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New Britain herald., 1925-08-22
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Pittsburgh th"t Jack seemed little "dgy-in fact, for q minute l was afraid he was going 10 he jealous of Leslie and Melville Sartoris. Of rourso Saltoris is crazy about Leslie. lUt to he jealous of q woman who las shown her love for him in as manY ways as IcNlic has. is absurd.
 Wouldat it he nice if there were no misunderstanding in this world" If those we love could only sec our hearts just as they are and not through oycs that are filled with the smoko of foolish prcjudiccs and jcal- ousios, what a grand world this would be,
 You sec am mora izinE more than usual because l hay" Sc"n death SO nnar moi only 10 myself but to Jack and Leslie that I guoss my nerves are rather ragged 1T you wore here, ny drar I am afraid l might do something foolish.
 Anyway, I am going 10 stop before I write something maudlin; but I have so few frirn"S hat the thought of anything happening to any one of thrm throws mo into q kind Of blue funk.
 If you should hy any possibility sec Melville Sartoris and l rather think he will look up because I saw a cIcam of interest in his eye when ! talked to him about you--bc sur" and write me everything that hc tcHs you. and all that you say to nim.
 I know that sounds like an old woman. Paula, but some day when l sec you will tell you why ! am SO an\ior,s to know just what h" says to you.
 SND. oropyrich', 102a NEA Service, Incl NT0MORROW-LcucrN from Mel lille Sartori> to Leslie Prescott,
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Waterbury,.

relI V ere triumviratc that work cd together to put over shady stock deals That they were out -and-out crooks
 Carefully May went over Carlot- ta's words in her mind, as she walked slowly hack to the hotel, hardly realizing where she was go- ing.
 ... "lf [ were you, I wouldn't trust Herbic Waterbury too far. " Carlotta had said,
 Good heavens thought May, this was fine time to tell her thing like that-when she had just turned ovcr 10 Herbie every sou she had in the wide grceh earth, She groan- cd aloud as she thought of what she had done
 The fur coat she wore, the dia- mond-studded watch on her wrist. the black pearl ring-these repre- scnted her whole fortune these, and the S14.000 she had signed over To Waterbury.
 Moreover she owed 2 large bill ai the hotel She hadn't even paid for the orchids that were pinned to inc soft, scented fur of her coat. Nor for the dinner she had given last night in honor of her engHI"- ment to Horbie,
 "Oh, what a fool I was to part with that money" she thought wildly, Women are such simps - they ought never 10 be allowed 10 handle their own money. Some lawyer or other ought 10 do it for them-or guardian"
 She stopped suddently, Where had she heard someone say that be- | fore
 Then she remembered. Water. bury. himself. had said it the night she had dropped her bag with it'
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"Well, that's sweet thing to say to me--whcn you have thousands Of dollars Of mine" May exclaimed, If there's any gold digging going on around here, you're doing 1t with your own little shovel--"
 Waterbury threw back his head and laughed, What a little spit-nro it isl" he said. drawing her arm through his, and pulling her close 10 him. "We mustn't quarrel like this, sweetheart---"
 He bent his head 10 hers. and lowered his voice 10 a whisper,
 "l'm having a ring made for you from the ring that was my moth CTS and my grandmothcr's, when they were brides" ho told her. "Tt was 10 have been finished today. Let's go back 10 the hotel, and sec if they've sent 1t from Tiffany's,"
 The magic name Tiffany" swept all doubts of Waterbury from Mays mind, for the moment. She knew that people of wealth and substance patronizcd that famous house,
 She sat waiting on marblc bench in the lobby while Herbie went over to the desk 10 inquire about his package. Her eyes fol- lowed his tall, well.Clothcd body. Yes, he was good looking in ma turc way
 Not the man of her dreams, eX. actly, but q very good Imitation, And what was the man of her dreams like, anyway" May won dered. Once upon time he had heen the boy who sat behind her in school; and later on he had been d movie actor she had seen only on the screen. Then there had been q reckless love affair with Jim Carewe
 "I suppose there isn't any out standing love affair In anybody'S life" May thought dreamly, as she watched Herbie come back across the lobby toward her, We have a little Irritation here, and little thrill there, and first thing we know we're old and cold and gray. And that's about all there is to ito
 But while rho was saying 1t to herself she knew it wasn't true,
 She remembered her own widov- ed mother who had loved the memory of her father whom May had never seen, as May. herself, had never loved any man in the flesh. She remembered Sunday after moons of her childhood when she had gone with her mother to a lone- ly corner of Fairyiew cemetery to
New Britain herald., 1925-08-22
MAY SEYMOUR |F00[IWHE; bY BENTR|CE PUpTON E, <,

