Indianapolis Times, Volume 34, Number 94, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 August 1921 — Page 4

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Jnfeta Qmiu dimes INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. Daily Except Sunday, 25-29 South Meridian Stret. Telephones—Main 3500, New 28-351. MEMBERS OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS. . . _ < Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis, G. Logan I’ayne Cos. Advertising offices j vew \- or t Boston, Payne, Burn* A Smith, Inc. ONE arbitration committee is worth several regiments of Federal or State troops. THOSE STATESMEN who opposed the ratification of the Versailles treaty should feel proud of themselves when they read that statement of Count Von Bernstorff. THERE ARE PEOPLE reading about that bakers' war in South Bend that bought bread down to 2 cents who wish the bread makers here were not on such amiable terms. . LUCIUS SWIFT has discovered that another sewer has broken down, but Insomuch as it was built before he became the head of the sanitary board, nothing else could be expected of It. THE DIFFERENCE between the Governor and some of the other State officials is that he employs a publicity man and the others spend most of their time attending to that little matter themselves. To Relieve Germany The expected decision of the Harding Administration to withdraw American troops from German soil, now that c separate treaty has been negotiated, and withdraw into that "splendid isolation" we heard so much about last fall, will not come as a surprise to the country.. President Harding promised in one of his campaign speeches that the Yankee soldiers would be brought home at the first opportunity, and the pact soon to be ratified will present that opportunity. The surprise comes in the official explanation of the anticipated withdrawal. According to reports from Washington the Harding Administration desires to relieve the Germans of the burden of maintaining the guardian troops, a condition imposed by the terms of the armistice. In other words the Washington officials desire that *he United states , all allow no Impediment of its own to thwart an commercial rehabilitation of Germany. It seems to be the policy to remove all handicaps thst might stand in the way of the beaten empire effecting an early and complete recovery. To a remarkable decree this line of reasoning fits in with the British Bcheme —a plan which has lead to an almost open rupture between England and France. Gnat Britain wants to see an invigorated Germany in order that her overseas trade may be re- umed. A buying Germany will rekindle the fires beneath the long cooled furnaces of the island empire and will afford a much needed relief for the staggering unemployment situation that is daily proving more menacing to England. France, on the other hand —and not without reason—fears that anew Germany arising from the ruins of the old, may again precipitate a cataclysm such as staggered the world in 1914. FTance. still reeling from the body blows suffered during four years of war and still not trusting the huas, dreams of a condition that will prevent a terror such as she lived under for more than forty years and to acbiexe this she has looked with hopeful eyes on the United States. It is the rival ambitions of the British and French which brought about the still unsettled and nettling Uppe; Silesian problem. Poland with the rich mines of Upper Silesia and backed by France would be a buffer to future German aspirations and would tend to cripple the commercial activity of the nation. That question today is one of the knotty problems confronting old world statesmen and may in the end sever the friendly bonds of the entente. America, pledged by her officials to remove the shackles from a fettered Germany, thus bends our policy to Britain’s. Will France, whose soil now Is a mausoleum for our honored dead, forget when she comes to the bargain counter at the disarmament conference* The Use of Drugs Considerable prominence s given to the figures on the number of drug addicts in various communities recently- Back of it appears to be an effort to lay the blame for the use of the narcotic upon the prohibition of the sale of liquor, but the facts do not warrant such an assumption. It is announced that the number of unfortunate addicts sent to Sing Sing Prison increased 800 per cent in the last three years. Also in S’ew York City the hospitals report that the number has trebled since prohibition went into force. The exact figures for a year show' ninety-three drug users sent to the prison and 493 admitted to the hospital in Manhattan alone. This is out of a population of one to three million. It is seen that the number is very small, comparatively. Simultaneously with this comes the news that Cuba, the oasis for thirsty Americans, is fighting a big opium ring. It is believed an organized effort to ship opium from Spain exists. One lot taken was valued at over $250,000. Those who insist that the abandonment of the sale of liquor will result in the additional use of drugs are invited to explain the presence of the opium in Cuba, where liquor is now so plentiful. The use of drugs and of alcohol is induced by the pleasure of the stimulation. The latter is mild compared with the former, but both tend to cause the human mind to forget those things of every day which surround mortals. The trial to pull happiness from a bottle or contentment from some drug, is not answered by results. Untoward conditions defeat in the battle of human life and disappointments favor a resort to something which will kill the senses for a while. The conditions are not changed by the use of the drug, however. Only a few hours' inhibition is caused, then the victim is worse off than before. It is realized the drugs are so powerful that great care is needed in the treatment of addicts. To stop the use suddenly is very dangerous. With the liquor traffic in full blast many addicts could use alcohol when the drugs were not obtainable. Usefulness and even life were quickly destroyed by combining the two. The efforts to keep people’s minds clear and to arrest all that would destroy senses are sure to meet with some opposition, but eventually they v will prevail. In his best, man’s judgment is frail and often wrong. Surely use of a drug further to befog one, ordinarily has no merit. But some seek it, looking in vain for an elixir. Watch Your Step The recent announcement of Dr. J. N. Hurty that there are carriers of typhoid fever with whom it is dangerous to' shake hands puts the public on guard, even if it may work a hardship with politicians whose periodical visit for votes is expected soon. Other newly discovered dangers seem to lurk in the air, also. An English scientist says that by meads of a delicate instrument he has demonstrated that the human eye gives off a force, or ray or search light “pouring out from the eye some force which might account for those delightful sensations of the Romeo and Juliet type of vision, or on the other hand, for the sinister power that the glances of Nero or Napoleon must have conveyed.” Again, in a solemn conventkn of osteopaths one declared that two new senses have ever been present with humans. They are muscle sense and kinetic static sense. The first enables automatic and unconscious muscular action, the second relates somehow to the inner ear but its functions are asserted as real and necessary. These dangers should not be confounded. It is not to be supposed that the typhoid carrier shoots one with the eye, or that some receiver is developed by a kinetic static something in the inner ear, but the unscientific person is certainly obliged to be exceedingly careful of his step. It was generally agreed when the germ of typhoid fever was isolated or recognized or determined that this would enable scientists to conquer the disease. Indeed, epidemics have so diminished that it Is at once recognized and the source is immediately sought. The idea of a good handshake now spreading the disease seems to wipe out much that has been accomplished. The average man who occasionally greets his friends with a handshake and whose gloves are generally in his pocket, instead of worn, should be advised how to avoid the danger. He should also be qlothed against a scientific evil eye sending out extra shots f-Above all. some provision for runn4g or curbing that seventh sense of kinetic static should be ’urnished him in his daily search of a livelihood.

