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grew stern. az Mary Rose never
had seen 1t before In all her life.
You mean Mr.. Hilary Dexter
The man you work for% she
asked. shaking her head, with its
coils of gray hair, as II she
couldn't believe it.
Mary Rose nodded. Her lips
framed the word, Yes" She be-
gan to feel guilty and ashamed as
she often had when she was d
little girl, and her mother had
scolded her for some baby naNghti-
ness or other.
How long have you known
about this?" Mrs. Middleton
asked, severely. She was no
longer the meek little mother
whose daughters took charge of
her bank account and ordered her
to bed when she wanted to sit up
and snoozed in her chair. She
had become In the twinkling of
an eye, the Head Of her Family,
once more.
"I've known it for q long
time" Rose admitted. 1--WE
wanted to tell you about it time
and time again. But knew
that II you scolded F'lossie about
it, she'd leave home"
"Nonsense!" her mother said
sharply. She never had any
money to leave home on. You
know, yourself, that she hardly
ever paid her board! After she'd
bought all the clothes she needed,
she had barely enough for her
lunches
What she said was true. Flos.
sic never saved more than two
or three dollars out of her weekly
twenty. In the jargon of the
day she put everything she
made on her back"
1T never stopped to think Of
that" Mary Rose murmured
family.
Whats probably happened Is
that she's run off with that min
compoop Of Sam Jessupr' Mrs.
Middleton went on shrewdly. She
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Got me fired down at Dexter's
because i knew too much abont
her an the boss! She's dumb;
but not 30 dumb that she'd ever
come around here! You better
ask Dexter where she is
Ands she slammed the door In
Toms face.
Il wonder IL she could be with
Dexter X Mary Rose won
dered as they turned TOWARD
honle
At IL o'clock when she tele-
phOned Dexter's house, he was
still out But to her enormous
relief, when she rang up again
at I, the man servant informed
her that he had come In and
gone to bed.
Double Life.
Mrs. Middleton broke down then.
'There's nothing II do but let the
police know, and AK them to find
her. she cried into her hand
kerchief. II know nv girls been
MURDERED she rocked to and
fro in her little old rocking
Z A1t<L449 LIE s(CcA - &AOll4l4S NkOWA UCk7
small. wrinkled face.
Don't be foolish, Motherr' Tom
soothed her, patting her shoulders
as he spoke. Who'd murder
F'lossie!g
How do we know? Mrs. Mid
dletol asked him wildly. Here.
she's been leading this double life
OF hers-with Sam Jessup on one
side and this Dexter on the other!
How do we know whom she
knows, or what she does? We
don't know anything about her!
To think that a child Of mine
could lie to me the way Flossie
hast
It was too much for her. She
cried and cried, and neither Tom
nor Mary Rose could stop her.
Finally Tom went out to his car
for his bag and after long ar.
gument, persuaded her to take a
sleeping powder. Mary Rose put
her to bed, and then went down
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shout OF scornfuI laughter with
which F'lossie would have greeted
this stilted message. He must
nave birds on his aerial to write
q thing like that she would
probably have said. giggling deris-
ivelv.
You know who wrote that let
ter, don't you. Mary Rose?" Mrs.
Middleton asked her. SO suddenly
that she gave a start.
YES, mother, I do know" she
said, folding the paper and put
ting it back into its envelope.
She saw now that she should
have told her mother about Flos-
sic and Mr.. Dexter long ago-As
long ago as the day last spring,
when F'lossie had come to her to
boast that the Big Boss 10 rum
ming around in circles about mel!
And what Tom had said a while
ago was the solemn truth. "A
mother has every, right to know
all about her family. it's deeds
and it's misdeeds.
Suppose that Mrs. Middleton,
living her pure and sheltered life,'
was Fashioned. She was not too
old-fashioned to understand about
the sinfulness of Flossie's love
affair with a married man.
Sin Old-Fashioned
For sin was old.fashioned, too.
There was nothing on the face Of
the earth older than sin!
Ever since the days of the Gar
den of Eden, when Eve came
running to show Adam the apple,
women had held out the fruit. of
desire to men. And Flossie MID.
dleton, with her uncorseted body,
her rolled stockings, and her
tempting, painted mouth, was
only another daughter of Eve!
"Mr. Dexter wrote It," Mary
Rose said, tapping the letter with
her forefinger. He's been crazy
about Floss for perfect ages. I
should have told you
Her mothers face whitened and
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GtYou should have told her the
4 whole thing, long ago." Tom
said grimly. He held her by both
arms. as he lifted her down from
he automobile. You haven't
any business keeping things from
your mother. It's her right to
Knaw what's happening TO her
famiiyr'
Mary Rose stared at him for
a moment. That's just what she
said to me. tonightss she answered
In q low tone. She was crying
because she said FIossfe and I'd
shut her out of our lives-that we
never told her anything never
needed heri She said the world
was changing and that mothers
have gone out Of fashion"
Mrs. Middleton was waiting for
them when they opened the door.
Size was standing like statue,
halfway UP the stairs, gripping
the bannisters with one of her
small. hari, work-worn hands.
Her face with its tired blue eyes
was gray white.
you know F1ossie's gone" she
Eaid.
= f1er voice was low, AHA nat ana
e--en, but somehow there was in
II the keen note of agony that is
the cry of a mother-bird wI1eT.
one of her fiedglings falls from
The nest.
And instead of answering, Mary
Rose burst into tears.
Mother. its my faultp' she
cried. wringing her hands. II
should have told you about 1t,
long agor'
Her mother looked at her, plain
" puzzled. You knew she was
going?" she asked. incredulously.
you knew she was going and
YOU didn't tell me2"
Telegram
Mary Rose shook her head.
No" she began. and then at
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TRY THE TIMES
D ALLY
SIX

