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The Blind Mans Eyes

shoulders jerked, and he drew back,
instinctively pressing his two clenched
hands against his chest and the pocket
which held President Jarvis order.
The man in the berth was lying on
his right side facing the aisle thedeft
side Of his face was thus exposed !;
and IL had been crushed in by a vio-
lent blow from some heavy weapon
which, too blunt to cut the skin and
bring blood, had fractured the check
proof of murderous violence was so
plain that the conductor, as he saw
the face in the light, recoiled with
staring eyes, white with horror.
He looked up and down the aisle
20 assure himself that no one had
entered the car during his examina-
ton; then he carefully drew the cur
talns together again, and hurried to
the forward end Of the car, where he
had left the porter.
Lock the rear door Of the car" he
commanded. Then come back here"
He gave the negro the keys, and
himself waited TO prevent anyone
from entering the car at his end.
Looking through the glass Of the door.
he saw the young man Eaton standing
in the vestibule Of the car next ahead.
Connery hesitated then he opened
the door and beckOned Eaton TO him.
"Will YOU 90 forward, please" he
requested, and see If there isn't a
Doctor"
"You mean the man with red hair
in my carp" Eaton inquired.
That's the one"
Eaton started off without asking
any questions. The porter, having
locked the rear door Of the car, re,
turned and gave Connery back the
keys. Connery still waited, until Ia
ton returned with the red-haired man.
He let them in and locked the door
behind them.
"You are a doctor?" Connery ques-
toned the %red-haired man.
II am a surgeon yes"
That's what's wanted. Doctor
"My name is Sinclair. I am Doug,
las Sinclair of Chicago"
Connery nodded. 81 have heard of
you" He turned then TO Eaton. "Do
you know where the gentleman is who
belongs TO Mr.. Dorne's party?-Avery
I believe his naIne is"
"Ie is in the observation car" Ea,
ton answered.
"Will you go and get him? The car,
door is locked. The porter will let
you in and out. Something serious
has happened hereto Mr.. Dorne
Get Mr.. Avery, IL you can, without
alarming Mr.. Dorne's daughter"
Eaton nodded understanding and
followed the porter, who, taking the
keys again from the conductor, lei
him II at the rear door OF the cal
and recloSed the door behind him
Eaton went on into the observation
car.
Without alarming Harriet Dorne, he
got Avery away and out of the car
as it something wrong with Mr.
Dorne?" Donald Avery demanded as
Eaton drew back TO let Avery pre-
cede him into the open part OF the car
$50 the conductor says"
Avery hurried forward toward the
berth where Connery was standing
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Ararv besitated. "I believe so.

He watched Sinclair more CLOSELY
as he continued his examination. Con
nery touched the surgeon on the arm
"Wbat must be done, Doctor? Anu
where and when do you want TO ~
itr" a
Sinclair, however, 1t appeared mac
not vet finished his examination
"Will you pull down the window cur
tains?" he directed.
AS Connery, reaching across the
body, complied, the surgeon tooE q
matchbox from his pocket, and glanc'
ing about at the three others as
though TO select from them the one
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The Hand in the Aisle.

