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The Mena weekly star., 1922-03-02
TO TAKE PART IN OIL DRILLING
]. C. Adams Will Direct Operations
 Near ROcky-Rig Unloaded-

]. c. Adams of Wichita Falls, Tex, who is to direct the drilling opera tions for oil. west of Mena, arrived in Mena Thursday to consult with associates in the venture. Mir. Adams also arranged for a home for his family. which he plans to move to Mena from Wichita Falls right away. The work of unloading the drilling outfit from the railroad car at Potter has been completed and the next step will be to get it set ur on a location to be determined by those interested.
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no definite announcement of an oppo- sition candidate. Political wiseacres, however, have voiced the opinion that the unamicable relations existing be- tween the McRae administration and the highway department may result m opposition to Mir Wilson, and z also is said that the highway depart ment may again be attacked in the 1928 legislature as it was last year when administration legislators sought to have it abolished as an eE- tity and attached to the sg11eulfnrzl oepartmsnt
The Mena weekly star., 1922-03-02
Getting Money From Cream.

M. 5. Fried of Big Fork was in lena Saturday with his regular ship nent of cream. M. B. is one of the loneers in the cream industry in Polk Gounty, and one result of his labors as been an increasing interest in the lairy business. One firm in Mena has hsposed of 15 separators the past aew months, and Math Simons, loard Camp farmer, estimates that is regular monthly income from resm now averages $60.
The Mena weekly star., 1922-03-02
Mrs. Sarah Byrd Dead.

Word was received in Mena on
 .nesday evening that Mrs. Sarah
 yFd, former old time resident of Mena, had passed away at her home ln Fort Smith. Mrs. Byrd was the grandmother of Mrs. Ezra Cunning h nj. The remains were brought to Mena Thursdny afternoon on Nc. 8 fer burial at Odd Fellc~r ccTzr.sry.
The Mena weekly star., 1922-03-02
Mena Republicans Pleased.

Mena Republicans were pleased at he news Wallace Townsend of Little ,ock had been confirmed by the Sen- to oo registrar of the land office in
 @t<te capital. mr. Townsend ia MoNu to many in Mena and has been - q. O. P. candidate for governor.
 4E0 Bates of Waters has been off,
 1ly named a postmaster st that enca succeeding A. J. Eisenhower,
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Mena Girl Soon to Wed.

Anuouncement has been made of s1e coming marriage of Miss Addie
 E. Tucker, daughter of Mir. and Mrs.
 E- q Tucker of mena to Fred W.
 mith of Little Rock. the wedding to >kIke place in the state's capital. Sat i, Aday, March IS, at the home of Mrs. !. Rhodes. 5l4 Rock street.
The Mena weekly star., 1922-03-02
unbituaI Constipation Cured
 in I< to 7i Days

a&AxFDS'WTTH PEPSIN- Is a .a.sy-
 npare6 Syrup Tonic-Lasative for Habisual u11t<z&tion. IL relieves promptly hni
 6p1id be taken regularly for l4 co si uays <> in6nne reRalar acton. It Stimulates and ize<n1etez NorY Pheasant to Taie. eoe
The Mena weekly star., 1922-03-02
Sidney ". Duke Insurance Department First National Bank Mena, Arkansas
 Phone & N
Ne wo<ms in . Healthy chiId

All children troubled with Worms have an un- hca1hy colr. which indicates poor blood. and as rule, there h moro or less stomach disturbance GROVES TASrE1ESS chill TONIC given regularly for two or three weeks will enrich the blood. inn urove the digestion. and acf as a General Sueneth- ezina Touic to the whole system Nature will then throw o6 ox dispei the vons and the Child will bs ln per<e<1 health Pleasant to take eoc per bottle
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former county clerk of Lawrence

