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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-23
CHAPTER XLVII
1919, Star Company



Copyright, 1919, Star Company
You understand, don't you,
Smith,"
The chauffeur tried by a mighty
effort to bring his mind back to the
instructions Miss Leighton was Civ
ing him.
He had been thinking how beauti-
full she was as she stood before him
in her evening gown, a string of
pearls about her fair throat, the
color coming and going in Ter
cheeks. He wished in a vague way
that her amethyst pendant had been
ready for wear this evening. 1t
would have been pleasant to fee!
that she was wearing something
that had been his aunt's. 1t would
seem like a slight link between him
and this girl who was so far beyond
| him.
He wondered what Samuel Leigh
ton had been saying about him that
had caused her to take the other
side of the argument. She had been
pleading in his favor. The knowl-
I edge made his head feel light and
excited him strangely.
'I-I-beg your pardon" ne
stammered in reply to her query.
Ives, Miss Leighton-I think l
understand"
You are to have a large lump of
ice in the bowl and pour the punch
with the fruit in it directly on the
ice half-hour before it is needed"
she said.
IT understand" he bowed grave
ly. And you wish me to serve it ."
"Yes-unless you would prefer
my asking one of the other gen
I mean unless you prefer not doing
it."
IT prefer doinfi just what you
wish me to do, Miss Leighton" he
replied. Il am here to be of serv-
ice to you"
The pair were alone in the dining
room and she raised her eyes to
his.
It believe you mean that" she
murmured.
There was a wistfulness in her
tone that made him say abruptly:
You are troubled about some
thing. l wish 1 could help you.
Can y"
A Confession
She followed a swift impulse as
she said-"1t is about my pendant"
Your pendant" he repeated.
"Yes-the amethyst pendant. Oh,
l am sure you know absolutely
nothing about it,"
He was silent. Did she suspect
that he had seen the pendant years
before she became it's possessor?
You don't-do you?" she in
sisted.
He must answer. He chose his
words with care, as one walking i'll
the dark takes a cautious step for
ward.
II know it belonged to a dear
friend of yours-and that she left
it to you." he began.
How did you know that?" De-
stree demanded quickly.
His wits worked very fast. He
had been near making a great mis-
take.
You told me as much" he re-
minded her. That is, you told me
when 1 found the pendant in the
car and returned 1t to you-that it
had belonged to some one who
cared for you"
"Oh, yes; so I did" she exclaim-
ed. And your returning it to n-
only proves"- She stopped short
Proves what?" he asked curious
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THE LOVE GAMBLER
BY Virginia Terhune Van de Water

