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me, and that his golden thoughts
were to return to this country and
claim me as his lovely bride and
his countess. They were wonder
full letters. with noble crests and
sealed with great gobs OF sealing
wax impressed with the coat-of.
arms of the blue blooded de Lukas-
sevics.
Later 1 found out through an 10
quaintance that he had spent this
time In jail for being inveigled In
q shady business deal, and his best
friend In Hungary had readdressed
his letters to me and written the
postcards.
Shortly after his return from his
"trip" to Hungary he seemed un-
usually prosperous Chis royalties
probably had q chance to accumu-
late during his incarceration, and
one day he came to the office In a
beautiful new French touring car
and asked to take me home. He
was magnifIcently dressed at the
very height of fashion. with dia.
monds sparkling on his hands. in
his scarfpin. and In his watch
charm.
donned my hat and coat, to be
I'D ~ him dswn b . wonderful
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Here the Counts the latest model at the time Of the accident fifteen
Kendall then unmarried, from a Mgamous marriage to him

car with . French livefied ohauf-
feur at the wheel. From all ap-
pearances I was led to believe that
my foreign Count" and ardent
sutton had struck It right In Amer
lea. and. along with his title and
foreign estates, his patents were
making him millions.
CHAUFFEUR HIS PARTNER.
afterward learned that he and
the French chauffeur had bought
the car as partners and he allowed
the chauffeur the privilege Of hack
ing with the automobile in ex-
change for his services, and then
they divided up on the hacking
fees to boot.
whizzed home with my noble"
admirer in his luxurious automo-
bile after q very satisfying and
expensive meal at the old Astor
House. feeling like a princess In
the realm of fairy.and. Many times
afterward he called at the office
with his luxurious car and liveried
chauffeur wearing his expensive
clothes. Scarcely a week passed
that he did not give me some costly
gift sucn as a diamond ring, a beau.
tiful charm. or costly ostrich
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would make the romantic ad-
ventures of Rupert in THE Pris-
oner of Zenda" seem dull In COM
parison.
A few months after our eventful
meeting the Count" changed his
position to a more lucrative one
with a sugar machinery construct
ing engineer on lower Wall street,
and I received a short note nom
my admirer to come over to the
office. as his employer needed a
stenographer and he knew I could
better myself by making the
change. went, and his employer.
who was q very fine man, took me
on as his secretary, and I worked
there for quite a long time.
FERvENT LOVE NOTES.
After a few months the count
was compelled to leave for Hun,
gary to settle up the estate. He
told me of one of his parents who
had recently died, leaving him a
great fortune.
For weeks after his departure /
received the most wonderful post.
cards Of scenes in Budapest and
fervent love letters telling me Of
how unhappy hs vas a~sy nrsa
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feathers. He would order beautiful
hats and silk dresses and send them
to my home. When would chide
him for his extravaganza, he would
say
Nothing 10 too good for my
Gerrie. my future bride and my
Countess.
From the first my mother. who
was a very handsome and intelll-
gent woman, seemed suspicious.
and although, like most mothers,
she was anxious to see me marry
well. she wished to know moro Of
that before she would give her con.
sent to my marriage, he would
have to provide actual proof that
his wife had died. This he prom
ised to do by sending to Hungary
for the death certificate
SPOKE OF DIVORCE"
One day in the course Of CONVEX
sation he let something slip about
a divorce from his wife, and my
mothers suspicious were aroused
by this inadvertent remark.
"why should you have to d.
vorce q dead woman7" she asked.
oh" he explained, "I meant to
say I was getting . divorce when
she died"
On all Of the motor trips with
the Count" was accompanied
either by my mother or very
dear friend and schoolmate by the
name Of Adelaide weinberger. who
seemed to be equally impressed by
his supposed nobility and display
Of wealth, and who was destined
later to become the second Mrs. de
Lukacsevics.
Things went on pretty smoothly
until one evening in the early sum.
mre he was taking my mother and
me home in his handsome automo.
bile, when my mother again asked
him for the ev! ien-s OF ~. SHES
death which he hnj promised u
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man courted her.
At me, measured his full height. and
In q dignified and naughty manner
with his hand on his chest and his
head erect, he said,
BLUE BLOOD IN VEINS"
You know not to whom you
speak. I am not the ordinary com
mon fellow you think am. but Of
ficer in the army. The blue blood
of Hungary flows in my VEINS. Be-
fore my name In my own country -
written the title Count and the
woman who marries me shall bear
the proud title Of countess. and live
in my beautiful castle In Budapest"
was quite stunned by his dsclar
ration and from his courtly man
ners, the expensive clothes he wore,
and the many crests on his rings.
Charmed, I believed what he told
me. and that the reason he had
como to this country incognito was
to commercialize his various patents.
AZ time went on I began to aues-
ton him moro and more about his
country. and finally EXTRACTED from
him the reason he left his anoss-
trail estate was because Of .
woman. whom he admitted he had
loved and married against the
wishes os his proud parents, and
that because of the lowiy birth Of
his bride he had quarreled with his
parents and came TO this country
after her death.
His bride, he led me TO believe.
died of Q broken heart because Of
the unforgivins attitude Of his noble
but austere parents, and the nom
recognition Of her rtghtful title Of
Countess de Lukacsevics.
FELT SORRY FOR HIM.
began to feel very sorry for
this unfortunate noblcman, with his
many tales Of persecution by his
naughty. biue-biooded parents. He
told me Of many gallant deeds he
had performed as . first lieutenant
in the Hungarian army. and Of his
brother. who was also count and
an officer in the army, for love Of
whom q beautiful peasant girl
stabbed herself and rubbed the tips
Of poisonous matches In the wound
to make death surer and more
painful.
The wonderful tales Of the ro-
mantle happenings on his beautiful
estate In Hungary that he tsid ne
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BY GERALDINE Kendall.

