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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-11-20

carried himself. The widow spoke in
little thread of a voice which broke,
here and there, when she would close
her eyes with a sigh. But the eIe-
ment OF humor in the transaction
was the ultimate appeal.
y r X X
A FEW days later Parr himself,
held up by one of his own regal
traffic cops at a busy corner. had. the
grim satisfaction Of seeing Sophie
taking his red-headed mechanic out
for an airing. The new car itself
was quite as perfect in it's way, as
had been her prancing pair-a town
car imported from France. Tho mo-
tor occupied glistening bandbox
away up forward. Sophie was in
closed in gorgeous candy-box away
aft. PARIS man was exposed to the
world and the weather as the only
visible living thing aboard, perched
on slender capstan of a seat arising
out of the bare deck amidships. She
was making a Roman holiday of him.
Parr could not repress a chuckle-it
was so like Sophie.
The Dresden china widow Cor what
remained of her for popular consump-
tion) did not vary her surface rou-
tine by a jot. Before many days had
passed she had isolated her red
headed mechanics pack brothers one
was man with brown derby. who
always chewed a cold cigar The
other was frayed taxi-driver with a
moth-eaten beard. who had stand
ly the hounds following blindIy. It
was the huntsmen behind of whom
she must catch a glimpse. Her sixth
sense told her that her daily life was
9" closely hemmed in as is an ex-
panse OF ocean by a cloudless sky
to reveal himself. Some move must
be impending.
Her telephone she handled with the
utmost delicacy-they had tapped
that. Of course. Whenever she used
it. she would set 1t down softly, then
instantly pick it up again. and listen
for minutes on end. Nothing there
1t required exquisite patience. And
then, under her very elbow. some one
yawned incautiously three times, and
said lazily. "Oh. dear. oh, dear" So
phie showed herself her little white
teeth in the mirror. that looked down
on her eaves-dropping. Her nimble
mind drew a picture: it would be a
big bare room. with a lazy man in
blue Uniform. with receivers strapped
to his ears, seated at desk; and this
police ear grated to. her wire would
always be attentive.
Once Sophie was rewarded by hear
ing door open, in that vague ROOM
Again she heard the tread of feet;
then the murmur of cautious voices
two OF them, in fact-that pleased
her most of all. How like a stupid
cop. to lie in wait breathless at the
mouthpiece Of a microphone. with
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THE SIGNED MASTERPIECE

street. q high-stoop, English
basement dwelling. was oc
cupied by the widow of
amos P. Huntington. The departed,
a drab. inofrenslve little person. had
hfown himself into eternity while
tornp6hnding synthetic rubber. The
ief,cr was little Dresden china
.tfrair;;s as evidence Of her quality.
She s4tfrovs Il smart plum colored
isrougllsm. drawn by q smarter pair
Of reached hacks, and on the box.
when she was a-wheel, sat coach
man and q footman in plum-color,
two ELern, middle-aged males. One
by.ens the brown-stone residences on
The north side. which faced No. 143
and its few brave companions, had
been converted into garages, ana
naehiRs-shops for sick motors. Mrs.
Hun abingdon, in addition to these ag-
sressions on her domestic peace, had
suffered. the further indignity OF
being dragged from her sheltered
grief, into open court by the 1nsur-
ance ,guarantors of her husband.
Twice, the little widow had won the
sympathy Of the jury who, in two
suits, had awarded her the full
amount of the claim, a quarter of a
fnsI3io dollars.
Directly across tho street, In NO
h43.s+was a machine shop which In
Crime. odor and noisy clamor differed
.nd no. respect from its neighbors. An
abssrvant person might have noted
that all of it's mechanics We're young.
stood six feet. and weighed 1S5
pounds. No. 143 was of the police;
It was one of that series of care
S,,yI FOL h;ph hof
arch man-hunter. Deputy Parr of
Center street, had planted in uneX-
pected corners throughout the city.
At 10 of an early winter morning
a car Of some consequence came to a
isrky suffering stop, sighed and
died, at the curb in front of No. 143.
The driver. a man of six. feet, weigh
ing, say 1S5 pounds, got down. opened
The hood, and stood regarding his
siling motor with the forlorn look
1t medico whose patient has gone
beyond his skill. A red-headed me-
chanic came out, evinced sympathetic
interest, put his head under the hood.
THE chief said the driver. bend
ing down and speaking in the me-
chanic's ear, wants report on Num-
Der 142."
THE mechanic reconnected a high
tension wire with a spark plug.
thus restoring the consequential
power to its full faculties, IL an
emergency arose. He tore a blue
. ticket in two. along line of perfora-
tion, handed one half to the chauffeur
and tied the other half by a stout
cord to the windshield of the auto
mobile. The chauffeur strolled away
to a Darkroom haunt of chauffeurs
and mechanics. TO while away a few
hours getting acquainted. The me-
chanic resumed tinkering.
An hour later Mrs. Amos P. Hunt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-11-20
CAolOrs That Protect.

