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The Washington times., 1926-05-13
By STELLA WYNNE

little wooded path which he had
trayersed the night before bearing
on his back the contraband case
which he placed with its fellows
in the uncovered clubhouse. The
sheriff walked beside him. Drake
followed after. for the path was
not wide enough for three to walk
abreast. CHANGING back. the doc
tor caught Drake off guard His
face, which had been so genial
seemed to wear q frowning and
anxious expression. For the first
time, so thoroughly had the prob
lem Of Kathleen crowded all other
things from his mind, he realiza&
that he was leading the sheriff
straight to the cache OF unlawful
booze. Well, that was neither
here nor there.
~ don't know whether I've the
kew for this door or not. said
Drake when they arrived before
the summer house. He touchee
the paddock and the knob Of the
door. 1t hasn't been opened
since I came here. Is 1t neces
sary to open it,"
Go Be Continued Tomorrow
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awake and happier than she
had ever been in her life before.
Peggy and Ranny we're married
the next morning at IL o'clock.
They were married by justice
OF the peace in 81 little village
about 80 miles from FIatbush.
And afterward, when they came
out into the brilliant May sun
shine they sent two kilograms
one to Aunt Agony and the other
to Ranny,s mother.
Now, then, we've done our
duty and we can forget the rest
Of the world for two solid weeks.
he said to Peggy as they climbed
into their car. Where do YOU
want to go for your honeymoon,
Mrs. Phelps?
Peggy blushed with the pleas
ure OF hearing her wonderful new
name, and her violet eyes danced
like stars.
aOh-anywhere!' she laughed,
'sbut first of all want to buy
q toothbrush and some clean
clothes. And then want to go
to a hotel and take 9 bath and
make myself fresh and beautiful
TOR my husband.
Fms Phrases for Her
you shall have all that and
more. But you can't make your
self more beautiful than you are
atthis moment, z Ranny answered.
eve never seen you half so
pretty as you are this minute.
Dirty-facey'
That's because I'm happy,
Peggy whispered, and kissed him
on the shoulder Of his coat, much
to the amusement OF two women
who stood, having their morning
gossip-fest, on the street corner.
I'm 50 happy that tit fright
ems mep'
It did. "A dozen times in the
week that followed. she caught
herself up sharply when she was
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His voice was sleepy and when
Peggy glanced at him she saw
that his eyes were half closed.
II feel dopey," he remarked
when they had gone a quarter OF
a mile farther what do you
suppose ais this bus?'-for the
car was sliding to dead stop.
He got out and went to the
back. Were out OF gas" he
, called. What do you know about
that! wonder how fer back
that last gas station wasp
Peggy got out, too. and fol-
lowed him around to the back
of the car. They stood there,
looking helplessly up and down
the road.
The moon had come up and
from the hill top where they had
stopped, they could see the pave
pnent stretching white and empty
Tor miles in either direction.
Peggy raised her arm and look
ed at her wrist watch. Ten
minutes, after twolss she cried.
Did you have any idea It was so
later
Ranny laughed. MeI haven't
any idea whether it's late or
Tuesday" he said, foolishly. I'm
tiredgin always makes me
he turned on his heel and got
back into the car. Feeling very
much like an Indian squaw,
Peggy followed him. There was
nothing else to do.
This Is some honeymoon
Ranny said, presently. A sleepy
bridegroom and an automobile
that won't 60 and now, that I
come to think about it, we
haven't any marriage license,
either. Do you nafnd?'
Peggy shook her lovely head.
She didn't care She didn't care.
what she had or what she didn't
have. SO long as she had Ranny
Phelps. She didn't care what
happened to her, so long as she
was with him when It happened.
Waiting for Daylight
I,r tell YOU what we'll do" he
said, presently, it's too late to.
get a license tonight anyway.
And no self-respecting minister or
justice Of the peace would marry
us at this hour, anyway-s0
wei just sit here until its light
and then I'll trot down the road
and get some gas. II wouldn't be
safe to leave you here alone
now, and besides I'm too tired to.
bulge. So IL you don't mind
sweetheart
He drew her close to him, laid
his head down on her shoulder
and was almost instantly asleep.
Peggy sat very still, looking
out into the moonlight.
Her shoulder began to ache
after a while and her arms and
legs. in their cramped position.
went painfully to sleep.
But she, herself, was wide
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chatting amicably together, the
former opening closet doors and
gazing absent-mindedly within.
DR.. Cressy could not abstain from
remarking in passing:
If this is your usual method
Of conducting search all the
criminals in the United States
ought to emigrate to this county.
They could find no safer retreat. -
"I don't see you turnin' up with
no captive maiden yourself" re-
torted the representative of law
and order.
DR.. Cressy made a thorough
search Of all the downstairs
rooms. Then he borrowed a Ian
tern from the Chinese cook who
looked at him with enig1Yiatic,
slant eyes, and went through the.
door that led from the kitchen
to the cellar stair-top. Again he
traversed the cellar, now family
lit both by daylight that came
! through the cracks in it's old
boards and by the light Of his
lantern. He searched in every
possible ana impossible place.
Kathleen was nowhere. He re-
turned to the front room Of the
house. the one into which he had
been first ushered.
Drake and the sheriff were wait
ing there.
"Well," said the latter good.
humoredly, have you found the
captive primo sss YETI"
His Conviction
II believe the young girl whom
I know was here" DR.. Cressy
looked full at Drake, who shifted
his eyes slightly, has been taken
away and put somewhere else.
I'm not a fool, Sheriff Lennard.
] bear a good reputation as a
physician and citizen in San
Francisco, even If my word doesn't
seem to be taken seriously in this
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NOW Continue

