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Give minutes and save money"
he said.
Clancy stared at him. The clerk
lowered his eyes, and she walked
out, feeling a bit triumphant, not
at her poor victory over the clerk
but because she had demonstrated
to herself that she was mistress
OF herself.
Back in the NapoIi, she packed
her valise. She had almost fin.
ished when Paul, the 'bus-boy
porter, knocked at her door. He
gave her the telegram which she
had written little while ago. !
Clancy, holding the door partly
shut, so that he could not see her
preparation for departure. read
the wire. She gasped.
bad news, miss?" asked Paul.
'Oh, terrible?' she cried. MY
mother is I'LL must go home
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possible embarrassment.
So / found myself swept out
upon the floor and into the sway
of a lovely, haunting minor
strain.
ENCORE after encore was given
We danced them all in silence.
At last the music, stopped and we
returned to the table,
Suddenly Ralph Lacy leaned
forward and said in voice so
low and intent I could hardly
hear It.: ....~
you're so beautiful tonight
that 1 could have gone on waltz
ing-forever."
For a moment it seemed as if
I couldn't have heard Alright.
Impulsively, so that sensed his
flight from one mood to another,
Mr.. Lacy leaned forward and
said:
"Say, sister-can you forgive
an awkward dub for sounding
like a blighted idiot in the shock
of finding out that you dance as
well as you write advertising
COPY"
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high the glasses OF rosy fruit
punch in invocation to the kindly
fates.
Then the strains Of a waltz
caused Miss May to blossom into
new animation. She tilted her
head from side to side in perfect
rhythm with the music and Max
Hoadley added:
would be selfish ola man
If asked our guest of honor to-
honor fne with a turn?"
Shall I, Mrs. Harrison?" asked
Miss May.
"Anne says, Please do, Aunt
May" replied, smiling en-
couragement. n.
What do you say, partner"
asked Park quickly, as the dan
GERS made their way from the
table. Shall we fight a duel for
Mrs. Anne Harrison, or shall we
two old fogies talk business and
let the pirate carry off the
pearl?"
you'll have no chance to let
him or not" cried Mr.. Lacy, tax
ing it up quickly to save me any
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CHAPTER LX.
The Intrusive DagO.

This" murmured Dfummond,
is the ultimate linnity From be-
wilderment and unbelief his mood
changed to a bitter satisfaction.
The fool! He gave us trouble
enough, but we're even with him
now" He glanced at his compan.
ion. "Hildai What do YOU think
of this unrehearsed effect-eh ?"
ne said with chuckle. "Can you
realize it?"
Hilda Detohmere did not look at
him. There was strange express
sion in her eyes.
realize for the first time what
l have lost," she said, too low for
DruInmond to hear. 'I never
knew Phillip. till now. A fool
but a splendid fellow! And the girl
is unconquerable!'
A Jarring voice broke in upon
them both.
Say! The guys married herr
Agnes Tallbois was standing be-
side them. Her coal black ewes
were sparkling with excitement
and Vicious mirth.
Il saw her." she exclaimed. turn
ing to Drummond, "and l heard
what he said. Is that the man
you told me about. That good.
looking dude?"
Yves" said Drummond, "that
was. Mottisfont. And he had fin.
1shed himself as thoroughly as a
man could-in more ways than
one, as he will find.
"Gee" gasped Miss TaIlbois. For
a moment she was smitten dumb.
Nartegated emotions chased them
selves over her mobile counten-
ance. Drummond, fearing what
might come next, interposed hast
lily.
Let me make you acquainted,
he said Miss Detchmere, Miss
Agnes Tallbois; in effect Lady
Tallbois of Knayth. Hilda, you
are the first to welcome the true
fairy princess"
Hilda recovered herself and bowed
formally.
Il am very pleased to meet
YOU, said Agnes primly in q
somewhat throaty voice.
HIlda Detchmere looked at the
girl vacantly; this remarkable per
sonality made less impression on
her than might have been expect
ed-the shock of the recent meet
ing reduced her interest In Agnes
But she had to make some reDIy.
The pleasure Is mine" she said
Il have known many OF the Tall
bois-now. 1t seems, / meet the
head of the family. Nav it be
a happier inheritance for you
than IL was--for joan"
(TO BE Continued Tomorrow
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DRIFTING ON TO RUIN
A TIP TO YOUNG MEN

