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THAT simplfies it." He rose
and walked uncertainty across the
room. If we could catch Gar
land right away Rnd-shut his
mouth"
Clancy knew what he meant.
He was thinking Of how to pro.
tect her from possible scandal.
How did you happen to know
that 1 was here?" asked Clancy.
After all, murder was murder
and death was death. But love
was life, and Clancy was in love.
The most insignificant actions of
a loved one are Of more import
ance. in the first flush OF loves
discovery, than the fall of en-
pires.
I'VE came upon the horse, down
by the station. III guessed that
it must be yours" Vandervent
colored. So did Clancy. He could
not have more clearly confessed
that he feared for her. and peo-
pie frequently love those for
whom they are fearful.
80 Randall and I've met in
the train
Mrs. Carey 'phoned me this
afternoon. She said that she
was frightened" said Randall.
81 see," said Clancy. Despite
herself, she could not keep her
tone from being dry. How quick.
ly, and how easily, Randall had
returned to Sophie Carey! Safety
first! 1t was his motto, un-
doubtedly. And now, of course,
that Mrs. Carey was a widow
Months from now, Clancy would
find that her attitude toward
Randall was slightly acidulous.
She'd always be friendly. but with
reservations. And as for Sophie
Carey, she'd come to the final con-
cluSion that she didn't really want
Sophie as her dearest and closest
friend. But just now she put
from her, ashamed, the slight
feeling of contempt that she had
for Randall. After all, there are de.
grees in love. Some men will
pay a woman's bills but refuse to
die for her. Others would cheer
fully die for her rather than pay
her bills. Randall would never
feel any ecstasy Of devotion. He
would love with his head more
than with his heart. He was
well out Of her scheme of things.
80" continued Vandervent,
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I replied, with rising ire, though
I'd have been at a. loss to tell
just why she irritated me this
time.
1T is afternoon now" she gig.
gIed. Twenty minutes after noon.
Mel came in hall an hour ago,
and I send out the little white
rabbit lady to get some lunch for
herself. She say you are expect
presently and she will wait But
1 make her go. 1 shoe her-sor'
Rosa pranced to her feet and
made gay little gesture.
She shouldn't have gone"
said vaguely.
"Oh, for her 10 go is all right!
She trusts me. if you do not. She
know, if you do not, that 1 might
be left here all day and never
once would l take a peek at what
Is for your private and personal.
l am like that, White Lilac, and
white rabbit she know it,
There was something indescrib-
ably malicious in the use of the
two titles together.
How fs it you leave the Sturges
woman?" Rosa asked abruptly.
How did you find out?" 1 in.
quired.
Il tell YOU" replied Rosa, in
geniouslys Z think my Manuelo
he likes you. maybe. Or it might
be that he does not like you, and
so does not trust you. Whichever
1t Is, he has begun now to watch
you little. And. so when peopl,.
think it is funny that | do not
see more OF you. at least can
smile and say how it ts, am
busy and that you were so and
so last night. Then they shall
think. maybe. it is how you
wished me to be also there and it
Is so l could not come"
Il see" I said quietly. Rosa,
If l have not seemed as cordial
as your Spanish blood would re.
quire, won't you allow for the
fact that ] have no real home OF
my own and that from the very
beginning you seemed headed for
hospitality other than my OWN"
You think to make up now in
case Jamie comes soon" sneered
Rosa cuttingly. You think, may
be, if I do not make good report
OF you he is angry. so you wish
to make it all nice and sweet
with me. eh?"
1T isn't that" persisted.
Don't you sec what has touched
me and made it possible for me
to speak out like this 10 the
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open soul and a fearless eye, he
could plead not guilty.
"A thousand time, no." said
Philip, mot though they never
gave me another brief, and
: stripped my silk from me! Little
Joan is worth all the honors and
the gold in this cursed city, and
without her love / should be a
lost man"
He quickened his step at the
thought of the girl who waited
for him in the little flat beyond
Convent Garden.
The trouble is elsewhere" he
said. 81 can lay my finger ON
it. I pleaded badly today-I am
not myself. 1t is the worry for
Joan; the anxiety over her safety
that's always to the. fore in my
head. It knocks me out of my
work. I'm on the downhill path,
at the bar-the SAVIOR of it has all
gone out Of my mouth. 1 can't
bring myself to care for it-be-
cause l know Joan in her heart
is not happy here.
