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getic, But IL telling you the whole
story of my aife could help Mr.. Hair
rison's business. I'd do It,"
II think you would" replied
slowly. liking her for the loyalty
I'd felt at white heat a little while
before. but resenting, nevertheless.
this attitude toward my husband. on
the part of a young and beautiful
woman "In future, Miss Storrs.
perhaps we'd better both err on the
side of safety by telling each other
too much instead of too little. I'm
sure we both want to see things
through at this end-to a successful
conclusion. So let's do better team
work.
"As a sample: 1--WE had a letter
from my husband. hope the office
has also heard, since my letter was
so personal, that 1t don't do the bust
ness any good to have its contents
revealed"
smiled when I said that, feeling
sure that the honesty and friendli-
ness Of It must advance cordial feel
ing between the cryptic young wom-
an and myself. Nor was I wrong
this time, Miss Storrs relaxed into
something like a grin as she replied.
The office had a letter, too, Mrs.
Harrison. But It was so impersonal
and business-like that don't think.
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Obituaries CIRCLE CT PLANE

Of Paris in less than twenty-four
hours. AZ
'If an avion travelling at thai
rate (3i2 m"t"rS y q. s'1nd) pur.
sued a route the inverse Of that
of the rotation of the earth, n
would not only keep step with the
sun, but would even gain upon IT,
so that the passenger might see
the sun rise in the west and set
in the east" Z
But the apparent backward mo-
ton of the sun described by NJ.
Bregnet would be far too slow to
permit the passengers in the avon
to see it both rise and set during q
single journey around the earth.
Their speed of about 696 miles per
hour would carry them 1904 miles
in twenty-four hours. But the cit.
cult Of the earth on the parallel Of
Paris Is about 1896 miles, SO that
the avion would have gained only
$50 miles on the sun in the twenty.
four hours, 1. e., II would have
gained a Attle less than one-fiftieth
Of q circumference, or, say IL de
grees Of angular measure, or, to
put 1t another way, it would be
nearly half an hour ahead Of ths
sun. &
This means that II the avion
started from Paris at noon, In
twenty-four hours IL would return
to Paris about half an hour before
noon, having had the sun all the
h,.A - A.I&
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FOR LOVE
By Ruby M.
Ayres

whats UP? Anything wrong!
Come in"
Peter passed him and stood in tho
hall.
IT want to see Bonnie" he said
in q queer, uncertain voice. Il
want to see Bonnie"
Philip led the way back to the
library.
Come in. I'll send for her. She's
upstairs. Come in. old chap. What's
upI"
Peter looked at him with hard.
accusing eyes.
i've nothing to say to you," he
said shakily. It's Bonnie I want
to see-I want to ask her PARDON
to" He stopped,
Philip looked at him with sud-
den anxiety; then he called to q
maid crossing the hall:
will you please find my wife?
Ask her to come here, Say that
Mr.. Peter Dennison wants to see
her."
He went back to the library and
closed the door.
"If there's anything wrong and I
can be of any help" he said
awkwardly. Anything I can do
only too pleased. ."
Peter turned on him with sudden
passion.
YOU" he said. You've done
enough already should think
you-you-cad! BY God, IL I'd only
known It before
His face twitched with boyish
emotion; for the first time In his
life he was not In the least afraid
Of young Winterdick; for the last
time in his life he felt that they
met rs equals.
Philip had flushed to the roots
of his hair. but he controlled HIM
self with an effort.
You'll have to explain this"
he began, then broke off. well
well-what Is TT"
The maid had come to the door
again.
Please. sir, Mrs. winterdick Is
not in her ROOM
Philip made an impatient ges.
ture.
Very well! Find her. She may
be with my mother"
He waited till the door had
closed, then turned again to Peter.
And, now, what the devil do
you mean7" he demanded.
