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Puzzle Day
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One Of the problems which all
those who took the State civil service
examination for cost accountants,
had to solve in order to Ass the test
was to rearrange this magic square.
Each row when properly arranged
will total rs. This answer can be
secured from eight different rows.
Could you pass this portion of the
test?
Last puzzle answer:
/ The farmers gang cut $40 trees
and it took them six days to do it,
cutting ninety trees a day. First day
$40 minus Is equals 525, q-7 Of $3.50
rs plus Is equals 80; second day 45O
minus 80 equals 400, Q-7 Of 420) GO
plus 30 equals 80; third day $50
minus As equals 315, (1-7 of 315) As
plus As equals 80; fourth day 270
minus 60 equals 210, (1-7 of 210) 80
plus 60 equals 80; fifth day $50 minus
rs equals los. a. of 1861 Is plus rs
equals 80; sixth day leaving a re-
mainder of 80. Note that each days
amount is Is more than the previous
day plus 1T of the remainder, ex-
cepting the last, when there was no
remainder.
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kY1HAf gould you do if somebody suddenly left you a
wv million dollars??
The Times is offering 800 in prizes for the best answers
to this question written in 300 words or less.
Joanna, whose story begins on this page today, was left
a million. Read about what she did with it.
The first prize is $50; the second, 500; the third, $40;
the fourth, So; the fifth, So, and there are twelve prizes of 81
each.
Send your letter to the story editor of The Times so it
will reach him on or before Nov. 10.
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BY III. l.. Gates
ChaDter III

INTO THE KINGDOM OF MONEY
- OR a long time Glaydon 81
lently looked down upon the
L girl who had swayed into the
chair. She, too, was silent, motion
less. The letter he had given her
with the small, leather bound book
shook in her hand. She held it be-
fore her, an arm resting across her
knees. Her eyes stared at the typed
lines. Now and again she closed her
lids tightly, shook her head ever so
little, and parted her lids again, as
if the words on the paper blurred
before the fascination of her gaze
and she had Strengthened them out
by shaking the confusion out of her
brain.
Once she let her hand droop, and
kept her eyes closed for what might
have been half a minute. Then, with
a ~suddenness that seemed as if she
wer clutching at a shadow that she
didn't want to fade she brought the
paper closer and read each line
again, in frantic haste.
fAO vi dyQOI NoL0IlCb lNl liz
wrath Of something very tender,
and ~ineffable, lowered about his lips.
Out of the eccentric pattern of the
exaggerated type she represented,
the excessively obtrusive daughter
Of today" a new shape emerged.
For the moment he forgot the mael-
strom that surged outside his office
doors-the humdrum of bargaining
in the great, lavish floors of h de-
partment store. The girl, who was
one of those who ~bargained, bar
gained her wits against the purses
of housewives; %bargained the SHIN
mer of her hair and the brown of
her y e and the curve of her lips
against the world of which the
crowds out there were a symbol, be-
came a flower, a delicate, exquisite
blossom that some irreverent hot
house trader had painted into mon
strous gorgeousness for the jaded
taste Of fools.
The "Old man." forgetting for a
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Nov, you're getting at it, Mr..
Graydon!" she exclaimed. II
thought there'd be a catch in it.
What's the rest?"
The man only shook his head.
rather sadly, as If he suffered a
little before the spectacle of a girl,
fresh and young and lovely, who
must ever be on the alert for "the
catch in It,"
There are nc obligations" he
said, still shaping his words slowly.
The stupendous gift is yours with
out conditions. Is that the word
you would have me use; conditions?"
RI EFORE this rebuff Joanna
Tx again was speeches.. Gray
G don went on:
you may not even ask a ques-
ton. In return none will be Of
you. 1t is possible that you shall
know the name of your bene-
factor. I know his reasons. I know
the motives. But I may not reveal
them to you. 1 may only say, and
I hope you will have a little trust in
me-that you need have no trouble
hat there is nothing unpleasant
about your mystery"
Joanna sank to her chair. You
mean," she persisted, You mean
that someone-someone l don't even
know-has made me rich and that I
don't have to-that he won't ask of
me- She could not go on. All
her reasonings, her VISIONS, her
safeguards were beaten away as if
they were futile things. She heard
Graydon say what still maddened
her because of the puzzle in it; be-
cause it left her helpless.
