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great gardens % EioWer Acres.
want me 20 delay the case. that
you may see more Of tfc snrdrus-
Delay The case YuuIl b. lurk
II you ever Ert this case Finished.
Why. I ncyrr saw one with such q
lot u side issues aud cUnimdiriorl
cicwsr
Lets stnishten j. ont then Whats
our problem"
who killed llr Rnynor and
wlyF'
Ellis Wife.
"oh Penny. no.
Don't let your sympatby run
away with YOU. Jus, because Airs,
Raynor - beautiful, soft.eyed, pa
ihntic--"
"oh. Penny. you don't read her
right az hllr'
eat least you1l agree that she Il
In love with Mr.. Finley
"Or course-who wouldn't bs1'
and tie pair are gisd 10 BE- &C.
licved Of the prcssnce % AR Ray.
norg"
Yves suppose they are.
even. then. IN the absence OF ans
other suspect Why balk o. ono or
both o. these twoF'
Let's try Tor another suspect
Just 70 leave thosc turtle deycs in
pcaceg
NO. Penny * biz black eyes
were very earnest now but be
cause. IL they should be innocent
how dreadful 10 suspect them.
Go ahead. then-who's your sua-
poctc'
Let's check en- OF. Miss Matte
IS out % H."
cor course. She adored her
brothor-but now she seems to cot
ton 20 his widow. Were they always
friendly
Pretty much 90. I've sounded the
servants and find that Miss Matte
and AIrs. Inynor managed 10 hit q
OF fairly we'll But tho old maid IS
variable. blows hot and blows cold
and so AIRS. Raynor was now IN favor
and now out. However there's no
question OF Miss Matte. What about
the sony''
Hes a rotier. but he never killed
his father. He's frank and outspoken
~ don't think he's honest tho. But,
you're hunting suspects Tor the crime
now-aren't your
Yes: leave the Lionel thing till
inter Now. who arc Ieftg''
"Alr. Rayuor and her-er-ad-
mircr--hcr brother and the nurse"
'-rhs brother Is cut ~ it-u poor
nerve Gus wrcck--shcjl shock-tho tho
servants sly he always was dell
cate chap. Tho nurse. I should say,
is out OF Il. for she hns admitted the
poisoning / don't believe she
shot him too"
Then wo have left the two ! sug
gested at the start, glrs. Raynor and
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Nancy. and Sick and Iuhnu }
Sweep chased OUT % tho door ~
the grocery store after snitrhsr
Snatch thy goblin, as fas' a. they
could so
nat the little fellow was too
quick FOR them lie turned the
first corner ho came Co and dls-
appeared
"Now what do ynu suppose he'll
be- doing urNt'" cried Nancy stamp.
ms her foot
Noh. look az the three difty chill
dren'" vailed oul n little boy You'd
better Eu homo ana set washed
Nancy and Nick and luhuuy
sweep ram down the street as fast
as they could so, Thry didnt ike
20 b. called dirty
What was che use % their vasbs
ms aJ IONS ,s They bad 10 chase M
and down ghimngys after 81 naughty
goblin
Well. he's some cried lohnus
sweep. I'VE may aa vel hop on
my broom and see n We can follow
hi, footprints when be sets out %
town
When snltchsr Snatch reached the
corner, DO stopped Tor a miuuts for
breath Ills long nohc was very red
from running 40 hard Besides he
had bumped Il on the swinging door
Ia his hurry 70 set out
That gave him an idea az once.
For Snitchsr snatch was a. smart
as college professor
= know / know he rang out
dainr n heel and zoe dance in his
JOS. I'm 50 ~ "a beauty parl0g
There's one across the street"
80 he went over and looked in
But sou had 90 So up i1 an Gle
tator and be- knew very wen that
no elevator man was Eoius 20 lr' a
goblin ir
"Iu have 20 So down the rhim-
ney" said be- "Ita the easiest way.
anyway. and my nose b. airr
So be scrambled up % tue roof By
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Mr.. Finley don't suppose you
suspect Ezra Goddard7'
Il don't-no. But ia think Of him
before | would Of those two darling
people,
"Ziz. you're hopeless. Those lovers
have turned your sentimental head =
and foresee youll b. no good on
this case al all--yUu may as we'll 60
home
"oh. YOU think so--do you? Well
suppose you turn your attention 10
a direction that evidently hasn't as
yet occurred 20 your blind old eyes. =
AN Intruder an outsider II well
may be. ZIzl.' And Wise looked
thoughtful.
ut may be. yes - but didn't
mean that. I mean - Grimshqwe
Cannon"
AS the murderer"
Yes"
WHY"
'He had a hold over AR Raynor-
or Mr. Raynor had hold over
him."
"WhlchT'
Il can't mako out yet--but / think
II was sort OF mutual thing I got
around a parlor muld-who is OF the
curious, prying type. and tho sho
hasn't much interest i'm IT., she did
say that Mr. Raynor and old Cannon
had interviews sometimes late at
night-secretly--"
"she imagined tho secrecy. why
should they be secret about e.? Can
non lives on the place-he ia n sort
Of pensioner on Raynor's bounty"
"Of course he la--but why7"
II gathered that they wero old
friends or ucquaintances-t Can
non was less fortunate than Raynor
that he cared only for his Nntural
History studies, and that Raynor
gave him a home and a place to
carry on his butterfly hunting .-or
whatever he does
You gathered most Of the crop Of
Cannon information but not all
That old codgcr has A. had hold
on the gr@at mnn-on Douglas RAY
nor that made Raynor afraid Of him.
ON the other hand he was IN some
way afraid Of Rgynor. SO I got an
thls from the muIG--tncv used to
argue over something and they spoke
In low voices and behind closed doors
She listened. But all she could get
was tho sound Of qunroling voices
and after each interview a sort Of
patching up Of tho matter until IL
broke out the next time.
Continued In Our Next ISSUE
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DC Iay on tho nqgE But IN view
uf an we have learned since. DO
ss,is uatufal that I should refer Go
that ztr.essN foam as thg hodF SO.
at tte moucuI. ! had "a eoufursd no-
zion that br had had "a stroke-of
something like thar
OrDs yoier was even but his
fingers wtrc uyrvuusiy working The
family were used Go thrrc nervous
mauif,stau5Es but the detective
looked az him gur,pusiy,
"You are aRiiated Mr Kent
Nothing nothing said Owy
a nervous affection habltuBi 60 me
d can't help tive always bren So
8ud "a trire 20 shell shock 10 The war
helped it along
ile jumped up and began Paeins
the terrace
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tains no narcotics or soOthinR drugs
Ask your druggist FOR genuine
california pig syrup" which has
directions for bobies ana children
Of all ages printed on bottle. Moth,
er! You must say Sf.s!itornn" or
you may got an imitation zig syrup.
Advertisement.
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Even a f,etfui. feycrish. bilious or
constlpatcd child loves the pleasant
taste OF california Fig syrup" This
gentle harmless laxative never fails
to sweeten the stomach and open
The bowels a toaspoonful today
may prevent a sick child tomorrow.
It doesn't cramp Or oyefact. Con.
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CHAPTER ~
Grim Cannon

