Indianapolis Times, Volume 33, Number 286, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 April 1921 — Page 4

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Jtohiana Sail® (Times INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. j Dally Except Sunday, 25-29 South Meridian Street Telephones—Main 3500, New 28-351 MEMBERS OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS. .. , _ (Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis, G. Logan Payne Cos. Advertising offices (n>w York, Boston, Payne, Burns & Smith, Inc. WONDER if Dr. Pfafflin's police force has its files full of “Dear Charlie” letters? ANYHOW, no one can deny that Ed Robison knows what the people of Indianapolis want! ONE MUST CONCEDE that Tom Meeker’s advisory committee is made up of men who have lived in Indianapolis long enough for the public lo recognize their names! WITH two Republican candidates for mayor denouncing the present city administration, we ask pardon for taking the opportunity to deny that w© are alone in our opinion of its inefficiency! WILL the Howe managers kindly direct their asphalt division to patch the pavement at the Union Station entrance? It leaves a bad impression with visitors to be bumped at the first turn of a taxi! WE very strongly suspect that in the minds of a certain crowd of disgruntled bosses the only lawyer who could possibly be satisfactory as the ■uccessor of Albert Baker is John W. Holtzman and we fear John will not get the Job! NOR do we particularly blame Charlie Jewett for a disposition to hide the favoring of Rufe Page. It is hard to reconcile the granting of gambling privileges to a negro with tne mayor’s well-known reputation for “good government and clean politics.” WHAT MR, JEWETT once said about the mule contract being a “graft” no doubt applies as 'well to the renting of horses to the city at $1 an hour, even if the lessee is that sterling proponent of “good government and clean politics” known as the proprietor of Rufe Page's Senate avenue gambling emporium! For Our Children’s Sake! Indianapolis needs school buildings to house more than 12,000 school children whose education is being handicapped today by lack of proper facilities in the school plant. There are hundreds of men in the building trades in this city today who need employment and whose employment would do much towaid returning this city to the remarkable period of growth and prosperity that resulted in the over-crowding of the city schools. A majority of the school board stands today for a comprehensive construction program that would not only provide school houses for our children but work for our unemployed. Opposed to this group of really progressive school board members and their supporters is a clique of obstructionists composed of two classes. One class includes those citizens of Indianapolis whose children g r ew up in the schools before the growth of the city over-crowded them. These citizens have no children to educate and they are not broad-minded enough to care whether the children of tomorrow are educated or not. They oppose the construction of proper schools in Indianapolis because such construction work would deprive them of a trifling share of the income that was made possible to them through the taxpaying of those who built up the city before these obstructionists prepared to retire and hold on to all they have gotten from the community. The other class is composed of those obstructionists who are against .any improvement in Indianapolis which they do not control and from which they cannot immediately obtain their little “rake-off.” This class is the dangerous class of the two, for the obstructionists interested only In preserving intact the money he has'will not actively engage in any effort to block the progress of the city. Such, however, is not the case with the class of obstructionists whose sole reason for being obstructionists is a determination to profit personally by any construction work that may be done. This latter class is using the other class as a mask for it3 opposition to the improvement of the schools of Indianapolis. It is the class that is sitting in the background and chortling over the manner in which so-called taxpayers are opposing new school buildings that Indianapolis needs. It is the class which is engaged in a nefarious effort to impugn the integrity and the motives of those who would build school buildings for the children of Indianapolis who are now housed in barns. It is the class that is pretending not to be opposed to new' schools, but is urging “delay'” in construction work until such time as it may place its own members in a position to reap big profits from such construction work. In the very near future the second class of obstructionists will receive a Jolt that will astonish them by its force. The.v will be surprised to learn that even with the aid of their misguided allies, the “conservative taxpayers," they cannot longer delay the progress toward better schools in Indianapolis. And they will howl long and loud at the complete loss of their control of the school affairs of Indianapolis which they have so long manipulated in the interests of their own purses. Their howls will take the form of abuse of the majority members of the school board who have the courage to disregard their threats and boasts of reprisals. A few years from now every one will know that these howls are the mouthlngs of a disconsolate lot of pap-suckers divorced from the source of feed. Why, then, should any clear-th!nklng citizen now place any credence In their discredited and discreditable yelps? Buying High Taxes The people of Indianapolis are today paying higher taxes than they have ever paid in the history of the city. The expenses of the city government for 1920 were more than $2,000,000 above the expenses for 1919. The expenses of the city for 1921 will be even higher than they were in 1920. The taxpayer who wonders why these expenses are so high need only to look about the streets to see that in addition to paving the expenses of the city government he is also paying the expenses of maintaining a political machine whose sole object is the perpetuation of its control of the city treasury. An “inspector,” presumed to be looking after construction work, draws SIOO a month and spends his time passing out pictures of a political candidate. A gambler who has invested his surplus in horses rents them to the city at a rate of $1 an hour while he works for the success of a candidate whom he has reason to believe will not only continue his lucrative rental of horses, but will also permit the open operation of his gambling Joint. These are only two instances of the expenditure of public money for political purposes. Streets are neglected for weeks so as to afford opportunity for the employment of a large number of men who will vote “right” just before the primaries. A garbage plant that can only be operated at a deficit of better than $23,000 a year continues as a losing venture because the administration once declared it a success and now lacks courage enough to admit its failure. Salaried officials whose time the taxpayer is buying and whose efforts ought to be devoted to obtaining efficiency in the city hall are out of their offices, engaged In political efforts, or making trips to Washington to try to strengthen their hold on the political jobs that cost the taxpayers millions. More than two thousand men are on the pay rolls of the city of Indianapolis today and more than half of them are devoting all or the major part of their time to perpetuation of the system by which the taxpayers are mulcted of millions of dollars annually. Some day the property owners of Indianapolis will realize that their taxes are high because they are actually paying to keep them high. When that time comes the cost of operating this city government will be nearer $5,000,000 a year than $10,000,000 and there will be a lot of smoothtalking, hand shaking Individuals who will have to work for the living they are now so successfully panhandling ,

