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"Well,' said /, at least he has for

"'Well, said /, at least he has for
given you now, since he has left all his
property to your son.
"'Neither my son nor ! want any,
thing from Jonas Oldacre, dead or
aliver' she cried, with proper spirit.
There is a God in Heaven, Mr.. Holmes,
and that same God who has punished
that wicked man will show, in His own
good time, that my sons hands are
guiltless of his blood
well, l tried one or two leads, but
could get at nothing which would help
our hypothesis, and several points
which would make against it. / gave
it up at last, and off went to Nor
wood.
This place, Deep Dene House is a
big modern villa of staring brick.
standing back in its own grounds, with
laurel-clumped lawn in front of it.
To the right and some distance back
from the road was the Undergrad
which had been the scene of the fire.
Here's a rough plan on leaf of my
notebook. This window on the left
the one which opens into Oldacre's
room. You can look into it from the
road, you sec. That is about the only
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Little Benny's
Notebook.

Poisoning The King
a. Play.

Poisoning The King
A Play.
Act l.
Scene, outside the palace.
Fred Feernot. / wonder wat those
2 villinous looking guys are plotting
about. ] think I'll kind of sneek up
close.
Fcrst villin. May wat do you say,
VIC poison the king today He'll be
eating his suppir in about Is minutes
and used to go to skool with the
cook $ he'll be glad to oblige me by
dropping little dedly poison in the
royal soop jest. for old time sake.
2nd villin. r., ha, ha, let's!
Act H.
Scene, inside the palace.
Fred Feernot. Were's the king?
Royal doorkecper. Who wunts to
know?
Fred Fcernot. It's a pcrsinal matter
and it may be too late eny minnit.
Royal doorkeepcr. Hers the royal
butler. See him.
Fred Fcernot. / demand to see the
king.
Royal butler. Watts you doing, kid
ding
Fred Feernot. warn you, it's per-
sinai.
Royal butler. Heers the royal>secre-
terry See him.
Fred Feernot. demand TO see the
king and If you don't leeve me see him
immecditly you better had.
Royal secreterry. Hers the royal
chamberlin See him.
Everybody. The kings bin poison
ed The kings bin poisoned
Fred Fecrnot. Heck. That's Jest
wat / wunted to see him about. The
next time enything like this happins II
| telefone The end.
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My Marriage Problems
Adele Garrisons New Phase Of
Revelations of a Wife
Copyright. 1921. nv Newspaper Feature Service. fnc

and there is cream"
IF you will be so kind" Mr.. Drake
returned stiffly as If he were offended
at my reluctance.
ON 90 with you, Madge," Lillian said.
Perhaps l can rustic an extra cup for
myself. Do you want the grub brought
out doors?"
mo. III send one of the men in for
it," Mr.. Drake replied. Would you
mind asking them to come in as you go
past the veranda?"
"I,ll send them right in" Lillian prom
ised, and attended TO the errand forth
with.
She did not speak again until the
kitchen door had closed upon us, and
then she punctuated her words with a
little impromptu dance step. | surmised
that Identification OF Smith was a dis
tinctly personal triumph, and that she
was giving way TO her own enthusiastic
qualification in a manner rare to her.
"Oh, Madgep'' she exclaimed, stopping
shoulders. Everything is turning out
just as l had planned. And did you
see how he swallowed that stuff about
the trapdoor? His mental processes are
reacting in precisely the manner we
thought they would. He thinks we've
taken every precautlon against hls
escape, and he's suing every atom OF his
really clever and ingenious brain cells to
find way of untying his bonds. Aliens
going to use a lot of funny knots, SEEM
ingly very intricate, and unusual, but
which will be child's play to Smith, once
he has seen them done. And Allen is
going to work very slowly, so that Smith
will have plenty OF time and opportunity
to study his work. OH it's all turning
out beautifully
There's only one hitch" she said
slowly. Tom Chester has been watch
ing that big car whose owners we are
sure are in league with Smith, and he
has charge of the men who are going tc
follow Smiths trail tonight. It's 6
shame to disturb him, but if he's con.
scious, l must talk to him, and find oui
how his part of the work can be done
From the hall outside we heard ;
raucous voice, quavering with weakness
but evidently determined:
II don't care if it kills me. / must 60.
90 be continued.)
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TODAY,S INSTALMENT.

