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ed. Yet / must eat, she said, liftin
her eyes to mine in sost of patient
despair.
But my hand had instinctively gone
to hers and grasped it.
why must you eat it.? I asked. If
If you do not find 1t wholesome, why dc
you touch it?'
because my step-mother expects me
than hers. When l was a little. little
child. my father made me promise that
If I ever came to live with her I would
obey her simplest wish. And I will not
disappoint the trust he put In me-.
Even IL you die of it?'
"I am not afraid to die. I am more
afraid to live. She may ask me some
day to do something I feel to be
wrong.
When l fed down the hall that
night ! heard one of the small clocks
speak to me- Tell, 1t cried. tell! tell,
beaded forehead and rising hair.
Then another note piped up. No. IT
droned. No, no. no, no, I stopped and
took heart. Disgrace the woman
loved. on the brink of the grave? L
who asked no other boon from heaven
than TO see her happy, gracious. and
goodo Impossible. / would obey the
great clocks voice; the others were
mere chatterboXes.
"But it has at last changed its tune,
tune. Now 1t is yet, yes! instead of
no. and in obeying it I save Helena.
But what of Bella? and. o God, what of
myself"
A sigh. a groan. then a long and
heavy silence, into which there finally
broke the pealing of the various clocks
striking the hour. When all were still
again and Violet had drawn aside the
portieres, 1t to see the old man
on his knees, and between her and the
hail. the figure of the doctor fastening
to Helenas bedside.
When with Inducements needless to
name they finally persuaded the youn &
girl to leave her unholy hab!tation. 1t
was in the arms which had upheld her
once before, and to life which prom
Used to compensate her for twenty years
of loneliness and unsatistied longing.
But a black shadow yet remained
which she must cross before reaching
the sunshine!
1t lay at her stepmothers door.
In the plans made for Helena's release
Mrs. Postlethwaite's consent had not
been obtained, nor was she supposed to
be acquainted with the doctors inten-
lions toward the child, whose death she
was hourly awaiting.
1t was, therefore, with an astonish-
ment. bordering on awe. that on their
way down stairs they saw the door of
her room open and herself standing
alone and upright on the threshold
she who had not been seen to take a
step in years. In the wonder of
this miracle of suddenly restored pow
sr. the little procession stopped-the
doctor with his hand upon the rail. the
lover with his burden clasped yet more
protectingly to his breast
"Ingrate!"- was the word she hurled
in a voice from which all its seductive
music had gone forever. Where are
you going? Are they carrying you alive
to your grave?"
A moan from Helena's pale lips, then
silence. She had tainted at that barbed
attack. But there was one there who
dared to answer for her and he spoke
relentlessly. 1t was the man who loved
her.
No. madam. We are carrying her to
safety. You must know what I mean
by that. Let her go quietly and you
may die in peace. Otherwise@"
She interrupted him with . loud ca1l,
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~MIRIAM,

To be plunged into a section Of It, as now,
gave Miriam a curious feeling Of having
been dropped on to q planet where the
atmosphere differed so from the normal
that It was actually hard to breathe
Everything appeared slightly distorted in
the minds of these people, like objects
seen through deep water: and yet she had
to keep all her senses on the alert through
the effect as Of q damp fogginess which
this half world made upon her
Charles had brought in all the rest Of
the gang. excepting Fritz; Mr.. Pollock
thence in the billiard room. Chris had
disappeared. apparently much discom-
hted. and as to Molly. she had gone to
bed long ago. Miss Myrtle, too. had
taken her departure. but not before a
curious little incident had occurred
which struck chill to Miriam. know
ing what she did.
Miss Myrtle. from whom, of course,
all knowledge of events was kept hid
den by both sides. came pattering into
the sitting room in search of fraulein
just as the council OF war in which
Miriam had to play such a difficult part
was about to begin. All four conspi-
rators were sitting around the table,
ostensibiy playing bridge. SO that
everything should seem natural to any
one who glanced in.
