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; with the poor little princes who
We're rightfuf heirs to the crown.
He sent word to the governor
of the tower that the princes were
to be killed. But the governor
refused. So the bad king de-
manded the keys of the tower,
which were his right as king.
I'm the middle of the night he
sent two foul murderers % the
tower with the keys. They un-
locked the great doors and silently
stole in to where the beautiful
little princes lay sleeping with
their arms tight around each
other. They smothered them in
their sleep. Now Richard III was
King.
Just then the dentist opened
the door and said:
Now, Bobby"
Bobby looked up into my eyes
as he rose to go, and said:
Foxy Grandpa, I'm sure that
when that little prince went into
the. Tower of London he wasn't
one bit more frightened than !
Au0 this VsEV moment"
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DOLBY and / were in the wait
ID ing-room at the dentist $.
Bobby had had a toothache and
we were there to have the tooth
pulled out. 1t wasn't very pleas
ant prospect as you may we'll i'm
agine, and when Bobby pointed to
a picture on the wall Of two little
boys in doublet and hose-the
costume worn long ago-I was
glad of the opportunity to tell
him this story, so that he would
not just sit there and think of the
ordeal before him.
"Those little boys" I started,
"were princes, Bobby. They were
the sons Of Edward the Fourth,
King of England.
THE young princes We're at
Ludlow Castle when news Of the
kings death reached them and at
once the young Prince Edward
set out in a cavalcade, surrounded
by knights and courtiers, for Lon
don to claim the kingdom.
But on the way the party was
stopped by an ugly little man.
with savage eyes and a bitter
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HERE'S FOXY GRANDPA'S STORY

tower that he wanted his brother
with him, and prevailed upon the
wretched queen mother to allow
him also to go to the tower.
with the two boys in prison
the cruel duke, their uncle, hoped
that everyone would cry out,
Long live King Richard but
there were no shouts of jov from
the English people, so the false
king paid money to men 10 go
about declaring that the DIKe of
Gloucester should be crowned
king.
"He had many of the mobiles
who opposed him beheaded, and
finally, defying the whole nation,
had himself crowned King IF Eng
land.
"lIe was now Richard III. He
sat on a throne with the crown
on his head, wearing his royal
robes of ermine. But in his heart
there was no happiness. He knew
that while the little princes wore
in the tower that he was rob-
ber. 50 he decided to do away
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THE BLUE BEETLE

''TIe could make a hell OF q lot
Of trouble for us, through. 1t was
white of you to keep still. Now
I want to give you tip. Don't
think for a minute you're safe.
Watch everybody, ev cry W here,
every minute. Lecay's sworn to
kill you-and he always gets
man he starts out after"
where Is The GirI?"
"I don't care about myself"
said the physician grimly. What
I want you to tell me, Drake, Is
where the girl is?'
The other froze into silence.
"Lecay'd kill me If I told any
thing, doctor"
she is still---alive?' DIR. Greasy
could hardly frame the agonizing
question.
Drake hesitated and during that
moment hesitation the physician
passed through the agony Of
dissolution.
WAS when he took her away
from here and with these words
the bootlegger slipped away and
disappeared among the trees OF
the old Sherwin place.
When DIR. Cressy again reached
the little town of San GERONIMO
he got out of the sheriffs machine
and telephoned to the manager OF
the Fairview. Mr.. Aimes. to send
him funds at San Geronimo with
all possible speed. With such
haste was the transfer made that
in half an hour he was racing,
dressed in a much-tOo-large suit
lent him by the sheriff. now fully
convinced of his respectability,
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Tense Situations Thrilling Cimaxes and the Amours q
HOt-Headed Youth Feature This EngrOsslng
and Exciting Serial Novel.

