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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-06-13
BY BLOSSER
BY AHERN

at Nancy.
MIR. Muskrat seemed surprised. He
hadn't noticed that anyone else was
present, he was so upset and excited
and tired and a few other things.
Thank you very kindly" he said
with q bow.
''Oh. don't mention IT. said
Nancy. You see, I'm helping Mr..
Sprinkle-Blow."
Sprinkle Blown cried Mr.. Musk.
rat where is ne? ! should like to
tell him about this outrage"
Before Nancy had time to answer,
the fairyman himself came around
a corner and who should be beside
him but that rascal, Jack Frost.
''Oh. goodnessr' shivered Mu.
Muskrat. cuddling her children
''Brrrrrr shivered Mr.. Muskrat,
for he was awfully- wet and Jacks
chilly breath nearly froze him.
Mr.. Sprinkle Blow looked worried
to death.
Go BE Continued
Copyright 1921. by N. e. Az
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-06-13
1.-THE UPHILL ROAD"
By RUBY M. AYRES

!, Ferrier frowned. He wished she
would take her hand from his arm
those little white fingers. He pic.
tured them as they had looked
when they willfully rified his bag.
A sudden thought came TO him
II dare say letter would do
he said laconically. "It's Just to
Micky. ] left q revolver OF mine
out there and I'd rather like to
have It. No value exactly. but as
sociation.s something"
He watched her face unflinching.
ly as he spoke; but there was no
sign OF confusion--not the slightest
faltering.
"oh. but you don't want . rcvoi.
yer here" she said
Don't II" For q second his
eyes were fixed on hers. but they
she had deliberately drawn a veil
across the sweet soul he had once
believed had looked at him from
their blueness.
He shut up the book with siam
and showed II back across the coun.
ter toward the pert clerk.
Il won't trouble. sonny" he said
carelessly.
When they were out In tho sun.
shine he looked down at Joan as
she walked at his side. her small
feet taking two steps to his one big
| stride.
80 you don't think In want a
revolver over here. Miss Hastings?'
he asked. You think England's a
lot safer than IL is out there. chr
"Of course" but he noticed. with
q sudden sickening feeling. that
she deliberately avoided his eyes.
She forced a little laugh.
You are funny" she said. She
half-turned. glancing back down the
street behind her. Il wonder where
Ralph is"
Her voice sounded nervous and
jerky- F'errier believed that she
was afraid OF him--that she dreaded
now being alone with him.
He looked up and down the street.
Try as he would to harden his
heart, he could not but feel sorry
for her. There was a bright spot
of color In either OF her pale
cheeks; she looked frail. almost III.
He won't be far. Off" said Fer.
rier gently. The old gnawing feel.
ing OF combating anger and desire
was tearing at his heart again. His
arms ached to take her into them.
and see the strained look of fear
fade from her eyes beneath his
kisses. And yet--in the same breath
he called himself a fool; In the same
breath he reminded himself that she
had lied to him. deceived him, rob
bed him.
Further up the road they met
Hastings. He looked very smart IN
flannels and a Panama straw, and
he greeted them smilingly.
II ordered champagne from
town" he said. He linked his arm
Familiarity in Terriers. "Ive been
up to the station to see if it's
come; it's there all right. Well
give you real good spread to-
night, my boy, eh, Joan?'
YES" said the girl family. Was
il imagination. Terrier wondered, or
did she move closer to him, away
from her brother?
Continued Tomorrow
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hy Avoid Nice Girl
|lnfil MnrrinA

Dear Miss Grey: Why Is II when
imam gets TO be about 'twenty-six"
y starts looking for girl who Is
NAT he terms the 'es type: in other
ords. good and old-fashioned to n
kgrce. He has no doubt lived a
ut life and hasSgone out with girls
bonn anyone could pick up" but
soon as he wishes to settle down
" happy home and children he
Fks hunting for a nice girl But
hen he Is younger, these nice girls
y not his type. lie only pays at.
pftion 10 one when he wishes to
tfie down. Therein Is the mistake
pst men make. as l see 1t. The
N who has been a home-bodys be-
marriage will. nine chances out
~sten, want to step out sooner or
Ter and see the world. Why
Wouldn't she - surely 1t would be
nite proper with ones husband.
Se will insist that hubby take her
all Of the "questionabie" places in
rwn and viii get an awful kick out
it--whiie hubby. to whom all this
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Cynthia Grey
pei Girl Living Do,cn to Standard Man Has Set for
Her, Rather Than Up to Natural Ideals, Claims
One Girl-Other Opinions, Too, on Girl Problem.