Miss Myrtle's sandy pompadour and
the long face which matched IL SO
ludtcrously in tone came siding around
the door somewhat in advance of her
thin. hollow-chested figure, which was
clad in thot abomination known as an
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little bowl of curds and cream I car
ried to the girl each day. She had
eaten them in her stepmother's room.
and under her stepmother's eye as long
as she had strength to pass from room
to room, and how was to guess that
failed in health from day to day? Was
not my dear madam failing in health
also: and was there poison in her cup?
she was sitting one day with her
hand trembling on the tray from which
/ had just lifted the bowl she had bid
me to carry to Helena. had seen her
so hundred times before. but not with
just that look in her eyes, or just that
air of desolatfon in her stony figure
Something made me speak, something
made me ask II she were not quite SC
well as usual. and something made her
reply with the dreadful truth that the
doctor had given her just two months
more to live. My fright and mad an
guish stupefied me: for 1 was not pre-
pared for this. no. not at all--and I'M
consciously 1 stared down at the bowl
I held. unable to breathe or move or
even to meet her look.
"As usual she misinterpreted my
emotion.
why do you stand like thatT
heard her say in a tone OF great irrita-
ton. And why do you stare into that
bowl? Do you think ! mean to leave
that child to walk these halls after
am carried out of them forever Do
you measure my hate by such petty
yardstick as that? I tell you that l
would rot above ground rather than
enter 1t before she did,
Bella I cried; the first time 1 had
ever presumed to address her so inti-
mately. would you poison the girl?
And from sheer weakness my fingers
lost their clutch, and the bowl fell to
the floor. breaking into dozen pieces
For a minute she stared down at
these from over her tray and then she
remarkable very low and very quietly:
Another bowl Humphrey, and
fresh curds from the kitchen 1 will do
to be skipped You wont"-I had
shaken my head--'But you will. 1t will
no. be the first time you have gone
down the hall with this mixture
But that was before l knew
be gan.
"'And now that you do. you will go
just the same Then as l stood listen
ing, a thousand memories everwhelm-
ing me in an instant, she added in a
voice to tear the heart. DO not make
me hate the only being left in this
world who understands and loves me.
"She was helpless invalid. and a
broken man. but when that word love
fell from her lips. felt the blood start
burning in my veins. and all the crust
of habit and years of self-control loos-
again. What If her thoughts were dark
and her wishes murderous! She was
born to rule and sway men to her will
even to their own undoing.
~ wish / might kiss your hand was
what l murmured, gazing at her white
singers cropping over her tray.
"'You may. she answered, and hell
became heaven to me for a brief in
slant Then l lifted myself and went
obediently about my task.
but puppet though l was. was not
utterly without sympathy. When l
entered Helenas room and saw how
her startled eyes fell shrinkingly on
the bowl I set down before her, my
conscience leaped to life and I could
not help saying:
Don't you like the curds. Helena?
Your brother used to love them very
much.
His were
"'What, Helenar
what these are not she murmur-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-05
GOATS CRAZE ON VACANT
LOTS OF WASHINGTON

feeding of children. even beyond the
nursing age. Dietary experience. ac-
cording to this journal. has pointed
to the unique value of this food. de-
spite the wealth of propaganda in
favor of all sorts of proprietafy =
preparations. and the assertion th1t
milk cannot be tolerated has been
frequently contradicted by the insu-
tuition of modification OF its GUAM
tity or percentage composition. The
journal also says that enough eN-
perience is on record. though mueh Of
Ii Is In the nature of personal testi-
mony rather than the conclusion oi
professional Judgment, to make II nor
improbable that babies tolerate equally
well similar amounts Of goats mils
and cows milk when used witL tins
same diluents."
Because of the difficulties in main
tanning the supply of cows milk, dus
to the increased cost OF feeding milck
cattle and the growing scarcity OF farm
labor, the more extended use Of goats
milk has been proposed.
During all the ages while the sheep
has been accepted as the symbol OF
goodness and purity. the goat has been
employed as the symbol or emblem OF
evil. It is not SO easy to separate the
goats from the sheep. because, as Rich
ard Lydekker. the great zoologist. has
said: Although the more typical goats
are markedly distinct from sheep.
INVESTIGATED forms, an almost complete
graduation from goats to sheep. SO that
1t is exceedingly difficult to define Ell
Their group.
