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confession that Don Carey had left
behind him. It was sordid tale.
Carey, in that pursuit OF pleasure
which kills. had started an alleged
office where young women applied
for theatrical positions. Beiner,
more legitimately engaged in the
same business, had become ac-
quainted with Carey Spofford's
discoveries were verified in Carey's
own handwriting. Beiner had in
troduced Carey to young woman.
Carey, retaining some decency, did
not mention the girls name. He
said, however, that Beiner had be-
come jealous Of his attentions to
the young woman, and friendship
between the two men had ceased.
Learning what Carey was doing,
Beiner had attempted blackmails
Carey, intending to have it out
with Beiner, had knocked on Bein-
er's door. During the intimacy
that had existed previous to Bein-
er's Matchmaking attempts, Beiner
had given Carey q key to his Of
flee.
Carey had heard groan COM
ing from behind the locked door.
He had entered, with Beiner's key,
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KIT amt here, she SAID
With Drummond's help
she searched the entire safe. There
was no necklace. Beyond all doubt
it was not there. A cry OF anger
escaped Lady Tallbois.
cit has been stofen!" she ex-
claimed furiously. "Stolen-you
hear me"'
"Who could steal it?" said Drum
mond blankly. He was staggered.
"Who? Nobody who hadn't all
living could break into this room
an loot that safe-nor one who'd
know about it, eitherr' She grip
ped Drummond by the arm.
"Joan's robbed me of that neck
lace. The kids done me down
for it. No one could get it but
shew
"Joan!' muttered Drummond.
"Ain't it clear as day? She
was here a fortnight. When she
saw the game was up she skip
ped with it! Where'd that twenty
thousand pounds come from that
they tried to buy me off with?
It's the very price Of them pearls.
For I'll bet she spent all that cash
she had out of the estate before
ever pushed her out" Agnes
began to. shake with rage. Gee,
it's the penitentiary for herr"
Drummond was pale and agi-
tated. There were aspects in the
case through which he foresaw
trouble If it was not deity hand
led, He thought swiftly and laid
a restraining hand on the girls
shoulder.
Gently, Agnes" he said, Tets
make quite certain of this. There
may be some mistake-there must
be. The girl would never be such
a fool DIS to take away the neck
lace More than likely some ones
blundered-it's at the bank in
town with the other valuables.
Make sure first"
ct will! I don't believe it, for
q cent. but I'll go myself and see.
And if it amt there, let Joan look
to herself"
"See here" said Drummond
rapidly, "come to town with me,
Agnes. These guests of yours are
going this evening" have to
leave, too, for there are steps to be
taken about Miguel-and l won't
hear Of your being alone while he's
still afoot. You can go to the
bank in the morning and clear this
up: by then l shall have news for
you"
"I'H do itr' said Agnes. co1troll-
ing herself with an effort. You're
right, Harold. You're always right.
always right. Let's get out OF
here"
It was the first time that Drum
mond had seen Lady Tallboys ex-
ercise any self-control whatever;
the fact gave him no less surprise
than the relief, and he only prayed
1t would last, for he did not at all
like the look Of this latest develop
ment. Nor did he believe, pri.
vately, that Joan had any hand
whatever bo the abstraction of the
necklace. but that he kept to him
self.
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Well-KnOwn Lecturer and Author
and National Authority on
Juvenile Problems.

HK ORE than half of the chill
NV dren and youths Of today
AV4< are suffering from self
depreciation of some kind, which
the parent may remove by bit
OF definite training. rr
Praise is the mind tonic which
will cure your child of thinking i'll
of himself Notice carefully his
virtues and his acts which count
favorable and praise them.
Very few children hold them
selves under general condemna-
ton. 1t is nearly always specific
"can't SPELL cant write" cant
study like other boys" cant look
attractive like other girls mot
smart in English" mot good in
drawing" Thus the destructive
speech betrays the tearing down Of
the mind and a weakening of the
whole force of character. 49,.
First notice how your boy or girl
uses self-condemnation, then apply
the remedy. You will easily select
from three to six strong qualities.
Name these one at time and
praise them. "Since you are doing
so well in these things, my boy, my
girl, am proud of you, and you
have a right to be proud of your
self"
"Now, If you will say not word
more about your poor qualities, I
will show you how to forget them.
Besides. it Is not bad to do poorly
in a few things, since you try so
faithfully and since you do so well
in other matters"
Now. repeat the foregoing in
substance. several times, affirm.
ing to your child his good and,
minimizing his imagined weak
ness. Sion he will begin to have
new sense of his own strength
to do well and will strive the
harder to apply that strength.
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WHEN A GIRL MARRTES By ANNE Isle