,glNELt- ZlEiH Pennington Mise
w said 90 hi funny little assist.
ant. we've "a ease on our hands
1--WE have Tor fair the girl re-
Piled
The two were stouins Thru the
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ms body he IS something infinitely
nearer and dca-cr. the child OF my
soul
have not heard from sally since
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LETTER FROM LESLIE PRES
C0TT TO BEATRICE SUMMERS.
CONFINED

In antWGr % mOihcr'H questioning
look. I hautrnrd to explain that Co
fiad understanding and consideration
between tho acxrs and 10 Ne ablo
10 brinK etiIess 20 the place where
they might ntso discover thsao two
great outstanding sisnpo.ts 10 hap.
pinass. was much greater achieve.
meht Than 10 discover the North pole
on earth or a now star In tho hcay.
ems.
We had quite conversation on
this subject, my dear. hut ] have
written you enough for sou 10 az.
prccla,o my mother and for you to
undorstand how much your letter
meant 90 me.
II il wonderful hero o. Atlantic
CTS this time ~ year The air s.
brisk enough 70 DC urlclug. md yet
ono doc not feel the cold as one
does IN the city ! am probably SO.
ing 10 stay here until my baby Is
horn Ruth Burke came down with
me after Ahce's funeral and she has
promised that when sho leaves and
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! have been down here. She Is prob
ably very busy ana will write me
as soon as she Is able
Write me often Bee. / love your
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"uH. ycss they are uoVads}
can sca iJ'-shc closed her Cycs=''l
can see how it curves 8rouni-ycs
the risht foot-thc right slide Of tha
foot"
and The footprint was pointed Co.
wand OF away from Mr. itaynor,
Toward him
Miss Rayuor. Your testimony .s
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uI.IN IIruI. IonAN


