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By John Goodman.

E<r HAVE the whip handr'
he said, ''do not force
me to use it. No
man, nor woman, either, ever
yet defied me successfully. There
is no one" he said quietly. whom
/ fear, and I am not boasting
when tell you that, in these mat
tiers, am invincible.'
To ninety-nine people out of a
hundred his manner would have
carried conviction. He believed
what he said. The defiance of
Agnes was almost crushed. But
she twisted uneasily in her chair,
looked at him keenly, and then
stood up.
Are you" she said swiftly.
'B'gee, don't believe it,! I'm not
the fool you think me-I've been
watchin' this game. There's one
man everybody in this room is
scared of, an you not least of 'em
all. 1 dunno why, but it's SO.
There's one who's boss of the lot.
And that's the long guy who came
to my room with twenty thousand
in cash and gave me the office.
B'gee, he was the first I've had
the truth from"
Callaghan's face changed. But
he gave a strident laugh of con-
tempt.
'"That man. he sneered.
Yep, that man! You blew me
a lot of hot air about him. But
I'm wise to who he is. I've placed
him. He was the footman who
let me in at Knayth. Foot
man! He wasn't playing the game
for nothing. There's power in
that man-he's big stuff. He
makes your crowd look like 80
cents! He's the boss
For. the first time she saw
flash OF real anger, of native ex-
element, in the eyes Of the usually
suave Gallaghan. ~
What you say is folly" he said
fiercely; "he is no more than a
broken thief"
Yes, you told me that!'' she, re-
torted. "You let me kid myself
he was go-between hired by
Joan. He's much more than that.
I've got a clue to him, Mr.. Cal
laghan, you're big man-but he's
bigger than you.'
The veins on Callaghan's fore
0LOOO OdI'
IT hold him in the hollow of my
hand" he said. 81 am the mas
terri
Theophilus Bell returned at that
moment, looking curiously white,
his eyes almost starting from his
head.
Chief" he stammered, II want
to speak to you. /"
What is itv' exclaimed Cal
hghan impatiently. Don't staud
goggling at me like fool. What
Is the message?"
John Goodenough," said Mr..
Bell with a gulp, demands adj
mittancN!'
CHAPTER "a.
The Man Who Knew.
Complete silence fell on the
room. Callaghah stood stock
still, staring at the speaker The
announeer9sQt struck a chill OF
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Lines must have been crossed"
suggested Clancy.
Rotten telephone service . said
Miss Henderson. "Oh. and an
other masa."
Clancy felt pleasurably excited. -
Philip Vandervent- g
'I didn't see him. Guernsey
told him where you were. Guern-
sey is AN ass! AS If you'd have
a brother almost fifty"
What? haven't any brother, -
cried Clancy.
Lucky girl. When theyvt
weren't borrowing your money!
they'd be getting you to heIpa
them out of scrapes or mind
your sister-in-law's babies. Sorry. i
IL you're frightened
"'Frightened?" Why? demand.
ed Clancy.
Wei, Guernsey told him where
You We're, and the man left here !.
apparently headed for you.
Clancy's forehead winkled.
What did he look hl1e?" she
askel |.
"Oh, Guernsey couldn't describe.
him very well. Said he wore a.
mostache that looked dyed, ana
was short and stocky. That's all.
Some mistake" said Clancy.
Perhaps" said Miss Hender-
son dryly. Anyway, you needn't !
let him in. Might be somebody
from Zenith who wanted to Dor.
row money" .
Probably" said Clancy. 81
Getting ahead with the. work r.
Checking up the inventory I
now. said Clancy.
''All right; take your time"
And Miss Henderson hung up, :.
Once again, Clancy sat upon I
the stairs. Spofford had distinct
ly said that one of his men had
followed Clancy down to this
house. The description that
Guernsey had given fitted Spot
ford exactly
Spofford, then, not one Of his.
men, had trailed Clancy down
here. Why did he lie? Also, he,
must have. known quite clearly
who were the occupants of this
house.
Ito Be Continued Tomorrow
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this business. Much obliged to
you. Miss Deane. No hard feel
in's?''
mot all ALL said Clancy. 'I
/ think-why I think it's wonderful
OF you, Mr.. Spofford, to be $3.50
friendlyr'
Spofford blushed. 1t was prob
ably the first time that a woman
had brought the color to his
cheeks-in anything save anger
for many years.
