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CHAPTER v

"Good Cdr cried Eustace Hig-
nett.
He stared at the figure which loomed
above him in the fading light which
came through the portfolio Of the
stateroom. The hour was seven
thirty and he had just woken from a
troubled doze, full Of strange night
mares, and for the moment he thought
that he must still be dreaming, for the
figure before him could have walked
straight into any nightmare and no
questions asked. Then suddenly he
became aware that 1t was his cousin,
Samuel Marlowe. As in the historic
case of father In the pigsty. he could
tell him BY his hat. But why was he
looking like that2 Was It simply some
trick OF the uncertain light, or was his
face really black and had his mouth
suddenly grown 70 six times its, normal
size and become vivid crimscnf
Sam turned. He had been looking
at himself In the mirror with a. salts
faction which. to the casual observer.
his appearance would not have seemed
to justify. Hignett had not been suf-
fering from Z delusion. His cousins
face wns- black; and. even a. he
turned, he gave Il q dab with Z piecs
of burnt cofk and made it blacksr. \
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"HE's YoUI

Mrs. Horace Hignett, world
famous writer on theosophy. au-
thor of "The Spreading Light"
etc, etc, arrives in New York on
. lecturing tour. Eustace, her
SON. Is with her. Windles. ances-
trail home OF the Hignetts. Is his.
30 her life Is largely devoted to
keeping him unmarried. Enter
her nephew. Sam, son OF Sir NAL
laby Marlowe. the eminent Lon
don lawyer. It Is arranged that
Sam and Eustace shall sail to-
gether on the Atlantic the next
day. Enter Bream Mortimer.
American. son of a friend of an
insufferable American named
Bennett. who has been pestering
Mrs. Hignett to lease Windles.
Bream informs her that Will
helmina Bennett 10 waiting for
Eustace at the Little Church
Round the Corner. Bream him
self il In love with Wilhslmina.
Mrs. Hignett marches or to Eus-
tace's room. The scene shifts
to the Atlantic at her pier. Sam.
heading for the gangplank. meets
a glorious, red-headed girl. with
whom he instantly falls in love.
though her dog bites him. Eus-
tace appears. heart-broken. It
appears that his mother had
"pinched his trousers" and de-
layed the ceremony. whereupon
wilheimina had declared the we'd
ding off. Sam Is pushed over
board. has a desperate struggle
tu th. mo tar NTH auafhAr wi M
mer and reJoins the Atlantic at
quarantine. The ,red-headed girl
Is Wilhelmina Bennett-"Billie."
She halls Sam as hero and In
PRODUCES Bream. Eustace. a poor
sailor, keeps to his berth. He
doesn't know Billie Is on board.
Sam makes warm love. He pro-
poees and Is accepted.
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CHAPTER Iv-continued.


She traced a pattern on the deck
with her shoe.
I'm afraid Of myself. You see, once
beforehand 1t was not so very long
ago-I thought had met my ideal,
Sam laughed heartily.
"Are you worrying about that abb
surd business Of poor old Eustace
HignettY'
She started violently.
"You knowI"
"Of coursei He told me himself"
do you know him7 Where did you
meet him?"
"Tve known him all my life. He's
my cousin. AS a matter Of fact, we
are sharing a stateroom on board
now"
"Eustace Is on board! Oh. this IS
awful What shall l do when. meet
him?"
"Oh, pass It Off with light laugh
and genial quip. Just say: oh. here
you are 7 or something. You know the
sort of thing"
"It will be terrible"
"Not bit Of 1t. Why should you
feel embarrassed? He must have real
lied by now that you acted in the
only possible way. II was absurd his
ever expecting you to marry him.
mean to say, just look at 1t dispassion-
ately Eustace poor
old Eurfaco md v0ut Tho
Princess and the Swineherdl"
Does Mr.. Hignett keep pigs" she
asked, surprised.
II mean that poor old Eustace Is
so far below you. darling, that, with
the most charitable Intentions, one can
only look on his asking you to marry
him In the light Of record exhibition
of pure nerve. A dear. good fellow, Of
course, but hopeless where the sterner
realities Of life are concerned. A man
who can't even stop dog-fghtl In
q world which Is practically one
seething mass Of fighting dogs, how
could you trust yourself to such a
one7 Nobody Is fonder of Eustace
Hignett than am, but well,
i mean to sayl"
II see what you mean. He really
wasn't my IDEAL"
''Not by mile"
She mused, her chin in her hand.
"Of course, he was quite dear In
lot of ways"
"Oh. u splendid chap" said Sam toll
erantly.
-"Have you ever heard him sing7
I think what first attracted me to him
was bis beautiful voice. He really
sings extraordinarily we'll"
A slight but definite spasm OF jeal-
ousy afflicted Sam. He had no OBJ
lection to praising poor old Eustace
within decent limits, but the conversa-
tion seemed to him to be confining
itself too exclusively to one subject.
"YesY' he said. "Oh. yes, I've heard
him sing. Not lately. He does draw
ing-room ballads and all that sort Of
thing still, supposer'
"Have you ever heard him sing My
love is like a glowing tulip that In an
old-world garden grows'T
II nave NOT nau tnut huVuntuRe,
replied Sam stifny. 'But anyone can
sing drawing-room ballad. Now
something funny something that Will
make people laugh, something that
really needs putting across I.
that's q different thing altogether"
do you sing that sort of thingr'
'Peopls have been good enough to
ny :"
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COFFEE