TIPTON CO. MAN SHOT BY FARMER Assailant Says Victim Was Meddler. Special to The Times. TIPTON, 1.K1., Aug. 30—John Avery, 81, a reaidest of Curtisville, nine miles northeast of this city, was shot and probably fatally Injured late Monday, by Christopher Parr. 71, farmer. following a quarrel between the two men. Parr says the quarrel was the result of Avery's meddling too much in his private affairs recently. He asserts Avery rushed toward him and knocked him down and he fired the shot in self defense. Avery v as hurried to the Robert Long Hospital at Indianapolis. Au examination showed the bullet entered the right temple and left the body at the lower left jaw. Physicians believe tis case serious. Parr is in jail here, pending developments. Bad Booze Causes Three Persons’ Arrest * Special to The Times. SHELBY VILLE. Ind., Aug 30—Two men and a woman were arrested by the local authorities, southeast of the city last Monday, when they engaged in a brawl which developed into a free for all fight and the breaking of furniture. The men are John Hank, charged with viola tion of the prohibition law: Buck Kynes. of this city, charged with intoxication, and Miss Angeline Green. Johnson County, charged with a statutory offense. Kynes and Miss Green entered pleas of guilty In police court here and were given fines. According to James Bassett, who called the officers, Haiik brought the other two with him to the home where Bassett was visiting. After a time, Hauk gave everyone a drink, he states, and shortly afterwards, every one wanted to fight.