Anstcers to "ydck and Mr. TrentySir" still continue to
|re thick and fast by erery mdi Following some Of
hem:
'Mr Jack and TwentySx": Do you to infer that
here are no 9S models running loose these days? You
haven't taken the trouble to really know the feminine species
that There plenty of them in 1921 disguise
The girls of today the most joyous the most madcap
most ovabe lot that stepped beside man. Who
YOU that are brazen enough crticise 1921 grs
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-06-13
Dorothy Dalton's
Beauty Chat

Miss Dorothy Dalton. the actress IA
nous the world over for her beautiful
complexion. says: Amy girl or woman
can have n beautiful, rosy hite complex
ion and smooth unwrinkied skin like
mine II they viii follow my adOice and
use DerwiiIo. simple toilet preparation.
use II because II imparts instant beauty.
IL easy to apply, absolutely harmless and
has a marvellous effect upon the skin.
One application proves it," BE sure TO
read Miss Dalton's interesting story OF
how TO quickly acquire n beautiful com
plexlon, soon to appe ar In this paper. In
the meantime get Derwillo at any toilet
ltghtfuiiy surprised.
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ADO you mean to tell me you would
1ch rather close your eyes to the
nty, vital miss OF today In the
N search for long skirts. thick
lists, heavy shoes. and all of the
ID OF by-gone horrors7 Bah--such
&elence is beyond words.
COURSE there is good and bad
everyone. III a boy seeks the
Rst. he will find it--then proceed
have because he did.
re you sure you are everything
NJ good girl wantsG Are you
Sfte sure you have honestly tried
meet a decent girl halfway And
Ter all. who IS responsible for the
you consider not niceT
chis isn't the beginning OF what
J like TO say of a good girls opin.
, on such a matter as you have
Arted. but before | close lie. me
N this: The men of today are no
kter than the girls. in fact. not
klf so good. and any man that Is
hrching for a girl little better
IN himself will find her sooner or
Ter. JINX.
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els that all anybody knows
about the Shilshoha grand
mother" Peggy questioned
almost all. DEAR grind.
mother replied. ''They seem to
have left nothing for the history
writer's and only one legend. only
onc-when all other tribes have
SO many.
"Thcy became partly civilized
when the White Man came. but
would gamble away the very
clothes they wore and lie down
on the damp ground without even
a blanket to protect them, and
20 In waylit was their love OF
gambling as much as their fear
OF the bad Indians which destroy
ed the tribe; for exposure caused
them to have pneumonia and
other lung troubles OF which
great numbers OF them died.
'Tell us bout the legend"
Peggy begged. anxious for a
brighter tale
TT Is a romance. Peggy child,
a love story with sort Of fairy
ending" grandmother began.
"Once upon a time. when the
Shilshohs were strong and mighty
and nu bered thousands OF
braves. the dreadful Stickeens
came down out OF the North and
fought a mighty battle with the
ShilshohA
"And when they returned with
their prisoners and their spoils Of
war. they left behind them many
warriors dead and many wives
and children mourning.
"But no grief was so bitter as
=
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Copyright 1871. by N. y. AZ

usually ate.
However. I remembered a fairly
quiet little English chophouse--con-
Quoted by a man with strong Ger
man accent--only couple of blocks
away. l led Edith there.
'1How's Georges cough?" I asked.
nothing more pertinent coming into
my mind.
Are you trying 10 make conversa-
ton? Is that the way for friends to
behave?"
decided to try another tack.
"Then what the mischief do you
mean by interrupting me at my work
and embarrassing me before the
whole office force. every member OF
which knows you are not my wife?
Do you like that any better?"
Somewhat. But what ] want is
sincerity, and / don't believe that Is
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Page 3SS
GAZELL.E

