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New Britain herald., 1925-03-24
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"Oh, Mrs. Prescott is out with the nurse and children for a ride! Will you please tell her when she returns that Alr. Prescott is at the Ten Eyck hotel, where he will be all day being detained until he hears from some very important business. Ask Mrs. Prescott 10 call me up as soon as possible. Tell her am most anxious 10 hear from hcr.'
 Letter from John Alden Prescott to
 Leslie Prescott
 Leslie, Dearest Wife: have waited for you to call me up for hours. l can not wait any longer and now I am going to write 10 you.
 Leslie. dear, I am not going to say l am sorry for all this mess, because I have said it to you so often before, and just as often l have done something else for which l have been sorrior.
 I am just going 10 ask you, wife of mine, to put mo out Of this sus- pcuse and tell me what you want me 10 do. l am at your service. If you want me 10 blow out what few brains l have, just say the word and it shall be done. I hate 10 put up an eXtrancmls plea of any kind, but I must just remind you that the steel business must go on. and l know that at inc present time no other man can car " it on as your father wished but myself
 (Copyright, 1925, NEA Service, JnC)
New Britain herald., 1925-03-24

TOMORROW - This letter con tinued.
New Britain herald., 1925-03-13

ly. until cheese is melted, Add eggs slightly beaten and cook over hot water until mixture coats the spoon. Season with salt and pepper and serve on triangles of hot toast.
 March Pudding
 One cup dried apples, 1 cup molasses, 1 1-4 cups flour. 3 table spoons butter, egg, teaspoon soda, 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1-12 teaspoon cloves. Is teaspoon salt
 Wash apples ana soak over night in cold water to cover, In the morning cut Into small pieces and simmer until tender In the water in which they were soaked Dis solve soda in mo'assns and add to stewed apples. Mix and sift four, spices and salt and stir into first mixture Add butter and heat well Add egg well beaten and turn into a buttered baking dish. Bake 45 minutes in a moderate oven. Serve warm with hard sauce.
 Make the hard saGce of brown sugar and use lemon juice 10 flavor Sprinkle with nutmeg and chill be- fore serving.
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Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy and Lady Lindy and MT. Tuney sat in the pretty little boat which Lady Iindv had wished for with her mag ical wishing stick and the pretty lit tie boat glided over the smooth sur face of the lake in the deep, deep woods.
 Old Mrs. Grundy sat in the pret- ty little boat too, but it was not be- cause she had been invited to go along. No sir. Old Mrs. Grundy was a witch and real selfish witch too and when Lady Lindy had wished l for the boat, old Mrs. Grundy rand and climbed in.
 And, because Lady Lindy and the Paggedys and MT. Tuney were very generous and polite, they gave Mrs 1 Grundy candy covered cookies to eat as they sailed along through the trees across the pretty little lake Our friends could see tlie towers ol gold shining through the trees ant they were taking the trip across the lake so that they could adventure tf the castles of the Golden towers anC see who lived there.
 When the pretty little boat reach ed the center of the looking glas lake, the boat suddenly stopped ant even though Lady Lindy took ou
New Britain herald., 1925-03-13

Breakfast - stewed figs, cereal, thin cream, crisp buttered toast, orange and rhubarb marmalade, creamed dried beef milk, coffee,
 Luncheon - Rinkum diddie. rad is B, molasses cookies, milk. tea. Dinner - Pot roast of beef, brown gravy, mashed potatoes, baked celery, endive salad. rolled ca bread. March pudding, milk, CT ''ee.
 he creamed dried beef is sug- g ed for children who must go to sc pol and eat a hurried or cold lu eheon at noon.
 Since figs are such bland fruit the marmalade is used to pep up" the breakfast. 2
 RinIum Dtddie
 Three tablespoons butter, 2 tablespoons four. tablespoons cream, Is teaspoon soda. l-2 cup strained tomato juice, 2 cups grated cheese, 3 eggs.
 Melt butter, stir in flour and add cream. Dissolve soda in tomato juice and add 10 first mixture. Add cheese and cook, stirring constant
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her Wishing Stick and wished ever so hard, the little boat would not go.
 Then after awhile the little boat began bobbing up and down and rocking this way and that until everyone had to hold tight to keep being thrown out into the water.
 Here" Old Mrs Grundy howled, What are you trying to do. Lady Iindy? Throw me out of the boat?'
 silly" Raggedy Andy said to Mrs, Grundy. Cant you see the lit- tie boat is shaking Lady Lindy just as much as it is you! l spect if we only knw it, you are the one who is working magic on the little boat and making if bob around as if does!"
 T am not!" the. Witch howled Just 10 prove it is not me, I will get out my magic charms and try to stop 1t from bobbing." And she tried 10 take out her bag of magic charms but when she let go of the sides ot the boat, she was thrown righ' smack dab into the water, If thu water had not been deep. il r7igh' ! have been all right, but old Mrs
New Britain herald., 1925-03-13
ARE YOU ONE OF THE as
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Recently the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co.,. of Lynn, Mass. sent out over one hundred thousand quesionnalres to women who had used Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. asking If they had beer helped by its use. From the replie' received eS per cent of women, fror all walks of life, answered in th affirmative, telling how they ha been relieved from the various 2
 ments for which they had taken
 Isn't this d wonderful recommen'
 ton for The efficiency of this o fashioned root and herb medicine.
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The girls face was set

