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The Washington times., 1923-03-26
E HAND OF PERIL, By Arthur Stringer
A Thrilling Story of the Running Down
ola Band of Master COunterfeiters
By the Secret Service

stupidity, their mouths still open,
their pastures still those Of
strained muscles and sinews.
Kestner saw it was the woman
called Maura.
"Stopv' she gasped, q little
weakly. Were being watched
Her hat was awry of her head,
her veil was hanging loose, and
she was plainly out of breath.
Quick" she gasped again, lean
ing against the wall; there's a
man at every door! and two gen.
darmes are on the stairs! Listen!
hear them coming!'
Morello was the first to steop
and catch up his handbag. Lam
bert's grip on the prisoners arm
relaxed. He wrenched the revolver
from Kestner's fingers, dropped
it into his pocket. and darted Cor
his bag.
Then the closetg' he cried a
he ran.
The secret passage. you foolr'
called Lambert, as he dove
through the door leading into the
second closet. He was followed
by Morello. Kestner heard the
soft scrape and stutter OF slid
ing panel. It had been q piece
Of stupidity, he told himself. to
overlook those closet walls.
''It leads to the roof, ana then
down through the Poret's pass
age" explained the woman,
stiIl leaning against the wall.
She stood watching Kestner as he
worked frantically at the cord
still binding his left arm down
They're safe by now" she
to the heavy chair.
murmured.
But you're not!' cried Kest-
ner, vindictively, all the ingred-
tents to which he had been sub
jected lending anger to his
voice.
"Quite safe. monsieur" she re-
piled, as she proceeded to
.straighten her hat and then ad-
just the heavy veil about its
brim. 80
"Oh, are your cried the infur-
lated Kestner.
Yes, consieur. There are no
men, and no gendarmes."
'Then why did you lie?" gasp
ed Kestner.
She smiled little wanly.
"Thsy would have shot you
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Widely Known Lecturer and Writer
and a National Authority on
Training of Children.

" EW people actually under
stand the psychology !, Of
u childhood and youth.
1t requires the rearing Of five or
six before ordinary parents learn
how to know at glance all the
larger traits and dispositions of
young humanity.
Stealing. lying, fighting, cheat
ing, disobedience and running
away, are all normal types of In
stinctive behavior, and they call
for slow and patient redirection.
Young parents often appeal to
me in distress, after learning that
their little one has suddenly be-
gun the practice of falsehood and
deception. Their failure to know
this behavior to be normal gives
it the force Of a shock to their
sense Of respectability. THE very
idea that my child should behave
so, shames me terribly" one ex-
claims.
1t should shock the parent more
If the child at an early age does
not manifest these rude instincts
of animal cunning. so as to have
them corrected and wrought into
refinements Of character. The nat
ural course of learning for your
naughty" child is about as fol-
lows:
He tries to win an advantage
by theft, but is taught by degrees
that stealing defeats its own pur-
pose.
He tries lying and deception as
a means of attaining his desires.
If rightly managed, these errors
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mop Of dark hair, brushing it
back from his high, white fore
head. He looked like an artist,
the girl unused. At times there
was a sad droop to the corners OF
his mouth. She wondered IL he
were poor-if that was why he
could sympatize with men less
fortunate than himself.
AS IL reading her thoughts, he
began to talk Of the aims he had
had as a boy.
"I was to have been an artist"
he said. land I planned to go to
Paris to study. Then"-he hest
tated as If trying to steady his
voice-"we met with reverses.
Ny parents died. I was left with
Estelle. my little sister, whom
you know here. / wanted to give
her the best that I could. That
was why I brought her to this
high-priced school-so that she
could see something Of the best
people. It has not been easy to
keep her here, but I have done
It, She does not know that I
have educated her at the price OF
my own art career. Now she has
gone back home. She will live
with my aunt there. Later, she
may get a position as a teacher,
or she may marry. In any case.
I must support her until she mar
ries or becomes self-supporting."
Then you have a position in
New York. Of course?"
Practical Mary Dallas asked the
question.
Eyes, yes-I have" he replied
hastily. at Is not especially re-
munerative. nor the sort of posi-
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Whose Present Serial Has Scored
a Big Popular Success.
Copyright, 1928. by King Features
Syndicate. Incl