Chicago
cargo of cOf
dock of Reid,
the first of sucL
Chicago by wat,
American coffee pi ~.
The firm purchas
Colombia, transported
Girardot and thence enl
from this point In the inte
America to the heart Of n
lea where 1t was unloade,
docks Of the company In
This marks a distinct advance,
the former methods Of transpoi.
coffee and has affected a materk
saving In cost.
In the future practically all coffee
will be shipped to Chicago by water.
from Colombia, said John MacMahOn.
vice president Of the company.
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"Hullo! You awaken he said and

AVa aWAkCt 40 00A0 anu
switched on the light.
Eustace Hignett shied ike a startled
horse. His friends profile. seen dimly.
had been disconcerting enough. Full
face. he was revolving object. Moth
ing that Eustace Hignett had encoun-
tered In his recent dreams-and they
had included such unusual fauna as
elephants In top hats and running
shorts-had affected him so profound
ly. Sans appearance smote him like
a blow. 1t seemed to take him straight
into a different and dreadful world.
"What what what
Z. 2" he gurgled.
Sam squinted at himself In the glass
and added a touch Of black to his
nose.
"How do lookT"
Eustace Hignett began to fear thai
his cousins reason must have become
unseated He could not conceive Of
any really sane man, looking like that
being anxious to be told how he
looked
Are my lips red enough? It's fol
the ships concert, you know. II
starts In half an hour, though be
lieve I'm not on till the second part
Speaking as a friend, would you pu
a touch more black round the ears,
or are they all rightT
Curiosity replaced apprehension in
Hignett's mind.
what on earth are you doing per
forming at the ships concertY'
"Oh. they roped me In. 1t got about
somehow that l was q valuable man
and they wouldn't take no." Sam
deepened the color of his ears. "As q
matter Of fact" he said casually, my
fiancee made rather a point Of my
doing something"
A sharp yell from the lower berth
proclaimed the fact that the signif-
canoe of the remark had not been lost
on Eustace.
"Your fianceeT
'The girl I'm engaged to. Didn't
tell you about that? Yes, I'm en-
gagged"
Eustace sighed heavily.
II feared the worst. Tell me, who
Is sheT
Didn't I tell you her nameT
"No."
"Curiousi I must have forgotten"
He hummed an airy strain as he black.
ened the tip of his nose. "It's rather
curious coincidence. really. Her
name Is Bennett"
''She may be a relation"
'.That's true. or course, girls do
have relations"
"What is her first manner"
''That is another rather remarkable
thing. It's Wilhelmina."
"Wilhelmina !"
"Of course, there must be hundreds
Of girls in the world called Wilhelmina
Bennett, but still 1t is coincidence
what color is her hair?" demanded
Eustace Hignett in hollow voice
"Her hair!' What color Is it7"
'Her hair7 Now, let me see. You
ask me what color is her hair. Well
you might call 1t auburn OF
russet or you might call II
''Never mind what you might call It
Is It red"
"Red? Why, yes. That Is very
good description of It. Now that you
put 1t to me like that. 1t Is red"
HAS she trick of grabbing at you
suddenly when she gets excited, like
kitten with a ball of wool2"
"Yes. Yes. she has"
Eustace Hignett uttered a sharp cry
"Sam,' he said, "can you bear q
shockT
"I'll have a dash at It."
'Brace upw
"The girl you are engaged to Is the
same girl who promised to marry me. y
"Well, welll" said Sam.
There was a silence.
lawfully sorry, Of course, and all
that" said Sam.
Don't apologize to mel" said Eus-
tace. my poor old chap, my only
feeling toward you is one Of the purest
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Parasite. 70 War on pest,

