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Paul nodded and then smiled.

Paul nodded and thsn smiled.
Polly.
'Polly, I can't talk to YOU wav
down there; come up" He offered
her his hand to help her, and she
took it.
HE told ME dinner was at O'Clock
and not to keep him waiting" she
said.
He told me dinner was at ISIS
o'clock and not to keep him waiting" /"
Il wonder what he meant?"
Il wonder"
Polly, not quite realizing what she
was doing, held out her other hand
too, and Paul, drawing her upward
held them both.
polly"
"All right, Paul, III be good" She
was very good, and during the half
hour that followed she admitted that
she would have been good to Paul
long before if he hadn't made her
furious by thinking that she could
even like George Farson, when Paul
ought to have been sure that she
had loved him ever since she was
little girl. She said that she hoped
the lesson would do him good, but
Paul wasn't worrying about lessons
or anything else.
A little before s o'clock voice
came from the doorway: well, well,
we'll! Bless my soul!D They spun
around and saw Mr.. Lyle beanling
upon them. There was great JOY in
his voice. Him. he muttered.
SO. Now let ME see, what did / do
with it, what did I do with it? Oh.
yes, | remember. Paul, will YOU
please look in the dictionary, that
large book on the table, and tell me
the meaning of 'mastership'? Quick
ly, please.."
Paul, laughing and wondering
what joke Samuel Lyle was playing
now, reached for the book. It opened
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expires June first" Mr.. Lyle said.
June is a good month for we'd
dings."
Paul, what shall I do?"
Paul, what shall / dos SO soon,
and in this day of the equality and
independence Of womenl What can
you do? Let me tell you something.
When you are married and living in
the little red house with vines and
flowers all about, recall to-day to
Paul and see if he remembers the
little business transaction he and ]
had. I think he will, and then YOU
whisper into his ear that your nest
cost exactly sixteen thousand three
hundred and seventy-fve dollars and
thirty-two cents, and then perhaps
the truth will burst upon him. If it
doesn't, tell him how one day you
were in the safe deposit vaults of the
Peoples Trust Company and saw a
woman there who, when she saw Won.
flushed and behaved in most en-
barrassed and guilty manner, though
you couldn't imagine any reason for
it. And then tell him how, when YOU
heard of a certain robbery, you had
a sudden inspiration, and how finally
you told me about it and asked me
whether what you had seen could by
any possible chance help Paul, and
how pooh-poohed the idea, and then
went and got all the credit for NV
self. / think he'll understand eyerv-
thing then, except, of course, that
after you had told what you had
seen certain old rascal brought out.
by cross-exanination, that"
"Stop" Polly rushed toward him.
THAT you were really very
much in"-
stop! Stop. You promised,
mo, no, l didn't promise. but
I'm Cupid said Mr.. Lyle. Blessed
II ! don't ike the job. It's a heap
better and lots easier than uncover
ing criminal cupidity. Lor' me, what
a punt
Copyright P F. Collier & so,
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he Gre atesh Day

crimes. The fact is the thing: read
this carefully, please" He took a
paper from his pocket. ''It is a re-
lease of all claim against the insur-
ance company. 1t states nothing of
your attempted fraud. Mr.. Worth
ington will attest your signature.
Will you read it, or shall | read it
to you?''
George Farson, in the chair,
moved, and Mr.. Lyle nodded to Hig-
gins.
''Be still, you," said Higgins. The
mothers eyes were on her son.
Listen to me-" said Mr.. Lyle,
and read. Then: "Will you sign?'
Mr.. Lyle took book from the table
and placed the paper on it. He
took a pen from his pocket and
stood beside the woman. She took
the pen and signed, blindly, every
bit of courage, pride and hope
gone from her. Then Worthington
did his part
eve are through, gentlemen" !"
Mr.. Lyle said. 81 imagine, madam,
that you and your son will not re-
main long in Alden. Good after
noon"
Samuel Lyle and Paul Waters
went into Orchard Street.
Damn poorly DONE" Mr.. Lyle
muttered. II am ashamed Of my
self. However, I shall expect your
check tomorrow morning for S16,-
375.32 exactly, and, remember, you
are dining with me tonight at quar-
ter after seven. Be prompt. I do
not like to be kept waiting"
''I'll be there. Don't worry"
Paul cried, ''but please tell me how
you found out about"
Mr.. Lyle made a gesture of dis
gust. bah. Any fool could have
guessed the probability and then
confirmed it easily enough. I'm
ashamed of Higgins. Don't forget
the check; business is rotten, and ]
need ready cash." And he strobe
away, leaving Paul staring after
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Indiferen, to Motors