the grief Of the beautiful Gazelle,
for they had slain her lover on
the eve OF her marriage.
up and down the sandy beach
she ran and tore Mt their long
braids Of silky hair and walled un.
ceasingly.
IAN night she wept- and when
day came she grew silent and sat
and gazed out across the water.
Days came and went and none
knew II she slept or ate, for when
night came they heard her wall.
ings like the wailing OF the wind
In the tall frs.
"And they said. Alas. Gazelle!
Her heart IL broken and she is
quite mad. quite mad
And so IL CHANGED that on a
night of summer, when the moon
made a broad path in the water.
Gazellc sat on the shore and
mourned. and close beside her.
rocked the canoe which had been
her lovers. A breeze came by
and softly lifted the hair from
her pale face and caressed her
burning eyes.
Come IL whispered to her.
Come. Gazeilel You have only to
step into his canoe and / will watt
you up that moon path--up and
up and up into the land of the
great beyond; the waves will bear
you UP. and /. the wind. will carry
you safe
SLOWLY she rose. and smil-
ing. quiet. she lay down as she
was told.
"And on the morrow her foot
prints on the sand and the miss
ing boat told their story. Gazelle
had followed the moon path TO her
lover and to peace"
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MISS GREY will receive rca6
N1 erS Of this department. nj
The Star office on Tuesdays frOsn
. 10 4. and ~ other times BY 40
pointxncnt. Please do not cussr
on other days than Tuesday I'M
loss you have IN appointment
with Mrs Grcy. ~ noxprcted
visitors interfere with her writ
ing.
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Is quite stale, becomes disguised and
at the same time disgruntied.
So "Mr. Twenty Six" and his 'es
model wife will probably be on the
outs from the very first They all
step sooner or later and always have,
even In '9s.
mir. Twenty-Six- should marry n
girl who has lived the same kind OF
a life he has. when that girl gets
older and has children she will be
considered wonderful mother.
NOT YET %
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And this was Engiand--the free
pnnfrv. where the man who carried
- HE in his hands elsewhere might
safety and shelter.
thought Of the wild. rough life
- in the backwoods with a kind OF
4 farce regret There II had been pos
ajble TO live clean and straight. while
&Iere. even a woman who looked like
Ia angel was capable Of plotting the
uin OF an honest man.
Joan chartered away as they
%alked down the road to the little
age. She was hardly ever silent
orrier wondered whethN she did
Not want to give him time to think,
IL she were afraid OF her own
thoughts.
(>nce he asked her q direct ques
kion. what sort Of a fellow Is Ma.
lor?" She seemed to hesitate.
sT--I don't like him very much, =
me said then. But he's very hand
Some. He Is great friend Of
aalph's."
plays cards well. suppose
eyes, l think he does" She did
rot look at him
Terrier glanced at her averted
mead
"Do you play at all. Miss Has.
l{Smgs?"
sTg" She lifted her sweet eyes TO
hfs face. "Oh no, I never play"
They had reached the postoffice.
Soouverted cottage with struggling
kpers about its whitewashed face
"a gabled windows.
II will not keep you a moment"
laid Ferrier.
He went to the telegraph desk and
box up the pencil. but he laid 1t
apwn without writing anything. and
burned to the counter. A pert.look-
nag clerk tumbied off high stool
Ind hurried forward. There was
bomcfhing about Ferrier that de
handed attention. possibly his size.
Eyes, sir"
"what's the cost Of a cable to
hnada2"
The girl standing in the doorway.
Nv booking out over the sea. turned
0und suddenly and her pretty face
rent as white as her frock. She
rtared at Terriers powerful head and
ahoulders with eyes suddenly afraid.
The pert-looking clerk had taken
book from a drawer, and was
I50ickering over the pages with a
Mel and agitated finger. He had
ntver been asked such question
8before in all his life. In Eastsea
I4hey hardly ever heard Of Canada
nobody ever wished to
kksbIe there.
4%rier waited, leaning his arms
d the counter.
"Hurry UP, man. he said after a
1oment, when the wet. agitated
niger stiIi continued flicking
can't you find it? Here, give me
he book"
Hills big hand swooped down and
appropriated the volume.
1--WE don't often get asked for
ranada," said the pert-looking clerk
You see, Csnada's a good way off,
Fir"
Terrier looked down at the pert
1ace.
"You don't say-' he said
nveIy.
Joan came across to him
kuickly.
e She laid a hand on bis arm.
what is 1t you want7" she asked.
Wan / help your
= A"Tm asking the cost Of cable
Canada, but I'm told it's good
! - off" he said without a ghost
III smile.
Joan's lips quiyered. The pert
looking clerk was brick-red.
'Oh, but why do you want 10
cable therey" she asked Wont q
letter dor"
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Continued Tomorrow
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-23

