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thing worth while and through the
following days this air assumed a
steady place In his repertoire.
Apparently he had won the right
to wear 1t. for never had Battles
burg Witnessed such a transforma-
ton, The sleepy Main street be-
came gradually one of the busiest of
thoroughfares. Everywhere there
was buying and selling. and on every
tongue were praises for the genius of
J. Rufus Wallingford. who had made
all this activity possible.
A Revelation.
From all the country round.
farmers came in to see what had
struck the old town and went away
with thier minds full of buying and
selling. of boom times and the
money to be made over night.
Mr.. Wallingford had not only
won the confidence Of the leading
citizens of Battlesburg, but the ad-
miration of every woman and child.
His offices in the Battle building
were q nest of industry. His plans
expanding with increased means. en-
braced every known Improvement
from trolley lines to a new theater.
But Wallingford/ never could look
at Fannie Jasper without a sigh.
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hang right on to do it--you made
me take It! just try to put me out
Of it--and one thing more. II you're
not an honest man. get out OF Bat
tlesburg tonight--I'll be at the Of
flee at nine-good afternoon"
Wallingford. too. paralyzed to
speak. stood staring first at the
retreating figure of Fannie. then
at Blackie Daw.
Suffering catfish" said Horace.
-"she's got our number"
"Wait minute, Blackie-wait
minute-where are we? Let me
think"
Lets make Cedar Rapids tonight
you've got Eddie's roll"
I'm not afraid; we're within the
law"
You mean you're going to stay
here and take chance?' s
II mean." said Wallingford, I'm
going to see this girl and make her
look at things from my viewpoint"
Blackie Daw gave vent to q
laugh.
II wifi IL have to make love to
her-by George, yes. IL 1 have to
marry her-she's the only smart girl
i ever ran across" .f
Fine chance you've got; why.
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Follow This Great Story Here, Then
Watch for 1t on the Screen at the
Leading Theaters.

saved and don't YOU let anybody
get 1t away from YOU"
-, don't understand" cried Fan
ME, as Blackie Daw re-entered the
room.
Il can't explain just now" said
Wallingford, but you pay atten-
ton to what advise you, under
stand. II didn't like you mighty
well I wouldn't be handing out this
advice. would To-
But really. Mr.. Wallingford,
want to invest this money IL there's
such chance for big returns as
you say there Is"
You're making 1t pretty hard
for. me, little girl
"Yes. guess 1 am" said Fannie
dryly.
Whats that?" cried the startled
Wallingford. shooting a glance at
his partner. -
And the chances are I'm going
to make it twice as hard; why, you
and your friend there are just ex.
actlyy what put you down fora
couple of 'first-class confidence men,"
'What?" Wallingford stared, as
though unable to credit such an
accusation.
You heard what said, Mr.. Get.
Rich Quick Wallingford-I've taken
your measure and I'm going to keep
sharp eye on you--you're not go
ing to rob all my friends in town IL
/ can help 1t. Now it's my turn to
give you a little tip--if you try to
do one wrong thing I'll notify the
authorities and Ill put them wise
to this little game you're playing"
"Wait a minute" said Walling-
ford. you've got a wrong impress
sion of me. Do you think for one
minute If you went to the authori-
ties with any such tale they'd be-
lieve you"
II guess you've forgotten you've
introduced me as your private Sec
retary."
''Oh. you don't want the job
them"
You bet I do and I'm going to
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Delightful Serial of Adventure,
Intrigue and the Triumph Of
Love Over Dishonesty.

