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CHAPTER v.
The Rev. Horatio Merle.

In order to make it clear how Hester
Of the scarlet cloak (for it was she) hap
pened to be waiting at the lodge gate
the evening of Betty Thompson's arrival
we must go back little and consider the
activities Of the Rev. Horatio Merle dur
ing the previous twenty-four hours.
1t was on the morning Of the day pre-
ceding Hiram Bakers return and the
curate and his wife were lingering over
their matutinal repast in the sunny
breakfast room Of cambridge Manor. A
nice little clerical man. pink and puffy
little woman: he with finely drawn fea-
lures and thin side whiskers. she with
alert. almost domineering, eyes.
Good gracious!'' cried Mrs. Merle
looking up from the newspaper. Just
listen to this. Horatio!"
IT am listening. my DEAR" said Ho
ratio, carefully replacing in its Dresden
cup the egg which had been doing pre-
liminary duty as hand warmer. clasped
between his devotional palms.
But Harriet Merle with the sef-ab
sorption Of newspaper monopolfsts, was
herself. with tantalizing incoherence-
f1rst-class carriage-inside pocket - five
thousand pounds-progressive mothers
thoroughly searched - Bishop of Bun
chester.
THAT accounts for it, she said at last
laying down the newspaper. THAT ex'
plains it, repeated Harriet.
Explains what? What Is 1t all about? 2
queried her husband. nervously adjusting
his eyeglasses. which magnified to an al
most goblin intensity the note Of inter
rogation in his pale blue eyes.
Harriet briefly recapitulated the star.
thing news of the stolen purse. to q run
ming accompaniment Of Tut tut
"Bless my soul!' well. I never!" from
her astonished spouse. who straightway
begged to see the newspaper for himself
and, with fascinated interest. studied the
details of the robbery.
Clever piece of work" the curate NUT
tered Looks like a high-class crook. I"
And his eyes went Off into space.
"A crook? Horatio! What do you
mean?'
"Nothing, my dear! Nothing!" he as
sured her with a guilty look. for the
truth was this 1aild-mannered clergyman
adored detective mysteries. and In his
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THOMAS ]. OWEN & son. AUcTIoNEERs.

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE INN
PROVED REAL ESTATE. LOCATED ON
GIRARD STREET BETWEEN 14th AND
18th STREETS NORTHEAST
BY virtue of a certain deed of trust recorded
in Liner No. 26f1, at folio II ct seq. of the lsnd
records of the District of Columbia thu under
signed will offer for sale at public aurtfon in
front OF the premises. FRIDAY. THE TWEEN
TY-FIFTH DAY OF OCTOBER 1912. AT II ALE
PAST FOUR O'CLOCK Pm, the following de-
scribed real estate situate In the county of
Washington. in said District viz: Lots num-
bered five (5l and six 90 in block Numbered six
teen G6l of william o. Dennison and BEDFORD
W. Walker. trustees, recorded subdivision OF a
tract Of land called South Brockand " as re-
corded in the office of the surveyor of tie Dis
trict Of Columbia. in Liner No. Comfy Sub
dvisions,. folio 80. containing 5000 square feet
of land.
Terms: One-third cash. balance in equal In
stallnents at one and two years. with interest
: per eentum per ennum. payable ecIni-an-
'nuslly from the day of sale. and securd ny deed
of trust on the property sold. or all cash at the
purchasers option. y deposit OF Slo0 will he re-
Qured at the time OF sale. u conveyancing and
recording Will be the purchasers cost. Terms
10 be complied with within ten DAYS otherwise
the trustees reserve the right to resell al the
risk and cost OF defaulting purchaser
JAMES +. HOOD.
FIRMAN K. HORNER.
ocfS-eod&ds Trustees.
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ADAM A. wEsCHLER. AUCTIoNEER.
Trustees Sale of Valuable Prop
erty, Improved by Three
Story Brick Dwelling, Known
as No. 1923 Columbia Road