at place marked by folded paper
Paul read: "Mastership, the state or
office of a master; mastery; domin-
ion; superior skill; superiority. An
ironical title of respect
'An ironical title of respect" Mr..
Lyle mused. '"A dangerous word
Miss Polly. Now, on the opposite
page, what word catches your eye,
Paul?"
Match"
Match, to be sure. Most appro-
pirate. And between 'mastership'
and match what have you?"
"Mastiff- mastodon-mat'
Blind! There in your hand. Sup
pose you present that paper to Miss
Wesson, and while she reads it tell
me what word comes before master
ship in the dictionary"
Masterpiece"
take that word unto myself.
Didn't | tell you that to-day would
be the greatest day of my life? I've
never had such a thrill before. You
have been trying to do for years
what I've done for you inf He
stopped and laughed at Paul; he was
as happy as a boy.
Polly interrupted them. She had
been trying to decipher the docu-
ment that had lain between the
leaves of the dictionary.
what is this?" she asked. 81
don't understand"
My dear young lady" Mr.. Lyle
said, that is the deed Of the very
pretty little brick house in Stockton
which you have admired for SO long,
the house in which you told me you
could live happily with almost any
man ii he wasn't too honely. The
house is yours. Is the man too
homely??"
Polly Wesson, hewildered, looked
from Paul to Samuel Lyle.
sOh, mol" she cried. Tit
can't be-it"-
The lease Of She present tenant
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and still be eligible for membership
in the First Church for Animal
Rights?
mo-" he said, II must have the
ten thousand words"
And there the matter hung.
Movement Is Conservative
But Mr.. Dixon was anxious to go
on and explain other points of the
new religion. He insisted that he
and his associates were being mis-
judged both by the press and the
public-that they were being lined
up with radical" elements.
I'VE are conservatives" he said.
For the present our main idea is to
preach and teach the oneness Of life
and awaken the humane conscious
ness. We wish to develop the char
acter of youth through human, edu-
cation, to train and send forth hu-
name workers, to act as spiritual
Tountainhead and spokesman of hu-
name organizations and animal So
cietics and give a better understand
ing of their work and needs to the
public.
Where this will all lead I cannot
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taken her place, lying moaning
against the table. Her son, with
trembling fingers, gave her brandy.
Samuel Lyle watched them, frown-
ing. Finally Mrs. Farson regained
sufficient composure to satisfy him.
Madam" he said, ''you confess
without reservation
Mrs. Parsons lips moved, but if
she spoke her words were inaudible.
George Farson, sorry spectacle,
stood by the window, the perspira-
tion rolling down his face. His hand
gripped curtain and his. body
swayed back and forth weakly.
"Do you confess, madam, that you
have your jewels in your possession;
that in making your affidavit in con-
nection with your proof of loss you
committed perjury?"
Mrs. Parsons body trembled as
she comprehended the awful mean
ing of the word.
"Speak. Do not keep us wait
ing"
George Farson tottered across the
room like drunken man. His arms
waved before him, his fingers
opened and shut like huge birds
claws, and he made his way toward
Mr.. Lyle with murder in his eyes.
Samuel Lyle waited for him and
motioned the others away, and when
the time came his long arm shot out
and his great hairy hand grasped
Parsons coat where the v met over
his chest, and shook him as though
he were rag, and threw him into
a chair. Then with a glance at the
PROSTATE figure, he turned again to
Mrs. Farson.
"Well, Mrs. Farson, have You
committed perjury and sundry other
crimes?"
They could just hear her kissing:
Eyes"
"We have no interest in your
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ace" establishment, where there are
not only bells and people to answer
when you ring them, but baths which
you can have filled with real hot
water. Also the electric light gener-
ally works. The next day you camp
in stark echoing stone bungalow,
where the water supply is main
tanned entirely by converted kero-
sene tins, laboriously carried to and
from a spring outside by a small
boy; where yellow dips take the place
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MONG the s'isms' and
''osms' that wander in and
X out of Manhattan every