. Jaw, now-why, Miss Deane-
you know glad to meetcha,"
stammered Spofford. He made a
stumbling, confused, and extreme
ly nght-hearted departure from
the house. Somehow, he felt
deeply obligated to Clancy Deane.
The door closed behind him, and
Clancy sat down once. again upon
the stairs. She felt safe at last.
Now that the danger was past,
she did not know whether to laugh
or cry. Was it past? Before
yielding to either emotional i'm
pulse, why not analyze the sit
uation? What had Spofford said?
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serve? There's nothing-absolute-
ly nothing-I wouldn't do for
you"
II believe that" l replied quiet
ly, deciding there was no reason
to withhold the truth. And 1
know you will understand my
wanting to do anything in my
power for a friend of mine who
is in need. No one else in the
theater party knows her-and
don't like the idea of hurting
out the story of some one else's
grief and unhappiness. But it's
poor Betty WINSTON
MIR. Norrey," announced Bertha
from the doorway.
My heart lost a beat. I'd felt
certain that Tony and Carlotta
were off by now. In the moment
before Tony followed the an
nouncement of his name, 1 whis-
pered:
Follow my lead. I'll have to
pretend we're going out
Then, with this brief prepare
ton to insure Carlotta her eve
ming and her chance, I went
forward to meet Tony. Gripping
his hand with little extra
warmth because 1 hated the idea
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MARRIAGE ON $40 A WEEK
.By LOrettO G.. Lynch

read, noted that the wife in most
every case was adding|to the in
come, usually by raising vegeta-
bles, fruits, keeping a COW and
chickens and selling the excess
produce
So there is nothing to become
discouraged about. Where the
cash income is $40 and the wife
adds to it by going into the farm,
ing or any other business, surely
no one could deduce the conclu-
sion that that family is actually
living on $50 a week.
With but a hundred dollars
capital, I'm wondering where you
get the furniture, the farming
tools, and the cow and chickens.
Since the problem of financing
marriage and a home is growing
most acute in our day and age,
and since / know that many
families live and live we'll on much
less than other families, won't
some of my readers who are solV-
ing the problem write and let us
pass on the solution to the many
young folks who are eagerly look
ing forward to the making of a
home, If only they can find the
way to make ends meet?
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LAND O. DREAMS
NEW SERIES BY A FAMOUS PSYCHO-ANALYST

old one left off. There are cases
on record where the dreamer has
finished word which was broken
off in the middle when the sub
ject was purposely awakened
1t is often dangerous to awak-
en- a somnambulist too suddenly.
The shock to the heart and the
whole nervous system is bad;
and, again, the subject himself
may suffer considerable fright on
finding himself out of bed and in
some distant locality-particular
ly if this is one of the first ex-
periences of the kind. Some
somnambuIists have tied their
ankles to the bedposts in order
to prevent their nocturnal ram
blings, but in a few cases known
to the writer, the sleepwalker
carefully united all the knots
before getting out of bed and
went roaming as usual. They
knew nothing about it the next
morning.
Laughing and crying in dreams
usually indicate the character Of
the dream itself, the former
representing pleasurable and
the latter an unhappy experience.
Talking in dreams is very COM
ohi11rnV,
dreams are, as rule, more vivid
than the dreams Of adults. In
many cases an onlooker can enter
into conversation with the
dreamer and obtain good
knowledge of the dream proc
esses by a discussion or cross
examination of this kind.
Somnambulism, or sleep walk
ing, is to a certain extent an alb
normal state, calling for treat
ment. Some hope, wish or fear
which is dormant in the sub
conscious, but not powerful
enough to express itself during
the waking life, may utilize the
body and carry out it's desires
during the sleeping state. Any
wish or fear Of this character
which is powerful enough to pro-
duce this effect is in need of re-
mOVal, and a suitable course of
psycho-therapeutic treatment is
advisable
In somnambulism the motor
processes of the body are uti-
lized, instead of the purely sen
sorry processes, so that we act
and move instead of merely see
ing, hearing, etc, in the dream.
Copyright. 1923, Premier Syndicate. Inc,
CThe next and concluding arti.
Gle will deal with chiIdren's
dreamSO
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of being in league to deceive him,
even to keep my word to Carlotta,
said with assumed buoyancy:
Good evening, Tony Norreys.
