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rear of the house and turned to re-
faSten the door. LeOnora moved down
the hall, disdainfully shifting tainted
air, and entered large room whose
atmosphere was mephitic with the un-
forgettable, sickly sweet fumes of
opium. Here, in half-curtained hunks
or on thin mattresses upon the floor,
in forbidding half light furnished by
single, closely shaded lamp, perhaps
dozen men and women lay in un-
couth pOstures, deep in drugged stu
pors. One only was in apparently
complete possession of her wits: the
woman Inez of whom Leonora had
seen nothing since that fateful night
at Ristori's.
Inez alone recognized in any way
this addition to the company, looking
up with sullen face from her seat on
the edge of a mattress on which lay.
with limbs asprawl and face of CHASTITY
pallor upturned to the dim light, his
mouth half open, his eyes half closed,
the thick stem of an opium pipe dam
CLING from limp fingers, the man whom
Leonora had come to meet.
In a seizure of dismay so overpow-
ering as to blind her completely to the
sheer of qualification which Inez
sought in vain to dissemble, Leonora
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tarried little in its recess, looking
out.
Rain was still falling, torrential.
lancing the night with its myriad slen-
der, silver, slanting jets, brimming
cutters, flooding sidewalks, blackening
and furnishing roadways to the SEM
blance of rivers of ink that mirrored
multitude of lights. She thought of
Leonora struggling through that scour-
ing tempest to an unknown bourne :.
The clock struck ten.
She turned back to her bed, threw
herself down upon it without undress-
ing, and closed her eyes. Immediately
she opened them again; there could
be no sleep for her till mind and spirit
were tagged out altogether.
On her dressing table the convex
crystal of Il French clock caught a
clear beam from some street light and
was TRANSPORTED into the likeness of a
little captive moon Of dead white glare.
Upon this, the brightest spot in the
room, PriScilla'S gaze focused natural
ly. For minutes on end she watched
it, in phase of lethargic fascination
which was rewarded when the little
moon began to grow, to spread out,
its cold light filling the room, the
world, and all the spaces of her con-
seriousness, so that spellbound percep-
lions grew faint, then failed, and she
was no more aware of herself as Pris-
oil
only as pinpoint of anonymous being
adrift in the measureless incoherence
Of infnity.
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IN THE HOP JOINT.

Synopsis.-Vaguely conscious of
double personality, but without any
Idea of its meaning, the girl Leo
nora, makes her accustomed way
into the Street of Strange races
in the underworld of New YORK.
Mario joins her. Greatly In love
and seeing the fine qualities whicn
the girl really possesses, Mario
seeks to turn her from the pain
of inevitable destruction. She prom
Uses to marry him. At Ristorfs
cafe, gathering place of criminals.
Leonora meets her partner, "Red
Carnehan, and his associates, ana
is accused of betraying a fellow
criminal to the police. She saw
agely defends herself. Police crash
into the room and two are killed
by Carnehan. Leonora and the rest
escape. In her studio, Priscilla
Maine, wealthy artist, awakeS from
troubled sleep with a distint feel
ing of having her life linked with
Leonora's. Priscilla has painted
picture of herself in fancy dress
a gipsy-which has a strange effect
on her. Unnerved, and fearful that
her mind is affected, Priscilla calls
to her aid dear friend, DR.. Philip
Fosdick, who is in love with her.
He is stunned to find that her
dream story of the police hght Is
confirmed by the newspapers. Pris-
ella tells him about the mystery
Of her mother, who died when she
was born. He sees the effect of
the painting and pronounces 1t
case of auto-hypnosis. Priscilla
makes him promise not to go to
the police and he begins inveSu-
eating it for himself. Priscilla
senses with cold fear danger which
threatens Leonora.
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The treacherous inez turns a
trick.
(TO BE CONTINUED
MADE INNOVATION IN ART
Fra Angelica the First Painter to De,
pict Angels as Being of the
GentIer Sex.

