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CHAPTER XLVn
The Folly Of Deceit

THE strange part Of it all was that Gail
never saw Alec Garfield during his fly
ing trip to New York. He was at the
Ihortilton only overnight, and left the next
day for Washington. Twice he had called
up Calls room but she was not at home
either time, and consequently she could not
account for Marjorie MacDonald's GOODNESS
when the two met in the elevator the fol-
rowing evening. Gail was hurt for Mar
Jorles manner was decidedly aIoof She
longed to ask outright what was the matter
put there wasn't time for Marjorie had left
the elevator before Gail could make up her
mind to speak
On her own floor Gail walked quickly to
her room. She was vaguely troubled and
gradually there dawned on her the suspicion
that Marjorie had heard of the engagement,
II she dld know about it, there was every
reason to believe that Jeffry Arnold also
nneW' ana IN that case everything was over!
VI course he would believe the worst: he
would think her trifer and certainly he
would never forgive the fact that she had
deliberately deceived him.
everything gOes wrong with me-" Gail
cried aloud I'm caught fast as fast in
the trap as l was in Dalesburg. only this is
my own fault Oh, hate myself I'm as
pad as nay Morrison. I'm not worth any
man S love, and l deserve every bit of nm
happiness that comes my way"
Spe sat for long time on the edge of
the bed. Her heart was heavy within her
and she was sick with depression. She knew
mat she loved Jeffry Arnold with all the
pest OF her nature, and yet she was afraid.
she was coming to the end of her re-
sources DIlIs were staring her in the face.
and marriage with Arch would mean cessa-
ton OF all money troubles. Her eyes wan
dered suddenly to the little travelling clock
on her bureau and she jumped to her feet
with a start. Arch was to call for her al
o. ana 1t was now twenty minutes of; she
would have to hurry if she were to be
! dressed in time.
With cold fingers she unfastened her
dress. slipped out Of it and began to take
on the rest of her clothes. As she hur
rledly bathed and put on fresh scented
! thlngS' her thoughts leaped ahead TO the
evening before her Dinner for eight of them
at the Florentine room of the St. George.
Don party afterward to be followed bv
| crowded cabaret With every nerve stretch
ed to breaking point she looked forward
win dread to what was before her. The
noisy chattering of the girls Arch's air of
possession, her own constant PLAYING I'D to
| MN lest he suspect her true attitude TO
ward him, and the utter uselessness of it all.
Inwardly 'rebeline. she nevertheless went
ahsa% SssasAAS w&sA the ease of habit, She
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THE LOVE TRAP

What has gone before-Atter a two
wear engagement in small town Gan
Martin is Tilted by her fiance' George
Hartley, who is infatuated with ray
Morrison, visitor to Dalesburg. ray,
however, is only playing and laughs
when she discovers that George is Sc
rious. Calls one desire is to leave town
and when her Aunt Debble dles ana
leaves the girl $4,000, Gail DECIDES TO
take her money and go to New YORK
There she succeeds in turning the TABLES
by becoming engaged to Arch hehher-
ley, whom Fay considers her properly
Gail is disillusioned and is frankly mar
wing Arch for his money, but shortly
after her engagement she meets Jeffrey
Arnold. an artist and falls in love with
him.-Now 60 on with the story.
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HOW TO READ THE BIBLE
BY DR.. Frank Crane

HAVE no particular creed / want you to
swallow, and no particular church want
you to join. 1 have no intention to con-
vert you, and don't even aim to "do you
good"
Still, a friendly hint on how to read the
Bible may interest you.
You may read the Bible from moral mo-
lives, or merely as literature In the one
case you may find it a very puzzling hook
and in the other very antique, unless you re-
member one thing.
The one thing is that the Bible is an ORR
entail book.
Unless you keep that in mind you are
pretty sure to miss its meaning Some of
the most absurd vagaries have arisen by for
getting 1t, and by treating the Bible as a
western book
The Oriental mind differs from ours chiefly
In this, that it is essentially poetic. Eastern
peoples have always thought, spoken. and
written poetry. They can not write prose
when they try
Poetry does not speak plainly 1t hints,
symbolizes touches facts not with a rough.
urn grasp, but evasively; loves riddles, dark
sayings and apparent contradictions
1t functions in parallels and paradoxes
The western mind is prosaic. 1t pIods,
builds, reasons.