Peter laughed. 1--WE nothing to
say to you" he said again. You
can bluster and make as much fuss
as you like--I'm not afraid of You
or your bullying. and I'm not your
wire to be spoken to as you
His voice had risen excitedly, but
there was a sort Of steadiness in his
eyes which for a moment checked
Philips rage.
Il don't know what the devil Won
mean" he said quietly. "If you've
got anything against me, let's hear
what II In before we have any more
heroics, I suppose you've run your
head into a brick WALL, he
added with q mirthless laugh. Any.
way, what In it7''
His calmness disarmed Peter: for
q moment he did not reply, then he
said with a rush: -.
I've just found out about this
this horrible marriage. Perhaps
you think I've known all along
Well, ] tell you, that I haven't, I
never knew q word about Il TIL to-
day-and even then I didn't believe
q until the Ruv'nor himself"
Go De Continued Tomorrow
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BY Garrett p. Serviss.
Eminent Astronomer and Writer on
Problems Of Scientific Interest

Eminent Astronomer and Writer OF
Problems Of Scientific Interest
A T the meeting Of the French
n Association for the Advance
ment Of Science, at Roune,
August 7, a brilliant picture of the
possibilities Of aviation in the i'm
mediate future was drawn by Louis
Breguet, based upon what has al
ready been accomplished and upon
calculations that experience has
shown to be sound In principle.
M. Brequet indicated three i'm
portant improvements. all OF which
are within easy reach. and which
when carried to the highest prac.
ticable point: will enablbe airplanes
to attain q speed of 312 meters per
second Q,o24 feet, or, say. 700
miles per hour. and to encircle the
earth. II necessary. in q single un-
interrupted flight.
The first improvement required
Is in the "finesse" Cfineness) Of the
apparatus, which expresses the ra-
ito between the resistance and the
carrying power Of the machine.
Before the war, M Breguet said,
the finesse Of the best avions va
ried between Is and 20 per cent; dur
ing the war It was whitfield down
to about II per cent; II cut to ~
per cent the first requirement for
the woodworking machine above
mentioned would be met. Soar
ing birds, It may be remarked, have
a finesse of only 4 per cent.
The second Improvement Is to be
attained by the, employment OF
lighter metal in order to decrease
the dead weight. while the third
relates to the old problem Of In
creasing the efficiency Of motors.
"It is not over bold" said M.
Breusuet, ito affirm that within a
few years motors. will be construct
ed weighing only one kilogram CO.
poundS per horsepower. Keeping
within the possibilities Of construc-
ton, and supposing an hourly con-
sumption Of only $50 srammes of
fuel, an efficiency Of so per cent for
the propellers, a reduction Of so per
cent in the dead weight, and a finesse
Of 5 per cent, the radius Of action
would be $4,000 kilometers, which
equals the girth of the earth In the
latitude Of Paris" 49,.
Calculation also showed that with
proper forms Of compressors, motors
could preserve their power UP to
attitudes of $4,000 meters (about IN
miles,, where the density OF the air
Is only one-quarter as great as at
sea level, and where a speed of $50
meters per second would easily be
attained by a monoplane carrying
800 Kilograms per square meter.
with regard tn an airplane trav.
cling 1924 feet per second, NJ.
Breguet pointed out the interesting
fact that the speed of the aviator
would equal the mean speed OF
sound, so that he would not hear the
noise of his own engine. being car.
ried along just as fast az the sound.
waves. Moreover. he would make
the tour Of the earth In the latitude
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BY ANN Isle
> course, I wouldn't sacri-

90 sSs, rs, husband, -ss!s1 interest: :sss'
to save my brother" I re-
piled to Mabel Storrs' charge, hold
ing on tight to my feelings as I ex-
planned in a tone determined
shouldn't hold one trace OF resent
ment. But the situation hasn't
arisen. feel sure that in getting
barrow out OF the way and intimi-
dating Dick West a bit I've served
both my husband and my brother"
'Indeedw Miss Storr's voice was
almost arrogant. You don't favor
me with your confidence in such i'm
portant matters as this ill-advised
arrest. You don't tell me Of the re-
turn of your father, who happens to
be q friend Of Dicks. How are we
to work together. Mrs. Harrison. IL
there isn't frankness between usr'
Are you frank with me?' I
asked.
