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ing to keep up with the dashing actress
Then she thought of Warrington, of last
night, of how he had sought her so
ready, it seemed. to leave even the other
woman" Then F1oretta's remark re-
peated itself mechanically. I'VE have
TO do some tall scheming to keep them
apart" Was Stella here, after alf?
Mrs Warrington was not j bad look
ing woman and in fact it was difficult
to see how she expected to be improved
by cosmetics that would tighten her com
plexiOn, bleaches that would FLAKE her
hair, tortures for this, that, ana the
other defect. real or imagined
Now, however. she was a creature of
retnforcements, from her puffy masses OF
light hair to her French heels and en-
brOtdered stockings that showed through
the slash in the drapery OF her gown
Constance felt sorry for her, deeply
sorry. The whole thing seemed not in
keeping with her. She was a home
maker. not butterfly. Was Warrington
worth it all? asked Constance of herself
AT least she thinks So" flashed over
her. as Mrs. Warrington rose, and left
the room, watchfully guided by Floretta
to the next process in her course in beau
tification.
Constance sank back luxuriousIv on the
cushions of her chaise lounge. She
longed to explore the beauty parIor. 10
! leave the rest room and go down the
narrow corridor, prying into the secrets
of the little dressing rooms that opened
into IL. What did they conoeaI7 WhV
| had Vera seemed so distant? Was II
the natural reaction of the morning
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: which she had been thrown? Did she
realize the perilous position this all was
placing her in?
They were among the last to leave and
Vera and Braden offered to take Con-
while Stella contrived prettily to take
so much of Warrington's time with the
| wraps that by the time they were ready
to go the manner of the breaking up of
the party was as she wanted it. In her
final triumph she could not help Just an
| extra infection on. L hope Ill see you
| again at Nera's soon. my dear"
All night. or at least all that was left
OF 1t, Constance tried to straighten out
the whfrl of her thoughts. With the
morning she had an idea. Now, in q
moment when the exhilaration of the gay
1t was early yet, but Stella was not ar
i her hotel when Constance cautiously
called up the office to find out. Where
was she? Constance drove around tc
! Charmant's on the chance that she might
be there. Vera greeted her trifle cold
ly. she thought, but then this was not
midnight at the Montmartre. No, Stella
was not there, she said but nevertheless
Constance decided to wait.
I'm all unstrung,' confded Constance
with an assumed air of languOr, as she
dropped INTO a chair.
Charmant, as fresh a. If she had Just
emerged from the proverbial bandboX
nodded knowingly. "A Turkish bath
massage. something to tone you up,
she advised.
With alert eyes Constance went pa
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now and warm your fingers before you
start out again. Why, what's this? 1t
looks like a stack of sermons. Such a lot
OF writing and pounds and pounds Of
paper She picked up a sheet and read
The first memoir OF Euler on the plan
etary perturbations was transmitted 70
the Academy of Science in 1747." She ran
her eye over another. The amoUut of
the various inequalities of Jupiter and
Saturn independently OF the considera-
ton of the eccentricities Of their
orbits" and so on.
ITS all about stars. And it's old and
dusty an old manuscript somebody has
thrown out. Had it typewriter. most
likely. but it looks Ike years Of work.
think I'll take it in and look it over.
I've always loved astronomy
The boys departed for another load and
Lorena settled herself on the rug before
the fire to look over her discovery. DO
you know. there is something about the
way these is are crossed a mile too
high, and the way the tails of the g's and
Us are neglected that reminds me of
some one?" Her eyes wandered TO the
little silver frame on the table. and thence
| to her desk where a packet Of letters
| lay teEderly cherished.
She turned back to her papers and
picked UP another. Toward the south
we see that the groups Of stars which
pass above the horizon" The para
graph ended abruptly and the rest of the
page was blank except for a footnote.
I'm tired and can't write any more,
Lorena, dear, good night"
| She sprang to her feet with a cry,
clutchins the paper tightly to her breast.
Robert Culver, returning from his daily
| trip to the library, went into his study
and opened drawer of his desk 1t was
empty! Horriied he pulled out another.
| 1t was also empty. In fact every drawer
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PAPER S"