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foliage the giant tree frogs sounded their loud and Irritating chatter. Farther out, where the by-ways perished at the brink of the jungle, the guttural cries of marauding baboons and the coughing of the alligators In the black estuaries fractured the vain silence of the wood. By 10 o’clock the streets were deserted. The’ oil lamps that had burned, a sickly yellow, at random corners, had been extinguished by some economical civic agent. Corallo lay sleeping calmly between toppling mountains and encroaching seas like a stolen babe in the arms of its abductors. Somewhere over in that tropical darkness—perhaps aready threading the profundities of the alluvial lowlands—the high adventurer and his mate were moving toward land's end. The game of Fox-in-the-Morning should be coming soon to its close. Goodwin, at his deliberate gait, passed the long, low euartel where Cornllo's contingent of Anchuria's military force slumbered, with its bare toes pointed heavenward. There was a law that no civilian might come so near the headquarters of the citadel of war after 9 o’clock, but Goodwin was always forgetting the minor statutes. “Quinn vtve?” shrieked the sentinel, wrestling prodigiously with his lengthy musket. "Americano.” growled Goodwin, without turning his head, and passed on, unha! ted. To the rlijht he turned, and to the left up the street that ultimately reached the Plaza Nacional. When within the toss of a cigar stump from the intersect ing Street of the Holy Sepulchre he stopped suddenly in tho pathway. He saw the form of a tHll man, clothed In black and carrying a large val.se, hurrv down the cross street In the direction of the beach. And Goodwin's sec. ond g ! ance made him aware of a woman nt the man's elbow on the farther side, who seemed to urge forward, if not even to assist, her companion in their swift but silent progress. They were no Corallnns. those two. Goodwin followed at increased speed, but without any of the artful tactics that are so dear to the heart of the sleuth. The American was tne broad to feel tbe Instlnet of the detective. He stood ns an agent for the people of An ehnria. and but for political reasons he would have demanded then and there Iho money. It was the design of his party to secure the Imperiled fund, to restore it to the treasury of the country, and to declare Itself in power without bloodshed or resistance. The couple halted at the door of the Hotel do 1 s Kstranjeros. and the man 1 struck upon the wood with the Impatience of one unused to his entry being grayed. Madams was long in response; but af’er a time her light showed, the door was opened and the guests housed. Goodwin stood in the quiet street, lighting another cigar. In two minutes a faint gleam began to show between the slats of the Jalouses In the upper story of the hotel. “They have engaged rooms.” said Goodwin to himself, then, their arrangements for sailing have yet to he made." At that moment there came nleng one Esteban Delgado, a barber, an enemy to the pxl-ting government, a Jovial plotter against stagnation In any form. This barber was one of Cornllo's saddest dogs, often remaining out of doors as late as 11. post meridian if*' was a partisan Liberal; mid be greeted Goodwin with flatulent importan -e ns a brother In the cause. But he had s -methtng Important to tell. “What think you, Don Frank;’’ he cried, in the universal tone of the conspirator. "I have tonight shnv- and la barbs —what you call the “wet skors’ of the j president** himse'f, of this connfrec*! f n- ! aider! He sent for me to come. In the '■ poor *asita of an old woman ho awaited ! rre—ln a verree loetle house In a dark j place. Carraniba I —el Senor F real den to ito make himself tints secret and ob- ! sured. 1 think he desired not to he ! known—hut. cars Jo, can yon shave a man and not see his face? This gold piece he ! gave me, and said it was to be all quite still, 1 think, Don Frank, there Is what you call a chip over the bug." "Have you ever seen President Mliraflercs before?" asked Goodwin. “But once,” answered Esteban. "He Is ; fall; an.l he had wees tiers, verree black ! and sufficient ” “Was any one else present when you shaved him?" “An old Indian woman, senor. that he--1 longed with the easa. and one s-norita [a 1 oh*n of so much beautee; ,ih Dio* !" “All right. Esteban." said Goodwin, j "It's very In ky that you happened along i with your tonsorlal Inf ■rnmtlon. Tim new | administration will be likely to remember I you for this.” Then In a few words he made the barber acquainted with the crisis into which the affairs of the nat on had otilminuted. and Instructed him to remain : outside, keeping wnteh upon the two sides of Hie hotel that looked upon the str-et. and observing whether any one should nttempi to leave the house by an.' ! door or window Goodwin himself went Ito the door through which the guests . had entered, d'ened it and stepped inside. i Madama had returned downstairs from ' her Journey above to see after the comi fort of her lodgers. Her candle stood j upon the bar She was about to take | a thimbleful of rum as a solace for havi lug her rest disturbed. She looked up j without surprise or alarm as her third • caller enter'd. “Ah! It is the Senor Goodwin. Not often does he honor my poor house by ; his presence.” | “T must come oftener,” said Goodwin, i with the Goodwin smile. “I hear that your cognac is the best between Belize to the north and Rio to the south. Set out the bottle. Madama. ami let us have the proof In un vaslto for each of us.” “My aguardiente, ’• said Madama, with prble, "is the best It grows. In beautiful bottles, in the dark places among the banana trees. Si. senor. Only at m*l night ran they be picked by sallormen who bring them, before daylight comes, to your btn l; door. Good aguardiente is n verree difficult fruit to handle, Senor Goodwin.” Smuggling, in Corallo, was much nearer than competition to being the life of trade. One spoke of it slyly, yet with a certain conceit, when it had been well accomplished. “You have guests in th>- house tonight." said Goodwin, laying a silver dollar upon the counter. “Why not?” said Madama, counting the change. “Two; but the smallest while finished to arrive. One senor. not quite old. and one gcnorlta of sufficient handsomeness. To their rooms they have ascended, not desiring the to-eat nor the to-drink. Two rooms—Xumero 9 and Xumero 10.” “I was expecting that gentleman and that lady,” said Goodwin. “I have important nejroeios that must he transacted. Will you allow tne to see them?” “Why not?” sighed Madama. placidly. "Why should not S**nor Goodwin ascend and speak to Ills friends? Ksta buena. Room Xumero 9 and room Xumero 10." Goodwin loosened in his coat pocket the American revolver that he carried, and ascended the steep, dark stairway. In the hallway above, tile saffron light coming from a hanging lamp allowed him to select the gaudy numbers on the doors. He turned the knob of No. 9, entered and closed the door behind him. If that was Isabel Gt’llbert seated by the table In that poorly furnished room, report had failed to do her charms justice. Rim rested her head upon one hand. Extreme fatigue was signified In every line of her figure: and upon her countenance a deep perplexity was written. Her eyes were gray-irlsed, and of that mould that seems to have belonged to the orbs of all the famous queens <*f hearts. Their whites were singularly clear and brilliant, concealed above tite Irises by heavy horizontal lids, and showing a snowy line below them. Such eyes denote great nobility, vigor, and, If you can conceive of it, a most generous selfishness. She looked up. when the American entered with an expression of surprised inquiry, but without alarm. Goodwin took off his hat and seated himself, with his characteristic deliberate ease, upon a corner of the table. He held a lighted cigar between his fingers. He took this familiar court* because he was sure that preliminaries would be wasted upon Miss Gnilbert. He knew her history, and the small part that the convactiotis had played in it. "Good he said. “Now, madame, business at once. I mention