really IL he had held Fay there,
.too-and not so long ago, at thatI
Nothing nattered except that he
had left Fay and come back to
her-that he loved her still!
In the throbbing stiffness she
put up her hand and laid It
against his face with lovely.
tender gesture h
.You do. like me a little bit
sometimes. don't you, Ranny?"
He held her tight. Always.
sweetest thing in the world. /"
And you're very, very sure
that you're all over your crush on
Fay?-cross your hearth
He kissed the top Of her head.
'Cross my heart, hope to die. g
he swore solemnly. and then
laughed at her childishness..
Eager to Be Married
Then !" Peggy drew a long
breath, ''then. why don't we run
) away and get married right
now. this very night"
She was going to take no more
chances Of losing hiln-as Aunt
Agony often said, "A bird in the
hand is worth two in the bush. =
She pulled his face down to
hers and kissed him on the
mouth. How about 1t. old sport"
Fair enoughH' RAINY answered
recklessly And so the thing was
settled for good.
+ =
Like pair OF thoughtless run
away children. they went STUN.
bling through the woods. hunt
ing for the road where Ranny's
car was parked.
When they finally did find it,
it was filled with gin bottles and
ret ends. A little pocket flask
OF Fay's "Quelque Fleur" per-
funne lay broken on the floor and
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THE BLUE. BEETLE

as the strain was under which he
labored, had still humor enough
to gravely return this bow. He
saw a flicker of surprise cross
the face OF Drake. The latter,
while he intended to bluff things
out, nevertheless probably thought
the doctor had told the sheriff all
his experiences of the night be-
fore. This, however, was cleared
up in the sheriff's next sentence
Fact is, this young Teller says
when he was passin' here last
night on his way to a patient In
the country the gate into the
road and then you, and what 1
take from the description might
be your friend, Mr.. Lecay, rush
out and force her back in again.
Now, course, KNOWN you and
KNOWN you always bore a good
reputation in this community. l
don't take too much stock in it
but when a reports made, you
understand, it's my duty to IN
vestigate."
Drake ran the gantlet, while
the officer of the law was talk
ing, from what was perhaps real
amazement to final, very Wen
simulated amusement. At it's
end he broke into a roar OF
laughter and clapped the sheriff
resounding whack OH the shout
der.
my friend, Mr.. Lecay, hasn't
been here in a week, and II
there's anything so romantic as
a young lady concealed on the
premises-well, wish I'd known
about it."
you've no objection to our
searching the house?" snapped
out DR.. Cressy, SO nervous ne
could hardly stand still.
Certainly not"
The physician shot out OF the
room like an automobile down
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BY Beatrice Burton
Author of "FIapper Wife, /"
.Gilded Kisses" and
"FOOtIOOse"