NV iial'1 wv k'S FN'S'S-
The man whose interest in the pas
senger I'm Section Three Of the last
sleeper was most definite and under
standable and, therefore, most openly
acute, vas Conductor Connery. Con-
merry had passed through the Pullman
several times during the morning, had
seen the hand (which, hung out into
the aisle frdrn between the curtains
but the only definite thought that
came TO him was that Dorne was a
sound sleeper.
Nearly all the passengers had now
breakfasted. Connery, therefore, took
a seat in the diner, breakfasted lei
surely and after finishing, walked
back through the train. Dorne by
now must be up, and might wish to
see the conductor.
AS Connery entered the last sleeper
his gaze fell ON the dial of pointers
which, communicating with the push
buttons In the different berths, tell
the porter which section is calling him,
and he saw that while all the other
arrows were pointing upward, the ar
row marked 20" was pointing down.
Dorne was up, then-for this was the
arrow denoting his berth-or at least
was awake and had recently rung his
bell.
Connery looked in upon the porter,
who vas cleaning up the Mushroom.
"Section Three's getting up?" he
asked.
"No, Mistah Connery-not yet" the
porter answered.
"What did he ring for?' Connery
looked 10 the dial, and the porter
came out of the Mushroom and looked
at II also.
$50 the lan's sake. l didn't hear
no ring. Mistali Connery. 1t mus have
been when l was out on the plat
form"
Answer II. then" Connery directed.
As the negro started TO obey, Con-
merry followed him into the open car.
He could see over the negro's shout
der the hand sticking out into the
aisle, and this time. at sight of 1t.
Coanery started violently. II Dorne
had rung. he must have moved n man
who Is awake does not let his hand
hang out In the aisle. Yet the hand
had not moved. The long, sensitive
fingers fell In precisely the same posi-.
ton as before. stifly separated n
little one from another: they had not
changed their position at all.
"Waitv" Connery seized the porter
by the arm. "Tli answer II myself
He dismissed the negro and waited
until he had gone. He looked about
and assured himself that the car, ex
cept for himself and the man LYING
behind the curtains Of Section Three
was empty. Walking briskly a:
though he were carelessly passing uI
the aisle, he brushed hard against tht
hand and looked hack. exclaiming al
apology for his carelessness.
The hand fell hack heavily, incrtly
and resumed its former position ant
hung as white and lifeless as before
No response 70 the apology came from
behind the curtains: the man In The
berth had not reused. CoAncry rushed
back to the curtains and touched th'
hand with his fingers. II was cold
| He seized the hand and felt II nj
over: ,hen.. gasping. ne parted the cur
tains -xnd looked into the berth. liz
: stared Ills breath whistled out nj
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mans head ther. wa. no evidence of

mans head, there was no evidence OF
anything unusual. 1t was self-evldent
that. whatever had been the motives
of the attack, robbery was not one;
whoever had struck had done nc more
than reach in and deliver his muir
derous blow; then he had gone on.
Sinclair made first an examination
Of the head completing this, lie IN
buttoned the pajamas upon the chest
%loosened them at the waist and pre-
pared TO make his examination of the
body.
"How long has he been dead|" Con-
merry asked.
"He is not dead yet. Life IS still
present" Sinclair answered guardedly.
whether he. will live or ever regain
consciousness Is another question"
zone YOU can't anSwer?"
"The blow, as you can sce'-Sin-
clair touched the mans face with his
deft fnger-tips-"fell mostly on the
cheek and temple. The ~checkhOne is
fractured. lie is in a complete state
Of coma; and there may be some frac-
ture Of the skull. OF course, there Is
some conclusion Of the BRAIN
Any inference to be drawn from this
as to the seriousness of the injuries
was plainly beyond Connery. How
long ago was he struck?' he asked.
"Some hours. Since midnight, GER
tainly; ana longer ago than five
o'clock this morning"
could he have revived half an hour
ago-say within the hour-enough to
have pressed the button and rung the
bell from his BERTHE"
Sinclair Strengthened and gazed at
the conductor curiously. "No, GER
tainly not" he replied. "That is COM
| pletely impossible. Why did you ask?'
Connery avoided answer. But Avery
pushed forward. "What Is that?
| What's that?" he demanded.
"Will you go on with your exami-
nation, DoctOr?" Connery urged.
"You said the bell from this berth
rang recently" Avery accused Con
. merry.
"The pointer in the ~washroom, in
| dicating a signal from this berth, was
turned down a minute ago." Connery
had 10 reply. "a few moments ear
lier all pointers had been set in the
position indicating no call"
THAT was before you found the
| body?"
THAT was why I went to the berth
yes" COnnery replied; that was
before | found the body"
"Then you mean you did not find
the body" Avery charged. Someone,
passing through this car a minute or
so before you, must have found him -
Connery attended without replying.
"And evidently that man dared not
report it and could not wait longer
TO know whether Mr.-Mr. Dorne was
really dead; so he rang the bell"
Ought we keep Doctor Sinclair any
longer from the examination, sir?'
Connery now seized Avery's arm in
appeal. 1.-THE first thing for us to
know is whether Mr.. Dorne is dying.
Isn't"
Connery checked himself; he had
won his appeal. Eaton, standing qui-
city watchful, obserSed that Avery's
eagerness 10 accuse now had been
replaced by another interest which
the' conductors words had recalled.
Whether the man in the berth was to
live or die-evidently that was mo-
mentously to affect Donald Avery one
way or the other.
"Of course, by all mean proceed
with your examination, Doctor
Avery directed.
AS Sinclair again bent over the
body Avery leaned over also; Eaton
gaZed down, and COnnery-a little
paler than before and with lips tight.
~ set.
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Perfection a phantom.

