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There are antique sofas and antique
sofas, but this is one of the latter.
1t started life rather pessimistically,
'tis true. 1t had itself upholstered
in stir black horsehair. In this
gloomy state it graced somebody's dis
NAL front parlor for many years.
Finally it was cast into the. discard
and later sold to a lady of discrimi-
mating taste who loved old furniture,
no matter how dark it's past had
been She he'd the old upholstering
ripped off entirely, and the ugly black
frame scrasei and waxed and polished
till ths warm brown walnut fairly
glowed.
Then she had It reupholstered and
covered with a frivolous old blue
chintz patterned with large pink roses
and soft green leaves.
And now the old sofa has settled
comfortably down to a plump and
chep, old age,
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THE PALAIS ROYAL
GOLDENRERG'S
MARYLAND (Continuedl
WEST VIRGINIA.

CHARLES TOWN. A. 1. Grandstaff
CLARkSBTRG. Parsons-Souders Co.
CLARKSBI RG, Roberts Hdwe. Co.
FAIRMO<T. j. l.. Hall Hdwe. Co.
MARTINSBVFRG. F. A. Minor
NORGANTOWN. Morgantown Hdwe. Co
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. A. +. Boswell
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In subscribing toward the District $
memorial to its World War veterans,
you give rein to the highest feelings
within you, and ally yourself with
heroes. DO your share-they did theirs.
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a whaler from far i
once trained two enormous young
=;
BY rigging up )
At the ends Of their =
lie found he could weather all j.
|. An Australian state.
> They live in the sea, but they
are not fish.
3. Triangular pieces of canvas.
L. Man is one of the few animals
which hasn't them.
). Storms.
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A cat in despondency cried
And resolved to commit suicide;
He got under the wheels
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And. after the last one. he died.
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Paris feminine fad of wearing
heavy gold chains about head and
wrist is said TO have been originated
IN. q LITTLE girl who went from the
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, CovingtOn g. Peyton
CREWE, Sydnor Grocery Co.
CUkPEPER, YoWell Co.
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FALLS CHURCH. H. E. Brown
FARMyILLE. Paulett Crockery Co.
HAMPTON. Lee Hwde. & Sporting Goods Co.
HARRISONBURG, Hawkins Hdwe. Co.
HERNDON, c. M. budding
LEXINGTON. r. s. Anderson & Co.
LURAY. Smiths Hdwe. Store
LYNCHBURG. Baley-Spencer Hdwe. Co.
LYNCHBURG. McGehee Furniture Co.
MIDDLETOWN. r. A. Kline & Bro;
NEWPORT NEWS. c. G.. & J. w: Robinson
NORFOLK, Fowler Stove & Roofing Co..
NORFOLK, Miller. Rhodes 4 Schwartz. Inc.
NORFOLK, Max Schwan. Inc.
PETERSBURG. Joyner Hdwe. Co.
PORTSMOUTH. Harry Land
PUROEILVILLE. Edw. z. Nichols
RICHMOND. Miller & Rhodes
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Pnhlic Holiday

I The date Of the maximum food Is
calculated by the Ministry of Public
Work nowadays, instead Of by the
high priests of ancient times, and
that date is declared public holi-
day.
! All government offices are closed
and in tho afternoon a picturesque
felucca, with a great triangular sail
like a sharks fin, gaily decorated
with flags and flowers, sails to the
site of the mouth Of the old Khalig
canal from a point a mile or two
further down tho river. senior gov
ernment officials, notables and two
or three bands. AS the felucca starts
on it's little trip q salute Of twenty
, one guns is fired. another similar
ssalute is given as 1t passes under a
bridge half way along the route, and
third salvo is fred when it reaches
! the canal mouth. Before mooring
the felucca sails round before the
Nilometer when a final salute Of
seventeen guns Is fired. The Egyp-
tians like lots Of noise when cele-
bratlng,
I The annual ceremony takes place
at a spot near the old canal mouth,
where there still stands part of a
( Saracen aqueduct of massive stone
/ and graceful pointed arches. Here
great pavilion Of gally tenting with
Arabesque designs Is erected for the
reception OF the king or his ma
jestys representative. high officials
tand foreign notables, Upon the ar
rival Of the kings representative an
The Indianapolis times., 1926-10-15
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The Indianapolis times., 1926-10-15
3-YEAR WEATHER
FORECAST FROM
SPOTS ON SUN
Official Bureau DepIoreS
Success of Amateur
Prophet.

