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Evening star., 1922-12-17
Groups for Child Welfare
Pageant Considered

At the meeting yesterday at Miss
Gwynn's home to arrange the groups
for the pageant for the Child Welfare
Society. arranged by Mrs. Walter
Tuckerman. there were present Mrs.
Philip Lansdale, chairman of the pro-
gram committee: Mrs. Henry Breck-
enridge. chairman of printing: Mrs.
Sylvanus Stokes. who is providing
some fascinating costumes for the
pageant: Mrs. William Reyburn. chair
man of the junior ticket committee: ::
Mrs. Luke McNamee. who has prom
ised also to design some costumes:
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt. jr.. and
Miss Evelyn Wadsworth. Miss Gladys
Chapman Smith. Miss Anna Mont
gomery. Miss Mary Montgomery. Miss
Patricia Aisna. Miss Frances Hamp-
son. Miss Caroline Nash, Miss Trum-
bell. Princess Bertha CantacuZene and
Miss Mary Gown. All Of these win
have prominent parts in the pageant.
together with nearly hundred
prominent married women. debutantes
and diplomats.
Mrs. Tuckerman presided and out
lined briefly the plan Of the pageant.
Evening star., 1922-12-17

Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey L. Miller. for
merly of New York city. have bought
a home on Ingomar street.
Mrs. Robert r. Mahorney of Ingo-
mar street repeated the program
which she gave several weeks ago al
a musica! on Friday evening for the
benefit of the Episcopal mission at
Bancroft, Va.
Following a custom long prevalent
in continental Europe. the children
Of Chevy Chase and of Montgomery
county have formed a band Of stroll
ing minstrels to go from house to
house on Christmas eve and sing
Christmas carols. the fund thus raised
to be used for the benefit of the So
cial Service League of Montgomery
county. A lighted candle will be
placed in the window of homes wish
ing to welcome the young musicians
the stroll being about near the hour
Of 7 o'clock.
The Woman's Club of Chevy Chase
will meet Wednesday, December 90
at l o'clock pm. in the Maryland
schoolhouse. Luncheon will be
served. The literary and social sec
Evening star., 1922-12-17
CHEVY CHASE.

Mrs. George c.. Noble-Jones of Hes
keith street returned Tuesday from
Rome Italy, where she has been WIS.,
i,ing relatives for several months.
She stopped in Paris for several
weeks before sailing for home.
The Young Peoples Society Of All
Saints Episcopal Church will give a
dance on Thursday evening. Decem-
her 81. at Q O'Clock, at the Chevy
Chase Library.
Mr. and Mrs F. J. Pollard of Rose
mont, Va, were the house guests of
DR.. and Mrs. Arthur B. Crane of
Northampton street over the week
end.
Mrs. Charles Morgan and her
daughters, Jean and Susanne, Of the
Chevy Chase apartments, left Friday
for Marietta. Ohio, where they will
spend the Christmas holidays with
Mrs. Morgan's parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. L. Peirce Of Chi
Evening star., 1922-12-17

W. NJ. Inlay Of Raymond street Is re-
turning Thursday from Brown Uni
versity, Providence. r. l.. for the
Christmas holidays.
John Rudolf Cox, jr.. the son of Mr..
and Mrs. John r. Cox Of Keokuk
street, IL returning this week from
Brown University for tho Christmas
holidays.
Mrs. w. Lee Britton. with her
daughter Anita and her sister, Miss
Laura walker. left this week for St.
Augustine. Fla. They win return in
time for Christmas.
John J. Tigert. the commissioner Of
education. Of Oliver street, has re-
turned from a tour through the west.
Evening star., 1922-12-17
Taking an Awful Chance.

Dolly Dimples (coquettishly)-Dfd
you read nr. Blueborn this morning,
when he stated that kissing is abso-
lutely dangerous TO health?
Dapper Dan Crecklessly)-well.
what do you say. Miss Dolly? Let's
start an epidemic!
Evening star., 1922-12-17