county.
 J. L. Bond, superintendent of pub lie instruction, will retire from public life at the close of his present term. A. B. Hill, state supervisor of high schools, and former president of the Arkansas Educational Association. has been endorsed by the association, and W. R. Womack, superintendent of schools of Conway. and D. l.. Pais- ley, superintendent of schools of Hope, and formerly of North Little Rock, also are mentioned as possible candidates.
 Attorney General J. s. Utley, State Auditor James Guy Tucker and Ira c. Hopper. secretary of state, prob ably will have no opposition for sec ond terms. nor is t likely that Asso- ciate Justice J. (. Hart. who is up for reelection this year. will be opposed.
 Wilson May Have Opposition.
 Herbert R. Wilson. state highway commissioner, wlll be e candidate for reelection. and @ far tnsrs has been
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II didn't know It either, Scott.
Probably I've played with cards
and cigarettes too hard. For all
the sunshine. today has been q
gray one for me. Shall we
gallop7"
She launched her horse into a
trot. a canter. then into a dead
run. Behind her tore the two
men through the afternoon sun
light, on. on, until their winded
mounts topped the homeward
crest Of the hill and they looked
down on the meadows of Adriutha.
Something to Resent.
They wended their way down the
mountain In silence-Diana, grave
and apparently tired; Wallace
smiling slightly. and glancing at
her from moment to moment;
Colonel Curmew pop-eyed. express
sionless. curling his mustache with
gloved fingers.
He was furious with Diana, with
Wallace, with himself. Yet even
he could not see how he might
have resented the young mans in
trusion otherwise than by the lack
Of cordially which he had certain
ly manifested. Besides. Diana had
invited him to remain with them.
OF what low tricks women are
capable! Because she knew well
enough that he had desired and
sought a tete-a.tete.
Curling his mustache tighter, he
rode on, a good figure In the
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Panss Of swift remorse and self.
reproach stabbed her at intervals
when she thought Of her own hap
piness and remembered Diana's
late unhappy affair.
How far Diana had cured her.
self she did not know, but she
knew that her sister was still
more or less unhappy about Ed
gerton.
did you send him my note7"
she inquired.
Eyes; I wrote him. and inclosed
It."
Hes q dear boy. How
we'll he must be doing! He ought
to 90 down on his knees and thank
you every day Of his life for what
he is turning out to be-"
He would have turned out all
right anyway. sooner or later"
well. he's q horrid pig II he
isn't grateful to you. I
don't suppose he has the slightest
idea what his regeneration cost
YOU"
Don't talk that way. Silvie."
what way? I'm merely say
ing"
Don't say 1t dear. II II
cost me anything. he IL never go
ing to know It."
Silvette looked at her wistfully.
''If I could only see you as happy
as I am, Di. Sometimes I
can scarcely bear to be as happy
as I am, and remember that you
are not sharing It."
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Whose Present Serial Has Scored
. Big Popular Success.
DURING tho period Mabel
Storrs had been in charge of
Jim's office. she has never
left 1t to come to me during work
ing hours.
So Miss Mays announcement
that Mabel was on her way to my
office had an emphasis beyond
any need Of my secretary's adding
that Miss Storrs had said there
was an urgent matter on hand and
not a minute must be lost.
I'VE might go over those bills
while you're waiting-unless you
have something else to attend to-"
suggested Miss May. with q kindly
desire to be useful rather than ir-
ritating.
IT have" replied almost curt
ly. Then, with a shamefaced,
realization that I'd yielded to
bad case Of nerves." due to the
revelations Of the morning. I
added: MY dear. I'm all in just
now. Two persons that trusted
have Just hurt me frightfully.
Your real interest ought to restore
the balance. But 1t doesn't. Now
I'm going to run out and get a
soothing butternilk and then See
If I can't meet Miss Storrs sanely
without any rough edges
When l got back to the Office I
found Miss May watching for mo
with a volubility and alertness
which fairly hurled mo back down
the stairs I'd Just climbed. Her
words pelted after me as I hurried
back to the car which I'd taken
from the garage to such good
purpose.
Miss Storrs hurt herself fright
fully as she was leaving the office.
She said to come to her at once.
Take a taxi at the corner
My establishment was SO extreme
as to partake Of chagrin when I
arrived at the office, hurried to
the inner room and found the
"frightfully nurt" Mabel Storrs
sitting, cool and immaculate in the
swivel chair, from which she rose
to greet me with a placid smile
acknowledging nothing OF tho
furry she'd given me.
You're all rightp' gasped, an
ungraciously as II resented her
state of well-being.
Absolutely. But I wanted my
message to give a different Inn
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Brain Moves
With Head

