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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-13
English Amuse Themselves
Over Tragedies Like This

The humourS Of prohibition are
Illustrated by The widespread SYM
patty extended to one of the best
known and richest of American
newspaper propretors. who recently
arranged for the purchase of 200
gallons of the finest Bourbon whisky.
To facilitate getting his cargo home
he got brand-ncw petrol lorry
bearing the emblem Of the Standard
Oil Company. Into this was poured
the precious fluid which. in its
brightly painted tank, after long
journey, arrived at the country estate
of the purchaser shortly before mid
night.
Owing to the late hour he in
structed the driver to back the lorry
into his garage. which he locked
with the intention of having the
whisky put in casks and placed in
his cellar the following day. Tn
fortunately tn" newspaper owner
failed to take account OF the zeal of
young mechanic he had recently
engaged.
At A. NJ. yesterday the mechanic
entered the garage, and seeing the
Standard Oil lorry. he piped the
whole of, its contents. to the value Of
4 1000, into his employers large
underground petrol tank, where it
rendered valueless so gallons of ex-
pensive petrol.
The mechanic is now Eliminating
over the injustice of his dismissal
The London Daily Mail.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-13

lvp,h a, W me kcnncbec Joura
la =. courtesy of j. A. Carnage
augusta and " atcrville.
tt ellington, Feb. 12.-pctro,c,,m
b dpr bn 'umped to 551.1e7 900 bar
saneoaanss 1922 establishing a new
h gFjcis u, according to final reports
khseaI compiled by the l.. s.
llss o S0urv ,y. Output of 1921
! balrep,Is'v. ", barrels; 192O-44o.g2o,-
ASSsS,,s dasslns-s7S,3s7,Oo 600 barrels;
na !, '. ,soo barrels. Oil con-
s tota,s ,ne wells is omitted from
kited n operations during the wear
new s n, the establishment of H.
n ieport n successful wells, the Of
felspnan ana a Unsettled prices for
Result " aard 1922 being chiefly
/ Il The thea a., Survey, of an oversup-
RecrtstiourIp product. Unusually high
high nr e were coupled with rec
e'iosoo''on for the year tota1ed
Etaated n p "a nn while exports
PIE con ~ ,1v,.2S,00O barrels. Do
ss,oOO Ihu n.ptlo was reported as
|sS,ld Production CO.,,
Ia hearty =, SSoo'oco,oOO barrels Of
Asurace ~ y, percent was brought
N the United States
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-13
WHITEFIELD

NORTH-F. E. Douglass is suffer-
ing from a severe case of lumbago.
B. r. Fowler was calling on friends
in Augusta Friday of last week.
Mis-. C. NJ. Tobin is visiting friends
in Dorchester, Mass.
Misses Margaret, Mary and Denyse
Tohin are visiting their aunt, Mrs. A.
T. Fish of South Jefferson.
Julia and Bessie Tibbetts were
Sunday callers at the home of Airs.
c. M. Tobin.
Mrs. +. A. Naray is suffering from
a severe cold and grippe.
DR.. and Mrs. J. r. Odioine were
Sunday visitors in this place.
r. r. Fowlcs was calling on friends
in jefferson.
Mrs. James Malloy. who has been
quite i'll. is slowly recovering.
" Leo and Francis Fox, the sons or
Mr. and MS. r. NJ. Fox. are confined
to their home with whooping cough.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-13

stocke"s and feeders slow; best Kind
steady; others weak. du!l. bulk d"Sir-
able heavy Bologna bulls i1"fi ~; bulk
desirable veal calves to packers 1l00Fr
1900: shippers upward to 1850 and
above; bulk beef cows and heifers $50
q zoe; bulk Gamers and cutters 300Ft
40h.
HOGS-Rcceipts $4,000: market 30 to
4oc lower; bulk 100 to 2l0-pound aver
ages So0M S25: top S35 early; bulk 30
to 900 pound butchers 10 Il 100: pack
ing sows mostly G75 a 700: pigs dull,
750M 500 estimated holdover 10000.
SHEt.P-Roceipts 22."00: fat lambs
% to SOC lower; top 1411 to packers
and city butchers: bulk desirable
wooded lambs lA25M 1915; clipped kinds
generally 1206m $50; fed ycarling
wet hers and fat sheep steady to weak,
ono load choice 76-pound yearlngs
1929; other yoarlngS 11hom 1900;
choice 1l0-pound ewes 500: two loads
clipped 135-pound ewes $50; ono load
S10J-pound wethcrs ssh: about 500 de-
sirable 5U-pound feeding lambs 1923.
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them, the report continues. They
receive onlE their food and clothing
Small gills are likewise employ ed
in the factories in countless mum
bcrs many OF them working among
machines unprovided with most ele-
nentary safety devices. and fright :
full accidents are by no means rare,
Dir. EDDY reports.
The report states that factory
managers openly boast that there
are in China mo vexatious factory
laws providing for safety devices.
and the principles of workmen's
compensation are unheard of.
In certain sections there are signs
OF unrest and disorder" says DR..
EddN's manuscript. Scarcely a day
passes without report of strike in
some department. The universal de-
mand is for shorter hours. increased
wages and the right to organize"
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Boston Produce Market