binders on like q horse, so you
couldn't even zee any other girls
but me-
with their arms around each
others shoulders they drove into
the big shady yard that surround-
ed Jamison Phelps house. Peggy
was suddenly overcome with shy
ness and didn't want to get out o.
the car. She had met RannyG
mother and father only twice be
fore, and she had never met his
sister. Lolita 'Lolly," as RanIly
called her.
And Peggy's last feeling Of UNI.
happiness melted away In the
glow OF warm joy that ran
through her, at the sound OF his
voice and the tenderness in his
eyesah. what il he had been
off-hand with her that morningI
Surely he loved her now.
But she did not feel like the
prettiest thing in seven States
two minutes later when Rannys
handsome, white haired mothvr
rustIed crisply down the stairs Of
the big house to greet her new
daughter-in-law.
She felt very rnmpled and ruf-
fled and dusty in the blue tat
feta dress that she had bought IN
some tiny town, on their honey
moon trip, when Ranny's mother
welcomed her.
welcomed at His Home.
And when LOl1y Phelps CANA
running in from neighbOrs
house to welcome the bride and
groom, she felt still more unconi
liked to the fresh and cool and
lovely in ripping white as she
felt Lolly's dark, discontented
eyes taking hee in from head ~
foot--as Aunt Agony said, First
impressions are everything
Were aWfully glad it's you
that Ranny finally married,
Lolly said and gave Peggy cool
little kiss from her painted mouth.
For q while we thought it was
going to be that Fay What ss-1er
Name that he was going to bring
home to us,
Hush! The Naked Bear will
get thee!'" growled Ranny, and
Peggy laughed aloud.
Ranny drew away from her.
People pasking might see rs, :
he said, shortly. He got up.
after a while, and went into the
house.
The subject of the house came
up again the next morning at
breakfast
Father" Peggy said. seriously,
to Jamison Phelps, who sat next
to her at the table, how much
do you think Ranny and would
have to pay for six-room
house.
Go Be Continued Tomorrow
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By STELLA WYNNE