Fra Angelica was the first painter
who ventured to depict angels OF the
gentler sex
This was deemed bold and un-
scientific innovation by churchmen OF
his time, inasmuch as it had always
been understood that there was no
such thing as a female angel. AS a
matter of fact, there is no authority for
lady angels except in art.
Modern pictured angels, however,
are nearly all of the female persua.
sion; and it will be noted that usually
they are blondes. But the archangels
are invariably represented as of male
sex.
Among all the celestial hosts, only
the seven archangels are known az
individuals and by name. These, as
named in the Bible, are Michael, Ga
briel, Raphael, Uriel, Jophiel, Cha
muel and Zadkiel.
Michael is the captain general and
leader of the heavenly armies. 1t was
he who conquered Satan and drove
him, with mis- rebellieus legions, out OF
Heaven. He is understood to have
been in command of the band of angels
who, in obedience to divine orders,
performed the work of constructing
the universe. In painting he is repre-
sented with pair of scales, which he
will use on the day of judgment to
weigh the souls of the dead.
Gabriel, the angel of the annunci-
alton, has in his charge the celestial
treasury. Raphael is chief of the
guardian angels, whose business 1t is
to look out for the welfare of man
kind. Uriel is the regent of the sun.
Jophiel is caretaker of the tree OF
knowledge; and it was he who drove
Adam and Eve out of Eden. Chamuei
was the angel who wrestled with Jacob,
and it was Zadkiel who stayed the
hand of Abraham when about to sacri-
flee his son Isa..c.
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CHAPTER FIVE
Rendezvous With Destiny.
|. THE CLOCK.


By the time Priscilla Maine had spent
rwenty minutes phoning and all her pa
thence garnering snubs from one AFRO
giant cab company after another, the
van of the storm had passed, leaving
the completer subjugation of the
stunned and cringing city to the end,
less legiOns of the rain.
Her own car was being used by Mrs.
'TrOwbridge for a dinner visit out of
town. In her present state of mind
and nerves the prospect of stopping on
indefinitely in the studio was insuffer-
able.
Resigning herself, then, to a drench-
ing, the girl locked up and scampered
Through swimming streets to Fifth
avenue-where she waited three min
utes that seemed ten till trudging
bus consented to pick her up. At the
uptown end of her journey, likewise,
she had two blocks to run, from Fifth
avenue to Park, before she got home,
with hat, suit, furs and temper all de-
moraliZed.
While her maid prepared a bath, she
begged off by telephone from a dinner
engagement to which she had long
been looking forward. Tonight she
felt it would be impossible to hold her
own, with anxiety on account of Mario
and Leonora forever at her elbow, a
Igibbering specter.
, A hot bath and the ease of neglige
should have lent her some tranquility,
but did not. She made the merest pre-
tense of dining from tray in her
room. She could not forget :.
Past seven: In less than three hours
Leonora must start upon her journey
And she could do nothing
nothing! . but wait and wonder
and wiring useless hands
A little before ten an ineXplicable
change in the texture of her emotions
made her aware that the peak of her
transports had been reached and
passed. Of sudden she found herself
more calm, not with the calm Of mis-
g1vings set at rest, rather with that of
courage dauntlessly addressing itself
to forlorn hope.
Intuition OWNED the explanation: In
that strange, deep sympathy which
made them one, her mental and emo
tional processes faithfully reflected
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PLANE REALLY FLYING FORT
Armored TripIane One of the Most
Powerful Weapons of War That
Has Been Developed.

A new armored triplane, known as
the G. A. x, which is veritable fly
ing fort, has been developed by the
army air service. The armor is of
three-eighth-inch steel. 1t covers
three-quarters of the fusilage, all me-
chanical parts and controls, as well as
the two needles, one of which is on
each side of the fusilage.
The plane is powered by two Liberty
motors of 400 horse power, one In each
necelle. The engine is of the pusher
tyne. The fusilage, which is about five
feet wide, provides plenty of room for
pilot and observer to move about.
The plane carries 81 MN. Q-pound
shelD cannon in front with two ma
chine guns which fire automatically
while the cannon is being aimed Un-
derneath the cannon are three Lewis
machine guns in a row, three in line
with the pilot in front, three in the
rear of the pilot for action on the rear.
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H.. THE STREET.

