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; dian. Is 1t. my fault if you as
sumed it was my Wife?"
It's your fault that you let
me go on believing 1t"
II had my reasons"
What are they?"
by advice of counsel, Miss
Willowdean French. decline to
answer.
What are you and Willowdean
up to? Did she tell you to play
married? Why?"
rs this a cross-examination or
a barrage? AS to why 1t was
so that wouldn't be chucked
from your summer bachelors
scheme. We're on a new basis
now. refuse to be chucked. p
I'VE aren't. We aren't on any
basis at all. What basis do you
think we're on?'
Difficult to define at present.
As for the future-I'm going to
marry you"
"I'm not going to marry any
body
With sudden, perversc in
spiration she added naliciously.
Except maybe Dick. Otley."
Quite Alarmed
To her amazement. gratifica-
ton and dfsnay. the color sank
out OF his face. Are you en-.
gagged to Otley?"
mo. But that doesn't make
any difference. If I've got you
right. you're the kind Of man
that would leave a woman
nothing Of herself II she loved
YOU"
"A tyrant?"
Nothing so intentional as.that.
It's a different quality, an-an
absorbent quality. You've got
the absorbing type of person.
atty, Of" she lowered her voice
-"of masculinity. couldn't
bear to be<absorbed. Can't you
understand that, Tony?"
"All / get is that IL you ever
felt yourself falling in love, you'd
run away. That's cowardly, isn't
it?"
at isn't love that I'm running
away from-necessarily. It's mar
riage. No. Tony dear. 1t really
won't do. After tonight we're
both going to give an imitation
OF expert forgetting"
rs it as bad as that?' he asked
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THE SECRET STUDIO : By Hazel Livingston

or course she wouldn't let him.
but it was nice to think he
wanted to. 1t would have been
nicer IL the silver flask had not
lain empty on the table when he
said 1t. OF course, he wasn't
really drunk-men staggered and
went to sleep and did things like
that when they were really
drunk. But that queer. unnat.
raj look in his eyes frightened
her.
Now they rode in the park to
gether. He had had two horses
sent down from his ranch. The
riding master who was giving
her lessons kept calling her Mrs.
Whitney.
I'm Miss Merton?' she would
say, half embarrassed, half laugh
ing at his mistake
Rosemary loved the spirited.
gentle Queenie. She loved rid
ing early in the morning. before
work. At first Sloan went with
her always. but after a week or
two of early rising he gave 1t UP
IF you want to ride with me,
1tAdhC ~ 0AIGL Az " SlOShs AG
said, smiling.
But how can 1? have to be
at work at 9H'
DO you intend to work all
your life?"
1t was the other Sloan speak,
ing now. the Sloan she didn't
like. The one had the silver
flask near him always, the one
she couldn't talk to. couldn't
make understand.
But she had to answer some
thing. He was waiting, AFRO
gantly. aoldly. You know !
would rather ride with you than
the groom. Sloan. But what can
a poor working girl do"
"A poor working girl! That
a good one!" He threw back mis-
head and laughed a short. ugly
laugh. You look like one. The
Nelson Arms is a typical working
girls retreat. They all have their
saddle horses. And they nearly
all wear pearls
TO Be Continued Tomorrow
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opened wider. What did he en-
pect to prove BY THAR
Martin Cole turned upon Otley
Elway his least pleasant ex,
precision. Perhaps You would
like to address a few words 90
the audience.
'sLay of him. urged little
little sara Mcintyre with pre-
tended connpunction. See how
pale and wan he. is.
show community spirit. his
wife exh0rted him, and say some
thing for the good Of the house.
Don't stand there looking like
the snakes busted garter. z
You appear to be doing quite
well. yourself, my dear, said he
gently.
FAN right. I'll be your defense
committee. He must have been
drunk. Z she explained to the 9TH
ers. Tor temporarily insane, Tor
he really is a gentleman. Or, she
added with sudden inspiration, In
love.
no Be Continued Tomorrow
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CHAMPION AT
FORTY-FOUR