bladder and that the rupture was
caused by some external force.
DR.. ophuls said he was called in
for a post mortem examination by DR..
NJ. e. Runwell, the physician who at
tended Miss Rape in most Of her last
illness. He found the abdomen 'hor-
ribbly distended," he said, as result
of rupture and congestion of blood
IN several organs of the lower abb
domen.
The rupture. he surmised, was
caused by over distention of the
bladder, resulting probably from some
outside cause.
Miss Halstons statement that she
believed the bruises on Miss Rappe's
arm were made by the grip Of another
person prompted a debate over its adj
instability between Arbuckle's coun-
sci and Milton T. U'Ren. assistant
district attorney, wha conducted the
examination.
Judge Lazarus let the testimony
go in, The defense did not cross ex-
anime any of the witnesses and Judge
Lazarus put the hearing over unth
Z p. m. tomorrow.
Mrs. BaInhina Maude belmont, the
witness. Alice Blake and
zeh Prevoat, will be among the wit
nesses tomorrow, the district attor-
ney announced.
Mrs belmont accompanied Miss
Rape and Al Schumacher on the trip
from Los Angeles to Selma, Fresno
and San Francisco, which ended in
Miss Pappe's death.
Although many women unable to
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Miss Stirling Defends Title Today.
nv The Associated Pressl


OTTAWA. Ontario. Sept. 22.-Miss
Alexa Stirling of Atlanta, woman's
golf champion Of the United States
and Canada in order to retain her
Canadian title has the difficult task
tomorrow Of defeating Miss Cecil
Leitch, women,s open champion of
Great Britain and France, who has
demonstrated her superiority over the
Atlanta star in four tournaments
abroad this year.
Miss Stirling and Miss Leitch today
became semi -finalists in the same half
of the draw as the result of victories
in the tournament on the Rivermead
course. Miss Leitch, who has never
been hard pressed during the weeks
play, continued to show her ability
by an easy victory over Miss Sydney
Peppler of Toronto, 7 and 8, while
Miss Stirling had close contest with
Mrs. W. A. Gavin Of New York, win
ming by 4 and 2. The result was in
doubt until they were well past the
turn in the eighteen hole match.
Another possibility of the Canadian
tournament is that sisters may play
cab other for the championship Sat-
urday, for Miss Edith Leitch, sister of
the British title holder, is also a semi
finalist. and tomorrow will play Miss
Molly Mcbride of Beacons Field. To-
day Miss Edith Leitch defeated Miss
Ada Mackenzie of Toronto, former
Canadian title holder, by and 1. Miss
Mcbride eliminated Miss Helen Les
ueur of Royal ottawa, and 8.
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HEAD OF KU-KLUX-KLAN
WELCOMES INVESTIGATION

ATLANTA, Sept. 22.-The Knights Of
the Ku- KIux-Klan will welcome any i'm
partial investigation and viii open it's
books and records to federal authorities,
Colonel William Joseph Simmons, imperial
wizard, declared in statement issued
here tonight when informed that Attorney
General Daugherty was considering ask
ing him to come to Washington for an
investigation.
The statement asserted that when the
series of alleged exposures being upblish-
ed by certain newspapers are concluded
the imperial wizard viii make answer to
them. Colonel Simmons also denied re-
ports that the imperial klonciliunn had
been summoned to meet to consider the
articles being printed.
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INSANITY CLAIMED FOR
MURDERER OF MOTHER

