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Charm and Beauty, Magic and Intrigue,
Temptation and Triumph In Man
hattan's Exotic Whirlpool

ney's office are rather strained at
the moment. II the police should
happen to learn, in any way, that
we've been conducting an indie
pendent investigation into the
Beinsr murder and that we'd
dropped tt
where would they learn it?"
asked the judge. His brusqueness
had left him. With q little thrill
that might have been amazement,
Clancy noted that the few minutes
silence had somehow caused
Judge Walbrough to drop into
secondary place; yandervent now
seemed to have taken command
Of the situation.
'spofford," answered Wander
vent. ~
Would he dareg.s' asked the
Judge. -
Vandervent laughed.
Even the lowly plain-clothes
man plays politics. Thereil be
glory OF a sort for the man who
solves the Beiner mystery. If
Spofford finally decides that he
is by way of being close to the
solution, don't believe that he
can be stopped from telling it to
the police or the newspapers"
And you. don't see any way
OF stopping Spofford?"- asked the
judge.
He, may have been convinced
by your story" Vandervent slg-
gested.
The judge shook his head.
His conviction won't last"
Vandervent shrugged.
I'm that case-Well, we can
wait"
Clancy INTERCEPTED herself into
the conversation.
"You won't really just simply
wait? You'll be trying to- find out
who really killed Mr.. Beiner?"
You may be sure Of that"
said Vandervent. you see'i-
and he shrugged again-"we be-
come one.sided q bit too easily in
the district attorney office It's
q police habit, too. We know
that q young woman had been
in Beiner's office, that Beiner
had had an engagement to take
young woman over to a film.
studio. We discovered q card in
Producing a Miss Laduei to Beiner.
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From. its position on Beiner's
desk, we dared assume that the
young woman Of the studio APP
pointment was this Miss Ladue.
Our assumptions were correct, it
seems. But we didn't stop at that
assumption: we assumed that she
was the murderess. We were
wrong there"
Clancy's, bosom lifted at his mat
ter-of-fact statement. With SO
much evidence against her, and
with this evidence apparently cor
roborated by, her flight, it was
wonderful to realize that not a
single person to whom she had
told her story doubted it.
And, because we believed that
we had hit upon the correct theo-
ry, we dropped all other ends of
the CASE, continued vandervent.
Now, with the case almost a
week old-oh, we'll get him-or
her-all right" he added hastily.
"Only-the notoriety that may
occur first He broke off
abruptly.
Clancy's bosom fell; her hopes
also. The palms Of her hands be-
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: doing q few moments ago. She
found herself shaking hands
with Randall, thanking him, tell
ing him that her plans necessar-
lily were uncertain, but adding,
with the irrepressible Clancy
grin. that, if she weren't here,
she'd certainly be in Jail where
any one could find her, and bid
ding him good-by. All this with
out knowing exactly why. Ran.
dali deserved better treatment.
Yet, queerly enough. she didn't
want to accord it to him.
A little later, she was uncor-
seted and lying down in a Wal.
brough guest bedroom, charm
ing room in soft grays that
soothed her and made her yearn
for night and sleep. Just now
she wasn't the least bit sleepy,
but she yielded to Mrs. Wal
brough's insistence that she
should rest.
Mrs. Walbrough, leaving her
guest, found her husband in his
study; he was gravely mixing
himself a cocktail. She survey
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By JOHN GOODMAN

: servant. He's nothing of the sort.
It's not common for footmen to
quote aptly from the classics, is
it? II he's not a Varsity man.
why I'm not one myself. that's
all. In the social sense: too. he
Is a gentleman from his footsoles
upward-and morally, dare saw.
complete BLACKBOARD into the
bargain. But there is power in
the fellow and dignity. What
made you engage him at Knayth?
1t must haze been more than a
Whin." 80.
SCI cannot tell, Philip. He asked
me to and: ! felt I should like to
have" him near me. All knew
OF him before was he begged six
pence Of me. on the road
There you are. And now he
has more money than we. He is
our landlord. advertised for
rooms under q box number-yet
he knew Of It. He must have
watched me. I took that adver-
tisement to the newspaper bureau
myself. Before we know what we
are doing, he has secured US as
his tenants" Philip paced up and
down the. room. 81 am inclined
to get out OF here right away"
he said CURLY. 80. .t.- ..