of earshot. The girls race was set i and hard.
 T have thought all along that there was foul play" she said. Now I know 1t. My brother didn't die in America. Dudley murdered him, and he is lying unburied somewhere in these woods"
 Kathleen halted in the woodland path and laid her hand on his sleeve. Look here, my friend" she said. "I. like you very much. and I admire your honesty and proved courage. But If there Is one thing I can't abide it is stupidity If you are going to be stupid, I shall not cease to like you, but shall have no use for you-zin any capacity mind"
 Behold me, then, as bright as they make 'em," replied Norman earnestly. "At least" he added the saving clause, T will reflect your brightness by doing whatever you wish. You must remember that I am a soldier by training-not de- tective, which is what you appear te want"
 Now you are being a dear " Kathleen received her swain bat k
 into favor. "Of course, I don't ex- pect the impossible. You could not ferret out Dudley's dark secret single handed. any more than | al afraid yf my cousin, and I may be in danger. Norman, when he discovers that I am going to leave no stone unturned
 to detect his crime. I shall feel
 more secure If someone I can trust knows of the task I have set myself
 and of my cowardly fears" If that is the way you look at it
 I am with you--up to the neck. Not that there's any cowardice about you, Katy. One hates fuss, but one
 couldn't help smelling arat, don't
 you know. Dudley didn't strike me
 as facing the music with an air o1 complete innocence. A mixture O , bluff and funk, eh?'
 Ing souHS people Hdu ltsulhet , their walk now. T noticed ever, , infection of his voice, every shad' F on his face" Kathleen said. Tt il E quite clear to me what has to b.
 proved. Dudley inveigled Georg' home from America on some pre- t text entailing secrecy, and murdered . him. Then with the most daboli l cal cunning he must have manutac tured the evidence that demceive'
 the family solicitors"
 F Sound reasoning" Norma, agreed.
 o T shall insist under threat 0 calling in the police, that all tn men on the estate are turned ont t n search for the body. We will SC
 how he takes it."
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The tension was broken by Sir Dudley, who had not appeared to notice the scrutiny bent on him. His gize had been riyeted on ~the skeleton finger.
 Let me have squint at the thing" he said duly.
 The grisly horror was passed along the table.
 That's the Glenister crest all right-the two-headed gryphon," he said. But 1t doesn't follow that this is Georges ring, or that, If it was, that is Georges finger" The neighboring squires and the sporting parson bade their host good day. Mir. Stephen Colne's farewells were elaborate.
 You will be taking steps to have this cleared up" he suavely re- marked as though 1t were matter of course. If my influence with the Home Office can be of any serv- ic etc you, Glenister. pray command me"
 What has the Home Office got to do with it?" Sir Dudley demanded with a note of defiance.
 Quite possibly nothing at all, but a good deal If the body from which the crow pecked that gruesome relic Is discovered"
 The outside shooting guests having departed. the house party grouped itself for the walk home through the coverts. Doctor Melville. whe had obtained permission to keep the finger, fell in at the slime of his host to whom also Mrs. Coningsby at. tached herself. Norman Slater anc Kathleen brought np the rear, b. mutual consent tagging behind-ou
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Mr. Mann scratched his head, meditatively.
 Where did you learn that about typhoid fever germs not being able to live in water?" he asked.
 T did not say they could not live in water. You misunderstood me I said they could not live for any great length of time"
 She stepped 10 the book shelf where she kept her collection of pamphlets on health
 Here is where Sir Alexander Houston, bacteriologist of the Lon don water board. tried an expert ment.
 He placed some typhoid germs in a bottle of water. There were
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ON HEALTH GERM LIFE IN WATER

