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XVII Continued

True, she seemed more than able
to take care of herself, but she was
very beautiful, very blonde, very
unprotected, and in that wistfu.
second youth he most admired.
He had thought himself the chiyal.
rous son Of chivalrous Southern.
ers. excited and not too happy, but
convinced, at the height of his rest.
lessness and absorption, that she
was but romantic and passing
episode in his life.
When Cora Dwight had ruthless.
y led him into those unconscious.
y guarded secret chambers Of his
soul and hidden him behold and
ponder, he had turned as cold as II
.ce-water were running in his
veins, although he had continued
10 smile indulgently and had an
swered with some approach to
locularity. He was foored at last.
He'd got the internal disease in its
most virulent form. Not a doubt
Of 1t. No wonder he had deluded
himself. His ideal woman-whom,
preferably, he would have wooed
and won in some sequestered spot
beautified by nature, not made hid
eous by man-was not a woman at
al. but a girl; twenty-six was IAN
Ideal age: who had read and stud
led and thought, and seen all of
the world that girl decently may.
He had dreamed Of no mans leav-
ings, certainly not OF a woman who
had probably had more than one
lover, and, no doubt would not
take the trouble TO deny it. He
hated as much as he loved her and
he, felt that he would rather kill
than possess her.
1t was half an hour after he
reached his rooms before he fin
ished striding up and down; then.
with a final anathema, he flung
himself into a chair before his ia
BILE. At least his brain felt clearer,
now that he had faced the truth.
Time enough to wrestle with his
problem when he had won his
leisure. II he couldn't switch her
off for one night at least and give
his brain its due, he'd despise him
self, and that, he vowed, he'd never
do. He wrote steadily until two in
the morning.
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XVIII

He awoke at noon. His first i'm
preston was that a large black bat
was sitting on his brain. The
darkened room seemed to contain
visible presence Of disaster. He
sprang out of bed and took hot
and cold shower; hobgoblins fed.
although he felt no inclination to
sing! He called down for his
breakfast and opened his hall door.
A pile OF letters lay on his news
papers, and the topmost one, lin a
large envelope. addressed in flow
ing meticulously fine hand. he
knew. without speculation. to be
from Madame Zattiany.
He threw back the curtains. set.
tied himself in an armchair. read
his other letters deliberately. and
glanced at the headlines Of the pa
pers. before he carefully slit the
envelope that had seemed to. press
his reyeballs. The time had come
for .self-discipline, consistently ex.
ercised. Moreover, he was afraid
OF it. What-why had she written
to him? Why hadn't she tele-
phoned? Was this a tardy dis
missal? His breath was short and
his hands shaking as he opened the
letter.
It was sufficiently comImonplace.
Dear Mr.. 'Clavering:
II have been in Atlantic City for
a few days getting rid Of cold. !
hope you have not called. Will
you dine with ME tomorrow night
at half after eight. ] shall not
ask any one else. 80 (, =
Sincerely.
MARIE zATrIANY."
So her name was Marie. It had
struck him once or twice as hui.
morous that he didn't know the
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msye9s 1ss look b. :1meaieas 5ss sarqgs 'a,v - s
.B }B]LAcK OXEN, IL
GERTRUDE K14ER1oN ~ $780,
h GERTRUDE ATHERTON

Published with Associated First National
the screen produced Frank
Lloyd with Cornne Griffith Countess Zattiany.
nv rfrnda fhertnn
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lists, or at least some of them,
disagree here.

lists. or at least some of them,
disagree here.
If he had stopped there he might
rightly have expected to see his
name along side Of other centen-
arians. hOnnred, revered, respect
ed. the toast--though that is hard :
ly the proper word--of those who
sit at the feet of the aged wise and
acquire knowledge and so years.
But no. Possibly the first hundred
years have been harder on his
mental equipment than on his NOR
tai frame. There are those. finally
convinced that he was not alto
sether wicked, depraved and base,
who would explain his case by
saying that his mind is wandering.
He not only urged the early-to-bed
and early-to-rise motto and the
eating Of much meat, but he added,
Smoke and drink as much as yon
want
How different he than Polonius,
SO often quoted as having said:
Though | look old, yet | am
strong and lusty:
For in my youth ! never did
apply blood.
Therefore my age is as d,
lusty winter
1t was not his fault that he dill
not reap still further extension
OF years and that Hamlet's, sword
made an end at once of his careful
living and wise homilies. Mr.. Bier
might we'll have read Shakespeare
when a boy, and who shall say to
what old age serene and bright
and lovely as a Lapland night"
he might not in time have rea ched.
COurant
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Well Informed.