To get to the top Of the mountain, the
occidental cuts logical steps in tRe rocks;
Jne oriental flies.
In moral subjects and Religious the eastern
mind is the more skiIlful, as such matters
are better OWNED than argued.
Forget not therefore, that there is hardly
a line of your Bible that is not poetry. The
nearest approach to prose is in PauPs writ
1ngs; yet they also abound in highly poetical
passages.
No one had this poetical turn more than
the chief figure of the Bible, Jesus.
HIS OarabIeS ar tic
are full Of paradox
1t is very unfortunate that our western
bent Tor Logic and bald facts led us to use the
glowing> images Of the great Masters poetry
as bricks and squared stones wherewith to
build up our systems of truth"
For 1t is doubtful that truth is system
at all; it is more likely a vision.
Take one illustration: Jesus would teach
His disciples the value Of humility. Instead
of analyzing this virtue, explaining and dis
sectlng 1t, as a modern professor might do.
He removes His coat, girds himself with a
towel and washes His pupils feet, saying
when finished
If /, your Master, wash your feet, so
ought ye to wash one another's feet
The advantage of this method of teaching
1t that it is striking, easily remembered, Wis
ual, and interesting.
Common sense prevented His disciples
from taking His command literally. They
were forced to seek the idea, the sentiment
behind it.
Liberalism is not truth. 1t is the foe of
truth. "The letter kiIleth'
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MY FAVORITE STORIES
BY Irwin S. Cobb

AS I may have remarked before, do not
know why it should be-but it is-that sto-
ries illustrative of a highly developed in
stinct for frugality nearly always should
have natives of Scotland for their heroes
On my mothers side, I am part Scotch my
self and, so far as l can recall none of the
members of our family have ever been re-
noWned locally or generally for saving up
the pennies.
With this DEPRESSION, l now proceed to
of youth, born in Dundee, who emigrated
to this country and proceeded without loss
Of time to absorb knowledge Of American
institutions.
He taking his first walk down Fifth
avenue. At certain corner, in the heart
of the shopping district, he was halted by
Ten Cent Store
With favoring look upon bis face he
considered this sign. Next he Studied the
domestic utensils, toys, articles Of wear and
a wide variety of other goods were dis
played.
Then he entered. Near the doorway he
encountered one of those impressive and
dignified being who Enthusiastically are assist
ant store managers
us it true, sir-r-r," inquired the Scot,
that nothing in this establishment costs
more than five ten cents?"
That is correct" stated the Iordly floor
walker
'Varra well, then" said the newcomer,
you may show me to the boot and shoe
department."
Copyright, 1924D
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RHEUMATIC FEVER
BY H. Addington Bruce

N m ORE and more it is borne In upon
lNI the medical profession that so-cau.u
rheumatic fever is, in its possi0le~air-
er-etfects, one Of the direst of diseases. Again
ana again it has as sequel a weakening of
the heart, with the result of an untimely
death in innumerabIe cases.
And hitherto its prevention has bafhed
medical science
Its immediate cause, it is we'll established
| is streptococcus Infection. But streptor
| cocct, like the germs of tuberculosis at
tack virtually everybody. How to determine
why they develop rheumatic fever in some
persons, and not in Others that is the
problem.
Now comes an English physician. DR..
Llewellyn ]. Llewellyn, with some sugges-
tons contributed to American Medicine)
which may help toward the solution of the
presents
In no uncertain language DR.. Llewellyn
harks back to the old theory of rheumatic
diathesis, or inherited predisposition to
rheumatic fever. But he is more explicit
than the ancients with reference to the char
acter of the Inheritance He is not content
with congratulations. He specifies.
For one thing, he specifies that the pre-
disposed by inheritance have certain physi-
cal and psychic traits:
Ihey are usually fair-haired, Of delicate
complexion, highly imaginative, excftable
and readily fatigued-the homeopathic or
hypertOniC child"
mat is, they are uncommonIy sensitive
the Undetermined rather than the tough
minded of William James classification But
also, according to DR.. LIewellyn's findings
the predisposed to rheumatic fever have some
special weaknesses. They are liable to suffer
from such affections as asthma eczema
urtlcaria-our old friend, the hives-and
sundry other skin diseases.
