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THE LOVE GAMBLER
BY Virginia Terhune Van de Water

| for the car. In that case. Smith
would be unable to keep his ap-
pointment with her.
! Hurrying into a drug store, she
called up the number of the garage
at which the Leightons kept their
cars. While she waited for her
party" she was pitying Smith in
his disappointment. Poor chap! He
was at the beck and call of the
Leightons-and at all hours of the
night! 1t was not fair.
Her mood changed again. and
| swiftly, when she learned from the
garage that the Leightons' car was
in-that no order had come for il
| this evening.
An Angry Girl
| The chauffeur looked in round
about S o'clock to ask if there was
any message for him, but there
wasn't the manager said.
'All right" was the tart response
Her cheeks burning with indig.
nation. Norah eft the shop. She
walked up and down until half-past
nine before turning her steps home
| ward. There was no excuse for
Smith unless Annie had not fulfilled
her part of the arrangement.
Later, in her room, Norah reused
the chambermaid from her slumbers
by shaking her by the shoulder.
Are you sure you put the letter
I gave you where I told you to :"
she asked.
Sure I dfa." the sleepy girl re-
piled.
Where did you put it?"
"Oh." grumbled Annie, Where
you toldsme-on the seat. Do let
me alone"
Are you certain it did not blow
away?" the other insisted, needless
of Annie's plea.
How could it, when there wasn't
no wind? And, besides, laid it well
in the car-in the middle of the seat
and pulled the rug over it, so il
! couldn't blow away. Why-what's
the natter"
/ "Oh, nothing-orly Smith didn't
| find my note right away. He was
kinder disappointed at first for fear
wasn't going to the movies with
| him"
Annie was too sleepy to pursue
the subject further. In fact, as she
was not included in the Invitation
| she felt little curiosity about the
affair. But she did rouse herself to
ask
Did you speak to him about takin
the two of us somewhere later?"
"I forgot about it-and, anyway
I'm sorter out with Smith. He's not
near as much of a gentleman as
thought. Don't bother-and you'll &c
without him. He's not the only peb-
Bile or the beach. l know others nicer
than him"
was already asleep.
To Be Continued.
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CHAPTER XXXII.

Copyright, 1919, Star Company
For whom was the letter intended
1t could not have belonged to Smith
else he woud not have handed II
to his employers daughter.
| There was no clue to indicate who
| the recipient had been. 1t bore nc
address. She was puzzled.
! 1t must have been for Mr.. Smith
| A feeling of indignation rushed over
| her. Norah was making an appoint
ment with him. 1t was for this rea-
son that she had asked to be allowed
| to go out this evering-that she
might meet the chauffeur on a street
corner-might meet a man who was
surely above the standard of Norah' s
| usual acquaintances. Which only
showed how a man would stoop to
have a good time with a girl.
| But If Smith was on friendly terms
! with Norah. why should he have
given this letter to Desiree, thus be-
| traying the plan that he and the
! maid had for the evening?
| Desiree may not have been a keen
student of human nature, yet she
knew intuitively that there were
things which were too low for man
of Davids type to do. Only for an
! instant did she entertain the idea
that the man had given her this
note so that she might know that
| her maid was making an appoint
ment to meet him.
He may have been flirting with
| Narah, but he is surely incapable of
as low a trick as trying to get the
girl into trouble with me-" she NUT
terd. The commonest cad would
hardly do that. No-he must have
= fo%+
up without recognizing 1t as his.
A Trying Situation
By the time she put her light out
and went to bed she was still un-
certain as to what her action in
this matter would be. She did not
want to speak to her father about
| the affair. He would only laugh,
| CIR would charge her with being
ridiculously interested in the love
| affairs of her maid. She had to
acknowledge to herself that her
parents attitude would be a wise one
! She was ashamed that a trifiing in
cident should have irritated her as
this did. She would hope that with
the morning would come a more
sane and sensible state of mird.
Meanwhile Norah had spent an
| hour waiting at Lexington avenue
and Fifty ninth street. She had put
on her new suit, and fattered her
| self that she looked unusually we'll
| For a while she stood on the cor
ner watching the passers-by When
several persons had gazed at her
curiously, she began to walk up and
! down.
| Probably Smith had been detained
| OF course he had to change from
his livery into his ordinary clothes.
| She was rather sorry he would do
| this. for he did look so handsome
| in his livery. But dressed in his
other suit he might easily be mis-
taken for a rich gentleman. The
thought of being seen with him un-
der such circumstances gratified her
/ vanity.
Half-past eight came, but Smith
! did not. Then rine. Her hopes
were falling and her indignation
rising with each passing minute.
! A sudden occurred to her. Per-
haps Mr.. Leighton had telephoned
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-19
LITTLE TALKS BY
BEATRICE FAIRFAX