There are some points about that
document, Lestrade, are there not!
said he, pushing them over. -,
The Official looked at them with
puzzled expression.
II can read the first few lines, and
these in the middle Of the second pages,
and one or two at the end. i hose are
as clear as print" said he, but the
writing inbetween is very bad, and
there are three places where cannot
read it at all" ~
what do YOU make Of that?" said
Holmes.
well, what do you make OF it?"
That it was written IN tram. Inc
good writing represents stations, tine
bad writing movement, and the very
bad writing passing over points. A
scientific expert would pronounce at
once that this was drawn up a
suburban line, since nowhere save IN
the immediate vicinity OF a great city
could there be so quick succession OF
points. Granting that his whole Jour
ney was occupied in drawing up the
will, then the train was an express,
only stopping once between Norwood
and London Bridge"
Lestrade began to laugh.
.You are too many for me when you
begin to get on your theories, Mr..
Holmes" said he. How does this bear
on the case?"
well, it corroborates the young
mans story to the extent that the Will
was drawn up by Jonas Oldacre IN his
journey yesterday. 1t is curlous-ls 1t
not?-that a man should draw up SO
important a document in SO haphaz-
ard fashion 1t suggests that he did
not think ii was going to be OF much
practical importance. If man drew
up a will which he did not intend ever
70 be effective, he might do 1t so. -,
''Well, he drew up his own deatf
warrant at the same time" said Les
trade
ooh, you think so?"
Don't you?"
'Well, it is quite possible, but the
case is not clear TO me yet"
Not clear? Well, if that isn't clear
what could be clear? Here is a young
man who learns suddenly that, if s
certain older man dies, he will succeed
to a fortune. What does be do? He
SAYS nothing to anyone, but he ar
ranges that he shall 60 out on some
pretext to see his client that night Ht
waits until the only other person IL
the house is in bed, and then In the
solitude of the mans room he murders
him, burns his body in the wood-pile
and departs to neighboring hotel. The
blood-stains in the room and also or
the stick are very slight. 1t is prob
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Efficient Housekeeping
BY Laura A. kirknan

much wider than between the lines OF
ruled writing paper; on these strips
we wrote original predictions which
might apply 10 either sex. We cut two
Sits in each little paper and pushed
the end of hen feather through them.
On the evening of the party, hoy
mounted a chair, announced that
everybody was to scramble for a for
tune-paper, and requested any guest
who happened to pick up more than
one, to give one of the slips to a guest
who had none Gas there were only as
many slips as there were guests. }
Then, still on the chair, this hoy scat
tered the fortune-slips.
At the supper hour, we matched up
the couples in this way: Each boy
was given bow and arrow. On a
sheet, which hung over a blackboard,
we had pinned pieces of paper cut in
the shape of bats (the animal not a
baseball bat.) On the under side OF
each paper bat was written girls
name. The boys took turns shooting
at these bats and someone stood near
enough to the sheet to see which ono
was hit. OF course the boy took to
supper the girl whose name he found
written on the under side Of the paper
bat he had hit; as we had buffet sup.
per, he filed the girls plate as well a.
his own"
Tomorrow-Recipes for Mango"
Pickles.
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The Adventure of
the Norwood Builder
Three
By SIR Arthur
Hs.Rsr 5o rSss:s.a y :ss.l .nssmas a
Tbs story thus far:

