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her. little more than hundred miles
from her own home. He meant to
spend all the time he could with them
before he returned to his post in Oc-
tober, but most of his summer would
need TO be passed in getting money
for the great hospital he hoped to
build. Wen meet again." he said at
PARTING, surely before I go back"
Then Agnes had gone back to her
Isome-home only by sufferance. When
Julius Cordell had suddenly died there
lad been no provision made for his
first wifes daughter. His wife and two
daughters. Hortense and 1mogene,
we're thoughless and selfish When the
cook felt moved temporarily to desert
hem Sister" was cook until her re
turn. In early September Aunt Bammie
deserted. That morning Agnes had re-
ceived a letter from DR.. MARI Spencer
Il am at my fathers" he wrote.
May l come To see you for two days."
Agnes, you must put that man off,
Hortense ENORMOUSLY insisted. There's
the cooking-you-we can't have him"
II know he'll never want to come
gain" Agnes thought unhappily as
she mailed her letter.
In early October Agnes received an
other letter from her friend. He hoped
20 he able to come for a day when he
started 10 China. but II not he would
send her letter when he reached that
raraway land.
one morning near the end of the
onth Hortense was called to the tele-
n4Ihe. diiureu "eoD. d iHeHlDeT OF
'.a Thirteen Club, whose evening it
as TO entertain, begged her to take
.5,atrge of the club that evening.
Mammals had to go to the city"
explained. "and Cousin Edwin
nts to take you and Imogene and
Inward La Rue and me with him for
days auto ride. Edwin is Just
-rster manage for your" she suggested
she's SO good at things"
Agnes, busting the hall. her slim
lure clad in a tidy red cotton house
.ress, came in with a yellow paper
slip in her hand. Hortense told her Of
oh. Hortense." she protested. my
te}egram he Is starting back and will
stop here for the day"
Hortense frowned "Oh, dear. But,
sister, can't You let him come Just for
3, half hour after you get things ar
ranged for the clube'
In any sort OF household emergency
a was Mrs. Cordeirs custom sud
headache. She announced she felt one
coming on now. There was no help for
Il. Agnes set to work. There were cakes
10 bake. parlors to be swept, the floors
polished. salads and ices to prepare.
The telephone rang at II.
May ] come up at once?" came in a
ojce that set her heart racing.
Ne wire: DIR. Spencer, there's sort
- emergency in our household this
.orning Can you come up at 2?'
i don't deserve tho whole day" came
:ie thrilling voice. Il might have
own your day was full: but II you
IAN give me three hours this afternoon
my train leaves at 81 ought to be
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in the tree close to the nest. No one
had heard sound. but there he was
and in the claws of one foot he held
the tail feathers Of one OF Rlacky's
relatives. 1t was lucky, very lucky.
indeed. for that one that Hooty was
half blind because Of the bright light
and SO had missed HIS aim. Otherwise
there would have been one less crow.
Now. 1t is one thing to tease one lone
owl and quite another to tease two
together. Besides, there were those
black tail feathers floating down to the
snow-covered ground. Quite suddenly
those crows decided that they had had
fun enough for one day, and in spite of
all Blacky could do to stop them. away
they flew. cawing loudly and talking 1t
all over noisily. Blacky was the last
to go, and his heart was sorrowful.
However could he get those eggs?
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he whispered. The club can refresh
itself I'll get cab and wait at the
corner while you put on the little blue
gown
step sounded in the ball He kissed
her. thcu gave her little push. Rum
he commanded gayly.
Il thought that tiresome missionary
would never CO. Hortense fretted as
she met her sister on the stairs Beg
ging. wasn't he? DO for goodness Ike.
Agnes. change your dress before the
girls come
Up i'll Agnes orderly room her brain
worked like lightning; her fingers flew.
Her underwear, her few frocks. her
Bible. "Daduy's'' and Little Mammals"
miniatures went into her bag. and pres
emily, dressed in the blue silk, with
her eyes shining like stars, she tripped
down the back stairway.
Sister takes as long to dress as if
she were going to the ends of the
earth,' Hortense grumbled a half hour
later. '1mogene, do go and tell her to
come down..
But sister was nowhere to be
found. She had started to the ends of
the earth to find happiness.
(THE END.)
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folks air trSin' to keep up with the
rich, somebody's got to be dog! Hits
the way O the world, young man"
It was near 2 when Hortense and
took possession of the parlors. Agnes
heart sank in dismay: She wanted to
receive her guest in the parlors- Then
the door bell rang. Red spots burnt
in her cheeks as she opened the door.
With a glad look in his dark eyes.
Spencer took her futtering hand. I'd
only seven days to cross country and
get the boat that sails on the LIST. he
said, as she led him to the dining room,
but / felt ! must see you, and | wish
we could have had the day together"
A quarter of an hour later there was
an impatient call. Agnes"
Agnes excused herself. After half
moments interval Spencer heard quite
distinctly: do ask him not to keep
you any longer, Agnes. Tell him were
entertaining"
you are entertaining. Perhaps I'd
better co. he said hesitatingly to
hat in his hand and disappointment in
his eyes
The tears welled up in her brown
eyes. "Oh. you've only just come and
never see you again." she cried, feeling
overcoming all conventionality. Il
couldn't see you that time in Septem-
berthe cook was leaving" she sobbed.
II h2d 10 take heI pace, anu foT
lenses club meets this evening, and !
had to bake the cakes and wax the
floors and burnt my hand. and didn't
have time to change my dress, and you
are going to say goodbye forever
MARI Spencers heart went out in a
great wave OF protecting love. He laid
down his hat and his arm went round
the red penang blouse. Sweetheart"
he said Il love you. I've loved you
ever since July. Won't you please tell
your mother and sisters YOU are going
to be married to me this evening. and
be ready in half hour or SO to go to
the ends OF the earth?''
For a half second Agnes chung to
him, her wet eyes glowing. "Oh. Marl:'
she cried. I've got to serve the club
refreshments. IL haven't any new
clothes-the girls would be angry.
Don't tell them, then. my sweet"
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the number oG tern; nf,onN iii So
on the stock tNrhatp > ,iaflA ,n.c -
PLANTATION IS thai as TH" ,iGniitttou ~
German per cent tord. iu Bcllfr
40, international houses arc selltrs
them IN Berlin and buy Il. here ~ !.
leaving the balan.S in t:c1anany tGt
affer the war W'hen lh. ckrttalfl :
rights itself
Following Is the de s.,iuc on tho La
don market since tbs out h-c.tlS in hos
ti1ities in bonds ~ n.tious vitb ,1.h,r3
treat Rrf.hn - al H.ir Austrian So.
~ 10 81, or - = per cent. German ~
- to -. or =. uer cont: Uuuysrf,F
atss. I@'-r to 81. c5.3 tssr cent pru.-
sian : i.s. 81 to -. or * 3 pe,. ...r,
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thankful. TIL come on the stroke of .