One Of the most popular Of
furniture gifts. This special gate
lee table with drawer in one
end; top Of solid mahogany: size
Of top. so14e in. S25.M
Prioe
Special Gate-leg Table. top Of
solid mahogany; size Sd0 00
48x48 in. Price w ooo
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attorney where he sat in his chair
and wrenched the right arm of that
surprised gentleman around be-
hind his back
With his left hand Billy with
drew the bar from the staple. open
ed the door, swung his right foot
and kicked the district attorney out
into a snowdrift. After him Billy
tossed his coat and cap Then he
closed the door and showed the
bar into place.
And that's that" said Billy
Wingo.
CHAPTER VII.
You took your own time about
coming" grunted Rafe Tuckleton.
Dan SIike crossed his knees and
stared at Rafe and Skinny Shindle.
why hurry"
Because you should" nagged
Rafe. This Tom Walton has gone
on living all fall"
That's tough" sympathized Mr..
Slike
It's worse'n that Tom amt the
only lii job I want you to attend
| TO. There's the sheriff, Billy
4 w AA4GO-
( That will be extra"
Rafe Tuckleton considered mo-
ment Five hundred dollars apiece
for Tom and the sheriff" said he
Wen bargain for 'em separate
| ly," said Slike. "One thousand for
! Tom, payable in advance"
Il suppose I'll have to do as you
say" Rafe grumbled. And the
same amount for the sheriff"
''Not-a-tall," denied Slike. Not
a-tan. killing this sheriff for You
means l gotta leave the county on
the jump. Do you think I'm gonna
run the risk of being Iynched for. a
measly thousand dollars? If you do
! take another think Take two 81
| EN-. Me, I'll take two thousand for
your man"
! oh, hell, it's all right" Rafe
cried, tossing up helpless hands
| Come around here tomorrow noon
and get your money"
/ CHAPTER VIII.
It's the women make half the
| trouble in the world" unused young
/ Riley Tyler, who had received the
mitten from his girl of the period
! the restaurant waitress, and was q
misogynist in consequence.
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GO ON WITH THE STORY.

Suppose Bill does appoint two
honest deputies?' asked Tip. What
are two deputies going to do
against Bits orders? l can manage
Bill Wingo."
Il wish l could be sure of that, -
worried the Judge.
To Billy Wingo that evening
came Tip O'Gorman; bluff, hearty,
funny stories and was a good lis
tener himself and laughed at tire
right place
Sworn in your deputies yeti"
Tip made casual inquiry.
Not yet Storm might have kept
'em away"
Who are they?"
Shotgun Shillman and Riley Ty-
Ter"
We expect you to appoint John
son and kenealy." Tip said bluntly.
And if l dont?'
''Oh, you will-after youge
thought it over"
II thought it over after Judge
Driver came to me. And l decided
not to. l prefer my own men"
Tip O'Gorman sighed lie
thought he saw what he would have
TO do. And he didn't want to do it.
1t meant one more mouth to feed,
and one more finger in the pie.
You see, Bill, it's this way"
said Tip. Some years the party
makes more than other year,
and"
And the years it makes The
most" insisted Bill, ARE the years
l make the most. Is that it,"
You get the general idea"
But not the general idea of
what I get persisted the strange
ly obtuse sheriff. What is the
minimum 1 can expect?"
From three to five thousand dol
lars" said Tip, watching his Wis
avis closely.
Mr.. Wingo paused and looked up
at the ceiling. His lips moved. He
muttered of figures and sums.
Il think between nine and ten
thousand is nearer the CORE It
amount for lii me- Billy said at
last
Billy made his position plain.
Say ten thousand in round num-
bers."
Tip O'Gorman made an odd noise
in his throat. But he dissembIed his
foamingiy murderous rage very well
indeed.
II never said ten thousand for a
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-16
RHEUMATIC TWINGE
MADE.YOU VINCE!

7 Use Sloan's freely for rheumatic
Z aches, sciatica, lumbago, over
worked muscles, neuralgia. back
aches, stiff joints and for sprains and
strains. II psnetrctes fcttboat rubbing.
The very first time you use Sloan's
Liniment you will wonder why you
never used it before. The comforting
warmth and quick relief from pain
will delightfully."- surprise you.
Keep Sloan's handy and at the first
sign of an ache or pain, Use it.
At all druggists-3Sc, 7oc, 81 40.
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ards OF EARLY
SPRING APPEAR
mad of Audubon Society Enum.
crates Dates When Warblers
Are Expected.