w as'emblage there. Mabel
office I found the full
even before she looked up and
revealed the burrows between her
brows.
She managed a smile with her
greeting, but it wasn't a 100 per
cent Mabel smile. Rosa flung at
me suave and Indifferent word
and Jim, staring uneasily from
one to the other, came over and
kissed me perfunctorily.
I had a sudden sense that it
might be a good idea to laugh.s
1t was SO clear that Jim didn't
know how to handle the situa-
ton and the maze Of relation
ships here represented. I could
see that he hadn't the slightest
idea whether it would be better
taste to kiss me as a wife or offer
me a chair as a business associ.
ate.
I'VE went over all the books,
Anne, and Mr.. Harrison felt that
our judgment in buying in the
Arkansas land was most excel
lent" said Mabel, making a little
too evident effort to include me
in things.
THAT is very polite OF
jaime" Rosa cried with the sug-
gestion Of a rapier thrust. But
what we do with the Arkansas
land when we cannot get title to
other lands where is our oil, I
do not know. Shall we build us
some more wells when our money
is tied up in what we do not
know If we own or do not OWN"
Her air of great wisdom annoyed
me. It deepened the burrows be-
tween Mabel's brows. But Jim,
sensing the homage Rosa was de-
manding took chair next to hers
and asked in q tone Of great re-
spect:
"Are you in favor of selling this
Arkansan strip"
1--WE may have to-" replied Rosa,
and began at once explaining her
views to Jim in a series of whis-
pers and Spanish phrases which
meant nothing to me and to which
Mabel evidently felt she had no
right to listen.
In the midst of this annoying
and humiliating display of how
Rosa scorns Mabel's judgment. In
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WHEN A GIRL MARRIES, By Ann Isle

does tell him?"
''You dear, brave thineg' I cried.
cts just like you to try to comfort
me. should have told him last
night. I meant to. Butt didn't
get to it."
There was q question in her
voice. I answered quickly and
firmly.
Always. dear. You can count
on that. But Jim will stand by
you. Wait and see. Jim's fair-he
has judgment. Things come too
fast just now. He can't stop and
put his impressions in order"
BLESS you for trying to comfort
me-" said. Mabel tensely. "But
I've a real word for you. Those
Intellectual. hot.headed creatures
won't accomplish a thing. You
see, there's one who willard al
out of friendship for you. Again.
I say-youIl see."
what do you nnean?" asked.
"I mean-Park says-you can
count on his old Pirate Rafe," re"
piled Mabel. And even then I
wondered if there was q note Of
tenderness in her voice.
CTO Be Continued TOmorrow.)
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PART /.
By Arthur Stringer,
Famous Writer Of Novels and Short
Stories Of international Fame.

ut was with that flash Of hope
that he quickly and deliber-
y ately did the unexpected
thing. He pulled on the trigger
with his own finger.
The sharp bark Of the revolver
reverberated through the high
walled room as the bullet went
splintering into the framework
OF the skylight overhead. Kest-
ner had hoped it might crash
through the panes themselves.
He doubted If the sound Of a
small caliber revolver would carry
much beyond the closed apart
ment.
Yet that unexpected discharge
Of the firearm startled Lambert.
The arm still forlornly stralning
against his relentless upward
pressure gained several inches
OF precious space before the
struggle could be renewed. But
inch by quavertng inch the fire.
arm was again forced up.
Tony" painted Lambert, give
me a hand!
Kestner was only dimly con-
scious Of the other man sliding
up to him.
Get his jaws apart" was the
next command gasped out by
Lambert.
Kestner was conscious enough
now Of gross fingers on his face,
bruising his lips, OF knockles
roweling the cheek-flaps against
his clenched teeth. And a corrcd-
ing wave OF rage and resentment
swept through him, at the ig-
nominy of it all. Then he
clenched his jaws still closer to-
gether, in the face Of that rowel-
ing knuckle. for at that moment
Q second interruption was taking
place.
This interruption took the form
Of a door flung open and a white
faced woman calling into the
studio.
"stop! gasped the woman, as
she flung through the door and
turned the KEEP in the lock.
Both men looked up, a little
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murmuring the allcondoning
word of "Inglese." when he made
note OF a further and more COM
polling fact. The black-gloved
hand was holding out to him a
ten lire note. Thereupon, having
promptly pocketed the same, he
sent his long-lashed Sicilian whip
whistling about his pony's ears
and his cab-wheels went rafting
up through the streets of the city.
Arrived at the desired address,
his fare stepped painfully and
lumberingiy from the little open
cab, watched hesitatingly until
that vehicle was out Of sight, and
then rounded a corner. This
ecce1tric-minded tourist then
walked six doors southwark.
limping stoIidly into the entrance
court OF q grey-stone house, as
silent and sepulchral Of aspect as
q medieval mausoleum.
Here, after being accosted by a
rotund and mild-eyed little man
in grass slippers and after writ
ing certain words on the pad
which he carried, the newcomer
was given a key and instructed,
in Italian, to mount the stairs.
This she did, unlocking the first
door on the left. withdrawing the
key, and again carefully locking
the door after she had stepped
inside.
Once there, she surveyed the
chamber. with much deliberation.
Then she sighed, took OFF the
amber -colored glasses, Invested
herself first OF the black silk
gloves and later OF the faded
widows bonnet. Then she placed
her handbag On the bed beside
them, consulted q watch, and
with second deep sigh unbut-
toned the jet-spangled waist and
grouped about the volumfnous
corsage.
With still deeper sigh the
hand was withdrawn. bringing
with it q. cigar. A match was
struck, the cigar was lighted,
and the figure in dowdy black
sank into q chair, resting its
boot-heeIs high on the end Of
the bed.
Before six luxurious puffs had
been taken at that cigar q quiet
knock sounded on the door. This
knock was oddly repeated, trans
latine itself to the attentive ear
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Generate Italiana steamer at Pa
lermo, an old woman wearing
amber-colored spectacles stepped
solemnly ashore.
AS this old woman had taken
the pains to await the departure
Of all other passengers. and as
she carried only a handbag Of
the same faded hue as her at
tire, her visit to the Dogma was
a brief one. Then, for all her
bumped shoulders and a some
what siding method of progress
sion suggestive Of sciatic rheu-
matism, she proceeded with
melancholy briskness along the
Via del Molo. It was not until
she had entered the Piazza Ucciar-
done that she encountered an idle
vettura.
After looking peevishly about
her in all directions, she signaled
The Washington times., 1923-03-26
By Virginia Terhune Van
de Water,
CHAPTER LII.

