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CHAPTER xxxv.
A Corner Of His Heart.

The second evening after the closure
Richard was dining with the Mar
shalls in their car. The Palmyra was
to pull out the next day. Hardin's
name was brought up by Tod Mar
shall "She WAS light potatoes" he
dismissed the woman. "But she's
broken the mans spirit"
Rickard, it was discovered, had
nothing to say on the subject of the
elopement.
'Tm sorry his sister is not here to-
night" began Marshall mischievously.
81 did ask her. Tod" Claudia has
tened to interrupt her lord. But she
would not leave her brother her last
evening"
Her last eveningT exclaimed Rick
ard. rs she going away?"
Marshall subdued his twinkle. 1--WE
are carrying her off. She is to visit
Mrs. Marshall while 1 am on the
road"
Richard gulped down his coffee,
boiling. Mrs. Marshall, will you let
me run away early?' Why should he
give any excuse? They knew what he
was running away fori
He made his way to the little white
tent on the far side of the trapezium.
Innes. by the door, was bidding good
by to Sonora Maldonado.
He forgot to greet the Mexican. She
stood waiting; her eyes full of him.
Surely, the kind senior had something
to say to her? He had taken the white
girls hand. He was staring into the
white girls eyes. Something came to
her, n memory like forgotten music.
Silently, she slipped away into the
night.
Richard would not release Innes'
hand; her eyes could not meet the
look In his.
"Come out and have walk with
mel You were not going to tell me
you were going. You were running
away from mef"
"You know that love you'll I have
been waiting for this minute, this
woman. all these lonely years.
Her head she kept turned from him.
He could not see the little maternal
smile that ran around the curves of
her mouth. Those years, filled to the
brim with stern work, had not been
lonely. Lonely moments he had had.
that was all.
Nothing for me?" He stopped, and
made her face him, by taking both of
her hands In his.
She would not look at him yet,
would not meet the look which always
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he'll ever have" He turned minute
later to see his chief standing bare
headed. His own cap came Off.
We're burying the lad." said Mar
shall.
The minute of funeral had to be
pushed aside. The river would not
wait. Train after train was rushed on
to the trestles; wave after wave hit
them. But perceptibly the dam was
steadying. The rapid fire Of rock was
telling.
Another ridge of yellow waters rose.
The rcll of water came slowly, dwin-
ding as 1t came; 1t broke against the
trestle weakly. For the first time the
trestle never shuddered. Workers and
watchers Ereathed as unit the first
deep breath that night. There was a
chas'se. Every eye was on the river
Whore 1t touched the rim of the dam.
Suddenly a chorused cry rose. The
river had stopped rising. The whistles
screamed themselves hoarse.
And then girl, sitting on the bank,
saw. two men grab each other by the
hand. She was too far away to hear
their voices, but the sun, rising red
through the banks of smoke, fell on
the blackened faces of her brother and
Richard. She did not care who saw
her crying.
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Biblical Town Of o,z..

Al-Mintar. or the watchtower. still
exists to the east of the town of GAIA.
1t Is where Samson is said to have car
rled the gates Of the city. On the road
from GAIA to Jaffa are ancient olive
trees. many of them more than one
thousand years old. with gnarled bark
and immense trunks. There Is an old
legend which credits GAIA with the In
vention of the first mechanical clocks.
These were perhaps the sand clocks
which are still used in some mosques.
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cano's edge; and the swift eruption
scorched her. 1t was the pitiabie wreck
of dignity. of pride. His words were
incoherent; his wrath involved his SIS
ter, crouching In tears. Innes shrnnk
from him. the man she did not know.
The coarse streak was uncovered in all
Its responsiveness. He turned on Innes
suddenly. She was crying, huddled
heap on the couch.
"I've had enough crying-between
you and Gerty. VIII you get out7 I've
got to have some Sleep"
Through her sobs he could make out
that she was afraid to leave him.
well, then. I'll go. I'm used to hav-
ing to leave my own tent. A dogs life."
He flung out into the night.
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Something was wrong. She left her
place in time to see Silent. his face
shining CHASTITY pale under the SCOT,
pull himself up from the 'battleship"
where he had been leaning. Estrada,
sent by Richard tc find out why the
train did not pull out. saw him the
same instant as did Molly. Silent
swayed, waving them back unseeingly,
like a man who is drunk.
"Go1, man, you can't go like that -
cried Estrada.
'-Who's going?" demanded Silent. his
tongue thick with thirst and exhaus-
tion- The whistle blew again.
II Will" The train moved out on
the trestle, as the whistle blew angrily
twice. Only Molly and Silent saw Es-
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Little Things Cause sunshine.