Boston, Feb. IL.
BEIF--Choico whole cattle 1914.
HITTEH-Extras 50M 504; firsts As
@l9.
CHEE,SE-Firsts 27M273.
CORNING. = yellow 94fl95.
FGGS-Ncarhy hcnncry brown OK
tras 4,M46 white and mixed extra S
42M44: western extras 40M Al.
ELOI-R-Spring patents 9G-lb.
sacks, special short 76oM 500; standard
t1o a $50.
UAY-No. 2 timothy 2650@ 275o.
LAMB-Spring 22M %.
OATS-Forty pounds 62m63.
pORK-Mcdium backs 2S7aM 5000.
ATOI;S-Grocn Mountains 1i0W
10 per 100 pounds.
Standardization Sugar Refinery
quotes rs cents in l0Q-barrel lots less
2 per cent. for cash.
NEAI.-12 U24.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-13

We're not absent or tardy one day
during the term. Roy MCGEE, Arthur
McGee. Austin MCGEE. Oscar MCGEE,
Sarah TomiliSon and Fred McMaster.
Mary Gordon was absent one day.
There was school every day but one
during the term. This school ranks
we'll for good attendance as Roy Nc
Gee has not missed a day for nine
terms and last year there were four
who did not miss a day.
EAST-Nlrs. Georgia Russell has
some to Gardiner for a few weeks
visit with her sons.
Mrs. Charlotte Jameson passed the
past few days as Il guest at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Roper
:, i'm W. Scott. of Lewiston passed
4 few days recently at the village.
The ftlmers in this vicinity nave
been harvesting their ice this pas.
wc,N
Gilbert Cary, who has been ill the
past ten days, is able to be out and
attend TO his BUSINESS.
MIS-. Owen King has been quite i'll
at her Lone the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willie Mansir were
business callers in Gardiner and
Augusta Wednesday.
Mrs. w. T.. Seekins passed Wed lcs-
day the guest of her friends. the
Misses Josephine and Louise Kpaiey..
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Marson
made a business trip to Windsor
Thursday.
Miss Lucy King. teacher in Ran
dolph. is at her home for . time on
account of the illness of her mother.
Mrs. +. w. Mansir passed Thurs
day with her cousins, Mrs. Roscoe
Marson.
Thomas Roper was a recent visitor
in Gardiner.
DR.. J. F.. Odioine of Coopers Mills
was business caller in the village
Saturday.
Chase's Mill. that has been saw
ing the lumber on the Katherine
Morse lot near the village, has been
moved the past week to the Orriu
Ham lot at Cedar Grove.
DR.. Bert Lamb Of Gardiner was a
caller in the village one day last
week.
Leon Pulsifer is visiting friends in
Gardiner and Augusta.
Mrs. M. d. Dockendoff was calling
in Gardiner one day last week.
G. G. Cary, who has been on the
sick list, Is much better at this writ
ing.
Willard and Fred Hunt are haul.
ing hay to Gardiner.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-13

from Madison TO care for her moth
-in-lW, Mrs. Minnie Durcin.
Dr. Hopkins was in town. Thurs
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. ]. Holway have
gone to Portland.
There are many sick ones in town.
Mrs. Eva Trefery has gone in to
to the woods TO cook for 4 few weeks.
Charles DurGin and son. Richard,
were in Skowhegan, Thursday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-13

December marked the high point
of domestic output during 1922.
Production in that month totalcd
50.131 ,0O0 barrels The low point was
reached in February when OUTPUT
amounted to only 40.S14,000 barrels.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-13
Four Women Gasssd

Leaking gas in the house IN 10
Spring street, Lewiston, Friday morn.
ing overcame four women, Mrs. Mary
A. Shelley, Mrs. William A. KinE
Elizabeth Carroll and Mrs. Ellen
Donlan. They were taken outdeors
and revived and then cared for In the
homes of neighbors and 1t IL thouKht
will entirely recover. Cause Of the
trouble Is not known.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-13
II Divorces Granted