W DUNG Rankin was q fluent
" talker. That he dealt in
- glittering generalities, and
that many of his statements
could not be backed up by facts.
did not occur to his listeners.
Girls just emerging from a fash
ionable finishing-school are not
supposed to know much Of how
"the other half" lives, and any
assertions that the self-styIed re-
former made sounded to them
like x-cathedra utterances.
Once Mary Dallas did ask him
just how he hoped to conduct
his campaign for justice to the
under-dog."
you've touched tender spot"
he explained. 81 can do so little
because of lack Of funds. Were
a rich man, I could carry on
Investigations and expose abuses
Of which the upper classes never
dream. That is the trouble with
rich people. Their having money
blunts their sympathies."
"Oh, I don't think So" Wini-
fred tried to protest.
But he soon convinced her that
he was right. He challenged her
ever went among the riff-raff Of
to name a single rich man who
society as a friend.
He had a deep and pleasant
voice. He had also the brooding
eyes OF the dreamer. He had
taken off his hat, and, as he
talked. he ran his hand over his
The Washington times., 1923-03-26

was made commander-in-chief of
the United States army in 1892.
2. Ohio was admitted to the
Union as a State in 1903.
3. Amerigo Vespucci, from whom
America takes it's name, made
his first voyage to the New
World in 1897.
4. The popular song 1.-THE
Vicar of Bray" was written in
the early part Of the Eighteenth
Century.
5. The Tercentennial Celebra.
ton OF the founding of James
town, Va, was held in 1907.
Copyright, 1929, by King Features
Syndicate, Incl
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through the head, monsieur"
She had turned the key in the
lock. Her hand was on the door
knob as she looked back.
IT hope" she said, that we
shall not meet again.
Zone minute" called Kestner,
imagining that by hook or crook
he might delay her until that
fatal cord was loosened.. Pardon
me asking. but how long did that
plate take you to maker"
which platter"
"That First Colonial Ten"
Again he caught shadow Of
the wan and half ironical smile.
''Why are you interested?"
II shall always be interested in
YOU"
'That is something you cannot
afford"
Their eyes met. They continued
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ANECDOTES OF THE FAMOUS

We are told that Sir w. s.
Gilbert, who wrote "Pinafore,"
THE Mikado," and many other
delightful operettas was a humor-
list from the cradle. Unfortu-
nately, most Of his early day wit
ticisms have been lost; but one at
least, perpetrated at the age of
four, is still extant. A young
aunt Of his had an apron in
which several colors appeared,
and young Gilbert had heard 1t
spoken Of as "parti-colored." The
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; to stare at each other for sew
eral seconds.
'I think we shall meet again."
he finally said, with the utmost
conviction.
"Adieu, monsieur, for we shall
never meet again.
you leave that to me"' cried
the defeated Kestner, and into
those five words he threw both
the bitterness and the tenacious
ness born of that fnomentary de-
feat.
But the woman had already
closed the door and locked it
after her.
PART III.
The Palermo Quarters.
1t was two weeks later that,
after the docking Of a Nevigazione
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WHEN DID TT HAPPEN?