You will not be asked to give
anythingi"
The office door opened. Graydon
had touched his buzzer and the sec
rotary entered-the strangely soft
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BY Beatrice Burton

Law
-IORIA flounced out of the Of
fee without even thanking
III Miss Briggs for the key She
put it into the coin-purse In her
bag, and started home.
On the porch of her mothers little
house sood an empty baby buggy
filed with soft blue pillows and
robes.
Gloria groaned. 81 suppose Aunt
Dorcas and Cousin Lulu nave
dropped in for lunch" she said to
herself.
# seemed impossible to face n
pair again with their eyes that
searched her face for a sign of weak
ness. But to her relief, only Lulu
was in the living room of the
s'Well," she greeted Gloria. DID
Won get over your peeve yesterday
She giggled n~ervously.
Gail over it," Gloria answered.
tossing her hat down on the table
that stood between the windows. An
open handbag stood there, too. 1t
was filled with infants lingerie n
nursing bottles.
Gloria went into the kitchen ana
slipped into a house dress.
81 suppose that is the wonderful
baby" Gloria said, looking at the
small white bundle in Lulu's arms.
MAY I see her? L haven't yet, you
know"
"Sit down in that chair and III
let O hold her." Lulu offered gen
erously. Gloria sat down in a chair
by the sunny window and held up
her arms for The New Baby.
Lulu laid the small, warm thing
in her arms. and for the first time
hat she could remember, Gloria
knew what it was like to hold a
baby. . 1t was utterly unlike any
thing she had ever known, before
the feeling of compassion and ten
derness that stirred in her heart.
She was afraid she was going to
nv. And when she smiled up at
Lulu her eyes were wet and starry
with unshed tears. Lulu" she said
slowly, IT 1 shold like to have
a baby of my own, l Think
The baby stirred in her arms, and
laid its wee starf1sh of a hand
against her breast.
Its a blessing it's got hair" she
said airily to hide the emotion that
almost choked her. $50 many of
EN- are bald as billiard balls . :"
She iscowled down, sullen-sweet, at
The New Baby, and gave it back to
its mother.
Then she ran upstairs to pack her
trunks. where's mother? . .
Up here?' she called to Cousin Lulu
as she ran.
Her mothers voice answered her
from the spare" bedroom.
I'm in here. looking up sorne
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moment the fluctuations in the price
of Manchester cotton and the
seasons demand for Highland plaids,
pictured her as rhodadendron sud
denly bewildered by a beam of
sunlight breaking through a mist.
a ND then Joanna looked up at
IA him. Doubts and confusion
Gl had gone from her face. 1t
was lit with the haunting smile of
one who has solved a ride.
Somebody needs a doctor! Who's
crazy, you or II"
Graydon shook his head. ITS all
me, a while ago, a little lady of very
small estate. When you go out
again, you will be a veritable
princess in a kingdom of money!
Joanna crumpled back in her
chair. She brushed her forehead
with the back of a hand
please, Mr.. Graydon," she
pleaded: Don't make a fool of me-"
The earnestness, the seriousness
of the man, who confronted her
puzzled her, and sent her floundering
for other words. He pointed to the
paper she still held in her hand.
Read it aloud" he said. perhaps
the sound of it will help you"
After she had murmured her per-
sistent doubt, 1T says it's from IL
bank!' she obeyed him, mechanical.
ly.
And it says" she began; 1--WE
have the good fortune to notify you
that there has been placed on de-
post with this institution, to your
credit, the sum Of 81, 900, 900, in cash
sOnal check and such other dis
position as you may wish to make of
these funds.
1--WE beg to say, here, that this
has been made by a patron
Of this institution who has not con-
fided to us the ource of your funds
nor the motives which have as
them for you. We have not
considered it necessary to enquire
into these matters, because of the
of the depositor, nor as to
his reasons for the injunction upon
us do not disclose his identity to
you"
The girl faltered. and looked again
at Graydon, who was watching her
.intently. The frown still wrinkled
her brow. Her eyes still CROPPED.
You see?" she argued desperately:
Il told you-somebody's loose that
ought to be in a hospital!'
Graydon pointed to the paper
shaking in her trembling fingers.
