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The Washington times., 1922-09-29
CONFEDERATE VETERAN
DIES AT ELKINS, w. VA.

BLkINS. w. Va. Sept. 29.-Wil.
liam Hall Wilson. who served in the
Confederate army in the Thirty-first
Virginia infantry, died at Davis Me.
mortal Hospital here. aged eighty.
two. He was captured at Petersburg
and paroled at Fort Delaware, June
2S, 1865. He served one term. as
deputy sheriff and two terms as
clerk of the circuit court. He was a
Presbyterian elder for forty years,
and was a Mason and Odd Fellow.
G. Nelson Wilson, clerk of the Ran.
dolph county circuit court, is his SON.
The Washington times., 1922-09-29
Beer Drinking Nations
Best In The World,
SAYS Countess
BY FORBES w. FARBAIRN,

LONDON, Sept. 29.-"Nations
that have drunk beer are the
greatest nations of the world"
declared Countess Selbourne,
daughter of the Earl. of. Sails
bury and one of the best known
public women in England, in a.
speech before the national coun-
ell of women at Cambridge.
In attacking the teetotal ex-
tremists, the countess said:
"Why should the working
youth be deprived of his dinner
glass of beer? 1t is a perfectly
harmless thing"
The speech was delivered
amid cries of dissent, the
countess finding herself. a mi.
nority of one on the question OF
prohibiting the sale of alcohol
to persons under eighteen.
The countess declared that
firm line should be drawn be-
tween ardent spirits, which are
dangerous, and natural drinks.
The Washington times., 1922-09-29

has been commodiously furnished for
outing parties and visitors and is the
scene OF daily festivities.
1t is expected that plans for the
formal opening of the first golf
course will be taken up at the meet
ing OF the board OF governors on
Tuesday.
Col. E. Lester Jones, chairman OF
the finance committee, reports the
financial affairs Of the. club to be in
most gratifying shape, the member
ship constantly growing and the dc.
velopment of the club progressing
rHSdly. The souRd financial basis OF
the club, he says, Is something OF
which the members should be proud.
The Washington times., 1922-09-29

, and reverse, and is controlled with
semi-automatic air brakes. The motor
car is driven by a fonr-cylinder gaso-
line engine which develops 60.horse.
power and is geared to a speed of
thirty-five. miles an hour on level
track.
The Washington times., 1922-09-29
Railroads Value Fixed.

A tentative valuation OF $500, ,433
has been fixed on the property OF
the Bingham and Garfield railroad
in Utah. the Interstate Commerce
Commission announced today.
The Washington times., 1922-09-29
CONGRESS CLUB
READY To BUILD
s500,OIOOH0|M'IE
BIDS for Contract viii Be Let
at Meeting in Capitol
Tuesday.

Bids for the contracts for the
erection OF the $780, 900 clubhouse Of
the Congressional Country Club TO
be completed by Memorial Day on its
406-acre tract in Maryland will be
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"iou don't think Livingstone was
murdered -
mo he died of heart failure. There
was an autopsy. But he had bad
cut on his head. OF course he may
have fallen-Bill and Jake were away.
They'd driven somo cattle out on the
range. 1T was two days before be was
found, and it would have been longer
1t Mr.. Wasson hadn't ridden out to
talk 10 him about buying. lie found
him dead in his bed, but there was
blood on the floor IN the next room
l washed it up myself"
'Of COURSE she added, when Bas-
sett maintained n puzzled silence, II
may be all wrong. He might have
fallen in the next room and dragged
himself to bed. But he was very neat.
ly covered up
ITS your idea, then, that this boy
put hun into the bed. z"
II ilont know. lIc wasn't seen
about The place. He's never been here
since, But the posse found horse with
the Livingstone brand, saddlcd, dead in
)ry Rlv"r Canyon when it. was look =
ing for JudSon Clark. OF course. TINT
was month later. The men here, Bill
and Jake, claimed 1t had wandered of
After Il time Bassett got No and fool,
ms leave: lie was confused and irri :
tated' Hero, whether crcditably or not,
was Dick Livingstone accounted for
There WAS story there, probably. but
not the story he was after, This nm. i.
