The Syracuse Journal, Volume 20, Number 11, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 14 July 1927 — Page 7

The Leading Lady

CHAPTER Xll—Continued —l7— Rawson re-entered. He had heard •them as be came up the path and ■stopped on the threshold looking at Anne. waking to see If she would speak. But she said nothing, standing by Bassett, her hand braced against a table, her glance on the floor. She knew Rawson was watching her ami willed her form to an upright Immobility. her face to a stony blankness. If she could hold herself this way. not move or speak, she could bear the tension. A touch, a word, and she felt that her body might break to pieces and her voice ascend In long-drawn screams to the skies. The screen umler its white covering was set In the place Shine had indicated. the projector put some distance back, facing It. To some of them these preparations had the hideou< significance of those preceding an execution and all of them felt the deadly oppression of the approaching , climax. The room was very still. ** If an enchantment lay on It. At inter vals Mrs. Cornell drew her breath with a low moaning sound. Stokes' bands clenched and unclenched on the chairback anti Williams looked at his Match, lie began a guttural mutter of Impatience and stopped as the door Opened and Shine came In. He came quickly, bringing an air of excitement to the already, highly charged atmosphere. There was a bewildered agitation In his face, and his wonts were broken and uncertain as be ar sweretl Williams' question: ••< »l>. yes. I got It—something—1 can't quite make out—got me sort of flustered hwrying go.’ You’ll have to stand away there, folks.” He turned to the projector, adjusting It. then I. 1 the negative out toward Wil Hutus. “We'll probably lose,th!- M: Williams. Imi tig it so quickly 1 ' emildti't tix It. It'll likely melt with the heat In here, won't last more than a few minutes You don't want to keep it. <lo you?” | ahead. It’s only the picture—th:4's all that concerns us.” “All right— Isa your say-an. You’ll get It in a minute nbw and by gum. I want toi see—” be stopped, his breath caught, his hands busy over - the nmchlne. “Now then, we're ready. Some one please put put the lights.” Miss Pinkney pressed the button and the room dropped Into darkness. A leaped Into being on the m reen. A door-frame hacked by solid. Indistinguishable black, the edge of a door. and. beyond ft. the outlines melting into the darkness, the suggestion of a head «nd shoulders, only the face shewing clear, looking at them with wide, questioning eyes— Sybil Saunders' face The silence held for a moment, then broke in an explosive volume of sound. The women’s shrieks rose simultaneously—“ Sybil ! Sybil The name ran about the room, heat on the high ceiling and was buffeted from wall to wall. “The dead woman!“ Williams shook Rhine’s arm In his incredulous ama xe-im-nt. “It I* —It's her. I saw It when I developed it anil 1 don't know—something's gone wrong."* A raucous cry rose above the chorus of female voices. Stokes had dropped his hold on 'the chair, his starting eye* fixed on the picture. From his lips, curled back like an angry dog's. came a strangling rush of worths: "She’s dead. She’s dead, for I killeel her. 1 shot her—she’s dead She can’t come hack, she never can c >• . ! ‘ .is -: •■ rtn ) killwl her—l saw her fall—she’s dead —dead The words died in a groan. . He pitched forward atid lay a writhing moaning shape with bauds that clawed and ’ Into the carpet The men rushed him. clustered about him. the won «-u watching in dumb horror white the picture behind them slowly fuded from the screen. CHAPTER XIII When they carried Stokes to his nx>m they t&jueht him dying. so ghastly was his appearance. so deathlike his gollapse. Bassett telephoned to Hayworth for a doctor and before the main came Flora, singularly cold and collected now the fight was over. t«’M them her husband was.a nmrphi.'t addict and showed them the vase In h:s bag with the empty vial. In the two days* detention on the island his supply had been exhausted, the great est strain of the many that had ended .s his frantic confession. the excitement of the Stokes sett •atom the men bad forgotten all about the picture and now. walking down the hall, they swung back to It Bassett and Williams were baffled and confounded by it: it was one of the most startling of the whole chain of startling circumstances. Rawson was neither baffled nor confounded, having already arrived at a solution: Shine had played a trick, done it on purpose to see If It might not accomplish just what It bad accomplished. He w SS loud la his praise of the photographer. It was a clever ruse that had brought things to a climax when they might have gone oa bungling for days. Rawson was willing to admit his mistakes—he’d been sure of the boy and now It appeared that Bassett and Miss Tracy were right. Joe Tracy bad evidently tit oat secretly on some business of his own. He dismissed the company with a curt command and as they made Jheir hurried exits, jocularly congratulated Shine as the man who had pulled off a successful hoax. But the photographer looked rather shamefaced and denied the charge. He'd meant to take a picture. no funny business or h»Hng aboin it—but—be rubbed his hsnd over bls tousled hair and grinned sheepishly He was sleepy, that’s what had been the matter, just plain •oped with sleep so be didn’t know what he was doing. “Well, how do you account fbr the picture?" said Rawson. “Are you nee of these people who can take spirit •botoggaptaiF*