I'VE will make a mistake,
Philip, il we do" replied Joan,
in SO convinced a tone that. her
husband stared at her.: -
From the first" said Philip,
this man who calls himself
Goodenough. has been a. shadow in
the background. He was at
Knayth when you were black
mailed. There is the strongest
hint that it was his hand which
returned those bank notes. He
Is connected with these scoun-
drels who have prosecuted you!'
Would he build up a case
against himself il that were so?"
exclaimed Joan. Would he sup
ply you with cIew, Philip-that
is what you called tiff he meant
us harm?"
One would think, JOAN" he
said, gazing at her, that you
were the counsel for his defense:
Why? Who 10 this MANI"
II do not know" she said
firmly, but I believe he is-our
Our friend! For what pur-
pose?"
lat the least. he is the enemy
OF my enemies!'
Philip stopped short. Joan's
mark came upon him like flash
Of light. For some time he
thought the thing over, mentally
Weighing the evidence keenly.
There is something in that"
he said slowly. Several things
point to it. 1t may be you are
right, Joan. But I do not care
to be the shuttlecock of contend
ing rnffians. ! have a mind to
put the police onto this fellow.
What could you charge him
with?" -.
Nothing whatever as yet
Joan came across and laid her
hands on his shoulders.
Philip" she said with extraor.
binary earnestness, II beg of you
to do no such thing. feel that
this man is our friend. and al.
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most the only friend we have.
My instinct tells me so. He would
help US, if we let him-even to
sacrificing himself"
Philip smiled at her.
Not being charming young
woman, but only a. barrister,
prefer facts to instinct" he said.
Yet L wouldn't deny its value,
and that woman's Judgment of
a man is often better than mine"
When John Goodenough is
near me-" said Joan quietly, IT
have q curious sensation Of be-
ing perfectly safe. feel as though
were shielded from harm. Only
two people have ever given me
that sense, Philip. You are one,
he is the otheG. 1 have it more
strongly with him even than with
you. And 1 will never believe
there il not good in that man,
Philip
Good in him! Very likely.
Few people would agree with you.
But he has extraordinary eyes.
That is man, believe. who is
a mixture Of angel and devil. And
l should say the devil strongly
predominates."
Most Of US are such a mixture
as that, Philip. Has he ever
harmed your"
mot that + know Of. But
Has he, do you think, ever
helped you-before you took these
rooms OF his?"
Philip was about to deny it,
when a strange memory came
back to him.
Strange you should ask that"
he said pensively. lit was just
such a man as he, in height and
build, who sailed into those street
roughs that attacked me one
night in the Temple Court months
ago, and who laid two of them
out. Whoever it was-and it was
too dark to see-I shouldn't won
der If he saved my life."
Ito Be Continued Tomorrow
Copyright. 1923. King Features
Syndicate, 1nc.)
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! to keep the. thing out Of the
papers
You're an idiotp' snapped his
WIFE, why any one ought to
know. what he means"
The Judge ran his fingers across
) the top Of his head.
'Any one ought :, to know
Ell? Well, I'm one person that
doesn't =
You'll find out soon enough"
retorted Mrs. Walbrough. She
turned to Clancy. ''Come along,
dear; you. must lie down.
Randall, whose silence during
the past half-hour had been con-
spicuous, opened his mouth.
''Why--er-," he began.
But Mrs, Walbrough cut him
off.
you'll forgive Miss. Deane,
won't your" she pleaded She's
exhausted, poor thing, though she
doesn't know it." ~
Indeed, Clancy didn't know lit,
hadn't even suspected it. But
she could offer no protest. Mrs.
Walbrough was dominating the
situation as Vandervent had been
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THE STRANGER

6k"HERE'S the clew that runs
through it all-that con-
- meets this man with your
master, John. Why am 1 always
hearing that phrasei Is it a
warning? You remember the slip
OF paper that came with the 20, 900
pounds-to an honest man."
"Of course I do"
What does it mean? I am
neither more nor less honest,
suppose, than my neighbors. But
that phrase runs through it all
like a thread Of gold through dark
tapestry. 1t came earlier yet
and then it was a threat. Once,
Joan, long before you came into
your fortune, had been with
you, and returned to my cham
bers.> There 1 found just a
penned message. Honest men are
rare. II ever you fail Joan Ayre,
look to yourselfP I did not tell
you at the time. And I've heard
the same thing by word of mouth
from the man who has just
gone out"
when was that?"