known had been at the ranch when
hneny hiienry hiIylngstonc died, had perhaps
been Indirectly responsible for lis
death lie had, witness the horse, fed
h'l'r ~" thing happened. Later on,
then' David Livingstone had taken him
int! his family. That was all ''''
Except for that i,lrutifrntior -
Grngory'E, and for the ph"tograrh Of Of
''nds"n Clark .... For a moment Ln ,
wondered If the two, ,Iud Clark and
IT," nnknown, could be the same. Rmt
i,ry Rjvcr would have known C'larL
That couldn't be. '"'N'
~" almost dit"h"d the ear ON hi.
way back 10 Norndn, SO drrpIy Wns W ~, LIS
engroSScd in Thought. -. ""' "'
, on the seventh of June David our
Lucy went to the seashorc, went Inv I' ,hn
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ns Redmond looked at her, her figure
among the coverings seemed appealing
ly slight and youthful. More thar
that. though, in its supine pose at the
moment there was a suggestion Of lax.
ity, of helpless detection that he wa.
quick to see.
'Myrta ~ he cried again.
She answered him then. It was
however. Mrs. Redmond rather than the
Myrta he called who spoke. Nor did
she turn. From among the pillows heI
voice rose formal and precise-the voice
of Mrs. Redmond, the public woman'S
voice.
"What is it?' she inquired.
Redmond paused midway across tho
room. His air, its look eager and anx
ious. altered too.
"You all right" he questioned.
A pause. She still did not turn, and
in the pause he stirred uncomfortably
Then from the bed came her voice, its
note, as before, still precise.
"All right? Why do you ask
pray?"
Uncertainty. he took a step toward
her.
''Why. you see. you didn't come ia
your breakfast" he faltercd.
Again she replied. this time with Q
change, n note of petulance in hel
voice.
T'm breakfasting here" she said.
81 know--but the meeting--tonigh
your time" he faltered again.
Another pause. Then from the pill.
lows the reply. 1t came slowly, as If
with the effort, ponderously.
"There is to be no meeting" SAID
Mrs. Redmond.
"What?" intcrrogated Redmond.
A movement Of restless impatienct
stirred among the pillows.
81 have called it off-canceled 1t.
Perplexed, he ruffled up his brows.
4 "You have postponed it?' he IN.
quired
There was again n movement among
+ the pillows-sharp, vehement, visibly
emphatic. A., d.,
mond said as sharply: There is. to b.
no meeting. That is enough, isn't it:''
she uttered crisply.
"Myrta!" exclaimed Redmond.
Swiftly he FASTENED to the bed. li
the same haste. the alert alarm bred OF
his concern for her, he laid hand upon
, her shoulder.
"Myrta. My dear"
let me alone, pray Mrs. Red
mond directed annoyedly.
The hand on her shoulder she shook
away. With the same movement. she
drew the coverings about her. This toe
she did with cold. formal delibera :
ton whose dignity was unm"tnkable
! Now, however, wonder. trepidation too,
( had the better Of Redmond; and he
missed the majestic rancor OF the ges.
turc.
"Myrta. whats wrong?-what's hap.
pencd? Tell me-" he cried.
| CHE turned then. momentarily tense,
~ her features vital with the emotion
she still strove to repress. Her voice
harsh, she spoke, Mrs. Redmond.
You, Of course, would not under
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the ranch. Property, you say? Well,
| hope it's better land than he had
here
lie turned his horse and rode beside
the car to the house.
Comes little late to do Henry Iiv-
ingstone much good" he said. He's
been lying in the Dry River graveyard
for about ten years. Not much mourned
either. He was about as close nouthed
and uncompanionable rs they make
them"
The description Wasson had applied
to Henry Livingstone Bassctt himself
applied to $e two ranch hands later on
during their interview. 1t could hardly
have been called an interview at all,
indeed and after time Bassett real
lied that behind their taciturnity wa.
suspicion. They were watching him,
undoubtedly; he rather thought, when
he looked away. that once or twice they
exchanged glances. Iie WAS certain,
too, that Wnsson himself was puzzled.
