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POTATOES


Chicago. May 2l-(AP)-Potato re-
ccipts n cars; total y. s. shipments
G66; on track l5a; old stock trading
moderate. market steady; Wisconsin
sacked round whites best 2.750l300;
ordinary 2.5O@2.65: Minnesota sacked
round whites 2.25@2.75; Idaho sacked
russets 3.OO63.5O: new stock trading
fair, market about steady: Louisiana
Texas sacked Bliss Triumphs $3.50
600; partly graded. 5.25G5.5O; Flor
ida barrel Spalding Rose No. i, 1850
M1O.65.
Minneapolis. May FLU. S. D. of
A-Potatoes light wire inquiry; de-
mand slow, market slightly weaker:
carloads delivered sales freight only
deducted Minncapoils-St. Paul rate
sacked cwt.. round whites U. S. No. ],
few sales 2GJMl2.15.
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EASY UNDERTONE ON
MILL CITY MARKET

Minneapolis. May 9. -(Ar) SHOW
ers in the northwest and failure Of
cables to hold an early advance Gre
ated an easy undcrtonc in wheat to-
day. but prices held to small de-
clines.
July held within range Of :. cent
most of the session. dipping at the
outset and hanging lifelcss until a
rally in outside markets brought an
upturn of "A cents from low.
Oats followed the leaders within n
narrow range. July rye broke IA
cents early and rallied with wheat.
July flaxseed declined l cent and re-
gained half of the loss.
Cash wheat was generally stronger.
Heavy weight. low protein spring were
one cent higher. Durum was quiet
and steady.
Corn receipts were nil. Oats were
firm to Il cent higher. Rye was
quiet and steady. Barley was in light
supply and demand was fair TO good.
F'laxsced was quiet an dsteady.
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GRAIN n
LIVESTOCK
), b Associated Press Leased Wire
WHEATG'L]0SE
ISRREGUDAR
- L3S t9sI l.. !.
Offerings Of May Of Suffi
Gent Volume to Break !.
Prices Temporarily

| Chicago. May i2l---(AP)--- Rapid
| fluctuations in the price Of Nav de-
livery of wheat signalized today the
! approach of the end of the season
hscttlement Of accounts. Offerings Of
May were of sufficient volume I'd
break prices four cents temporarily.
Wheat shipments from Omaha to Chi.
! cagO were announced and rains both
in the American and Canadian north.
! west tended further To weaken val.
ucs. despite export business cstimat.
cd at 100000 bushels. largely Cana
dian.
Selling out of May by houses that
were At the same time purchasing
July was q feature of today's trading.
Much Of these transactions took
place Mt a difference Of 28M cents a
bushel. This is the widest difference
shown in q long while. and appeared
to represent an extensive evening up
of accounts preparatory to q final
windup Of dealings in May.
According to adviccs at hand. rains
today,-in the northwest were more
general than at any time this spring.
South Dakota, where some Of the
worst drought complaints Of late have
come from. reported steady down
pour at various places.
Outside interest in corn and oats
was very light, and the markets for
both the feed grains were easily in
fluenced. Prices held within relative
~ narrow limits.
Wheat closed irregular lM cents
net lower to u cents advance. corn
II cent to cent UP. oats unchanged
to = cent higher; and provisions m
changed to 10 cents down.
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Mandeu Trains, For
Rocky Kansas Bout

Chicago, May 21.7NR Sammy.
Mandell Of Rockford has returned
from the west coast and started
training for his effort to relieve
Rocky Kansas Of the lightweight box
ing crown here in July. The Illinois
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MINNEAPOLIS FLOUR

Minneapolis, Mimi, May 2l--(AP)--
Flour 5dlO cents higher; in carload
lots. family patents quoted at 9.00T
9.OJ a barrel. in 98-pound cotton
sacks; shipments 1924 barrels.
Bran $500,
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scrapper will not engage in. any more
bouts until the title 90. 1t will be
one Of the first under the new ILL.,
nois boxing regime.
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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION

Games Today
Milwaukee at Minneapolis.
st. Paul at Kansas City. !
Indianapolis at Toledo.
Louisville at Columbus
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CHICAGO GRAIN