He had gone on fleeing the credu-
Ious ever since he could remem-
her and now he had come to a stone
wall. He hated to think Of the day
when his real self would be ex-
posed to the trusting eyes of his
private secretary.
The change in him was visible to
Blackie Daw, affected himself in q
similar manner the stumbling
block to a continued career of easy
money in his case being Dorothy
Welles.
Mr.. Wallingford did not give vent
to his feelings and Mr.. Daw did not
give vent to his. but they understood
each other. and the subject of leav-
ing Battlesburg was one that neither
discussed.
Slow In Starting.
So far their plans had been care
fully laid. The ubiquitous Eddie
Lamb, attired in a new suit. pres
ent from wallingford. purchased out
of the plethoric roll Eddie had forced
upon him. was sent to the chief
cities Of the East to solicit orders for
the new covered carpet tack. The
conspirators figured to keep him
away a couple of weeks. by which
time they would have scraped in all
the loose money In sight from inves-
tors high and low and quietly said
goodbye to those who had trusted
them.
So far so good-Mr. Wallingford
kept up the bluff Of being the bust.
est man in the United States, and
from outward appearance he was
right. He had secured options on oil
choice plots In town; he had caj6led
the officials into granting him. for
nothing. a franchise for a trolley line
to run through the center of Main
street and connect with Hoytsville.
He had secured the right of way to
that thriving little city and he was
talking daily Of the great factory
soon to place the covered tack on the
markets Of the world.
And yet no sign was visible Of
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ground being broken for that I'm
posing structure. Mr.. Daw had been
dispatched to Des Moines to see what
could be done toward getting a MAJ
chine to turn out the tack and Wall
ingford, during his absence, was
making hay while the sun shops.
II 1t had not been for the DISTURB
ing Influence of Fannie Jasper ne
would have been a happy man. On
this particular morning Eddie
Lambs bride-to-be. little dreaming
how near she was to getting the
blow of her life. drifted into WALL
ingfords office to ask IL her fiancs
had arrived.
"Arrived?" queried Fannie. Hes
in Pittsburgh; he isn't expected back
for several days yet"
well. guess he is! I've tele-
gram from him. saying he'll be here
today"
This was news to Fannie; sur.
prising news-could 1t be that Eddie
had failed? All the signs seemed
to point that way. Gertie departed
a little puzzled, ushered to the door
by Willie. the new Wallingford Of
flee boy who had acquired speed and
pep since quitting the hore..
He had the double pleasure Of
seeing Gertie out and Of running
into his former employer. Mr.. Demp-
sey was the worse for the encounter,
to the delight of the grinning boy.
Morning, Fannie. Mr.. Walling-
ford in? I'd like to see him right
away
Hes Just stepped over to close
q real estate DEAL" his secretary in
formed him.
Real estate. that's all you hear
IN Battlesburg nowadays-every-
one seems to have gone real estate
crazy-never seen anything like it,
Its wonderful what one man cal
do" said the enthusiastic Fannie.
People coming here from all over
Iowa to buy land-Mr. Wallingford
sure did this town q good turn when
he landed here"
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she's turned down every man in
town." ,t
THAT proves what 1 said; she's
smart.''
The Auto Waits. ra IA
A knock on the door was followed
by the head Of the lanky Willie.
THE automobiles downstairs" he
announced in his high voice.
Just the thing" cried walling-
ford. you wait here for me-Ill
be back In an hour--I'm going to
grab that girl and take her for
ride and talk 1t over"
Wallingford seized his hat and
flew from the room. Blackie Daw
stood gazing after him. Some
girl" he said. but whether he was
referring to Dorothy Welles or
Fannie Jasper. he did not specify.
J. Rufus Wallingford had never
moved faster In his life than when
he dashed through the hotel lobby
and out into the waiting automobile.
Fannie was walking leisurely down
Main street, when she was startled
into looking around by a grinding
Of brakes. The big touring car
stopped and the man she had called
crook was descending from the
tonneau.
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Your True LOUe
AND HOW YOU'LL BE SURE TO KNOW HIM
By Beatrice Fairfax keep us from expressing our

keep us from expressing ourselves
naturally. From childhood we have
to repress and inhibit. After a while
We don't know what we want-and
what we have been trained to think
we want. And the reason 80 few Of
US know love when we see 1t, or
keep II when we get II into our pow
er is because most of us don't know
ourselves and don't understand how
to keep alive our own wavering de-
sires.
Our world centers about our
selves. We don't give love-but
long to get 1t. We don't wonder
how to serve love. but how to make
1t serve us.
There's nothing to condemn in
this unless we're going to condemn
all OF the scheme of things. But
there is something to do about 1t.
Be honest with yourself. Find
out what you really want.
Suppose Anna May were to take
careful stock Of herself. She might
find that she is selfish and intoler-
ant and given to making great and
unfair demands on those she loves.
That might account for her broken
ou8a8ctncntS anu IOr ner cdlllng
her young lover stubborn and opin-
donated. She may have a banker
ing for luxury and therefore insist
on the advantages of the man who
IL fifty years older than she. Tk-
thing to do is to find out.
Perhaps Philip wants to take Il
easy. His widows income may lure
him with tho promise that at last
he can indulge his natural laziness.
The thing to do is-examine your
self. You can't hope to know what
you want unless you know what
you are. You can't expect to dis
cover what you are willing to pay
for love unless you find out wheth-
or love means sacrifice or self-indul-
gence. You can't dream Of know
ing your true love unless you first
know your real self.
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"One minute. Miss Jasper" cried
Waliingford., you just made some
serious remarks about me and Mr..
Daw. and want to set you right"
You don't have to set me right"
said Fannie, pausing in the middle
Of the walk. you have to set your
self right"
II want to talk to you." said
Wallingford. Wont you ride a
ways with me and thresh this thing
out?"
Fannie was In no hurry to ride
with Mr.. Wallingford and she
shswed 1t. and wallingford was.
therefore. all the more anxious to
ride with Fannia. He threw him
self on her mercy and after ten
minutes of pleading he persuaded
her to take a seat beside him and
listen to what he had to say.
Whatever that something was.
Fannie's face bore a pleased look
when he brought her back to her
own modest home. Likewise. she
shook hands with him a. though she
meant It when he opened the gate
for her.
Tho master confidence man re-
turned to the hotel with the air OF
ono who has accomplished some
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GETTING BACK
TO SCHOOL
BY w. A. McKeever-