THERE is no doubt that the
L normal brain obeys the law Of
gravity, and alters its position
with varying positions of the head.
Every organ of the body possesses
a degree of mobility proportional
to the extent to which 1t is COW
cred by a Serious membrane sepa-
rating It from the wall of the
cavity which contains 1t.
Whenever the skull and dura
are widely opened during an OPP
Grafton, movements of the brain
can be demonstrated by altering
the position of the head, and al
though their extent is probably
exaggerated by reason of the diff
ferent physical conditions which
obtain in the open as compared
with the closed skull, there is no
reason to suppose that all move
ment is absent when the skull is
whole.-Percy Sargent in Brain.
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Nom Go on VIII the Story

saddle always-runinatin con-
siderins. angry because Of the in
terruption.
For Col. Follis Curmew had
for days. now, been carefully pre-
pairing the way for something he
meant to say to Diana. He was
. cautious man with women; he
reconnoitered by degrees, inch by
inch. carefully watching effect.
Hint. innuendo. double mean.
inss. sly feelers. yelled intent. was
the strategy he usually employed
at first. skirmishing as close to
the dead line az he dared; furitive,
alert, always ready for q brilliant
and resistless climax at the psy.
Geological moment.
The Psychological Moment.
A few minutes ago he had b.
lieved that the psychological mo-
ment was approaching. He had
said one or two things 30 cleverly
that not the least resentment had
altered her smile; but how was
no to know that. II she had heard
him at all. she had not In tho
least understood him7 It takes
moro than ono to play q game of
that kind. Tho trouble was her
smiling inattention had deceived
him-had always deceived him.
He was entirely persuaded that
she had drifted into the game long
ago.
Sreuly. surely tho psychological
moment had been close At hand
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WHEN AGIRLMARRIE
INTERESTING STORY OF EARLY Welded LEE
BY Ann Lisle-

preston to anyone who mixht han
pen TO be listening in, as ! think
some one did the first time I
called"
so that was TT" I smiled. not
any too we'll pleased at the rather
childish resentment I'd Just been
on the verge Of sho wing. We'll,
I'm mighty glad you're not strained
or sprained or fractured or some.
thing ugly like that"
"Nope-top-hole. as you see. But
something queer happened to I'D
set my plans Just as I was start
Ing. A woman telephoued-refuse
to give her name. but beRRed me
not to leave any documents of i'm
portance about. And she asked me
to tell you that the Rogers man
isn't the best friend you have in
the world. She wouldn't give her
name. When I pressed her she
laughed and said that the reason
shed telephoned to me rather than
you was because ! didn't know
her voice.
II told her I was Just ready to
leave the office to Join you, and
she cried In q tone that seemed
sincere. Don't 20 IL you've a
single paper that might matter to
Dick West. That Rogers man In
Off somewhere-up to mischief.
You ought to stay right with the
ship II the logs worth saving e
"Yes?" asked breathlessly. a
Mabel Storrs' voice trailed off.
I'm stopping just where she
did-and Just the way she did
AZ II afraid Of being overheard. OF
course. ! realized that It might be
some clever enemy trying to find
out II had papers here by the
simple expedient of telephoninx TO
warn me-and watching to see how
I'd take II. But as I put every
thing valuable in q vault in one of
our big storage companies a few
days ago. / thought II might be n
good idea to fool friend-enemy in.
to coming here by the pretence of
STAYING home to protect the nest :"
That was perfect of your I
cried. Every day makes ma a
little moro ready to take off NV
hat to my Jimmie for discovering
you. Was there anything special
about the woman's voice-any-
thing different"
mo: It was just q little vhis-
per OF a voice"
Then she handed me a single
sheet OF paper on which was
line: o
"R. c. starting as soon al poss,.
BILE. Hold r. w. till arrival"
r.. c." repeated-"that
would be the r. Cordova who
i Eay' Jim the check. wouldn't
Yes" she agreed. "The m.s.
sage 10 from Mr.. Harrison. OF
course. We settled before hs
left that a message typewritten
In purple ink should Indicate the
extreme Of Importance"
stared back at her. trytns 70
stine the hysterical lsuShter
which bubbled to my iips.
Hold r. W. tfIi arriv>lw 7
cried, choking over the irony Of
assurance In that simple reousst
This was all Jim asked Of us. n
was nothing weighed aGainst the
big things Jim was accomplishing
IN exile. Yet I couldn't do even
this for Jim.
TO Be Coatinued saHurdav.
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Written in His Best Vein by One of the
Greatest Living Masters
of Fiction.