FIRST sTUpENFLAN you sure
your folks know I'm coming home
with you? f
4 SECOND STUDENT~They ought
to-, Nargued with them a whole
hour about it, Hamilton Royal
Gaboon.
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Clever Deductiop
Ito Be Continued)

Say, amt you de teller vat / met
in Philadelphia ?"
dere."
"vell, neider have I 1 guess it.
must haXe been two, odder felleys -
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A THOUGHT

The hoary head is a crown of
glory. if it be found in the way of
Righteousness PROV. 1881. ~
Old age is the repose of life; the
rest that precedes the rest that re-
mains Robert Collyer.
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Sounds Serious.

Sounds Serious.
1t was reported Yesterday that
Sheriff Williams, whose case was to
come up following the Willard case,
was in at his home with influence.
Whether the sheriff's illness is
serious is not known Kingston
IN. Co. Morning News.
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Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inc
Evening star., 1924-02-09
II MUTUAL SAVINGS
BANKS ASSETS GROW
Maryland Also Reports Healthy
Conditions in 1875 Other Finan-
cial Institutions.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

Special DispAIcn 10 Inc S1ar.
BALTIMORE. February e.-Assets
of the seventeen mutual savings banks
of Maryland increased $9,537,94s.o .o2
during 1923. according to the bank
commissioners report giving the result
of the last semi-annual call for these
institutions. On December 81, 1928,
they were $15s. 1928, ,2e5 Sc; due depositors
was s143,431.532.42. Deposits showed
gain of ss.564.14s.s6.
OF special interest is the fact that
S7.442.664.3S more was invested in
mortgages than at the end Of 1922, as
evidence that the savings banks are
devoting a larger share OF their re-
sources to this form of financing.
Many Baltimore bankers have felt that
this would be desirable from the
standpoint of the institutions them
selves and real estate development in
the city as well.
Resources of the 1ss state banks and
trust companies and thirty-eight
branches of Maryland as of December
81 last amounted to $338,S91,270.45.
The institutions had S20,S65,173 capitaI
stock, $24.003,798 surplus and S5.2eS.-
report.
Changes on December 20. compared
with the corresponding date last year,
are:
Increase in total resources, S25.51o.-
66S.66; increase in total deposits. 500
647.122.25: increase in bills payable and
notes and bills rediscounted, $2.332.-
S2z.lS, and increase in MORTGAGES and
judgments of record, 34,425,164.51.
Evening star., 1924-02-09
BUTTER PRODUCTION
STILL ON INCREASE
Prices Slightly Higher and With.
drawals Heavier Than for
Previous Week.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, February e.-Changes
lin the butter markets this week
were due more to temporary varia-
tions in supply and demand factors
than to any apparent basic change
lin the general position of the mar
kets. There was a general harden
ing of values and prices worked to
slightly higher levels. Sentiment was
somewhat more confident. but the
signs of nervousness which had pre-
vailed for some time were still eyi-
dent, and there was much conjecture
as to the trend of the markets during
the next few weeks.
Perhaps the strongest feature was
the continued acute shortage OF me-
dium and undergTade butter. With
"a price range of only / H cents be-
tween IS and 90 score buffers at
three Of the four important tn MARKERS aiIs
there did not appear much Likelihood
of break in prices of fancy butter
until the shortage of undergrades
were relieved.
Withdrawals for the week ran ap-
proximately SO per cent larger than
for the corresponding week last year.
This has prepared the trade for the
shortage shown in the preliminary
cold storage report of holdings in
the United States on February OF
nearly a million pounds under last
year The total holdings amounted
to 15,29O.0o0 pounds, less than one
half of the five-year average. With
drawals during the month of Janu-
airy amounted to 15.259,000 pounds
Production. according to the ma
jority of reports. 10 still increasing.
For the week ended February the
Minnesota Cooperative Creamerfes
and the American Creamery Butter
Manufacturers Association show in
creases of 2.5 per cent and 3.83 per
cent, respectively, over the previous
week, and in the latter case. 11-26
per cent over the corresponding
week last year
Consumption so far has been fully
ample to absorb the receipts and. had
it not been for the foreign butter,
would undoubtedly have forced prices
materially above present levels. Dur
ing the week 9.9sS casks of Danish.
of Italian butter arrived in New
York.
Evening star., 1924-02-09
STORMS CHECK TRADE.
Dun's Report Shows Pig Iron Mar
ket Is Extra Good.