Pancho is playing this little farce
out just maybe for spite? Down
in our country every oAe knows
how big a knave is this West
man. Pancho knows, too. Maybe
he just amuses himself, makes
how you say?-practical joke.
What you think, Nello?"
II think Miss Storrs, maybe,
can tell US something" suggested
young Ortiz instantly. 1--WE might
go to the office Of Senior Harri-
son and ask her. How is that?
And If what she says shall not
explain about Pancho and how
well he knows Senior West, you
can then TELEGRAPH this agent Of
Ramon's in Texas he shall send
the airplane over the border
Rosa flushed angrily and NUT
tered something in her own
tongue. l know she felt that the
boy had told me something she
WlSned kept secret.
"Then you're coming right
over to Jim's Officer l asked.
II come nowhere. go some
where-alone," Rosa replied i'm
pudently. ''This Mabel Storrs
need not know anything. I insist
that she shall not know anything.
This shall be just between US.
Once she liked our gay Senior
Dick. Liked him too much. She
shall not know. Are you agreed?"
II for one will go to her
office" 1 said grimly. 81 feel
obliged To-
Remind her of how we did
meet in Durango" murnured
Manuelo suavely in my ear.
There was menace in his tone.
1t told me clearly that il moved
counter to Rosa's will, he was
not above giving Rosa cruel
hold on Mabel He intended to
compel me to play the game
Rosa's way. Otherwise, knowing
as he did that Mabel's visit to
Dick West In Durango had been
harmless, he might still give her
the story she could use to harm
Mabel. My brain whirled. But
it steadied down again in mo.
ment.
Il feel obliged to-order Miss
Storrs to get in touch with Rosa
at once II she has anything to
report about Dick West"
VERY wise" said Rosa pleas.
antIy. "I am now in charge.
And If it is orders we give
how would 1t be for you to try
to find your Dad Lee, Amer"
To BE Continued Tomorrow.
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THE STRANGER = By JOHN GOODMAN

: Drummond's shoulders. ''My dear
lad, you are splendid -incompar.
able. All, l knew that could
trust YOU
Drummond made no answer
whatever. He took q cigarette
from the box on the table and liz
1t in silence. Nor did he respond
to the somewhat effusive congrat.
ulations of Vaille and Theonkillls.
I'VE have the game absolutely
in our handspp said the chief de-.
hghtedly. "Soon there win be
little to, do save reap the har-
vest. This happy climax was my
intention from the, first. Is the
date fixed?''
1T swill be fixed before tornor-
row might said Drummcnd
briefly. -
The chief did not appear TO re-
mark the unresponsive manner 81
his youngest partner. He was pac-
ing the room restlessly.
Our star is indeed in the ascen-
dant?' he said. 81 have some
paramount news for you in re-
turn. Slim Jim Carey, still re-
tanning his aptly chosen name OF
Goodenough, sailed today from
Liverpool in the s. S. Guade-
loupe."s
"A better radiance 1 never wish.
ed for" said Vaille with intense
satisfaction. I'VE have now q
clear field without interruption.
There remains only the simpler
problem of the Mottisfonts--''
Whom shall now deal with
faithfully" said the chief, his eyes
narrowing. Had Slim remained,
his obsession with that accursed
couple would have made it diff
cult to strike at them. But they
are a danger, both the girl and
the man. Far more so than T.
expected. 9They must be tripped
up thorough VI wish I could
wipe them outAaltogether. Here
is a plan Wish to lay before
you
Ito BE Continued TomorrOw.l
Copyright. 1923. by King Features
Syndicate, Incl
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ND so, with many motherly
injunctions about the hot
water bottle at her feet
Anda9he heavy %oolen blankets
drawn up about her shoulders,
Mrs. Walhrough departed.
Clancy reached for the electric
button at the head of her bed.
she turned off the lights. She
was not sleepy, yet she felt that
shsreould think better in the dark.
But 1T was a long time before her
mental processes were coherent.
She was more tired than she knew.
Today's exertions upon the snow
covered hill would ordinarily have
beep. no tax at all upon her youth.
full strength. But excitement .saps
vitality. And when one combines
foo much exercise with too much
mental strain, one becomes be-
wildered.
Saae as she lay there, her
thoughts were chaotic, night
xlarish. Like one in an audience,
she Seemed to detach herself, not
merely from her body but from
herssbrain. She found amusement
IN her own mental wanderings.
Tor. from some incident of. child
hood her mind Ieaped to the studio
dance. at Mrs. Carey's city house.
Frons there it went to her motion
picture ambitions. thence to Van
deryent's flowers with their some
what illegible card. She thought
Of Ra1dall's. conveyance OF her to
the, Napoh on that pight, SO short
Is ago. when she had mistaken him
for a taximan. She thought of her
entrance into Vandervent's office,
with confession trembling on her
lips,
Always. her mind came back to
Eandervent. And finally, her
n1eiEal gyrations ceased. Stead.
ily she thought of him. She won.
der9f at s..e thing we call sat
traction" For she was sure that
neither his great name nor MS
wealth had anything to do with
thisi Irresistible something that
drew her to him. "
Not that she would ever de-
lude herself with the idea that
wealth and position meant moth.
ing TO her. They did. They
meant a great deal. as is right
and proper. But had Philip Van
deryeht been poor, had his pros
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FIND THE WOMAN By ARTHUR soMERs RO
BEINERs GHosT HAUNIs. EAR CLANCY .DEANE