r WONDERED this morning
whom I watched the happy
faces q my three pretty little
children playing with their Christ
mas toys. after reading the account
in the New York American OF the
third matrimonial smash-up of the
Count" Charles Marry do Lukac-
sevtcs, what kind fate or guiding
star had set me free from the en-
tansfins meshes Of a worthless I'M
poster to whom I had become On.
saged.
II was fifteen years ago. ana I
Fsmember myseif a. q care-free,
Sumancs-lovins girl with q wealth
Of golden brown hair. . weii-round-
"a but giriish figure.
Ny first position after leaving
high school and business college,
was In the office Of q well-lnown
engineer with offices in the Loft
building. at Church. and Cortland
streets. This gentleman had been
. friend Of my father of many years
standing. Business life was new
and delightful TO me and the ad.
mirins glances Of the old clerk and
the very affable and courtly foreign
draughtsman were indeed flatterins.
A COURTLY SUITOR.
Day after day ! would come to
business to find q box Of candy,
some rosy apples. cherries, or
peaches, or perhaps a small bouquet
awaiting my arrival. and although
the gifts were never labeled ! knew
that either one or tho other Of my
ardent admirers had left them. and
! began to think that an office, fAr
from being . sordid and monoto-
nous grind Of work. was really lit
de haven Of romance and delight
full association. Very often the ad-
rniring foreign draughtsman would
steal In at an opportuns moment
and with couruy grace and sweep
Ing gesture would raise my hand
to his carefully curled moustachsd
lips and kiss It murmuring,
MY osrris. how beautiful are
your"
A time went on my youneR
snitor grew holder and showsrsd
me with invitations to iunchsons,
suppcrs and the theater, few Of
which my mother allowed me to 90
cspt At this time I supposed him
70 be . single man. but 1t seemed
strange TO me that although he was
working for . very moderate salary,
he appeared always plentifully sup
piled with money and wore expen-
sivs clothes and beautiful jewelry.
This enigma puzzled me and one
day while we were having lunch, I
asked him bow II was that with his
apparent prosperity. why Il was
necessary for him to work in such
. mediocre capacity as an under
draughtsman. and he explained that
he was receiving small royalties on a
settler water bottle patent and some
other patents Of his that some day
were to make him fabulously
wealthy and that I, as his charm.
ing American bride, would share It
With him.
One day In the office. when he
was particularly annoying and
would not allow me to finish my
work, told him to 60 away and
not bother me. Suddenly he Shared
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HOW AN AUTO WRECK SAVED FIANCEE FROM A BOGl
GIRLS STORY OF PRISONERS LOVE NOTES SENT

Mrs Geraldine Kendall three chill
from
becoming his WIFE, 10y
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responsibility
NAa Vcgas optle.l