What will her life be in Lon
don. She will see nobody bat
me-"
II have done that very thing"
replied Drummond; 1.-The business
alarmed me: I didn't like the look
of it and feared what she might
do. I have her promise that she
will make no move until she hears
from me tomorrow night, and
believe she will keep her word"
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Spofford's mouth opened. He
dropped into a chair. loosing his
grasp on Garland.
Beat me to it!' he said bitterly.
Had him dead to rights-came
up here all alone" He looked up
surlily. Listen here, Mr.. Van.
dervent; I ran this case down all
by myself. You're here, and I
suppose youll grab all the glory,
but wanta tell you that I'm
entitled to my share" His gaze
was truculent now.
you may have it," said Van.
dervent quietly.
"Eh? I don't get you" said
Spofford. Where's the string
tied to it?''
Perhaps not any-perhaps just
one" was Vandervent's reply.
Huh spofford grunted non
committally. where is Carey?"
Vandervent pointed out the win.
dow.
Sent for the coroner?" demand
ed the, plainclothesman.
''Not-yet," admitted Wander.
vent.
"Why not?"
Vandervent stared at Garland.
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the man, in crooks jargon, as he left her
too startled to either accept or refuse the bill
The sudden twist of events had left the little
country girl fashionably clad as she was
speechless
A first Grannis had threatened her with the
police When she had accompanied him to the
restaurant he had at first questioned her as to
her knowledge Of one, Ike Weber. She replied
truthfully that she had never met Weber before
attending party composed Of theatrical peo-
pie. You'll stick to that in court?" he asked.
And she nodded =
Apparently misunderstanding her, believing
she was not telling the truth, Grannis had then
left on the table the money and departed.
Clancy's adventures started the moment she
landed in New York from the country. She
made two good friends, David Randall and
Mrs. Carey. The Beiner death cut short her
theatrical ambitions, but she became connected
with real estate concern and because Of her
business ability was rapidly achieving success.
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around, we took the horse and
sleigh. turned in at this drive,
intending to leave Randall. We
saw a man run across the snow,
stop-we heard the shot. We ran
to him. We couldn't help him.
lit was too late. We came
into the house and sent Ragan
out to watch the-to watch him.
You and Mrs. Carey had tainted.
ought to telephone the coroner"
he said abruptly. Yet he made
no move toward the telephone.
You see," he went on, what
you've told me about Garland
il we could find him
He stopped short; there were
steps upon the veranda outside;
and then the bell rang. Wander
vent moved swiftly from the
room. Clancy heard him exclaim
in Amusement A moment later,
she understood, for Spofford en-
tered the room, and by the wrist
he dragged after him Garland.
"Got one of 'em," he announced
triumphantly. 'Now-the other
guy. Where's Carey?" he de-
manded.
Dead" said Vandervent crisp
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LESSONS IN HAPPINESS

Stunned. In time they discover
the fact of their moroseness and
some of them worry about the
matter.
"How can I become a good con-
Versationalist?' a youth inquiries
Spin yarn. Crack a joke. Pull
off pun. Loosen up your face.
Laugh aloud. Get into the game
and be funny with the bunch.
These are the replies to the ques-
ton as contributed in a free-for->
all symposium by a dozen high,
school youths.
Things are. funny if you help
make them that way, and "A
light heart doeth good like
medicine" Children need to be
taught how to be merry and con.
tribute to the pleasure of their
associates. A remarkable mirth-
maker is always priced in social
company. He is even an asset
in the ordinary business concern.
Parents as well as teachers
should teach children to be mirth-
full. Jokes and stories at the din
ner table or about the family
circle should become regular
part of the routine of the COM
mon household. No matter how
trivial or .child-like his funny"
may be, If little one appeals to
us TO become his listener while he
presents his fun we must join him
with interest and enthusiasm
The teacher who will take five
minutes per day for joke. I'd fun
is certain to be popular wha her
pupils and she will the more easily
teach them their sober lessons. 1t
will prove great pleasure and a
source Of soul growth for herself
also in case she falls into the habit
of being merry day by day with the
boys and girls.
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II UT Drummond was already
n afoOt and met her in the
- hall. Together they walked
out into the morning sunshine.
This place is all right in the
sunshine" said Agnes contented-
ly, its at night / feel like
there's hoodoos in it,"
More fancies?" smiled Drum
mond, taking her arm. Away
with them. Such hoodoos as
there are, we shall make short
work of them, for they are tan
gible enough" He took a long
breath of the morning air, What
a gorgeous day."
