Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 212, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 January 1924 — Page 8

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some time ago Mr. George was asked by an interviewer: “What i~ your favorite amusement;'" The nove ist replied 'Loafing about a great rity between midnight and dawn.” His reason he gave as follows: "At night it is the unexpected happens. The few people about you would be in bed. were it not for some unusual cause—love, purpose of crime, agony of apprehension, or black poverty. Lonely under the stars, these people seek company: they willingly confide in you. and even enlist you in their schemes.” Thus

mT was two minutes past twelve. Only a very little after midnight. But, all the same, mys tery and adventure began to settle upon the city. Already the streets iooked deserted, apart from a few couples too absorbed in themselves to matter more than sidewalks and lamp posts. It had been very hot all (lay. so hot that I had gone out seeking coolness rather than adventure. But the night was nearly as hot as the day, and I had spent the last two hours in a state of semi-collapse in the Paddington Recreation Ground. I had ought for a taxi in vain, and now. vellng exhausted. I was waiting for s omnibus. Thus my thoughts were irected upon myself rather than upon ay surroundings: the foreground of my mind was occupied by the sodden state of my collar, by a .violent aspira-

ALL RIGHT.” I SAID, GETTING IN. tion to the cold bath I would find at uome. No doubt, for that reason, I failed at first to observe that my watch was shared by a young girl. And when I did observe her, I registered asually that she was dark and pretty. She did not interest me. It was so hot that she might fall down in a fit f she liked; I wouldn’t have the en■rgy to help her up. However, after a moment, my adventurous habit of mind was animated yy the discovery that she was walking up and down very fast. That anybody, for no obvious reason, should walk up and down In this torrid air suggested lunacy or crime. My interest developed as the? girl passed me, wheeled viciously upon her heels, tramped by (gain. She was paying no attention o me. Her pretty little nose was held high in the air; her small, bare hands were clenched on the parasol, with which occasionally she gave the pavement a jab. Now women are always interesting, UPSET STOMACH, m INDIGESTION Chew a few Pleasant Tablets, —Stomach Feels Fine! So pleasant, so inexpensive, so quick o settle an upset stomach. The moment “Pape’s Diapepsin” reaches the tomach all pain and distress from indigestion or a sour, gassy stomach vanishes. Millions know its magic. All drug,ists recommend this harmless stomuh corrective. —Advertisement. Airs. Florence Coop rPiiN V. V V '\ \ . BEAUTY AND HEALTH For Women of All Ages Kokomo, Ind. —“At one time I felt uraggy and worn-out and greatly in need of a tonic, when a friend suggested to me to try Doctor Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. I had taken other tonics but I never took anything that heiped me so quickly as the Fav orite Prescription. It was not an unpleasant medicine to take and my whole system seemed to be benefited, i have also used Dr. Pierce's Lotion Tablets for cleansing purposes and f yuud them to be just perfect.”—Mrs. Florence Coop, 2108 N. Market St. Get Dr. Pierce’s remedies at any drug store, in tablets or liquid. Write Dr. fierce, President Invalids’ Hotel in If iffalo, N. Y., for free medical advice.—Advertisement.

Mr. VV. L. George ha- wandered hundreds oi nights in London. Paris. Bar- .*■ ooa. New York, Chicago, et. He has participated in several exciting adventure? which he reates here, altering the na’m -and details for the sake of his strange companions of the night. Three of these adventures actually happened to Mr. George: three are slightly amended. They make up the picture of darkness and passion which stands behind the face of every great city, and represents a hidden world Into which the daring can penetrate.

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| but they are at their best in two con- | ditios; tears and temper. When in | tears, they want to tell everything: j when in a temper, they can’t help it. So I kept my eyes fixed upon her while still she Went up and down; she did did not respond. Then, after a while. I came to the gloomy realization that the young lady was angry because the omnibus did not come. What a come down! So much distorted passion, just for a missing omnibus. Reason enough, perhaps, if a missed omnibus means a six-mile walk in a temperature recalling that of the Gulf of Mexico . . . but how dull! It was at that moment that a kindly policeman, as i he sauntered past, remarked to me: ‘No good waiting, sir. The last went ; at ten to twelve.” ‘What!” shouted the girl, furiously. ' Where are you going to?” I asked. “Pimlico.”

