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sANDRA FINDS LIFE a PUZZLE.
CHAPTER XXxvIII.


So everyone had thought Everett
would marry Irma Aston. Perhaps he
was sorry he hadn't He always acted
so gay and interested when he was
with her-not at all stern end quiet
as he was when with me. 1 had felt
since the first time had seen Everett
talking with her Now that jealousy
was increased. She acted flattered by
Everett's attention-but II he had
cared for her, why hadn't he married
her instead of me?
Then / remembered what Mr.. Lev
She's not young. and I guess era
ham Is ready TO settle down with
family. 1t looks like it, marrying that
child"
How I wished the music had not
wondering what more he would have
said. He had started He is''-then
I heard no more.
'If Everett Graham thought he was
going to marry me just TO make
mother of me, he was mistaken! Let
him adopt children il he wanted
Them 1 said to myself, then blushed
at my immodesty in thinking of such
things. Yet hadn't he as much as
told me that was his reason for ask
ing me to marry him? "A home and
family, wife and children" he had
SAID Wnen 1 asked MIN what ne ndo
married me for when he loved Leola.
Sometimes I thought no girl ever
had such a queer sort Of a puzzle to
solve as did. i'll could have writ
ten or talked II over with mother, l
think she would have found some way
to have helped me. But she was sa far
away; had been so averse to my mar
rying an older man, and would be I'M
happy IL she thought 1 was not con-
tented, that couldn't bring myself to
let her know anything about how l
felt.
I blushed whenever thought of
how I had told Rose Grandon that
Everett was crazy over me, wild TO
marry me-" had heard how he
treated Leola, the woman he was in
love with, and of whom he was so
jealous. And 1 knew the way he
treated me, the woman he had mar
ried for those other reasons.
Oh, II I only dared to do the things
Leola did If when Everett told me
not to dance in public places, I had
the courage to dance all / wanted TO
and when he treated me coldly or
flared up at me. I dared to make
such a fuss that he would have to do
something to quiet me!
Some day when 1 was a little older
and had been his wife a little longer
I would do things, too-the thingsLeola
used to do. was learning lot about
her Perhaps I would soon learn some
of the indiscreet things she had done;
then I would do the same things. IL
they made Everett love her, they
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ON THE SPUR
OF THE MOMENT
BIZ ROY K MoULTON

Alb, how loved her graceful lines.
She was a beauty, l vow.
Ny tale Of grief You must allow.
Las summer I did spend with her:
1 loved her with a passion mad.
Away Ms 'I from hR Rer SSS It h SAD
She had me dashed right to the mast
I'll tell you that is true, by heck.
The trouble was she was too fast.
And now she is total wreck.
How yearn for the days gone by.
The passing years cannot atone.
can't forget her, tho / try
That motor boat I used to own.
From the Hickeyyille Clarion.
Our village council meets every
other Monday night to find out what
is best to do and then does something
else.
Doc Hanks, >our village dentist. has
been arrested for peelin' the gold leaf
signs offn the store winders at night.
He used them to fill teeth.
Old Man Simpson made new
wooden leg out'n Normandy poplar
and it grows so fast that he has to
saw four or five inches off every day
to keep from walkin' lop-sided and
spillin' the Old Moonshine out'n his
flask.
A telegram has been waitin' for
Elihu Bibbins for five days down to
the railrud station. but Station Agent
Bushrod amt had time to deliver 1t
yet Elihu had better hurry and get
it for somebody might be dead and
this is hot weather.
Some joker dropped a half peck of
dried apples in the ice water tank at
the Huttel Hoppertown and when the
explosion came 1t wrecked the inter
Tor of the office and knocked the day
clerk insensible.