■* By GERALDINE BONNER WST Service (Copyright by The Bobbe-Merrill Co.) There was only one way of accounting for it. He hadn’t opened the shutter and the picture was one of those he had taken of Miss Saunders the day of his arrival. “You’d taken her like that—coming through the doorway?” He'd »nken two or three like that—he couldn't be sure how many. But he did remember posing her at both the front and rear entrances of the living room, trying to get effects of a dark background with her figure dimly suggested and the light ou her face. It was evidently one of tln«se pictures, must have l>een the last one he'd done, but he couldn't trust his memory on any points. liv'd .been more shocked than he had any idea of. but he knew it now. So that was that! Nobody's brains, nobody's deductive powers, or perspicacity or psychological insight had

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He Had Seen the Revolver In ‘the Drawer of the Desk. brought them to the goal. The bungling of a sleepy man had, done the trick. They were talking It over when the sound of Flora's voice stopped them. She was standing in the doorway, verywhite and very calm. Stokes | was asking for them. Yes, she nodded in answer to Rawson's look, he was quite f The doctor had wanted him to, wait till he was stronger, but he bad insisted: I “He says he must speak now while his mind is clear. He seems to know it won’t last and he can't rest till he's told everything.” They found him bolstered up in bed. a haggard spectacle, hts eyes, sunk i in darkened hollows, seemed to hold all the life left in his body. They bung on the entering men. then I swerved to hia wife and he made a j motion for her to sit beside him. “Im glad you've come.” he whts- ! pered. “Glad it’s over. If I’m going ! on now it can't be to anything worse i than this last thirty-six hours.” The desire to free his mind posI sessed him. Rest, he said, rest was ’ all he wanted and it was not for him ' till he had unloaded the intolerable , burden he had carried since Sybil ! Saunders' death. I He had never intended to kill her—j that was the one point of exculpation he insisted cm His love had made hint mad. carried him beyond the inhibiting forces of honor, feeling, reason. That It was hopeless seemed to increase Its obsessing power, and she j had never for one moment let! him to ■ think It was anything but hopeless. ’ Unwaveringly, from the first, her attitude had been dislike, aversion, a horror of his state of mind and himself. His knowledge of the coming aepa- I ration had t*een the igniting motlv* that eap'tsl the inner explosion After : I their Stay »>n tbe isiami she would j I go her way. keep her whereabouts | < X

