Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 41, Number 149, 10 May 1916 — Page 10

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, WEDNESDAY, May 10, 1916

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Paula's Secret

(Interest la Paula's Secret, the story of love and adventure and mystery which is being written chapter 1 by chapter by Palladium readers is Increasing. Of the many manuscripts received today, the one submitted by Mrs. Russell Wylie was chosen as being perhaps the best although all were good and selection was difficult. Chapters written hjr Mrs. Clarena Pentecost of Kitchell and M. S. are deserving of honorable mention. (This interesting and unique contest is demonstrating that people who read the Palladium can , also write. Can you do as well as these others? If you can, write another chapter of 200 words for Friday's paper and have ft In the bands of the Story Editor not ater than noon of Thursday. Story Editor) CHAPTER III. , By Mrs. Russell US. : V . Bob Cable took the next train for Cincinnati. r ";--v--; Arriving there, he was unable to obtain any satisfactory information as to whether such a person as Paula had arrived on the C, H. & D. Debating on just what he should do text as he walked slowly down the street. Bob glanced at a passing taxi, catching a glimpse 'of a -very white face and a pair of big luminous eyes. The face he was seeking! For a moment he thought he was mistaken. . But no, those eyes could belong to none other than Paula Blanchard. He

had been unable; however, to see the face beside her It was some minutes before he could hail a taxi and take tip the chase. He came near losing sight of the other taxi several times. . At last it drew up in front of the Hotel H r Cable ordered his driver to stop at a safe distance where he could watch without arousing - any suspicion., - - The woman who alighted was heavily veiled' and walked with a slight limp. The man. Cable was sure he bad never seen before, however, looked strangely familiar. He thought the woman surely could not be Paula. The only conclusion Cable reached was that they somehow had lost sight of the taxi in which he had seen Paula and had followed the wrong car. - He ' decided, however, to enter' the hotel and make inquiry. The couple he had seen had registered : "Mr. A. R.' Dennis and daughter." But there was no Paula Blanchard. Completely baffled, he went out wondering if the Chronicle has found out anything, he purchased a copy. - Yes, there it was, quite a story about the disappearance of Paula.

But what attracted his attention

most was the announcement":

"Mr. Nelson J. Lorenze is also out

of the city. As yet his whereabouts

Is unknown. (More Friday.)

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The wide brimmed dressy hat is shown in many attractive

Combinations of straw and georgette crepe or silk. Novelty straw in lace patterns is extensively used. A particularly smart model is shown in which rose crepe and straw is combined. Velvet ribbon loops under the wide brim and ends in shqrt streamers. A metallic rose affords smart trimming.

Helen and Warren Series; Story of Their Married Life

Warren struck a match and lit'. the gas. The two feeble jets on the high chandelier only 'accentuated the

gloominess of the room. There was

a chill dampness ' in the air, and a feeling that the place had been' long unoccupied. ' "Jove, it's like a . tomb in - h ere," shuddered Warren. .Tlow'm I to write by that light? Any. paper in this joint?" "I'm afraid not, dear," opening the empty drawer of the small table. "Will this do?" She -,took from the trunk some of her own tinted note paper. . .. . .- "Write a business letter on that scented stuff?. -with a contemptuous

sniff. "Roust out v that old . woman and say we want some letter paper." "Oh, Warren, I' couldn't make her understand." She was laying out his shaving things."' Wait until tomorrow you can't mail anything tonight "Well, I'll write to Carrie anyway," taking up the discarded paper. - Although be drew the stand directly

under the chandelier, after a few lines he glared up at the dim, high light with mumbled ; profanity. "Dear, do wait until morning: Look, we'll put the soiled clothes in this drawer. That was the dirtiest train we must hunt .up . a. laundry."

. "See here, I'm- cold. This blasted house Is ftke a tomb, I tell you." "It's " damp everywhere tonight. Here's your slippers,'' anxious to get him - to bed. " "Shall ' I get out your bathrobe?" It was not until he went into the pantry-like closet to wash up that his accumulated rage exploded. Both faucets hissed at him emptily. "Why. dear, the water was running before we went to dinner." "What's that got to do with it?" raspingly: "It's not ruaning now. Where's that blooming bathroom?" "Just at the top of the stairs, dear to your left."

. The next moment she heard him

stumbling up the dark steps. ' When he came back the whole house shook

as he viciously slammed he door.

"Oh, Warren, you'll wake everybody up!" "Don't care if I do. Of all he punk places you ever got me into this is the limit -No light, no water, and cold and damp as the devil!" "Dear, I'm sorry, but it looked so clean, I thought " "Clean! Clean! That's all you ever think about! Well, Til stand for a little dirt if a few ordinary comforts go with it. Now don't take another thing out of that trunk. Tomorrow we dig out of here bright and early gives me the willies!"