roll Of $500 bills!
 It was not the kind of thing dishonest man would have said, was 1t?
 "Oh, don't know-l'm so mixed up cant think straight May finally decided,
 Only one thing was clear in her mind. She would have 10 go straight to Hcrbic and ask him to give her money back 10 her.
 "But, if l do that, the chances are hell got sore because don't trust him, and refuse 10 marry me, :" she thought. She could see that Hcrhio wasn't half so anxious to marry her as she was 10 marry him
 Wasn't that why he had told her that his young daughter was op- 1 posed to the idea of his giving her q step-motherr And yet Carlotta | had said that he had no daughter ! that he was 2 bachelor like Dan!
 .. Of course, Carlotta might i have been mistaken. That was high ly possible; she had way of only half-listening 10 what was said to | her
 Certainly Ilerhie looked like any thing but q crook His blue eyes had a frank open way of looking at you. He had the air. always, of i 3 man who had nothing to conceal -- and yet wasn't their a slack, cruel droop 10 his lips? Sometimes, they laughed unploasantly. too---
 Yes, it would be better to get the money. if possible, And the way to do it, May decided, was to pick out the largest, most expensive diamond engagement ring in Atlantic City at once, and to see 10 it that Her bic paid cash for it. She could do that without hurting his feelings.
 She glanced at the little watch on her wrist-ten minutes after seven, Ii vas Saturday night and the stores wore still open~~-
 She hurried on 10 drug store on the next corner and telephone | Herhie 10 meet her on the Board walk in five minutes,
 "TN fix him." she thought grln1ly
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tend the flowers OH her fathers grave, She remembered low her mother had cried on those ,listant Sunday afternoons. and how sho had cried, too, not knowing why.
 Yes, 1t must be given to some women to really care for a man.
 But not to me-" May told hcr- self with Kind Of triwnp), "l must be hard as nails"
 Waterbury shook his head a. Inc came up to her. No. my package hasn't arrived" Ee said, with mock tragic air, "Nothing for me but a letter. Do you think you can walt for your engagement ring until Monday without cracking undel the strain ?"
 "Wcll, I'll do my best" May promised him. and as ho sat down beside her shc slipped her hand into his, "tIcrbie, tell me somo- thing; Why didn't you ever give your first wife that ring of your mothers for her engagement ring ,"
 llcrbiC was silent for q minute or two. "Wcll you sec,' he began at last, My mother was still living and l were married And naturally she wanted to keep the ring so long as she livcd."
 'l sec," May nodded her head musingly, "rhc reason l asked you was because Carlotta says you never had q wife. She says you haven't a daughter either .,. and she also says that you have no farm up near PttSheld. .. Now, what have you got 10 say to that!"
 Waterbury opened his mouth to speak. ran his tongue over his dry lips. and then leaned back suddenly as if someone had given him push,
 "Why?--what?" he stannmercd. ''Why--what else did Carlotta have to say about me-"
 "Nothing much" May answered calmly, except that you were a bachelor, like Dan. And that you and he were in on a let of shady deals with a man named Oliver NJ. Brunell'."
 "Oliver NJ. Brunoll--rever hcard of such man. said Waterbury,
 May laughed. 'T thought you said he was the man who gave that cane to your father" she said, You zee, 1 those are his initials-n M F..
 At that instant her eye tell upon the letter he was holding in his hand It was pale, blue, official looking letter, and upon 1t was type written Oliver NJ. Brunell, Esq" and below that Waterbury's own ad- dress, here, in Atlantic City!
 Gro bc ContinucD.
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were 3 small fish, or 8 frog, I cer- tainly would be on the lookout for Mir. Water Snake. but no one else needs to look out for him. See, there he goes into the water now
 Peter watched. He saw Mir. Water Snake glide into the water A mo ment later he saw him glide out again. In his mouth was a small fish. What Jerry had told him was true. Birds and little animals have nothing to fear from MT. Water Snake.
 Mr. Water Snake swallowed the little fish and then once more coiled up on the roof of Jerry Muskrat's house for a sunbath and nap. That roof was almost perfect for such purpose.
 Copyright, 1925, by T, ", Burgess.)
 The next story: "Another Visitor to Jerry's Roof"
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1 herself upon it.
 This is my idea of absolute lux ury," she said with d mischieVouS little erimace at me, resting and watching somebody elso sluve."
 guessed that she was deliberate ly making light of the whole affair that | might also minimize its im- portance to myself and as I trans lated into code the telegram she had dictated to me, I paid grateful men, tal tribute for the thousandth time to her thoughttulncss and the loy- a)ty of her friendship,
 NIadgc Sal,Cs Her Conscience
 Do you want to check this?" I asked code book and coded tele- gram in hand,
 Indeed, mo-" she returned, kick ing off her slippers. and drawing the coyorlct over her. 'I don't want 10 do anything save sleep | am going 10 perform tall and fancy job in that line. Don't call me for any thing until that operative of Aliens gets here from New York city. suppose Tll have to talk to him. Please drop T hint 10 Katrina that l need neither care nor medicine dur ing the next few hours The rest of the household are trained not to como near this room. SO l'll be as- sured of an undisturbod nap.'
 Nothing save fire or cyclone can possibly reach you" assured her as I left the room, with the coded telegram in my hand. In my heart was amused tender comprc- hension of the game Lillian was playing. She was removing herself from all responsibility or knowledge of anything which might do in the Allen Drake's operative should ar rive from New York.
 The message was go short and simple that l knew I could trust it to the telephone but as I gave 1t over the wire, there came again to me the guilty feeling of treachery which l first had felt when l real ized what Allen Drake's orders meant to Steve" and through him 10 my mother-in-law, my husband and my small son,
 The very thought of them steadied mo, however, especially when I con- | templated the effect which "Steve's" arrest and subsequent notoriety would have upon them. II was with q determination strengthened be- yond the possibility of Wayering, that I laid the foundations of my scheme by going in search of Lee ! Chow.
 Copyright. 1925. by Newspaper Feature Service, tnC.O
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T don't see anything to be excited
 about" said he.

