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7 TITLE JOE thought his grandmother
- the best grandmother that ever
lived, and he had pretty good reason for
thinking so, too, for ever since he was
a little baby she had taken care OF him
day and night, and that meant a great
deal, for little Joe was a cripple and
could help himself very little and could
not go out and play with the other boys
because he was SO weak and he ate so
little that Grandmother Good, as he
called her, used TO tell him that il he did
not eat more some day he would blow
away and she would never be able to
find him again.
Just before the time that 1 am going
to tell you about Grandmother Good had
taken Little Joe oIt to live for few
weeks, on a farm where he could have
nice fresh eggs and rich new milk TO
drink, but after he got there he did not
seem to like to drink the milk and didn't
eat any more than he had in the city,
and Grandmother Good was almost dis
Couraged.
They were sitting together by a win
pale and sick, when all at once Grand
mother Good said: Joe, I'm going TO
make you an army"
Make me an army" asked Joe,
what do you mean?"
Il am going to make you the best
army you ever heard of, because you
will be able to do with it what no other
general ever did with his army"
She got up and took off her sewing
apron and went out In the kitchen, tell
ing Joe to stay right where he was un-
til she returned.
Little Joe wondered what she was do
ing out in the kitchen and why she was
so long, and think as hard as he could
Grandmother Good was going to make
an army for him.
Once in a while she would come to the
door to see that Little Joe was all right,
and then he would see that her hands
had some flour on them, and she would
say. The army is coming. 1t will be
here soon"
At last she came in and told him that
the army was finished, and Little Joe
could see that she was holding a bright
tin pan behind her. When she got over
to where Joe was she stopped over and
kissed him and then she showed him
the pan. 1t was filled with the most
wonderful gingerbread cakes in the
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Put the milk in an agate bowl. add the
lard, the sugar and egg, salt, yeast cake
and siftcd Hour. Beat well, and in the
morning add enough sifted flour to make
stiff dough; knead fifteen minutes.
Set in warm place, and let rise until
light. Remove to fOured board and
have following ingredients ready:
Two tablespoons sugar.
One tablespoon melted butter.
One egg.
One-half cup blanched and chopped al
mOndg or peanuts.
Divide the dough into three parts,
roll each part with the palms Of thO
hands, making three ropes an inch
thick on the Toured board. Braid or
plat very lightly. and make a wreaths
put on bake sheet which has been
brushed with little lard, and set aside
to rise. When light it should be twice
the size it was. Brush with the melted
butter, sprinkle the chopped nuts over
the top, press them in lightly, 50 they
will rot fall off. Put in moderate oven
and bake from thirty-five to forty min
Utes. Lift out the pan and brush the
top Of the wreath with egg, which has
been beaten with one tablespoon sugar,
and return to oven for three minutes,
then remove from pan, and sprinkle the
other tablespoon of sugar over the top.
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And he couldn't have taken Mr.. Ger
| aids pistol"
What? Why Rot?"
Because Mr.. Gerald used to keep it
on his dressing table or in a drawer,
until one of the maids knocked it off
last week and cracked the handle, sir"
came pell nell from the second mans
lips. After that, he locked it up in
the little iron safe that's built into his
desk. Mr.. Gerald did. He was mad
when he found that handle broken. gen.
tlemen, and he mentioned particularly
that it would take a safe-cracker to get
at the other side and break it-or some
thing like that, in the joking way he
has"
We'll, there's nothing" Barker be-
gan with odd buster.
IT'S only this, sir" Willis finished
desperately, "and this is all have to
tell. Mr. Norman couldn't have got that
pistol, because Mr.. Gerald keeps the
safe locked all the time. You see, even
II Mr.. Norman had been in Mr.. Gerald S
room without him knowing it, the key
to the safe was always on the ring with
Mr.. Geralds other keys-and the ring
Mr.. Gerald must have taken out the pis-
tol, and
His voice trailed off into nothingness.
He looked timorously from Deston to
the lawyer, and found the latter staring
at the floor.
VERY well, Willis. That is ALL"
Thank you, SIR" mumbled the sec
ond man, as he turned quickly toward
the door
He was not halted this time.
Barker, with enigmatic face and
pursed lips, stared long after him. He
turned slowly and regarded DestoR,
standing rigid beside the table. And
then Mr. Barker, without a word,
walked slowly out of the library.
Wilkes did not move. Indeed, he
seemed unaware Of the lawyers depar-
tUre.
Minute after minute. he stared at the
black pistol and at the tiny crack in its
handle. lying there before him. He
looked away from it at last with an eff
fort; and his gaze Travelled to the three
photographs in the folding frame,
standing on the table now just as they
had stood for a decade before John
Deston's ancient and beloved blotting
pad.
The gaze met the faces OF three we'll
grown boys-Norman and Gerald and
himself: and for another long space It
rested upon them.
But the fascination of the pistol was
too strong. Wilkes Deston's insCrutable
dark eyes wandered back to the cold,
still metal; and suddenly the hands
clenched and the big frame shook vio-
lently.
"Good-God-above" Des'on gasped,
beneath his breath.
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SANDMAN STORIES
For Just Before Bedtime
LITTLE JOE'S ARMY.

