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Refreshing Novel Of Youth and
Mystery Written by One Of Amer
ica's Foremost Story-Tellers !.
ing her lips with her tongue.

ing her lips with her tongue.
Please please she sasped.
'see-who it is-with Don"
Downstairs Clancy tiptoed.
Voices were raised again IN alter
cation. 8
why the deuce shouldgsI give
you money!" demanded Carey.
suppose did run a fakszagency
for the pictures? Suppose I did
promise few girls jobs that they
never got? What about II? You
can't dig any OF those girls up.
Run tell the police"
Yes; that's all right. = said the
other voice. But supposgthat I
tell 'em that you had arkey 10
Morris Beiner's office. heyg Sup
pose tell 'en that, l1ey7"4ee
Something seemed to rise from
Clancy's chest right up through
her throat and into her mouth.
Once again on tiptoe. wanting to
scream. yet determined I'd keep
silent, she edged her wayoto the
dining room door. Don Carey had
made no answer to this laSt speech
Of his visitor. Peering through
the door. Clancy knew why. He
was lying back in a chair, his
mouth wide open, his eyes equally
wide with fright. And the man
at whom he stared was tie man
who had been with SpoffOed YES
terday. the elevator man HON the
Heberworth building! roo
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A Story of Mystery, Lure and Intrigue

"why, it amt in nature! She's
your sister,
Joan colored.
"She denies that she is my
sister," she said in a low voice.
"You see, her parents were mar
ried. And my mothers marriage
was no marriage at all, under
the law"
Emmie paced up and down the
room and raved. Her fiery hair
se. ned to glow brighter than ever.
'She amt a girl" cried Emn1ie'
? she's a viper"
"I could forstye her the rest.
But what she is doing to Philip
that 1 can't forgive You know
what he has done for me. But
she seemed somehow to hate me
from the first; even when sh'
came down to see me at Knayth.
She seemed to think ! had laid
plan to rob her"
What was that? Tell me"'
Joan related what had happened
during Agnes first visit. She
did not paint the incident in it's
full colors, but Emmie positively
boiled over.
what that girl wants is a
stickr' cried Emmie fiercely, well
laid on!'
There has been hate and bit
terness enough" said Joan brok-
emily. "She is like ,that--what can
one do? Let's talk of something
elsa"
I'm sorry, old girl" said En-
mic penitently. Il wanted you
to be happy and quiet here. Have
some more tea"
Shortly afterward Joan an
nounced that she must return.
She bade cordial farewell to Ted
and exacted a promise to come
and see her. Emnie announced
her intention of accompanying
Joan as far as the Tube Station,
and they went out together.
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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.
A first Granais 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 ore, Ike Weber. She replied
truthfuAy that she had never met Weber before
attending a party composed Of theatrical peo-
pie. You'll stick to that in court 2" he asked.
And she nodded.
Apparently misunderstanding her, believing
she was not telling the truth, Grannis had then
left on the table the money and departed
Clancy's adventures started the moment she
landed in New York from the country She
made two good friends, David Randall and
Mrs. Carey. The Beiner death cut short her
theatrical ambitions, but she became connected
with real estate concern and because Of her
business ability was rapidly achieving success
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4 CRATE manner-facterer,
I. doant know il have got
"A that spelt rite, departed
from this here vale of teers the
other day, Ma sed to Pa, & he left
all his mummy to his first wife,
his second wife was ded, sed Ma.
I think that was sweet of him,
Ma sed, to remember his first wife
was gone, doant you, Ma sed to
Pa.
doant know, sed Pa. I doant
know anything about second
wife, newer having had but the
one, sed Pa.
You may have a second wife,
sum day, sed Ma.
Not me-. sed Pa. Not this old
sport, Pa .sed. OF course thare Is
men that marries aggenn If thare
first wifes kick the bucket. sed
Pa, but If you shud happen to
croke, sed Pa to Ma, l wud go
out to the mound in the semmin-
ary ware you are sleeping, sed Pa,
& I wud freeze to deth neer yure
tombstone, sed Pa.
How cheerful sed Ma. Let us
not speek of deth, Ma sed.
That is Jest what wud do, tho,
sed Pa, wud curl up & pass
away If you left this here valley
of work & taxes, sed Pa.
wud you RELY, deerest? sed Ma.
Then / hoap 1 will live ever &
ever so long, sed Ma. But if you
shud happen to leeve me & marry
aapenn. sed Ma. maybe you will
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Charm and Beauty, Magic and Intrigue,
Temptation and Triumph In Man
hattan's Exotic Whirlpool

