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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-12-08
FIBRE FURNITURE ARRIVES.

Fibre chairs (roCkers and
straight) Big now shipment of odd
chair just arr we'd Our space is
ljurted and We have priced these
chairs FOR immediate sale. Ideal
Christmas presents. You ran cave
500 by buying now. The Reed
Shot 20 = ST. joe ST. Lincoln
s274. ADV 1882
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Delaware County Court to
Decide Cause OF accident

AICNCIE. Do. 7-(By 1. y. 81
A circuit court jury this week will
decide tho legitimacy Of claim for
$40, 600 flied by the parents OF Carl
Garard. one Of four Muncie young
men killed I'm a crossing accident
June %. when their automobile was
struck by "A train
The contention IN the suit -
whether or not the crossing watch
man and the engineer gave the
proper signals Three other like
suits. flied By relatives OF the other
victims. are pending
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SYST Err AR Y s Il CHEN
tcepyttsht 1929 =. q. seFsiesl

s H ~ e. B. . D..
leftover fish lend itself to made
dishes most happily. Salads. tim
bales, souffles and oven soups are
del cious made from the remnants
OF last nights dinner.
Do not put left over fish in the
refrigerator in an uncovered dish.
Fish quickly taints milk or butter.
Fish Pie
On and one half cups cold cook
ed fish. / 1-2 cups cold mashed
potato, 2 eggs, l tablespoon coarse
bread crumbs, . tablespoons but
ter, l teaspoon lemon jnIce. table
spoon minced parsley, few gratings
nutmeg, milk.
Flake fish and free from skin
and bones. Pour over lemon Juice,
sprinkle with nutmeg salt End
pepper and let stand Is minutes.
Add potato, butter Cmelted), pars-
ley and eggs and beat well Add
enough milk to make soft but not
thin.
Turn into a we'll buttored baking
dish, cover with crumbs and bake
45 minutes IN q moderate oven.
Serve at once.
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and paprlka ana cover Win h iayef
OF macaronl Sprinkle With gratcd
cheese Continue layer for layer
until all Is used. Pour over min.
and bake half an hour ih8a hot
oven. Dot with bits Of butter oysf
the top before baking.
Fish Loaf
Two cups cold fish. / cup InaShs
ed potatoes, 3 Tablespoons sbhktcr
ogg, salt and pepper milk. bread.
crumbs.
Melt butter In sauce pan, adj tEishI
coarsely ,flaked; potatoes yolIs ot
egg. salt and pepper ana milk 10
make moist enough to mold Stir!
over the fire till heated thfongli.
Spread on a platter 10 cool
Shape in q loaf, brush over VIM
the white Of the eg, slightly D !Iters
tho white OF the eg; slightly beaten
bake in a moderate oven tilithteWii
Serve with tomato sadeo.
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Attorneys Banned From
Talking to Prisoners

Attorneys Of the Marion County
Bar association in tho fu;urc viii
be compelled to talk with thei.
clients who are prisoners ins the
county jail, in tho jailor's office in.
stead Of in the cells OF the jail as
has been the custom heretofore.
Judge f. N. Showalter of the
criminal court has Issued an order,
effective from this date on, to the
effect that attorneys shall not BIT
admitted within the jail of this
county to consult with clients
where such consultation is in the
presence and hearing of other prls
Oners, but that attorneys practlc,
ing in this court, who have occasion
to confer with their clients In Jail
shall he awarded that privilege III
the privacy Of the iail office under
such reasonable regulations rs the
sheriff Of Marion county shan pre-.
scribe.
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b. OLIVE RoBERTs BARroN.

AS soon as the TWINS left the
orchard they stepped into a strange
country. Not Whispering Forest or
Bright Meadowland, or tho low
swampy place by Lily Pond, but a
realm they had never seen before.
1T was quite plan that the little
Green Shoes tucked away safely
under their goloshes were taking
them on an adventure into now
realms Of mystery.
But then! One would hardly ex-
pect to look for Longhead the Wiz
ard, or the Dlddyevvers with the
blue hair, or the Korsknotts with
tho green boards, in any place one
knows all about.
Il ght ahead was mountain, and
Nick pointed.
"Thats the Rubber Mountain.
I'll bet you where Nibble Toes got
bounced off. II the record flew out
Of his hand It cans be very far
away. Why, it might be around
here anywhere!. Let's look.
So they started to hunt. They
bent back bushes and rolled away
stones, poked in puddles and ,peeretl
down hollow stumps, but there was
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no sign of a record anywhere or
anything like one.
Suddenly Nick felt slight
pricking. 1t was not enough to
hurt HIN, moro like the electric
sparks when you comb your hair
and then touch your hand to the
comb.
He remembered the feather and
pulled It out Of his pocket. The
feather was bending frentlcally
away from a hollow stone or cave
into which the Twins were about 10
step.
wed better not 20 in there"
said Nancy. 1.-THE feather Is lead
ling us away
Nick looked back ruefully. mo.
I guess we'd better not" he said
slowly, whom suddenly his eyes
grew round as saucers. ooh, look!"
he cried. A par Of hands were just
setting Il large chocolate cake out
to cool. Instantly tho hnnds dis.
appeared, leaving the cake on i.
low table. shiny, delicious and
tempting.
Ito Be Continucd.)
Copyright 1922, N. E. Az
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MONONGALIA
MUSINGS