47O,0Q0 of them to a cubic centl- meter. After he had let the bottle stand for one week. there were 4So to inc cubic sentimeter. At the end of two weeks there were Sl, at the end of three weeks 5, and at the end of four weeks all were dead
 well, I don't care what the book says" MT. Mann replied, "1ll never drink water from a well that has a bad reputation, and l sure will be careful about drinking water from streams"
 "Drinking from polluted streams is a different proposition" Mrs Mann answered. "Often germs are being poured into the water faster than they can die.'
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But it is one thing to propose and another to dispose when the spectre of murder has started walking about the countryside. The host of Beechwood Grange was seen no more during the afternoon, and when at last he had to meet his guests at dinner he was in a black mood which forbade any reference to the episode at the picnic lunch He took a good deal of wine aH. bullied the servants Nevertheless. when dessert had been placed on the table and the servants had left the room, Kathleen tackled him with a directness that drew Willoughby Melville's bushy brows together in a thoughtful frown.
 T suppose, Cousin Dudley that you are going to have a search made?"
 Search? What for?"
 For my brothers body" was the reply.
 If 1t will give you any comfort vii lhave the woods gone through with a small-tooth comb" Sir Dud' ley answered, forcing a smile. Per sonally don't see much Use IT looking at Beechwood for something which the High Court has pro nounced to be buried at Lone Vol City, Montana"
 Thank you, Dudley" she said, :" hope the result will be relief t you as we'll as to me"
 The interchange was curtailed b. the entry Of the butler.
 "The police sergeant from the vii lage has called. Sir Dudley, am would be glad If you could spar him a minute,' he announced.
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Grundy went under the water two times and made so much racket, Raggedy Andy had to jump in and hold her head up so she would not swallow so much. And when MT. Tuney tried 10 lift Raggedy Andy and old Mrs. Grundy into the boat, the little boat upset, and there they were, all in the water. Then to make matters worse. the little boat sailed away from them and left them all in the center Of the lake.
 Raggcdy Andy held up Mrs. Grun- dy and Raggedy Ann and MT. Tuney held LID Lady Lindy and there they splashed about until great big sea serpent came up to see what all the trouble was about.
 "You may climb upon my back and rest" the sea serpent Said, If you promise not to bite mel" So the Raggedys and the others climbed upon the back of the serpent and in few minute he had carried them across the lake,
 Thank you ever and ever so much" Raggedy Ann said as she gave the sea sergent six water soaked candy covered cookies.
 "There is a great magician living in the castle with th egolden tow ers." the sea serpent said. And l spect it was he who upset your nice little boat"
 You had better turn around and go home, cause he may magic you' every last one,"
 "Oh, my! We are not afraid ot Magicians." Raggedy Ann told the sea serpent, And we are going tc the castle with the golden towers tc visit him."
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one in the world who could or does make you as happy as your wife does,
 I expect neither of you would ap- preciate my pity, but it Is yours, nevertheless.
 I don't pity myself, I'm not go- ing to pieces because you have gone out of my life. I think I am going to do something bigger and finer and more splendid than l ever thought of doing before, and that is the reason that I have written you. l want you to know that from now on I am going to sail a straight course. I want you to know, John Alden Prescott, that 1t isn't possible fot you to make me lose my self-respect. You see, l have a mans outlook on life and living and, Jack, I must be grateful to you for that--you taught that to me.
 I know you told me not 10 write to you, but like all women l must have the last word, and these arc the words I want to say: Don be fool any longer. Let your wife be everything to you. She can bf that. She is beautiful, she is clever she has charm"
 I know that. for I have made i my business to watch her when vol have been with her She is tot good for you. Jack, but alas, sh loves you and that tells the story,
 Thanks for the check. have II scruples about taking 1t, I am go ing to use it to help me 10 rehabili tate myself among my own sex, | the future il am going to ster clea of yours. MAMIE. (Copyright, 1925, NEA Service, Inc
New Britain herald., 1925-03-13
Letter from Mamie Keeler to John Prescott-Opened by Leslie
 Prescott, Continued.