He didn't seem at all excited. In fact, he said so. T don't see any thing to be excited abou'," said he, 'I don't see anybody over on my house excepting MT. Water Snake. I certainly cant get much excited over him"
 "But haven't you any little ba- bies?" demanded Peter.
 Certainly" said Jerry. i've got as nice 8 little family as ever you laid your eyes on, Peter Rabbit. I'd like you to see those babies. would so. But they are too small now to venture out in the Great World"
 Jerry Muskrat," said Peter severely, q don't know what to think of you. Suposing that fellow over on the roof of your house there takes it into his head that he would like a baby Muskrat for dinner"
 "He won't" said Jerry.
 How do you know he won't" Peter demanded.
 "Because Mir. Water Snake doesn't eat baby Muskrats, replied Jerry. "Perhaps he never has, but that isn't any proof that he never will" retorted Peter.
 "Then hell have to change his habits completely" replied Jerry. But I don't believe he'll do that. Some of his relatives. like Mir, Black snake and Mir. King Snake and some others, may like birds and mice and things of that kind. hut MT. Water Snake doesn't care for anything but i fish and frogs. No, he is a per fectly good neighhor 50 far as am concerned. If he wants 10 take g sunbath on my roof he is welcome 10 do 1t. In fact, he has been doing it ever since he came out this spring I suspect that he thinks that root really belongs to him now. If
New Britain herald., 1925-08-22
LETTER FROM SYDNEY CARIE-
 TON TO PAULA TERRIER -ION

