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THE KNOCK AT THE DOOR.

Knock. Knock
You can not come in:
The door is brass
And the bolt is sin.
Stand on the threshold trembling and cold,
Beautiful angel, with hair of gold
Maud, come hither and sit on my knee
I'll kiss thy lips, and thou'lt kiss me-
Beatrice, thou of the mifk-white hands,
Fondle nv long hairs electric strands.
Blanche, no pouting, / vow 1 will rest
My head If like. in that dove-like breast.
Knock Knock.
You can not come in:
The door is brass
And the bolt is sin.
You are not meet for this company bold,
Heavenly angel, with hair of gold
Pile the wood up in the chimney wide.
Till the flame leaps like the devils pride,
In silver tankards simmer the wine.
Spice it with cinnamon fresh and fine:
And we'll bask and drink, and drink and bask,
While ever there lasts log or flask!
Knock' Knock
You not cone in;
The door is brass
! And the bolt is sin.
Rollick and riot you must not behold,
White robed angel, with hair of gold.
The wine is bitter. the blaze is dim;
] What horrible chill creeps DER each limb?
\ | scarce can see as / gaze abroad.
Where are ye Beatrice, Blanche, and Maud!
| All Heaven! Come kiss me-some fire-some
light!
Speak, lemans, or else 1 shall perish with fright
Knock, Knock!
| How did yOu come in?
| The door was brass,
And the bolt was sin.
Where are your white robes. your hair of gold?
Angel Of Death, your touch is cold!
| Unknown.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-10

"Listen to her. sir!" he was saying.
"Runnin' like song! Shed not stop
on you now every five yards, let alone
the smoke and raw gas comm from
her exhaust pipe!"
LEAK in the vacuum tank float!
Cad, might have known, that was
the trouble J" the man in the visored
cap replied and at the sound; of his
voice Mike stood as If turned to
stone, unaware that he was in the
direct glare of the lamps. Il want
to get on to New York as quick as
Good Lord, it isn't-Mike! Mike. old
scout J"
Mikes heart leaped but the habit
of the service long past was strong
upon him and he drew himself up
and saluted as stiffly as he had at
headquarters an hour or so before.
This time the salute was interrupted,
however, for the other grabbed him
and embodied him in bear-like hug,
to the intense interest of the garage
owner and the two repair men.
mo saluting now. Mike! The wars
over but not our friendship,
hope" -,
Never that, Lieutenant Trevor J"
Mike exclaimed when the man whose
life he had saved in France released
him. al little thought to see you in
these parts. sir"
Il motored down from New York
only today, and was in too much Of
a hurry to get back to even stop and
inquire for you, Mike" Trevor re-
piled remorsefully. "What are you
doing over here. yourself?"
Just making few inquiries and
then I'm on to New York, too. My
motorcycle is just over there by the
station" Mikes eyes twinkled. May
be I'll beat you in. but if you intend
to hit her up a little don't mistake
every cops bike you hear behind you
for mine."
"I'll do better than that" Trevor
turned to the garage owner. "Will
you have one of your men go over to
the station, get this gentlemaifs
motorcycle and fasten it securely to
my car? He'll ride in with me-"
Halloran complied but Mike recon-
strated.
"Itll keep you back for a few min.
utes, Mr.. Trevor. for l want word
with this man here, if bis name is
'Halloran'-"
"TlI wait till morning." Trevor
began, but the garage owner stepped
forward with a belligerent air.
"What do you want with me?" he
demanded.
sim Detective Sergeant Curtis,
Shaftstown Headquarters" an
nounced Mike. succinctly. I'm look
ing for information about a young
woman in brown, with brown veil.
golden hair and yellow flowers on
her hat. She carried black travel
ing bag ard engaged a big red car
from YOU early last Tuesday morn
ing. Your son, Frank. drove, and
they were last seen going in the
direction of New York"
Halloran chuckled.
CONTINUED in Our Next Issue. y
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-10
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

