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The Story of a Modern Girl
and a MILLION DOLLARS

thrust you back into the clubhouse
nobody is happier than t.
He left the room then, with Gray
don, and Joanna faced her banker.
alone, Eggleston rose and walked
around the table to where she stood,
still gripped in the spell of her be-
wilderment.
He led her to the fireplace and.
taking her by the shoulders. turned
Der around so that she faced him.
Above her the canvas image Of the
girl in the gold frame looked down.
The banker went back to his chair
at the table. For long time neither
spoke. Joanna stood almost motion.
less, her face deathly white. Eggles-
ton gazed at her and she saw that
his eyes wandered from her face to
the painting over her head. and then
hack again. At last, he said:
your money. my dear, was from
me. 1t was your mysterious
benefactor. and it was I who de-
termined that there should be no
conditions attached to your gift.
wanted to know how you-a girl Of
today-would go; which way you
would turn, if left to your own re-
sources.
"It was because of a silly old
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JOANNA

room. He announced to the com
pany, simply: This Is Joanna!
One by one the important seem
ing men pressed upon her. Dazed,
bewildered, fighting for some inkling
of understanding, she heard the muir
muir of words-words, words! Each
man took her limp hand and pressed
it and said to her-words! They
congratulated her; they spoke earn
est compliments: they uttered sense
less things she couldn't fathom!
And as each one bowed and left her
he passed out of the room until, at
last, there were only Graydon, Bran
don and Eggleston.
At Brandon's lips she saw the old
smile hovering-the old smile, but
different. And she saw the same
lights in Eggleston's eyes she used
to detect in them when they sat
across the table together.
PLEASED" she pleaded: What does
it all mean?"
Brandon faced her.
at MEANS" he said, that things
are going TO be Strengthened out.
For me, the best it means is that
you are to know that both you and
were playing game-and that.
because. you won. that night on La
Turbie- when I had the bandits
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her. 81 Just want to talk to you,
miss" said the visitor, in a threat
ening tone of voice. Barbara was
bewildered.
II came in to see why you put my
daughters wedding announcement
way down in the corner Of your
page, when Carmelita Hanks we'd
ding went right up top" continued
the accuser.
Barbara gulped. The woman rush
ed on. az ask you, have we been
good subscribers of this paper for
twenty years, or haven't we? There's
no such thing as a square deal any
where's, seems to me, when a paper
you've bought for all that time plays
you a dirty trick like that"
This was one phase of journalism
for which Barbara had not prepare.
ton. She looked wildly around for
reinforcements. She thought she
caught a CLEAN Of amusement in
the eyes Of the society editor.
But the CLEAN came too soon for
at the same moment Barbara's Wis.,
itor caught sight of the sign on
the society desk and abandoned Bar
bara to carry the war to higher
quarters.
At 1890 Jimmie, the homely
youth who served as office boy
and copy carrier, informed her that
IF Miss Hawley was ready. Mr..
Wells would like to have the Noyes
story" There was a slight tone Of
irony in the courteous language.
The Noyes story was laid on Mr..
Wells desk in the original draft.
Barbara had not had time to cpy
it, as she intended.
The looked around, wondering
when lunch time came. The office
was full OF reporters. Nobody
seemed to be thinking about food,
and nobody told her to run along
and eat.
She busted herself about her desk,
cleaning out some stuffed drawers.
reading the files of the Telegraph.
She was beginning to feel pro-
found respect for the commonplace
columns Of type that made up the
paper.
Never before had she guessed
what narrowing work went into the
making of The sheet. She had al
ways thought that papers just APP
peared in the evening on your porch.
AS the afternoon wore away. Bar
bara wisheh earthly that somebody
would give her something to do.
The rest of the staff had drifted out
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THAT'S not the way to talk in this
hang-out." said Bob. ION your toes
always and ready to fight for your
rights. I beg your pardon, but who
are you, anyway"
I'm Barbara Hawley." was the
reply, land I've come to work on
your paper"
Bob Jeffries whistled. "You don't
exactly look it." he said. But so
much the better"
Barbara wondered what he meant.
She looked around anxiously for any
other woman in the office. There
was only the society editor, who was
dressed much as Barbara herself.
who hired your" asked Bob
What kind of work are you going
to do?"
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BARBARA SPENDS HER FIRST DAWN THE TELEGRAPH
- OFFICE AND LOOKS FOR HER STORIES IN PRINT

