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BY Jane Mclean.


TINE little bit of heliotrope on
the floor which Mrs. Hasdock
L called nothing. all the while
staring at 1t with frightened eyes.
aroused tho curiosity OF the land
lady sufficiently to mako her bend
over and pick It up.
'Oh. it's heliotrope. amt lit"
Els it?" asked Mrs. Hasdock-
"Yos. it's tho same thing the man
On the top floor uses. 1 wonder IL
he's been In here"
How do / know" snarled joe
Don't you go screaming in my
house." the other assumed a warn
ing tone. "If you do you'd better
get out. want you to know j run
\ strictly respectable place and
don't want trouble"
- Mrs. Hasdock was apologetic to
the nth degree and the landlady's
, feelings were at length mollified.
but the mystery OF the perfume still
puzzled her. and she wondered what
connection Mrs. Hasdock's terror
and the presence Of the two
, roomers on the top moor had to do
. with each other.
FORCIBLE EVIDENCE.
She was. to receive ,forcible evil
dence of their relation few hours
later, when the house was sunk in
sleep and Heliotrope Harry had per-
fected the plan by which he hoped
to place Alice forever beyond the
reach of harm.
The moment the landlady had left
the room Mrs. Hasdock in frantic
haste sought for the birth certif-
cate. The discovery of It's loss sent
her into a spasm OF devouring rage.
with her hands raised she called
down curses on the man who was
driving her into a corner and who
she imagined would finally kill her
in cold blood.
Again and again she searched for
the paper. 1t was gone, together
with tho letter she had purloined.
She sat down to think what to 80
next. without this evidence her
case was woefully lacking. How
could she prove that Annie Hasdock
. was in reality Alice Hale?
.E IDLE CURIOSITY.
Idle curiosity had once, moved her
to go to the little town where the
@child was born She had found that
the building in which all records
had been kept had been wiped out
/, by fire. The hopelessness Of her po-
sition, made more hopeless through
(. the loss of that valuable document,
reused her to lust for revenge
against this man who had come.
back like one from the grave to
mock and balk her.
Evidently it was Heliotrope
Harry's plan to prevent her from
communicating the damaging facts
of their daughters parentage to the
daughter. She sat brooding. won
dering why she had not deposited
the birth certificate in a safe place.
upbraiding herself for her folly,
and trying to figure out some way
to make good on her promise to
herself to bleed the Andrews family.
She heard a noise at the door,
and in panic of fright she began
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When Hearts Are 7runlpS
FULL OF ROMANCE
By Virginia Terhune Van de Water.
A Serial Story.

heart-or none of II. should have
appreciated this at first. But I did
not. Never mind-that is all in tho
past now. You are going to be
happy-you and Robert Elliot
He dropped her hands and stood
very still, waiting for her to reply.
When at last she spoke. IL was so
low that he had to bend his head to
hear.
You are the best man I ever
knew" she faNered. And, IL you
will have me, and can stand me, ]
am going to marry you.
you must not think that-Bob"
with a little gulp-"loves me.
Perhaps he did once--but that was
long ago"
TT was only about fifteen min
utes ago" he corrected gently.
And such being the case, you have
no right to dispose OF yourself-for
you belong to him, dear.
That Is the law of love, you
know. / am obeying that law when
l give you up.
"All 1 ask Is that you will obey
ii, too. Promise me that you will"
81 will-if 1 can." she whispered.
A moment later she was alone.
Sinking again into the deep chair,
she pressed her hands to her eyes.
trying to think.
A streak Of light fell across the
floor as the porueres parted. then
closed again. Someone came swift
ly toward her; strong arms were
about her.
ALL Is WELL AGAIN.
Bob's dear voice was speaking
her name.
''Bab-Bab. darlingl Let me call
you that Just this once-wont you,
sweetheart?
"Bab-is IT true what Brandon
says-that you are not going to
marry him-that there may yet be a
chance for me?'
She put her arms about his neck
and hid her face on his shoulder.
'Not n chance Bob" she whis-
pered. smiling in the dark as his
kisses cotered her face and hair
"a certainty. Bob"
you see"--disengaging herself
from his embrace and sitting up
with a sound that was half laugh.
half sob-"when Il hear you calling
me- will have to come to you.
dear"
cd toward the door.
.T must go to my guests" she
insisted. They have all gone into
supper, haven't they7 I actually
forgot themT'
$50 did T." confessed Bob. kissing
her again. "Bab. when will you
marry me7"
when you want me to-" she an
swcred "Oh, Bob, IL II actually
truo7"
What"
''That We are to be together al
wsysT'
"yes, darling-ss true as another
thing I am just realizing"
what is that7"
"It is," he averred solemnly.
that John Brandon. Ia the whltest
man I ever knew"
- u Cnmnn1nA
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DISILLUSIONED ON
HONEYMOON.