TIME crawl stroke, with which
Il Gertrude Ederls swan the
English Channel, can be mastered
by even middle-aged people. &C.
cording to L. de B. Handley.
amateur head coach of the
Women's Swimming Association,
in an article in this weeks
Liberty.
In proof of this assertion, the
writer cites the case of Paul
Radmilovic, a 40-year-Old English
man. who had retired from COM
petitive swimming because Of his
obsolete stroke, but who. since
recently taking up the crawl
stroke. has won three English
swimming championships.
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CHAPTER 20
MyHE party upon which Derry
now blinked was at the height
Of it, final stage. In the middle
OF the door q wealthy and pre-
tentious fight-nighter, a bank
Fupt star and a portly female
playbroker were absorbed In a
rork.race. Sara Mcintyre and
Beverly Greenway had BACKED
up and were playing a scene
from "All Gods Chillun Got
WinRs-witl1 variations-directed
~ Max Zindler who. in less pri-
vate life. was the most urbanely'
dignified Of bankers.
Il all tangled rawly on Derry
: She wanted TO get away some
where and think quietly. About
WfIIowdean and Walter BIaksIy.
About the revelation Of Tony's
status. About herself. She
wanted to go home. And there
was Tony blocking the way.
Are you married or are you
not Tony Landor2''
"T-aIn-not."
That first day in the store
you were having some things
sent to Mrs. Landor."
Right. That was my sister.
in-Iaw and self-appointed guar.
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ICE CREAM
HUNGER

TSaE genius Of American in.
4 ventors In responding to pub
lie insistence for purity and SAM.
tatIon in the manufacture Of
food products is largely re-
sponsible for the marked increase
in the nations appetite for ice
cream.
The index of patents issued by
the United States Patent Office
; lists SO inventions directly ap-
plicable to the ice cream industry
which now has a capital invest
ment of more than 5000 900 900,
q large part of which is repre-
scented by patented machines de-
signed to ensure quality Of prod
uct and efficiency in the making.
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advice TO THE
LOVELORN
by Beatrice Fairfax

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
~ I'm a young man Of 20 and
am deeply in love with a girl
two years my junior. ! see this
girl twice a week and have kept
steady company with her for the
past four months.
My sweetheart is very much
attached to me. She has dis.
closed to me that a friend OF
hers whom / have seen continu-
ally at her home, is urging her
to give me up. He is IS and has
matrimony in view.
/ also found out that he has
kept steady company with hel
for two years. This man hates
me and is jealous of me.
wouldn't consider marriage for
at least three or four years
anyway. Shall / drop her? Or
shall continue to go about
with her? 3. b.
It seems to me. my friend. that
in this case, it is up to your
friend to decide whether she
wishes to continue to go about
With you.
If she loves the other man, she
will naturally accept his proposal
and cease to go about with you
If she thinks of you both as good
friends. why should she not en-
Joy your companionship and also
his?
MY suggestion is that you con-
tinue to 20 about with her in d
friendly way as long as she en-
courages your friendship, and
does not become engaged TO
anyone else.
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artistocratic about drunkenness.
'.But he'd never really get
drunk. Not terribly, horribly
drunk, like some people do!''
Sometimes, looking into his
dark, dropping eyes, 1t would
seem that they were both rush
ing down some swift river, car
ried madly BY an unseen cur
rent. into the black, bottomless
sea. And she wanted to grasp
at the grasses that grew by the
banks and stop. and go back
"Rosemary-it's getting darned
cold. Winter has come and
everything Let me give you
a fur coat!'
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Beautiful, WOrldly-Wise and Eagerly
Seeking FrivOIty, Is Derry
Heroine of the Story
What Has Happened So Far

