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low"
toh, good evening, Mrs. Thur
low!' sid blankly. almost re-
senting this interruption from
Peter stanley's sister.
'Well. I like your coolness..
she laughed in reply. slave you
forgotten your dinner engage.
ment with me? The iced melons
ON the table getting colder by
the moment. We're having din
ner early tonight. Aren't you
coming before we all fatnish? ~
''I'rn coming as soon as can
get taxi" fumbled. too com
pletely of my guard to think Of
any way Of avoiding the engage
ment I suddenly remembered.
I'm be right along. All bvoir.' =
But as / hung up the receiyer
I wondered what WIN Jim say
when he finds 1 am booked to
so out?
I he'd a perfect case Of stage
fright when I turned from the
telephone to my living room. /
didn't know how to break to Jim
the news that ] had . dinner
engagement Of over 4 weeks
standing and nnust so out at
once. But ia burned my bridges
behind me by telephoning for
taxi the minute my conversation
with Mr.. Thurlaw was finished.
And now came in with q ner-
yous giggIe.
Jim, that was Mrs. Tl1urIaw
tAlephonins. I'd clean forgotten
that I have dinner engagement
with her tonight. II the new
theories are right and we forget
what we don't want TO remember.
you've some evidence about
where want to be tonight."
'Must you go?' asked Jim
blanlxiy.
'sMrs. TnurlOw.s dinner,s on the
table. I don't know wy she's
having it so early. but she tele-
phoned to say they were waiting
and 1 didn't have the nerve to
say the engagement had slipped
my mind, so ordered the taxi
and-hating as do TO run away
like this-I must be off. 7 had
SO much to say to you
"And ] to you." cried jim boy
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got = lot Of fancy names Tor
things nowadays, but all the
highfaIutin explanations in the
world won't gloss over the fact
that Neal makes a getaway every
time he thinks we're on his track.
He's loaflng around TIL It's safe
to go to his cache and got out
the sixty thousand and 1--we in
style. Can't you see that, Anhe?"
He ended on q smiling, toler.
ant note smoothing my heir with
a straying hand, which bespoke
possession and amusement at my
feminine credulity. With difficulty
] controlled my impotence. It
was the harder to endure inns
lack Of sympathetic understand
ing because Of Ralph's radiant
faith in Neal, and his other faith
that Jim would see things my
way. SlowIy-and feeling that I
must have failed in making
things clear to Jim--I started to
repeat my story. But Jim stop
ped me.
For Pete's sake, dear, lets not
go all over that again! I'm .
tired business man and I want to
be amused and petted and. made
comfy on that tempting shoulder
of yours. Let's forget that ut1i.
sance Of q brother and be happy.
We can be happy together, dear,
when you're sweet"
Telephone. please" interrupt
ed the maid from the doorway.
Don't bother-I'll go" said
Jim calamity, as / started eager
~ to my feet.
I didn't put his courtesy aside,
though I was half mad to get to
the telephone and find If it might
be BaBtly TomplIins calling me.
Impatiently I sat waiting for =
moment. and when Jim came
back with q slrIy look on his
face and the announcement that
the can was for me, was too ex-
cited to think much about his
manner.
Il fairly flew to the telephone
and cried greeting that / could
hardly keep within the bounds
Of expectation and excitement.
''Is that you, Mrs. Anne Harri-
son?" asked q chatting. well bred
voice. This is Lorraine Thur
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MR. GEORGE: Yes, Of course. They're affectionate
Now, look here, my dear Toots 4 .
MRS. GEORGE If you call me Toots again shall buy =
your expense cali it "a Present Toots
And every you me Toots shall buy myself another
present from you. u.
Mr.. GEORGE: Well, what am to call you?
MRS GEORGE: You call me anything you like but don't
call Toots.
MR. GEORGE: All right Tootles,
MRS. GEORGE: Nor Tootles.
MR. GEORGE (refecve): do call other things, such
Tubby. Will Tubby do?
MRS. GEORGE: No, it won't. You can call me by my
baptsmal and none other.
MR. GEORGE: Then address Kathleen. Yes,
Kathleen MavOurneen, Of Too long MavOuneeng
Mavie, yes, I've got it, Mayie.
MRS. GEORGE Was christened Mavie? There's one
thng call by these absurd Names shall publish the
meaning Of w. L.
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YOUR BEAUTY
SOMETHLNG ABOUT STRETCHINf,