NEW YORK, February 9.-Dun's
Review today says:
Forces that have retarded busi-
ness In some sections have not OBJ
scured the good points in the situa-
tion. Severe storms in different To-
calities this week notably in the mid
die west, impeded operations, but this
was 9 temporary Influence and did
not affect all activities. Against the
restraints imposed by weather draw
backs, there has been the FIRST gain
in pig iron output in seven months
confirming recent reports OF an in,
creased demand for steel. The ex-
pansion in the great basic Industry.
which has large bearing on con.
ditions generally, has come mainly
because buyers stocks had run low
ana were in need Of replenishment
Much the same phase as TO sI,n-
plies has existed in some other inn
Portant branches, as in textiles and
hides and leather, and in those lines
transactions have also broadened. The
current growth Of business n irs
regular. but it is clearly discernfble
In various quarters and is the more
wholesome from the fact that few
signs OF speculation in trade appear
Weekly bank clearings, 81, 1881, ,052, 600"
Evening star., 1924-02-09
NEW HIGH RECORDS
IN GRAIN MARKET
Corn Proves Leader in Lift
ing Values During Week.
Pit Flooded With Orders.
By the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, February Corn has
lifting grain values to new records
for the season. Rough weather ham
pering the corn movement and in
creasing the demand from feeders
was chiefly responsible. Compared
with a week ago, the corn market
this morning was q to 1ss higher,
with wheat a shade to / up, oats
varying from Is to x decline to u
gain and provisions showing an ad-
vance that ranged from a shade to
81.
Both in volume of business and in
greater rallying power corn sur
passed wheat.
That wheat had been on the advance
nine consecutive days tended to make
many traders in that cereal incline to
be cautious and to look for something
of a reaction, although shrinkage of
the domestic visible supply, prospective
curtaiiment Of spring wheat acreage
and renewed gossip about likelihood of
higher tariff rates were accorded a good
deal of notice. Widespread snowfalls,
meanwhile, relieved anxiety regarding
protection for the winter crop.
Corn prices moved up so rapidly at
times that standing orders to sell at
certain levels were impossible of execu-
ton. Most of the time, rural offerings
We're limited, and there was much COM
ment that the period of accumulation
of stocks of corn at terminals was draw
ing to a close. Toward the end Of the
week, enlarged export demand for corn
from this country, attracted particular
attention as Argentine exports of corn
showed a notable falling of
Oats were eased to some extent by a
little more liberal receipts.
Provisions advanced with corn and
hogs.
Evening star., 1924-02-09
STOCK PRICES DR|F
TOL0WERLEVELS
Higher Money Rates and
Heavy Profit Taking Cause
of Setback During Week.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, February 9.-Securi-
ties prices drifted lower this week
under the weight of a large volume
Of profit-taking and temporary
strengthening Of money rates result
ing from the withdrawal Of funds by
interior banks from this center.
Group movements were again the
feature, operators for. the rise shift
ing from one to another when the old
leaders showed signs of faltering.
Public interest In the market is in
creasing, according to commission
houses, but it has not yet reached
sufficient proportions to.~matertally
influence the price movements.
Temporary Strength I'm Steels.
Steel shares developed temporary
strength on reports that January pig
iron production had shown the first
monthly increase since last June and
that yGill operations were expanding.
United States Steel common. the
leader of that group, touched 169, the
highest price since last March and
only q below the 1923 high estab-
lished that month. Independents ad-
NanCed In sympathy, Dut the gains
were not maintained.
Oil shares were adversely affected
by the announcement of federal in
vestigation of gasoline prices and
the publication of the weekly report
of the American Petroleum Institute
showing an increase in crude oil pro-
duction and exports. Trading in
these issues also has been under re-
straint as result of the disclosures
made by the Senate committee inves-
tigating naval oil leases.
Open Winter Helps Metals.
Constructive stock market forces
pointed out that the open winter has
been beneficial to the metal industries
by permitting considerable construc-
tion work and to the oil industry be-
cause of the increased consumption of
gasoline by passenger cars.
Sugar shares have been buoyant
recently in speculative expectation of
increased earnings from refinery oper-
ations Coppers have also shown a
somewhat firmer tendency. Temporary
strength. of the motor issues was
based on reports that the January
production of cars Gas 40 per cent In
excess of that of the same month last
year.
Evening star., 1924-02-09
BY STUART r. WEST.
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, February e.-The
check to the stock exchange move
ment toward the close Of the week
was altogether a healthy and de-
sirable thing. Wall street was in
danger of getting into the same state
of over-enthusiasm which it reached
a year ago. With stocks up in little
more than three months, Is, 20 and
even so points. the speculative rank
and file were talking as IL the rise
had just begun. Heads of big busi-
ness were appearing in the daily
press and on the news tickers with
highly optimistic statements. and
there was much talk about the in
fiation of security values that must
ultimately occur as the result of the
accumulation of unemployed money
capital.
In a word, 1t was the speculative
setting of February and March, 1923,
over again. in somewhat reduced in
tensity. 1t was precisely the reverse
of July and October, 1923, when the
same composite elements so eager on
the buying side of late. were painting
Evening star., 1924-02-09
EARLY AID LIKELY
FOR BANKS IN WEST
Private Capital to Amount of $40,
900, 900 Is Soon to Be
Available.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, February s.-Tangible
plans on which financial and business
interests OF the east and west will
unite to extend aid to northwestern
banks will be laid next week at a
meeting In Chicago, at which organ
ization of $1o,0oo.ooo service cor
poration, created by private capital,
will be completed.
c. T. Jaffrey, president Of the First
National Bank of Minneapolis, tenta-
lively has been selected to head the
credit agency Control of the organ
ization, which will be supplied with
additional funds exceeding 100000
900, IL necessary, through the War
Finance Corporation, will rest with
him and other Minneapolis and Chi
cago interests
while New York members of the
banking committee which conferred
with President Coolidge last Monday
will take an active part in formation
Of the service corporation and con-
tribute to its financing, they indicated
their desire to have the actual man
agement rest with western men, The
purpose of this arrangement, they
explained, was to set the relief ma
chinery in motion as quickly as pos
Sible.
Evening star., 1924-02-09
COMMODITY NEWS
WIRED STAR FROM
ENTIRE COUNTRY