: But you're all right now. All
you have to do is to keep quiet.
Quiet DR.. Cressy flung the
bed clothes off him with all the
vigor he could muster. 1--WE been
quiet exactly ten hours too longl"
The though of Kathleen and
what might have happened to
her in those ten hours when he
had been so profoundly sleeping.
maddened him. He leaped up
and for a moment felt as II he
were an aeroplane about to take
nose dive down into the blue
depths Of space.
Better not try it. Doctor"
warned DIR. Macy. Lie quiet I'M
til morning. I'll attend to any
thing that comes in for you"
You can't. This isn't medical,
A gentle tap,ta-tap sounded on
the door. DIR. Greasy drew a
dressing gown hastily around
him. DIR. Macy opened the door.
A familiar voice began:
els he better, Doct
Then Hazel Crittenden caught
sight of him ana ruined over to
the bed. She knelt down beside
him.
20, I'm so glad you're alright
I'm so glad so glad" she
cried taking his hand.
DIR. Macy turned toward tho
door:
(To Be Continued Tomorrow
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tongue. He was Richard. Duke
of Gloucester, the younger brother
of the dead king. and the hand
some prince's uncle.
Richard arrested the gentlemen
with the boy and charged them
with treason, saying that he,
Richard, was regent of England
because the young prince was only
a boy. Then he himself took
charge Of the young king.
THE little fellow was terribly
frightened. but his uncle pretended
to be very kind to him. How
ever, when Richard tok thu boy
king TO the tower of London it
was then that the little Edward
knew that he was a prisoner.
Nov the queen, rerrIfled at
her sons Imprisonment, fled to
Westminster Abbey with her
younger son, Richard. But the
wicked duke, desiring 20 be more
than regent, and to be king him
self. thought Of a scheme to I'm
prison the other boy. So he said
that Edward was SO lonely in the
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"I'1l take a look over the
grounds" said the doctor.
His heart had sunk coldly
and leadenly. Although he felt
almost from the moment he
hadn't found her in the room
that Kathleen had been spirited
away from the place, yet ne felt
he must at least make the search
Of the place mechanically
thorough so no crevice of doubt
would be left in his mind.
"I:lI search all the grounds to
the left of the main drive" volun-
teered the sheriff, you take the
right"
When DR.. Cressy was threading
through the trees and bushes.
going carefully over the leaf
Swallowed ground so no hiding
place would be missed, he sud
denly felt a heavy hand on his
shoulder. He jumped and placed
his back to a tree. Attack was
always imminent inside these
walls.
He faced Drake.
Don't be frightened. l didn t
follow to harm you. / want to
lldIlh YOU II was udiIllSd hCNCilt
OF you, doc. not to mention about
the cases of booze in the summer
house or the launch
You and the Chinaman must
have worked like horses to cart
away and hide all those cases.
1--WE did" Drake allowed him
self the first grin that had crossed
his face.
well, the booze's none of my
business. Besides, the sheriff's
not a Federal officer"
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pavement with metallic clang of
instruments.
XII
When DIR. Cressy awoke. he
found himself in his own bed. A
very dim, shaded light was burn
ing in the room. He could see a
figure sitting in a chair. His
mind becoming clearer. he recog-
nized DIR. Marcy, his friend and
colleague. who always looked at
ter his patients during his alb
sence.
Doctor
DIR. Macy looked around.
II must have tainted a few
minutes ago in front of the
hoteI?''
Few minutes agor'
What time is it,"
After midnight Almost
one"
Good God! Have been un.
conscious 10 hours?''
He Fell Asleep
"'You came out of your fainting
spell in a short time then
you fell into deep, natural
sleep. You seemed completely
exhausted and l don't know
what you were trying the back
of your head out against, but
just a little more and you'd be
enjoying a fine basal fracture.
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1t took her an hour to put
their things into the two bags
that they had bought. and to
straighten up the rooms the
bedroom that looked out into a
leafy tree with a birds nest in
It, and the sitting room that
looked out onto the lawn.
Ranny was standing out on
the lawn, smoking. He had told
her to send the bags down by
the bell-boy when they were
ready.
That meant that he wasn't
comm up stairs again-that he
wasn't going to come again into
the room where they had been
SO deliriously happy, to give her
one last remembering kiss. It
meant nothing to him-the happi-
ness that they had shared there,
togther, then.
She bit her quivering lip as she
stood there, looking down at his
well-beloved head.
He turned and, drawn by that
look, raised his head and saw
her.
Don't forget my khaki coat In
the closet, Peg" he called.
She got 1T. As she took 1t
down from the hanger something
in it's inside pocket rustled and
Peggy put her hand in and pulled
1t out.
It was Fay's letter.
Not stopping to read 1t then,
and almost without thinking what
she was doing, she put into her
handbag and ran down to Ranny.
The long drive back to town
from the little hushed world of
their honeymoon was silent
one.
Ranny's roadster sang along
the hot sunny road with a sleepy
sound like the buzzing of some
enormous fly, and Peggy, lulled
back in the corner of her seat
with half-shut eyes.
Now and then they showed
their violet CLINT for an instant
when she took a sharp sidewise
glance at this man she had mar
ried-this man she had known
ever since she had been knee
high to grasshopper-thfs hus-
band of hers who was q total
stranger to her, somehow or
other.
What did she really know
about him, she wondered. Moth
ing. For instance, she had
never dreamed that he was firing
OF her, and of being alone with
her, until this very morning,
when he had made it so plain.
There had been no lack of tender
ness and passion in the last
kiss he had given her, when
they had Weakened in the quiet,
gray dawn of a few hours ago.
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NOW Continue

; of shaking you with your men
friends and your business friends
and your father and your
mother"
He put his hand into his inside
coat pocket and drew out an
envelope.
THAT reminds me-" he said,
''I had, letter from Mother to-
day"
He handed it to her.
had one from Fay Shirley,
too" he added, in a queer Tone
Peggy stared at him, her deep
violet eyes wide with surprise.
You didr' she cried, lets
He looked at her, smiling, and
slowly shook his head.
"Wel1, why not?" Peggy asked,
and he shrugged his shoulders,
good-naturedly.
Ny letter." he explained. 1T
was sent to me, my dear
But so wasethe one from your
mother" she threw back at him.
Yes, but wanted you to see
that. one" he answered.
Peggy's chin shook, and she
flushed.
And you don't want me to see
the one from Fay? There's some
thing in 1t that you can't show
me?" she asked.
Longs for the City
Once more he shrugged his
handsome shoulders in that
amused way, and laughed.
mo, there's nothing in it that
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By Beatrice Burton
Author of 'FIapper Wife"
"Gilded Kisses" and
'sFOOtlOOse"