There is 40 such thing as absolute
perfection Ia this oil vale of tears
:tn,l laughter ana. after a man with
infinite toll and endcavor has got so
that he can remember to butter only
one bite OF bread at u time. he Is
arraigned in the most severe terms as
as ;lie coniany's gone on ac-
rourt Of the size OF The bitcs.-Ohio
state Journal.
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lie. Il was Al 49,
eight or nine days
everymonth and had
a great deal of pain.
The doctor said my
only relief was an
operation. | read Of
Lydia e. Pinkham's
medicines and tried
the Vegetable Com
pound and the Sana-
tive Wash, and they
surely did wonders
for me. ] feel fine
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-03-23
WILLIAM MacHARG
EDWIN BALMER
Copyright by Little, Brown and Company
BASIL SANTOINE

Gabriel Warden, Seattle capital
list, tells hia butler lie Is expecting
a caller, 20 be admitted without
question. lie informs his wife OF
danger thai threatens him IL he
pursues a course he considers the
only honorable one. Warden leaves
the house IL his car and meets a
man whom he takes into the ma
chine. When the car returns home.
Warden Is found dead, murdered,
and alone. The caller. a young
man, has been at Warden's house,
but leaves unobscrved. Bob Con
merry. conductor. receives orders 10
hold train for q party. Five men
and a girl board the train, the
Eastern Express. The father Of
the girl. Mr.. Dorne, is the person
for whom the train was held: philip
y. Eaton, a young man, also =
boarded the train. Dorne tells his
daughter ana his secretary, Don
Avery. to ind out what they can
concerning him The two makc
Eaton's acquaintance.
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AS 70 Misfortunes.

nc I'LL iuen wotld bring their misfor.
snnes together IN n place, most
would lie glad 90 take their own home
again, rather than to take a proper
ais,:, ont Of the co,nD,on st0ck.-SOlon.
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The 4 Coup.

Rub-HOw did you fool your wife?
New York Sun.
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No OPERATION
FOR Her
She Took Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound and Escaped the
Operation Doctor Advised

louisville, Ky. wish to thank ytou
Gov What your medicine has done tor
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-03-23
Eiftv-Eiftv-

'In regard to hugging, many girls
struggle" "Never mind. Others snug
Cle."-LOuisviile Courier-JourDal.
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Observation-Disclosures can I get q family
sree2r Jay--"Have you tried a
siurSrryf"- Life.
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March Brings Out Unsightly Spots-How
10 Remove Easily.

The woman with tender skin breads
March because IL is likely TO cover her
fatc with ugly freckies. No matter how
chick her veil, the sun and winds have q
strong tendency To make her freckle.
Fortunately Cor her peace of mind, othine
double s~trength--makes IL possible for
even those most susceptible to freckles TO
ateep their skin clear and white. No matter
ROW stubborn a case of freckles you have. the
double strength Othine should remove them.
Get an ounce from your druggist and
6aniAh the freckles. Money back IL ii fails.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-03-23
"A sound came 20 his ars-
young girl suddenly crying In
abandon"

GRO pE c-oNTINuEp.l
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-16
Hotels Will Install
Chapels For
Guests
BY Cosmopolitan News Service.