true" said Diana. smiling;
Jack can't marry us both. 80 we
can't share your happiness. DEAR"
siivette came and sat on the
arm Of the chair. drawing one arm
about Diana's neck.
do you still care for him very
much?" she asked. sorrowfully.
Very much"
do you think It win last?'
yes"
"what arc you going to dor"
Nothing"
isn't there something to dor"
Perhaps. all this time he really
cares for you"
There is not the slightest posi-
bility. I had my chance; he cared
for meat that moment-when he
told me 30. Those men
out there"-she made a vague ges-
ture toward the unseen hills-"are
no more deadly cool when they
shoot than was I when I deliber-
ately killed in him whatever love
he may have had for me.
I slew it. / tell you. There is no
resurrection for dead things"
Silvette sighed heavily. and laid
her smooth cheek against her sis
ter's hair.
"Still," she murmured half to
herself. "there are miracles"
There WERE"
There may be others yet"
mo: I wounded his pride"
You aroused It,"
by wounding 1t and at the ex-
pense of what fell dead beside 1t.
Love died that day, little sister.
and for that death there is no re-
incarnation"
Again the feverish desire for
escape came over her, seeming to
burn through every vein, and she
sprang to her feet and rang for
the maid.
I'm likely to do almost any
thing tonight" she said. Shall I
make it a double event when you're
ready?"
"A double-what?"
Double event-double wedding?
I can easily do so. Is it a good
way to drown your griefs. Silvie?
Because the prospect Of being
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alone after you and Jack marry
actually terrifies me-"
You little goose. your live with
us!"
II see myself doing it!-the %.
perfluous spinster to be reckoned
with. counted in at dinners. molli.
fled by kindness, secretly feared
for her calculated tongue. to Be
employed later in either bribins q
disciplining the children" -
"Diw >''' g
What" ...., -
"If-in the-the-
Course Of human events"
Jack and I have children" con.
tinued Silvetts. flushing. "we'll
also have nurses to look out for
the grubby little things"
"Grubby! You don't know what
you're saying. You'll be the most
adoring-~and adorable mother"
well, please don't talk about II.
don't care for children
now. don't know how
I'll feel later"
Diana stood in the middle Of the
room-the smile fading from her
face, her small hands clenching.
1--WE learned to like children"
she said. I've learned to love
them, somehow--even babies.
I want one of my own"
she added fiercely. IT wish for
one very much: and II 1 can't
have one-and It's impossible. Of
course-I-Iu marry some man
and have onev'
Good heavensr' exclaimed ST.
vette, Mortified. what are you
talking about?" I'll let you have
one of miner
IT don't want yours! How do
you know you'll have any? How
do you know you'll have more
than one?"
Her eyebrows were bent in
ward, her lips compressed: she
turned her head and stared out at
the stars-from where. they say.
all babies come. and where they
all return at last.
(To Be Continued Tomorrow.)
Copyright. d. Appleton q Col
Printed by Arrangement with Inter-
national Feature Service. Inc
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A Drama of Real Life as the Game Is
Played Today in Love and
go. in Business.

She rode that afternoon with
Colonel Curmew. accepting him
instead of another because she
thought his chatter might leave
her freer to follow her own
thoughts.
But after a while It seemed to
her as though she could no longer
endure them and that the colonel's
inanities were preferable.
They were riding down a noun.
tain road. the horses picking
cautious way among the scattered
stones.
He was paying court to her. as
u5ual, and she had been riding on,
smiling absently. pre-occupied with
her own thoughts and mentally OBJ
livious to him. when there came a
clatter Of stones from behind. and
Scott Wallace galloped recklessly
up at the. risk Of his horses neck
as we'll as his own.
"Halloo!' he said cheerfully;
''hope I'm not smashing a two
some Colonel"
The Colonel glanced sourly at
him. Diana laughed with pleasure;
Mot at all, Scott! Colonel Cur
NEW and l are old acquaintance,
and the resources Of sentiment
were long ago exhausted between
us. Where are you going?"
An Interruption.
Nowhere: I Just felt like
gallop. All the chaps are kickin'
over the flight, which either isn't
going to materialize or passed over
Sunday and made boobs Of the
bunch Of us. Where are you
goin'?"
Nowhere In particular: come
with us. My nerves needed sooth-
Ing. so I took the Colonel along"
"As a tonic or quieter?" asked
Wallace SO seriously that Diana
threw back her pretty head and
the woodlands were melodious.
The Colonel laughed loudly, too,
and began to hate young Wallace
with a hatred that passes all un-
Outstanding.
Wallace turned to her. whats
wrong with your nerves? 1 sup
posed you hadn't any"
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different
Children
By DIR. VIM. McKeever.