The sunshine of life is made up of
very little beams that are bright all
the time. To give up something, when
giving up will prevent unhappiness |:
to yield, when persisting will chafe and
fret others; to go little around rnth-
er than come against another; to take
an Ill look or n cross word quietly.
rather than resent or return it--these
are the ways in which clouds and
storms are kept of. and pleasant
and steady sunshine secured.--Aikin.
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love red or blue. that's fact; Ibs-rf
matter? I know your
An upward glance had caught him
smiling. Her SPEECH was routed srmi
-the--only girl herew
'Do you thing that's why ] love
your"
"Ah. but yru loved Gertyr That
slipped from ier. She had not fneantl
to say thatl
docs that hurt7" Abashed by her
own daring. yet she was GLAD she had.
dared. She wanted him to deny It
For he would deny It? Sbr ~ondered.
IL he were angry. but sbs could not,
look ut him.
The minutes. dragging ike Weighted
hours, told her that he WIS not going
to answer her. 1t cnr1e to her then
that she would never Know whether
Gerty's story were waolly false. or,
partly true. She Ane.s, then. that no
wheedling, wife's Or sweetheart's,
would tease that story from him. ].
did not belong ~ him.
His silence frightened her Into 49,
ticulateness. He must not think .irnt
she was foolishl 1t was not .het, in
Itself. she meant. The worths jostled
one another In their soft sNift rush.
He-he had made a mistake once be-
fore. He had liked the sort of woman
he had thought Gerty was. She her
self was not like the real Gerty any
more than she was like the other, tho
woman that did not exist He would
6nd hot
lieve alike. that there were differ
ences-
Aren't you making something out
of nothing Innesf
That voice could always chlde her
into silencel Her speech lay cluttered
In ruins, her words like useless broken
bricks falling from the wall she was
building.
He took her hand and led her to a
pile of rock the river had not eaten.
He pulled her down beside him.
isn't 1t true, with us?"
at is, with me-" breathed Innes.
Their voices were low as though they
were In church.
"And you think Is Isn't, with mel"
Richard stood before her. as IL be-
cause trust you. wonder? That I.
loving you, love to have the others
love you, too? Don't you suppose
know how 1t is with the rest, Mac
Lean; how It was with Estrada?
Should 1 be jealous? Why, I'm not.
I'm proud! Isn't that because know
you. know the fine steady heart of
you? You hated me ct first--and am
proud of that. 1 don't love you
enough?" He knelt at her feet, not
listening to her pleading. He bent
down and kissed one foot; then the
other. II love them !" The face he
raised to her Innes had never seen be-
fore. He pressed kiss against her
knee. 'That. tool It's mine. I've not
said my prayers since / was a boy.
shall say them again, here. you teach
Ing me-" His kisses ran up her arm,
from the tips of her limp fingers. His
mouth. close to hers, stopped there.
He whispered:
''You-kiss me, my grill"
Slowly, unseeingly, as though drawn
by an external will, her face raised to
his; slowly. their lips met His arms
were around her; the world was blot
ted out.
Innes, minutes later. put her mouth
against his ear. 1t was the Innes he
did not know, that he had seen with
others, mischlevous, whimsical, romp-
ing as q young boy.
II Lowered" she whispered. "And
heat and sunshine. But 1 love blue,
on you; and cold. IL 1t were with you
and the rest of the differences"
He caught her to him. There are
