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Evening star., 1921-08-23

hasn't come to an end. and q score Of
other vigorous, sensible things which
have. however, no bearing on the Sit
uation-
Because the world has come to an
end for my friend. For the father the
vital grip of life goes on Just the
same, whether the boys at home or
not. He loves his boy deeply and is
kesnly interested in his progress. But
he draws his own strength from and
concentrates it upon his business. He
lives through the pulse Of that bust-
ness
But the mother has lived Through
the life Of her boy. The clutch Of his
baby hands was the clutch Of the
world upon her heart. The training
Of his baby mind and soul was her
Fart In the service Of all humanity.
She did not put the feeling into such
rounded phrases. but she felt that
reaction. And now his hands no
longer clutch-no longer does he need
her training. He will stand alone.
She will live on-yes. She will re-
joice. and give and take. But, for the
real mother. something within her
dies the day her boy goes forth to
face the world alone. Her big Job is
done. And that is something q man
will never understand.
Copyright. 1S21)
Evening star., 1921-08-23
CHAPTER XVI.
Into Their Hands.

WHEN the defiant Alexander, ao.
w companied by Mr.. O'Rourke and
Inspector Druet. had departed, Nicho.
las Cutter rose.
"Mr. Terhune." he began smoothly,
you must not be annoyed with our
hot-hssdsd young Irish friend 10. his
ill-advissd interruption Of yeuf test.
I do not presume to express an opin.
ion in the case, but shall await the
outcome With the ksenest expects.
tion. and want to thank you for q
most interesting evening. It has
been indeed 4 privilege TO have been
present. and I trust that at soMe
more propitious time you win permit
me to drop In on you and learn how
you prepared the word-test. Good
As though taking leave Of his host
at a purely social function. he bowed
himself out, and the criminoiogist,
his equanimity partially restored BY
the tactful II ambiguous speech.
turned to McCarty and Dennis. Ras-
sett had shown the others to the door
and the three were alone.
I. We'll. McCarty. you did not hear
ths confession promised you. owing
to tbs Interference Of your eesapetIiot
and the stupidity Of your superior.
but Ass. Ass. TSy Ssy Ats!s s!. = scsHRsFtnsas ssvsa
III the Old 0ouGsWo1 hes Hoe the
pistol" Donal0 was bAgtnutnE. but
stopped and sidestepped quickly when
CONTINUED in Tcmorfow's star,
Evening star., 1921-08-23

meat loaf. Lunch is also a good
meal for the fruit pudding, Of bread
rice. or tapioca, which uses up small
portions of canned fruit or preserves
which remain from other meals. Like:
wise with the vegetables, two may
often be creamed together whore
neither would be enough alone. In
deed, with creaned peas and beans on
toast for lunch one need serve no
meat dish. EGG are another luncheon
standby. az all sorts Of omelsts give
an opportunity to utilise good left.
overs. Vegetable combinations or eEg
and vegetable combinations must be
rather carefully planned. Peas and
onions. peas and beans. corn and
beans, corn and tomatoes, egg and
tomatoes and egg ana onions COM
bine well. but other mixtures are fre.
quently just a mess. Vegetable com.
binations may be scalloped with a
cream or meat stock sauce and bread
crumbs.
One should, If possible. omit pota.
toes from lunch because it is very
likely to be starchy meal anyway,
with bread crumbs and rice or maca-
roni. or tapioca or the like, and pota-
toes are superhuous.
All the members Of the family
usually can eat such luncheon dishes
as these, and with plenty Of milk to
drink the children will be we'll fed.
Copyright, ls21.)
Evening star., 1921-08-23
HOME ECONOMICS.
BY MRS. ELIZABETH KENT.
Planning Lunch.

