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, vacant only about six weeks"
Great! Send you a check to-
morrow. Hope we can be in by
the first of next month. How
about it, Anne? asked Jim tersely.
"Oughn't I see at once about
getting refurnished and re-estab-
lished."
Sure thing''-began Jim; then
his face turned a cold gray, and
his eyes darkened grimly. He
got to his feet and said in his
curtest voice:
Hell, Norreys! Did you fol-
low us here?"
All the suspicion and pealously
Jim felt for Anthony Norreys in
the old days seemed crystallized
into his insolent greeting.
welcome . home, Harrison"
Tony replied courteously. "I'm
mighty glad to see you, and just
as sorry couldn't join you folks
at dinner
AS Tony bent over my hand
with the slight European sug-
gestion of intending to kiss it in
stead of merely gripping it, Jim's
voice cut across our exchange of
words.
"Of course you know we missed
you terribly" he sneered, with
slight effort to mask his jealousy
as a compliment.
Jim's awkwardness shamed me.
Before I could fling any man.
thing words over it Tony faced
around and murmured, with a
smile directed straight at Car
letta:
There's one of you, hope
did miss me-terribly."
A question flashed into my
mind. Was he batting Jim or
making open love to Carlotta?
The serenity of her answer gave
me clue"
1T missed you, Tony, all you
could ask" she said smiling
quietly and tenderly. "Anne and
Jim had each other, was-the
odd one"
Ito Be Continued Mondayl
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THE RHYMING
OPTIMIST
BY Aline Michaelis-
Make 1t Snappy.

w ERE and yonder people
wander seeking highways
to success; dull and clever
both endeavor to cut out the
strife and stress. ''Yes," they
mutter, dread and butter is so
blooming hard to get we're untir-
ing in aspiring TO some way that's
better yet. Think how pleasant
prince and peasant would find life
devoid Of toll, we are humble but
we grumble at labor and turmoil.
So we're looking for some booking
where We'll leave all work behind;
like the lilies we poor Willies
would evade the daily grind"
Smith, the grocer, answers: mo,
sir, l am not the man you seek;
here in Goshen it's the notion
folks must work six days per
week." Moneymaker, who's the
baker, chuckles when he hears
their plea. MIX" he answers,
you romancers can't be looking
out for me, for I'm speeding up
and kneading dough when you
are fast asleep; try some other
fellow, brother, for your stuff is
much too Deep" Here and yon-
der chaps who squander days
thus vainly make appeal; but the
leaders who are speeders have no
time to hear their spell. Yet
quite often workers soften and
give up some sage advice like:
BE steady, boy, be steady; work
is livings choicest spice. Just be
CHEEKY, never weary, do your
level best each day; leave off
scheming, quit your dreaming
how to loaf your life away. Try
it, chappie, make it snappy, if
you want to get somewhere; make
1t Snappy, you'll be happy when
you know you pull your share"
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looking over their heads, all much popular young
Prince does And expect he liked the girls;
loved their beauty and laughter and every pretty
face in the crowds that pressed around his chariot,
drawn by thin-egged. black, desert horses when he
went to lay cornerstone speak at the dedication
of library wholesome, highspirited young
gentleman does today. !.
expect he smiled at the 'teafights" and the gossip
that the girls served back and forth there along with
their sweet-meats and honey-cakes expect he bathed
in the Nie-water and shaking his black hair from his
eyes turned head his shoulder at the passing
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By Anne Isle.
Whose Serials on Married Life
Have Won NATIONWIDE
Reputation.
Copyright, 1928, International Feature
Service Inc.)

Copyright, 1928, International Feature
Service Inc.)
"HERE was a trill of challeng-
ing and malicious laughter.
- Then the door clicked shut
after Rosa Cordova.
In spite of Betty's generous
protests, Jim and moved
from her apartment to a hotel
at the end of our first work
ing day. BY the time we had
everything packed and strapped
we were too exhausted to do any
serious talking.
The hotel took from us the at
mosphere Of sharing our lives and
of living in warm domesticity. 1t
seemed as if suddenly we had
nothing in common. Not a home,
not business interests, not leisure
TO share with each other. Know.
ing this must be remedied at
once, 1 called Carlotta to talk
over resuming tenancy Of our
apartment.
"Will you come with me to
lunch?" l asked. II want to see
where we stand about that apart
ment of ours"
II can't make it dear" she
said after a moments hesitation.
"But I wish you and Jim would
have dinner with me. We three
can have a cozy meal and talk
things over. I'll bring home all
the data about your apartment.
See you at seven. So long"
found nothing cavalier in Car
lotta's haste, since myself had
only the briefest moment to call
Jim and tell him to be at the
hotel IN time to dress for seven
o'clock dinner at Carlotta's. Then
the days work swallowed me
again, and 1 didn't begin to re-
lax until I found myself in a taxi
with Jim rolling toward the
Sturgis home. Again l ventured:
"How did everything go to-
day."
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IN VERY says "old" King Tutankh-Amen OF
n course he wasn't GIsOGys old. There time
- when he probably very personable young
man-with dark, smiling flashing beauty that for all
know would eclipse that of the wellknown young
"sheik" entirely, he to down Broadway to.
day-or will ourselves back into his hey-day.
He ate and laughed played and worked worried and
loved. looked out many sunset on his molten
gold Nile patted the dark babies he passed and closed
their tiny coin, noddng and flashing his
white smile his olive face at the little mothers
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LET THE CHILD
| GO TO MEET
THE SPRING
By VIM. A. McKeever.
Noted Lecturer and Writer on
Topics Dealing With Juve-
nile Upbringing.
.IwwYE are going 80 the