Under and by virtue Of a certain deed OF trust
recorded in Liber No. 3403. at folio Al eft seq,
of the land records of the District Of Co.
Iurnba, and at the request of the party secured
thereby. we. the undersigned trustees. will oner
premises on THURSDAY. THE TWENTY
FOURTH DAY OF OCTOBER. AID. 1872 At
HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK Pm, the follow
ing described land and premises, situate and
being in the District of Columbia. and described
lot numbered thirty-eight 49, in Barr and
Sanner's subdivision of lots in block numbered
thirty-6ve (35) Columbia Heights" per plat
recorded in County Book IL, page g. in the sur
veyor's office for the District of Columbia. to-
gether with the improvements thereon. known al
house No. 1923 Columbia road northwest.
Tersm of sale: One-thirG of the purchase money
to be paid in cash. and the balance in two equal
instaliments. In one and two years from the day
OF sale. with interest at the rate of six per
centum per annum, payable semi Annually, and
the deferred payments TO be secured by q
first deod OF trust the property sold, or all
cash. at the option Of the purchaser. A deposit
Of $4,000 will be required Of the purchaser at
the time Of the acceptance of the bid. All con-
veyancing examination of title, recording and
notary fees at the cost of the purchaser. Terms
81 sale are TO be complied with within fifteen
days from the day of SALE otherwise the trus-
tees the right TO resell said property at
the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser,
after at least five days advertisement of such
resale in some newspaper published in the Dis
trict of Columbia.
CHAPLIN BROWN Trustee.
323 John Marshall place NV.
HENRY Il. BERGM ANN. Trustee,
or14-d&ds eSu No. 81 eth ST. NV.
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AT THE END OF THE RAINBOW.
GETTING USED TO THINGS.
BY WALT MASON.

vince him that he Is bigger around than
he was ten years ago.
We'll. when found that was carrying
around forty pounds OF superfiuous silver
leaf lard I realized that something would
have to be- done. IL j went back to
Kansas looking like the prize Percheron
at the county fair my constituents would
take II for granted that ! was putting in
too much time at the lobster palaces.
The people OF Kansas are generous In
most things. but they won't stand for a
fat congressman. They want their repre-
sentative to look as though he was too
busy to eat. That's why Bristow In SO
popular. He looks as though he hadn't
eaten anything but a dish OF slaw since
the year OF the big wind.
II went to an eminent doctor who IL
| friend OF mine and he was perfectly
honest with me. He told ME he could
, accordingly. but the only thing that would
do me any good was plain, ld-fashioned
starvation. Eat one meal a day. and
let II be a light one. said the doctor.
had hoped that he'd give me a lot OF
mysterious stuff in bottles. but he
wouldn't do It. He wouldn't even hand
out few pills. He stood pat on the star
walton scheme and had to go to IL.
There isn't q man In the United States
who can do more workmanlike Job OF
eating than yours truly. I always had an
appetite that would have been an orna-
| ment to a crocodile. and my chief kick
against civilization was that II prescribed
only three meals q day. But that lard
of mine had to be rendered, SO followed
the Doctors advice. / ate only once a
day. and then the bill OF fare was mostly
horse feed. No steaks, no fried eggs. no
succulent ham.
oh. nay friends. you don't know what
suffering is until you tackle starvation.
For two or three weeks my agony was in
describable when meal-time came and
there was no meal for me. l used to howl
like a hyena. My relatives begged me TO
eat at the usual times. even IL IL killed
me. They'd rather see me in my casket
| than batting my head against the wall
and gnashing my teeth.
Then all of a sudden my appetite adj
justed itself SO that 1 got hungry only
| once a day, and now I am perfectly COM
Portable and happy on the one-meal sys-
tenn. and 1 have lost that forty pounds OF
shortening and feel better than I ever
| did before in my life. And I think this
] is our train. at last
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"a man can get used to anything
remarked Representative Victor Murdoch
the other day. He was waiting for a
belated train. with other sufferers. in g
little Kansas railroad station.
Trains are always late when I am
travelling" he went on. "and I have
spent the best years OF my life hanging
around dinky depots like this. waiting
for the jerkwater flier or some other de
luxe train. When / was younger this
sort of thing used to get on my nerves
and I developed a weakness for whip
ping the station agent and breaking the
furniture, but as time went on 1 became
accustomed to 1t, and now I'd be dis.
appointed II I arrived at a station and
found the train was on time. I'd feel
as though I had a grievance against the
railway company.
Il believe IL a man was lynched q
few times he'd get SO used to 1t that
he'd be lonesome IL he didn't have q
rope around his neck. Do You know
why so many people wear false teeth!
They go to the dentist to have an aching
tooth pulled and then they have another
pulled, and by that time they enjoy hav-
ing the dentist fussing around them and
their teeth pulled: and when they are
wearing false fangs they worry night and
day because they have no further excuse
for going to the dentist.
II have been having an experience
recently which showed me how man
can get used to any sort Of catastrophe
One day at Washington 1 stepped on a
scale, at the solicitation of some inno-
cent bystanders who wanted to know how
ethereal I was. 1 hadn't been weighed
for a long time, and you can imagine my
emotion when I found that / was forty
pounds heavier than l thought / was.
hadn't realized that I was piling on fiesf
like a steer in a corncrfb. For some
time had suspected that there was some
thing wrong, for had noticed that when
l fell down I made an awful dent In the
sidewalk, and when 1t became necessary
to tie a shoelace I had to take of my
coat and loosen my suspenders. It's a
queer thing that a man doesn't realize
it when he Is accommodating grease. Moth
ing but a trip to the hay scales will con-
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Y. N. C. A. DUCK LEAGUE.
Officers Elected and Good Schedule
for Season Adopted.