event with favorable circumstances
and happy SURROUNDINGS. This
mental picture win seem nhsst
pleasing.
Friday Is next. No need Of
counting tle happy evenings.
Perhaps this ID SHOW night on
your regular schedule. Perhaps
you can jain smother youth in at
tending an entertainments clean
and uplifting, or, maybe, your
girl friend win so with you.
Even though your life il one .of
rather low degree II win improve
markedly from the effects Of
mere regulation and rhythm. It
is the steady swing Of events
which win tend to add interest
and charm. To look ahead in
imagination to the orderly events
of the coming week IL to make
those occurrences more real and
more vitaE
A young life like yours %.
tains. it's chief joy, not In posses
sion, but in pursuit. But you have
nothing to- pursue mentally %
long as you live by hit or miss,
uncertain, drifting methods.
Therefore. I urge that you try
out the happy game Of making
for yourself q schedule a week
in advance, and the more fssci-
mating game Of projecting yourself
through imagination on to the
events. Of that planned period.
Try It.. say. and SO multiply
yourself by two.
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By VIM. A. McKeever.
widely known Lecturer and Author
and . National Authority on
Juvenile Problems.

w1oUNG MAN. learn to live
~ by q schedule and you win
soon double your capacity.
You cannot eat your cake and
save it. You cannot waste your
energy in riotous life ana also
use it at your wouk.
Pull your activities into a plan.
Group your lines Of effort.
You write me that your effort
to get on is weak and ineffective
and that you are simply drifting.
Then, you were afraid to sign
your name to the letter. That
hidden-hand method is certainly
an evidence Of weakness. But
the clever evidence, as revealed
between the lines of your letter,
is that you have no definite plan
or program for your daily life,
and, without this, drifting is your
natural alternative.
There is little to be said for
your encouragement so long as
you lack methodical application.
With that as your guide. however.
. you may slowly pull yourself to q
higher and happier level.
Spend an evening or two trying
to make q schedule and see what
happens.
First, decide that you will come
home in the evening pit a certain
specific hour and clean up, so as
to look and feel highly respecta-
BILE.
Second, decide that you will
either stay in your room and read
or do something else worth while
and enjoy it.
Third. decide that you will like.
wise do something definite and
self-improving each Monday eve
ming Select the time ana occa.
sion and jot down the III ms as an
intended project. Perhaps it win
be possible to repeat this helpful
affair as a regular Tuesday eve
ming pastime.
Fourth, select something worth
while as. a Wednesday. evening
event. Go to a midweek church
service.
Fifth comes Thursday evening.
Look over the long Hist aof good
things to DO for that time Tn
imaginatln proje yourself Il thae
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CLANCY DEANE will never be able
~ to say that New York was unkind
to her. Unlike most girls stepping
unsophisticated into the maelstrom of the
metropolis, she has not been carried down
to despair to emerge disilIusioned. In
stead, she has made two very good
friends, Mrs. Carey and David Randall.
She has landed q position, not IN 1
film studio, but in q real estate office, and
she has made good.
And she has her high ideals to thank
for her success as much as her good looks.
TO Clancy a new world. far different from
the cramped atmosphere of Zenith,
Maine, is opening. and Randall Is begin
ming to occupy i charmed place in h(r
thoughts.
But now and again the vision of her
visit to Morris Beiner sweeps before her.
She hopes that her escape from his Office
will never be known and she shudders as
she remembers his efforts to kiss her.
She tries to reassure herself. but
somehow she has . dread that her first
few days in New York and her first
strange friends will reveal her as Florine
Ladue, that Ike Weber will identity her.
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minutes ago, that that was On.
actly what the police would do.
Therefore she must get out Of
the Napoli.
Now, with definite action de-
cided upon, Clancy could think
straightly. She tilted her hat
forward, 30 that it shielded her
features, and descended from her
room to the street. Yesterday
afternoon she had noticed a tele-
graph office on Forty.second
street. TO it she went now.
She wrote out q telegram:
Chlorine Ladue, Hotel NapoIi,
Forty.seventh street, New York.
Come home at once. Mother is
H." She signed it. MARY"
The receiving clerk stared at
her.
"You could walk up there in
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ANSWERS
To Yesterdays questions.