of the Office and only Wells and the
copyreaders remained at their desks.
She decided to put on her hat and
go out in search OF food. AS she
started out she saw tho homely
youth enter the office with great
stack OF papers. He began laying
one on each desk.
barbara darted back into the
room, seized her copy and made for
the elevator.
In the lobby downstairs she
passed Bob Jeffries. He nodded
pleasantly and Barbara felt glow
of cheer in her heart.
Just around the corner was a sand
witch shop. Barbara made her way
to seat at the counter, ordered a
sandwich and a cup of coffee and
spread the paper out before her.
She scanned the front page. There
was no sign OF her work.
On the second page, her hopes
waned; on the fifth, they went out
altogether. Then she found It, in
corner at the bottom OF the stock
quotations column. It read:
POET COMING
Alfred Noyes, English poet and
former professor OF poetry at Prince
ton University, will give a series Of
lectures at the public auditorium. be-
ginning Nov. 1. under the auspices
Of the University Extension Club.
The waiter brought the sandwich
just then Barbara stared at the
sandwich and pushed II away. Then
she pushed the coffee away too. She
stared at the page, but the words OF
the article were blurred.
Then she went through the pages
rapidly again, looking for the story
about the cornstalk that was twelve
feet tall 1t was not to be found.
Again she went through the
sheets, this time looking for the
death notices that she had toiled
over. There they were, bravely dis
played beneath a bold black head
Obituaries" The names with their
sheaves of 'consonants made a brave
showing.
She gulped the coffee and paid her
bill.
Entering the Office of the Tele.
graph again. she found Wells stand
ing beside a gigantic man with a
heavy beard. Wells addressed her:
Miss Hawley, this is Morris Pattin-
ham He says you have published
story TO the effect that he is dead"
CTO Be Continued
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The LOVE OoDGER
BIZ VIRGINIA SWAIN

bara staggered against the corner
Of desk and would have fallen II
someone had not put his hand on
her arm.
She looked around, to find herself
face to face with a man OF possibly
80, whose eyes beamed upon her and
whose unshaven face was curved
into lines of friendliness.
"Just escaped a bad smash-up
there" he said, beaming more broad
| ly. Accidents are right in my line,
you know. I'm the police reporter.
Bob Jeffries."
Barbara smiled at him, one OF her
dazzling, unexpected smiles. out OF
the midst of deep seriousness.
THANK you," she said. II should
not have been standing in the way.
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BY III. l.. Gates
CHAPTER XXXVII
(ConcIusiOn)

