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Mr.. Ftri,: The health depart.
mTri has forced me 70 connect my
doirn spouis 'riih tho gutter drains
and also 10 stop the pafcr from MY
lot from running nsTess tho side
icuik Dors the health department.
hate right 10 do thisg G. A. c.
The city has no control over water
from one private property onto an
other private property. 20 long ab
there Ia nothing insanitary about H.
But II does have control over any
drains that might bo dangerous TO
health or TO streets or other city
property. II can also prohibit drain
nRo from a lot across sidewalks
where It causes leo or slippery
condition.
Mr.. Ftrif; Tho electric HIGHT at
5sth W. and Third N. W. has been
out for more than tccck. II has
been reported toioc, bur is s'iH out
Can you FIR ~ w. A. S.
Tho lighting department promises
to have II burning right away.
Mr.. Firii: why Is Charleston ST.
bcticccn Aunion lrav and J5rd 81.
,cithout sidotouiks or pauing5 We
hare sent IN tlpo petitions 10 the
city council, but as they bore only
50 per cent OF the signatures Of the
property oiUncrs. thcp tccro both
turned dozen The uacdnt lot opu-
crS tciii not Join rs aud tcc arc COM
PEELED 10 90 ,Cithom streets The
] city puts IN setCcrs tCithout asking
rs. Why not pate the streets tho
same ,Ddy1 A. X. NJ
You must have n majority OF tho
property owners Sign the petition
for paving. Sewers are put In where
tho city needs them, regardless of
what the property owners along tho
route may wish.
Mr. Firit. Whv Is an crclusipc
monopoly oiUcn to certain tarica6
companies at the docks and rail,Cdv
stdtions1 There arc other compdn.
les IN tho city that pay the same
licenses and tdpcs and supply the
sdHts insurance bonds. that do not
oct q chance al this business. The
railroads aud steamship lines being
common carriers aud the streets be-
ing public property. Il ,oouid seem,
that all reliable tart aud for.hirc
companies sheuid hare an equal
| chance
TAIfCAB AND FOR-HTRE OWN
Frs AsSS.
Certain space IL designated by the
city as taNicab and for hire. car pur-
poses at tho docks and railway sta
lions, and this space may be occu-
pied by any legitimate company in
that business II would seem Gnt
the space In not sufficiently largo
to take care of all of tho taxls and
cabs, and those who get there frat
have the right of occupation If
this regulation is being faithfully
carried out, your remedy would be
to have the city council enlarge the
area.
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give an accurate impression Of
tho part that they will play.
There viii ~ long distance
scouting planes for searching
out the position and strength
Of tho enemy.
Bombing und torpedo planes
viii operate against the surface
ycsEclB and attempt 10 press
home attacks with their par.
tlCulnr weapons.
Observation planes Will op.
crate from tho ships 10 obtain
Information nnd 10 control the
Eunfiro Of tho baftlcEhipH main,
tanning constant communication
with the surface vessels BY
radio.
The fighting planes viii at
tempt 10 clear tho air Of ~
planes OF the opposing forccsy
II Is their mission 20 attack
the enemy air forces driving
their planes out Of the air and
clearing the way for the up.
crutIons Of the torpedo. bomb.
ing and observation aircraft
The lack OF airplane carriers
will. Of course, curtall the air
activities In connection with Tho
maneuverH. Al the present
time there are two large car.
rlcrs under construction which,
when completed. will increase
the air strength Of the fleet
about 200 per cent These two
ships are the Lexington and
the Saratoga. Even when they
are incorporated IN the fleet
they will represent less than
onc.half Of the treaty streihgth
Of the navy in aircraft ton.
mage.
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thru tchich can be seen the ervpt
'ohich contains tho bodies Of George
and Martha Washington.
Q. How many Ford cars Of tho
present model have been made up
10 date by the Ford Cor
A. approximately 1890 900.
@ who discovered the Venus be
Milo and when?
A. II tras discovered By peasant
farmer IN a 0rofto on the fslc Of
Hcios. IN May 1920. and tras pur-
chased bB the Marquis dc Riricre.
French am bnssador 10 Turkey. tDho
presented IL 10 Louis XVIII, tCho IN
his turn. gaze II 10 the Louprs, IN
Parts. It's name "a derived from rs
being found at Melos
Q. How many classes OF persons
were there In ancient Greece?
a. In general there uerc three
the masters. tgto tCcrc descendants
Of the conquerors capable Of bearing
arms; the subjug1tcd nutipcs, ,oho
iccrc alloEcd TO retain their lands
but irerc forced 10 pay tribute rents
aud IN times Of tCar 10 fight |or
the glory aud interest Of their
masters and the serls. tcho tocre
the property Of the state.
Q. How many walnut trees can be
planted on an acre Of ground and
what is the average yield of these
trees?
A. Planting the tree good dis.
funCc apart. only about re trees arc
usually planted to the acre. IN az.
erdOc UdiHHt tree bears from so Il
10 POUNDS Of tealHuts a year unit
the tree Is about IS years old. ano
then u bears from 10 to so pound,
pcr year. "a
Q. when was the s2i0 bonu.
given to employees of tho govern.
ment and how many persons are
now receiving III
4. The jiat bonus Of $40 per an,
mum tCns gircn beginning Juiv /
1919. This uas cftcotiUo unm Jult
T. 1921. tDhen the rehabilitation ac
iocut into effect No cmpioyo Of IN,
government Is not0 recetuinD mi
bonus
O. How long can a butterfly live
A. Thts depends entirely on The
genus and circumstances. Some iiut
only shprt time tChIic others IN,
several mdnths. Tho length OF NJ,
porics troth ttco ,Cocks 10 sir months
! but the dUcrd1c Is ttoo moHtha
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-03-24