ana circulation are very gentle,
even sluggish. during slumber.
And so upon awakening do not
be surprised or alarmed If YOU
find yourself little pale. The
exercise Of stretching which is so
instructive upon awakening win
restore in part your normal color
and energy and circulation.
To leap out of bed Immediately
upon awakening is neither nat
ural or beneficial. Natures way
is rather to stretch Iazily until
with returning energy. getting up
begins to appear a pleasant ad-
venture Of a pleasant day.
When finally you rise, slip into
warm bathrobe and while your
tepid bath water is running, ex-
ercise before your open window.
The ten minutes or more of ex.
ercise will still further renew
your energy, while your morning
bath and vigorous rundown with
alcohol should complete the pro-
cess and give you the glowing,
healthy loveliness and vigor of a
young Diana ready for the hunt.
You may find it wise to lie
down and relax moment or two
after your bath before you dress.
This should remove all chance Of
Disqualification and unfavor-
able reaction from your vigorous
half hour.
Stretching is one Of natures
own methods of exercising. And
like all natural movements it is
agreeable, satisfying and grace
full
If you wish to see perfect
grace watch a cat or tiger stretch
itself after nap or a hearty
meal.
VI course, convention rigidly
forbids stretching in public, but
there is no reason why in the pri-
vacy of your room you should nos
benefit by all manner of stretch
ing exercises, planned and i'm
promptu.
Stretching exercises will ener-
gize you also during the day when
you have grown stiIl or drowsy
through inactivity. And they are
excellent training in natural grace.
Yawn while you stretch if you feel
inclined to do so, for a yawn is
natures method Of exercising the
facial and neck muscles.
Try this stretching exercise. It
will timber up most Of the muscles
of your body.
Lie on your back on Q rug on the
floor or on a. hard mattress, with
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~ oBBIE, sed Pa last mite, what
are you looking 50 happy
about?

~ OBBIE, sed Pa last mite, what
are you looking 50 happy
- about?
I was thinking Of Thanksgiving
tomorrow, sed. That always
mailxs me- happy, sed.
Thinking of sumthing to eet
mailxs any boy happy, sed Pa. I
have OFTEN notised that, sed Pa.
am sure you have plenty about
witch to be thankerful, about, sed
Ma.
.eWhat, for instans? sed Pa
meen. Of course, outside of beeing
yure husband, sed Pa kind OF
quick.
Well, sed Ma, you are awe =
in perfeck health, are you not!
Yes. sed Pa, but SO is a horse.
& you have yure hoam, haven't
you? sed Ma.
Yes, sed Pa, but so has q oos'
sed Pa.
jest what 40 SOu ANSsSAA -
sed Ma kind Of soft.
Oh, nothing. dearest, SEQ Pa.
was Jest talking to hear the
sound of my deep voice, sed Pa.
sumtimes q deep voice goes with
a shallow intelleck, sed Ma. Con-
slider the jackass, how it brays. sed
Ma.
Do you meen to compare me
with q. jackass, sed Pa. Do you?
Not at all, sed Ma.
shud say not, sed Pa. 1 am
anything but a jackass, sed Pa.
A jackass has four "a legs, sedV
Ma. q I believe its ears are a tiny
bit longer than yures, sed Ma.
Thank you for the compiyn1n5'
sed Pa, a thousan thanks. sed Pa.
Now can you think Of sunthing
else crule & cutting to say to the
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Delightful Sequel to the Serial when Girl Marries
Which Scored a Tremendous Success Through
out the Nation.