a withered warbler OF worldly
wisdom says that some couples
fall in love at first sight and never
get over it. OF such is the king.
dom of the happy.
A sage brush singer of sane
sentiments observes that our
grandfathers did not go courtinS
in limousines but they managed
to procure some excellent grand.
mothers for us.
Many OF US are continually OBJ.
serving other folks joys and our
own troubles. JOSH Billings evil
IDENTIFY had that thought in mlno
when lie said the only way to keep
u mule In q pasture is to put him
in an adjoining field and let him
jump over.
During March, anybody can
make weather predictions and hit
1t occasionally.
Tho papers state that a moon
shine plant was recently discover.
cd under q church in Indiana. It
thus appears that somebody has
hecn confusing spirituous with
spiritual matters.
We suggest this sure method Of
raising tax for soldiers" bonus;
impose a fine Of one cent on each
useless telephone message.
All the pedestrians ask Is n
little more cooperation between
horse power and horse sense.
A pesslmlstic politician thinks
the bonus matter teaches US that
republics are not ungrateful when
gratitude can be used to construct
political fences.
1t is thought that the great
need in movies is something that
will give parents a pleasurable
shock without corruptlng the
children.
The people Of Charleston act as
thought they did not know what
sin was until Billy Sunday ar
rived.
Would it BIO a mixed metaphor
10 say that the bootlegger makes
hay while the moon shines?
A chap whose wit is only sur
passed by his wlckedness declares
that the fact that Persia has no
old maids explains why nobody
ever hears what's going on there.
A liberal luminary says that
women have right to smoke II
they want to, but we would hate
TO sec n house wife making pies
with pipe In her mouth.
Babe Ruth wants $500 for
every home run he makes this
season. There are plenty of men
who feel that they earn that much
every time they go home.
2. c. Musgrave
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Y AND PAUL--AND PARIS
By ZOE BECKLEY