Uas Vegas Optic.)
The filing Of the report of the spe-
cinl committee charged with the IN
yestigation OF the affairs Of the New
Mexico insane asylum relates to the
sphere OF things mythical, another Ia
vorite yarn OF the muck -raking Gle
mcnt OF the state that things at the
asylum were "%rottenly' conducted
The finding OF the committee. com
posed OF men OF highest standing In
Albuquerque. Las Vegas. santa Re
and 'Haton, emphatically clear n
members Of the hoard In charge Of
the institution Of any suspicion Of
wrongdoing Of that trust the report
goes further and characterizes most
~ the charges brought by the de-
posed superintendent, Or Royal >.
Tracy, as frivolous. triNal' and most
~ "unsubstantiated the report finds
that over most 81 the things charged
the trustees had absolute Jurisdiction.
one reading the report Of the com
mitteemen and the evidence submit
ted before them. can hardly come 10
any other conclusion than that the
charges made were the result Of
spite"
with charges such as were made
before the committee presented to
the governor. Nj M"chem could have
mo- choice other han To appoint such
20 committee. and he b. 10 be- com
msudcd for choosing men Of such
standing az composed the probing
body hut IL IL tc he regretted that
there Is not some means Of prevent
ing irresponsible charges being made
and given publicity h h a matter 20
be profoundly sorry for that whom
such unfounded charges are made
and the making NJ them spread broad
cant that there seldom b. proper and
just punishment melted nut 10 the
maker q thosu charges, ana the
agency or agen'i"~ giving them pub.
] ilcity.
Every means Co "Npcdiate h max
ing ~ wcli-fouudcd charges against
public officials hould he afforded
the public. even fr giving hearings to
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Nancy and Sick went home after
the visit tu Soau-Buhhl" Land with
HuskIu- because GU-klu- -lid that
Nc hai an Important engagement y
would have tu ave ihom But ID
Won com. out fu .us orchard to-
morrow hp proWi-ed them. ] shall
meet you under th. applo-trec ANA
wen lake t ride 90 into the sky lu
our little elevator and see mon" Won
der4 Although. dear knows. y"n
may soe nothing 600 all. u"cauF" th"
place wish to- take o to nest i-
sometimes os,IIeu E~mptylHud Hut
sometimes % i- also called th" Land
Of Everything. depending entirely
upon Whlzzy Tornado n Whizzy
has been at his tricks blowing things
sky high on tho earth you mny Soc
everything from mills BOTTLES tu barn
doors
That's whore am going now. to
SOC ~ there b. plenty ~ room for th'
poor things Co com, to when Mhixzy
gets after them We fairies k"gp u
cleaned out the very best We can
Ruskins had been shrinking ilta
his high boots al The time be- wH.
talking and now nothiup romninod
hut the boot themaelNo-. amt win
q little shake they we're gpn. too
The Twins didn't forget whu. tns
little fairyman had -nld -o n.Ighi
and early next mornlup they v,r,
out under the applo-trrt The M4el.
cal Mushroom appeared with BUS.
kins and bringing the Green Shvvs
And think hat Ia better -i.n vo.
another language charm. kIddi's
said their @ old friend 'Hvr' you
arc." And. as he had done 90 .oni
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HEAVY AUTOMOBILE
TOURIST TRAVEL IN
SPRING INDICATED
New Mexico Auto Club
Already Receiving
Many Inquiries

The prospects nre Tor an especially
heavy automobile tourist tranlc
hrouph New McXico this spring acc
curdiug to - Is g. SELLERS, president
~ doe New McNicu Auio club lie
stated this morning that an unusually
Mrrt number uf letters are heing rec
rciNpd already from southern CALI
roruil. asking what wtll be the
probable condition NJ Now' Mexico
roads during the coming -ur.nr
This Indicates that % great many
people or southern California ar"
uIuuu. ng to go east hy auto lohils COS
soon n. the weather b. warm enough
nr said this moruing On former
YEARS we have had letters 81 iuVuir-
u,h Bs these fhis early iu the yeal
Iur never Joe such great number.
TnIa Iz also AN Indication that thr
Sew Mexico Auto club BE- bccoming
suu,vu q tourists. aud they know
gust whore TO write Tor this kind "t
Information
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N AMERICANS CREED