“It’s a long way,” I said, the heat having evidently made me idiotic. She surveyed me with infinite contempt, reflecting, no doubt, that I was just like a man, as is the habit of women when things do not happen exactly as they like. At that moment there appeared at the top of the street, coming toward us, a taxi that peacefully crawled along. Excited by this heavenly vision, I resolved to leap irjto it and go home, but the sight of the little drawn face moved me. So I said: “Can't I give you a lift?” She took one step back, glaring at me, evidently suspicious: “Where do you live?” she asked. “Near Victoria Station," I lied. “I expect you’re telling me the tale.” she remarked in a matter of fact tone. “Still, I've got to fetcii my sister's baby tonight.” I held the door open. “Wait a hit.” she said. "You get in first. T tell the cabby where to go. I. and not you.” "All right,” TANARUS, said. getting in, slightly stimulated by the idea that she wanted to conceal her destlna tion. Indeed, I did not clearly hear what she said to the cabman. She jumped up by my side, and the cab drove off. For a moment we did not speak. She was sitting upright in her cor ner. her hands folded before her, evidently stiffening herself against approach. She was perfectly charming. with dark eyes, long lashes, and a petulant little red mouth. But what interested me most was her strained attitude. I could guess what she was thinking of. So I said: "If you think I’m going to kiss you. don’t worry.” She flushed so dark that I could perceive it as we passed a street lamp. I realized that perhaps this was rather rude, and added: "It isn’t that I don't want to. Far from it! But I don't want to pretend to do you a good turn, to inveigle you into this cab, and turn misbehave. So set your mind at rest, and tell me the story’ of your life." At this she considered me with more attention: “You’re a cure." she remarked at last. “Still, handsome is as handsome does. I’ve got nothing against you, and. by the way, thank you very much. I don’t know what I should have done if you hadn’t come along. You see, I’ve got to fetch my sister’s baby, and I’ve just got enough money to pay the woman, and to pay for a taxi back here.” “I see,” I replied "But It’s verylate to fetch a baby.” “It’s awfully late." she said. “I ought to have got there at S oclock. Only I was prevented. I must get the baby’. You sec. my sister's so ill.” “But what does she want the baby for?” I asked, puzzled. “She’s in hospital. She’s going to be operated on tomorrow, and so she wants the baby out of the way. She didn’t know she was going to have an operation. But some one’s got to take the baby while she’s In hospital. Don’t you see?” II The taxi had by this time reached Victoria and turned southeast into a network of little black streets. It stopped suddenly at a comer, and Rhoda leaped out. telling me to wait a moment. T craned out of the window to see where she went. She almost disappeared into the darkness, but T had an impression that as she stopped at a doorway she met another person. But mj- strained eyes at once lost sight of that other shape. I felt that 1 must have made a misfake. for. by- thfit time. Rhoda had disappeared, either into the darkness of a porch, or down some steps into a basement. I was not exactly enjoying my situation: though I sat in a taxi. I was In the middle of some particularly- unpleasant slums. No doubt the girl thought that, by stopping the cab some distance from her destination, I should fail to trace her upon her strange mission. But she could not realize my profound knowledge of London: I was in Guelf St., In a reputedly criminal part of Pimlico. It was quite possible for a gang of roughs to hold up the cab. But if this was a trap, I should have been asked into the house; besides, adventuresses do not look for their prey in the neighborhood of the Chippenham. the poorer part of Kilburn. So I watched, and after a quarter of an hour, from the doorway came Rhoda, slightly staggering under a white burden. She was breathing hard as she arrived, and feverishly jumped into the taxi. “I say.” I remarked, “where do you want to go to?” “Back,” she said, with a gasp. “Back! Quick! Back!” “You mean to the Chippenham?” “Yes. No, no, not that. Tell him to go to . . . I’ll tell him. Here, hold it. . . -” Stupefied, I held the baby, which seem*-;' to he asleep, while she told the Jliman something hurried and then rejoined me.

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what was the matter, why she was in such a state, she muttered something about the woman having been so rude and trying to overcharge her. I was rather annoyed. The adventure was absurd. To spend over an hour, on such a night, carrying a girl and a baby to and fro in London was most unsatisfactory. So I sulked. In complete silence we arrived at a point in Elgin Ave. where the cab stoppea. "This is where I get off," said Rhoda. She was pulling herself together a little now. "Thank you very much." A hot little hand grasped mine for a moment. Carefully she got out. I! did not follow her, for I was para-1 lyzed with amazement: on a corner ot the baby’s coat T had seen an elaborately worked coat of arms and coronet. It must have been the heat, for I de layed a moment In following her. Then the cabman called me back ferociously, since I had not paid him. There was some confusion, for the man was rude When at last I followed her. I had lost a minute. I ran down a little street bordered with front gardens. It was very dark, however, so I stopped I wildly in the middle of the roadway, j (Continued in Our Next Issue) Rucker Against Bok Plan An attack on the Bok peace plan I was made by Alvah .T. Rucker, former county prosecutor, in a talk before the Bible Investigation Club of the Y. MV C. A. Wednesday night. He characterized the plan as an effort to put over the League of Nations, and predicted the - League will be Responsible for another great war. '

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Dr. Arthur Harrop of Albion College, Michigan, lecturer and author, will speak at the thirty-ninth annual session of the Boone County Teachers' Association, Friday and Saturday. Citizen; of Carthage are backing a movement to erect a tablet in the new school building inscribed to record the fact that the town was the first to receive a commissioned high school in Indiana. A chapter of the Izaak Walton League of America is to be formed at Lafayette, Jan. 21. Anew Disciple of Christ Church, the Tabernacle Christian, has been organized at Muneie. Funeral services for “Uncle”’Jacob Martin of Decatur, 80, for sixteen years a member of the city council.

‘Duffs’ Out Continued illness of Walter Allman, ereater of the “Doings of the Duffs,” necessitates suspension of his comic strip. Allman jumped back into harness too soon after a recent Illness, and, as a result, has not fullyregained his health. Pending complete recovery. “The puffs” will not appear on this page.

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will be held Friday. He died at Little Rock, Ark., where he had gone for a -visit with relatives. Charles Wilsbach. railroad employe. Logansport, is recovering from burns and scalds received when his trousers caught fire as he was standing with

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THURSDAY, JAN. 17, 1924

—By CAP HIGGINS

his back to a stove. A fellow employe saw him running with his trousers ablaze and grabbed a hose carrying hot water and steam, which he played upon Wilbach’s body before the blunder was realized. The Otwell State Bank, whose char ter would have expired March 5. has been reorganized with R. M. Craig as president and the capital increased to $25,000.