Here's a chance for you to have
a reunion with your friend, Ralph
Lacy"
The two men shook hands
with a WARMTH that was not as
sumed or accented for any set
purpose.
AS 1 was presenting Mr.. Lacy
to Carlotta, her eyes roamed
from his face to mine with a
pleading expression that told me
what I'd known even without
her haste to meet Tony and her
nervousness at sight of us waiting
with him. She was in actual,
terror lest we turn her duet intoA
a quartet, or in some other way
interfere with her evening. So
quickly, for fear she'd defeat her
own purpose by a too great
eagerness 1 blurted out:
Don't ask us to join you.
We'd have to refuse, wouldn't we,
Mr.. Lacy? 1t happens that a
friend of Mr.. I-acy's is giving a
theater party tonight"
''It so happens said Ralph
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Carey, the artist? Wife Of Don
Carey2 Wasn't it them that just
left the house?"
Eyes," said Clancy.
Well, I'm boob. Don Carey,
eh? And him bein' the gossip of
Times Square because of the
agency he run. HIM; that might
be it,
What might be it?" asked
Clancy.
"A lfl' bit of jack to Garland for
keepin' his face closed about what
went on in Carey's fake office" ex-
planned Spofford. still - /
dunno. Say, look here, Miss Deane,
loosen up, won'tcha? / been a
square guy with you. 1 come right
down and put my cards on the
table. admit got my reasons;
I don't want bad stand-in with
Mr.. Vandervent. But still I could
a been nasty, and I amt
tried to. Are you .teIlin' me all
you know. Y know, coppin'
off the murderer would put-put
a lot of pennies in my pocket
For a moment, Clancy hesitated.
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: you in the amachure class, Miss
Deane."
Let's go little farther" sug-
gested Clancy. "Why did I an
nounce myself to Mr.. Vandervent
as Florine Ladue and then deny
it.?"
''You was scared said Spot
ford. ''Then, after you'd sent
in that name, you read a paper
sayin' Fanchon DeLisle was dead.
You knew no one could
identify you as Florine. You see,
picked up the paper on the bench
where you'd been sittin'."
'Mr. Spofford," said Clancy,
slowly, 81 think that you are a very
able detective"
'Able?'" Spofford grinned in
genuously. I'm a great detec-
tive, Miss Deane. 1 got ideas, I
have. Now, listen: I've put my
cards on the table, I'm goin' to tell
the chief that I've been barkin' up
the wrong tree. Now, you be help
full"
"Just how?" Clancy inquired.
"Tell me all that happened that
afternoon in Beiner's office" said
Spofford. 'You see, / got to land
the guy that killed Beiner. It'll
make me. Miss Deane, I want an
agency of my own. I want some
jack. If I land this guy, 1 can
get clients enough to make my for
tune in ten years. Will you come
through"
Clancy ''came through" Calmly,
conscious of the fattering atten-
tioA of Spofford, she told of her
adventures in Beiner's office, and
when he put it in pertinent ques-
ton, she hesitated only momen-
tarily before telling him Of the
part Ike Weber and Fay Marston
had played in her brief career in
New York.
Spofford stared at her a full
minute after she had finished.
She brought her story down to her
presence in the Carey house and
the reason thereof. Then he puff
ed at his cigar.
BE helpful, Miss Deane, be help
full y know; somebody else is liza
BILE to tumble onto what / tumbled
to: he's liable to have his own sus-
picions. s long as you live, you'll
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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,
speechless.
A first Grannis 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. She replied
truthfully that she had never met Weber before
attending party composed of theatrical peo-
pie. You'll stick to that in court?" 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
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 a real estate concern and because Of her
business ability was rapidly achieving success.
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Lacy gEavely.
II call it a shame, don't you,
Carlotta?" asked Tony with dis
appointed air which / fancied was
making poor Carlotta writhe. I've
an idea that we four could have
a bang-up celebration. However,
can't we drop you folks some
where?"
1--WE a taxi waiting" MUIR
INJURED Ralph Lacy.
Wont you dismiss it?" in
sisted Tony, with no further in
tent than to be cordial. MY
car is Herewith Lyons, Anne.
Isn't that an extra temptation to
let us take you to your destina-
tom
"And now" I thought miser-
ably. 1.-THE fats in the fire. We
can't refuse. We can't accept.
In a minute Tony will crumple
up the whole tissue of facts"
sent a desperate glance to
Ralph Lacy. There was no way
out that could see. wondered
if he could still save the day for
Charlotte.