; Winston say if you come in before
6 you shall phone Bartly Temp.
kins Immediately
The moment my little maid
gave me Betty Winston'ss mes
sage rushed to the telephone
and called BARLEY Tompkins' of
flee. Instinctively I linked this
communication from Mr.. Temp.
kins with Neal.
1 heard central saying: "They
don't answer"
'"They must answer!" I cried.
But as I spoke my eye fell on
my wrist watch. 1t was ten min.
utes past six. Probably it was
five minutes past when put in
my call. couldn't help smiling
as I realized how like old Temp
kins it was to refuse to give any
one few minutes grace.
L chung to the receiver and,
with one hand took down the
telephone book to hunt Mr.. Temp
kins home number. But it wasn't
listed. This might be one OF the
old mans peculiarities. 1t might
indicate nothing more than that
he lived in some suburb or had
no private telephone in the apart
ment he called home. called
Betty both at the office and at
her home She couldn't be
reached.
With a feeling OF helplessness,
1 went into my room to freshen
up for dinner. I wanted to look
attractive and to show Jim that I
am still his Lilac Princess" so /
dressed as deliberately as If i
were going out to a dinner party.
Just as had finished hooking
up my orchid georgette, Jim came
breezing into the room, but when
he walked over and took me into
his arms there was nothing
casual or breezy in his embrace.
And when he held me off at
arms length there was real ad.
miration in his exclamation:
Here's my Lilac Princess-or
her double. You're as sweet and
dainty as If you'd spent the
whole day sitting home and pref
tying up for me. I'll do bit Of
dolling up, too, dear"
IT can't spare you that longI"
/ cried laughingly. Don't Danish
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rowed quietly toward our island.
Better stop now" Bunny
whispered. Take your picture
now"
got my camera in position and
could hardly believe my eyes
when saw that the island had
an eye looking right up to the
sky and that the island was
floating around.
Bunny saw my establishment
and whispered:
"Quiek! Snap your picture.
We've got to get out of here
pretty soon."
What do you think it was?
It was a great big whale with
hundreds of little phalaropes
running around on it's back and
picking at it in the same way a
flock of chickens pick around a
barnyard.
/ got my pictures-in fact sew
eral OF them-and then we rowed
quickly away.
Bunny chuckled as he sat in
the stern Of the boat. And when
I said II never thought I'd get
so close to a whale" he answered:
"And you never would, Foxy
Grandpa, if those little birds
hadn't been picking off the little
barnacles from the whales back.
He likes it and never moves
"Just like you stand still when
I scratch your back, Bunny"
Bobby said as we rowed toward
shore.
I'm Thursdays story, they have
q stranA.e experience i'm Spain.)
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Feature Service, Incl
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>1tH11b q Y31ts20&
THEY DISCOVER A LIVE FLOATING ISLAND

EETToW I would like to get
a good picture of a
AA whale while I am up
here" I said to Bobby and Bunny
one day when we were in Green
land.
Perhaps you will" said Bunny,
giving me a knowing look. "If
you ever see flock of phalaropes
you may"
What under the sun are phal-
aropes?" I asked in establishment
as the rabbit rolled the hard
word off his tongue without hest
tation.
They're some little BIRDS who
live up here and are very fond Of
whales" he answered with great
dignity.
What do they look hke?" I
asked.
Very much like snipe," Bun
~ S~AS"cGcu promptly.
Well" said I. "that would be
interesting. I'd even like "a pic
ture Of them.''
AS 1T happened, we were row.
ing along the shore several DAYS
AFTER that, when what should we
see in the sky but a flock of
birds I lifted my glasses to. look
at them and then handed the
glasses to Bunny.
"PhalarOpesr' he exclaimed.
Get your camera ready, Foxy
Grandpa"
He didn't have to tell me a. Sec
ond lime, For I Immediately
dropped my oars and reached for
my camera.
The birds scared above us and
several of them darted down
toward the water. What were
they looking for 1 didn't know,
but in few moments I discov-
cred something very interesting
about which I shall tell you.
Around and around they flew.
We drifted along and kept our
eyes on them, when suddenly
down they all plunged and lit on
What We thought was a small
island.
Just row over to the island,
Perhaps you can get a good pic
ture OF it and the birds, too"
Bunny suggested with a twinkle
in his eye.
! quickly took his advice and
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Read This DELIGHTFULLY."- Entertaining Novel Of Married Lie
BY an Author Whose Works Have Won her
Lasting Fame