0AUGHT by tho pinch Of hard
times and drop in wages. thou
- sands Of young people of the
cities are now casting about to find
a way to get back into school.
The percentage of youths who
quit the grammar school two or
three years ago under the lure of
high wages Is very large. They
are now caught out on a limb.
short on general education, weak
in versatility and low In capacity
to create a place for themselves.
The entire country should turn
with sympathy to these all but
helpless young man and women.
They are usually adult in body, but
undeveloped as to latent resources.
There IL much that can be done. to
bring UP their retarded abilities.
But before offering suggestions Of
relief let US mark sharply the point
at issue.
The basio idea here IL this, the
essential quality Of q good educar
ton II not merely the ability to get
q Job At big wages. II In q form OF
self reliance and resourcefulness for
getting on whether wages are high
or low. whether Jobs are many or
few. 1t il distinctively . creative
capacity. II he cannot obtain a
ready-made Job the really educated
young person goes out somewhere
and creates ono. He secs something
that needs to be done and shows
somebody how 1t can be done. and
Immediately he IL wanted.
Now that easy money II gone, let
us sec what can be done to help
the army of stranded young peo-
pie get back into school. there to
finish developing their capacity and
inner sources.
Any youth out Of Job and short
on education should be alert to find
q place to work for his board and
lodging while attending school.
Likewise tho girl drifter-who
now is legion in the big cities
this worried soul can quickly 80
cure a place to serve about q house
hold while she finishes her school
ing. She needs only to Be true blue.
She must cheer up, assume an air
Of certainty, show a readiness to be
helpful wherever needed and soon
bring her employers to appreciate
her. t
But. more schooling Is the thing
here sought. and 1t must be OBJ
tanned even at the cost Of much
patient sacrifice and duty. Finally
the reward will be assured. 1t may
be day school. night school, technical
or business college. or mere "op-
portunity school,"
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THE RHYMING
OPTIMIST
Aline Michaelis--
Fairy.Tale Time.

r OOKING back on the years that
are over, there's many a fell
low will say that nothing re-
mains to discover as dear as his
childhood's brief day. There's no
fragrance as sweet as those flowers.
no song like the old nursery rhyme,
no brook such as laughed through
those bowers where he wandered in
fairy-tale time! So he muses. while
memory fingers on the hours that
he once loved so well, while he longs
for the touch of still fingers to
weave once again that old spell.
For. 10! the world makes him a
schemer. keeps him chasing the
dollars and dimes, and it's only the
light-hearted dreamer who can get
back to fairy-tale times He can
leave this old world. grim and
gloomy, he can shut out the clouds
and the rain, for a land that is shin
ing and bloomy, where there's never
an ache nor a paint He can pass
down the pathway enchanted where
the song and the sunlight await,
where the brightest OF flowers are
planted; he has keys to the fairy-tale
gate. So when there come moments
Of sorrow and the hill seems too
rocky to climb, he forgets all the
cares OF tomorrow, and slips back
into fairy-tale time. Back into the
mystical wildwood, with its princess
who'd lost every friend; with its
dragon and witch Of his childhood.
but all coming out right in the end!
Then it's strange how hts worries
grow lighter. how clouds lift that
were blacker than night, and all OF
his prospects look brighter, as he
feels things are coming out right!
Oh. it's fine to be one who is able
to go back to those days of his
prime, back again to the realm of
the fable and the sunshine of fairy.
tale time!
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ladies! LOOK YOUNG.
. DARKEN GRAY HAIR
Use the Old-time Sage Tea
\ and Sulphur and Nobody
will Know.