= she asked. Her attempt at
joviality was rather pathetic.
'"Take the house herself. Why
not?" demanded Carey. mice
person to leave it with. Take
good care ev'rything. Make it
pleasant for me when I run into
town for a day or so. Nice,
friendly Ill brunette to talk to.
'Scuse me-" he suddenly added.
Sorry! Did I say anything
shouldn't, Sophie darling? I ask
you, Miss Deane, did I say a
single thing shouldn't we said.
Tell me-"
mo. indeed" said Clancy.
Her heart ached for Sophie
Carey. A brilliant, charming,
beautiful woman tied to a thing
like this! Not that she judged
Don Carey because of his in
toxicatton. She was not too
rigorous in her Judgment of other
that men can become intoxicated
and still be men Of genius and
strength. But Carey's weak
mouth, too small for virility, his
mean eyes, Disguised her. What
a woman Mrs. Carey would make
if the right man And yet she
was drawn to her husband in
some way or another. Possibly,
Clancy decided, sheer loneliness
made her endure. him on those
occasions when he returned from
his wanderings.
Mrs. Carey rose.
you'll excuse US, Don? Miss
Deane must go over the house.
you know"
"Surest thing! Go right long.
Fl I can help, don't hesitate t
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; Harrison"
1.-THE Harrison pride" I medi-
tated aloud.
''You said it, acknowledged
Carlotta. "I bumped that pretty
heavily when I let it out that
Betty Winston was at Dreanlwold
with Virginia / expected to see
the child stagger and-crumple
up. But I forgot that the Har.
risons don't give in before folks.
And vow I think the youngsters
were SO struck Of a heap because
I gave the show away that
Phoebe never thought Of herself
again. It was a choice tid-bit-
wasn't it?''
What are you going to do?''
I asked.
I'm going to fight-for my
own" she said. TONY Is mine
by right Of the love he's made
me feel. He has made me-care.
I'm going to let the whole world
see how It Is with me. And then
what can he do?"
IT don't know" I confessed.
''His duty-I think-whatever he
decides that to be-"
''I'm his duty" laughed Car
lOtta-
Eyes, I said again, wondering
i'll were promising moro than I
could perform.
To Be Continued Tomorrow.
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as is the caustic and hypercritical
attitude of intolerance she'd been
taking early in the evening.
Anne! They NOW don't
they?" demanded CarIotta breath
lessly from the threshold, when
at last she turned the knob in
answer to my Come"
I'm sure they do" agreed.
without pretense. Are you
sorry?"
For one moment after-1'd
given myself away. I could have
bitten my tongue out" acknowl-
edged CarIotta. 81 hated Phoebe
for forcing my hand like that.
1 despised myself for-losing con-
troll of myself. I thought you'd
never forgive me for breaking my
word. The only wild emotion 1
missed out on was the one
should have had"
What was that?" I asked, half
amused. half terrified by the tone
of bald honesty Carlotta was
taking.
"Pity for Phoebe" replied Car
lotta grimly. 1.-The child Is such
"a chip off the old block. ]
remember old Madam Harrison.
her mother. Phoebe is a little
flower-faced thing like her-but
strung on steel wires, fine and
stiff. And that includes also the
stiff-necked stubbornness can
remember my dads saying was
the chief ingredient of old Mr..
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with him. r." Suddenly she
sat down again, before a dressing
table. THAT isn't true. I've
promised him his chance, Miss
Deane. He shall have it, We're
going to the country. He has
little place up in the Duchess
county. We're going there today.
The good Lord only knows how
wen reach it over the roads, but
it's his only chance. It's his last.
And I'm fool to give it to him.
He'll be sober, but-worse then.
And still Hear him." she
sneered.
Clancy listened. At first, she
thought that it was mere maudlin
speech, but as Don Carey's voice
died away, she heard another-a
mean, snarling& Voice.
''You think so, hey? Lep1sne tell
you different. Al ! gotta do is
to phone cop, and
"Go ahead phone. EN-" she
heard Carey's voice interrupt.
The others changed to a whine.
cav, be sensible. Carey! You're
soused now, or you wouldn't be
such q fool. Why not slip me a
III jack and let it go at that?
You don't want the bulls comm in
on this"
Clancy stared at Sophie. The
wife walked to the door.
"Don!' she called. Who's
downstairs?"
''You tend to your own affairs"
came her husbands answer.
"shut your door. and your mouth,
too,
Mrs. Carey seemed to stagger
under the retort. She sat down
again. She turned to Clancy, lick
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THE RHYMING OPTIMIST

