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The Holbrook news., 1922-08-18

Beatrice rode was a young one. It gave Instant signals of alarm, went sunfishing on Its hind legs, came down to all fours, and bolted.
 Beatrice kept her head. She put her weight on the reins with all the grip of her small, strong hands. But the horse had the bit in It's teeth. She felt herself helpless, flying wildly down the road at incredible speed. Bushes and trees, the reeling road, limousine, a mounted policeman, all flew by her with blurred detail.
 She became aware of the rapid thud of hoofs behind, of figure beside her riding knee to knee. of brown hand taking hold of the rein close to the bit The speed slackened. The horses pounded to a halt.
 The girl found herself trembling. She leaned back in haze of dizziness against an arm which circled her shoulder and waist. Memory leaped across the years to that other time when she had rested in his arms, hls heart beating against hers. In that moment of deep understanding of her self, Beatrice knew the truth beyond any doubt. A new heaven and new earth were waiting for her, but she could not enter them. For she herself had closed the gate and locked 1t fast.
 His low voice soothed and comforted her.
 I'm all right" she told him.
 Clay withdrew his arm. "Td report that fellow If I had his number" he said. You stick to yore saddle f1ne You're one straight-up rider"
 ''Fll ask MT. Bromfield to give you fifty dollars again." she laughed nerv- ously.
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Writer Has Drawn LiberalIy on Ills imagination in Describing Re-
 markabIe Excursion.

Let us imagine our scapegoat an- cestors attempting an eieven-o'clock stroll through Drang's ten-story de- partment store. Can we not hear the tense ejaculations of our first mother before the mountains of unknown things. wools, satins, silks, challies, organdies and muslins, piled ceiling high before her? Even Adam, who has a reputation as namer of things, might we'll drop all his Miltonic airs of superiority, and say for once In some dainty form of Edenic language, Eve. dear, I certainly am out of soundings. I can find names easily enough for birds, beasts and fishes, but all this" (with a gesture of meek hopelessness) ''ls out of my zone. Yet I am sure 1t Is all intended for your sex: for I'm thinking no man would gear himself up in any of this duffie"-if one may help him to word.
 Then Eve, if true to her old Edenic form, would retort:
 "But Adam, dear, you can't deny that 1t is all most tempting. and l am going to pick out right away some of that soft. cloudy stuff, the color of a sunrise: I'm sure 1t would be much prettier than fig leaves for a dress. - North American Review.
The Holbrook news., 1922-08-18

times when she wanted to shriek as dressmakers and costumers fused over her and wore out her tangled nerves with multitudinOus details, The same hysteria welled up in her occasionally at the luncheOns and din- ners that were being given In honor of her approaching marriage
 It was not logical, of course. She was moving toward the destiny she had chosen for herself But there was an instinct in her, savage and prtmi- tive, to hurt Bromfleld because she herself was suffering. In the privacy of her room she passed hours of tear full regret for these bursts of fierce insurrection.
 Ten days before the wedding Bea- trice wounded his vanity flagrantly. Clarendon was giving an informal tea for her at his rooms. Half an hour before the time set, Beatrice got him on the wire and explained that her car was stalled with engine trouble two miles from Yonkers.
 I'm awf'ly sorry, Clary." she pleaded. "We ought not to have come so far. Please tell our friends I've been delayed, and-I won't do 1t again."
 Bromfield hung up the receiver su a cold fury. He restrained himself for the moment, made the necessary ex- planation, and went through with the tea somehow. But as soon as his guests were gone he gave himself up to his anger. He began planning a revenge on the man who no doubt was laughing in his sleeve at him. He wanted the fellow exposed, discredited and humiliated.
 But how? Walking up and down his room like a caged panther, Brom- field remembered that Lindsay had other enemies in New York, powerful ones, who would be eager to cooper ate with him in bringing about the mans downfall. Was 1t possible for him to work with them under cover? ? If so, in what way?
 Clarendon Bromfield was not a crim- inal, but a conventional member of society. It was not In his mind or in his character to plot the murder or mayhem of his rival. What he wanted was public disgrace, one that would blare his name out to the newspapers as lawbreaker. He wanted to sicken Beatrice and her father of their strange infatuation for Lindsay.
 plan began to unfold itself for him. It was one which called for ex- pert assistance. He called up Jerry Durand, got him on the telephone. and made an appointment to meet him secretly.
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wasn't there. One hates to be quit ter"
 Her humility distressed him, though he loved the spirit of her apology.
 Its all right, Bee. Don't you wor- ry. All friends misunderstood each other, but the real ones clear things up."
 She had not yet told him the whole truth and she meant to make clean confession.
 I've been a miserable little fool" She stopped with a little catch of the breath, famed red, and plunged on. Her level eyes never flinched from his. I've got to out with 1t, Clay. You won't misunderstood, I know. I was jealous. wanted to keep your friend ship to myself-didn't want to share It with another girl. That's how mean l am."
 A warm smile lit his face. i've sure enough found my friend again this mo'nin."
 Her smile met his. Then. lest bar riers fall too fast between them, she put her horse to a gallop.
 As they moved into the park snort ing automobile leaped past them with muller open. The horse upon which
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.NO VIOlENCEl"