s7N the big, solemn library in
the house of Andrew Eggles-
ton, on the avenue, where
Joanna once had spent the long
hours of an afternoon with the blue
print she had filched from Johns
rooms spread between her and the
banker, a remarkable company was
gathered
Graydon, his gray face alight with
tensed excitement, repeated to a
man of his kind who stood apart
with him, the thing he had said
over and over again to every one
in the room.
"And she came back, her skirts as
scant as ever, her lips as red and
her hair as 1mpertinently short. II
there was any change at all it was
in her eyes. They were just as
brown and shining, but, somehow,
they gave the impression that some
one had looked very deep in them
Into their very depths, perhaps.
''And she asked if she might have
her job and her number, and gave
me back her hank book-with moth
ing in it-and asked If I'd send it
back to Eggleston, here, and save
her from seeing him. When I
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Nobody looked at her this time.
She went through the swinging gate
to the enclosure which she thought
must be the reporters headquarters.
and stood uncertainty beside rick
ETY. hatrack. While she stood there,
the woman who had looked at her
with unfriendly eyes the day before,
came in briskly and took her place
at her desk.
She cleared it off, revealing a sign
that said Society"
1t seemed to Barbara that she
stood for centuries rooted to the spot.
Then the homely youth whom she
had noticed before, brushed past her
on his way to the mechanical de-
partment, with such speed that Bar
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"McDermott hired me-" she an
swered HE said something about
interviewing President Coolidge and
sweeping out the office"
Bob laughed. well, can tell you
what that means-obituaries birth
notices, sob stuff, helpful hints and
war correspondence, provided there
should be a war;
Barbara laughed too. But she was
not sure what the joke was.
Just then she heard her name
called in a loud and terrifying tone
Of voice. 1t was Wells, the city edi-
tor, who had told her the day before
that there was no place for her on
the staff.
Wells was looking over his glasses,
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searching the office for her. Barbara
hurried to the desk.
oh" he said, in a rather surly
tone. $50 you're here. What do you
know about Alfred Noyes?"
Barbara frightened. In this field
she was at home. "a good deal" she
replied
Take this stuff, then, and give us
story on him." said the city edi-
tor, handing her some notes and clip
pings from the morning papers.
Barbara grasped the papers and
went back to Bob Jeffries. He
promptly jerked a youngster out of
a chair in front of a typewriter desk
and bowed Barbara into 1t. The dis
placed youth only grinned.
Bob brought her some copy paper,
and, saying, Double space your
stuff and make it snappy," left her.
She did not see him again for many
hours.
m HE had no sooner settled to
IN read the clippings than some
III body called her again. This
time Wells wanted her to take death
notices over the telephone. She was
ushered to a typewriter beside a tele-
phone equipped with head receiver.
The next half hour was the worst
that Barbara had ever experienced
in her life. 1t seemed to her that
every person in Indianapolis with
name full OF consonants had died
the day before. Again and again she
asked for a re-spelling of the names.
She thanked heaven for the fact
that she had learned something of
typewriting by the touch system in
college. Now and then she caught
other reporters looking at her
fingers curiously. but she had no
time to wonder what was wrong.
At last the death notices were
written, and she laid them on Wells
desk. Again she seated herself to
write the article on Alfred Noyes.
The next interruption came when
farmer from up state made call
on the Telegraph and asked for a re-
porter to chronicle the fact that he
had produced upon his farm a corn.
stalk twelve feet tall. The stalk It.
self was duly produced.
This, too, fell to Barbara's lot to
write. 1t was not SO bad, she
thought, as obituaries.
Just before noon, Barbara was
startled to find aNtaH woman dressed
in taffeta and lace, towering over
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BEGIN HERE TODAY


BARBARA HAwLEY. 20. after
teaching school three years. besides TO
10 into newspaper work in order to see
Life.
When her ffance BRUCE REYNOLDS.
objects. she breaks. with him and gets
Job on the indianapolis Telegraph.
OF which ANDREW McDERMOTT.. a
close friend of her father. before his
death. Is managing editor.
Bruce makes an attempt at recon-
Citation which Barbara rejects, insist
ing she must live her own life.
CHAPTER III
~ PPARENTLY the work of the
IAI newspaper office had been in
1 swing for hours. There was
the same buzz Of telegraps machines,
the same running about, the same
atmosphere Of tense activity that
Barbara had observed the day before.
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|. VERY BAD CASE
Of ECZEMA
|AII Over Scalp. Later on
Face. Cuticura Heals.

had very bad case of eczema
which caused me to lose q lot of
sleep at night. It broke out in small
pimples all over my scalp, and
formed large, sore eruptions that
itched and burned and were almost
unbearable. My hair fell out and
was lifeless and dry. Later it broke
out on my face and disfgured 1t.
~ began using Cuticura Soap
and Ointment and got relief. con-
Itinued the treatment and after using
three cakes Of Cuticura Soap and
1.-TWO boxes of Cuticura Ointment I
was healed" (Signed) Miss Cecile
Shrock, r. /, Box ., Nc. Vernon,
Ind, Feb. 9, 1925.
Give Cuticura Soap, Ointment
and Talcuna the care of your skin.
Soap 25c Ointment 25 and Zoe. Talcum &c. Sold
everywhere. Sample each freq. Address:
auuticura Laboratories Dept 4, Maiden Mass
#M CuHcura Shaving Stick csc.
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ONE DOSE OF
SHAPLEY'S Original
STOMACH MEDICINE