MANY curious facts about the eff
AVA fects of particular colors and
markings of BIRDS insects and other
creatures in concealing them from
their enemies have been collected by
naturalists. and the theory of pro-
tective mimicry" has been pushed far
in some cases.
An interesting observation bearing
on this. subject is recorded by an Of
ficer of the Carnegie Institution.
About 800 chicks of various colors
and patterns We're allowed to run at
large in pasture. In less than two
hours crows had killed twenty-four.
The officer inspected the slaughtered
chicks and found that they included
10 whites, Is blacks, l. coarsely mot
tied gray and buff, but not a single
chick with "penciled' markings more
or less like those of ordinary jungle-
fowl or game. This, it is thought.
was due to the relative inconspicu-
BUSINESS Of the penciled birds and in+
dicated that the colors arising undef
DEMONSTRATION increased the danger Il
the otherR $50.
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BY Frederick Irving Anderson

demanded Parr roughly.
Madame. she give them me-shs
no want, them more. My 'usband-he
was die-Tl est mort"
Take her away roared Parr.
What is the charger" asked the
meek Hanrahan.
"Oh. anything-anything, snarled
Parr, $50 long as the newspapers
don't get II. You. q detective! You
on the Sophie Lang case! Oh, dear,
oh, dear!"
When the door closed on the fig
| ures, II was Admission who broke tn"
painful silence.
after ALL" he said dreamily. ct
| was signed masterpiece. Eth, Parr?"
That was the end of the Sophie
Lang case. There were loose ends, or
| course, such rs William. and the
| maid, and the jettisoned quarter of "a
million dollars. The underI1ngs proved
| to be very faithful tools of the LADY.
| who took their medicine, maintaining
| TO the end their ignorance of such "a
| purely legendary person as Sophie
Lang.
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his squealer. I have never known 1t

his s9uealer: I have never known 1T
How about the lone-wolf-the
crook without a pal?"
Parr shifted contemptuously:
HE brags." he said tartly. "soueals
on himself. It's all the same, in the
long run. We have no failures. Un-
| finished business. yes. Sooner or later
somebody blabS-blabs on me! That's
what I'm here for! Let me illus
trate." he went on gravely. Did YOU
not. She was before your time"
Admission shook his head.
I'm the old days." Parr said. 1--WE
used to assign our bright young men
to the Sophie Lang case. 1t was like
a left-handed money wrench, or a
quart of auger holes. There want no
such animal" He laughed.
"Oh. ah! "A legendary crook! say,
that's beautiful" exclaimed oliver.
Legendary is right" assented the
We knew her only by her works.
When we came a cropper. we'd say
That's Sophie When something slick
was turned, we'd say That's Sophie:
her serious work. like any other
artist. Well. sophie's turned up"
said Parr softly.
"A sQueal?"
Certainly. What else! haven't 1
"But who.who squealed?"
Parr assumed hurt look.
'who" he repeated. How the
devil do I know? An anonymous let
ter" He grunted. They drop. on
my desk like the gentle dew from
heaven. I am assigning myself. in
my old age, to the Sophie Lang case.
But this time she amt no impossible
animal Sophie he paused for
1.-THE widow - the insurance
widow"
Parr nodded slowly. his eyes gleam-
ing.
Admission eased himself back in his
chair and said disgustediy:
i've been meeting her around for
years. She's-she's eminently re-
spectable," protested oliver.
"Sophie would be-" agreed Parr.
Admission found PARIS complacency
irritating.
as there anything to suggest So
phie?" he demanded.
There's that quarter OF a million
dollars" chuckled Parr.
Then. with sudden inspiration
oliver queried. HAS she signed it?
You say she does-or did"
'aThere isn't a flaw in her case" said
parr. "That's her usual signature.
Linpid, She's beaten the insurance
people twice, your sheltered little
widow. They put the burden OF proof
on her. It wasn't any burden-for
Sophie" He guffawed. "She hasn't
got the Doodle yet-they are marking
time for another appeal. They'll only
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enters, of course. We simply wait"
explained the policeman blandly.
Sooner or later every crook comes
home to roost. I have a man sitting
on the doorstep waiting for him"
Parr smiled childishly.
You must admit it requires some
intelligence on your part to pick the
right doorstep" said Admission.
Not at all" retorted Parr. They
give us the address," He chuckled
Admission returned to his ciphering.
Every dog has it's flea." said Parr
nodding solemnly. Every crook has
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Changing Lies
Schedule.