DOGGY laid her hand over his.
= sRanny-you you mind terri
bly?" she asked. q
Instead Of answering, he be-
gan to talk about her. You're
the only one of the whole crowd
that I'd give a continental for.
he said forcibly. THE average
girl is a regular cheat-pretends
she's crazy about man just to
make some other fellow Jealous
takes me away from you. just
to show me that size can dop.it!"
Peggy drew in her breath
sharply. "Oh, no, Ranny. Fay
didn't do 1t for that reason" she
said IT know Fay too well to
believe thing like that Of her"
He interrupted her roughly.
"Oh. well, let her ridei Let's not
waste any more time talking
about her-it's you I want-you.
you, you
His face was buried in her neck
and he held her tight in his arms
rs II he never would let her go.
Peggy felt as If all the stars in
the sky had come down and were
shining in her heart.
In the inky darkness under the
trees. Peggy smiled and her throat
shook a little with a sigh OF pure
happiness.
IL there were any heaven on
earth for her, she knew that it
was here in Ran Phelps arms,
with her head pressed down on
the pocket of his flannel shirt
and the sound of his heart beats
in her ears.
What difference did it make
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kissing Ranny or holding Din
clogA iii her arms.
~ must love him like this
she told herself, because * icy
should stop caring Tor me e
would kill met,
They were wonderfully happy
for that first week OF their money
moon.
Ranney was in love with Peggy
as he had never dreamed he could
be In love with any woman. she
had always thought that most ot
the love was on her side.
But now he seemed to hate ~
let her out OF his sight he
would lie for hours with his head
In her lap while she read to him
and stroked his hair with her
fingers.
When they went on walks he
would stop suddenly and take her
in his arms, crushing her to him
\ until she ached His hand would
find hers under the tableclOtn
when they sat waiting for their
meals in the quaint little dining
room OF the inn. Deep silencea
would come between them sa1enc'
es that Numbered their love to
each other.
81 must be dreaming m -
happy! Peggy would think to her
self. sometimes, when she was
alone. And she would raise her
left hand to see IL she really had
q wedding ringtO make sure
that she really was Ranny's wife.
AL the end Of the first week \
letter came from Aunt Agony.
ssMv dear child, " she wrote.
think you have made terrible
mistake. But il you really care
Tor Randall Phelps (althougli
don't see how you can after TIM
way he has treated you'll. + am
glad for you. And hope Won VIII
always be happy However, =
anything does come up, just re.
member that your aunt has al
ways taken care Of you and a.
ways viii, II the need arises
and a friend IN need Is q friend
indeed.
AffectionateIy, your aunt.
s.AGNES STARR
Peggy hid the letter froTe Ran
nv. but he found ii one morning
when he was rurnmaging in her
things. hunting for q nail file.
Wen, the old girl thinks lcs
Of me, doesn't she2n he observed
She flew to him and Kissed
him. She tore the letter III q
dozen pieces and threw Il into y
waste basket.
"She doesn't know you. or she
wouldn't write things like that
she cried, Loyalty. She thinks
that because you're so good-lo0lk
ing you must be had. She SAYS
there never was q good -lo0k lpE
man who knew how to behave
Go BE Continued Tomorrow
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To DIR. w. b. Caldwell, of Monti,
cello, ILL.,, "a practicing physician for
AZ years, it seemed cruel that so
many constipated infants and chit.
dren had to be kept stirred up
and half sick by taking cathartlc
pills, tablets, salts, calomeI and
nasty oils.
While he knew that constipation
was the cause of nearly all chill
drew's little ills, he constantly ad.
yised mothers to give only a harm
less laxative which would help to
establish natural bowel Regularity. Z
In DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Peps:n
mothers have regulating laxative
which they can depend upon when
ever child is constipated. bilious.
feverish or sick from cold, indi.
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county. know what saw.
When the full details Of this are
made public it may be you who
finds yourself ridiculous or worse
instead Of me-
'tWelI, I'm dom all / can ali
you asked me to. II the girl
amt here we can't find her
eh?''
The sheriff was finally some
what impressed by the gravity
of the physician's manner. Drake,
too, looked a little uneasy at the
threat OF publicity and further in
vestigation.
There are several outhouses
which haven't been searched vet.
I'm convinced the girl isn't here,
but I want to complete the search
OF the place."
"Nothin' like thoroughness,
agreed the sheriff with belated
zeal.
They examined summer
kitchen somewhat detached from
the house. also a shed full of
rusty gardening implements and
tools.
There's another place" said
DIR. Cressy.
He led the way to the main
drive, then branched off on to the
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; her beaded bag was thrown on
the seat.
"Some party you two must
have had before you got here.
No wonder you were so Late
Peggy began and then stopped
she would not be jealous OF Fay.
She would ot-shea would not!
Ranny was hers at last-and
she was going to forget that he
had ever belonged. to Fay Shirley.
She picked up the little flask
and threw it into the bushes at
the side of the road and swept
the broken glass and the fruit
rinds into the road. Then she
put Fay's beaded bag into Eddie
Carriers car.
Bound to Secrecy
AS she turned away from 1t q
faint sound of music came from
the center Of the woods where
the fire could be seen-a dull red
glow-through the trees. Some
one was playing ukulele and
singing the sad little bit Of jazz
that was the hit of the moment:
"I wonder where my baby is
tonight,
II wonder why my baby doesn't
s For some hidden reason it made
Peggy suddenly RENE mber Peter.
II suppose he's wondering
where i am this minute, she
said to herself, and ran back TO
RAINY. who had climbed into his
car and was sunk into the corner
behind the steering wheel.
,sIII be back In a couple OF
nninutes-I forgot something, :"
she told him, and was gone.
When she reached the circle OF
light around the fire. the first
person she saw was Peter he
was sitting on a log and he and
Sally March and the Man from
Yale were singing in unison. Il
was the Man from Yale who
strummed on the ukulele.
The minute Peter saw her he
got up and came toward her,
singing the last words OF the
silly. Wistful song:
She didn't treat me fair.
And / know j shouldn't care,
But / wonder where my baby is
tonight?'
She had always thought Peter
Wilk homely, and SO he was.
But there was about him some
thing so wholesome and decent
and dependable.
Peggy had never realized until
this. moment how much she liked
him and how much she was go
ing to miss his friendship.
She looked up at him, wonder
ing how she was going to tell
him what she had to tell him.
Peter" she said, and held out
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the physician had Ieaped through
the window after being in the
torturing chest, with this very
same blank faced Chinaman, Lecay
and Drake in full cry after him.
He noticed that the broken
glass had been neatly extracted,
leaving the window frame blank,
but as it was pulled up, let
ting in the morning air, this
didn't show against the upper
half of the window where the
glass was intact. He was tense
as a bowstring, ready to leap
into activity at any moment,
hardly able to contain himself.
Only a few rooms away, per-
haps, Kathleen was-in what con-
dition? Good God! He clasked
his hands and bit his lips in
an effort at self-control.
Drake came into the room,
pulling apart the velour curtains
that the physician knew So well,
to enter. He came forward with
outstretched hand toward the
sheriff, and glanced, with an al
darkness, toward DIR. Cressy.
"Well, well, sheriff, this is fine.
Out for one of your early morn
ing walks? You must stay to
breakfast-Ah Chan is making
country sausage and hot cakes"
This show OF courtesy rather
embarrassed the sheriff. He
cleared his throat several times:
Fact is, Mr.. Drake, I'm here
officially"
Drake opened his eyes.
Anything 1 can do for your"
''Well, fact is, this young man
DIR. Greasy, he says he is, Fair
view Hotel house doctor in San
FranciscO-"
Drake turned to DIR. Cressy and
bowed as if this were an intro
duction. The young doctor, tense
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By Stella Wynne
Whose Stories of Mystery AM
Love Are Causing Wide
spread Comment