nice hot supper for you with all the
goodies you can think Of"
"Hurray!" they cried.
The crowd departed and Lorena looked
fondIy after her little settlement people
Her life was full of these things now.
charity and good works. that kept her
busy and her thoughts off the past. A half
dozen years before a great tragedy had
come into her life.
She returned to the library and picked
up a photograph from the table.
Dear, the last time I saw you was a
day like this. but somehow 1t didn't seem
cold like today The world even without
the sunshine was rosy and warm and
glowing because I was with you. Can't
you whisper to me through the mysteri-
Gus spaces that separate us? Are you
living or dead and why did you never
send ME any word when you went away
: You looked that day as II you wanted TO
say something and couldn't. What was
it. dear? Did I guess right? Did you
really love me and was it that you tried
to cell? Then why did you go away SO
far? They said your boat went down
but II can't believe it,
She set the picture gently in its PLACE,
In her eyes was the wonderful mystery
1 that only a woman's eyes can hold.
! The trio told to go around the park mad
their hands full Here were houses Of
wealth whose caretakers were more than
glad to get rid of the heavy piles of mag
azines stacked in attic and cellar The
/ little wagons filled and two trips were
made TO Miss Lorena's big side porch
where the contents were emptied in a
Heterogeneous mass that delighted her
heart. why. kiddies. It looks as if We
were going to get a good many dollars
/ for the little sick babies. I'll have 70
double your pay and put an extra lot OF
plums IN the pudding, Come on inside
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Copyright. 1918. by the Mcclure Newspaper
SyndicAte)

Syndicatel
The first snow of the season."
Lorena looked out of the big window
in the living room and watched the
feathery flakes of white busting the
street and sidewalk. II had been grow
ing steadily colder all morning and an
east wind was blowing She had had
Mary light the crate and a big CHEEKY
fire was now roaring up the chimney.
How time flies, Dear me, I'd no idea
the month was so far along I've been
so busy with the campaign for the new
baby hospital that I've lost track of the
days" She turned TO a calendar. Good
ness, It's the middle of November; next
week will be THANKSGIVING. Well, after
get the papers gathered and sold I'll
have time to keep track OF the days and
get ready for Christmas"
She turned to the window again. Il
wish those little boys would hurry with
their wagons; it's after one now and
there's so much to do"
But Just then two figures with an ex-
press wagon came up the street and.
further along. two more.
Here they are now, bless their hearts,
and now for work.
In a few minutes a noisy little crowd
was around the fire getting Instructions
Tony. you so Up Salem street on the
side with even numbers. and Mike take
the other side. Seraphlno take Kildoo
street both sides. it's so short, and
| Nicholas and Reuben and Patrick sc
around the Park. Go 70 the back doors
and ask the people If they have any
old papers they don't need-that the
money they bring is for the new baby
hospital and youn take anything they
have. newspapers and all"
"Yes'm"' exclaimed the chorus.
| And when you come back I'll have a
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Bv OLIVE MARTIN

'Lcrena Herrick'sw he almost
shouted He stood looking dazedly
into the shabby little wagon regard
less of the curious eyes turned on
him standing bareheaded in the snow.
Lorena Herrick. The name that had
been buried in his heart for years!
Then suddenly the words took form
and gazed up a him from A letter in
the bottom of the otherwise empty
wagon. There II lay. old, yellow and
soiled. but the inscription on II stood
out plain. Miss Lorena Herrick. 10
Sycamore street, Drewton. y. Y. The
stamp was uncanceled and the writ
ing his own. He picked 1t up be-
wiIdered.
Where did this come from?"
Don't know. Must fallen cut OF
something" came the answer.
It's for Miss Herrick. I'll take II
to her" He turned and strode away
Lorena stood before the fire. the
paper clasped tight TO her breast, The
early twilight was falling. but she had
no light other than the great fire
Robert, dear. goodnight" she
breathed softly over and over TO the
mysterious figures dancing in the
flames.
The front door opened and closed
and Robert himself came into the
room. hatless. snow-c covered and very
pale. Lorena drew back. almost fall
ing. then suddenly broke into nerv-
Gus little laugh.
You've come for this. OF course"
She held out the paper.
I've come, dear girl of my dreams
for you. Here is the letter which
never was posted, absend-minded beg
gar that I am. Am too late, Lorena
after six years."
For answer. she held UP her fact
to his.
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VII.-The Plungers

