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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1923-06-28
Returned From Pacific Coast


Hon. S. A. Kendall, well known to
most all Garrett countians, returned
to his home at Meyersdale, Pa, Mon
day evening last, according to the
Meyersdale Republican. Mr.. Kendall
said he was never shown greater hos
pitality anywhere than when he was
in San Francisco. Business on the
Pacific Coast has never been better,
said Mr.. Kendall, and the growth and
development of California cities has
been phenomenal. The San Francis
co Journal made the following men
ton of Congressman KendaIl's Visit:
Congressman Samuel A. Kendall Of
Pennsylvania, and his son Ensign J.
". Kendall, naval aviation instruc-
tor, arrived in San Francisco yester-
day for a short visit, during which
the former viii inspect the proposed
naval base at Alameda and other local
naval projects. Congressman Ken
dali, Republican, is vice president of
the Kendall Lumber Company at
/ Pittsburgh, Pa; president Of the
Kendall Lumber Corporation. Rose
burg, Ore; treasurer of the Meyers
dale Planning Mill, Meycrsdale, Pa, and
holds the presidency Of two Pennsyl-
vania short lines connecting with the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. While
in San Francisco Mr.. Kendall and his
SON are stopping at the Palace Hotel
where they were welcomed by q hos
DItEllLV committee of the Cba17ba,, OF
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-23
TELL THESE
AT DINNER

A great musician was on a
visit to monastery. During
mass he listened impatientIy to
the feeble execution of the organ
player, and could scarcely sit out
the service. After mass, the prior
asked the musician to dinner, and
took the opportunity to inquire
how he liked the playing OF the
organist. He plays quite in
Biblical fashion, said the guest.
How is that" asked the prior.
His left hand does not know
what his right hand is doing,
was the reply,
A negro snamed Zeno got q
lob in the circus. When at the
end of the week he went to the
office to get his pay he found
that the cashiers window was
closed. When he tried to learn
the reason why he was informed
that the money had run out be-
fore his name, being at the end
Of the alphabet, had been
reached. 1t was a serious blow,
but he had to make the best of it.
In a few days he went out
looking for another job. AT last
he was offered work. He was du-
bious of course, but the wages
were attractive and he was hard
pressed for funds. Finally he
decided to take the job,
Whats you manner" asked the
foreman. .~..'. ...f.''
Zeno scratched his head
"Aaron's my name sub. he
replied, AN it's spelled with a
double "a.
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OUT OF THE SHADOW
HOW A GIRL FOUND HER REAL LOVE