The most famous Ais of our time
are Jennings, Jolson, Smith, Imony,
ct al.-Dallas Journal.
Even when a man wants the earth
he doesn't want it thrown at him
in the form of mud.-Illinois State
Journal.
1t is getting so n dog can't bury
bone without worrying over the
archaeologists digging it up.-Ports-
mouth Daily Times.
The only time pedestrians have the
right-of-way is when the ambulance
is taking them to the hospital
Chickasha Star.
Most gamblers are single men. You
can't tempt man after he has
taken a chance once too often.-Balti-
more Morning Sun.
A thing of beauty is JOY forever,
il the rouge and paint and dye lass
that long.-Roanoke Times.
Times have changed. Jonah was
swallowed by a whale but the Jonahs
nowadays just get investigated.-Al-
bany Evening News.
Grandma had her faults, but she
didn't push you out of the way after
you had been waiting half an hour
to get to deposit your weekly S1.2o
in the bank.-Little Rock Arkansas
Democrat.
II don't see why you are having
so much trouble getting reliable SER
wants." complained Brown.
I'm not having any more trouble
than the Washington government"
retorted his wife.-Duluth News Tri-
bune.
Teacher-"Now you understand
children that transparent means some
thing that you can look through.
Anna, name me an example?"
Anna-"Yes. teacher. A keyhole."
-Datro;t News
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Begin Here Today.

Sallie Peck, employc of the Fail
Deal Five and Ten, quarrels with hei
policeman sweetheart, Michael Cur
tbs. That night Sallie goes into thu
yard to take down n washing fol
Ma Brennan. with whom Sallie live:
A crash shakes the earth and some
thing strikes Sallie blow on the
head.
When she regains consciousness thu
girl finds herself in strange surround
ings. A French maid calls her Alva
Copeland and Madame Copeland, q
tall, richly gowned woman, claims hei
as her step-daughter. Sallie meets
Cousin Wheeler, who makes love to
her. She resolves to solve the mystery
She finds out that she is being sub
stituted for the real Alva Copeland
real victim of the wreck.
Michael Curtis becomes suspicious
and goes on the trail of the Cope
lands. He goes for information to a
chemist friend. Now go on with the
story.
The sergeant had seized his hand
and was shaking it violently.
That's. all l need to know about
it( joel" Mike laughed with an odd
catch in his voice. you've helped
me more than once before but this is
the greatest thing you've ever done for
me-"
Leaving the amazed little chemist
staring blankly after him, he thrust
the lock of hair back into the enve-
lope and strobe from the drug store
Ten minutes later he was closeted with
his chief, pleading more earnestly
than he ever had before.
Just week, captain! Perhaps ]
won't be away that long! have a
clue that's the strangest in the
world"
"a clue to what. Mike?" The cap
tain thumped his desk in evaporation
whats the case? You know / sym
pathize with you in your trouble and
I'd let you work on anything that
would help to take your mind off it,
but l can't have you running off on
wild goose chase without putting
me wise to it first"
Its a matter of life and death,
captain, that's all / can say" There
was n note of solemnity in the SER
geant's tones. Il want to find a GER
tain person and if l don't. I'll be will
ing to go back to pounding my beat
again. and in the foundry district be-
sides :"
The foundry district was the tough
est in town and three luckless police
men had been done to death there in
as many months by the gangsters who
frequented it. The captains face soft.
ened hut he SAT for n long minuta
lost in frowning meditation before he
turned with a nod.
"All right! You're high-handed
young rascal but I'll give you your
way this time. If you get in any mix
UP where you find you're not the
whole cheese, get word to me and
I'll straighten you out"
Mikes eyes shone as he drew him
self up and saluted stiffly.
Thanks. captain"
A half hour later with all his prep
arations completed, he started forth
upon his quest.
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CHAPTER vi.
Pals Again.


The Kingsville station had long
been locked up for the night and the
only signs of life about the sleeping
little village were at the garage be-
fore which powerful roadster was
undergoing repairs and in the rear of
the Italian shOemaker's. where live
ly and apparently open crap game was
in progress, when a motorcycle drove
up to the baggage platform and its
rider dismounted.
After accommodating carefully he de-
cided to commence operations by in
stituting one-man raid upon the de-
voices of luck. which proved highly
successful. Breaking in n low side
window with the butt of his pistol he
reversed it and flashed his shield be-
fore the astonished gamblers could do
more than spring to their feet, and
although muttered oaths ran around
the circle and more than one knife
flashed, that steadily pointing pistols
mouth held them back and Mike
spoke:
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BUSINESS FOR CONGRESS.