1t was shot at random, sped
merely to protect myself from what
I feared was costly secrecy. 1t had
unexpected results.
1T there any reason why my pri.
vate affairs should be dragged into
this?" asked Miss Storrs with heat,
which cooled suddenly to an apollo.
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riages OF inclination. Ricky?"
You're a washed-out lot" he
said-"you're satiated as schol-
girls. II you have any emotions
left they're twisted ones by the
time you are introduced. Most
debutantes Of your sort make their
bow equipped for business. and
with the experience of what. prac-
tically, has amounted to several
seasons.
The 0Id-Fashioned Girl.
''If any old-fashioned young girls
remain in your orbit don't know
where to find them. Why do
you suppose any young girl, not
yet out, would bother to 60 10 q
party OF any sort where there was
not champagne and a theater box
and a supper in prospect? That's
fine comment on your children.
Molly, but you know It's true and
so does everybody who pretends to
know anything abut IT,"
You talk like Karl Westsusrd.'
she said, laughing. Anyway.
what has all this to do with you
and Strelsa Leeds?'
Nothing" He shrugged. She
Is part Of your last word in sDcial
civilization"-
"She IL q very normal, sensitive.
proud girl, who has known little
except unhappines all her life, Rix
Including two years Of marital
,.,t.nrx-k.o x,cars ~ harror And
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ADVICE TO THE
LOVELORN
BY Beatrice Fairfax
Right or Wrong Hero?
OEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

nEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
1 am an only daughter. with
five brothers. and we have no moth
er. so that on a matter, Of this kind
have no one to go to. and wish
you would please advise me.
During my high school days I
became friends with one of my
schoolmates. This friendship In
creased during his college days. He
has just graduated and started out
In the business world. During his
college days i was the only girl he,
ever invited to any Of the school af-
fairs. There has never been any
talk between us Of love. but all our
friends, both his and mine. believe
we are engaged and tease me about
my announcing it, now that he Is
through with his studies. AT allaf-
fairy we two are coupled together
and everyone always speaks Of US
two as being engaged. -. e..
10 This. In. of course. keeping other
men away from our home. I do care
for this young man, but do not
like the Embarrassment. Do you think
anyone in my family should. In a
tactf,il way? don't want them to,
but my brother wants to. b. M.
pROBABI,Y the reason for the
= young mans silence Is his finan.
cial situation. suppose he isn't
In position to marry. Either pride
or stubbornness may be keeping him
from asking you to wait. But In
any case he is either selfish and in
differc"' TO the position In which
he's p ling you or he doesn't care
for you 'xcepgt rs n friend. see
no reason why you shouldn't per-
NIT one of your brothers to approach
him tactfully on the subject. II the
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who could ever attract her
"Wake her. and find out" ~
Wake herr" s.
Didn't I tell you that many Of
us are asleep, and that few Of US
awake easily? Didn't / tell you that
nobody likes to be awakened from
the warm comfort and idle security
of emotionless slumbert-that 1t IN
the instinct Of many of us to resist
just as / hear my maid speak ito
me in the morning and then turn
over for another forty winks. hating
her." -aapq
They both laughed.
my maid has instructions to per
sist until ! respond" said Molly.
Those are my instructions to you,
also" -
Suppose, after all, were knock.
ing at the door of an empty roomT
You must take your chances, OF
course" p
SprowI Appears. Xxx,
Tnefe was NOISE OIL nOTScS On
the gravel; Langly cantered up on
a handsome hunter followed by a
mounted groom leading Strelsa's
mare. 40 p
Sprowl dismounted and came up
to pay his respects to Molly,
scarcely troubling himself to recog-
nize Quarren's presence and turn
ing his back to him immediately,
although Molly twice attempted 70
include him in the conversation. e
. Strelsa, in the library, pulling ON
her gloves, was silent witness to a
pantomime unmistaI<able; but her
pretty lips merely pressed each
other tighter. and she sauntered
out. crop under one arm, with q
careless greeting to Langly. *.