Paul. my dearest, where have
you been? It's nearly Z. l was fran
dc for fear something had happen
ed to you'll"
"Gee-whiz, girl, I am a pig. But
I've been over my head in a bus
ness session all afternoon. What
you been doing honey?"
Polly retailed her days actlvi-
les but her spirit Jagged
Come, dear, I've news that'n
cheer you. A big business man
hero wants nc to outfit his factory
with furnaces. I've learned from
experience that YOU can't put deals
over In France the same way you
can at home.
sover here you write long let.
ter all full OF greetings and COM
pliments Of the season, and then
YOU walt month or two. Then he
answers, inqutring how your fam
III Is. and whether your ancestors
preferred chees or boiled apricots,
and hoping you arc enjoying the
wather. Finally he comes round
d the real business and tells you
10 call two weeks from next We'd
nesday at 5.
And after you've gone air over
again. you take him out to dn-
aer invite him TO 90 automobIlIns,
send the baby present and get
yotif wife to tell him what a BIRD
u dancer he is
(which brings me TO the point,
Polly dafiing. want you to dress
~ your nrett;est next Thursday
,night and DO the snappy social
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stuff. We're going to take him out
to dine-some little place he knows
where You get grand eauS-and
YOU'RE going to put over tho big
dealt"
~ don't understand, Paul What
have got to do with it?"
i've Just told you, really meant
II. You have 10 mix up social and
business things over hero IL you
want to put It over
"You never used to suggest such
methods. You always sold your
heaters and things without mixing
me Into It. l don't quito like to-"
Polly felt stung and mystified.
She had walked too much and was
tired and frazZlel; the lateness Of
Paul's Homecoming had added its
mite and now-yes. she was grow
ing more and more sure of it-she
sensed Violet Rand's fine Italian
hand in this. She brooded a mo-
/ mont. Suspicion became co1vic-
ton.
docs this-cr-busInes pros
pect come through Violet Randi"
! "Rigaud is an acquaintance OF
hers, yes. / think It's darned decent
Of her to put me next to him. Try
! TO see 1t my way, Polly, rs. such a
small thing" He stood close; she
+, with drew.
81 can see that it's her way, not
your way, Paul. And 1t IS not a
! small thing. 1t seems cheap and
horrid to me. can't do It, please
don't ask me to-"
ITO Be contInued.l
ceeyrteht. 1879. The~wsst VirEiaIan.
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bnt Away 4 llttre ftlt SIZE ia 1
stpa tlla makes titirtyrsl And lis
cause q have her name; i jWant q
do II credit. Fof her sake, You MAJ
help me all that Is good for me
Work that love is my real joy r
Come! | fear you will vanish UNI
less keep you close.h Howard LytA
answered, half lifting her Into the
car, There he said to the chaut.
feur, tall, lean aud 1.-THE. even as he
himself had been: Make room,
Billy-and drive your prettiest. We
are freighting something more pre
clOus than gold.'
Aunt Nell on the porch, her fin
gers. flying in and out Of bright
woolly mazes, caught breath anI
half rose, leaning forward US the
car halted at the steps. Sho was
transparently lovely, there in the
Pickering light, arched over with
pink rose.clusters. her eyes us beau.
tful as ever, though sightless
turned toward the sound. AS her
some time lover sprnng toward her
she gave a low cry: Howard! At
Iast!" and sank back trembling all
through. But the tremors ceased
when he lifted her. TO his breast.
murmuring In her silver hair. Ell.
nor, Elinor, darling. l never knew"
Billy looked away. Niece Elinor
silently waved him around the drive
there was parking space back.
She followed him quickly, her eyes
humid, but her lips smiling. As
she came upon Billy-he nad been
duly presented US Lyle's private
secretary, she said with a little
catch between each word, do yol
think even this 'noddIng backward
toward tho porch can make up 10
them for-tho wasted years."
Billy shook his head, but said
after minute: Maybe they were
not quite wasted. You see, Mrs
Lyle was good to him IN many
ways. Her money helped him rise
-he would have gone up any way
but he got in his stride of doing
good without waiting overlong. The
two of them have been u sort Of
special providence to so many.
many young folks-nnG told. She
would have been lavish; he held her
to generosity. ] never heard this
love story, but he told mo o; all he
owed your grandfather, and how he
felt honor.bound to pay rs he had
hidden. You never saw his name,
and rarely hers among big g:vers-
donors, | believe, Is the word for
them. But that is more than offset
by what ! know. I've been with him
five years, remember. IL couIdn'.
bear to look at him when no read
your aunt's letter. No. his wife
didn't suppress it out OF Jealousy:
she was slow.wittnd, though. and
thought 1t would hurt him 10 Know
the truth"
softly.
$50 do H. said Billy: "ror It's
through her doings find myself
here" emphasis on tho last word,
thnt set Elinor blushlng.
Copyright. 1929, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicatc.0
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small girl memory. He had been
slim and tall and 1.-The, with long
face and n mouth forbiddIng save
when he smiled.
Not handsome-still possessed OF
something that had put these 9th
ocs visible in the flesh out Of court
with her. She had built no ro-
rance around tim-that he had
married year after l,ayinE tae
neighborhood was the salient thing
she knew OF him. That and his
money-by law.ladder he :laI climb
ed to tho height OF millions. II he
had children--girls especially-shc
knew they were lucky; he was the
sort to look after and cherish his
own:
AS she sauntered homeward read
ing an opened letter 4 small car
turned into the lane. coming so
swiftly that in a minute 1t was
upon her. She drew aside with 4
start-the car was so near:y noise.
less it surprised her 1t checked.
q man sprang eagerly from 1t and
caught her arm, saying: II am
tho answer to your letter. You
would have had It earlior only | was
away Turning her to sace him
as he spoke, then almost stagger~
ing as he breathed rather than said,
"EIinor Garland! You-y0u take me
back to-youth. 1t Is unCanny--
you might be the Elinor knew
then"
"You-you-loved herr" Elinor
asked with sudden clairvoyance. He
bowed his head. "She loved me too
better than herself. Do you know
why she sent me away, her father
abetting? They did not tell me why
blindness was coming quickly
t!.ey would not let me carry the
weight-and never knew It until a
month ago. Going through my
wife's private papers after her
death I found the letter that would
have told me-and eased my soul
OF torment.
Gan you guess CInt II has meant
to go all these years huggIng a scar.
ing flame? I thought they had
weighed me in the balance ant
found me wanting. That Is why |
kept silerco-stayed away from the
best friends man ever had, all these
years. And then came your letter
Il can't tell you how 1t made mt
feel. But this much you must hear
all the money you need or want.
or will touch, is yours for the tall.
ing. | have child-you Shall be
as my own. Now, take mo to blind
Elinor. I cannot rest until shn
knows the truth. Can she bear it?"
"She can bear-anything." Eli.
nor said proudly. II never knew,
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4
any one would have done 60 fright,
ttil a thing poor little daugh.
teri" n. 81
| She tottered within, leaning heav
ily on Clayton's arm, and the 9th.
ers turned and looked at one an
other.
Lieutenant cadmus was tho first
to speak.
What can IT mean?" he demand
ed hoarsely. The professor shrugged
his shoulders.
~ am not crimInologist," he oh.
served. Then, with a continental
bow, he turned toward Sergeant
Barry. az have, however, had the
honor OF assisting our young friend
here on more than one noted case
IN New York. and have no doubt
that he will be successful IN over.
coming the difficulties connected
with this affair. The part Of II
which seems most inexpIIcable to
/ me is that the other young lady
who shared the room with the vic.
tim was not killed also; that she
suffered not even the slightest i'll
effect"
as It possible, professor, that the
carbon monoxide gas might not
have been infected into the atmos.
phere OF the room itself but admin.
istcred to Miss Tudor directly by
means OF some such thing US an
ether cone pressed down tightly
over ser face?"
1t was Barry who spoke. The
other nodded.
Quite possible; In fact, the only
way, II the windows had been left
open all night, as they were found
III the morning. There was, / under.
stand, no trace OF gas discernible
in the air when the maid dlscov-
cred the body?"
mot a hit" tho sheriff inter
vened. But suppose somebody
went in and closed all those win
dows In the night and stuffed rags
around so US to make the room air
tight. and then opened the wiz.
dows wide again as soon as they'd
done their work? 1t was blowing Il
gale all night long; would there
be any odor Of gas after tho room
had been aired for several hours?"
NO" Professor Semyonov ad.
mitted. But you forget, my dear
sir, that the other young lady slept
1t all."
"Humph!"
There was a sly significance liz
the sheriff's ejaculation which
made Barry glance sharply at him
before he turned once more to the
professor.
Just what is carbon monoxide?"
he asked, GLOW is It made or gen
erated,and how obtainnble by any
ono WHO is not chemist?"
Carbon monoxide, roughly speak.
ing, is a gas composed OF carbon
and oxygen" Professor Semyonov
,exxplained. "You may observe II
occasionally burning with a pale
blue flame in fireplaces or stoves"
Carbon monoXide is also KNOW.
US carbonic oxide" the coroner put
in. jealous Of the professors display
Of knowledge.
Precisely. my FRIEND" tho latter
responded dryly, 1T generates It
self in stoves or furnaces or in II
Illuminating gas. Every automobile
generates It in greater or less
quantity, according to tho amount
OF care 1t receives"
Every automobIle!'" Barry re
peated swiftly.
Continued Isl Our Next Issue.)
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THE DAILY
sE4ORTSTORY
A Debt in Equity.
BY MARTHA Mac. WILLIAMS