CONTINUED from Second Paee.)
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THE Dresden china widow. an hour
before, had set out on her after
noon drive to air her red-headed me-
| chanic. At Forty-second street a po-
liceman said gruffiy: Drive up to the
curb, young fellow" The red-headed
. mechanic had obeyed with alacrity
Let me have your keys" commanded
proffered keys and calmly locked the
doors of the litter. Sophie could not
glass. Take her to headoua rsn,
! commanded the traffic man. While
Parr and Oliver sat talking. Sophie
was announced. The graceful little
woman clothed in cloud Of black
handkerchief under her veil
Lift up the curtain. Sophie" said
Parr, with a full breath of citation.
This ;. is where you stop for the
She lifted the veil, disclosing a
tear-stained face pathetically pretty.
Parr with an oath lifted himself out
whats the Joke. Hanrahans" he
baMisd: At It., the ,a ssd.h !. mechanic
rahan.
Look at her. you fool" snarled the
deputyl Look what you've brought
here-this rag doll done up In crepe"
The lady here burst into a torrent
of words. 81 not understan'," she
walled, in French accents. II am
Madame huntington maid. She move.
como to town--three- four days-to
make ready. She move. This after
noon, go QUITO get leetle air. The
policeman-he lock me in! Oh, he
lock me in! scream cry-I knock
on the window. I come here. This
im nesS no say to me Don't start moth
Hanrahan was holding his head. He
was reviving that episode in the
kitchen that made the country seem
SO attractive TO him q few days gone
by.
.S..Where did you get those clothes?
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-11

Faribault Minn.. last July and was brought here for burial. A handsome monument ordered at the time of his death has not yet arrived.
 Miss Jane A. Collins, sG. sister Of Will liam A. Collins. of Chestnut Hill. died at Hamden. Conn. and was brought here and buried Saturday last in the Callins family plot. Funeral service( were con- ducted by Rev. T. Newton owen. pastor of the Congregational church in town.
 Mir and Mrs. H. W. Porter attended the funeral of MT. Porter's mother, Mrs Mary C. Porter, in Hebron at the Congregation al church Saturday afternoon last, burial being in St. Peter's cemetery.
 Mrs. T. Newton Owen left very sud- denly Thursday last for Providence. hav- ing received word that her father: who is pneumonia
 Joseph Hutchins and his sister Eliza who were seriously injured in the evening recently by being thrown from their car riage. which was struck by an automobile were out to church Sunday last. There is to be whist party at the town hall, the proceeds for the fund for the relief of the starving children in the Near East.-
 Gertrude Gates and Rachel Buell. vhc are in business in Hartford. spent Sunday in town at the home of Charles Buell.
 Miss Grace Sawyer, who has been liv' | ing at thes home of Mir. and Mrs. Fred A | Hunt since her bungalow at the lake wal closed in December, went Monday to visi ! friends in Bridgeport and later will go tt Brooklyn, \. T., to reside until spring.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-11
DANIELSON AND PUTNAM NEWS