TO Yesterdays questions.
FLORIDA was discovered and
named by Ponce de Leon in 1912.
2-The treaty of Client ending
the war Of 1912 was signed by
Great Britain and the United
States December "a, 1914.
3-Lucifer matches were invent
ed in 1929.
1.-The Kaleidoscope was invent
ed by Sir David Brewster in 1914.
6-The Metropolitan Museum Of
Arts of New York was organized
in 1870.
6-King Humbert of Italy was
assassinated July 80, 1900.
7-Grover Cleveland was Presi-
dent of the United States from
1886 to 1889, and from 1898 to
1897.
= 8-The battle of Lookout Noun
tain in the civil war was fought
November "a. 1868.
9--Mozart wrote his opera "The
Marriage Of Figaro" in 1886.
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WHO SAID 1T
AND WHERE?
thick as autrn,nal leaves that

Thick as aMtE1rnal leaves that
strew the brooks Of
ValIombrOsa."
Vallombrosa, a valley not far from
Florence, was noted in Millions
day for it's wonderful foliage.
So the great poet in Paradise
Lost" drew on it to describe
the large number of spirits that
fell.
pleasure and action make the
hours seem short"
Every one has Of course noted
this fact, Of which Shakespeare
writes in "Othello." Time
seems short when we are busy
or are enjoying ourselves.
Backs bis opinion with quote
tons"
We all know this type, which was
common when Matthew Prior
u6S4-172D wrote "Paulo Pur.
ganti," from which the line is
taken.
downright, 1898. by King Features
Syndicate 4nc.)
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ty-second street, cross to the TheS-
plan Bank. No, she wouldn't;
she might be seen. Shed ask
Mrs. Gerand to cash her check.
she sat suddenly down upon q
shabby chair. she couldn't cash
her check, for Florine IAdue
could be traced through her bank
account as wen Is through any
other Mayl
she rose and walked to the vim
dow. It was q different view
frann that which she had had
1T the Napoli. she might be III
another country. Across the paxIE
stood. soIidAOoIxing mansiOns that
even the untutored eyes OF clan.
cy knew were inhabitsd ~ 3 dlf.
ferent class Of people than lived
ct Mrs. Gerand's. me WeII-kept-
ness bf the houses reminded her
Of q welI.dressed woman drawing
aside her skirts - the wheel
Of = carriage. arattering mud,
approached too closely. she
did not know that an old-tine
aristocraey stilI heHd It's ground
ON the north side IL Washington
Square, against the encroach.
ments Of : colony d immigrants
from italy, against the wave of
q bohemia that. 81 recent years,
had become fashionable.
Despite the chill Of the winter
day. scores Of children Of Ill ages
played IN the park. Come were
shabby, tattered, children Of the
slums that Iurked. tlsough she
did not know il, south 81 the
square. Others were carefully
dressed, guarded by Uniformed
nurses. These came from the
mansions opposite. from the fash
ionable apartments on lower. Fifth
avenue.
Girls in tar1s, accompanied By
youths carelesnly though not too
inexpensive1y dressed. saunteredi
across the park They were hound
for little coffeehouses, fNr strange
little restaurants. They we're or
that literary and artistic and
musical set which HAD found the
neighhorhood congsniai Cor work.
and play.
But TO Clancy they were all
just people. And people made
laws, which created policemen,
who hunted girls who hadn't
done anything.
fI0 he C0ntfnued TofaosrOW.)
(Copyright. 1854 CosnopoIItan nook
COfpofation.I
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had ridden in his car yesterday
afternoon at S.
The first name would attract
the attention of Zenda and his
friends. Her acquaintance with
Fay Marston and her card-sharp
husband would come out. She
wasn't thinking clearly. The at
fair st zenda's was unimportant
now. The only important thing
In the world was the murder Of
Norris Beiner.
She got back to her first fact
only Fanchon DeLisle could know
that F1orine Ladue and Clancy
Deane were the same person. If,
then, Fanchon had forgotten that
high-sounding name, had forgot
ten that she had given a card Of
introduction to Clancy What
difference would it make IL Fan.
chon had forgotten the incident
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OF the card? The police would
remind her Of It, wouldn't theyf
She put her palms to her eyes
and rocked back and forth. She
couldn't Think For five minutes
she sat thus, pressing against
her eyes, slowly. out Of the reek
az fearsome thoughts that crowd.
ed upon her brain, she resolved
the salient one. Until Fanchon
DeLisle told the police that Flo.
rine LaDue and Clancy Deane
wefe one and the same persons.
she was safe.
It would take time to locate
Fanchon. Meanwhile, Clancy was
safe. That is, unless the police
began to look up the hotels to
find Florine Ladue right away,
without waiting to communicate
with Fanchon. She leaped to
her feet. She'd decided, several
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By John Goodman.
a STORY OF MISTER.

