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if some one had suddenly taken
shot at them:
Mr.. Hedden putathe receiver to
his ear. listened and turned an
agitated countenance to MFR.
Crawley.
Its Henley-wants to see me.
This is your doing"
mo, sir, 1t Is not -
The Demand.
Then what does he ,want?'' ..
Better see him, sir. He has
probably talked to Miss Sands;
she. has probably given him some
account of the play. -
= .rrouble! Trouble" exclaimed
MIR. pEIedden. You'll stick by
me, Crawley, in case he's ugly?
tn be alright about the orchard.
promise
Then I'll stick by you =
Hedden sighed with relief. and
spoke into the telephone.
@f''I will see Mr.. Henley"
He hung up the receiver.
And now, the promise. =. Mr..
Hedden."
It's all right; I've promised"
There is Just time to put 1t
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
He TELLS OF AN EXCITING RACE

, terms are that IL Bobby gets to
the finishing line before / do he
wins. If I get there first I win.
Is that right?"
Right you are" Bobby chuck
led.
So the race was arranged.
And l must say had to laugh
when I saw them start. &c.,.
All of our animal friends were
there, and such chattering and
bowling you never heard as they
started along the course we had
laid out. .
was at the finishing line be.
cause I'm always the judge in
any competitions Of this sort.
AS I watched them coming up
the course could see the great
long neck Of the giraffe. and by
his side, going for all he was
worth, the zebra with his tail
flying in the wind.
Bobby was on his back shout
ing:
Come on Zebra! Come on"
And Bunny was riding close up
with his front paws clutching the
CRATES neck.
On and on they came!
They were almost at the finish
line now. They were running 80
evenly that their four hoofs
seemed to go out at the same
time as If they we're driven like
team Of horses.
said to myself.
This race will be a tie"
But | was wrong. For just be-
fore they got a few feet from the
finishing line, what do you think
that giraffe and Bunny did?
The giraffe lowered his head
and stretched his long neck out
as far as he could and touched
the thread at the finish first
And that clever little Bunny just
slid right out along the giraffe's
neck and sat on his head.
Bunny had won by a neck.
Foxy Grandpa tells about a
wonderful bridge i'm tomOrrOw's
stOryD
Copyright, 1928, by international
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in writing. sir. Ten thousand will
see me through"
Ten thousand"
Mr.. Henley is on hts, way up
in the elevator. He will be hero
In a minute YOU have just
time q. The check.book is In
the little drawer on, the. right.
Date it two months ahead. II.
you prefer :" -
This Is robbery"
81 am a soldier Of fortune, sir.
Better buy me before the enemy
charges and I desert to his
colors."
"If necessary, Mr.. Crawley,
you will perjure yourself for me?"
"OfS course, sir. might al
most say. as usual"
Mr.. Hedden drew, signed, and
blotted "ttles@check.- Mr. Crawley
blotted it, after first observing
that It was correctly drawn.
Then followed that awkward 81
lence which always obtains when
money 10 given and taken. Mr..
Crawley broke 1t. ~
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ROMANCES OF
: JEWELS
BY Barbara Bayne-
The Missing Shah" Diamond.

ME OST famous stones Of royal
N regalia have had curious
AVA and romantic adventures.
There is the Shah" for instance.
The Prince Chosroes of Persia, a
younger son Of Abbas Mira, but
who, on account of his mothers
royal birth, succeeded his father,
visited the Russian court in 1913
and brought as a present to the
Emperor Nicholas l, diamond of
fine quality, perfectly pure and
free from blemishes, in the form
of an irregular prism. Weighing
about ninety-five carats.
Though probably the loot of
some ancient temple, it's early
history is unknown. On three of
the edges which were cleavage
planes, indicating that it's original
size had been much larger, were
engraved the name Of three Per-
sian rulers.
When the Prince, In 1914,
sought to, rule Persia in Euro
pean fashion. he got into difficult
ties with Russia, and was at war
with that country again in 1925.
Meanwhile, as If Russia desired
to obliterate ell sentimental in
terest attached to the Persian
diamond, 1t was cut to eighty-six
carats and the engraved inscrip-
tons were taken out in the pro-
cess.
1.-THE Shah" was with the Rus.
sian crown jewels at the down
fall of the Empire. A rare ruby
red diamond. weighing only ten
carats, but said to have cost the
Emperor Paul 100000 rubles,
The Polar Star" a brilliant of
forty carats, was variously re-
ported to be In the Russian treas
ury and to belong to the Princess
Youssoupoff.
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GOOD HEALTH
FOR ALL
BY Brice Belden, M. D.