Speaking of politics. and everybody's
doing it, somebody hands us this lit
tie fable: Now, children" said the
teacher, II have been talking to you
about the duty of cultivating a kindly
disposition. and / will tell you a little
story of two dogs. Henry had a nice
dog. gentle as a lamb. He would not
bark at the passersby or at strange
dogs, and would never bite. Williams
dog. on the contrary, was always
fighting other dogs or flying at the
hens and cats in the neighborhood,
and several times he seized a COW by
the nostrils and threw her. He barked
at strangers and was always making
trouble. Now, boys. which dog would
you like to own-Henry's or Will
liam's?" The answer came instantly
in one eager shout: ''Wiiliam's!"
Isn't it the truth?
What q Liar David Has Turned Out 70 BE.
stood on the bridge at midnight
The sun was shining fair;
When somebody took the bridge eyay
David Rodgers
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SANDRA THE JEALOUS
By JANE PHELPS

might make him love me. too. He
might also be Jealous of me. And J,
like all young girls, thought Jealousy
a sign of love. instead of lack OF
faith.
I did not reason that 1t was not
because of the things Leola did that
Everett loved her, but because OF what
she was-she herself; that he loved
her so we'll that he was willing to
bear with her because of that love-
and not having that same feeling
for me. that same intense love. he
would not be willing to put up with
the same things from me.
The next afternoon Barrett Ed
monds came up to practice the new
songs. I tried again to get him TO
enthuse over Rose, but he simply
would not He. just said nice things
to me. Not silly, babyish things IKE
fat Mr.. Leveredge and that horrtd
Mr.. Cantwell did-Barrett treated me
as If at least knew a little something
and had passed the stage when all I
could do was TO play with dolls.
We had a delightful time even IL he
wouldn't talk about Rose. 1 called
him Mr.. Edmonds, of course. but he
asked me IL I didn't think we knew
each other well enough for me to call
him Barry" as Alice Sloane did.
"Oh. no!' 1 replied, blushing fur
iousiy. ST never called anyone in Hen
don by their first names.
why not in Hendon as well as
any other placer"
"oh, I don't know!" I wanted to
say I didn't think Everett would like
it, yet hated to. You see I haven't
known you very long"
1T won't urge you. But II you
he left his sentence unfinished. May
/ Join you and Mrs. Sloane Friday at
Rappelye's?" he asked a moment
later.
II should enjoy it," my reply
sounded stilted.
please expect me then. Tell Mrs.
Sloane I hope to be host on that oc-
casion."
The rest of the time he stayed we
Just talked and laughed. I told him
OF home and the boys and girls. of
Toodles and Buster. made him
laugh heartily when I told of some
of their pranks; and how they used
to tease me / had not meant TO be
so confidential; Everett had told me
10 keen my home affairs to myself
that people were not at all interested
in what belonged solely to ones own
family. Yet Barrett Edmonds said
when he left that he had not spent
so happy an afternoon in a long time.
1 was very sure I hadn't.
Until Friday" he had said when
he left-then raised my hand to his
lipsl
I had read of men who did this. but
it was the first time a man ever had
kissed my hand. Someway it kept
him in my thoughts.
Tomorrow - Sandra lunches alone
with Barrett Edmonds.
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QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS.

O. who is the head Of the federal re-
serve board ?-P. r. C.
eraI reserve board which is the agency which
directs the reserve bank systems of the
nation its most important fiscal agency.
Goyernor Harding was formerly banker
Q. How much would ten thousand dol
lars in gold weight?-w. A. D.
weight about thirty-eight pounds. 1t is
obvious that a thief could not carry a for
8. What Is the cohort of the damned 81
A. 1.-THE cohort Of the damned" Is an
iessness Caused their withdrawal from the
fighting front from a fear that they had
lost mental balance. and who were sent
Q. Who is Dorothy x?-L. NJ.
A. The real name Of Dorothy Dix is
Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer. She lives in
New York and has written for newspa pers
Q. How long have postage stamps been
A. The use Of postage stamps Is not
more than a hundred years old. The Sar-
denian states stamped letter paper in 1913.
1884. The British soVernment offered a
prize Of 200 pounds for the best suggestion
for bringing stamps into general use. Their
Britain
9: Which live longest, fat people or thin
panies show that people who are twenty
pounds under average weight are longest
lived. The more flesh people put on this
minimum the more likely they are TO die.