She had neither rainc0at nor um-
brella; demoniac squalls hailed such
defenseless prey, and gusts of pelt-
ing drops stung the bare flesh of her
face like birdshot. Long before she
managed to weather the corner her
thin cloak was soaked through and so
was all beneath it, her shoes were
squelching, her sodden skirts, harried
by the wind, were clinging tenaciously
to her legs, making progress incredibly
difficult. Yet she did not mind, but
found kind of savage delight in bat
thing with the elements, gaining ground
against their malicious will. Following
long confinement to that room of I'M
speakable boredom there was compen-
sation and to spare in this false sense
OF freedom, in the mere fact that she
was at last at large, enough to render
her Indifferent to damaged clothing as
well as to the clammy discomfort with
which it plastered her chilled body.
She leaned her slim young body
against the wind and gladly fought it
for every breath and step, she relished
keenly the wet sweetness of the air,
the gurgle of rushing cutters, the lilli-
putian drumfire of the rain, the motley
cheer of weeping windows. But for
these last one might pardonably have
taken the Street for part of some
drowned city peopled by gray ghostly
shapes, figures glimpsed darkly
through sweeping waves of rain as
they scurried from curb to curb, lum-
bered down the wind or, like Leonora,
plodded doggedly against its bowling
opposition. But few such were visible
at any time; humanity braved the ele-
ments that night solely under the lash
of elemental appetites, such as the ne
cessity of beer, and then made its ex-
cursion as brief as might be. Even the
police Rugged shelter. -.
A night of terror, she thought, with
SILVER as much of dread as of cold,
pauSing in the lee of a corner to re-
gain her breath before renewing con-
test with the storm; night when any
thing might happen
Resolutely she put that thought be-
hind her; she did not dare to be afraid.
And lest she be tempted again to think
and falter, she spurred herself pitiless-
ly on once more
At length she turned aside into a
sullen street, lily lighted, wholly DESC
late in all its visible length save for
the shining welcome of saloon windows
on the ground floor of a dilapidated
dwelling in the middle of the street !:
Eeacons marking the end of the first
stage of her journey.
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III. THE HOTPOINT.

The saloon, a BOOKING ken Of the
lowest order, occupied quarters first
intended for shop. Empty show win
dows, thanking double doorway, were
backed by screens of machine carved
wood stained to mock mahogany and
hung with beer Autographs. To one
side, under sign-gilt lettering on a
black ground: Family Entrance"-a
single door stood open on a short hall
way which led to a dreary room be-
hind the bar, where local sOts of both
sexes sat in sodden congress over la
bles sticky with dregs, their feet scuf-
fling in coarse, damp sawdust. To the
right of this door window with a
ledge broke the side wall, communicate
ing with the bar for the convenience of
neighboring ladies and other fastidious
souls who, rather than risk social con-
tamination by entering a common bar
room, fetched empty pals of tin and
carried them away filled with nourish-
ment for home consumption. To the
left CONSTRUCTED staircase assembled
to regions of uninviting darkness. Leo
nora, however, mounted with conf
dence and finding blank shut door
at the top. planted confident finger
on push-button which she could not
possibly have located by sight.
A venomous buzz responded. Shut
fling feet drew near the door, in which
a grille opened, letting out a shaft of
strong light which fell squarely on the
girls face.
She said coolly: 'Lo, John. Lee me
in"
A chain bolt ratified. The door swung
inward. Leonora entered, passed, faced
the guardian of the portal-a Chinese,
aged, shriveled Of face. shrunken of
body, mpassiye-whom she addressed
with the brusque insouciance of old
acquaintance.
Charlie anywheres about?"
With racial economy of gesture the
Chinese jerked thumb toward the
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1eonora's; what agonies of doubts and
fears she had suffered tonight were
but replicas of those which Leonora
had suffered. But now the time of
Eaiting was no more: Leonora had left
her hiding place and. committing her
self bravely to her dark adventure,
had found relief in action.
If only she might be with Leonora
tonight as she had so often been, see
ing what she saw, doing what she did,
knowing what she knew, participating
in every reaction of her wits and per-
oeptions
Only if she could sleep. it was pos
sible, she might dream
Darkening her bedchamber, she
went 20 the window. opened it, and
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.D~<A< 1NyGz.