Gray hair. however handsome, de-
notes advancing age. We all know
the advantages of a youthful ap'
pearance. Your hair Is your charm.
IL makes or mars the face. When
Il fades, turns gray. and looks
strcaked. just a few applications of
Sage Tea and Sulphur enhances its
appearance a hundredfold.
Don't stay gray! Look young
Either prepare the recipe at home
or get from any drug store a bot,
tie Of "Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur
COMPOUND" which is merely the old.
time recipe improved by the ad'
dition of other ingredients. Thous.
ands of folks recommend this ready.
to-use preparation, because II dark.
ems the hair beautifully: besides
no one can possibly tell. as 1t dark.
ems 30 naturally and evenly. You
moisten a sponge or soft brush with
IL. drawing this through the hair.
taking one small strand at time.
BY morning the gray hair disap.
pears: after another application or
two it's natural color is restored.
and II becomes thick. glossy and
lustrous. and you appear years
younger.
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Who Occupies . Unique Position In
the Writing World as an Authority
on the Problems OF Love.

Who Occupies . Unique Position In
the Writing World "a an Authority
on tho Problems of Love.
A NINA MAY is twenty-seven
~ years old. She has been
engaged twice and Is even
now hesitating between two men
who appear to her almost equally
desirable. One is young, interest
Ing. has a fine future. but Ii stub
born and opinionated. The other
is twenty years older than she. but
has every possible advantage Of
mind and social position and world
ly qualification. She wants to mar
ry. but can't choose between her
suitors.
Philip IL thirty-one and lonely.
He IL making enough money to
support q wife of simple tastes and
homemaking instincts. He believes
in women and feels that he ought to
sacrifice every bit a. much as he
would ask q girl to give up. He's
thought three times in a. many
years that he had found the right
girl. But somehow mono Of them
would do. He's almost made up his
mind to marry a clever widow with
an income almost equal to his own
1Au y ocbuo 70 hOfIn WilAl oh0 luluA6
would be an advantageous partner
ship. But Philip IL still haunted by
thought Of the golden girl"-the
girl for whom he'd like to work and
suffer II need be.
Both of them como to mo and ask
me what I would do were In
similar position.
The first thing for Anna May to
do. the first thing for Philip to do
IL to sit down and find what 1t IL
he or she really longs to possess
what seems tho greatest and most
Indispensable Gift Of life.
All of us can do without things
But there are some things We can
hardly put up with. And love isn't
all romance and moonlight. It's q
practical seven days of the-wssk
thing for most folks.
Love In the thing most normal
human beings crave. Love u the
clue to happiness for almost every
one. But love 10 the most devas-
tating and disappointing thing that
can come into many lives.
Tho conditions Of civilization
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The Wine of Life
STORY OF AN AMBITIOUS YOUNG SCULPTOR

willing to admit For he knew that
whatever happened. Hardy would
tell him the truth. But for q half
hour without movement or gesture
Hardy continued to pore over the
pages. And no word of approval es-
capped him as he put them down.
I'm the second place." he resumed
n though he had been speaking
but a moment before. while you've
explained the presence Of your city
girl In the wilderness satisfactorily
enough, why hang crepe on the fro 1T
door by killing off her father in your
very first chapter? He isn't essentiel
to your story. either dead or alive,
and in this work you've got to keep
down to essentials. Then when your
man pulls the Girl out of the rapids.
after the entire outfit II wrecked,
have her sas naked, or ~ next 10
naked, as he IL himself. the way you
were going to do IT,"
But a. worked Il out Il seemed
sure to shock peoples ssnsibilitiss,"
explained Storrow.
Don't let cowardios edge you
away from your thems." bruskly
persisted the older man. "If what
you've got seems like the truth,
say It. and let tho sensibilities take
care Of themselves. You intend to
show your two people reverting sud-
denly to Adam and Eve conditio -.
And II you keep clothes on 'em
you don't get 'em back to the Adam
and Eve age at all. Strip 'em. my
boy, strip 'em bare to tho bone,
and let 'em learn to take care of
their nakedness Of soul in the same
way they're taking care Of their
nakedness of body. That's yo II
theme. and that's what'll carry you
through"
A Hope Concealed
But will 1t carry mo through"
asked Storrow, trying to keep tho
question down to the plane Of the
commonplace.
Il can't answer that until you've
rounded out your structure a little
more. But you've got a basic ida
that Is arresting, that IL arresting
even to me-and I can assure you
I'm a sad-eyed old dog at this bust
ness of inspecting stories. Th,n
you've got a new field and ground
that you know. So take advantage
VI thdt. DO utiHnltc- DC kIaDnlC
and concrete.
give 'em all of that stuff you can
crowd in, all the wild-tfe and wood
craft material you've got to use. For
that's what'll carry you over. And
that's not only your individual note,
your distinctive note, in this case,
but it's the stuff that city people
crave"
When Hardy took his departure,
leaving Storrow like a cub-lion with
his first taste of blood, he went with
a renewed and more complicated In
terest In the young Canadian who
was showing more changes than the
mere loss Of the woodland tan.
Hardy returned. before the end
of the week, with a smile of approx.
al for both the newly installed tpye-
writer and the newly completed chap
ters.
Storrow, under this kindly lash
Of encouragement, worked harder
than ever. Even Torrie acquired
a qualified respect for his preoccu-
patton and felf to complaining Of his
observation-disclosures.
(To Be Continued Tomorrow
published by arrangement with fntsrna.
uonal Feature Service, Ino.)
The Washington times., 1921-11-21
BY Loretto c. Lynch
An Acknowledged Expert In All
Matters Appertaining to House
hold Management.