He came up offering his hand,
and she took It: then stood a mo-
ment in desultory conversation, fac
ing the others, SO as to include
Quarren. 4
II thought l overheard you say
to Molly that you were going back
to town this afternoon" she re.
marked, casting a brief glance IN
his direction. 1
Ito Be Continued Monday.)
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VIVA moved away and changed
~. her frock for the one In which
- shs had travelled from town.
- puf On her hat and coat and
1879 thu small suitcase she had
hruu<hs With her. Then she turned
ct ths Itxht and went again to the
wanAs~. unfastening it softly.
n opened On TO q small balcony
supr ths porch. and on one side
wsrs shallow. twisted steps lead
t.g % the garden.
N study window was immedi-
sasly below. and she could see a
stream q yellow light from II shin
M cut On % the lawn.
80 vent back. took her suitcase
ana. closing the window quietly be-
hlna her. stole down the steps.
Th~T ended IN q little iron gate
go uas usually kept locked. but
suutrhf O. yielded 20 her hand, and
90 pushed % wide and stepped
Au1n into the garden.
Ths kinds were undrawn In the
ssnAy. and she caught q brief
sllmpss % Philip as she hurried
~. He was sitting In his favortts
aftituAs On the edge OF the table.
hanAs dsep-thrust into his Jacket
pncksts. bead down-bent, 30 that
O. oOuld not zee his face.
Hs must have heard the little
A~urscating creak made by the
arun eate a. she closed u for he
uuDse1 and glanced over his shout
d.r toward the window. He listen
a. bit the sound was not repeated
and ~ went back TO his old list
- attitude.
NJ anyone had asked him what
y.re his thoughts. he would have
fuunA % difficult To say. They
n sserned almost impossible to
ss~k ons cut and consider It apart
frum the rest
Hs sot up presently and wander.
q ro1na the room. He picked up
= hnnk. opened q and threw Il
n<an.. ~ NJ Q cigarette and let Il
- cot. hs could settle TO nothing.
~ uent cut into the hall and
- - orsrcoas: he felt that he
- 70 out-that he would stifle
al \. sanyed IN the house.
- knsw his mother was alone In
- arnwinG room. but he could
- fans hsr: he knew that Eva
80 upstnlrs. and Il struck him
w1IA . nrim SORT Of humor that
49, sAnula an three lie alone,
~1uany mansrable and equally In.
onnnkss 90 helping ne another.
49, - ~ was opening the front
g. q ~ rang Philip pulled the
lasrh hNck end found Peter Denni-
- slnn1nE On the doorstep.
- uxhf from the hall lamp
shuns IN 81 Peters face: such q
wn1Es facs. with such miserable
80 that ~ . moment Philip was
uan~a ehark: then he said hur-
r1-GE
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MAKE MOST
OF APPLES
BY Loretto c. Lynch

MYTH the first days Of au.
" tumn, the marketer sees a
glorious array OF health Civ.
ing apples. Apples are to the fruit
world what potatoes are among veg
etables. Unlike most fruits, we do
not readily tire of them.
Pick out the best looking apples
from among those you purchase,
wash them thoroughly with a brush
and warm water, dry and polish
with soft paper. Pile these in your
prettiest fruit dish. The kiddie will
often pass by the candy box to pick
up and bite into an attractive apple.
While nearly always apples in the
raw are easily digested, II sometimes
happens that In order to be more
easy Of digestion they need to be
cooked.