; words with her lips and wave her
brown little hand in protest. BILLY
Observation-Disclosures" she said.
Then DR.. Jackson was called
from the room. When he came
back his face was gray. The nurse
stared at him. The doctor he had
summoned for consultation started
toward him. But DIR. jackson
waved him back. Enid watched
them all and then she saw DIR.
Jackson's eyes. Then she wanted
to moan worse than. ever before.
For all the shadows in all her
life dwarfed to almost nothing,
compared to the thick ones she
saw there. DIR. jackson really did
love her.
Quickly her lips framed the
words. Please operate right
away, Dr., Jackson"
Hours later sac awoke in room
full of flowers. There was no pain,
f.. just a weary, sleepy feeling and
desire for someone to cling to.
The nurse, seeing the hungry look
in her eyes, shook her head. Your
Billy isn't here, dear she began.
"He-he-"
Enid saw DIR. Jackson not Tar
away. The shadows were stin
in. his eyes, but the ashen. gray
look had left his face. Her hand
. moved to call him to her. He.
knelt close to her bed in obedi-
ence to her gesture-close and
then closer, so that he could hear
her when she whispered into his
ear. "why-didn't-he Gomez"
she asked.
Don't you know life?" she
went on. I'VE can go into the
sunshine. with many people, but
when we have to go into shad-
ows then we know we only want
the people we love. And 1 want
ed YOU"
You wanted me?" he began.
"You mean you love me?''
."I mean wanted you then"
she smiled, 'sand I wanted you to
want me again. I hoped
His lips found hers then. And
neither one of them saw the
nurse stoop to pick up crum
pied telegram and take it with
her from the room. Nor did Enid
ever read the telegram that said
Billy couldn't come back to her.
She only knew later on that he
had to have sunshine. He
wouldn't go into shadows-no, not
for anyone.
And speaking of sunshine, it
was sunshine which flooded DIR.
Jackson's eyes as he lifted his
face from Endi's pillow. He saw
hers were filled with love. And
the opened door swung still wider
and wider, so that the last
shadow in that room disappeared
altogether, 49,
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He'll appreciate her more than
ever. now He's so sorry for
everything. Promise to !. help
him."
There's nothing / can do"
protested.
You mean there's nothing you
will do?" asked Envy eoldly.
II mean" f1oundered, that
this isn't case for outside In
reference. And, anyway, 90
much would depend on just
what Carl said to Mr.. Haldane. =
That means you won't help.
Envy laughed CURLY. And that
means it's up to me. Good
night, Anne. And watch little
Envy. Remember she's coming
back into the game. Don't you
think I'll win?"
Don't you think Tom ought
to fight his own battIesg' I
asked. Isn't this his big
chance to win or lose it ,alI?"
Envy started at me silently.
81 wonder IL he cam" she said
at last.
Jim. and had the joIliest sort
of a time getting settled in our
own apartment. We had a week
of sharing things and of being
partners in a perfect fullness
such as our marriage has never
before given
Not only Were we moving in =
and getting settled. but we were
working together on inns adver-
Using campaign. However i'm
.portant the part Rosa CordoVa
plays in the day-in.and-day-out af-
fairs of Jim's office, her unfa.
miliarity with our language means
that she isn't of any real use
when it comes to writing adj
vertisenents. So. for the. first
time 1 found myself of unques-
toned value to Jim in his bust
ness.
Carl Booths departure meant
that the Haldane office was run
ming along on momentum and
that Loren Haldane was taking
more active part than he's been
compelled to play for years. Natu-
rally / wanted to make things
as easy as possible for my dear
old chief. So the magazine copy
must leave. my hands ready to
set up and without need OF edi-
torial revision or. experimenting
Go Be Continued Tomorrow
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W. UOOAAON ON]
that sterner and harsher
voice. And the cry was
repeated, slowly and deliberately,
but in a tone even more passion
ate. You little welcherr'
Kestner could see nothing of
what had taken place or was
then taking place. But as he
heard that voice he knew it was
Lambert himself speaking, Lam
bert who must have stepped
quietly into the room while the
Neapolitan was pouring out his
volcanic utterances to the be-
wildered woman in front of him.
And the sudden realization of
what Lambert's intrusion meant
at such a moment brought
tingle of nerves needing up and
down the backbone of the in
tently listening Kestner
He waited there, motionless
and breathless, as that silence of
only a few seconds prolonged it.
self into something which to his
straining nerves seemed almost
interminable.
Then, above the din of the
Alambo's many activities, came
still another sound. 1t was not
loud. 1t was a sound not unlike
that of one board being dropped
flat on another, or of two books
being slapped together to rid
them of dust.
1t was a sound that might have
been accepted as the distant ex-
plosion of gases in the exhaust
of back-firing automobile, or,
to. the uninitiated ear, as the
quick slam of a door. Bat TO
kestner it meant something quite
different. 1t was a sound which
he had heard on more than one
occasion, and always with
feeling of netting nerVe-ends.
Almost before the meaning of
that sound had fully registered
itself on, his startled conscious
ness there was second and less
determinate sound. The floor
under Kestner's feet quivered a
little with the concussion of some
sudden weight imposed upon. it,
But the secret agent no longer
stood there inactive. That tell
tale thud brought his hand up to
the brass draw-bolt. Even when
this was released, he found the
door still locked. He could not
distinctly remember whether he
cried out or not. But he at
least knew that he was struggling
and straining Intellectually against
a locked door, and losing valuable /,
time
Then he wheeled about and
ran back into the center of
the room. There he caught up
q slattern-cushioned armchair.
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; letting the cushions fall about
him as he raised it high above
his head. Then, swinging back
to the locked door, he brought
the chair-legs with SCATTERING
crash against the faded panels.
That quick blow splintered the
edge of the door, breaking away
the mortised lock and leaving it
free to swing outward into the
next room.
Kestner, dropping the chair,
stepped into that next room.
On the floor, halfway between
the bedroom and the open door
leading to the hall, lay Morello.
He lay on his back, with either
arm thrown out at right angles
to his body, in the form of
cross.
Kestner stopped over him.
There was a small blue hole in
the mans forehead, just above
the nore-bridge where the black.
haired eyebrows met, and from
the back of the head the skull
had been blown entirely away.
And in the meantime the rhapso-
die rag-time Saturnalia of sound
went on its nearby room unin-
terrupted.
Kestner stepped to. the hall
door and shut and locked it. Then
he picked up the revolver which
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THE HAND OF PERIL, By Arthur String,
Thrilling Story of the Secret Service, Daring Band Of
COunterfeiters and the Love of Brilliant
and Beautiful Girl