"HE best way to get young
people interested in personal
hygiene Is to make them
understand that not only will
their future health and useful.
ness depend upon 1t, but that it
bears a definite relation to good
looks in the case of both sexes.
In too many families certain
delicacy OF physique proclaims a
neglect of personal hygiene. In
a community claiming to be high
ly civilized this ought to be a
matter of reproach.
1t is safe to say that boys
whether they admit 1t or not, de
sire to appear at a physical adj
vantage in the eyes of girls, and
1t may be assumed as equally
true that girls, however, indiffer.
ent they may pretend to be. real
ly wish to impress the opposite
sex by their personal appearance.
Therefore there can be no better
basis for a powerful appeal la
behalf of personal hygiene than
to convert them to the gospel OF
health that bestows beauty as a
reward for devotion.
II the personal hygiene prob
lem could be practically solved by
such a conversion. it lie the be
lief OF Health Commissioner Mon.
Afghan, Of New York city. that
marked reduction would take
place in the deaths from cancer,
diabetes, diseases of the heart
and arteries, cirrhosis of the liver
and chronic nephritis. for these
diseases have not decreased be-
cause they result largely from
conditions brought about by bad
personal hygiene
This would make our general
death rate very low, for we have
been very successful in reducing
the death rate from diseases
which depend upon the environ
ment-in other words, diseases
which have responded to i'm
provement in sanitary, social,
economic and industrial condi
tons. For broadly speaking. dis
ease comes either from without
or within. If we are to make
much farther progress in the
conquest Of disease 1t must he
along lines of personal hygiene.
Rules Of health are helpful ir
proportion to their use. There
must be habituation. An encyclo-
pedic knowledge of hygiene would
do an individual no good unless
he applied 1t.
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CHAPTER xxx.

When Iiedden had first de-
: termined to appropriate Henley's
ideas. all eventualifies except
the pleasant and profitable ones
had seemed negligibly remote.
But with Henley, strong,
resolute, injured man, swiftly ap-
preaching, the outcome seemed as
likely to be violence as .tanything
else, That certain men could
not set eyes on him, even for
first TIME, without wanting to
punch !. his head. was a fact
mot unknown to Mckay Hedden:
and that he had once been horse
whipped and kicked by another
whom the courts had allowed him
TO despoil, was one of his fresh
est and least tolerable memories.
A small boy opened q large
door, and Paul Henley, very thin
and brown, came forward, lifnping
slightly and smiling.
Hedden, studying the young
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e.: e.: 8; zE{ad&ztr>e P6de NA :: E:
HEN MY SHIP COMES IN By Gouverneur Morris
THE STORY THUS FAR

still air.. Silver veered the cathoat about and
picked up young man who had hurt his arm and
was unable to swim The youth introduced him
self as Paul Henley
"A warm friendship springs up between Silver
and Henley. After several days Of close associa-
tion, Henley departs in his yacht. Hedden smart
ing with jealousy, warns Silver if she is to become
successful actress she must not fall in love. He
little knows that Silver and Henley have plighted
their troth.
Silver finally leaves for New York to take the
stellar role in Hedden's plagiarized play She
meets with many interesting experiences.
play rehearsed and many lines sound familiar
He believes Hedden has pilfered the play from
Henley and determines to investigate. Henley
has gone to Mexico to look after mining interests
of Van Brunt, rich broker. Waring endeavors
to communicate with him and tell him of the de-
ception.
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A Delightful Serial Replete With Excit-
ing Incidents and Featuring
Picturesque Heroine.