sYNOPsIS-A foreword tells this: Motoring through Arizona 6 party of easternsrs. father and daughter and . male companion. stop to wit ness . cattle round up. The girl leaves the car and is attacked by a wild steer. A masterpiece or riding on ths part of one of the cowboy, saves her life Then the story begins: Clay Lindsay. range rider on an Arizona ranch. an- nouncss his intention to visit the big town" New York. On the train Clay becomes interested tn a young woman. Kitty Mason. on her way to New York to become . motion-picture actress. She IS marked as a fair prey by a fellow traveller, Jerry Durand. gang poliu- clan and ex-prize fighter. Clay provokss a quarrel and throws Du- rand from the train On his hrst day in New York Clay Ss splashed with water by e janitor. That in- dividuai the rangs-ridsr punisnes and leaves tied to c ire hydrant- A young woman who sees the oc- currence invites Clay Into her house and hides him from the po- lice. Clay's "rescuer" introduces herself as Beatrice Whitford- Lind say meets her father. Colin Whit ford. He meets Kitty Mason by accident She has been disappointed in her stage aspirations Clay visits her. Kitty is insulted by . customer. Clay punishes the an- noyer. Outside. he Is attacked by Jerry Durand and a companion and beaten inssnsible. Clay's ac- quaintance with Beatrice Whitford ripsns. His side partner" on
 Arizona ranch, Johnnie Green. comes to the ''big town" The two take an apartment together. Word comes that Kitty Mason is in trouble. Clay goes to the rescue and is helped by Annie Millikan. He comes on a party of 'gunmen." obviously waiting for his appear ancs. Clay "gets the drop" on the thugs. locks them in a room and escapes. With a theater party. which includes the whitfords. Clay meets Kitty Mason. friendless and penniless. He leaves the party to take the girl to his apartment. Be- atrice resents Lindsay's interest In Kitty. The two part in anger. Hurt and indignant. Beatrice prac- tically proposes marriage to an old admirer. Clare ce Bromfield. wealthy man-about-town- Their engagement Is announced. Du- rand's gang kidnaps Kitty. Clay oDnaola fn AppIa Mt11tLan wh0 tells him where the girl Is likely to be found. There Clay has a hard gun and fist battle with Du- rand. and bests him. Annie is res cued-
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MRS. ABBEY PROUD
 OF HER BIG GAIN
Weight Increased 39 Pounds and Nine
 Years Trouble Ended.

q hardly see how I endured such awful suffering, and if it hadn't been for Tanlac don't believe I would be here today" said Mrs. Mollie Abbey, of Jennings Lodge, Ore.
 For nine years everything I ate caused gas to form so that it almost drove me distracted I didn't dare eat any fruit and for four years if I even drank a glass of cold water I would suffer dreadfully. No one who didn't see me can imagine the awful condi- don I was in.
 'But Tanlac changed all this and now I'm simply feeling fine. My ap- petite is splendid. I eat anything want, have actually gained thirty-nine pounds and have so much strength and energy I easily do all my house. work. Tanlac Is a wonderful medi- c1ne."
 Tanlac is sold by all good druggists. Advertisement.
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CHAPTER XIV
HNo Niolence.n n