not going to be any differencesl"
(THE ENp.)
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compelled her will. stultIfied her
speech. She had something to say
first.
"We don't know each other; that is,
you don't know me- !"
"Is that all7' There was relief in
his voice. 81 don't know you? Haven't
seen you day by day7 Haven't
seen your self-control tried. proved
haven't l seen your Justice. when you
could not understand Look at me -
She shook her head, her eyes on the
sand at her feet. He could scarce
ly catch her words. They did not
know each other. He did not know
her
"Dearl don't know whether you
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trada go. Silent staggered unseeingly
up the bank toward the camp, Molly
following.
The river was humping out yonder !;
the rolling mass came roaring, flank
on, against the dam.
Quick, for Gods sake, quick !"
yelled Rlckard. His signals sounded
short and sharp. Dump 1t on, throw
the cars inp Marshall was dancing,
his mouth full of oaths, on the bank
edge. Breathlessly all watched the
rushing water fling itself over the dam.
For several hushed seconds the struc-
ture could not be seen. When the
foam fell cheer went up. The dam
was standing. Silent. 1t was supposed,
was bringing In his train.
Above the distant jagged line of
mountains rose red ball. A new day
began. And again the Dragon rose; u
mountain of water came rolling dam
ward.
Three trains ran steaming on the
rails.
Don't stop now to blast the big
ones. Pour 'em on !" ordered Rickard.
There was n long wait before any
rock fell. Marshall and Rickard wait
ed for the pour. The whistles blew
again. Then they saw what was
wrong. The morning light showed a
rock weighing several tons which was
resisting the efforts of the pressing
crew. Out of the gloom sprang other
figures with crowbars. The rock tot
tered, fell. The river tossed 1t as
though 1t were a tennis ball, sent it
hurtling down the lower face of the
dam.
Things began to go wild. The men
were growing reckless. They were
sagging toward exhaustion; mistakes
were made. Another rock, as heavy as
the last, was worked toward the edge
Men were thick about 1T with crow
bars. They hurried. One concerted
effort, drawing back as the rock top
pied over the edge. One man was too
slow. or too tired. He slipped. The
watchers on the bank saw a flash of
waving arms. heard a cry; they had
glimpse of blackened face as the
foam caught 1t. The waters closed
over him.
There was hush of horror; a halt.
"God himself couldn't save that poor
devil" cried Marshall. Have the
werk go on"
Pour rocks on that wretch down
there? Pin him DOWN. Never had II
seemed more like warI "a man
down? Ride over him to victory ="
Soberly Richard signaled for the work
to go on.
The rock-pour suffered as If In hor-
ror. The women turned sick with fear.
No one knew who it was. Some poor
Mexican, probably.
"Who was it?" demanded Rickard,
running down to the track.
"The young Mexican. Hestrada. Il
tried to 'elp. e wasn't fit"
who was it?" Marshall had run
down to see why the work paused.
Richard turned shocked eyes on his
chief. Estrada 70 The beautiful
mournful eyes of Eduardo were on
him. not Marshalfs, Mortified. Now he
knew why Estrada had said. ~ can't
see 1t finished"
"Rickard" The engineer did not
recognize the quenched voice. "The
work has got to go on"
1t came to Rickard as he gave the
orders that Eduardo was closer to Mar
shall than to him. "As near son as
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nealnnlna Of Plttnburuh.