The Y. NJ. c. A. Duckpin League COM
pleted its organization yesterday. The
officers Of the league are Roy K. Whit
ford, president; j. 7. Meany. secretary:
I. A. hudson. treasurer; N. Eastep, Of
fetal scorer.
The teams are: Hurons. Cornell. Wood.
Harris. Ontario. Matter Farwell, Sigman.
Michigan, Osborn. Mansfield, Daily. Cham
plain. Porter. Weikert, Meyer. Superior.
Nubson. Etchison. Hanna, Chautauqua.
Willare. Gundersheimer. Israel, Erie. Lu-
cas-. Hilton. Wolf, Seneca, Bennett,
Humphrey, Thomson.
Seneca meets Chautauqua at the Y. NJ.
c. A. alley this evening. This is the sea-
sons schedule, as announced yesterday:
October "a. Thursday, Michigan VS..
.Champlain; October %. Friday. Erie VS..
Ontario; October 2S. Monday, Chautau-
qua VS.. Superior; October 80. Wednesday.
Champlain vs. Erie; October oil, Thurs
day, Ontario VS.. Seneca.
November Friday Michigan VS.. HUI
ron: November 4. Monday Seneca VS..
Champaign: November q. Wednesday. On
tario VS.. Chautauqua; November Z.
Thursday Huron VS. Erie: Novemt er 8.
Friday: Superior VS.. Michigan: November
IL. Monday. Chautauqua VS.. Michigan;
November IL Tuesday, CHAMPAIGN VS..
Ontario: November l. Wednesday. HUI
ron VS.. Seneca; November ID. Friday.
Erie VS.. Superior; November Is Monday.
Champlain VS. Chautauqua November 20.
Wednesday. Ontario VS.. Huron: Novem-
Der p, Thursday. Superior VS.. Seneca:
November % Friday. Erie VS.. Michigan;
November % Monday. Superior VS.. On
tario; November ~, Tuesday, Chautauqua
VS.. Erie; November p, Friday. Michigan
vs. Seneca; November 80. Saturday, HUI
ron VS.. Champla.n.
December 2, Monday, Seneca VS.. Erie:
December 4, Wednesday. Chautauqua VS..
Huron; December 8. Thursday, Champlain
VS.. Superior: December 6. Friday, Mich
igan VS.. Ontario.
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c. C. SLOAN CO. INC. AucrloNnERs.
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
REAL ESTATE: PREMISES No. 200 NEW
Iy-rIf