WTAsHIEGToN. March "a
w Remember the Feat Less
Sugar" and Save Food and
Win the War" posters Of Arma.
Reddou dhya2 II Prohibition
Commissioner Roy Haynes has
his way you may soon see signs
reading. Drink Less Liquor
and Down Demon Rum" or
words 10 that effect. Perhaps
with pictures on flaming four
sheets 20 stress the motto.
Ever since he assumed office
nearly four years ago. Commits.
sioner Haynes has emphasized
appeals 10 patriotic impulses OF
folks who somehow seem reti.
cent TO let prohibition prohibit.
their personal habits when they
can get the stuff.
Because he has spent so much
time speechmaling along these
lines, and appealing otherwise
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about 1900 tons per foot thickness
Of the rein. The acreage recovery
Is about 50 per cent; hence an
acre Of land IN sepcn-foot uoin
toouId yield about 1000 tons Of
coal
@. Who is referred TO when "the
committee at tho Paris peace con-
ference Is spoken Of?
A. Usually The "bi0 four" namely
Woodrow wilson. Georges CIemcn-
ceau. Dauid Lloyd George and Pre-
inter Orlando.
O. What kind OF building is the
tomb OF George Washington?
A. IL Is brick building oUer-
proUn Nth ny and greens ohict
stands betUcen the house and tho
Potomac riuor. Just off the main
tOnib 10 the wharf at Mount Yer
non, va There Is an open gate
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BY C. A. RANDALL

20 Ludlow. the railway station.
And there tho sarRrnts provide
meals before tho train pulls In
The now attorney general hRa
lived all his life In this little
town. which even now boasts
only 100 inhabitants But tho
he looks every inch the country
rustic, in 10 FAR as his clothes
arc concerned. hs has earned a
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A Friend an Court