Ye TOWNE GOSSIP Copyright. 1821. by Star Company. By K. C. B, ( THERF. 8 one little boy. • • • FOf 3 YEARS of age • • • WHOM I krow well WHO MOAT of the time. * • IS VERY good. * • t BIT ONCE in a while. IS VERY bad. ■ • • AND THE other day. I CALLED on him*** • • • AND HE has a lawn. • • • AND M"E aat out there. • • • AND ALL of the things. THAT I proposed. FOR AMUSEMENT sake. HE WOULDN'T do. • • AND WHEN ho proposed. • * • 1 STAND on my head. I WOULDN’T do that • - AND HE went ao*y • * AND DISAPPEARED. • • IN THE Kltcnen door. • • • AND REAPPEARED. • • • WITH HIS mouth tight ciosid. AND HIS cheek* bulged out. IND HE made for me. • • • AND ON the nay. • • • HIS CHEEKS collapsed. AND A strange expression. • • • CAME OVER his face. • • • AND HE said to me. e • • •MES WAIT a minlt. • • • “I'LL BE right back. AND HE hurried again. THROUGH THE kitchen door. • • • AND REAPPEARED. • e AND ONCE again. HE MADE for me. • • * WITH HIS mouth tight closed. • • • AND HIS cheeks bulged out. AND ONCE again. • • • HIS CHEEKS collapsed. AND HE went back, • • • THROUGH THE kitchen door. • O • AND THEN returned. AND WITH bulging face. HE RAN to me. * • AND POUNDED his cheeks. • • • WITH HIS two little fists. * * * AND SPRINKLED water. ALL OVER me. • • • AND RAN away. * * * AND HOLLERED back. “THE FIRST two times. ‘I WALLOWED it.” * • * f TIIANK you.

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Popular Young Man Suffers All Horrors Special to The Times. SHELBY'Y'ILI.E, Ind., Aug. 30. Following an investigation by the local officers, Roy Leffler, 23. of this city, was arretted late Monday charged with stealing two automobile fires from a machine owned by Jesse W. Lennox, southeast of this city. The tirea were stolen on the night of July 2$ when the car was “Jacked-up” and the tires removed from the ..heels, Leffler conessed the theft 1 of the tires and recovered them for Mr. Lennox. He was.charged with grand larceny and the case referred to the Shelby Circuit. Court. He was released on bond of S3OO. which was provided by his father Newton I-effler. Leffler well known and popular here and when placed In Jail became hysterical and for a lime wu* in a serious condition. Couldn’t Please Wife; Hubby Wants Divorce Special to The Times. SHELBYVILLE. Ind.. Aug. 30.—Charles R , AnrtU. a young farmer of thi* county, h*e tiled a complaint for '■‘vorce in the Shelby Circuit Court again ~:t Mrs. Cleda M. Andls. alleging she at. ndoned him and went to Indianapolis, after telling him she must have a good time and that he was unable to show her the life she era veil. Mr. Andis drelares he hud furnished a home and was anticipating beginning housekeeping when the defendant deserted him. Although be gave her everything she wanted, be claims. It was impossible to please her at auy lime. Finds Papers After Search of 39 Years Special to The Times. ANDERSON, Aug. 30 - After thirty nine years' search, Martin Gruenwald old papers in a garret of the home and warded by finding his lost naturalization papers. Gruenwald lost his second pa pers soon after they were Issued In ISS2 and as a result was inconvenienced when persons of German birth were restricted during the war. A daughter found the document among old paper In a garret of the home and the restoration proved a happy event for the aged man.