A family which includes old and
young and middle-aged and has din
ner at night would have 4 fairly sub
stantial lunch. one hot protein dish.
a vegetable and a dessert. Lunch fs
the meal for leftovers, the casserole
meal. The scraggly parts Of the roast
that cannot be sliced for cold meat
for dinner. nor neatly cut for stew.
may still be put through the grinder.
eked out with potatoes or bread
crumbs or some sort of vegetables
and made into a hot casserole dish.
or baked, cooled and turned out al
Evening star., 1921-08-23

much attention. It made him angry.
90 angry that once or twice he Kissed
savaSely.
At the sams time Mr.. B1aeksnake
was not letting his temper interfere
with chance to get . good meal. He
IL very fond Of birds and he had had
no breakfast that morning. 30 as his
head swung from side to side he was
watching for one Of his tormentors to
make the mistake Of being too daring
and como within striking distance.
Once he struck at Bully the Eng
lish Sparrow and all but got him. It
was the narrowest kind Of a narrow
escape for Bully. And how the other
birds did shrek then! Never had
there been such a racket in the gar
den of Farmer Browns Boy. You see
Mr.. Blacksnake is hated by every one
of the feathered folk. for in the
spring he robs their homes of eggs
and young.
Peter Rabbit hugged himself with
Joy as he watched and listened to the
noise. Perhaps Farmer Browns Boy
would hear and come to see what was
going on.
Copyright. 1921. BY I. ". Burgess,
Evening star., 1921-08-23

who can testify that Alexander was
near the Creveling house at the time
Of the shooting? Remember his stand.
ing in the community! Have you any
proof at all against him?'
Nothing tangible that could bring
to your bureau and place upon your
desk, perhaps!" Terhune conceded
with a sneer. After all, the case
was extremely simple and being quite
to leave the mere details in your
hands. My interest in 1t was purely
psychological. Accompany him to his
rooms by all means. but guard him
we'll. for you will find that he is the
guilty man"
Evening star., 1921-08-23
LIIILESI0RlEs LI
%BEDTlnE
Mr.. BIacksnake Is Made Un-
comfortable.
BY THORNTON ". burgess.
As one that's bashful. I prefer
Wher'er l 20 to make no stir.

Wher'ef 20 to make NO stlT.
MIR. Blacksnake
Over in the garden two exciteo
voices suddenly broke out. They were
not loud voices. In fact. they were
ra+hAr soft voices. But there was no
noistaking that the owners OF those
voices were two very excited small
persons.
"1d.ten" cried Mr.. Wren to Peter
p,hh;t inst as if Peter wasn't listen
inC with both his long ears. Il don
think YOU will need to show US where
MT. Rlacksnake Is. Oh, Jenny! Jenny
Wreni MIR. and Mrs. Chippy have
found Mr. Blacksnake! Just listen 10
them"
with Scrapper the Kingbtrd. paused
long enough to listen an instant. 80
snake! snake! Robber! Robber"
came the mingled voices OF little Mr..
rowa Scrapper the Kingbird took up
the cry 60 that 1t rang all through the
Old Orchard. Then he and Jenny ana
Mr.. Wren started for the garden as
fast as their wings could take them,
leaving Peter to follow.
When he got there he found MT
Blacksnake just where he had LETT
him, coiled under one OF the tomato
plants. But Mir. Blacksnake was no
longer asleep. He was very much
awake 1t seems that Chippy ana
Mrs Chippy had visited the garden to
look for worms. as Is their habit. and
had discovered Mt. Blacksnake. With
the arrival of Jenny and Mr.. Wren
and Scrapper the Kingbird they had
redoubled their cries. Everybody was
screaming at the top Of his or her
lungs and every instant more birds
arrived to add to the racket. We'll
come Robin. Winsome Bluebird. Bully
the English Sparrow. Goidie the
Oriole, Cresty the Flycatcher.
Brownie the Thrasher arrived one
after another. and last of all came
Sammy Jay from the Green Forest.
They formed Q circle around Mr..
Blacksnake and screamed everything
bad they could think Of at him. They
darted at him as IL to peck at his
eyes with their bills, but none dared
get near enough for that. Mr.. Black
snake glared at them with unwinking
eyes. You know he has no eyelids
His forked tongue darted out and in,
out and in. as he held his head drawn
little back. turning 1t from side to
side as one bird or another darted
down at him. He was not afraid, not
the least bit. Not all the birds in the
Old Orchard could frikhten him.
There was nothing to fear from any
OF them. But he was annoyed, very
much annoyed. He didn't like so
Evening star., 1921-08-23
LISTEN, WORLD!
By ELSIE ROBINSON.

Ny friend has tust sent her eighteen.
year-old boy out for his first job.
And. for her, the light has gone out Of
the skies. Her husband cannot UNDER
stand He says she's foolish. that the
boy must grow up, that the world
Evening star., 1921-08-23
Nut Meriugues.

