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Mr. Coon and Mr. 'Possum met one

day In tie woods an d talked about bo bard they had to -work. Mr. Coon, said he had been over the hill twice that week and all he could get was a enlff at the poultry yard.' The - hens and chickens were'locked'in their house. : "I hare Just as hard luck," said Mr. Possum;; "only last night I had to play lead for an hour or more so Mr. Man and bis dog wouldn't :kUl me". . . 1 have been thinking of a scheme," ;?aid Mr.iCoonrf"and;IbelieTe you:are the very one .to help me carry It out, end 'It will bring us loth all the food ve want for awhlle,anywaytl think.' "What Is It, Brother Coon?" 'It h-tils." said Mr. Coon: You get lek and call in Mr. Fox .or any of the neighbors in the woods' and say you ..'now vou wlll.dle If jrou do not have r. Co6ttf and I will come and : precrlbe for you: r - "' X h'-;- v rwhats that? Will It hurt?" asked Mr. Possum,5 whb was very careful -vhat he promised until he knew all .about it. "Oh, prescribe mean's to tell what you must have for medicine or what you must have to eat," said Mr. Coon.

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Mr. Fox and Mr, Squirrel and Jack

Rabbit watched Dr. Coon take out the

bottles, and when he - poured the dark

stuff into a glass they were glad they

were not sick.

think I feerbetter .already." said

Mr. Possum, looking over; the bed

clothe:" "Don't ' you think, doctor, , I

might ait up?" -

"No, Indeed, you are a vvery- sick Possum," said Dr. Coon,,. "and you

must. take this medicine right away: If

you expect - ever to get out of that bed.- - .v ' -

"But you aid'! -began Mr. Poe-

ram.' tifaktng about' eatizx -that Dr. Coon had promised.

"He la out of his head. I am arraia

I was called too late," said Dr. Coos.

looking so serkms that Mr. Possum

thought he was sick-after ralLv . .

"Take this " at . once," commanded Dr. Coon, and. poor Mr. Possum just opened his mouth and swallowed, he was so frightened. - The medicine was as bad to taste as to look ., at, and Mr. : Possum crawled under the clothes feeling very sick, indeed, but he did hot groan. He was afraid of more caedicine. v

TNow somebody must eee to it that there la plenty of food for him," said

Dr. Coon, 4 '

Tomorrow I will tell you more about

Mr. Coon .and Mr. Possum. ... v

Tomorrow's story -"Mr. ; Possum

and Mr. Coon." Part II. .

PauMs Secret

(Here Is cast of characters and op

ening situation ' tor Paula's Secret, a

thrilling story of love, adventure and Intrigue to be written chapter by chapter by the Palladium's readers. Who' will write' a chapter for - Monday night's paper? Can you write an Interesting, . gripping chapter ' to follow this first situation? - Chapters of Paula'a Secret as, they are . written by

readers of this page will be published

on Monday. - Wednesday and Friday of each week for a limited time. Be sure

that. your chapter is submitted to. the Storyv editor, by noon of the day following the, time' of publication of -the chapter which your installment is- to follow. For; example if your chapter is . to follow f Monday's Installment it

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. When Mr. Coon mentioned eating Mr, Possum began to feel ' more like entering Into the scheme. "What will I get?1' "tie asked. Ill tell you s about it," said Mr. Coon ':...:--. :J 1 "Ton go home and go- to bed and groan as loudly as you can; make a noise eo as to attract .attention of your neighbors. "When they come to see what is the matter, say you are awfully sick and you are sure you will die If, you cannot have Dr.Coon. Then you leave the rest to me.Brother Possum, and we will have plenty to eat for a day Or two, anyhow." Mr. Possum thought, he could not lose anything, anyway, so home he went and jumped into' bed, and Jack Rabbit, running by the house a little later, heard him groaning. 'Mr. Possum must be sick," said Jack Rabbit, .running up the steps. "Wbaf is the matter?" he asked, opening the. door. ,;Oh!i;.I am terribly sick," groaned Mr. Possum. "I am sure, I shall not live much longer. Oh! if only Dr. Coon were here he might save me." "I don't know any Dr. Coon J said Jack Rabbit; "but I know Mr.1 Coon up the road a way." ; 'Oh, he -is a doctor, and if he. were here I feel sure he could save me. Oh; dear! Oh, dear! I am terrible elck!" groaned Mr. Possum.' "I'll rush off and get Dr. Coon," said Jack Rabbit. Mr. .Possum began to groan, again and off went Jack Rabbit, frightened nearly to death... He bumper into Mr. Squirrel, but he didn't stop. i "What1 is the matter?" called Mr. Squirrel after him. . "Mr. Possum is terribly sick," answered Jack Rabbit, still on the run. - Mr. Squirrel ran over, to Mr, Possum's house as fast as he could, and when he heard him groaning he ran off-for Mr. Fox. So off ran Mr. Fox for Mr. Possum's