PresCOtt-Opened by Leslie
 Prescott, Continued,
 need not remind you, Jack, that I was at the end of my world that night that you came along and turned my face again in the other direction. Of course, l should have gone on freezing, starving, dyEg, but I could not, when food and warmth and life were offered me.
 Of course, you should have taken the pharisaic course and passed me on the other side, but you did not,
 The world has it's opinions of such meetings and the world tells us what to do under such circumstances, but nature takes a more liberal view and for the breathless, bis6ful inter- Jude of the last few months I have not cared what the world thought.
 You call yourself d bounder, Jack, Perhaps the world would call you SO To me you are very human and Iovable man with perhaps a few more contradictions than the aver age.
 love you, Jack. I expect many women have said this to you. Youl great mistake, my friend, Is that you let them do it. You reach ou for the always tintillating thrill.
 Your wife is a wonderful woman If she were not your wife and al ways there beside you you would b. crazy about her. The whole troubi' Is that she doesn't keep her sense o humor working and you are just a chary Of using your imagination. am sorry for her, Jack, very SOFT for her, but I am also sorry for you for honestly l believe there Is n
New Britain herald., 1925-03-13
A Wife's Confessional
 Adele New Phss Oi REVELATIONS OF A WIFE
IF looked at us in puzzled fashion.

looked at us in puzzled fashion.
 That is story you h"ven't heard yet, Katherine" I said, l re- called the summary manner in which the chatelaine of the noun tain resort had locked Dr. Petit in her root cellar when the physician, maddpned by jealousy of Dicky over Claire Foster. had followed Us to the little hotel with something peri)ously near murder In his heart,
 And tt's one that will have to keep" Katherine said with q sud den return to her own professional dignity, T know. of course, that my patient senses nothing which is go- ing on. but ! also know that she should have absolute quiet"
 Lillian rose, her lips curved into a mischievous grimace.
 Your hint may not be as deep as a we'll but it certainly Is as wide as a church door, she quoted, and 'tis enough twill serve.' Come on, Madge. let US go away from here"
 Katherine made a saucy moue at her.
 | Your perceptions always were keen" she said What do you pro- pose to do with the impedimenta?" ?"
 She indicated the valise with the chain which Jim had 50 recently filed from the waif's arm.
 "I'll take care of 1t if you wish" " Lillian said 'T suppose I ought to force the lock right away and find out whatever clues to the girls identity, If any. the thing contains but - it seems like spying upon a dead woman. Probably l shall be in a different mood about it in 6 few hours. Then I'll tackle it."
 She lifted the valise and started for the door. I followed her.
 Let me know where you put 1t, Katherine said. If the girl should rouse she'll probably clamor fol It."
 The Patient Is Watched
 'Tn the closet of my room" LII Han returned. By the way, whel Mrs. Ticer serves that promise' meal I'll come up and sit with you patient while you eat" "Somebody'll have to-" Katherin returned. "She must be watche' constantly, night and day, until sh recovers consciousness.' ! "Ill take my turn, of course" s said promptly, but there was n 6 heart behind my words Loomin ! before me was the vision of tn strange girls face upon the two 'oc casions when. frenzied, she appar , entity had recognized me and de n manded, What have you done wit r him?"
 , Lillian waited until she ha f closed the door behind us and the
 she clutched my arm with a com : polling grip.
 Don't you ever stay in that girl n room a minute unless someone 0 with you. That obsession of he n concerning you Is dangerous. l wis Le I knew what it means"
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NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY

Save for an affected little scream from Mrs. Coningsby, silence of some ten seconds greeted the crows parting legacy. Then Doctor Mel vile stretched out his hand and picked 1t up, scrutinizing the bony horror with professional interest.
 "The second finger of a mans left hand" he pronounced judicially. And by the absence of gouty lesions in the joints, should say that the man was youngish. He must have been dead for quite a long time"
 Kathleen Glenister sitting nex, the doctor, leaned over and gently took the finger from a grasp which after a moments surprised resist. ance, yielded.
 T thought so," she said in hel deep contralto. That is m, brothers signet ring, with the Glen ister crest. The bird could not have brought it four or five thousand miles from America. George mus have been killed much neare home"
 CHAPTER II,
 The "Dark Secrct'
 The silence which followed Kath leen's assertion was 8 tribute to 1t obvious good sense. The inference that since the crow could not hay carried the fleshless finger from tn other side of the Atlantic, its owne must have died within range of tn birds flight, could not be gainsaid.
 With varying degrees of direct ness, the eyes of nearly all presen were turned on the man who whether George Glenister had die near or far, had so enormously bene tited by his death.
 The only exceptions to the ocula battery aimed at Sir Dudley Glenis ter were Lady Marrables, wh munched peach in perfect uncor cern, and Doctor Wiloughby Me vile. who seemed to be absorbed introspection.
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Lillian Gives Madge q Warni
 About the Waif.