Speak up. Jake be said once,
irritably. This gentleman has come
long way. It's matter OF some
property
"What sort Of property" Jake de-
mandcd. Jake was the spokesman OF
the two.
That's not important" Bassett OBJ
served, easily. What we want to
know is if Henry Livingstone had any
family
"Ile had a brother
"NO one else:'
"No."
"I'hen IT'S up to ne to trail the
BROTHER" Bassett observed. "Either
Uf you remember where he lived?'
Somewhere in the East
Bessett laughed.
That's a trihe vague" he COM
rnented good -humoredly. Didn't you
boys ever mail any letters for him."
lie was certain again that they ex-
changed gances, but they continued
to present an unbroken front Of ig-
nOrancc. Wasson WAS divided between
! irritation and amusement.
"What'd ! tell you" he asked
"Iiko master like man. I've beer
here ten years, ami I've never got q
word about the Livingstones out OF
either of them
"Im patient man Bassett
grlnnpd. - suppose you'll admit tina,
one of You drove David Livingstone tc
/ the train and that you had a fair idea
| then of whore no was going:'
/ lie looked directly at Jake, but
Jake's face was solid mask. He made
no reply whatever.
| From that moment on Bassett wa'
certain that David had not been driver
! away from the ranch at all. What h'
did not know, and was in no way t.
find out, was whether the two ranCi
hands knew that he had gone into The
mountains, or why. lie surinlscd bacl
Of their taciturnlty II small mystery %
their own, and perhaps II fear. Posi-
bly David'S going was AS much Il puZll,
/ to them ns 70 him. Conceivably, during
! the hours together on the range, OI
| during the winter SHOWS, for ten year
they had wranglcd and argued OVER {
disappearance Us mysterious in its wa!
| as JudsOn clark's.
! He gave up at last, having learne,
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nearly fivc-she and her husband had
occupied separate rooms. As Redmond
reached the door he paused. His hand
uplifted, he made as if to knock, then
desisted. Standing there, he put one
ear to the panel and listened.
It was only for IN instant, though.
The next instant, without even the
formality Of knock, he thrust open
the door and stepped inside.
"Myrta!' he exclaimed.
She lay there among the coverings Of
the bed, her back to him; and as he
entered, calling TO her, she did not
move. Along the pillows the masses of
her thick, silky hair like ropes Of bur-
nished copper lay strewn: and above
the counterpane n limp. slender arm,
girlishly rounded anG pink. revealed it
self. She was still young-a woman
only a year or SO over thirty; and now.
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MRS. REDh1OND'S SHANE B, insn ro.te


stand. It's ended, that's ALL" 81.
said. '"e
Redmond gaped.
Ended? What's ended?"
Everything for the time. snvv.. ,
she relaicd; 'I'm done for. ,h..,
enough, isn't it?"
Done for?''
Her lips for an instant curved o,,.
terly. W.
You heard me!' she returned. "yo,,
don't suppose for a moment. do Wv. u
that I could run now for that oass. Wv, =,
She laughed harshly. "This yeari,, 81.
laughed again, the laugh moro r,,,,n"
and his jaw dropping, agape RedmoSn,ii
stared at her.
"Myrta
Among tho pillows she again INV,
her shoulders n shrus. '
bah Fancy facing those won.n :
now - "'"'u
The women she meant he knew. rb.r
were those other women, her associate.
public women like Mrs. Redmond h.r.
self. Why, however, she could ~.
face them Redmond had yet to er,,u
Startled, he caught swiftly NJ n,
breath. Then, as he stared down a,
her, the thought, the suspicion alresd,
that morning engendered in his mind
saw In her strained, embittered fsco
the answering echo, an affirmative.
Shame!
"Myrta." said Redmond, hi. vo,cs
thick; what have you done?"
w?"
She looked up at him sharply. tos,.
ing from her brow the thick, bronea
masses of her hair.
understand" Wv"
What's wrong. Myrta? Tell ,ns "
said Redmond stOutly "I'll helm vor,
III stand by you, dear. If rs tnp.