BU NEA Serrice
WASHINGTON. Oct. 15.-Every
lime there is a heavy storm any
where in the western hemisphere,
Herbert Janvrin Browns stock goes
up and the United States weather
bureau decides the party Is Il bust
and wishes it hadn't come.
Herbert Janvrin Brown is "A sort of
unofficial weather prophet lie in
sists that by studying sun spots he
can tell in n, general sort of way
what the weather will be like as far
as three years ahead
The weather bureau insists that
he cannot. Nor can any other man,
say the Government experts. Long
distance forecasting, they say, Is not
possible.
But Brown is unruffled. He had
predicted that the summer and fall
of 1926 would be tempestuous and
chilly. and he says that the next
winter will come early and stay late.
Accordingly, whenever there Is a
heavy storm anywhere tin the
eyes of a lot of people-bears out
Browns contentious.
The Florida hurricane. followed
closely by a similar storm away off
in Paraguay. are the latest. Brown
remarks the freakiest weather yet"
and continues to predict bad wealth
or. And the weather bureau, still as
tnsistent as ever that he doesn't
know what he's talking about. has
to admit that Florida did have n
hurricane.
Brown made a speech before the
thirteenth annual business confer.
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other salute of nineteen guns is fired,
and the. grand cadi of Egypt writes
out an official document declaring
that as the Nile flood has reached
its maximum height, the govern
ment may collect taxes from land
owners in accordance with the law
This document is witnessed by the
Grand Sheikh and the highest re-
iglous dignitaries of the land. Pray
ers are then recited for the con-
tinuance of the life-giving blessing of
water.
This official and religious ceremony
being terminated, the rejoicings be-
gin with feasting and fireworks and
music, which last until the early
morning.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-10-15
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

ence at Wellesley Hills, Mass, re-
Gently
The summer of 1926-27, which is
winter here but summer south of
the equator, will be mighty chilly
south of the line. he predicted. And
In this northern hemisphere. he went
on, the summer of 1927 will be an
equally frosty one.
Therell be torrid spells. he ad-
mitted, but enough cold ones, he as
serted, to kill the crops.
What frets the weather depart
ment is that Brown has enough dis
ciples to give his forecasts a market
effect. Hard-headed houses in Chi
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cago, it reports. which may not be-
heve in him bit, nevertheless have
TO pay due attention to his predic-
tions because prices fluctuate as he
hands out his hints. His forecasts
are quite widely accepted at par by
farmers, and even the White House
The Indianapolis times., 1926-10-15
| WAS A LUCKY TRIP
Suffering From Loss of Memory
Man Wanders to Home Town.

BU NE4 Nerricc
SIOUX FALLS, S. D., Oct. 15.-
For more than two years Ned Han
son, a wealthy farmer, wandered
over the United States, after having
suffered a lapse of memory. The
other day. an old neighbor Of Han
sons recognized him as he was be
ing carried through the city by
motorist from Jackson, Mimi, who
had given him a lift.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-10-15
OCT. Is, 1926

the cash register. Recently the cash
register of a mountain lodge refused
TO work. Investigation revealed
quantities of melon and other seeds
stored in It's innards by the white
footed deer mice living in the lodges
walls.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-10-15
FLOOD OF NILE
IS CELEBRATED
WITH FEAST|NG
Human Beings Sacrificed
Years Ago in Quaint
Festival.