Are you afraid to marry. Paula ." Or are you bound down by ono of those Victorian compIcNcs that makes you feel you are not worthy 10 marry any man? For hcuNcu's sake. if you have this sort of an ob- s' ssiou. snap out of it as soon as possible.
 I have sNid many times that any woman is gool enough for any man, and certainly, Paula, if ] had not been in love with some other woman most of my life. | am sure I would have fallen inlove with you and con- yidercd it a great honor if you would have accepted mo.
 There, There's almost doclara- ton for you. It is the first tim" l have ever hoen SO foolish as to mako it but I know, my dear girl, it is as safe with you as though l had kept 1t tn my heart which has been aching with it's burden lately.
 Write mc what you lcrid" upon doing. for am quite curious to hear: and remember that | am Hl- ~vays your friend and as such viIl >..stand by you m wdrtevcr decision .you mako.
 7 Ky tho way. Paula. when is Mrs hthcrtou coming back? I think Jack roods her very much. sh" keeps all the minor annoyanccs of his tusin"Ss away from him. and besides she IS someone for him to talk to.
 Isn't it strange that a man will talk to some woman and tell hor secrets that ho would not t'll 10 ao- other woman that he might JoN" nore7
 Mrs. A'hcrtou Is a most peculiar woman and think she is H sp'ndld antidoto for J1CN's "Sotism. l thought wl.oa was over m
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lIerr's puzzle with I nifty design. The puzzles good, too.
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h3rf the octs cut in thin slices. Dot with bits of butter Mix cream milk and mustard Tour half of tj.rs mixture over potatoes and eggs. Add r-maining potatoes. seasoning and ercz and pour over the rest Of tho cream mixture Cover with but tered crumbs mived with grated cheese and bake in hot ov'n until pct7'oos arc tender. 1t will take about so minutes, The dish can Ne ro,crod during the first half of in" haktnE The cover should he re- moved to crisp and brown 'hc rrg'0he
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NIadge Launches Her Scheme After
 Seeing Lee Chow


 Seeing Lee Chow
 Into Lillian's eyes there flashed a quick geam of commendation and I knew that she realized my com prehension Of the yelled hints she had given me concerning steve"
 "You mustn't waste any time if your errands are important" she said significantly but l should like you 10 answer Aliens telegram. lt will haye 10 be done, or hell keep the wires hot until he does get an answer. This thing means more than vittles and drink to him. You know how he hates 10 fall down on s thing and this list of securities which you decodcd from 'Stoyo's' card is the first clue he's had to mighty baffling robbery mystery"
 felt like a traitor 10 my friends, 1T not my government as l listened. If I carried out the plan that was sn my mind--I pushed back all fur aher contrition with firm hand, r+fecting the while that Lillian her sAlf was tacitly sanctioning the scheme which had sprung 10 life at her epcouragement
 RisAs< from my chair, crossed to the tahle-picked up the pencil and notebook which We had used in our coded telegrams and nodded signal that I was ready for her dic- tation,
 'Your telegram received" she dictated Thanks 10 Madgc's bou- ouet, Impossible to trail man but sure he will stay in vicinity until operative arrives. Am watching de- relopments, Underwood.
 And there's no falsehood in any word of it," she said complacently when I had finished, Now If you don't mind putting 1t into code and sending it off, I'm going 10 lie down for while I'm not up 10 as much ss thought"
 "My Idea of Luxury"
 I looked at her in quick alarm. Had she overdone her slowly return ing strength in this affair of "Steve's"? But her color was good. her eyes were bright and came to the conclusion that she was not above making use of a subterfugc . which would leave me at liberty to follow my own devices and stahlish . g tacit freedom from responsibilities for her.
 "Of course I mind B great deal" , told her, laughing. but I'll try to boar up under the great mental cf- fort involved"
 , She opened her code hook, ird- csted page and handed 1t to me. crossed to the bed and stretched
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But when he came up to her. her eyes were soft and her lips were tilted in the sweetest and gentlest of smiles. She dimpled at him.
 "Youll never guess what l called you for" she said, as she tucked her hand into his and fell into step beside him. Never in a million years-I want you to go shopping with me-"
 Horhic laughed, but worried look came into his eyes.
 "Women have said that 10 me be- fore. and it's always meant trouble V he said nervously, What do you want to shop for, at this late hour on Saturday night?"
 Best time of the whole week for bargains" said May with great cheerfulness, "Why. we're going shopping for my engagement ring, of course, dear. It's bad luck not to have onc.'
 "It is?" asked Waterbury, "l never heard that betorc-Look here, May. cant we let this so until Mon- day morning? l have a business engagement tonight with Dan"
 "Oo-ooh. what a tihbcr you are!' May broke in, Dan Sprague isn't even in Atlantic City. Carotta says he followed Francie Lee up to New York-so you'n have 10 think up better excuse than that, old timer"
 Suddenly Waterbury stopped, and shook her hand from his arm. He faced her with angry eyes, T don't get all this engagement ring stuff, " he said, "I should think you'd wait until bought one and presented ii to you, as a lover should. instead of trying 10 black-i jack mo into buying one for you'-Nou act just like the cheapest little sold-digger alive"
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Over on the roof of Jerry Musk rats house Peter Rabbit could see a big member of the Snake family coiled up. He knew it wasn't Mir. Blacksnake because this one wasn't black. He was brown. Peter was puzzled. He understood why Red wing and Mrs. Redwing had made such fuss. They had discovered who was on the roof of Jerry Musk rats house and they had made a fuss until they grew tired. Then they had gone off and left the big Snake in peace.
 Peter was still sitting there on the edge of the water looking across to Jerry Muskrat's house, when who should come along but Jerry him self.
 Hello, Jerry!" cried Peter.
 Hello, Peter! What are you look ing so pop-eyed about?" inquired Jerry.
 "Just see who's on the roof of your house" cried Peter excitedly.
 Jerry looked over to his house.
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Thls dacoratiye effect is noticed on 9 Partisan coat designed for eve- hing wear. The collar of puffed velvet has long tasscls of silk fringe that just match in color and give q long, narrow line 10 the wrap.
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Very Cnlor1il