UTELL show her a thing or
w two, won't we," Ranny asked,
bis face buried in the warm per-
ftRheof Peggy's hair. Eve won't
look for another woman. ever,
WIN we7i'
His bride shook her head.
ou wont. really, viii you,
4anmy2 I'm so jealous" she
confessed, and her eyes were
oiled with q desperate appeal,
you don't know how jealous
am OF you, darling"
~DarIing, Yourself"
sDarIing yourselfr' Ranny an
svuered, and patted her shoulder
and looked at her as IL she
were the most delightful and
beautiful thing in the world.
And she was. those first heav-
emily days. Happiness had made
her blossom and flower with
new lovliLess, much as sunshine
makes q rosebud bloom.
ct hate to think of going back
home" she said one day when
they were sitting side by side on
an old fence to rest after a long
walk under the hot May sky. II
hate to thing of giving you up
to other people, hate to think
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pushed open the door. All three
entered.
The summer house was abso-
lutely empty. From high, small
windows Of colored glass, red
and blue splashes of sunlight
lay on the cleanly swept floor.
A wisp OF excelsior caught in a
little splinter of floorboard, alone
recalled to DIR. Cressy the pro-
hibited beverage which had been
packed so carefully in that pro-
tective material.
"Lady's certainty not here"
announced the sheriff.
No"
Anything more to search?"
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The Story Thus +

PEGGY STARR like frt, but isn't has been
engaged Phelps year, when he asks her
break their He tells her that he has fallen in love
with her best friend FAY SHIRLEY.
Heabroken Peggy gives him greatly to the satisfaction Of
her AUNT AGONY who has brought her Aunt AgnOy insists
that nothing and advises her niece to
PETER WILK, wetOdO bachelor several older
than the girl
As the June wedding of Fay and
Ranny less for the marriage. She
and Ranny don't much for
other they thought they did, And Peggy discovers
that secretly seeing deal of EDDIE CARTER
former sweetheart of hers.
the 10th of May, which is Peggys twenty birthday
Peter picnic for her. Fay and Ranny slightly
tipsy. arrive late.
pair play like children. in the
and Peggy during the of the evening" finds
with
up they don't other and that he
that they together that night and be married
They all night sitting in Ranny and in the
morning they license and married; and they begin their
honeymoon al a little country inn.
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liked more than to watch the
grass grow, as Ranny put 1t. She
had never done anything so pleas
ant as to walk through the coun-
try lanes and across the green
fields with Ranny, talking to him
lazily, or reading to him as they
lolled under tree or hedge.
But she would never admit it,
she told herself proudly. II he
was tired of the country and the.
quiet, it meant that he was tired
of being with her. 1t meant that
he was sick and tired OF the
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honeymoon and wanted to get
back to the things ne was used
to-the crowds Of people. the jazz,
the noisy streets of the city and
the friends he had there.
He's sick of mel Peggy quiet
ly told herself the truth.
Her Smile
But her smile had never been
more brilliant, than when she
looked at him with those flirt's
eyes of hers and said: "Ranny.
I'm lonesome for town. too. I'll
pack this morning.
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Peggy's Problem

NIHAT does any girl know
about her husband9 Can
love continue TO put down the
doubts that arise In Peggy's
mind concerning her nus
bands consistency. The cues
ton arises as to what hap
mems when one person wei
comes the thought Of . home
and its responsibilities while
the other wants to eVade
everything but the carUfree
pleasure Of life. Peggy and
Ranny have their first quar-
rel, which is to mar their fu-
ture happiness.
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By Stella Wynne
Whose Stories Of Mystery an
Love Are Causing Wide.
spread Comment

sNTELL, guess it is" said the
w sheriff, still somewhat i'm
pressed by DIR. Cressy's last words.
Drake drew out his well-filled
keyring. looked over the keys,
drew out one and turned the door
lock. He repeated the perform
ance slowly and sprung the pad
lock. DIR. Cressy, impatient.
reached over his shoulder and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-14
The proper care of
your teeth and gums
Why should you
fear Pyorrhed?

