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doubt became a certainty. With the
dignity Of her breeding she turned and
walked away without a backward look.
And Carmencita watched her with
widening eyes. 1t was for this woman
he had looked with sick eyes across
the desert, and she--she, Carmencita
Smith-had lost him the blessing Of
happiness for which she had SO ardent
ly besought the Virgin!
For one more moment she hesitated,
fighting like a soldier. cast one de-
spairng glance at the hammock that
would swing forever empty, then,
fiinging out her young arms, she tore
out across the sand like a whirlwind.
"Senorita" she gasped, clutching at
the strangers arm. IL lied to you!
1t is not true-nothing! He is sleep
ing this moment in the casa-and he
will marry no one"
So LORNA Van Arm came wonder
ingly hack to the garden, with its
pampas plumes, to meet Phil Lambert
face to face. beneath an open window.
i've come. Philip" she said. 'Are
you glad to see me?'
The man regarded her with wide
eyes in which glowed a peculiar. new
light-something of mental health and
Joy and the lift Of new knowledge. He
dropped his crutch and took her hand.
"Yes." he said heartily, shade too
heartily. II am glad-very glad"
81 wish you wouldn't stay with
these-these natives Phil That girl
/ met just told me a wild story-and
denied it, as she ran away. How can
you trust yourself among them"''
For an instant Lambert considered.
He was thinking of many things: of
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| faded out Of consciousness and he
slept
Lambert did not know what wax
the room: only a pale radiance shone
at the narrow window. His tired
| back was eased in every nerve. He
felt no desire to stir. Then. after a
pregnant silence. he heard voices
| under the palms.
"vaminos!" cried an imperious
| young contralto. Get out! 1t is
| mine!'
There was a boys cracked laugh
ter. the sound OF bare feet on the
flags, a scufiie and the smart spat of
a hand on flesh.
| "Jeeminee! Young Wildcat! Gimme
that tortilla!'
He pronounced it "torteeya," and
the man on the bed felt a vital urge
to see what II was. He reached for
his crutch and went softly over to
| the window.
| Backed up against a palm tree
bole there stood a girl One hand
was open. stretched out, threatening
another slap; in the other, held high
as she could reach above her head.
was an object very like the pancake
Of his boyhood memories. With his
eyes upon II the slim, dark boy Of
Lambert's acquaintance spared for
hand. And the girl was angry. plain
mad.
| 'Muchacho"' she said contemptu-
ously. "Muchachito! Little boy! Can't
I have anything around this casa?
No. you don't" as the boy leaped.
Get out, Hyena, Madre" calling for
her mother after the age-old fashion
Of the young.
| In a moment the neat figure Of Mrs
Smith appeared under the palms. her
dark face scandalized.
| II am grieved." she said. that my
children have the no-good manner
To fght-Quarrel-what you call
the scrap-rght under the senor's
window
| Darn the senor." said the girl
frankly, "if it were not for him we
should eat"
| "Sancta Maria" gasped the mother
you swear! Oh. that I should raise
to theese the cheeldren Of your father
the Senior Juan Smeeth!" and she COW
cred her face with her hands.
| Instantly the two young scape.
graces were upon her. their arms
about her neck, their soft lips at her
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ashen lips to catch the breath that
seemed so suddenly elusive.
Good morning." said LORNA Van
Arm. Can you tell me, please, where
I can find Mr.. Lambert? Mr.. Philip
Lambert?'
So-she had come for him. Soon,
in a day, perhaps within the hour, ne
would go away-with her-and the
garden would be forever empty!
"Si," she said sharply, like q hiss,
II can tell you! He is gone-to the
beeg town--to-to buy" She stopped,
put an uncertain hand to her throat
and went on observation-disclosures for
for the bride box-laces and a fan
Of feathers
At the look of shocked astonish-
ment on the others face she rushed
madly on.
"And white cloth for the bridal dress
-si-yes-with little beads of silver
LORNA Van Arm raised an imperious
hand.
"Do you mean to tell me-" she said
with cold distinctness. that Phil
Lambert is goin' to-marry some oneT'
'Si-yes. ma'am," said Carmencita.' y
"Who]may ask"
ME-" faltered carmencita-
"You! You? Why, of all things!
A Mexican! Phil Lambert marry
you?"
The brilliance OF Carnencita's eyes
became shallow and hard as lacquer.
| Your picture-with the rose-he tore
| il up" she said, as sly as Eve. LORNA
Van Arm dropped the hand she had
lifted. She had given Phil picture
with e rose-and he had shamed her
before this brown girl Of the border.
At Carmencitas words the ghastly
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brown cheeks. their voices running
the gamut Of remorse. affection, plead
ing.
Lambert leaned from the sill,
scarcely a yard above them.
"If the stranger is holding up the
evening meal" he said smiling, "by
all means let's eat"
Three distinct gasps answered him
as the group fell apart
Mrs. Smith spread her hands: apol-
ogized; the boy grinned at him; but
the girl was covered with confu-
sion. She hid the cause OF all the
trouble behind her skirt and raised
to him marvellous. dark eyes. large
and limpid, set in lashes that curved.
two heavy lines Of black. against the
dropping lids.
This was Carmencita. the Sonora
Smith explained, her daughter.
And Carmencita, surreptitiously
dropping the tortilla behind the palm,
made him an enchanting curtsy. That
bow came, he was certain, from be-
hind the high mud wall of st. Ursula's s
Retreat.
At tho meal which followed, set on
long table in a high-ce room.
where candles burned, the girl was a
model of manners. They were well
hammered. Lambert observed, these
dark skinned folks Of the old adobe
house, and their innate kindliness
shone through their every act. The
L p; 20 III
with tongue -clickings of sympathy at
his recital of aloneness: the boy on
cred shy advances, and Carmencita,
after the meal, brought a we'll worn
pillow to put behind his head as he
lay in the hammock which swung be-
| meath the palm trees.
X y X
THUS began Phil Lambert's stay in
the healing land. The days were
hot and silent, except for the roar
of the limited going West, and the
shrill voices of children playing over
beyond the tracks. Women came to
the adobe house to gossip with Mrs.
Smith-shy, quiet, dark women with
black rebosos over their sleek black
| hair. and Carmencita went each day
to the dull iron gate and entered
| into st. Crsula's retreat
Lambert stopped her one morning
as he lay in the friendly hammock
What do you learn from the
sisters. senorita?' he asked with a
vague interest. The girl paused will
| ingly. She was like painting as she
stood beside the palm, slim, rounded