4I<WwYE are going 30 the
" country to look for
spring. It never
penetrates to the heart Of the
cityp
Thus spoke a mother with two
small children on the street car
seat beside her. They were
headed for a suburban woodland.
She was performing a service
which is due every ordinary city
child at this time Of year.
Take an entire Sunday after
noon for it, If necessary, and 20
out somewhere to meet the
spring.
Just now the mighty voice Of
nature is calling out Of the
bosom Of the earth, out Of the
warming sunbeam, out Of the
friendly rain, out Of the breath
of the winds. To permit your
haf-grown child to pass even one
spring season without being tuned
in with the bewitching '.radio OF
the Eternal" just now coming out
of the heart of the Great I'M
known-this is a wrong to him.
Pick up a bit Of bird lore and
talk to your child as best you can
on the subject. The robin is here;
the bluebird is looking for a nest.
ing place; the peewee is strain
ing his little throat; the lazy FUR
tie dove is idling about, and the
song thrush makes pretense that
he has just finished SPECIAL
course in voice training. These
birds are scattered all over the
country and are crowding about
the edges Of the city. Point them
out to your child. etach him to
recognize the song of each.
Next to the birds, the unfold
ing buds and leaves, and the
tender shoot coming out Of the
earth, are most fascinating. In
order to make the message OF
nature as spoken from the warm
soil seem closer and more real.
it is well to have box Of sand
in a sunny window wherein the
child may sprout some simple
vegetable life, like beans, corn
and perhaps flowers.
After you have done your best
to explain the familiar trees and
plants to your little one, direct
his mind to the so-called ele-
ments-sun, wind, water-in their
springtime behavior. The COM
bined influence of these may be
made very personal and very init
mate, to even the kindergartner.
He may be made to understand
how dependent we are on all
these forces for our food, cloth
ing. comforts and even our lives.
Indeed, the spring awakening
without must be made for the
child tb3 occasion of a reflective
awakening within.
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WHO SAID IT
AND WHERE