Hills of California Rich in Tourmalines

One California mine exhibits tourmaline crystals a foot long and ®* T ' era I inches wide. of * deep, luscious pink—termed rubeiite —with an outer coating of a darker color. Some of the pink tourmaline* have a capping of blue. In the Paia district red tour malines are the rule; in others rich blues and greens; whilst still others have all these and many other exquisite colors. On the San Jacinto mountains were discovered green tounna- , lines with red centers, such as Brasil , j was noted for. Sometimes they are ' green at one end and red at the other end of the same crystal. Harvard university has one that Is eight inches long and two inches In diameter. Absolutely unique are some that are the exact reverse of the famous double-color Brasilian type—being green Internally and red externally. Mesa Grande is notable for these very rare gents and for the targe size of its . tourmalines. A fine set of these was presented to the Musee dHistoire - . _ —. Boy Helped Engineer* Theodore G. Hulett, who supervised [ | the construction of the first suspenfl slon bridge across Niagara, relates • that a premium of $lO was offered to I the first boy who should successfully ► tty over the gorge his kite string and - fasten Its ends to a tree on either side. [A boy named Homan Walsh, a resident of Lincoln. Neb., was successful i TW following day a stronger line era* i drawn over by the kite string and - then a rope of sufficient strength to hhul over the iron cable. By means ► of this rope the iron cable was car- . ried across and Its ends secured to the t solid rock. It crossed the gorge five miles above Lewiston.

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» hidden from him. and he might never see her again. The thought became unbearable* and led him to a resolution of wild desperation—he would get her alone, once more confess hit passion, and if she met it with the old scorn and abhorrence, kill himself before her eyes. He had seen the revolver In the drawer of the desk and j on the day of the performance taken i it. To prevail upon her to grant him the Interview was the problem, and ■ the evil inspiration came to him to tell ; her he had news of Dallas.- her lover. , It was a He; he knew nothing of the i man. but truth, decency, self-respect ■ no longer exjsted for him. He described the interview in the living room, her roused interest and ■ demand for the Information. The tn- j trusion of his wife worked with his plan and he had insisted on a rendezvous where they would be free from interruption. They started for the summer house on the PtdnL-saw Shine there, and made the arrangement to I meet in. the place at seven. Then she had gone upstairs to her room and he i to the balcony to wait for her. When he saw her pass the balcony he had risen and followed her. She had moved rapidly, not waiting for him. and he hhd not tried to catch up ’ with her as he knew she did not want ‘ anyone to see them together. When j he entered the summer house she was sitting on the bench close to the table, on which her elbows rested. His hys-’ terical state. Accelerated during the tong wait, had reached a climax of distraction and he hurst into a stream of words —he had lied to her, he knownothing. but he had to see her. he had lured her there for a last interview. j a final clearing up. and he drew out the pistol. The sight of it. his mad I babble of disconnected sentem-'s, evidently terrified her. She leaped to her feet and made a rush like a ' frightened animal for the opening Before he could speak or catch her she had brushed past him and fled front the place. Then something had gone wrong in his head —he couldn’t explain—a breaking of some pressure, a stoppage of all mental processes. In the vacuum one fact stayed,—that she had got away from him and he never would 3 see her again. A blind fury seized him and he shot at her as she ran. 1 She was at the summit of the cliff. ’ staggered, threw up her. arms ami went over. When he saw her body lurch and topple forward the darkness lifted from his brain. He came back to himself as if from a period of unconsciousness and realized what he had done. He described his state as curiously lucid and far-seeing. The Insane out- ■ break seemed to have freed his intelligence and temporarily suspended the torment of his nerves. The situation presented Itself with a vision-like clarity and air the forces of his mind and will sprang into action, combining to achieve his safety. From the shadow of the vines he looked at the house, saw Bassett come to the living-room entrance, glance about and go back. The sound of the shot had evidently roused no forebodings and when no face appeared at window or door, he ran to the pine grove. There he was safe and slipped unobserved to the balcony. He waited here for a mo- i ment to get his breath and compose his manner. He was the actor, play- j ing a difficult part with a high-keyed, heady confidence when hA entered the | room. His wife—that had been the unforeseen retribution. He had not realized that suspicion would turn on her. and then saw that it might, saw that it did. His hell began when he grasped the! danger site was in. listened to Raw- j son’s questions ou the night of their arrival, sensed Williams' lipe of i thought when the scene was rehearsed on the shore. He had tried to turn | i them to Joe Tracy, snatching at anything to gain time, but he would have told, he was ready to tell. He kept reiterating the words, his burning eyes moving from one face to the I other—he had broken her heart, ruined j tier life, but he was nut so utterly lust I as that. ' I (TO BE CONTIXUED.)