graceful. Her black hair, smoothly
parted over her olive brow, created a
| likeness to tie little Virgins head.
but her black eyes gave the lie to
any meekness as her lips parted in
ready smile. There was fire in Car
| mencita-fre OF Joy. Of love and hap
piness. and Of hate and rage as well.
1t lay close to the surface and a
spark could touch it off,
'The organ" she answered. "the
beeg organ-and, oh. senior, it is like
the heavenly harps. so deep, so
tender! I play very well. so Sister
! Francesca tells me-" There was a
childish pride in the statement. 81
study very hard" she went on. "and
some day I shall go to the far city
to earn much money"
] "So-you will have a career"
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lieved her. AS she rose to go Lam
bert reached and caught her hand.
Little one" he said gravely. "you
are made for healing. 1 hope you
never learn the art OF breaking
hearts,"
And a little later Carmencita, hid
in the depths of the casa, raised that
hand to her lips and kissed 1t fiercely
There were tears again in her black
eyes.
''Madre de Dios," she whisper red
"bless him. heart. soul and body"
*%<
60 THE days passed-long days
quiet. regenerating, and Lambert
did not know that Carmencita watch.
ed his fair head against the hammock
with a devouring hunger in her young
face.
"Oh, Sister" cried Carmencita lit
tie later 'let US put two candles on
the altar. Two very large-very long
ones! This day the Senior forgot his
crutch and walked from the hammock
10 the HfSt palm tree.
And she laughed and flung away, to
run home to the sandy garden and
stand a moment looking down at
Lambert where he slept in the ham
mock, one arm bent under his tawny
head. Her eyes were fathomless, and
she stopped as if she would kiss him
-helplessly, drawn by the fire that
was in her-but made the sign of the
cross above him instead. She gath
cred handful Of portulaoa blooms
and carried them to Lamberts room
She would make q fresh garland for
the Virgin and beg Of her new bless
ings for this man She stopped
on the sill. One by one the gay flow
ers dropped from her fingers.
Lambert's suitcase had fallen from
its usual place upon the little stool.
The clasp had come apart, his pos
sessions were scattered in an untidy
heap beside it; uppermost among
them there lay q woman's picture!
A woman-a gringo woman-an
Americano-fair as the dawn: with a
face like the angels in Father An
tones painting of the Nativity! And
upon her proud head was a light OF
pale hair, like an aureole.
Down on her knees went Carmen
cita to clutch this thing in shaking
hands and stare at it, fascinated.
AS truly as though he had told her,
she knew that this was why the
Senor's gray eyes were so often filled
ch
Senior was we'll she would come and
take him away. She could picture
them standing in the patio-the beau
tiful lady would kiss him perhaps
| Sick to her souls foundation
| the girl rose and left the dim room.
From that time forth he had scant
sight Of CormencitA She went early
to the convent and came late, and
she avoided the dry garden as she
| would a scourge.
ION a breathless day in Angus,
~ there was utter quiet in the pa
| ito. The Senior Lambert always slep,
| late these mornings-blessed fact
| and those at the casa guarded his
sleep most jealously. So that when a
| stranger came to the stone path be.
yond the dropping palms the Sonora
Smith said quickly. run, babita, and
meet the beautiful lady. and bid hel
speak carefully"
Slow and still, as il the blood con-
gealed in her. Carmencita went dowr
! the white tagged walk. The sunse,
color was quite gone from her round
young cheeks; the great black eyes
with the dark rings under them
were beginning to shine with a fla,
| brilliancs. Carmencita opened hel
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Camencita shook her head Wig
orously.
"Oh. no sir" she said. 1T is not
for myself! l will buy nothing for
me. 1t Is for the debt"
"Ah"' said Lambert, the debt?"
"Si. In three years the debt, it will
eat up the casa. Father Antoine has
figured it all down. My mother, she
can no more than pay the interest
the beeg debt. Senior. it is like a
beast that gnaws at tho garden. In
three years--oh, unless learn to play
queek it will eat 1t all-the palms.
the walks, the house itself. So !
must go to my practice now" and
with a belated anxiety she reused her
young body from It's rest against the
tree and went quickly away.
Lambert began to think about Mrs
Smith and her problem. A mortgage,
evidently, placed on the adobe house
perhaps by the Senor Juan in his
day. perhaps after his death. And so
the sonora took in boarders, with
personal attention to comfort" and
Carmencita in the dim convent play
ing like Heavenly harps"-striving &
against time to arm themselves that
they might go out and slay the mon
ster. Poor, eager, friendly folk! How
full and tense was life to them. and
they were happy in spite of their
troubles.
lot q q
had ceased to bloom, but the vel
vet moss" that clung along the sand
was gay with blossoms of all colors
Of the rainbow. Summer was full
upon the land.
The desert was hotter than it
seemed possible for earth to get. and
Lambert idly watched the still air
culver in the heat Across from him
Carmencita sat on a little stool en-
broidering flowers upon fllmy SILK
Her shining black head was bent and
the man look ed at the soft olive curve
Of her throat with gentle eyes. She
was good to behold. this young Car
mencita, with her moods of melting
softness and her flares of wrath
More than once he had laughed up
roariously at her whirlvind tempers;
and once when there had been tears
he had put a hand upon her little
head, comfortingly. He did not know
that the heart of Carmencita had
stopped for a full beat at that touch
nor that her eyes had famed beneath
their fringed wet lids like beacon
fires Of hope. How could he?
Now he said, What are you max
| ing. child?
"A scarf" she answered, 'for my
bride box"
The calm statement was something
| Of a shock to him. He had hated the
| very thought of weddings. A we'd
ding had meant to him LORNA van
| Arm in the glow Of white satin, with
! her pale head under orange flowers
So now he frowned and Carmencits
said wonderingly. "You-are moi
pleased. senor?"
| NO" he said. You are so young
| Carmencita--so young"
| II am eighteen" she said quickly
| "Yes-and you have a lover?"
| "Oh. no. None"
| Then why the bride box"
"I sew for that one who, when he
does arrive. l shall love weeth all my
/ heart and soul, senor." said Carmen.
cita softly, though she did not lool
| at him.
Lucky man. snid Lambert, with a
trace Of his old bitterness. Il wonder
| il you are true-if such thing is
| possible"
LAS the stars" said Carmencits
! gravely, and strangely enough he be.
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Only Slightly Flat.