the man, III 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,
speechless. 81 ] u !. u IS sees
. A first 3rannis 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. Shesreplied
struthfully that she had never met Weber before
attending a party composed Of theatrical peo-
pie You'll stick to that in court?" he asked
And she nodded. I.
Apparently misunderstanding her, believing
she was not telling the truth, Grannis, had then
left on the table the money and departed.
81 Clancys 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 9 real estate concern and because Of her
business ability was rapidly achieving success.
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person is friend or foe? Could he
be fooled about Dick?''
For why should an imposter
say he is Dick?" Rosa shrewdly
demanded.
"And why would young Pancho
know how much it is we give to
see again this Dick?'' asked Man
uelo Ortiz.
"Ah! You have ideas after ALL
You are not such a silly boy as I
have thought!' cried Rosa, ca
ressing with the voice that had
just dashed out so cruelty. IF
this is something or nothing, we
do not know. But this l know;
will give Jaime a warning.
must travel faster than one who
goes by train. So ] will make
telephone call to Ramon's agent
at his office. have a code ready
for this. Maybe can reach
Jaime. 1t may be that 7 shall
have to send him only message.
But it will be the code. am not
afraid. Soon he will have it,"
MRS. Cordova, you won't let the
probability that we're taking up
our fears out OF whole cloth stop
you from warning Jim, and at
once, will you?"
Rosa Cardova turned on me a
smile dazzling in It's brilliancy and
yet as cold and hard as steel.
Trust me-" she said slowly.
Trust me to make sure-as sure
as you would yourself make
that Jaime. shall not have a hair
of his head harmed"
Manuelo Ortiz laughed uneasily.
/ found something in his mood
transferring itself to mine. Rosa
sat cycling us both for d long mo-
ment. Then, with a note of anx-
iety in her voice. she said:
"Nello, you do not think that
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Clancy could not cerlsure her.
Sophie would have been less than
human II she had not responded.
in some expression. to the hidden
relief that must have come to her,
even though through tragedy and
scandal. 49,. '.'&' .f'.e :
She put her arms quickly round
Clancy.
1T think she said, that You
are the sweetest, bravest person
have ever met"
"Why-why--" stammered Clam
cy.
You had every reason to sus.
pect that Don had-done what he
did. Mr.. vandervent has told me.
all that You told him. And yet
You. didn't say any thing"
ST would have" said Clancy,
honestly, had I been sure"
Sophie nodded gravely.
but most persons, on the
faintest of suspicious, to clear
themselves-Oh, can't talk
about it" suddenly she kissed
Clancy. Miss Deane. 1 hope
I know--that you are going to be
very happy"
She was gone at once. Clancy
didn't ponder long over her last
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The strong room was locked up,
in the late afternoon the guests
departed in their cars and the
evening train bore Agnes and
Drummond to Waterloo station.
Lady Tallbois had been decidedly
moody during the journey, but
Drummond had almost succeeded
in persuading her--what he did
not believe himself-that the
Knayth necklace was safe at the
bank.
IF it amt" she said as they
journeyed toward Grosvenor square
in a taxi. its the cops for Joan"
Promise me one thing only"
said Drummoud earnestly, land
for heavens sake stand by it,
Agnes; it is all important, both to
you and to me. II you find the
necklace is in truth missing. take
no action against Joan. till you
have seen me. will come to you
in the evening without fail. Win
you do this?"
She nodded.
Yes, I'll do it. I'll wait for you.
Harold. You're the only man
living that I trust"'
- -
The clock hands were approach.
ing midnight when Drummond
presented himself in the inner
sanctum Of Mr.. Callaghan's head
quarters. Both Vaille and Bell
were present, besides their leader.
welcome" said Mr.. Callag.
han, lazily extending himself in
his armchair. Welcome, happy
manipulation of the softest job ever
detailed to a member of this active
syndicate. My dear boy, have I
not laid your lines in pleasant
places? How went the house
party? Have you any progress
to report?"
Drummond paused and eyed
him thoughtfully.
IT can" he said quietly, 1.-THE
bridegroom-elect Of Lady Tallbois
of Knayth." .,.
The chief started forward in his
chair. His very spectacles gilt
tered with emotion.
$50 soonI' he exclaimed, rising
and clapping his broad hands on
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could. But Mr.. Randall is at
tending to everything. He and
Mrs. Carey left on an early train
for New York
And Mr.. vandervent?'' TimidIy,
Clancy asked the question.
Mrs. Walbrough smiled.
There were certain matters
that had to be gone over with
the Duchess County authorities.
He stayed. That's why he said
he stayed"
Clancy's expression was limo.
cence personified.
what other reason could
there be?''
Mrs. Walbroush Rugged her.
Don't you dare attempV to de-
ceive me, young lady" She
slapped her gently.
In something less than half an
hour Clancy was downstairs, in
the dining room, attacking health.
~ meal that Mrs. Walbrough de-
scribed, because it was really
neither breakfast nor lunch, as
Brunch
During the meal, in response to
Walbrough's questions. Wander
vent told the gist Of the written
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Refreshing Novel Of Youth and
Mystery Written BY One Of Amer
ica's Foremost Story TelIers