— ] Natnrells tn Paris, and tnoae are won- J • derful. with their beautiful colors ans 11 shades of red. rose. pink, pale greest I ■ | yellowish green and dark green, and d of a sine from which are cut getm I of from twenty to thirty carats. The | two-color tourmalines also make nW i cat’s-eyes when cut across. and are t fashionable in some quarters. . I .1. Queer Apes and Cade ' I The ngoioko. a huge unknown ape. 1 | and the nunda. a gigantic cat. as big - as a donkey, both of which prey on ’ men and cattle, are among audtowov- ' ered beasts of Africa, while from Java 1 reports come of a bearepe-man known as the sedopak. a beast with long hair. ► walking upright but iwtsglsg swiftly from' trees by its arms, which also j c preys on men. but which haw not yet • been shot or caught. though often track *4. ; - Combining Melodiee Counterpoint Is the art of eombln- - Ing melodies aecesdtag to the laws of harmony. CsmpeesNi of anything move elaborate than a song must have * a knowledge of counterpoint, and all good song composers possess such “ knowledge. There Is no “flow- In * music ter mere than one voice; unless It has the spirit of counterpoint. It Is Just a mass of meaningless chords. The Better Choice t I have adapted the Roman sentlI meat. that It is more honorable to save r a citizen than to kill an enemy—Doef Words are like sunbeams, the more ► they are condensed the more they burn.—Worchester Tdermm.

| CFhe Kitchen ! | Cabinet | OOOCCOOOOOOOCXIOOOOOOOOOOOO

I®. (MT. W»»u»rn New*p*per UniOM.) Who shall have vision to pierce the mist Enshrouding the common thing. Or see in the dark hour sorrow kissed. The gleam ot an angel's wing? The world Is wide, and the world is old; Its mysteries pass our ken: And only to God are the secrets told Which live in the hearts of men. —Christine Davis. GOOD THINGS WE LIKE Here is a dainty which Is considered very choice by others than the Scotch:

Scotch Short Bread.—Beat one cupful of butter ‘ to a cream, add one-half ctlpful i of light -brown * sugar, then work in four cupfuls of ; pastry flour. If

the flour has been warmed slightly it ■ will work more easily. Form the mix- > ture into two flat cakes, seven inches in diameter. Decorate the. edge by crimping and prick all over with a fork. Sprinkle the top with caraway candies, eqndled cherries and preset-*. .i citron. Bake in a slow oven. Marshmallow Cream. —Soften one tgaspoonful of gelatin in two tablespoonfuls of cold milk, then dissolve over boiling water. Add one-half cup- t ful of sugar and one cupful of double cream and beat until firm. Beat the w;hlte of a small egg, then fold in the cream w ith one-half, teaspoonful of vanilla, half of a quarter-pound box of marshmallows cut into quarters, onehalf cupful of skinned, grapes seeded and one banana cut into cubes and mixed with a tablespoonful of lemon juice. Dispose in glass cups, adding a cherry here and there. Garnish the top with finely chopped nuts and chill before serving. Curried Shrimps.—Put into a saucepan two tablespoonfuls of butter, add one tablespoonful of minced onion, cook until yellow. Mix one tablespoonful of flour and one-half teasimonful of curry powder and stir into the hot butter; when well cooked add One cupful of milk and two cupfuls of freshly cooked shrimps. Serve hot with toast or wafers, or with hot rice. Lemon Honey.—Boil six cupfuls of sugar and one and one-half cupfuls of water six minutes, then- add the juice from six lemons, stir and cool. A tablespoonful of this honey is added to the glass of tea as it is served, or it may be passed in a small pitcher and as much used as the taste dictates. This honey will keep for several days in the ice chest, or for weeks If poured into bottles and sealed. Head Lettuce With Roquefort Dressing.—Mash eight tablesponfuls of roquefort cheese with one teaspoonful of mustard: add to a good French dressing to which one-fourth of a cupful of chili sauce has been added. Why Not Serve Shrimps? One reason for not having shrimps often is the cost. When canned they

are not Inexpensive. If one is fortunate enough to be able to procure them fresh, it Is wise to serve them often. Many > who might use fresh shrimps, pass them by because ,they d<» not know tn>w»#to use them, i

