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that, Is there? How could help
it, You've no idea. how haunting
you are! You can't know how Ii.
made me feel when saw you
rushing down To the water the
way you did that night Sandy
don't turn your head away y
But she became excited and
stood up. "Oh, it's nothing,
Ramon. i Just don't want YOU
to be interested in mel don't
want It.
He took her hands and drew
her back to the bench. You
can't stop 1t, Sandy. How do
you think you can stop IT
CHAPTER 80
The night was drenched with
stars. A dreamy Ianguor exhaled
from all the flowers.
Sandy wore a big, dropping hat.
of jade color. 1T made the red
hair CLEAN softly, brought faint
glow over her pale features. She
walked slowly through the hotel
gardens, lettering toward the
beach.
She was in an expectant mood.
She wanted things to happan-ex-
citing, thrilling, beautiful things.
AS she went along she pictured
another, handsome and gallant,
walking at her side, his eyes turn.
ing to hers with alteration.
For two days she had kept very
much to herself. She was storm.
lily resentful that Ramon Worth
had learned her history. She
would have been willing to subtly
drop fact here and there, en-.
HANGING her own story. But to
have her whole life Haunted be.
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THINK OF HIM
AS FRIEND
BY Beatrice Fairfax.

nEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
II Il have a sincere affection
for my cousin, who is %. /
am %.
/ see him often and he treats
me very nicely, asking ne 10
dances when there are other girls
who would enjoy his society.
/ like him too much to give
him up. Please tell me wha:
tn do. ANXIOUS.
TRY to think Of your cousin as
a friend rather than a sweet
heart. No doubt his regard for
you Is just friendly. You cannot
encourage his affection except by
being your natural. char ming
self. But IL you are wise, you
will refuse to think Of him in o
sentimental way.
Marriages of cousins have al
! ways been considered inadvisable,
so much so that in somc States
of the Union they are forbidden.
And while modern nicdical opin-
ion DEGREES that such marriages
are harmless wien both families
are very healthy, mentally and
physically, yet the question Is by
no means settled. 1orr wisest
plan would be not 20 fall in love
with your cousin.
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What Has Happened So Far-

Sandy Mcneil young beautiful daughter of family
that had possessions in California and is
settled Of Port Jervis agrees at her family
love- Her heart really belongs to Jimmy childhood
sweetheart and she surrepttousy meets him. On visit
confides that she marry Murio and Judith aghas
knowing she does not love him But Sandy thinks that every
thing viii be all right and that she will be able to do pretty
much she likes after her marriage When the ceremony
takes place and Muo slips the ring her finger she has
feeling that she has made big mistake She has to
force herself to get into the which her husband
drives to mountain hotel where they spend their
honeymoon After two months Sandy grows to hate Muro
and steals away to her fathers home Muo follows her
She discovers she is become mother and gives up her
plan to leave him. Finally she into the home
he has built for her He sends invitations for party
there but omts ask any Of Sandys old friends She
sends out cards TO them but Of them appears She
broods over her unhappy marriage to Muo and accident
ally meets Jimmy and goes riding with him. Murio
furious when he them together They quarrel Sandy
fants Her baby and dies Sandy begs her
band to let her take an ocean trip.
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Sandys Mother Discovers That MurO Has Been Writing
Them to Return, but That Sandy Has Not Even
Opened Her Husbands Letters

) that any one should even sup
pose she belonged to Ben Murillo.
Why should he come between her,
for instance. and that sunset sky?
Why should the thought OF him
prevent her from looking up and
laughing from wishing to sing
to drive with pleasant people?
She was "a free, human being.
What right Nhad another to force
her to resign her whole life to his
satisfactiOns2 It was not only IN.
famous. Tt was impossible.
Ramon Worth asked her to go
to the dance with him. She went
They stroIled out in the gardens.
He was happy, charming fellow.
with such a fund of talk. He
thought her extremely beautiful
and said SO.
1t made her blithe TO be flat.
tered now. She said, insolenIIy:
You're not such q bad looking
rake yourself, though your chin
is too short and I wouldn't have
your lips quite so full. Z
BuOyant and Carefree
He TESTED merriIy about that.
He danced with grace. She felt
as buoyant and carefree as in the
days before her marriage.
They found bench. Between
the palms glimpscs of the water
shone. He regarded her qlizzical-
~: Why did you come to the
dance tonight, Sandy
IT felt like it. =
Do you always do as you fsel?''
Mostly yes,
You wanted to come the other
night-lots Of other nights, but
you didn't.
She frowned. He went on casu-
ally, not removing his glance from
her profile: Il forgot to tell you.
A friend Of yours; Jack Horace, Is
down here. Arrived last week.
Nice chap went to school with
you. didn't he?"
Sandy said quietly: Yes She
thought: Now he knows all about
me. Evefyth thing.
Probably Jack had even told
that she had run away on her
honeymoon. Everyone in Santa
Barbara knew that. Had he told
her OF the baby and that it was
dead?
Happiness Vanished
Sandy looked out to the water,
ali her happiness vanished.
Ramon's hand stole over hers.
She tried to laugh. II suppose he
told you nine or seven things
about me2''
Il didn't need anyone to tell me
about you, Sandy. I can see all
i want"
Yes! And for summer friend
ships one doesn't need TO go very
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THE TIMES
DAILY SIX
nv d. Wilbert. M. A