Preparations are being made to in
troduce two new insect parasites to
help fight the European earwig, which
does great damage to certain grasses
and flowers in Washington. Oregon
and Rhode Island.
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More Power to You. Buddy.

LIE Joe-Lookie, papa, pulled up
this@great big weed all by myself.
Papa-Well. well, you're quite q
little strong man. see.
Little Joe-Yes. papa. and the whole
world has a hold Of the other end, too.
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"DANDELIoN BUTTER COLOR"

A harmless vegetable butter color
used by millions for 80 years. Drug
stores and general stores sell bottles
Of "Dandelion' for 35 cents.-Adv.
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Always Keep Box on Hand.
Brandreth Pills are safe and reli-
able laxative, made in America for
ninety years, entirely vegetable.-Adv.
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Leads In Maxine cIoars.

One billion cigars, representing
about one-seventh Of the total output
In the United States, are manufac-
tured annually In the district Of which
Philadelphia is the financial and COM
mercial center. 81
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come unsssted.
and profoundest pity" He reached
out and pressed Sans hand. II regard
you as toad beneath the harrowr'
"well. / suppose that's one way Of
offering congratulations and cheery
good wishes, n ~ ADSa !. y
"And on top Of that went on Eus
tace. deeply moved, you have got to
sing at the ships concert"
@why shouldn't sing at the ships
concert7"
my dear ola man. you have many
worthy qualities. but you must know
that you can't sing. You can't sing
for nutsi don't want to discourage
you. but long ago a. II iS you can't
have forgotten what an ass you made
u ysarsslf a. fhas aappsr at school
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ensszIns Brought Good lvoss
Our forefathers believed that Z
snsese brpusht eeeA .lnelk !. 80 I.
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Choiild Gav 60

Should Say So.
Sue-When Paul kissed me good
night, he kissed me on the ear.
Lu--Gee. you sure can dodgei
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TITLES ROUSE WRATH.
By Associated Press


Moose Jaw, Sask. Charged with
making seditious speech at a meet
ing of grain growers last January,
Fred Mcintyre, farmer of the Royal
George School district, south of Caron.
Sask., was recently committed for trial
here. He was released on bail.
Mcintyre is alleged to have made the
seditious remarks during a discussion
on titles, and is charged with having
said:
II count myself as good man as
King George. I would not be scared
to challenge him to a foot race, to
wrestle, or to fight, although he is fed
up in box stall on choice food. If l
had my way, I would take a club and
stand at the border and knock the
brains out of everyone that came into
the country with a title. I would make
no mistake about it, as know where
to hit them"
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parable with their schoolboy ambitions.
The situation is an explanation of
the justification of the blind alley
job, the vice of which consists in stay
ing too long in that particular place.
Many such jobs have a proper place in
socialized economic order; they are
important cogs in the commercial and
Industrial machine, and if used only
temporarily, serve purpose in en-
abling boys to earn needed money
while preparing themselves for some
thing better"
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The Referee
CROOKS.

Bulgaria, excited 'by rising prices,
gets ready to whip profiteers in pub
lie. The humiliation, not the lashes,
is what would be effective, and it
could be meted out in better ways than
by the cat-of-nine-t tails. China, for in
stance, makes profteers parade their
home neighborhood ringing bell and
carrying a banner advertising their
crime.
Trouble is, so difficult to decide
what is profteering and what not
Where to draw the line? Profteering
is giving less than we take. On this
bais, if all the profteers in our country
were whipped until they couldn't stand
the streets might look rather deserted.
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ECONOMY.