ishly. Don't so. Don't leave
me to a solitary meal"
Il must''-I said regretfully.
"And though hate to say It IN
such a hurry, this brings up the
thing / want most to have you
know and understand. see how
--ail right it is for you to be
friends with Miss Gregory, Jim,
/ do see It, really I'm proving It
right now. I've got 70 keep up
with this Stanley. ThuriUw con
nection. with me it's business
first and social considerations af-
terward. still, there's the friend
ship. And Of course yours i ~,
parallel case.
Jim caught me in his arms with
sudden fire. As suddenly he re
leased me. asking ruff1y:
did muss the party dress? !
thought you put it on for me.
And it was this dinner an the
while. No wonder you told me
not to bother dressing.Y
''oh, Jinnr' I cried reproachful.
", haven't i just told you Ter
got until just now when Mrs.
Thuriow called to remind me?
Honest Injun. I forgot! ! got
dressed up for you
II believe you, dear |" Jim ex-
claimed dosged1y. Were going
to believe each other from
now on.
Jim drove me over to ThurloW p
chatting cheerfully all the way
about what time he'd better come
for me. and such trivial matters
my mind churned between thoughts
of Neal and an effort to get
myself in hand for dinner At the.
house Of the ultra-fashionable Mrs.
Thurlow resented Jirn's not
being asked and resented az much
his unwillingness to force himself
on the Thurlow conscience BY. call
ing for me.
I'll have a game Of bridge az
the club" said Jim complacenfly
as he said good-by ct the Thurlow
steps. And I'll be over for You
about 10. So long, dear. Be
good
(To Be Continued Tomorrow
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BOBBIE AND HIS PA
By WILLIAM F. KIRK

! man that wud lay down his life
for you? sed Pa.
Ma. / sed, I doant think it u Ri.
for you to teeze Pa so much. He
has to work hard all day in the
offs, & wen he Gums hoam we
should treet him kind, sed. and
he doant look very much like q
jackass, eether. sed. He is lots
tailed. I sed. 4 thare amt no fur
on his neck, sed.
After ! had sed that I thot may
: be Pa wud give me a dime, but ne
jest looked at me & then at Ma &
then he went in the libary & shut
the door kind of hard & wen
went in Pa was reeding a book
wtch was Manned How to Be Happy
Tho Married.
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me while you dress. I'd rather
put UP with you as you are than
have to sit around aching to tell
you all I have to say"
"A wash and clean collar will
have to do me, then" laughed
Jim tolerantly.
So it was only five minutes
until we were established in the
living room waiting for dinn.-,
which was still half an hour off.
Then 1 told Jim Of the Henne-
berry incident. which had all the
more weight and authority be-
cause it dovetailed so perfectly
with Evvy's clue to Meals pres
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that hurt, and brought me back
from the blackness that was
threatening to engulf me.
$50 this is the end Of the trail!"
I cried bitterly.
1.-THE end?" piped up Henne-
{ berry. why, Mrs. Harrison, I'm
surprised at you, 1 am really.
We've just begun. But now we've
got. clues that amt going to fail.
We've got to cover all the sail
ors' boarding houses in town and
do it quick and with picked men.
And wen have your brother for
you in a jiffy. A jiffy"
what good win all your picked
, men do?" muttered. Didn't
that drab-looking Creature back
there see through Smathers? Your
men won't fool them, And If this
il Neal and there's a hue and cry
after him, and he's shelI-shocked
so he wants to forget, won't all
the hubbub send him off where
wei never find him?"
My voice broke as I put my
fear into words. Ralph's hand
on my arm steadied me. And
Ralph's voice rang out confidently:
Wen find the boy, Anne. I
know it. Believe me, if you have
any faith in my Judgment, Mr..
Hennaberry's never been more in
terested in any case, I'm sure OF
that. Just give US week-a few
days--a night may do it, perhaps.
Your idea about Meals racing off
where we can't get him is right
it fits in with amnesia procedure.
But wen act 50 quickly he can't i.
slip away. AS soon as we get out
OF this neighborhood, Anne, I'm
going to let you have the taxi to
yourself, il you don't mind-and
II you can be steady. Henna.
berry and I must work at once
I'm all right now" I insisted.
Just take me to the taxi and
then get busy"
l went home. 1 was too ex-
hausted to think, and working anv
more that day was beyond. me.
When let myself into the apart
ment my little maid came running
at once and cried out eagerly: 'I
got message for you. don't for.
get. 1 give him at once. Mrs.
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By Ann Lisle,
whose Serials Of Married Lite
Have Won . Big Popular
HucnAsa
Copyright, 1929, King Features
Syndicate. Inc.)