They should be v ushet|/well. then remove the shells with a sharp knife , and take out the small vein which runs down to the *nd of the tail. Boil them for twenty minutes, when they are ready to serve in various ways. Shrimp Chowdar.—Noting could be more appetizing on a chilly night to I serve for supper than this dish of hot chowder: IMt a third of a cupful of . chopped fat salt pork into a kettle, I add a chopped onion or two. When this has browned slightly add one cupful of celery and a quart of boiling water. Cook until the celery is well done, adding a pint of diced potatoes. two teaapoonfuls of salt and a ’ few dashes of pepper. Now add two cupfuls of uncooked shrimps and finish cooking Just before serving add milk. milk crackers and butter to season if nee<ied. Bakad Shrimp*.—Cook a cupful of canned tomatoes until thick, adding salt and pepj*er to season. with a little onion Juice. Put through a sieve. | Take two cupfuls of cooked shrimps, place In a buttered baking dish, cover with butter-.! crumbs and the tomato, adding a few cooked mushrooms. Top with buttered crumbs and bake until thoroughly hot. Shrimp Canape*. — Hollow out squares of bread to make small boxes two inches square. IMp In melted but- i tor and brown, or toast under the gas lame. Fill with cooked shrimps cut Into pieces and dressed with mayonnaise dressing. Garnish with olives. I Fried Shrimp*.—Shell and dean raw i ahrimpa. sprinkle with salt and pepper and a little lemon Juice. After stand Ing ten minutes dip them Into beaten egg and crumbs and fry in deep fat for three minutes. They may be varied by dipping in batter and frying them. Bananas will be found to be more flavorous if peeled and split, covered with orange or lemon Juice for an hour before adding them to the dish of fruit salad or the cocktail. PcrwNM C/m/er Vow* Nazarites Is a term used tn the Bible to denote persons who had taken a vow to abstain from doing certain acts for a time as a mark of special consecration or devotion. Borne took perpetual vows and were Naxarttee for life. WcofaMM m VacsttoCioM Tn matters of great concern, and I which must be done, there Is no surer I argument of a weak mind than lrru*o- | tation.—TUlotosoo.