dropped to her knees beside the man
and shook his shoulders with frantic
hands.
Charlie 7" she cried in a voice
urgent with fright and entreaty-
"wake up, Charlie! For Gods sake,
wake up!'
The mans head rolled from side to
side with horrifying limpness, his lips
moved TREMENDOUSLY without closing,
otherwise he made no sign. He might
have been lifeless, he had better been
dead.
Not one person in the room so much
as turned head when the cries of
the frantic girl disturbed the quiet,
not even Inez; for though she had
mastered her betraying smile, that
one had no need to stir in order to
| watch Leonora. Evil eXultation con-
| tinued to inform her cold eyes as
long as they were unobserved; but
Leonora found them quick with spe-
cious sympathy when, at length ap-
| preciating the futility of her efforts,
she loosed her hold on Charles Shout
ders and sank on her heels.
"My God" she said, with a stricken
face-"what'm 1 going to do?"
whats the trouble, dearie?" Inez
spoke with cloying sweetness, but the
other was too far gone in despair to
notice. or to care if she had noticed.
Anything 1 can do to help?"
81 dom know"-Leon6ra shook her
head slowly-"guess not
"Whyn't you tell me and find out?''
Inez leaned across the body Of the
drug victim and placed coarse red
hand affectionately over Leonora's.
''You can trust me, 1 guess. We're all
in this mess together, amt we?"
''It's only Red" Leonora responded
| DULY. "He said for me to come to
him tonight. He sent word by Charlie
said I'd got to come tonight. Charlie
promised he'd meet me here and show
ME the way. He wouldn't tell me
| said Red made him swear not to. I
don't see why !. -. But / wish to
God Clarified kept his word to me
like he did to Red"
What do you meanY'
81 was afraid of this" She nodded
at the unconscious man. Charlie
promised me he wouldn't smoke
more'n two pipes"
Inez laughed shrilly. "Guess he
| must've had SIX" she declared: ST
rolled three pills for him since 1 came
| in"
"And now he's down and OUT Leo
nora pursued, "and don't know how
to find Red, and he won't take any ex-
| cuses IneZ, I'm scared,"
''You poor kid ~ Inez. frightened her
clasp on Leonora's hand. 'sBut You
don't have to worry. I'll take you to
Red. l been there half dozen times
at least"
The smile of conscious triumph
which Inez could not suppress, was
unspeakably offensive, and brought
back wildly to mind the rivalry which
had always existed between them and
which had f1ared up into open hostility
at their last rencontre. Hot resent
ment kindled in Leonora's eyes, hot
color flushed her cheeks; but she dug
teeth into her underlip and grimly
fought down the impulse TO give her
anger tongue. Not only was that
precisely what Inez wanted. but II
might prove fatal. There was more
than pride at stake, there was the life
of him who loved her and whom she
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cided to take the Favorite Prescription
and after taking two bottles my health
and strength returned. / can highly
recommend it as a woman's tonic"
-MRs. Gro. HOUSEHOLDER, Gil LoganSt.
Send 10 cents to Dr. Pierce's Invaids'
Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y, for trial package
of tablets. All druggists sell Prescription.
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Inspiration TO Home Affection.

sWhen a man bet on a lame hoss,"
said Charcoal Eph. ruminatively, '.hit
sure do git inspirin' how he yell TO-
laigs t git on dat old crowbait fo' de
sake o. his wife an chillun. Rich
mond Times-Dispatch.
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Maine sardine Pack Reduced.

The 1920 Maine sardine pack is es-
timated at rs per cent of normal.
Since the average pack is about 2,2O0,-
600 cases, this season'c output is not
much more than 100000 cases.
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LII. flerce' s Favor.
lite Prescription is q
very good medicine
and will do all that
is claimed for it. I
can speak by what
it did for me. I was
suffering from weak
ness, was nervous
and so completely
rundown that | could
scarcely do my work.
I doctored and took
medicine but got no
+ finally de-
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The Happy Man.

CHEEKY Lunatic Ito visitor)-"G
morning, good afternoon. good evening,
good night-another day gone-how
time flies Pitt Bits.
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w. THE ROOFS.