a MONG the 'sisms'' and
''osnls" that wander in and
< "A out of Manhattan every
now and then something
stirs interest through sheer oddity.
Such movement is Royal Dixon s
campaign for the animal kingdom.
AS founder and leader of the First
Church for Animal Rights Mr.. Dix
on is a pioneer in the field--the first
man to come boldly out and spread
the animal religion gospel without
reservations. At present his activi-
ties do not so much further than a
series of Sunday afternoon meetings
held at the Astor Hotel. But there
is much more to the plan.
Eventually there is to be real
church, with an animal bible. animal
prayers and the animal creed. There
is even to be Sunday school for the
youngsters and foreign missionary
service-all devoted to creating a
better spirit between mankind and
the animal kingdom.
Snubbing the Animal
The whole idea was founded, so
Tar as can be made out, on the princi-
pie that human beings have adopted
entirely too autocratic pose toward
the lower animals. Take the average
man--how much of friendly feel
ing does he have toward the house
fly? How readily does he cllum in
with the garter snake? How often
does he try to penetrate the mystery
behind the mosquito?
A careful review of the situation
reveals some appalling statistics. So
far as animal religion is concerned
the great majority have remained
out and out heathens. But it really
isn't their fault. For the most part
animal religion has been hiding in
the far recesses.
When Mr.. Dixon conceived his
idea of fair play for the animals
he couldn't find even the remnants
of an adequate animal religion. So
he went out and founded one of his
own. Then it followed that he
should have church to house his
new religion. Gradually the idea
grew until there dawned full plans
for the new church and the new
religion.
The cardinal principle of the new
faith is best summed up in the
simple declarative:
Every living creature has the
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animal societies already in the field.
Pink Tea Parties


Most OF these animal societies of
to-day meet once month during
seven or eight months of the year.
Their meetings are apt to take the
form OF pink teas, where nicely
gowned ladies and correctly attired
men gather to discuss uplifting the
animal.
Our own program is quite diff
ferent. We will have regular week
iy services, and possibly daily meet
ings as well. Please remember that
we emplaatically are not faddists.''
For the present the new animal
religion is not intended to take the
place of any other religious faith.
Membership in the First Church for
Animal Rights is not calculated to
conflict with other religious afiii-
ations. The animal bible which is
to serve as the textbook of the new
religion, has not as yet been COM
pleted. Mr.. Dixon has been working
over the manuscript for several
years. 1t will be made up Of pas
sages from the Bible referring to-
animals, with editorial comment by
Mr.. Dixon.
In projecting his campaign for the
animal kingdom Mr.. Dixon is not
entering a new field. He is the au-
thor of several nature books, The
Human Side of Birds, The Human
Side of Trees, The Human Side of
Plants, Forest Friends and others.
For several years Mr.. Dixon has
been lecturer for the Board of
Education Of New York City, and
during the war he served as a special
lecturer to the American Expeditions
ary Forces in France under the au-
spices Of the Y. NJ. C. A. At various
time he has filed pulnits in metro
politan churches to give his nature
talks.
On the Stage
Mr.. Dixon began his career as 4
child actor and dancer as the
rrotege of Adele Fox. His last pub
lie appearance as an actor was at
the Iroquois Theater, in Chicago, in
1908. Since that time he has devot
ed himself to writing and lecturing.
In offering this new phase of his
work Mr.. Dixon is inspired by the
thought that a little more humane
treatment OF animals may bring
them closer to being humans.
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of electric light and the evening
meal is, as Rupert Brooke said,
many tasting"
You never know your luck with
Moorish inns, except in one respect
you always will find smiling wei
come and, however rude the fare and
the accommodation, the proprietor
and his staff will do their cheerful
best to make things pleasant for you.
You only need little philosophy.
Morocco is a country where great
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Founaer OF the Animal Church Explains All About
Intended to Act as a Check on Too
Autocratic Human Tendencies,
Says Royal Dixon