: Lambert must have. thrown back
into the room as he fled. The
secret agents fingers were a
little unsteady as from force of
habit he examined this revolver
and found the cartridge of one
chamber empty. But he dropped
the fire-arm,, without emotion
close beside Morello's out
stretched right hand. Then he
peered !. quickly and inquiringly
about the room. u
The package of plates was no
longer there. On the floor was
the piece Of green baize in which
they had been wrapped, but the
delicately chased oblongs of metal
were gone. Gone too was the
'travelling-bag and the hat and
gloves which had stood beside
it.
And with them. Kestner sud
denly realized, Maura Lambert
had once more slipped away
from him.
He was not so troubled by
the. though that Lambert also
had made his escape. A getaway
such as that was only the fortune
of war, reverse to be atoned
for: by other movements on other
days.
(To Be Continued TomOrrOw.)
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By Mabel Mckee.

IVY It'll her trunk packed
" and strapped, her room
dismantled OF all trim
kets and pictures. and with just
q few toilet accessories and other
articles she would pack in laer
travelling bag, Enid Turner was
all ready to say goodby to the
place which had been her home
for two years.
"Goodby,'' memories of or
phanage days, factory work, night
school, and then the drudgery Of
the office. I'm going to live
really live now" she tried to
sing, but the pain became sharper
and sharper.
Acute suffering showed in her
dusky eyes. Her full, red. lips
pressed themselves into a straight
line. She tried to stifle a moan.
but one came. If her landlady
heard her, she would surely call
DR.. Jackson. And Enid did not
want to see DIR. Jackson again.
Just like a fairy godfather"
she told Billy when she intro
duced them.
DR.. jackson had WINGED t:ien.
He had looked at Billy's curly,
thick, auburn locks, and stroked
his own gray ones rather harsnly.
A man of forty isn't a grand,
father at all. But he kept silent
and looked at Billy, very, very,
very closely. He kept silent un-
til months later when Enid told
him she was going to marry Billy.
"Oh, no, no"' he had protested.
Billy Burke isn't the kind of
man you want to marry, Enid.
You've had troubles enough in
the past without building any
more for the future.
Right then DIR. Jackson became
a. shadow in Ends life.
Confusion followed that SCREAM.
Mrs. Walters came running. DIR.
jackson was called. A hurried
examination. Enid was in an
ambulance and soon inside
hospital room. There she be-
came adamant. Not one bit Of
ether would she take until Billy
was with her.
DR.. jackson coaxed; he even
begged. Even after long distance
calls had been sent out to all
the towns on the trail Billy had
taken, he begged. It's suicide to
wait, little girl" he said, just
like he had talked to her back in
the orphanage days when the
shadows had been thick in her
life. Worse that that. It's
murder and I'll be agour. muir.
derer."
Enid framed weak mo" with
her lips. She could not shake her
dusky head. She could just frame
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THE WAYS OF A HUSBAND
Sequel to When Girl Marries" Which Won Big Popular
Success the Country Over