ITO shake like an aspen leaf"
We find this phrase describing
the effect of fear in Chaucer's
play, "Troilus and Creseide."
Passions are likened best to
floods and streams,
The shallow murmur, but the
deep are dumb"
This poetic amplification Of the
epigram, "Still waters run deep"
is from 1.-The Silent Lover" by
Sir Walter Raleigh (1552-l61S).
Copyright. 1898. by King Features
Syndicate. Iuc.l
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have nice big baby girl and am feel
ing fine. You may use this letter to
help other sick mothers. Mrs. c. A.
MoEDE, Box 6S4, Window, MINI.
My First Child
Glen Allen, Ala have been
greatly benefited by taking Lydia E. 8
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for
bearing -down feelings and pains. Twas
troubled in this way for nearly four
years following the birth of my first
child, and at times could hardly stand
on my feet. A neighbor recommended,
the Vegetable Compound to me after Il
had taken Doctors medicines WITH
out much benefit. Ithas relieved my
pains and gives me strength / recon-
mend it al give you permission to-
use my testimonial letter. "-MraslDA
BYE. Glen Allen. Alabama.
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Of bathing girl buestriped bathing suit her bObbed
hair tied up in bluestriped handkerchief-just he
would to-day.
Egypt strove to keep kngs-to keep them flesh and
bones-lapped pungenty scented linen, cased in gold
feaf surrounded by the things they loved when they
lived But when we find them-three thousand years
after-we do find the kings they knew The laughter
the words. the smiles of the onggone youth Of KING
bandages in glded in the Valley of Kings. the
least most unreal part OF the young king who
called himself after Amen-a the god he worshipped.
NELL BRINKLEY.
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~ drew up suddenly, as his
head reached the level OF
A this second floor, for blocked
out against the oblong of light in
partly opened door he could see
the figure Of the newcomer. And
It took no, second glance to tell
him that it was indeed Morello-
Morello who by that hour should
have been well on his way to
Washington.
ething suspended and
guarded in the pose or that
figure told Kestner that within
the lighted room was q third
person, and that the movements
of this third person were being
watched by. Morello. And Kest-
ner felt reasonably sure that this
third person could be no one but
Maura Lambert.
He had scarcely time to digest
this discovery before he became
aware of the fact that Morello
himself had suddenly and noise
lessly sided in through the part
" opened door. Kestner waited.
breathless, for some cry Of alarm
at that sudden invasion, or for
at least the quick and take OF
angry voices. But no sound
came to him.
He waited for moment or
two and then the suspense be-
came more than he cared to
endure. He crept up the rest OF
the stairway and circled about to
the partly opened door. Then he
stooped forward and peered into
the room.
In front of a dressing table
eurnounted by a three-paneled
mirror he could plainly see Maura
Lambert. She was seated there
In the full light of the two
electric globes on either side or
her mirror She wore a loose
sleeved dressing gown or rose
colored silk, open at the throat.
Her hair was down, and in her
right hand she held a silver
backed brush. She was not. at
the moment, making use Of this
brush. She was leaning. forward
a little, staring absently into the
middle panel of her looking glsss.
Kestner could see both the
clear-cut profile and the reflected
image of her in the mirror. He
could see the ivory whiteness or
the rounded throat, the simmer
of the heavy cascade Of loosered
hair, the soft line of one relaxed
arm, almost white against the
rose color of her gown. And
more than ever before Maynard
impression of her sheer physical
beauty swept over him.
It was the first time he had
ever seen her in a moment
of impassivity, quite off her guard,
with that touch of usefulness
which comes to humanity when
alone with its own thoughts. He
could detect a look of vague
trouble about the idly staring eyes,
q sense of want about the slightly
parted lips, a listlessness about
the droop of the forward-bent body
hooded by its cascade of dull chest
nut.
But Kestner gave little thought
to this. For he had made the
further discovery that Morello
himself stood in that room, within
six feet of the door. And the man
peering through this door realized
why Morello's advent had as yet
remained undiscovered by the girl
in front of the mirror. A few
steps inside the door stood a panel
screen. of rose and gold, and be-
hind this screen Morello still
crouched.
There seemed something intent
and animal-like in his pose, and
at the same time something child
like and ludicrous. Kestner could
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
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FHE HAND OF PERIL, By Arthur Stringe
A Thrilling Story Of the Running Down
of a Band of Master COunterfeiters
By the Secret Service

not analyze this mixed impress
sion. He had scarcely time to
make note Of it, for at that mo-
ment he heard a sudden gasp from
the woman in front of the mirror,
and he knew she must have dis
covered she was being watched.
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WAS W OSCOulS Tic !
mother of my
ninth child, and /
thought ] did not
have the strength
togo through with )
it. / took Lydia E. :.
Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound,
and it has surely
done all / could
ask it to do and /
am telling all mye
friends ahoilf IL
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The Outline Alderman.

THE Saxon Ealdorman was next to the King, but
after the Danes the title displaced by Earl
Aldermen appointed in Dublin in 1928 In our
time the Aldermen elected from city wards
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ANSWERS
To Yesterdays Questions.

To Yesterdays Questions.
1. The Arc de Triomphe, which
was begun in 1906, was completed
in 1886.
2. The famous duel. between
Aaron Burr and Alexander Ham
ilton took place on July II, 1904.
8. The Bastille in Paris was
seized by revolutionary mob
July IA, 1889.
4. The House of Hanover sue
ceeded to the British throne in
1714.
S. Cooper's novel, 1.-THE Last OF
the Mohicans," was published in
1926.
copyright, 1923. by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-21
WHEN DID Tt
HAPPEN?

/. When was the Olive Branch
Petition sent to George III?
2. When was the organ in
vented?
3. When did the Pan-American
Exposition take place?
4. When was Pilgrims Prog
ress'' first published?
5. When was phosphor-bronze
invented?
ANSWERS tO-theSe queries will be
printed MOnday0
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MOTHER OF
LARGE Family.
Recommends Lydia E.Pink-
hams Vegetable Compound
to Other Mothers

Window, Minn.-''Iwas so rundown Il
that was just good for nothing. t.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-21

The line to walk is that which
lies between self-depreciation and
self-assertion.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-21

We have progressed when we
are equal to our one-time supe-
riors, and superior to our one
time equals.
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The Great Chinese Wall.

HyTIE great wall of China said to have been built
about 211 B. G. and is 1728 miles long. crosses
mountains and valleys 20 feet thick and from % to
80 feet high, and has stood for 1000 years.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-21

II ERE and yonder people
wander seeking highways
to success; dull and clever
, 1923-06-26
e Ms.
ST. CROIX STATION.