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no names, but I know who Is In the next room, nnd what he carries In that valise. That is the point which brings me here. 1 have come to dictate terms of surrender." The lady neither moved nor replied but steadily regarded the cigar J.n Goodwin’s hand. "We,” continued the dictator, thoughtfully regarding the neat buckskin shoe on his gently swinging foot —"I speak for a considerable majority of the people—demand the return of the stolen funds belonging to them. Our terms go very little Further than that. They are very simple. As an accredited spokes man. I promise that our Interference will cease if they are accepted. Give up the money and you and your companion will be permitted to proceed wherever you will. In fact, assistance will be given you in the matter of securing a passage by any outgoing vessel you may choose It is on my personal responsibility that I add congratulations to the gentleman in Xo. 10 upon his taste in feminine charms ” Returning his cigar to his mouth, Goodwin observed her, nnd saw that hei eyes followed it and rested upon it with icy and significant concentration. Apparently she had not heard a word he had said. He understood, tossed the cigar out the window and, with an amused laugh, slid from the table to his feet. "That is better," said tbe lady. “It makes it possible for me to listen to you. For a second lesson In good man llers, you might now tell me by whom I am being Insulted.” “I am sorry,” said Goodwin, leaning une hand on the table, "that my time is too brief for devoting much of it to a course of etiquette Come, now; 1 appeal to your good sense. Yon have shown yourself, in more than one Instance, to ! be well aware of what Is to your advantage. This is an occasion that demands the exercise of your undoubted intelligence There Is no mystery here. I atn Frank Goodwin; and I have come for the money I entered this room at a ven ture. Had I entered the other I would i have had It before now. Do you want ! It in words? The gentleman in Xo. 10 has betrayed a great trust He has robbed h:s people of a large sum, and It is I who will prevent their losing It. I do not snv who that gentleman Is; but If I should bo forced to see him and he should prove to be a certain high official of the republic, It will be my duty to arrest him. The house is guarded. 1 am offering you libera, terms. Tt Is not absolutely necessary that I confer personally with the, g nth-man In the next i room. Bring me tte valise containing the money, ami we will call the affair ended." The lady from h**r chair and stood for a moment, thinking deeply. “Do you live, here, Mr. Goodwin?” she asked, presently. “Yes.” •That la your authority for this in trusion?" “i am an Instrument of the republic. I was advised by wire of the movements of the - gentleman In Xo 10 " “May I ask you two or three questions? I believe you to be a man more apt to be truthful than -timid. What sort of town is this—-Corallo, I think they pall It?” "Not much of n town." said Goodwin, smiling. “A banana town, as they run. Grass huts, 'dohes, five or six two-story houses, accommodations limited, population half breed Spanish and Indian, Carlbs and blackamoors. No sidewalks to speak of. ro> amusements. Rather unmoral. That's an offhand sketch, of course.” “Are there any Inducements, say in a social or In a business way, for peoplt to reside here?” “Oh, yes.” answered Goodwin, smiling