(CoDyright. 1879, King Features
Syndicate. 1nc.l
~ HAD come to the sailors
lodging house with a trem-
bling certainty that the
quest was over. The loughshore-
man, Envy had seen on the
docks, the man Henneberry's
detective had followed, had blend
cd. and merged in my aching mind
and had become beyond peradven-
ture of doubt-Neal!
And now the man who'd signed
off on the dock under the name
Of John SMITH had disappeared
from the lodging house where he
was known as "Bill Jones'" It
seemed suddenly far.fetched to
believe this was one and the
same man. It was stilI more abb
surd to believe that this drab en-
vironment housed nay fastidious
Neal.
m you hear from him, may
I count on you TO communicate
with me at once2'' said Henne.
berry. And then he, too. slipped
into the hand OF the frowsy wom-
an a bill.
'HThinlEin' I'm no better friend
20 Bill nor that she sneered,
pocketing the bill nevertheless.
Thinking you are his friend. .
acclaimed HennebeIry in his best
pulpit manner
He's fine-BiIl is,'' declared
the woman. But il ever / get
word o. him III slip him the
news you're lookin' for him.
'fSlip it to me instead purred
Henneberry.
Still another bill changed hands
and q whispered colloquy fol.
lowed. And when we left there
was satisfied smile on the face
of the Searcher for Lost Persons.
But as we came out from that
grimy hall into the full daylight
Of the street I blinked and found
the world whirIfng before me. 1
felt myself pitching forward, and
then Ralph's hand closing over
my arm with clutchtng force
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Mr.. GEORGE: Oh, /
don't think they snickered.
/ expect they thought it
pretty and affectionate. It
was much better than when
you called me an idiot.
MRS. GEORGE: Well, !
don't think so. You'd like
it awfully, wouldn't you, if
/ began calling you Fido in
front Of all your business
friends?
Mr.. GEORGE: / shouldn't
mind. Mrs. Harris calls her
husband Toto.
MRS. GEORGE: And does
= .
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your hands stretched at your sides,
palms down.
Bend your knees slowly, drawing
up your legs as close to your body
as you can. Your heels should
touch your body. Now quickly
straighten our your legs against
the mattress as far as they will go,
toes stretched out. Draw them up
again in the same way, counting
seven, then straighten them out
again quickly. Repeat this ten or
twelve times.
When you stretch, you feel tall
err. AS a matter of fact, in cases
where the growth has not been
fully attained, stretching exercises
should help a girl to grow taller.
At all events, they will rest and
refresh you and will accustom you
to rising to your full height, and
that In itself is an aid to grace
and beauty.
How to Reduce the UnwieIdy
WaistIine-Friday's ArticIeO
tCoDyV1Ehts 1924. Premier Syndicate, Inc
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emit occupation and the places he
was likely to be.
'Bin Jonesg Jim said, thought.
fully. so that's his latest alias.
Can't say the boy displays much
imagination. still, the very sim
pIicity Of the name he's choos.
ng shows shrewdness. Much
harder to follow a Jones or q
Smith than Vanderdecken."
ut isn't shrewdness. It's just
part Of the amnesia," I inter.
jected. going on to tell Jim of
Ralph's discussion Of amnesia
with the great specialist.
"Bunk!'' snorted Jim. They've
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THE STUBBORN
CHILD
BY VIM. A. McKeever
Noted Lecturer and Authority on
Educational and Sociological
Subjects.