house, followed by Mr. Squirrel; and-

just as they' arrived Jack Rabbit returned with Dr. Coon. Dr. Coon carried a black bag, which he Opened as soon as he 'saw Mr. Possum. 'Til fix you all right in a minute," he said. "Dont be alarmed."

"I have a story running in my mind and I want to get It down upon paper as-soon as I can, so well . do It this morning." ;.' -y-l-:r - 'l: y;---', ri- . Going to the door. Delaine called his servant. "I dont want to be disturbed this morning. Wang," he ordered when the Chinaman appeared. ' "Dont forget If you let anybody in IH cut you up into little chunks. Understand J" he asked with a grin. - -' "Now." he continued, turning to

Caryl . who had removed her hat and jacket, well begin. I'm afraid It will be rather awkward for us both at first, that is, unless you have taken dictation before." :- "1 am not a real expert, Mr. "Delaine,": the girl admitted. "I have, however, taken down dictation for my sister - sometimes. She ' speaks very slowly, though." k

The man hesitated. "Is your sister

doing much work now?" he. asked, almost timidly. - - c - - :v

good deal," the girl replied with a twinge of uneasiness. "Shall we

start now?" :

"It's . queer," mused Delaine, ignoring her question, "that I cant remember seing her name in print. What magazines does she do : most work

for?"

"I told you yesterday that she

doesn't sign her name to things,'

Caryl said with some asperity, her em

barrassment making her speak more

sharply than was quite becoming in a

stenographer addressing her . employer. "I am ready whenever you are, Mr. Delaine." -

''Oh, yes," he exclaimed, starting from bis reverie,'-"I beg your par

don. - - .

He began v to dictate, and , the girl

bent over her. pad, forgetting all else

in her endeavor to keep up, with the hesitating speech. For the first

twenty minutes she found . this com:

parauveiy easy, tor the . author was not accustomed to composing, aloud, and found; himself decidedly . ill at

ease. After the first half hour, how

ever, his 6elf-eonsciousness was for

gotten by him in his own interest in the story he was creating, and his voice strengthened as he gained con

fidence. For a time Caryl tried to j make her hurrying pencil keep pace with his quickening words, but at last

she stopped, and turned to; hlm'with a look of protest. "Would you mind going just a little bit slower, Mr. Delaine?" she asked, half fearfully. r, "Pray excuse me!" Delaine exclaimed. "I didn't appreciate that I was speaking too rapidly." "That's all right," Caryl assured him. "I spoke because I was afraid I might miss something. You were speaking pretty fast, and I am a little too new at this kind of work to be able to keep up with rapid dictation. I hope," looking at him and widen

ing her blue eyes into an expression that was meant to indicate unsophisticated, "that by the time I have been here a little longer I will do a great deal better than I do now." "Oh, you'll be all right, no doubt," the man said, disregarding her. apparent humility. "Are you all straightened out now?" ,

"Yes, said Caryl turning over a page In her notebook. "Qo on." ' VBut by the time that the author was well! under : way again, the - doorbell rang and he stopped, frowning in vexation, and muttering something under his breath. Wang padded noislessly through, the' room and out into the hall, from which there speedily Issued sounds of violent argument. In a moment the door, of the study was flung wide open and Harry Somerdyke en

tered unannounced. His face , was

flushed, but ' he amiled cheerfully, at

Delaine and bowed to Caryl, who

nodded baek at him with a look .of welcome.

;i almost had to kill that Chinaman' of yours before I could get In here," Kel," he Informed-hla host. "I hated to mangle him, bht he got. In

my way." j .