The ex-pugilist sat back in the chair chewing an unlighted black cigar, his fishy eyes fixed on Bromfield. Scars still decorated the colorless face. sou venirs of a battle in which he had been bested by man he hated. Dur and had a capacity for silence. He waited now for this exquisite from the upper world to tell his business.
 Clarendon discovered that he had an unexpected repugnance to doing this. A fastidious sense of the obligations of class served him for soul and the thing he was about to do could not be justified even in his loose code of ethics. He examined the ferule of his Malacca cane nervously.
 i've come to you, MT. Durand, about-about a fellow called Lindsay"
 The bulbous eyes of the other mar rowed. He distrusted on principle all kid gloves. Those he had met were
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ELECTRIC PASTE
He didn't like :.
 white bread -or ready-rubbed tobacco
And probably he preferred horsecars to the trolley

He admitted frankly that his tastes were peculiar. He didn't know why. It was just matter of fact that while he was an inveterate pipe smoker, he never smoked Edgeworth.
 "But don't let that worry you. I don't like white bread. And there are many other things that nearly every body I know ikes-and l don't"
 We have always recognized that no one tobacco would just hit the taste of every pipe smoker. We have always known, too, that we couldn't make au the pipe tobacco in the world even if itwere possible to make tobacco that everybody liked.
 So we have been content to jog along, seeking and finding men who do like Edgeworth, who find it's indi- vidualfragrance exactly suited to their taste.
 Those are the men we want to smoke Edgeworth. If we can give them the full joy of smoking and keep our fac tories running somewhere near capac- ity, it is about all we expect-and 1t IS enough.
 One thing we do want to be sure of. It is this: That every pipe-smoker try Edgeworth at least once and judge for himself whether or not it is the
 r;rbf foho oco fnr
The Holbrook news., 1922-08-18

Just write postcard to us and send us your name and address. If you would further add the name and ad- dress of the dealer from whom you usually buy your tobacco, we would appreciate your courtesy.
 Edgeworth comes in two forms Plug Slice and Ready-Rubbed. Edge worth Plug Slice is formed into flat cakes and then sliced into thin, moist waters. One slice rubbed for a second between the hands furnishes an aver age pipeful.
 Edgeworth Ready-Rubbed is al- ready rubbed for you. You pour it straight from the can into the bowl of your pipe.
 Both kinds pack nicely, light quick ly, and burn freely and evenly.
 Edgeworth is sold in various sizes to suit the needs and means of all pur- chasers. Both Edgeworth Plug Slice and Edgeworth Ready-Rubbed are packed in small pocket-size packages, in handsome tin humidors, and also in various handy in-between quantities.
 For the free samples address Larus & Brother Company, A South 21st Street, Richmond, Va.
 To Retail Tobacco Merchants: = Hyour jobber cannot supply you with Edgeworth, Larus & Brother Com pany will gladly send you prepaid by parcel post one or two-dozen carton of any size Edgeworth Plug Slice or Ready-Rubbed for the same price you would pay the iobber.
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mostly ambitious reformers. Further more, any stranger who mentioned the name of the Arizonan became instant ly an object of suspicion.
 "What about him?"
 "I understand that you and he are not on friendly terms. I've gathered that from what's been told me. Am I correct?"
 Durand thrust out his salient chin. "Say! Who the h-l are you? Whats eatin' you? Whatta you want?"
 "Td rather not tell my name."
 "Nothin' doin'. No name, no busi- ness. That goes."
 "Very well. My name is Bromfield. This fellow Lindsay-gets in my way. I want to-elimlnate him."
 Are you askin' me to croak him?"
 Good Cd, no! I don't want him hurt physically" cried Bromfield, alarmed.
 "Whatta you want, then" The tight-lipped mouth and the harsh voice called for a showdown.
 "I want him discredited- -disgraced."
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All the Sympton1s

"Was MT. GrabcOin In his office when you called"
 "No, he must have been playing golf"
 Are you sure about this?"
 Reasonably sure. The office force seemed to think he wouldn't be back soon. Most of the clerks had their feet up on their desks and three stenographers were glued to tele. phones, es,"-Birmingham Age-Herald.
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CHAPTER xIV-continued.