shape of soldiers. They had legs and
arms and there were heads on them,
and some OF them were made to repre-
sent generals and some colonels and
some ieutenants and more that were
just plain soldiers.
Now we will have a battle said
Grandmother Good, and she moved a
table up by Joe's chair and spread 1t
with nice clean cloth. and she drew
her chair up to the other side.
Now" said Grandmother Good,
there was once little boy called The
Eaglet who was the son of Napoleon,
and he used to play he was a great gen.
eral like his father. and he had lot of
soldiers, but his soldiers were not so
good as these, for these are good to eat,
and while We are fighting this battle
every time one of the gingerbread SOL
diers gets broken, why, it will not
count any longer, and then We can eat
ii.
So Little Joe and his grandmother
placed all the soldiers on the table
and played a real battle with them,
and every once in a while one of the
soldiers would have a leg or an arm
broken off and couldn't fight any
more and they would eat it.
Pretty soon Grandmother Good said:
Il am getting thirsty. 1 think l would
like glass of milk"
so would l." said Joe, and Grand
mother Good went out and brought in
two glasses of rich, new milk, and
Joe hardly stopped until his was all
gone.
And then they played some more and
by and by they had another glass of
milk and Joe. without knowing 1t,
drank and ate more than he had for
days.
When thev had finished playing and
all the crumbs had been cleared
away. Little Joe said, DO you know
grandmother that l think that 1 am
the hrst general that ever ate up his
army"
Tomorrow's story: John Parsons
Statue"
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Luncheons Planned
For the Lenten Season

Washington society folk have planned
number of informal diversions for the
tedious hours of the Lenten season,
many Of their pastimes to take the form
Of benefits for their various pet chari-
ties. Perhaps the most popular among
these will be the skating parties which
have been arranged for Monday after
Moons from 3 to O'Clock, to be given in
the sail loft at the Navy Yard, for the
benefit of the Navy League.
The Maynower Band will furnish the
music for the skaters throughout the
afternoon, and there will be a hostess
from official circles to receive the guests
on each occasion.
Mrs. Meyer, wife of the Secretary OF
the Navy, will receive at the first party
Of the series, Monday afternoon. March
8, week from today.
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CHAPTER VII.
Questions Unanswered.