steak at 50 and 60 cents pound,
cheese at 4o cents pound and but
ter at 20. But oiie never hears of
any of the big packers quitting.
They seem to scrape along, earning
a beggarly profit of Il score of mill
lions or SO annually. and continue
to complain of the ingratitude of
the public.
1t will be interesting to see if the
recent y acquired political power of
women will produce an inv e5usa-
ton that will really investigate. In
the meantime, whether the inVesti-
cation is productive of actual re-
suits. or only futurlst whitewashing,
the food producer has been unWit-
tingly hurting boomerangs at his
business, along with his nign prices.
The cost of meat has been so tre-
ElendouS that many people have
learned to do without it, or are eat-
ing it in ever lessenlng quantities.
Furthermore, they find they are
just as we'll off without meat, and
there is ample medical authority
to back them up in their economy.
Dia abetes. Bright's disease, rheuma-
tism and high blood pressure are
less prevalent among the spare
meat eaters than among those in
the habit of eating it two or three
times a day.
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LUe's Problems
Are Discussed

In reading many of the letters I re-
ceive, l am often struck by their f1c-
tional quality. BY that I mean that
they would make good stories. This
letter, for instance:
Il am a man fifty years old; my
salary If thirty dollars a week. am
single and live in a furnished room
eating all my meals in restaurants, and
l am unhappy to the last degree, wife
less. childless, homeless, and l may say
friendless.
When 1 look back on my life the
thought drives me frantic. have
lived an unthinking, worthless exis-
tence. My total savings are about
fifteen hundred dollars, and 1 have a
little farm too far out of the city for
me to work it and keep my job. l
have no excuse for my unfortunate
condition except wrong thinking and
speculation on the stock market
have lost twenty pounds in weight dur
ing the last six months, owing to
thinking and thinking, all to no pur-
pose,
II seem now suddenly to have
awakened to my condition, and the
terrible loneliness in which I live
frightens me. l have good health for a
man of my age, and no organic trouble,
DuI L ODH Know WHAT 10 40. 1Ou
are the only person to whom I have
laid bare my heart Stranger as you
are to me, I feel that you will sympa-
thize with me and understand my state
of mind, although 1 do not deserve
either sympathy or understanding"
Suppose I were going to use that let
ter as the basis for a story, what would
l do? l would first try are far as pos
sble to get at the psychology of this
man-to get inside of his skin and feel
and think as he does.
He sees himself on the borders of old
age. with no beautiful and happy un-
ending regrets for lost opportunities
Whether he sits in his dreary room or
goes out. he is uncompanioned and he
drags about with him the ball and chain
of regrets for his past mistakes and
failures. When he looks forward he
! sees only an indefinite extension of the
/ present. and his spirit rebels. His very
soul is sick with the boredom of his
| life.
But a mere analysis of a psycholo-
gical state does not make a story. What
comes next?
He is sick and tired of feeding upon
! the husks; he is looking for some way
! out What is there in his life which
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-19