thankful. TIL come on the stroke of :.
Agnes ran UP to her room and laid
upon her bed her blue silk dress-the
blue dress that so became her. He was
coming to say good bye--for-for seven
years. They might have given her the
day.
At - she took a cup of chocolate and
delicately Drowned bit of beefsteak
to her stepmother, but she herself did
not take time to eat.
And in the meantime Spencer was
hearing things. Agnes Willett lives
with her stepfather's second wife, a
little old shoemaker. in whose shop he
stopped to inquire a direction. told him.
81 live next door to 'em. Them step
sisters are the most selfish o humans.
They put on Agnes awful. When poor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-16
INVESTIGATES GERMAN
TRADING IN ENGLAND
Committee Looks Into Purchase OF
Teuton Bonds and Other Finan-
cia1 Transactions
Of tn. Associated Press.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
LONDON. March with a view to
determining the extent and character
of German trading and financial opera
tons in England committee was
formed some weeks ago. under the
Craftsmanship of Austen Chamberlain.
chancellor of the excheauer in the last
conservative government. Through In
formation gathered conf1dentially GER
tain regulations already have been
adopted which have restricted the ac-
tivity Of the Germans in the money
and other markets.
The financial district Is interested in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-16
Washing Won't Rid
Head of Dandruf

The only sure way to get rid Of
dandrun is to dissolve IT. then you
destroy it entirely. To do this. get
about four ounces OF ordinary liquid
. arvon; apply it at night when retir-
ing. use enough to moisten the scalp
and rub 1t in gently with the finger
tips.
Do this tonight. and by morning
! most II not all of your dandruff will
( he gone. and three or four more ap-
/ plications will completely dissolve
and entirely destroy every single
( sign and trace of il. no matter how
much dandruff you may have.
J You will find. too, that all itching
] and digging OF the scalp will stop
At once, and your hair will be fluffy.
lustrous. glossy, silky and soft. and
ftook and feel a hundred times bet
tcr.
You can get liquid arvon at any
drug store. 1t Is inexpensive and
J never fails to do the work
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-16
Two Years to Seek Reparation.