1lanch, dry ana chop one pound Of
Almonds; beet stx whites Of aegs to
= very stiR froth: sift ja oae psVa1
II powdered suSeE. mix carefully and
ussn elptly cd tho Al1nmdA 0Sep hv
seeeaf6ls on oiled pspsR sad 6ales tnNG
lNndefako oven,
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-07-01
origin Of nPolItsn oathn.

The average polite person is very
apt to use mouth-flling oaths every
day, although without evil Intent or
knowledge Of his or her profanity.
One of the words used commonly
enough is lingo" Yet the word
means "God," and was borrowed from
Basque sailors by the English. "Drat
it" is term well known in New Eng
land, and is supposed TO be much ia
vored by old maids. It is corrup-
ton Of the phrase "God rot It." Even
the innocent sounding "fddle-de-dee"
is the English attempt to say the Ital-
ian 'fediddio" or Goods faith"
"Darn" is a synonym for damn"
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-07-01
The Mystery Of 'Y s saass''
theSiIverDagger =: g: :.

the fall, it lay upon the floor at my
feet.
AS l stopped hastily to recover the
overturned box, l was astounded to
discover the bottom slipped partially
aside, as though some secret spring had
been touched, revealing so narrow a
receptacle that the ordinary eye would
never suspect the possibility of its ex-
istence. Not only was there a false
bottom, but the opening revealed a
closely folded paper. grasped this
quickly, Il thrill running through me.
What ancient and long buried message
was about to be unfolded?
But mol This was plainly modern
a clean, white sheet, no folded parch-
ment of old, but some mystery of yes
terday. There was writing there, In
Spanish, so family traced / could
barely decipher the words, yet clearly
revealed as Of this day and generation.
know Spanish fairly well, having had
a year in Mexico City, yet 1t required
some time before could puzzle out
the message on this sheet. The paper
had been torn, seemingly sundered
from much longer letter, and pre-
served merely because Of the specific
address and instructions 1t contained.
Beyond doubt all else had been de-
strOyed. What remained may have
been sufficient guidance to the party
who had the benefit Of what went be-
fore in the original epistle but was
obscure to anyone else. Yet Il was
modern, something relating to this
very time, menace; something to be
grasped and understood. This convic-
ton absolutely gripped me. stared
at the rather sinister words, blindly
cropping at what lay hidden behind
them, instinetively seeming a conspir-
acy of evil which l could not deter
mine. All unintentioned had Stun
bled into clew which might lead to
startling results. yet 1t seemingly gave
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-07-01
Enter the heroine.
Cro BE coNTINUED3
WHY BRICK cHIMNEYs LEAN
Reason Generally Ascribed Is Alter.
nate wettIng and Drying to
Which They Are Subjected.

Between the wagon builder, alter
nately wetting and drying a board to
bend It to the desired shape, and the
house chimney, grotesQuely leaning to-
ward the east, brick masons say there
Is similarity. The leaning chimney is
subject on which even the doctors
disagree, but the theory referred to
seems the most plausible.
Chimneys lean toward the east. A
little observation anywhere viii prove
this. Even the best-built affair of
brick and mortar, acquiring age, often
begins to lean. Various theories are
advanced, but the explanation of al
ternate wetting and drying seems the
best.
Chimney walls collect more or less
moisture during the night, on all sides.
Now, if the broad side of the chimney
Is toward the east, and If the sun
strikes that part of the chimney first.
that side dries out much quicker than
the north or south side, or the western
side. In time of rainfall, the east side
ordinarily Is dried the quickest. This
general condition has the effect of
pulling the chimney toward the east.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-07-01
AcTIoNl AcrIoNl

