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FOOD COSTS ABE CUT2PER CENT Saving Under Year Ago Is Shown by U, S. Figures. Slight decreases in retail food costs, which are showing a reluctant tendency to drop, are saving Indianapolis citizens 2 per cent over prices paid ini 9 23. This was announced today when the Department of Labor finished comparing retail food prices for July 15, 1924, with those of July 15, 1923. in nineteen cf the principal cities of the country, says a Times Washington Burreau dispatch. Although prices for the entire yeas period dropped 2 per cent in Indianapolis, prices for July 15 were 3 per cent above the June 15 price leveL Out of the nineteen cities in which comparisons were made, sixteen showed decreases for the year and three showed increases. The largest price drops took place at Fall River and Manchester, where citizens were paying 7 per cent less this July than last for important food stuffs. , Other large decreases for the year took place in Bridgeport, Cincinnati, Providence and Scranton where foodstuffs decreased 5 per cent over 1923 prices. The three cities which showed increases in food costs were Dallas, 2 per cent; Portland, Ore., 1 per cent, and Louisville, less than half a per cent. As compared with the average cost ni the year 1913, the retail cost of food on July 15, 1924, was 42 per cent higher In Indianapolis. GIRL IS KILLED, TWOBOYS HURT Fatal Automobile Accident Near Logansport. By United Press LOGANSPORT, Ini, Aug. B. Two Fulton boys are In the hospital here today in a serious condition and a girl companion is dead as the result of the collision of a speeding auto and a truck Wednesday night. Eunice Insley, 16, died from a fractured skull a few moments after the accident. Darvin Baker, 20, driver of the car, and Lawrence Baird, 20, were unconscious for hours after the crash and are in a serious condition. A fourth member of the auto party, Florence Kern, 17, escaped injury. Sea Lions Escape EDINBURGH —Two sea lions from California are believed to have started back toward home when they escaped from the Scottish Zoo recently and were found later disporting in a stream a mile west of Edinburgh. Res in ol war that cut and see how it heats Little cuts and scratches are aggravating and painful, and they can even become dangerous if infected. Prevent such a condition by cleansing the injured spot well, and then applying RESINOL OINTMENT Its gentle antiseptic balsams soothe while they heat. A physician’s prescription, and recommended widely—it is no longer an experiment to thousands who have used It successfnMy for various skin affections. At ail druggists

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BEGIN HERE TODAY Sally Morgan has to go thirty-five miles from her father s ranch to catch a train for the east. Sheriff Bob Wells, her finance, is unable to rule with her to the station. So the “Nervous Wreck." an eccentric young easterner visiting at the ranch, offers to lake her In his little automoible. The sheri'l ridicules the suggestion. but Sally and the Wreck set out anyhow over the rough, uncertain trail. Runmhg out of gasoline, the Wreck is refused a loan of five gallons by the occupants of a passing car. The Wreck holds them up at the point of a gun, forcibly takes the five gallons and leaves them with the same amount after letting the air out of their tires. To cap the climax, the Wreck makes the large man in the car crank his machine before starting out. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY He reached over, threw the switch, and the engine was off with a nightsplitting clatter. The big man staggered wearily toward the side of the road. His gait was accelerated when a mud guard nudged him roughly as the flivver sprang into life. They heard him shout something; it sounded like a threat, although they could not catch the words. Then the Wreck took a solid grip dn the wheel and began to drive. v Once Sally looked behind her. The headlights of the motionless car had faded to small points. She glanced at the Week. It was not possible to see his face clearly, but she could imagine the expression. He would be gritting his teeth and staring truculently at the road, quite in his glory. It was five minutes before she spoke, and then she cut loose. "You’ve done it now!’’ she exclaimed. "You sure have fixed the pair of us this time. Have you gone stark mad?" "Don’t argue,” advised the Wreck. "Don’t you know what you've done? Don’t you realize anything? Do you think you can get away with a thing like that? Why, you’ve committed a crime! And if they catch us— ’’ She left the sentence unfinished, for it waa leading to things too for contemplation. "Who in blazes is going to catch us?” he demanded. "They won't. It’ll take them half an hour to blow

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up those tires, and they’ll burn pretty nearly a gallon of gas doing it. That’ll leave them about four gallon’s and after fifteen miles or so they’ll go dead, like we were. Don’t you worry about getting caught.’’ Sally shook her head In despair. “Why, we’ll be caught before daylight!’’ "Bet you five dollars.” "Tomorrow, anyway. ’’ she went on, ignoring his challenge. "And they'll have a perfectly good case against us. You held them up with a gun—my gun.” “They ought to have been held up. They had it coming to them. They ought to have been shot full of bullets,” said the Wreck, fiercely. Sally was angry but of course he could not see that. She sat with her fists clenched and her lips set tight. The flivver went on steadily through the night. CHAPTER VI Ajn Act of Providence It was after sun-up when he aroused her by a touch on.the arm. Sally’s eyes blinked rapidly as she straightened in the seat. The flivver was moving along at aslow pace, intended to promote the comfort of a sleeping passenger. “ ’Morning,” said the Wreck. "Sorry to wake you, but I wanted your expert opinion.” " ’Morning,” yawned Sally; then shook herself into full wakefulness and Inspected him. "Have you been driving all night?” If he had, she was prepared to acknowledge a tremendous respect for his endurance, for he was not flying any signals of weariness. But he shook his head with a grin. "I stopped for a while, after you got asleep. I didn’t need any sleep; .I. just can’t sleep. But I let the engine cool out. There wasn’t any hurry, anyhow." “Nobody—passed us?” She asked it anxiously. The Wreck shook his heifcl and laughed. He was in fine spirits for a man with guilt on his soul. “What I wanted to ask you about

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was this wire fence.’ he said. “We’ve been following it for a couple of miles. What’s it mean?” Sally inspected the fence, which followed the line of the road. “It’s somebody’s wife, of course.” she answered. "It means there must be a ranch around somewhere." "Do they have breakfast at ranches?” "They better hadi” "My idea, too," he said. "Where abouts would this ranch lie, reckoning without the aid of any ihoun tains or other visible landmarks?” That brought a smile to her face Plainly, the Wreck was in excellent fettle this morning. He was disposed to he almost playful.