Speeds my tire nat?
Fern-It's . little nat At tho bot
tom, but the rest Of It's O. K.
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DR. ROCK explains that he had ter
rible experiences in getting his
mail through to Washington, and
that his chief worry all along was
that his choicest specimens and hlms
The Washington times., 1924-04-08
CAPITOL FR|EZE
DAMAGED BY
ROOF LEAK
Down-Spout CIogged by Dead
Pigeons, Rain overfIows
Gutter Into Rotunda.

= Investigation to determine the
amount Of damage done to the
frieze in the Capitol rotunda as a
result of The heavy rains of Sun.
day is being made today by David
Lynn, architect Of the Capitol.
1t was discovered this morning
that the rain had overlooked the
cutters around the dome and had
run down across the frieze, IS feet
above the floor of the rotunda. 1t
is not expected that any very ex-
tensive damage has resulted.
Owing to the inaccessibility Of the
frieze, it will be impossible to make
repairs until next year, when the
architect plans to erect scaffold-
ing for the repainting of the entire
rotunda.
An investigation made today
showed that the damage was caused
by several pigeons who took refuge
in the down spout and were drowned
there. blocking the spout.
Six of the series of paintings
composing the frieze were badly
streaked by the water. There was
similar accident sixteen years
ago, when the down-spout was
choked by a mans hat which was
blown off into the gutter. Two OF
the paintings were damaged at that
time.
The Washington times., 1924-04-08
DENNY BOOSTS COOLIDGE
TO MICHIGAN VOTERS