For baking, select the green or
cooking apple. 1t is perfectly DOS
sible to bake the pretty red apple so
common in many sections, but con-
noisseurs long ago decided upon the
all-around superiority Of the green
apple. Since apples are of the acid
fruits, cooking them in either tin
or iron vessels must be avoided. An
earthen baking dish, an aluminium
pot or pan, or the familiar agate or
granite utensil must be used.
Scrub the apple, remove tine core
and strip OF skin an inch In Width
from the stem end of the apple. This
will help to prevent the bursting of
the skin. Place the apples on the
baking dish. fill each cavity with
few grains of ground cinnamon or
few drops Of lemon Juice to each APP
pie. A dot Of butter may be put
here and there on the apple.
Pour q little water, preferably
hot, into the bottom OF the baking
dish and set the dish In a moderate
oven. Open the oven every ten min.
utes and with a spoon dip the syrup
over the apple TO prevent burning.
Serve cold either with the syrup
formed In the dish 81 vith sr>am,
piain or whippsA
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Westward wants the gallery to-
night. May I let him have it,"
Certainly. What for?"
"oh, some idea Of his-I've for.
gotten what he said"
1T believe I'd better come down."
said Quarren bluntly.
Don't dream Of 1t, old fellow.
Everything is doing nicely. My re-
spects to the fair. By.the-bye. any
thing in my line up there?"
Quarren laughed.
I'm afraid not. Dankmere.'
VERY WELL" said the earl, airiiy.
I'm not worrying now. you know.
Goodbye, old sport"
And he rang off.
Quarren. meeting Molly in the
hall, said: .....
I think I'd better leave this
afternoon. Dankmere IL messing
matters" o.. &
Are you going to run laway?"
she said in a low voice, slancing
sideways at Strelsa. who had just
passed them. wearing her riding
habit.
Run away" he repeated, also
lowering his voice. From whom?"
From Langly sprowi."
He. shrugged and looked out OF
the window.
ut Is running away" insisted
his pretty hostess You have .
chance I Think, rE-'
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BObbie and His Pa

Yes. sed Pa, that Is what Homer
Ky-enne sed. Only he said It moar
butifuller than what you Jest done,
sed Pa.
sed Ma.
Doant menshun it, beg Of you,
sed Pa. Yes, all of us, the great
est q the leest. is sent here for to
fulfil our destiny & leeve our foot
prints on the sands Of Time, Pa sed,
Sum leeves small footprints a sum
leeves large footprints, like mine,
sed Pa.
Like yours is right, sed Ma. I
was jest notising the other day
how large you're feet look in them
tan shoes, sed Ma. You shud ware
black shoes at all times. sed Ma.
That made Pa awful mad & he
got up q began walking up q
down the room. My feet was the
saim wen you first Knowed me, he
sed to Ma, & you dident have to
marry me wen I propazed to you,
sed Pa, feet q all.
Ma LATED. Ha Ha, sed Ma, in
order for to git the most out Of
life we shud have a sence of hu.
NOR. sed Ma. You are losing yours,
she sed to Pa, but Bobbie will talk
your place in a few yeers with his
merry latter to cheer me in my old
age. & you will still be my braiv q
gallant Mite witch keeps the wolf
from the door, sed Ma. by putting
yure feet aggenst the door, Ma sed.
Wen I grow up ] amt going to
let my wife git my cote.
The Washington times., 1921-09-10
BY William F. Kirk.

0uR teecher sed that any littel
boy or gurl cud rite a nice
essay about Life, so J told
Pa what she sed.
Pa laffed. Yure teecher is off
he ker-base, sed Pa.
What is that, off your ker.base?
sed Ma to Pa.
That meens that yure teecher Ia
not in tune with the in-finit, sed
Pa. The vary idee of a littel kid
riteing a essay about life, sed Pa,
is SO laffer.bul that / chuckel audi.
belly, sed Pa.
Life, Bobbie. sed Pa. is the state
of living. 1t is a vast & mysterious
sumthing about witch we know
nothing about, sed Pa, excep the
meer fack that we are living &
breathing & paying our bills the
first Of eech fiskful month, sed Pa.