SCIENCE. Who invented
recently device for making a.
4 piano sound like an organ2
q. Law. What is relationship
by blood called?
8. CIvICS. How does q gov
ernor OF Alaska obtain his office?
4. ART Who was Prakiteles?
5. MUSIC. What is the tech
meal term for the singing Of a
sustained note, which is begun
softly, increased in volume and
then diminished again to q soft
sound?
s. HEALTH. What terrible
disease is transmitted by rats?
Answers to Yesterdays Questions
81. LITERATURE. 'GuIliver's
Travels" by Jonathan Swift.
g, HISTORY. Americas Vespu-
Gus, not Columbus, was supposed
at. the time to have discovered
a new part of the world.
8. GEOGRAPHY. At Singapore,
Straits Settlements.
4. BUSINESS. Because the
general prosperity depends upon
agriculture.
s. MANKIND. China.
6. HUMAN NATURE. DIR. Sig
mund Freud, an Austrian
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II can't say as I'm angry at
having found YOU
i saw you from my door.
wouldn't have kept YOU waiting,
but / went back to get this cut
0f my trunk He showed d little
package wrapped In newspaper.
They match your hat. II thought
Of them the first time You wore
IL. Aren't they exquisite? 4
picked them up in China and
have been casting about ever
since for the proper setting for
String of Jade
ii vas i string 81 Jade, the
beads 81 shimmering. water
green. most delicately carved.
sandy ran them through her.
fingers lovingly.
Put them onthey'n go over.
the hat.
she laughed. tried them and
took them OFF again. handing
Why don't you keep them,
Them
.sOh. did you mean them for
nae2 Very nice In you, my dear
It's not being done, is i
.sL should say not. Did yOl ever
see string like them? Won +
you take them. Sandy
"Of course not, Why should IL.
why shouldn't YOU give
them because / consider them
lovely and they would look beau
fifuI on you thought you were
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fore him the way Jack Horace
would do it made her feel strippsd
and shamed.
She had revealed herself a. =
capricious. audacious being one
who shrugged her shoulders In
debonair insolence ct froWnIng
favors as pIeases her royal whin1.
A Sham
Now he knew what q sham she
was. She was Inundated that ne
might think her slavish, living
with man; accepting support
from him when she didn't love
him.
But this resentment was now
vanishing. IL he thought this OF
her he would have to change his
opinion. She stood on the beach.
watching the swimmers. wonder.
ing where Worth might be.
She looked far out to where the
moon shower wavered on the
water. On nights like this she
and Jimmy had stood on the long
pier. How sweet 1t had been to
close her eyes, waiting for his
kiss. It made her piercingly lone
~ to recall those young, happy
hours.
Tonight the memory tainted
her. The air was so warm and
still: the night all spattsred with
the stars.
Long before she turned, she
knew it was Ramon,S step.
He saw at once that her pique
was over. He said, laughing:
Are you going in the water?"
"No-I'm just out for stroll.
In search OF me, Sandy?"
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Author of sChickie, = Ann
"Ann and PhiP' and
.sNOra Lee
BY EIenore Meherin,

