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The Washington times., 1923-03-01
TELL THIS AT
DINNER

A clergyman was fishing for
trout, accompanied by a local
youth. when his foot slipped on a
stone and he overbalanced. En-
numbered by rubber boots, which
quickly filled with water, he was
in danger Of drowning, but after
a good deal Of struggling he
managed at last to reach safety,
though very much exhausted.
When he had somewhat recov-
cred his breath he said to the
youth, who had stood watching
him all the time. "I noticed you
never tried to help me-"
ma" came the reply, but it
wasna because 1 wasn't thinkin'
o. it"
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one Of you could have brought
off this little coup. We have lost
our specialist in that line; although
there is still some talent remain
ing"
'tOh" said Bell, then it was"
Mr.. Callaghan sighed.
ALAS, our poor brother-t0
quote q well-known advertisement"
he said lugubriously; yes, it was
the late lamented John SIaney's
work. AS you know, / sent him
to the Knayth household as an adj
vance agent in the early days. At
the same time he had free hand
to do what he could about these
pearls; thought it would be some
thing to the good, in case we failed
to find Joan TalIbois. / was able
to give him the history and all the
facts about the necklace, and he
attended to it by way of side
show
well done. Slaneyr' murmured
Bell.
THAT strong-room on which the
TalIbois, family prides itself"
added Callaghan, was merely
child's play to him. He assured
me he had carried out the work
without leaving a mark. To be.
brief, he secured the necklace and
brought it to me one evening with
his own hands; only a few days
before he met his DEATH"
He was lucky not to have been
caught by Slim Jim with the goods
on him." said Vaille thankfully,
considering how soon a6terward
his end came"
Very lucky assented Gala
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Iy, then the real necklace
WAS broken up and sold piece.
/ meal. Indeed, some of the sec.
tons OF it are not yet disposed
Of, and all the revenue from the
transaction is still not to hand. 1t
was an unfortunate necessity. but
of course a thing like the Knaytll
necklace cannot be sold through
the ordinary channels as it stands.
/ had this imitation made, by the
way of asafeguard. !"
'''Why?" asked Drum m o nd
bluntly.
1T was my original plan to
have the copy restored to it's place
in the Knayth strong room, and
it would probably have been a
long time before the exchange
was discovered. But there was a
good deal of delay In obtaining
the copy, and finally being SO
tragically deprived of Slaney's
services, I was unable to carry
out my intention. However, it
was not a very important mat
ter: / did not lose any sleep over
that. There's no evidence in
either case. We still have the
copy, and most uncommonly use
full we shall find it now!''
but how will it destroy the
Mottisfonts?" said Bell quickly. IT
do not see"
II will show you very clearly"
He turned to Drummond.
''You see, do you not. Drum
mond. that the necklace is lost
to Knayth, that it cannot be re-
stored even temporarily to Lady
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Who Occupies Unique Position in
the Writing World as an Authority
on the Problems Of Girls.
BY Beatrice Fairfax,

/<WwY4AT do you think OF
" this?" asked Carlotta
w earnestly. i've worked
hard for five years without a va
cation. I've save up two thou.
sand dollars-and I've a good
notion to blow it all in on one
rip-roaring good time. I'm think
ing of going abroad or out to the
coast or somewhere like that and
playing as long as the cash holds
out. Then when I'm down to my
carfare home, I'll turn around and
come back and look me up job.
Doesn't that listen well?"
"It does" / agreed. cit sounds
Hike a lot of fun, and it might do
you a lot Of good to see new
sights and meet new people. But
don't you think it would be a
good plan to have a little more
security of work or success be-
fore you treat yourself to such a
vacation"
whats the use?" demanded
Carlotta. II may be dead a year
from now-and if 1 don't hustle
about a little and have some fun
I'll actually die before I've ever
lived"
ALSO you may live to be eighty
and grub around all your life
with nothing to make the days
endurable but the memory Of one
splendid SPREE" I smiled.
1t is hard to be stern with the
Carlottas of the world Their
viewpoint is so understandable
and so wrong!
You see most Of us have an
idea tucked away somewhere in
our heads that it would be,
great lark to cut loose from work
and responsibility and have one
glorious, carefree good time.
Given five years of hard work .
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LIVING FOR TODAY