November % is the anniversary of
the raising of the English flag over the
ruins Of Fort Duquesne in 1854. The
place was then named Pittsburgh, In
honor Of Britain's famous prime minis
ter. 1t owes Its great growth to its
proximity to coal and Iron fields Of
vast magnitude.
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CHAPTER xxxiII.
The Battle In the Night.

Gathering on the bank we're the
camp groups to watch the last stand
Of the river against the rock lombard
ment. Molly Silent had crept down
from the Crossing. full of fears. Out
thsye, somewhere on the trestles, on
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Daily Ihouuhf

He who begs timidly courts Z eas
fusal.-Seneca.
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IS 1ntEZhflaGIlrey
BY CYNTHIA GREY

Grey a letters. and
with problem
n loved each other
dearly who
mother and
twice with him was
I a sweetheart often spoke OF him
downtown and
read and In the
BY this
and scandal and 10
Ike
! decide o marry
him when hs
heard ashamed when
unfaithfuL
love and loved but the
question will forgive understands the ercum-
stances7 he
would make give
him would and
wish would advice sometimes
think that II Will and forget
but perhaps read
would
long for home
him happy and make
IEARTBROKEN
Personally. believe moth
whole situation
right and he mos, certainly entitled
tn o whch
enrhrouds %
unfahuL will be glad to
this
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certainly was In no hurry To spoil
the unbccominR smile which khthef'
Inc Miller bestowed on Babs and me.
In fact | actually enjoyed H. ~ ad'
vertlned our open enmity. We didnt
need TO pretend that we dlhn sec
each other any more. ! hoped mat
Bob would catch the fun meaning OF
the situation. but he didn't even
notice Il, Thus men miss most 81
the by.play which In always going
on between women. ! fancy
Katherine herself was VASTLY re-
lievcd TO hear the baby Jaboer an
answer 10 Bobs question, hhe
wouldn't have been. had she under
stood a syllable OF the string OF
words which Habs combined In one.
according to a system OF her own;
acknowledgement
sounds like Chinese-French--the
kind l heard the coolies Epeak-over
therer' laughed Bob himself not ua'
derstAnding. To make the child for
get her troubles. Bob would have
taken her for lively romp. but she
chung 10 me tightly. and fixed "a pair
Of very sober blue eyes on the pretty
lady in the thin frillcd frock.
Tho stare OF those wondering baby
eyes stirred some fear. perhaps. In
the soul Of tho woman ! suspected
OF being the mother. She turned
abruptly TO my husband and spoke
impauently;
II wish you'd come along. Bob!
chrys and are going 20 select our
staterooms on the liner and We need
mans advice terribly
MY dear kathcrinel wouldn't
venture a suggestion" Bob protest
cd. Since the war some OF those
southern ships are queer tubs. Ae
commodations cramped and crowded
And. believe me. wouldn't risk a
bet m 10 which side the breeze
''Oh come on Come on" wHs
Miss Milicr'a gay aingaong. and abe
appropriated Bob's arm. leading him
off toward the house.
'nsdladygohom - ran the wee
ones comment on their departure.
But couldn't manage 60 answer
the child for my tears were wcttlng
her soft curls. I didn't know whether
I was tie more sorry for the baby
or for myrslf.
could find but one thing 20 be
glad about--the fatherieas BARN was
too young 20 remember the tragedy
OF that horrible hour
My heart y-arned over the baby
and resolved to mother her myself
I set % work at once to keep my re-
solve. little dreaming how my de
votion 20 the child would be inter
prrtci and twisted--for my undo.
ms,
Thereafter. Katherine Miller delhi.
erateiy proceeded 20 interrupt my
morning talks with my husband. OF
course she scon succeeded In spoil.
ing them completely.
had come 10 believe that the half
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THE JEALOUSY OF A SNAKE-WOMAN SETS
TRAP FOR UNWARY Me