KEEPING HOUSE WITH THE HOOPERS

(The Hoopers, nn average American family of five, living in a suburban town, on a limited Income, will tell the readers of the Daily Times how the many present day problems of the home nr>* solved by working on the budget I hat Mrs Hooper has evolved nu.l found practical. Follow them dally in an Interesting review of their home life and learn to nice* the conditions of the high cost of living with them.) S vrl Itl) \Y. "There is oi mforl in thla house, at any rate, ' said Auntie Bello, ns she came downstairs about 10 o’clock. “Everything lsn t all ripped up Saturday the way some places are with a regular spring house'leaning every week. I'll dust the living room today. Helen, so you can take Betty for a walk in the s inshlne. What are you going to do about cretonne and ps for your furniture this summer. Mary?" sin* asked rambling fl *>in one subject to the other as she always did. "I ought to he planning some new ones right now,” answered Mrs. Hooper.

SIXTH WEEK. WEEKLY STATEMENT FROM MRS. HOOPER'S ACCOUNT BOOK. Received Henry's Salary $50.00 Budget. Paid Out.Balance.Surplus. Shelter $6.00 Nothing. $6 00 $26.50 Food 20.00 Meat $2 05 Dally Supplies 4 05 Fish 2.05 Vegetables and Fruit.. 4.00 Groceries 4 25 Ice 1 <lO Henry's Lunch 2.50 Clothing 7.0*) Linen for Roger's Handkerchiefs 2 00 Thread 25 Operating Expenses .. D *h> Household Supplies 2.50 Stamps 10 Advancement. 3.00 Holer's Dancing Lessons - r *o Church 25 Newspapers Savings for Nothing. 0.00 2.*.00 Premiums.. 6.00 $25.75 $24.25 $96 S3 $50.00 —Copright, 1921.

"Our old ones are looking faded nnd shabby and I said when I put them away that they couldn't possibly do for another summer." “Why don't you do these two big chairs and let the others go until another time?" asked Auntie Belle. “Oh. no, I wouldn't do that.” answered Mrs. Hooper. “I want the whole room ! freshened together If wo do It at nil. You might see if you can find any cretonne ut a bargain when you go back to the city. They seldom have anything here in that line that equals the variety and quality that you sometimes And In the big city shops." “DU be glad to do that.” said Auntie Belle enthusiastically, "and when you are ready to make them I’ll come out and spend another week and help you make them.” Mrs. Hooper rnther Inhospitably re* solved to put off the making of new cretonne furniture slips if it would Involve another week of Auntie Belle's company j in the Immediate future. “Are you sure the children's luncheons are well balanced?” asked Auntie Bello - as she followed Mrs. Hooper Into the klthcen. “You seem to Just use left-over things without much regard as to whether the different foods balance.” “Well, tho children seem to thrive,” said Mrs. Hooper on the defensive. “Well, I am prejudiced against a good many of your economies, Mary,” continued Auntie Belle, “and I don’t like leftovers.” “But how would you manage if you had only S2O a week for food?” asked Mrs. Hooper a trifle Irritably. “That's Just it* I’d use more of come for food and Jess for other tlEjSjyjajg