~ MNhIE1A WdS' WILLIAMS
n HIss EL1NoR GARLAND tool
mi her letters from the mail box
4t4 signing deeply as she scanned
them. Plenty of them-flve in ;
/ row: yet not the letter that was TIL
hinge 10 her hopes. She had bee,
looking for 1t two previous morn
ings. 1t seemed impossible tina
she could bear the strain OF wait
ing longer.
It was not a love letter-rathe
cold business. Business vital t.
her present and future. Which
meant, Of course, 1t had to do will
money. Money to save the homl
go she might leave 1t with n goot
conscience to carve out a career
But not a begging letter. Deaf.
would have been easier than any
thing Of that sort. It had beer
hard enough to remind II rich MAJ
of a debt in equity. Law Nigh
not recognize 1t, but her grand
father had given him, then penn!.
less, well born, well Drained, hi
Characterization, profession ant
maintenance through the waiting
time it had taken for him TO get (
fOothold.
He had stammered, when he
went, something about paying all
later. His beuefactor had smiled
at him: "Pay by passing It on. May
DO you'll see plenty OF other lads
needing a helping hand" And sc
the two had parted without strain
on either side.
If the man, Howard Lyle, had any
sort Of memory. he must know the
value Of the security he had offered
him. The plantation had been
home to him in his vacations. He
had come there for holidays in his
days OF struggling. True, It was
not all 1t had been, but still wei
worth the money she needed
$4,000 without interest for five
years would let her turn her def!
fingers, her eye for line and color
to deserved profit.
Then she would pay-to the last
penny. Meantime, there was the
land. 1t could neither die, run
nor wash away. EARNED In thrifty
II easy fashion, It would keep gran
ny, blind Aunt Nell, Aunt Joe and
her boys comfortable, as they had
always been. She had no artistic
yenrning, albeit she loved color and
texture with real passion. but a mad
desire to be active, doing things
being somebody, not in vainglory
but because doing was her great
est joy.
Being all womanly, she sighed In
secret for q home. u husband wor,
thy all love, children and tho de
light Of training them, but some,
how mono Of the men who had hoy
cred while on the horizon had
seemed to her the right sort. That
is to say, her ideal fought with her
opportunity-and so far had won,
hands down. She had somehow al
ways contrasted her possible suit,
ors with the Howard Lyle OF he,
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night. In fact, we both felt 1t was
our duty to wait"
He broke OF in evident confu.
sion and the detective eyed him
sharply.
why? Was there a previous Of.
fair on Miss LaureIs part?"
"Eot on hers sergeant, but on
mine" The lieutenant paused, and
added somewhat shameEacedly: "As
a matter Of fact, an understanding
OF sort had existed between my.
self and her cousin, Fay Tudor, hut
It was all of two years ago, before
she went to France"
The words had come haltingly, as
though he wore aware Of their sud
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Fish rlmbaIes