for Mr.. Henley and bring It TO
me to sign And how
did you leave Mexico?"
"At night and in a hurry" said
Henley. There were fireworks.
but I didn't, wait to see them.
II noticed as you came in that
you limped. / hope
Mr.. Henley blushed under his
tan.
Nobody but Achilles was ever
shot in the heel" he said: my
wound is blister produced by
sharp sand in a wet boot"
At this moment Mr.. Crawley
brought the pass for Hedden to
sign.
II hope" said he. that Mr..
Henley will like the plot-so
fresh-so original-so full OF
things that no one has ever
thought of before -
Humorous Mr.. CraWley.
Hedden bit his lips and Craw-
ley retired very quietly, his high
shoulder twitching, and his tongue
in his cheek.
''Crawley' is right" said Hedden.
II hope you will like the play.
We have all grown very fond of
Silver, and if the play were to
fail, / think it would almost
break her heart. At first was
ambitious to make a success
with it for my own sake: but
1atterIy I have been thinking
only of her"
You have been wonderfully
kind to her, and eonsiderate of
her." said Henley. ''She told
me-
Then you've seen herr"
Henley regarded the manager
with amazement.
'On my way to New York"
he said. II received her address
by telegram. l reached here at
o'clock this morning. And 1t
seems that she and my friend
.Waring are always up and about
at o'clock. because there they
were In the station to meet me-
And then Waring vanished. Yes.
-" I've seen her"
Five minutes later, Henley step
ped into a taxf-cab which con.
tanned Sam Waring.
We'll" said the latter.
He made no bones about the
pass
Ito BE Continued Tomorrow
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mans approach as mouse may
study that Of a cat, saw nothing
very .reassuring in the fact that
the young man smiled. Men lift
ing gun to down a rabbit
smile. Prize fighters smile; band
it's, surgeons, and hostile lawyers.
Ones own lawyer always pulls
a long face.
Still Mckay Hedden. was able
to manage to smile himself, to
hold out his hand. and to exclaim
histrionicaIly: The man from
Mexico!''
"I am very anxious" said
Henley, ito see a rehearsal of
Miss Sands play. And l was
told that / must come to you
for pass"
my dear Mr.. Henley exclam-
ed Hedden, 1.-The thing Is inn
possible. The rules of my
theater 4"
Mr.. Crawley, standing in the
background, attentive, cringing,
bold, cynical, lifted his hand to
his mouth and hid a smile.
vitality Interested.
II am asking you to make an
exception of me-" said Henley;
because, as you know, Miss
Sands and / are engaged to be
married, and anything SO vitality
interesting to her as her first
play must be equally interesting
and important to me
should disturb no one. Mr..
Waring, who seems to be an ex-
ception to your rules, has
promised to go with me, and
keep me in order
Mckay Hedden's thinking proc
esses were very quick. If the
matter came into the courts, it
would not look well for him to
have blocked Henley's wish to
attend rehearsals. Also, If the
pass were granted at once,
courteously and ingenuously, 1t
might have a disarming effect.
So he gave a pleasant laugh and
tossed up his hands with the
gesture of a man. surrendering.
mo use trying to resist a
4 desperate from over the border, !"
! he said. "Your engagement to
h Miss Sands, to tell the truth I
. had forgotten all about it, is
like a pistol at my head
Mr.. Crawley, write out a pass
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Mckay Hedden, Broadway manager, re-
hearses Nellie Micheiin in new part. He scolds
and cajoles, trying to make real actress out
of her.
Finally he tells her she is the "stupidest
woman" he ever saw, as well as the most beauti-
full. Having gotten display in shape, he takes a
vacation, and in small boat sails about Buzzard
Bay storm threatens and the skipper advises
him to head for shore /. 90: 4
Landing at HanleytoW1, Hedder takes refuge
ipthe home of Captain Sands Hedden meets the.
shippers beautiful daughter, Silver. Hedden be-
leves the girl would make an admirable heroine
for the play when Ny Ship Comes In" he has
stolen from Paul Henley, a young playwright.
Early one morning Silver rose and donned her
bathing suit Boarding her catboat she sailed out
into the bay. A cry for help sounded out on the
# #1.s CONTINUE WITH TO
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~ AN CRATES run? Indeed
they cam r.,
You wouldn't think they
could because their legs are not
of the same length. Their front
legs are much longer than their
hind legs. For this reason they
aren't very graceful when they
run. They have a queer lumber
ing gait, but they get there just
the same, And how funny their
long necks look as they run
along!
You know why CRATES have
such long necks, don't you?
MOI
Nature has. given them their
great long necks so that they can
gather the kind of food they like
to eat. CRATES thrive on the
tender green leaves Of trees and
to get them they reach UP and
bite the leaves right off, without
any effort. because they're so
tall and their necks so long that
they can reach way up in the
branches of trees, where the ten
derest leaves grow.
One day while we were in
Africa, where Bobby and 1 had
made friends with a giraffe
Bunny had introduced us-I hap
pened to say:
1T is surprising to think that
4 giraffe can run faster than a
horse in the open country"
Bobby questioned this and
thought 1t was too bad that there
were no horses around so that
we could have a ra"~ and see If
I was right.
But wise old Bunny cooked his
ear on one side and asked:
What do you say to a race be-
tween a giraffe and a zebra?
I'll ride the giraffe and beat
Bobby on a zebra"
Fine" Bobby and / shouted
together.
CAN right" said Bunny. THE
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A Brilliant Romance Dealing With
Stage Life, Illustrated by Charles
Dana Gibson.
Dana Gibson.