A person who is sixty pounds over weight
is twice as likely to die IS a thin person. Few
fat people live to be old. When the system
begins to break down the vital organs are
unable to support this burden of extra
q Can cotton be grown in Hawuii?-
r. e.
A. There is very superior cotton
Known as Caravonica grown in Hawaii. II
is a cross between tree cotton and Sea
by frost as cotton is in the United States.
but Is cultivated year after year as is an
orchard. Certain difficulties have been met
in developing it but 1t is expected to prove
profitable crop.
Q. What is the monkey driIl7-N T. n.
cavalry in which the riders perform fancy
stunts on their horses, rivalling the best
circus riders.
Q. Why are humble bees necessary to
clover?-H. B.
A. Many plants will not bear fruit or
seed unless pollen is carried from one bios
som to another by insects, thus fertiiizing
them. The humble bee is the only insect,
which feeds on clover, that has a long
enough beak to properly place the pollen
In a clover blossom. So, II there are no
humble bees the clover will not bear seed
to reproduce itself.
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Or could have let 1t go and then
pleaded with you afterward~ to do
il any more. But that wouldn't do
neither of those things would do
for me. You've got a wild streak In
YOU. Ben, that's got to be driven out;
and the man way Of knowing more
about things than a girl.
so when I made up my mind that
YOU were getting into this crooked
liquor nuggling-crooked it is, Ben.
no matter what you may think
went straight into town and saw the
commandment of the coast guard sta
ton. I told them what felt sure was
going to be done. But I wouldn't
tell them where, nor who was PROB
ably in it, unNl they promised me to
let Kimpinski go, too, for the informa:
ton he could give them-if they could
only get the goods and get at the
PEOPLE higher up, the big men behind
The business. They didn't want to
make terms like that. but by and by
they consented. Today the command
ant told me over the phone that KIM
pinski had come thru and the men
who are financing this traffic are
going to the penitentiary.
Ben, 1 don't know how you're go
ing to take this. Maybe you'll think
that a woman who, will do a thing like
what I did isn't a good enough pal
to tie up to. II you do, can't help
1t. But IL you come thru that gate it's
got to be as a man Who is thru, Tor
good and all, with every thought of
getting an easy dollar by breaking
the law of the land" Caroline un-
latched the gate and stood back.
And Kimpinski wasn't the only
smuggler who came thru"
Copyright 1919 by the Mcclure News
pepper. Syndicate.l
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The evil of reducing prices is that
II government fix the price of any
thing at ALL it must fix prices all along
the line. else the whole burden is
placed upon a small class. forcing it.
possibly. to quit business. II the price
OF shoes were suddenly cut in half. or
TO their 1914 levels. the retailer of
shoes would be crippled because Of the
high price he must pay to the manu-
faeturer. II the price charged by the
manufacturer were correspondingly
cut by the government. he in turn
would be crippled because OF the high
price he must pay for labor and for
leather. II the price charged for
leather were forcibly reduced, the tan
ner would be made to face the high
price OF hides. These reduced. the
hide dealer would contend with the
high price OF cattle. The price OF cat
tie reduced. and what would the cattle
raiser do when corn and other feed
cost more than twice as much as be-
fore the war;
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HEART AND BEAUTY
PROBLEMS
BIZ MRS. ELIZABETH THOMPSON.

Dear Mrs Thompson: I am a
young man nineteen years of age.
have been going with one girl regu-
larry for over two years. love her
a great deal and I think she cares
for me.
Last winter went off to school
and started going with a girl there
just to have a good time. I was COR
responding with this other girl and
when I came home. OF course I went
with her.
have been writing to the girl
met at school and believe she thinks
1 really love her from the way she
writes. 1 do not want to quit her en-
tireiy for I like her very much. My
sister says I should not fool her, but
do not look at 1t that way. I like
to go with a lot of girls, but not in a
flirting way.