pauEfaz EaNuur ~ found shot thru
thr heart IN thr early rEEuInE nu fhH
floor 20 ,ho sun r9nm 1f ll'Mr %
Acres his lsunE Island home stand
tuE over the dead man. plstal tH
hand ts Malcolm ltulrN former
sRggtheart ~ Eaynuss wife, Nancy
Eva Turner EaNuorH nurse. stands
Fy the iigbt switch Then Nancy
her brother. DrNlir Kent Eara Cod
dsrd friend of FINLEY Miss Matte,
EaynpTs sister and others enter
the room lfourl kaA nor son nE
Douglas Eaynor by fret marriage
comes O. claim mis- fathers estate
Nurse Turner finally enntcasrs ta
attempting Go poison kaNuoE uHt Ht
revenge Pennington Wise reirH
bratrd drttc sNr. with hIs stfl assist
ant. EiEt are called t1 take The case
out ~ she hands ~ Detective Dob
luz Miss Matte trssiflrs to srnius
the pFiaF - vyershrrH ON fHn Nuat
10 the sun room after the murder
NOM go ON WITH fitE >rut1h
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letters. LEsl
tcopyuEht. 1884. y. =. 4 ssrvis
TOM0RRON-Ietier from
Atherton TO Ruth Burke.
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Continued in Our Next Issue
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"They Haven't Any Lessons to Study"
feel strong and well so they can enjoy
their parties and their birthdays and
their games.
Besides, if we had birthdays they
wouldn't be able to have so many
presents or such fine cake, as some
of the family money would have to be
used for our birthday cakes.
"What if every COW had a birthday
cake with candles! What an absurd
thing that would be.
"And just suppose we all sat around
happy birthday!
"What good would we do if we
tried to do chores?
Suppose should run up the street
and do an errand in place of Lillian
when she wanted to play, would it be
of any use?
'Not a bit of it. III hurried up the
street people would start after me.
"And if / did get as far as the store
and then get inside they wouldn't
wait on me or know what wanted.
$50 why shouldn't we sit still when
we can't be of any use doing the
things others can do?
"We can't study for examinations as
we don't go to school, and if we did
go to school the teacher would have a
dr eadful time.
81 looked in the schOolhouse wiz
dows down the road once and knew
I could never sit in one Of those silly
little desks.
II couldn't put up one leg q haven't
any arms) and say:
{" please, teacher, I know the an
swer to that question:
$50 I sit here as do all of us and
we rest and we eat and we give peo-
pie milk.
"We do our work well.
"But when we're not working or
when we haven't anything to do we
don't pretend to be busy when we
know we're not -
Zine sentiments said Mrs. Brown
and-White Cow.
WELL said Mrs. Cow, spring will
soon be here again and people will
see us lying down in the morning and
will probably say how lazy we are.
"But let it not upset u.s."
ooh no, moo moo" said the other
cows, I'VE won't let it upset US
1--WE will continue to do our own
COW way" said Mrs. Cow.
"Our own cow way" repeated Mrs.
Brown-and- White Cow.
''Our own cow way" said the other
cows.
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JOHN BALL

TOHN BALL crept out of the doctors
j office more dazed than alive.
years rest and dry climate as long
as YOU live" had been the verdict. 1t
meant that he was definitely
shelveu-at thirty-five. What could a
man do with his free will reduced to
that extent? John Ball had come
across several poor devils handicapped
In one way or another, and he knew
what disqualifications meant In the
modern race. One acquaintance Of his
he had always thought Of as the man
with a plucky wife: John Ball had
seen business thrown his way as one
throws scraps to an animal. Another
Ia friend-had tried to substitute so
scial gifts for brains, and Ball had
watched him gradually slipping, Slip
ping, slipping behind. Then there was
the plucky soul who always lost sew
eral months a year through illness, and
who. when he was working, shaved
twice as hard as other men just to
keep abreast of the last. 1t was to the
ranks of these, drudging hopelessly
with wornout tools, that John Ball
knew he had been relegated.
In the station on his way to his
home in the suburbs to break the news
to his family, he stopped, through
sheer custom, to buy newspaper. Be
fore the stand, which was as big as
any in the station, stood stocky chap
of thirty. The paper man knew Balls
voice and at the familiar Evening
Daily, please" he sang out, Eyes, sir, "
as pleasantly and instantaneously as
ever. When he turned with the right
sheet in his hand Ball read, with
fresh vision, that 81 am blind" sign
across his coat. There had been no
besitating, no fumbling, and, on the
other hand, kind of professional
pride that was good to see.
In spite Of his preoccupation Ball
nausea for a minute and watched.
Someone asked for paper of the day
before and the blind man had to stoop
and search with his sensitive fingers
through piles done up ready to re-
turn to the dealer But he found
nnerringly the right one; and then,
with the accented motion that avoided
mistake, he counted out the correct
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fs'Ddddys
D6Evenin8
Fairy Tale
M ATN |DNLAN P0NNED
cows CHATTER
~wAARY GRAHAM BOWER