EkC1 HE is here, in the station.
May I bring her to you, Hill
~ da? She wants to meet q
few influential people-she will very
soon fill Joan's shoes, you know.
suggest a little luncheon party"
"But you are priceless! said
Hilda. "By all means: it is just
what would interest me. She
hesitated. els she very
YES" said Drumfnond dryly'
"slle is rather. need your help.
Hilda. One moment and will"
"Stop! What Of Joan?" said
HiIdae under her breath, "the ador.
able Lady Tallbois--our late social
star? That IL what I want to
hearp'
Fled" said Drummond briefly,
bolted-wouldn't face it. Really,
the only thing for her to do.
Wounded dove, you know-hide
her bleeding heart, and all that
sort Of thing. Gone back to the
slums Of Lambeth. Straight from
Knayth to the gutter. Is that
good enough for you, Hilda?'
The Honorable Hilda Detchmere
drew a. deep breath. She would
have given much to be able to an
swer the question and say what
she really did think. Charing
Cross Station was an inconvenient
place in which to receive news So
stupendous.
And Mottisfont?" she MUIR
INJURED.
Drummond laughed.
"a little disappointing for Mot
tisfont. Kept well out Of the way.
What we should do, Hilda, in his
place. Wise man, Mottisfont."
"Ah-h-h-h-h" said Hilda. She
began to laugh, quietly, gently, in
her most perfect self-possessed
manner. And then she looked
straight before her and seemed to
become suddenly petrifieG Drum
mond followed her gaze.
Joan Tallbois herself, in q simple
linen frock, was passing within
twenty feet Of the pair at the mo.
ment. She saw neither of them.
The crowds, the noise. the busting
LIE around did not seem to exist
for Joan. There was a wonderful,
dreamy happiness. in her eyes, as
she passed through toward the
Dover boat train.
Behind her came Philip, carry.
Ing q bag, and followed by a porter
with a truck of luggage. Drum
mond and Miss Detchmere, after
the first shock of engagement.
elanced quickly at each other.
Philip paused only long enough to
toss q coin on to the book stall and
snatch up q paper. His eve fell
on Hilda. and he raised his hat.
Philip" she calculated. as ~
speech was wrung from her.
where are you going?"
"On my wedding tour" he an.
swered. HiIda's face was colorless
and rigid.
"On your-what," she gasped.
Joan Tallbois and were mar.
ried this morning" he said. 81 &C.
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THE STRANGER a D 1as3'''"'
Z, LURE AND INTRIGUE

cept your congratulations. Thank
you 50 much"
And raising his hat again cour-
teously, Philip strobe forward on
to the platform as though the
earth and the fullness thereof were
his.
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By Arthur Somers Roche
The Most Popular Author OF Love
And Mystery Tales
Today.

II
And Mystery Tales
Today.
49, HERE followed a brief re-
sumo Of the dead mans
career, but Clancy did not
read it. She dropped the paper
and again stared at the ceiling.
She was the woman who had
ned by the fire-escape from
Beiner's office, for whom the en-
gagement had been made with
Hildeblooml And the police were
looking for her!
Beiner had been murdered! She
had not killed him, but-who
had?. And would the police be-
lieve her story2 She'd heard OF
third degrees. Would they be-
lieve her? Her whole story-R
she admitted having been in
Beiner.s office. she must admit
her method OF egress. That de-
scent by the fire-escape would
have to be explained. She would
have to tell the police that Beiner
had seized her. had held her.
: Having admitted that much to
the police. would they believe the
rest Of her story?
She shook her head. OF course
they wouldn't! Beiner had been
killed with his own paper-knife.
The police would believe that
she had picked IL mp and used
it in self-defense.
She became unnaturally calms
OF course, she was q girl; her
story might win her acquittal,
even though q jury were con.
ViAced that she was q 1nurderess.
She knew Of dozens OF cases that
had filled the newspapers where
in women had been set free by
sentimental juries.
But the disgrace! The waiting
In jail Some one else had enter.
cd Beiner's office, had. perhaps,
found him stiIl unconscious. and
killed him. But would that some
one come forward and admit his
or her guilt to free Clancy
Deane?
She laughed harsh1y at the
mere thought. Everything point
ed to her. Clancy Deane, as the
murderess. Why, even at this
very moment, the police might
be down stairs, making inquiries
Of Madame Napoli about her!
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Charm and Beauty, Magic and Intrigue,
Temptation and Triumph InMan-
hattan's Exotic Whirlpool