to blossom all at once into full
flower-like beauty"
Pull up a chair" said Hedden.
and when MIR. Crawley was seated:
You think Henley has case
against us?'
I'VE have beaten cases as good
in the courts"
Then what's worrying your"
A Nervous Witness.
Once before, you remember,
there was some talk of calling
me as a witness i am q nervous
man, Mr.. Hedden, and dread to
think what effect the ordeal Of a
cross examination might have
upon me-"
ION that occasion we arranged
a little holiday for you In Europe"
Yes, sir, and the talk of call
ing me to the witness-chair ended
in smoke"
There is no pressing need for
you to take a vacation, Mr.. Craw-
ley. We will cross that bridge
when we come to it."
And besides that said Mr..
Crawley, II did not enjoy Europe.
have given the best years Of my
life to office work 1t has always
been. my ambition to retire and
devote my remaining years to
pomology."
ITO what?"
THE culture Of pones-apples
pears"
Il should be sorry to lose you,
Mr.. Crawley."
Without Funds.
1T is hardly a question Of that,
as yet. For I have no money to
retire upon"
Mr.. Crawley, you aren't, after
all these years of mutual con.
fidence--you aren't, I say, going
to make an effort to extort money
from me by threats?"
Even if that were the case, /
could not expose you without ex-
posing myself. On the other
hand. If I should ever be sub
jected TO the ordeal Of a cross.
examination. / might do both"
You want to be staked to
fruit FARMS that it? Well, my
dear fellow, speak Of this again
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BY GOuverneur Morris,
famous Novelist and Information.
ally Known as One Of Our Pre-.
mier Writers of Short Stories.

"A :: well. ''.'.' -
Mckay Hedden for some
moments continued his persual OF
headlines, then turned over sew
eral sheets at once and began to
study the columns devoted to dra-
matte advertisement. Mr.. Crawley
blew his nose.
Hedden laid the paper down and
turned so as to face his confiden-
tial clerk.
"WelI?" he said.
~ dropped in at a rehearsal the
other afternoon, sir" said M.
Crawley.
Mrs. Michelin's play, or Miss
Sands'?'
When My Ship Comes In,
said Mr.. Crawley.
What did you think of it?"
An Earnest Tribute.
Beautiful. Mr.. Hedden. A knock
cut"
ats unusual, at least"
"Oh, sir, l could hear the sea in
q storm; the very lines are salty
In, the mouth. 1t has a beauty,
O freshness. did not believe
that such drama existed even
in your mind. Mr.. Hedden.''
Il am very much gratified to
hear this
But cannot help wondering,
sir. what Mr.. Henley will think
Of it ALL"
What has Mr.. Henley to do
with it,"
MIR. Crawley shrugged his shout
ders--the high one all the way to
its adjacent ear.
81 have often observed" said
he, that thought which a man
trnagines to be original with him
self is nearly always traceable to
the thinking processes of some
other man 1t has occurred to
me that certain ideas of Mr.. Hen
ley's play, which you rejected,
have lain dormant in your brain.
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in the spring. This IL, not, time to
plant applesg' t0 : ~
"I beg pardon, sir, but | have
read that Professor Snowy, the
great authority, receives daily
letters from persons DESTROYS OF
starting orchards, and asking him
when they should plant the trees.
For such .duiries he has b printed
answer; simply the word: Today"
II have q great many calls
upon me just now Mr.. Crawley.
But after the. new play has been,
running a month or So
II could negotiate your note.
Mr.. Hedden''s - u
This is blackrnail,4 Mr. craw-
.ley"
Their Agitation.
II have done your dirty work
for years, Mr.. Hedden; and I
have nothing to show for it
nothing. Any other rich man
wouId@ have seen to 1t that got.
my deserts. ! have only to go
to Mr.. Henley, sir, with what /,
know
The desk telephone rang. sharp.
ly, and both the men jumped as
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WHO SAID IT AND WHERE
''To lie on a bed of roses"

The. son-inlaw and successor of
Montezuma, Emperor of Mexico,
captured by the Spanish, is said to
have replied to a subject who COM
planned of the hard floors of the
prison, Am l.. then, lying on a
bed of roses?"
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"a blOodIess victory"

"A blOOdIess victory"
This expression, used to describe
a quick and easy victory, was first
used by Lucullus G10-57 B. c.,
the Roman general. to his army
when he found his position com
pletely covered the army of
Mithradates.
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The Colossus of Rhodes