Eleven divorce DEGREES Of the An.
droscoggin supreme court, delayed By
the illness of Chief Justice Cornish,
who Is now confined to his home, at
Augusta, have been signed by the
justice and forwarded to Clerk Of
Courts, c.. p. Carl.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-13
WEST FORKS

Mrs. Minnie Durgin is very i'll at
this writing.
Mrs. Leslie DurSin is at home from
Dead Water.
Mrs. Annie Durgin was called here
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-13

E,0NG-We straishton and weld
n s-race ard stove CRATES, making
H. snd as new. Also welding of
WI description. Aluminium a sre-
Nm Wesserunsett Garage Co..
Eta.tan St.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-13

YOUR CLASSIFIED Ad should tell
all the particulars about what you
want or what YOU have to offer.
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AUTOMOBILES
nyINESS SERVICE

BUSINESS Services Offered IS
(5piyGS-All Maine newspapers.
! pass Clipping Bureau, Gardiner.
b TITTING-Of all kinds. II. +.
E-,siap Locksmith. 3 Belfast Ave.
4 KY
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WOpD-Stove, furnace and cordwood.
\ few cords of nice fireplace wood.
W. A. Shaw. Cony Road. Tel 10S6-M.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-13

NATIONAL CASH REGISTERS-New
and md hand, S1o and up. Also filing
systems. Easy monthly PAYMENTS
IL. Il. Berry. Room u.s. Augusta Trust
Co. Bldg.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-13

500 PER pAY-Paid one lady in each
town 10 distribute free circulars for
Ecou0nl| Nou-Alcoholic tlaNoring
Permanent position. l.. l.. BARR co,
Chicago.
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en-

MANY LOCAL business advertisers
let our adsalcsmcn write all of the
ClaSSifed Ads thoy use This adj
writing service is fro: the profitable
results are quick and sure.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-13

WoMAN-pr capable girl to help with
houSework. Call SO Western Ave. or
Tel 626-R
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Fuel, Feed, Fertilizers

HAY-14 tons of good hay in one barn;
also other lots of hay Of all grades.
|. l.. War;. car limo. SnoarS Cor.
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Wanted-Cive Stock

LIVE POtLTRY-Ilighc prices paid
X. w. LonGfe!low. Tel. a.2-W.
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EMPLOYMENT


CAPA Bl.E MANOR farm Must be
good mixer and teamster Tel 1874
r. Il. Stackpole. II. |, city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-13

II you can't bring your want Adj to the
office. telephone 1t Ia Want A.
Taker II Gusts M more
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-13
MERCHANDISE
Articles for Sale

SNOW SHOVELS-From 1oc. toy size,
to soc for old he ones. Fifield Bros.
Co. 33l Water St. Augusta.
10.o00 Wanted with corns,
callouscs or childblaips. to buy box
at all drug stores
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-13

Want Ads will tell YOU where To secure
bargains listed under Specials at the
Stores" on the classified mage,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-13

WOOD-Dry hardwood fitted for stove.
furnace or fireplace. Shaws Transfer.
Tel 4o3-M
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-13

TABLE Experienced one want
Cd at once. No Sunday work.. Apply
at State House Dining Room
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-13

Everything far everybody. Father.
mother. and the children can use tho
articles advertised in the mercha ndiss
destinations
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-13

SECOND GIRI4-RefercnceS required
! - Winthrop street. Telephone St-W.
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EMPLOYMENT

GIRI.-EXperionced, Tor general house,
work small family. Apply Mrs Theo-
dore r. Emery. As Dresden Avenue.
Gardiner. TclcnhOnc nl1-R
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-13

LAU NDRESSES-At Augusta State,
| hospital. Apply to Steward and Treas
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You Want Ready Money! Use These Ads Something You Don't
BUSINESS SERVICE
Cleaning. Oyeine. Renovatino 20

MISUNDERSTANDING. cleansing and
pressing OF women's suits and Goats
send ~ parcel post. Berry. the Tailor
2ol Water ST.. Augusta. '''''
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Business and Office Equip't So

TIPEWRiTILR--L. c. Smith make, late
model: used but very little. Tel.
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: ayra5.;u.lsr
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Horses. Cattle. Vehicles