J. When was Purdue Univer-
sity, Of Lafayette, Ind. founded?
2. When was Arizona admitted
to the Union as a State?
3. When was the Dominion Of
Canada established?
4. When did Brazil become a
republic?
8. When was Queen LiIfouka-
lani of Hawaii deposed?
ANSWERS to these queries will
be printed tOmorrOw.)
ANSWERS
To Yesterdays Questions.
i. Mad Anthony Wayne,
american revolutionary general,
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aunt happened to wear the apron
on some gala occasion, when the
future author said to her, IT sup
pose you are wearing your parti-
colored apron because you have
come to the party"
The Washington times., 1923-03-26
Teaching a Fish

ACCORDING to Professor Thorndike fish learn
"A go to certain places to take certain paths bite
certain things and refuse Others but that is about
the measure of his ability
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You cannot eat your cake and
have It."
Says an old English proverb
that Is frequently used in every
day conversation.
The Washington times., 1923-03-26
Paper Making IN China

THE only type paper mill in China failed Four spe-
cial papers made by old methods are Bark paper,
from the paper mulberry socalled rice paper sliced
from pith paper from rice straw, and bamboo
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" EW people actually under
stand the psychology :, Of
- childhood and youth.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-21
PUTTING FRANCE ON RECORD

What will be the outcome Of the situa-
ton created by Frances seizure Of the
Ruhr region is a question that has wor-
ried many laymcn and vcXed not
few statesmen, and thus far nc depend
able answer has been found The French
might perform that service ii they would,
but their attitude seems to be a wait
and-sec one. OF course it i; possible
that they don't know their own minds,
and that they could not prcdctcrn1inc the
outcome it they should frankly Under
take to do SO. The chances are, how
ever, that they do know their own minds
and are, moreover, confident that they
will accomplish their purpose.
But they are disingcnuous about the
entire enterprise. So, it is not surpris-
ing to hear that the British government
may officially indicate that it is sus-
picious of Frances motives. A recent
dispatch reports that the British gov
eminent will call upon France to state
exactly, i'll 50 many words, her real rca-
son for selling the Ruhr region.
| France has, of course, already under
taken to explain to the world why she
invaded Germany territory. But the
world did not need to be told that Ger
many was not meeting her rcparation
Obligations as provided for i'll the Yer
sailles treaty. That fact was obvious to
the least obscrvant.
Since the seizure of Germanys richest
industrial district the French have done
and said things which seem to give sub
stance to suspicious voiced unofiicially
by the British long before the project
| became an actually. The British, to be-
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-21
New York Day by Day
BY O. o. NrINTYRE.

New York. of Library
sced gentry
make their pitches With them the BdwayeQuey
pers" and watchers"
in street. Prayer engraved
head through the powerful lens The charg five He
calls the eighth wonder the world But filled with
ders his livelihood is precarious.
wrinkle introduced the other afternoon.
little tell what
he
there than 10 in this little envelope"
His bought finally he
chant called
point "cappcrs" opened envelope
the the crowd withdrew yeowback BILL
jump
Hawk of knitted nekcs, fountain pocket
their little
They work fast for they seized blocking the
traffic.
pitches in puff
eviab yellow cigarettes They tghtpped and talk
monosyllabes.
is gulf
lis wide that West End the
down the hee with cheap John ill smelling
pool halls Above is the eech the
The make
Fifth The elevated removed the widened
fine shopping there The surface
and be supplanted by motor buses.
department pacarded reading
Identification could pats
high prtess a beauty in
she will shortly will
their nails She further that there
will be and indicate what Of establish
men it is
paror do rushing business
smokers.
Apoos the Lambs: Every day
Im--Oh, well boys know"
' wig Copyright he Syndicate
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THE HOLY TIDE.
a