She read for him the closing
paragraph:
I'VE are sending you, through
your employer your bank book with
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an entry of your account. We are
given to understand that Mr.. Gray
don will amplify certain remarks in
Guided above. We trust
Her voice droned off through the
perfunctory assurances of advice
md assistance. When she raised
her eyes Graydon had dropped into
his chair, across the table from her.
She looked at him blankly.
IT RAYDON spoke deliberately,
choosing his words, as if on
- scious Of his need to pene-
trate the understanding Of the girl
whose mind struggled against a
portent that overwhelmed her.
You may accept each sentence
with complete confidence" he said.
1.-The money is there. ready for you.
Downstairs, at the curb, my w car
Is waiting to take you, and your
bank book, to the bank. There you
will sign your name, just a scratch.
0f the pen, and the rest -
He paused, and his fingers again
played with the jade paperweight.
In that slight pause Joanna-the
Joanna whose philosophers were
fruits of many wisdoms-thought she
saw the thing that. for the time had
been driven from her thoughts.
She was right, after all! Only, it
hadn't come in the way she ex-
pected. A pretty little play, with
all it's elaborate stage settings! A
dollars! A new kind of GEES
ture made by some idiot who
thought she wouldn't be wise in
time. A million dollars; then. "the
And then the pompous gift of
money recalled as laughingly as 1t
had been craftily given! Ridiculous!
Joanna dropped the letter to the
floor and rose. Her lips set into a
line that was out of place against
their penciled contours.
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Million Dollars

her employers private car, what Is
1t they're doing to me?"
The "Old Mans" chauffeur
dropped his fingers from his cap and
in the face OF this arrangement Of
caste at its proper level, immedi-
ately unbent to Miss 81 OF the
silks" He spoke conhdentially:
"ITn tell you, Miss. I know moth
ing, except that / was to bring you
here to old Eggleston's bank. But
this, I'll tell you, too, If you take 1t
from me, my boss and your boss Is
o. k, but if he's sending you in TO
see his grouchy pal, Eggleston.
there's somethin' dom. And when
there's somethin' dom over n pretty
kid like you, watch your step, grille;
watch your step! And maybe you'd
better give me your number so | car
call you up when I'm off duty after
10. You're the kind hat looks too
good to be true"
Perhaps nothing else could have
so completely restored the equanim-
ity Of Joanna. Somehow, 1t brought
her back to a realization Of her fit
ness to meet and conquer all things
either her boss chauffeur after
10 or her boss banker before noon.
All the confidence in the world
clustered under the shimmerlng
gold-brown of her ultra-modish bob
as she followed the o%bsequious door
man into the marbled tastiness or
the Metropolitan Bank and up TO
the door that bore the legend, An
drew Eggleston.'
ITO Be Continued
Copyright, 1925, II. l.. Gates
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THE
WIFE
Gloria Goes Back to the House
and Telephones
Dick.

another night under her fathers
roof. She was hornesick and
she was going home. That was all
there was to it.
She stopped the taxicab before a
grocery store on College Ave. and
went in. She took out the money
she had earned the week before and
bought tomatoes and bread and
lemons.
Tomato sandwiches and lemon
ade," she said to herself. That was
the identifying breakfast the hero
inc Of a Scott Fitzgerald novel had
eaten, while her husband vas away
at war.
I'm a sort Of war-widow my
SELF" Gloria added mentally. II
suppose a family quarrel is a war
just as well as one between ma
tons" She sighed dismally.
But her spirits lifted when the
cab turned IN at the driveway of
her own house. She turned her
head away so that she didn't see
the For Sale sign as they swept
past it.
r--1HE house smelled musty.
Gloria threw open the win
IL dows and doors. She took off
her hat, and ran out into the back
yard to pick some of the late roses
that glowed among the leaves of
the bushes.
She filled bowls and vases with
them and turned on all the lamps in
the living room The house began
to feel home-like and happy
again =.
There came a sound of footsteps
on the back porch.
The Donberg twins stood there,
peering in through the screen door.
Their noses were 1attened against
the wire netting.
"Hello!' of them said. Were
glad you're home again. We like
you"
Because you're pretty" the other
added, solemnly.
You mustn't like people be-
cause they're pretty" Gloria told
them. You must like them because
they're nice and good. like your
mother"
Aren't you nice and good?" asked
one twin.
well no.. but I can tell fairy
stories." Gloria answered. Come
over tomorrow and I'll tell you n
about a poor girl who was be-
witched by an ogre"
She thought of herself and Stan
Wayburn. In his w sleek, dapper
way, Stan had been a sort of ogre.