Chicago. May 2l--(AP) Cash:
Wheat No. 2 red. l.G4ia; No. 2 hard,
l.64l y M1G
Corn No. 2 mixed. 72H; No. 2 yell
low, 72A M73.
Oats No. 2 white, Ala M42h; No.
3 white. 4lA M4lA.
Rye. Not quoted.
Barley. 68675.s
Timothy seed. G.25M 700.
Glover seed. 15.OOMl8.OO.
Lard. 1857.
Ribs, 1850.
Bellies. 1926.
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Kentucky will be happy for another
horse has the
The photo above shows the amazingly easy which
Bubbling Over of the Bradley entries the gaoped
victory Five lengths behind his ablemate Bagenbageag who
shown being showeed with of judges
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Pennant Progress
AMERICAN LEAGUE
0Hon AsM~a

Games Today
st. Louis at New York.
Cleveland at Philadelphia.
Detroit at Washington.
Chicago at Boston.
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Struck out: BY Neustel,s8 in s in
nings; by LienAart, s,i9 inning. BY
Ncustel. 8. HIT by pitched ball: John
son. TwoHaseers; Olsor. Kusaer.
Raugust.
On Sunday, Nay q, tina. TNEtle lG2H
nine will cross bats with the prison
tAsm. at-tha. stetMs paAit astia i, So s.
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WESTERN LEAGUE
Lincoln 81; Omaha 1876.
st. Joseph 6; Tulsa II.
Wichita 4; Oklahoma City 13.,
Denver 3; Des Moines /.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
0AnmAi mOn

Games Today
Philadelphia at st. Louis.
boston at Chicago.
New Yorkat Pittsburgh.
Brooklyn at Cincinnati.
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FARGO BUTTER

Fargo, N. d., May 2l-(AP)-Bui.er
fat. churning cream Al; packing stock
26. A
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
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BISMARCK GRAIN

Furnished by Russell Miller Coo
Risn,accl Nn~ ~
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THE MAGIC EYE