MOO, moo" said Mrs. Cow, the
way some talk about us!"
MOO, moo,', said Mrs. Brown-and-
White Cow, "what do you mean by
that?"
Il was thinking" began Mrs. Cow.
II do hope it didn't tire you," said
Mrs. Brown-and-Whit Cow.
mo-" said Mrs. Cow, sit didn't tire
me at all. If it had tired me would
have stopped thinking"
Sensible said Mrs Brown-and-
White Cow. But pray continue"
Il was thinking" continued Mrs.
Cow, 'of the time last spring when
some children passed us one morning.
'sThey were evidently having holt
day, but they said:
"'Just think, it is only 10 o'clock
in the morning and those cows are "
ing down or sitting down and haven't
a thing to do.
"sThey haven't any lessons to study
and they haven't any examinations
coming
"They haven't any chores to 90.
They can enjoy scratching their cnlhs
under the fence or resting by the
brook or choosing some lovely shade
tree under which to lie. And all at
10 o'clock in the morning.
"'Still,' said another child, I'm
glad I'm not COW. They don't have
such bounding joy as we do and they
don't feel all excited and happy over
their birthdays or over their school
games.'s
"Yes," continued Mrs. Cow, that
was the way they were talking. First
they envied us because they couldn't
take off all the time we could IN
which to do nothing.
''Then they were glad they weren't
cows, as they liked to have excite
ments which we miss, such as birth
days and so forth
but / thought to myself that they
shouldn't talk about us and about our
laziness.
Maybe we arealazy. But we give
milk twice a day and we make them
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A LINE o. CHEER

is better known as the wife Of the
Prince of Devon of romance, whom
Tennyson describes in his ENID and
Elaine:
The brave Geraint, knight of Ar
thurs court,
A tributary prince of Devon, one
OF that great order of the Table Round,
Had married Enid, YnioPs only child,
And loved her, as he loved the light
of heaven.
And as the light of heaven varies, now
At sunrise, now at sunset, now by
night
With moon and trembling stars, SO
loved Gerafnt,
To make her beauty vary day by day.
In crimsons and in puppies and in
gems,
And Enid but to please her husband
Who first had found and loved her in
state
OF broken fortunes, daily fronted him
In some fresh splendor; and the Queen
herself,
Grateful to Prince Geraint, for the
service done,
Loved her, and often with her own
white hands
Arrayed and decked her, as the love-
Hest.
Next after her own self, in all tho
court.
Ends jewel Is the beryl, which has
the power to reawaken love in married
people. 1t likewise makes the wearer
amiable and uncomfortable. To dream
of 1t signifies happiness in store. Mon
day Is said to be Ends lucky day and
three her mystic number.
&c by Wheeler Syndicate. Inc.)
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ENID

DERHAPS the sole example of a
- name which maintains its original
beauty and dignity and is without de-
rivatives or diminutives is Enid, signi-
flying soul. The first and immortal
Enid was made so by Tennyson, who
rescued from oblivion the charming
fdyll of Geraint and Enid and placed
them among the chivalry of the Round
Table. This story was found in the
"Maburgeon," and Triad" mentioned
Enid as one Of the three ladies Of King
Arthur'S court.
The name Enid is Celtic form Of
animus. meaning soul. 1t is not diff
cult to perceive how the successive
changes came about, through differing
pronunciations Amid is probably a
connecting link in the transition and,
for euphony, the word became Enid
ALI this must remain supposititious,
however, as there is no accurate his
tory concerning the name, so she is
accepted as poetic fact.
She appears as Enide In the French
verse of Christien de Troyes, but she
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said the man, who was handsome and
dressed in a velvet suit trimmed with
gold braid.
Just then several horsemen dashed
up to them and asked: "Are you in
jured, Your Majesty?"
IT am uninjured, thanks to this
brave man." replied the man, who
Otto was sure must be the King from
the manner In which the attendants
addressed him, and when the King
asked Otto what he could do for him
to repay his bravery, Otto said he
would like to serve him at his palace.
''That you SHALL" said the King.
There is always room for a man such
as you are"
And so Otto got his wish, and for a
while he felt he must be dreaming,
everything was so beautiful and grand.
One day Otto, who always had his
eyes and ears open now to all that
was going on, overheard one of the
attendants telling the King that a
rival King and his army were reported
on the way to the palace to take him
prisoner and take his crown, and he
was quite sure 1t was Otto who had
betrayed the King by telling his rival
Of the secret passage under the forest
which led to the palace.
That night Otto watched and saw
the attendant he had overheard talk
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M{76452E "a , AIN ES|[ l4[B[|S}Il|