People used to walk blocks to save
five cents carfare-and often wore out
several times that much shoe leather.
The busy man who used to cut his en-
velopes open and use them for scratch
paper was called thrifty; now he'd be
considered time waster.
Popular ideas about economy Of
money are becoming more sensible.
When it comes to economizing on time,
the only thing of real value We're great
MASTERS as ever. Most Of our rush is
Just a nervous explosion, not short
cut
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AMBITION
BY BERTON BRALEY

"TM gonna get NINE" said the smart young chap
And he snapped his jaws with vicious snap;
I'm gonna get mine! In the bitter strife,
The ruthless game that is known as life,
I'm gonna get mine And there's not doubt
That the weaker brethren had best watch out
For life is grab-bag, opine,
And you wager that I'll get mine"
''TM gonna get mine. You can make that bet
And anything else that can get.
For everybody is out for blood
And ready to trample you in the mud.
And if with failure you won't be cursed,
You've got to get there and get there first!
PHYS by-word and loves shine;
So they won't hamper me-Ill get mine"
81 M gonna get mine" said the wise young guy
With steely CLINT in his steel-blue eye.
And the kid is right--f he holds that creed
vi cruel selfshness, hate and greed,
VI grasping things in iron clutch.
VI giving little and claiming much,
Of scorning honor and brotherhood;
He's gonna get hs-and he'll get it good!
Copyright 1928. NEA Service Inc.)
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CURIOSITY.

Radio broadcasts singing by cana
ries. The program interests many
thousands who would throw shoe at
any real canary perching on their
windows and starting to tune up. The
radio fan is interested in the wizardy
of radio itself rather than in the actual
programs.
A similar situation in movies. Critics
keep raving about movie plots. But the
average person in the audience prob
ably cares less for plot than for being
able to sit and watch the private Of
fairs of screen characteristic hear
ing gossip or listening to catch the
argument next door. Not to mention,
that enjoying movie requires mo
thinking.
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WE HAVE PLENTY OF LAW

1t is to be hoped that the Kenosha police
department and the sheriff and his aids, will
not be turned back in their enforcement of the
prohibition laws by the propaganda being sent
out by the liquor interests in which it is indi-
Gated that the supreme court Of the state has
practically nullified the state enforcement laws.
There still remains an abundance of law to
curb the activities of people who want to null
lily the constitution. Kenosha officials-every
one of then-have taken an oath to support
the constitution of the United States and re-
CARELESS of the mounting of nullifiers of the
constitution in New York and Wisconsin, this
oath still remains binding. Of course there
is general belief-it is regrettable that it is
strongest among some of the oficials-that
the state and not the nation is real con-
trolling factor.
This attitude has been given every possible
encouragement by the men who would vio-
late the law. In some places they have man
aged to get away with it. Thus far Kenosha
has stood out against this attack. The liquor
element has found that the assault on prohi-
bition in the courts has not been successful
and it now turns to the assault on the officials.
It is not complimentary to the officials in so
doing
We should prefer an orderly assistance by
the state and local authorities in the enforce
ment of the constitution, but if this is not
possible under the present political control of
the state, there should be the demand upon all
officials that the allegiance to the constitution
remains a part of their OATH
If Wisconsin jails must be filled with men
to be prosecuted by the federal government, it
is certain that sooner or later the government
agents will prosecute them
It would be better to keep fines and for
FIXTURES at home, but if keeping them at home
means luke warm enforcement and the con-
sequent debauchery Of the people by the boot
logger and the brewer it will be advisable to
let the government take all the money
The assault on the prohibition law is not
made in the interest of the people. It is not
made with a view Of protecting the personal
liberties of your boy and mine, but with al
view of opening the way for the boot-legger,
the rum-runner, the brewer, and the distiller
to line his pockets with blood-stained gold
taken in the debauchery of the people. Fair
minded intelligent men and women should
not be misled by the sophisrty of these self
appointed battlers for personal liberty" They
talk and act in the third person, but they aim'I
only to benefit the first person stuff.
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MANY WOMEN PREACHERS IN U. s.

Chicago. There are 178 women
preachers of various denominations in
the United States, all of whom are
members of the International Associa-
ton of Women Preachers, according to
the list of members recently made pub
lie here. Six women preachers of for
eign lands also belong to the associa-
ton, three in China, two in India and
one in Africa.
Illinois leads in the number of wo-
men preachers with SO, II of them be-
ing in the city of Chicago. Kansas
ranks second with 80 women ministers,
seven of whom are at Wichita Ne
braska is third in number with Is.
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CAMPAIGN.

