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.-. CHAPTER XIII.
The Sudden Return 10 England.

Peter Cams sat next day and spoke
to Albert Redmayne on little gal
lcry, that extended from the dining
room of the villa and overhung the
lake. Here, for half an hour, he talked
and listened until Jenny shonld be
ready for him.
d, They. set the world righc together
and their thoughts driftei into n
region OF benignant aspirations. Then
came Jenny and presently the detcc-
tive followed her into n garden of
flowers behind Villa Pianezzo.
"Giuseppe and Mr.. Brendon have
gone 10 the hills" she said. "And
now I am ready TO talk to you, Mr..
Cams"
He looked at her beautiful face
intcntly.
"Show me the silkworms. he sail.
They entered the lofty shed rising
above a thicket behind * the Villa
shattered apartment where twilight
reigned.
"Nevcr mummy was wound so OK
quisitely as the silkEorm's chrys-
ais" said Peter; and Jenny chatted
cheerfully about the silken industry
and its varied interests. but found
that Mr.. Cams could tell her much
Gore than she was able to tell him.
He listened with attention. how
ever. and only by gradual stages de-
Elected conversation to the affairs
that had brought him. Presently he
indicated an aspect of her own posi-.
ton. .s..-..
"Did it. ever strike you that il was
| 4 bold thing to marry within little
more than nine months of your
first husbands disappearance, Mrs
] ncria?v he asked.
| at did not; but / shivered when
heard you talking yesterday. And
call me Jenny not Mrs. Dorla,
Nv Cams
"Iove has uiwars been very I'm
patient of law" he declared; "but
the fact is that unless proof Of or
exceptional character can be sub
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A JOKE ON THE MOTORIsT.

"Some day." said the careful wo-
man driver, Il am going TO be ar.
rested for. assault and battery. Some
day when a boy who thinks he IS
smart jumps out from a bush and
yells at me. or when q couple OF
small boys get out on the pavement
and dance around in front of my car,
just to see how much trouble they
can make, I am going to stop sud-.
denly and grab the boy and spank him
hard, right there on the street. His
parent will undoubtedly arrive and
protest, and / will go right on
spanking until the police arrive. I
will go to Jail if I have to. but
Just once before I die / am going to
spank one of those miserable little
wretches who flirt with death. They
are the kind who rock the boat, the
kind who dive in untried water, the
kind who send off fire-crackers be-
hind other peoples ears. / have
my line. But spanking when neces7
sary is, and I've got a good strona
ARM"
To the motorists of strongesi
nerves the yell of the boy behind tb
DuSn gives jerk 10 inc WHetl ina
at the least is bad for tires, at wors
threatens an upset. To maneuver BIZ
tween TO small Indians daring 20
to RUBIN down is neither an cas-
job @ne called for by any regulf
tior
y boy--not a 10-year-oF
i'm 16-year-old who shoi
fwn better-called out u
NSou're losing a tire"
w. leaned over the side 4
HGk and was instantlN,bI
~ IDLY dragged by ,tWW
pros ~ ar which unaN ~
lided wy.lslNis. IN Mz9J
If the. had
strange VI he,nAid. ito The Dell!'"
have learned
Truth. bo,;.va 7 con,d o,s,,
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SOME swEETHEARTs OF MINE.