Virginia ave. and Beach, Ocean
view. Capacity $50. Private baths;
running water in rooms elevator, etc
Amer. plan; special weekly rates
Booklet. SAMUEL ELLIS
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might serve as the gateway of release
He begins to think out the situa-
tion in which he finds himself. and he
discovers that he alone has condemned
himself to prison The door is unlocked
| and he may at any time be chooses
| walk out and be free.
The devil of fear-the only devil
there is-whispers to him: You are
| growing old. All you have to keep
you is your salary, You dare not give
that up. 1t is better to go on in this
| miserable rut''
But he is not a weakling. He has
| sufficient strength of character to laugh
! at his devil and refuse to be influenced
| by 1t. He realizes that there is no such
! thing as old age; it is merely a state
| of mind. deluSion and a dream. He
| determines to conquer the nervous ter
| rors which have come upon him from
! loneliness and too much morbid brood
! ing over the past, and the future.
| He says to himself: Il refuse to be
| The past is dead; let it go to the limbo
haunted by these specters of regret.
, or dead things. l shall not continue
| 10 waste my time and my energies
| thinking of it. If | have made many
mistakes and a botch of things gem
orally, what is that to me to-day? AS
matters stand, I really have everything
to gain and nothing to lose.
L am not chained down to uncon-
genial and unsatisfying work, for I
have no one dependent on me- | am
as free as any boy of twenty to go out
and seek my fortune and to find a new
| life for myself | have enough money
| TO start out on, and a farm to develop
and make profitable. l am strong and
1 healthy and far from old. and l shall
make that farm pay. or know the rea-
son why"
The story. you see. progresses but
still 1t is not complete or rounded No
story is complete without some romance
| in it. So 1 would introduce the heroine.
There is quite a wide choice here.
She may be some old sweetheart that
he has for a long time lost sight Of
or she may be a widow struggling to
support and educate two or three little
children. or capable. attractive, not
too-young woman who has never mar
ried. But this heroine, whatever her
former estate, will love the country
and take an intense interest in the
| farm and a delight in making a real
home for him.
There These are just the bare out
| lines of course. but nevertheless it is
a story, and there is no reason why this
man who has written me shouldn't make
| it come true It only needs a bold
| heart and determined will.
If ever anyone had a bright. new.
| shining opportunity right to his hand
| ii is this man, who believes himself at
the end of his rope.
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CHAPTER CCLI.
Copyright, 1919, King Features

Copyright, 1919. King Features
Syndicate, Inc.
II didn't fly to you for protection
from Tom" laughed Val, apprals-
ing me narrowly between her crink'
led eyes. Il came out of curiosity
I wanted to get closer view of the
sanity looking man and the very
insanity looking girl with you
You say the most startling
things" l gasped with utter ban.
ality. Then l recovered my poise
and asked with a mental twinkle
in my eye: And now that you've
seen my Saint and Sinner, how dc
you feel about them -
Walls voice had never been of a
smoother creaminess than when
she replied:
And now 1 think that, appear
ances TO the contrary notwith-
standing, their parts may be re-
versed. That girl looks like the
sort one wouldn't trust with ones
husband. yet 1 dare say she's harm
less. And I've seen that hawk
featured Norreys man flash blue fire
at YOU out of his eyes. He's a
power-a very successful man as
we'll as fascinating one, isn't he
Anne?"
i suppose So" I replied truth
fully. You see I think always OF
him as a friend-as the spirit OF
friendship-not as a man"
Indeed" TSdn Val put t,a y0lume rngbad into on
Il don't get you at all, Anne. You
aren't like me. You don't do what
YOU decide on the way I do-no
matter what's expected. You shilly-
shally. That's weak. Now l take
what | want"
What are you trying to suggest
TO nv mind, Val?" l asked quietly,
but with my heart behaving un-
accountably.
Notwithstanding at all. Why
should 1 try to put ideas into your
head" asked Val, turning her lac
quer black head in slow negauon
with a man like Anthony Norreys
"a power-at your beck and call
I don't see why you take Jim sc
seriously. Now why, for instance
did you object to his interest in me
when you had this altogether su-
perior man to make up for 1t
'Valerie-you'r joking pro-
tested.
She laughed. but there was a
queer catch in her throat as she
replied:
Never more serious <AI1
often take the trouble to explain
myself to people. You're married
TO a nice boy. Natural that the
attention of a man. and such a man
"a power in the world-should
mean a great deal to you. I'm
married to a mana power-why
begrudge me my fling with a boy?
I'm young-I can't always pretend
to be mated to a man old enough
to be my father"
There was revelation in every
word. a sincerity I had never seen
her show. So no matter how much
her ideas revolted me l had to give
her serious reply.
The very first day we met you
told me you never could have mar
ried a man who wasn't success
and a power" l said slowly. We
never forgotten that. l thought
your deep respect and admiration
for Lane Cosby part of your life
Val. Surely you wouldn't cheaper
a man like that-or risk losing hin,
for a bit of silly larking about?"
Walls face twisted strangly.
"Oh. Lanes mine fast enough
And he's the only kind of man I'd
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HOTEL. ALDER

u ). Mt. Vernon Ave.
Centrally located. American & Euro
pean Plans Fine rms. Excel. table,
Mod. rates. Bathing from hotel
.. IL ALDER
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Advice to the Lovelorn
HAVE BECOME ESTRANGE