inalienable right to life, liberty and
the pursuit Of happiness
At first glance this may be re-
garded fairly lenient proposition.
1t is the Interpretation of the clause
that skaters the very foundations
of modern society. In it's broader
sense every living creature' can
be held to include anything from
South African hoptoad to a New
Jersey mosquito, which, even in
these days Of mammoth accomplish
ments, is considerable undertaking.
Angles TO Consider
While there may be those who
nave neither objection nor prejudice
against assuming friendly relations
with the common or garden variety
OF garter snake, many house
keeper, whose disposition is other
wise above reproach, will balk at
the purely hypothetical suggestion
OF harboring anything but ill will
toward the invading fly. Certainly
there are many angles to consider
before subscribing too literally to
the new faith.
With this in mind Mr.. Dixon was
referred to, partly for confirmation
ana partly for fresh evidence. With
only garbled accounts of his actiyi-
ties his interviewer did not have
much to go on. In fact, he was
absolutely as untutored in the ami
NAL religion as the next man.
Mr.. Nixon was most agreeable,
eager to make his questioner under
stand, patient with ignorance in the
matter, and always eloquent in his
appeal for the poor dumb creatures
who have had so few champions in
the forward march of civilization.
Mainly it was desired to ascertain
if he believed, without qualifca-
tions, in the '1ife, liberty and pur-
suit Of happiness propaganda.
Probably it was foolish question
to open an interview, but he didn't |
seem to mind.
"Of course l do" he said.
Swat the Fly
But how do you stand on the
'swat-the-fy movement?' was
asked. for no other reason than to
watch him crumble and fall at the
first shot.
"Well," he said, giving the ques-
tlon more thought than it really
deserved, II suppose 1 stand in
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attention to them. If you are driv
ing alone, or have a seat to spare.
you will certainly be hailed by
pedestrian and asked to give him a
lift along the road, but he will be no
joy rider. He will ask for lift
either because he is tired or late for
an appointment, not for the sake of
motoring. 1t took us in Europe
about fifteen years to reach this
practical, if rather dull, attitude; it
has taken the Moor about five.
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about the same position that you do"

about the same position that you d."
1t was explained, as briefly as
was commensurate with dignity, that
his questioner had been brought up
In the old-fashioned school, having
been taught that to exterminate the
fly is not only the duty of a self
respecting citizen but q privilege
and pleasure. In fact, in early
youth Mr.. Dixon's questioner had
been known to accept a slight
stipend for the killing of fies-on
the hoof, so to speak. AS far as
can be remembered, the prevailing
scale of prices ran: One cent for
every ten flies brought down in the
living room, / cent for every twen-
ty in the dining room and l cent for
every thirty in the kitchen. While
this may seem but slight reward for
so great an individual initiative. it
is only fair to add that when the
hunting season within the house fell
off the scheme Of opening the doors
and windows to induce fresh crop
of flies into the interior was not con-
sidered unsportsmanlike.
But still the founder of the ami
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Members Must | lave Kindly ceilings
for All Things, Though Swat
the-Fly Movement Suffers ).

