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sasely. He seens quite q rea-
sonabie young man"
4 like him." Parker declared.
81 like him ever 20 much"
$50 do 1. Johp. He's an old
fashioned gentleman"
Hes a he man-the sort Of
chap I'd like to see Kay married
to some day."
Mrs. Parker looked searchingly
at her husband.
He told Kay. he was half
greaser. John. Would you care
to have our little daughter mar
ried to that sort Of mani"
How like a womtn! You al
ways take the personal view
point. / said I'd like to see Kay
married to a he man like Miguel
Farrell. And Farrel is not half
greaser. A greaser is. take it,
a sort OF mongrei-Indian and
Spanish. Farrel lie ciean-strain
Caucasian, Kate. He's q white
man-inside and out"
His financial situation renders
him impossible. Of course"
Naturally"
81 wish II were otherwise,
Johnny. Perhaps. il you were
a little easy with him-if you
gave him a chance"
Kate, I'd always be afraid of
his easy-going Latin blood II /
should put him on his feet he
would, in all probability, stand
still. He might even walk a
little, but / doubt me IL he'd ever
do a Marathon"
John. you're wrong" Mrs.
Parker affirmed, with conviction.
That young man will 60 far.
What would you do II Kay should
fall in love with him?"
I'm sure ! do not know, John.
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m HE moment she had gone he
turned out the lights again,
l. and sat staring into the
gloom. hi steeth barred. his fingers
crooked.
"Ah. there you are. mon ami.
Something told me you would
come tonight Claudine Crsyne
extended a dazzling hand and
smiled brilliantly at Theed. the
lawyer. The smile did not change
as she added just above her
breath: THE little drawing room
half past eleven"
Theed's nod seemed to come
more from his eyebrows than from
his head. He babbled brightly Of
many things before passing on
into the spacious apartments,
where a fortune could be lost
or won in a heartbeat. He watch
ed the play as an elderly cleric
watches a Sunday school treat.
He was accosted by many. but to
none did he give his full attention.
At mention OF the Stransck-Jarro-
man wedding his expression be-
came positively cherubic.
20. yes. I was there" he pat
tered. Yes. lovely-lovely-I
donb know when I've seen a love-
lier bride. No. ! know nothing
about her father h-t the Douces-
tiers seem delighted at the match.
o, yes, wealthy, / believe"
1t was half past eleven to the
second when he slipped into what
Claudine had designated as the
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Young Farrell had been killed in
Siberia"
But you handn't completed your
title to this ranch. John?"
you wouldn't murder a man
who was going to commit suicide.
would you? The ranch was as good
as mine. II I had waited to make
absolutely certain Farrell was dead,
the wait might have cost me
fifty thousand dollars. l rented
the ranch at fifty cents per acre"
"One hundred thousand acres,
more or less. for two years, at
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AND PARKER talk
- 0
kS

lease / shall be quite embarrassed
I fear. Kate. You see. dear. Lous-
talot bought about fifteen thou.
sand sheep to pasture on the
Palomar, and now he's going to
find himself in the unenviable po-
sition Of having the sheep. but no
pasture. He'll probably sue me
to recover his loss. If any"
IT'S too bad you didn't wait
ten days before signing that lease,
John"
Yes" he replied Il trifle testify
But we all were convinced that
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fifty cents per acre per annum.
So. instead of making fifty thou
sand you've lost that sum-" his
wife unused aloud.
I've lost one hundred thou
sand" he corrected. "A one-year
lease is not desirable; Loustalot
was my sole client. and I've lost
him for good"
why despair. John? I've a no
tion that IL you give Don Mike
fifty thousand dollars to confirm
Loustalot in the lease. he Will for
get his enmity and agree to the
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the Christmas
Fable

Along with the rebellion against
God and governments there is a
war against Santa Claus. Every
year there are new recruits in
the army OF grumblers against
the holidays.
There is nothing wrong about
Christmas. But something has
happened TO a lot of people.
There is only one way to have
Christmas-andt that il to make X
for some one else.
II there is so little of the child
left In you that you scorn Christ
mas and flout Santa Claus-if
there is so little love and sympa-
thy for those who suffer (for suf-
fering makes the strongest of us
as little children)-then find some
excuse to go away on Christmas,
Enjoy your gloom all by your
self. You will know then what
you have lost. You will prove
what is left in life-your life
material facts. and doubt of all
else.
This is the dross Of life. The
gold is in the hands Of little chill.
vi Ci anu VI LAiC Ahu "OIUcl
who bind their souls to that in
definable. mysterious something in
man that lifts him above the
beasts.
Santa Claus is a part Of that
spiritual side of US: Santa Claus
with his reindeers. his sleigh-bells,
his round little belly and red coat
we almost glimpsed in our child
hood-who never failed to con-
quer all obstacles of storms and
roots and narrow -chimneys-and
no chimneys at all, Even in war,
when gray death put her black
finger on the heart of the world,
Santa came down from the no.
where to the little children.
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THE VENGEANCE OF
Henry Jarromon
BY Roy Vickers-