Lincoln.
THINK Of Lincoln at the
time his natal day rolls
- round; his name is known
in every cline, with fame and
glory crowned. So we'll he
steered the Ship Of State, so
bravely met each test, he stands
among the nations great, the
noblest and the best. / think
Lincoln when he bore the burden
and the blame, In dark, tempes-
tuous days before the world
revered his name. And when
he felt all human woe a weight
upon his heart and. striking,
dealt the final blow that rent the
chains apart. l seem to see him
when he blessed a people sore
dismayed, when he uplifted the
oppressed and brought the help
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first in blank incredulity. Then
she started out of her chair in
a rage.
"D'you mean to tell me-" she
cried, that that woman who's
turned you out an got million
of money is trying to break you
and Phillip for what she's never
miss!'
Yes. She has the law on her
side. And Philip, rather than let
me be examined in the courts
ana made bankrupt, insists on
paying. 1 prayed him not to-
but there are things cannot do
with Philip. Lady Tallbois, you
see, demands her pound Of flesh"
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When q Girl Mnrries

Meals. There was dawning
knowledge in her eyes. When I
glanced at Neal I saw under
standing to match hers. Neither
of them had missed the implica-
ton in Carlotta's@ words. She
had revealed her closely-gualded
secret.
I turned to seek Carlotta's eyes,
to smile reassuringly and convey
that I forgave her for telling
Phoebe Betty is at Dreamwold.
of the powerr of speech.
Carlotta sat with her head
flung high-her eyes like stars.
Her face was proud and unafraid.
She knew what she had ac-
knowledged-and she was proud
She would never again run away
from the truth she had just re-
vealed. This was clear.
Lets have our coffee in the
sunroom as If we were formal
dinner party she said. "After
alive have plenty to celebrate.
Just being together and under
standing and loving each other
$50 much"
She arose then. Regally, with
her step light and her face set
ahead with the proudest poise
I've ever seen, Carlotta led the
way.
For the rest of the evening
Phoebe showed the thoroughbred
strain that is as much Harrison
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By Arthur SOmers Roche
The Most Popular Author OF Love
And Mystery Tales

<<wvOU'VE got to check her
inventory. Hurry along,
will you? Here!' She
thrust into Clancy's hands print
ed slips of paper and almost push
ed her employee toward the door.
Clancy caught a bus and rode
as far as Eighth street. On the
way, she glanced at the printed
slips. They We're lists of about
everything, she imagined, that
could possibly be crowded into a
house. The task had frightened
her at first, but now it seemed
simple.
Mrs. Carey's maid had evidently
recovered from the indisposition
Of the other day, or else she had
engaged a new one. Anyway, a
young woman in apron and cap
opened the door.
Yes. Mrs. Carey was in. In a
moment, Clancy had verbal evil
def1ce OF the fact. for she heard
Sophie's voice calling to her. She
entered the dining-room. Mrs.
Carey was at breakfast. Her hus-
band was with her, but that his
breakfast was the ordinary sort
Clancy was inclined to doubt.
For by his apparently untouched
plate stood a tall glass.
He rose, not too easily, as
Clancy entered.
welcome to our city, little
Strangertr' he cried.
Clancy shot glance at Sophie
Carey. She was sorry for her.
Mrs. Carey's face was white; she
looked old.
Going to find me a tenant?"
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H. the girl, turning to her.
at Is a mystery, Emmie," re-
piled Joan. Something seemed
to warn her to say no more.
Emmie, though the dearest little
soul in London, had rather too
free a tongue to be trusted with
a secret that was not Joan's.
Its meant for me, anyhow"
said Emmie, replacing the brooch,
AN I'll keep it whoever it's
from, if only to make my old man
jealous-it keeps 'em in order,
Joan. You take that from me.
Talkin' of which won't you both
come round now to my place?
Ted'n be pleased all to pieces to
see you. 1t isn't far; just round
at the back of Regent street.
II should love to-" said Joan.
"And so should l." added Philip,
"only I have to be back at the
courts at Give got to earn my
living, you know, Emmie. Some
other time I shall be delighted.
You'll go, Joan, won't your"
Joan asked nothing better. A
little later, after Philip had taken
his departure and Emmie had ad-
mired everything in the flat, the
two girls set off together on foot.
We're West End folk now, me
an my Ted said Emmie grin
ming. He chucked his job at
the printing works and took a
little news agents business be-
hind the Quadrant; though it's
only in a back street, we're doing
rare old trade-tobacco as. well.
You haven't seen Ted since that
day we We're all boating together
an you fell in the river-and Alt
went in after you"
How is Alf?" said Joan quick
ly, turning pink. Emmie shot a
sharp glance at her. Just won
another big fight. Going strong"
said Emmie CURLY. He'll be all
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DO YOU KNOW
THAT