'What did you drink that has made you so happy this morning, JohnnieT" she asked lightly.
 The cowpuncher's secret burst from him. "I done got married. Miss Bea- trice."
 "You-whatT
 q up and got married day before yesterday" he beamed.
 And who's the happy girlT
 Kitty Mason. We jes' walked to the church round the corner. Clay, he stood up with us and give the bride away. It's me n her for Arizona poco pronto."
 Beatrice felt a queer joyous lift in- side her as of some weight that had gone. In single breath Johnnie had blown away the mists of misunder- standing that for weeks had clouded her vision. Her heart went out to Clay with rush of warm emotion. The friend she had distrusted was all she had ever believed him. He was more-a man too stanch to desert un- der pressure any one who had even a slight claim on him.
 q want to meet her. Will you bring her to see me this afternoon, John nie?" she asked.
 His face was one glad grin. aI sure will. Y'betcha. by jollies."
 He did.
 To Beatrice, busy writing a letter. 
 "A yOung-persOn-to see you, Miss WhitfOrd." He said 1t with a manner so apologetic that 1t stressed his opin- ion of the social status of the visi- tor.
 "What kind of a personF
 "A young woman, Miss. From the country. l tyke it."
 "She didn't give you a card?"
 No, Miss. She came with the per- son Mir. Whitford took on to 'elp with the work houtside."
 "Oh! Show them both up. And have tea sent in, Jenkins"
 Kitty's shy eyes lifted apprehensive- ly to those of this slim young patri- cinn so beautifully and simply gowned. Instantly her fears fled. Beatrice moved swiftly to her with both hands Outstretched.
 I'm so glad to meet you"
 She kissed the young wife with un- accustomed tenderness. For the Col orado girl had about her a certain mOdesty that was disarming, an ap- peal of helplessness Beatrice could not resist.
 Kitty, in the arms of her hostess wept few tears. She had been un- der strain in anticipating the or deal of meeting Johnnie's mistress, and she had discovered her to be very sweet. warm-hearted girl.
 As for Johnnie. he had a miserably happy half-hOur. He had brought his hat in with him and he did not know how to dispose of It. What he did do was to keep 1t revolving in his hands. This had to be abandoned when Miss Whitford handed him a quite unnecessary cup of tea and a superfluOus plate of toasted English mullins. He wished his hands had not been so big and red and freckled. Also he had an uncomfortable suspi- cion that his tow hair was tousled and uncombed In spite of his attempts at home to plaster 1t down.
 He declined sugar and cream be cause for some reason 1t seemed easi- CT to say "NO'm" than "Yes," though he always took both with tea. And he disgraced himself by scalding his tongue and failing to suppress the pain. Finally the plate 'th his muf- fin. carefully balanced Oi, his knee, from some devilish caprice pIunged
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Johnny Spilled the Beans.

Fathers Sunday rest was interrupt ed by callers and on receiving the message he exclaimed, "Oh, thundera- tion!" The callers arrived and the lady of the house greeted them with, "Pm so glad you came" But Johnny piped up with. "Yes, but papa ain't 50 glad" There were blushes to spare.
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This Fits Most of Us.

Henry Ward Beecher, so the story
 goes, was once asked by young preacher how he could make his con- gregation keep wide awake and atten- tive during his sermons. Beecher re-
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Hlouchinu.n

The minister preached the most touching sermon I ever heard" "HOw much did he raiSe?"
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rlgnC CODacco IoI him.
 In a way, it is a selfish desire on our part, for we feel that most real pipe smokers sDiH like Edgeworth.
 But to make ! it as easy as h possible for you
 or any other 1 man to test 7 Edgeworth, we
 will send you
 free samples if
 you'll write for
 them.
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Not Becominu, Perhaps.

No woman is so angelic as to prefer a halo to a hat.-London Opinion.
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A TRUE RAT STORY

Auburntown. Tenn, June 22. 1924 Stearns Electric Paste Co.,,
 Chicago, III.
 Dears Sirs:
 MT. Robert T. Donnell of Auburntown. Tenn, came in our store the other day and wanted something to kill rats, so sold him a box Stearns Rat Paste. And he put some paste on six biscuits that night and the next morning he found ffty-four big rats. And the second night he put out four more biscuits with paste on them, and the second morning. he found seventeen more rats, making total of seventy-one rats in two nights. and there were lots more that he did not find. This is some big rat tale, but, never theless, it is so. Just thought would write to let you know that your rat paste Is good.
 Respectfully yours,
 RENNEDv Y PRnTHERG
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"I've been a horrid little prlg, Clay. Won't you come over to- morrow and go riding with meT

ITO BE CONTINUED)
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Buy a 35c Box of Stearns'
 Electric Paste Today