broadly. "There are no afternoon teas, no hand-organs, no department stores — and there is no extradition treaty.” “He told me." went on the lady, speaking as If to herself, and with a slight frown, “that there were towns on this ccaet of beauty and importance; that there wag a pleasing social order —especially an American colony of cultured residents.” “There is an American colony,” said Goodwin, gazing at her in some wondev. “Some of the members are all right. Some are fugitives from justice from the States. I recall two exiled bank presidents, one Army paymaster under a cloud, a couple of manßlayers, and a widow—arsenic, I believe, was the suspicion in her case. I myself complete the colony, but, ns yet, I have not distinguished myself by any particular crime.” "Do not lose hope," said the lady, dryly; “I see- nothing in your actions tonight to guarantee your further obscurity. Some mistake has been made; I do not know Just where. But him you shall not disturb tonight. The journey has fatigued him so that he has fallen asleep, I think, in his clothes. You talk of stolen money! I do not understand you. Some mistake has been made. 1 will convince you. Remain where you are and I will bring you the valise that yon seem to covet so, and show it to you.” She moved toward the closed door that connected the two rooms, but stopped, and half turned and bestowed upon Goodwin a grave, searching look that ended in a quizzical smile. "You force my door," she said, “and you fMlow your ruffianly behavior with the basest accusations; and .vet" —she hesitat?d. as If to reconsider what she was fbout to soy—“and yet—it is a puzzl'ng thing—l am sure there has bee*-, some mistake." She took a step toward the door, but Goodwin stayed her by a light touch upon her artn. 1 have said before that women turned to look at him in the streets. He was tho viking sort of man, big, goodlooking, and with an air of kindly truculence. She was dark and proud, glowing or pale as her mood moved her. 1 do not know if Eve were light or dark, but if such a woman had stood in the garden I know that the apple would have been eaten. '1 his woman was to be Goodwin's fate, and he did not know It; but lie mum have felt the first throes of destiny, for. as he faced her. the knowledge of what report named her turned bitter In his throat. "If there has been any mistake." he said, hotly, “it was yours. 1 do not blame the ntan who has lost his country, his honor, and is about to lose the poor consolation of his stolen riches a* much as 1 blame you, for, by Heaven’. I can very well see how he was brought to It. I can understand, and j.itv him. It is such women as you that strew this degraded coast with wretched exiles, tlint luiike men forget trusts, that drag—” The lady Interrupted him with a weary gesture. “There Is no need to continue your Insults," she said, coldly. “I do not understand what you are saying, nor do I know what mad b'under you are making; but If the ins; e-nlon of the contents of a gentleman's portmanteau will rid nte of you, let us delay it no f ShVpassed quickly and noiselessly into the other room and returned with the heavv leather valise, which she handed t the American with an air of patient contempt. . ~ . Goodwin set the valise quickly upon tho table and began to unfasten the straps. The lady stood by. with an expression of infinite scorn and weariness up->n her The valise opened wide to a powerful, sidelong wrench. Goodwin dragged out two nr three articles of clothing, exposing the bulk of Its contents—package after package of tightly packed United States bank ami treasury notes of large lenomlnatlon. Reckoning from the high figures written up'n tho paper bands that bound them, the total must have come closely upon th-> hundred thousand mark. Goodwin glanced swiftly at the woman, nnd saw, with surprise an-1 a thrill of pleasure that he wondered at, that she

said Auntie Belle argumentatively. “I ; think yon are a dreadful slave to a budget system.” 1 "1 don't know how we could possibly live in comfortably as we do If I abandoned my budget," said Mrs. Hooper, j “We would drift along like a ship without a rudder." “I believe a great many people get much more out of life tlian you do, Mary, planning all the time where Henry's salury is to go." “Well, at least I have peace of mind and we are all really very comfortable In spite of what you think of my sys tom.” smiled Mrs. Hooper, recovering her good humor and knowing that further argument with her sister-in-law would be useless. "Will you take a long walk with Henry this afternoon?" she continued, to change the subject. "It would be a nice chance for you to visit with him and he will want to spend this lovely afternoon out of doors, I know." Oh, how stupid," exclaimed Belle, “t thought you and 1 wen* going shopping. I always spend Saturday afternoons