He certainly had bewitched her, af-
ter a fashion-Oh, well, what was
the use thinking about it?
Look here, infants" she said,
suddenly. Run over and ask your
mother il I can borrow a piece of
ice from her. Just a little piece.
enough for a pitcher of lemonade"
The pair dashed down the steps,
racing to see who could reach home
first, to be the proud bearer of the
borrowed ice.
In a few minutes the light tapping
Of high heels came cross the porch.
The twins mother stood there, hold
ing a large lump of ice in n hand
and a covered plate in the other.
Hello, there" she called cheer
fully. What are you doing here?
I thought you and your nice hus.
band had gone away for good"
"Oh, 1 just came back to pack UP
some things" Gloria put her off
And 1 thought while 1 was here,
I'd get a bite TO eat"
Mrs. Donberg laughed. I've
brought you another bite" she said,
uncovering the plate. Some devils
food cake / baked this morning. Mr.,
Donberg has such a sweet tooth
-. Deserts the whole meal to
! him.
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SYNOPSIS

SYNOPSIS
With unusual solemnity. well-groomed
Mr.. HARDNESS, buyer in the silk de-
partment of q mammoth department
store, summons frightened JOANNA
MANNERS. beautiful clerk. to appear
store. joanna who makes her own
way in the %rld. shoulders at the
Of he bills III p ct Sa Glsm bssa ana 1nihns
ing. She would pawn her fur coat if
the worst happened, but she dreaded
% 40 ct this; Her etea fTIen ,Hdbn o Tifb n @to@
she had auarreled last evening, would
not think less of her for that.
attitude and goes to hear her fate. In
stead of rerrpaching her, Graydon in
auires about her manner of living and
her friends. She misunderstanding him.
SO, he assures her that he has been
asked to deliver a message to her.
t HsFy ffrst pa sne pPehs 'h The ee1 NEWS ans Is F over.
whelming and she drops in her chair.
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m MONTH ago Gloria would
IAI have sneered inwardly at her
IL neighbours chatter. But now
she listened with interest. She had
found out the joy hat lies in put
ting a good meal on the table for a
well-loved husband!
There was a. much romance in
cooking OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES as
there was in writing a love letter. 1t
all depended upon the person for
whom you cooked It!
eff I hadn't made such a mess of
things 1 might be getting dinner for
Dick myself, right this minute. go.
waiting for him to come home" she
thought regretfully, as she peeled
her tomatoes.
1t wasn't until after she had eaten
her lonely meal and put the dishes
away hal she began to wonder why
she had began to wonder why she
had come there to the house that
seemed still to be alive with Dick.
II ought to go back to mothers"
she told herself. There's no point
in getting soft and sentimental about
Dick now, when he hates me. If
1 had any sense I'd divorce him and
forget him, 1 suppose. There must
be some one else somewhere who
could make me happy"
But she knew there wasn't any
body else who could.
CkA aIo-1a I'D I1oI-zI 1.-
and windows of the house, and went
upstairs.
Her WI room. . with its silk cur-
tains rustling in the night wind. d.
All, it was the sanctuary she needed!
Away from every one who would
question her or give her advice.
Tomorrow she'd brace up and get
a job. She'd face the world, and
whatever was ahead of her. But
tonight she'd stay here, hidden and
at peace.
HE thought of the months be-
fore her marriage when she
IL and Dick had come here ev-
cry day to watch the builders at
their work Of making a home for
just the two of them!.. She remem-
bered how Dick had watched her
as she went around the h~alf-finished
house, planning the furniture hat
was to go into 1t. He had loved her
them. Gould it be possible that he
had no feeling at all for her now?
I'm going to telephone him right
now and tell him to come here! /
want to see him!' Gloria said sud-
denly, moved by an impulse stronger
than herself.
She called the number Of the
old Gregory residence. "What'Il 1
say to him?" she thought in panic,
as she waited for him to answer.
It haven't any xcu for seeing
him, have II"
But to her intense relief IL was
not Dicks voice, but Mother Greg
ory's that answered the phone.
This is Gloria speaking" the
girl said. us Dick there, please?"
mo. he's not!' Mother Gregory's
full voice snapped off the words.