By slR ARTHUR CONAN DoYl

The story thus far:
A Young man, announcing himself as
the unhappy John Hector McFsriane,
presents hiinsef before Sherlock Holmes
and asks for help. He tells Holmes he
expccts to be arrested on the charge OF
numbering Mr.. Jonas Oldacre, of
Lower Norwood, but could 60 to jail
happy if he knew Holmes were working
TO free HIM. He calls the attention OF
Holmes and Watson to an article wnicn
he reads from a morning. paper. ms
article saws that late the preceding
night Mr.. Oldacre builder OF Norwood
a rich bachelor of fifty-two was Killed.
About twelve o'clock an alarm OF hire
was turned in for q small timber yard
behind his house. The fire could not be
sxtinpuished until the entire pile had
been burned. Mr.. Oldacre could not
be found, and an examination OF ms
room showed that he had not siep'
there and that a struggle had occurred
Slight traces Of blood were found'
and q walking stick, Identified as be-
longing to John Hector McFarlane,;
was found. There were evidences OF
some heavy body having been dragged
from his room through the french
windows to the pile of lumber, ana
charred remains were found IN the ashes
Just as McFarlane finished reading:
Lcstrade, a member of the Scotland
Yard detective force, burst into the
room and arrested McFarlane. Holmes
convinced Lestrade to give McFarlane
time to tell his story before taking HIM
TO ia,l. McFarlane SAID that many years
AGO his parents knew Oldacre, but that
hc did not. The afternoon before
Oldacre had come to see him he was a
lawyer-giving HIM his will and asking
him to cast it into shape. what was
McFarlanes surprise to read that Old,
acre made him his sole heir. The VIII
was duly signed and witnessed and Mr..
Oldacre then asked McFarlane to come
to his house that night as there We're some
documents there that needed explaining
He made McFarlane promise not to
mention the affair to his parents until
everything was settled. That evening he
went to Oldacre's house and was SHOWN
in BY middle-aged woman. lie went 70
Oldacre's. bedroom, where there was
a huge safe. From this Oldacre tooR
MANY documents and it was almost MD
night when they had finished looking
them over. McFarlane remembered
that the window looking on the gar
den was open, with the blinds only
partly down. McFarlane left Oldaere
before midnight, and knew nothing
more until he read of the crime in the
morning paper. McFarlane then LETT
with the police officers, but Lestradt
STAYED to talk to Holmes, who picked
I'D the will and read 1t.
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THE CAREFULLY PLANNED
QUESTIONS ALLEN DRAKE
ASKED MADGE


As il q sudden disturbing thought
had struck them, both Lillian and Allen
Drake turned to me and drew me aside
a little way.
what about that trap-door'" Mr..
Drake asked with a note Of apprehensive
disapproval in his low tones. THAT will
never do. There is a way out from
underneath, isn't there, Mrs. Graham?"
Lillians hand was pressing my arm in
a code signal which meant, Don't speak.
Just nod your head"
! gave the silent affirmative with q
sudden terrifying heart-shaking remem-
brance of my having had constructed an
outer entrance to the place beneath the
old corncrib transformed by Dicky into
studio. Under the floor of that build
ing my baby boy had been held a prls-
oner while franctically searched wood
land and meadow for him. When he
finally had been restored to me, with an
| illogical ,unreasoning. truly feminine
obsession, / had. felt that | could not
endure the knowledge of there being no
way out from beneath the house. Dicky
had hundred me in the absurd notion,
and primitive exit from beneath the
old structure had been devised by inven-
tive Sam TIGER.
Perfectly safe" Lillian said reassur-
ingly. Hell be too well tied up. Don't
worry"
A Rehearsed Converse ton.
| That Smith was straining his ears to
hear their low, almost whispered tones
| was as sure as ! was that there were
certain words of the colloquy which had
been intended for his hearing. Trap
door," way out" underneath" and
''too well up" certainly had been
uttered in Just enough louder accent.
than the rest of the conversation, II
enable a keen-eared listener to catch
them. acquitted either Lillian or Aller
Drake of carelessness, and therefor,
knew that the man Smith purposely hac
been given the impression that if h
could free himself from the ropes tying
him, he might find way of escape
Allen Drake spoke next, in casua
accents.
"Everything's all right then I'll jus
step over with the boys and attend t,
tying HIM up myself. | don't trust thei
brand Of roping. Mrs. Graham do yo'
suppose you could rustic a couple o
sandWlches ana glass OF milk, or
cup of cold coffee, if Katie has left any
for this gifted gentleman? There's n
use starving even the devil. 1t ism
exactly cricket"
l caught his meaning, of course. II
wished me to give Smith the fortifcs
: ton of food and drink for the escap
which he and Lillian planned that tn
man should make. With an apparer
. sulky reluctance, for was afraid Smit
. might suspect any eager acquiescenc
j on my part, started toward the doc
= "-I Must Coz
katie is too good housekeeper
cave coffee in the pot overnight, and
, happen to know there is no milk. Blu
y if you have to have it, can make a pc
of fresh coffee in very few minute
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HOW TWO NAUGHTY
SPARROWS BECAME GOOD