and a resultant 81 900 saved, that
bank account represents more
than mere money. It stands for
the habit Of thrift. In indicates
the mental attitude of cultivating
a sense of values aud not flinging
away money on every light fancy.
1t fortifies the future-promises
protection in i'll health, means in
dependence, the chance to buy a
share in some worthwhile bust
ness, and it opens a vista Of posi-
bilities for security.
No matter how we yearn to live
just for today, there is no posi-
bility of doing it if you are a
thinking human. Tomorrow Is
bound to come. The moments en-
joyment may easily mean weeks
and months and years of paying.
An artist who spends five years
savings in a trip which is likely to
bring him new understanding, IN
taking the sort of chance which
promises reward. The vacation"
which enlarges horizons, gives a
new viewpoint, increases knowl-
edge-may pay over and over
and over again for the mere
money it eats up. But the vaca-
ton which means nothing more
than a gesture in defiance Of work
can do nothing beyond amusing
and killing that most precious Of
things-time.
When you are tempted to "cut
the job" elbow In your money on
one grand SPREE" live for today
on a lavish scale which spells
work and perjury and struggle
tomorrow-stop and think. If you
build your tomorrow on a series
of firmly grounded todays, you'll
enjoy it. If you fill the moment
with effort and growth and saving
and sanity, the finest kind of en-
joyment will come through your
carefully directed life and it's
growth. Live all you like today
but live today so tomorrow also
will be livable.
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!. TAllbois, and that 1t is now an
asset Of the firm2"
IT see that" replied Drummond
dryly; you have made it plain
enough"
VERY well. Lady Tallbois is
convinced that Joan Mottisfont
has taken the necklace and has
every reason to believe it. Fur
Their, she is determined to charge
Joan with having done so?"
Yes
Good" said Callaghan, adjust
ing his spectacles and peering at
Drummond. She shall do so.
Nothing could suit my book bet
teri
Drummond shrugged his shout
ders; the others listened eagerly.
But" said the chief emphat-
tcalIy, sit is immensely important
that she should do it the right
way, and not in her own way.
She will bungle it. Can you
Drummond, be certain of per
suading her 90 lie low and wait
till we are ready2
II have done that very thing"
replied Drummond; "the business
alarmed me: / didn't like the look
of it and feared what she might
do. / have her promise that she
will make no move until she hears
from me tomorrow night, and /
believe she will keep her word"
Better STILL said Callaghan
approvingly;. you and the charm
Ing little lady have evidently estab-
basis Of mutual trust, which is
more than have been able to do
with her. What an uplifting thing
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6 & rEddkZtT>e P6de RE-


she is an older daughter of the Tallbois heir.
Joan leaves Knayth Abbey and is married to
Philip.
Carey visits Agnes in her apartment and
offers her 100000 if she will give up her claim
and 90 back to America. Not knowing who he
is, she refuses. Agnes sends Joan bill for
200 for moneys used from the estate. An
anonymous friend returns 100000 which Joan
had paid to Calaghan's men. An attempt is
made to kill Philip in his home
They move to new quarters and find that
Goodenough, amysterious stranger who served
Joan at Knayth, is their landlord AT a Knayth
house party Agnes is attacked by Miguel Cases,
a. sutton who has followed her from the States,
and she is saved by Drummond a member of
Callaghan's band, who thinks a great deal of
her. Agnes goes to get the Knayth pearl neck
lace from the vaults and finds that it is miss
ing. It has been stolen by one Of Callaghans
men and they blame Joan with the theft.
NOIU 90 on Nth the story.
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By BARBARA BAYNE.