and found the man lying. half
conscious. upon the floor. The.
scene. to Carey,s drink-infI amed
mind. spelled opportunity. He had
snatched the paper knife from
Beiner's desk and stabbed the man
to death. Then he had quietly
left the office, locking It after him.
And that was all. Although the
newspapers, naturally enough,
played it up to the extent OF
columns, it was crime in what
is known as high life and they
do not come too often for the pub
lie. Judge Walbrough had brought
the early editions Of the afternoon
papers with him and permitted
Clancy to look at them.
Spofford had not missed his
chance. He was hailed as the
greatest detective genius Of the
day.
Poor Mrs. Carey!' said Clancy.
The others nodded gravely. mot
another woman in New York could
live it down. said the judge.
why not?Y demanded Clancy.
"she did nothing wrong"
The Judge shrugged.
Scandal has touched her init
n1ately. That is enough-for any
other woman. but not for Sophie
Carey. She has too many friends,
is too great an artist lets hope
she finds happiness now"
The judge pushed back his chair
and left the room. ostensibly in
search Of pipe. The others drift
ed into, the living room. Clancy.
staring out at the snow, was sud-
denly conscious that Vandervent
stood at her elbow. She turned,
to find that Mrs. WaIbrough was
no longer with them.
.''Nice-nice view" stammered
Vandervent.
Clancy, colored. She felt her
heart beating.
isn't it," she agreed.
Vandervent,s trembling nervous
ness communicated itself to her.
She half turned toward him. ready
to yield herself. But his eyes,
that moment ago, she had known
were fixed upon the back OF her.
head now stared out the window,
over her shoulder. She turned
again.
Up the WaIbrough drive. was
coming sleigh. an open affair.
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Charm and Beauty, Magic and Intrigue
Temptation and Triumph In. Man
hattan's Exotic Whirlpool