CANDY got up and walked about
z - the room. swinging her shonl-
eaers with abandoned hilartty. II
don't know how It happened. But
it did that's the important thing.
He may have said something. I'm
not very careful letter
She turned her back quietly
tore the envelopes off Murilio's
letters. She knew exactly what
happened. And it was there. He
had written very completely. He
had reserved passage for them.
His orders were in those un
opened letters. What magnifi-
cent joke:
Mrs. Mcneil stroked her soft
double chin. She was sick with
nervousness.
Sandy said breeziIy: ooh, it's no
calamity, Isabella. He can wait
few. more weeks. I'll. cable that
I nlislaid his letter before / read
It or that forgot to open It..
'Youll do nothing of the kind.
Youth say the letter was lost in
the mails and we never received
it. How can you treat your htls-
band in this brazen, flippant man
ner?"
After all. mother. what. is it
that makes a man your husband?
Did you ever stop to consider
this? Do you think the words
that some third party said over
US made us man and wife? All
the ceremony on the earth can't
join together what the spirit sep
with Ben Murillo.'s
Hangdog Submission
''I tell you it's discontinued
already! 1.-The real ME-was
never Joined TO him. Can you
name any reason why he should
have perpetual claim?"
Mrs. McNeil's large, gentle eyes
filled: Nothing win discontinue
your marriage. Sandy. except
sandy. jerixed her head impa-
tiently. She knew she was only
bewiIdering her mother. She
wanted to stop. Yet she went on
talking. '.oh, Isabella, don't just
repeat all that toshi Tell me why
it's right or. beautiful for Iwo
people to make each other niser-
able for life. Why do you think
it pleasing 70 God that I at 20
be doomed to lifelong sordid un-
happiness? You'd shudder before
you'd hand me a dose Of poison,
wouldn't you? But that would be
q clean thing to do, for 1t would
only kill the body. You want me
to have my spirit slowly beaten
10 death. You think I'll be a
credit to the Creator of sun and
stars and gIadness If go around
In hangdog submission. ashamed
to look a decent person in the
face"
She glanced at her mother,
WINGED, stopped down and wiped
the hot, stained cheeks; kissed the
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Romance and the Thrill Of Young Love
Move Side By Side in This
Appealing Serial

law unto yourself Why do YOU
refuse because of 4 silly CONVEX
tion7
She shrugged
He insisted hesEfe rftered q
the n1erest frindshIr.
81 accept the friendship put & -
turn the beads
He looped them slowly froSvled
Re said, baffled / wanted YOU "a
have them. I'll offer them three
times and vouIl take them -
Caesar did the crown.
No, / won't take them because
hate to be given faYors
can't bear to feel grateful g
anyone even b very dear friend
Gould you bear to 90 Tor
drive with me 2''
she laughed Certainly
cause you're the one To be CRATE
fal for that!p
He was In the highest spirits
delighted that her resentment had
cooled: He missed her these tNo
days When she refused his III
vita1ions he became angry and
glun He meant. Of course
merely to have fascinating fir
tation with this tall, lovely girl
She would go home and he would
forget about her
CTo BE Continued Monday
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be a member of good clubs, and in
every way apparently above re-
proach. Every crook leads q
double life and for the success of
his calling one of these lives must
bear investigation and be found
all right!
When whiskers were in style,
clever CROOKS wore their weepers
In the most approved and beneY-
client style. Bank burglars. con"
men. forgers and thieves looked
as respectable as Honest Abe"
Lincoln, General Grant, Buffalo
Bill and the Smith Brothers.
Some adopted the resemblance
to much loved authors, like Dick.
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NOw GO on With the Storv