Edwin DENLY, who was forced
out of President Coolidge's Cabinet
as a result of the naval oil leasing
disclosures, has sent a telegram
to Michigan urging Republicans to
support President Coolidge in to-
morrow's primary there, where he
is opposed by Senator Hiram John
son.
DENLY dispatched the following
message to his friends in Michigan:
Il deeply regret that l cannot
be in Michigan tomorrow to cast
my vote at the primaries for the
nomination of President Coolidge.
If were there 1 would vote for
him and request all my friends to
do the same thing. The best in
terests of the country and the
State Of Michigan will be served by
his nomination and election, and, ]
cordially hope he will receive a
great demonstration of confidence
in him and his Administration by
the voters there"
The Washington times., 1924-04-08

secretary of State, has come to
Washington from his home in New
York to attend the dinner at the
Belgian Embassy tonight.
Mrs. David A. Read, wife of
Senator Read, has invited a few
guests to tea tomorrow afternoon
to meet the Senator's aunt, Mrs.
Hengst, of Pittsburgh, who is her
guest.
I'D Col. George Harvey, former AMI
bassador to Great Britain, is at
the Ambassador Hotel, New York.
* X
Mrs. Charles Beecher Warren, of
Detroit, wife of the newly appoint
ed American envoy to Mexico, who
has been in White Sulphur Springs
with their three sons, left with
them last night for New York.
They will spend several days there
and then go to Detroit, leaving
there the middle of April to join
Ambassador Warren in Mexico City.
X \ X
Mrs. G. G. Flack and Miss Polly
Flack have arrived from Boston for
a short visit to the Minister from
Sweden and Nine. Wallenberg. Mrs.
Flack was the former Miss Pauline
Bancroft of Washington and Boston,
but passed most of her married life
abroad.
The marriage of Miss Isabel Town.
send Pell, daughter of Mrs. John
Cotton Smith, to r. Lorenzo
The Washington times., 1924-04-08
Miss Morgan to Wed
G. Bryan Pitts April 26

The marriage of Miss Gladys Ann
Morgan Thomas, daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. John Morgan Thomas, to
George Bryan Pitts, will take place
on Saturday, April &c, at st. Paul's
Church, Milwaukee. -
Following the ceremony there will
be a reception at the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas.
~ \ \
Kathleen Norris will be the guest
of honor at the tea at the Con-
gressional Club on Friday afternoon
at $3.50 o'clock,
Mrs. Norris is coming to Wash
ington to attend the law enforce.
ment convention to be held Thurs
day and Friday under the auspices
Of the Won1en's National Committee
on Law Enforcement, and will be
one OF the principal speakers.
There will be concert at Meridian
Mansions this evening at $3.50 o'clock
under the auspices of the Brown
University Alumni Association.
81 X
Kathleen Norris will be the guest
OF honor and speaker tomorrow at
the weekly luncheon Of the
Women's Democratic Club and her
subject will be law enforcement.
Mrs. ]. Borden Hartman, presi.
dent OF the club, viii preside.
The Washington times., 1924-04-08
ARREST BRINGS
!. PARK COP TO
TRIAL
Policeman Toland Accused Of
Aiding Sheriff in Viz
ginia Case.