TN THE light of recent events unusual
L interest is found in the fact that Attor-
ney General Sargent chews tobacco.
Only a short time ago there gathered
in Washington representatives of numer-
Gus anti organizations to prepare for
war on the weed. These organizations are
made up, of course, of good people Bobby
Burns might have called them unco guide,
but Bobby's dead, and it is not necessary
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-03-24

in tho eye try flaxseed, If other at
tempts fail. Two or three grains
should be placed in the corner Of
tsfv eye.
The seeds soon swell and exuds
a glutinous substance that covers
the ball OF the eye. and envelopes
any foreign substance that may be
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-03-24
SMOKING ROOM
STORIES

wT WAS trying 10 rattle the
policeman an 10 my eli.
cnt'a condition when arrested"
said The lawyer ia the smoker.
'aud asked. Are you positive
that tho defendant was drunk.
No doubt- rrowled tho Of.
flccr.
why arc you so almighty
certain about ltT
Wen, anyhow. replied the
officer. 4 haw him put a penny
81 the patrol box over on Main
At. and then no looked up a,
tho clock on city hall and
roarcd. Gosh. I've lost IL
pounds
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-03-24
What Folks
Are Saying

MARY MocSWINEY, Ireland.
visiting San Francisco; There
never can BIO economic freedom
and prosperity without political
freedom and prosperity. and
some time ireland is going 10
have that"
FRITZ KREISLER. violinlst:
Middle age does not know
whether to stay with the past
or the future"
DISTRICT ATTY. BUCK.
NER. New York; '"Tho policy
of my administration will be
prohibition by paddock so far as
the opc& selling of liquor is
concerned. This policy will
pinch the pocketbook of the
man higher up. who for the
most part at present escapes"
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YOU can get an answer TO
l. any question OF fact or In
formation by writing The Seat.
tie Star Question Editor. 1922
New York ave. Washington,
d. c.. and inclosing cents in
loose stamps for reply. No
medical, legal or marital sd-
vice. Personal replies. conf.
Dental. All letters must be
signed.
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A Thought

They that pillow iniquity and sow
wickedness shall reap the same
Job iv.:s.
DY SOWING frugality we reap
IL liberty. a golden haryest.-Age-
silaus.
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AGES

OUNCE wee little Mary has just
~ ss can be- She likes folks to question your"
eIA answers, m CROWN on three
When unces and aunts
speLshe will age cause mother
has taught tell"
YOU'D think while that
all about IT, But somehow her brain and she
= o
And yet III Just bet
lodging
Copyright for The sarl
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The total Of firms spending Sl0O000 or
more (in 1920 is Sl3000,0O0 and Editor
Pew estimates that this is only 20 per
cent of the grand total. What lot of
autos, oil, gum and such must be con-
sumed For, you can safely bet all your
relatives lives that the bright men Of
business know that advertising makes
consumers
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,Spenders Who KnolD HON.

THE reader, undoubtedly often Won
/ ders what the great pages of news
paper advertisements cost, and as TO who
pays. Marlen Pew, in Editor and Pub
Usher, gives some idea rs to general or
nation advertising. Who heads the list?
You've guessed it, of course-Henry Ford,
with S2,000,00O in 1924. Next, Victor
Talking Machine Co. with $l,900,00O.
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Admiral MoffettT Tells What Planes Will Do in Pacific
Explains Plans for Aerial Warfare in Coz
nection With Hawaii ATTACK"
| BY REAR ADMIRAL WILLIAM A. MOFFETT u. S. N.
/ o. Of T.. s.. Navy

written Especially Tor The STAR
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1icAl6JWs HTO[sG
~ OF TGN3 FWOGSG
X " > Olive Roberts Barton
NO. 3-THE GRANDFATHER CLOCK