street. Lee shippee house, chinney-roof. garage, bus fire.
 May 20-S30 a. m, Box 23, Dyer street, tar kettle, state highway depart ment; no damage.
 Mry So-12.16 p. m.. Box 4s. Peoples Light and Power company plant, Me chanic street; gas retort. damage, $2,- 900.
 June 2-s.o3 D. m. Box 4, Connecticut Village, A. Vincent house, oil stove; no damage
 June 1e-1.e5 p. m. Box 4s. Peoples Light and Power company plant. was re- tort.
 . October 2s-11.45 a. m., Box s. Center street, sOrpheum theatre, spark from heater; no damage k
 Dec s-5.40 p. m, Box S2, Sadie Fui- ton apartment, Academy street, chimney no damage. %
 Manufacturing and business concerns expressed satisfaction Monday over the announcement that the Western Union Telegraph company is to restore the ser vice in Danielson to whrat it was up to few weeks ago, whn an arrangement was made whereby incoming messages were telephoned from an office in Put nam. Prompt delivery of messages to manufacturing concerns and immediate opportunity fo possess exact transcripts of the messages are essential to nASnu- lecturers, and this has been considera tion in the promise of the company to restore the service.
 There is interest here in the fact that stockholders of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber company are to meet in Akron O., Wednesday, This is a meeting fol lowing the recent annual meeting and tht hope is that it will be followed by en. coura ging announcements relative to flu. ture prospects.
 Dr. Hugh B. Campbell of Norwich will be unable to be in Danielson this CTues day) forenoon to conduct a clinic al the Public Health station, as has been announced. Miss Miriam Boomhover visiting nurse. made this announcement | and stated that Dr. Campbell will bt here later in the month, and due an | nouncement of the date will be made. The work of tearing up the rails of tn, Providence and Danielson railway east 1 ward from East Killingly toward tht l Rhode Island line is proceeding,
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-11
Famous Old Recipe for Cough Syrup Easily end eheaply made at home,
 bat 1t beats them all fer qutek results.

Thousands of housewives. have found that they can save two-thirds of the money usually spent for cough preparations, by using this we'll known old recipe for making cough syrup. It is simple and cheap but it has no equal for prompt results. It immediate relief, usually stopping an ordinary cough in 24 hours or less. , Get 2Ea ounces of Pinex from any druggist, pour it into pint bottle, and add plain granulated sugar syrup to make full pint. If you prefer, use clarified molasses, honey, or corn syrup, instead of sugar syrup. Either way, it tastes good, keeps perfectly, and lasts 4 family long time.
 It's truly astonishing how quickly it acts. penetrating through every air passage of the threat and lungs loosens and raises the pH1egm, soothes and heals the membranes, and gradually but surely the annoying throat tickle and dreaded cough dis. appear entirely. Nothing better for bronchitis, spasnodic group, hoarse- ness or bronchial asthma.
 PineI is a. special and highly con. centreted compound of genuine Nor way pine extract known the world over for its healing effect on membranes.
 Avoid disappointment by asking your druggist for "21k ounces of Pinex" with full directions and don't &ceept4aRythingaeise. Guaranteed to give absolute satisfaction. or money promptly refunded. The Pinex Ce-, It. Wayne, Ind.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-11
COLUMBIA

!, Julius Schwartz, who .with'his brother in-law, William Weimar, owner and oc- ,upied the farm formerly belonging. 10 Antonio T. GreSoris on Chestnut Hill has sold his interest to Weimar and moved. Saturday, the 1st, to Brooklyn, x. Y. HI
 Eleanor Collins and Evelyn Woodward returned to Smith college Thursday last having spent the holidays in town with their parents. They do not expect to be home again until Easter.
 Mrs. Kate woEf. with her son William and daughter Lena went 10 Conway, Mass, last week to attend the funeral of her brother, Max Antes, who lived in Co., lumbia many years ago, on what is known as the Antes road, which was named for the family.
 The annual meeting of the members of the Congregational church was held in the chapel Friday afternoon. there being good attendance. L. E. Winter was elected secretary, and Edward P. Lyman treasurer. A. A. Latham continues as permanent clerk. Clayton E. Hunt was chosen trustee for three years. and Cecil L. Gates member of the. standing com mittee for three years The. clerk report ed the membership of the church Jan. 1 1920, as 1se. Additions by letter 2, lost by death 2 and by removal q total Jan l, 1921, 124; loss of 2 members. Dur. | ing the year two infants have been bap. tized. The treasurer reported cash or hand Jan 1. 1920, $10.es; receipts for tn, year. $1.6os.S4; total. s1.s16s3; payment, during 1920, $1,5s947 leaving a balanc, in the treasury Jan. ', 1921. of S41.Is The secretary stated that the amount, | due the church and unpaid are ssg1. sl and the amounts due by the church ar, | $780, leaving an excess of assets over. lia bilities of s12I9s. Clayton E. Hunt 1 chairman of the board of trustees re ported that the endowments and invested ' funds in their hands amount to ;11225. 70 | The accrued interest on these funds fol the year amounted to $4S0.04, which wa | paid over to the treasurer.
 The Ladies' Aid society reported a-casi balance in their treasury Jan. l, 1920, O S47.13. Received for interest on Libert,
 bonds, dues of members and sales 0 | fancy work, quilts, etc, S6G2s; total S107.41. Paid out for repairs to parson age and care of the church. s34s7; de posted in savings hank. $40; assets O
 the society are balance in treasurer
 hands, s32.54; Liberty bonds. .2OO casl
 in savings bank. .35.7s; total asetr $7S6.27. .',. ....
 The body of Mrs. Clarissa Fitch Porter
 who died in Aberdeen, s. D., was brouch
 to Columbia Saturday last for burial i,
 the plot purchased by her brother. Charle
 W. Fitch, not long ago. MT: Fitch died a
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-11
Lee $ osgood Co. can supply you