BILE, i even it's a wrong
'"Wrong?'
Eyes. if even shame"
He. got no further. A laugh, sb,ro
and ihtolerantly bitter and diseusteJ
came from among the pillows. /,
caught Redmond midway in his words
and left him. like stranded fish, tasn,
ing impotently. ''''
, You dolt, YOU numskull - said Mrs
Redmond
She told him then. 1t was to R.d.
mond, too, the news was--as n shs
Mrs. Redmond. had reached from ths
bed and felled him to the floor. He stood
riveted. Then into his face, his ewes
leapcd the light, transfiguring like =
swift burst of sunshine through a cloud
"Myrta." he shrilled. Radiant, ouiy.
ering. to his feet. had he dared he
would have reached down and ratL.
cred her to his arms.
He dared not, though. It was Mr..
Redmond, her face distorted with tbe
bittcIness Of her defeated ambitions.
that gned up at him from among ths
pillows.
''Pshaw!' she said, her lin curl.l
anew; you re like all meh, ali you
husbands. That's all you think about
She gave her shoulders another dis.
gusted. embittered shrug. "Go away
leave me; want to Sleep" she said
Redmond went. It was as II he went.
too, treading the mountain tops.
Copprioht. 1899. bv Critsd Feature svr6toa,
a" RIGHTS reserved. Ro,roducttor prohsbttst.
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orders OF various professional gentlemes
who had differed violently during che
course of David's illness, but who now
suddenly agreed with an almost start.
ling unanimity. Which unanimity was
the result of careful coaching by Dick.
He saw in David's absence bis only
possible chance to 60 back to Norada
without worry to the sick man, and lie
felt, too, that change. getting away
from the surcharged atmosphere Of the
old house, would be good for both David
and Lucy.
For days before they started lucy
went about in frenzy OF nervous
energy, writing out menus for Minnie
for month ahead counting and r'
counting David's collars and handker'
chiefs, cleaning and pressing his neck
ties. In the harness room in the staDle
Mike polished boots until his arm ached,
and at the last moment with trunks o.
ready bulging, came three gift dressin:
gowns for David. none of which
would leave behind.
II dcclare,' Lucy protested to DICK,
"T dnn't know what's coma over him.
rrorV v'' nrasaut " ha's wa had io "ipco he wa,
.irk Ios ftHtr tatir, nc ol"n n"' yom,J % think m
wns cnine tn Io sbsst nm on desert
islo nj -" W
Wnt D,c,, .hor.b, +. understood, 10
DaviI,s I;fa lie f.;onds had boJ N take
tho nIoco ot vita nnd rh;lJren. he
rlmnc tn tbor nou " IN bis nee and
weotness and n;ct lrov nov m tb,t he had
"A sense If ' desartino T oh" thom of aban.
Jonira ,bar, of,ar ,no,v faitbfml year.
81 hou;d A o"rriod ario ''r mitI h1r, tbe calen.
dara and a,innors drasa;n.'c ,n Gowns and
led socks wbicb wor. NJ once N. tansi.
bio ou;Innoa nt .Sai. t.ionJ,;ness and
Jmcv,s desn.;r '"e''
Wotcb,ua lin, D,,k -. eertalr
nothinr fmrfb.r a. coms to threaten b,
recovarv DicL "orsf'iiv insnsctsd tn
mail but m .usn,cjou. ,ettsr mad ar.
r;Ssd ND %. AZ dor. want IN Dayidi
H.u nescn .aamsd anu % Sns,in Eay s,.blished. ". H.
mads no n,nrs ratsr.nc.. 70 John Hop.
hins G siont I;ta nhdId and rallied
shomt almost nott,sb,v ~ h,s restricted
diot '''''A''
"Ub., u. -. .r., from Dick
I,r,r =. ~, y wy.rii hsve bee
, Iucv w" woulJ % smiIs R ahsently cent and shsk,
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Redmond, his temper rising. "Is she
ill?" he snapped again.
"No, she ain't,' the woman nm
swernd.