But the old clock Is Ia a back han
70 they won't know the difference.
Wen so IN by the study window.
II. too. viii be empty tonight"
Soon tho three OF theru were IN.
siic the big house. iiptocinE softly
thru a room lined with bookshelyes
on al sides.
Tick Took opened door into a
dimIy.lit hack hall end bcekoncd
the children 70 follow
Hes asleep" he whispered point
ing TO dark corner where an old
grandfather clock stood on the
floor. his hands dropping lis,lcssly
Not q sound was he making.
Suddenly he woke up and started
to tick furiousiy. who's there7"
he said furiousiy. rs that anothcr
pesky mousse
NO. no. GRudaddy. tia only
me. said Tick Took quickly. we
have come to FIX you up"
"OhF' said the old clock I'm re.
lleved tone. II do need tonic. I
guess. I'm all run down. The
people here are kind hut they don't
understand me Times arc not like
they used TO be and people have
lost the art Of patience. remcm.
her well when was being made
that the man who made me took
days and days on one wheel alone.
You don't find patience like that
any more"
tut, tut. Grandaddy." said Tick
Took climbing up and sitting on
the old clocks wooden bonnet You
mustn't get sour. II never does
any good. Besides, am here, and
/ am going to fix you up like new.
A little oil and good busting out
with my bellows. frightened screw
hers and there, and your weights
wound up snusly on their spools.
That's all you need"
MY. N.Y. sighed the old clock.
II feel better already" And his
old face, with the moon painted
on his forehead, became bright with
happiness.
That oil loosens up all my rheu.
matte Joints. Tlck--tock, tick.
took! certainly feel better"
TO lie Continued.)
f,opvrtsht, 1926. ". y. 4. Service. Incl
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and leaned back with closed eyes
10 listen TO tho music.
"My. but I'm slck OF Jazz. aren't
your" asked a soprano voice beside
her And May opened her eyes TO
SEQ blond. plump woman with
habyish blue eyes, sitting In the
chair beside her
'Tha, Isn't jazz they're playing
It's Brahms. May answered. she
knew a thing or two about music
real music.
well, I wish the orchestra would
take something for a. ], soundA
like a nervous breakdown they're
having" the woman said. pecyish.
IS when there are 70 many pretty
things like Tho Indian Love Call,
] don't see why they play such stuff
as that. do your
II like II" May answered. She
ben, her head 90 listen 10 tho music
tina, seemed 70 sweep around her
Ia tide.
She looked up TO see Herbert
Waterbury coming down tho lobby
Ills eyes were fixed upon her and
he seemed 20 b. coming straight
toward her
with n curious calm. May
watched him come
lie paused beside her chair. and
she felt sure that De was going
70 speak 10 her.
a mixed feeling OF dull anger. IN.
dignatiou. and excitement filled her.
then.
Hello" she hcaui him say. and
- sbo looked Up. rho felt "A hot
flush urcspIng up over her breast
and neck. 10 the roots Of her hair.
Then. with intense relief. she saw
that he was not addressing her, but
was looking down NJ the lltlie blond
bahyish woman who nat beside hsr.
Hello. Hcrby." tho little blond
woman answered, pattlnx tho arm
Of the empty chair on her other
sido: 'slt down and listen 20 the
music. rs terrible. but IT'S better
than nothing !"
She turned suddenly 20 May.
what did you say they were
playing, doario1' Hhe asked
Brahms" May sald with an ef.
fort. Something Of Brahms"
TO re CnutiuueSn
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Ti1rock gather up his key and
nsEcan and bellows and motioned
for the Twins to follow.
II have 10 DO lot OF clock mend.
Ing tonight all over the world. !"
aid he. we shall have to be
loving. The next place we must
Is to the house where an old
sandfather clock lives. He ia quite
pet OF the family. but. like a lot
| old people. Is croichety and can
akerous and melody can do any.
ing with him but me Come on.
4 1dies."
II was very dark BY this time ox.
ept for a baby moon and the stars.
'5ut with magic shoes II is no
.froubie 10 find ones way anywhere.
50 az Tick Took. the little clock
fairy. trotsed ahead. tho Twins fol.
lowed. Nancy carrying the big key
and Nick the oil can which Tick
Took had trusted to their care.
They went on and on. and BY
and by they came 70 a big stone
Ihouse act in a grove OF trees.
! "shg' whispered Tick Took. u
rink they are having party "a
scre il music and so much light.
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SO 00ked sraight No te &c Of Herbert Waterbru