Compiled by Charles ". Miller
Nlcksburg tNtiss.l Herald
Aud Jesus said uto him. let the
dcad bury their dead; hut go thou
aud preach the Kingdom of God
duke il: BOl. And straight
way many men gathered together.
in~omuch that there was no room
to receive them no, not ~ much
a. about the door; and he preached
the Word unto Mark ii21
Put on therefore. ~ the elect Of
God. holy and beloved. bowels Of
mcrcics, kindness humhicucss Of
mind, n~teekncss. long suffering
~Iorncnring one another. " any
man have a quarrel against any
even ~ Christ forgaNc you, -
also do ye And above all these
things put on charity. which u the
bond of pcrfcctncs-OCOl. ~: ~
~. Open they mouth. judge
rightrou-ly, and plead the cause
III the poor and nccdy-tProN.
NNNi: 81. For this T. the message
that yc heard from She beginning.
that We should love one another
o. John ~; i2l.
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STORY NUMBER g.

time before. he gave a." children
another piece of the punk lrng ol
his round hat
when ho was gone. the Twin
wished themselves up into the htilc
,lpNutur-huuH at once followed in
ttautly hy Busblut A. bHiur" Dee
little rlr rose smoothly up between
clouds OF pink and white blossoms.
right into the sky
Cro he CuntiuuvI
O~CopNrIEhf 1879 NttN ~prVlceb
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a discharged employe Of q public
board: hut hat good men Of ability
may always he induced to serve ON
such boards, every prccaution should
also be taken TO protect such men
against the unpleasant notoriety at
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-01-22

Human body In ,hrco. nfths water
and ono-nfth carbon
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Bananas srown over the world are
of $50 different kinds.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-01-22

Cor-ots were designed in the sis
teenth century.
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Nine Cars of Hogs
Shipped From Clovis


CLOVIS. g.. NJ. Juu Cd Nine ears
at fat porker~ were shipped To tho
California markets saturday bv r W
Stricklin ana company Jack league
went along &c. see 10 their sufe ar
rival The hog industry is a very prof
table one iu ta' NIr'nIty Of Clovis.
Mr.. Shrickiln. alone. has paid out
about $500 ooO for hugs since March.
1921.
Calcium is the principal mineral
Of the human body.
Human body contains about 90
ounces OF phosphorus.
"D~oNT'S"-rOR WISHING
Don't wish you could find = !ol-Find e.
Don't wish you could rent your apart
neut-Rent IL.
Don't wish you could sell your homs-
Sell u.
Howl
By using the Hersld's Classified Columns
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1922-03-30
Local Girl Is
Highly Honored

The highest honor that can be con-
ferred upon a student in the literary
and journalistic field in the Univer-
sity Of Kentucky was conferred upon
Miss Katherine ("Kitty") Conroy, of
Mt. Sterling, recently when she was
elected to editorship of the 1923
kentuckian, the university year book.
Miss Conroy, whose career at the
university has been full of notable
events, has gained further, honors IN
her third year of naturalization. Be
sides her election as the Kentuckian
editor, Miss Conroy has been select.
ed to play the part of Helen Trent"
leading role of the annual produc-
ton Of the Strollers, the dramatic
organization on the university cam
pus. This is the second year of Miss
Conroy's leadership in the campus
drama. The production selected this
year is the Thirteenth Chair" a
play exacting from its players true
acting.
A further proof of 'Kitty's" popu-
larity among the students was her
reelection as captain-sponsor of
Company "a" of the university bat
talon of cadets. She has worked her.
self into the hearts of sall students,
so that today she has firmly secured
the position of campus sweetheart"
Her election as editor of the Ken
tuckian is the climax of a college
journalistic career which began at
the very bottom. In her freshman
year Miss Conroy joined the staff Of
the weekly college publication, the
Kernel, when her literary work was
recognized by the instructors. Her
place on the staff was not stationary,
however, and in the first semester Of
her junior year which has just ended,
she was news editor With the COM
ing of the second semester she
yielded her position because of other
work, including the Stroller play,
Little Theater plays and work on the
Kentuckian.
Miss Conroy did not let her social
life interfere with her scholastic po-
sition which she has maintained as
one of the highest since her first ma
circulation. Each year her name was
listed on the honor roll. This latest
achievement is thought not to end
her career, although she has done
enough for the university.
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Final Report Of Hotel Drive
Shows Sos, 200 Subscribed
Cooperative Spirit Wins Sterling Hotel Drive Goes
Over in Splendid Fsshon--OnIy the Beginning
of Big Things for This CITY