Simply Sparrow found one day in a
yard very large piece OF bread. It was
really crurnb but much too large for
Simply to carry very far.
His bright eyes looked around to
see if any one was watching, for
Snippy was q greedy little fellow and
did not wish to share his good fortune
with any one
Every one for himself" was the
way Snippy reasoned and so he wanted
to hide this big cruTnb where he could
eat it without having his mates try
to take it away from him.
Simply picked up the crumb in his
bill and started to fly. Down went
the bread breaking off some Of it. Then
again he picked It up and few to a
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bit of consolation 4 have had today.
Lestrade was not there, but his head
constable did the honora They had
just found a great treasure-trove. They
had spent the morning raking among
the ashes of the burned wood-pile, and
besides the charred organic remains
they had secured several discolored
metal dissc. I examined them with
care, and there was no doubt that they
were trouser buttons | even distin-
guished that one of them was marked
with the name of 'Hyams,' who was
Oldacre's tailor. | then worked the
lawn very carefully for signs and
traces, but this drought has made
everything as hard as iron. Nothing
was to be seen save that some body
or bundle had been dragged through
low privet hedge which is in a line
with the wood-pile. All that, of course,
fits in with the official theory. crawled
about the lawn with an August sun
on my back, but / got up at the end
of an hour no wiser than before.
Tomorrow-The Adventure of the
Norwood Builder, continued.
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st. Johns to Begin Musical Season.

st. Johns Church, Twenty-first and
.,arket streets, will open their special
musical season on Sunday afternoon,
October Is, at 4 O'Clock. George Henry
Day, organist, will give a special re-
cital on the organ, which is the largest
and most complete in the State.
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Cooperative League Growing Fast.

Cooperative League Growing Fast.
Because of the fact that so many
girls are joining the Girls Corpora
tive League, Mrs. Collins, its founder,
has found 1t necessary TO divide them
into two groups, circle one which con-
sists OF the older girls, and circle two
Which consists of the younger girls
Their meeting places are at Thirteenth
and Claymont streets. and at the Club
house at Kirkwood Park
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All inquiries addressed to Miss Kirk
man in care OF the Efficient House
l:eeping" department Will be answer
ed In these columns in their turn
Ihis requires considerable time. how
ever, owing to the great number re-
ceived. So II a personal or quicker re.
ply ia desired, a stamped and self-ad-
dressed envelope must be enclosed
with the question. Be sure to use
your full name. street number, and
the name or your city and state
The Editor.
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Every little want can be satisfied at
very little cost through an Every
evening classified ad--Adv.
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The Sandman Story
BY Abby Phillips Walker

Copyright 1922. by the Wheeler Syndicate Inc, " T.
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THE GOOD OLD TIMES
BY DOROTHY DIX
Tho Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer.

Copyright. 1922. by The Wheeler syndicate. Inc.
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Tomorrow-The Adventure of the
Norwood Builder, continued.
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before Lestrade, but, upon my soul, ]
believe that for once the fellow is on
the right track and we are on the
wrong. All my instincts are one way.
and all the facts are the other, and l
much fear that British iuries have not
yet attained that pitch of intelligence
when they will give the preference to
my theories over Lestrade's facts"
''Did you go to Blackheath?"
"Yes, Watson, ! went there, and /
found very quickly that the late la
mented Oldacre was G. pretty consid-
cradle BLACKBOARD. The father was
away in search of his son. The mother
was at home-a little fluffy, blue-eyed
person, In a trenor of fear and lndig-
nation. Of course, she would not adj
NIT even the possibility OF his guilt.
But she would not expires either sur
prise or regret over the fate Of Old
acre. On the contrary, she spoke of
him with such bitterness that she was
unconsciously considerably strengthen
ing the case of the police for,o course,
! if her son had heard her speak of the
man in this fashion, it would predis-
poseslim toward hatred and violence.
He was more like a malignant and
cunning ape than human being
said she, and he always was, ever since
be was young man
'" You knew him at that timer said I.
Yes, / knew him well, in fact, he
was an old sutton of mine. Thank
Heaven, that ! had the sense to turn
away from him, and marry better
If pooer, man. ! was engaged to him
| My Holrpoc xyhan baorJ a cb1ol.,x,, n,
story of how he had turned a cat loose
in an aviary, and / was so Mortified at
his brutal cruelty that ! would have
nothing more to do with him. She
rummased in bureau, and presently
she produced photograph of woman,
shamefully defaced and mutilated with
a knife. That is my own photograph,
she said. He sent it TO noe in that state,
with bis curse, upon my wedding
morning
Evening journal., 1922-05-11
JUST A MOMENT
DAILY STRENGTH AND
CHEER.
Compiled by John G. Quinius
(The Sunshine Man,