ing to the King leave the palace. eau
tiously Otto followed him into the for
est, where he entered cave and went
along a passage which led to the sea.
Otto could see many ships filled
with soldiers, and now he knew that
all he had heard the attendant tell the
king was his own treacherous plan.
Otto heard all the plans the attend
ant made with the rival King.
He waited until the false servant
was well inside the secret passage
and then he sprang upon him and
bound him with his girdle and, push
ing him well out Of the path, Otto
went back to the end Of the passage
where the rival King and his ships
were waiting.
Because all the servants of the King
were dressed alike and 1t was dark,
the rival King thought Otto was the
one he had spoken with before, and he
followed him into the secret passage
without the least suspicion.
"You must come with me to make
sure you have the right PATH" whis-
pered Otto, and the King followed
straight up to the palace garden
where Otto closed the gate behind
them and aroused the guards inside
and outside the palace.
1t took but a few minutes to bind
the rival King and carry him before
Otto's King, when Otto told his story
The Kings soldiers, led by Otto
son put to flight the rival Kings
ships full of soldiers, but the rival
King was kept prisoner for many
years.
Otto's King became ruler over the
kingdom where the rival King had
ruled, and he wished to make Otto q
great lord and have him rule over pari
of it, but Otto told the King he die
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A BURNED HOUSE

THERE is undoubtedly relic OF
\ tire-worship in superstition found
in some sections Of the country
that it Is bad luck to build house
on the site of one destroyed by fire.
The new house is likely to be de-
stroyed in the same manner. Inc
main idea would appear to be that the
fire which destroyed the first house
had rendered sacrei the spot where
it was burned and, therefore, taboo
for ordinary purposes. Another house
built on the spot would be like plac-
ing an offering upon an altar for the
fire to consume.
This is one of the very few popular
superstitions which 1t Is safe TO re-
gard as a survival of fire-worsh1p,
which was an Eastern cult, never OBJ
tanning any strong hold upon Western
minds. The great majority OF super
stitions into which the element of fire
enters are regarded by the best au-
thorities as being derived from sun
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THE KINGS FAVORITE

SOMETIMES the things we think
~ would make us. happy we find,
when we get them, give us more dis
comfort than happiness, and that was
the way 1t was with Otto.
Otto was a poor peasant boy who
worked for small pay all day in the
fields, and one day when he was rest
ing at noon under a tree he stretched
himself and said: "It must be fine
thing to live In a palace"
Otto's wish was scarcely off his lips
when cloud of dust appeared down
the road, and the next minute horse
came dashing along with the rider
hanging helpless from the saddle.
Otto jumped to his feet and ran
down the road and, as the horse dashed
by him, he caught at the bride and
brought him to standstill.
MY good man, you have saved my
life. You shall be well rewarded
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cThe mhp Of Superstitions

Blu Il. IROlNG KING

worship-the fire being an initiative
sun-or from the ancient custom of
human sacrifice. Our barbarian an
cestors, 1t is true, had their fire festi-
vals, but Professor. Frazer says of
them, .The presumption is that the
essential features of the primitive
fire festivals was the burning of a
man who represented the tree-spirit."
A study of historic superstitiens
shows, however. that to certain linn
tied extent pure fire-worship existed
in early times even in western Europe,
the section of the world from which,
or through which we inherit our su-
perstitions of today.
20 by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.)
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Haue uou his Habit
gu Margaret Morrison

change. Suddenly John Ball knew
that such technique had been learned ;
that 1t had taken time and pluck; and
that it had met with success, not rel
alive and in consideration Of the cir
cumstances, but absolute and competi-
tive. Like another good soldier, this
man must have asked Shall perform
day labor, light denied" and have
found his answer in the affirmative.
AS John Ball turned away he knew
that he, too, must acquire the habit OF
all good workmen Of using, and not
complaining of, their tools.
HAVE YOU THIS HABIT?
20 by Metropolitan Newspaper Service.)
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Done Intentionally

Bobby had got into a fight with a
larger boy than himself, and was
wearing a black eye.
When his father saw him, he asked
If he had been in an accident
Accident nothing" said Bobby, ait
was done on purpose"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-01-22
His Face Slipped

Teacher Ito little boy)-Freddie
Brooks, are you making faces at Mel
lie Lyon?
Freddie Brooks-Please, teacher,
no, was trying to smile, and my face
slipped.