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Temperature Midnight. ~: am.
~: a m. -: am. 10; an, -.
!" am. -: = noon. IS: > pm. 81:
I pm. 35: pm, 81: pm. 81, /"
PIN. -. highest. 81, lowest. u.
Relative numidity-A am. IS:
u. m. b. nm. a.. Rainfall. pm.
To pm. &. Hours of sunshine, 10.
Per cent OF possible sunshine. 100.
Temperature same date last wear
HIGHEST 81. lowest Is
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Tide Tables.

FURNISHED by United states Coast
(. ana he"dstlc Survey.l
T"day-1.ow tide. l11u am. and
y 81 pm. high tide. i:3S am. and
5.uh pm.
Tomorrow Low tide. am. and
12.oI pm: hjGh tide. 5:31 and -"
pm.
The sun and Moon.
Tnda Sun rose I:2l q m. sun sets
5:lH pm.
Tomorrow sun rises 7:2l am. sun
sets -" pm.
Moon rises nm. sets So am.
Automobile lamps I" he lighted one
halt hour after sunset.
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THE WEATHER

District of Columbia - Increa sing
cioudiness and warmer today; tomor-
row cloudy followe ed 10y rain; fresh I"
strong westerly winds
Maryland Increasing cInudineSS
ana warmer to-day: tomorrow Cl"udN
followed by rain: fresh 10 stronc west
srly winds.
Virginia Tncrsa sing cloudineSS ana
warmer today. tomorrow cloudy fol
we'd by ram. fresh - strong west-
erly winds.
West Virginia - Ir"res sing "loudi-
ness with uSing temperature toda Y.
tomorrow SNOW or rain.
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TO-DAY
The Wanderlusters' hike will start
from Rosslyn, Va. at $50 o'clock.
Mrs. Appleby will lead.
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The Wild Flower Preservation So
ciety will meet at Rosslyn, Va, at
9:45 o'clock for trip to Great Falls
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Bu EIenOre Meherin