There are a great many varieties OF
wild goats and of domestic goats which
have been descended from wild ances-
tors Some breeds Of goats are remark
able for the length and fineness of their
hair, some for the quantity and quality
of their milk and some for the excel
lence of their flesh as food. The An
est mixers, yet its flesh is SO palatable
that in the homeland OF the Angora IL
is preferred to mutton. The Kashmir
goat is esteemed for its hair. which is
something like wool and which has
long been an article of considerable
commerce. There are breeds OF domes-
tic goats called Shetland. Ho6rfdee,
Azores. Maltese. Syrian. Nubian, Guinea.
English and Irish, each having some
physical feature or features distin.
gushing it from the others.
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SYNOPSIS:

The story opens in the West Crest pri-
vats hotel. In an English seacoast town.
when England has been at war one month.
Mrs. sanderson- the proprietress: her son.
Charles. serving In the English admi-
rally: Mr.. Pollock. tho Justice OF the
peace: his daughter. Molly. nineteen.
Christopher Brent. Mollr's fance: Mrs
Miriam Lee, n widow Of thirty-fvp. the
latest arrival at the hotel: Miss Myrtle.
a spinster: Fraulein Schroeder. color
less little German woman. claiming
twenty years OF English naturalization:
Pennicuik. n young English soldier. and
Fritz. a servant in the house. sre the en-
tire occupants Of the hotel. Christopher
Brent is looked upon by all the other
hotel occupants. excepting Molly and Mrs
Lee. as an irresponsible idiot. due 10
acts and conversation he Affects. especial
ly when war talk. which Is upp~ruoss
in all conversation. is conducted in his
presence. A young English girl. hys-
tericai enthusiast. bresks in on the hotel
party one morning. carrying basket or
white feathers one OF which she Is going
to present 10 every man she meets who
has not enlisted. Molly makes known her
engagement 10 Brent. hut states that
when the war broke out her father took
n dislike 70 him because he had NOT en-
listed Brent counts something OF n
mystery in the household. In CONVEX
sation with Mrs. Lee. Brent brings up
tells Molly he knew Mrs. Lees husband
in South Africa years before. Rrent
starts to Hight the crate FIRE. when Fritz
rrlshes into the rearr and pTts ont the
blaze. saying. Madam never permits
This FIRE TO 10 lighted" Mrs. Sanderson
introduces her son Charles TO Brent
Brent is noticed br Mrs. Lee while he Is
examining the frepIsce. The two fnd
a wireless outht connecting with the
faruole. and receive q message regard
Ing troops. Mrs. Sensersrn ard her son
discuss their wireless outfits. when they
find the detecto- neshcf Pigeons are
very rnnch in evidence on Mrs Sander
sons premises. many Of which are served
in pies md Others served carriers. a
fact observed and noted at once by
Miriam and Brent Brent iHstails a die
tarhoue in the living room Of the hotel
and hears the entire conversations held
therein by the German spies. lie learns
Of an intended plot TO signal German
submarine from the hotel Ivy burning the
hotel to the ground. the occupants siong
with IL. The plotteTs devise a scheme OF
bringing Pollock into conference and
telling him that Brent and Mrs. Lee
are German spies, and as Justice Of the
peace he shouId arrest them. Pollock
threatens arrest Of Brent. Molly. b4liev-
ing Brent to be Mrs. Lees dupe decides
to save him She steals paper from
Miriam's drawer and confronts Brent
with evidence Of Mrs. Lees treachery
Mrs. Lee overhears her telling Brent
what she has fountf. and to save The sit
nation Miriam pleads guilty to Molly.
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~ OATS still Craze In Washington,
II q and for many days this summer
W two specimens OF the family
Capra hirous-that being the highly
proper family name for plain goat
have been enjoying the heritage on a
green plot on upper 18th street Many
comments have been made on the pres
ence of these goats. but they have
browsed on without interruption. ap-
parently unconscious of or unconcern-
ed at the attention they attract.
Once upon time goats were more
numerous in the city than they are
now. and those that still dwell among
parts of the city. The goat seems to
have lost favor as a domestic animal.
and even the jokes that used to be
made about the Harlem goats and their
strange appetites have passed away.
The goats on 10th street have taken
possession of the large piece Of vacant
land on the west side of 10th street be-
tween Fuller street and Columbia road.