THIS great statue to the built by Chares In
the harbor of Rhodes in 288 B. G. It was thrown
down by earthquake and after 900 the Turks
sold, it to trader, who broke 1T up. .as.e4-e,
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1T is my intention, said he.
to plant nothing but Newtown
pippins
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The RiUer Amazon

u lana, who, coming from Peru, observed on its
banks armed He called the country Amazonla'
and the great stream to be the Amazon.
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Honesty is the best policy
This is the finding of Cervantes
recorded in Don Quixote."

s.
Nothing great was ever accom-.
plished without enthusiasm.
Emerson spoke a great truth
when he indicted this line in Cir.
cles."
s.
Render unto Caesar the things
that are Caesars"
Christ's advice to the parti-
sans who sought to ,inveigle him
into a controversy is found in
Matthew xxi.
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n - II CONTINUE WITH ToDAYS INsTALLNdENT.
New Britain herald., 1923-11-10

Lis foot along the turf at the same time. Its bit more difficult 10 do when you're tied" he explained. '1f I were in the ring, instead of being tied here in the horse tent, I could show you a much more elegant bow than that"
 Cuffy Bear was so impressed that he could only open his mouth and stare at the bay horse in wonder
 "I can walk op my hind legs" the bay went on,
 50 can IT, cried Cuffy
 A look Of annoyance crossed the face of the bay horse
 Maybe you can" he Sniffed. But I'm saving the best and biggest news until the last. There's something more I can do. And there isn't anybody else in this show that do it.
 What's that" Cuffy asked him.
 "I know how to waltz" the bay horse announced with an air of im- mcnsc pride,
 Does it hurt" Cuny inquired.
 Hurt" exclaimed the bay. "of course not. II! lIa. What queer question:"
 Copyright 1923, by Metropolitan
 Newspaper soryice)
New Britain herald., 1923-11-10
Lillian Showed What She Thought of Harriet

In the early days of my marriage, my stately sister-in-law, Harriet Braithwaite. was an object of awe to me, and I never would have dreamed of speaking to her in the peremptory fashion I just had enjoyed, even though my object in so doing was to banish her foolish, morbid fancies. .But her appeal to me and her grati- tude for the counsel I had been able to give her, and which she appeared to value far oto highly, had drawn us closely together. l knew that she felt as I did, that we now had the spirit of sisterhood as well as the name, and it was with the affectionate ii rough phraseology that I would have used toward my own sister if I had possessed one that addressed her.
 I suspect that her dignity was a trifle ruffled at my ultimatum that she come with her husband and me to Mrs. Durkee's home in Marvin. dis regarding the fact that Katherine Pickett was there, but if it were she Admirably concealed her annoyance.
 Thank you so much, Margaret" she said earnestly You have no idea how great my relief is to hear you say that. And I am so glad that you are going down with us. I hadn't hoped for that"
 Tt really is rather superfuous for me to go," I said, adjusting my hat. Little Mrs. Durkee certainly is well cared for, with her son, daughter-in- law, and nurse, but she made me promise that I would come to her when an operation finally was decid- ed on, so I'm going"
 A Compliment For Madge
 q can readily see why she wants | you, Margaret" my sister-in-la said. and there was such sincerity in the compliment that I was gratified in- deed, though so embarrassed that I welcomed Lillian's peremptory sum- mons from the other side of the door.
 "Madge You have six minutes for your breakfast. It's all ready"
 "I need but four" l rejoined laugh ,ingly, as. with word of apology to Harriet, I opened the door and came
 into the living room. My sister-in-law picked up my overnight bag, my purse and my coat. and followed me. "Is there anything else you want?" she asked efficiently. If not, I'll just take charge of these until you get through your breakfast. Then you'll have them ready to hand" I knew by the glint in Lillian's eyes that something had amused her, but it was not until we were safely
 In the kitchen and she was serving me my breakfast, that comment burst from her lips as If she could reprcss it no longer.
 A Suggested Vocation
 That sister-in-law of yours ought 10 got a job as a Pullman porter" ! sho said. ''she does everything but breathe for her husband, and now she's started on you.''
 Perhaps she'll take you on," I said, with a sly glance at her, for
 lillian. despite the almost uncanny kmoothness with which any under
 aking of hers runs, is noted among her intimates for the carclcssness with which she strews her personal belongings in all quarters.
 No, thank you. I'll try to strug- gle along" she retorted dryly, and I realized what I had suspected be-
 lore. that Lillian held for my sister
 n-law one of her curious unrea- ,oning antiquities, It was nothing