"HEN they were at last out on
w the fresh, early morning road,
DIR. Cressy, between nervous
spasms of beseeching the sheriff,
whose IDEA was a pleasant jog
of Is miles an hour, to drive
faster, congratulated himself on
having lied. Had he tried to
tell this doIt the complicated
truth, as it had occurred to him
to do, he would at. evening be
still sitting in the little room
trying to convince him that he
nad found in the Sherwin house,
sleeping in a mummy case of
a 3.000-year-old dead Egyptian
princess, the girl accused of the
''taxicab murder" for the arrest
of whom there was a twenty
thousand-dollar reward; that he
had seen in the night this case
thrown or fall over cliff; that
he had found In it a dying young
Egyptian, the last. of a great
priestlys cult; that he had been
: himself that night within an
inch of being murdered by this
same Lecay they were going to
see; that a mystic arm with a
barbaric bracelet had saved him;
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HOW I did laugh when. / saw
Ia Bunny hopping up the street
of Seville with Valentino Span
ish hat On his head at rlkish
angie and his two ears sticking
through the top like horse en-
a hot day in a straw hat. And,
what's more, he had a red sash
around his waist! He said he be-
lieved in dressing in the fashion
of the country, and since we were
in Spain he saw no reason why
he shouldn't wear a Spanish Co.'S
tune.
Later we left for the seashore
and of course / told Bobby he
could go bathing.
On the beach was a sleepy
Spaniard.
Bobby had his shoes and stock
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ings off In a jiffy ard can
see him now striding toward the
sea jerking his trousers up as
high as he could and rolling them
tightly around his fat little thighs:
Bobby had just about reached
the edge Of the sea where little
waves were ripping in, when
something strange happened. III
tell you what 1t was.
We hadn't paid much attention
to the sleepy old Spaniard, and we
hadn't noticed that he had been
watching Bobby. But when he
saw Bobby start to walk into the
water he jumped up and waved
his hands around and jabbered at
such great rate that couldn (
understand one single word that
he said, and yet ! bride myself
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HERE'S FOXY GRANDPA'S STORY