President Coolidge is endeavoring
induce Congress to proceed to bus
ness and not devote virtually all 4
attention and energies to investing
lions. That does not mean that q
investigations should be neglected 81
they be carried on as they should
carried on without holding up the bq
mess of the United States. Il
Thus far Congress has accomplish
very little and that little it might 81
ter not have done. 1t has muddl
with tax reduction and it has passI
bonus bill. 1t has played politi|
instead of transacting business. III
best politics it can play now is to pm
coed to work.-Albany News.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-10
A QUEER BILL

Senator Owens of Oklahoma has made
himself famous for his periodical at
tempts to secure weird legislation OF
some sort. His latest effort is on the
level with some of his best efforts.
He has presented a bill to Congress
setting forth that if any person pre-
sents to any newspaper an affidavit to
the effect that something that newspaper
has printed is not true. that newspaper
shall print that affidavit on exactly the
same page and in exactly the same place
as was printed the statement to which
the affidavit refers. incidentally, it is
difficult to see how the newspaper can
publish the affidavit in exactly the
same place" unless the affidavit is ex-
actly the same length as was the original
article. However, trifling detail of
that kind does not bother Senator Owen.
1t is the business of the newspaper to
make the affidavit fit into the exact
space.
AS a rule, newspapers when they make
statement that is incorrect are willing
to make a correction without being
forced to do so. There is never any
need OF compulsion with decent news
paper. The trouble. very often is that
somebody entirely misconstrues state
ment and accuses the newspaper of say
ing something it did not say. a case
in direct point occurred in San Antonio
very recently.
A certain man in this city held a
political conference with another. The
conference, on its face, was of general
interest as indicating the possibility OF
a coalition between two political fac
tons in an approaching election. A
newspaper sent reporter to one of the
men to ask the import of the conference.
The man gave what was undoubtedly
true and correct statement as to what
had occurred and the newspaper pub
lished that statement exactly as the man
had given it.
Three days later the man who had
given the story to the newspaper arose
in a public meeting and declared that
he had been attacked" He did not
deny the accuracy of the story-in fact
admitted that it was absolutely correct
but for the purpose of putting himself
somewhat into the limelght with the
public declared that he had been "at
tackled by the publication of a story
which he, himself had given out.
1t goes without saying that a mar
who wcrld be guilty of such proceed
ing would not hesitate to make a falls,
affidavit if his perverted moral sens,
should allow him to see any advantage
in doing so.
SEM tor Owen is somewhat prone t.
take snap judgment on the situation
when he assumes that everybody VIII,
demands the correction of a newspape
statement is entitled to receive it. |
sometimes happens that judgments an
opinions as to facts differ radically Thi
is shown every day in every court hous
in the country. Law suits spring en-
tirely from the fact that the partie
thereto, differ in their judgment c
what is correct and what is not
The passage of such law as Senate
4 Owen proposes would give rise tostrang
complexities. If a newspaper shout
declare that a proposed piece of legisla
ton was against public policy and dc
nounce that proposed legislation as OF
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A Puzzle a Day

Two swimmers were in a circuld
pool; one at the edge, the other
the exact center. The swimmer
the center started swimming arourl
the pool Gas indicated by line Al Tl
swimmer in the center made direct
toward the man at the edge, al
undertook to catch him, alwaJ
heading directly toward him. Boz
swimmers went at the same rate \
speed. How far around the pool d.
the capture take place?
Yesterdays answer:
Three-fourths of a cross. $500.
A complete circls ........:....
Two semi-circles and a straight
line .......''...'
A triangle ON legs .............
A part of circle ............
A part OF a circle ............
A complete circle ......:..
The word represented is ToBAi
co.
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Daily only average. .29.46g
Sunday only average. $3.50
The above totals and averages for paid cir
culatun exclusive OF all spoiled copies and any free
copies of nature.
We hereby that the foregoing statement of
paid circulation 10 correct.
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Circulation Manager.
. c. ]. BUCHANAN.
Business Manager
- Sworn and subscribed to before me this End day
Of April, A. D.. 1924.
(SeaD FRED J. BONNER JR,
Notary Public.
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MARCH CIRCULATION