; ly. Her perturbation amazed him.
Only" she said vaguely, that
you knew it was mine"
He was sure she was not voicing
her thought. Yet his next speech
did not betray this fact.
Yes, l knew it was yours" nc
said lightly. 1T was in your car,
you know"
Yes" she admitted, "but on thac
day you had driven Miss God
She got no further, for a gay
voice interrupted her. Helen God
dard had come into the dining
room.
Who is taking my name lightly
upon profane lips?" she demanded
gayly. Mrs. Duffield said l would
find you in here.
Good evening, Smith" with a
roguish smile at the man. Il seq
you are acting the part of butler
tonight. Well, Miss Leighton is IN
luck to have you.
An Offer Accepted
Il say, Desiree, my dear, why not
let me turn in to help you? Mrs.
Duffield just told me the trouble
you have been having to get some
one to serve things this evening.
$" if you are busy with your guests
.et Smith come to me for instruc-
ton. won't you?"
Thank you, dear" Desiree re-
piled.
She was too much confused to
| raise any objection to this sugges-
ton. Indeed, she felt suddenly re-
l!eved that Helen was present TO
lessen the complications of the stu
alton. Helen always kept her head,
whereas she, Desiree Leighton, was
dazed by her recent conversation
with her father, by her own GER.
tainty of Smiths innocence, and
most of all by the effect upon her
self of his looks and manner. Her
heart was beating fast, and she
wanted to run away and cry all
alone.
What did all this mean? Was she
going to make a fool of herself over
a man whom she scarcely knew
and that man her fathers chauf-
feur?
She laid her hand on Helen's arm.
THANK you, dear" she repeated
IT have been a bit disturbed as 20
how l could be in the drawing room,
or at the table with my guests, and
yet see that all was going we'll i'll
tne pantry. annie is not very conf
petent. Smith will do his best. But
he is" with an effort at a smile,
new at the game of butlering."
Il will give him points when it's
time to serve the eats" Helen as
sured her. He'll get on all right;
won't you, Smith,"
David answered respectfully. "I
hope So"
Helen flashed a glance at him as
she followed Desiree from the room.
In the hall she detained her host
ess for a moment. II declare, De-
stree" she said, hes so handsome
and charming you are wise to keep
him in the pantry. If he were to
come out here some girl would grab
him as the most eligible party of the
evening""
ITO Be Continued)
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for everything and who go out with.
say, that's why 1 'phoned you TO-DAY
to meet me at the drug store.
instead of the house, because
| would not crafty her curiosity by
letting her see my escort.
Like as not she'd butted in and
got acquainted with you herself, a
girl that occupied my room before
me told me to look out for that
n ever you let her glimpse one of your
friends or the first thing you know
she'll be handling 'um out to you as
her best and Oldest"
The young man attempted some
thing gallant, he assured her it would
take more than mere landlady to
d" that.
"Oh, you don't know her; she's
awful etc, and the diatribe against
the landlady continues.
BY this time the fat man in the
adjoining seat gave up pretending not
TO hear. His countenance bore the
cheerful expression of one who has
been given free theater seats and he
frankly enjoyed the iniquities of the
landlady. the distress of the ambitious
young man and the general discrep-
ancy between the girl, her speech and
her clothes, which might have been
those of princess in exile.
''If she had only been born a mute"
one unconsciously thought. Doubtless
lHt SpunG man iHuSt nave ndu Some
such reflection. too. for he was look
ing decidedly bored. At the corner he
proposed that they get out and have
ar ice cream soda-that solvent of
many situations.
He Had TOO Much Pride
But an impartial witness could soc
that he was done with the girl and
her troubles. He had too much pride
to go about with one who made her
self, and incidentally him so conspcu-
Gus. who was indeed a highly sue
cessful if unconscious vaudeville ar
tist.
And so they left the bus. and doubt
less, she will be puZZlinng her head
in a week or so to know why she lost
him, and feeling absolutely certain
that she was not in the least to blame.
No. she wasn't to blame; her faulty
ambitions were at the bottom of her
troubles. All her intelligence had been
directed toward her clothes and ap-
pearance. She knew the value of a
well cut skirt, but not of a we'll
mCdulated voice.
She new what was the proper thing
in blouses. hats and slippers, but she
did not know that II seZ," "he seZ'
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-23
Little Talks by
Beatrice Fdirfdr

The other evening, on Fifth Ave-
nue. bus happened to be an unwiil-
ing witness of tragi-comedy that
might have been called. How to Lose
a Beau"
The heroine of the comedy was
very pretty in a frail. pallid sort of
way-her too white skin suggested
a gardenia. or a white hyacinth, It
was so smooth and fine. so utterly
devoid of color. She was very smart
and modish, and her eyes We're well
worth a second look.
Eut alack and alas. the moment she
opened her mouth, the illusion van
ished. For she belonged to what
might be called the Il sez" school of
conversationalists and she grated on
the ear like a file.
The young man with her was of
the nervous highly strung American
type whose clothes suggested good
care rather than quality. You would
length of a city block. The sort of
young man who is taken into the
firm at SIS week and climbs
steadily. He was proud of the girl, he
enjoyed the little stir her appearance
caused when they entered the bus.
His eyes dwelt appreciatively on her
clothes which some unerring instinct
of taste had made her select most
happily.
But her good taste stopped with her
clothes. No one had ever told her that
"a low sweet voice is an excellent
thing in woman. Hers was off the bar.
gain counter and it was hardly worth
taking home.
Her Daughter Too Well Raised
She began her monologue with:
IT'S fierce the way she nags. When
I took that room l was to have the
privilege of getting my meals in the
kitchen-paying extra for the gas. OF
course. She sez left my dishes in tn
sink an I was to wash 'um and put
um away. An l seZ, If you'll inquire
you'll find it was your own daughter
that lef' those dishes in the sink. n
she sez. my daughter is too well ralS-
ed for that"
We looked at this apparent prin-
cess in exile, clad in the daintiest OF
sa tin skirts. the filmiest of blouses'
the smartest of slippers--and we Won
dered what wicked fairy had been
present at her birth and cursed her
with such a voice, such an accent and
the extra burden of II sez."
Now, it was perfectly apparent to
anyone who glanced at the young
mans perturbed forehead that ne di9
not care for that Zine of talk" 1t did
not fit into the picture, such radiant
vision of delicacy and whiteness
oughtn't to be talking of Kitchen
sinks and unwashed cups.
A short-story moon was SHINING IN
the heavens. II was hl6it ll
lovers and midsummer madness ano
here was the prettiest girl chatterlhg
of the most sordid things in voice
and accent that had no business In
private life at all. Its place was on the
Vaudeville stage, where it would nave
been worth 500 a week at least.
Come Out of the Kitchen, Mary
The ambitious young man. with
such tact as he could command. tried
a sort of come out of the kitchen
Mary" but she continued: And she
passes for refined. too, yet she is al,
WAYS nosing through my things anu
wanting to know how much I paid
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-23
Parliament Again
Is Learning to Play