j. Literature. Which book by
Sir Thomas Moore gives life
like description of an ideal COM
monwealth?
2. History. What English king
was beheaded in 1919?
3. Geography. How long is
the Panama Canal?
4. Business. What is the value
Of the goods manufactured
annually in the United States?
5. Mankind. Which IL prefer
able for securing moral reform
legislation or a change In public
sentiment?
6. Human Nature. What Is
meant by inductive reasoning?
Answers TO Yesterdays Questions
l. Science. About ninety-three
million miles.
2. Law. When the parties have
no intention to receive or deliver
she thing stipulated In the con-
tract.
8. Civics. An adherent to
political party who claims the
right to vote Independently.
4. Art. Lorenzo Ghiberti Q37S-
1859, a Florentine.
8. Music. The art Of combin>
ing musical themes or melodies
to be performed together.
6. Health. Blood from an
artery comes out in jets or Spurts'
blood from a vein flows smoothly
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came down the stairs and took
Dexter's letter away from Mary
Rose. You can see from tilis
letter that she's quarreled with
this man, and she's probably
getting even with him by clipping
with Sam! Biting off her nose
to spite her face, ia other words
She moved toward the tele-
phone table as she spoke.
We did phone Sam, Mother"
Tom told her. And his land
lady said he was out for the
evening. So, it's not likely that
he's run off with Flossie."
And this DexterY You called
him, too, I suppose?" asked Mrs.
Middleton, and he nodded.
Then there's just one place
where she could have goneand
that's to Alice James," she de-
cided. I'll call up and find
out.
wouldn't it be better to go
around and see If she's there?"
asked Mary Rose. IF she's de-
cided to leave home it must be
because she's peeved at, me. We
had a little spat this morning.
IqI 90 with Tom, and If she's
there, I'll bring her home"
Dumb
When she and Tom reached the
little "four-fami1y apartment
where Alice James had her tiny
fiat, he ran up the steps of the
porch and rang the bell, while.
Mary Rose waited for him in the
carr
Hello, you big pill-and-plaster
man" she heard Alice greet him.
81 thought you'd be dropping
around to see me one of these
days, IL 1 waited long enough"
Tom interrupted her gruffly.
~''I came to see If Flossie Middle
toms here" he said, and Alice
laughed shrilly.
well, / should say she isn't:
She knows better than to show
her face around here!" she de-
clared in her thin little voice.
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M@MGEsza