Adventure-romance - mys-
tery-battle, murder and sud.
den DEATH Well, rather. And
action, action, aetion-on every
page. That's Randall Parrish's
new story, THE Mystery Of the
Silver Dagger"
Suppose you were an Ameri-
can diplomat and you fell in
love at first eight with a won
derful, mysterious girl who was
apparently deep in an interna-
tional revolutionary conspiracy
and you had the identity Of a
famous crook thrust upon you
and you found one Of the chief
conspirators dead from a stab
with the mysterious girls silver
dagger hatpinl And suppose
you set to work to break up tho
conspiracy and solve the MUIR
der and win the girl-wouldn't
you be busy? Well, that's this
hero and this hero's job.
As to Randall Parrish, all
novel-readers know him and his
stories. And this is one Of his
best.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-07-01

matters. II his sympathies we're at all
revolutionary he had carefully re.
Trained from any such open express
sion. The firm had made a speciality
Of handling South American business,
and had intimate financial connections
in both Rio and Buenos Aires. The
company ranked high In financial
circles.
"rhe present war must have cost
them a rnther heavy loss" haznrded.
However, this Is nothing to me. BY
the way, Clement, do you chance to
know Of a Cans street in this town ?"
"Gans7 That is new one on me.
Try the city dlrectory-there on the
edge Of the desk"
The name was not to be found. nor
any other approaching It In sound or
spelling, and finally drifted out onto
the street really no wiser than when
| first entered. made one more effort,
however, telephoning to a detective
sergeant whom l knew well, as to the
present whereabouts OF Ivan Waldron.
The last heard Of Waldron, he was In
West Virginia, speaking to striking
miners; that was less than a week
ago; he had not been seen In the city
since.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-07-01

me no hint of who was involved, or
of its real nature. ! put the words to-
gether, weighing each one with care
as to its exact meaning, and read them
over with increased bewilderment. The
torn fragment began and ended abb
ruptly; / could only guess at its mean
ing, yet the impression left upon my
mind was both sinister and menacing.
l wanted to know mere.
1OS sailed Saturday from Stockholm. win
deposit letter of credit with Krantz to
yo'r order. Amount ample all needs See
to this at once, and advise SIG Cans so
as to be no delay. Two raps, three-Cer-
vantes. Waldron favors action this month";
suggest Watonia. Can you be ready9 Use
South code.
That this letter was authentic / had
20 doubt, nor was its meaning alto
gether obscure in the light Of certain
events. Several illusions were famil-
lar to me and these were what caused
my earlier suspicious to crystalline into
probability. 1t bore all the earmarxs
of plot, a revolutionary plot, and one
not yet brought to contamination. To
be sure the note was undated, and the
box had been left at the hotel thirty
days before. Yet the Watonia was GER
tainly the name Of a ship and to my
memory suggested Central American
trade. This did not necessarily imply
that the conspirators had abandoned
their purpose. More likely they were
not quite ready In time to operate on
the sailing date Of that particular ship.
Some delay had occurred and, possl-
bly,, even now prompt action might
oVerturn all their plans. undressed
ana went to bed, but not to sleep, for
the darkness brought new thoughts
and suggestions Tor the morrow.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-07-01
CHAPTER /.
The Message in the Box.
T.

ne message IN 1no BOX
Anticipating the possibility Of my
train arriving late, had named the
hour of my meeting with Cummings
as three O'Clock, and, in consequence
Of our reaching the city exactly on
time, was compelled to loiter idly
about the hotel for an hour. However,
in passing through the corridor my
attention was attracted by an unique
curiosity shop occupying small side
room, and, merely to pass the time
pleasantly, l entered and began exam
lining the strange collection of wares
on display.
There were several articles lin
gered over, tempted to purchase, but
drifted on, rather undecided, until my
eyes perceived a very quaint lacquered
Jewel box, of a class of workmanship
quite unusual. The proprietor, per-
ceiving my interest, Joined me.
"The jewel box attracts YOU" he
said pleasantly opening the case and
bringing 1t forth. "You have love for
such things?"
"a deep interest at least" admit
ted, taking the article from his hand,
"a collector in an amateur way. What
is the orkmanship-surely not Jap
aneseT
NO" smilingly. although posi-
lively l cannot answer as to its or
igin. The inscription, which can only
be read with a micrOscope"-he traced
with his fnger-"is ancient Arabic,
but no wild Arab ever did the lacquer"
''Yet so strange curio must have a
history, an imaginary one, at least.
What is the storyT
Positively none" he admitted re-
gretfully. 'The fact is, this article was
found by a chambermald In one of the
hotel rooms, and turned In to the man
ager. He made every effort to trace
the guests, only to learn that they, two
men, by the way, had registered false
". He even advertised, but with no
response, and finally, after thirty days,
was persuaded to accept my offer for
the article"
'You have put price on this7"
"Yes, ridlculously low, no doubt, yet
bringing me a good profit"
lie named a price, and, stlll with the
box in my hands, yielded to the temp
tation, and bought it. The article was
sufficiently small to find Judgment In
an overcoat pocket, and, as Cummings
appeared a little later, was soon for
gotten in the earnestness of our con
Yersation. We later had dinner to-
gether, and attended the theater In
company, my mind so occupied with
other matters that scarcely once
thought of the strange purchase had
made, which remained securely hid
den. II was only after returning TO
my own room, then nearing midnight.
that Is was again recalled to memory.
Only an idle curiosity and feeling
of sleeplessness Induced me to draw
the article forth, and remove its wrap
pings, but the sight served immedl-
ately to Increase my interest. 1t was
certainly a wonderful find, artistically
beautiful, and most unusual in design.
There was a mystery that must have
exercised strange spell over my
Imagination, for dreamed Of the long
dead workman who fashioned It, for
getful Of the passing night hours. A
clock somewhere IN the neighbOrhOod
struck, and counted twelve, arousing
myself. Perhaps ] was already half
sleeping, for as / turned to rise my
sleeve struck the box at the edge Of
the table, and before / could prevent
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-07-01