"It's Just as well that you did the

job," returned Delaine, the frown of vexation deepening on his face. "I

would have done it myself otherwise

I told Wang expressly that I was hot to be disturbed this morning. I ought to, fire him for letting you in in spite of my strict commands along that

line." v-.'vv"'! y'7 "But," you see,' he didn't let me in,'

answered Somerdyke nonchalantly.

and chuckling in self-satisfaction. "He said I could not possibly see you, but I proved that I could, by coming right along in." "And you'll go right along out, too, Harry, if you please," the author urged. - "I'm very busy this morning, and have not time for talk." "I gathered as much from Wang and from your cordial tone of welcome, old man. I just came to see if you're not going to play a little tennis - with me this afternoon," suggested the other. "That's not what you butted in here for, and you know it," declared Delaine; smiling in" spite of himself. "What do you want, anyway." '

"Well, if you Insist .upon a categori

cal answer," replied Somerdyke, in an

aggrieved tone, "111 have to give it In

the presence of a witness ; I want to know if Miss Marvin won't take pity on a stranger marooned in this great

and lonely, city and do him the favor of lunching with him today. , Wont you please?" he urged, turning suddenly to Caryl, a look -of admiration in his mocking eyes.

At his blunt invitation Caryl felt the

hot blood rush to her cheeks. . '

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should be in the Story 'editor's hands not later' than noon Tuesday. If it is the best one submitted it will then

be published on Wednesday with your

name or initials signed to it.) , PAULA'S SECRET

PAULA BLANCH ARD Paula Blan-

chard a tall ' brunette whose dark luminous eyes seem shrouded -with a veil of mystery, has disappeared. : She has been missing for, several days. She was last seen on the streets of Richmond. She disappeared leaving not the slightest trace of her whereabouts or clue upon which friends can work in their efforts to find her. This is not , the first time Miss - Blanchard has gone from the city on her mysteries mission. DR. .NICHOLAS BLANCHARD Dr. Blanchard, Paula's father is a practicing .'physician. He is 'reported to have . been eelling drugs contrary to the federal and state laws. No action has. ever been taken against him or evidence produced. v NELSON- J. LORENZ Lorenz has nover; been known to work. ; He is al-Y-ays well dressed and has an abundance of. ready money. He dresses rather raklshly. Often he has been seen in company, with Paula Blanchard. ROB S. CABLE--Cable is a young and energetic newspaper man. Cable is much interested in the disappearance of-Paula purely for professional reasons. ,'"';;-'- CLARICE MILHOLAND Miss Milholand at the beginning of the story has never met any of the characters mentioned above. She is an exceptionally, pretty and clever young stenographer who plays a prominent part in solving the mystery. TIME the present. '

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CRITICISM.

SECOND CHOICE. Is your . husband Interested in th war news?-; ' '. ; ' v Yes, indeed. He alwaya reads it thi

very, first thing after cores. -

magaaine

"Dont you find modern fiction disappointing?" .

"Yes, indeed! It almost never comes

the" basebaJ pp -to what the pictures vlead you to

.. txpect."

PLACE Richmond in the opening

situation only., - t ' Here you have the characters and the opening situations from which can be developed an exciting serial story. What do , you ; think - would happen next? : " ' - Give your idea in 300 words. .Then drop the characters In some thrilling, tense action and see rhat some other person will have them do in the' next chapter. ' , . Get in the game. Everybody, write a chapter to.- be sure that Paula has an exciting advent-re. - --v. ",- '

What do you think her secret ia?

' Join the Palladium's thousands of readers in giving your idea of this secret. - " With the help of all the other writers in this section of the state you can write a great serial that will make some of the high-salaried fiction writers green with envy. ' ... Remember to have your first chapter of 300 words, written an only one side of the page In the -hands of the Story Editor, not later than Friday noon. STORY EDITOR.-

WINIFRED WORTH Crochet ar'd Tatting Designs Be Sure and Save These Excloslre Patterns As They Are Published From Time to Time.