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
REAL ESTATE; PREMISES No. 200 NEW
YORK AVENUE NoRriWEST.
BY virtue OF certain deed Of trust duly
corded in Liber No 1861. folio 172 seq. Of
tie land records of the District of Columbia and
~ The request of the party secured thereby. We,
the undersigned trustees. viii sell public auc-
ton. in front OF the premises. TUESDAY,
THE TWENTY-NINTH DAY OF OCTOBER
PM the following described land aud prem
iSss. situate in the city Of Washington, in the
District of Columbia. and designat ted ns and
being lot numbered nifty mine t59,. IN William
Powell's subdivision of part Of square numbered
i've hundred and ffty-seyen $50. ner plat
recorded in Liber No. IL. al folio 1853 OF the
records OF the Office of the surveyor for said
District. together with the Improvements con
sisting of premises known No 20 New York
avenue northwest.
Terms OF sale: One-third of the purchase money
10 be paid in cash. and the balance in two equal
installmsnts, payable In and two years. with
interest at per eentum per annum payable
semi annually. from day OF sale. secured by deed
of trust upon the property sold. all cash, at
the option OF the purchaser. \ deposit OF $l0O
will be required of the purchaser at the time Of
sale. All conyeyancing, recording and notariai
fees at the cost of the purchaser. Terms of sale
day Of sale, otherwise the trustees reserve the
right 10 resell the property al the risk and cost
OF the defaulting purchaser after i've days ad-
vertisement of such resale in newspaper
published in the city of Washington. II. G.
HERMAN f GASCH,
1921 New York NV,
OTTO II. LUEBKERT.
Colorado bldg.
oc17-10t.eSu Trustees.
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ADAM A. WEsCHLER. AUcTIoNEER.
TRUSTEES SALE OF TWO-STORY FRANZ
DWELLING. NO. .133 SIXTH STREET

TRUSTEES SALE OF TwO-STORY FRAME
DWELLING: NO. .733 SIXTH STREET
NORTHWEST.
By virtue Of a certain deed of trust. duly re-
corded in Liber No. BIB, folio IS ct seq. OF the
land records Of the District of Columbia. and
at the request OF the party secured thereby. the
undersigned trustees will sell at public auction
in front OF the premises. FRIDAY. THE
FIRST DAY OF NOVEMBER. AID. 1912. Al
HALF-PAST -FOUR O'CLOCK PM, the follow
ing real estate. in the city of Washington. Dis
trict Of Columbia. to wit: Parts of lots 10 ano
16 in square 4S6, beginning on 9Th street west
Is feet inches north from southwest corner OF
said lot Is. thence north along 9th street IL
feet inches. thence east SIS feet to public
alley. thence south along said alley 16 feet I
inches. thence west IS feet to the beginning, to-
gether with the improvements thereof.
Terms OF sale: One-third cash, the balance In
one and two years with interest at six per cent
secured by deed Of trust upon the property sold
all cash. deposit Of $500 required at time
OF sale. All conveyancing and recording at cost
of purchaser. Terms to be complied with within
fifteen days from day OF sale otherwise the
trustees reserve the right to resell the property
at the risk and cost Of the defaulting purchaser,
after five days advertisement Of such resale In
some newspaper published in the city OF Wash
ington. D. c.
HENRY H. BERGMAN,
GEORGE n. EMMERICH,
OcC3-d&dS Trustees
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NAVY BOXERS BEST.
Defeat Army at Fort Sheridan in
Four Out of Five Contests.