Do you thing I should drop her en-
tirely? If so, gradually or at once?
]. D.
n. If you are only friend to the girl
and do nothing to indicate a closer
relationship, there Is no reason why
you should give her UP. OF course
you have no right to make love to
her or do anything that would sug-
gest serious intentions.
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to make no further substantial ad-
vances in railway wages under gov
eminent operation" The claims of
the shop employees were based partly
on wages paid to similar classes OF
workmen in other industries and part
ly on the increase in the cost of living.
The advance of four cents an hour
given them makes their wages. it Is
claimed. slightly higher than those of
workmen in the principal metal
trades.
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More than three billion California
oranges aid lemons were eaten by the
American public during the last year.
according to the annual report Of G.
Harold Powell. general manager OF
the California Fruit Growers ex-
change. The crops Of lemons and
summer oranges were each the largest
in history. The exchange handled
S3.OS2 carloads. Prices for oranges
and lemons. It is set forth in the re-
port. have not advanced in proportion
TO the prices in general commodities.
particularly those purchased by the
producer. The exchange selling cost.
however. is lower than II was ten years
ago. due to larger volume, and the
cost of marketing oranges and lem
ons thru the exchange has been re-
duced to joint where it is lower than
the cost Of selling any other perish
able food crop. Advertising is given
much Of the credit for keeping the use
OF oranges and lemons ahead of the
rapid increases in production.
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II should be borne in mind that the
packers have no power to prevent any
meat dealer from killing his own
beeves, hogs or sheep and selling the
meat at retail on the local market in
competition with the Chicago or Kan
sas City product. II the local dealer
cannot kill his own meat so eheaply as
he can buy it wholesale from the pack
ers. that is a confession that the pack
ers can render the.service at less cost
and thus supports the contention of
the packers that their methods enable
them to cheaper the price of the ar
tiele to the customer unless interven-
ing circumstances place obstacles in
the way.
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Among the first industries to reeov-
er from the effects OF the war is that
of shipping. In spite of the war and
OF the submarine, and notwithstand-
ing the temporary and partial inter-
ruption of shipbuilding in some coun-
tries. the tonnage in June. 1919, was
2.493,00O gross tons greater than II
was in June, 1914. Not only was 1t
possible for the shipyards OF the world
10 replace during the war losses OF
approximately 100000 tons. but
they were able to increase the pre-war
fleet by 100000 tons.
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Yestidday I had a crate ideer to
shine my shoes without nobody telling
me to and serprize pop, and shined
them SO good they looked like bran
new shoes. taking me abuot 20 minutes
on account of me shining them so
perfeck, and I went dswn in the par
Ter ware pop was setting waiting for
suppir, and I sat down in frunt of
him with my feet in plane site, say
ing. Hello, pop.
Not even looking at my shoes, and
I started to wiggel them, and pop
sed, for the love of Peet, are you
going krazy GROUND the feet. stop
that.
witch I did, and after a vile I start
ed to cross my legs and uncross them,
thinking he mite notice my shoes 60
ing up and down. and pritty soon pop
sed, Say, If you've got Sent Nttuses
dance, III Excuse you but II you haven't
cut that out.
Yich 1 did, and after a vile put
my feet up on the sect of another
chair. thinking he couldent help MOTTO
ing them on account OF them being so
high. Wich he noticed them all rite,
all but the shine, saying, Wat in the
eny better than to stick your feet up
on the ferniture like that. Ill be giving
you a krack on the nuckles in a mint.
Aw heck. @. thawt. And I went
out in the back yard mad and rubbed
dert on my shoes till they looked as
IL nobody hadent even ever tried to
shine them. and Jest then the suppir
bell rang and I went in the dining
room and pop was there allreddy. say
ing, Waite a moment, young man, do
you meen to say you would have the
nerve to sit down to the table with
shoes in that condition-go up stairs
and eileen them immeeditly.
