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INSURANCE STOCKS
STATE AND MUNICIPAL BONDS

Ala. N. Life Ins. Co. (par I01. 14 Is
 Protective Life Ins Co Cpar 10) IS 25
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Little Market Flashes

NEW YORK, April 1s.--Directors of the Inland Steel company the stock of which has just been listed on the New York Stock exchange, have been called to meet X pril "A to take action toward increasing the present cash dividend of S1 share annually.
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CHICAca STOCKS

CHICAGO, April is.-Armour of Della ware S9ta Commonwealth Edison i29as \ Diamond Match. 115; Libby McNeill, 6 8 National Leather, 6s4 Standard Gas. 30ls Swift & Co, 105i2; Swift International. leis Union Carbide. 63!a United Light and Railway. 142: Wahl, 53 Western Knitting 5a.; Yellow Manufacturing E, csq; Yellow Taxi, ss.
 HORSES AND MULES
 EAST ST LOUIS, III, April 1s.--Horses and iptiies about steady unchanged
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NEW YORK. April 1S--Portland Cement production in March totaled 9,sS0,oo0 bar rels as compared with G,6s5,o00 in the eorrespo. ding month last year. Net in come of the Austin Nichols company last yastr totaled s64s,16S. as compared with S:f,s9S the year before.
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BERLIN April lS.--The annual report of the German Petroleum company shows d net profit of 625, GOO, 900 marks, as com pared with 3S000,000 marks in the report of 1922. dividend of 400 per cent was declared as compared with 25 per cent the previous year.
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NAVAL. STORES

NAN ANNNIT, NpfII TN.-TufNNU TTNN steady sl n. Sales. i5o, recpips. s4N, shipments, tS6 stock. 2,362. Rosiu frln, sales a52. receipts, t.lSa; shipments 2n+ stock, 5S,7ni Ruote! F to K $b.V5 NJ, s5 .to; \. s5 .35! WIG, B G54 WW. sf 55.
 JACKSONVILLE. Fla. Apeil iS. Cul- pentinc steady. sl 70. Sales, I5o icccipf'. l92, shipments. f5i. stock, s-6s0 Ensiu firno sales, 1.2e9; receipts, 729 s!..pments nono. steeki lla.727. Quote: to F. Si.oH c 5 r, $5 OF q 5 os, q, S5 05, IT, S5 oam .07ia; to Al. s5.o50f5.lN; x. S5,20m .5 WIG, sa. 5oa5 SO WG, s6 too q. ia.
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WILMINGTON, Del, April 18.-The General Motors corporation at the annua, meeting of stockholders here today re erected the present directors. John l.. Pratt. vice president ia charge of accessory companies and Dewitt Page, president and general manager of the New Depar- ture Manufacturing company, were added to the board to fill vacancies.
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FOR EIIN SILVER
Hubbard Bros. & Co.

NEW YORK, April 1s.--Foreign bar si yer, 66ac Mexican dollars. 51c.
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DALLAS. Tex, April 1s.-Railway regu- lation through legislation. consolidation Of railroads, ship subsidy. rate construction and tariff classification were among the subjects taken up here today by the Ma t.onai Industrial Traffic league, which began d two da ys' meeting. Traffic men from all oNe. the country were in attend ance.
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NIONn MARKET

NEW YORK, April 1S.--Call money ee sier: high ,. low 1 t.. ruling rate ,, clos ing bid 4is offered al 4s4. last loan E, cali loans against aeceptances F, time loans easier mixed collateral. 6090 days 5t.@5is. i-6 months 5l G T., prime cnIlInercial paper. , O } la
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- ..0NEnN NnNt1

LONDON. Ap:'il le.--N Nu. sII3er. ,. 5-f6d per ounce. Moqeyy ] !, per csni. His onut rates. snort nt ls. ! !. m2 pef crut. ihtcr months hdia 9fs per eeut.
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NEW YORK. April 1s.-Raw silk firm er. price per pound: kansai double extra cracks. s9 a5 q i5. kansai best Ne B. l. o.faG 20: Ksnsai No filler s9.o5a
 ira A. i4-lG, sS .S0Qs.o5. Shanghai China steam filler. gold double deer, S9 50 @9. so.
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NEW YORK. April ls.-ReceNers for b. q. Dery and D. G. Dery corporation, broad silk manufacturing firm. yesterday or dered personal assets of the firm head, to- siing s2.25o,0oo, placed in escrow pend ing the outcome of equity suits against the company.
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CHAPTER xxIi-Continued.