< 3.
IS. |. l.. Ware. car line. Spears Cor
WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCk-Rooster
cost SO. Price s.. & hons Will sell
at 81 each. Full hlooded White Wyan-
dotte. s.. s Patterson ST. bona ia
Campbell Tel. '612-T
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-05
MAKING ENDS MEET
BY LorettO c. Lynch

for you the most expensive OF
the necessary furnishings? If
this is not possible, I suggest
YOU take one furnished room
with a kitchenette arrangement.
For 1 believe it better for you to
hold the major part of your saw
ings for capital.
Most brides come to the wed
ding day with a supply~ Of cloth
ing that it is reasonable to sup
pose will last at least a year.
So / think the item you give to
clothing is somewhat too large.
The $40 a month you allot for
food for two seems ample If a
fair supply of whole milk. cereal,
green's, vegetables. fruit, and good
bread and butter substitutes is
used rather than the most select
cuts of meat and high-priGed
delicatessen products
Some of the most successfully
married folks whom I know init
mately in various parts of our
country married on far less than
you have, but you must be quite
certain of the girls ability and
just which she wants most
luxury or YOU.
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is. act as If were In and of your
own class. But you can't put me
there, my dear. I'm only the girl
who fooled her life away on Dick
West"
Goose! Idiotr' I cried, trying
to create diversion toward a
lighter vein.
I'm all of that" said my God
dress of Liberty girl, smiling wry-
ly. at proved it-wasting my
youth on Dick
Mabel" I storrned in exasper-
alton. "You talk as if you were
eighty, going on a hundred and
three. You're young. Your life
has hardly begun. You've made
good in the world of business.
You're making friends with all
the folks who get chance to
know you. You are beautiful.
Anything must lie just around the
corner. Don't let anything that's
gone wrong upset you so. Would
YOU feel better if you were to tell
mo what's the direct cause OF
your mood?"
"I'I tell you," crisped Mabel.
Every once in a while, since I've
been on this job, I've had a
threatening letter from Dick
Vast Sometimes weekly, some
times fortnightly. And now a
fortnight has elapsed and have
not had a. word. 1t worries me.
mabel" 1 cried in astonish-
ment. You're actually worried
because you haven't had a threat
ening letter from Senior West for
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-05

THEY DO GREAT HARM AND NO GOOD

Be kind, and there's kindness re
turned.
Praise. as an investment 10 IL
ways true,
Blame, by its victim 10 spurned.
Think good, think Ill, and that
you will do.
Already the lesson is learned"
Now, Father, or Mother, sup
pose you take your pencil and jot
down a list OF the ways, whereby
you are trying to train your child
by such negative measures as
those given above. Mark them
very carefully and then quietly
set to work to avoid them from
this time on.
Do not be satisfied with merely
emitting your negative methods,
but for every one Of them attempt
to work out q positive method.
Thus by self correction you may
accomplish much toward the cor
rection Of your boy or girl.
Train yourself first. Correct
your errors of Judgment. Apply
a mixture of love. OF common
sense and of practical psychology,
and child training will become a
joy.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-05
WHEN DID IT
HAPPEN?

1. When was the Authors
Club. in New York, organized.
2. When did Beau Brummel
die?
3. When did the College of the
City of New York receive its
present name?
4. When was the island of
Haiti discovered?
5. When did the Committee of
Public Safety rule in Paris?
ANSWERS to these queries will
be printed tomorrow
ANSWERS
To Saturdays Questions.
]. The Geneva convention was
held August, 1864.
2. Washington crossed the
Delaware on December %, 1875.
8. Treasure Island" by Robert
Louis Stevenson, was published
in 1888
4. Zachary Taylor was Presi-
dent of the United States from
March 4, 1849. to July 9, 1850.
8. The Tecumseh. ono of Far
ragut's fleet, was sunk by a tor
pedo August 5, 1861.
Copyright, iS23, King Features
Syndicate. Incl
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-05
THE STRANGER 1 5ssi,,
STORY OF MYSTERY, LURE AND INTRIGUE