The first OF the Homeric poems
is supposed to be about 1850
years old.
When Iceland was discovered
and efforts were made to in
duce people to go there and set
tie. the name proved forbidding
and promising Of climatic sever
ity. So when another larger
island was found, it was named
Greenland, to make 1t more at
tracttve to homeseeekrs.
The average pianist has, in
one minute, to read 1900 notes
and signs. His fingers make
about 1000 movements.
The pipe that Sir Walter Raleigh
smoked on the scaffold in 1913 is
now in the private museum belong
ing to London firm OF tobaccon-
lists.
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why Bossy Cow Changed Her
Mind About Some Things.
By Blanche Silver.

OSSY cow sat up and took
K notice when a strange
- creature stopped under the
shade of the tree where she
lazily lay, chewing her cud. She
had never seen such a funny
looking thing in all her life. and
she wondered long time what
1t was before she gathered up
courage enough to speak.
"Hum," said Bossy Cow, as she
shifted her cud to- the other side
of her mouth. ST suppose you're
a new kind Of a dog. Are you
living around here?"
"who, me?" laughe ed tn
stranger. "No. indeed, I'm not
q dog. I'm Mrs. Opossum, at
your service"
mot in my service" snapped
Bossy COW, chewing all the
harder on her cud. Then she
mooed to her offspring, who had
wandered out of sight. Blu
what are your intentions in these
parts?"
Gust taking in the sights" re-
piled the stranger. "I've never
ventured 80 far from the woods
before, and I've made up my
mind it's time I was seeing the
world a bit. I take it from your
appearance you must be COW.
Am 1 right?"
"You know you're right"
snapped Mrs. Bossy Cow. TITS
very nice for an animal like
yourself 10 take in the sights Of
the world. Now. I've lived right
on this farm ever since I drew
my first breath, and as far as
that's concerned, from the looks
of things I'll stay here until I
draw my last. One is certainly
tied down when one has the
cares of family on ones hands"
my goodnessr' exclaimed Mrs.
Opossun. 81 never let such a
small thing as that enter my
mind. Why, when I feel like
roaming, l.
Get up and co. finished Mrs.
Bossy Cow. so would I If 1t
weren't for that youngster Of
mine. Moo, moo. moo"' she cried
LOUDLY. Off in the next fled her
little calf answered. but made no
attempt to come. She just went
on grazing.
"And you only have one:"
Mrs. Opossum inquired. And
here you are complaining. My
goodness! I have fifteen and if
could take care of them I'd
have ten more"
Its all right If you can have
q place to keep them, so you
won't have to be bothered with
them" snarled Mrs. Bossy Cow.
"oh. me! Oh, me"' Mrs.
opossum laughed. Such a funny
mother! Why. my dear"-she
spoke softly. and out of her little
pouch on her stomach popped fif'
teen tiny furry heads with bright
shiny black eyes. That's how ]
take care Of my children. Fifteen
and no enc has ever heard one
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less aid. And when at last his
end was near, 1 see him pass
away with dauntless heart that
knew no fear. into a brighter
day. But best Of all like to
see the Lincoln Of my dream with
open book across his knee, be-
fore the pine-log's CLEAN. A
youth, untouched by any weight
of burdens yet to be. of sorrows
that must reach the great, Of
woes the strong must see. How
lowly was that home he knew,
set on a rugged slope! But day
by day his courage grew, and
boundless was his hope. Within
that cabin on the hill where
rudy freight cleaned, who
knows what forces shaped his
will, who knows what dreams he
dreamed?
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call on me. Love help Ill
brunette"
How they got out Of the room,
Clancy didn't know. She thought
that Sophie Carey would faint,
but she didn't. AS for herself,
the feeling that Don Carey's
drunken eyes were appraising her
figure nauseated her. She was
SO pitifully inclined toward
Sophie that her eyes were bury.
Upstairs in her bedroom. Mrs.
Carey met Clancy's eyes. She
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WHO SAID IT,
AND WHERE?
Gan honest mans word is as good
as his bond"