hour before luncheon which Bob
spent with the baby and inc had
meant a great deal 20 him. had
faneied that he. too. felt the strange
attraction between US which ! could
not resist.
But as soon ns his visits ceased
10 seem "A chance. and took the ar
pect OF a plan. Bob stopped coming
TO the blue ghrdenl
$50 like n mani Awfully worried
about the conventional said In my
bitter disappointment
And | only did the usual thing
when a girl who Is In love begins
TO reason abont the conduct Of her
lover. she can be relied upon 10
reason wrongly. A bride goes even
further astrayl A matron goes the
limit
reasoned that Bob didn't want 10
let Katherine find him talking 10 me
regularity Probably the truth was
that Bob didn't want TO meet Rather.
Inc. but my jealousy wouldn't let
me dwell on that possibility
Bob had abandoned me- What was
worse. little Babs missed her big
playfoilow Morning after morning
she asked me where he was
had TO double my efforts 10
amuHe her. In the care OF her. dis.
covered "A 10Y had missed for
months. 80 We sent her nurse away
for vacation. and I assumed sole
charge Of the child. No real mother
WIS ever more devoted. ny service
was gladly given. nevertheless. an
cvii chance seized Il and made II a
net 10 trap me.
Ito lie Continued
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Outing for
SgbDebutdntes

sixteen members OF the sub-de-
nutante set Of Seattle will meet six
I'm members Of the sub'debutante
~ q Everett on Thursday half Cay
bofWeen Seattle and Everett at Sii-
VIZ lake Swimming and dancing
W1ll b. INDUCED In and a picnic sup
DeP will be served. Mrs. w. r. Craw-
1eed and Mrs. Howard Allen viii
ehaperon those going from Seattle.
Who will be Miss Eulalie Merrill.
Ms Polly Perkins. Miss Frankiyn
Crawford. Miss Dorothy Allen. Miss
jane Bliss. Miss Catherine Ely. Miss
Dorothy Lane. Mr.. Bert Burnett.
NJ. Wallace Collins. Mr.. James
yr1nk. Mr.. william Jones. Mr.. Ed.
Arnold. Mr.. Fred Collins. Mr.. Wal
oer Crockett and Mr.. Richard Woods.
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| Definition
| or Lore

Dear Mlss Grey: Not ~ long ago
read question In your columns
asking what is lover"
Now am Of the opinion that there
are not many that can tell passion
from love. The two go hand in hand.
but the scales tip too far TO pas.
slon's side most OF the time. a few
months ago clipped the enclosed
from n little magazine and II is my
idea OF love. and ] thought you might
like 10 publish IL.
Love In very patient. very kind.
Love knows no jealousy: love makes
no parade. gives itsclf no airs. is
never rude. never selfish. never irri.
tated, never resentful. love IL never
glad when others go wrong. love Is
giaddened By goodness: always slow
10 expose. always eager to believe the
best. always hopeful. always patient.
Love never disappears"
MRS. y. w. o.
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Keeping an Eye
on Women Folks

Mlss Hannah Patterson. recent
~ awarded the Distinguished Sery-
Ice Medal for work sn assistant
director Of the Council for Nation
al Defense. has Just hren appoint
ed member OF the advisory COM
ulttse OF tho var risk Insurance
bureau.
During the war the number 81
women workers In Germany In
creased enormously. between eight
and nine millions being employed.
The chief Increase Of women work
ers was In munltion making. nmei,-
ms and engineering.
Miss Emma %. Lundbcrg and
Walter TreadwRy OF the childron's
bureau have made n survey OF the
mental detectives In Sussex coun-
~. Delaware. which reveals a ma
tive American population with ~
detectives per thousand population
between the ages of and 20. No
provision whatever ~ made for
their care or teaching except the
county aimshouse.
Mrs. Raymond Robins. social
worker. declares the now minimum
wage for women just established
In the District OF Columbia. IN too
low. The new minimum II 1850.
Miss Robbins. president OF the Ma
tionhl woman's Trade Union
league. recommends SIS weekly as
the lowest wage at which n wofn-
nm may maintain health ana wort :
Ing efficiency. Its chief value. she
finds. f. that ~ will enable the
women workers 20 organize for
adequate wage demands and will
tend 20 standardIza wage condl-
tons where now no standards
whatever exist.
The bureau % labor reports tina.
during the war school attendance
fell off tremendously. partly be-
causc Of greatly Increased child Ia
Dor. and partly because 10000
teachers left the schools to go into
better paid war cmployments.
Tho end Of 1918 In Japan found
factory workers including s3s. SEQ
women and sbs.ss2 men. The
women outnumbercd the men by
100000. and when divided into age
groups girl children appear as al
most five to one compared with
boys. There were 5.57i little girls
under IL years OF age at work. and
s7.T09 girls between the ages Of
i, and rs at work az against only
1856 boys.
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Tea for Bride-Elect