Cheerfulness Is a song whose echoe,
bake life 10 the heart Of others.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-07-01
Initials Of Famed Pioneer.

The name ID, Boone was dlscov-
cred chlseled in rock at the mouth
Of a cave In Lincoln county West Vir-
ginia. AS the forms Of the letters cor
respond witt those found in the rocks
Of Kentucky It is thought that the
famed hunter at one time made an ex-
petition into that section Of the cOun-
try.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-07-01

Glow do you get along with Mr.
6irampsonY7
We'll I've been acquainted with
him for some time, but / don't know
yet whether he Is superficial crouch
or confirmed misanthrope."
How do you propose to find outg
1--WE invited him to join me in q
game Of golf with nothing in my lock
er."-Birmingham Age-Herald.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-07-01
Plnckney's immortal Declaration.


Charles @. Pinckney was one of
three ENJOYS sent by the United
States to France in 1897 to settle dis
putes which had arisen between France
and the United States. The American
grievance was caused by the seizure
of American vessels by France. The
French grievance was that commercial
privileges had been granted to Eng
land. Talleyrand, the French foreign
minister. refused to receive the en-
voys, but 1t had been conveyed to
them by secret agents that before any
settlement could be reached It would
be necessary for the United States to
pay a large sum of money, which was,
In fact little more than a bride. 1t
was then that Pinckney made his
famous declaration. that the United
States had millions for defense, but
not one cent for tribute"
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-07-01
In1

"A school teacher lavishes much
brain power on her pupils"
"Um."
1T must please her to see her pu-
pills become famous In after life"
"Um.n
"Who Is your most famous pupll7"
"A jazz toe dancer"
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-07-01

Jud Tunkins says there's more pa
triotism In three days work for your
country than there in In three cheers
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-07-01
lmnortnni 70 nanthara


you seem very much afraid OF
paternalism in affairs Of government
Il am" replied Farmer COrntossel
'I've tried paternal authority on Josh
and If 1t doesn't work any better in q
government than 1t does on farm
I'll say it aln't safe to fool WITH
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-06

HTYPE of home that bids fair
Aneyer to go out of style is the
EColonial design. More and
Amore is this model being built
in all sections of the country. Var
ious suburban developments are fea-
turing this type of house and home
builders are wise in sticking to this
design as its simplicity and charm
ing dignity which always mark this
design, will not likely ever be re-
placed by any other. The house
pictured today is a charming ex-
ample of the Colonial type of house
and it no doubt is just the model
that hundreds of home builders are
looking for. This home is of the
Cambria roof Colonial type with all
modern comforts and conveniences.
1t is thirty feet wide by-thirty five
feet deep and the construction is
substantial frame work with; the
lower section covered with wide
Colonial drop siding, the upper sec
ton finished with cement stucco.
The roof is designed to be either
slated or covered with tile. There
is Q full and complete basement
with concrete foundation with stone