even give an estimate, but we as an
organization are most assuredly not
going in for anything radical
PERSONALLY, do not eat meat, nor
fish. But / have eaten both"
From here the discussion lapsed
into generalities, and did not get
back to the particular until an ar
gument arose over whether or not
the cow has a conscience.
Mr.. Dixon was positive in the af-
firmative. He related an ex-
perience which seemed to prove
that one particular COW, at least,
had a conscience. But he ad-
mitted that there were good cows
and bad cows. His suggestion was
that most of the badness of the
average COW could be attributed to
neglected training. A properly
brought-up cow should follow her
master to the pasture in the morn
ing without any urging There
should be no need of driving"
COWS.
No Happy Hunting Ground
Mr.. Dixon exploded completely
Che theory of the happy hunting
ground as a hereafter for good
dogs.
"Heaven is full Of animals" he
said. '"There is constant mention
of that fact in the Bible.
"Then," was suggested, animals
must have souls.'
"Of course they have. Natural
ly you cannot compare the soul of
man to the soul of an animal,
any more than you can compare the
culture of a college-bred man to the
culture of Fiji Islander. But
souls of some sort they certainly
have.
Comparisons can be so unfair.
I have seen people up at the ZOO
logical park pass a cage that held
an old decrepit ape and laugh at
the absurdity of comparing man
to the ape. And yet l might go
to Africa and bring back fine
stalwart type Of ape, snd then go
down on the lower East Side and
pick out stoop-shouldered old man.
Placing these two side by side
would make quite a different COM
-parison."
Mr.. Dixon was asked how the
First Church for Animal Rights
would differ in it's activity from the
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things will be done in time, but
where you must sometimes expect
very little indeed. After all, what
does it matter? One does not bring
a motor car to a land which has only
just joined the company of coun-
tres on ones visiting list and hope
to lind it full of international lux
uries.
Ihe only real drawbacks, so far
as my experience goes, are the un-
certainty of petrol supplies and the
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NAL religion nodded his head and
insisted that he was in accord with
any sane treatment of the fly men
ace.
The Buzzing Mosquito
"And how do you stand on mos
quitoes?" was asked. "Please, we
mean this seriously. If you woke
up in the middle of the night and
found a mosquito buzzing around
your left ear what would be your
natural reaction?'
"Thou shalt not kill he quoted
verbatim from the Bible.
But just what would be your
He evaded the question by neat
thrust.
"Have you," he asked, "or any of
your friends ever penetrated the
mystery behind the mosquito?"
The answer was mo"
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Still, in face Of the glaring fact
that the roads are alive with motor
cars of every kind, that practically
all human transport IS by motor.
that the Transatlantique Company
runs regular service of motor
charabancs between Casablanca and
Algiers and has started hotels all
along the route to house the petrol
caravans-still, I say, motoring in
Morocco has not yet lost the bloom of
youth. All sorts Of very new and
medieval adventures may befa,l Won
on the long stretch from the Atlantic
at Rabat to the Algerian frontier at
oudJa- You may not drive at night.
for example. Notices are up in the
postoffices to the effect Chat the colo
mel commanding that particular post
latter Fey every place on the man
IS virtually military outpost) will
invite" those drivers who find them
selves On the road after sundown to
pass the night in the seclusion Of his
post-an invitation which NAV be re-
garded as royal rather than repub-
lican. This, the notice goes on TO
point out, is necessary if ssvexatious
Incidents are to be avoided.
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one yearns for fur coats. The
breath from the Atlas snow peaks
reminds one of that tiny wind of the
Spaniards, which will scarcely stir a
candle flame, yet kill a man in an
hour. 1t is impossible to wear too
many clothes.
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shocking quality Of the stuff when
you get it.
Indifferen, to Motors
l said that motoring in Morocco
was a new thing, but to judge by
the utter nonchalance of every living
thing in the country, down to the
youngest camel in caravan, you
would suppose that motor cars had
been invented there. Everybody
uses them; nobody pays the smallest
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Motoring in Vivid Morocco Is Matter of Startling O.
T is said to be difficult to find
\ anything new under the sun,
II and that all "new" things are

T is said to be difficult to find
anything new under the sun,
Il and that all new" things are
merely old things, with a diff
ferent dress. In all humility, but
with all the arrogance of the
tourist, I am convinced that motor
ing in Morocco is new, says a CORE
spondent of The London Times. 1t
may be old tomorrow. an old story
not worth the telling; but it is very
new to-day.
1t is an affair of the most vivid
contrasts. The motorist wander
ing about between Taxa in the east
and Mogador in the south can con-
tidently expect anything to turn up
which is not in the guidebooks and
which nobody has mentioned to him
as likely contingency.
He will drive over most excellent
roads on one day; on the next will
be fording streams, getting sunk in
morasses of wet sand, and rolling
and pitching over potholes and
ruts Of pantomime proportions, and
on the same day he may be once
more raising a cloud of red dust at
forty miles an hour over national
road. Neither guidebooks nor per-
sonal information are of much use,
and the only way to find opt the
truth about road is to drive over
it ones self.
Roads impossible
The weather may do anything I'M
expected, with the caprice of an
English spring. This is called the
Season of the Rains," and / am
quite willing to accept the term. 1t
seems to be suitable. At the same
time one will be told that it seldom
rains at this time of the year, but
that it may do SO. In any case it
will always rain torrentially when
one of the weatherwise has an
nounced dry spell. And when it
rains in Morocco life on the road
becomes sheer impossibility. East
of Meknes, for example, two days
rain will render the roads practi-
cally impossible, while one days
sunshine will turn them from
rivers and lakes of hopeless mud
into properly conducted highways
again. But do not count upon the
next days sunshine.
The temperature is another factor
in life on the road which is apt to
complicate things. One has to re-
member that the further south one
goes the colder it will be. Maria
kesh / shall always remember as one
Of the coldest places have ever
known. For three hours in the mid
die of the day a blazing sun will
make things quite pleasant, but dur
ing the remaining twenty-one hours