After vile, sed Pa, we Geese
for to live & breethe & the great
universe moves on jest the saim,
sed Pa, with newer a thot Of the
majestick milyuns wich has went
beefoar. That Is pretty nifty, ma
Jestick milyuns, sed Pa. Be sure
to git that in yure eassay, Bobbie,
sed Pa.
But thare is moar to life than
simply living till we die, sed Ma.
Thare Is work & ambishun e kind
ness & duty, etc, sed Ma: The great
est, thing about life q living, sed
Ma, Is to maik the most Of what we
have to spend beefoar we, too. into
the ground descend. ..s
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CRATER n.

oarrsa h.a ssen n witch Hollow
49, aays when DAnkmere called
h1m oa ths hang distance telephone.
% go want ne % come back?"
aMAn1 ne y0ung fellow. II don't
11nS q yo1 dos I'm quite ready to
ss14rD--
MOI ~ Al. my dear chap" said
- bnrazhip Il fancied you might
o4rs - hsar hOw matters are goins
- ~ nankmere Galleries"
uA. oourss ] do. hut I rather
hap~1 nothing IN particular would
hADp~n for . week or 60"
Plenfy has You know those
ezp~rts % yours. valasco. Drayton.
on1nn ard that HoIlander Van Bos-
ensreA- Wen. they don't get on.
E.rh h4s come 60 mo privately. and
n tsrn. sn1 told me that the others
-s 10 geo8-
Ter role n 20 remain amfabls
90 nca-oommittai." aid ouarren.
La thsm talk-"
vsl..co and Drayton- Quinn won't
sp~ak. and Van Boschoven has
nsrf-a M that he declines TO come
q shs hsass a. long ~ either Of the
osh-rs are thsre-"
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a Spirited and Swiftly Moving Romance of
Hearts and High Society, by the Greatest
Living Master of Fiction.

VERY weil; arrange to have them
on different days"
ct don't think valasco will come
back at all"
why not?"
"Because-the fact isl believe
practicaiiy-so to speak-hit him"
''what.'
Fact. old chap"
''why?"
WELL" answered Danlmere. 'he
asked me IL I knew more about
anything than did about pictures.
l didn't catch his drift for about
an hour-but then 1t came to me.
and I got out Of my chair and
wailSekd over and punched his head.
I don't think he'll come back. do
your"
mo. don't. What else have
you been doing?" said Quarren
angrily.
Nothing. One picture-the Rae
burn portrait-has a bad hole
in It,"
How did it happen?"
Rather extraordinary thing,
that! I was giving a most respect
able card party-some ladies and
gentlemen Of sorts from the Win
ter Garden believe-and one Of
the ladies' inadvertently shyed q
glass at another LADY,
For Heavens sake. Dankmere
-"
quite right, old chap-my fault.
entirely-I won't do 1t again. But.
do you know. the gallery already
has become popular resort. Peo-
pie are coming and going all day
a lot of dealers among them. sus.
pect: and there have been a num-
Der Of theatrical people who want
to hire pictures for certain produc-
tons to be staged next winter,
1--WE don't want that sort Of
thingv'
That's what thought; but there
was one very fetching girl who
opens in Ancestors noxt October
-" -#
mo. no, nor ..--
'.Right-oi I'n tell her at lunch
con. ! say, Quarren. Karl
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STRELSA LEEDS-A charming young
widow, who comes to New York and is spon-
sored by one Of the leaders of society.
RICHARD QUARREN-A gifted young idler,
who falls in love with Strelsa. 49, D..
LANGLY SPROWL-A multi-millionaire,
who has determined to marry Strelsa, and
who has explained his unsavory past to her
by seemingly frank talk.
SIR CHARLES MALLISON-A rich Eng
lishman, who has long hoped to win
Strelsa's heart
MARY LEDWITH-Who, betrayed by