Dear Miss Fairfax:
have been going about with a
young man for the past few months
and have learned to care for him,
All the time he has treated me very
nicely and hinted at an early mar
riage.
For the past few weeks I have
noticed that his attention to me
was divided. and he was never on
time when he had an appointment
with me. He also tried to find rea-
sons for arguments. We went to
the theater, and after the show he
suggested n place where we could
sup, but, since my intention was to
save him money l suggested cheap
er place. He began to argue with
me that a girl has no right to tell
a man where to take her.
How can I meet him again
Would it be proper to write him a
letter and make an appointment with
him? Or should 1 call him up and
try to talk it over?
AN ANXIOUS GIRL.
From your account of the young
mans conduct, I do not believe you
would have much comfort in re-
newing your friendship with him. II
SouhuS u Hie dS IL YOU idQ Deg uI
to get on each others nerves a lit
tie, and as if he were looking for
an opportunity to quarrel. Some
times a situation, such as you de-
scribe, is helped by a good talking
over of things; it clears the all
and enables both parties to get a
better view of things. But if the
friendship is over, as far as he is
concerned il would onlv upneces.
sarily humiliate you to seek for q
reconciliation. You might man.
age" to see him and give him q
chance to renew things, but if ht
does not avail himself of the op.
portunity doubtless you would bt
happier if you tried to forget him
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-19

Coolest and Most Attractive Location
HOTEL ESPLANADE
WHOLE BLOCK. OCEAN FRONT.
Directly on the Boardwalk. Boston
to Sovereign ave-. in exclusive Chelsea
section. Capacity. 500. Fresh and sea
water baths. private and public and
every appointment. Modern hydro
therapeutic department.
Orchestra Dancing.
Auto bus meets trains. Booklet
Ownership direction. w. F. SHAW.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-19

2S77.-Here is just the dress and
hat for warm summer days. This
outfit may be made. of khaki, lawn,
percale, linen, cotton corduroy. pi-
que. drill, gingham or ambray.
Shocking may replace the gathers
at the waistline; the shoulder straps
may be of ribbon.
The pattern is cut in 5 sizes: 2, 8.
4, and years. Size will re-
quire SIS yard of 27-inch material
for the hat, and 5-S yards for the
dress.
A pattern of this illustration
mailed to any address on receipt of
10 cents in silver or stamps.
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ENVY

IF l had my life to live over" re-
marked Mr.. Dustin Stax, I'd he Il
moving picture star"
But you have amassed wealth"
Yes. But a moving picture star
can make a million dollars a minute
without having the finger of scorn
pointed at him as a profiteer."-
Yonkers Statesman.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-19
CHESTER HOUSE.

is & II 5. Georgia Ave. mr.. Beach
S12 up weekly. Mrs. T. Dickerson.
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RESOPT5
AT ATLANTIC CITY. N. j.
SOMERSET HOUSE
MISSISSIPPI AVE. ttthhr, tth hSuss s.ss
32nd season under same management
$3.50 up daily. Special weekly.
MRS. RUTH STEES, Prop.

THE ALBEMARLE
Superior Moderate Rate Hotel
Virginia av.; close to beach and at
fine porches special. So up daily; re-
duced weekly, including excellent
table and service. Booklet.
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THE MAYNARD

IU sUs IEIVHTBuH AVE-
Convenient to piers. Excellent table.
Pleas. surroundings. Terms moo.
MRS. L. PORTER
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AT AsBURY PARK. N. J.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-03-07

When you find child who loves
good books. the noxious weeds Of
envy. hatred, Jealousy and malice are
not 80 likely to grow in. his mind and
choke out the exquisite blossoms Of
love. tenderness, unselnshness, graft.
tude and the desire to do unto others
as he would be done by. Tho love Of
good books Is one foundation for good
character, observes writer in the
Oklahoman. 1t is the exception, not
the rule, to encounter sordidness, greed
or insenslbility In the man or woman
who knows and loves good books. Rob.
ert Louis Stevenson once said that SO
long as man had n friend he had
something to live for. Is It not true
so long as one can love good and
beautiful book that life never will DO
without hope1
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-03-07
BELGIANs PROUD OF CITIES
In Their Centers Of Industry They See
Embodied the Glorious History
of the Past.