Perhaps / have no right to dis
cuss the question. / have been
married only two weeks.
l began to read the discussion
when it started, and I'll admit that
my reaction was such that / was
almost tempted to remain a bache-
lor girl. But after all. 1 thought.
these letters whic hare being print
ed are necessarily from those who
have had extreme experiences,
either along the lines of happiness
and contentment, or disillusion and
dissatisfaction.
The honeymoon is still on, and
am beginning to realize that mar
riage is a failure, My husband is
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begin to neglect my fngernails. i
shall call my husband "kiddo.'
"If he's the man l think he Is,
he'll wake up and play the game
properly. II he's not the man i
think he Is. i shall cut short game
that cannot end in any way but
misery.
The time to decide these matters
Is at the beginning. for that Is the
foundation. II the foundation Is
built on sand, the structure must
topple.
Is marriage a failureT ! can tell
you more about IL in about
month. Doggedly.
BRIDE
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CHATTER xxx

Stephanie and Helen arrived.
bringing a mountain of baggage and
the studio cat-an animal evidently
unacquainted with the larger free
dom OF outdoors, and having NO
cosmic urge. for when deposited
upon the lawn II fed distracted, and
remained all day upon a heap of
coal in the cellar. glaring immov-
ably upon Establishment
"Oh" cried Stephanie. standing
on the lawn and quite enchanted by
the old place. 1T Is simply too
lovely! It's like a charming dolls
house-it's so much smaller than !
remember IL! Helen, did you ever
see such trees, And isn't the gar
den a dear! Listen to the noise of
the river! Did you ever hear any
thing as refreshing as that endless
ripping? Where is Oswald. Jim?
He went back TO town this morn
ing"
How mean of him.
81 tried to keep him" said Gle
land but he insisted that 1t was
really a matter of business. And.
OF course, / had nothing more to
say"
did he have a good time hereT'
asked Stephanie in a guileless voice.
But she looked sideways at him.
II think so. Steve. He seemed
carefree and vastly contented TO
rove over the place. l planned to
go with him after trout, but he pre-
ferred to prowl about the lawn or
smoke on the porch. i am
glad he came / have learned 70
like him very much
you're a dearw she murmured
under her breath. her gray eyes
fixed on him and full Of a gay
tenderness tinged with humor.
You always do the right thing.
Jim; you are right, that's the rea-
son. Do you wonder that I'm
quite mad about you? i, who am
all wrong"
who says you are all wrongT
he demanded, starting toward her.
But she dsftly avoided him, putting
the sun dial between them. And,
leaning on it with both elbows. her
face framed in her hands. she let
her eyes look gay defiance into his.
I'm all wrong" she said. You
don't know ii. but ] am"
DO you want to be punished?
She laughed tormentingly. feel
ing delightfully."- secure from his
demonstrations there on the sunny
lawn with Helen wandering about
inspecting the flowers in the gaic
den. and the hired man unloading
the luggage at the side-door.
Come on, Helen!' she called
gaily. We can have a bath: there's
plumbing in the house. you know.
Where do you suppose that poor
cat is hidden"
Helen came from the garden with
blue pansy between her lips,
which she presently drew through
Cleland's lapel
"a bribe. dear friend. I wish to
go fishing." she said. "Stephanie
has been telling me about her girl
hood days here with you, and how
you took her on several sacred oc-
casions to mysterious, dashing
stream full of huge powders
somewhere deep in the primeval
woods"
"The Dunbar brook, jim, smiled
Stephanie. shall we go fishing in
the mornings I'm not going to
spend all my time fussing with do
mcstic problems"
ITO he Continued TomorrowD
Copyright, 1917, 1918, by the Internationa
Magazine Company
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BOOKS S

.. Maurice Hewlett's little book OF
poems. FLOWERS In the Grass" has
as its subtitle, "Wiltshiro Plain
song" With the exception OF an
Icelandic ballad appended to tho
little collection, tho verses are all
OF the people, the legends, the VII
lagos, and tho town of that fair
and ancient countryside. The spirit
that lies behind them all the poet
voices in the last stanza OF the
books Dedication to the Dead"
81 who have lesrn'd your simple
And gain'd by everything you lose,
Chiefest to love that country moro
Which breeds such men for such a
use,
How should ! falter or refuse
what blood my heart has yet In
store,
To write In II tho holy dues
OF you who fought the Holy War;
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HELIOTROPE q 2;
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for It in Motion Pictures.