It's been rainin' in the night,
though. See here"
Drummond shook his head,
but did not answer. The wet
patch on the terrace, to which
Agnes pointed, was where the
water-bottle had smashed the
night before. The glass was
gone: the water had collected in
a hollow of the flag-stones and
was still not quite dry The
two passed on without comment:
it was not a memory they wanted
" uISCuSS
They passed on to the grassy
slopes beyond the cedars, happy
enough in each others company.
The magic of the sunlit morning
was in their blood a new under
standing had grown up between
them. AS they turned back to-
ward the house Agnes saw two
men of the outdoor staff bending
over something that lay on the
grass under one of the cedar trees.
What's that" she exclaimed.
Drummond looked and did not
realize at first what it was that
he saw
why, it's -" he checked him
self, and tried TO lead Agnes
away. Come. lets go in. Not a
nice thing to see before break
fast"
Il want to see what it is" said
Agnes obstinately. She made for
the two men; one was the head
keeper, the other groom. At
their feet was the thing they had
found-one of the great knayth
deerhounds. lying stiff and stark,
with rigid limbs, among the fallen
leaves.
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" HE next morning found
Betty in a mood of depres-
sion so terrible that her
warm humanness on the evening
Of my arrival to take up my home
with her seemed q Pigment Of
imagination. She slumped back
into dull and deadly inertia; and
SO I dared not leave her alone. 1t
was noon before I could get Miss
Moss, and naturally I did not
leave until Betty was in her safe
and kindly hands.
I'd kept in touch with my office
over the telephone, but 1t worried
me to cut off from actual partici-
patton in the days work.
On Anthony Norrey's signature
I've borrowed $4,000 from Mr..
Fairbrother's bank. Some day
and that day isn't many months
off-the note must be met. That
Tony should pay 1t Is unthink-
able.
When ! arrived at the office l
found 1t occupied by no less a
person than Rosa Cordova. Rising
nonchalantiy. she greeted me as
If II were the regular thing for
her 10 make her headquarters
there.
Hello, White Lilacr' she said.
Il am surprise again-not?"
Good morning, Mrs. Cordova."
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younger than I am today. I
don't look forward to existin' on
a measly pension. want some
jack. And the ouly way / can
get it is by startin' detective
agency. And before can do
that. with any chance Of maxim
cleanup, got to pull some
thing spectacular.
well, you never win q bet
without rislxin' some money. I'm
standin' In the hall outside Carey's
office. Nobody's IoolSin'. I amt,
been pinchin' guys all my life
without piclxin' up a trick or
two. 1t takes me ten seconds to,
open that door and close it be-
hind me.
1T may put me in the pen,
burglarizin' Carey's office, but
it may put him in the chair. So
don't delay. He sure was fIooey
in the dome-this guy Carey.
Booze has certainly wrecked his
common sense. For / find papers
around that show that him and
B4iner been tied up in several
little details. even. find letters
from Beiner threatenin' Carey un-
less he comes through with some
coin. Motive. Ell? I'll say so. Z
He chuckIed complacently. But
/ find more than that. find a
bunch of keys. And one Of them
unlocks the door to Beiner's OF.
flee. I've got opportunity now
motive and opportunity. Also a
witness who thinks he saw
Carey at the door Of Bein-
er's office. 'Tt amt every
thing, butt got to. Garland's
house. learn from his landlady
that Garland's packed a bag,
paid his rent and skipped. That
was yesterday. Today I did bit
of scoutin' around and find OUT
that the Careys own country
place up here. OF course, that
don't prove they've gone there in
the middle Of a winter like this,
but / telephone their house. Al
servant answers. / ask for Mr..
Carey. The servant says that
he's out. I hang up the phone.
I know that Carey's UP there.
And / decide to come up and get
him. In the road outside 1 meet
Garland-and grab him.
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or two of the girls that had been
in that office had been talking.
Find the woman! That's my
motto when a mans been killed.
/ looked up those girls! One Of
them told me of another girl.
I went to see her. She was an
old sweetie Of Beiner's. Carey
had taken her away. 1t looked
like something, Ell? She ad-
mitted Carey had quarrelled with
Beiner over her. Name Of Henty.
Promised to keep her out Of it
il 1 could" He drew q long
breath.