MOST people dread the APP
proach of Pyorrhea. And
rightly.
Yet, there is really little
danger of Pyorrhea if
proper methods of oral
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-14
This Day in Our History

yTs i the anniversary Of the birth Of Florence Ngtn
Gale who during the Crmean known and loved the
nursing of soldiers one nIrouucsu many
forms in sanit She died in l9lO
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-14
Robert BrO1Uning's Eyes

IT usual for have about the range OF vision
with each of his Browning, the great poet
the his farghted and
one near-sighted.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-07-20
HEAT WAVE CARRIES
MERCURY TO HIGH
MARK in MANY SEC
TONS OF COUNTRY

CHICAGO, July 2O.-The tor
rid wave prevalent over virtually
the entire country from the
Rocky Mountains eastward has
sent the mercury to record heights
in 9 number of midwestern To-
calities, and caused more than a
score Of deaths.
In Chicago alone, which until
yesterday enjoyed moderate tenn
peratures due to lake breezes,
more than twelve deaths were at
tributed to the extreme heat.
The high mark of o4.2 was
reached here, exceeded however in
portions of South Dakota, Ne
braslsa, Iowa and Kansas, where
temperatures generally range,
between SO and lot, the latter in
Mitchell and Pierre, South Da-
kota.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-07-20
BANK MATTERS
TAKEN UP BY
GEORGIA COURT
JUICE IssTRucrs GRAND
JURY TO ASCERTAIN FULL
DETAILS IN RECENT FAIL
uREs

ATLANTA. July 90 The
grand jury IN Fulton county super.
Tor court today was called upon By
Judge q. II. Howard 70 ascertain
the cause of the closing ~ 80
many" small banks ii Georgia. and
10 learn why the failure 81 The
BankcTs Trust company has 81.
fseted 20 many small banks
With this instruction ID his
eiaarge 70 be jury. Judge Howard
added III you find anyone has
violated the law of state. and
caused Or contributed % aafsetgn.
ate result, yoB know your do ).
and apprehsnd yoa viii fearless
u perform Il.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-07-20
Funeral Rites For
0ssian Acheson Set
For This Afternoon

Five o'clock this afternoon il
the hour set for the funeral SER
vice over the body Of 0ssian Ache.
son, aged retired seaman, who died
yesterday at hts home. GIs VIII
liam street, at Tire age OF 6s
years. The funeral will be from
the residence 70 the Congregation
al church and viii be conducted
By the pastor. Rev. EIdridge.
The pallbearers will be selected
from friends Of the deceased IL
this city
Mr. Achnson enjoyed the friend
xhI9 ar esteem Of naany people
in tins city. and Il II expected that
q large congregation will attend
the obseqaics this afternoon.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-07-20
OFFICERS CONFER
ON MATTERS in
RECENT MURDER
THEORY ADVANCED THAT
CANTON PUBLISHER MAY
HAVE BEEN KILLED BY
PITTSBURGH GUNMEN
tRy A.neclated r.res.l

CANTON, Ohio. July 90.
Theories that Pittsburgh gunmen
killed Don r. Mellett, Canton pub
Usher, were strengthened today
at a conference between Lieuten-
ant Peter Conners of the Pitts
burgh homicide squad, and Ora
Slater. Cincinnati detective, con-
ducting an investigation for Stark
county.
After the conference Conner
sped back to Pittsburgh to fight
habeas corpus proceedings brought
by George PisaIias held in Pitts
burgh in connection with the
murder investigation.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-07-20
COMMISSIONERS J
MEET WITH BOND
REPRESENTATIVE
COUNTY BOARD coNFERs
WITH w. N. WATKINS RE-
LATIvE TO FINANCES ON
HIGHWAY MATTERS

The county commissioners met
in special session this morning for
the purpose of holding a confer
ence with w. N. Watkins, repre-
sentative of Marx & Co., of Birm-
ingham, Ala, relative to the mat
ter of offering additional bonds
of the highway issue for sale to
get funds to carry on the road
work on the highway to the main
land. Nothing definite was deci-
ded upon, and the matter will
probably be held in allegiance un-
til the next regular meeting, or
at another special session that may
be called.
The agreement, plans and spe-
cifieations for the Monroe county
portion of the Tamiami Trail, as
drawn by the state road depart
mcnt, have been received by Clerk
d. z. Filler, bat were not examined
at the special meeting this morn
ing.