to pile against Il such furniture as
she was able TO move. The bureau
and a few chairs she set before the
locked door. and then. painting. the
pistol in her hand aimed at AN
imaginary foe. stood glaring and
waiting for Heliotrope Harry TO
push his way in.
SEES DOOR OPEN.
Nothing happened. She waited
some minutes, tense. fearful, ready
to shoot. Sun nothing happened.
Then, relaxing. she sank into a
chair and sat the picture OF despair,
going over and over again her wan
ing possibilities OF success.
. Evening came. She lit q gas jet
and prepared for bed. She had had
no dinner and had not even remem-
bered IL, II was impossible to
sleep. She doxed. off into little maps
only to awaken with a start The
clock struckk midnight and she
dozen again. When she opened her
eyes she saw the heavy bureau
against the door begin to move. At
first she thought she was dreaming,
but the creaking OF the furniture
ever 30 slight dispelled/ this idea
She sat up in bed. Then, shivering.
arose and grasped the pistol.
She had no illusions. She knew
as well as though she could have
looked through the walls who was
pushing the door, and she waited
to shoot. provided she had half a
chance to justify herself.
She saw the door open far enough
to admit a mans arm. She saw an
arm reach in, an arm and a hand.
Heliotrope Harry, holding an atom
izer. pressed the bulb and a fine
spray OF the heliotrope perfume
permeated the room
Ito He Continued Tomorrowo
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tCs.tisssS Fro. Ye.terSsyJ

There are such people, Cleland.
Predestined TO
suffering and to annihiistion
weAklings all heart and
unprotected nerves pass
ing their brief lives,s In desper-
ate and grotesoue attempts to con-
ceal what they are Su-
pernuous people. undesirable
foredoomed."
He dropped his cigarette upon the
drenched grass, where IL giimmered
an inStant and went out
''Clelsnd." he said in a singuiariy
gentle voice, II once told you that
i wished you well. You did not un-
palmer Is there anything
/ can refrain from doing which
might add 10 your contentmenty
That's an odd thing TO ask" re-
turned the other.
mo. 1t 10 merely friendship speak
inG-a very deep friendship, IL you
can understand it."
You're very kind. Grismer
don't know quite how
to take tor how to answer.
There 10 nothing that you can do
for me-nothing one man could ask
OF another"
Ask It, all the same
Il can't"
Then III offer it. /
give up-Stephanie--to you"
The silence lasted a long time.
Neither man stirred. Finally Gle
land said in an altered voice:
Il can't ask it-unless she does,
too. i don't know what to say to
you. Grismer. except that no man
ever smoke more nohlyp
DECIDES TO STEP OUT.
That is enough. II you really
think it, that means everything.
Cleland. And this is my
chance to tell you that when L
married her-I never dreamed that
it could ever be a question of you.
either. But il has become
so. That is the question, now.
And so I-step out"
II tell you / can't accept-that
way-unless she asks it, too" STAN
mered Cleland. after all.
it's got to be on a basis of her hap
piness. / am not sure that
her happiness lies in my keeping. 1
do not know how much she cares
for you--how deeply you are en-
gagged in her heart 1
can't ind out. I'm like q
blind man involved in a maze!"
She cares for me-" said Girls
mer' in his low, pleasing voice.
I'VE have been intimate in mind
close and responsive, intellect
ually. Sentimentally, too.
On her part a passionless loyalty
to whatever in me she believed ap-
pealed to her intelligence and
imagination; an emotional solicitude
for what she discovered in me that
aroused her sympathy"
He turned and looked at Cleland
in the darkness:
Hers is a tender heart, Cleland.
Impulse carries IL to extremes. In
justice to another proyokes quick
action from her: and nothing so
sways her as her intense sense of
to you. 'And - good night,
wounding others.
Il shall have to tell you more,
some day. II I do, it will be more
than / would do for anybody else
alive-tbe ultimate sacrifice OF
pride"
He rose and stood gazing across
the mist at far star above 1t,
glimmering with dimmed brilliancy
all alone.
1T couldn't, have been" he said
half to himself. II always knew il.
Not that the thought of you ever
crossed my mind. l knew 1t would
come somehow. 1t simply couldn't
be-"
He turned to Cleland with a sud
den laugh that sounded light and
natural:
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WHAT DO YOU THINK?