QMIIAKD TOWS

PROPER TIME TO HARVEST APPLES (Prepared by the United State* Department oi Agriculture.) Many factors enter into the determination of the best time to harvest different varieties of apples. The susceptibility to storage scald, or to internal breakdown in storage is an Important factor in determining when to pick any variety. Susceptibility to water core while on the trees, the | amount of red color which has devel- I oped, the size of the fruit, and the tendency to drop are all imimrtant i considerations. The time of picking ' may well be varied somew hat with j i the type of storage to be used. During the last four years investiga- ' tions have been carried on by the : United States Department of Agricui- I ! ture relative to the changes which oc- i , cur in apples as they ripen on the ’ tree, as well as to the behavior of ■; the fruit while being in storage I following picking. These studies form the basis of Department Bulletin No. [ 1448-D, which discusses several ways of determining the best time for picking a number of varieties of apples | for storage. Wide variations in storage quality occur in the same variety when grown under the different climatic conditions ' prevailing in different parts of the United States. The period certain varieties will keep in good condition in storage may be greatly reduced by leaving the Cfuit on the tree too long, whereas with other varieties there is much danger of picking the fruit too early. The different tests for time of picking and the best time for picking different varieties of various commercial apples discussed in this bulletin. (July those varieties are included which h<ive been studied sufficiently for the authors of the bulletin to feel fairly <*ert»iQ of the dependability of their observations and tests and of the recommendations made. - The discussion takes up such varieties as the Arkansas Black. Baldwin, Ben Davis. Delicious, Esopus. Snitzenberg. Gano and Black Ben, Grimes Golden. Jonathan, King David. Mclntosh. Northern Spy. Rome Beauty, Stark, Winesap, and Yellow Newtown. Use Weeds in Orchards for Useful Cover Crop Weeds make nearly as good cover crops for orchards as such crops as millet, buckwheat or soy beans, according to the New York State College of Agriculture at Ithaca,- N. Y. Cover crops in general have a beneficial effect on the soil, but. unless the soil seriously lacks humus and nitrogen. It often takes many years for such crops to have much effect on the trees. Experiments indicate that on good fruit soils, as much as twenty years may pass without show- ; ing any effect from cover crops. However, because the trees continually deplete the fertility of the soil and because cultivation itseif tends to lower the humus and nitrogen supply, cover crops should be grown to maintain the fertility of the soil. ; Tfie principal purpose of cover crops is to return organic matter, humus j and nitrogen to the soil. Although i any one crop Is not a large influence, I the continued practice Is an aid to the growth and production of trees. i Because the value of a cover crop ! depends largely on the amount of vegetation it produces to be turned back | to the soil and because it is somewhat : expensive to seed a it h often much cheaper and nearly as effective to rely on the weeds which grow if ; cultivation is stopped in early suunner so they can develop. Poultry Yard Ideal for Growing Strawberry Crop The poultry yard should be an ideal place for growing strawberries. The fact that it has a bad odor is not an indication that lime or other fertilizer is necessary. In fact, an application of lime directly preee£iag the setting of tbe plants might do more harm than good, writes 11. E. Loree in the Michigan Farmer. The strawberry . thrives on soils which are slightly acid, or sour, and for this reason lime Is recommended only as it is necessary to favor the growth of some i other crop, such as clover, in a ro- > tation. Poultry manure contains a consid- ' erabie amount of nitrogen and the I other essential elements which are * needed by the strawberry plant and ■ you should be able to grow one or | more good crops of berries without I the use of other fertilizers. I would suggest that you plow or spade the ■ soil deeply, and give It a very thorough preparation before setting the i plants. I If tbe trees have been pruned each year all that is necessary is to prune out interfering and inside shoots. If the trees have not been pruned, then interfering branches, suckers, and long branches should be cut out and shortened. Tbe general aim should be to get the tree to make a firm ' framework for supporting the fruit ] and to have tbe center open as much as possible. If the shoots have grown IS or more inches, many should be shortened one-batt or so. Pruning Raspberries We have found It desirable to remove old blackberry canes Immediately after the harvest They are soft then and may be cut more easily than later when they have become hard and woody. Their removal gives more tight and room for new canes to dovelop. Old canes are likely to be infested with disease and insects. When Ithis is tbe case their removal will lessen the chances of Injury to tbe new growth. It Is best to collect all Dronings and burn them.