, il in the lunch roCua," perturbed
and anxious, alone. Pete enters.
Pete and Parker are together.
And still the scene follows the
facts closely. The meeting rapidly
develops into a deadly quarrel
ana a knife is drawn. FL Greco
il looking on.
Parker Is Swallowed
When the fight IL stopped
Parker leaves; Ell Greco leaves
also. He has now one fixed reso
lution-to keep himself informed
Of Parker's movementb--and to
discover his identity.
One hour later. Parker enters
q bank. He writes q check. A
closeup Of the notes that he 70.
ceives is flashed on the screen.
$1,000.
One thousand dollars In notes
Of $50. He leaves. His shadow.
Ell Greco, follows him
Night in Paradise Row. The
CLEAN Of a street lamp and a
lighted window. Parker 10 watch.
ing Mafalda's lodging.
The street fades out. The in.
terror of the little parlcr is shown
The scene between Mafeie and
Jill Seaton; jill pins on her hat
with Mafalda's jeweled hatpin
and passes out.
She goes on her errand to see
her lawyer uptown at his home.
She encounters Pete and leaves
him. She wanders to the wharf.
Parker overtakes her. He Is
followed by Pete.
At this point the audience, real
izinK the climax from the Parker
trial. held It's breath. Mafalda.
impersonatinR Jill Seaton in this
scene. was superb.
Paker's swift and frenzied APP
peal to her and her refusal. His
offer Of the bride: the banknotes
in his shaking hands.
Zone thousand dollars. one
thousand down. II your sister will
hold her tongue. She will get
that or nothing: IL she gives me
away am a ruined mani"
jill rejects the bride contemp.
tuously; Parker, beside himself
with anger. grasps her by the
wrists. A struggle and Jill cries
piteously for help; she nearly sue
ceeds in freeing herself.
The rescue by Pete. He drags
him away from jill. who sinks
down upon the wharf. A swift
struggle and Parker is overpow-
cred and flung over into the river.
A plunge in the dark water and
Parker disappears. The picture
shows the surface Of the river
and the fast.running flood stream.
Parker's head breaks the surface
away down below the wharf. close
to an anchored lighter. and no
more il seen of him
Steals Hatpin
Pete. dazed and painting. runs
to the edge of the wharf and
stares out over the water. Pete
has rid himself of his rival. And
with equal certainty he has placed
rope round his own neck,
should the river yield up its
secret and the crime come to
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; she was to blame for the trouble
and owed an apology.
I'm awfully sorry for what
happened" she said. "I don't
know how II happened. The man
followed me. out when came to
look for you"
~Why : sweetheart you have
helped US more by what you did
tonight than you can realize. ]
wish we had had you for a mas
cot long ago." Jared's voice was
serious.
But"
Never mind why--you'rs q
whole lot nearer to knowing all
about It tonight than we were
last night at this time. But one
thing you must know. That man
will follow US as soon as he il
able-and he isn't to be trusted.
You've got to carry q revolver
from now on. and learn to use
it."
Betty didn't answer this last
warning. She was too busy think
them IL her suspicious were not
justified? How could she be sure
Of anything?
There seemed To- be nothing to
talk about except the night, and
that was a thing too marvellous
for expression. The moon hung
low, as II 1t were q wild, live
thing seeking company. Clouds
scudded before 1t now ana then
hiding 1t momentarily and casting
wavering, dancing shadows across
the bleak gray stretches OF desert
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; cigarette smoke. broodine over his
WRONGS
He observed the entrance Of the
man and the girl; and HI Greco IL
interested, for he recognises Natal
da's sister. The two OF them pass
through into the little alcove.
Here the audience. absorbed
and reathless, watched the unfold
ing Of tie scene, which followed
the evidence given at the Parker
trial, with q single and arresting
addition--the presence OF the un.
suspected witness sitting in the
shadows at the corner table.
Maffie and Pete enter and pass
straight through into the aicove.
The scene that follows Is swift
and dramatic. Maffie, in the pres.
ence Of Pete and her sister. de.
: nounces Parker. the man who mar.
ried her under a false name and
deserted her.
FL Greco, sitting at his table,
gets q glimpse Of the quarrel
through The opening OF the alcove.
He hears Maffie's voice raised in
fierce duEunciation. He sees the
agitate1 Parker sneak out and
make his escape.
A closeup" shows FL Greco's
face. live.y with emotion.
FL Greco determines not to miss
a chance. Whichever way the
event turns It holds out a promise
OF satisfaction and profit. That
the two men will encounter each