The days sad, it is holy tide:
The Winter morn is short, the Night is long
So let the lifelcss Hours be glorified
With deathless thoughts and echod in sweet
song:
And through the sunset of this purple cup
Thay will resume the roses of their prime
And the old Dead will hear lis and wake un
Pass with dim smiles and make our hearts
- sublime.
The days are sad, it is the Holy tide:
BE dusky mistletoes and hOics strown.
Sharp as the spear that pierced His sacred side
Red as the drops upon His thorny crown
No haggard Passion aud no lawleSs Mirth
Fright off the solemn Musc-teIl sweet old tales,
Sing songs sit brooding DER the hearth
Till the lamp flckers, and the memory fails.
Frederick Tennyson
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gin with, asserted that reparationS could
not be collected in full in the drastic way
contemplated by France. That they
were trying to take practical view of
the possibilities goes without saying
the British are not dreamers. Believing
that the invasion method would fail,
and must fail, the British had to choose
between two conclusions concerning the
French: They were either deceiving
themselves about Germany, or else had
in mind some purpose which they were
Withholding from their nominal ally and
the world. Since the French have never
shown any signs of being supplemented
or slow-wtted, the choice Tor the Brit
ish was easy.
Recently several Frencfmen in high
positions have been talking, apparently,
"out of school, One, 4 government
official. is reported to have declared in
a public speech that when the French
entered the Ruhr region they did not
take with them. 81 return ti>ket" There
have been other Enthusiastically the
Dariac report-indicating that the French
set out to accomplish in Germany, first
hand, what her friends among the ma
tons, particularly America, refused to
do for her-that is, insure her national
security, so far as Germany is con-
cerned, for all time to come-security
in the economic. sense, first, and con-
sequently in the military sense.
To say that the French invaded Ger
many for rcparation purposes would be
to suggest wide range Of possibilities
Rcparation under the terms of the Yer
sailes treaty is one thing; but anything
that France might do toward reimburs
ing herself for the losses inflicted upon
her by Germany could be defined as
reparation.
1t may be that there is no doubt
in the official British mind conserving
Frances aim. But the British govern
mcnt might have a hard time convinc-
ing the world that a given assertion
was true if it pertaincd to 4 matter in
controversy between the two counties.
Therefore, the British may he looking
far ahead in planning to demand OF
France that she state conciscly and TN
cquivocablv just what she is aiming at
in the Ruhr district \ refusal to an
sWer would be interpreted as cOnfcs-
sion of Interior motives, and mere
repetition of the purpose already pro-
fessed would place France 50 definitely |
and Enthusiastically on record as to give
Great Britain predicate Tor any future
action she might take i'll the event
France should prove false to her prom
isc.
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LITTLE BROWN HANDS.

They drive home the cows from the pasture
Up thro' the long, shady lane
Where the quail whistles loud in the wheat field
That is yellow with ripeDing gram.
They find in the thick. waving grasses
Where the scaretlppcd strawberry grows:
They gather the earliest snowdrops
And the first crimson buds of the rose
They toss the hay in the meadow.
They gather the elder-blOOm white
They find where the dusky grapes purlle
In the soft-tinted October light.
They know where the apples hang ripcst
And are sweetcr than Italy's wises;
They know where the fruit hangs thickest
On the long, thOrny blackberry vines.
They gather the delicate seaweeds,
Ard build tiny castles of sand:
They pick up the beautiful seashclls,
Fairy banks, that have drfted to- and.
They wave from the tall, rocking tree.iops,
Where the orioles hammock-nest swings
And at nighttime folded in slumber
By a song that fond mother sings.
Those who toll brayely are strongest
The humble and poor become great:
And from those brown-handcd children
Shall grow Eighty rulers of state.
The pen of the author and statesman,
The noble and wise of our land
The sword and the Chisel, and palette.
Shall be held in the little brown land.
Unknown.
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Pointed Paragraphs

The cloak of charity is too often a
misfit.
There's plenty of room at the top,
but it's slippery.
Beware of the willing worker-he
may try to work you.
You may lead fool to talk, but
you cannot make him think.
Give a pretty girl chance to show
off and she will not get lonesome.
If some men we're to put their
cOnsciences on ice they would spoil
the ice.
Misery loves company. That is
why some bachelors and spinsters
marry.
To keep cool is difficult when a
man has to choose between frying
pan and fire.
If s:an gives you a ton of coal
don't expect him to strain his back
helping you carry it upstairs.
Nothing makes woman so angry
as to prepare for company that fails
to come-unless it is to have com
pany come when she isn't prepared.