Again the night, the wind, the rain,
the laborious transit of dim, weltering
streets Inez led through tor
tuous maze of murky backways, till
they came to sinister block of tower
ing. teeming tenements, into which,
turned.
In the unsavory lower hall Leonora
spoke incredulously: mot here?"
Inez gave negative gesture: II
should say not. AcrOst the roofs !.
You don't suppose I'm such simp as
to Lead dick to the right door. do
you?'
"You don't think we're followedY
Leonora demanded in quick alarm.
Inez nodded emphatically. Il know
we was"
"Who was it? Could you see?"
Nobody I ever seen before; new
bird, l guess, from some uptown pre-
cinct Coarse worker, too: he must've
spotted you first, cause he was waitin'
when we came out, and trailed us all
the way"
"Why didn't you tell me?"
"Whst's the use? You know now,
don't you? 1t wouldn't we done you
any good to know in the street, as
longs 1 knew and had sense enough
to lead him wrong, like this. :.
Cmon."
They began TO run up long flights
of stairs lighted only by single gas jets
low-turned on every other landing
and noisome with stratified stenches
of evil cookery and things worse yet !;
the predominating race tenanting each
successive floor indicated by it's domi-
nant effluvium, were it garlic, boiled
cabbage, fried fish, or the subtle, pene-
trating, undisguisable odor of opium
smoke. Gusts of voices lifted in rude
laughter or more commonly quarrel
some issued from doorways that stood
as a rule wide Once there was a
sound of weeping, too, sickening dull
walls of some woman cruelty used.
And always the inevitable squalling of
children fretful in unhappiness. /. .
On the top landing Inez paused to
peer over the rail. That's him." she
painted, nodding.
Leonora joined her. At the bottom
of the gloomy, deep well of the stair
case the fore shortened figure of a
man was visible, his upturned face a
mere blur of flesh color. But some
thing individual in the pose caught
Leonora's eye and prodded what she
took for some memory half erased.
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In Italy the tax for an average auto
mobile runs to between $1,000 and 3d.
600 a year.
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loved. Nothing, indeed, but that love
of hers for Mario had broken down
her will to refuse Reds summons
only the threat of Reds vengeance
wreaked on Mario had made her sup
pie to the gangster's will. And now,
if she quarreled with Inez, that one
would never show her the way to Red.
Anything (she repeated. in her secret
thoughts) might happen
LEO told you," she muttered.
"Sure he did," Inez agreed cheer
fully. "You don't suppose Leo's leary
of me like Red is of you, Nora dear?
Why, I've known all along where them
two was layin' up"
Long lashes dropped to veil Leo
nora's smoldering eyes. Inez's ma
licious smile flashed and faded. The
other clenched her hands into tight
fists, then opened them. She looked
up, pride conquered and trampled un-
der foot by love.
''Inez," she pleaded simply: 81 got
to see Red tonight or . -. / don't
know what'll happen. Please take me
to him, Inez"
The woman delayed her response
for moment, that she might relish
the full flavor of her triumph. Then,
jumping up she said:
"Sure / will, dearie. Cmon: les
CO."
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1t was such queer dream-a dream
in which she knew it was dreaml
For a suffocating instant her heart
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WEAK, NERVOUS,
RUN DOWN

La Crosse, Wis.-"Dr. Pierce's Favor
sIa ,fiay, IL
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0@9g1G3g931@19@9@e
The Prescott daily news., 1921-03-26
MOTHER GAVE IT
Virginia Lady Suffered With Aches and Pains Until Mother Began
 Giving Her Cardui.

Dublin, va.-Miss Mary Alice Hughett residing on Route 3, near here, recently told visitor of her interesting experience with Cardui. Miss Hughett said: T had been suf- fering for some time with painful |. . |. I was pale, didn't feel like going. Would just drag around, and couldn't rest to do any good. I would suffer once a month with my back, sides and head. My limbs would ache and I didn't know what to do, but knew I must do something, for I didn't get well by letting 1t run on.
 My mother is believer in CarduL for she saw what 1t did for others as we'll as herself, so she began giving it to me.
 "It wasn't long before I saw change. It was just what I needed. It regulated me. l began to eat and sleep, and .s.S pain stopped.
 "Cardui .s without doubt the best female tonic made, and I am glad can recommend 1t to others"
 If suffering with symptoms such as Miss Hughett mentions, or other ail- ments peculiar to women, why not be- gin Cardui at once? It's merit is we'll established by successful use for more than 40 years.
 Try Cardui
 Your druggist sells it. NC-13S