chicago, Ill, March 16.-Condi-
,,ons in the Chicago region are
s ss for bird life, thanks to woods.
marshes, and the hospitable shores
n Lake Michigan, according to a
nessage to the Prairie club from
+ NJ Schantz, president of the
Illinois Audubon society. Testi-
mony in support of this assertion
Tas given today by Mrs Charles :;
Robbins of Chicago who said that
ramp Fire Girls under her leader
lin identified AZ varieties of
varblers in one season in the Wood
ID Island in Jackson Park.
Birds which come to Illinois du-'-
ing early spring, and the dates
vhen they may be expected, we-e
enumerated by Mr.. Schantz as fol-
lows:
Feb. 15-March 10:: Crackle,
rusty blackbird, red-winged black
bird. robin an bluebird. March To-
20: Woodcock, phoebe, meadow
lark and fox sparrow. March 20
81: kingfisher. mourning do7c,
swamp sparrow. white-throated
SPARROW, anu Hetu SPARROW. April
Ito: more sparrows. the hermit
thrush. purple finch, myrtle warp
Ter and others All the birds have
returned by May 20.
IF by some great catastrophe all
migrating birds were suddenly
destroyed" wrote Mr.. Schantz, sit
might possibly bring to many who
have never given them any consid-
Grafton, realization OF how much
they are part of our lives. Tradi-
tons and authentic history, poetry
and the literature of all countries
are filled with reference to birds.
Their interesting habits, their
songs, and their marvellous powers
Of fight in which, for thousands Of
years they had an absolute monop-
oily, have always held a fascination
both for the unlettered savage and
the most advanced scientist.
The awakening of spring will
always be a Joy, but the voices an
presence of birds add greatly to
its completeness"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-16
BEGIN HERE TODAY.


BILLY WINGO, good -natured
range-rider of Golden Bar, is
elected sheriff of Croker Coun-
ty by the gang of politicians and
cattle thieves who believe that
Wingo is too asy-going to inter
fere with their activities.
HAZEL WALTON, niece of an hon
est ranchowner, saves Billy from
being shot from ambush by
JACK MURRAY, disappointed eau
didate, but she is unable to make
Billy resign from the Office after
members of the gang have threat
ened to kill Wingo if he fails u
cary out their orders. Billy and
Hazel quarrel.
RAFE TUCKLETON, wealthy cattle
thief, fears that Tom Walton has
evidence against the gang but
Tip O'Gorman, political leader,
refuses to agree to hiring
DAN SLIKE, gunman, to kill
Hazers uncle. Judge Driver, an
other politician, tells O'Gorm, II
that Wingo has appointed two
honest deputies, Shillman and
Tyler.
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sins to within a mile OF the cabin ;"
Billy nodded approvingly. That's
better. Shotgun and l will be with
you in two minutes"
Il don't guess there's any tear
ing rush." he mumbIed
"A minute ago you were in a hot
sweat to have US do something
right away quick. And now you
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Riley moved listlessiy to the
front window and drummed on the
pane.
oh. the devil" Riley groaned.
Here's work for lii boys. AS if
there wasn't enough to do in sum-
mer."
Billy Wingo joined Riley at he
window. Looks like Simon Reel
foot. can see his long nose"
Simon Reelfoot was not well
thought of by the more decent por-
ton of the community. Men that
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amt. What has changed you, Mr..
Reeifoot? ask to know"
Il want the job done right" was
the lame explanation. az you hus-
tie of TOO sudden you might forget
something
What do you think we're liable
TO forget?" queried Billy.
How do / know WHAT But |
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hair to grow long. thick ana lux
uriant.
Girls! Girls! Don't let your
hair stay Iifeless. colorless, thin.
scraggy. A single application OF
delightful DandeTine will double
the beauty and radiance OF your
hair and make it look twice as
abundant advertisement.
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THIN, FADED HAIR
NEEDS "DANDERlNE"
TO THICKEN 1T

So cents buy i
bottle of "Dander =
inc" Within ten
minutes after the
first application you
can not find a single
trace of dandruff OF
falling hair. Dander-
inc is to the hair
what fresh showers
Of rain and sunshine
are to vegetation. II
goes right to the
roots, invigorates
and strengthens
them. helping your
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csp,rtsat, 1921. By The 4reir-,e Jergen, Co,
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know it don't pay to go OF half
cooked
Simon Reelfoot's eyes strayed
to the window. When the eyes
swiveled back to meet those Of
Billy Wingo. the pucker Of worry
had been wiped from Reelfoot s.
eyebrows.
Continued in our next fssue.)
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put money out at high interest and
are careless of their neighborS'
property usually aren't.
Reelfoot rode up and tied his
horse.
You make me sick, you fellers
Talk! Talk! Talk! All right, I will
see if you're able to do anything be-
sides talk. Two of my cows have
been shot and there's two or three
strangers patching it in that Old
shack of Cayler's on Mule Greek. "
suspicious don't count for
much" said Billy. You know
that, Reelfoot. Have you any evil
dence against these men,"
Sure l have" was the reply.
The bodies of my two cows and a
plain track of blood and mecca
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DEYALERA AIN AGAIN"