CHICAGO. October 23.-The navy was
victor over the army in q boxing exhibit.
ton held last night at Fort Sheridan. In
four of five matches sailors from the ma
val training station at North Chicago
were p!tted against regulars and were
victors in all of them. three Of which
were knockouts. The fifth contest be-
tween two soldiers was declared a draw
The boxing matches were held with the
permission of the officers of the fort and
were a part of a series which has been
arranged for the winter. The program
as arranged will go through unless or.
ders canceling 1t are received from Wash.
ington.
purses were awarded for each bout
Ringside seats sold for 81, reserved seats
for IS cents and general admission wa:
80 cents.
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TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ES-
TATE. IMPROVED BY UREE-STGRY
BRICK DWELLING. NO. 1909 nth

Trustees SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ES-
TATE. IMPROVED BY IHREE-SToRI
BRICK DWELLING. NO. 1903 nth
STREET NORTHWEST.
By virtue of a certain deed Of trust duly re-
corded In Lber No 30S5. folio 462 CT seq. of
tie land records of the District OF Columbia.
aud at the request OF the party secured thereby
the undersigned trustees will sell AT public
zion. in front OF the premises. FRIDAY,
THE TwENTY-FIFTH DAY OF OCTOBER,
Nd. 1872, AT HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK
Pm. the following described land and prem
ises situate IN the District OF Columbia. and
designated as and being lot 81 in David NJ.
LEAFS subdivision OF lots in square numbered
1Ts. as per plat recorded III the office OF the
surveyor for the District OF Columbia in Liber
II at folio 12i. together with the improve
ments-
Terms OF sale: One-third OF the purchase
money to be paid in cash. balance in two equal
installments. payable in and two years.
with interest at per centun per annun. pay
able semi-annually. from day OF sale. secured
by deed Of trust upon the property sold. or all
cash. at the option OF the purchaser. A deposit
OF 500 will be required time OF sale. All
coryeyancing. recording, etc. at cost OF pur-
chaser. Terms OF sale TO be complied with
within fifteen days from day of sale. otherwise
the trustees reserve the :ight resell the
property at the risk and cost Of defaulting pur-
chaser. after five days advertisement of such
resale in some newspaper published in Wash
ington, u. c.
JAMES NJ GREEN
CHARLES W. SIMPSON.
ocI5-d&ds exSu Trustees.
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FUTURE DAYS.
THos !. OWEN & son. AUCTIoNEERs.
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
REAL ESTATE. KNOWN AS NO. 2Ol9 10Th


TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
REAL ESTATE. KNOWN AS NO. 2Ol9 10Th
STREET NORTHWEST
BY virtue OF b certain deed Of trust duly re-
corded in Liber No. 23o6 folio 404 ct seq. Of
the land records IT the District Of Columbia.
and at the request ~ the party secured thereby.
The undersigned trustees will sell, ut public auc-
lion. in front of the promises. WEDNESDAY,
THE THIRTIETH DAY OF OCTOBER AID.
1912. AT FIVE O'CLOCK TN, the following de-
Scribed land and premises situate in the county
Of Washington. District OF Columbia. and desig-
mated as and being lot 20. block 3 Washington
Heights, said block heing designated also for the
purposes OF assessment as square 25,t5 together
with the Improvements consisting Of three 80
story and basement brick house No. 20l9 10th
street northwest.
Terms of sale: One-third of the purchase money
70 be paid in cash. balance before three
wears, with interest ut five per centum per an
mum. payable semi-annually, from day of sale
secured by deed of trust upon the property sold
all cash. at the option of the purchaser A
deposit of $3.50 90 will be required at time of
sale. All Conveyancing. recording, etc, at cost
Of purchaser Terms of sale to ne complied with
;yvithin fifteen days from day of sale otherwise
Ihe trustees the right TO resell the prop
'erty the risk and cost OF defaulting purchaser
after five days advertisement OF such resale In
some newspaper published in Washington. ID. c.
III. ROZIER DULANY
A. WALTON FLEMING.
1888 F st. NV,
oc1s-d&ils. eSu Trustees
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FUTURE DAYS.
THOs. ]. OWEN & son, AUCTIONEERs.