Write frankly briefly and ruthfully yo~ views on tne
problem 'Is Marriage Success?" If you think it not Al
together succes do fail suggest what think 10
the remedy WHAT the trouble, and what could be dons
Write your opinon experiences, and sugyestons Write
frankly and fearlessy-yow conhdnce will b respected
No names of writers published except with the writers
consent. Use only side Of the paper
Address yoxr contributions to
MARRIAGE EDITOR,
..' The Washington Times
Washinston, D. c.
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CHAPTER Xxx.

TVIHEN Barbara Paige dropped
M the drawing room portieres
w behind her, she paused, ir-
resolute. She felt a wild desire to
run away-yet the sound OF Rob
ert's voice made her long to stay.
But she must not linger where she
might be seen until she could get
a better grip upon herself.
She remembered that there was
nobody in the library. Swiftly she
crossed the hall into this room. AS
she entered, she pressed the cleo
trio switch at the side of the door,
eXtinguishing the one dim light II
the room were dark, nobody would
think of entering.
For an instant she stood still, her
heart beating, her breath coming
fast. And gradually she realized
that the pale moonlight was creep
ing into the room.
With a dry sob, she sank into
deep chair and closed her eyes.
Moonlight again" she moancd.
and Bob-and it's all over"
Then she lifted her head to listen
to the sounds from the drawing
room, the sounds that were break
ing her heart. She must never hear
Robert Elliot sing this song again!
Il hear you calling mel"
He was beginning the last verse.
With hand pressed to her heart,
crushing the roses that she wore,
Barbara Paige strained her ears
lest she miss a single note, a single
word
Hearing your voice through all
the years between"-
and then, once more
II hear you calling me!'
. As the last note, sweet and clear,
trembled away into silence, there
was a burst OF applause from the
guests. In the darkened library
the girl in whose honor the COM
pany was gathered buried her face
in her hands and burst into sobs.
"Oh, Bob-Bob!" she moaned.
How can I bear it!''
A tall figure moved softly for
ward out OF the shadows In the
back OF the room. A hand was
LAID on her bowed shoulders. and.
as she started violently. a gontlo
voice spoke.
JOHN APPEARS.
'Tush-hush, dearl-Its only
John. Poor little grill Don't be
afraid. It's oil rightr'
As sho started to her feet and
tried to pull herself away, John
Brandon detained hor by taking
both her trembling hands In his.
."Bab, dear--I know how II IL. /
understand that Robert Elliot loves
you. and that you-forgive mo, dear.
for saying it-that you love him.
"No-don't try to speak," as sho
attempted to gasp n protest. II can
see how II all happened. And. dear,
I can see that had no right to let
you promise yourself to me. IL was
not fair, You were too young.
mo, listen. love you 40 much
that | would not marry you for any
thing in the world. I love you 80
hA~A ~sslA -nAA N0npR n0AkuA
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India the Land of Beggars.

India Is blessed, or, perhaps,
cursed, with the largest congrega-
tion of itinerant beggars of any
country in the world. These mendi-
cants, or religious fanatics, inflict
bodily tortures on themselves be-
fore the passerby.
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Curious Wedding Customs.

At a persian wedding gentlemen
tako on their shoes at the door.
Tho bride invariably appears with
reddened features and swollen eyes.
for she Is expected TO cry for
UoAk hAfnrA thA snnnmN2A
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TheV Get Wet.

Inspector At school examination
And what do people do when 1t rains?
Simple Boy-Please. sir, they get
wet.
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This Day in History.

This is the anniversary OF tho
estsblishment by Congress-, In
1850. OF regular army, It's
strength was $40 men. After the
civil war our standing army WAS
$4,000 II is now 100000 men
In all our possessions
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Dramatic Film Story of AdUen-
ture, SeE-Sacrifce and LOUe
The Restless Sex
A Romantic Film Drama Win
MARION DA VLES
BY Robert W. Chamber
BY Robert w. Chambers.

This is to be no tragedy. IL VIII
disentangle itself easily and simply.
1 am very sure that she Is in love
with you. Tell her what have said
to you. And-good night.
old chap"
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M the drawing room portieres
w behind her she paused, ir-
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SIO,OOOWhisky.
Seized in Raid.
.OnM. M.Pleasant.
Charles ]. Butler Released
Under $500 Bond
After Arrest.