But the curtain Of this drama in the
mountain home had not yet rung down.
EIulf-unconsciOus, she listened to his
steps. He was out in the moonlight,
vanishing among the trees. Strange
faRcies swept her. all In the smallest
fraction of an instant. and a voice
spoke clearly. With all the strength
of her will she dispel!ed the mists of
dawning Inconsistencies hat the pain
had wrought and crept swiftly to the
little desk placed against the wall. Her
hand fumbled in the shadow behind Ii
and brought out a gIittering rifle. Then
she crept TO the open doorway.
Lying on the floor, she raised the
weapon TO her shoulder. Her thumb
pressed back. strong and unfaltering,
against the hammer: and she heard it
click as Ii sprung into place. Then
she looked along the barrel until sh"
saw the swinging form Of Simon
through the sights.
There was no remorse In that cold
gaze Of hers. The wings of death
H"f y tiV lAli iOsi'S " y
down. Her fingers curled tighter
about the trigger. One more
pressure, and Simon'S track Of wicked
ness and bioodshed would have come
to an end at last. But M that instant;
her eyes wiGened with the dawn of an
idea.
She knew this man. She knew the
hatred that was upon him. And she
realized, as If by an inspiration from
IN High, that before he went to his
house to sleep he would go once more
into the presence of Bruce. confined
somewhere among these ridges anl
suffering the punishment Of having
opposed his will. Simon would want
enc look 10 see how his plan was get
ting IN perhaps he would want 10 ut,
ter one haunting word. And Linda
saw her chance.
She dropped the rifle and darted
into her W room. There she pro-
cured a weapon that she trusted more.
her little pistol, loaded with six cart
ridges.
III b had understood the real ma
ture of the danger that Bruce faced
size would have retained the rifle. II
shot with many times the smashing
power Of the little gun. and NJ long
range was many times ms accurate. but
even II would have seemed an inef-
fective defense against such an enemy
as WAS even now creeping toward
Bruce's body. But she knew that in n
crisis. against such Of the Turner's as
she Thought she might have To face, IL
would serve her much better than rhe
more awkward heavier weapon. Re
sides. she n how 10 WELD Il. and
all her life she had kept IL for just
such an emergency.
The pain Of the hiow was quite gon
now. except for a strange sickness that
had encomoassed her. But she was
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and even at the FIRST leap his arm
swept out to the cir! OF the ground
beside him. He swung her toward
him, and at the same time her hands
caught at the arching back Of the
saddle. For the first fifty feet she
was half dragged, but slowly-with
BrGce's help-she pulled herself up
to a position OF security.
The Killers charge had come q few
seconds too late. For a moment he
raced behind them I'm insane fury, but
only his savage growl leaped through
the darkness fast enough to catch up
with them. And the distance slowly
widened.
The Killer had been cheated again;
and by the same token Simon's oath
had been proved untrue. For once the
remorseless strength of which he boast
ed had been worsted by a greater
strength; and love, not hate, was the
courage--a courage greater than that
with which he obeyed the dictates OF
his cruel will-had cost him his vic
tory. The wal that he and his out
law band had begun so long ago had
not yet been won.
Indeed. If Simon could have seen
what the moon saw as II peered out
from behind the clouds, he would nave
known that one OF the debts Of blood
incurred so many years ago had even
now been paid. Far away on a dis
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THE KILLER