No man shall say we love our land
less than a Frenchman loves France,
less than a Belgian loves his native
land. We have our holy cities. Win
chester and Canterbury, and hundred
more whose old names are dear to
speak. Yet I believe, writes Lon
doner" in the London Evening News,
that the Belgian has a patriotism Of
the city, of the town, which we never
had.
The story Of that love for the city
Is all the history of Belgium. The his
tory Of the freedom and the wealth
and the ancient arts of Belgium Is
In the history Of Antwerp and Bruges,
OF Brussels and Client, and Louvain
and Ypres. 1t begins with the build
Ing Of the town wall, with the market
that grows up behind the shelter of
walls and armed gates. with the rails
ing Of the tall belfry, the towns pride,
and the hanging Of the bells.
II you were q tourist who could see
the glory Of old Flanders and Brabant,
you would look not at the cathedral or
the church, although Belgium has
many noble old churches, but ut the
town hall and the belfry. The like Of
them Is not In any other country.
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Rare Books Price.

Collectors Of rare books and manu-
scripts were very much interested in
the announcement that first edition
OF Shakespeare's works, published In
1923, WAS sold ut auction in London q
few weeks ago for 1,150 pounds ster-
ling. The volume Is said to be In ex.
cslient condition, though the binding 10
considerably worn.
This costly book has increased in
price by bounds. At the beginning Of
the eighteenth century the volume was
bought for five pounds from q book
dealer. In 1900 It was valued at fifty
pounds, and in the year 1890 240
pounds was paid for II. This WAS q
record price until 1899, when its value
again increased. The indications are
that with the years the price Of 1,15O
pounds Will again be advanced, as the
value Of the volume will be more and
more enhanced as time passes.
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and Frank NJ. Sutphen.a we'll known
trombonist of Columbus, was secured
as director Of the 100 musicians, who
are contributing their time and talent
to making a success Of the Centenary
Trombone Choir
A greater problem lay in what to
play. for no music had ever been
written for trombone choir OF 100
players. 1t had to be specially pre-
pared. Nationally known composers
are now at work arranging such sa-
cred and semi-sacred selections as
the Soldiers Chorus" from Faust,
Holy City" "Hallelujah Chorus" and
Onward Christian Soldiers" for the
huge choir.
The Centenary Choir is composed
OF IL soprano trombones, 1S altos, 40
tenors, 10 baritones and IL bass from
bones. These 100 instruments are
arranged to form six separate choirs,
each a musical unit in ITSELF At the
extreme right Of each bank, or choir.
come two soprano trombones no
larger than comets. These instru-
ments are made to order. Next come
three altos, then two first tenors, and
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OPPOSED OIL PIPE LINES
Transfers Defeated Proposition
Which Had Its Origin In Brain Of
heman Jones, Pennsylvania.

1t was nm American, Heman Jones
OF Erie. Pa, who first conceived the
idea Of the construction of an oil pipe
line. 1t was to he Of wood four inches
In diameter, but was not executed. A
year later, in 1862, n bill was intro
duced into the Legislature authorizing
pipe line from Oil Creek to Kittan.
ming, Pa. (the state In which oil was
first discovered). but 1t got no further.
through the opposition Of 1000 team
sters. In fact, for some years the
teamsters made impossible the sue
cess Of the pipe lines. They were do
Ing very well out Of the existing meth
DDS Of transported ton. earning $40 to
$50 day. and they viewed with vim
dictive disfavor the loss Of dollars
and weekly revelrieS. Both In 1903
and In 1865 the teamsters wrought
havoc on the two pipe lines construct
ed In those years. Eventually prog
ress gained the day. and many lines
were laid, including one 1O2 miles long
In 1880. 1t was not. however. till John
d. Rockefeller and his associates took
the matter IN hand. eliminating all the
old-faShiOncd methods of production
and transportation, that petroleum be-
gan to be the power and profit it Is to-
day. In 1860 the United States pro.
duction OF petroleum was 21,OOO.OOO
gallons. In 1917 1t had risen to h.
440.OOO,00O gallons. Gasoline Is still
the chief derivative, but fuel oil has
q great future