Applications for reparation for ex-
cessive freight rates must be madc
within two years. when presented to
the courts. as well as when made to
the interstate commerce commission
The Supreme Court of the United
States SO held yesterday in the interest of
uniformity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-16
Little Stprle,
10 Bedtime
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.
Copyright, 1918. by j. G. Lloyd.)
Hooty Comes to Mrs. Hooty's
Aid.
Nothing that yon ever do,
Nothing good or nothing bad,
But has effect on other folks
Gives them pain OF makes them glad

That is absolutely true. No one can
live just for self alone. A lot of people
think they can, but they are very much
mistaken. They are making one of the
greatest mistakes in the world. Every
teeny. weeny act. no matter what it is.
affects somebody else That is one of
Old Mother Natures great laws. And
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-16

INSTEAD HE SPREAD HIS BROAD
WINGS AND BLUNDERED BACK
TOWARD THE WEST.
it is just as true among the little
people of the Green Forest and the
Green Meadows as with boys and girls
and grown people. 1t is Old Mother
Natures way of making each of US
responsible for the good of all and
Of teaching US that always we should
help each other.
Now, when Blacky the Crow called
all his relatives over to the nest where
Mrs. Hooty was sitting on her eggs
they at once stopped tormenting Hooty
The Washington times., 1915-08-06
PROVIDENCE journal
REPEATS|TS CHARGES
Insists That Story of Bernstorff.
Huerta Plot Was True in
Every Detail.

PROVIDENCE. R. l.. Aug. s.-The
Providence Journal editorial!y this
morning says:
Since the Journals declaration with
regard to the conspiracy entered into by
the German embassy to create trouble
In Mexico. we have waited two days to
find out what the representatives of the
embassy would have to say about these
charges. Captain Boy-Ed. the naval at
tache Of the German embassy. has made
two statements with regard to the mat
ter-one on Wednesday and one on yes
terday. The total Of these statements.
given In full. is as follows:
Il. The story is too absurd to discuss
1t is funny, ridiculous. crazy. That's
all care to say about 1t.
"2. l have nothing to say except that
In Providence apparently the heat has
been even worse than here.
.'ln other words. the mouthpiece of
Ambassador Won Bernstorff calls the
Journals exposure funny ridiculous
and crazy 1t may be an oversight.
Intentional or otherwise. but no repre-
sentative Of the German embassy has
yet called the story untrue.
Every word Of the printed story re-
lating to the German ambassador or
Captain Boy-Ed was correct in every
particular. The proposal for the carry
ing out of this plot was made directly
by Captain Bov-Ed. Indignantly re-
fused. and then exposed in detail at the
suggestion Of the Providence Journal ia
the President of the United States.
I'VE cannot conceive Of any statement
stands behind It. and, as Ambassador
Won Bernstorff and Captain Boy-Ed
both know. it Is absolutely and entirely
true"
The Washington times., 1915-08-06
SHAGGY CUR RESCUES
BIRDS FROM STORM
DereIict of Dogdom Saves Spar
rows From Drowning and
Takes Them Into Hotel.

Somewhere between the corner OF
Sixth street and Pennsylvania avenue
and the azure armament seven tiny
sparrows are thanking their luck stars
today that they survived the storm OF
early Thursday morning after they were
rescued from certain death by a home
less. shaggy cur.
Somewhere between the same corner
and the countless back gates and by
ways known to the canine sort. the
same nameless. homeless "purp' pauses
In his solitary quest for bones. to cock
an ear. lest he be surprised by the
heavy-soled oxford Of the hated Genus
Man.
Forget Their Due To Dog.
But with bird-like ingratitude, the
seven Inhabitants Of a feathered world
have forgotten their due to the dag
And. In brute. unselfish dog oblivion,
Towser ffor we lack his Christian name)
in his all-absorbinx quest for bones,
lays no claim to being the hero of q
human interest" drama enacted at
the National Hotel Thursday morning
when the storm was at its height, in
wn5ch % doE and bird: played major parts.
most resounding tattoo and the wind
vas literally Gearing tho trees Kmt
from limb. the rerriei ranks Of the
huddled few gathered for refuge in the
MOTEL lobby were broken by the entr,
Of this more shaggy. wet-nosed brute,
that men would call a veritahle der e.
lict Of doEdom.
Carries Prize To Lobby.
In his protecting Jaws as he came
sauntering in. he carried n live spar.
row. Jaunty and wag tailed, though
dripping wet. he carried his prize to the
center Of the lobby and deposited 1,
tenderly on the nagging. The little
creature thus liberated tweaked and
nuttered but could not fly. The rain
had .nearly claimed its grim toll.
wsrs spectators OF this strange incident
looked for Towser. but he had gone
Shortly he returned bearing another
live sparrow in his mouth. He depos
ited this carefully beside Its mate.
storm many pairs Of eyes that followed d
him saw that he only attempted rescue
Where he saw the futter Of life. There
were hundreds OF birds, victims of the
storm lying dead In the street.
Disappears After Rescue.
He repeated his sally and return. each
time bearing a live bird in his Jaws
until he had deposited seven Of them
side by side In the warmth of the
sheltering lobby. After his seventh
rescue Towser disappeared.
And what became of the birds, you
ask? They were unmolested, and when
the rain had stopped and their wet bodies
were partially dry. they instantly few
away out Of the open door as though
by signal. Nothing was heard but a
"tweak-tweak." which in bird tongue.
translated by those who heard. meant
farewell.
And the moral of this strange tale is
that Towser, though nothing but a
brute Of q dog. must have been a true
philosopher II nothing -but-dog can be
accredited with such a stupendous ap-
pelation. The little wag-tailed brat Of
fered all he had to give. that other
breathing things might not perish-and
he offered 1t willingly.
The Washington times., 1915-08-06
NAVY.