ship is really for. I'll bet your
fee for work like this runs up
into the thousands. And yet you
think I'm going to let you make
me a present OF hours and hours
and all your splendid ideas"
Look here, you two said
Tom Mason slowly and pain
fully. I'm not much good, but
I've made good in my chosen
career. And the first time I've
ever had a chance to do some
thing for. some one came near
making some one else. pay. Oh,
you've got me talking IN
punches. Envy and I have to be
on our way. But If even after
tonight you'll have some of the
old regard for me-that's all /
could. ever ask or permit. Good
night! can't stand here drivel-
ling another minute
He plunged out. While Jim
followed him to the elevator Envy
drew me back into the shadow
of the hall.
Poor old Tom she whisper
ed. ''Anne-you stood by me.
He's worth lot more than 1
ever was. wonder If you'll
stand by him?
There is q girl Tom really
loves, isn't there? That simple
little Irma Warren? Oh. Anne,
won't you help him win her?
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w ve1atioo as another idea
occurred 10 her. Prob
ably Donald had found his
companion interesting. If. not,
why should he have brought
her up the river in his car, and
sat over the tea-cups until warned
by the westerning sun that it was
late?
He had never asked Winifred to
go to that lovely place with him.
Nor had he even taken her any
where in his car.
She had seen this car as he
drove it away from the restau-
rant. 1t was handsome roadster,
the girl had observed. Rankin had
commented on it's good lines. Yet
Winifred had never been in it.
Probably Donald had supposed
that she preferred taking her out
ings in her own automobile.
There was a ray of comfort in
that thought. But swiftly upon
it came the idea that the hand
somely dressed woman sitting be.
also. Yet Donald had taken her
side Muir might have her own car
driving.
She was a stylish-looking per-
son-apparently near his own age.
She was clever, perhaps, and en-
tertaining-as a younger person
could not be. That was why
Donald had paid her marked at
tention. She could talk we'll and
amuse him. Whereas she, Wini-
fred, seemed to him but a silly
girl. ~.
The thought was not agreeable.
She had taken Donald for granted
had felt a sort Of ownership in
him. Yet all the time he had had
his own circle of which she knew
nothing.
She wanted to hear him deny
this fact She did not understand
the motive that prompted her to
telephone him when she was
dressed for dinner. She appre.
ciated with impatience that ever
since she had parted from Richard
her thoughts had been busy with
Muir and his companion of the
afternoon.
He would be at his apartment at
this hour. So Winifred called him
up there. He answered promptly.
"Oh, Donald" she exclaimed as
she heard his voice this is Wini-
fred. I was just wondering if
you are busy this evening? 1
thought that perhaps you might
drop in and see me for while"
MY dear" his tone was regret.
full, II am terribly sorry-but
have an engagement for this even
ing-to go to dinner and the
theater with some friends. 1t is
to bad"'
Her mood changed suddenly.
"Oh, it makes no difference at
ALL she said lightly. IF. had
stopped to think would have sup
posed that you had an engage
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THE LOVE GAME !.
A BRILLIANT ROMANCE OF. CITY LIFE.