Bg. United Press
CAIRO, Oct. 15.-From time i'm
memorial the rise Of the Nile, which
is the very life of Egypt. has been
celebrated by religious festivals. and
the same cutsom is observed by the
modern Egyptians. The festival
takes place when the Nile reaches
its maximum height. The flood is
still measured at Cairo by the an
cient Nilometer, which Is situated at
the end Of the island Of Roda and
nearly opposite the spot where, ac-
c)rding to Moslem tradition, Moses
was found by Pharoah's daughter.
The Nilometer Is a simple column
Of stone, about thirty feet high,
erected in a well-like, domed cham
Ner into which the river water en-
ters. A rise Of twenty-six feet Is a
good average flood.
Is Tax Register =
According to tradition no taxes can
be collected until the height Of the
flood has been ascerualned, for taxa
tlon used to be arranged on q sliding
scale according to the height regis
tered, another ancient custom dating
back to the very dawn Of Egyptian
history.
In Pharaonic times, the festival of
the Nile Hood was known as "The
Night Of the Drop" when it was be-
lleved that the tears of Isis, weeping
for Osiris, caused the river to over
flow. Offerings Of various kinds were
thrown into the Nile and in very an
Client times, there were human sacri-
fees, for, according to Moslem tradi-
tion a virgin was thrown into the
river as a. bride for the divinity Of
the Nile. Although these ancient
practices have been transformed
;stnce the Arab conquest nearly four
teen centuries ago, the spirit re-
mains, and every year the modern
Egyptians celebrate the flooding of
,the sacred river with religious ritual
and rejoicings.
Until a few years ago the Cairo
district was supplied with the life
giving element by the Khalig canal
which was opened at the flood and
scaled again when the river dropped
below O. certain level. Although this
canal is now a road with electric
trans running along 1t. the cere-
mony is still carried out every year,
and Is known as the Cutting Of the
Khalig." - -..
The Indianapolis times., 1926-10-15
MICE IN CASH BOX
Register Refuses to Work; Clogged
With Food Supplies.