The paid circulation of The San Antonio Light
during the month of March. day by day. was as fol-
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for publication OF all news dispatches credited to
Hedted In this paper and also that
local published herein All rights OF republican
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Where to Go

Vaudeville.
Majestic: Big Time Vaudeville.
Motion Pictures.
Palace: "When Mans a Man.
. Empire: Lois Wilson in III
bound"
Princess: Antonio Moreno
"Flaming Barriers"
Rialto: Lila Lee in Loves Viii
pool
Royal: Tom Mix in ''Do and Dar{
Luncheon Clubs.
(Friday.)
Kiwanis Club at the Gunter.
Conopus Club at the Menger.
Rotary Club at the st. Anthony
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4 GIFT THAT is A COMPLIMENT

In the gift you receive you can
sometimes see yourself as others see
you, and the view is not always fiat
tering. 1t may be a jazz record, or
n gaudy tie, or book that you would
hate to have found on you if an auto
bumped you into dreamland. And
you can't really blame the giver.
Knowing you well he concludes that
you crave that sort of thing. On the
other hand is gift may convey sub
tie compliment gift of The Com
panion for instance. 1t is tribute
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to your good taste, to certain IDEAL
ism he has perceived in your makeup
to the impression you give that life
is real and earnest and not merely a
game of skittles You may be sure
that anybody who thinks slightly Of
The Companion as a gift is himself
making life a game of skittles-and
very little else.
The So issues Of 1925 viii be crowd
ed with serial stories, short stories,
editorials, poetry, facts and fun. Sub
scribe now and receive:
/. The Youths Companion-52 issues
in 1925.
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NOTICE TO TAX PAYERS

On account of making settlement
with the County Cour t-preparatory
to turning over the Tax Books for
the 1924 tax to the Sheriff elect on
January l, 1925, I will be compelled
to closetax collection records Dec
ember IS, 1924. Those desiring to
pay tax this month will please do SO
en- or bsfore the above date.
Thanking you for your cooperation.
Jos. N. Forman, Sheriff of Barbour
County, w. Va.
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HIM" he at last muttered grimly
Good thing ! amt married with a
family. single feller can economic
better by not eatin' much. Seventy-iive
dollars is pretty big Christmas loss"
Then he grlnned. But guess can
stand it,
The next day, whenever he showed
himself, the yell that greeted him was
"Bully Bright"
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Fig Delight