Dr. Herbert Petlt's examination of the waif whom Lillian had be- friended was long and exhaustive. He tested her heart, her lungs, took her temperature and her blood pressure, and listened for long time 10 her heavy breathing Then he stood up and spoke briefly
 ''It Is impossible to make any specific diagnosis now he said. There are possibilities of many developments, Just now there is nothing to be done for her save 10 keep her comfortable. Moisten her mouth occasionally but you know all about that" he gave a stiff lit- tie nod toward Katherine, and something akin to q smi'e eoftrnod his face -- q rare tribute from Dr, Petit. I know that between him and Katherine Bickett there was a bond of long professional comrade- ship, dear to both Of them, even though Katherine never can re- press her lnIntcry Of the solemn physician when his back Is turned,
 If she is still unconscious twen- ty-four hours from now" he went on, give her some nourishment -- forced feeding. But do nothing un- Ill then, 1f she rouses, of course noursh her and telephone me. will come directly over, I shall cal tomorrow in any case, and you will of course, call me, If you see any changes"
 "What are the odds Of her re- covering consciousness before twen' ty-four hours" Lillian demanded crlsply. "FiftY-ftty?
 pr. Petit stifened percept!bly q her fippancy.
 "shock Might Bring Memory" ' "That Is something impossible t determine" he said coldly. 70 course. 8 sudden shock of any kim might bring back her faculties, per haps her memory, although the lat ter contingency is not probable Good day."
 He made a formal bow which in cluded US all and stalked from tn room, Katherine opening the doc dutifully for him and leaving open while she ushered him dow the stairs. The instant the doc closed after him we heard her ligh footsteps running up the stairs an she entered the room to find | helpless with laughter, which va mirrored in her own mtrth-flle face.
 That man would retain his dig ntty if he were locked in a coo with the chickens" she said whe she could get her breath, for ol tense nerves were finding relief laughter as senseless as that silly children.
 < Lillian looked at me signlfican ly.
 T don't know about a chickt coop, but a root cellar came near upsetting his equanimity once up' a time" she said, while katherl
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Sir Dudley ground out an oath. Ask him to step In here, Hinkley," he said.
 Well Richardson ?" he went on as the typical blue-coated boor stood In the doorway. Come about that finger?"
 Begging your pardon, Sir Dud- ley. that's abou tthe size of it" the sergeant replied.
 "Of course" said Glenister affably. Do you want to take 1t away and have an inquest on it?"
 There is not enough remains for an inquest, sir" said the sergeant solemnly. But it is my dooty tc take 1t away"
 VITO Re Continuedl
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DAILY FASHION SERVICE -------
 A STRIKING BROCK

This very feminine frock is of white crepe handblocked in rose shades and a black lattice work The scarf which is drawn closely about the neck in front reveals a deep V in the back and the long ends extend to the hemline.
New Britain herald., 1925-03-13
KATHLEEN SUSPECTS FOUL
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BEGIN HERE TODAY

Sir Dudley Glenister. English haronet. recently come into the title through the death of cousin, James Glenister. royalty entertains some friends at a hunt and picnic on his estate. There while preparing lunch
 A crow flies directly overhead, and when one of the party takes a pot-shot at the bird, 1t drops It's plunder--
 Plop into the center of the dining table. Coming to rest it tonfesses itself to be the fleshless finger of a man.
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Turnips With Pork

Turnips make very good dish to serve with roast pork. if they are boiled for about half.an hour and served very hot with melted butter, salt and pepper.
New Britain herald., 1925-03-13
TnSScl of Silk

A tassel of silk, exactly matching the hat, is an effective way of trim ming the pinched-in crown that is typical of the new millinery.
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Indelible Stains

Stains from indelible ink may be removed by applying equal parts of ammonia and turpentine. After ward rinse thoroughly in warm water.