! around tho shops, don't you?" "Oh, no, Henry likes to spend the afternoon with tne out of doors on his half ; holiday and unless It is something In which he Is especially Interested 1 never take him near a shop. I'll go walking j with him. then, if von don't care to." said Mrs. Hooper, as they all sat down to luncheon. “Oh, very well," said Belle, “I think I’ll go around to the dancing school with Helen, then. I’m glad yon feel that yon ran afford that little luxury for the child, but I’d like to see Just what she Is being taught.” Mrs. Hooper refrained from telling her sister in-law that she atul Henry had looked Into the matter of the dancing i class nnd had approved of It, nnd that much planning on her part had been necessary to apportion 50 cents a week for Helen’s lesson out of the three dollars allotted for advancement that had to cover club dues, magazines, church, charity, entertainment, education, vacation and medicine bills, and doctor, dentist and which could amount during the year to ouly one hundred and fifty-six dollars. The menu for Sunday is: BREAKFAST. Grape Fruit Cereal Sausage Cakes Muffins Coffee LUNCHEON. Hamburg Loaf Brown Gravy Browned Potatoes Creamed Cauliflower Tomato Jelly Salad Banana Layer Cake SUPPER. Brown Bread Sandwiches Pears Cake Cocoa

WHEN A GIRL MARRIES A New Serial of Young Married Lift "By Ann Llslo-

CHAPTER CLXXXIII. When I got to the top of the steps leading to Evelyn Mason's home I hesitated. I hated to give Evvy this glimpse right into the heart of my life, but my longing to see Xeal triumphed, and after a moment or two I pressed the bell. “Is Miss Evelyn in?” I asked the maid who opened the door. “She's Just come In. I think she's dressing,” was the reply. I felt a little sparkle of triumph as I replied glibly; “Tell her not to hurry; I’ve plenty of time. It Is Mrs. Morrison.” Then I was admitted to a formal reception room, lavishly furnished, but empty as far as I was concerned, since Neal wasn’t there. After a minute I rose and tiptoed across tho room like the intruder I was, and there in a cosey little den I discovered Xeal serenely cnsconsed In a big wing-chair. Still tiptoeing, I crept up back of him and I laid my fingers across his eyes. He pulled my hands down and kissed them lightly. If this was the way Xeal treated Evvy it spoiled my hopes that some* day he and Phoebe would find each other again. “Neal! Neal!” I cried. “This is a mighty fine surprise, Babbsie," said Xeal. getting to his feet and giving me one of his bear hugs. “Only you thought it was Evvy surprising you," I replied reproachfully. “Since when does Evvy wear a wedding ring to press against my eyeball like a ton of bricks?" laughod Xeal. “Xeal—l followed you here," I confessed, thinking it wise to change the subject. “1 can't bear to have you in the city and—not with us. Our ntw apartment is so big and solemn. Won’t you come and brighten it up with that jolly red head of yours?" “it may be a red head, but it Isn't a dead head, Babbs. I might eoine for your sake —if I could pay my way.” “Then at least tell me where you're living," I begged. “Nix on that, sis. You wouldn't like the address and you'd try to Interfere." “No, I won’t. I must know where you are, Xeal. I can't follow Evvy around to keep track of you," I retorted a little bitterly. “You might lose me even that way, Babbs," said Xeal—almost bitter, in turn. “I can’t afford to hang around Evvy long unless I pull clown something with a pay envelope attached.” “Oh, Neal—no job, yet?” I cried, trying to hold fast to his hands while he had experienced an unni!-itakable shock. Her eyes gr.-w wide, she gasped, and leaned heavily against the table. She had been Ignorant then, he inferred, that her companion had looted the Government treasury. But why, he angrily asked himself, should he be so well pleased to think this wandering and unscrupulous singer not so black as report had painted her ? A noise in the other room startled them both. The door swung open, and a tall, elderly, dark eomplexioned man, recently shaven, hurried into the room. All tho pictures of President Miraflores represent him as the possecsor of a luxuriant supply ( .f dark and carefully tended whiskers; but tLe story of the barber, Esteban, had ptepared Goodwin for the change. The man stumbled in from the dark room, hig eyes blinking nt t lie lamplight. and heavy from sleep. "What does this mean?" be demanded In excellent English, with a keen and per turbed look at the American—“robbery ?'' “Very near It," answered Goodwin. “Rut 1 rather think I'm in time to prevent it. I represent the people to whom this money belongs and I have come to convey It back to them." 110 thrust his hand into a pocket of his loose linen coat. The other man’s baud went quickly behind him. "Don't draw,” called Goodxvtn. sharply; "I've got you covered from my pocket." The lady stepped forward, and laid ct e hand upon the shoulder of her hesitating companion. She pointed to the table. "Tell me tho trutn -the truth." she said In a low voice. "Whose money Is that?” The man did not answer, ne gave a • let-p. long drawn olgh. leaned and kissed her on the forehead, stepped back into the other room and closed the door. Good win foresaw his purpose, nnd Jumped for the door, but the report of the pistol echoed ns his hand touched the knob. A heavy fall followed, and some one swept him aside and struggled into the room of the fallen man. A desolation, thought Goodwin, greater than that derived from the loss of cavalier and gold must have been in the heart of the enchantress to have wrung from her. In that moment, the cry of one turning to the ail-forgiving, all-eomfort-Ing earthly consoler—to have made her 'nil out from that bloody and dishonored room—" Oh. mother, mother, mothBut tiiere was an alarm outside. The barber. Esteban, at the sound of the shot, had nils-d Ills voice; and the shot itself had aroused half the town. A put.; tering of feet came up the street, ana official orders rang out on the still air. Goodwin hud a duty to perform. Circumstances had made him the custodian of his adopted country's treasure. Swiftly cramming the money into the valise, he closed It, leaned far out of the window and dropped it into a thick orange tree in the little enclosure below. • • • • • They will tell you In Corallo, as they delight In telling the stranger, of the conclusion of that tragic flight. They