Philip told her Of his brief in
terview with Goodenough, at
Knayth, and the curious things
that the tootman had said to him.
Now" he said, there has been
mystery enough, Heaven knows.
in your life Of late, Joan. But
the strangest mystery of all, to
me, is that tall fellow. At Knayth
he seemed the perfect man
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what you are. But as still con-
troll the; voting majority of the
stock, I'm going to railroad anothr
er partner in, and ask, you to trust
that my judgment will be good
again. I may even get in a gre6n
hand and asy you -
ITO break her int" asked M
May at a high pitch of excit
ment. ooh, that would be too
wonderful! 1t would make ME
feel worth my salt
And pepper, I~-should say, ~
replied. IT think you earn about
all the other condiments to saucS
this-bird OF a business per.
fectly.'' e
Miss May giggled at my slang,
andsI rushed ahead with all the
vigor at my command. ~
You sec, dear, you're handling
two accounts, and I'm founder
ing around in the morasses 81
two others, and both of US are
swamped by details of bookeeps
ing and planning and organizffnldTS
an executive staff. We need
some one to keep records ana
files and to straighten out hffas
and credits. Each Of us could
handle three accounts If we were
relieved Of some Of the detFA
work. So that's why I'm sleuths
ing around looking for the right
woman. And when I get her Ta9h
counting on you to help ME
prove she's all I think s'e
Count on me-" replied Mfes
May. getting to her feet and
holding out her hand, %
AS I went down the stairs II
saw Max Hoadley coming upss
His bnrliness blocked off th1
stairs in the twilight. An ugfy
memory Of one terrible evening
when Tony's return saved ne
from his unwelcome attentions
came TO terribly me. Without
willing my movements 7 turnsd
to go back. But Max EoadlaS
read my mind. AS he called
good evening he put out his
hand and laid it on my sleeve
There's some old dogs thai
can learn new tricks" he sa3A
almost gently. ''Never fear
about this one. He knows n
lady now when he sees her. And
your little Aunt May up there ~
too fragile for rough hands
to touch. Is it all right WieN
you?" 90
EYES," I .replied slowly. 81
trust folks while they merit it.Aes
Then I went home to inset
Phoebe and Neal.
ITO Be CONTINUED T0mOFrOwl as
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came moist. IN tne presence of
Vandervent, she realized more
fully than ever what notoriety.
might mean. Vandervent senseds
her horror.
but I assure you, Miss Deane.
that we'll avoid that notoriety. II
know, a way"
"What?" demanded the Judge.
We'll, we'll wait a Bit" said
Vandervent. Meanwhile, I'm
going to the office
ION Sunday?'' asked Mrs. Wal
brough. Vandervent smiled faint
ly.
'I think I'll be forgiven-con-
sidering the cause for which /
labor" he finished. He was re-
warded by
smile from Clancy that brought
the color to his cheeks.
And then, the blush still linger-
ing, he. left them. Walbrough
escorted him to the door. He
returned, a puzzled> look upon
his face. 49,
"Well.,I wonder what he means
by saying that he knows a way
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ed him with contempt Mildly
he looked at her.
What have II done now?" he
demanded.
almost rushed that poor girl
into a marriage, she replied.
!. 'Marriage?' God bless me-
what doryou mean?''
Asking again and again what
Phil vanderyent meant when he
said that he knew a way to avoid
publicity. And then you didn't
have sense enough to edge young
Randall out Of the house. You
let. me be almost rude to him.
wen, why should / have been
the. one to. besrudsg why be rude.
anyway? He's been darned nice
to the girl"
That's just It! Do you want
her to keep thinking how nice
he is?,' :. ~,
''Well, in the name OF heaven,
why not?'' demanded her ex-
asperated husband 81.
Because he's not good enough
for her.
why, isn't hep
Because She can do better"
The Judge drained his cock
TAIL
Mrs Walbrough. do you know
I haven't the faintest idea what
you're. talking about?,'
."of course you haven't You'd
have let her stay here and listen,
maybe, to q proposal from that
young man, sand perhaps accept it,
and possibly
"Peace!" thundered the Judge.
mo more 'supposes.' please. I'm
not be henpecked in my own
house. 49,. 49, b.
She came close. to him and put
her arm about him.