SYNOPSIS.-At the death of his
foster father Bruce Duncan. in an
eastern city, receives a mysterious
message, s-nt by a Mrs. Ross. sum-
monlng him peremptorily to south
ein OreGon-to meet Linda"
Bruce has vivid but ba filing recol-
lections of his childhood in an or
phanage, before his adoption by
Newton Duncan. with the girl Lin
da. Az his destination, Trails End.
news h a a message has b. Ell sent
to hruce gets to Simon Turner
Leaving the train. Bruce is aston
sned at his apparent familiarity
with the surroundings. though to
his knowledge he has never been
there. On the way Simon warns
him to give up his quest and return
East. Bruce refuses. Mrs. Ross,
aged and infrm, welcomes him
with emotion. She Eastens him on
his way-the end of 'Pine-Needle
Trail" Bruce finds his childhood
playmate. Linda. The girl tells him
OF wrongs committed by an enemy
can, the Turner'S, OF her family,
the Rosses. Lands occupied by the
clan were stolen from the Rosses, d
and the family with the exception
of Aunt Elmjra ~(Mrs. ROss) and
herself. wiped out by assassination.
Bruce's father, Matthew Folger,
was M of the victims. His mother
had fed with Bruce and Linda.
The girl, while small, had been kid
naped from the orphanage and
brought to the mountains. Linda's
fnfhnr had 1nnlR1 HE ta 10 10
Matthew Folger, but the agree
ment, which would confute the
enemy claims on the property, had
been lost. Bruce's mountain blood
responds to the call Of the blood
feud. A giant tree, the Sentinel
Pine. in front of Linda's cabin,
seems to Bruce's excited magma
ton to be e deavoring to convey a
message. Bruce sets out In search
of a trapper named Hudson. a wit
ness to the agreement between
Llnda's father and Matthew Fol-
ger. A gigantic grizzly, known as
the Killer. is the terror of the vi
cinity. Dave Turner, sent by
Simon, bribes Hudson to swear
falsely concerning the agreement.
The Killer strikes down HCd on.
Bru"e, on his way TO Hudson.
wounds the Killer, driving him
from his victim. Hudson, learning
Bruce's identity, tries to tell him
the hiding place of the agreement.
but death summons him. Dave de-
coys Linda and Aunt Elmira from
their home. The man insults Ii da
and is struck down by the aged
woman. Elmira's son has been
murdered by Dave, and at her COM
Hand, after securely binding the
desperado, Linda leaves them alone.
Returning, Bruce finds a note, APP
parently from Linda, telling him
she has been kidnapped by the
Turner's. Bruce falls into Simon's
trap. and l. made prisoner. Charg--
ing Bruce with attempting to re-
open the blood-feud, the clan
leaves him. bound. in a pasture IN
the spot where the Killer had slain
and half eaten a calf the night be-
fore. Bruce, helpless. awaits ar
rival of the Killer and death. ST.
mon makes Linda an offer of mar
riage. The girl refuses, telling him
she loves Bruce. Enraged, the man
brutaIly strikes her and leaves.
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BOOK THREE
COMING OF THE STRENGTH
CHAPTER XIV

Fall was at hand at Trails End.
golden wings.
A buck deer-a noble creature with
six points on his spreading horns-got
the first inkling of 1t when he stopped
at a spring to drink. The air had
beer chill I'm his nostrils, but thanks
TO a heavy growth of hair that-with
mysterious foresight-had begun to
come upon his body, II gave him no
discomfort. But II was a puZzling and
significant thing that the water he bent
TO drink had been transformed to
something hard and white and burn
ing cold to the tip of his nose.
II was the first real freeze. True,
for the past few nights there had been
a measure Of tinkIing. cobweb frost
IN the ground In wet places, but even
the ten~der-skinned birds-always most
watchful Of signs Of this kind-had
d~isregarded 1t. But there was no dis
regarding this half-inch Of blue Ice
that had covered the spring. The buck
deer struck II angrily with his front
hoOfs, broke through and drank then
went snorting up the hill.
His anger was In itself a significant
thing. In the long, easy-going summer
days, Blacktail had almost forgotten
what anger was like. He had been
content to roam over the ridges, crop
ping the leaves and grass, avoiding
danger and growing fat. But all at
once this kind Of existence had palled
on him. He felt that he wanted only
ore thing-not food or drink. or safe
ty-but a good. sIashing. hooking, hoof-
carving battle with another buck OF
his own species. An unwonted o
ness had come upon him. and his soft
eyes burned with a blue fire. He re-
membered the does, too-~ith a sud-
den leap of his blood-and wondered
where they were keeping themselves.
Being only a beast he did not know
that this new belligerent spirit was
just as much a sign of fall as the soft
blush that was coming on the leaves.
The simple fact was that fall means
the beginning Of the rut--the wild mat
Ing days when the bucks battle among
themselves and choose their harems Of
does.
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never colder of nerve and surer of
muscle. Cunningly she lay down
again before she crept through the
door, sc that If Simon CHANGED TO look
about he would fail TO see that she
followed him. She crept TO the thick
cts, then stood up. Three hundred
yards down the slope she could see
Simon's dimming figure in the moon
light, and swiftly she sped after him.
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By
EDISON MARSHALL
Author Of
The Dolce Of the Pack"
Copyright by Little, Brown, and Co.