ret me q taxi--tell Madame Ma
poll to make up my bill
The boy murnured something
meant to be sympathetic, and
disappeared down the han. Five
minutes later. Madame Napoli
came wheeling up the stairs.
she refused to- permit Clancy to
pack. Clancy was , good girl
to worry so about her mother.
she must sit still and drink the
coffee that Paul was fetching.
Nine. Napoli would pack her
has. And madame made sent
for q taxi
It was ali very casy. Without
arousing the s1igi1test suspicion,
Clancy left the Napoli.
she told the driver to take her
to the Grand Central Staten.
There she checked her yaIiss.
For she was not running back
TO Zenith. No, indeed Shed
come to New York to succeed,
and she would succeed. Truth
must prevail, and, sooner o. later,
the murderer Of Morris Beiner
would be apprehended. Then
Clancy would be free 70 90 about
the making Of her career. But
now, safety was her only thought.
But safety ii Zenith was not
what she sought.
In the waiting-room she pur-
chased newspaper. she found
. list Of lOdging-houses advertised
there. Inquiry at the infOrrna.
ton desk helped her to orientate
herself. She wished to be set
tied some distance from Times
Square. she learned that wash
ingtOn Square was q couple Of
miles from the NapoIi. Two
miles seemed q long distance
to Clancy.
She reacquired her vaIise. got
another taxi and shortly had en-
gagged : room in the lodging house
Of Mrs. Simon Gerand, on wash
ington Square South. Mrs. Ge-
rand was not at all like Mime.
Napoli. save In one respect
she demanded her rent in adj
vance. Clancy paid her. She
noted that she had only 81 left
in her purse. So, IN her room,
she took out her check book and
wrote her first check. payable
to ''self." for $25. shed take
a bus, one Of those that she
could sect from her tiny room
on the square below, ride to For
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WHEN DID IT HAPPEN?>

10-Julius Caesar crossed the
Rubicon in 40 b. c.
Answers to these queries will be
printed tomorrow.
when was the Pacific ocean
discovered?
2-When did Martin Luther die?
3-When was Mary, Queen of
Scots, beheaded?
4-When did the strike of
$4,000 meat packing house en-
ployes occur in Chicago?
5-when was the Simpson tun-
mel under the Alps between Italy
and Switzerland completed?
6-When was the Bull Moose
party organized by Roosevelt?
when did Goldsmith write
his celebrated play, "She Stops
to Conquer"
S-When were the Middle Ages2
9-When did the poet, Milton.
die? /
1OLWhen did Oregon become IA
State?
Copyright. 1928. by King Features
Syndicate, Incl
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DO YOU KNOW
THAT

Despite the shape OF the outer
shell, the yolks Of all normal eggs
are exactly spherical.
The history Of the use OF gun
powder in warfare dates from the
seventh century, when It was en-
ployed by Byzantine emperOvs to
defend Constantinople against the
Saracens. However. it has great
or antiquity among the Chinese,
who employed It for blasting rocks
and In the manufacture Of fire
works long before the Christian
era.
The best oriental rigs represent
prolonged labor, On each square
foot of surface weaver works
about tWenty-threa days.
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HOtp Far Can YOu See?

AN Eskimo can see white fox against the at
= incredible distance, and Arab name objects
miles away. In Europe Norwegans have the best eve
sight Those living il cities have the worst eyesigh
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The English Language

TIME English language is said to consist of 100000
words but nearly half either obsolete or sclentltc
seldom used in conversation 1t has been calculated
that nine-tenths of words are OF Saxon orlsln'
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-04-04
COOPERATIVE Store in
Receivers Hands

At a special meeting of the stock
holders of the Sanborn COOPERATIVE
company held at the opera house last
Thursday, it was voted to petition
the court to appoint receiver for the
business. F. A. Bade, present man.
ager of the store, was recommended
as receiver and undoubtedly will be
appointed by the court. The company
was organized about ten years ago
with about seventy stockholders. For
the last few years the business has
not been conducted successfully, al
though the volume of business done
appeared to be sufficient to make it
pay at all times. The present in
debtedness of the company is quite
heavy, and although the business may
have been continued with an assess
ment of the stockholders, it appears
that the stockholders could not agree
on plan of continuing and therefore
voted to dispose of the property. 1t
is not known just how the business
will be disposed of. For the present
there will be no great change, with
the exception that all sales must be
for cash. Produce will of course be
taken the same as always, and the
same force will remain in the store
until further action is taken by the
court or the receiver.