A MONG all the 'Ieft-hand"
~ loves that pulse and throb
a. - through the pages Of his
tory, there is none that has so
intrigued the fancy of three conti-
nentS as did that Of brilliant,
restless Lola Montez.
Born in ireland of an Irish
father and a beautiful Spanish
mother, her natural heritage Of
beauty, wit and courage gave
Maria Dolores Eliza Rosanna Gill
bert flying start in life.
I Her fathers regiment trans
ferred to India, the pet Of the
Forty fourth" became accus-
toned to the almost real atTnos.
phere of court life in Calcutta.
Sent to England to be educated,
Lola eloped at fifteen with a pen
niless subaltern and accompanied
him back to India.
But soon desiring her freedom
she offered him a pretext for a
divorce and sailed away. Later,
when the world rang with the
name of the glorious creature for
whom a monarch lost his crown,
Il must have struck him as odd
that he should have held so pre-
cious a jewel In his hand for a
moment without pricing it.
Beautiful, sparkling, voluptuous
and provoking, she went to Madrid,
assumed the name of Lola Montez
and became dancer. At her Lon
don debut the powerful Lord Rane-
iagh, whose protection" she had
scorned, Kissed her from a box and
It killed her act. Instead of ac-
cepting defeat Lola aimed higher.
In every capital Of Europe Lola
danced and played with the hearts
of men. In Warsaw it was Paskie-
vich. the most ruthless man Rus
STA ever produced; in st. Peters
burg, Gar Nicholas !; in Dresden,
Franz List; in Paris-into the
very circle of the Olympians Of the
boulevards Lola penetrated-it was
Alexandra Dumas, pere; Dutarier.
editor of La Presse, who was killed
in a duel; and others succumbed
to her charms.
AS ambition scared, sentiment
waned, and Lola determined to at
tain position and power. In
Munich, by clever ruse, she Sc
cured an interview with Louis l
OF Bavaria. And soon she was
raised to the peerage with titles,
Installed in a magnificent palace
and became known as 1.-The I'M
crowned queen of Bavaria"
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GOOD NIGHT STORIES
Be SURE TO READ THEM TO YOUR CHILDREN

Yes, and some more" replied
Croky Crocodile. why. Croals
Green Frog, have fiftY-two
more below. What do you thia
of that?" 50
Then no wonder you lnaves the
toothache," laughed Croaker Grsen
Frog. IF were you I'd haveeAt
least half of them yanked gaou
I'd never be bothered with 1T
many teeth-not me! wouIdn,t
run the risk of having them4kbll
aching at once. Come along II
go with you to the dentist N
soon pull them for you."
Croky Crocodile thought for1Aa
few minutes and decided to pay
visit to the dentist, Mr.. Nile Bird.
and the two started out. srfsh
Dentist Nile Bird was glad to.
see them. He had always been
quite fond of Croky Crocodile. BIT
how he did laugh when CrdIky
Crocodile told him why he had come.
10 MS -OIIIC6s s2sx6Ss
''IIl gladly pull them all OUT. he
chirped, ''but it wouldn't do fthe
least bit Of good For down under
every tooth in your head there ere
slowly growing for future use at
least two sets more. As fastssas
one tooth gives out another takes
it's place. I could surely pun what
you have, but others would SPRING
right up to fill their place. So lit
wouldn't do you any good. The
main thing to do Is to take off the3
bandage and forget you have the
toothache. Get something TO do
and you won't have time tosbe
sick"
"Now, If any one else ever told
me that" laughed Croky Crocodise,
I'D eat him alive. But Nile Bird
is my very best friend" And With
that he jerked off hts bandage and
hurried back home. f53s
There he found so many tfifa6a
to do to help his mother he soon
forgot he, ever had the toothache.
Copyright. 1879. Newspaper Featuf
Service, Inc.)
(AnOther fine story tOnlOFT0W.l
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Syndicating Crime for Greater Profit
and the Harvest Reaped is the
Motif of This Thrilling Serial