Then why isn't she coming down."
asked Redmond.
With direct finality the woman an
swered him. shes a-brcakfastin'
bed said Harriet Lipp.
That ended it.
For a long moment afterward. the
hard featured maid stood there at the
pantry door. one hand at her breast,
her face strained as she gazed after him.
\ breath escaped her. The mystery of
all this. though, was not revealed to
Redmond. Already he was at the stair
way hurrying upward.
MRS. REDMOND'S room was at the
AV4 front of the house, Oh the floor
above. For years-four years now,
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certain unmportant facts: that the re =
cusc had led lonely life; that he was
student. and that he had no other
peculiarities.
'Djd he ever say anything that
would lead you to believe that he had
any family. outside OF his brother and
sister? That Is, any direct hclr?' Bas-
sett asked.
He never talked about himself, y
said Jake. "If that's all, Mr.. Was
son, I've got a steer begged down In
the north pasture and I'll be going"
On the Wassons' invitation he re-
mained to lunch. and when the ranch
owner excused himself and rode away
after the meal he sat for some time
on the verandab, with Mrs. WATSON
sewing and his own eyes fixed specu
lativcly on the mountain range, close,
bleak and mysterious.
"Strange thing" he commented.
Here's a man, n bookloyer and stu
! living and be n useful member Of the
!
| himself alive ! wonder why.'
"A great many cohe out here to get
away from something, Mr.. Bassett. "
| "Yes, to start again. Rut this man
never started again. He apparently
just quit
! Mrs. Wasson put down her sewing
bag and looked at him thoughtfuuy.
/ "Did the boys tell you anything about
the young man who visited Henry Iiv-
ingstone now and them"
"No they were not very ccmmunica :
tive"
81 suppose they wouldn't tell. Yet
don't see, unless-'she stopped, lost
in some field of speculation where he
could not follow her. "You know, We
haven't much excitement here, and
/ the place-he was here mostly in the
summer--we decided that he was rel
atvc. don't know why We consider
ed him mysterious unless 1t was because
he was hardly ever seen. don't even
know that that WAS deliberate. For
that matter Mr.. Livingstone WASH {
much more than name to u.s.
"You mean son.
"Nobody knew. He was here only
now and then
Bassett moved In his chair and look ed
at her.
How old do you suppose this boy
was"' he asked.
"IIe was here at different times.
When Mr.. Livingstone died ] suppose
he was in his twenties. The thing that
makes it seem odd TO me is that the
men didn't mention him to you"
II didn't ask about him, of course
She went on with her sewing, appar-
entity intending to drop the matter: but
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associates. hers as well. They fought
with the same tool as the men. But
If Mlrta
Myrta again, Myrta. not Mrs. Red
mond. An exclamation, sharp, cx.
ploSivc. escaped him. Showing back hi,
chair he rose abruptly.
Harriet Linp. as if her eye had been
glued TO the crack in the pantry door,
at once showed it open.
Say. You amt. ct y'r brcakfus' -
she harked.
Redmond had flung down his napkin
on the cloth. He looked at the figure
in the doorway.
'What did your mistress say?' he
demanded.
Harriet LiDp's eyes narrowed de-
fenAivcly.
Say when" she countpred.
This morning, just now raped
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When does human nature
crash under the strain OF
fear and tragedy Must it
pull GOlrn all lorcd ones
in disaster:
WHO'S WHO THE STORY

DR.. RtIID LTTING$ToNE. rntrL ghv,,c,gn
=. H%crL9' a >g.oH toam: gGn,oi but ,,{. SI'6;
nt..- tcyorcd rcphcv W.ta ''''0
LtGI. ht' sister. beloved oV eosr4oodo I"
DIR. DICK IryIHGsToN,F. 81 who,,. mon;
or thc-. - Oqo. ard ;Eho ts dct.r"..n;ef r;
| 4. - iali Of Et,G!y ,ara IS b9utsh iooEts9
sTa s S: 'i ss Is 'o q os s'aTt @ ""'
,"ho iorcs h.'n -erv sincerely.