Asthma, eczema, and the rest are not
known to be frequently due to an intolerance
Tor various prOteins In some cases spe-
ciaI KIND Of meat-chicken or turkey. for
examples positively poisonous in other
cases, there is an intolerance for peas or
beans, etc. Llewellyn asks
is it not altogether probable that the
disconnected elements Of the rheumatic So
RES, when they appear, are but further
clinical varieties due to the same uuderIy-
ing cause?"
Hence, as an aid in preventing rheumatic
FEVER, he. suggests the application Of skin
tests to determine whether this or that pro-
TEN is poorly tolerated. Naturally he would
apply the tests particularly to the fair
halred, Hght-compleXiOned, and hypersensi-
Also, bearing in mind the exceptional oc-
currence of rheumatic fever among the chill
dren Of the poor, DR.. LIewellyn stresses the
that food out of the diet according to the
verdlct of/the skin-tests, but of making sure
that the diet is really nourishing
He recalls McCarrisons studies of the
hearts OF animals fed on a deyitamlniaed
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Any Tri-Weeldy Journal reader can
get the answer 10 any question pulling
him by writing to The Atlanta journal
information Bureau, Frederic j. Has
kin director, Washington. D. c.. and in
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ATLANTA OFFICE.
Q. What does "Caramba" mean in Eng
liSh? c. A c,
A. The literal translation of the Spanish
exclamation "Caramba' is Han! Strange!'
Q. When was the Danish flag adopted?
W. O. H.
A. 1t was adopted June Is, 1919.
Q. What jewel is in the pope's ring?
A. d. H.
\. His holiness wears a ring set with a
large Spanish emerald.
Q. Does iodine heal wound? f. NJ. H
A. Iodine has no healing properties It
is used to disinfect wounds, and should he
applied as soon as possible. One application
Is sufficient. Tincture Of iodine should not
be applied on unbroken skin surfaces
Q. What tribe Of Indians owns the most
oil producing wells? D. O. T.
a. The Osage Indians head the list They
own wells which produced 41.S1017S bar
relS of oil last year, bringing them in bonus
rent and royalty, $30.512.111.
Q. Where does nickel come from? NJ. f. c
\. About s. per cent OF the worlds nickel
supply is taken out in the vicinity Of Sud
bury, Ontario.
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reeli with the reports of these bloody deeds.
But amid these wretched conditions one
fact of an encouraging nature has been
brought to public attention: Lynching has
greatly decreased 1t is claimed that dur
ing the year 1922 fifty-seven persons were
Iynched in the United States, whereas in
1928 there were only twentyeight
1t is affirmed also that during the year
1923 there were forty-six instances in which
ynchngs were prevented by the courage
and fidelity of the officers of the law.
Every law-abiding and patriotic person
will rejoice that this barbarous evil Is de-
Ginning. Every one will ardently hope that
this blot upon American civilization may be
removed by the utter and speedy disappear
ance of lynching from every section of our
country.
1t is a most inexcusable and repulsive
form of violence that can not be condemned
too strongly. When a human being is
lynched the law is lynched and civilized gov
eminent is set at naught.
1t is doubtless true that many perpetra-
tors of hideous crimes, who deserved death,
have been lynched; but that fact does not
justify their lawless execution by frenzied
mobs. 1t is doubtless true also that limo
cent persons have been lynched; and one
such case is enough to condemn mob law in
all its forms, however plausibly defended.
Lynching, and all other forms of lawless-
ness, must be put down, or there IS an end
for life, liberty, or property when law is
defied.
While every true man will rejoice in the
decline of lynching it must be regretted that
other forms of lawlessness which are equal
ly evil are not sufficiently deprecated and
resisted
i For example, why should record be
kept of lynchings and the figures be publish
ed annually in every newspaper in the coun-
try while no record is made of the far more
numerous assassinations by UNPUBLISHED gun
men in the great cities of the north, such
as New York and Chicago?