him on in the money game. hs wing cut
loose from one financial principle. TO
let all go and to guide his course as close
to the edge OF things as he dared There
had been the same reckless bTavado In
the way he had urged on the driver OF
his car in the wild ride of the earlier
evening, violating the speed laws yet
succeeding in escaping the traffic squad.
Warrington was a plunger. Yet there
was something about him that was dif-
terent from others she had seen. Per
haps ii was that he had a conscience.
ing himself from it.
And Stella. There was something diff
ferent about her. too. Constance more
her estimate of the little actress. Was
she. after ALL wholly mercenary in her
attitude toward Warrington? Was he
merely a live spender whom she could
not afford to lose? Or was she merely
beautiful. delicate creature caught in
the mercIless maelstrom Of the life into
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ing her covertly. The little actress had
had like many another, a few dollars TO
invest or rather with which to speculate.
Her method had been usually to make
quick profit on a tip from some Wall
Street friend. Often, If the tip went
wrong, the friend would return the money
to the unsuspecting little girl, with some
muttered apology about having been un-
able to get 1t placed in time, and then.
as the market went down or up. seeing
that IL was too late, adding a Congrat-
ulation that at least the principal was
saved If there was no profit.
The little actress was plainly piqued
She saw, though she did not understand
that Constance was a different kind of
piunger from what she had thought at
first up at Charmants. g. Instead of trying
10 compete with Constance in her field,
she redoubled her efforts in her own
Was Warrington, a live spender. to slip
through her grasp for a chance ac-
queintance?
Another dance. This time It was Stella
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was as innocent Of paper as the Sahara
Desert of fish. He strode hurriedly TO
the kitchen. Nanny. where are the
manuscripts that were in my desk?"
The what. sir?"
My papers, the things told you never
to touch"
Nanny reached for a corner of her
apron.
Why, sir. It's the darlin' babies. They
came and said they needed the papers to
make a hospital with and they were so
old and dirty I thought you d forgotten
them and 1 gave them to the boys"
Nanny" he said. with quiet despair,
you've destroyed the work of five years
by your disobedience. You know how
I've worked on my book better than
any one, how I've stayed Up nights and
given up everything for IT, how I've
even had the telephone taken out so
wouldn't be disturbed. May heaven for
give you. can't. Next to one other
thing its been my whole life,"
"Oh, sir, I'm so sorry. I didn't know
those old dusty papers was II. I'll put on
my hat right away. Mebbe I can find
the m"
He went to the door and looked down
the street. The cold wind blew fine snow
into his eyes, but he didn't feel either.
His work, the study OF years. was gone!
Suddenly he epied two small figures
pulling a wagon through the park. They
might know Of something. Without wait
ing for hat or coat he followed as fast
as he could.
Hello. boys! Do you know anybody
that's collecting papers around here?"
We are. Have you got any? We're
after our third load"
NO. I'm afraid you got all I had
Where are you taking them?"
ITO Miss Lorena HerrIck's on Syca-
more street"
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tiently through the process of freshening,
first in the steamy hot room where she
had met Stella the day before. then the
deliciously cool shower. gentle massage
and all the rest.
At one OF the little white ia bles of the
manicures she noticed a pretty, rather
thing about her that attracted Con-
stances attention, although she could
not have told exactly what ii was.
You know herr" whispered Floretta,
bursting with excitement. NO? Why"
and here she paused and dropped her
voice even lower-"that's Mrs. Warning
ton"
Not the"
yes" she nodded, This wife. You
know. she comes here twice a week. We
have to do some tall scheming to keep
them apart No, it's not vanity, either.
Its-well-you see, she's trying to get
him back, to look like sport
Constance thought of the hopeless hght
SO far which the little woman was wag-
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By BRIGGS