BEyERLY CARLYSLE. Gctress. ~ho: ter
a' sSry lussard I"1as ,' ,t sesT so'
:. ass G f. S9 Sa I soso sSca ,S.s dsoas 81
Gnd " ~Os 0e'icrcd he pe-shed 81 q biz:
EER ssSs2aSH @as'. rs,srs:: r.. :" Kin :S
L2s5s .5s,e' sAsssTTb s6i bs r:1s,Ssse, Ssss ia ia
| clark. rs, desire Is 90 clear thssos 10.
NINA. Ehaabesh's sister. an e-troodOant
LESLIE WARD. E!uao.th's brothe--4-- la..
Mr.. AND MRS. WHEELER. tvptco! Amert-
c1r pCrents.
c,a!iv sslect rtothcr' vlshes hin, 20 mdrry
E't=d1e'h. w@h vhom no S S'Htten.
r OUIs BASSETT, when he started
Ito the old Livingstone ranch, now the
Wasson place, was carefully turning
over in his mind David's participation
in the escape Of Judson Clark. Certain
phases Of 1t we're quite clear, provided
one accented the fact that. following
heavy snowfall. al Ensteruer and a
tenderfoot had gone into the mountains
alone, under conditions which had
rauSed the posse after JudsUn clark 10
turn back and give him up for dead.
I,,r
ing he was medical man. IL ne had,
would Maggie Donaldson not have said
So Sne had said "a man outside that
she had Mt first thought was a member
| Of the searching party. Evidently, then,
Donaldson had not prepared her 10 cx-
pect medical assistance.
Take the other angle. Say David
! Livingstone had not been sent for. Say
he knew nothing OF the cabin or it's
occupants until he stumbled on them.
In had sold the ranch, distributei his
brothers. books. end apparently The
! tOwnspeopie at Dry River believed TINT
! he had gone back home. Then what
had taken him, clearly alone and hav-
departure for the East, into the noun
tains: To hunt? To hunt what, that
he went about IL secretly and alonei
/ BnSsett was inclined 10 tho Donald
son theory, finally. John Donaldson
/ would have been wanting n doctor, and
not wanting one from NOruda. Iic
might have heard Of this Eastern rncdi-
! cal man at Dry River, have gon" to him
with his story, even have taken him
rnrt of the way. The situation was one
! that would have II certain appeal. 1t
/ was possible, anyhow
But instead Of clarifying the situation
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TT WAS a quarter to 8 that morn

WAS a quarter to 8 that morn,
ing-a full fifteen minutes pas
the usual hour-when the door Of
Redmond's bedroom opened and Red
mond hastily emerged. In the sam,
haste he hurried toward the stairs
He was late-that was all there was
to it--late at breakfast; and as he
reached the stairs, his eyes on the
hall clock as he brjskcd along, his
absorbed, somewhat boyisn face
wore on it look Of concern not un-
mixed with guilt.
Dear, dear he clucked
To be late at ones own breakfast
table is, of course, not SO hcinous an
offense: but as Redmond's haste de-
noted the case here was different.
Time--and with ii prcmptness-
naturally concerned . woman as
active and influential as Redmond's 5
wife. At any rate, III the l:fe, the
career she had made for herself.
Mrs. Redmond long had found it
necessary to regulate her day to a
schedule, every minute Of which was
actively employed. Size va, in fact
that Myrta Redmond, whose rroml-
nence as president Of the Women :
State Civic Federation was state
wide, il not national: and with the
demands this and her other activities
made upon her, it was only reason
able that Redmond should do moth
ing to conflict with her appointed
plans. He was, il seems, the minol
official Of an insurance company IN
the city.
An absorbed and rc,;ce0.. self
cfacing person, Richmond seldom Il
ever came in contact with H.. wif"'s
official life. Even i he had, now
ever. its unlikely that he would nae
made much Of an impression on her
wide circle Of 4cquaiMtancc>. her
social and political associates.
Among people Of affairs, the selected
active set thai surrounded Myr;a
Redmond, he would have been ad-
judged obscure, perhaps ine;fec-
.l =. .,,,J on, +baI- farm p,i