They browse calmly and deliberately
across the street from the great house
in which Balfour and other members
Of the British commission to the
United states had headquarters. and
quite near the French embassy, the
Spanish embassy. the marble house of
Mrs. Marshall Field and the new build
ing that is being erected as the Cuban
legaVcn.
doubt in the faithful service of chill
dren, for the value of goats milk for
children is said by many authorities
to be beyond dispute. 1t has also stood
the test of time. for during untold ages
thousands of babies have drunk goats
milk with relish and benefit. 1t is
not believed, though, by those who
have inquired into the subject that the
milk of goats Is of any greater food
value than the milk of cows. though
for centuries that belief has been held
in certain parts OF the world. 1t has
been recently reported that for several
years the New York agricultural ex-
pertinent station at Geneva has been
conducting Investigations into the
value and use of the mich goat. it
being said that few dependable data
on this matter are available. notwfth-
standing the fact that the mich goat
is widely used in some foreign coun-
tries and has been used for centuries.
A chemical study of goats milk indi-
Gated no essential difference between
the constitution of it's casein and that
of cows milk, though marked and
probably important differences were
observed in the salts Of the ash. as
compared with the ash Of cows milk
The journal of the American Medi-
cal Association recently said that the
of the last few years
have given q substantial scientific
to the long-establtshed be-
lief in the superiority of milk In the
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shoulders. "a little. perhaps; a very
little. When you have grown to know
as much OF the world as I do. Miss Pol
lock. you will realize that any woman
can get a man into her power so long
as she can make him feel sorry for
her"
81 don't understand" replied Molly
stifiy.
Very well. then I will try to explain.
II was In South Africa that I FIRST met
Mr.. Brent"
"Ah. so 1t wasn't only your husband7"
had met your husband there"
But not a word about me-" asked
Miriam
You are a brick. Kit" remarked
Miriam. flashing a smile at him. We'll.
Miss Pollock. i was married to a farm
er in Rhodesia I need not bore you
with details. He was just the worst
kind of brute. that's all; and even to
think of my married life makes me go
cold. Well. Mr.. Brent came along and
was sorry for me. He gave me money
work in Cape Town. That didn't sat
isfy me. ! was ambitious; I wanted
to be rich. i wanted to live. really
live. after all those wasted years in
Rhodesia. I didn't want anything more
to do with men. though. you needn't
of life with my husband But I wanted
excitement. something to ill my life,
something that would pay well. This
opportunity came. My country was
the job on Well. I wanted dupe. an
unconscious assistant" She paused
q moment. II hope you won't mind
what I am going TO say. Kit. but I
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London. I thought 1t might be something
connected with your admiralty work, and
] used Mr.. Brent to get 1t for me. told
him"-she began to laugh a little-"what
do you think / told him? That Fritz was
German spy. OF course he was only
most anxious to help me-thought 1t most
awfully good fun"
But who the devil are you? What are
you?" cried Charles, coming toward her
again.
Miriam swept him a deep curtsey OF de-
fance. her black and gold skirts swaying
out into differing circle about her. zone
Of the f.. .erland's most humble but de-
voted servants" she said quietly. The
game is up-youll denounce me. I know
But at least have been able to do some
thing for Germany"
But. mein Colt" cried Charles in his
excitement. rthis Is incredible. We are
saved, after ALL"
I'VE, What do you mean?" asked
Miriam. staring at him as though bereft
Of reason.
You, Uh, well." And. throwing his
head back, Charles laughed aloud in his
relief. well, I'll be damned
The hour that followed was the most
difficult Miriam had ever known. 1t was
one thing to bluff Charles Sanderson for a
few successful minutes: 1t was quite an
other to keep it up under questions from
the rest Of the gang as well. She began
to realize the truth OF what Brent had
said that fraulein was the leading spirit,
and that there was something oddly sin
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documents" replied Charles with equal
caution. Where are they?'
The time had come for Miriam to play
her trump card. and she played 1t. She
laughed in his face. Beyond your
REACH she replied. triumphantly.
1T remains to be seen." he said. Q
trifie grimly. where are they?"
I'm sorry that 1 can't give you pre-
else information. but they are on their
way to Germany"
Charles took two steps backward and
stared at her with his mouth open.
Miriam did not give him long to think.
81 knew that Fritz had been given an
important letter to post to some one in
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lister about this quiet. faded little woman
in tho brown shawl.
Miriam had several things in her favor.