Chinase silk damask in al 'h' vivid and rarta' shades is usfj for tailored frocks that are worn under velveteen wraps
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Gossip s Corner
It saves Sug1r

r son want 10 bring out tho s--rrtrrsS and flavor ot frn1'- ro"h II sronly. r is quit, unncNessarv 70 sweeton rruneS lf you cook th' m ths way.
New Britain herald., 1925-08-22
THE VISITS END

This is one days chapter of the famous story of David Copperield," Children who cut out the pictures every day will soon have whole set of dolls with which to act out the story. Watch for more of this story next week.
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And so the happy days passed and the time to return home came all too soon to suit David. He had be- come the very best friends with lit- tie Emily. They played together all day long. When Ham was not at work he walked with David and En'ly and showed them the boats and the ships, and sometimes he took them for a row.
 At last the day came for Peggotty and David to start home. He felt very sorry to leave them all, but he felt the worst to leave little Emily. He promised to write 10 her often, and they both cried just a little at the parting. for they did not know if they would ever see each other again.
 tColor this pretty dress of Em'ly's pale pink, trimmed in rutfles of a darker shade.l
 Copyright. 1923, Associated Editors Inc)
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THE STORY so FAR:

May seymour, whose husband killed himself because of her love affair with Jim Carewe, returns 10 her home town after n years ab- scncc, She dispos"s Of her inherit cd property, leaves the sale Of her house in tho hands of Ulysses x. ForEan, and with $S,0oO in her handbag. sets out 10 find and marry q man with money.
 At Atlantic City she meets a di- lorCc", Carlotta frolking, and her friends. Herbert Waterbury and Dan Spraguc. Both mon pay court to May, greatly 10 the distress of Car Iotta, who has been in love with Dan for many years.
 May, however, sets her cap for Waterbury, having made up her mind that he is the millionaire husband she is looking for She spends almost all of her ready money on jewels, fur coat, and expensive clothes 10 create the i'm nression that she is 2 wealthy widow. Finally Waterbury proposes and May accepts him.
 She plans to marry him within q week before he has chance to slip through her fingers, and when the S12.000 from the sale of her house arrives she turns 1t over to him 10 invest for hnr in Dan Spr0gue's oil we'll But immediately she regrets ii. when Carlotta, on the eve of her departure for her California home, warns May not to trust Waterbury too far. She hints that he and Dan Sprague. and mysterious third man named "Oliver N Brunoll'' work together 10 put oyer shady stock deals
 (NOW GO ON WITH THE SlORA)
 With troubled eyes, May watched the train as 1t slid out of the sta ten carrying Carlotta with it. Jf only she could have just 2 minute pr two more to talk with her,!
 What lad the frivolous little but terfy- woman been trying to tell her. That Dan and Waterbury and the mysterious "Oliyer M. Bru-