ant hope that the bear would continue
on down the edge of the forest and
leave him; and his heart stood still
as the great beast paused, shifting,
But some smell in the air seemed to
reach him, and he came stealing back.
In reality, the Killer Was puzzled.
He had come to this place straight
through the forest with the expecta-
ton that foOd-nesh to teal with his
fangs-would be waiting for him. And
now, as he waited at the border Of
the darkness. he knew that q strange
change had taken place. And the
Killer did not like Strangeness.
The smell that he had expected had
dimmed TO such an extent that ii pro-
NOTED no muscular impulse. Perhaps
smell-one that was vaguely familiar
and Weakened a slow, brooding anger
in his great beasts heart.
He was not timid; yet he retained
some of his natural caution and re
manned in the gloom Willie he made
his Investigations. Probably Ii was n
hunting instinct alone. He crept slow,
ly up and down the border of moon
light, and his anger seemed to grow
and deepen within him. He felt dimly
meal. And once before he had been
similarly cheated but there had been
singular triumph at the end of that
experience.
All at once a movement, far across
the pasture, caught his attention. 1t
seemed that some n had come, taken
one glance at the drama at the edge
of the forest, and had departed.
Bruce himself had not seen the figure +;
and perhaps 1t was the mercy Of Fate
not usually merclful-that he did
not. He might have been caused TO
hope again, only to know a deeper
despair when the man left him with
out giving aid. For the tall form had
been that Of Simon coming, as Linda
had anticipated, for a moments in
spection of his handiwOrk. And see
ing that it was good, he had depart
ed again.
The grizzly watched him go then
turned back to his questioning regard
Of the strange, dark figure hat lay
so prone In the grass in front. The
darkness dropped over him as the
noon went behind a heavy patch of
cloud.
And In that moment the Killer I'M
derstood. He remembered now. Pos
sibly the upright form of Simon had
suggested 1t to him possibly the wind
had only blown straighter and thus
permitted him to identify the troubling
smells. All at once a memory flashed
over him-of a scene in a distant glen,
and similar tall figures that tried to
drive him from his food. He had
charged then, struck once, and n
of the forms had lain very still. He
remembered the pungent, maddening
odor that had reached him after his
blow had gone home. Most clearly of
all, he remembered how his claws had
struck and sunk.
He knew this strange shadow now.
1t was just another Of that tall breed
he had learned to hate, and 1t was sim
ply lying prone as his foe had done
after the charge beside Little river. In
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no heed to the fast hoof beats of the
speeding horse. Ii was Dave Turner,
was ended at last. He lay with lift .
face, and there were curious dark
stains on the pine needles.
And the pines, those tall, dark sem
tinels Of the wilderness, seemed to
look down upon him In p~assionless con-
temptation, as IL they wondered at the
stumbling ways Of men. Their branches
rubbed together and made words as
the wind swept through them, but no
man may say what those words were.
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fact, the still-lying form recalled the
other occasion with particular vivid
ness. The excitement that he had felt
before returned TO him now; he re-
membered his disappointment when
the whlstling bullets from the hillside
above had driven him from his dead
But there were no whistling bullets
now. Except for them. there would
have been further rapture beside that
stream; but he might have Il low.
The old hunting madness came back
TO him. II was fair game, this that
lay so still In the grass. just as the
body Of the calf had been and just
as the warm body Of Hudson In the
distant glen.
Tie wound at his side gave him a
twinge Of pain. II served To make his
memories all the clearer. The lurid
lights grew In his eyes. Rage swept
over him.
But ne didn't charge bllndly. de re-
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Once-Overs
Copyright 1928 International Feature Service
KEEP YOUR OWN BUSINESS TO YOURSELF

Do not talk much about your affairs.
OF course your child is bright and you know it, The
other fellow thinks his child brighter, all you
could would only get from him story go you one
better" or 'take you down peg
You may have friends who prominent affairs
but who cares4
Your wife may be particularly gifted in line but
your friends tire of hearing about her successes.
You may have made advantageous business deals
but unless listener particularly interested in YOU
accomplished the result order to put the idea his own
use, he is bored by your recital of it.
This thing of telling of your and you
manipulated to bring them about wise thing to do
anyway.
There always those, among your supposed
friends who will make of your ideas perhaps set
up in opposition to YOU
In fact they may get at before you get around so
you lose.
Keep your own business to yourself. x.A kmA.!..a
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r oNDoN-Where Il Nelson's
Ii pigtail exhibited? Where