NAVY.
Commander J. II. DAYTON. detached
command Saratoga. to home and
wait orders.
Ensign II. H. HAWKINS. detached
Chattanooga, to treatment Naval
Hospital. Mare island, Cal.
Midshipman CLAUDE d. KELL. de.
tached North Carolina. to Dubuque
Passed Assistant Surgeon r. j.
STRAETEN. detached Tennessee. to
home and walt orders.
Passed Assistant Paymaster X. c. Nc
INTOSH. detached Naval Academy
to Tennessee August 81. 1915.
Passed Assistant Paymaster THOM
/. WILLIAMSON. JR.. to Vermont.
Acting Chaplain f. S. BURKE. ap-
pointed actin chaplain in the navy
from July "a. 1915.
Chief Boatswain J. C. LINDBERG
detached navy yard. Portsmouth
n H.. September /. 1915. to Balti-
more.
Chief Boatswain A. T. WEBB, detach-
ed Baltimore. to New Hampshire.
Boatswain J. f. CLARK. detached
naval training station. Great Lakes
Ill. September l. 1915. to Arkansas.
Boatswain NJ. J. BRESNAHAN. detach-
ed New Hampshire: TO home and
wait orders.
detached naval station. Guantanamo.
Cuba to home and wait orders.
Machnist w. NJ. SHIPLEY. detached
navy yard. Portsmouth to Delaware.
Chief Pharmacist RALPH T. ADER-
NATHY. detached Soace to sick
leave two months.
Pharmacist c. II. FURNELL, detached
Naval Hospital. Canacao: to home
and wait orders.
Acting Ply Clerk f. s, SULLIVAN, cp-
pointed from July /. 1915.
Acting Pay Clerk r. E. NTH, ap-
pointed from July l. 1918.
Acting Pay Clerk &, J. HARrER, ap-
pointed from July /. 1918.
Acting Pay Clerk w. r. LOWTHER, ap-
pointed from July l. 1915.
Cable from commander -in-chief, Asiatic
fleet. dated Shanghai. August 6.
1915.
Commander S. f. MOSES, detached cap
tain Of yard, Cavite, r. l. to command
Monterey.
Lieutenant Commander o. .. MUFFIN.
to comma nd Saratoga
Lieutenant Commander A. ST c.
SMITH. detached captain of yard.
Olongapo. ?. l.: to naval station.
Cayite. +. l.
Lieutenant Commander H. X. CAGE. to
captain OF yard. Olongapo, p. l.
The Washington times., 1915-08-06
Personals.