London, Aug. 90. - Parliament,
after five hard years devoted to
the business of the Empire, is again
learning to play. Recently it occu-
pied a stand along the Mall while
the fighting men of the Allies passed
in review. Later it continued it's
peace celebration by visiting the
neet anchored off the mouth of the
Thames at Southend. And on both
occasions it cast aside the dignity
and hoary customs of its ancient
legislative halls, and enjoyed the
novelty like a lot of school boys out
for a frolc.
Then the Lords, saw the ships e.
a comparatively small and select
party which left London late and
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-23
High Coal Prices
Menace the Iron
Industry in Sweden

Stockholm, Aug. 23. - The Swed-
ish iron industry is declared to be
menaced by the high price of coal.
Some iron works now are being op-
Grated only at one-third their ca
pacity for this reason, although or
ders are plentiful. importation of
coal from Germany is completely
stopped, and British coal costs the
equivalent of $3.50 a ton and coal
from America about S1.25 less.
Iron manufacturers are urging
the government to use 100000 tons
of Swedish shipping to bring coal
from America at reduced freight
rates.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-23
British Trade Board
Issues Restrictions

London, Aug %. - The board of
Trade has issued a long list of articles
under the term unstable key indus
tries" the importation of which after
September 1 will be permitted only by
license. The list includes coal tar de-
rivatives for use in dyestuffs, a number
of colors, chemicals. optical glass, sci
entific and optical instruments, hosiery.
magnetos and gauges
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-23

2905-This could be made from
"all over" embroidery, or dimity,
lawn, batiste, nainsook, SWISS silk,
crepe and washable satin. Straps
of ribbon or material hold the
cover over shoulders and arm.
The Pattern is cut in Sizes
Small, 1924; Medium, 36-3S; Large,
40-42; Extra Large, 44-46 inches
bust measure. Size Medium re-
quires l 1-8 yard of 36-inch ma
terial.
A pattern of this illustration
mailed TO any address on receipt of
10c in silver or 1c and &c stamps.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-23

and "she sez" Is enough to make
angels weep, when 1t is found on the
lips of a young and attractive girl.
Why or earth didn't some kind
friend tell her to content herself with
Il cotton skirt. a voile blouse and put
the money she had spent in baronet
satin and georEette into n course Of
English at the Young Women's Chris
tian Association.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-23
j Reddind fo1 Wbtueh dd dll the hmitN n
"When a Girl E1QrrieS"
BY ANN Isle

New, Romantic Serial Dealing With the Absorbing
Problem of Girl Wife
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-23
ATTACKED BY BULL

Mulberry. Aug. 23.-Attacked by an
angry bull while in an open field, o. s.
Hoffman was thrown down and tram
Piled upon. only being saved when
Charles Walton, an emp1oye, heard his
cries and drove the animal away with
a forR
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-23

came home early. Next day II was
the turn of the Commons who
cheered the best known fighting
ships.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-23
LERANON STARTS POST