Wiseacres in Washington see pro-
hibition and foreign relations as the
big campaign issues Of the next presi-
Dental election. They are wrong. Both
of these are important matters, but the
average pocketbook will be the issue
that will get or lose votes.
Cost of living, wages, rents: taxes
and government red tape will do the
deciding in the ballot box. If Henry
Ford is ever going to run for president,
he'll never have better chance.
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1t costs people an average of $50
apiece to attend a convention, after
they get there, not counting railroad
fare. This is the estimate by New York
City merchants. Their town had 602
conventions in 1922, attended by over
100000 people, who went away with 25
million dollars less than when they ar
rived.
However, he has to be a very dull or
drunken delegate to return home with
less than $50 worth of good from mix
ing with a convention of people with
similar interests. Twenty years ago,
only the very rich would have thought
of spending $50 on a trade trip. Re-
member when people walked half
mile to save carfare?
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It doesn't matter much how Barney Moran
voted on the tax bills, but it does matter how
he happened to be way out Of Madison when
these important questions came up for vote
To say the least, it appears that there is an
ethiopian in the wood pile" and the state
senate should insist on the fullest investiga-
ton. If this man was deliberately lured away
from Madison such an act was a blow at repre-
sentative government and suggestive of thug
methods. Even the most hardened politician
does not desire these kind of methods to pre-
vail in Wisconsin
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FRUITAGE OF SECRET PRAYER
But thou, when thou prayest, enter into
thy closet, and when thou hast shu
thy door, pray 30 thy Father which
in secret; and thy Father which sect
in secret shall reward thee openly
For your Father knoweth what thing
We have need of, before We ask him
Matt. 6:6,S.
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The Kenosha health department is to be
congratulated on the fact that the death rate
of. this city is abnormal" When city has
an abnormal death rate and abnormal the right
way, it is it's greatest recommendation as a
place to live. The health department is the
really most important department in any city
and it should be given encouragement to work
and funds to work with. Human life lis the
best thing that any city can protect.
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TIME.

Network of airplane lines is being
planned for New England. Proposed
schedules show. the planes would
travel five times as fast as trains,
averaging the timetables. Time saving
makes the general use Of airplanes in
evitable, only matter of time. Think
what it will mean for a man to live
SO miles from his work and make" it
in Is minutes or less.
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PROTESTS AUTOMOBILE TAX.

Calcutta.-The imposition of SOC
import duty on motor vehicles comm
into British India has brought out
vigorous protest from the India Mott
Trade association. The argument !
advanced that an enormous class, :
urgent need of modern transportatio
has been precluded from buying, an
that the lower rpriced American ca,
are not meeting the situation. Mote
imports were lower in 1922 than J
1914, 1915 and 1916. The developmeI
of road transport is of special impo
lance in a country with limited raj
roads, the association says, and Ind
will suffer serious consequences if tn
restriction upon the industrial deve
opment of the country is not remove
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It does not look favorable to the celebration
Of the Fourth of July in Kenosha Well, it
is possible that some other more progressive
city will provide flag raising for us to go to.
Of course we would rather spend our holiday
money in Kenosha, but if Kenosha people do
not think that it is worth going after the other
fellows will probably get it.
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The question of traffic signal lights is one
which should be considered by the officials Of
Kenosha. Milwaukee has some wonderful
little side lights on several of it's busy traffic
streets which would offer a splendid solution
for Kenosha. It might be worth while for
some of the members of the council to drop
up and look these lights over
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Of course you get riled at the decision of
the umpire once in a while and so do we, but
he is the emblem of recognized authority. You
might just as we'll seek to eliminate the su-
preme court as the umpire And then again
it is just possible that the umpire may be
right and the gang wrong
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1t is hardly to be expected that bill appro-
priating million dollars for the eradication
of bovine tuberculosis viii gain much support
up at Madison. There does not seem to be
any political angle to the eradication of this
pest among the cattle of the state
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I am in process of bringing all m
sins to light for the purpose of ge'
ting rid of them. We never know no
rich we are until we break up house
keeping