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE REAL
ESTATE.
BY virtue Of a certain deed Of trust duly re-
corded L. Liber No 1892, folio $50 ct seq. OF
the land records of the District OF Columbia.
and AT the request OF the party secured there
by. the undersigned trustee will SELL at public
auction. In the office of Thomas J. Owen Son.
1881 street northwest. on WEDNESDAY.
THE THIRTIETH DAY OF OCTOBER. AID.
1912. AT THREE O'CLOCK PM. the following
described land and premises, situate In the
county of Washington District of Columbia. and
designated and being lots twenty-three (23)
and twenty-five t22) In the subdivision called
''Whitestown" according to the plat recorded
I'm county subdivision book. Levy Court 2. page
90. of said surveyors office. and further describ-
ed in the collector Of taxes ONCE for the pur-
pose of taxation. parcels 22S-A and 22S-45,
together with the improvements
Terms of sale: One-haf of the purchase money
20 be paid In cash, balance payable In year.
with interest at per centum per annum. pay
able semi-annuaily. from day of sale, secured
by deed of trust upon the property sold. all
cash. at the option Of the purchaser. A de-
posit of 500 will be required at time Of sale.
All conveya' ing. recording, ETC., at cost Of
purchaser. rms of sale to be complied with
within Is days from day of sale, otherwise the
trustee reserves the right to resell the property
at the risk and cost of defaulting purchaser,
after 1--WE days advertisement Of such resale In
some newspaper published in Washington. d. C.
RICHARD NJ. PARKER
oc19. Is 26&29 Sole Trustee.
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THos. ]. OWEN & son, AUcTloNEERs
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVE,
REAL ESTATE KNOWN AS no. $40

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
REAL ESTATE. KNOWN AS NO. $40 5
STREET NORTHEAST.
BY virtue of a certain deed of trust duly
corded in Liber No. 2020. folio 20 CT seq. OF
the land records of the District of Columbia,
and at the request OF the party secured thereby.
the undersigned substituted trustee Will sell, at
public auction. In front OF the premises, on
MONDAY, THE TNENTI-EIGHTH DAY OF
OCTOBER, ADJ 1912. AT FIVE O'CLOCK
I NJ. the following described land and premises,
situate in the county OF Washington. District OF
Columbia and designated as and being the west
half OF lot !, block ), lexington. designated
also for assessment lot $40, square 1870.
together with the improvements, consisting Of
O. story and cellar semi-detacIed frame
house. known No. $40 street northeast.
Terms of sale; One-third OF the purchase
money be paid in cash. balance In two equal
install mentS. payable in and tao years.
with interest per centum per annum
payable semi annually. from day of sale.
cured by deed Of trust upon tie p-ope ~ sold.
or all cash, al the option Of the purchaser. 4
deposit Of 500 VIII be required az time OF
sale All conveyaucinG. recording, etc. at cost
OF purchaser. Terms of sale To he complied
with within ten days from Gay OF sale, other
wise the trustee reserves the right resell
the property the risk and of deflulting
purchaser. after five days advertisement OF
syrh resale ia some newspaper published in
Washington, ID. C.
ALAN o. CLEPHANE.
Substituted Trustee.
oc17-d&is. exSu wilkins Building.
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Little Stories for Bedtime.
THE MYSTERY GROWS.
BY Thornton w. Burgess.

day."
II haven't been down here in the night
and l haven't kept anybody awake" re-
piled Sammy Jay, Indignantly.
Jenny Wren came right up In front OF
Sammy Jay and hoped up and down.
She was so mad that with every word
she jerked her funny little tail so that
Sammy Jay almost had to laugh.
Don't tell that to me, Sammy Jayi
Don't tell that to me-" she cried. "Didn {
/ see You with my own eyes sitting In
that alder over there? Don't tell that to
me! You ought to be ashamed OF your
selfr'