Lebanon, Pa, Aug. 23.-Steps were
taken at a meeting here for the organi-
zation of a post of the American Legion
in this city. A temporary character
was adopted with the names of eight
cen members.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-24

company scrambled down the gang
plank and into motor launch.
French. British, italian and Amer
lean flags almost intertwined with
each other in a passionate declara-
ton of alliance as they flashed past
on the street. Red-tabbed English
men fIouriShed their walking sticks
-red-trousered Frenchmen waved
their arms and ShoulderS-the Ital-
ians trilled in marvellous tenor voices
and the Americans beat the desks
with their fists in impetuous assur-
ances of their friendship and 10y
atty, as individuals and as the rep
resentatives of nations.
For once they had found a COM
mon ground-a common agreement.
Away at one end of the harbor a
lonely Russian gunboat was indulg-
ing in the annual washday. Every
article on board ship had come in for
a scrubbing. The captain had even
gone down into the hold and dug up
a boxfull of flags that hadn't been
used since the Bolsheviks conquered
the land. They were washed and the
wash boys in their enthusiasm ran
them far and high to flutter in the
first warm sun of Siberian spring.
The captain was congratulat1ng
himself over the accomplishments
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-24
Hun Flag Was Only Hung Out to Dry,
But Russian Captain Apologizes

Un-Russian-like haste and activity
pervaded American headquarters.
Ordinarily only drosky horses and
automobiles appear to be in a hurry
to get somewhere. Therefore when
telephones buzzed and khaki-colored
forms toed with great speed the
broad stairs leading to the chief of
staff's office it was a cue to the
war-weary Siberian reporter that
something has happened or was
about to happen!
So tense was the excitement and
emotion in the big brick building that
I couldn't make out whether they
were going home or into action.
! On board the U. S. S. Brooklyn the
same atmosphere circled around the
gun emplacements and whistled
through the wireless rigging. A
colonel of marines with a congress
sional medal of honor on his chest,
tapped the brass-covered hatchways
with fleet feet. 1t had been so long
since he had had the joy of giving
to the order ITO Arms" that no one
can dispute the hazard that in his
haste he would have preferred to
use the bannisters.
Fifty soldiers looked with envious
eyes from the deck as the coloneIs
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-24
MUTT AND
JEFF
JEFF'S A
BEAR WHEN
HE DABBLES
IN STOCKS
BY BUD
FISHER
GOMPERS AGAIN
REELECTED HEAD
OF FEDERATION

Samuel Gompers was reelected
of Labor in convention at Atlantic
City, N. J., Saturday. Mr.. Gompers,
in a speech, said the selection was
American labor's answer to its ira
ducers and opponents.
James Duncan was elected first
vice president; Joseph Valentine sec
ond vice president, and Frank Duffy
third vice president.
GoInperS received many teleSr2rnS
of CONGRATULATIONS today, giving rim
credit for swinging the convention
Overwhelmingly. in favor OF the
IN favor of the league was adopt
ed, 29,755 to 400. after Gnmpers had
made a stirring speech in favor of
it. Irish sympathizers in the con-
yention did not mean to go on rec
ord approving anything that would
prevent ireland continuing its cam
pa1gn for self-determinatlon.
During debate on the league,
message from President Wilson was
introduced, in which ne declared the
league would constitute "a most
serviceable magma charta."
Your message came while was
IN Belgium and reached me too late
to make full reply, bat as [ tndi-
Gated in an earlier message, While
the labor provisions are somewhat
weakened it is the opinion Of
friends of labor and my own Cnin-
ION that they are not materially
weakened and that they will constf-
tute a most serviceable magma CHAR
but fear it will be too late for the
-
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-24
Great Gold Shipments
To the East Have Begun

The first part Of a large move
ment of gold from the United States
to the Far East has been shipped
from San Francisco. The Bank OF
Taiwan is shipping $2,5OO,00O in
gold bars from the coast to the Is
land of Formosa, where the metal is
to be used as a reserve behind cir
culating currency issued by the
bank. Other shipments will be
made shortly, it is expected.
An official of one of the principal
Japanese banking agencies in the
United States estimated yesterday
that approximately $5O,O00,O00 Of
gold would go to Japan and the Far
East before the present movement
At the present time the Japa-
nese banks have applications in to
the federal reserve authorities at
Washington for permission to ship
approximately $3O,000,000. This
represents gold that has accumu-
lated here to Japanese account and
which could not be shipped when
the United States put the embargo
on gold exports in September, 1917.
Large gold shipments continue to
South America, and yesterday the
National City Bank of New York,
arranged for the shipment of an
other 100000. Altogether ap-
proximately $25,O0O,O00 of gold has
been shipped to different South
American countries since the export
ban was lifted a fortnight ago.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-24
Woman Captured Largest and Most Dangerous
Snake In Georgia Collection for N. Y. Zoo