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Two Sisters

99 . -By-Virginia Terhune, Van de Water

"To get bread and butter,"' responded Julia. She was not ashamed-of the truth, yet she faltered a little as she continued, "I am earning my own living, you know." "But your 6lster" began Delaine, puzzled, then checked himself. "Yes, my sister had a little money of her own and she. spent it in learning stenography." she. explained, mistaking the cause of his wonder. "I see," said Delaine slowly, dropping his eyes before her frank gaze. "Then you are alone in-the city," he, added, "you and your sister." ! "Quite alone," Julia affirmed. Even as she spoke she wondered that she felt no resentment at- this strange man's questions and evident interest or curiosity. "I see," Delaine repeated. "Have you ever written anything for publication. Miss Marvin?" The girl laughed out in surprise at the suggestion. "I!" she exclaimed "No, indeed! I only wish I had the ability to do something more worth while than standing behind a counter. But I haven't." Then, as she spoke,

she became aware that the other sales

women at her counter were looking

in her direction, and her manner

changed quickly. "Is there any

especial kind of lace that you are looking for, Mr. Delaine?" she asked

stiffly. . The man ignored her question, and

spoke stammeringly. "I hope you

won't be angry with me, he said

"though you have a right to be, I sup

pose, but would you think it rank im

pertinence, Miss Marvin, if I were to

bes. you to consider our former meet

ing as an Introduction, and to ask you to go to luncheon with me this noon?" Then he stopped, flushing scarlet as he remembered that he was doing the very thing for which he had snubbed Harry Somerdyke only yan hour ago. Caryl Tastes Freedom.. It would be hard to say which looked the more embarrassed after the Invitation to luncheon had been given Kelley Delaine or Julia Marvin. The man saw the girl was unpleasantly surprised. She could not know how he had longed" to - meet her. To her he was simply a writer who had employed her sister as his stenographer. Yet something made her feel that he was a gentleman and it was with an efTort that she forced herself to appreciate that, after all, he was a person of whom she knew nothing. His manner gave her confidence, and she was almost certain that he was a man whom one could trust. Still. In spite of this, the situation was too unconventional for her to 'approve of it. And all the while that these thoughts were passing through Julia Marvin's mind the saleswomen at her counter were watching her curiously. This knowledge made her flush uncomfortably. "Thank you. Mr. Delaine," she said, somewhat stiffly, "but you must excuse me. I cannot accept your invitatiou." "Why not?" asked the man bluntly. "Because." said the girl. "I am not in the habit of lunching with stran

gers. I do not mean to be unkind, but as I am paid to attend to my work at this counter I have no right to stand here talking any longer. Besides" dropping ber voice and glancing uneasily at the other' girls "this kind of an interview attracts disagreeable comment." , ' It was the man's turn to flush now. "I beg your pardon!" he exclaimed. "I have been very thoughtless, and I feel properly rebuked." He hesitated, then added, "I will get your address from your sister if you don't mind. Good morning!"

, Without waiting for her reply, he lifted his hat and walked rapidly away, while Julia began with unsteady hands to put away the- laces that she had been arranging befpre Deline came. He had only been with her for three or four minutes, but somehow there were many things he had said that she would like to think over. But this was not the time nor the place for such thoughts. Then she took herself sharply to task. Why should she let any man of whose birth, breeding and habits she knew nothing affect her as this man had done? What did she know of his true self?

Cleveland's Daughter to Become Nurse

Copyright. 1916, by the McClure Once upon a time there lived a great herd of elephants in the forests of old. This was in days so far back that' no human being then was on earth. This world was only a greaf bair of swamp and wood full of wild animals. Now in every herd of elephants there was a head a chief who ruled the rest But one day the chief of this herd died and left. two sons, Grumbo and Mina. Mina was the eldcist and should have been made the.chief in his

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father's place, but Grumbo was much larger and determined to take that honor from his smaller brother. "I weigh two tons more than Mina, he shouted aloud until the trees trembled. "Come, all you rest of the herd, and' listen to my speech. My older brother is weaker than I. Why not make me the leader? I am strong enough to uproot the largest rock, to wade the widest rivers, and I am the one to lead this herd not a small fellow like Mina." Around in a circle stood all the elephants, their heads turned together toward the center and their vast bodies swaying in perfect time. "That" is not a fair proposition." at last said one old elephant, whose wrinkled, gray hide showed that he was at least 200 years In this world. "Your older brother has the right and we cannot take it away from him. Let things be as they are. Grumbo, and do not stir up strife ajnong us." There was silence for a moment, thea out on the air rang the enraged scream of Grumbo as he burst through the, ring and crushed his way through the jungle, trumpeting his anger aloud at every step. With bloodshot eyes he kept on his mad way for hours, till at last he fell exhausted with his exertions. , The moon crept up over the hills, but Grumbo lay still. Out In the jungle he could hear the cry of the panther, the howl of the wolf and tbe hoot of the owls, but he cared nothing for these." . , "I know what I can do." he grunted to himself; l can take this rope and tie Mina in the forest till he starves. He feeds on the buds of the tulip tree by the big swamp, so if I leave a noose at the foot. It will catch his leg and hold him forever; then 1 will be chief." So out through the darkness lumbered the wicked Grumbo, dragging a long, thin, but very strong rope. He found the tulip tree just at dawn and tied one end of the rope, to the trunk. In the other end he made a slipknot with which to catch the poor brother.