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brushed sentiment and me aside. “Don't worry, Babbsie, I’ll land!” "There’s Jim's offer—that’s still open. Why don't you take it?” “Babbs! Do you think I can truekls to any of the Harrisons? Do you think I could see Jim every day and not explode about his lordly ways? There are a lot of things. • • By erickety, Babhsle, don’t you mind? Have the Harrisons got you?" “Neal, dear, I’m sorry you think I’m mean spirited—or Jim domineering. He’s Just a little dizzy with success, and a wife has to be tactful.” Neal’s eyes were hard as he studied me. “Yes, but she doesn't have to knuckle down like you do. When you let Jim and Virginia send that ring of mother’s back to me the way they did —take Phoebe away from me—it was the beginning of the end of your independance. But I'll hang onto mine.” I had to accept that. It was nearing seven now, and I wanted to be at tbe Walgrave when Jim arrived—l wanted bhn to feel that he was coming home. Perhaps I could win again the tender mood of the morning and revive in the familiar surroundings the romance that had gone out of our lives. “I have to run along, Xeal. Will you tell Evvy I'll phone her tomorrow? And —won't you promise to call me every day ?” “I'll do that much, Babbs." Neal agreed. "All right—at ten In the morning." i insisted. “I'U be in my room waiting.” Then I rushed out hailed a taxi anti drove eagerly to the hotel. At the desk the clerk handed me a message. "Mr. Harrison ’phoned, 6:30" it said; He is detained on important business and won’t be home until very late. Wearily I went up to our rooms. The curt, business-like tone of that message chilled my hopes of happiness. When I got to my door I hesitated, longing to run away, though 1 had nowhere to run. Then I unlocked the door and entered a great bay windowed living room, with a glimpse of white beds in the room beyond. “Extravagant,” I murmured indifferently. Then my mood changed as I spied a mass of glowing red roses on the center table. “Jim —my Jim!” I whispered to the stillness. ( To Be Continued.) will tell you how the upholders of the law came apace when the alarm was sounded —the Coinandante in red slippers and a Jacket like a head waiter sand girded sword, the soldiers with their interminable guns, followed by outnumbering officers struggling into their gold lace and epaulettes; the barefooted pol.eemen (the only eapables in the lot), ami ruffled citizens of every hue and description. They said that the countenance of the dead mar* was marred sadly by the effects of the shot; but he was identified as the fallen president by both Goodwin ami the barber Esteban. Un tho next morning messages began to come over the mended telegraph wire; and the story of the flight from the capital was given out to the public. In San Mateo the revolutionary party had seized the sceptre of government, without opposition, and tbe vivas of the mercurial populace quickly effaced the interest belonging to the unforuuate Miraflores. They will relate to you how the new government sif;e*i the towns and raked the roads to find tho valise containing Anchuria's surplus capital, which the president was known to have carried with him. but all in vain. In Corallo Senoi Goodwin himself led the searching party which combed that town as carefully as a woman combs her hair; but the money was not found. Mo they buried the dead man, without honors, back of the town near the little bridge that spans the mangrove swamp, and for a real a boy will show you his grave. They say that the old woman in whose but the barber shaved the pres blent placed the wooden slab at his head and burned the Inscription upon it with a hot in n. You will hear also that Senor Good win, like a tower of strength, shielded Dona Isabel Gnilbert through those sub sequent distressful days; and that his scruples as to her past career cif he had any > vanished; and her adventuresome waywardness (.if she had any) left her, and they were wedded and were happy. The American built a home on a little foothill near the town. It is a conglomerate structure of native woods that, exported, would be worth a fortune, and or brick, palm, glass, bamboo and adobe. There Is a paradise of nature about it. nnd something of the same sort within. The natives speak of its interior with hands uplifted in admiration. There are floors polished like mirrors and covered with hand-woven Indian rugs of silk fiber, tall ornaments and papered walls—"figure it-fo-yourself!" they exclaim. But they cannot tell you In Corallo (as you shall learn) what became of tbs money that Frank Goodwin dropped Into the orange tree. Rut that shall coma later. U-r the palms are fluttering in tho breeze, bidding us to sport and gaiety.