rest, bodily and physically there
is the desire for the stimulus of
change; and there is the longing
for pleasure.
But physicians very often pre-
scribe sea air as beneficial not
only for fatigue but for various
diseases.
Iodine i'm Sea Air
The beneficial effect Of sea air
over and above the air of the In
land has been ascribed to It's
purity, to the presence of cleo
tricity. finally. to an Increased
quality of ozone condensed
oxygen)
All these factors certainly play
an important role in the cure OF
diseases.
But of greater Importance is
the presence in the sea air of
certain chemical elements, which
are present in larger qualities
in the open sea, as compared to
the land atmosphere.
OF special interest and import
ance is the presence of iodine in
the sea air.
The water of the ocean con-
taina a large quantity of iodine.
Iodine may be present In the
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water in different forms, some
soluble and others insoluble.
The researches Of distinguished
scientists have shown that iodine
may be found in the sea water In
all these varieties.
It has also been shown that,
the total quantity Of iodine re-
mains constant in the different
layers of water. although Its
chemical composition varies ac-
cording to the depth Of the sea.
Thus soluble iodine, which Is
fixed in the sea by different hv.
ing organisms and plants, is
found more towards the surface
Of the water. This is due to- the
fact that the sea weeds, which
take up the iodine of the sea and
fix it in their, cells, live only at
levels where the sun can pene-
trate. Beneath 1900 feet the sea
water contains very little of liv-
ing organisms.
Invigorating Quality
According to the findings Of
Gautier, it would appear that
only organic iodine is present in
the air. He found that at the
temperature of freezing, the air
of Paris contains 0.0013 MILL
grams of iodine.
The air examined In the open
sea at a., distance OF forty-five
miles from the, shore contains
.0.0t67 milligrams of iodine.
Thus, the air in the open sea
contains thirteen times more
iodine as compared to the air OF
a city.
The iodine is thrown off into
the air by sea weeds. They
come to the surface of the water
and project into the air their
spores and other parts of their
structure.
The iodine Of the air is thus.
fixed by these organisms float
ing in the atmosphere.
The large quantity of iodine
present in the sea air Is largely
Responsible for the invigorating
qualities of the sea climate.
That k because iodine not only
stimulates the normal functions
of the body, but because 1t Is not
favorable to the growth Of germs.
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The Fortune Hunter" by
Ruby Ayres.
The Auction Block" by Rex
Beach.
"Beauty's Worth" by Sophie
Kerr.
Sisters" by Kathleen Norris.
Wine Of Life" by Arthur
Stringer.
Back Pay" by Fannie Hurst.
THE Streets Of Ascalon," by
Robert w. Chambers.
THE wild Goose" by. Gouver.
neur Morris.
For Love-" by Ruby Ayres.
"Birthright," by Kathleen Nor
ris.
When a Girl Marries." by Ann
Lisle.
Tho Woman God Changes"
by Dom Byrne.
1.-The Inside OF the Cup" by
Winston Churchill.
1.-The Love Came" by Virginia
Terhune Van de Water.
Rum Running In Washing
ton," by Donald McDougal. the
most-talked-of story. now running
in the Washington Times.
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stairs to say good night TO Tom.
'sVhatever you do. don & let her
I call IN the police. we're his last
. words to her. AZ he stood on the
Porch, with his hat In his hand.
There's no use In letting this
story ret into the papers. The
thing to do Is to sit pretty and
say nothing. Wen hear from
FIossie pretty soon.
But thew heard nothing
Let's take Toms advice, and I
keep perfectly still about the
whole thing for q while" Mary
Rose said to her mother, as they
sat at the breakfast table unable
to touch the toast and coffee they
had made for themselves. And
whatever you do. don't let on to
Aunt Kenny Blair when she
comes in for her daily gossip
fest !"
Mrs. Middleton promised that she
wouldn't.
Angry
I'll call you up as soon as
go down to the office and look
around, Mary Rose added. May
be some Of the girls down there
know something about her.
But apparently no one did.
Mary Rose went up into the files
DEPARTMENT before she took off
her coat and hat, hoping against
hope that she would find FIOssie
there, at her usual place behind
the long table. However, Miss
Minnick was there alone, looking
over old clippins, with angry, re-
sentful eyes.
II wish your sister had had
more sense than to quit her Job
in the middle OF the week like
tl1is!'' she added to. Mary Rose.
ST hate doing her work and Il
Dexter doesn't hire somebody else
to do 1t pretty darned quick, I'm
soing to start reading the Help
wanted ads, and get me new
little job OF work."
ITO Be Continued Tomorrow
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a5 + 2. 81
the sound of an automobile horn.
she turned to the window. Not
an automobile but a motorcycle
had stopped at the curb, and a
messenger was coming up the
steps. She opened the door and
signed for the special delivery
letter that he handed to her. It
Was addressed to Miss Florence
Middleton"
without a word, Mary Rose
gave 1t to her mother
Mrs. Middleton looked at it
with the same terrified stare that
a telegram always brought into
her eyes. What's this2H she asked
and turned it over and over in
her hands.
With trembling fingers she tore
the envelope open and held the
single sheet of paper within 1t,
close to her near-sighted eyes.
Then she handed it to Mary Rose.
I dom understand this at all
she said, frowning. See IL you
can make anything out OF 1t,
Mary Rose.
CHAPTER XLVII
The letter was a single short
paragraph, badly typed. 1t was
not signed.
But the minute that Mary Rose
started to read 1t she knew that
Hilary Dexter had written it to
F'lossie. 1t sounded just like him
heavy and stiff.
MY dear little girl" he wrote.
you will learn as you grow that
life is a constant struggle between
right and wrong. between love and
duty. / think you know which
YOU represent to me. And do /
make myself clear when / say to
you that you will not be annoyed
again by me il you will come back
to work? It Is not pleasant for
me to reflect that you have given
up your job because of me. My
only excuse for last nights blum
der is that I lost my head. as any
man could lose it over vou."
Mary Rose could imagine the
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"Loye Bound" by Beatrice Bur
ton.
THE Torrent" by Blasco
IbaneZ. ..
Back in Prison--Why?" py
Donald Lowrie.
Nora Lee" by Elenore Me
herin.
Life of a Rich Girl" Edith
Gould's Own Story.
"Zander. the Great" by Sails
bury Field.
ways of Husband" by Ann
Lisle.
"Chickie," by Elenore Meherin.
Brass by Charles G. Norris
Rough Hewn," by Dorothy
BLACK Oxen" by Gertrude
Atherton.
Little Old New York." by Rida
Johnson Young.
THE Stranger" by John Good
man.
"Hand of Peril" by Arthur
Stringer.
THE Go-Getter," by Peter B.
'dThe Enemies of Women" by
Blasco IbaneZ.
when My Ship Comes In" by
Gouverneur Morris.
Find the Woman by Arthur
Somers Roche.
when Knighthood Was in
Flower" by Charles Major.
The Face in the Fog" by
Jack Boyle.
THE Hound Of the BasAer.
villas," by A. Conan Doyle.
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FlOssie Causes
Ev cry body
to w Orry
Read This First