I've had some sweethearts in my time
10 lead me down the love-dream line,
Some gave me throbs, some gave me
thrills,
Some gave me sobs, some gave me
chills;
And some were blonde, and some
brunette
Some, sweethearts were, and some are
yet,
And, old and seedy though I be.
With wife and daughters (sweethearts
three)-
Some Mary James still flirt with me
And seek my sweethearts yet to be
Lord, bless the sweethearts, every one,
But, by heck, I'm not Brigham Young.
DELLA HUNT.
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mitted, the English law is not pre-
pared to say of any man that he is
dead until seven years have passed
from the last record of him among
the living. Now there is rather a
serious difference between seven
years and nine months. Jenny"
She looked at him with a face full
Of unhappiness.
al can trust you. You are wise and
know life. I have not married, q
man, but a dewitt"
He took snuff and listened, whNe
the unfortunate woman raved Of her
error. ~
Peter studied her very carefully,
yet. for the moment, showed no great
sympathy.
"You are thinking of something, +"
she said.
Naturally. What you have told
me as to your relations with your
Italian husband offersLt considerable
know that yon no longer love him?"
II have hid it. The time has not
come to let him know that. He would
be revenged, and God knows what
lOAiu ICNCf6t ml6Ul l. W.
l have escaped from him. he must
not dream that / have changed"
They parted presently and Jenny
returned to the house. while the de-
tective, finding a comfortable chair
under an oleander bush. shifted the
fragrance of the red blossom above
him, regretted that his vice had
largely spoiled hisj sense of smell
took snuff and opefied his notebook.
He wrote in it steadily for half an
hour; then he rose and Joined Albert
Reymayne.
The elder was full Of an approach
ing event.
"To think that today you and
Poggi meet" he exclaimed. "Peter,
my dear man. il you do not love Vir-
gill. I shall be broken-hearted."
albert" answered Mr.. Cams. 81
have already loved Poggi for two
years. Those you love. / love: and
that means that our friendship is on
very high plane indeed; for it
often happens that nothing puzzles
MS more internally than our friends
friends. BY the same token, how
much do you love your niece?"
Mr.. Redmayne did not answer in
stantly.
az love her." he replied Mt length.
"because I love everything that is
lovely: and without prejudice I do
honestly believe she is about the
loveliest young woman I have ever
seen. Her face more nearly re-
sembles that of Botticelli's Venus
than any living being in my expert
ence: and it is the sweetest face L
know. Therefore ] love her outside
very much indeed. Peter.
But when it comes to her inside.
7 feel not so sure. That is natural.
for this reason, that I do not know
her at all we'll vet. l have seldom
seen her in childhood. or had any
real acnuaitance with her until
now. Nor does she come to me, as
it were. alone. Her life turns to her
husband. She is still bride and
adores him."
"You have no reason to think her
as an unhappy bride?"
Continued in Our Next Issuc.)
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Punge]

About the tim 49,, Al. .;1o % =, huI
essary to worry all the berries, also
up the aerial flivvfs h anu upu nt hor
game.-Pittsburg Sun handful Oh PEI,
Before marriage a gHo writes oueS
ing machine to count PAD composed
gets. But her post-nuptia something
can usually be counted on a.
of one foot.-Nashville Tennes
Straw votes are always too lighc "
be Of much weight.-Syracuse Herald.
New York's dry chief will wear his
indictment "as a medal of honor and
a service badge" Sort of rough on the
boys who got their decorations in other
ways.-Cincinnati Times-Star.
Some husbands are so lazy that
when they decide to work they have to
take a day off.--Dayton News.
About all the profit you get out OF
dignity is that strangers never ask
you for a match.-Baltimore Evening
Sun.
Resort insects may make you itch
in various spots, but the natives never
itch except T. the palms.-Rochester
Times-Union.
The neighbours daughter isn't like
4 mosGuito A Mesquite never sings
and fortunes you at the same time.
-Binghamton Sun.
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I "He had bought a new diary only
the last time he was in Dartmouth"
said Doria. II remember the incl
dent. j asked him what he was
going to put into the book, and he
said that his log was just running
out and lie needed a new volume"
."Then the one has been substi.
tuted for the other by somebody else.
That is very interesting fact, il
true"
He took up the empty volume and
turned its pages; then Brendon de-
clared they must be going.
"I'm afraid we're keeping Mr.. Red
mayne out of bed, Gannas," he limited.
"Our kits have already been sent to
the hotel and as we've got a mile to
walk, we'd better be moving"
But Peter spoke and surprised
them.
"I'm afraid you're going to find
me the sort Of friend that sticketh
closer thar brother, Albert. In a
word, somebody mus. go TO the hotel
and bring back my travelling grip,
for I'm not going to lose sight of you
again till we've got this thing
Strengthened out"
Mr.. Redmayne was delighted.
GLOW like you, Peter-how typical
of your attitude! You shall not leave
me, dear friend. You shall sleep in
the apartment next my own. 1t con-
tains many books, but there shall
be my great couch moved from my
own bedroom and set up there in
half en- hour. 1t is as comfortable
as n bed" -
He turned to his niece.
"Seek Assunta and Ernesto and
set the apartment in order for Mr..
Cams, Jenny: and you, Giuseppe.
will take Mr.. Brendon to the Hotel
Victoria and bring back Peters lug
gage"
Jenny FASTENED to do her uncle's
bidding. while Brendon made his
farewell and promised to return at
an early hour ON the following morn
ing.
my plans for tomorrow" said
Peter. Subject to Marks approval,
are these. l suggest that Signor
Doria should take Brendon to the
scene in the hills where Robert Red.
mayne appeared; while, by her leave.
/ have talk with Mrs. Jenny here"
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BACKING THE LAW