hold management. A..
A GOOD turkey should be plump,
~ have smooth. dark legs. and
the cartilage at the end OF the
breast-b bone should be soft and Pill
able. With age the cartilage at the
end of the breast-bone ossifies. Tur-
keys that have been stored in the
Toe house sor long time have lost
much of their characteristic flavor.
The most desirable turkeys are those
that are known as 'dry-picked."
Fresh feathers may usually be found
adhering to a freshly-killed dry
picked turkey. =.
In tn, stress Of the holiday rush,
even a. good butcher sometimes
fails to remove the lungs and the
Kidneys when he is entrusted with
cleaning the bird. Therefore, the
careful housewife will be sure that
these are removed before placing
the stuffing In the bird.
The bird should be washeed both
inside and out with cloth wrung
out Of cold salt water. 1t might
also be we'll to allow running water
to flow through the inside Of the
bird for a few moments.
II you live near the sea coast,
by all means try an oyster stuff
ing. Even the canned oysters for
inland dwellers give satisfactory
results. To prepare stuffing for
q ten-pound turkey, moisten three
cups of stale bread crumbs with
about half a cup of melted butter.
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EEI LII take care of you, Eddie.
my boy" said Wallingford.
.but you mustn't bother me
like this or I'll have to give your
money back to you"
A Real Promise.
II won't open my, mouth; am !
invited to the banquet?"
my boy" said Wallingford seri-
eusly. Pm giving this dinner on
your account"
"Thapks.' cried the delighted
Eddie. entirely missing the point
But II ne did miss it, Fannie Jasper
did not--nor did the watchful
Blaclxie Daw. who now received a
sign from his confederate that his
absence would be preferable to his
presehce.
As Daw left the room with the
hopeful Eddie. Wallingford ap
proched the little table. Got all
the notes, Miss Jasper?'
Fannie nodded. picking up the
book. '"You won't need me any
more today, will your"
why. no. I guess not" Walling-
ford sat on the edge o fthe table.
''but / would like to have you come
around tonight--you and / could
have a little dance together after
the banquet. How does that strike
you?"
Thanks; seldom go to dances"
But you'll be at the office at
. in the morning; don't forget"
At the door Fannie paused, with
Wallingford's eyes upon her-"Oh.
Mr.. Walhngford. my being in this
position won't prevent my buying
. little of this stock myself. will it?"
Your" The man showed his sur
prise.
Yes" Fannie went on. I've
managed to save up about $40o and
I'm anxious to invest it so l can
get a good return-I think this
thing IL SO good simply can't re-
sist putting my money into it."
'.eLt me give you a tip. Miss
Jasper" said Wallingford, you
hang right on to any money you've
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WALLINGF'


y. Rufus Wallingford, master
schemer, has SO far duped the
good citizens of Battleburg; his
plans to separate them from
their closely guarded money are
working out gloriously; he has
$4,000 of Eddie Lambs cash
to invest" Everything seems
propitious, but there is Fannie
Jasper. Somehow every time he
looks at her Wallingford has a
twinge Of conscience. Will Fan
nie's influence be strong enough
to turn the confidence man into
the straight path?