New York may be the wettest
place In these United states--Prohi-
hilton Commissioner Kramer says
so-but the red, red lik-ker was fiow-
ing in quantities in Washington
yesterday.
Prohibition Agent Harold r. Ste
phenson says 80.
He put in several sleepless hours
last night guarding $4,000 worth
cf the precious nuid which he took
In a raid yesterday afternoon upon
the home of Charles J. Butler. So
years old. at 1443 Clifton street
northwest.
Butler was arrested by Detectives
Mccormick and Wheeler OF the
Tenth precinct. charged with selling,
transporting and Illegally possss-
sing liquor. He was released last
night on ss.soo bond for hearing be-
fore United States Commissioner
Isaac R Hit On July 81.
BIames His Friends.
king James was right" said
Butler, a retired Washington bust
ness man, last night. II think II
was he who said: Deliver me from
my friends! Never again."
Butler was arrested At Sixteenth
and Irving streets northwest. where
hei 8 alleged to have sold a friend
a quart Of whisky for sl2. Detec-
tives say they found q case OF
whisky in Buffers automobile
An hour after the arrest Prohibi-
ton Agent Stephenson and the two
detectives searched Buffers home
and found a barrel OF whisky. nu-
merous bottles of beer and several
hundred quarts of stimulating wa
ters. declared by the police to be
worth about $4,000. It took several
husky .draymen and their express
wagon TO carry the stun to Ste
phenson's headquarters in the Hooe
Building.
Hopes to Recover Rum.
Wearing an expression of puzzled
amusement. Butler returned to his
home and wife shortly after
o'clock last night. I'm not quite
sure what It's all about" was his
greeting. but I'm going to fnd
out. Was II my private stock? II
was-and some stock"
Butler declined to discuss the de-
tails of his arrest. explaining that
thoee were the orders from his at
torney who will begin today un-
raveling legal points by which he
hopes to regain possession of his
stock"
Butler until two years ago was
in business as an engineer and at
one time operated a bowling alley
in Mt. Pleasant He has been a
resident of Washington for the last
twenty years
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JURY SYSTEM LIKE u. S.
ISPLANNED BY THE laps

The Japanese authorities are con-
sidering revising the civil code 50
IS to make the courts more aacces-
sible to the people at large. and the
Of the Jury system 4.
one OF the most Important reforms
now under contemplation. At pres
ent the appellate courts consist Of
judges sitting In banque, and as a
consequenee the, people, In general
are out o. touch with the court sys-
tenn ana regard II as something
apart and a thing to be dreaded.
with chis end in view, the Japan
csc government is sending TO tho
United States DR.. Torajiro Ikeda. a
noted -turist in order that he NAV
stuay the courts there. One feature
which he will work on win be the
establishing q court of domestic re-
lations. which is to act largely in An
advisory capacity. -
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MAY RECOVER
!. so MORE CARS
D. c. Police Redouble Ef-
, forts to Locate Stolen
N. Y. Autos.
DEALERS ARE WATCHED
Morris Elias, New Jersey
/. :. Man, to Be Tried Here
| August 20.
DEALERS ARE WATCHED

Declaring that more than nifty au-
touobiles will be recovered in
Washington within the next few
days. members OF the auto squad OF
the local police department last
night redoubled their efforts to
trace all the cars which have been
shipped TO. this city by a gang OF
auto thieves in New York and New
Jersey during the past six months
Already more than thirty cars
have been recovered, and or TINS
number fivs have been identifed oy
their owners and claimed. "asn-
InRton automobile dealers VINO uh-
Willingly were the cats paw Tor
the gangsters will be asked to fur
nish the police a list Of the people
to whom they have sold cars. This
information, II is believed, viii en-
able the police to effect a cleanup
of the stolen cars In this city.
Owing to the fact that automobile
shops were closed yesterday no new
recoveries were reported.
That the police have the upper
hand in their fight with the auto
'thleyes was expressed by detec-
'tives last night. The secret number
Is the main clue by which 1t Is pos
sible to trace the stolen automo-
biles. Just what this means OF
Identification was or where 1t could
be found on cars detectives were
unwilling to state.
Morris Elias. Newark. N. j.. au-
tomobile dealer, who was arrested
and released on $4,000 bail. will be
tried in Washington, August 20. He
will have to face a charge OF Vio-
Iating the Dyer act. which has to
do with taking stolen property
from one State into another.
While no arrests have yet been
-made in Washington in connection
with the case. Detective Sergeant
Fleet Hughlett. member of the auto
squad, declared that several sub
dealers were under surveillance and
were being kept where they could
be found II wanted. Detective
Hughlett predicted that within the
next few days revelations of a
startling nature would be forthcom-
ing.