, any of his children out of what be-
longed TO them. Also that when post
ponement of the marriage was sug-
gested on the grounds that the news
papers were making such time over IL,
she was not willing to agree TO this
proposition, as she said it was not a
good and sufficient reason"
On the day after the license had
been obtained, Miss O'Brien said, Man
ming called her up on the phone and
said he had placed TO her credit 10000
shares of gold bonds and 300 shares of
80" stock, and that he had opened a
drawing account for her at a depart
ment store so she could purchase her
wedding outfit and that of her sister
in-law who was to be her bridesmaid
Mr.. Baldwin asked her if she ever got
any money on the stocks.
II never got a dollar from Mr.. Man
ming" she replied. The fact is that
he owes me money. l paid for shirts
for him which he wanted me TO get for
the wedding, and | also paid for the
taxicab in which we went to the mar
riage license bureau. He has never re-
paid me-"
Breaks Engagement by Phone
It was on the day set for the we'd
ding that Manning's secretary in
formed Miss O'Brien by phone that
the engagement had been broken. Miss
O'Brien said she insisted on Mr.. Man
ming calling her up himself. and when
he did she told him he ought to be
ashamed of himself.
Did you ever love Mr.. Manning?'
asked Mr.. Littleton in cross-examina-
ton. mo"
"Did you ever tell him that you loved
him ," "No, but had a great respect
and liking for him."
Then you have no broken affec-
tions ?" "No."
"Then the tears that you have shed
here are not those of disappointed or
broken affections ?" NO"
you never told him that you would
love him as a wife ~ mo"
"You knew that he was a palsied,
shaken old man." Eyes"
"Was there any mental qualities Of
his that attracted your attention y
His devotion to the Catholic Church
and his generosity"
Did you ever tell him that you did
not love him? ?" THE question of love
was never discussed between US"
Then what disappointments do you
claim 10 have suffered? ?" ~ have had
the modification of having my name
dragged through the papers and being
pointed out as the result OF his re-
fusal to marry me-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-15
Baf Case Reopened;
Four Men Rearrested
Disclosures Result in Court
Revoking $25, 1000 Bail of
Each Defendant

A new investigation of the Barnet
Baff murder was begun yesterday by
Deputy Attorney General Becker with
an extraordinary grand jury empan-
elled by Supreme Court Justice Tomp-
kins. Two hundred and sixty-one sub
penas have been served on as many
West Washington marketmen, and each
man will be brought before the grand
jury. IL is expected that more indict-
ments for murder will be returned.
Sensational disclosures have been
made to the Deputy Attorney General
b. one of the men now charged with
the Baff murder, it was learned yester-
day, and as a result Justice Tompkns
revoked the $4,000 bail in the cases
of Joseph and Jacob Cohen, David ia
cobs and Abrata Graf. These de-
PENDANTS were remanded to the Tombs.
The date for their trial was set for
next Wednesday.
The New York police are still search
ing for Jack Rczotti. one of the wit
regses, who escaped from them two
weeks ago in California just as the
detectives were about to slip hand
cuffs on him.
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announced by Secretary McAdoo. In
dcations are that there will be food
of subscriptions for the small bonds to-
morrow up TO the closing hour.
Throughout the country the banks
arc keeping open till late tonight to
accommodate the last minute investor.
Subscriptions received tonight will be
forwarded to reach the Federal Reserve
banks in time for count before the
books close at noon tomorrow. The
Treasury Department has granted banks
permission, in extreme cases, to tele-
graph the amount of their subscriptions
to their Reserve banks, telegraphing
the 2 per cent of the total at the same
time, but all subscriptions, TO be
counted, must reach Reserve banks not
later than noon.
The exact total of all subscriptions
from every source may not be known
for some time after the closing of the
books, because of the tremendous
amount of clerical work involved in as
semblng returns and making tabula-
tons. New York estimates that it will
be able to report its total not later than
o'clock tomorrow night. In the case
OF other Reserve banks the delay may
be greater.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-15
Liberty Loan To Be
Ouersubscribed,
Officials Predict
Continued from page I

sense a popular one. BY far the great.
est issues which the Bureau of Engrav-
ing and Printing will be called upon to
turn out will be of the $50 and 500
bonds. For them there has been an
extremely heavy demand in every in
dustrial section of the country and in
many rural communities.
An illustration is afforded in the
case of Ripon, Wis, a town of $500,
which to-day reported subscriptions to-
The City of Washington, officials es-
innate, will marshal 10000 individual
subscriptions. most of them for the
$50 and 800 bonds. Employees of the
Treasury Department alone, subscrib-
ing to the $50 and 500 bonds, have
taken approximately S450,000.
Many thousands of banks and trust
companies are yet to be heard from
with their subscriptions for themselves
and their customers. This item alone,
it is thought, will swell the total by
many millions.
As a rule the banks have been in
cined to hold back their subscriptions
until the last minute, or report only a
portion of them. The amount sub
scrbed to-day, s1,843,0 100000, repre-
sents actual subscriptions in the Fed
eral Reserve banks, accompanied BY the
required per cent of the amount Of
subscriptions. Officials believe that the
Reserve banks will be deluged to-mor-
row by food of last minute subscrip-
tions, which will keep them busy for
hours in tabulating them.
There is yet time, however, for the
man or woman who wants a small bond
to get it, officials said to-day, for the
small investor is to be favored above
all others, and every application for a
small bond is to be granted. In the
case of oversubscription this would re-
suit in pairing down the larger SUBJ
scriptions on a proportionate basis, as
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-15