One cup cold cooked fish, / cur
thick white sauce. egg. / tea
spoon lemon Juice, / tablespoon
minced celery leaves or 2 table.
spoons minced celery stalk, salt
and pepper.
Make tho white sauce using twe
tablespoon flour to ono cup milk.
One or three tablespoons butter
may be used. When thick and
smooth remove from fire and stir
in fish. Add egg slightly beaten,
and remaining ingredients.
Pour into well buttered molds
and bako in a pan of hot water in
"a moderate oven for 45 minutes
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Fish and Maearoni

Two cups cold cooked fish, 1 cur
macaroni Jig cup grated cheese 2
tablespoons butter. teaspoon salt,
IA teaspoon paprIka, "a cup milk.
Remove skin and bones from
fish and separate in large flakes.
Break macaropi III inch pieces and
cook in boiling saltcd water for 90
minutes, drain and blanch.
Put layer Of fish in II well but.
tered baking dish, season with salt
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den Significance. Barry seized hi
opportunity.
"Thcn why did you consider /
, necessary TO wait? If you wer,
quite sure that the affair was owe
what possible objection could 80,
expect from Miss Fay to your en-,
gagement to her cousln?"
We'll, you see. our engagement
was not a formal one. She took her
self off to France, and then he
cousin and I found that we caret
for each other, but Miss Laure
wouldn't give me her promise unit
Fay had returned and we knew how
she felt about It,"
did you know that Miss Laure
intended to confide In her cousir
last night" Barry asked casually
miss Fay told me not an hour agt
that you had asked her cousin t
be your wife"
Il didn't know, OF course" thu
lieutenant disclaImed hurrledly
"But 1t couldn't have made any dix
ference. Fay hasn't given a though
to me In ages: that old affair is a!
dead Us door nails. lin afraid
cant tell you any more sergeant.
cant think of n possible reason why
any one should havo taken Lau
rel's lifc."
AS they approached the house
once more they saw Fay Tudor's
slender, black.gowned figure out
lined In bold relief against flower
ing shrub on the lawn. She was II
evidently earnest conversation Will
tall, rugged-fuced man on crutch
es. a portion Of her sentence
reached their ears.
81 cannot have you postpone this
experiment which means SO much
10 you'll"
1.-THE experiment can wait
Whether you wish It or not. Miss
Tudor, shall be near in case Of
need"
AS they rounded the corner o.
the house Barry turned inquIring
eyes on Lieutenant Cadmus.
Never saw the chap before"
THAT stout little man with him.
continued Barry, with the bushy
white hair and side whiskers Is
Professor Semyonov, the greatest
living authority on chemistry
We've called him in more than once
on big cases in town, and his an
alysiS Is always infallible."
They reached the front entrance
just as Mrs. Tudor. supported BY
Kenneth CLAYTON, confronted the
coroner and his companion.
What is it," she asked in q
trembling voice. what have you
come TO tell mc?"
THAT Miss Laurel Tudor came tc
her death by means of carbon mon
oxide poisoning. Asphyxlation is
plainly indicated. Mrs. Tudor, It Is
murder"
CHAPTER VII.
AS the dread word fell from the
coroner's lips In grave accents
Mrs. Tudor uttered a low moan,
ing cry.
"oh, take mo away!" moaned
Mrs. Tudor. II cannot believe that
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II Strengthened out an ounce of
spiders web would extend $50
miles.
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