-HE funeral took place on Thurs
day. afternoon.
Throughout Wednesday. Deston
had spoken not one word! And
! Barker, attending to whatever needed
the word of authority, did not disturb
him. With anyone else. almost, the
LAWYER reflected more than once, he
would have had considerably less pa
tience.
But Wilkes was different. Yes, Wilkes
always had been a little different from
/ any other mortal Barker had ever en-
countered. Silent and thoughtful as a
boy, he had grown through a silent and
, thoughtful youth. Absorbedly, he had
gone through college and acquired his
I PHI. D. degree with more honors than
/ Barker had imagined existed. Now, in
the early thirties he seemed far more a
settled man of fifty. BoOks-meetings of
scientific societies-more books, filled his
| time completely: it had been a little
household joke that. when Wilkes long
! contemplated laboratory finally became
fact, they might bid an eternal fare
we'll to the elder brother.
Barker had never been able quite to
fathom him. At about the time one came
! to the eXaSperated conclusion that Des-
ton was a distinctly eccentric individ-
ual, he invariably gave unconscious
demonstration of his sound, practical
side, and when one had concluded that,
after all, he was merely an ordinary
man, Wilkes usually relapsed into his
scientific shell and seemed farther than
ever removed from the world of every
day affairs. To Barker, at any rate, he
had always been more or less a mystery
and, the lawyer sometimes suspected,
TO himself as well!
Silently, tearlessly, Wilkes had watch
ed the long case of Norman's casket
lower into the grave beside the father
and mother. Dry-eyed, he had driven
home and gone to his rOom-and there,
after time. Barker had sought him.
He had found the elder brother cry
ing, and with a sage nod he had tiptoed
away The tension had broken.
Now he had been waiting-how long?
The lawyer glanced at watch and
stared a little. II was past 10.
He knew that a considerable time had
passed since Pell served him, uncannily
alone in the dining-room. with dinner;
he knew that he had read everything in
the library that could be reached with
out leaving his chair-but he had imag-
ined that Wilkes would have appeared
before this.
The lawyer frowned as he listened to
the cold wind moaning and whistling
through the trees and stared at the
glowing fire that Willis had kindled in
the deep fireplace.
Wilkes ought to come down,
Barker shook his head almost angri-
ly. as he looked about the empty room.
Death, under any circumstances, is
Overwhelmingly dreadful. Death. un-
der such conditions as these. holds
added agonies well calculated to shat
ter most men completely. But Wilkes
was not the man to be shattered; and
whether he were or not, there were
things 20 be faced now-things to be dis
cussed and threshe5 out. And they'd
have to be faced now!
Continuation of This Story Will BE
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Receiving Days

Mrs Myron NJ. Parker and Miss Par
keT will receive tomorrow afternoon.
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Mrs. Needham, wife of Representa-
| tive Needham, of 2G2 Woodley place
will receive tomorrow afternoon.
r
Mrs. S. D. Bradley, 3OO4 Q street, will
he at home informally tomorrow after,
noon.
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Mrs. Louis a. Dent and Miss Der,
will receive tomorrow afternoon.
Mrs. Waldo Campbell Hibbs. of the
Kama wha, will receive informally to-
morrow afternoon, assisted by her moth
er, Mrs. Harrington, and her sister
Mrs. Hall.
Miss Lockwood. Mrs. George w
Wood and Miss Wilson will receive al
SO4 Q street tomorrow afternoon.
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Mrs. Burr James Ramage will receive
tomorrow afternoon.
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Mrs. Horny White. of 9J6S University
place, will receive tomorrow afternoon.
Mrs. Fogg, Mrs. Williamson, and Miss
I'5S Will ICStlEt lOIl!OIIC" AFTERNOON.
Mrs. Henry, wife of Representative
Henry, of 1875 Nineteenth street, will
receive informally tomorrow afternoon.
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Mrs. Ellis. wife Of Representative
Ellis, will be at home tomorrow after
loon.
Mrs. Alexander G. Bentley will re-
ceive tomorrow afternoon.
Mrs. Jeffries and Mrs. Ballantyne, of
So0l Dent place, will receive tomorrow
afternoon.
Mrs. Templin NJ. Potts will not be at
home tomorrow.
Mrs. Ballantyne and Mrs Jeppar will
receive tomorrow afternoon at their
residence, 1901 Dent place.
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Mrs. II. T. Cook, of the Mississippi,
1896 " street, will be at home for the
last time tomorrow.
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Mrs. Wyeth Entertaining
Miss Kang. Her Cousin.