little drawing room" He found
Claudine already there.
did you 60 to that weddings"
she asked him abruptly.
20. yes. 1 was there" return
ed Theed from force Of habit. -
don't know when I've seen .
love-
Quite So" cut in Claudine, bus
I shall find all that in the society
news tomorrow. What I wanted
TO ask you is-how soon do you
make the next move?"
Theed examined his beautifuns
polished nails with extraordinary
interest.
That is for you to say, des-
lady"
For me?"
"Assuredly. You have not ex-
pressed your good will vet. and
it is impossible for me TO proceed
without il.
Claudine laughed angrily.
What you mean is-haye ]
any objection 10 your numbering
Jsrromsn," she said brutally. Il
can't conceive why you always
wrap yourself up in words So
so that I may have the pleas
ure OF hearing others explain me
TO myself" retorted Theed, and
there was something in his smile
that brought q passing fear 70
Claudines glance. She tore at
her fan OF eagles feathers until
the tagged fluff. drifting across
the room. clung to Theed's coat.
Il have no objection" she said,
and her voice was like cold steel
Theed eyed her narrowly.
''She's been to see Jarromsn
and he's turned her down" ran
his thoughts.
"Excellent! A woman
scorned-
Then let us get TO business
without delay" he said aloud.
and Il was as IL he addressed HE
most important client. He took a
seat near her and. leaning for
ward. began to speak TO her In
low tones.
She listened. replying In mono
syllables TO his few questions.
The gray OF her eyes had shifted
to pure green.
On the morning of the day
following Nadia's wedding day,
Theed, over his long and leisureA
breakfast. was enhancing hiu
self with the contemplation Of
Nadia's conjectured happiness.
Theed had carried selfdeception
to the point where Il definitely
dominated him. In peril OF the
police. or faced with the sudden
chance Of Illicit gain. he could
behave like a rational rogue. But
bereft of such stimulus, he was
constitutionally unable to. con-
slider any subject whatever. save
from the viewpoint OF a benev-
oient elderly gentleman.
Such a charming girl. Per-
fectly charmingi What a lucky
young man! Dear me! II makes
one pish for ones lost youth. and
I'm sure ] hope II will all turn
out for the best"
.tcopyright. 1894. BY Chicago TribuneD
Go Be Continued TomoeroWl
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Here Are Valuable
Home Recipes.
SPAGHETTI AND SAUSAGE.

ONE HALF pound spaghetti
cooked until tender in salted
water. Drain and pour cold water
through IL. Fry one pound of
either beef or pork sausage cut
up in small pieces. When done.
fry in the sausage fat after remov-
ing the sausage, about four me
dium-sized onions. Butter baking
dish and put in layer about three
of spaghetti and two of sausage
and onions. Pour over all a can Of
tomato soup. working through
other ingredients with a fork.
Crate over all some cheese. Put
in the oven until brown.
SNOW PUDDING.
ONE quart boiling water. 2-3 cup
" sugar. heaping tablespoons
corn-starch. Cook till thick, turn
out in a dish. add the well-beaten
whites OF eggs. Flavor with ex-
tract lemon sauce for same; pint
milk, II cup sugar, / teaspoon corn
starch, yolks of eggs, flavor with
vanilla. This is really delicious.
CHOP SUEY.
lNE paCkdse spaBhetti, cen
" tomato soup. II pounds Ham,
burg. 1 onion. slice salt pork.
Cook spaghetti till soft. Add soup
with cup Of water or more 10 suit
yourself. Try out salt pork chop
ped up. also onions. When done,
add Hamburg Ill brown. then put
all together In one pan with soup
and spaghetti and salt.
SOUR MILK COOKIES.
MEX a cup Of sour milk. a third
AVA Of a. cup Of butter. a cup Of
sugar, a teaspoon of soda and flour
enough to roll. Add salt and the
juice Of half an orange. Roll thin
and cut. Bake brown. Sprinkle
just before done with granulated
sugar.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-22
Observing Lent