Derry Thomas attractive business girl while shopping per
whom she has not met TO pay
dress fabric which she cannot afford He leaves her without learn
leaving her charge her promise not
Derry wins admirers among them
Beyerey Greenway Smith, New York alderman Dick
otsy wealthy detrnte Martin COle PLAYWRIGHT and Prof
Walter Blake psyhoanalyss cousin OF Green
ways Wowdan French leading lady in Coles plays turns out
of Greenway offers to divorce
wife berry will marry him. Wiowdean becomes interested
Baey They all meet frequently at the Recherche ashcnaDe
he gives sign ofsever
having met her jealous of Blakey and
Lander calls Derys office
and takes her to ball game She goes
They caught in fog and forced to
spend night the boat The next morning Derry seen by
shore clubs WilOwdean brings one Of
Fsey hypnotic globes leaves it in Derrys Martin
Cole gives party Wowdean mpOres Derry to make Bakey
recognized Derry the boat
and Derry gets Tony her secluded
fh roof impusvey kisses then apologies Hidden from
sieh thew oyerhear Wowdan confess her love for Bkely.
NOIU Go or With the Story
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rested on otley. She spoke il
her clear tuneful voice.
what? Another? Where have
I seen that face before? Can it
be? 1t is; it is! Ny long lost
husband that haven't set eyes
on for "a week. 'Lo, Dickie
Elway!''
'sWhee-ewl'' whispered Tony.
Here's where our Corcoran loses
the championship Of the silver
beam
browning little in puzzle.
ment, young Mrs. Elway APP
pealed to Smith. Whats wrong,
Prenny? why the CHASTITY hush2
Anybody would think from the
way you an look that was
the original Blight who founded
East Blightvtlle. Dickie hasn't
got another wife present, has he?"
Mary Bennington piped Lp.
she had q natural bent for mis-
chief and didn't like the culprit,
anyway. 1--WE understood that
his name was Otley."
Claire Elway's luminous eyes
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with q curious lift in his words.
s.It sounds almost like a con-
fession, doesn't it2 Take It as
you like. I wonder what's be-
come OF Willowdean? What's
happening over yonder?"
She left Tony and walked across
to bring into view q slim, dark,
dainty woman OF perhaps thirty,
with a mouth of quite infantile
softness and poutiness and pair
OF eyes. which, by their glowing,
uuick.moving briIIiance, belied
every implication Of the mouth
In q voice proper to the mouth
rather than the eyes, languid and
appealing and provocative. she in
quired:
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ATTENDANCE
OF PUPILS

NEARLY 100000 Of the a.
~ 100000 children enrolled In
the public schools of the United
States are out Of school all the
time for various causes. CHIEF
of which is illness, according to
a report made public here by
Edwin Q. Cole, heating and ven'
tilating expert,
"In the last year for which
we have complete figures. the
average daily attendance in the
public schools was 4,OS7,114 few.
er than the total number or
children enrolled" Mr.. Coles re-
port states. I'm other words
at all times more than one.
fifth of the children were alb
sent"
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/. It's years since i've seen you,
Tony This is party!
els It q picnic. Prenny9
''It Is he answered. We're
starting tor Central Park Lake
II fifteen minutes.
look at Obey whispered
Tony in Derry's ear. He's be-
Witched."
So it appeared. Derry's nauti-
cal sutton had stepped through
an opening in the shrubery wall.
and now stood in amazement.
staring at the new arrival As
ii she had pa1pably felt his
regard, she slowly turned her
head sidewise; her piquant face
changed and lightened as her eyes
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bara. Paris and way stations, and
use New York to fatten their
batting averages"
Martin Cole had appeared and
was courteously making his new
guest welcome, through the agency
Of q stein of champagne.
But already the visitor was de-
scribing what appeared to be a
long, curved flight through the
air, terminating upon Mr.. Smiths
receptive neck. "Prenny-of-my-
hearth she gurgIed Think of
finding you here! What are you
doing in that apron?"
He kissed her firmly and set
her down.
"Why. there's Tony Lander!
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Hasn't this party got any host?
Or did 1t Just grow this way?"
In the midst Of the crash OF re-
plies Tony Lander came up bsslind
Derry. What are they voting
on?' he asked. and immediately
added, Good Lord2 How did
Claire Elway get here?"
Who's Claire Elway?"
She's the very devili' declared
Tony with deep conviction which
managed to convey an undertone
of admiration.
Mrs. or Miss2''
She's got a legal husband
somewhere, believe, but no one
ever sees 'em together here. They
live in Washington. Santa Bar
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Sure you won't have half? Then
TIL have to have it. Won't 10
for it to go to waste"
She gripped his hands. Don't
don't take any more" she beg.
ged. He kissed her again, laugh
ingly. "Can't-it's all gone" he
said.
After he had gone she got UP
and walked into the pretty chintz-
hung bedroom. "Oh, well-every-
body has, their faults. That's
his she said.
She grew to hate the flat silver
flask ne always carried in his
pocket.
There was nothing beautiful or
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lecting priceless paintings and old
snuff boxes, antiques and rare
tapestries you are called q con.
noisseur. But, believe me, many
a bird who sets out to collect a
bad bill has more trouble getting
the dough than a millionaire has
running down a snuff box that
belonged to Napoleon!
To make the front page of the
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paper, collector has got to col
lect some rare first edition or a
great amount OF alimony!
Some DANES specialize on col.
lecting husbands, and husbands
that belong to somebody else. too!
And some guys collect wives!
A large collection of children
is always interesting and often
features on the family page!
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By Fay King