who could talk well, who knew
the ways % tho world
or else little whiflwind OF a
girl who could say funny things,
and could laugh AZ nothing = ,
'Oh, what do carc' Hes prola.
hly married. and has Mrs. Her
her, Waterbury tucked away up in
Brooklinc," May scaIdsd herself.
But she hoped that there was no
Mrs Herbert waterbury"
when she was dressed. she step,
ped hack from tho long glass and
looked a, her reflection.
Perhaps / do need touch OF
color on my cheeks" sho thought.
doubttuiiy Then shs decided
against Il. She had worn no rouge
Tor months. except the brilliant
pestc on her scnsuous mouth.
And against the ivory whi,eness
Of her skin. her eyes. tonight. were
almost black with suppressed excite.
meui.
She went over TO the window and
leaned out. Far below tho ocean
lay in the twilight. Ike floor Of
silver. a band OF lights Bparklcd
along the famous boardwalk.
after dinner. shall 20 out
there" May said to herself sh,
caught up a lace scarf from ii,
bed ms shc passed thru tho room
Thru her mind ran u picture oi
herself. walking against tho wind
down the boardwalk And beside
hero was a shadow figure
the figure Of man.
The picture passed instantly, Ike
a dream. And May found herself
ahivering little. AZ tho clovntoi
carried her swiftly and smoothly
down 10 the dining room.
There Was vase 81 yellow roses
on the corner table whers May sal
and waited for her dinner, sh,
leaned forward and separated on'
from his fragrant fellows. held y
moment against her lips
Then suddenly. sho felt as =
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the end ot tho year. and l haven't
found the husband want. tan
always Eo hack 10 typcwritlns. e
she decided comfortably n hair hour
later. as she stood at n window OF
her roam. Besides stin have my
house. do hope that Forgan man
sells Il soon
Her thoughts touched lightly upon
Ulysses for n moment. then settled
themselves upon the handsome man
she had Just seen in the lobby,
Herbert Waterbury" she repeat.
ed tho nama aloud.
And Il was with him In mind.
that she sat down before the mir
ror. 70 dress for dinner.
VIVA, kind OF woman would lurc
such n man as her
Probably a very elegant woman
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StQUtl IO"S2SoF LAppER WIFE"


