wood close to the Klan field and saw strange figures lurking in the darkness. A warning to those at the meeting resulted in all machines leaving the field In groups and the Roman thugs' attack did not take plaeeTS

(By a Staff Correspondent) KANSAS CITY, Sept. 25. Th

Knights of the Ku Kluz Klan has

been attacked more than any organization in America, said Paul S. Etheridge, Imperial- Klonsel of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. at the

second Imperial Klonvokation at con

vention hall here. "The Klan has won every legal battle," Mr. Etheridge said in making his report to the Klonvokation. "Tha Klan has on almost every occasion been on the defensive in court action, rarely bringing litigation against its enemies to maintain its rights. Of all the litigation none has ever been adjudicated against the Klan." In 1922, when the first Klonvokation met, two suits were pending against the organization, designed to break it and bankrupt it, the speaker said. Both of these were terminated favorably to the organization. Flinmy Charges Made Never since the cqse in Chicago, two years ago, where a fireman was

discharged from the civil service because of his alleged Klan connection, and for no other reason, has a casa of that character come up in an

American city, Mr. Etheridge said. There are two so-called damage suits now pending against the Klan. brought by the American Unity League of Chicago, composed principally of Roman Catholics and Jews and headed by Patrick CDonnell, an attorney. These cases one of them filed in Indianapolis and the other In Chicago attempt to disrupt the Klan by Charging it with being guilty of corrupt and unconstitutional practices. "These cases, if they ever

come to trial, Etheridge said, will be decided in the Klan's favor unquestionably because of the flimsy nature of the charges."

MOTHER GOOSE BEST

CHILDREN'S SELLER

NEW YORK, Oct. 6. Mother Goose is still the best seller in the juvenile worid. New books come to the mar-

120-TEAR-OLD LODGE HENDERSON, Ky. Plans for the masonic temple which is to be erected here, have been approved by the buiidingoijimittee -and actual coristructtoir work will- KSgin in the immediate twe. : Tg building will be three steVies "high, and terra cotta, brick and s'one will constitute the materials to be used. The cornerstone will bear an' inscription stating that Jerusalem Lodge is 120 years old.

CONSTRUCTION HALTED

BLACKWELL. Okla. Work on the

foundation of the new masonic tem

pie was temporarily halted on account of encountering a strata of water bearing gravel in the deeper holes for piers, which required the installation of pumps to remove the water. The building, when comn1terl will he one of the most moH-

aet ana are soiu anu reM, ana-ine n-tn-dte temoles

Alabama is preparing for a celebration next year in honor of the centennial of the visit of Lafayette to that state in 1825.

The first cooking school for women in the south was opened in 1880 at Peace Institute, in Raleigh, N. C.

CATHOLIC TEACHERS FAIL TO OBEY LAWS

FRANKFORT, Ky.. Oct. . 6, Tha Bible Is not-read ln the public schools of this city though "it-is required by law,.-' . " The city Was many Roman Cathollo teacher and a Roman Catholic woman on the school board, who sends her children to a parochial school.

Corn grows near La Paz, Bolivia, at elevations of 12,600 feet above sea level."

Quality Printing Legitimate Prices HENDREN PRINTING COMPANY (Incorporated) IXDIAJiAPOLIS, DTD.

in this

CHAPTER VI

KFNNE'I town :

Rachel Carter. TH strolled nbout the

for nwhllf before return

ing to the tavern to shnve, change his boots and "smfirtn" himself up a bit in preparation for the ceremonious call he had dreaded to nuike. Shortly after three o'clock he set forth upon his adventure. Assailed by d strange and unaccustomed tlmidit- he would have called It hush fulness had Vloln been other than his sister he approached the young lady's home by the longest and most roundabout way. He proceeded first to the house that Yves to be hia home. It was a good stone's throw from the pretentious two-story frame structure

In which Rnchel Carter and her daughter lived, but nearer the center of the tows, when approached by u more direct route than he had followed. This smaller house, an Insignificant weather-beaten, story and a half frame, snuggling among the underbrush, was where his other had lived when he first came to Lafayette, He strode up the narrow path to tbe low front door. Finding It unlocked, he opened It and stepped Into the low, roughly-plastered sitting room, Th

window blinds were open, permitting light and air to enter, The bedroom and the kitchen were in order. There were rag carpets on the floors, and the place was 1muuiculately clean. As he walked up tbe path to the front door of the new house, he was wondering how Viola Owyn would look In her garb of black the hated black she had cast aside for one night only. He was oppressed by a dull, cold fear, assuaged to soma extent by the thrill of excitement which attended the adventure, What was he to do. or say If the door was opened by Rachel CarterT

authors sometimes make fortunes.

But all Jhese offerings pass after a comparatively short vogue, whereas Mother Goose stands firm in the affections of the young. Thus spoke the head of the children's book sec

tion of a New Tork department store. "Everybody must have a copy of Mo hf Goose," she said, "and different people want different kinds. That the book is Mother Goose is not enough for the customers. They pick and choose from among two hundred editions. At Christmas time, when ihe demand is so great that we can hardly supply it, we devote

a special table to Mother Goose. 'Alice

In Wonderland' is la the same class, almost. The demand for It is enormous, and the editions are numerous; so Alice shares the special table with Mother Goose. Attending to that table tak a clerk's full time. "0!d stand-bys are the books children like best. 'Treasure Island.'

Robinson Crusoe' and 'Robin Hood

never lose their fascination, and their sales never drop. They have the ad

venture and tho thrill that youngsters love. Then there are the Louisa M. Alcott books, 'Little Men" and 'Little Women.' If we put them on tho open tables they are swept up right away. Tha Little Pepper books, too, have continued popular. Even the Elslo books are in demand."

section of the country.

NORTHEAST-

SOUTH

PLAN ANNUAL REUNION HUNTINGTON, W. Va. Scottish Rite masons from all sections of Vire-inia will assemble

in Huntington for four days during the Becond week la November to at- j tend the annual reunion. Plans are ; being laid in anticipation of one of j

the largest gatherings in recent, years.

WEST

CONFER MASTER'S DEGREE BURIEN CITY, Wash. Angora Grotto members and degree team were guests recently . of Southgate Lodge, No. 247, the team conferring the mas

ter mason degree wearing robes and

WATCHMAKING SCHOOL FILLS WANING RANKS

1924 Jufzf f

From all parts of the United States orders have been placed for thousands of that Famous Little Booklet THE TRUTH ABOUT THE NOTRE DAME RIOT AT SOUTH BEND, INDIANA

MTLFOHD, Mass., Oct. 6. This town ! boaU of a school that has no duplicate In the United States. It is turnInn out horologlographers, or, in other words, those skilled in the nolenee of watchmaking. Tho necessity for carefully trained horologlographere was realized by the government during tha War, and the authorities are watching the progress and development of this school, now entering Its. third year. With Interest. Edwin F. Ulley, a Milford business man for thirty years and nationally prominent in horological circles, la

renponslblefor the school. When he made a survey of the watchmaking industry In 1931 bo found that the ranlin of ih trade wore being de

pleted about 2,000 each year and that

tn all New England there were but three apprentices to the trade, All told, America adds but 600 recruits

to the trade each year, against the annual decimation of more than throe

tiroes that -number,

Mm, Juliette Adam, editor and Journalist, who has been called the George Eliot of Pranee, la sUll active

with her pen, notwithstanding that

she ) enclose to her ninetieth year.

Mars has a diameter ef about 4,000

miles, or half that of the earth.

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