We are all collectors!
Everybody is collecting some
thing!
We start as kids collecting
horse chestnuts and postage
stamps, dolls and election cards,
and end up collecting dollars.
OF course when you start col
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Some folks are never satisfied
unless they are collecting noun
tains-by that | mean breaking
some climbing record in the Alps.
Other people collect birds eggs,
rare plants. butterflies and stones.
In fact. collector may collect
anything from star sapphires to
his cigar bands!
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It's a great game collecting
Post cards, soft cushions. eol
lege remnants and theater pro
grams. menus cards and street
car transfers, luggage labels. sea
shells. champagne corks and tur-
key wisnbones anything. every.
thing. just so there's variety.
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About the only thing yoti can't
collect il a bad check!
The people / feel sOrriest tor,
though, are those who 50 out Of
their way TO collect trouble! And
there are those kind Of collectors,
too!
About this time Of year the col
lectors OF Christmas presents be-
gin to buzz with enthusiasm.
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Household Hints
Marks on Ceilings

WHVh6 UII NONHIb5
Sometimes the ceiling above
gas jet becomes blackened. IL
a good layer of starch and water
IL applied with piece Of flannel
and, when quite dry. lightly
brushed, no marks will remain.
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EARI buttons the number Of $4,000 onamented suit
which proud possession Of resident of Waham Green
London Sewing these buttons used II spOos OF cotton
thread
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JOKES

GAPS we'll that ends WE'LL" and this is true
of jokes as we'll as anything else. But there are
some people in every community who to have
a very poor conception of wit and humor. Real,
harmless jokes are all right, and frequently afford
much fun and pleasure. But false reports and
"rumors" troadcasted in the Cu:se of joke are
frequently equivalent to actual crime and may
bring about situations that embarrassing il
not really serious.
Some time ago we'll known young man of
Key West reported drowned while on fish
ing trip. The rumor gained general circulation in
the city, and when traced down found to have
been sprung by of his pals coke"
day or two ago a young well known
here was reported to have been the victim of
fatal automobile accident The wide
spread 1t was found that there foundation
whatever for the report And, further, it was
learned that the young had aged grand
mother who is afflicted with heart trouble, and
had this report reached her it would probably have
meant her immediate death as result of the shock
it would have given her.
There can be no possible justification for
creating such groundless reports these. If they
are jokes, they are the crueest kind of ests that
could be imagined They benefit no one there is
no fun about them, they are alarming to the ex-
treme and cause a lot of anxiety, yet it is all
unnecessary and uncalled for This cruel form of
joking should be stopped, and it cannot be done
too soon.
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seoeeeeeeeeasaasoes eese

Senator Albert B. Cummins,
who is seeking denomination at the
hands of the Republican voters in
todsy's primaries in Iowa, first en-
tered the United States senate in
1908, following a term as gov
ernor of his State. He has three
times been endorsed by the State
and sent back to Washington, his
present term expiring next March.
During the days of the attempted
transformation of the Republican
Party by Mr.. Roosevelt, Mr.. Cum
minis was progressive in purpose
without being a Progressive in
party affiliations. In his present
campaign he is standing as tried
and true Coolidge Republican.
Senator Cummins is a lawyer, who
has given more than ordinary at
tention to problems of transporta-
ton and industrial management,
possibly because he began his
working career as railroad en-
ploye. He is a native of Pennsyl-
vania, and his education was
gained at Waynesburg College, in
that State, and at Cornell College,
in Iowa.
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MARY AND HER LAMB

Henry Ford is rebuilding. as part of his
colonial collection at the wsyside inn at Sudbury,
Mass. the old schoolhouse around which eenters
the famous verse Of MARY had little lamb"
Sons Of the old folks would like to see the
sophisticated modern youth go back to the simple
at the school exhibitions. and think II was great
staff But that poem was probably written to
teach generation IF very rough boys aud girls
that il was worth while to he kind to animals In
these days the chlldrcn have pretty we'll learned
that lesson, that the world do move" after all.
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DAILY LESSONS in
ENGLISH
ssosseesesSss=asSsesssss
BY w. L. GORDON