ITO Be Continued Tomorrow
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THE STRANGER = 1 GaGi'''s
A STORY OF MYSTERY. LURE AND INTRIGUE

: fear into both the. suborlinates.
That the organization of their
newly chosen and carefully
guarded stronghold could be
Known to Slim Jim Carey was
incredible and ominous.
Agnes had caught the words :.
and her eyes flashed "a
"Gee?' she exclaimed, tits theae
guy himself!''
Vaille. his face dark with
anger, stepped to Bells side.
You fool" he whispered, 'are y
you out OF your senses? Why
must you blurt that out here?''
Bell shrugged his shoulders.
He looked for guidance to his
chief. Callaghan, standing over.
Agnes chair, seemed to be strug-
Cling for breath.
Hear thatw he said thickly.
"Slim-Goodenough demands ad-
mittance. Did you hear? De,
mands!"
Demands admittance to the
charmed CIRCLE" murmured Mr..
Bell feebly. THAT was the mess
sage--his own words
Callaghan's face had changed to :
peculiar gray tinge. His specta.
cles glistened. 1t was as though
he read in that courteous message
menace that he dared not ig-
more.
every welI,' he said slowly:
che shall come. Let him be es-fsa
corted-bring him here
The others gasped.
Are you mad, Chief" said ~
Vaille under his breath. ''Now.
Of all times" ,sey
"Let him come-he must come" ~
muttered Callaghan. 'I will hear
what he has to say. See to Il, :
Bell departed on,r~his errand
without a word. .,e4
i. AT any rate Chief; let US get !,
the girl away first" whispered y
Vaille. rig
Callaghan shook his head. ~
What is the use? AS. well
now as at any other time" he
said. YEARLY. "It had to come. "Sa
A light of bitterness shone In his
eyes. : Like our fair young9v
friend here, + have my limits.
Vaille! Let him drive me an inch
too far, and I will pull the pillars
of the temple apart. and end it
all! I am very willing that they,,e
should both be here together"
Vallle glanced at his leader
anxiously, and gave a little SILVER x
of apprehension. He liked the
look. of things very little. .Callag. i
han turned to Agnes.
ct am admitting this gentleman
who impresses you SO much" hes"
said ironically. land YOU, Ladyas4
Tallbois. will learn a few things n
that are at present hidden from
you"
The girls face was alight with1ta
excitement. and interest. Shesk
looked as if she were strung on
wires.
"Yes!" she said under hers
breath, you're lettin' him n-es
because you daren't keep himat
OUT as
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\ Refreshing Novel Of Youth and
Mystery Written by One Of Amer +
ica's Foremost Story-Tellers

That until the murderer was cap
tured, she would always be appre-
hensive. Until the murderer was
caught 'sr
She tapped her foot upon the
lower stair. There was no ques-
tioning SpoMord's sincerity. He
did not believe her guilty. But
The telephone bell rang. It was
Sally Henderson.
miss Deane: Oh, is
this you? This is Miss Handler
son. Man named Randall tele-
phoned a few minutes ago Very
urgent, he said. / don't like Civ
ing out telephone numbers.
Thought I'd call you. Want to
talk with hiln?'
Like a flash Clancy replied,
mo"
No pique inspired her reply.
Randall had not measured up.
That the standard of measure
ment she applied was tremendous
ly high made no difference to
Clancy, abated no whit her judg-
ment.
A week ago she had met Ran
dali. She had thought him kind.
She had liked him. She had even
debated within herself the advis-
ability, the possibility of yielding
to his evident regard. More than
that, she had practically offered
to marry him. And he had been
cautious, had not 1eaped at the
opportunity that, for one golden
moment, had been his. Clancy
did not phrase it exactly this
way, but her failure to do so was
not due to modesty. For never
a woman walked to the altar but
believed, in her heart of hearts,
that she was giving infinitely
more than she received.
probably" said Clancy. half
aloud, he's found out that the
Walbroughs are still with me,
and that Philip Vanderbent. isn't
afraid of me-"
She thought of .Vanderbent's
flowers, and the card that had ac-
companied them.
what did you say?" demanded
Sally Henderson. Clancy blushed
furiously. She realized that she'd
been holding on to the receiver.
IT though. that you said some
thing about Judge WaIbrough.'
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BY Ann Lisle,
Whose Present Serial Has Scored
Big Popular Success.