s Z .
FLOSSTE and MARY ROSE
MIDDLETON are two pretty
sisters, the daughter Of wild
owed mother. They both work
fer the Dexter Automobile
Company.
Mary Rose is secretary to
JOHN MANNERS, the sales
manager, and is in love with
him. But he is engaged to
DORIS HING, an heiress. Be
cause of her feeling for him,
Mary Rose repeatedly refuses
to marry DIR. TOM FITZROY.
FlOssie, born yanlp, does q
poor job of keeping the office
files. Mary Rose discovers that
she is carrying on Irritation
with the president Of the COM
pany. HiI4ARY DEXTER, q
married lltaal. The fact that
she's engaged to MS secretary,
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TRY POTATO
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Press them in a linen cloth to
extract all the water and put into
n large bowl with handful of
flour, two whole eggs, salt and
pepper with finely chopped herbs.
Crush and beat we'll to form
smooth batter. Drop from the
end Of a spoon into a large pan
containing very hot lard. Let
bake on one side and then turn.
When they are thoroughly baked
drain on paper and serve at once.
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W HEN DID 1T
HAPPEN AND
WHERE

1. When was Chester, Pa, first
settled?
2. When was Caprivi chancellor
of the German Empire?
3. When did Marie de Rohan.
French political intriguer, live?
4. When was Cicero's famous
treatise "Of Duties" written?
5. When was. Hilarion Daza,
Bolivian general. killed by a mob?
Answers to These Queries Will
Be Printed Tomorrow
Answers 10 Yesterdays Questions
l. Rob Roy, the celebrated
Scotch highwayman, became an
outlaw In 1872.
2. Serlio, the great italian ar
chitect, published his Rules of
Architecture" in 1897.
8, Tortosa, a Moorish strong
hold in Spain. was taken by the
Crusaders in 114S.
A. Urbino, Italy, birthplace of
Raphael, was a literary and art
center in the fifteenth and six
teenth centuries.
5. Pierre Vidal, the Provencal
troubadour flourished from about
1175 to 1915.
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We Wanta Know
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WHO SAID 1T
AND WHEN

Aspiration is the bIabbcr's trade,
To listen In to lend him aid,
And rush into dissensiOn."
To listen to gossip Is as bad
as carrying tales, Cowper OBJ
serves in Friendship"
"Life's q short summer--man
flower
He dies--alas! how soon he
dieS!"
Johnson, In Winter" makes
this telling comparison of life
and man to summer and q flower.
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ment of people
from the cities
and inland dis.
tricts to the
sea shore.
A movement
Of this kind,
one that is
rapidly increas-
ing, must have
some 9 o u n d
reason back of
it.
OF gu r Sc
there Is the
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In the Home

Raisins will stone more easily
il slightly warmed, and candied
peel should always be placed in
the oven before being cut up.
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Why Sea Air Gives
Strength and Health
.By DR.. Charles A. L. Reed

Former President American
Medical Association.
TTIERE is annually, summer
l. and winter, but more in sum-
mer than winter, large move
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This Day III Our HISTORY

,Ts il the anniversary 1884, Paul Potter the
T1ntrt artist paintings animals made Nm one e
the foremost opponents Of the old Dutch schools ne da q 90
having painted 1T canvases.
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Monster DeUoured by Nice

EIATT0 II Archbishop of Manz according old German
A legend eaten by mice punishment for having burned
barn full of people caught stealing grain whose shrleks ne
ikened mices squeaks.