White. Weld g. c.. total sl,664,55o;
Union Carbide Co., s150,000.
Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank
$3.50. 900 (tctal 81, 800, 0OO); Atlantic Ma
tional Bank. 100000; Prichitt & Co.
100000; Ajax Rubber Co.. SlOO,OOo;
Atlas Powder Co. employees. $4,000;
Lehigh Valley employees. $4,000 to-
tai s4,s64 ,O0O) Lehigh Valley Coal co.
employees. $751; 900 total $500 OOO( !;
Niles Bement- Pond Co., s35O,00O; CITY
Of New Brunswick, n. j., Sl,7O2,0OO;
Bethlehem Steel Co. employees, total So
424,450: Western Union employees, sl,-
100000: Wells Fargo E. Co., s5OO,OOO
total S1.500000) John Muir & Co.. 10
tai s1,200.00O; Fidelity Trust. Co., vi
10000. and Du Pont Co., S2,5Oc,ooo
total S7,500,000).
Movie" Star Takes S1o5,OOO
Following her subscription of $4,000
TO the Liberty Loan taken last week.
Marguerite Clark, movie star, yester-
day added s65,000 70 her subscription,
making a total of 100000. The total an
nounced by the local Offices G. the
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation py
which Miss Clark is employed, was
S275,000. .,
Subscriptions to the loan. collected
by the Boy Scouts of America aggre,
gate S4,134,000, with more than |ooo
cities of the country yet to be heara
from. This sum represents Zo'oII
applications, nearly all OF which are
from small investors.
Public Service Commissioner Travis
II. Whitney announced that total OF
s4.315,S00 has been subscribed by
- a. E ,afYo
companies of New York City. The
Morris Plan Company announced sub
scriptions amounting to Sl45,OOO from
1127 individuals on the instalment
plan.
The United States Shoe Machinery
Corporation yesterday declared Al OK
ira dividend of per cent in Liberty
Bonds, in addition TO an extra stock
dividend of 10 per cent
Controller Prendergast announced
last night that 10000 city employees
had subscribed S2,6OOO00. 1t was
necessary for the city to close the
books last night to get the first pay
ments on the subscriptions to the
Guaranty Trust Company, which is
carrying the bonds for the city, to-day
before the Federal time limit expires.
P. S. Employees in Line
The Public Service Commission an
nounced yesterday that LOO Of its
employees had subscribed for $4,000
of Liberty Bonds.
Charles Edison, son of the inventor,
last night wired to Secretary McAdoo
that the pledge of the Edison Liberty
Loan Club for 100000 had been over
subscribed by 100000. making prac-
tically a 500 bond for every man, wo-
man and child in the Edison interests.
The officers and employees of the
Turner Construction Company have
923 subscriptions, aggregating sll6,-
$50.
Montclair, n. j., banks have received
81 100000 in subscriptions. II is ex-
pected that 100000 will be sub
scribed by noon to-day. The figures
for the most part small in
dividual subscriptions.
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NeW England Subscribes
More than Allotment

Boston, June 14.-New England, lag
ging in its subscription to the Liberty
Loan, gathered strength to-day and
virtually assured subscriptions in ex-
cess Of 100000. the minimum
allotment of this section.
With the tabulators still at work on
the figures late to-day, it was esti-
mated by the Federal Reserve Bank
officials that the subscriptions reported
up to this evening aggregated S2l3,-
10000. This. it was said, represented
at least 700,0 individual subscribers,
with a possibility that the number
would reach 100000.
The American Wooden Company to-
day raised its subscription to $780,
coo, and the United Fruit Company
subscribed for 100000, in addition
to $4,000 taken by its employees.
Worcester reported a subscription to-
day of S1,250.000 by seventy-nine in
dividuals, bringing the city's total
above SS,300,000.