NEW YORK, April 49,
Chapels in which hotel guests
may worship in silence and
meditation will be built in all
the hotels of the Bowman
group, John Nee. Bowman an
nounced today.
The chapels will vary in size,
but each will have a beautiful
stained glass window to sug-
gest an air of sacredness.
There will also be an altar,
cathedral chair, and appropri-
ate lighting. Fresh flowers will
be kept always on the altar.
The doors of the chapel will
never be closed.
The Bowman group here in
cludes the Biltmore, the Com
modore, and the Belmont hotels.
The Biltmore Hotel now being
built in Los Angeles also will
have a chapel installed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-16
WOMAN IN HOME
IS MOTHER Of
DESTIN|ES
Must Be Faithful to First Job
to Be Spiritual Force
in World.
BY CAROLINE WALKER,


SAN LUIS OBISPO, Cal, April
16.-"Club women must be faithful
to a woman's first job, that of
making home, if they are to be a
spiritual force in the world. Club
women must be certain of the com.
petence and spotlessness of their
own kitchens before they fare forth
to reforms"
With this ringing challenge Mrs.
John c. Urquhart, president of the
Los Angeles District Federation of
Women'S Clubs, presented to the
twenty-second annual convention of
the district, now in session here her
viewpoint on woman's place in the
scheme OF life.
at is not a religious or a
metaphysical theme. but a practical
one," declared Mrs. Urquhart. Nor
is it a reaction to the old idea that
woman's sphere is bounded by four
walls and crying children. But it is
the idea that woman must first do
her part in the home, just as a man
must first earn the living, before
she goes abroad to alleviate the ills
of mankind and society.
ut is the idea that woman is the
uplifting, the tempering force for
this and future generations, the
spiritual tempering of the steel of a
mans strength and materialism and
the maternal tempering of the
child's waywardness. 1t is the idea
that woman, beneath her own roof
tree, is a mother of destinies, with
hands made more def by club assO
Citations which bring her familiarity
with life's biT prObleYna
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-16
$3,8OO,OOO
For Residents of Washington.

For three years the Potomac Electric Power Company
has been charging $10O for every 80 cents worth Of
electricity furnished to Washington householders The
courts have ordered that 90 cents out Of every dollar
he ipounded until the disposition of this
can be determined The fight is in the courts to
restore the $3S0O,0OO impounded TO the people who
paid it.
Svms or other special counsel to assist the Public UI
ties attorneys Of this amount The Washington Times
and The Washington Herald have contributed $1,000;
the rest of the city asked to contribute the rest
$4,000
Mr. Syme has not sought compensation for this work in
behalf of the residents Of Washington This fund is being
raised the suggestion Of the Public Utilities Commission
The sum Of $4,000 is not intended Of the
value Of Mr. symes services It indicated merely be-
cause $4,000 was the appropriation requested by the
mission for this work and which Congress failed grant
Citizens and organizations interested in this campaign
should promptly til this coupon and send contrbu.
THE ELECTRIC CONSUMERS FUND
in care Of either newspaper The names Of subscribers
win be printed unless otherwise directed
name.
ADDRESS
Amount subscribed
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-16
Summary CretOnnes
SIC yard

The sort of patterns that give beauty and
restfulness to the summer home or bungalow,
and the wise homemaker will select her needed
yardage now. They are guaranteed to be
quality that sells regularly at 75c, thus effect
ing an enormous saving on large quantities.
Superior quality, heavy and durable, In range
of patterns and colors impossible to enumerate.
Other cretonnes, Csc to $1.OO yard.
Fifth FloOr-Lansburgh Brother.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-16
What's Doing Today
and Tomorrow

Tomorrow.
Meeting-washingon Readers Club
Wilson Normal School, Eleventh and
Harvard streets northwest, p. m.
Meeting-Mt. Pleasant w. C. T. U.
residence of Miss Elizabeth Reiss, 1906
Belmont road. p. m.
Dance-K allipolis Grottc. Willard
Hotel, evening.
Dance-Benefit of Casualty Hospital
Citizens Association, Northeast Masonic
Meeting-Jackson Parent Teacher AS.
sociation. schoolhouse. 1880 p. m. -.
Pyrenees," NJ. w. Stirling. Anthropologi.
cal Society of Washington, National
Museum. p. m.
Meeting-Evangelist Chapter. knights
Rose Croix, Scottish Rite Cathedral, 1890
p. m.
Baron Eugne Person. city Club. p: m
Meeting-District of Columbia Con
gress of Mothers and Parent-TeacheI
Associations. Ebbitt Hotel, 1880 a. m
Meeting-National Conference of Social
Work, all day.
Meeting-Society of Mayflower De.
scendants of Washington, University
Club. 7:45 p. m.
Meeting-W Club. of Print.
Meeting-Chemical Society, Interior
Building. $3.50 p. M.
Lectures-E c. Mercer and H.. H
Hadley. missionaries, Church of Ascen'
Meetlng--American Geophysical Union
Carnegie Institute, Sixteenth and P
streets northwest. 9;l6 a. m.
Pages Dance-Abigail Hartman Rice
Chapter, D. A. r., Rauscher's evening.
Examination-For children under three
years. Child Welfare Society. Freedmen'a
D. A r. Convention - Continental
Memorial Hail. all day.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-16
WIDOW GIVES 100000
TO COLLEGE IN VIRGINIA