THAT didn't make the man a
murderer. but it might tie him
up with Beiner. Somehow,
amt entirely satisfied with the
way that Garland talks. He's
pretty ready to identify Miss
Deane, but still-I keep my eye
Z on Garland. watch him pretty
closely. Monday, I think I'll
have another talk with Miss
Deane. find out from the place
she works that she's down at
Carey's house" He glanced at
Clancy. "1ou'H excuse me, Miss
Deane, If didn't tip all my mitt
to you the other day. He re.
sufned his story. IT go down to
Carey's. Just as / get there,
Garland comes out. He don't see
me, but see him alright. A few
minutes later out comes Carey
and a lady that 1 take to be his
wife. Well, don't worry about
them then. They're too well
known to get very far away.
But Garland was in the house
with them. Naturally, I began
to do whole lot of thinkin'. I
ring the bell, on the chance that
Miss Deane is inside. have a
talk with her. and tell her that
I'm convinced she don't have any
thing to do with the murder. I
am, all right. have a bunch
that maybe she can tell me some
thing If she wants, but I figure
I can wait.
Il leave her go up to the
Heberworth Building. Garland
amt reported for work. go up
stairs. I do some quick thinkin'.
If I get anyone else in on this,
l lose my chance" He glared
defiantly at Vandedvent. Its a
big chance" he exclaimed. I'm
gettin' on. I'll never be a day
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Charm and Beauty, Magic and Intrigue,
Temptation and Triumph In Man.
hattan's Exotic Whirlpool
.LANCY shuddered. She knew
why Regain waited outside,
and nNer what he kent

HLANCY shuddered. She knew
why Regain waited outside,
~ and over what he kept
watch. Nevertheless, if Randall had
carried Sophie upstairs. Vandervent
must have deposited herself,
Clancy Deane, in this chair. An
unimportant matter, perhaps, but
lit had been Vandervent~who
picked her up. She looked at
Vandervent.
"I-couldn't meet you at the
train,' she said.
Vandervent colored.
$50 see," he said. That
his remark was banal meant moth
ing to Clancy. She was versed
enough in the ways of a man
with a maid to be glad that Van
dervent was not too glib OF
speech with her.
Vandervent set down the glass.
He looked at her.
"If you don't care to talk,
Miss Deane-
"I do" said Clancy.
Vandervent glanced toward the
window.
'Then-"
HE killed Morris Beiner,"
said Clancy. Vandervent started.
"He confessed" said Clancy,
"and Their
There was no need to finish.
Vandervent nodded Carey had
done the only possible thing.
But you--how does it happen
you're here?"
Swiftly Clancy told them. 81.
Iently they listened, although she
could rell, by his expression, that,
time and again. Vandervent
wanted to burst into speech, that
only the fact that Carey lay dead
in the snow outside prevented
him from characteriztng the ac-
lions of the man who had killed
Morris Beiner.
And Garland?" he asked fin
ally.
Clancy shrugged.
ST don't know. He left, as
I've told you"
Vandervent's jaws set tightly.
Then they parted as he spoke.
He'll explain it all. He'll be
caught" he said.
.'Mr.-Mr. Carey said that it
was all written down. It's up
stairs" said Clancy.
Vandervent nodded.
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"Dead?" said Agnes, staring
down at the thing. What hap
pened to it,"
Poisoned, m LADY, said the
head keeper, grimly.
But how"
1--WE don't know. 1t might be
some scoundrel's been laying dosed
meat about, m lady. If so, I hope
to get my hands on him!"
Drummond, who was at all times
fastidious, glanced once at the
dead hound, and looked away. He
did not attach any particular i'm
portatnce to the accident Nor,
at the moment, did Lady TaIlbois.
She did not guess that a new
milestone had appeared on the
highway of her life.
"Only one mutt the less" she
said, turning away. 1--WE no use
for dogs. l wonder what doped
him, thought"
She passed the damp patch on
the terrace, and, walking in
through the open window. a shiver
ran through her.
THAT amt a good sign to start
the day with" she muttered. Il
wonder what's in front Of us? l
don't seem to have no luck"
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WHEN DID 1T HAPPEN?

when did Florence Nightin-
gale become an international
figure?
2-When was the Chicago Drain
age Canal opened?
3-When was THE Lady of
Shallot" first published?
4-When was the mechanical
power loom invented?
5-When was Wyoming admit
ted TO the Union as a State?
answers to these questions will
be printed tomorrow
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knowledge that you might have
wanted to be with me more?
didn't know there was anything
for you to be sensitive about. l
thought you chose TO be with
Virginia ana that, in any case.
you deliberately avoided me-"
How is it that you get such an
impression" demanded Rosa.
Why, didn't you bring her A
letter from Jim and deliberately
hold mine back from the mail for
twenty-four hours?" 1 demanded.