other again. soon or late, he has
no doubt.
Parker has left the restaurant.
Ell Greco slips out and follows him.
He knows all there Is to be known
about Pete. 1t is unhealthy to
NEEDLE with Pete. But FL Greco
is particularly anxious to learn
more about Parker. -"
II WISH" reflected Giotto, as
he sat back in his seat in a cold
bath Of perspiration, that had
had the courage to poison this
man Quinn, for he is, undoubt.
edly devil! He has got me; he
has made but one mistake 30
far"
The scene reopens In the bar
Of a downtown speakeasy. Parker
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ana fingers 1t. The next moment
it is in his pocket. The cleaner
does not let such trifles get by
him. He 10 interrupted,
and glancinR hurriedly toward the
river. slips back into cover.
Pete returns alone: Jill rsyives.
the scene moves to its conclusion
swiftly. In two minutes both The
man and the girl have departed.
The wharf IL deserted.
The shadow creeps out again
from behind the fence. Ell Greco
moves to the edge of the quay,
and stands there, staring out
over the dark water.
The starlight shines family on
the mans sardonic face. The
river has added one more victim
to its list. But this river has
way of yielding up its secrets,
and there IL one which. when 1t
comes to light, win hang Pete.
The scene Of the recent quarrel
flashes through Ell Greoes mind.
One thousand dollarsi Doubtless
by this time with its owner on
the mud OF the river bed.
The picture changes. The head
OF Parker is seen just above the
surface, his hands gripping the
after mooring-chaln. He Is hid
den in the shadow Of q lighters
overhanging counter, and after
waiting awhile he twice makes an
effort to drag himself aboard and
fails. His clothes are sodden, his
wrist IL injured: the high stern
Of the vessel defeats him.
the chain. His face Is white, the
wet hair streams over his eyes,
his teeth are chAttering-every
moments delay means loss Of
strength. He measures with his
eye the distance to the shore;
and thrusting away from the
lighter he swins steadily, carried
downwards by the tide, but win.
ming slowly toward safety.
Ell Greco, brooding and hest.
tating upon the wharf, sees some.
thing that puzzles him. It's the
trail Of q swimmer. He gazes
for few moments, spellbound,
and the significance Of 1t comes
home to him like q flash OF
light. 1t IL a swimmer with a wad
OF new bank notes on his person.
Pete's supposed victim, 80 far
from being the prey of the river.
Is coming ashore safely.
Ell Greco, having taken one
swift glance at the swimmers
trail, runs as though fiends were
after him.
There is no difficulty in 1udg-
ing where the sweep Of the tide
will force the swimmer to make
his landing. El Greco has hit Off
the spot accurately enough: he
crouches. drawing in his breath
quickly.
He gropes around him on the
river beach, with scrabbing fling.
ers. A heavy stone, a lumb Of
wreckage, anything that might
serve--but he finds nothing. His
hand strikes against his side
pocket: In q moment he has hold
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III GRECO. however. meets his
- match. He rapidly finds himself
the more fascinated Of the two.
and though he esteemS himself to
be Afafalda's favored sutton, his
reign is q short one. Mafalda IL
interested in the actor father han
In the man. and Ell Greco proves
himself to have unpleasant quail
ties. He L. crooked.
And FL Greco rapidly becomes
q back number. The sympathy OF
the audience Is Immediately with
Peter. He is a living reality,
one who whatever his faults, has
pluck and backbone He Is a
man, the first real man Mafalda
has met.
FL Greco receives his marching
orders. There 10 an explosion and
a quarrel between the two men;
but FL Greco has not the courage
10 face q quarrel openly. He with
draws. intensely embittered. But
El Greco il q man who can afford
10 wait. and he has not to wait
An inetrval. The return of
Terry Parker. The audience, now
thoroughly gripped, found them.
selves following the history and
the eourtship Of the unsuspecting
Jill Seaton, almost as it was out
lined In the trial at the Criminal
Court Building. But here, upon
the screen. IL became a live, vivid
thing.
II was slightly altered, q mist
% romance was wrapped around 1t,
but II W3s unfolded before them
so that every man and woman in
the pi.ture house could follow it
and almost feel that they were
taking part in 1t. For Mafalda
was now doubling her role; she
was playing Jill Seaton's part
and she played 1t to perfection.
The meetings between Parker
and Jill take place in a little res
taurant not far from Paradise
Row. II Is also the faVorite haunt
of Ell Greco; here he sits. huddled
In a corner, absorbing coffee and
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NOU Continue