dragged through the mud of the
knayth business: Joan-not that
you've ever been to blame in the
least-you're clear of it all for
good. And by miracle, too. 1
can call it nothing else"
Cant you solve it, Philip? 1t
still seems to me like a dream
that cannot be true. Is there no
way of finding how the money
was sent us?"
He dropped into an easy chair,
drew her on the arm of it, and
shook his head.
I'm used to the sitting of evil
dence, and the unraveling of hu-
man motives. It's been my life's
work. But this has me absolutely
beaten: I can't see my way
through it,"
"You don't think the people
who had that money from me
can have sent it back themselves.
Philip"
He laughed.
"A blackmailer, the vilest- type
OF criminal there is, to be over
come by sudden generosity for
nothing, and give up his gains?
strike that possibility right off the
sheet, Joan. The tears of the
crocodile would be nothing to it.
No. You were robbed by an
enemy. This thing was done by a
friend, and that's the only thing
beyond all doubt. But what
friend have WEI"
What friend have WEI" echoed
Joan. Her eyes became pensive,
and she stared into the fire. II
wonder"
What do you wonder, darling?"
"Oh-nothing. But it is all so
strange. Those are the very
notes, as 1 told you, that I paid
out, to the man that came to
sort of go-between. Perhaps he
reach their destination. whatever
that was?"
Probably not. I have thought
of that. But it does not get US
any farther. And frankly /
shouldn't care a button how the
money did come back, as long as
we've got ft-but for one thing.
It's my firm belief the brutes who
blackmailed you were that elusive
pair who called themselves Vaille
and Bell. And that behind them
was a bigger power than they"
he added quietly, lone whose ma
chinations are very little under
stood by the police"
What do you mean, Philip"
exclaimed his wife.
Fl cannot tell you yet. Better,
| should not tell you at all. But
in my practice at the bar / have
come in contact with some curl
Gus manifestations Of the criminal
world, on which little more light
needs to be thrown. Those bank
notes of yours, though / have no
idea why they reached me, have
given a clue in one direction" he
said keenly. 1T have been able to
set matters moving, and l think
more will be heard of Mr.. Norman
Vaille and his associates"
He looked up at Joan and saw
that she had changed color. Her
heart was beating fast.
Dearest, I did not mean to talk
of this" he said quickly forgive
me-"
Il don't mind. Philip" she said
family.
TO be Continued Tomorrow
Copyright. 1923. KipR Features
Syndicate, Incl
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-05

went upstairs. Clancy would have
stopped the procession to the
death-house to powder her nose.
And why not? Men light Gig
arctic; women arrange their hair.
Either act, calling for certain
concentration, settles the nerves.
But Clancy's nerves were not to
be settled this morning. Even
though Spofford had not arrested
her, his presence with the elevator
man from the Heberworth Build
ing meant only one thing. He had
not believed her explanation Of her
visit to Philip Vandervent's office,
and, acting upon that disbelief,
had produced, for purposes of
Identification, a man who had seen
Beiner's mysterious woman visitor
last Tuesday afternoon. Arrest
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-05

: u month? Do / hear Alright? You
weren't upset when that villain
was brandishing his whip and
promising the evil we know he's
capable of performing. And now
that he's stopped-Oh, see, do
you think this may mean he's
really up to some mischief"
''I don't know" sighed Mabel.
II have a queer feeling-a sort
Of Tightening around my heart. :,
My nerve seems to be going. I
don't know what it is I dread.
I think the loneliness Of this big
city-where anything may hap
penis getting me-"
The telephone shrilled just
then, and Mabel, answering,
turned and held out the receiver
to me.
Hello, Mrs. Anne Harrison.
It's Park" came a superflous bit
of information in the unmistak-
able tones of Wayne Parkinson
Sd. I'm out in the big office,
and if you don't come ana get
me Til fight a duel with the
valiant young man who says his
name is Oliver, and that I can't
come in. 1 must see you. Win
you placate your fiery young
dragon?"
"I'll be with you in a minute"
I replied. Then 7 turned to
Mabel, asking casually:
do you mind If / see a client
in here?"
To Be Continued Tomorrow.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-05

see you and disappointed sore if
you're not with us. So. I'll be
saying no goodbye now, but look
ing for you later"
I left Miss May and hurried
over to the other Harrison office.
Mabels greeting made me real
ize that the mission on which I
had come was indeed an unfor-
tunate one.
Hell, Anne" she cried, com
ing over to grip my hands in both
Of hers. I'm glad you're early.
I'm a bit low in my mind and
there are a number of things I
want to go into with you. This
is one Of the days when being
alone hurts. If hadn't been
lunching with you, I think I'd
have gone out into the corridor
and hailed the first interesting
looking fellow tenant"
"Masculine?' 1 demanded.
"Oh, men" sneered Mabel, dis
missing them CURLY.
MEN aren't all Dick Vests,
dear" ventured. mot to go too
far afield, there's young Manuelo
Ortiz. We don't admire him or
his tastes and ideals, but look
how square he is to u.s."
Thanks for that u.s." said
Mabel dryly. You have a won
derful way Of jumping yourself
in with me. Don't think it ever
escanes me. your, wonderful Car
lotta Sturges wouldn't accept me
as her social equal But you, who
are ten times the aristocrat she