ample forehead where the hair
was damp and thin: Don't cry
about it, darling. Can't / even
talk
But Sandy went down lightly
enough--the mirth within her I'M
checked. She cabled to Murillo,
taking q wicked delight in spread
ing the words. He wished to
know why they hadn't arrived.
Certainly she would satisfy him.
:. Let him pay to learn. He'd been
stingy enough with ller-rubbing
stole. He compelled her to ask
for her barest needs.
She said: Sorry you were dis
appointed. Knew nothing Of any
reservations. Your letter prob
ably overlooked. Prefer to re-
main longer. sandy"
Wicked Delight
This mood continued as il her
disregard of him had suddenly
eliminated him from her life. She
felt free and happy.
Underneath, she thought: III
have another nQnth--I'll drag 1t
out at least that long. There's
no way he can get US back
sooner.
She went swimming that eve
ming riding on the waves. The
warm surf dashing against her
throat filled her with delight.
She rolled over. burying herself
I'm the waters.
She thought with exuberant,
defiant joy: I'm gIadi He can't
stop it! I'm ME! He cant
change itv'
And it now seemed preposterous
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horses is the pet hobby of the
victim he has in view, and so he
makes it point to know all he
can on the subject and then casu-
ally drop word, thereby making
the wedge that will cement a
friendship.
Patience is clever crooks
motto and he will take all the
time In the world to gain your
confidence. That's why he Is called
a confidence" man.
The cleverer crook is educated,
refined, likable! He makes every
effort to pass unnoticed among
those he intends to work!
He may live at the best hotel,
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deep. Besides, I'll soon be leav-
ing so It doesn't matter"
You're going back? I thought
you were to stay indefinitely. =
Did Jack say THAR
He colored: Yes He was o
little ashamed. But he noticed
the Wilderness of her lips, the de.
fiant tilt of her head. She had
unconsciously raised it, the
Swallowed eyes afIash. His eyes
exulted in her beauty. Her de-
fiance made him reckless. A
young, beautiful girl like this
married to a mean fellow that
she didn't love and who was rob.
bling her Of happiness and who
now tried to make her return
to him.
Ere guessed this was the un-
pleasant news she had received.
She had grown desperate with
the thought of return
Sandy bit her lips together.
He said: Are you angry be-
cause I met a friend of yours?'
Taunting
She looked at him coldly. mo.
But I'm not stupid. know what
a gossip Jack Horace is
You mean you think he talked
about you?"
IT know he did,
Listen. Sandy-he taIked-yes
but not to me. merely CHANGED
to hear it. Perhaps I shouldn't
have listened. couldn't help it.
I wanted to hear. was dying
to know about you. I've been
dying of curiosity ever since
met you. I've thought Of you
necessarily. There's no harm in
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: business to pass unsupported
among his victims!
A confidence man once said that
in his game a tinge of gray in the
hair was. most valuable, and a
bald head was worth a fortune!
He was so clever that after
swindling a man, he went back to
his victim. pleaded repentance, and
so won his confidence that he
pulled the trick again!
/ once spotted "a clever crook
knew singing in Billy Sundays
choir, and he looked more pious
than the Sunday school teacher
next to him! 50 e
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K EEPnNG FOOD
FRI SH
BY Hannah Wing
In Acknowledged Authority .
All Matters Pertaining %
Household Management


THERE IS certain group of
people that economies on
ice during the winter at the e1
peuse OF food supply. and anotlief
group lives where ice is not aVul1s
able iii winter. but plenty Of clean.
cold air ab0unds.
Both groups, however. mus
exercise extra vigilance e the
winter foods that are usually kept
III ice boxes are to remain IA any
thing like as good cOndi ki0n -
winter as In summer.
Uneyenness Of Temperature r.
the chief. drawback to food pres
ervation without ice. All manner
OF clever window boxes have been
devised, but these, like uncertain
friends. blow hot and cold at
intervals,
Cooked left.oyers, milk fresh
meat and fish, butter, eggs. let.
tuce and other perisnabIe fUOds
from the market ordinarily re-.
ouire low but not freezing tern
perature for safekeeping In the
properly managed refrigerator
steady. even temperature less than
so degrees f.. but above 81 de-
grees H.. should be maintained
without q refrigerator sOna rs
subjected TO the varying eeaiioera
lures Of the atmosphere.
The window-siIl cold boxes LOT
food have been arranged 80 that
the windows may be raised and
lowered at win. They have been
made close fitting 50 that there
Is little chance for dust to enter
Out-of-doors cold boxes for food
are excellent in some ways, but
they must be given proper e
tention. One of their chief draw
backs is uneveness OF tempera
ture. Food placed in them may
sometimes be frozen at night
while on the other hand. In the
middle part OF the day il the
box is exposed directly to the
sun, the temperatures much above
10 degrees Fahrenheit may en-.
danger the food that IL being
stored
IF the cold box is placed on
the north side OF the house Il
will not vary so much In teIla
perature. but it must be watched
and any food likely 70 be injured
by freezing when drop In tenn
perature is predicted must be
moved to a safer place.
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ems, Emerson and Edgar Allen

ems, Emerson and Edgar Allen
Poe.
The women--confidence queens,
blackmailers, shoplifterS and pick
pockets, look as comely and kind
and respectable as Queen Victoria
and Louise NJ. Alcott.
So it is safe these days to sus-
pect a man though he look as re-
spectacle as Silent Cal Coolidge,
big good-natured Bill Taft. Henry
Ford, even old Nellie While the
women are working rugged up as
respectable as a Senator's wife or
a Gold Star Mother!
A clever crook can mimic a mil
lionaire or mill hand and it's his
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Ry FAY KING