Miss Lille Kang, of Chamhersburg,
Pa. arrived in Washington this morn
ing for a weeks visit to her cousin.
Mrs. John Wyeth.
Mrs. Wyeth expects to leave Washing
ton next week for Philadelphia, where
she will spend some time with her son,
before sailing March Is, for Europe.
Mrs. Robnett, wife of Paymaster John
D. Robnett. l. S. N. will give a bridge
party, followed by tea tomorrow after
noon in compliment to Miss Rohrer.
Miss Maitland Marshall, daughter Of
Brig. Gen. William l.. Marshall, L. S.
A.. and Mrs. Marshall. will entertain at
a card party Saturday evening.
Mrs. ". J. Barden, wife Of Major Bar
den, L. S. a, entertained at bridge this
afternoon in honor of Mrs HOffer, wife
of Major ]. (. HOffer. L. S. A., who is
visiting Mrs. Waddy Wood.
series of informal hops for the alter
nate Saturday evenings during the Len
ten season have been arranged TO be
given at Fort Mycr. beginning Satur-
day, March II.
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Miss Kelton Bride oday
Of Dr.. Harvey W. Wiley

The marriage of Miss Anna Camp
bell Kelton, daughter Of the late Cen
eral KeltOn. formerly governor of Sol
dier's Home. and DR.. Harvey w. Wiley
took place today at noon at the home
of the brides mother. Mrs. Josephine +.
Kelton, 1S41 r street
About 100 guests attended the cere-
mony, which was solemnized by the
Rev. Herbert Scott Smith, Of St. Mar
garets Episcopal Church, and the in
formal reception which followed i'm
medately afterward.
DIR. and Mrs. Wiley will reside in
Washington upon the conclusion Of
their bridal trip.
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Fig Pudding.

Fig Pudding.
| cup suet.
| cup breadcrumEs.
i cup flour.
! cup sugar.
u pound figs.
4 teaspoon ground cinnamon.
4 teaspoon ground mace.
Pinch ground cloves.
l teaspoon salt.
! cup water.
Grind the suet: put in a bowl the suet,
breadcrUmbs, sugar, salt, flour, cinna-
mon. mace, and cloves. Cut the figs into
pieces and add; mix thoroughly before
adding the water. Then pour the water
in slowly and mix well. Wet the mold
or kettle with cold water. put in the
pudding, set in hot water and boil two
hours. This can be prepared ahead of
time, as ii will keep several days. Serve
with lemon sauce.
Lemon sauce: Put teaspoon corn
starch. wet with little cold water into
cups of boiling water, add the juice
and grated rind of half a lemon, then
tablespoons sugar, and tablespoons
caramel Boil two minutes. This can
be used for either the fig or plum pud-
ding.
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Miss Trescot to Visit
South Carolina Relatives.

Miss Trescot, daughter of Mrs.
Stephen Trescot, will leave Washington
Thursday for Beaufort, S. G.. where
she will spend some time with her
brother-in-law and sister. Lieut.. Philip
II. Torrey, L. S. NJ. G., and Mrs. Torrey.
Miss Julia Heyl will be hostess at a
large informal skating party this even
ing at the Arcade.
Mr.. and Mrs. Don E. Clarke. OF 1&2
Ontario place, left last week for Jack
sonvilIe, Fla, where Mr.. Clarke will be
engaged for the next six months as spe-
cial examiner for the Pension Bureau.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarke will visit Havana
and Panama before they return.
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Emergency Group Cure.

If suddenly the baby has Group AMI
a physicians aid is not available and
no ipecac is at hand, give the little one
a teaspoonful of butter creamed with
enough sugar to make it thick The baby
will eat 1t greedily, after which the
phlegm which is choking him will be
elected with the remedy.
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Box for TOYS.