 story has gained circulation that the rails may be used in extending the troll ley line that runs out from Providence to Chepachet onward to Pascoag. giving that place direct trolley connection with the Rhode Island capital 2 +st
 The Girls club is making arrangements for a Gendemen's night.
 William Saytes remains i'll at his home in Elmville. He is confined to his bed and has, | sen unable to leave his room for months
 Edward Clements of Mystic was vis- itor with friends in .Danieison Monday
 A closer union or federation, of Chris tian churches, in Brooklyn is aimed at in resolution unanimously adopted at the recent annual meeting of the Con- gregational church in Brooklyn.
 A gravel coating is being placed over long sections of state highway in this part of the country. To date the state highways have escaped much i of the hard wear and tear that is characteristic of the winter season and are in bette CT condition than is usual at this time of the year. .1.',-
 Warnings are being issued to automo- bilists against giving a lift" to strang- CTS whom they may meet tramping along the highways these days. There is, 'n grave FISK to the driver Of a, machine in doing that for the records of: f1oideups include numerous instances where the -victil.-5 were kindly disposed drivers will. ing to help a fellow being; < f. f. -~-t
 J. Carl Witter conducted anS auction sale at the Angeil place in the town of Brooklyn Monday afternoon
 Hector Mcconnell was reelected pres. ident of the Ballouville Social cInh which has comfortable sc4ub house in that village .-,l.--:
 At the Congregational church in Day. vile Monday evening there was a meet. ing of members of Killingly grange.
 By easily defeating the teams repre-. senting Woodstock ACadeny in Wood stock the Killingiy High School basket. ball team made a: record of seven straight victories. The local .hish school team has not been defeated this season. -
 State Officer Howard E. Elliott o- Hartford was visitor in Danielson or Monday. ,3,['-T ~--. N Mrs. P. B. sibley win have the naer,. bers Of the W. c. T. U. at her home fo, a meeting this afternoon. T. ;'1e.~ \ George c. Waldron of Pavtuoket va, visitor with \ends in Dantelson. The winter tournaments at the Rohe milan club will be. in full swing this ,vees an dthere is g-eat, interest in the, event among the membeN. |
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-11
DANIELSON

Information that may aid In fixing the ra-1on ability for the theft of $500 worth of fires from the store of the Kiningly NoAsr Supply company, during the carry hours of Sunday morning, was being used hy Chief John Mcfarland in an effort to get something definite to work on.
 An automobile that was being driven a<vund on Broad street in. the vicinity R Cottage street about a. m. Snr Asy may have been used to carry the tires away. In any event, the driver of the car created interest in his movements heame they were so peculiar. The ma chine bore a Rhode Island registration.
 R E. Smith. manager of the store that vas burgiariZed, was considering on Mon- day the offering of a substantial reward for the apprehension of the burglars. Nothing in the store was disturbed ex- oepting the tires, 22 of which were caL- ried away.
 An investigation about the premises shows that the burglars attempted to force a window in the store adjoining, a ph1noer's shop. before breaking into the automobile supply house. and 1t is be- heved that they discovered they were trying to get into the wrong store be- fore they actually succeeded in opening the window.
 \ Danielson's total loss by fire during 1920 was $2.500, it is shown in the re port of Chief Engineer A.; Putnam Woodward of the fire department. Int heaviest single loss was sflOO at the plant of the Peoples Light and Power company, on May 30, when gas rotor was ablaze.
 This total loss of property by fire II Danielson over the period of a veal Is exceptionally small and makes one ot the best records in New England in 2 place the size of Danielson.
 The fire record for the year is as fol lows:
 Jan. 15-11.50 a. m., Box 2S, Franklin and Crosby greenhouses. Academy street fine near heater: no damage.
 Jan. 17-S56 p. m, Box 16. Mapl street. G. W. Danielson residence, chim ney no damage.
 Jan. 31-S.1O a. m., Box 24, W. A Burrows, Railroad avenue, chimney m damage.
 March 1s-12s0 p. m., Box 56, Broat