Mt. Sterling's hotel has been over.
subscribed. The six days campaign
for the sale of stock to the amount of
500, 100000 to finance the building of
a new hotel for this community
came to close Tuesday night.
When the final report was made by
the captains OF the nine teams and
the Executive Committee that compo-
sed the Citizens Sales force, for the
sale of this stock it was found that
total of s1O5.7 had been sub
scribed by 491 citizens who are stock
holders Of the new hotel that will be
built in the near future. The report
meeting Tuesday night was in the
nature of a community Qualification.
The Prewitt and Bolts Hall, in which
all of the daily report meetings have
been held during the past week, was
filled to its capacity, in addition to
the team workers who were present
to make their final report several
hundred interested citizens were
there as guests. After the reports
had been received the fact that the
campaign had been a complete sue
cess there we're numerous speeches
by members of several teams, the
Division Chairman, and members of
the Executive Committee. Messrs.
w. ]. Graef, and r. H. Keltner, rep
resentatives of the Hockenbury Sys-
tenn, Inc, of Harrisburg, Pa, under
whose management the citizens sales
force was organized and directed,
also spoke briefly expressing their
complete satisfaction with the results
Of the campaign, and especially en-
phasizing their appreciation of the
fine spirit of cooperation that had
been displayed by all the Citizen
salesmen throughout the campaign
week. The tenor of the other ad-
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BIG PAY ROLL.

Going over the city, inquiring what
is going on, we find many businesses
of special interest, conspicuous
among which is the Mt. Sterling
Laundry. They have heavy pay
roll and, we are informed, every dol
lar goes through mercantile avenues
here. At this time this plant is run
ming on full time and the work is
heavy in family washing as well as
in the regular laundry wash. In this
same building and adjoining is the
rug and carpet cleaning plant that
turns back to the customer the rugs
with renewed colors as natural as
when bought. This big pay roll makes
the big bank accounts and has been
one Of the aids in securing the new
100000 hotel for Mt. Sterling.
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MT. STERLING KENTUCKY, THURSDAY, MARCH 80, 1922


Newton Cornwall has purchased
the stock and fixtures of Treadway
Bros. on Court street Mr.. Cornwell
has had experience in merchandising
covering period of fourteen years
and is, therefore. prepared to meet
with satisfaction the wants of the
people. He will handle only the best
in groceries and meats, and having
secured the services of Louis Urban,
an experienced cutter, the meat de-
partment win be in master hands.
Mr.. Cornwell will be in charge of this
store after April 1, and wishes the
people to extend to him a trial for
good edibles.
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dresses was an expression of com.
plete satisfaction with the results of
the campaign. In the absence of
Jonn A. Judy, Chairman of the Citi-
zens Committee, w. Bridges White
presided over the program of the
evening. In his address to the team
workers he sounded a note which
evidently met with the approval of
everyone present, when he called at
tention to the fact that in this cam
paign Mt. Sterling had done really a
bigger thing than oversubscribe the
amount of stock needed to build her
hotel. During the past week, says
Mr.. White, this community has been
demonstrating to itself that 1t really
has the spirit of cooperation, and
that 1t is possible in Mt. Sterling to
get together and by team work get
anything that is really necessary for
the community's progress" Mr..
White also spoke of the great impor-
lance to this community, which is in
reality the gateway to the blue grass
from a great wealthy area of noun
tain country, of the roads improve
ment program, including the Midland
Trail, which passes through Mt.
Sterling and Ashland, and on through
to Washington. When this program
of improved roads is completed, as
it now seems destined to be in the
comparative near future, Mt. Sterling
will profit more, because of it's loca-
ton than most communities. The
above, furnish additional reasons
why Mt. Sterling should build the new
Hotel, and why the new hotel, and
why the new hotel when built will be
both big community and financial
dividend payer. The concluding fea-
ture of the evenings program con-
sisted of music furnished by the
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1922-03-30
MARRIED

lsadore Levi was married Tuesday
to Miss Rebecca Kravitz, both of
Lexington. Mr.. Levi is well and fa-
vorably known here and the young
woman Of his choice is a very fine
girl. II. Gordon and son, Louis, we're
attendants at the wedding. The con-
tracing parties went to New York
City on a bridal tour and returning
will be at home in Lexington.