k<TTOW can break my ten
year-old boy of stubborn
- ness?" q mother writes
to inquire. The answer is easy.
Do not break him at all. Stub
bornness or resentment 10 q posi-
BILE source Of righteous behavior
and achievement, depending on
how you train 1t and use 1t. The
stubborn child possesses an un-
usual amount Of inherent will
power.
Study the angles and attitudes
of his mind. Learn to guide him
rather than oppose him, turn his
resentment into channels of &C
ton that seem to be those Of his
own >choosing-all this, ana you
may assist your "mulish" child
to become a strong, forceful char
acter.
Society today is filled with stub
born individuals who from the
form Of ill-treatment described
above became chronic grouches-
always denouncing the lava al
ways against every proposed meas
ure Of reform or Improvement, no
matter how mefitorious; always
knocking and never boosting for
the common good.
These professional resenters and
fault finders all have definite
life history of contributory exper-
fences. You will find that they ac-
quired early the habit Of resisting
the admonitions Of their parents,
of resenting the teachings Of the
school and of talking i'll about
every proposal as to improvement
of conditions affecting their social
surroundings.
Parents and teachers will easily
perceive that I have here stated q
big problem of training. They will
do well to heed it. Let them but
examine their own methods Of
child discipline, and they will
probably discover themselves to
be engaged in a running quarrel
with one or more children Of the
stubborn type. ..
You cannot win your stubborn
child by force, but you can win
him by tact and scheme that
gradually brings him into regime
of Acknowledgement. Try it.
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WHO SAID IT
AND WHERE

''Trust no future howe'er pleas
ant!
Let the dead past bury its dead!
Act-act in the living PRESENT.
This sensible advice is from
Longfellow's psalm of Life"
Charms strike the sight, but
merit wins the SOUL"
Outward charms without merit
are futile. says Alexander Pope
in 1.-THE Rape Of the Lock-
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Do You Know

Saxophones, the favorite m
struments Of jazz bands, are very
sensitive: a sudden draught Of
cold air may cause them to go
flat in tone.
Troublesome ink stains and
fruit stains may be removed from
linen il the article is put into
strong solution of salt and cold
water.
In Ireland, where the people
have very exclusive taste in
tea, few shopkeepers will buy tea
which has been blended. by ma
chinexX
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WHEN DID IT
HAPPEN?

/. When was the poet. Thomas
Moore, born and when did he die?
2. When did Shakespeare write
his play, "othello"?
8. When did a rebellion break
out in Canada?
4. When was the United States
frigate Chesapeake captured by
the British?
5. When was Argentina. South
America, colonized?
Answers to These Queries win
Be Printed Tomorrow.
ANSWERS
To Yesterdays Questions.
1. The Boston Museum of Fine
Arts was incorporated February
4, 1870.
2. Goethe's tragedy, Faust"
was published in 1908.
3. General Mcclellan, civil war
commander, died October 2s, 1885.
4. Hans HoIbein was appointed
court painter to Henry VII in
1886.
s. Verdi wrote his opera, Don
Carlos" in 1867.
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Syndicate, Incl
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A Plant That Moddey,s

AMONG the curious plants of Queensland is the sting
"A ing tree luxurious shrub pleasing to the Sye
but dangerous to the touch It's efcts curious It
leaves no mark, but the pain is maddening.
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This Day in Our History

THIS is the anniversary of the DEATH in 1852 Of Wash
ington Irving author of "Trip Van Wnkle'' and the
Legend of Sleepy Hollow, which have become classics
He wrote many biographies and historical works.