90 Nc. s: :S': . !: com: !: :' :: s ;s:
~ party. there's nothing
more to be said, except that l
regret it exceedingly" said Ralph
Lacy, bringing out his words
slowly, as if he were forcing him
self to stop and weigh each be-
fore he spoke it.
I'm sorry, too" repeated,
wondering how much more
could say without involving the
generous man in the coil poor
Betty is creating.
Suddenly Ralph Lacy turned
and faced me, with a set purpose
on his face.
You're in trouble" he declared.
Something has come up that
bothers you. You aren't willing
to say a word for fear of spelling
my-our evening. That's what
you'd do. But that isn't quite
the way to treat a-pal, is it?
There must be something I can
do to help. Will you let me
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By Hereward Darlington,
Phi. d.,
Noted Writer and Author o
Works on PsychO-anaIysis.

A. MONG the most curious
"A phenomena presented dur
- - ing sleep are cases of SOM
nambulism in which the sleep
walker walks, talks, laughs, cries.
ETC., without waking up, usually
knowing nothing of his actions
the next morning. There are two
kinds of somnambulism-artificiaI
and natural. Artificial somnam-
bulism is induced by hypnotism,
ETC., while the so-called natural"
state occurs spontaneously, and is
often observed in cases which ap-
pear to be in every other respect
perfectly normal.
There are various kinds of
somnambulism. the most common
. probably being that in which the
subject arises from his bed and
walks about the house, or even
out of doors, either in night
clothes or after completely dress.
ing. In the latter case the sub
ject invariably undresses again
before getting back into bed
showing us the force of habit!
The somnambulist is, of course,
acting out his dream, and his ac-
tons are governed by the charac-
ter of that dream. The people
whom he sees and addresses are
dream people, and no attention
is paid to real persons who speak
to him. If conversation is car
ried on with real people during
somnambulism, it is because the
zeal people have been Temporal
lily endowed with the character
and personality of the dream per
sonage.
The scenes which are per-
ceived are also dream scenes,
and not real ones, even though
the eyes may he open. There are
indications, however, that GER
tain amount of visual perception
takes place, unconsciously-en
abling the somnambulist to avoid
obstacles placed in his way, cross
streets, etc.
However, inasmuch as he is
living in a dream, it is more due
to luck than anything else that
accidents to the sleepWalker are
not more common.
If the somnambulist dream is
broken off, there is always a ten
dency on the dreamer's part to
: go back and finish it, and the
new dream begins just where tho
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Charm and Beauty, Magic and Intrigue,
Temptation and Triumph In Man
hattan's Exotic WHIRLPOOL

<<AYOw, I'm pretty sure
I'm that you're Florine,
- Ladue all right, Mad
anne Napoli described you pretty
thoroughly. Even told me that
you was readin'' a paper, at
breakfast, what paper it was,
how you got a telegram sup
posed to be from your mother
that called you away. Now, I
figure it out to myself: If Miss
Ladue's mother wired her, and
the wire made Miss Ladue pack
her stuff and beat ity, why didn't
she go home? Because the
wires a fake, most likely. Then
why, the next question is, did
Miss Ladue put over that fake?
The answers easy. Because she'd
just read in the mornin' paper
about Beiner's murder. She's read
about a young woman climbin'
down the fire-escape, thinks she'll
be pinched as that young woman,
and-beats it. Pretty good?''
Clancy nodded. She looked at
the man with narrowed eyes.
STILL" she said, 81 don't under
stand why you're sure that Miss
Ladue didn't kill him."
Spofford's smile was compla-
cent.
''I'll tell you why, Miss Deane.
This Ladue lady is no fool. The
proves that she was clever. But
a clever woman, if she'd MUIR
dered Beiner, would have beat it
Tuesday afternoon! Miss Deane,
if you'd left the Napoli on Tues
day, I'd stake my life that you
killed Beiner. No woman, least
wise a young girl like you, would
have had the nerve to sit tight
like you did on Tuesday night.
I may be all wrong, but you
gotta show me If I am" he went
on emphatically. Suppose you
had killed Beiner, but didn't
know that any one had seen you
on the fire-escape! Even then,
you'd have moved away from
the Napoli. I tell you I been
twenty-seven years on the force.
l know what regular criminals
do, and amachures, too. And even
if you'd killed Beiner, I'd put