SIONIANK1 ISAAD1OIIVL
will convince you of it's unusual
merit.
Try it Today, and be Convinced.
HOOKS DEPENDABLE DRUG
STORES AND ALL GOOD DRUG
STORES.
, 1925-08-06

did not run again until a couple of
years AGO. and dried up again to COM
! mence again this year. The water
now having reached the road crossing
below the spring.
The old land marks that l knew
so well as a boy on the south side
have nearly all disappeared and 1
suppose it is only a matter Of a short
time until none remain.
After we had traversed the Mer-
rill addition and talked over changes
etc. Mr.. Maxon drove to the tourist
camp east of town which is a very
nice camping ground and quite a
little city in itself as many tourists
were on the grounds and whether 60
ing east or west they seemed to be
busy as we'll as happy.
From the Tourist camp l could
see the old Sulphur Spring ranch
where l as A boy put in many hours
milking cows for Mr.. Bullock who
had a dairy there at one time, and
we MIXED twice a day and delivered
the milk in Rawlins and my salary
was fifteen dollars a month. How
would the boys now like to work for
that?
Mr.. Maxon then drove through
north Rawlins and west to the hos
pital and l must say that Rawlins
has some magnificent homes and
with the new water supply which will
enable the residents to care for lawns,
shrubs and trees, it is only a matter
OF a short time until they could have
a very pretty city and park or parks.
l here wish to thank Mr.. Burt
MaXOn for the Il and cOurtesy
shown me and hope to be able some
time to return the same.
/ also wish to thank Mr.. Bert Mar
shall for courtesies extended me. He,
learning M evening, that l had not
as yet seen my old friend and col
lege chum billie" Collins, asked me
to jump in his car and go with him.
| did, and l not only met billie"
Collins but several more OF the old
boys whom l had not seen for years
and years, and all of them guards and
keepers at the Big House under and
on the hill, and Frank Hadsell him
self as he held my hand said, I'VE
were boys together" Now that brings
back memories of many years ago
(as regards time) and although YER
many of our boyhood friends have
gone to- join that Great Majority, yet
it seems that the Great Controller
of the Universe has dealt very gently
with some of US and after meeting
with those in Rawlins last week /
can say hat although old in years
we are still the same boys we were
in years agone.
Yours very truly
JOHN F. HEAGNEY.
, 1925-08-06
REVIEW
BOOSTS ANNUAL
WYOMING FAIR

The Midwest Review, the magazine
issued by the Midwest Refining Com
pany of Casper, is making the Au-
gust number of that publication a
State Fair edition. The number will
be profusely illustrated and will
contain an interesting story of the
history and purpose of the Fair.
The Wyoming State Fair is under
many obligations to the Midwest Re-
filming company for the aid it has re-
ceived in making the Fair a success.
The Company for several years has
offered prizes to the amount of $3.50
for the encouragement of better stock
and agriculture methods.
Mr.. r. S. Ellison, vice president
and at the head of the Company's
interests in Wyoming, has taken a
special interest in the Wyoming State
Fair and has contributed not only
valuable counsel but personal work
in helping its progress and growth.
The Boys and Girls Club Work, which
has been such an asset to Wyoming,
has made a special appeal to Mr..
Ellison n the movement for the
education of the boys and girls of
the farm has received further i'm
petus from MI. Ellison's efforts.
The Midwest Review goes to all
employees of the Midwest Refining
company. Others who may desire a
copy of the State Fair number may
secure it by sending a request to the
Company at Casper.
, 1925-08-06
SOVEREIGNTY OF CHINA
MUST BE PRESERVED

SWAMPSCOTT, MASS, AUG. A.
President Coolidge's attitude in re-
gard to China is that of insisting
that the terms of treaties pertaining
to China be carried out by the ma
lions who signed the treaties and
resolutions.
The President is anxious that the
sovereignty of China be preserved,
that it may maintain a stable gov
eminent, that the open door" in
China be maintained, and that the
different nations refrain from seek
ing special privileges in China, pri-
vileges that would rather tend to
abridge the rights of other nations.
Back of the Presidents position
is the thought that a quieting down
of conditions in China will result
not only in bringing about peace in
that part of the world, but will also
aid in the rehabilitation of the world
from an economic standpoint. Bet
ter conditions in China mean better
markets for every nation in the
world.
, 1925-08-06
Moose Lodge Doing
Humanitarian Work