Get a box about 12x3O inches long and
and handles on sides. Paint with black
paint and paste bright colored pictures
on top and sides. Cut pictures from
magazine covers. Earnish over ALL
The pictures will not pull off, and the
box can be washed.
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Long or Short Sleeves.

so they can be worn short or long, and
can be- changed quickly, without the
bother of basting in cuffs each time, fin
lsh the sleeve at elbow with a narrow,
soft beading. Sew the same kind of
beading to the top of both long and
short cuffs. Then. when putting on the
cuff, lay the beading together, one over
the other, exactly matching, and run in
baby ribbon and tie in a bow.
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Kaffee Kuchen or Weihnachts Kranz.
One cup scalded milk.
Two tablespoons shortening.
Two tablespoons sugar and one egg
beaten together.
One-half teaspoon salt.
One-nalf yeast cake dissolved in one
third cup lukewarm water.
Two cups -four.
This is for the spronge we set the
night before.
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Cake Trife.

Often there are slices of stale cake
left ger. Gather these together, trim
neatly and soak for few minutes in
sherry. or, if preferred. in the juice
of some nice canned fruit: lay in q
glass dish and pour over the cake a
rich boiled cuStard.
When cold make a merinEue of the
whites of eggs and powdered sugar.
pile high on dish. Garnish with jelly
cut in cubes.
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Entertainment Tomorrow
At Turkish En- mbassy.

By courtesy OF the ambassador Yous-
souf Zia Pacha, an interesting enter
tainment will be given tomorrow even
ing at the Turkish embassy for the
benefit Of the Episcopal Eye, Ear and
Throat Hospital.
Nine. Ibrahim Zia will receive the
guests, assisted by the ladies of the
/ February committee of the board of
lady managers of the hospital, by
whom an interesting program has been
! arranged, beginning al $50 o'clock
Among the additional patronesses are
Mrs. George Won L. Meyer, Nine. Lou
don, Nine. de Struve, Mrs Hughes,
Mrs. Lurton. Mrs. Perry Belmont, the
Rev. and Mrs. Charles Wood, Mrs. ],
c: Simpson. Mrs. John w. Thompson,
Mrs; William Phelps Emo, Mrs Truman
ii. Newberry, and Mrs. Hugh Legare
Tickets may be procured at the door
or from Mrs. R. D. Hopkins at the
Boxes for the benefit of the Column
bian Women and student organiza-
tions of the George Washington
University, tonight, at the New Ma
tlonai Theater, have been taken
Matthew T. Scott. and Mrs Abram
Lisner. The deans of the university and
their wives, the president of the Column
bian Women, and stduents from the
others. Prof. William c. Ruediger,
chairman of the university committee on
student organizations has had charge Of
the work for this benefit in behalf of
the students. The literary classes of the
schools of this city have shown their in
terest The play is by Langdon
Mitchell, founded on Thackeray's Van
ity Fair" and seats have been reserved
by the students of the National Cathe-
dral School, Fairmont Seminary, Gun
stOn Hall. Martha Washington Semi
nary, the Bristol and Laise-PhilliDS
Schools, Washington Seminary, and the
public schools
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Stewed Chicken Fried.

Take nice plump chicken. joint and
place In kettle with sufficient water,
season to taste, and cook until tender.
Then remove the meat, dredge with
flour and fry a delicate brown in pan,
with small quantity of butter or lard,
then add some of the broth, enough to
make gravy, and let simmer few
moments. This makes an old or tough
chicken almost equal to a fried spring
chicken
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Vice President and Mrs. J. S. Sherman
Hosts in Honor of Diplomatic Corps
Postmaster General Host
to Miss Helen Taft at
Rauscher's S Tonight.