Ia ONol&SS OOA2S %~SS8 O1~ wa
France broke even yesterday in play in
the Davis Cup competition, Henri Co.
chett, France, defeated Ed Mcrae in
the initial singles match 81 6-3 1911
and the Hon. Cecil Campbell won from
Jean BOroca, the French star, 6 | rs 60.
London. June 22nd.-AIthough the
personnel of the navy has been reduced
from Isl 900 to IS, 900 since 1913, the
aggregate pay has inc 'eased from s, 300.
600 to Ii, 900, 900 pounds. This striking
fact emerges from the report Of the Sc
lect committee of navy estimates, issued
today, which recommends cutting pay
all round and organizing and reducing
the administrative departments. Among
the examples given is maintenance of
Of four surgeon Rear AdmiraIs at cost of
s, 43I pounds, as compared with three of
these officers before the war at 4,499
pounds. The committee also states the
Warshlp NeWzealand, presented t. the
navy by the NeWZealand Government at
a cost Of l, zoo, 900 pounds. was sold for
Fl. 600. because it was included in the
Washington agreement list of scrapped
vessels and was disposed of at a time
when the market for ships was glutted.
New York, June 22nd. While trea-
sury officials today were concentrating
their attention on the Berengaria. the
Baltic slipped into quarantine with 6,I82
bottles Of liquor, under the British Gov
eminent seal, for her next Eastbound
voyage. in defiance Of United States dry
re~ul~
Lonuon, June 22nd-In connection
with the arrival of the liner Berengaria
at New York, it is declared in we'll in
formed quarters that the British Govern
ment in no way challenges the authority
Of the United States officials TO break the
British consular seals and confis24te the
liquor, it being recognized that the juris-
diction Of he British Government in the
case of Ii"uor, or any other goods sealed
at a b .IIsn port, ceases once the three
mile limit IS passed.
LOndon, June 22nd-GOvernment off
Gals, disav0wing any concurrence with
the action of shipping companies in
bringing sealed supplies Of ship liquor
into American ports, comedies that
American customs officials are within their
legal rights if they break the seals and
cOntiscate the liquor. The b~reakage of
the seals OF foreign custom departments
Is a common occurrence in British ports.
and the British Government will there
fore not protest against the American
action. There is no likelihood of anv.
Anglo American incident arising from
the shippers action. If the shipping
companies take their case into courts
they do 81 on their owD initiative ana
without EOVnrnmoDt hackipu T. ;,r1o.
, 1923-06-26

lIODlIE IdA ilItl has DCCl SLl uCh IA n
the Committee felt that this tax should
90 to a special Road Fund. 1t may he
asked how can the Municipal Committee
recommend a total revenue in 1928 1924
greater than the revenue in 1922 1923 in
the face Of the present outlook? We
have gained the impression that when
we presented our memorial to the Sec
rotary OF the Navy and Congressional
party at St. Thomas that st. CrOiX should
receive a greater share of the Federal
appropriation than formerly. but natur.
ally ii We shaped our expenditures more
In accordance with our TeVenua IS we
would cut down our share of the Federal
allotment. The Municipal Committee can
only estimate our revenues this year at
$50, 600, but as we figure that there will
be a cash balance Of about $50. 900 left
over at the end of this fiscal year which
when aided will make $40, 900, and this
together with Federal allotment as prom
ised by the Government we present a
budget t~otalIing Frs. /, 406, 168. 9777.
The next change made in the Revenue
side of the Budget is under Sundry Rev.
enues. Add 4 (a) from the Municipality
Of ST, Thomas and ST. John toward the
support Of Richmond Penitentiary was
raised here in 1921 and also last year and
forgotten. From a statement furnished
by the Director of Police the cost of
maintenance and subsistence of prison
ers from St. Thomas for the last fiscal
year was Frs. II, 884.50, this item has
therefore Aeen posted with Frs II,
600. 50 with the expectation that it will
come in. This is practically all the
changes made on the Revenue side of the
budget.
Now we come to the expenditure side.
All the changes on the Expenditure side
Of the budget ear be summarized in one
sentence. every Department will re-
ceiVe the same amount as granted last
year. We have made no reductions in
salaries as budgettad last year, but we
have recommended no increases as OW-
ing to the shortage in revenues we could
not see how this could adequately be
done. Whatever new Office we have
found has been taken off, because we
feel that owing to the present outlook
no new offices should be created, as a
result we have effective a saving of
about $50, 900 more or less. The Com
mittee is of the opinion that this saving
should be used to the best interest of the
island and we recommend its eXpendi-
ture in accordance with the additional
items listed in our recommendations.
We have added an item Of Equipment
l a under the Coianial Council Frs. 600
for the purchase of 50 chairs thereby
increasing the seating accommodation
for those persons who desire ktO show