Dublin, Ireland, March 16.-De
Valera issued manifesto of new
Irish organization having for its
object a reorganization of an Irish
republic by appeal to international
opinion
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sheriff before" protested Tip.
There's nothing like establish
ing a precedent. Don't be hide
bound"
Tip O'Gorman raised plump
hands to the level of his ears. Il
didn't think when l proposed you
for sheriff" he remarked earnestly,
that l was proposing a road agent
too. Oh, you burglar! l do admire
a hawg. Yes, sir. But what can a
Teller do? Ten thousand goes. About
those deputies-I don't suppose
you'll have any objections, now
that you've got what you want. 70
appointing Johnson and Kenealy?''
"Oh. yes, indeed 1 have-plenty.
No Johnson and no kenealy. Shill-
man and Tyler. Yes"
NO. You've got to earn that Ten
thousand"
Bribery and corruption, Tip, is
a serious crime"
'Bosh! You listen to me, young
Teller. We're buying you, body,
soul and roll, with that ten thou
sand cases."
Tip. you're an old scoundreli"
Tip O'Gorman stared with an odd
expression at Billy Wingo. you
have changed" he remarked with
conviction Il wonder"
He got up heavily and began to
pull on his overcoat.
When he was gone, Billy Winsu
crossed the room unhurriedly and
barred the door.
"All right, boys" he said in 3
conversational tone. You can come
out now"
The door of an inner room open
ed. Two men emerged. One was a
long, lean citizen with a long, lean
face barred by a heavy griZZled
mustache. The other was shorter
of equally lean build, and consid-
erably younger The older man
was Shotgun Shillman, the younger
was Riley Tyler.
In Riley'5 hand was a thin block
of paper. A pencil stuck up be-
hind his ear.
Did you get it all?" queried
Billy, sitting down in his chair and
launching it close to the table.
the important part, especially
where he tried to buy you. up. Gee,
you've got him now. Send him
over the road any time"
1t was the next day that Arthur
Rale, the district attorney, called
on the new sheriff. He was a
heavy-jowled, heavy-handed, heavy
bodied individual, with black hair
close set eyes, and, what was cur
iously at variance with those heavy
jowls, a long and pointed nose.
Il hear you've appointed Shiil-
accusingly You've got to cancel
their appointments"
Got to-"
Got to-
Il must be gettin' deaf" drawled
Billy. Seems like I heard you say
got to-"
We can't have you upsetting GU,
plans in any way, Wingo. l order
you to Immediately cancel the ap-
pointments of Shillman and Tyler
and appoint instead Johnson and
kenealy. Do you understand ?"
Yes" said Billy in a weary
voice. Il understand. l under
stand perfectly. You can go now"
III go when l have your an
swer."
Your mistake You are going
now"
Even as he spoke he leaped with
cat-like agility upon the district
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More than two tons of wood in this
form of matches are consumed daily.
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CHAPTER 6! q XVI
J Hurnit, Matchea.