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SALLY WHIRLED ABOUT, HER CHEEKS SUDDENLY PINK. _ "I’d say it’s on the same side ol the road as the fence,” replied Sally “And if we haven’t passed any gate yet, we’d better keep on until wi hit one. There’s sure to be one.” He nodded and continued to drive, while Sally studied the country. II was not mountainous, but decidedly hilly, and she knew at a glance, that it must lie at a considerable distance from the Bar-M. Presently her thoughts returnee to the big car and its passengers, and she caught herself looking backward over the rolling road wondering what had become ol them. "Here's a gate,” said the Wreck There was more than a gate. There was a plain road, running un der it and off into the hills beyond Without waiting for a consultation he climbed down, opened the gate then drove the flivver through. He

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was going straight ahead when Sally ' stopped hfm. ’’Always close the gates after you out in this country,’’ she said, jump ing out. “They’re put there for * teason. Cattle” ”1 was in a hurry for breakfast,’ he explained. The private road was a long one as Sally judged it would be; she knew something about the size oi lanches. It was nearly a quarter of an hour before they came within tight of anything but hills and hollows. Then the ranch buildings flashed abruptly into view as the road emerged from a _patc.h of young spruce. Sally studied the picture with a professional eye. The ranch house, the stables, the outbuildings, the corrals, all classified themselves swiftly\inder her survey. "That’s a pretty big house,” she commented. “Looks sort of new, too. They've got a nice location. See the way those hills rise, off yonder, back of the house. Pretty, isn't it?” “I can't see anything but bacon and eggs," said the Wreck. "And when they ask questions, we’re a couple of tourists. Don’t forget that,” said Sally, significantly. “I’m supposed to he a dude, too.” The fiiwer came to a stop in the door-yard, just as a man emerged from the house. He was a tall, lean man. wth-scraggy mustache, and he stood studying them for several seconds, in evident surprise, before he approached. "Good morning,” called Sally, with a wave of her hand. “ ’Morning’, ma'am.” As he walked over to the car he was still scrutinizing them with a pair of steady blue eyes. "Are you the proprietor?" inquired Sally. She knew better than that, but she was trying to play a part. “I’m the foreman, ma’am.” “Oh! Well, I’m sure you’re the very person I want to see. Can we get breakfast?” The foreman rubbed his chin and gave her a further appraisal. “It sort of depends,” he said. “Can you cook?” “Yes!” It was a chorus from two in the flivver. Fob a feyf seconds the foreman transferred his gaze to the Wreck, who seemed to have acquired sudden interest in his eyes, “It happens, ma’am, that we ain’t fu- '-’bed with a cook. We had a C*< nee, and a Chinee helper. But they blew on us yesterday. But ihere’s plenty of grub, and If you want to cook it, help yourself.” He waved a hand In the direction of the kitchen. There was a scram-

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bling exodus from the fiiwer. The Wreck beat her to the kitchen door by a couple of yards. The foreman followed. "I’ll show you where everything is,’’ #aid. "Tell you ths truth. I’m kind of hungry myseif. The boys had to rustle their own breakfast this mornin’, and they didn't make out none too well. I et some of It and I know what I'm talkin’ about. So if you don’t mind, ma'am, while you’re cookin’ up something, make it liberal in quantity. My name's Charley McSween.” He looked expectantly at the Wreck. "My name’s Williams," said the Wf-eck, taking the hint. The foreman shook hands and glanced in the direction of Sally, who was already clearing a place on the stove. I "My wife,” said the Wreck. "Pleased to know you, Mis’ Williams.” Sally had whirled about, her cheeks suddenly pink. She shot an amazed glance at Henry Williams and received a look of warning in return. Charley McSween laughed. "I’ve seen honeymooners before,” he said. "I was married once myself. It ain’t nothin’ against anybody." Sally opened her lips to say some-

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thing, broke Into a queer laugh an<fi turned to the etove again. It was the kind of a breakfast thafci cimes once In a long, long when you are ready for even the, meanest and find yourself down to the best. The Wreck ate* with a concentration that waa appalling. Even the foreman. Who* was accustomed to all sorts of appetites, watched with an admiring; eye. Sally and the Wreck were still* eating when Charley McSween* pushed back his chair. "I’m sa> in’ that waa a regulars breakfast,” he declared, as he wiped! his mouth. "The lady sure knows* how to fry bacon- I kind of like trv have my eggs /flopped over; but: that’s nothin’ against hen because*, I didn’t say so. Coffee was A-L Ej can’t say as I usually eat toast, buttj I’ve got no objections to iL- Caul you make biscuits, ma’am?” , (Continued in Our Next Isaua) ‘ "Courtesy Car” A Houston (Texas) auto dealer has Inaugurated a "courtesy car” system by which motorists who bring their cars in for service may hav* use of a "courtesy car” for shopping and business. The car makes periodic calls to the downtown section to pick uo these service customers.