She spoke German-that is, the bastard
German chiefly used in South Africa-like
q native, and part Of her training had
been to get as thoroughly conversant as
was possible with the pet catchwords and
phrases in use among the deniEens OF
what may be called the spy world.
A curious place. this. a kind Of mental
demi-monde, a place where emotion. ex-
cept for the one great passion which was
supposed to focus everything. was dis
couraged. and where mental effort had
to be kept at its brightest and sharpest.
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Down and Out.

ssdS HE German mark" said Lieut..
u Roger Williams at the. Platts-
burg training camp. has DEPRECATED
nearly so per cent. and simultaneously
more and more neutrals are ssvering
killers. I
IT'S like the talk In the club window.
There goes . chap who hasn't =
friend in the world,' said Q cluomAn.
Poor fellowr said q second clubs
man. How did he lose his moneyre
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startling into life the echoes Of that
haunted hall:
Humphrey! Come to me. Humpn-
rey."
But no Humphrey appeared.
Humphrey, I say, Humphrey"
But the answer was the same-silence,
and only silence.
As the horror OF theis grew the doctor
spoke:
Mr. Humphrey Dunbar's ears are
closed to all earthly summons. He died
last night at the very hour he said he
wouid-four minutes after 2"
-Four minutes after q" It came from
her lips in a whisper. but with a reve-
lation of her broken heart and life.
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ms 81 oU"vE got Chris In your
OO w power" persisted Molly.
sticking to her phrase.
q Miriam shrugged her
Evening star., 1917-09-08

George q. stull. lot 4o. square 3oos; $40.
and 11th streets-Ernest l.. Schmidt and
George NJ Emmerich, trustees. to Adolph
Feldvoss and William A. Hettinger. trustees
part original lot g. square south of 975;
SEVENTEENTH STREET AND NEW YORK
ct al. to Parke A. Galeher. lots A. II and
part original lot !, square 10; $40. Iarke
A. Galleher conveys same property to Ma
tiona! Savings and Trust Company: $40
SHERWOOD's ADDITION TO RROokLAND-
William A. Hit ct ux. to Edward Curry.
lot "a, block 3; $40.
RESERVOIR VIEW-Jacob ksrbach ct ux to
Albert De Simone lot -. block =. $40
I STREET NORTHEAST between 4th and 9TH
streets-George II. Stull to Emma W. Eber
hardt. lot AZ. square s07; $40.
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY HE1GHTS-r. C.
A. block 4; 81 zoo.
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS-F r
Heller to G. G. Heller, lot A. block i: $500
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IIEIGHTS-E r
Heller TO Charles W. Iili lot -. block /;
$500
BURRvILLE-N Nellie NJ. Hanback, to James r.
and Luvena Cousins lots A and 49, block Is
section g. $40.
CoUNTY-James f.. Butler To Grace Butler
lots 1903 and Ill square -74i; $40.
TEl:RACE-B. Estes Weile 70
National Capital Realty Compeny lot =
square 3I5S: SO,
FIRST ADDITION. AMERICAN IrNTvERsfTY
Heltman. lots 500 snd sol suusr" ltg9: s..
CH1LLUM CASTLE HEIGHTS -Munscy Trust
Company. trustee. I" Joseph Studiard. lot
IL square 3106 $50
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Arrangement of Building.

The frontage of the entire building 2
will be siXty-eight feet four inches. The
front is to be of terra Gotta and lime :
stone and in style is to follow the ar
chitectural ideas of the present build
ing. the main entrance of which is to
remain at present, with a lobby
doubled in size
The banking room is to be 40 by 6l
feet, the area OF the lobby being 81 by
AZ feet
The safe deposit department is to re-
main in the basement at present. but
il is to be largely increased in size. 1t
will be reached by marble stairway at
the west side of the lobby. The new
office of the president is to be in the
new part of the building. in a room 81
by 23 feet. The cashier is to be in the
lobby immediate to the right of the
main entrance, while offices for the as
sistant cashier. etc, will be at the west
side of the lobby. Five tellers' cages
are to be added to those already in
use.
The bookkeeping department is to oc-
cupy a room % by Sc feet at the rear
of the main floor and extending back to
the alley. with reinforced concrete
book vault. This room is to be lighted
by windows extending to the ceiling.
and on three sides skylight is to oc-
Cupy part of the roof.