HOOSIER DEATHS

COLUMBUS George T. Rutter. 70, Is dtad at the home of his daughter. Mrs. Edward Bishop, in this city, following a short Illness lie is survived by a widow, hi* daughter. Mrs Bishop, and a son. Louis Bishop of this county.... Mrs. Ellz abeth Ann I’rall. 70 is dea l at the home of her daughter. .Mrs Edward Glick, hre. Mrs. i’rall was well known in this city, having been n resident of the coun ty for a number of years. She Is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Glick and Mrs. Dora Hoehn, of this city, and four sons, Dr. Delaney Frail and Y\ alter Frail, Seymour; Ernest Frail, Chicago, and Jesse I’rall. Detroit. RHELBY'VI LLE —Mrs. Fannie Bogne. 35. is dead at her home north of this city She had been 111 for two weeks with typhoid fever Surviving is the husband. Alvh Bogne. three daughters and two sons, one sister. Mrs. William Mitel, and two brothers. Gurnle and ltoy Smith of this city. CHRISTIANS OPEN CONFERENCE. ANDERSON. Ind., Aug. 30 - -The an nnal Miami Reserve Uonfet-enee of the Christian Church opened at Kim Grove Uliurch, five miles north of tills city last night and will continue four days Twenty-eight churches are represented at the conference by 109 ministers and laymen with 400 visitors Rev. Uunnltighum of Alexandria Is president. CORONER GIVES VERDICT. ANDERSON, Aug. 30. Coroner Rinno has returned a verdict of accidental death In the case of Mrs. Viola Bailey, who was killed in the collision of two automobiles south of Lapel a week ago. Commodore Markle, who was arrested after the accident, is not held responsible by the coroner.

—Photograph by Hohenberger lout by State Library, Entrance to Mammoth Cave, Orange County.

Pedagogues Prove Rouge Unnecessary to a GirVs Beauty Special to The Times. COLUMBUS. Ind., Aug 30. Pretty young ladles, without powder or rouge, w.thout pruned eve-brows or adhesive eye lashes, and without abbreviated or aggravated styles of liair dress —were seen here at the opening of the Bartholomew County teachers' institute. These young ladies who will hare charge of the molding of the minds of the youngsters in Bartholomew County during the coming year, were dressed entirely in keeping with their serious task. Their shoulders and ankles were decorously protected by dresses cut high and low in the approved places. And these Hooster school mistresses were not lacking in charms despite the uuembeliished state of their beauty.

Use Gentler Methods of Law Enforcement Special tn The Times. HARTFORD CITY. Ind., Aug. 80. Efforts are being made here to Inforce the school attendance law without trouble. Attendance officer H. I. K“gerrels lias isMiel an appeal to parents to send their children and ministers are speaking from their pulpits on the subject, in response to a request from Miss Blanche Merry, State attendance officer. Salesman Arrested for Crooked Dealing Spfrln] to Th* Tim**. TERRE HAUTE. Ind . Aug. 30.- William Dooley. 23, stock salesman with offices in this city, arrested here, was returned to Sullivan to face charges of obtaining $1,200 from a woman through alleged false representations. Dooley is said to be the inventor of several appliances used in connection with oil well drilling. SCOUTS HIKE FOR CAMP. COLUMBUS, *nd., Aug. SO.-More than fifty Boy Scouts of the city and county left hero Monday for the scout camping grounds on Flatrock River north of the city. The boys were in charge of F. L. Biisexihurg. county scout executive, and Everett Case, coach of Columbus High School. They will remain at the camp, for one week. DESERTED WIFE NEXT DAY. HARTFORD CITY. Ind, Aug 30 Charging that her husband, Fred H. Quick, of Muneie, to whom she was married here July 2d, deserted her the next day. Mrs. Modjeska Slivers Quick has entered suit fur divorce at Muneie.

Do You Know Indianapolis?

This picture was taken in your home city. Are you familiar enough with It to locate the scene? Yesterday’s picture was a view north in Pennsylvania street from Thirtieth street.

'Chautauqua Officers File Annual Report Special to The Times. ! SHELBYVILLE, Ind., Aug. 30.—Directors of the Shelbyville Chautauqua Association today selected the week og Aug. 0, 1922, for the Chautauqua meeting next year. The annual meeting of the directors was held and Prof. J. W. Holton was re-elected president of the board for one year. Mrs. H. C. Morris was elected vice president-, Mrs. John Rhodes, secretary, and George H. Meiks, treasurer. J The report of the treasurer was submitted. showing a balance of more than SSOO In the general fund after all expenses had been paid.. The standing amount of money on hand is $1,77-193, which is kept in trust. Long Search Ended , for Kidnaped Child I Special -to The Times. I ANDERSON. Aug. 30—Nila Mae Thomas. 9, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I Selba Thomas, former Andersouians. who was kidnaped three months ago at Dayton, Ohio, ha* been found at Owensboro, Ky., after a search covering the entire country The child was adopted when a babe 'by Mr. and rfrs. Thomas with the conj sent of Its mother, a sister of Mrs I Thomas. Several months ago the mother I threatened to take the child. The child disappeared while en route to school. The mother, found with the child, was arrested.