■ t? THE SINS OF THE DAD-IN-LAW

t» D. J. Walsß.) FROM Jane Crenshaw’s home in the mountains Hal Hckens drove toward the lowlands. The mountain girl he had loved long before he was old enough to understand what separated her social stratum from his had just refused to marry him for no better reason than that she did not relish being patronized by Pickenses who used the mountains only as a i fishing and hunting base. The argument Jane had used against marrying him echoed now through his I brain like the clang of a funeral bell. ! The status that her people had given i her the girl had declared to be un i •hanged by her normal school educa- I lion. She hud reminded Hal that her | father, an « unlettered mountaineer, had once served a sentence for counterfeiting, and though she believed him to. be a law-abiding citizen now I the stigma remained Jane bad further pointed out that now her father was under a cloud of suspicion. She Knew evidence indicated that spurious :oin was being made in her section !>f the mountains, and there were many who believed her father the culpriL “1 can't have your father point a finger of scorn to your wife.” she had said when Hal was leaving. “Even; without the immediate suspicion he would not tike a Crenshaw for a daughter-in-law.” Oh. why hadn't he made her see that family amounted to no more than a snap of his strong fingers? Thero had been a day when Pickens wealth set the family apart from their neighbors, but now Hal remembered with 1 sort of joy in the challenge that almost nothing was left to his proud old father but a knowledge of law he bad lever been able to turn into money, the camp for which there was no purchaser. and his exaggerated sense of family importance. Hal loved the mountaineers who surrounded the camp. He believed in Janes father. In some way the felow who was making bogus money in Crenshaw’s neighborhood must be found and the suspicion lifted from the father of the girl he loved. Remembering that the old sheriff was rendered inactive by a protracted Hl- | less, Hal stepped on the accelerator in a frenzy of despair. With the quickened flow of gasoline an idea esyjed into the boy's consciousness. Half an hour later Hal sat by the >ld aheriff's side arguing valiantly. “You can have tbe job back on a moment’s notice,” he urged. “The judge has promised to appoint me if you resign and to reappoint you when [ resign. What about it?” The sick man looked weakly at the energetic Harold and agreed. Then the young man bucked tip against his next obstacle and instead yf overcoming it jumped it indecorously. He could not qualify as sheriff jecause the county elerk was off on a vacation, and the deputy called away by a death. Hal gave tbe rickety Md desk a thump with the toe of his orogan. By Jove 1 He'd go to work unqualifiedly. Who’d know the differ2nce? At this juncture, however, Hal s temperamental male parent stormed into the courthouse. “A sou of mine a cop. a policeman, a slieritt”’ he exploded. “1 forbid, 1 say. sir, 1 forbid your doing anything of the kind!” “No use. for tonight 1 picket the three roads that lead to the mountains,’* the young man said agreeably as he turned to leave. On the street a bit later Hal encountered Jane looking more a allege poster than a hillwoman. In a burst of enthusiasm he told of his plan. “Oh, 1 wish you wouldn't,” She I urged. ‘‘lt’s dangerous work.” During a tiresome vigil that night Hal and his two deputies unearthed uo clews, and the next morning news came of a package of counterfeit money which, together with a uoncommital youth who was carrying it. had been approached by officers at the county line. The new sheriff was stuxmed. The only road by which a vehicle could have come was fjorty miles farther. In some way the cjmiuurfeiters must have got wind of his plan. Was it possible that Jane could have given a warning? When toward evening he found himself in the neighborhood of his father’s hunting camp be was thoroughly discouraged. Taking a bypath that led toward the camp be was amazed to see Jane Crenshaw coming toward him. Tbe fear returned that Jane bad warned tbe band. After all. could one expect her not to be loyal to her people? “Oh. Hal.” she gasped in distress, “you are so tired.” The boy nodded and passed <>n. On I the veranda he saw his father in ! hunting togs cleaning a rusty gun.

— I I — I• I 1 Perfect Examples of Art of Condensation ■> I- w I - I Z , -I

I' I • As tbe story goes, Victor Hugo, upon the publication of “Les Miserables,” felt that too much curiosity as to the results would be out of keeping with his standing and dignity, t Yet he was naturally rather anxious t after the tremendous labor he had expended upon this mighty work. So he i compromised by sending his publisher his card on which he placed simply the question-mark: ”?“ To which the publisher, equally laconic and not less forceful, and being able to promise great things for the novel, replied with Another noted French author, Merimee. was In Paris on a certain occasion when the court had moved to Compiegne. He was anxious to know what of Interest, if anything, was going oa there: and being greatly disinclined to lengthy eenrespondence, he sent his friend, Octav? reniliet, a sheet ot paper bare Ot writing save « simple interrogation jpark. to which FeuiUet. having nothing of conse-