"a police commissioner in one OF the
larger cities of the United States de-
dared recently that justice frequently
is blocked because upright citizens are
81 tinlid about appearing in court that
they decline to render aid to the officials
charged with law enforcement. The
Commissioner was not speaking OF an
all too familiar class of citizens who
consider themselves self-appointed guar
dams of the law and who go poking
about in other peoples affairs in an eff
fort to ferret out law violations.
HE did have reference however, TO
that all too widely known class who
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-26
HONiESICK.,


The worlds work has to be done
over a wide area of earth and sea
and il necessarily requires the break
ing of home ties. and the development
Of a great deal of Inconsistencies. The
plight of the young fellows who have
pleaded inconsistencies and have there
fore been permitted to leave the
training camp at Camp Henry Knox
is really deplorable. They have been
attacked by n terrible malady. but
all their lives they will regret hay-
ing yielded to it. The spirit OF adj
venture has ever been in tug of war
with the love OF home. There have
been comparatively few who could
sing sincerely the old refrain "Any-
where 1 Hang My Hat is Home Sweet
Home to Me-"
When a man returns to his home
town after having attempted to real
ize ambition in great city. the
tendency is to say that he did not
measure up to the standards set in
the big league Of mems affairs.
Probably a great many of such
failures were due to nothing but
inconsistencies.
The doctors call it nostalgia and
they admit the seriousness of the
complaint. but they have found no
specific. The disease runs its course
and in time the germs are walled up.
Something may happen at any time,
however, which will cause an out
break. Yielding is fatal.
Nothing has ever been said about
the inconsistencies which may have
been experienced by the hardy pioneers,
the explorers. the trail-blazers. But
these men, in the main. may have
been immune. They are told Spirits
who are citizens Of the world
Louisville Times.
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FLORENCE vANE

/ loved thee long and dearly,
Florence Vane; .-
My life's bright dream and early
Hath come again; .--
renew in my fond vision
My hearts dear pain,
Ny hope, and thy dcrision,
Florence Vane
The ruin lone and hoary, g. '.
The ruin old,
Where thou didst mark my story.
At even told
That spot--the hues Eylsian e..
OF sky and plain
treasure in my vision,
Florence Vsne.
Thou vast lcvelier than the roses
In their prime:
Thy voice excelled the closes
OF sweetest rhyme;
Thy heart was as river
without main.
Would had loved thee never,
Florence Nane!
But, faircst. coolest wonder. ..........
Thy glorious clay
Lieth the green sod under 'f
Alas the day!
And it boots not TO remember
Thy disdain,--
To quicken loves pale ember,
Florence vain.
The lilies Of the valley
By young graves weep,
The pansies love 20 daily
Where maidens sleep;
Nav their bloom. IN beauty wing.
Never wane
Where thine earthly part is lying. 80.
Florence yane
,zess.,. -philip Pendleton Cooke.
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FROM COTTON TO PECANS