: ment to do something agreeable.
/ believe" her voice quivering
little, that 1 am about the only
person in New York who never
has anything agreeable to do in
the evenings"
The man did not answer inme-
diately. When he did speak it
was very gently.
I'VE must arrange to have you
so out in. the evenings as soon. as
YOU feel like doing so. l fancied
that for a while you would not
care to attend the. theater, and
SO forth-so soon AFTER
He hesitated, and she finished
the sentence for him.
so soon after my sorrow ;" she
said quickly. mo, of course it
would not do, for me to go to pub.
lie places just yet. But, you see,
that kind Of convention makes it
a bit hard on as solitary a crea.
ture as l am"
"of course. And you must be
lonely"
II am-horrihly lonely. But it
makes little difference to anybody.
guess. Anyway, / may be able
to think Of some friend who will
take pity on me if I call him up.
must not detain you any longer.
/ hope you will have a pleasant
evening. Goodnight.
Il suppose his engagement is
with that same woman she NUT
tered as she turned away from
the telephone.
A new sentiment had come
into Winifred SCOTS conscious.
ness. Never before had she
been in a position in which she
was jealous Of d mans attention
to another woman.
Nor did she recognize as jeal-
6 ousy the uncomfortable feeling
which she now experienced. In
stead, she called it loneliness.
Everybody except me has
somebody to care about" she
unused as she ate her dinner.
She said as much to Mrs. Bates
who came into the library later
. to ask If her charge was all right.
All right-but about the lone
Hest person going" Winifred
said sombrely. II haven't a soul
belonging to me-"
The housekeeper did not sue.
gest that she herself was in the
81 me case. Instead she reminded
the girl that she had school
friends, and that her guardian
was 'one Of the finest men in the
world.
His being fine doesn't pre-
vent my being lonely" Winifred
argued.
But you had pleasant time
this afternoon, didn't your" the
housekeeper suggested.
"Yes-pleasa enough"
You went for long driver"
"Yes-up the river. and stop
ped for tea on the way home.
Mr.. Muir was there too"
"Oh" Mrs. Bates smiled ap-
proval-or was it relief-as she
heard this. That made it very
nice, didn't it?"
Winifred yawned. One after
noon of pleasure does not make
up for hours OF boredom" she
complained. II wish had sone-
thing to do
Mrs. Bates glanced at a pile of
letters on the library table and
at box Of black edged cards and
envelopes near them.
CTp Be COntinued.)
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<<TT OLD on, Jimmie Tom
80 cried. There asn't a
- piece of drapery or
a chair or bit of china or agate
ware in the kitchen that Anne
didn't personally supervise before
it was o. K. to come her. Anne
has the gift Of making up her
mind quickly. You may say I
shopped around for this place
and matched colors, but the
color schemes are your wife's.
JOVIAL.
'That's very kind of you,
Tom, said Jim in rately.
jovia1 tone. I'm sure Anne is
grateful to you for giving her all
the credit you attribute to- her
hour-a-day efforts. You might
even charge me for her time on
the bill.
!. II might, . replied Tom curtly
and showing evidences that his
nerves were raw and jumping.
II might, if / were charging you
for mine. No old man--this was
a labor of love-" -
He broke off and stared at US
with something 80 gray and
strained in his face that all Jim's
native kindness responded at
once.
You old brick. he cried.
That's what a lifelong friend
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-23
WHEN DIDITHAPPEN?

when was the Library of
Congress established?
2-When was VuIcanized rubber
invented?
S-Wheni was James Buchanan
President of the United States?
4-When was Sequoia, eastern
California, made National Park?
5-When was julius Caesar muir
dered?
ANSWERS TO these queries will
be printed tomorrow
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-23
By Virginia Terhune
Van de Water.
Author of Nationwide Reputation
and Writer of Popular Novels
and Short Stories.

rVY INBRED bit her lip with
. vexation as another idea
occurred TO her. Prob
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-23

E~vOU welcher" doomed out
that sterner and harsher
voice And the cry was
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-23
ANSW ERS
To Yesterdays Questions.

To Yesterdays Questions.
THE Jesuits were constituted
an order in 1910
Mexico was conquered by
Cortez in l521. ,.....
3--Richelieu was prin4e minister
of France from 1924 to 1642.
4-The Russo-Japanese war took
place in 19O4-19O5. -..
5-The naval engagement be.
tween the Kearsarge and the Ala
bama occurred June 10, 1864
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-23
ADVICE TO THE
LOVELORN
Beatrice Fairfax
RUSHED INTO MARRIAGE.
fled sC6th the material.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
A pretty young woman. a
few years. my junior, loves me.
90 but l do not reciprocate her
affection. There is no other
woman in my life, but / must
confess that do not love her.
In spite of. the fact that she
is supposed, by my friends. to
be above the average in looks
and other qualifica tons, | can
not bring myself to see why |
should tell this girl that she is
my hearts desire when / know
perfectly we'll that she is not.
With practically no reason at
all, this girl told some Of her
feminine friends that we were
TO become engaged shortly.
If you could advise me, it
would be greatly appreciated.
1889 ...e B.
CERTAINLY you must be man
~ enough to refuse to be rail
roaded into a marriage that is
distasteful to you. If you don't
>care for a girl and don't want
to marry her, you can easily make
that clear enough so that
woman of any pride and fine
feelings will not prosecute" you
with unwelcome attentions.
Brooms may be made quite new
and clean If slipped into a pail of
boiling soda water, then dried in
the sun
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-23
This Day In History

THIS is the anniversary of the BIRTH in 1888, Of
Alexander Pope, of the worlds great poets.
His most ambitious work the translation into Eng
llsh verse of the Tliad and Odyssey