PITTSBURGH, February 9.-The
largest shipment ever sent from
Pittsburgh on the Ohio river by the
Carnegie Steel Company Ii now on
it's way to New ORLEANS. 1t consists
of twelve barges of steel and three
barges Of finished products. Ship
ments will be dropped of at Evans
willie, Memphis, Louisville and Vicks-
burg. g.-.@9 ..a.-
PORTLAND, Oregon, February o.
For the first time in history, Oregon
CARROTS are being shipped to New
York and Chicago. This territory
never had such an abundance of this
vegetable: hundreds of acres still are
undug. Sacked carrots for shipment
east are bringing SIS to SIS ton
(. OBJ. cars.
ST. LOUIS. February s.-Purchases
of clothing for spring are backward.
owing to uncertainty certainty as to % style
have stimulated some women's wear
lines, however. Cloakings of large
designs are especially active.
DENVER. February s.-Preliminary
steps have been taken by the forest
service, for the sale OF 400,000,00O
board feet of western yellow pine
from the mOnteZum6 natlonAI forest
in the southwestern part of this
state, The sale will mean the largest
numbering operations in the history
of Colorado. extending over eighteen
years.
SHREVEPORT. February s.-The
advances in ArkAnsas and Louisiana
crude oil since December have totaled
55 cents barrel and the top price
in the two states now is 31.70 bar.
rel. Drilling operations are becoming
more active.
SEATTLE, February 9.-The Seattle
Merchants Association reports that
retail grocery failures In the last
month were less than for the cor-
responding period last year and now
have been reduced to normal figures.
ATLANTA, February s.--Early
sales OF ferti1isef in the southeast
indicate that 1894 farm operations
viii be on a more intensive scale
than ever before. Three freezes in
January and one this month. how
ever. delayed soil preparation for cot
ton at a time when an early start
is considered An advantage against
. Ghsts boil weevil
Evening star., 1924-02-09
NEW YORK CURB MARKET
Rscslvvd BY Private Wire Direct to The Star Once

price of Friday.
Buying operations in chesebrough
Manufacturing kept on, the stock ad-
vancing points to a new top at $50.
The feature of the low priced oils
was Latin-American, which reached
the dollar level, also a new high.
10 Amalgamated Leather was dealt in
for the first time in several days get
ting up a half point in sympathy with
the strength In the leather stocks Cn
the big board.
In the last half hour heavy de-
mand appeared for Dubilier Radio,
carrying the stock across 20 to new
high record
Evening star., 1924-02-09
ACTION IN SUGAR CASE.
Philippine Court vacates Receiver
ship on Big Estate.
b the Asncaatsd Pres,

BY the AssociA ted Press.
MANILA, February s.-The district
court Of the twenty-second judicial
district in Bacolex, In the province OF
NeKros Occidental, on the island OF
NeSros, has vacated the receivership
Of the Binal Bagan Sugar estate, In
stttuted recently, and placed the
estate in charge Of Enrique Echause,
who is said to have seized it forcibly
several days ago.
His right to control OF the sugar cen
tral is disputed by the Philippine Ma
uonAl Bank.
Officials OF the bank declared they
were mystified by the courts action
The sugar estate property is valued
at more than $7.000,000.
Evening star., 1924-02-09
LIVERPOOL COTTON.