y That the kind of aid many farmers
need is sclf-help, rather than gratuities
from the government is being demon
strated by Texan whose growing crops
Tere destroyed by flood in 1921. This
nan has some land along the San Ga
6riel river which stream occasionally
Gets out of banks and floods the coun-
try roundabout For many years. it
Seems, the land had been devoted to the
Growing OF cotton, the money crop" as
Il is sometimes called and as it some
dimes is. But the flood OF 1921 played
havoc with that designation, as we'll as
With many other things TO which the
people in that region had pinned their
faith.
@When his crops had been swept away,
and he was about to be overwhelmed by
debts, one farmer, SAYS a dispatch from
Rockdale, bethought himself of some
frees in the bottom lands. He had seen
those trees before, but apparently not
ID connection with the business OF max
ing living. In the hour of his despair
he doubtless thought as he had never
thought before. 3
3 They were pecan trees. Now and
tinen small boys had climbed and thresh-
ed them, and maybe the farmer himself
had gathered a few bushels OF pecans
Gust to be doing" Needing money, and
needing it urgently, he now set about
gathering pecans in good earnest. The
result of his labors was $1,000, although
the pecans, of the wild variety, were
small ard brought corresponding price.
Then the farmer did some more real
thinking. If small, hard-shcll pecans
were that profitable-they had enabled
him to pay off his debts and start a
bank account-wouldn't large, paper
shell pecans bring a greater and more
dependable income? There is always a
market for fine pecans, and land that IS
subject to overflows is fine place tc
grow pecans.
: So, this farmer decided to make The
experiment. He knew, OF course, tina
ia some years pecan trees do not bea
Heavily, if at all But he knew alsC
that flood could not rob him OF tn,
fruits of his labor, and that the cost o
growing pecans is far less than the COS
of growing cotton.
He lost no time before planting som
young pecan trees of the best varietie
he could obtain. Some people told hin
perhaps, that it would be years and year
before the trees would begin to produce
But, on the other hand, perhaps he Pre-
CARED some reliable books on pecan eli
tire, or consulted some experienced pC
can growers. In any case, it is reporte
that the trees which he planted two year
ago have already begun to bear. Is
any wonder that he has gone in heavil
for paper-shell pecans," and is not worry
ihg about the present or future price {
cotton or about the possibility of al
other flood?
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ONE-CROP CURSE IN KANSAS

Kansas, or at least the western part
of that state, is confronted by problem
that has long burdened the cotton-grow-
ing states of the South, including Texas.
Kansas is great wheat-growing coun-
try-and with that fact the trouble re-
ferred to is identified. The landowners
of Western Kansas, many Of them abb
sentee landlords, have undertaken to die
tate the crops-or, rather, the crop
which their tenants must grow. Just
as some landowners in Southern states
have limited their tenants to cotton, so
many of the landowners of Western
Kansas have forbidden their tenants to
plant anything but wheat.
When the price of wheat was high.
the Kansas farmers were able to make
a good living under this restriction. But
now, with the price scarcely if any above
the cost of produstion, they cannot even
pay their debts.
The landlords have been moved by
three considerations: The price Of
wheat. the comparative ease with which
that crop can be marketed, and the COM
parative ease with which they can check
UP on the wheat growers in the matter
of Weld. Now, of course, the first con-
sideration does not obtain; the price of
wheat is low. But apparently the other
considerations are still effective. In
acting upon them the landlords show
no regard for their tenants welfare, and
also bctray their shortsightedness in an
other way. t'ti e'T-- -. >..-'
In debating that only wheat shall be
grown on their land, they make it neces-
sary for their tenants to buy feed for
their teams. Even when wheat brings
a good price, the tenant who has to buy
feed for his teams. instead OF growing
it, gets less, in effect, than his agreed
share of the crop. .t:3
Eventually farm that is planted sue
cessivelv 10 one crop will become I'M
productive even for the landlord. Not
only is the tenant denied an opportunity
to make living, but the soil is robbed
OF its fertility. Thus the owner ulti-
mately has to pay for his shortsighted-
ness. '-~
Some Kansas farmers are talking OF
getting a law enacted to prohibit one
crop contracts. But it is doubtful if thai
would suffice to solve the problem, OF
would even relieve the situation perma
nently. The landlords might exact high
err rentals, and thus leave the tenants il
as bad plight as the one they are
now III.
What Kansas landlords need, alons
with not few other people of culture,
or refinement" is a little honest-to
goodness education. Doubtless many O
these same landlords have sons in col
lege studying various scientific subject
economics in general. and soil hts
bandry in particular. From the mora
standpoint there is one consolation: Th
Landlords must contribute toward tn
education of the rising generation som
of the money they get by practicin
their ignorance upon their tenants.
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Poets Corner
"MISTER BEAR"

Mister Bear, Mister Bear,
You gibbed me a dweadful scare,
When you jumped out Nv your lair,
90, ! felt cweepin' hair
Setch scare,
Mister Bear
Now, Use here an you is there,
Which my mamma says is fair,
So. jes' oof-oof, Mister Bear, e.
While l say a Willie prayer
Fankin' Hebbun ! is where
You is not-an' you stay there.
DELLA HUNT.
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July CIRCULATION

DRtIv only average. ..s."+2
Sunday only average. >S0.15S
The above totals and averages for paid cir
culaon exclusive of all spoiled comics and free
copies OF nature.
We hereby swear that the foregoing statement o:
paid circulation IS correct. -
Circulation Manarer
c. 7. BUCHANAN.
Business Manager
= sworn and subscribed before this end day OF
FRED !. BONNER JR.,
- Notary Public.
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Now that the canning season is about
over in most households. the price OF
sugar may be expected to decline.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-26

The Georgia Legislature has imposed
prohihitive tax on grand opera. Some
grand opera we have heard ought to
have been capital offense.
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j believe j could gg
initely without picking
ut when in Rome, etc.
the intrepid band OF
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Begin Here Today.