There has not been a year in decade
during which there were not perpetrated in
these two cities thrice as many mysterious
and unpublished killings as there were lynch
ings in all the rest of the country.
Moreover, the horrible homicides in these
cities were not committed to- avenge such
crimes as rape, which so inflame the pas
sions of the mob Most of them seem to
have been done with no higher motive than
the base greed for money.
Why should there be no annual catalogue
of these enOrmities made and published?
Are they passed over, and Iynchings
brought conspicuously into view, in order to
lay special condemnation upon one section
of the country? If So can any good come
of such sectional discrimination?
1t may be well to censure the section in
which a majority Of 1ynchings occur; that
may help the good people of that section
to eXtirpate the evil But what must be the
effect other sections for them to raise a
hue and cry against 1ynchngs while shut
ting their eyes to the larger number of
bloody deeds done at their doors? May not
that sort of sectional partially towards as
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A BIBLE THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY

I vent by the field of slothtul and
by the vineyard of the man poid OF under
standing; and, 10, it mas all grown over
With thorns, and rettles had covered the
face thereof, and the stone wall thereof
mas broken down. Then SAN, and con-
sidered it we'll; / looked upon it and re-
ceiped instruction. Yet a little sleep,
little slun1ber, little folding of the hands
to sleep. So shall thy poverty come as
one that trapeleth, and thy, want as an
armed n1an.-ProperbS 24:30-34
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to excite lawless pas
sions while relaxing the
moral restraints which
in time of peace check
in some degree Grim
inal tendencies.
1t Is deplorable that
these waves of crime
continue to run, al
though the war was
brought to an end by
the armistice above five
years ago. Robberies
and murders have been,
and continue to be
alarmingly common in
every part Of the United
States. The columns of
the daily press fairly
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QUIPS AND QUIDDITIES

The teacher had been giving the class
lesson in history. The subject upon which
she had hit was that Of King Alfred, and, at
the end of the lesson she directed the class
to write an essay incorporating what she
had told them. She impressed upon them
the fact that she did not want them on any
account\to mention the episode of the cakes,
as it had no bearing historical events, and
its authenticity was very doubtful
Twenty small heads were bent in thought
for half an hour then the essays were hand
ed in.
Tommy8 effort, though not brilliant, was
certainly original:
alfred was king Of England. He was a
very good king and earned the title es
Great. One evening he visited a lady
friend, but the less said about that the
better"
A Lancastran visiting New York was
asked if anything had impressed him since
his arrIya; in America.
mo, can't say it has" he replied.
Didn't you see the Statue of Liberty in
the harbor?"
Dye mean the woman holding the lamp?
That's nothing. Have you ever been to
BIackpool?''
NO" replied the American.
Thoughts you hadn't travelled far" said
the Lancastrian. I'm Blackpool we have a
tower 10000 feet high. and every night they
pull it down and put the lid on"
why do they do that?"
Just to let the moon go by"
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coled her dark hair close TO her head,
slipped into the little French dance frock,
caught up her evening cloak, and was stand
ing neryously irresolute staring with great
tragic dark eyes into the mirror, when the
telephone rang to announce Archs arrival
III be right down" she SAID into the
receiver, but Arch interrupted.
Hold on minute have some Scotch
here. If you'll let me come up, we can have
little drink before dinner. Just order
some cracked ice"
ooh. I couldn't. Arch she protested with
a little shiver of distaste, Il have head
ache. I'm coming right down
She hung up on his grumblng protests.
snapped off the electric light and a moment
later was going down in the elevator. AS
she emerged on the ground floor Arch,
sleek and well groomed and wearing his din
ner coat with an air Of one born to the pur-
Pile, rose TO meet her. At the same time
Marjorie Macdonald came out of the dining
ROOM met Calls Dyes full for moment,
shifted her gaze to Arch, and then with an
expression on her face that was strangely
like contempt, turned away.
Saturday. From Bad to Worse" and a
Kiss in the Dark" If your subscription ex-
pireS in March renew now so us not to miss
an installment of this story.
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BY BISHOP w.