Gan honest mans word is as good
as his bond"
Wrote Cervantes in don Quixote."
in the the sixteenth Gentry, and
the saying still holds good.
"Carthage must be destroyed"
In a fiery speech in the Roman
senate Cato showed the threat
of Carthage to Rome, and ended
by demanding that Carthage be
destroyed.
Nothing is so expensive as glory"
Sydney Smith d769-1845) wrote
the above in Memoir" Many
have learned from experience
the truth of his saying.
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The Stranger

right as long as you keep out of
his way. See you do it. You
hear me?
II treated him badly" said
Joan under her breath, II know
it. It was best for him in the
end. He is a splendid fellow"
i've felt a bit conscience-strick-
en- meseIf, but what I did was
right. 1t was the only thing to
do" said Emmie.
They arrived at the little news
agency in the back street. Mr..
Ted Hartopp, who was looking
absurdIy happy and plump, well
coined Joan with the most re-
spectful effusion. They all had
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tea together in the neat back par
Tor, after which Emmie, who
seemed to have her spouse we'll
under control, wagged her red
head at him and dismissed him.
you pop off and mind the
shop, old DEAR" she said. 1--WE
something to say to Joan"
Mr.. Hartopp popped off obedi-
emily,
JOAN" said Emmie as soon as
the door was shut, I've been
watchin' you. You look happier
than I've ever seen you, an l
know Philips the man to make
you SO. But-you got something
on your mind. You can't hide it
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Big Popular Success.

eOS~CO~N~S
~ ARLOTTA'S tone gave Phoebe
to understand that some
~ thing was wrong. She
b1undered in trying to make
amends. however, and only made
bad matters worse.
"Oh, no one would condemn an
old fossil like Tony Norreys!"
Phoebe said with an air of broad
minded understanding I'VE all
know that he's just a convenient
friend, harmless and reliable"
Hes a charming man" famed
Carlotta at once, furiously and
proudly. HE might be a danger
Gus man if-he wanted to be.
OF course, he wouldn't run coun-
ter to convention and take Mrs.
Winston to his home-unchape-
roned. But they have the most
perfect chaperonage in the world
at DreamWold."
No sooner were the words out
than her head dropped-almost
sheepishly. I felt her begging me
for forgiveness. This I sensed
without looking at Carlotta. At
her first words. and as I realized
that her fury couldn't be stemmed,
I found myself intent on Phoebe.
Dull red mottled her face for a
moment. Tears or an explosion
were what I expected.
But in a flash Phoebe smiled
consciously and her eyes sought
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from me. Out with it, an let's
see if we can't cure it,"
How can / help it2" said Joan
sadly. "As you say, we are so
happy that I've got used to the
fact that I've wrecked Philips
career by letting him marry me.
But it's hard to think-though
he doesn't seem to care-that I've
ruined him as we'll"
what dye mean-ruined him?"
Joan told her about Lady Tall
bois' claim for the money expend-
ed out of the knayth funds, and
how Philip was arranging to
meet it by realizing all the money
they had. Emmie listened at the
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'.He-he just isn't himself, Mrs.
Carey"
The other woman shrugged.
MOT hirnself?' He is himself.
When he's sober he's worse. be-
cause then one can make no ex-
cuses for him. TO insult q guest
In my house
II don't mind" sta1nmered-
Clancy. I'll make allow
ances-''
so have /. So have all my
friends. But now-1'm through
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; to now. But the sympathy that
she read in Clancy weakened her
resolution. She sat heavily down
upon the edge Of the bed and
hid her face in her hands.
20 my God. what shall I do?"
she moaned.
Awkwardly, Clancy advanced to
her. She put an arm about the
older woman's shoulders
Please" she said; you
mustn't
Mrs. Carey's hands dropped to
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; her side. Her eyes seemed to
grow dry. as though she were
controlling her tears by an effort
of her win.
"I won't. The beastY' she
cried. She rose, flinging off,
though not rudely, Clancy's
sympathetic embrace. Miss
Dean, don't YOU lever marry.
Beasts-all of them"
Clancy, with the memory of
vandervent's roses in her mind,
shook her head.
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"l'm Mrs. Opossum."

"l'm Mrs. Opossum."
Mrs. Bossy Cow looked over at
her offspring and sighed.
"And here I'm complaining be-
cause have one" she unused.
Gracious! we never know when
we're well off,"
Another Fine Story Tomorrow.
Copyright, 1923, by Newspaper Fea-
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