HANE moment, chief" inter
rupted Drummond; that
~ can wait, but I have
something on hand that can
not. There have been two
DEVELOPMENTS at Knayth that re-
quire swift and drastic action.
want your help at once"
Name then," said Mr.. Callag-
han, beaming at him, land con-
slider them done, my dear lad.
After this triumph ask me any
thing-even to the half Of my
Kingdom"
1.-THE first is Miguel Casas. You
promised me his removal. It has
not been done, and by that omis-
sion we nearly came to utter dis
aster only last night
He related the encounter with
Miguel and its result. Callaghan
looked startled and bit his lip.
II am to blame!' he said. 81
thought I had him, but he gave
my tracers the slip, it seems,
for few hours; it must have been
then he went to Knayth. 1t shall
be rectified at once, Drummond.
There must be no delay.
Though he did no harm, it is
madness to leave him adrift like
this
He will be adrift in another
sense before he is many hours
older" said Callaghan grimly: 81
know now where his quarters
are. He is an unknown outcast
and the affair requires no subtlety
Ia stab in the back is enough for
him. Tt is only a fifty-pound job.
wish I could dispose of Motifs
font as easily. It's settled. I'll
see to it right away. What's the
other difficulty?"
1.-THE Knayth necklace is stolen"
1.-THE Knayth necklace?" ejacu-
lated Callaghan, stopping short
and staring at him. How
WHAT"
"And there's going to be the
devil to pay" said Drummond. He
gave them the story of the strong
room. All three listened with the
closest attention.
Agnes is convinced" he con-
cluded, that Joan Tallbois stole
those pearls and threatens to
charge her with it.
A slow smile spread over Gala
ghan's face.
'tI see good in this he said.
chucEling. Here is the very
thing, ready to my hand!'
TT looks very awkward to me-"
said Drummond uneasily. "I tell
you, I'm afraid of it. For one
thing, I do not believe Joan Tall
bois made away with the neck
lace. and"
"of course not. Who, then, in
your opinion, did so?" murmured
the chief.
IF any one, the amazing Slim
Jim. Remember, he was foot
man in the house for a fortnight.
Whose work could it be but his?''
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TOAN AYRE, a London typist, is made the
Viscountess Tallbois of Knayth through
headed bn cAnnAGa&N an is entpey
innocent of any wrongdoing and her case is
fought in the courts by PHILIP MOTIFS
FONT, young lawyer, who helps to show up
the criminals.
Their former leader had been ''SLIM JIM"
CAREY, but after his supposed death Callag-
han gained information that Carey was the
black sheep and heir to the Tallbois family
estates, but because of his crimes had fled to
the United States. There he married and Joan
was born Later she was taken to England
after her father had deserted her and her
mother died
Carey suddenly comes to life" and manages
to thWart all the plans of the criminals to ex-
tort money from JOAN Finally Callaghan
brings AGNES DE CASTRA and her mother
from the United States to London and sets her
up as the real Viscountess Of Tallbois, saying
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is pure affection! Bell, Veille, let
this be lesson to you. It is all
done by Kindness. ] congratulate
you. Drummond, my dear fellow.
I will give you your instructions.
then, before tomorrow night, and
there will be no need for Lady
Tallbois to receive any message
from me. We shall keep COM
pletely out of it.
"All the better" said Drum
mond, sullenly.
''In the meantime, my dear lad,
need not keep you any longer.
Callaghan scrubbed brief note
and handed it to Drumnofld. fDe-
liver this in the proper quarter,
of which you know as well as /,
and you will have nothing more
to fear on your fiancee'S behalf
from Miguel Casas. He fades out
Of the picture. Goodnight, Drum
mond; you have had a firing day;
your further attendance is ex-
cused.
Drumnond took his leave will
ingly enough. Mr.. Callaghan
turned to his companions and
1T is best to leave Drummond
out OF this conference" he said.
II observe "a change in him. The
little god with the arrows has
turned his brain-he is not reli-
able. We will put this affair
through without him. Now for
the Mottisfonts."
Callaghan leaned forward Inn
pressively.
They are giving trouble, VaiIle
serious trouble. Already Philip
has made it necessary for you
and Bell to take cover, and I
have had to protect you. Your
only safety is in me, and OF me
he knows nothing. But he is a
peril, a possible stumbling block,
and now that Carey is out OF the
way shall deal with him. Mot
tisfont is vindictive on his wife's
account. We shall strike at him
through her, and he will be kept
much too busy to trouble US muir
Their"
callaghan picked up the neck
lace.
This" he said, SIS as damn
ing evidence as IL it were the real
one. All we have to do is to
introduce 1t privately into the
possession OF Joan Mottisfont and
allow Lady Ta1lbois to bring her
charge, which she is only too
ready to do. Mottisfont himself
will be implicated, and we shall
have no trouble with them. /
have worked the thing out !"
isn't this dangerous, chief?"
said Vaille.
AS shall carry it out, not in
the least. 1t is a heaven-sent OPP
portunity. Observe The Motifs
fonts live in this flat that Carey
took in Covent Garden. and I
have already all my dispositions
made there in case of need. Carey
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ROYAL ROMANCES
LOUIS I OF BAVARIA AND LOLA MONTEZ