CHEERING PROGRESS IN THE SUPPRESS
SION OF IYNCHING
II OLLOWING the World war, waves of
r crime swept over our country, and
an increase of criminality was notice
able in all lands Such results generally
arise from war, and need not occasion sur
prise. 1t is of the nature of such conflicts
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"a pNNSNNNf,SNO
M Tri-Weekly Journal expire in March
AVA These all expire either the LIST,
which is Saturday, or, on the 18TH Wh1ch IS
two weeks from Saturday.
over 80 per cent will want to renew
their subscriptions. None of these 5000
and more people will want to miss an issue
Yet hundreds will wait till their time has
elapsed and their paper has been stopped
before they send in their order
Why not help US and also help yourself
by acting right now while 1t Is on your
mind?
You don't try to pillow all forty acres of
your farm land in day or two days do
YOU? You try to start early and do your
work steadily and carefully.
Help us do the same.
lust two letters on the subject of Mrs
FELTON,, and then we are going to close that
discussion. Right here we witr repeat that
we are not going to put muzzle the dear
old lady, though we want it plainly under
stood that this paper does not always hold
the same views she holds. AS we have said
before, we let her have her say, and we
reserve the right to say our say.
Mr.. E. Ford, of Fort Mccoy, Fla, writes:
"In The Tri-Weekly Journal of the 10th
inst. you mention that you received letter
4 from subscriber In Colorado asking you to
call halt on Mrs. FELTON, for hammering
the Wilson administration In her articles In
your paper.
"While everybody is entitled to their own
opinion, mine is that Mrs. FELTON, has a poor
way of returning thanks to the great Demo-
cratic state of Georgia and the party she
represented, that gave her the honor of be-
ing the first woman senator.
Judging by her articles, President Har-
ding must have converted her to the Re-
first trip south few years ago. 1t is my
belief that if the country had had a man as
president the past three years and a half
with the great abilities that the late Wood
row Wilson had the country would be better
off today.
1.-THE real object in my writing you is to
thank you for being so prompt in changing
the address, of my paper
1.-THE day 1 wrote you, 1 sent six Identical
notices to different papers, in each case ask
ing that my address be changed. That was
on January 81, and to date The Tri-Weekly
Journal is the only paper of the six that
1 have received. l have not missed an
issue. Again thanking you for your prompt
ness and wishing YOU prosperity, etc"
Mr.. Ford, like Mrs. FELTON, and like our
selves, is entitled to his views and his say.
The other letter is also from Florida, from
Mrs. F. W. Wilkson, of Jupiter She
writes;
Mrs FELTON, is super-patriot; a real
lover of her country which to her unlike the
most of US, does not mean swallowing whole
all our ruling politicians and their works
She is as much real prophet crying out a
warning as any Bible figure ever was.
"She is the spokeswoman of all us Poor
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need be.
81 thank God there are a few such people
as Mrs. FELTON, left il the world. 1t keeps
alive a spark of faith in humankind that
otherwise might die"
We are rather glad the Colorado Demo
crat wrote to us as he did and that we pub
lished his letter. 1t has stimulated interest
in what is really a big question before the
American people, though not all of us real
ze its Importance.
This question is that Of freedom of speech.
The tendency toward governmental CEN
sorship and intolerance Of personal opinion
is growing in all sections of our country. 1t
is an alarming thing.
Let US all use our influence to check It,
Let us remember those dying words of
Washington Dessau: From the clash Of
intellects comes the spark of truth
Brother Ford said a mighty pleasing
thing about our quickness of service. We
pride ourselves on that. 1t Is the invariabe
rule in this office that within four days after
subscription is received, the subscriber
shall receive his paper.
We doubt that any other paper in the
country does that as regular thing. 1t re-
quires ten days to two weeks from receipt
Of subscription for weekly to deliver the
first copy to a new subscriber. 1t requires
a semi-monthly, like the Southern Ruralist
or Southern Cultivator, three weeks. Month
ly publications often require six weeks. This
is not that they are slow and inefficient in
their work. 1t is because of the size Of
their circulation, the necessity for many days
of printing and also the fact that issues 40
not appear so often as in the case of TIL
weeklies and semi-weekIies
If our subscribers for clubbing combina-
tons would bear this in mind, they would
cease to annoy us with premature COM
plants.
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