weighs twenty-five pounds and is six
feet in length. Mrs. Ditmars pinned
the head of the snake to the ground
with the hunting fork and held it I'M
til some of the crew got other forks
over the body, when It's capture was
comparatively easy for the expert.
The party made their hunt in the
Great River swamps of Georgia and
brought back their live cargo by
boat from Jacksonville. For four
years the Geological Gardens got no
additions to it's snakes from abroad
and scarcely any from America.
Ditmars decided that representa-
tive collection Of American snakes
would be Of interest to New Workers,
and he believes he has got 1T in the
fourteen species he has captured, in
Guiding the venomous RATHER and
copper, as we'll as the harmless gar
ter and black snake. The Pines
Land club of Georgia entertained the
curatOr's DartV after their hunt
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-24

DR.. Raymond Ditmars, curator of
the Bronx Geological Gardens, his
wife, and a crew of snake and ami
NAL hunters, have turned to New
York with 100 snakes, turtles, liz
yards, and alligators, gathered in a
months hunt through the swamps
of Georgia. The collection is to re-
pleniSh and form new exhibit
which will be poened to the public on
Sunday.
Mrs. Ditmars captured the most
rare and dangerous specimen of the
snake family in this country that is
included among the specimens
brought back. The snake-hunting
crew freely praised her skill and
courage in this dangerous work.
Curator Ditmars said the snake
captured by his wife is the most
deadly specimen ever in captivity.
The only name for it that he has yet
found is "The Southern Snake 1t
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-24
GIRL
ISHOT BY MARRIED
IMAM MAY SURVIVE
Miss Evans Resting Well at
Hospital - w, T, Bailey
AssaiIant, Who Killed Self
to Be Buried Friday

Miss Lois Evans, young and
pretty girl of Acworth, Ga, was shot
three times Thursday by Warren L.
Bailey, married man of Acworth,
who then turned the gun upon him
self and shot himself twice through
the head, dying in the streets. Miss
Evans was taken at once to the nos
pital at Marietta, Ga, and has a
chance to recover. The cause OF the
shooting is unknown.
Miss Evans and Bailey worked in
the same railroad office at Acworth
and Miss Evans was a sister-in-laW
of L. A. Winn, another of the opera
tors in the same office. Bailey is
survived by wife and two children,
a girl sixteen years old and a son
about eleven years old He had been
working in the Acworth office for
about ten years, coming there orig1-
nalIy from Kingston; the girl had
been working in the same office for
twenty-three years old, while Bailey
was thirty-six years old.
Miss Evans had just started on
vacation and was leaving for the
west today for a short tour. Thurs
day she had been in one of the drug
stores of Acworth with Leo Rainey,
of the same town, and she had just
got in Mr.. Rainey's automobile, and
Mr.. Rainey was going around to the
other side to get in the car when
Bailey appeared on the scene. ne
pointed the revolver at Mr.. Rainey
and pulled the trigger, but the gun
failed to fire. Mr.. Rainey at the
same time lodged behind the auto
mobile. Bailey then turned the re-
volver on Miss Evans and fired three
shots at her, one entering her breast,
another her head and another her
arm. The greatest danger of death
has come from the wound in the
breast.
Bailey shot himself twice through
the head and died in the street by
the side of the machine. Bailey had
some disagreement with his wife
long time ago, but they were living
together satisfactorily for some
months previous to the shooting.
Miss Evans is conscious at the
sanitarium in Marietta and will prob
ablv live.
Miss Evans Saturday gave out her
first statement about the shooting to
DR.. c. T. Nolan, proprietor Of Nolan
sanitarium. where she was removed
shortly after the shooting.
According to DR.. Nolan's state
ment to The Journal correspondent,
Miss Evans declared that Bailey
had been drinking heavily for sever
al days and that he gave her no
warning whatever of his intention
to shoot
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-24

when the officers of the deck an
nounced a company of American
marines, armed and commanded by
IAN officer of high rank"
The American colonel was talking
and pointing. He wasn't even both
ering with an interpreter. The cap
tain's eyes as he reached the deck
followed the coloneFs line of vision
there high above the American en-
sign fluttered the German flag-in-
solently and flauntingly. The cap
tain's surprise and chagrin was so
complete and so unassumed that the
colonel believed him instantly. Apollo
gies and regrets were profusely Of
fered and quietly received and the
next time the Russians Iaunder their
flags on that gunboat every wash
boy will know that even for drying
purposes certain flags can't be
strung above the Stars and Stripes.