THE custom of observing Lent
- dates from the early history
of the Catholic Church. Before
the third century there is posi-
tive evidence of the solemn OBJ
servance of the last two days Of
Holy Week, and IL gradually
spread to include the whole week.
Finally, in 1926, the Council OF
Nicaea recognized the period Of
forty days fasting in commem-
grafton of the fasting of Christ
as an established custom. In the
medieval church the fasting was
very strictly observed, and in
cluded abstention from all meat.
milk and it's products. eggs, and
from all food until evening.
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pened to pick
up a penny in
the street. 1t
W a 8 one of
those that bear
Lincoln's head.
Looking at it
and thinking of
its implications.
the thought of
home and all
that which it
brought up, the
thought of all
I h e h a n d 3
I h r o u G h
W h ich it had
passed hands
OF workmen. the
hands nf lif,Ia
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ON PROBLEMS OF LIFE
BY Virginia Lee
Copyright, ls22.)
PARIS. France,

her also when you will be able to
give her the ring, then try to keep
your promise.
AT Christmas time a gift like
flowers or a book would be appro-
pirate, since she will understand
about the ring. A card Of greeting
will suffice for the parents. 1t Is
not necessary to give them gifts.
DEAR VIRGINIA LEE:
I have been going with a
certain fellow for about seven
months. Now as Christmas is
drawing near l have begun to
wonder whether it is proper to
give him a gift. If so, what do
you think i ought to give them
have also met his parents. Do
you think ought to give them
slight token, too?
GREEN EYES.
A BOOK or box Of cigarettes III
he smokes) will be all right.
Do not send his parents any.
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back to relig-
ion, to return
to the old values
W h ich h a v e
heretofore been
rejected. Among
all the nnislead-
ing slo & a n s
W h ic h h a v Q
b e en- reSound-
ing for the last
few years none
h a s la y e d
greater havoc or
been more mis-
understood than
the word cul-
ture in it's
various cOnnOta-
inns w hat I
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Weight of the Pound

THE original English pound was
= derived from the weight Of
1850 grains of wheat taken from
the middle of the ears and well
dried. This remained the stand
ard from the time Of William the
Conqueror to the time of Henry
VIII, in whose reign the avoirdu.
poise pound Of 1000 grains came
into use. This was established as
the standard pound during the
reign of Queen Elizabeth. and has
been continued to the present
day.
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children. the hands of beggars,
even: hard hands and gnarled
hands and honest hands, the
hands of mine own people-it
seemed to me to have been made
precious by the patina of de-
mocracy. and I thought that moth
ing could have been any more
beautiful and significant than
that Lincoln's noble head should
have been engraved on our
smallest coin, a token of our
universal daily need in hands
that humbly break the bread
their toll has earned"
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Species of Sable

THERE are two species Of sable,
one found in Northern Russia
and Siberia, and the other in Can
ada. The Canadian sable is also
called pine marten. The Russian
sable is dark brown, with grayish-
yellow at the throat. and small,
grayish-yellow spots scattered on
the sides Of the neck. The Cana
dian sable is a rich brown.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-22

Is a great deal
of artificiality
in the life of d
successful mu-
steal artist, bur
you will find
him more ap-
preciative than
he Is Civ n
credit for be-
ing. of family
life and home
interests. When
business or pro-
fession or art
intrudes to re-
place those in
terests which
center a b o u t
I h @ fireside,
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THOMAS F. BAYARD, newly
elected Democratic Senator from
Oelaware-"It was Horace who

said: There is
I b e greatest
reverence due
to C h ildr r e n.
That is on a
stained glass
window at st.
Paul's School.
Concord. y. II.
i went there
TO school and
I'm going 10
send my boys
there, too. and
I've never for
gotten { h a [
motto. Some
times ] thought
the ma Sters did
not carry out
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home happiness is eclipsed. Elab-
orateness and pretense breed COM
plications. No man or woman is
happy whose days are involved
in a maze of complications. 1
am convinced II is better for two
artists who are married to keep
their careers apart Also they
should make the house in which
they live a home, not a studio.
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this precept very well. They
showed no great reverence for me
as i recall it. But it is the
children who are to carry on, al
ways. / am not going to move to
Washington right away, for 1
don't think it fair to children to
take them out of school in the
middle of a term"
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DEAR VIRGINIA LEE:
T HAVE promised my eighteen