Enough to Kill 50 to 100 Rats or Mice. Don't waste time trying to kill these pests with powders, liquids and other experimentaI preparations Ready for Use-Better Than Traps Drug and General Stores sell
The Holbrook news., 1922-08-18

over the Rrecipice to the carpet and the bit of china broke.
 Whereupon Kitty gently reproved him. as was her wifely duty.
 'T ain't no society fellow" the dis- tressed puncher explained to his host ess. tiny beads of precipitation on his forehead.
 Beatrice had already guessed as much, but she did not admit 1t to Johnnie. She and Kitty smiled at each other in that common superiority which their sex gives them to any mere man upon such an occasion. For Mrs. John Green, though afternoon tea was to her an alien custom, took to 1t as a duck to water.
 Miss Whitford handed Johnnie an envelope. "Would 1t be too much trou- ble for you to take a letter to MT. Lindsay7" she asked very casually as they rose to go. The bridegroom said he was much obliged and he would be plumb tickled to take a message to Clay. When Clay read the note his blood glowed. It was a characteristic two line apology:
 I've been a horrid little prig. Clay (so the letter ran). Won't you come over tomorrow and so riding with mel BEATRICE.
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Respectfully yours.
 KENNEDY BROTE
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-31
No One Can Afford Extravaganza
BY NORA COLE SKINNER

we do not use It is one Of our most
burdcnsomc taxes.
Can anyone be oXtrayagant in his
language?
Most everyone.
have some friends who cause mo
10 do regular problem In long
division every time they make
statement. Everything they tell is
superlative. They cannot stick to
facts, doubtless find them un-
interesting and must aiweys tell a
thing much bigger than Ii Is.
knew a young bride who took
her first sea voyage as her wedding
trip, and I'm writing home everything
she mentioned was lovely" as all
expected and nobody doubted but
the number on tho boat, the num-
her of ships passed and the hun
dreds' Of whales seen. We're divided
by a hundred when the family read
her letters. They knew how eXtray-
agant she was with the English Ian
guaEe.
The facts OF life should he the
interesting things about It. The real
accomplishments Of each and every
one Of ~ are the true wonders Of
the world, and any extravaganza I'm
our statements beyond the facts are
wholly unnecessary ry-and most peo-
pie would tall them untruthful.
The government could pay us all
bonus and no embarrassment to
the treasury If n luxury tax could
be levied for just one month on cx-
travagant speech.
ENtravaEancc 10 only a bigger
name for waste, and even the richest
man doesn't want to be accused Of
wasting his money, those with no
| real duties with which to occupy
/ themselves are insulted II you insin-
| uato they waste their time, and the
/ dear little bride who saw 400
/ whales" when perhaps there we're
! only two or three was surely wasting
| her wurds-and what would she
| think it/shc was called by the harsh
/ name that people sometimes use
| when they tell a speaker she has
| oycrstated me facts?
No one can afford cxtrayagancc,
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-31

MUTT NoAt phlhlltl 10 tNlIdNdbdlftSs
Some have fooled
themselves into thinking they are
necessities and others call them
luXuries but all think the money
well spent, In fact the best way they
know how to spend II.
II is short vision coupled with no
sense OF responsibility that makes
most people waste money. They
can't see that it is waste.
When our so-called luxury tax was
in force most everybody thought 1t
was n nuisance, and It was, because
II called our attention each time to
the fact that We were buying some
thing not at all necessary: and we
didn't care to be reminded OF such
things Rouge, powder, soda water,
perfume, and dozens OF like articles
cause the dimes and dollars to slip
out OF our purse daily. until the
pockctbook Is empty and we begin
10 look around the house to find
something substantive we have
huugh with our money II is not
there, for We bought only the luXur-
les, and those vanish as quickly as
our money did.
While these things are not neccs-
stiles they do not add an extra sweet
breath Of life to our GNIly routine
If not oycrdOnc.
Moderation IS a wonderful word;
70 isn't bad motto. Most every
thing Is good II done In moderation;
1t is extravaganza, or waste, that Is
wrong.
1t isn't just waste OF money, but
waste Of time, and waste Of words
We use the expression killing
time when We are using up our
time doing nothing We often use
up other peoples time when they
haven't It TO Kill. an extravaganza
they can't afford Thousands OF
times a day, | suspect, the remark Is
made ~ haven't time to do this, "
or IL haven't time to do that" when
In realty many OF those same peo-
! pie have been eXtrayagant i'm the use
OF their time, squandcrcd it on the
unnecessary things.
Time Is probably divided more
evenly among the human race than
any other commodity, and We use Il
/ just as We want to. Circumstances
/ hours of work, cause variation in It's
| use, but the extravaganza with which