Following the dog to the door, we
could neither. see nor hear anything
going on outside. though Barney's
snifings under the door and his low
sgrowl warned us that something was
afoot. either on the dump head or in
the partly wrecked cabin beyond.
While we were still peeping and peer
ing, each at his auger-hole and each
ready to take an offhand shot at any.
thing that seemed suspicious. the ST.
lence of the mountain night was ripped
and torn by the most hideous clamor
imaginable, arising, apparently, in the
cabin or perhaps from the growing of
trees just behind 1t. The racket was
deafening; comparable to nothing that
I'd ever heard magnifed orchestra.
tion, so to speak, OF the pandemopium
made By crowd Of country boys
serenading newly married pair with
tin pans and such-like matchmaking
implements.
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Oregon produces about 10000, 900
dozen eggs annually.
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tcoatlnued Next week,
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copyright BY CHARLES SCRIBNERS SONS -
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER I.-Under his grandfathers
will Stanford Broughton, society idler.
something like $4,000, lies in a safe re-
pository." latitude and longitude de-
scribed, and that is all 1t may be identi-
fled by the presence nearby Of a brown
haired. blue-eyed girl, a piebald horse.
and q dog with a split face, half black
and half white. Stanford at first regards
me bequest as joke. but after considera-
ton sets out to find his legacy.
CHAPTER lion his way to Denver.
inc city nearest the meridian described
from fellow traveller q story having to
do with flooded mine.
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were always plenty Of them to repeat
the saying to my fare-that I was
good stock. gone to seed, would never
amount to hill Of beans In anything
that asked for initiative or resource
fitness, or primitive rough stun Of any
sort; that was due to 60 on dolling
myself up and playing skittles to the
end Of the chapter-which would prob
abby stage itself in an asylum for the
feehe-minded. Also, again, at that
same time, which was six weeks-or
six thousand years-ago, was en-
gagged to Lisette; with mighty little
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the besieging party tried to make q re-
connaissance. I happened to be keeping
the lookout on the cabin side Of our
fortress and saw man lodging among
the pines back Of the house. When I
reported to Daddy he took q snap shot
ut the place pointed out to him and
there was wild yell and a stir in the
young pines as though hog were gall
Looping through them.
"Just to let 'em know that we're
still alive and kickin'," said the old
man, with another of his Quavery
chuckles. Il reckon maybe that's
what they was amin to find out"
Possibly 1t was. At all events, the
rifle fire stopped with the coming Of
darkness, and as We faced our second
night Of defense we had plenty OF time
to sit around and think and speculate
upon what the outcome was going to.
be.
Taking 1t all in all, 1t was the fan,
tastic humor Of the thing that hit me
hardest. Six short weeks earlier pe0-
ples at home had been calling me all.
the hard names that fall to the lot OF
the idle ne'er-do-well; a young chap
with enough inheritance money to keep.
him In ties and shoes and shirts and
to buy gas for his car-though that
last asked for good bit on the rising
cost Of gas0line-and not enough to
make life, or anything connected there
with very much worth while.
Also these same people were saying
behind my back, Of course, but there
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f.
prospect of marrying her, to be sure,
but with no thought Of marrying any
body else.
And now I. looked around at
the shadowy walls Of the grim old Gin.
nabar shaft-house, looming darkly and
still dripping, tick, tack, from their
early-afternoon mud bath; felt my sog-
gy clothes; stared across at Daddy
Hiram sitting backed up against the
hoist with his legs jackknifed and his
hands locked over his knees; 1t was a
grotesque pipe-dream; there was no
other name for 1t. broke out In q
laugh that was q below.
.."split it up, stannie." urged the old
man dryly. Il allow you amt goin'
to be close-hsted enough to keep good
Joke all to yourself In no such q hoe.
down as this"
"I1l try" said, and did 1t the best
knew how, giving him some idea Of
the life I had lived and, its earth
wide, abysmal difference from the ex.
perience q the past six weeks.
Silence FOR q time and then:
"Book-learnin' and good clothes and
eatin' with q fiat fork r all right,
Stannie, but they don't make the man
mr. the woman; there's got to be some
thin inside; somethin' heap bigger
than any o them things
"Quite So" admitted. al ,$
Another silence and at the end Of
1t the old philosopher again:
"You been sort o. sore about my
jeanne, since yesterday She's
been eatin' your gran-paw's bread. like
me. and you thought, and l thought,
that she might at least we waited a
little spell afore she run OF with Char
ley Bullerton. Maybe we've been
tumpin' at things too sudden, Stannie.
What made her ride way up yonder
to Greaser sidin' to catch that train3
And how come Charley Fullerton to
marry her one day and be TIP here
with his bunch o. gunner by daybreak
the. mex mornin'?''
Has JEANNE friends in Angels with
whom she could be staying7" asked.
"Not single soul. He'd a-had to
leave her at the Chink's hotel; and
that amt no place for a woman, mar.
ried r t'otherwise."
but .supposing they didn't 60 to
Angels7"
There amt no other place they
could 60 and let him get back, ~ you
might say, In the same day.
Say 1t all, Daddy" I prompted.
There amt much to say, Stannie,
boy. 'ceptin' what said afore, that
maybe we'd been jumpin' at things
sort o blind-like. Jeannie's got a heap
% sense-if I do say It as shouldn't
and the whole gee-ripittin' thing, az We
been putin 1t up, ain't no more, like
s her than winters like dog-days.' 80
Having run the subject into cor.
ner We were both speeches. for 4 lit
tie time and / think 1t was almost with
q sense Of relief that we sprang alert
when the dog, hitherto sleeping quietly
at our feet, jumped up and ran to hold
his nose at the threshold Of the door
opening upon the dump head. 81
y
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CHAPTER XIV ?I
Hiah Explosives,

The idea was one which ought to
have suggested itself much sooner.
The steam supply pipe, for driving the
big centrifugals at the shaft-mouth
same through the wall over our heads,
and it was the sight Of this pipe,