Newspaper Syndicate, Nevw York. Then he sat down In the shade of a huge bush to wait. Presently he heard Mina coming, but he noticed the slipknot was not placed in the right position. - "I will step across the ground and fix that before Mina gets here," 6aid Grumbo. "He is a poor, weak fellow and 'moves slowly, so I will have plenty of time." Out he went and began to arrange the rope, but before -he had finished he heard the crashing of brushes near at hand and saw Mina almost upon him. Hoping to slip away unnoticed, Grumbo jumped around and started out in the opposite direction, but he made a mistake and stumbled. As he' tripped his left leg caught in the slipknot and he was himself held fast. . Plunging and bellowing, he fought to get away, but the rope held tight, Mina heard the sound of the conflict and fled, for, being a peaceful fellow, he thought Grumbo in a battle with another elephant and did not wish to see the struggle. "Grumbo is such a bully." Mina said to himself as he trotted awkardly through the jungle, "that I will not interfere." Then, as the cries grew faint, his kind heart made him turn back. Now it seems that Grumbo, as he plunged about and strained all his strength, and as he pulled, and pulled and pulled he felt .himself grow smaller, for he was pulling himself down to nothing. The rope was caught around his right toe, and there was no way for him to get at the noose or away unless he got small enough to slip through tht knot. He felt that the more he fought and bellowed and rampaged around the smaller he got. But he also realized that by getting small the way was open to freedom. "I hate to grow little," he moaned, as he heaved himself about. "But that is better than dying here of starvation. This is ray punishment and I deserve it." So he kept on roaring and bellowing and bursting around and growing smaller and smaller and smaller, till at last just as Mina came back, and peeped through the leaves the great Grumbo was just the size of a tiny mouse. Mina saw him slip through the knot, and though the weaker .brother was still a big elephant his horror of the wicked Grumbo was so strong that he trembled at sight. And ever since then an elephant will shiver when he sees a mouse. Tomorrow' story "Nixy and Trixy."

HOLD RUSH FOR FLAG

NEW PARIS, O., May 10. The annual flag rush of the Junior; and Senior classes of the Jefferson township high schook place Monday and was

a-; battle royaL . A couple of Junior

pennants were torn down-by - he

doughty Seniors and as many by the

crafty Juniors, the finar triumph com

ing when the Junior boys planted their pennant on the top-most of the 60-foot

noist at tne new centralized school

building, now in process of construction. The pennant still flutters de

fiantly.

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XIJSS ESTMEF2 CLEVE.L,AHr.

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Miss Esther Cleveland, daughter of President Grover Cleveland, will start for Europe in the early summer to become a war nurse. Miss Cleveland is at present with her mother, Mrs. Thomas J. Preston, Jr., at Hot Springs, Va., where they have joined the spring colony.

WITH THE REEL PEOPLE What's What at Movie .'Houses

. LYRIC. " 1 "Why Mrs. Kentworth Lied," at the Lyric tonight. For the young wife of an elderly millionaire to be found at midnight beside the open library safe, with her husband wounded between them, with her entire collection ofjewels gone, looked bad for the wife. Mr. . Quentin Quinby, the eminent private detective, thought so, too, but when retained by the lawyer of the millionaire to quietly , investigate the. case he set about learning the truth. For the purpose he first consulted his card Index and learned that Eben Kentworth, the husband, had married some years before his present charming wife, then a wH known chorus girl and artists model, with a score of love affairs behind her. -Mr. Quinby then fortunately secured the vacant post of butler In the Kentworth household, and in his disguise w;as enabled to see and hear everything. , THEATORIUM. Patrons of motion picture theatres who complain that there are too many photoplays -based upon the morbid problem of sex will welcome the Mutual-Mustang-Western - three part drama, "Under Azure Skies," at the Theatorium Wednesday. The story is a clean, .wholesome one of. everyday people and everyday events' of heir simple lives. There is no problem to be solved:- Instead a straight sympathetic story of a care-free cow, puncher and a brave Salvation j Army lassie forms; the basis' for this interesting photoplay . ; ;."' COLISEUM. Bruce McRae and Gerda Holmes will be seen at the Coliseum theatre' tonight in a strong five-reel photodrama of intense interest "The ,Cham In

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