HOROSCOPE I “The stars incline, but do not compel !’* SUNDAY. APRIL 10. This Is not a favorable day for most of the activities of men and women. Astrologers read that Neptune and Mars are strongly adverse, while Jupiter, Saturn and the Sun are in beneflc aspect. The planetary influences are likely to disturb the mind, causing restlessness and discontent. During this sway self-control ts imperative and should be exercised even in the smallest matters. A great amount of rain serins to be forecast for the remainder of the s.-ring. Persons whose blrthdate it is have tbe augury of a prosperous year, if they exercise care nnd foresight. Children born on this day may be determined, persistent and individualistic. These subjects of Aries have Mars as a principal ruler. MONDAY APRIL 11. This should be an unusually fortunate day, according to astrology. Mercury, Jupiter, Uranus and the Sun are all in beneflc aspect. It is a time most propitious for signing leases or enter Into new contracts. There is a lucky sign for initiative of all sorts. The seers declare that there is the best possible augury for women in public affairs, but they will gain through slow and deliberate advancement. Persons whose blrthdate it is should be careful In their associations with persons of opposite sex. In business they will have a successful year. Children born on this day will he clever and accomplished and should easily win success in whatever they attem pt.—Copy ri gh t, 1921. ATTEMPTS TO KILL VICTORIA. Q. Is it true that someone once tried i to kill Queen Victoria? C. D. | A. Records show that there were three ! attempts made upon the life of Queen I Victoria; the fi'st took place on June 10. i IS4O, when a man named Edward Oxford fired two shots at her with a pistol, while she w*as driving through Green Park from Buckingham Palace to Hyde Park corner. The second occurred on May 30, 1843, by John Francis, and the third on July* 3 of the same year, while she was driving in the Mall with the King of the Belgians. RUST FROM NICKEL-PLATE. Q. How can rust be removed from nickel-plate? 1 F. J. D. A. Nickel-plate which has become rusted may be cleaned by polishing with sweet oil and whiting, orjif badly rusted, with very fine emery pafwder and sweet oil. Wash the nickel-pliA with hot water and dry la a warm polishing.

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j PUSS IN BOOTS JR. ■ By David Cory. - “No, I didn’t mean to be cross,” repented the scarecrow, who you remember in the last story had frightened Puss Junior's friends, the little bear and th monkey, as well as the pig who had been carrying them in his little dogcart, "Well, I suppose now I'll have to go on foot to Lollypop Town,” said Puss, as the pig in his dogcart disappeared down the road. “It's only a short way from here,” said the scarecrow. ”1 sleep there every night and in the morning I come out to this field to keep the crows from scratching up the lollypop seeds.” And then the scarecrow put the helmet back on his head and turned to go. “Come with me if you wish.” he said to Puss. "I'm off now for Loilypop Town.” So Puss followed him down the road, and as they walked along the scarecrow sang: “Oh, the lollypops grow all along In a row. Tied, white and blue and pink; But before they are grown, when the seeds are first sown, I can't sleep, not for even a wink.' Weil, pretty soon after that they came to Lollypop Town and the scarecrow asked Puss to spend the night at his house. And in a few minutes they came to a little house, made of pasteboard, which looked just like a big candy bos/ for on the front was painted the picture of a pretty girl eating a lollypop. And just then the door opened and a pretty girl came out. And, would you believe it, the picture on that little house ' was just like her. | “This is Mrs. Scarecrow,” said the I scarecrow with a bow. “Isn’t she the | prettiest little woman you ever saw? I just couldn't help but paint her picture ]on the house. And sometimes when I get | home and find that she's gone to the village to buy groceries I sit out here In the hammock and look at her picture and say to myself, ‘My boy, you're a lucky scarecrow!' ” "Don't talk so foolishly, Jim Crow,” sadi his wife with a laugh and a blush, which Puss thought made her prettier than ever. “Yes, she calls me ‘.Tim Crow,’ ” said the scarecrow, “although my first name Is John, and not .Tames.” And then he : kissed tier and patted Puss on the ear, • for he was a mighty nice kind of a scare- : crow, let me tv-11 you, although a great , many people in Lollypop Town wondered why she had ever married him. But then, that’s what people always do. o I'm told, even in Brooklyn and Hoboken. Well, after that, pretty Mrs. Scarecrow took them into the little pasteboard house for supper, which she had cooked all herself, for she was so fond of her N scarecrow husband that she wasn't afraid to work for him. And perhaps that’s the reason he loved her so much aud worked so hard himself to keep the crows from eating the lollypop seeds in the big field. And some day I’ll tell you how he made a great deal of money and put her In a big house with servants and automobiles, but, Just tlir. same, he always kept that little pasteboard house with her picture painted on It.—Copyright, 192 L (To be Continued.)