NORFOLK, Va, April 16.-An-
nouncement was made here today
by President J. A. c. Chandler, OF
William and Mary College at vii.
liamsburg, Va, of the gift OF
100000 by Mrs. George p. Blow
of Yorktown, Va, and Lasalle, Ill
A memorial in the form of a
gymnasium and swimming pool will
be erected to honor the dead. nus
band of Mrs. Blow, native OF
Norfolk, and descendant of a dis
tinguished Virginia family. He was
an officer on the battleship Maine
when 1t was blown up in Havana
harbor.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-16
TWO CAPITAL BOYS WIN
DEGREES AT PRINCETON

PRINCETON, n. j., April 49,
Two Washington men, Chandler
Hale, jr., and James Milholland,
were among the forty-nine students
of Princeton University who were
awarded bachelor degrees. The
men finished their college courses
with the February examinations.
The awards were made at the di-
rection of the board of trustees.
These men were members Of the
class known as 1929, which came
into being during 1.-The wartime
regime of Princeton. No regular
commencement exercises were held
for those in this class.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-16
WAGE FARMERS
BUYING BABY
BONDS
Largest Corporations No>S
Putting Out Issues Of 500
Denominations.
BY w. e. TAFT.
Special Financial Correspondent OF the
Cosmopolitan News Service.

Cosmopolitan News Service.
LOS ANGELES, Calf, April 16.
American investors--or perhaps 1t
would be proper to say Mr.. Average
Wage Earner-is the focal point
for campaign being waged by
leading investment houses Of the
country to popularize so-called
''baby bonds"
What are baby bonds? They're
precisely what their Technology in
dicates-securities issued in small
amounts, say 800 or $500. Bonds
are one Of the safest forms of in.
vestment, and safety is one OF the
prime factors to be considered by
the man who cannot afford to risk
his small amount Of capital.
Few people of moderate means
realize that a large number OF the
prominent and conservative indus
trial concerns of America are now
issuing their bonds in denomina-
tions as low as 500 and are giving
to the small investor the same ad.
vantages as those offered to the
purchaser Of large blocks Of bonds.
Change from 1914.
| 1t is interesting to note that
while in 1914 very few bonds were
issued in small denominations, to-
day the majority of railroad, public
/ utility, industrial and Government
bonds now can be secured in the
units of as low as 500.
| Misfortune is often a forerunner
of good fortune. The world war
1 was a terrible catastrophe, yet is
/ achieved many useful results, not
| the least of which was the habit OF
saving which 1t inculcated in Amer
leans of high and low financial
standing. The vigorous campaign
really opened the eyes of the people
OF this country to the advantage OF
making their money work for them
4 and the lessons Of thrift which
were learned during the war have
been an important factor in en-
couraging saving. This in turn has
reacted to the benefit of American
| trade and industry.
The man or woman who invests
a small amount of money, for in.
stance 500 or $500 may at any
time need that money and need it
badly. Therefore one Of the chief
aspects Of baby bonds" which
needs to be taken into consideration
| is their market ability.
Helping Whole Country.
In other words it is advisable to
purchase bonds for which there Is
ready market and which will not
| require a sacrifice of actual cash
If they must be turned over quickly.
Although at first blush 1t may
seem to- be strange fact, never
theless it is true that the number
Of potential investors of the baby
bond" class in America is very
much larger than those who form
the market for the big blocks of
industrial securities.
The investment houses which are
seeking to cultivate this field are
rendering an important service to
the country as a whole. And indi-
| viduals who purchase baby bonds
| are cultivating a habit which will
not only react to their own benefit
but will improve the financial con-
| dition Of all Americans.