Where shall / I henpeck you
then, Tommy boy?D she asked.
Tommy boyl Z, Tommy boy!'
o my good Lord, what tallx!'
sputtered the Judge. But he
kissed her as she lifted her
mouth to, his. -
=.
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skill into balancing the paddle.
Then why not leave other people
free to chart their cargoes and
handle their own propeller-be it
oar, paddle or magnificent
mechanical continuance?
There is far too much meddling
going on in the world.
Surely you have dealt with at
least one situation in which we'll.
intentioned meddlers took up
your time, frazzled your nerves
and, in addition to irritating and
delaying you, had the bad psyche
logical effect of making you a
little uncertain of what had
seemed to clear before.
Think of some. OF the cases
were kindly intentioned meddlers
they always mean welI'-haVe
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ARE YOU 4 MEDDLER? = By Beatrice Fairfax

if a. fellow-traveler calls to you
for line of bit Of advice about
rocks or rapids ahead, be courte-
Gus and helpful-but don't try to
steer him off his course. He may
have a destination far from yours,
and if you tempt him with loud
praise Of the beauty of your way,
he may weakly set off for a port
where none of the things he longs
for can be found. IF you criti-
else the-stream on which he Is
setting out, you may divert him
from his Port O. Dreams.
Don't NEEDLE. You may de-
stroy the pattern of life by your
awkwardness. Your own life Is
yours to make-or mar. And
your neighbor is the architect OF
his fate. Leave him free and un-
trammeled to reckon with life. -
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WHEN A GIRL MARRIES BY ANN LYLE

: be almost as good a playmate
for, this young ohveralad as Park
is"
''No, but I will" I laughed. and
sat down to- telephone: my invita-
tlon.' - 49,
care you sure your Miss Storrs
Sill want me?" asked Ralph Lacy
when I had greeted him and had
invited him. His acumen was by
no means astonishing for Mabel's
frozen attitude toward him had
been clear enough.
''NIiss Storrs is an odd girl. She
hasn't found the men she's dealt
with in her business career very
strongly inclined to be fair and
square with her. So she's reserved
and suspicioua+-where men are
concerned. You. mustn't take it
personally" .. >.
So Mr.: Lacy agreed to come. to
the party. STIMULATING that he be
host at dinner first.
"T'll commission Park to drop
round, for Miss Storrs and young
Oliver, and then call for Aunt May
and you and me, If that suits you,'
he-said.- - = :
The afternoon passed quickly.
In spite OF my earnest concentra-
ton I found 6 O'Clock swinging
around with only about half Of
what hoped to do actually accom-
plished. When I came into the
outer office, hated. and coated, for
the trip home, I. discovered Miss
May still hard at work. .
''"Fime to go home" 1 chided.
'"I've just finished the days
work on the Derringforth stuff"
she explained, looking up with a
weary gesture and pressing back
lock Of hair which had struggled
across her forehead. 'sNow I've
got to arrange a few ideas for the
Hoadley layout. Mr.. Hoadley's
taking me OUT to dinner in order
to talk over some new ideas and to
give me bit of help" -,
I'm glad he's helping you.
We've too. much by far to do" I
said. 1--WE a plan for getting US
assistance. 1T isn't well enough
alone to talk about
"You don't have to discuss your
plans with me, dear" replied Miss
May gently. i
PLEASED I cried. "That hurts.
You're my partner. Perhaps in the
beginning it came as a present.
But i know now it wasn't senti-
ment that inspired me. It was
cold-biooded Judgment. Iproved I
had real business acumen when,
roped you into the responsible job
Of being my partner. And that's
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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,
speeches. . $685..
III 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
truthfuly that she had never met Weber before
attending a party composed of theatrical peo-
pie, You'll stick to that in court y he asked
And she nodded. Il II 81 s So
Apparently misunde outstanding her, believing
she was not telling the truth, Grannisshad then
left on the table the money and departed
GIancy'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 a real estate concern and because of her
business ability was rapidly achieving success.
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WHY DISHEARTENED?
AN APPEAL TO THE GIRL WHO WORKS

work than formerly and more of
it,. Drudgery kills. Rapid, joy
Gus work gives life.