QUICK" Jared SAD, pack your
V kit. We're hitting the trail to.
night. II we don't move quickly
We may Be held up"
There was no time for explana-
tions. but her brain fabricated its
own story. Perhaps thief mad
killed the man: perhaps only hurt
him bad. But no matter, Jared
wanted her to so quickly ana she
must. There was no time to
find horses as he had intended
doing.
They passed down the street,
with their two pack burrows fol.
lowing, less than q half hour after
Betty had stepped from the hall.
Lights moved about down the
taken place. and a crowd had
she didn't even ask. 1t was
enough that Jared must get away.
A little way out Of town. Uncle
Billy (whose last name had been
JoneO Joined them. He was
uOuuIe0 on y 8ooo morse ana mao
q mule in tow. He made Betty
mount the horse In his place and
the two men plodded along over
q faint wagon trail that led
toward the shadowy mountains
lying like distant Jumps Of ebony
against the starry western hori.
con.
All this time scarcely a word
had passed between Betty and
her husband. But she felt that
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By JOHN GOODWIN

OF the hatpin. As he feels the
broad head and draws the long
blade between finger and thumb
he realizes that there is a weapon
at his hand.
A splashing on the foreshore;
the swimmer is landing through
the shallow water; he catches
sight of the waiting shadow and
for a moment draws back in ter
ror. But a voice treasures him,
and helping hand Is stretched
out to him.
Catch hold!' says Ell Greco.
And the exhausted swimmer
catches hold.
The picture is BACKED out
swiftly-the audience found It.
self sitting in darkness, gazing
at blank screen.
The house was absolutely silent
as Part Nv was announced.
DAWN ON THE RIVER"
A cold, gray light. a wreath Of
fog, flight of slow-winning gulls.
The tide Is low. A little police
launch nosing its way upstream;
it is the only. thing moving, the
only human interest amid the
emptiness OF water and mud. The
launch halts, hovers and turns in
toward a bank Of ooze, where lies
something vague and shapeless,
stranded by the ehb.
The crew OF the launch are
busy e" theirs is a task IA
miliar enough to the river police;
the little vessel steams on its way
again with its burden CLEANED
from the river.
The morning light struggles in
through the window of a some
what squalid lodging house bed
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room looking out over a siverside
street. The hands Of the cheap
nickel clock on the mantelpiece
announces the, time as 1880.
Ell Greco. fully dressed, his
face rather pale and haggard,
sits at small table counting and
recounting a little cheat Of bank
notes as though they were q pack
OF cards. The notes fascinate
him, he stares at them reflective
ly. There are 20 notes of $50 and
they are somewhat weted and
stained.
No more tantilizing gift Of Fate
could fall into mans hands than
this. For this little sheaf Of
money-a fortune to Ell Greco
but $50 notes are easily traced;
they leave a blazed trail behind
them.
Ell Greco sits back, meditating,
and rapid series Of visions float
before him; the events Of the
night before.
He rises, lights gas light and
sets smell kettle upon it. He
inspects himself In the cracked
mirror and with q pair of nail
scissors cuts away his small black
moustache. The kettle steam,
he fathers his face and accom-.
plishes a careful shave.
From the chests of drawers he
produces a small black leather
roll with a strap round 1t, q roll
that has seen much service. FL
Greco, the out-of-work actor, has
never acted in a star part till
now: he was not a success on the
boards. But he has some skill in
makeup and he makes use Of It
now.
(To Be Continued Tomorrow
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and the stories were not exag.
gerated.
Hour upon hour Betty rode on.
She did not complain that she
was tired. The haste had been
due to her own actions and she
bore up resolutely. The saddle
became more and more irksonle,
but she sensed the fact that to
walk would hasten her exhaus.
ton. Wonder as to what became
Of her would-be admirer filled her
mind now and then, but she put
the thought away.
It was the longest night Betty
ever spent-but at last 1t was
over. The first streaks Of dawn
paled the sky over her right
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the crowd at home would think
IL they could see her now. She
could imagine them still mixing
cocktails, drinking and dancing
to victrola music. The same old
entertainment, the same old chat
ter would still be going on. Some
body would mention her name.
She blushed when she thought Of
their gossip.
Looking upward she stared at
the glory OF the heavens. The
stars danced back and forth be-
cause of the motion OF the horses
body. How bright they were!
How little they made human
beings seem! This, then, WAS
Texas; this was the desert sky
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waste. Chaparral bushes doomed
in tiny hummocks as far as eyes
could distinguish in the silver
light. Now and then q low lying
cactus appeared close by and
under 1t some ragged wisps OF
grass.
The trail itself was marked by
deep ruts into which the fine dust
had blown, making cushions which
padded the horses hoofs 70 Sc
lence. but which stirred up minia.
ture clouds Of dust wherever a
foot touched. There was no
sign of q breeze, but Betty began
to wonder what a wind would do
to that fine dust. which even now
lay tilickIy over the bushes.
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Far away in the distance she
heard q howl that sent shivers up
and down her spine. 1t was I'm.
canny I'M the dead silence Of the
night. The mare pricked up her
ears at the sound, but settled
down again to the steady jolting
walk.
Jared and Uncle Billy kept al
most apace with the mare, urging
the tagging burros ahead Of them
part OF the time, leading them the
rest. The breathing Of the ami.
mails sounded plainly In the dead
silence. Soon the coyote howled
again.
It was an experience to be re-
membered. Betty wondered what
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Even IL It doesn't last she'll set
more real happiness out or re-
membering how that guy fell in
love with her just AZ II she was
any ordinary pretty girl than all
the returns she gets from her
business SUGGEST
One of the smartest women !
ever knew married petting
party who gyped her out Of q
fortune. Another brilliant woman
I know who had the brains Of
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shoulder and the stars fled into
the distance until they were lost
In the deepening blue. The sun
seemed to climb over the horizon
like = boy over a fence. The
wonder Of it drew her and she
refined in the mare to stare back
at the changing color.
Almost in that moment It seemed
that the cool air OF the night had
vanished, and heat came IN its
place. Jared waited a moment
before he spoke:
Betty, dear" he said, please
hurry. The heat will make 1t
harder a. the morning advances
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and they think she might. So
they go on praising her abilities
and treating her with respect and
distant admiration. Then along
comes sorne guy and treats her
as If she didn't have any brains
at all.
The next thing you hear Of she
has married this bird! And then
you sit around and ::hake your
head and say, well, for goodness
sake! What on earth did she mar.
ry him for?"
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would pick on something better
in the man line than some guy
that hangs around and spends
their money for them.
Wen. it seems to me that the
fact OF the matter IL that other
men shy clear Of q woman they
think 10 smart. Not entirely be-
cause they find her unattractive
or uninteresting or that they &C.
tually prefer dumbbelIs. but they
hate to risk being turned down,
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and We have . long way stil to

and We have q long way stu to
co."
She wheeled back to the trail
then and followed without q word.
She was feeling the strain, but
when she looked at the two men
and saw the signs Of exhaustion
on their faces she forgot her own
discomfort and thought of theirs.
"I wonder she asked herself
whimsically, IF You ever thought
Of anyone else before this morn
ing"
Jared looked back. ibid you
speak?" he asked softly.
"Only to myself" she answered.
TO BE Continued Tomorrow
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q dictator, Topped for q fellow
that handed her the usual gaff,
but it was new to her because
nobody else had ever dared ap-
proach her on such silly subjects.
Great actresses have fallen in
love with unknown members Of
their company, who had the nerve
to ignore their fame and flirt with
them between acts.
Many q man has admired q
woman who had money, and hest