Mrs. Mason Hawkins was hostess
at delightful tea on Tuesday after
noon at her homo in compliment 10
Miss Eidcns Sparks. whose engage
.ment to MIR. Howard Hawkins was
recently announced. The guests
were received on the lawn. MrH-
Edward Agnew and Mrs. rerd Burn
side presided over dainty tea table,
conferred with a silver basket OF old
fashioned flowers.
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There will be another paper chase
on Sunday a, Camp Lewis. Among
those who are planning to 20 are
Miss Ellen Messer. Miss Gloria
Frink. Miss Dorothy Campbell. Miss
Kathleen Donahoe. Miss Elizabeth
Lea. MFR. Taylor csstien. Mr.. Lauer.
Of Spokane. and Mr.. Stewart AEen.
Mrs. Charles castlen will chap.
eron the party OF young women go.
Ing from Seattle.
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Hard work can no way worry me
Everything seems sham and bubbles.
Tobacco gives me ecstasy.
Ny good old pipe In getting strong;
Its smell a mountain might easily
move.
But how / love H. Like n song.
IL In TO me a treasure troye.
Nothing our friendship can undo.
IL In TO me the sweetest rose.
For drive away IL does hoodoo.
When the good old smoke curtis up
my nose. w. J. A
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Mrs. Ellen Poe White Of Wash
ingtcn. u. &. who leaves for hef
hcme ON Friday after several
weeks visit with her brother and
eizter-in.iaw. Mr.. and Mrs. c. n. Poe,
Was the inspiration for charming
dinner given last night by Mr.. and
Mrs. Clare 4. f'arnsworth at their
home. Covers were placed for ten
A basket OF sweet peas graeed the
center OF the table. After the din
ner four tables OF bridge were a,
play.
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World Of Comfort
In His Old Pine

Dear Miss Grey: Here In an answer
TO Tobacco Charley" who wants the
tobacco to 20 tho way OF the booze:
when my pipe IL III and burning
Ny nose gets aromatic smoke.
For nothing else Am then yearning
Happy l am. that Is no joke.
don't care for earthly trouble;
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Picnic Supper at
Countru Glib

MIR. and Mrs. John w Eddy. Mr.
and Mrs. W. :. peachy. Mr.. and Mrs
Prescott Cakes. Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Garrett. MIR. and Mrs. A. II. Mute.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward I. Garrett.
Capt and Mira. j. s. Gibson and Mr..
and Mrs. w. II. McGrath formed a
crowd at the Country club who en-
joycd a picnic supper on the beach
on Sunday evening.
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Honcring Miss Dorothy Ewing,
Mr.. and Mrs. James Hamilton De
veuve viii give picnic supper on
THURSDAY evening. August IS. at
their home at the Highlands. Fifty
friends OF the honor guest have been
aaked and iate- dancing VIII be en-
5oyed.
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Gamma Phi
Beta Sorority

Tho national convention Of the
Gamma Phi Beta Sorority Ia having
its sessions this year at Estes
park. On Tuesday a party OF girls
composed OF Miss Charlotte Doheny.
Miss Gertrude Timing. Miss Virginia
Benson. Miss Luriine Brown. Miss
Dorothy Condor. Miss Ruth Norton
left to go to the convention and they
will be Joined by Miss Margaret Cot.
fin and Mrs Hergert. also Of Seattle.