One-haIf cupful sugar. one cupful
brown sugar, half cupful milk. half
cupful chopped figs, half tablespoon
full butter, one teaspoonful vanilla
Boil sugar and milk until 1t forms
a soft ball In cold water. Take from
the fire, add butter and vanilla and
beat until creamy. Stir In the
chopped figs and pour quickly on but
tered pans.
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GAXA wrongs in a few short, terse
sentences: "All the chill
dren in the world Of people have beau
tiful Christmas trees fixed for them.
Why should the children of the forest
be denied such things? Is 1t fair? Is
1t just?"
Every little one Of the forest who
was present cried loudly that 1t was
not, except Baby Rabbit, who was al.
ways a little timid about using her
voice, so she just nodded her head.
Just then beautiful fairy came and
stood among the little forest folk /.
children" she said. Y have just
been listening to all that you have
been saying and want to tell you that
/ think you are all wrong. If each one
of you will close your eyes for a mo
ment | will take you on little trip
with me and prove to you that you are
making yourselves unhappy without
cause"
All the little ones present shut their
eyes tightly and as they did so felt
themselves moving swiftly through air,
but there was no fear in their hearts at
all. for the good fairy was right beside
them all the time and was smiling at
them so pleasantly
They were then taken to the win
dows of some homes where Christmas
trees were already set up and dec
grated and they were allowed to gaze
Of hi 10
the little people began to grow weary,
but the fairy kept them moving from
place to place and often they had to
travel a long way to find homes where
the tree was fixed so far ahead, as
most people wait until Christmas Eve
to set up the Christmas tree.
When, finally, the fairy brought them
back to their own forest. she took them
from tree to tree and pointed cut to
them the beauty OF each. Then she
led them to the prettiest tree OF all
and asked them to teek hard at It. And
when the little felix's locked hand they
saw that this tree was mere beautiful
ans had sn II mere beautiful decera-
tieRs than were IN sHy of the trees
that wers set up fer the children OF
men. Fer Jack k'rest and Old Man
Snow had gene to all manner Of trouble
10 decorate this tree and 1t spark1e8
and shene with radiance that far sur
paused that Of the Christmas trees
they had just seen Ia peoples homes.
And It was net alsae this tree that was
beautiful. but every single tree in the
forest was beautiful aIse. only thai
this particular enc seemed TO be little
BIT lsvelier than any At the rest.
Then the little children Of the forest
knew that they had No just cause 70,
grievance. and discomfort vanished
from their hearts, for they felt tina;
there was no more beautiful Christmas
tree In all the world than the one
which was their very own and which
grew so near them In their own home
land. And they thanked the good fairy
In one breath for what she had shown
them and they all wished her a merry
Christmas.
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Bright
His little grocery remained open un.
til near midnight Christmas Eve for
the accommodation Of late customers
and those who had managed to scrape
up few coins at the last minute.
Bright's shop was in a very poor part
of the town. so he knew.
He kept one half-grown boy to de
liver goods in a basket, on foot. Eu.
this Christmas Eve he added several
extra boys to his force.
He kept them busy, too going into
all sorts of places.
Barker was an expert in package
wrapping, and his fingers few swiftly
except when waiting on customers
These customers were rather more
than usual. but not enough to account
for the packages the little grocer was
hurrying into baskets.
"Gee!" painted one boy as he came
In with an empty basket. Il never
knew Dutch Herm nor Sleepy Hogan
nor SpilIkins an some others to have
any money before, but here we're
stuffin' baskets for 'em fit to kill. Must
"a been rainin' money over In Goat
Shanty street."
At length the evening was over and
tire shop closed. Then Bark an Bite"
dropped on his stool to figure up his
days business.
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BARKER'S
CHRISTMAS
CHANGE
BY Frank Herbert Sweet
4 3 q = q q IA 3 q 4 q + 4 Z q q + II
20. 1924. Western Newspaper Union)

HE boys yelled Bark an
Bite" at him, because his
name was Barker A. Bright,
and his face rather canine in
contour. But the name was
a misnomer, as the boys
found out. This Christmas
the yell changed to "Bully
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1riStf11aS
Ire S in
the + crest
BY KATHERINE EDElMAN
20. 1924. Western Newspa per Union.
BY KATHERINE fDFlMAN
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

HE children of the little
folks of the forest met In
council the morning before
Christmas.
Baby Jack Squirrel was
tie spokesman for the
crowd and he voiced their
wrongs in few short, terse
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1924-11-13
BIGGEST AND BEST BOOST

To put most of Colorados nforma-
iton keys on one ring. to unlock her
thousand joys for tourists. the Smith
Brooks Printing Co., in Denver. is
planning to distribute at least $4,000
copies of 300 to 500 page "Guide to
Colorado. April l, FREE. through
out all the states.
Every section of the state is to
have an equal chance to present it's
case" to rail tourists. motorists,
homseekers. and sportsmen.
Tourists can't be expected to go
about gathering up hundreds of fold
ers on various parts of the state-it's
inefficient for all concerned, without
ONE book to unity them, Smith
Brooks says
ITS to be our annual tribute to
Colorado. they say. las thanks for
the fact that we've been Denver's
largest printers for 40 years. Colo
RADIO needs such a book and we were
the logical ones to finance it,"
Letters are being sent this week to
people in this section who should be
interested in the book.