WELDING her power in affairs
Of state, Lola defied the radicals,
she contemplated against the
subtleties Of the. great Metternich,
she wound the King around her
dainty finger. A new Lib
eral cabinet was formed, dubbed
"Lola's Ministry"
But on February IL, 1913, red
revolution famed across Europe.
Munich was in instruction and
determined to GUST the favorite.
In a futile attempt to save his
crown, Louis 1 banished the
woman he loved. Too late! Com
PEELED to abdicate, he fled to
Greece.
Lola came to America in 1851
and followed the Argonauts to
California. At forty, her beauty
still radiant as a star, tubercu-
Iosis laid it's chill hand upon her.
Resigned to the inevitable, Lola
smiled YEARLY, What matters!
I have known all that the world
has to give-all"'
A tablet in the Greenwood
Cemetery, New York, bears the
simple inscriptions:
MRS. Eliza Gilbert.
Born 1916. Died 1861"
That is all. So ironical is fate!
CThe next article will tell Of
the romance of Charles II and
Nell Gwyn).
Copyright, 1923, International Feature
Service, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1923-03-01
WHO SAID 1T
AND WHERE

"There is nothing truly valuable
that can be purchased without
pain and labor"
Addison gave expression to this
sentence in an essay In The Taller.
"a thought is often original though
You have repeated 1t a hundred
times"
Oliver Wendell Holmes In the
Autocrat tells US not to be afraid
of repeating or uttering trite ex-
presslons.
"a man of my kidney"
This mode OF expressing SINH
larity Of temperament is from
Shakespeare's Merry Wives of
Windsor"
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THE RHYMING
OPTIMIST
BY AIine Michaelis-

wv HEN some kind brother
" greets me with: What a
v wit you are! Your clev-
erness just beats me, for learning
you're a star; your lectures are
wonder, while Browns remarks
are punk; can't see why in
thunder you settled in Podunk.
A fellow with your rating for
yarns that you can spin might
we'll be scintillating in Paris or
Pekin." For all this praise he's
singing, you ask me. do / fall?
NO" 1 remark, He's singing,
"I'll heed him not at all" When
some sweet sister tells me I sing
just like the birds, my common
sense compels me to doubt the
lady's words. When folks COM
pare my diction to that of Maet-
erlinck, I know they're speaking
fiction, and so what can l think?
I've often had such praises from
loaferS now and then VINO come
to me for raises, who need a five
or ten. But when such words
they, their trend / plainly see no
parsnips do they butter with all
their flattery. I'm glad when
any fellow considers me Q. X, I
love to hear him below, You
made a hit today It's never
out Of season to gather up bou-
quets, and while they are in rea-
son I'm strong for words of
praise. Approval has its glamour.
there's no one wants it more; but
flattery's loud clamor has always
made me sore.
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Mr.. Callaghan LAUGHED softly