TT ERE and there among us u
q child which was born to
- be different from the COM
mon lot, and which persistenay
chooses the life of a nonconform-
ist. What can we do to bring such
q child down Tor up) to the normal
grade? Little or nothing. u the
correct answer here.
Recently I had q serious con-
ference with an attractive girl OF
twenty who insists on taking a
course in law in q university. Her
associates all pursue the tradl-
tional and the expected college
course, while she IL headed for
the law and is within a year OF
finishing the subject. The others
chide her and some Of them re-
gard her as queer. But she Ia not
She 10 merely "differeht."
Tho inner call IL practically tho
only safe guide to a vocation. and
the young woman here considered
certainly has that. All she needs
il to be taken seriously. to be
given an equal opportunity with
tho others, and left to work out
her own destiny. She will then
most probably adapt herself to the
legal profession and make q happy
success of her career.
The lesson of the young girl law
student needs general application.
The child that shows q peculiar
bent may be in all other respects
q perfectly normsl human being
and should be treated as such.
Give nature q chance. Let the
voice within speak the last word.
II your boy shows q persistent
tendency to become q recluse, to
shut himself in with some study
or peculiar work or Investigation,
do not hinder him, follow him.
You arc In danger of spelling tho
latent beauty OF his soul by I'M
wise forcing methods.
Persons who are honestly nom
conformatists are quite as much
entitled to our respect as are tho
others. In fact, I feel that they
should be priced a point above the
ordinary. II IL precisely this
variable. this iconoclast, this I'M
yielding tendency to DO different
from the masses, which gives VI
our new ideas and our basis OF
progress.
The genius Is scarcely ever I'M
derstood during his early years.
He must endure the scorn and
tests OF the masses and yet con-
tinue to follow the peculiar light
coming from within his own ma
ture.
Parents must learn to take COM
fort In their odd or peculiar chill
dren 20 long as these offspring
are not subnormAls. Teachers
should regard II ~ q special duty
to explain. to defend and even to
exalt the uncommon child IN The
presence Of his haunting fellows,
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~ Robert w. Chambers
Author Of the Fighting Chance: The
Maid at Arms; Maids OF Paradise;
The Dark Star and Other StO-
ries Of Internal iOnaI Fame.

(SAYOw that it's over. and the
mist blown clear Of your
path forever. want to
confess to you how dreadfully
felt to see you here in such a
cApacity.
81 suppose you will scarcely be-
Hive It, Jim. when I tell yor that
this feeling began from the very
moment when you offered to go
With Silvette and me 70 Acr'utha.
Slime how blindly, I understood
eten then that It was rot the thing
f3 you to do; and. remember, /
knew you scarcely at all.
sch. bien monsieur. ] must con-
clide my monologue. You are
brave man If you have read as
fdr as the name you gave me once
-.centuries ago.
"JAPoNETTE."
Diana closed and sealed her
letter, wrote Edgerton's name on
the envelope. rested awhile. blue
eyes seeing nothing; then, touch
ing the envelope with her lips, she
laid 1t between the leaves Of her
portfolio.
Since that day in this very
place, Edgerton had spoken no
more of love to her. She knew
that he never would again. Never
again would he retrace those steps
with her; never again travel them
alone. For it was a lost road to
him, a blind trail already over
grown with briars.
And now, as she stood up, the
subtle scent of autumn hung
heavy in the air-a faint odor Of
ripening, limiting of decay and
death. Summer had gone indeed
on earth and in her heart.
Never again would life be the
same to her after this day. in this
place, alone with memory; never
again would she be the same.
How old her heart had become
how old-how old! o arami dies!
o flebiles noctes.
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Robert " Chambers, s=== JAPONETTE "-s:"" Charles
WHAT HAS HAPPENED THUS FAR

as he Is and have advertised as society enter
tainers. They ask him to let them stay till
they get position. Edgerton insists that they
remain, and makes up his mind to look after
them. A Mr. Rivett calls with Colonel Cur
new to see if they will come to his home as
guests and instruct his family in the ways Of
society. Rivett expresses his satisfaction with
the young ladies' Diana and silvette play cards
for stakes, but Edgerton does not.
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James Edperton. Sd, Of an old and aristo-
cratic New York family, returns to New York
from abroad on hearing that the firm founded
by his forebears has failed. He pays dollar for
dollar and finds himself left with an inherited
apartment luxuriously furnished, which an
iron-clad will has entaied. With two dollars
in his pockets he finds the apartment occupied
Diana and Silvette Tenant, who are as poor
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TO THE
| LOVELORN
By Beatrice Fairfax
In Love With
Two SuitOrs.
nEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

nEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
am a young lady and in
love with two young men, both
q few years my senior. Both
offer me marriage. have
known them for two years.
The one / love the most makes
appointments with me, but bust
ness comes In between, and he
disappoints me. The other man
never does. What shall / do?
GRACE.
YOU can't be really in love with
i both these men. Perhaps the
one who treats you SO badly ap-
peals to you just by his bullying
WAYS