He came home to dinner, but he's
gone out for the evening"
"All right. .good-by," Gloria fal-
tered.
wait a minute!" Mother Gregory
cried. Y a to say a word to
you, Gloria....I think you'd better
not telephone Dick again. There's
no use in keeping him stirred up
all the tIme--You two have agreed
to disagree ind you'd better stick
to IT,"
Golria had no answer.
"Glo-ree-a, Gid you hear me?"
Dicks mother asked, after a mo-
ment.
Eyes," sh' heard Gloria whisper.
And she h'lrr; up the receiver.
Ito 30 Continued
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old baby clothes Of yours to give to
Lulu" she said. THE poor child
hasn't made a single flannel petit
coat for that blessed baby. . My
goodness, the ome nowadays!
They don't want their babies to
wear any more clothes than they
wear themselves
She looked at Gloria as she stood,
lightly poised, on the threshold.
Il thought you were going to
work. today" she remarked.
Gloria smiled and tilted back her
head. mo, I'm going home, moth
err" she said, her eyes cleaning like
amber through the thick lashes that
fringed them.
Her mother turned sharply toward
her. "Have you seen Dick?" she
asked. Have you made up with
him?"
Gloria laughed. ASK me NO ques-
tons, and I'll tell you no ibs," she
said. And don't say a word to
Cousin Lulu or Aunt Dorcas about
what I'm doing. Will you?"
IT ) o'clock, when Gloria had
lA finished packing, she tele-
Z phoned for a taxicab . an
u~nheard-of luxury.
81 wish / knew what you're up
to, Glory" her mother said anxious
ly as she kissed her goodby. eff
you've made up with Dick 1 think
you might tell me, at least"
Gloria smiled and kissed her.
Don't worry about me, mother-kin,"
she said, IT always land on my feet,
don't II"
Her mother shook her head doubt
fully. I'D feel better if L knew just
what you're doing. You have
such wild impulses, Gloria" she said.
But Gloria, herself, didn't know
quite what she was doing. She knew
simply this: that she couldn't spend
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The 'Old Mans chauffeur descended
ard held open the door. AS she APP
preached him, her eyes widoned, he
touched his cap. When she would
have looked at her letter to find
the address, he interruSkd.
Il know where, Miss! Mr.. Gray
don gave me instructions. It's to the
bank"
EVER before, It seemed to
I'M Joanna, had a car taken so
EI long to go wherever it was
headed for. Yet, really, the chauffeur
threaded traffic skilfully. Joanna's
excitement turned suddenly to panic
when she realized that her driver
was holding his arm to ease her to
the pavement, with the arched stone
portals Of the bank looming in front
of her. Alderman responded to a
sign from the driver. There was a
low word between them. The door
man touched his cap.
II am to take you to Mr.. Eggles-
toms rooms, Miss" he said, with a
Difference which Joanna recognized
at once Eggleston, she understood,
was the la she was to see. The
utter drama of it all appalled, her
again. She looked into the chauf-
feur's face and caught, there, a
CLEAN of understanding that, after
all, she was just a girl Of the shops
whose tinseled glory, whose orna-
ments. airs and fashions were only
gaudy limitations of the fancied
vogue Of smart debutantes. She
grasped at him as q friend.
Tell me-" she pleaded, startling
the stiff foramlities Of the driver Of
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himself M of the worlds richest
men, was totally unfamiliar with a
sense of curiosity about the private
emotions Of one of his banks pr
irons. Yet he wanted to know how
"she" had received the news that
"she" suddenly had become posses
sor of the not insequential sum of
one million dollars. He attempted
to keep his friend, Graydon, on the
line.
What did she say? How did she
take it? Did she-that is-well, d.
it. man. Is that all you have to
say? That your sales clerk is com
ing down to get a million dollars?"
NEggleston's chief reputation In
financial marts was for his irascible
temper. He floundered dreadfully be-
fore the futility of spluttering into
a telephone. But Graydon would
not humor him.
Her emotions at the moment, my
friend. hardly are of much conse-
quence. At any rate, l fancy she
will not have recovered from them
by the time she reaches the bank.
Then you may estimate them for
yourself
The banker sought suitable
phrases with which to express his IL
ritation at his friends reserve. Fail
ing to find them, he clicked his re-
ceiver abruptly. Also he relieved
himself of a we'll rounded, sonorous
oath.