The world lis full of crooks and
while the honest man hesitates to
suspect anybody-he should also
hesitate to trust anybody!
One cannot be too careful--and
the cleverer the crook the smarter
the people he victimizes!
While the honest sucker is read
ing detective stories or getting a
kick out of crook play, the crook
himself is reading the encyclopedia
or other edifying volumes brush.
ing up on topics that will give
him information to meet the peo-
pie he intends to swindle.
1t may be that breeding Morgan
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WHEN DID TT
HAPPEN?

l. When was the ancient city
of Xanthus, in Asia, taken by
the Romans?
2. When was Mozart's opera,
The Magic Flute" first pro.
duced?
3. When was the battle of the
Yalu, between China and Japan?
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This Day III l4istO Org

y4Is N az annersary Of the capture che French 1909
81 ararossa the Spanish city, which name III history
trouoh The hero defenders The French were finally
defeated by the Duke Of Wellington
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Sandy il Movies

SANDY soon win BE seen III
many Of the leading Washing
ton tllealers. The Fox Film
Corporation already has started
production.
Madge BeIIallly shorn Or her.
luxurious tresses. has been
selected Tor the part Of the
red-Eeaded. bob haired. flaming
Sandy 2
SANDY will make her screen
debut while the story Is run.
ming III The Washington Times.
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Nine Days San Francisco to Chicago

TT took the days from San Francisco
to Chicago train sleeping dining cars The
they could brought food ate
stations.
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ANSWERS
To Yesterdays Questions

TO Yesterdays QuestlOns
l. Zoe, the Byzantine Empress,
lived in the 18th century.
2. Sir Christopher Wren was
appointed surveyor general Of all
royal works in 1869.
3. The harbor of Pango-Pango,
Samoa. was granted to the United
States as a coaling station in
1872.
New Britain herald., 1926-10-30
DOINGS IN FOREIGN CAPITALS
BERLIN
Fake Student Duels For Tourists Staged Throughout the Rhine land.

Berlin Oct. 30.--LPl- Fake student duels, staged for the benefit Of tourists who want to see the real" German university life. have sent the police a cleanup campaign throughout the Rhineland. An American, visit ing his former home in the Rhineland exposed the fraud to the police.
 Six roadhouse keepers Heidelberg, Frankfort and Cologne have been arrested. They are charged with collecting admission fees ranging from twenty-five cents to one dollar to witness the duels which tourists were told were regularly fought in the roadhouse court yards by members of student fraternities.
 Police found professional duelists, posing as students, fighting in jackets stained with blood represented as having flowed from wounds received in immediately previous en- counters The blood that of chickens The police found also there was no surgical reason why the heads of duests were swathed in bandages
New Britain herald., 1926-10-30
KING GOES RIDING NOW

King George, after nearly two months away from London again has taken up horseback riding i'll Hyde Park. much to the qualification of numerous visiting Americans.
 The king goes on his morning constitution al usually before eight o'clock. The early hour however, does not keep American tour ists and visitors from the provinces from al ways being on hand to get a glimpse of the monarch as he gallops along Rotten Row, ap- parently quite alone his equerry and a groom being many yards behind.
 King George does not always speak or nod to those in the park. He likes to make believe he is not noticed at that hour of the morning any more than scores of other riders. But if an individual, or a group, stares at him. Or appears to recognize him by raising hats the king acknowledges the tribute by slight bow This Is the recompense said to be sought by American sightseers as it gives them some- thing to write about
New Britain herald., 1926-10-30
HE PREFERS BRUNETTES-

Sir John Lavery. who is reputed to have painted more portraits of American million naires than any other artist, while putting in good word for blondes. says he prefers Amer ican brunetteS.
 Sir John and Lady Lavery, just back from the states had such a good time in New York and Pittsburgh that they are planning anoth- CT visit within the next few months.
 Sir John believes that numerous valuable oil paintings In the United States are being damaged or ruined by the ravages of the heat arising from steam radiators.
 T doubt" said the artist, 'whether the climate of the United States Is any more in- furious to works of arts than that of Europe, but l do believe the over-heated dry atmos- phere of museums and residences in which there are oil paintings and tapestries cannot be other than a serious menace.
 Sir John asserted that in the art Of mechanical reproduction and illustration the United States had little to learn from other countries. The illustrated daily and weekly newspapers were characterized as 'marvels of excellence and perfection"