The Postmaster General, Frank II.
Hitchcock, will be host at large din
ner dance tonight at Rauscher's in hon
or of Miss Helen Taft. About eighty
guests from the younger set have been
asked to meet the Presidents daughter,
and after the dinner the guests will
dance. Music will be furnished by tie
Marine Band Orchestra.
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Dinner Is Given
At Italian Embassy.
The italian Ambassador and MarChesa
CGsani were dinner hosts last night,
having as their guests Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
son Bradley, Col. and Mrs Spencer
Cosby, L. 5. A: Major and Mrs. W. V.
Judson, u. S. A.: the Naval Attache of
the Austro-Hungarian Embassy and
baroness Preuschen, the Naval Attache
Of the Russian Embassy and Nine Vas
Slllef. the Naval Attache of the Bra
lillian Embassy and Nine. Azevedo, the
Second Secretary of the Ottoman En-
pa2sy and Nine. Z!a, Mrs Herbert
Shipman. Mrs. Robert HinCkIey, MISS
Gladys HincKley. the naval attache of
the German embassy, Commander RetZ-
mann; the naval attaChe of the Japanese
embassy, Commander Hiraga; the mill
larY attachc OF the British embassy,
Colonel MCLaChlen: the counselor of the
Italian embassy. Marchcsi NegrOttO;
the Naval AttaChe of the italian EN-
bassy and Nine. Pfstcr, and Donna
Batrice CusanI, daughter of the ambas-
SadOr.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hennen Jennings have
Cancelled all their social engagements, on
account of the death of Mr. Jennings
mother, Mrs. James Jennings.
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When Baby ChOkeS.

Do not slap it on the back, but raise
the left hand above the head, which will
give RELIEF.
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Nut Parsnip Stew.

Wash. scrape. and slice thin two
good sized parsnips. Cook until per-
fectly tender in two quarts of water.
When nearly done add d teaspOonful
Of salt, and when thoroughly done a
ia blespoorfu1 OF flour mixed smooth
with a little cold water Stir we'll,
and let boil until the -four is we'll
cooked. Then stir in One-half cupful
Of walnut meats. let boil up once,
and serve Immediately
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Sixteenth Street Mansion
Scene of First Recep-
ton of the Kind.

The Vice President and Mrs. Sher-
man are giving a large reception to-
night from to II o'clock at the Vice
Presidential Mansion on Sixteenth
street. in honor of the Diplomatic
Corps. This is the first time the Vice
President has paid this compliment
to the foreign contingent in Wash
ington. Hitherto he has followed the
precedent set of giving one large re-
ceptlon each winter in honor of the
Senate. but the Vice President and
Mrs. Sherman have set aside custom
in this instance, and while the mem
bers Of the Senate are among the
guests tonight. the guests of honor
are the diplomats.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. A. Beardsley and
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac n. Maynard, of
Utica. N. Y, arrived in Washington
today and are the house guests of Mr.
and Mrs Sherman for the occasion.
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Invitations Extended
For PatronesseS.

Invitations for patronesses have beer
sent out for the Columbia Universit
show, Made in india" which is to be
given in the ballroom Of the New vii
lard, April II. The patroness commit
tee for Washington is as follows: Mrs
Frank Anderson, Mrs. Marcus Benja
min, Mrs Elmer Ellsworth Brown, Mrs
John Cropper, Mrs. Samuel Frankli
Emmons, Mrs. Arnold Hague, Mrs
Archibald Hopkins, Mrs. NiChOla
Luduer, Mrs. w. Duncan McKiIn, Mrs
J Van Vcchten Olcott, Mrs. Charlie
Francis Stokes, Mrs Barbour Walker
Mrs. William Waller, Mrs. Robert
simpson Woodward
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Coordination Of This Story Will BE
Found i'm TOmOrrOw'E Issue
of The TimeS.)
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CHAPTER vi (Continued) .

us duty lay right here He shud-
dered as he passed the spot
where Norman Deston had been
found and hurried lightly into
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Tomorrow's story: John Parson'.
Statue"