; poets been inconsiderable, she
would still have been ready, aye,
anious. to yield herself to him.
She wondered why. OF course.
she knew that he was decent.
kindly, possessor OF all those vir-
tues which are considered ordi-
nary, but are really uncommon
But it is none Of these things,
unhappily, that make for love.
Combined with love, they. make
for happiness, but alone they new
er won the tickle heart of woman.
He was intelligent; she knew
that. He was, perhaps, brilliant.
She had no proof of that. Their
conversations could hardly afford
evidence either way, they had been
intercl1anges of almost mono
syllable utterances. So. at any
rate, reviewing them, it seemed to
Clancy.
What was it, then, that drew her
to him? Not his looks; she had
known many handsomer men. She
smiled whimsically. Highly as she
appraised her own beauty. she
supposed that somewhere was a
more lovely woman. And Van
dervent might have seen her.
Why did he reserve his love for
Clancy?
Then, for the first time, doubt
came to her. She sat bolt-up-
right in bed. Suppose that she'd
been deluding herself? She
smiled, shaking her head. She
knew. She didn't know why she
knew, but-she knew. Women
almost always do. And slowly
she took less interest in the
problem. Sleep descended lightly
upon her. So lightly that whis-
perings outside her door woke her.
who it it?" she called.
Sophie Carey. May come
in?"
Clancy switched on the light.
"Of course" she said.
Sophie entered. She sat imme-
diately down upon the edge of the
bed. Her face was deathly pale
and wore no rouge. Her cheeks
were sunken. She looked forty.
Rather, she would have looked
forty but for her eyes. For they
were softened. somehow: yet
through their softneSs shone a
briliiance that spoke of youth. 1t
was as though some heavy bur-
den had been lifted from her.
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CHE was only twenty, was Clancy Deans, II
sI pretty little country girl who had come
So to New York to win fame and fortune
as film actress. And yet she almost innIne-
diately became a woman with q past" and her
future peace Of mind depended on the clearing
up Of the murder of Morris Beiner, moving
picture producer, who was killed few minutes
after Clancy had slapped his face and left his
office hlrriedly ,ss.
Strangely enough Clancy became a friend Of
sVandervent the wealthy young prosecuting
attorney engaged with the police in the search
for Beiner's slayer. Clancy had shaken her
; assumed name Of "Florine Ladue" and dis
thought the past buried until Grannis recog-
znized her SIS ...sss d II !. s.4.. i Y. Il
i Grannis had taken Clancy to fashionable
restaurant and given her a banknote, the big
gest she ever had seen in her life, 81, 900
I There's more where that came from, said
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BY Ann LisIe,
Whose Present Serial Has Scored
oa Big, Popular Success.
IC6pyright. 1898, by King Feature
Syndicate Inc

lCDpyT1RAts 1898, Dy King FEATURE
Syndicate. Inc.)
NY HEN Manuelo Ortiz sus-
" gested that if some one
w ought to go to Mexico to
warn. Jim in an probability Dick
West had started south, he or I
ought to undertake the journey,
Rosa blazed out furiously.
Again you are absurd. Jaime
wishes his White Lilac TO remain
here in safety and quiet. And
you have so made an idiot of
yourself today that you are not
TO be trust. No-if anyone shall
go. It must be Rosa"
Wouldn't it be wrong move
for anyone to stir from here?"
! asked. Maybe the idea of this
compatriot of yours was to stir
us up like this. Maybe Dick West
hasn't gone south at all. And if
he has, won't a telegram serve
our purpose? II Jim is to be
warned, can't we find something
quicker than railway travel and
messenger service? There might
be the airpiane."
Then Rosa laughed-sullenly
and cruelty, but at least she was
cot beyond seeing the 'humor in
her own excitement.
Just SO to stir us up, like, you
say. it is their game. Pancho
Estaban Mateixa is not a friend Of
mine and of yours. He was never
friend either, ManueIo. OF Dick
West think he takes money just
10 Bother us. ! must give Jaime
credit for taking care of himself.
even If Senior West is starting
south"
DO you think this Mateixa
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WHO SAID IT, AND WHERE?

"My salad days, when I was
green in Judgment"
Everyone has his salad dayr.
even Shakespeare. who first
named them in his Antony
and Cleopatra"
GAN cOlOrs win agree In the
dark"
Is Lord Bacon's caustic comment
on religious contentious, In his
essay Of Unity Of Religion"
"I have sent for you TO SEQ how
q Christian dies"
said Joseph Addison Q672.1719).
the brilliant English writep to
Lord Warwick, his stepson.
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ITO be prepared for war Is one
Of the most effectual ways Of
preserving peace"
Said George Washington in a
speech to both houses of Con-
gress January 8, 1890.
IL am monarch Of all / survey,
My right there Is none to dispute"
Another memory of school days.
Verses written by Cowper on
Alexander Selkirk, the original
of Robinson Crusoe.
"They went and told tho sexton
And the sexton told the bell"
This jingle is from Thomas Hoods
poem, "F'aithless Sally Brown. y"
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WHEN DID IT HAPPEN?

when were the Kimberly
diamond mines first worked?
when was the first edition
of Walt Whitman's Leaves of
Grass" published?
3When was the first printing
office in America established?
4-rWhen was the peninsula Of
TucaAan discovered?
5.IWhen did the Battle of the
Wilderness take place?
answers to these queries will
be printed tomorrow.
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HOUSEHOLD HINTS

Turps whitens clothes. Add it
to the hot washing water in about
the same proportion of a dessert
spoonful to a couple of gallons Of
water.
II you have any beaten egg left
after cooking, pour a little water
over it and 1t will keep for sew
eral days without going dry.
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Turps cleans porcelain baths,
wash basins, china door knobs,
etc. A few spots on a soft rag
will do the cleaning and polishing
job in next to no time.
Use tailOr's thread for sewing
on coat and trouser buttons. 1t
will save endless bother and many
stitches.