BooNvILLE. Ind. Sept. -Testi-
mony of the state against William
DeffendoI1, 17-year- old lad charged
with numbering his mother Laura
Deffendol, 70 years old. last July. was
completed this afternoon. u. w.
Youngblood. attorney for the lad, pre-
sented his opening statement outlin-
ing his defense as that Of insanity.
Confessions which Deffendo1l is al
legged to have given the sheriff and
coroner of the county We're introduced
by the state as the principal evidence
against the boy.
The jury in the case was obtained
this morning.
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topping his drive. Each had a chance
for q two Jon the 221-yard goth, but
missed by inches and Hunter squared
the match on the short 21st when
Bobby took three puts. Jones won
the next hole for q new lead by clip
ping dead to the cup from a deep sand
trap into which his heeled iron had
fallen. fussing his opponent so that
he missed him three-foot putt for a
four.
The halved the 2srd in birdie fours
and the gath in perfect tours and the
American defender became two up
when the Briton required four strokes
for the baby 25th. Jones' advantage
flickered out on the next two holes
as he got into the brook in the boom
erang 26th and the Briton pitched
dead for birdie four on the long 27th,
squaring the match with his par So
for the third nine.
Turning into the home stretch they
halved the first three holes in perfect
figures, the Briton gamely holing a
long putt on the 10th after being over
the green in two. Then the American
took the lead momentarily for the last
time with a par five on the 56S-yard
31st after topping his drive as the in
vader got into a cross bunker with his
second, and took seven. Hunter sank
an 1S-foot putt on the 32nd green for
a birdie three and was again on even
terms when Jones missed a 10 footer
for a halve.
Jones became one down on the long
3Srd by missing a two-foot putt for
halve and two down on the 1S0-yard
S4th by pulling his tee shot to the
rough and taking four. They halved
the S5th in perfect tours and the Brit
on was victor, 2 ana /.
The struggle between Guilford and
Johnston was ding dong battle from
the first tee to the S6th green. where
Johnston could do no better than halve
in four, and lose, one down. Guilford
snatched the lead at the 35th when
Johnston was over the green in two
for a five and clinched the victory on
the Seth with perfect four which
Johnston managed to equal with fine
pitch from the rough to within foot
OF the cup after he had pulled his sec
ond shot.
Knepper, who has shot the course
twice in 10 was off his game today
with Gardner, taking s8 for the first
nine and 43 to get home for an 81.
being down at the end Of the first
round. Gardner with S6-40-76, did
not have to extend himself and in the
afternoon he gained a maximum lead
OF six up on the Iowa champion BY
winning the 22nd, 23rd and oath, only
to lose the next two and turn four up
for the last nine. The former cham
pion won the 10Th but Knepper fought
back momentarily taking the 3Oth with
a birdie two and the long 31st with
par five and having the next two
IN perfect figures only to lose four
and two when he required four
strokes for the short saith hole.
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get into the court room. submitted
to fate and stood patiently on this
stairs leading 70 the court room. Others
refused to be satisfied and called on
Chief OF Police OBrien, dsmandine
their right as citizens ana taxpay
ers' to be given q seat in the court
room.
Schumacher. who called the districi
attorney by telephone yesterday from
Los Angeles to request that expense
money be sent to come to San Fran
cisco to testify arrived today by au-
tomobile. he was taken to the dis
trict attorneys office Immediately and
detained there during the hearing.
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HERE is MORE ABOUT
FATTY ARBUCKLE
STARTS ON PAGE ONE

a hospital nurse. who was present at
the post-mortem, both corroborated
DR.. Strange's description Of the
bruises, and coroner's photographs of
the body were offered as evidence.
A tear in the bladder wall was de-
scribed by DR.. Strange, who said the
bladder and other organs had been
preserved by DR.. Ophuls. He said he
believed that death came from perl
tonitis resulting from the ruptured
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KELLY WILL MANAGE
sPARTANBURG IN 1922

sPARTANBURG. S. c., Sept. 22.-
Official announcement was made to-
day that Bernard ("Mike") Kelly, for
merly catcher with Toledo, in the
American Association, but now prop
erty of the Spartanburg, South At
lantic League club. has signed a con-
tract to manage the Spartanburg
team in 1922. Kelly has been in charge
of the team for the past three months.
He was purchased from Toledo sew
eral weeks ago, two Spartanburg
pitchers figuring in the deal.
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DEATH or AN INFANT

Friends of Mr.. and Mrs. C. L. Biclxer
regret to learn OF the death OF their in
FAINT son. Eugene R. Bicl1er. Wednesday
afternoon. The little fellow was only one
day old, having been born September 20.
Funeral services were held Wednesday af-
ternoon from the home, 800 South AL
caniz street, Rev. Father Fullerton off,
chatting. Interment was in st. Johns GEM
etery.
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SOUTHERN RY. WANTS
1921 TAXES SET ASIDE

GREENSBORO. N. C.. Sept. 22-Alleg-
ing that the tax assessments on its
property in North Carolina is excessive
and discriminatory and that under the
statutes it has no right of appeal to the
state board of equalization or to any
other state board or court, the Southern
Railway company today began action hero
in the United States court for the West
ern district of North Carolina to have its
1871 assessment set aside
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OBITUARY
MRs. ELIzA 8. RoaERs

Funeral services over the body Of Mrs.
Eliza d. Rogers were held yesterday az
ternoon at the residence 1905 East Jack
son street. at $3.50 o'clock. Or. w. e.
MeIlwaine officiating. The pall bearers
were: J. e. White, w. NJ Rosasco. VIM.
Davis, Hobart Cross, VIII Hancock, Mr..
Pritchard and ]. S. Reese.