Former Hartford Man Killed in California Special to The Times. HARTFORD CITY. Ind . Aug 30. John Armanda, son in-law of the late James McCormick, formerly au oil operator here, was shot and Killed by a fellow workman in the oil field near Ix>s Angeles, five weeks ago. according to word received here. Armanda was well known in this part of the State. Files Suit on Note HARTFORD CITY. Ind.. Aug. 30. Suit for $5,900 on promissory note has been tiled here by the American Trust Company of Kokomo against Fred Stimson. owner of the Renner stock farm here. SLEEPING rOTION FATAL. ANDERSON. Ini}.. Aug. 30. Mrs. Marie Phillips. 25, died at her home in this city late Monday from the efforts of an overdose of sleeping medicine she had taken to obtain relief from a severe cold. She is survived by her husband, Frank Phillips, and a daughter. LOCAL MAN PAYS FINE. COLUMBUS, Ind.. Aug. 30.—Jesse Acre. 17. of Indianapolis, was fined $T> and costs when he pleaded guilty to a charge of speeding before Justice E. 11. Kinney here yesterday. Acre is employed in the automobile department at the Statehouse, according to ills statement.

<lhe STORY of NINETTE By RUBY M. AYRES

Synopsis of Preceding Chapters. Ninette, a tiny waif who first saw the light of day in cheap lodgings In a dull road in the worst part of Balham. is adopted by “Josh” Wheeler, who shares his meager earnings as a scribe on a Loudon paper, with the friendless babe. Under his tender care Ninette grew to girlhood and together they planned for the future. Josh coutracts pneumonia. Ninette pawned everything they had and finally, in desperation, tries her hand at writing, signing her name "Wheeler.” Her efforts brought a curt note from Peter Northurd, an editor. She calls at his office, but he does not accept the article. Hopelessly., Ninette turus into the sireet and after a long. Iojq;; walk finds herself in a far better class neighborhood than that in which she and Josh live. Two men come from one of the houses. They have left the latchkey in the door. She finds it easy to enter and her only thought is to help Josh. Just as she picks up a costly watch she is confronted by Peter Nort.hard. Ninette explains everything to him. lie decides to help Wheeler, but when they reach him he is dead. Ninette faints. Nothard takes her to his home. Ninette gets bruin fever. When she recovers preparation is made to send her to Nothnrd's sister in the country for complete recuperation. Margaret's husband, Ar Itiur Delay, is introduced to Ninette. Dorothy Manvers, a former sweetheart of Nothard's, is a guest at Margaret's house, in a perfectly lovely old p!a(e near Margaret's lives the wealthy Wil'inm Felsted, whose only son. Dick, frequently visits the Delay home. Dl.-k Felsted becomes Ninette's devoted slave. Mr. Uavanagli, one of the riches men in or out of England, is a dinner guest at the Delay home. He is very attentive to Ninette and invites her to lunch with him in London. Arthur Delny disapproves of Ninette having an appointment with Uavanagh, hut as she thinks it is non" of Arthur Delay's affairs, she sends a note of acceptance. She meets Peter Nothard in the hall just as she Is ready to leave thp house. He ssks her to go to the rheater with him and cancel the engagement with Uavanagh Ninette refuses to accept Nothard's invitation. Nothard thinks Uavanagh Is not a suitaide escort for Ninette, but she insists on going. Dorothy Manyers serves as substitutional cotqpany for Nothard. Ninette tells Uavanagh her life story. She tells him she does not love Nothard and she is sure Nothard does not care for her: that she intends going to work and will pav Nothard for looking after her—probably wilb go on the stage. Uavanagh says he once knew a woman who threw away all her harpiness for her ambition- the stage. Uavanagh asku Ninette if she likes him just a little. Ninette tells favanagn she likes him very much. Before they part he asks her to have dinner ana go to a theater with him one night after he returns from Parts and tells her that if she ever needs assistance he will help her On her return home Arthur Delay forces his at tentions on Ninette and his wife appears on the scene. Nin tte pleads innocence hut Margaret :-.ls her to go ewav. She flees to Uavauagl' in response to his offer to help her.