L year-old sweetheart a diamond
ring for Christmas. l find 1 won't
be able to get it for her just yet,
but hate to disappoint her.
Should l tell her now, or wait
until Christmas? 1 plan to take
her flowers-and an explanation.
Should a girls fiance remember
her parents with gifts at Christ
mas time, too.
ANXIOUS SUITOR.
Tell your sweetheart now. Tell
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sins have been committed, what
destruction has resulted. what
self-deceptiOn has been practiced
in the name of culture. the So
called intellectual side of civiliza-
ton. il is almost impossible to
describe. Let us not be led away
by il. Let us strive TO abolish
oppression and intolerance and
not think so much of culture"
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XIV.

Following his Illuminating inter-
view with Pablo and Loustalot
John Parker returned to a chair
on the portch patio. lighted .
fresh cigar and gave himself up
to contemplating the tangle in his
hitherto well-laid plans. An or
Derby and methodical man always,
It annoyed him greatly to dis
cover this morning that a dia-
bolical circumstance over which
he had no control and which he
had not remotely taken into con-
sideration should have arisen to
embarrass and distress him and.
perchance, plunge him into liti-
cation. Mrs. Parker, having pos
sessed herself of some fancy work,
took a seat beside him and, for
the space of several minutes,
stitched on. her thoughts. like her
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WHAT THEY SAY
America and Mothers

DIR. CYRUS ADLER, noted :
Jewish educatOr-''Let us not
neglect our opportunity to go
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EFREM ZIMBALIsT. violinist

THE simple things in life are
the ones most worth. while. There
The Washington herald., 1922-12-22

BRAND WHITLOCK. former
American Minister to Belgium
'Once in a foreign city 1 hap
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"HEN okada stole quietly
back to the blacksmith shop,
- restored the bolt-clippers,
went to the Basque's automobile.
and waited.
Presently. Loustalot appeared
wariiy round the corner. A glance
1t his automobile showed that the
fiat tire had been shifted; where
upon he nodded his thanks to the
Japanese. who stared .impassively
while the Basque climbed into his
car. threw out his low gear, let
go his brakes, and coasted silently
out Of the yard and into the ave-
nue. The hacienda screened him
from Pablo's view as the latteg.
all unconscious Of what was hap
pening. dozed before the door of
the empty settlement-room. Once
over the lips of the mesa, Lous-
talot started his car and sped
down the San Gregorio as fast
a. he dared drive.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-22

.agey 'He quIte 9 Nevertheless 1t is nter
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Lone Bandit Robs
Florence Bank
Escapes With Between $500
to 81, l,8OO-Cashier Forced
Into Steel Vault.

The second holdup within a period
of seven months at the Commercial
State bank Of Florence took place at
12:l5 yesterday afternoon. when a
lone bandit entered the bank and
forced Rudolph Johnson, cashier,
into the vault, and escaped with be-
tween $500 and $1,000 from the
money drawers.
Thomas Hermanson, collector. who
had Just gone to the rear of the bank.
was unaware of the holdup until
Johnson. with the aid of a screw
driver, forced his way out of the
vault. The bandit had false mus
tache, Johnson said.
The cashier was counting checks,
with his back turned toward the en-
trance, when the robber entered and
covered him with revolver. The
bandit is believed to have escaped on
foOt
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BY PAUL GREER.