ONDoN-Where Il Nelson's
pigtail exhibited? Where
is the dagger that killed
Wat Tyler2
What was the Highgate Oath3
Where were David Copper
fields London rooms?
These are a few of the ques-
tons which enterprising Ameri-
can tourists have asked the Lon.
don Association - the local
booster club"-this summer.
And to these and many other
"posers" neglected by the guide
books, the association has pro-
vided ready answers.
Nelson's pigtail, the knot OF
hair twisted at the back Of his
head according to- the fashion Of
the day, is actually preserved In
the old Painted Hall, at Green.
witch. where all and sundry nnay
inspect it. It forms, perhaps, as
close an association with the
memory Of the great commander
as the imposing statue overlook.
ing Trafalgar Square.
The dagger that terminated the
career OF Wat Tyler, lis on view
at Fishmorlgers' Hall, London
Bridge. David Copperfield's Lon
don residence was at No. Is
Buckingham street, near the
Strand, and the spot is passed
daily by hundreds Of Americans
unaware Of its historical interest.
The answer to the Highgate
Oath question is one of the most
interesting in the category, and
gives humorous sidelight on the
wit OF the early years Of the last
century. Until less than a hun
dred years ago, every stage.
coach passenger descending at
Highgate, then an outpost of the
city, but now a part Of the Net
ropolltan area, was obliged to
swear that he never ate brown
bread when he could get white,
never drank small beer when he
could get strong, and never
kissed the maid when he could
kiss the mistress, unless he liked
the other best"
The Wilmington Almshouses,
founded by Dick Wilmington,
Lord Mayor OF London" whose
name is familiar to every school
boy, are located in Highgate, and
In one of the buildings is a mag
nificent statue Of the man who
came to London barefooted and
with all his worldly goods done
up In a handkerchief. to hold,
eventually, the highest office in
the Empires greatest city.
The origin of many familiar
songs and stories may still be
found in the rich historical ac-
cumulations of older London.
"Woodnan, Spare that Tree" 1t
Is believed. may well have grown
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ODD QUESTIONS BY LONDON
TOURISTS ALL ANSWERED
Whereabouts of Nelson's Pgtail and Other Curio.
sa Are Told in Associations Book.

: up around the old Wood street
plane-tree, the only one in the
world under special legal protec-
ton by clauses in the leases Of
all the surrounding buildings.
On a mural monument at Holy
Trinity Church, in the Minories,
quartered with the arms OF the
Earls Of Dartmouth, may be seen
the Washington family arms.
Potter's Bar Church, also in the
eastern part of the city, has a
crucifix made from fragments of
Zeppelin, a relic of far more
recent struggle.
Polly Peachum," who was in
real life Lavinia Fenton, Duchess
of Bolton, is buried at the ancient
Church Of st. Alphage, Green
wich, and many tourists, visiting
the center of time" take adj
vantage Of the churcf's prox.
Unity to visit "Polly's'' grave.
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The Ladies Have Power
Heaven Bless Them.

Ladies who say they represent million Of various
national groups tell the world from New York city that the
Nineteenth Amendment will enforce the Eighteenth Amend
nen Otherwise put the amendment giving the bal
lot will support the amendment that takes whiskey
from the
There's much in that.
Men may meet talk, resolve and their candi-
dates But until they make approve modification
Of the Volsead law substituting light wine and beer for boot
leg whkey there will be change With half nation
votes rule absolutely, If united.
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WORDS FROM
THE LIPS OF
WISE MEN

UYHO, with courage Of ua-
" shaken root,
In honor's field advancing
his firm foot,
Plants it upon the line that JUS
tice draws,
And will prevail or perish In her
cause:
It's to the virtues Of such men
man owes
His portion in the good that
Heaven bestows.
Cowper.
Never risk a joke, even the
least offensive in its nature, with
a person who is not well bred
and possessed Of sense to COM
prehend it.
Many men spend their days in
celebrating and end them without
coming to any resolution.
Conquest pursues where cour-
age leads the way.
The highest wisdom is not to
be always wise.
Love can offer itself alone, and
he who would obtain from 1t
aught else is not worthy to be
loved.
Though It be honest.sft is. never
good to bring bad news. Ill It'd
ings tell Shakespeare.
One ounce of mirth is worth
more than a thousand weight Of
melancholy.
There are some who use humil-
ity to serve their pride.
Good counsel is not better than
bad counsel IL 1t be not taken in
time.