WITCH 1 did, taking me about min
nits
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II, as the railroad brotherhoods as
sert. under the Plumb plan of having
the government own the railroads and
the employees run them. the fares and
freight rates can be reduced and the
profits increased to the point of pay
ing large dividend in addition to pro-
viding a fat surplus to be divided
among the employees. the wonder is
says the Springfield Union, that the
100000 employees do not get together
to buy and operate the railroads on
their own account Their failure to
seize the golden opportunity seems to
indicate a lack of faith in the sound
ness of their own argument.
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tiles state the belief that as produc-
ton is increased. and the world set
ties down to a normal economic basis,
prices will decline considerably. And
so, it's a good idea right now to hans
onto the dollar, and let it earn some
more dollars.
When this country was something of
calf, and was webbing about on
unsteady legs, not knowing whether it
was going TO live or not, 1t was handi-
capped. by its first war debt 1t cost
our forefathers little more than $780,
100000 to win their independence
little less than the amount of in
terest that holders of third liberty
bonds will reap in a few days. bit
later on, the war of 1912 sent the ma
tional debt up to 1927. 100000.
Then we had peace and prosperity
for a. long period. And from 1916 TO
1886, inclusive, the annual income of
the treasury substantially exceeded the
expenditures. The debt was gradual
ly diminished and after a few years
the United States, with a cash surplus
in the treasury. presented what a his
torian has called that happy spec
tacle of a people substantially free
from the smallest portion of debt"
We had great deal of land in those
days, and the government sold it at
a fair return to newcomers to our
shores That money helped to pay
on the little obligation which we in
CURED in getting independence.
Then a panic came along in 1897
and the surplus in the treasury dis
appeared. There is not likely to be
another surplus for a long time. 1t
Will take at least twenty-five years to
pay on the present war debt.
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THE COMPLETE WORLD.

THE COMPLETE WORLD.
We are here to make merry to learn how
to smile,
To suffer some trials and labor awhile;
And the Lord in his goodness has fashioned
So that we may enjoy it and fill it VITA
He has given Us the blossoms to brighten
The streams and the lakes for our seasons
The song birds to sing US their msrriest
tunes,
And Eladdened our years with the joys
OF his Junes.
We are here for a time TO develop cur
To battle with dangers ami struggle for
There are bardships to test MS and wars
But the evenings are sweet when the toll
ing 10 done.
We have glorious friends all our sorro~s
to share,
And blue skies above when our mornings
are fair.
Of pleasures for man When his telling
is GER
Who wills may 60 fishing. who chooses to
May find soft couch on the bank of
The seeker for pleasure may find It down
here.
It's glorious world that We have at our
With all that man hunsers to own tts
There IS nothing forgotten. Whatever Cur
We an may find reason to smile and
Copyright 1919 By Edgar A. Guest, e
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Is YEARS AGO IN TOPEKA
From the columns Of
THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL


September o. 1894.
A score or more of business men have
donated a guarantee fund Of $4,000 to make
our fall race meeting the best we have ever
had. Five races have been arranged for
each day and the bess norses of the west
are entered and therefore sure TO be here
Beside the usual exciting trotting and
pacing races, a large number Of running
races have been arranged for.
Miss Edna Crane II expected home soon
from Denver where she has been visiting
Miss Lottie Page.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. c. Baker and daughter
Nellie Will leave Monday for Colorado 10
visit the n. r. Baker family.
David Lakin, Harmon Ryus and Frank
Dinner viii give large dancing party next
Friday evening at the Lskfn residence.
Misses Ida Bergen and Lyle Anderson
will leave next Wednesday TO attend Lyn-
don college at St Charles, No.
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Railway wages have increased more
In proportion than the cost Of living
since the war began. according to sta
tistics published by the Railway Age.
President Wilson's action in granting
the shopmen only'a small part OF the
advance in wages for which they
asked is declared by the Age to have
great significance because largely a
Recognition OF the fact that. on the
basis OF increased cost OF living they
were not entitled to a large advance.
His attitude and utterances clearly
Indicate" 1t says, that he has decided