Only the individual conscience,
and He who is greater than the con-
science. can tell where worldliness
prevails. Each heart must answer
for itself, and at It's own risk. That
our souls are committed to our own
keeping, at our own peril, in a
world so mixed as this. is the last
reason we should slumber over the
charge, or betray the trust. If only
that outlet to the Infinite is kept
open. the inner bond with eternal
life preserved, while not one move
ment of this worlds business is in
terfered with. nor one pulse-beat of
its happiness repressed, with all
natural associations fresh and warm.
we shall yet be near to the kingdom
of heaven. within the order Of the
Kosmos of God-in the world, but
not of the world-not taken out Of
it, but kept form its evil. H.
Thorn.
Evening journal., 1922-05-11
OUR FIRST YEAR
CHAPTER XXII-Worlds Best Husband
By a Bride.

get away with It once In a yeari II
it's your first year! But be careful
how often you repeat the little joke,
Keep 1t up-and see what comes of
it,"
I knew perfectly well what would
come of Il: Jack would find out that
his wife was not holding up her end
of the housekeeping business as
Mary Smith and his mother surely
did.
Perhaps It was as well that Mary
caught me in the depths OF my dis
grace. For then and there I re-
solved never again to make such an
exhibition of my own inefficiency.
guess what I need is more will
power. It's easy enough for me to
promise myself to do big things.
Jack is different. He seems never
to have to call upon his will power
TO make himself do anything. He
never has to make a deliberate
choice between right and wrong.
And because he Is so right. nor
mally, he has such boundless faith
IN me. Never once ulu ne holu lA0
responsible for tho disorder in my
apartment. He simply concluded
that I had done the best could, and
that wasn't TO blame, that It was
unavoidable.
Better hire a woman to help you,
Peggins. Get her several days
week" he suggested.
But we can't afford her-if we
abide by our budget" I reminded
him. IT can have her two days a
week and no morel" And I ought
TO have added that that was enough
in a family OF two in a fiat Of three
rooms and a bath.
Cant you afford her while the
rehearsals last?"
Oh. Jack IS so thoughtful, so dear!
He must not discover how indo-
lent l can be, by fits and starts"
ITO BE Continued)
Copyright, 1922. NEA Service)
Evening journal., 1922-05-11
Cannon and the Presidency
by LAURENCE NJ. BENEDICT.

Omitted Press Staff Correspondent.
WASHINGTON. Omitted Press)-
Uncle Joe Cannon was the man
who said he would rather be
Speaker than President"
He stuck to that creed through
many Presidential elections when he
was urged to be a candidate. Can
non always contended that the Of
flee OF President should seek the
man, and he never could make him
self believe that the majority Of Re
publican voters in the country
would like to see him as their
standard bearer.
In 1908. the strongest effort was
made to get Uncle Joe TO become a
presidential aspirant, and in spite OF
his protests 66 votes were cast for
him in the Republican National
convention. When the balloung
first started, someone asked Can
non If he thought he'd be nomin-
ated.
No" he said, out they could go
further and do worse. and they
probably will"
Before that convention, friends
urging Cannon to make a fight foI
the nomination. told him that al.
ready millions of Cannon buttons
had been distributed, and were be
ing worn. over the country.
Cannon scorned the vice-pres
dency when It was offered to him
"What?" he demanded. "go ovel
there (the Senate) and be a non
Evening journal., 1922-05-11

the day Cannon went into the
speakers chair. and so far as he
knew he was going to keep right on
being a newspaper man. He got a
call that the new speaker wanted
to see him. so he went to Cannon's
office.
Good morning. Mr.. Speaker" :"
Busbey said. Il was told you want
ed to see me-"
Yes" said Cannon. II want to
show you your desk. There it is.
over there"
What do you mean. my desk ?"
said Busbey. My desk is up in the
press gallery"
You're wrong" replied Cannon.
You're my secretary now"
well, haven't l got anything TO
say about lt?" asked Busbey.
mot a damned thing" said Uncle
Joe. You're my secretary"
Busbey Is still with Uncle Joe and
they will retire together when Can
non steps out Of public life at the
end of the present Congress.