Tandyke Foists. THE results of this pattern are very satisfying. Chain 18. 1st Bow 1 t. in 4th st. from hook. 11 t. In next 11 st of ch., ch. 2, skip 2 st of ch., 3 t. in last 3 st of ch., turn. 2nd Row Ch. 5, 3 t over ch., of 2, ch. 2. 2, 8 1 in 8 1, leaving two at each end, ch. 2, 3 t in 4 chs. at end of row, ch. 3, 3 1 in same ch. forming shell, ch. 3. turn. - . - .. 3rd Row Shell into shell, ch. 2, 2 t In 1st space, 6 t in top of 6 t in 8 of preceding row, ch. 2. 3 t in space, ch. 2. 3 t; ijK last , space at top of work, turn. ' Repeat until you have S shells on .bottom of work. i 8th Rbw-Ch. 6, 3 t, ch. 2, 3 t, ch. 2, 3 t. ch. 2, S L, ch. ,2,'3 t, turn. 9th Row Ch; 3. 3 t.r cb. 2t t ch. 2, t t; ch. t, Z U ch.' 2, -3 t; turh.-" 10th Bowr-Ch. 5, 3 t;- ch.; 2r3 t ch, 2, I t, ch.- 2; -3 t. 'turn: - ' -i . -11th Rew Ch. 33 tch. 2. 8 t. eh. 2, 8 t., ch. 23 t,. turn. - . J 12th Bow Ch. 5. 3 tr ch. 2, 8 t, ch. 2, a t., turn. 18th Bow--Repeat from 2nd row.

An Attractive Edging. K Stitch Edge. A NOVEL crochet pattern containing a constant repetition of th Letter K. Chaln'24. . 1st Row 1 t In 4th st from hook, 22 t in ch. of 24. 2nd Row Ch. , 1 t In top of 2nd 1, ch.' 2mlss 2 t thread'over nook, and into, top of next t, thread over and draw through 2 st thread over hook, miss two ts. and draw through top' of third t, knit off by twoa. ch. 2. thread over hook and pull through center two t. forming a K, ch. 2 and repeat K twice, ch. 2, 12 t In 4 end. of 22 L turn, -s , ; :--. f v :l -. 3rd Row-Ch. 3,: I t. between. 1st 2 t, 2 ch; picot V t in" same place; repeat until there aref 9 s picots in the scallop; 2 t in 1st spaced 3 t in next space, repeat until 22 t have been made.. Make one row of K's and then repeat from 1st row.- v''

HELEN and WARREN

"Oh, dear, look look!" with a shocked laugh Helen nodded to a gay party at a near-by table. "Oh, how awful!" "Pretty swift bunch," grinned War

ren, watching a wine-flushed man salt'

and pepper the . bare white arm of the

blond girl beside him and then stoop over, a bite. This diversion was greeted with a shout. The girl giggled, brushed off her arm, and adjusted , the jeweled strap over her powdered shoulders. . Now the - lights flashed out and a spotlight was. thrown on the dancing space into which ran a girl in an abbreviated costume made from a white fringed - shawl. ' She - wriggled and

writhed, snapping her fingers, stamp

ing her feet and twisting her body in a sort of Spanish fandango, while she

scanned the diners with her black

penciled eyes. She finished in a mad spin, her short fringed skirt whirling straight Running off, she tossed the red rose from ; her hair , to a table of four men who were drinking champagne and applauding uproariously. "Speediest place we've struck." Warren swished a stream of seltzer into " his glass. "Doing a lively business, too." - It - was almost - twelve. Waiters were rushing with trays of drinks. Every one was giving an order before the bar closed. "Dear, there's a couple leaving couldnt we take that table? We're too near the orchestra here," complained Helen. "It's deafening." - But already the head waiter was

beckoning a party of four to the va

cated table. "Now don't begin to fuss," frowned Warren. "We're darn lucky to - get

this. ,-- Look at the bunch that's wait

ing." , It was a hilarious Saturday night Crowd. The clash of - the "fervored"

orchestra and the shrieks of laughter

were ' punctuated by popping corks

and the bursting of the-small balloons that-drifted ceillngward. "Oh,'- did you see that?" gasped Helen; as a girl took a lighted cigar

ette: from the lips of the man with

her and began smoking it herself.

"Only twenty minutes more to serve- drinks!" shouted- the head

waiter. .

"Well have to order something else

if we hold dawn this table" muttered Warren. "What'd our waiter look

like?" More Tomorrow. .'

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