Notice your tone of voice. Pes
sin1ism has probably made that
weak and dull. Snap out your
:. sentences clear and precise and
learn to be positive. Look out
for a chance to do some little
kindly act-help an elderly wo-
man to cross a dangerous place,
pay some attention to shy little
girl who comes your way, stop to
love and. caress a sweet baby for
a moment, show some unusual
thoughtfulness Of your employ
er's business.
Probably your love affairs are
badly out, of gear, as such is often
AT the bottom OF a girls pessi.
mlsm and sourness. In the usual
case it is an affair Of love fool
ishly misdirected and it can be
easily withdrawn.
Practice makes perfect. The
simple steps given above-unless
you are actually suffering from
organic trouble-will gradually
transform you from a pessimist
to an optimist. You will begin to
feel light-hearted. Your face will
be more radiant, your voice will
want to sing and your soul will
want to shout for joy.
Take the simple treatment, my
girl 1t is a three weeks course.
and at the end of that time apply
to me for a certificate of opti-
rnism
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By Ann Isle.
Copyright, 1928. King Features s
cate, Inc.

Copyright, 1928. King Features Synd
cate, Inc.
A S I went down to Pats Of
"A flee congratulated my
4 - self because 1 had been
prevented from explaining to
Mabel in so many words that
Park isn't the mere boy she mis-
takes him to be. Playing Mrs.
Fix-It" used to be my favorite
role, but there was no phase of
me which appealed less to Jim.
So suppose I might as well
cultivate the habit Of letting folks
take care of themselves :, before
he gets back to object to my in
terventions in behalf Of "aH and
sundry." 3.
Pat had not returned from
luncheon, and one of his business
force explained that she thought
he would not be in either office
this afternoon, as he was driv-
ing out to Dreamwold with guest.
Then 1 hurried back to the
days JOB, interrupting it only long
enough to tell Miss May about
the projected theater party for
the next evening. -
Park stopped in to invite me, >"
she giggled. Dear knows, when
you think how gallant that boy
is to an old woman like me, you
can just guess what a wonderful
lover he made"' ~ ...
He's a nice child" said, con-
sciously plagiarizing.
SOS Ralph" replied Miss May
with a dryness that seemed al
most purposeful. Have you in
vited him to the party yet? He'll
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done infinite and perhaps irrepa'
rable damage.
Meddlers are often gossips.
They are o frequently subcon-
sciously malicious folks who can't
bear to see others happy. They
are sometimes vain creatures
who like to feel that their advice
and aid is needed to make their
friends successful, and wise.
Most Of us have enough to do
to make our lives clean and sane
and efficient and fine. We are
called on often for aid that we
must be ready to give in. such 4
way that we won't fail those who
need us nor yet burden other
souls with the weight of our domi.
nance.
Paddle your own canoe. And
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By Arthur Somers Roche
The Most Popular Author Of Love
And Mystery Tales
Today.

KTYNLESs," said the judge
softly, "the boy goes
~ a newspaper. In
which case; his charge and my
alibi would be printed And five
directors Of the Metals and Tex.
tiles Bank would Immediately recol-
1ect that I had been present at a
meeting on Tuesday afternoon be-
tween the hours of / and s. Like
wise, thirty-odd ladies. all present
at Mrs. Rayburn's bridge, would
remember that my wife had been
at Mrs. Rayburn's house all Of
Tuesday afternoon He groaned.
ST had to think of something, Van.
dervent. told the first lie that
popped into my head. Our alibi
for Miss Deane will go crashing
into bits once it's examined, once
there's the least publicity. Pub.
licity! That's all that Miss Deane
fears, all that we fear for her.
Scandal! We've got to stop that"
Exactly; we will stop it," said
Vandervent There's a way"
Oddly, he blushed wildly as he
spoke. 81, know Of one way-but
we won't dwell on that just now.
I'll have a right-to suppress In
formation that-that don't think
IL essential to the enforcing Of
Justice. Tiff the suppressing Of
the elevator man would work good
for Miss Deane, I would see to his
suppression. Because I know her
70 be innocent"
Well. what are you going to
do?" demanded the judge.
Vandervent shrugged.
ITS not an off.hand matter,
Judge. We must think"
They thought. But clancy's
thoughts travelled far afieid from
the tremendous issue that con-
fronted her. Mentally, she was
comparing Randall and Wander.
vent, trying to find out what It
was in Randall that, during the
past few hours, had depressed her,
aroused her resentment.
you see," said vandervent fin
ally, "the relations between the
police department and district attor-