A leader in the opposition 10 the
Mekelvie administration has been
Albert II. Byrum. Arising on the
republican side OF the state house OF
representatives, this gfizzled country
lawyer frequently has taken the gov
ernor to task. Having developed
strong ideas on how the affairs OF
Nebraska should be handled. he is
now carrying on a campaign for the
republican nomination for governor.
The honesty OF his convictions
and the fiery tone OF his street-cor-
ner speeches have appealed to many
citizens chahng under system OF
taxation and government which they
have never examined very closely.
Served Redhot.
When he talks about taxation he
serves it redhot.
Get along with fewer taxcaters."
he shouts. Have fewer globetrot-
ters, inspectors and rainbow chasers
in our state departments. Discard
all useless boards and bureaus and
place the functions of the govern
ment where they belong, under the
constitutional officers. Take out the
slack all along the line
When Mr.. Byrum began his CAM
paign the impression got about that
he was unfriendly to the state uni
versity. This, he declares, is not so.
He holds the opinion. however. that
the professors should work a full
day, and believes a saving could be
accomplished by this method.
In discussing taxation he is frank
to say that much OF the burden origi-
mates in the home communities.
Public schools are too costly and
have too many "isms" to his mind.
As he puts it, There is too much
experimenting and too little teach
ing"
Cost Too Much.
As a legislator he opposed the
present plan OF matching dollars
with the federal government in road
building. His position is that good
roads are necessary, but that they
cost too much. He thinks the secret
lies in too much engineering expense.
Mr.. Byrum is so outspoken about
some of the things done under Gov
ernor McKelvie that some of the
thick-and-thin republicans denounce
him as democratic donkey dressed
in the skin of the G. o. P. elephant.
Down at Superior the local party
chairman refused to introduce him
to an audience on just these grounds.
Such incidents have no effect on Mr..
Byrum. He was a republican before
some OF those who quarrel with him
we're born.
To describe him it is simply to say
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Governor Offers
Reward for Arrest
of Woman SLAYER
Price Put on Head o1
Man Who Forced Poison
Down Throat of
Mrs. Lutz.

Mrs. George Lutz, 50, who was
drugged and robbed of $500 in her
home at Louisville. Neb., Monday
afternoon by an unknown assailant,
died from her injuries yesterday
morning at Clarkson hospital here.
In the scuffle with the man she was
choked and a quantity of poison was
forced down her throat. She was
found unconscious on the floor by
her husband several hours later.
Governor S. R. McKelvie. here
for the golf tournament, authorized
the posting of $500 state reward
for the arrest and conviction of the
slayer of Mrs. Lutz.
1t was learned here last night that
County Attorney A. G. Cole and
Sheriff c. D. Quinton, both of Cass
county. were in Lincoln Thursday to
obtain the assistance of State Sheriff
Gus Hyers in efforts to track down
the assailant.
According to Mr.. Cole, the man
must have been in the Lutz house
more than two hours. The woman
was found unconscious in. a rarely
used room on the second floor. All
the doors and windows of the house
were found locked, according to the
county attorney,
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Soft Coal Strike
Situation Clouded

Washington, July 13.-Although
anthracite operators have submitted
what President Harding is said to re-
gard as complete acceptance of the
governments offer of arbitration in
the coal strike, the situation with re-
gard to the bituminous operators and
the miners union continued under
cloud of uncertainty today, with both
sides pursuing policy obviously dis
turbing to administration officials.
Declaring the intention is to delay or
evade an immediate response, high
officials see in the course pursued a
disposition to reject the governments
settlement plan if public opinion
would approve such course.
The anthracite operators attached
two conditions to their acceptance of
arbitration yesterday, one that
separate commission consider wage
scales in the industry and
the other that the commission be re-
quired to submit decision by Au-
gust 10, agreeing in the meantime to
pay the wage rate of March 81, as
suggested in the presidents proposal.
They asked that the proposed
separate commission should be re-
quired to set up a permanent method
BY which wages and working condi-
tions would be adjusted auto
matically" in the future, and pro-
posed that to assure a nonpartisan
Adjudication the commission be conf
posed OF three representatives OF the
public and only one miner and one
operator
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Crack Trains Of
N. Y.C. Late at N. Y.

New York, July 13.-Oficials Of
the New York Central lines today
admitted that 10 of their crack trains
inbound from the west reached New
York from half an hour to two hours
late. The terminal bulletin board
which, they said, "told the tale re-
ported both sections of the Twen-
tieth Century Limited in late, the
second section by 40 minutes. The
Chicago Express was 90 minutes
overdue and the New York Limited
two hours behind schedule.
Delays were due to "a variety of
reasons. including the strike" said
terminal executives. =
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Thousands Of Acres
Flooded in Missouri

Chillicothe, Mo, July 13.--The
Grand river here has passed the 26
foot stage and is rising six inches an
hour. A 80 foot stage is predicted
by the government weather forecaster
here and thousands of acres of crops
are being flooded.
At Pattonsburg where the food
water covered the main street 20 a
depth of two feet Wednesday the
river is falling and the streets are free
of water though a heavy deposit Of
mud was left behind. Shocks of wheat
are floating dorwn the Grand river
and corn waves above the food. Most
of the corn is expected to be total
loss.
The river rose quietly and covered
the valley floor. Many farmers dis
regarded flood warnings and lost
everything thev owned.