CHAPTER XXlll—Continued To run away to a man she had only seen twice in her life! A mart of whom she knew less than nothing save that Peter Nothard had credited him with an unsavory-reputation, surely she must have been mad! It was only when the man servant coughed twice apologetically that she nerved herself to speak.

“Oh, please, is Mr. Uavanagh in?” She was hoping with all heart that he would not yet have returned. Sfee would have gone back thankfully to the Delays rather than have faced him now it had come to the point, but the luck was against her “Mr. Uavanagh is dining, miss." was the reply. “May I shall I tell him your name, if you please?" The man was stolidity personified, and Ninette took courage. ' Plijast 'tell him Miss Wheeler would very much like to speak to him just for a moment—ls he can spare a moment.” "Will you kindly step inside?" The man shut the front door and left Ninette in the hall. it was not very large, but it was lavishly furnished and as comfortable as a sitting room: there was a small wood fire burning, and a big chair drawn costly up to its warmth, towards which Ninette crept shrinkiugly. Something in r he- whole of her environments reminded her forcibly of the night she had broken into IVter Noth ard s house, and he had come in and caught her crouched by the fire, and for a moment a wave of compunction swept through her heart. She httfi not been very grateful to him for all his kinduess because be htjd been kind whether she choseto recognize the fact or not. But, at any rate, everything was at an end now as far as he was concerned He would never believe that she was innocent of that terrible scene with Arthur Delay; he would, of course, take his sister's part, and agree that she was wicked and ungrateful. She shuddered as she thought of the look in Delay’s eyes as she recalled his kisses and the iron grip of his arms. How dared he—oh. how dared he.’ She hid her face in her hands. “Ninette?. 1 ' A door leading into the hal] on the right hand side opened, and iin ana all stood there. His face was pale and' his eyes acutely distressed. Niu efte,” he said again, coming swiftly forward. “Good heavens: What has happened ?” Ninette rose to her feet. She tried to speak, but her courage oozed away before the kindness of his eyes; she was tired and hungry, and frightened, and. without speaking one word, she burst ■ into (ears. “Yo-u poor child!” He put his arm j round her shoulders and drew her back 1 into flic room with him. shutting the door behind them. He put her into a ' chair and fetched a glass of wine from the table. “No. don't try to tell me anything just yet. . rink this and you will soon feel better.” He left her severely alone, and with a great effort Ninette checked her sobbing; she dried her eyes and looked up at him piteously. “I don't know what you must think of me! I suppose I was mad to come, but they turned me out. and I was so frightened and there was no one else I could go to. And you said ,you did say that if ever I wanted a friend I was to remember you." "I meant it," Uavanagh said steadily. ”1 am glad you have come, and whatever is the trouble. I will help you by every means in my power.”