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The Washington times., 1923-05-25

40, 900 Shriners VIII Find Con-
yenient Homes in AIexan-
dria Yards.
CONTINUATION q six spseial rail.

Construction Of sir special rail.
road sidings, laying out Of roads
and construction Of 81 dancing
pavilion was started today 1T the
Alexandra railroGd yards id prep
aration for the establishments
there of Pullman car city, Of
10000 inhabitants during Shrine
week.
The sidings are, being laid be-
tween Union Station, Alexandria,
and Four Mile Run and will &C.
commodate $50 cars, it was ex-
planned today by Harry F. Cary,
chairman of the Shrine transpor-
tation committee. The yard will
hold 500 cars during the session.
Every Convenience.
Bath cars are being provided for
the convenience of the visitors who
will live in the trains. Showers,
tubs, lockers and dressing rooms are
being provided in these cars, which
will be conveniently located. Water
pipes, sewer mains, and electric light
caDieS are DelnS run 10 the PuIlmaO
city from Alexandria.
Under direction of the Alexandria
Chamber of Commerce a thorough
cleanup Of the city in the vicinity
of the yard is being completed.
The residents of the temporary
city will be served their meals on
dining cars, which will remain open
twenty-four hours a day.
Transport Provided.
Adequate transportation facilities
are being provided between the yard
and Washington, Cary stated. Tween
ty big automobile buses are on the
way to Washington from New York
and twenty-four-hour schedule
will be maintained. These buses
will operate from the Pullman park
to the District building, with no stops
between. Special car service will be
maintained by the Washington-Vir-
ginia Railway Company and a special
steam train service will also be put
into effect.
The first Pullmans will begin
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column ~
The Washington times., 1923-05-25
8-HOUR DAY WILL RAISE
STEEL COST, GARY SAYS

NEW YORK, May 25-Judge Ebert H. Gary, head of the
Steel Committee appointed the request of President Harding
to investigate the feasibility Of establishing eight hour ay in
the steel industry reported today that the did not
favor complete abolition of he tweve-hour day.
The Washington times., 1923-05-25
167 NOW ON
POISON
LIST
Thirty Tech Students Out OF
SchooI-HeaIth Board
Continues Probe.

The sick list ut the Mckinley
Manual Training High School fol-
lowing the cadet supper Wednes-
day night, today jumped to 1877, an
increase Of lat over the number re.
ported i'll yesterday morning. Ali
suffered, health officials believe,
with a mild attack of ptomaine
poisoning.
Thirty of the 1877 failed to report
to their classes today. Health Of
ficers, however, have not yet de-
termined whether Che thirty re-
NAMED at home because of illness
following the suppOr or for some
other reasons.
None Seriously Ill.
DR.. George M. Boteler, assistant
District health officer, who is con-
Quoting the investigation, declared
today that as far as he has been able
to ascertain not one of the 1877 is
seriously i'll.
Practically all of those reported
i'll are in their class rooms working
today" he said. However, the
Health Department is making a
thorough investigation and we ex-
pect to know by tomorrow the
cause or causes Of the illness of
the students and the teachers"
When Mckinley opened today, the
opening period was prolonged while
teachers asked all those in their
classes who attended the dinner and
who were i'll to turn in their names
to the teacher.
Food Being Analysed.
The students were also requested
to set forth the symptoms of their
illness and the food eaten at the
supper. This data was Immediately
turned over to the Health Depart
ment.
Health officer Boteler spent prac-
tically the entire morning at the
school. interviewing students re-
ported Ill.
DIR. Boteler today obtained samples
Of peas and mayonnaise used at the
supper and has sent them to the
District laboratory to be examined.
Samples OF all food except the
Ice cream has been obtained by the
Health Department.
DR.. w. F. Landon, bacteriologist
OF the Health Department, is ex-
aiming the food.