The decision OF Lieut.. Col. c. o.
Sheriff., officer in charge of public
buildings and grounds, in the case
of Park Policeman p. r. Toland,
charged with disobeying verbal or
ders of his superior officers that
ne should not engage in police work
in Arlington county, Va, will be
forwarded in a few days to the
chief of engineers of the army.
Toland was tried yesterday before
Colonel Sheriff.. He is alleged to
have aided. Howard H. Smoot. a
special officer in Arlington county,
in making an arrest on Columbia
Pike recently. Paul Duvalt. who is
now in. Emergency Hospital, was
shot during tussle with Smoot.
Toland's counsel contends that
Toland was not doing police duty
with Smoot, but acted only as any
other citizen would do under the
circumstances.
The chief of engineers can either
accept, modify or disapprove of
Colonel SherriIl's recommendations.
The Washington times., 1924-04-08
NAVAL OFFICER
ACCUSED BY
WIFE
Mrs. Natalie A. Warner Al
Ieges Lieutenant Was
Frequently Drunk.

Accusing her husband of "habit-
ually, using intoxicating liquors"
and frequently striking her when
in a drunken rage" Mrs. Natalie
A. Warner, of 1897 Twenty-seventh
street northwest, today filed suit
in the District Supreme Court
against Lieut.. Paul C. Warner,
U. S. NJ, for a limited divorce and
alimony and the custody Of their
infant daughter.
Driven Out, She Says. -
The plaintiff, represented by At
torneys Levi H. David and Harlan
Wood, alleges that she lived with
her husband until March 10, last,
when he drove" her and their
child from their home at 1892 Q
street northwest.
Mrs. Warner says she was COM
PEELED to seek shelter with friends
on account Of his cruelty. The
wife claims that her husband re-
peatedly promised to conduct him
self properly and asked her to come
back to live with him and she did.
In September, 1928, Mrs. Warner
alleges, she and her husband occu-
pied an apartment at 1915 Sixteenth
street and that the defendant had
been drinking ''as he frequently
does" and that he treated her with
extreme cruelty compelling her to
scream for help which was given
by the janitor who came ito her
resuce."
Cites Late Hours.
The defendant comes home at
late hours in the night and in
the morning Gin drunken condi-
tion," Mrs. Warner declares, and
he is frequently sick from drink.
The plaintiff says defendant is
q senior lieutenant in the navy
stationed in the Navy Department
and has a monthly salary of $410.
Mrs. Warner alleges cruelty and
non-support. They were married
in Boston in October, 1920.
The Washington times., 1924-04-08
Mrs. CrOss to Be
Hostess at Card Party

Mrs. Whitman Cross will be hos
tess at card party at her home,
101 East Kirke street, Chevy Chase,
Wednesday afternoon April %, at 2
o'clock.
Assisting Mrs. Cross will be Mrs.
Richard Fay jackson and Mrs. Err
nest r. McComas. There will be
tables for bridge nah jong and five
hundred. The party is a continue
ton Of the "neighborhood" parties
given earlier in the season under
the asupices of the Juvenile Pro-
tective Association committee of the
Twentieth Century Club.
DR.. and Mrs. Seymour Dewitt
Ludlum, OF Philadelphia, are at
Wardman Park Hotel for a lengthy
visit to the Capital. With them are
Miss Sarah d. Lowrie and Miss
Dorothy M. Stewart, of Philadelphia.
Mrs. w. A. Bachelor, Of Milwau.
kee, is spending the week at the
Hamilton Hotel. and is accompanied
by II. B, Bachelor, of Milwaukee,
and Miss'W. H. Granger, Of Cleve-
land.
Miss d. A. Robertson, Of Sidney,
Australia, is at Wardman Park
Hotel and is accompanied by Mr..
and Mrs. Wilson d. Wing, of
Bangor, Me.
The Washington times., 1924-04-08
THIRTY NATUONALITlES IN
BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBIT

LONDON, April S.-The Bfitish
Empire Exhibition at Wembley has
assumed cosmopolitan air such
as no city in the world possesses
With the arrival OF whole native
villages from West and East Africa,
India, Borneo and Malaga, the ex.
hibition will house some thirty diff
ferent nationalities, including the
Frehchmen, Dutchmen; Canadians
and others whose business is rep.
resented within the scope of the
gigantic exposition.
In order to allow the natives to
live after the manner to which they
were born, several villages were
built on the grounds. In the case
of West Africa an entire village
has been transported here and re-
erected