Thea throwing himself on the first cot he saw. in five minutes, ilal slept Toward morning he wow refreshed and eager to do a little prowling before sunrise. Stealthily he crept threagn the underbrush toward the byroad that connected th& two mountain highways. Suddenly the sound of subdued voices reached him, and tn a minute he thought he discerned two figures. Then the shadowy forms seemed to tie swallowed up by tbe earth. Crawling like a cat. Hal examined the spot where he had seen the outlines. Beneath his fingers the earth felt as though it had been re l cently disturbed. Then his hand touched the hard surface of a rock, which he realized must have ‘been moved from its plate against the hillside. Groping forward, he saw that there was un aperture iu the hillside, from which the rock, had been temporarily rolled. Flashlight in one hand and pistol in the other, he entered the cavern. As he pressed on, the stillness was broken by the sound of metallic hammering aiid the darkness was relieved by the glimmering of a torch. He could see a man bending over something that j resembled a mold. He seemed to b| taking the thing apart Outside the circle of light some one else was Jitantjing. . “Hands up!” Hal The man bending bvlpr ttye mold turned, and Hal stood face to face—--with his father. The ,boy dropi>ed tjoth fl- blight and pistil to his side, uppalleU.. by the discovery. Then, he managed to say, “I'm sorry, father, but you're under arrest.| I “Tut. tut. my s<m, a gentleman must have money. I started this for my own use. but finding others ing the product. I increased the output.” I Then the voice of .late-' Crenshaw in:ervt nod. \iu couldn't arrest y.>ur own father.” It pleaded.’ “I'm a better lawyer than my son,'* the elder Pickens interrupted. “One private citizen cannot ajrrost another. You were not able to qualify on account of the absence ff tljte county clerk.” Hal was about to leavt when he felt on his arm Jane's detaining hand. “You w-eren’t quick edouglji, my boy. Jane discovered this plant day before yesterday and persuaded nlie to dismantle it to save you embarrassment. Having disposed of the 'col#, we were about to pile tlie molds otij the open road for you and -jmuaj to capture. Go along Jane. Bill will be back with the car any mon|ient now.” When Hal and Jane emerged from the tunnel there was ih thle east the first glow of the rising sun. It was Jane who broke the silence. “I wish it were my Ifather instead of yours. I love you soj!” She choked. “Then you will marry me?” Hal whispered. “It didn’t take this to co'nvinee me that Plekensek were not better than Crenshaws. It's individuals that count —not ancestors.” “Yes.” Jane replied softly, “people like you and me with love, hope, ambition —and each othejr.” Pfanes in Loctist Battle Airplanes will be usied this year In the campaign against the locust plague in the southern part of the Island of Luzon, in the Philippines. The winged pests have done great damage there In previous summers, and efforts to exterminate! them have met with little sneers, but it is believed by the''farm bureau that the spreading of chemicals by the planes flying over the fieldk will be much more decisive and systematic. Two planes of the bureau have been specially equipped for the w>>rk and sent from Manila to Boh«d province, where the campaign will be concentrated. Pilots from the Depiirtmhnt of Agriculture have been trained In the work. Goldfiih Live Twenty Year* Any life insurance underwriter who was sufficiently enterprising would quote a first-class goldfish s life at - from fifteen to twenty years, providing the environment; is suitable and if it is regularly fed bn ants’ eggs and crushed vermicelli arid not on crumbs of black beetles, according to aquarium authorities. The carp family, fio which the goldfish belongs, is famous for longevity. There are carp in the ponds of the Chateau de Chanliliy iu France which belonged to the prince de Conde and which are supposed to be centuries old. Scottish Chiefs Because the Scottish people were organized into claps le<| by notable men. the landed gentry of Scotland wielded a political intiuenee which made the members. as[ a class, of greater importance thap the corresp.mding England. There are few classes of people so proud of their historv as the Scottish landed gentry. ■ L —. The Well-Tempered Man The temper of a man is like the temper of steel The worth of the steel and the use to which It may be put depends upon the perfection otto temper.—Henrjj Knight Miller in Psychology Magazine.

quence to narrate, very sufficiently replied with a blank sheet. , Voltaire was nothing if not . direct, and one day. anticipating a call from the satirist Piron, whom he greatly disliked, chalked outside his door, “Eo Rus!” (“Gone to farm!”) Piron, contemplating this and quite understanding its significance, inscribed underneath the single word, “H" (“Go!”). j I World Population Doubler The greatest single change of the past 100 years has been the rapid Increase in the number of people inhabiting the earth. During that time the population of the world nearly doubled. A century ago It was less than 1,000.000,000. Today it is about 1,700,000,000.—American Magazine. Matt Does Strange Thing* It is a notable fact that most speed records are made by people who an not going anywhere. *1: - ' :