Il know what you mean" cried
Rosa furiously. Like Jaime tells
me 1 mail you the letter at once
when / am here right away so
soon l can to his office. And
when you meet me you treat me
as stranger. Never is it explained
to me why you shall pretend you
do not get my letter. l mail it
special delivery like / am told.
anu HhV" III" AnSh 10 lAOSS
letters 60"
Did you mail it as soon as you
landed?" l asked coIdly.
mo. mail him when l get to
the office building Of Jaime.
There buy me the special de-
livery stamp at the cigarro stand
and off she 60"
Someone tempered with that
letter" I said quietly, expressing
the theory Ralph Dacey had
evolved some time ago"
For why? There is nothing In
it," Rosa shrugged the matter
away.
But I felt that | had a new
piece Of evidence to add to those
Mr.. Lacy was collecting. For
there had been no special de-
livery stamp on the letter when
it came 10 me.
To BE Continued Tomorrow.
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Widely Known Lecturer and Writer
and a National Authority ON
Training Of Children.

" HINK of the idea of a
teacher who takes five
minutes day for a Lesson
in Happiness, the children to re.
port the humor they have picked
up.
"Our pup sucked out of the
baby's milk bottle when it fell on
the floor"
My dad couldn't find one of
his shoes this morning when he
got up. After awhile mother
found it in the back yard with
our pup chewing it,"
My brother tried to sit down
on a chair just as | was pulling
it away for myself, and now he is
lame"
I'VE tied my big brothers toe
to the bed while he was asleep
SO that he would wake himself
the first time he stretched in the
morning"
Thus ] have given the sub
stance of a number of Incidents.
related by the children In the
course of the lesson on happiness.
The boys and girls of the class
are trained TO be on the lookout
for jokes and merry making Of a
kind that appeals to them, and
they have become adept at re-
porting them.
Why not have more of this
methodical fun-making? Many
people go through life without
scarcely breaking into a smile.
And as to cracking a joke" they
would consider that very unbe-
coming indeed. Chemically sober
people, however, are usually
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CHAPTER LxXIX.
1.-The Danger Signal"

Philip Mottisfont was walking
from the law courts, a brief bag
in his hand, and a very pensiVe
expression on his face. Things
had not gone well with him. 1t
seemed that there was thunder in
the air. A most important case,
in which he had led as counsel,
had gone hopelessly wrong, and
he had lost the day. Nor had the
disaster come singly.
For some little time past he
had been prospecting far less than
his wont at the bar. The tri-
X. c. seemed to be arrested.
Several cases in which it had been
proposed that he should be re
tanned had fallen through. His
list was emptying. And now.
when of all times he needed work
and fees to fill the emptied cof-
fers.
Was it possible, he wondered,
that his marriage, and the amaz
ing change that had come into
his life, could have altered the
willingness of litigants to engage
him, or the great solicitors 10 re-
tain his services for their pleas?
Did they think that his star was
waning? 1t was an incredible
thought; lawyers are hard men,
neither sentimental nor supersti.
tious. 1t was true he had thrown
aside the social world. with all
it's useful influence. But his skill
at the bar was none the smaller.
An unbidden thought stole Into
his brain. Did ne. in his heart
of hearts. regret for one moment
the step that he had taken? Was
the price to be paid too heavy
He | thrust the question: aside
scorhfully. To that, with an
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CHE was only twenty, was Clancy Deane,
- pretty little country girl who had come
to New York to win fame and fortune
as a film actress And yet she almost imme-
diately became woman with past" and her
future peace of mind depended on the clearing
up Of the murder of Morris Beiner, moving
picture producer, who was killed few minutes
after Clancy had slapped his face and left his
office hurriedly.
Strangely enough Clancy became friend Of
Vandervent, the wealthy young prosecuting
attorney engaged with the police in the search
for Beiner's slayer. Clancy had shaken her
assumed name Of "Florine Ladue" and dis
owned her theatrical ambitions She had
thought the past buried until Grannis recog-
nized her.
Grannis had taken Clancy to fashionable
restaurant and given her banknote, the big
gest she ever had seen in her life, $1,000.
'There's more where that came FROM" said
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poet Horace in his poem on the
Art of Poetry"
Man doth not live by bread
alone"
the Old Testament, Deuteron.
omy, viii, g.
absence is death to those who
love-"
wrote Alexander Pope in a poem
entitled "Autumn.' Absence is
"A theme that has inspired many
great poems.