Mr.. Callaghan laughed softly
''Your only fault, all of you,
my friends, is this myth that per-
vades your brains concerning the
infallibility of Slim Jim Carey.
Permit me to throw q little light
on your darkness
He left the room, and in a few
moments returned with a red mo-
rocco case, which he laid on the
table and opened. On a cushion
of black velvet lay a magnificent
triple rope of pearls.
1.-THE Knayth necklace, gentle
men," said Mr.. Callaghan.
His three partners stared dumb
ly at the glistening thing that lay
under their eyes.
This pretty toy" said Callaghan
gently, tapping the pearls with his
forefinger, twill destroy the Mot
tisfonts as surely as though 1t
were timed bombshell."
The Washington times., 1923-03-01
By Blanche Silver.
The Silly Little Crocodile.


" HE day was glorious, but
Croky Crocodile didn't think
so. He sat out in the
blazing hot sun with a palmetto
leaf tied tightly around his head
"Well, WE'LL Croaker Green
Frog called out. What's the
trouble, Mr.. Crocodile? Surely
you haven't the grippe and /
don't see how you could be cold.
What is it, the fever?
Fever nothing" snapped CrolSy
Crocodile. tits just a plain old
case Of a horrid toothache. I've
had it for several days now and
The Washington times., 1923-03-01
A FEW WORDS TO THE WISE

All easy ways are downhill,
although you may not notice it
until you try to climb back.
Don't bluff unless you've some
thing to bluff with; then you
needn't.
A wise man will make more
opportunities than he finds.
The Washington times., 1923-03-01

Experience is what q wise man
gets at the expense of others, and
a fool at his own.
Some people hold the key to
the situation and then are too
lazy to turn It.
LaZlness travels slowly, and
poverty soon overtakeS It.
The Washington times., 1923-03-01
Household Hints

Though salt IL excellent for
putting into the water when
washing colored materials, "
should not be used for black afa
RIGS, which must be dipped intosA
lather containing two or three
teaspoonsful Of borax.
The Washington times., 1923-03-01
When Roads We're Clear.

TN the Middle Ages so frequent were the hodups 81
the highways, that the law required 200 feet b
either side Of the road should be cleared Of bushes which
might shelter robbers.
The Washington times., 1923-03-01

Shakespeare In Germany.
ONE thousand nine hundred and nnety-seven perform
ances of Shakesjeare's plays given in 1921 In
Germany. "A Midsummer Nights Dream" was played
318 times in thirty-one theaters.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-03-22
INDIAN FARMERS HOLD
. SUCCESSFUL MEETING

A meeting of the Wolf Point Farm
club that was just about the best of
the kind ever held in this part of
the reservation took place at the Wolf
Point sub-agency at Oldtown on the
18th in charge of Supt. Jas. B.
Kitch and Farmer Geo. T. Smith.
There was a large attendance and
genuine interest displayed. A free
lunch was served at noon and the
following program was well carried
out:
Address of Welcome...-.Chas. Track
Diversified Farming. Joshua Wetsit
Farm Bureau Organization. Harry
Hollow.
Quality in Horses, Walter Clark
Care of Poultry-.--Mrs. Susie Ryan
Registered Jacks Ira E. Chapman
Potatoes and Corn-.--...Geo. T. Smith
Hogs on the Farm.-..-James Pedigo
Turkey Raising--...Mrs. Courchene
How to Get Money and Seed....Supt.
Jas. B. Kitch.
The week before a very good meet
ing of the same kind was held at
Frazer.