Words often m;sused: Don't say
81 place my fortune at your dis
position. !" Say Eat your dis
posal."
Often mispronounced: finances.
Pronounce the as in "him," not
as in line" the a as in "an," and
accent the second syllable.
Often misspelled: avoirdupois.
Synonyms: prejudice, presump-
ton, partially, unfairness, bias.
Word study: use a word three
times and it is yours" Let us in
crease our vocabulary by master
ing one word each day. Today s
word: Foible; a failing or inper-
fectlon in character. THE slaves
courted their masters pleasure by
initiating his foibles."
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!|:lSjl|;!A|liR!!B[8

At last the weather is warm
enough TO put sheets on the bed.
Mussolini plays violin. So did
Nero.
North poles discovered. South
poles discovered. But our auto dis
covered telephone pole.
Lots of pole discoveries these days.
Pnsudsli discovered a great many
Poles in Poland.
Our army is buying automatic po-
tato peelers. Buck privates used to
be automatic potato peelerC 3..
What's in q name? Two army Off.
GERS were arrested at Fort Crook.
copyright. 1926. NEA Service. Incl
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A MUCH NEEDED PRISON REFORM

(Bernarr Macfadden in New York Evening
Graphic)
That our prison system needs reforming is not
disputed.
The greatest difficulty lies in securing the
reform.
One of the evils of our present prison system
lies in the in which it gives the product of
the prisoners labor to some one else and permits
his family to suffer.
We may be justified in Furnishing lawbreakers,
but we are surely not justified in Furnishing their
families
innocent family.
The prisoner is forced to work.
He works hard
The product of his labor is disposed Of
But his family has share in the proceeds.
The Federal government has taken long
step in the right direction in its prison at Leaven
worth, Kan.
They have opened a new million dollar shoe
factory there.
The convicts will make shoes for the army
and navy.
The factory can turn out about three thousand
pair of shoes per day and will employ seven hun
dred conyicts
These will receive small wages.
In the case of married men these wages will
be sent to their families to assist in their main
tenance.
If the convict has no family or no de
pending upon him for support the money will be
reserved for him until his release.
This is an approach toward common sense
method of handling convicts.
We have come long way in this respect since
the middle ages. But we have not advanced far
enough
We are still far from treating convicts like
human beings. We do not treat them in a manner
that is calculated to turn them away from crime.
And to show that ourselves do not have
any faith in the reforming power of our convict
system, we refuse to have anything to do with the
released prisoner.
He is an outcast
often he is literally forced to crime to "get
by"
The next step should undertake should be
t abolish capital punishment
Instead of death-sentence the man to prison
for life
Then, in prison. make his labor contribute
to the support of his own family if he has one and
to the support of the family of his victim if he or
she has such.
To hang murderer relieves him of all fur
Their responsibility.
He is gone.
But the family of his victim is not cared for
thereby They left to suffer.
His own family is also made TO suffer I'M
necessarily
No wrong is rishted. no evil rsmedied by
/ killing offender against the law.
/ No suffering is lessened-except that Of the
murderer. His worries are ever after his execu-
ton.
/ No responsibilities are met
/ Make the prisoner productive, Make him con.
/ tribute te those he has wronged.
{ la this way he cnn No x,ade T., s,-,, :, mari
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Answers to Saturday. Question,
sICkLY, PEEvIsH CHILDREN

Children suffering from mites
final worms are cross. restless and
unhealthy There are other symp-
toms. however. If the child is
rale. has dark rings under the
eyes. bad breath and takes no in
tcrest in play, it is almost a Ger
sn5nty that E7orms arc eating away
If vitality. The suregt remedy
f2* worms SIS Whites cream Verui-
fuEc- l. Is positive destruction to
3ht. worms but harmless 10 the
child. Prise Soc. Sold by ali
druggists NV F
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Monroe county deplorSs the occasional killings
that'are few and far between in this county. but
think of the Hillsboro county grand jury starting
in Wednesday to probe ten murder cases. five Of
the crimes having been committed within the past
three weeks
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Do you read The Citizens DAILY Lessons in
Englsh?" 1t would certainly be time well spent