CHAPTER XXIV. An Unexpected Caller. Ninette looked away from him with a sense of burning shame. “It was when I got home," she said at last in a low voice. “I—I—oh, it wasn't j my fault he kissed me!” she broke out in distress. “I'd never thought of him as anything except just a friend, but he —” “Are you talking of Nothard?’’ Cavanagh asked sharply as she paused. She looked up, her eyes wide with amazement. ‘•Of Peter Nothard; Oh, no! It was” her head sank again—"it was Margaret's husband, Mr. Delay,” she whispered. She heard the sharp exclamation he gave, but he only said gently : “Yes, go on. He made love to you, and so you ran away?” “Yes—no ! At least she—Margaret—came in, and—and she told me to go or Jne would kill me!" She broke into pieous sobbing once more. "It wasn’t my fault —it wasn't my fault! I hate him! i hated him kissing me!” she wailed. Uavanagh said nothing, he began paei g up and down the long room, his hands riasped behind his back, and presently Ninette was quiet again.. “If Josh had been alive, he would have ! killed him for this!” she said 1 , In a pasi sionate whisper. j “And so you came to me,” Uavanagh ! said, after a moment. He came to stand, i beside her, looking down at her with an 1 enigmatical expression in his sunken j eyes. ' Thy did you come?” I “I don know, 1 was too frightened to think, an I remembered what you said. I I haven't anyone else in the world.” “There Is Nothard.” She looked up at him with a wavering smile. “He is Margaret's brother, and he wall believe what she says, not what I say,” she told him bitterly There was a little silence, then Uavanagh said quietly. “Well, before we talk, you miyst have some dinner. I haven't much to offer you, only cold stuff, but Its good of lt kind. Take off your hat and coat, and come to the table with me." He saw the, refusal in her face, and added calmly: ■'l am hungry if you are not, and l‘ cannot eat if you will not Join me.” She arose slowly. “Very well. Thank you.” She took off her hat and coat, and tried to smooth her roughened hair. ' “I'm not dressed to dine with you," she said, trying to smile. “I never dress to dine with anyone,” ihe answered uncompromisingly. ”1 please myself—ns I hope you will, too, if you stay here.” The color rushed to her face. “Stay here! But how can 1? Oh. I ought not to have come!” “TVe will talk about that afterwards. A*e you Just a little hungry, and do you like cold chicken?” He talked on commonplace subjects with resolute cheeriness while she ate, she had been really hungry, and her spirits rose as the time passed. ! Only when they had finished and the sphinx-like manservant had brought eo>?fee, Uavanagh spoke of the Delays again. “I must let them know that you are here.” he said. “\Ve don't want them ' setting the police on your track and making a nasty scandal.” He looked ar her. the color deepening a little in his sallow face. “It Is for you to say If you will stay with me,* Ninette,” he added. “I want to—” He broke off as the manservant came to the door. ”If you please, sir. a gentleman—he wishes to see you; but will give no name. 1 told him you were engaged, but he will not believe me. He insists on seeing you. He says he will wait till you are disengaged.” He glaced at Ninette and lowered his voice. “I think if you could spare a moment, sir—” Uavanagh frowned, then he shrugged his shoulders. •‘Oh, very well, show him in the study.” He bent over Ninette. “I am sorry, but if you will excuse me for a moment — "Oh .of course! I am afraid I am keeping you. You said you were going to Paris tomorrow,” she started up in dismay. “I had quite forgotten.” “You need not look so alarmed. I am not going now.” Uavanagh answered. He went away, leaving Ninette by the fire. Her thoughts were in a turmoil. It was strange that she was not in the least afraid of this man. or of being alone In his flat, and yet she was conscious of a strange sort of excitement. YVhat did he mean to tell the Delays? And how would it be possible for her to stay? She looked around the room, it was beautifully furnished with a taste which evidently did not belong to Cavanagh himself, for each detail of color and decoration was perfect; there was nothing that seemed to stand out distinctly from the rest of the room, and yet the whole was restful and beautiful. To N'Liette. wtio had admired the Delays' home, if was like an enchanted castle. To her excited imagination it seemed that she was continually climbing one step higher since the days when she and Josh Wheeler had lived in two rooms, and she had cooked sausages for their supper over a smoky fire. And yet they had been happy days. She had almost broken ber heart when they ended, and the teags welled into her eyes now ns she though of them, and of .Tosh Wheeler's thin, studious face, and kind, shortsighted - eyes. "There was an old woman who lived in a shoe. She had so many children she (lid not know what to do—” Out of the past the old nursery rhyme floated to her on the leaf of memory, spoken in the queer, rather halting, selfeoqpclous manner which Josh had always done his best to amuse her. As she sat in her luxury of Randal Cavanagh's flat she seemed to realize more than ever before the many sacrifices Josh had made for her. For years out of his nothing he had given her much, no man would ever be so good or so unselfish to her again. (To Be Continued.)

LEGIST If. RKI> V. S. PATENT OFFICE