L. Cabrera. S. c. Mead. and Louis
Seibold. all Of New York. are among
tho recent arrivals at the !Shoreham
-
Miss Katherine Holbrook left Wash
tngton this week for Lake Winnepaus-
kee, N. H.. where she Will remain until
the first part Of September. She will
make lengthy stop in New York be-
fore returning to Washington.
s.
Thomas Jenkyns will leave Washing
ton tomorrow to spend the weekend in
Maryland
Miss Maud Foster went to Atlantic
City Wednesday to pass several weeks.
Peru. with Nine. Pezet and their son.
A.. Washington Pezet. an attache Of
ne a,i,Is legation; are stopping at the Van Van
arrived yesterday aboard the United
Fruit Company's steamship Almirante.
> Walter Err r; Tnekerman is guest Of Of
dence at Stockbridge. Mass.
Or. and Mrs; John 3: Dunlop spent
ssS H at bav she @otarns MG1s rum
Washington to, North Hatley. Canada.
where they will remain several weeks,
and where their children have been
since the first Of the season.
Henry Coleman May, son OF Mr. and
Mrs Henry May, who Is second sccre-
tary of the American embassy in Tokyo,
has been transferred to Quito. Ecuador.
Sumner Welles, of Islip. Long Island.
has received his appointment as secre-
tary of the American embassy at Tokyo.
This Is Mr.. Welles first appointment in
the diplomatic service sfor which he
came to Washington to prepare shortly
after his marriage to Miss Esther Slater.
daughter of Mrs. Nelson Slater last
April at the home of the bride in Mas
sachusetts While in Washington. Mr..
and Mrs Slater leased the house in
Sixteenth street formerly occupied by
Colonel Gage, the British military at
The Washington times., 1915-08-06
Want Gold?. Go to
Philadelphia; Dig
Right in Ninth Street Sewer Ex-
cavation You Can Get 1t, But
Ii Won't Be Much.

PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 6.-Walter
Scott. an assayer. took several hand
fuls Of sand from an excavation for a
sewer In Ninth street. put 1t through an
assaying process and extracted a guam
tity Of gold. True. 1t was a small-very.
very small-quantity. but 1t was un-
Questionably gold.
Il feel certain" Mr.. Scott said. that
there Is enough gold under Philadel-
phia to make investment profitable.
have made several experiments with
sand taken out of holes in the streets
and from the embankment OF the old
down. and all Of them have strength
ened me In the opinion that Pennsyl.
vania, Is a rich gold State. and that
there Is really q rich vein hidden away
all through this section"
The Washington times., 1915-08-06
Happenings of the Day
In Capital Smart Set

tache. Mrs. Welles is q niece OF Mrs
Hunt Slater.
Baron 2. de Nasell. who married Mics
Julia Calhoun, daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs
John c. Calhoun, Of New York last au.
tumn, has been assigned as attache to
where he will go on August Is.
The Duchess Of Manchester. who has
been at Southampton. N. Y, for some.
time. plans to sail for England toror.
row.
The Brazilian apbassador, D. ds
Cana. has arrived IN Washington. and
Is at tho shoreham:
Mrs. Chandler P. Anderson will arrive
IN Newport August Is to visit her sister
har NINE: Riano. wife Of the Spanish am
Constantin Mavroudi Erendi. second
secretary Of the Turkish embassy will
go to Lenox tomorrow for q stay OF
several days with the Austro-H o-Hungarian
Ambassador and Mime. Dumba
-
Miss Gladys ingalls, went with party
70 the White Sulphur Springs, w. Va.
today from the Hot Springs, Va. BY
Secretary. Of War Garrison left Wash
ington Wednesday to Join Mrs. Garrison
at Att their .r cottage at seabrisht to remain
son stopped at the Waldorf-Astoria in
New York while en- route to Ner Jersey,
leaving there yesterday. Maj Gen.
Leonard A: Wood was one Of his callers
before he left for his train.
Judge Martin A. Knapp. who has been
visiting his mother and Mrs. Charles L.
keiloss Of Syracuse. n. Y. his sister.
City, sessn cun II a0ts s nv SiE EnEsnd xe1
states by automobile yesterday.
, Assistant Secretary Of theTrcasury,
William p. Maiburn. left Warrington
until Mrs. Malburn returns about the
middle Of September.
Robert A: Carman and James n.
johnson. Of this city. who are taking
an extensive automobile tour. are at
Elizabethtown, N. j.. for a short stay.
-
Mr.. and Mrs. Bean left Washington
Tuerday to motor to Atlantic City,
Jersey coast. They will return to
Washington about September Is.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas II. Pickford
pickford will return to Warrington
by rail. while Mrs. Pickford and her
son Will visit Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel
\ Drury at York Beach. Me.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. W. Taylor. Of steun-
ton. Va. are guests Of Mr.. and Mrs.
w. I. 1rby. The Misses Clay. of Rich
mond, are also visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Irby.
Mrs. Brooke Lee has returned to her
home at Silver Spring. Md. after
passing several weeks at Cape May.
-
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Charles J.
Badger will go to Atlantic City tomor-
row to spend several weeks.
Miss Dorothy Wyeth will 30 to Deer
Park tomorrow to be the guest OF Con-
gresham and Mrs. Joseph Eagle for
about ten days.
DR.. and Mrs. Thomas Clayton left
Washington Sunday to make visit
with DR.. Claytor's mother. in Ann
Arundel County. Md.
Myron NJ. Parker. ST.. who has been
in Canada for a month, will return to
Washington this week