MOOSEHEART, ILL, AUG. A.
Stop the separation of families, make
1t possible for every boy and girl
to get 1T least a high school educa-
ton, service for babies in the slums
and tenement districts, service for
distressed girls and provide suffic-
len food for all school children, are
some of the high lights of a program
for broader service by the Loyal Or
der of Moose, according to Rodney
H. Brandon, Executive Secretary of
the Order.
Secretary Brandon said that plans
are being made to enable every
Moose Lodge and there are LOO, to
procure acres of lands at the edges
of their respective cities, upon which
are to be erected bungalows, so that
mergency service can be given to
all stricken families, whether or not
they are in any way affiliated with
the Moose order.
1.-THE most interesting thing in the
world" Mr.. Brandon said, lis a
baby. The Loyal Order of Moose has
a corner on babies. We have more
babies under our wing at Mooseheart
than any other agency. over 1907
600 babies a year in the United
States are taken from their mothers
and given out to institutions and
then adopted out, under numbers,
until they get a new name, and they
never again know their parents or
brothers or sisters. Not one mother
or father, ii on a death bed would
ever be willing to agree to such care
for their own children, yet they per-
NIT it for others.
THE Loyal Order of Moose, in its
short life of 10 years can pat it's
elf on the back for its achievements
the greatest in history. 1t has col
lected millions of dollars and has ex-
pended its money in giving the best
kind of home to 1000 children, sew
eral hundred mothers and hundreds
of aged Moose and their wives.
There are millions of babies in
distress and we must take the role of
crusaders and look over the earth
and ave the army of babies who
may be lost.
I'VE are working out a system,
whereby men and m who are
members of the Moose order will
give service to all helpless babies
in their communities and provide
, 1925-08-06
j. F. Heagney Writes
OF Rawlins Visit

Casper. wyo., July 20, 1926.
n. II. Alcorh,
Editor Rawlins Republican
Rawlins. Wyoming.
Dear Sir
Having spent all OF last week In
your city renewing old acquaintances
and making new mes l cannot re-
frain from giving you n few OF my
Impressions IN that Dear Old Rawlins
which ut one time I called home and
which In fact l still at times" think
OF rs home.
One morning l made the acquaint-
ance OF Mr.. Burt Maxon Of the Raw
Inns Land and Investment Co. and
after n few minutes conversation he
asked me II I would like to look over
the town. and you may rest assured
that I did not refuse that kind In
vitation. So we boarded his ear and
started and drove through the Mer-
rill addition In south Rawlins which
] must say surprised me very much
ms there Is some very nice buildings
in that addition Mt this time and l
honestly believe that II Is one OF the
incest parts OF Rawlins. and will
make n fine residential district.
You see when I lived In Rawlins
there were no buildings south OF
that beautiful little stream called
well. you know-but there was a row
Of houses on the north bank OF the
creek and In one OF them ] lived for
about twelve years or until the lat
ter part OF 1888. I also had my first
store experience on the south side OF
the tracks In the store Of Bennett 4
Mayor and I noticed that the old store
building and two Of the frame build
tnga are still there although the old
'corrals and sheds etc. at the rear
have disappeared. but the creek
Itself looks ~ natural as It did 40
or 50 years ago.
Another strange thing was the alb
ssnce Of the Second creek tthe one
from the BIB spring) south Of town.
In some Of ny former letters I have
mentioned ouo black mud baths. etc.
II that creek and I did not know
until about . year ago that the Big
spring went dfy Dsny year, ago. and
, 1925-08-06

children, so that children whether
or not their parents are members of
the Moose. will be enabled to get at
least a high school education. I'm
der our system no child will have to
leave school to help earn money for
the family. We are going to elimin-
ate poverty and economic reasons
, 1925-08-06

them with necessities of life and
schooling. to- help make good citi-
zens of them. We are going to have
Moose committees in every city rap
on, door of school rooms and learn
the identity of all undernourished
children, and feed them. We are go
ing to provide food for all hungry
, 1925-08-06

During the last campaign the op-
position said Coolidge didn't talk
much. His policy of tax reduction
and economy in the governments
business means more to- the folks
who work for a living than all the
oratory hat was ever let loose.
, 1925-08-06
which compel children to leave school
before they should"

With a trade balance of a billion
dollars in favor of the United States
the calamity howlers cannot even let
out a tiny squeal.