NAY SEN MouR. whose husband
DR. JOHN SEYMOUR killed hinself
escsase % her love affair VITA JIAl
tAliAWk returns 90 her homu town
after q years absence.
Heavily Nellcd so that no ona viii
reccgnise her. MAY comes late ono
fail night O. The home @ Z her lawyer.
DICK GREGORY, aud GLORIA. hts
Niff, she tells Gloria. who il her
close frient how the story ID nr.
johns suitable has followed her
every where. and spoiled her friend.
shifs With people she has met. Aud
80 she has made up her mind % "s-ll
cut and 80 % Europe. where no one
vii know her OF her .tory,
Mkt morning she sorA 70 SEQ
Jl-h SSf,S y. fORGAN. wealthy
Wtd2sf, who - IA the real estate
he O. ask him 90 sell her house
EN- ulysses advises her 20 keep
- N H. and face tho world
hfaNoiy, tHt May traFfuily insists
/, that she ean't-that she wants 10 be
N1octieese.
she hegs Dick Gregory 20 sell her
Atceks and bends for whatever they
uisil bring. All she wants. she rx
p ans, Il enough money 90 keep her
sflNat Tor year while she hunts a
ifN husband. She frankly admits
Nc - soinE 10 marry for money II
4 week later. with $4,000 IN cash.
lay sets cut for rest az Atlantic
ne sfain she has q shy Filtration
70 train she has a shy Irritation
tth a handsome middlc-REcd man
oss the aisle. And as she enters
r hotel az the seaside resort. she
- Avn sosng up the steps Just
sow co oS WITH ruE STORY,
VIE lobby Of the hotel was flood
Cd With the rich sunlight OF late
scrnoon. and filled with smartly-
essed men and women. AZ one
Id Of II an orchestra was PLAYING
onething low and sweet and
Runtlng.
suddenly May remembered wha,
was-ihe Old Destiny" waltz
4 bat had been 50 popular IN 1914.
,hc outbreak Of the great war.
Destiny Fate I
Nonder what mine Is TO be-" she
thought And as II In answer 70
her thought. her eyes AZ that In
stant fell on tho familiar figure O.
The Man From the Traini
He was standing at the desk.
registering for his room.
A little laugh shook in Nav.
throat as she went forward and
stood beside him From one corner
Of her eya she watched him as he
dashed his nanc across tho open
book -HeFbegt Waterbury.
HvooklLpc. Massachusetts"
" a nice namet~ though,
Mas bins by point she took him
IN his sunbuyned skin aud
hair. the loose clothes he wore. the
expensive pigskin kithas he carried
And he certainly looks Ike
money" she added cheergully ID
herself. as sha watched him vanish
into an elevator
I Then she turned 10 the waiting
room-eierk. 4 want a room thai
faces the ocean. And n bath. Of
course" she said. she did not ask
the rate. shs didn't want TO know
didn't care how much Il would
cost she had $4,000. and she was
going 10 invest u in herself. in
her future.
i And mot one nickel OF II was she
kong 20 save, III It's All gone By
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SOMEONE were looking at her slow
ly, unwiulugiy. shc raised her head
and Looked straight into the clear.
ughtbiuc eyes Of Herbert water.
buyl Ito was sitting not 40 feet
from her
a. that moment, tho orchestra
broke into the first soft strains Of
tho waltz that Ia called Destiny"
May dropped her eyes, She
picked up the card and pretended
Go study a. Hut ,hs hand that
held it uumblcd ever 20 slightly
The waiter act her cup of Jolllcd
eonsomme before her. and sho be-
gan her dinner She had boon very
hungry .. but. suddenly she found
she had no appetite.
After tho meal she poured herself
small cup OF black coffee. ~
she raised IL 10 hor lips, she llfted
her eyes and looked once moro at
Herbert waterbury. Deliberately
she let her eyes lie In HIS for a
long moment
She signcd her check, tipped tho
waiter generously. and with a Ger
tain air OF defiance walked out OF
tho dining room feeling Waterbury .
eyes upon her a. Ahe went
out OF doors, tho night was
blaek. There was a high Wind. aud
the ocean that had been 80 calm
Al sun down. reared In the radi'
anes from tho llght along tho
boardwalk. May could sec tho white
foam along tho edge Of the break
crs.
She threw her lace scarf around
her shoulders ana walked SLOWLY
nlons in tho direction Of tho Am.
hassndor hotel. that dlmly doomed
In the distance.
The boardwalk was hlmoa, de-
serted. Later on tho gay crowds
would be out again. on their way
10 tho brilllRnuy.lighted iheaiera
and movies that faced tho hon'
nut M this moment tho pleasure
seekers Of Atlantic city were occu-
pied with tho serious business OF
dining and being dlned
So May had tho LONG sweep OF
the famous promenade 10 herself
almost 90 herself Behind
her as she started out. Hhs heard
footsteps as slow and measured as
her own.
she auicisensd her pace. and the
footsteps behind her auiekened, too.
she could hear them every now
and then above tho roar Of the
surf.
without looking back. she knew
who was there. Some vague IN
rtlnct or. perhaps her own
wish told her IL was tho man
she had Just seen IN tho restaurant.
shs paused for a moment beside
the railing 10 let him pass,
And tho wind tore the thin lace
scarf she was wearing. from her
shoulders. II nuttercd away down
onto the sand,
with her head IN tho air May
! walked on. she was listening with
. every nerve in her body for tho
footsteps 70 begin again. But she
could hear nothing but tho dun
roar Of tho darkencd ocean.
Then. suddenly, Waterbury was
behind ner. He hold out 70 her tho
lace bcarf You dropped this. he
said shortly.
Yes" she said almost inaudlbly.
and walked on.
Here. aren't you going TO take
IT," he asked. and thrust 1; into
her hands He stood for a momen,
looking down into her eyes. m Il
he wanted very much 20 say some
thing more 20 her,
May turned her starry eyes mp
to his. She opened her llps TO say
Thank You" but found she could
mako no sound.
She Eel, dreadtnlly awkward d.
tonkuc-tled.
Men had often looked n, her be.
fore. had even spoken to her In
tho street
But this man was different. He
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