He went on to tell us, in his
funny, broken English, that that
shore Is full Of poisonous fish
called weavers, and that the poi
son lies in a deep. double groove
on each spine Of their upper fins,
and that they bury themselves in
the sand with only the fins stick
ing out. And just think of it. A
bather might tread on one of
those fins and be poisoned as
badly as If he had been bitteA by
a scorpion. He declared that. he
might get sick and die. And he
also said that all fishermen are
compelled by law, when they
catch one of these weavers. to
cut off it's back fin at once.
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The Story Thus Far

PEGGY STARR who looks fl but isn't has been
PHELPS when he asks her to
break their he has fallen in love
with her best friend FAY SHIRLEY.
Peggy him greatly to the satisfaction
AGONY Aunt Agony insists that
Ranny lazy good-for- nothing and advises Peggy marry
bachelor older than the
girl
AS wedding and
for the marriage She admits that
other thq1 thought
did-hat lifelong passion
discovers that Fay great deal
q former swee of EDDIE CARTER
May which Peggy twenysecOnd birthday.
Peter gives picnic supper
wildly hilarious spirits OcasiOned they said by syncO-
0;n { 20
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cts be married this very night she said

startled him more. He stepped
back without a word just looked
at her.
The sound Of the uka1ele and
the song had stopped when
Peggy got back to the car.
4 + =
They had driven a little more
than an hour when the car be-
gan to slacken speed.
Full o. carbon, probably"
Ranny muttered thickly. He had
his right arm around Peggy and
was driving with the other one.
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an understanding quite a little
Spanish.
To save my soul, couldn't
figure out what the old man was
trying to tell me. But when
Bobby put his little foot into the
water, and the old man seized
him by the shoulders and pulled
him back, I knew that he was
trying to tell us that it was dan.
gerous. And we needed his
warning.
When we went back to the
hotel, ! told the proprietor about
eur experience. and he said that
it was the most fortunate thing
in the world that the old fisher
man had been there and had kept
Bobby from going in padding.
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Pawns Of Fate

WILL the first promise Of
the honeymoon TO bring
happiness to Ranny and Peggy
ba fulfilled? Or viii outside
influence make difference in
the harmony Of their relation
ship? Peggy IS to find that
Ranny considers friendship be.
tween 3 man and woman I'M
possible, and that he intends to
tell her only what he chooses.
He tires Of llOneyrlOOning IN
the country and wants 70 re-
turn to the city, and he re.
fuses to let Peggy see q letter
which she later finds In his
pocket. Ii the honeymoon be-
ginning 70 Wane 50 quickly?
And "a Fay Shirley once more
TO prove herself the serpent in
their paradisee
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her hand. 'will you wish me.
luclx?,'
A Sound Of Music
Wish you luck?"
She nodded. randall and
are going to be married tonight!'
Her eyes were starry with ex-
element and happiness in the
flickering light from the bonfire.
IT wanted you to be the first to
know it---don't tell the others"
If she had slapped him squarely
in his face she couldn't have
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This Day in History

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him lasting reputation dramatist His plays 1ul1
ell modern requirements.
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BoIT hundred wears ago great English astronomer ST
n W;;ar Hersche showed the together with all the
stars we see IN the heavens forms vast system resembling
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