BU Nh NTITEF
LONGMIRE, Wash, Oct. IS
Mice have found another use for
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Synopsis of Preceding Chapters.
CIDONIA. daughter of Lame Liza
y the towns sorceress, is saved from
being burned for a witch by a mys-
FERROUS knight in armor, who aDan
dons her ON her doorstep without
even so much as saying a word TO her'
That night she solaces her dlsap--
pointment in the towns underworld
hrothel. known as the Thieves
Kitchen" while he losses about on
straw pallet wondering now ne can
meet her again Morning nnus hIr az,
tending the spectacle OF young Loru
Gervais' victorious entrance into the
town. Something in his eyes lures
her TO view the thanksgiving for MS
safe return in a neighboring church;
where she is set upon by the mop anu
spared by Sabine. the young iord
steDmother who connives to use the
witch girl and her nostrums to en-
slave the affections of her stepson.
Sidonia. under her patrons protec-
ton. concocts a love philtre, but as
she presses il TO the young lords lips
i'll the srclusion of Sabines chamber,
he recognizes in her the elusive object
of his hearts desire. and she is
forced to suffer his embraces before
she escapes as Sabine enters.
Apprised now of his stepmother's
amorous intentions. the young lord
ensembles his disgust and flees as
soon as possible into the secret pas
sages of his fathers home 10 quest
of the runaway maiden. lie mus ner
in the tower. But Sabine. divlnlng
his purpose and spurred by Jealousy,
arouses the household against the
pair. declaring that Sidonia has be-
witched the young lord and should
die for it. In the fight that follows,
Sidonia disappears through a secret
entrance through which her feet
stumble into the holy counts subter-
ranean chamber. from which she
eventually escapes into the light OF
day.
"Everything is now finished" 81
donna persuades herself. Before she
dies for love of the young lord. how
ever. she must first put her mother
out of the way. Fate forestalls her.
Lame Liza dies in her sleep. Now
comes the tremulous journey to the
neighhoring suicide pool. But her
purpose is denied The witch maiden
hears the footsteps of Gervais' charger
approaching. and just as she launches
herself into space his arm encircles
her. Her tongue now loosened. she
reveals to him the dreadful purpose
of her actions She can't marry him,
she says. because she is the promised
bride of Satan. But he assuages her
fears by pledging to remove this last
barrier to their happiness by Staying
the Prince of Evil. As a symbol of
this determination. Gervais and ST.
donna draw the blood from their
wrists and mix it. Then into the
murky depths of the subterranean
vault beneath the cathedral they 20
hand in hand. Here she tells him is
the place where her tryst with Satan
is to be held And in the midst of
the blssphemous rites of Devil wor-
ship the young lords sword finds its
victim. But he does not know that
il has passed into the bosom of his
own father until Arnold. the holy
count. struggling out of the dungeon,
reveals himself as the master of the
towns Devil WOrshippers.
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was Ike the recurrent beat of
music. None of the creatures she
had known before were with her
now-serpents and leopards, satyrs
and composite things, aerial de-
mons, bare idol-figures and the
passion bound simulacra of
suicides.
But a marvellous, pure bird
with a thin ring of golden flame
about its head lowered very high
above, and she thought that she
could hear it singing, lark-fashion.
There was no pain, there was no
fear. Everything was just as it
should be, and, in its inevitable
Towering, lovely as Summer.
She was not alone. She heard,
and saw. and smelled flower-odors.
She was most happy.
"Show light here! There she
is"
"Zounds. she's deaf and blind.
The Devils drawn the soul out of
herr'
elias he? Wen burn what's
leftw
These were like voices coming
through many thicknessess. Or
voices heard only in the mind.
SidOnia closed her eyes, shutting
out all the real yet unearthly love-
illness that encompassed her. She
was sinking, gently. 1t was like
a return to sleep and dreaming
after an awakening of brief dura-
ton. But had if been brief?
She opened her eyes. Crude
freight fell across them. Fire.
She must burn. She blinked,
dazzled. and then looked upward
Good morning, witch! All here,
body and soul?"
"Shut your mout..! Don't bait
her. D'you see those eyes? They
could put a curse on man."
Above the girls ..--d square
opening gaped where a solid trap
door had been heaved open. Two
faces 1ecred down, and a shower
of lurid light was split into the
prison-pit.
"Here, witch, Stand up and
dress yourself"
Something was dropped through
the APERTURE coarse smock,
yellow-white. Sidonia got inn
mcdiatcly to her feet. She slipped
the smock over her head, clumsily,
but with a certain tranquil deliber-
atcness, and it clothed her to
the ankles. She looked up again.
She was not aware of exhaustion,
bruised flesh, or any faintness.
Her body was light, and seemed
insensitive as a numbed limb. Part
Of her was here, in the prison-pit,
the slime-bed, but part Of her was
in the region of the slime-born
lilies whose cups were filled with
sweetness, and far, far above
which the pure bird lowered.
simultaneously she was asleep and
dreaming strangely and darkly,
and awake.
A rope came dangling through
the trap-opening.
Come up, witchw
Obediently she gripped it with
both hands, waiting.
"Zoundsl She acts like a
lambr" said one of the two above,
hoarsely, to his mate.
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X TIGHT. How long had the
IN night endured - how long
would it endure? But there
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whose breathing had become slow
and regular. ''For this was |
born" She was thing apart; a
forest herb whose very sap of life
is the venom of death. She loved
Gervais: she must burn.
The squeal of a rat, the first
sound since her own low cutlery,
stabbed the soundlessness that
pressed weightily in upon the ears.
There was quick, furtive rustic,
that yet seemed very loud. Rats
larger than half-grown kittens
were found in such prison-pits as
this. They were ravenous, savage,
packed with amazing strength and
energy. Condemned persons left
overlong, and weakened by the
wounds of torture, had been at
tackled by them. Some said over
whelmed and completely devoured.
Sidonia heard the squeal and the
rustic, and they meant nothing to
her, nothing. She sat in the dark
ness on the fclted straw-pad, and
now and again the great rats
shrieked and scuttled.
'For this was | born" An in
expressible peace was settling upon
her. 1t was like night-blue
cloud, profound as the abyss in
which the stars were suspended
after the manner Of small silver
lamps. Profounder than the depths
she had visioncd when she SCARED
upward on the winged black
horse. And then a species of with
drawal, a gradual detachment. as
of self from self. Was she rising?
Was she outside her mcagrc,
motionles body as well AZ within it?
Oh, she could see, At least with
the eyes of the risen self. that
seemed to stand erect, trcading as
if upon swans down. Wonderful
flowers were growing round her,
rooted in foctid slime and in dark.
noisome hollows, like the water
lilies whose white, thick-pctallcd
chalices are filled with an inef-
fable odor.
There was a winnOWing as Of
great wings, and shadows and rain
bows passed alternately over her
Bubbles floated, rising and falling,
and in each was mirrorcd some
scene of life that stirred ike n
pulse, and fluctuatcd.
She saw figures she recognized.
men and women of the town, tiny.
active and distinct. They ccsticu-
lated, laughed, argued. wcpt,
prayed. She recognized Niolaine,
who was lying flat on a bed with
her face pressed into a feather
pillow. And Sabine, who was be-
ing attired in black garmncts by
two girls in a room whore candles
burned, and who leaned first on
one girl and then on the other,
fitting back her head as though she
were about to faint. And Gcrvais,
He was bound like a captive, and
looked fully at her. She loved him.
and because of this love nothing
could really separate them. In
deed, he was actually with her.
among the lily-flowers that drew
their beauties from the slime. For
she was not the witch's daughter,
here, where the bubbles of life
floated, and the shadows and rain
bows followed each other in ac-
cordance with some rhythm that
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CHAPTER XXXVI.