ITvERPOOL, February 9.-Cotton--
spot. moderate business; prices
steady: good middling, 1928; fully
middlins, 1913: middiing, 1898; low
middling, 1928: good ordinary, 1898;
ordinary. 16.4S. Sales, 5000 bales,
inciudinE $500 American. Receipts,
ID. 900 bales, including 1900 Ameri-
can. Futures closed very steady;
Fcbruaryf 1896; March, 1894: May,
1894: July. 1886; September, 17.16;
isnuary, ,saUSs 1896. ~ -''
Evening star., 1924-02-09
GASOLINE IS HIGHER.
Price Boosted Another Cent Today
in Philadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA, February 9.-Gas-
cline will advance / cent a gallon
today. This announcement was made
by the Atlantic Refining Company
and the Sun Oil Company yesterday.
other large companies. are expected
to increase the price also. 8
Curb prices of gasoline, including
this increase, is 23 cents, to which Is
added the state tax Of cents q gal
lon, bringing the total to. as cents
Advancing price of crude oil IL given
as the cause Of the increase.
Evening star., 1924-02-09
CAR LOADlNGS INCREASE.
Revenue Freight More Active Than
at Same Time Year Ago.

Revenue freight loadings on Amer
ican railroads for the week which
ended January % totaled ss1.326 cars.
the American Railway Association
announced today.
Compared with the corresponding
week last year, this was an increase
Of 21,S62 cars, and WAS an increase of
150. $40 cars over the same week in
1922. Due principally to q decrease
in the loading of miscellaneous
freight, the total for the week of
January 26 was a decrease Of 1880
cars, compared with the preceding
week.
Evening star., 1924-02-09
Washington Stock Exchange

SALES.
Union Trust Colo at 166.
Washington Mechanics Savings Baak-1O at
80, 10 at 80.
AFTER CALL.
Washington Rwy. L. Elec. com.--1O At 701s.
10 at 7O7s, 10 at Il, 20 At II, 80 at II, 10 at
II, 20 at II, 30 at II. so at H. 20 at IL
Washington Market Cold Storage 5s-S2 COO
at 90.
Capital Traction Cos at 95L T.
ut 101h.
Evening star., 1924-02-09
Ask Your Banker

How much real value stands back
OF the stock you are asked to buy?
Are you sure that the nice. honest
looking stranger is telling you the
truth? Ask your banker to look into
What he claims.
Evening star., 1924-02-09

The Chinese republic 10 twelve
years old now and is making fairly
good marks at school
Evening star., 1924-02-09
FOREIGN ExCHArcn.
LIVE POULTRY LOWER.

Alive. lower: fowls, 19a4z n: springs.
i1ls roostecs, Is; geese 1S,
Evening star., 1924-02-09

Ono Los Angeles jazz orchestra
lnader makes $1,000 . Woake bot-l look
at tha.axsECdse hA fakn.
Evening star., 1924-02-09

Banking Trust ( Mortgage Co.
We want good First and second
Trusts In Washington and Vicinity
Reasonable Tsrm1-Prompt lnvestIaa.
tjons. Call or write.
Banking Trust ( Mortgage Co.
Rooms z0-z1 14lt q St. NV.
Phone Franklin 57o4
Evening star., 1924-02-09

NEW YORK. February s.--Following
is an official list Of bonds and stocks
traded in on the New York Curb Mar
ket today:
Evening star., 1924-02-09
ny WILLIAM r. HrFrERNAr.

NEW YORK, February Soil
shares attracted most attention In
today's brief session on the curb
market. Covering orders for the pur-
pose Of evening accounts brought
about higher prices in those which
had been under pressure recently, but
new buying was on I small scale.
Swan and Finch continued to domi-
nate the market, opening 2 points
lower at 81, then rallying to 62, where
1t was only 2 points under its top
Evening star., 1924-02-09
FOREIGN BONDS

10 King Of Neither 6s.. e5 94M S5
y Russian Govt IS -. 11A 1917 161
30 U s Mex As CT Of de 32A 32 81
Sales STANDARD OIL ISSUES.