K TIGHT. How long had the
IN night endured - how long
would it endure? But there
could be no morning with its up
springing of the heart and golden
arrows of light out of the east.
At times it was difficult for ST.
donia to realize that she was not
already dead. She was blind, for
the palpable blackness pressed its
fingers upon her eyes. She was
cold as an uncoffined corpse thrown
into a trench in the ground must
surely be.
A weight lay on her breast, for
what air there was was in itself
sort of suffocation; it resembled
foetid fluid, long stagnant. She
was deaf, for no sound came to her
ears .. Yet she was
aware of the harsh and vilely sod
den litter that her body pressed,
and of the thick stencil, in which
darkness and the sickly faint Of
decay were mingled nauseus odors.
And then her mind was stirring
like a hurt thing fumbling to lick
is wounds and sores. She wished
that she could quieten it, but that
was impossible, and its feverish
movements increased.
This rotting dark was timeless,
yet-sometime-those who had
cast her where she was would
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draw her forth, and that would be
death.
She raised herself suddenly half
upright upon the mat of reeking
straw with which the place was
bedded down. ire,-her naked
body began to shudder, and the
teeth chartered in her head. The
blackness was flame-painted--
long. hot flames that shot up and
thickened.
"Now she said out loud. "Oh,
no-now
Her own voice fell extraordi-
narily upon her hearing. 1t was
like some other person's-some
person in great distress. 1t silenced
her. She sat up on the pad of
straw with her arms crossed over
her breasts to still her shivering
Events. scenes, crowded in upon
her madly, as though she were
drowning. She saw the high
cavern of the Cathedrals interior,
the candle-lit faces, the gigantic
pals OF shadow
She heard the cries. And she
had torn herself from the young
lord to go to her enemies, and
then had fallen. She had
blurred remembrance, that was
like a dream of sickness, of
torches. harsh hands. and a shock
that had partlv stunned. That
must have been when they cast
her from above into the place
where she now was. How many
hours had ELAPSED since then-or
was it only a short while?
She sat shiverinr. The stencil
had substance. Il was almost
nhvsical being that enveloped her
administration. The dark was
solid also.
Five
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oven over The snasr Of ber foar
ro, = livid tim6Iess instant-nor-
dition's etarnitv on ninnoint-
She touched the ycry bottom of
terror's pit. and her heart seemed
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Tie WtCh Maiden 4Dulae Dea7ueJ

II don't like it. l thought one
Of us would have to drop into that
kennel and truss her properly and
toss her up to the other"
We're saved trouble. But
she's too quiet. I'll bet she's
worse than a bad one."
"She's dangerous"
They began to draw up the bur-
dened rope. Then one, leaning
forward, caught the hanging girl
by the arm and in a moment she
was hauled through and sprawled
on the wooden flooring like part
drowned cat drawn from well.
Raising herself weakly, she lifted
her eyes to the two men and they
crossed themselves, for in the
great onyx gaze of them there
appeared to, be neither sight nor
fear.
Only the torch lit the circular
room that was above the prison.
pit, but the night was over and
gone.
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