Hume, his face pale as Ssndy's:
st hope not. / don't think she'll
die. Doug. But you can't drive
her anywhere tonight"
1--WE got to. / thought you'd
let me have the hunting shack"
You can't, move her. tonight
perhaps not for a week."
They may trace her here?
Shed rather die than have that!
I can't let that happen to her.
Hal-you can see. Can't you
see?" His lips moved helplessly-
he snapped his teeth against them.
"I'll not risk thatr'
Its risked already. Someone
must have Seen you carrying her
out. They may have seen her
go into that office and you arriv-
ing later. Tomorrow the body
will be foHnd. These things get
out. 1 should report this-I've
got to report it. If any one saw
Sandy go there and then you,
and now they find him dead"
Back from China
Douglas put out his hands,
doubling the fists against the
wall. "I'd do 1t for you, Hal.
DO one saw me. No one saw us!
1t was late. Not soul. He's
just come back from China-not a
soul who'll ever connect Sandy
with this l ask you,
Hal"
You're making an awful mis-
take-we're making an awful mis-
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the pistol a little when he knelt
to feel Ramon's pulse.
But burned in his mind was
the red stain of blood-the little
pool of blood in the corner. A
sudden, sickening terror swept
over him.
They would see that pool OF
blood clear across the room from
Ramon. The blood had not come
from him, He remembered dis
tinctly there was no blood visible
on Romans shirt.
They would know someone else
had been in that room. And II
some had seen Sandy going in
there? He was chilled and
nauseated with horror.
Why hadn't he wiped up that
blood? Why hadn't he straight
ened a chair that was pushed
half against the wall?
Mechanically he looked at his
watch. Suppose he went down
there now? He had an insane
desire to rush back there, scrub
the floor-make sure that no
drops of blood would show where
she had crept.
He told himself desperately:
They'll never trace her. Who'd
know it was she-who'd connect
her with him?"
All, why had she gone? What
terrible and futile pity had driven
her? He had threatened? He
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suddenly turned white and
sheet OF paper upon which he had
q few notes trembled in his hand.
DIR. Cressy, remembering the I'M
complimentary opinion the ships
doctor had expressed Of Glen
denning the day he had gripped
his neck in the millinery shop,
couldn't believe that affection for
the dead man caused this. Rather
these seemed the symbols OF fear
Ia slumbering fear which the
recalling Of the murder kindled
to momentary viyidnees.
The lecturer had controlled him
self and was continuing:
1T was upon this occasion that
nv friend had the opportunity
Of entering the tomb Of Tut
Ankh.Amen and being present at
the nnbolting Of the doors Of the
fourth golden shrine, within
which lay the pink granite sar-
copfagus of the king. Mr.. Glen.
Jennings people In England were
connected with the family Of
LADY Carnarvon and In this way
he had secured permission to
enter. While I didn't have the
opportunity of seeing It myself,
nevertheless can tell you what
he told me-"
He thereupon described the
tomb, the four golden shrines,
the third Of which had upon 1t
the figure of the god Amun,
showing the powerful influence
of the priesthood Of Amun, the
great granite coffin within. His
description did not differ ma
terially from the hundreds of
descriptions Of 1t since written.
Two facts alone struck DR..
Cressy, and these were somewhat
isolated. DR.. Steritt said in talk.
ing Of colors: Some OF the most
sacred objects. those having a
symbolism Of eternity or resurrec-
ton, seem to have been colored
or lacQuered g. peculiar deep
shade of blue, a color the making
of which has become a lost art.
At another point he said: sew
eraI scarabs, or sacred beetles,
which are the symbols Of resurrec-
ton, were found in the tomb.
He spoke OF the return to the
Sumatra which he and Glenden-
ming had made overland on
donkeys in order to see the coun-
try better.
An Arab Attack
can interesting advertisement
OF this trip was an attack by
Arab robbers. The first night
they did not attack US, but the
chief of the band insisted on a
secret conference with Mr.. Glen
denning, who told me when he
had come back that the chief
wanted money as guarantee
against attack. This Mr.. Glen
denning refused to give him.
was disturbed because had just
purchased ,Amon-Ka in Luxor
and was bringing her back to
the steamer with me. The fol-
lowing night they attacked us in
earnest, but our Arab boys were
well armed, as we ourselves were,
and we beat them off. We mace
the Sumatra in safety. Glenden-
ming wanted to see more or
North Africa, so he left the ship
and went overland by. rail through
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GGEoxY RANDPA.' said
Il Bobby. closing his book.
"this Mr.. Carroll, who wrote this
Alice in Wonderland must have
been a very jolly man. I suppose
he just spent his time laughing
and telling funny stories"
THAT'S a strange thing, Bobby"
said I, "he wasn't that kind of a
man at all. He was very seri-
Gus mana professor of mathe-
mates at oxford University, in
England"
"He taught arithmetic?" asked
Bobby. "Mercyr'
"Yes," 1 laughed. land much
higher and harder mathematics
than arithmetic"
at shouldn't think that anybody
would ever laugh. who had to
teach those things" murmured
Bobby. Its hard enough to
study them"
wen, perhaps he had lot OF
children" said Bobby.
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had come bounding her?
He leaned down and stared at
the pillow. Her face half turned.
He touched her hair, smoothed 1t
from her forehead.
She smiled up at him. She said
in a quiet way that frightened
him: II feel nothing. / have no
pain"
She now. recalled with a fast
beating excitement the encounter!
of the night. Blanched, imploring
desperation of Ramon's face;
muzzle of the pistol pressed
against her chest; shock and roar
of engines crashing down on her.
And she remembered her own
voice moaning as she crept along
the floor.
Ramon had left her-fired a
shot and vanished
Hectic Pictures
Pictures flashed through her
mind quickly in a hectic con-
fusion. Why was she not dead?
The echo of a muff1ed cry sobbed
in her ears: "Sandy-God-I've
killed you"
Killed her and ran away.
But she hadn't died. Because
Douglas had come!
The blur Of his face STOPPING
over hers; humble of his vioce;
pressure of his strong, tender
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The steps Of his own agonizing :
Gethsemane-

Inc Steps OIL MS OWA dSO1AANAh9
Gethsemane-
Chapter XIV
CHE lay heavily in his arms. her
y pale, cold face and the bright
hair falling back against his
shoulder.
He steadied himself along the
wall, half muttering and sobbing-
stunned by this appalling misfor-
tune. Sandy, inert and death-llke
in his arms; Ramon's lifelesS body;
blood on the floor
In a few stark hours all their
lives altered
What pitiless fate had driven her
to this?
He staggered. He said to Hal
Hume's astoniskHd query: Sandy
-Hal-I'm taking her away
look at her FIRST
They laid her on the bed. Her
eyes opened widely with dulled.
Sdilated pupils that slowly re-
sponded when their forms bent
Ger her. Now and then her hand
made a quick. spasmodic gesture
she whimpered: "Don't-Ramon-
Oh-Godr'
The bullet pierced the chest
wall, driving out through the
back in a direct line with the
point of entrance. Powder marked
her skin.
Douglas, seeing the blood stains,
turned his head. He followed
Hume, caught his arm, gulped:
mot going to die, Hal?"
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By ElenOre Meherin,
Author of "Chickie," Ann
"Ann and PhiP' and
StNOra Lee"
CONTINUED from Yesterday

CONTINUED from Yesterday
The flutter of her hand against
his cheek
A thousand steps 1t might have
been that lie carried her-paushg
at the landings-making blind,
swift rushes-propping her on her
feet when he heard a foOtstep-
Once she smiled. Once she said:
''Let me-walk-I CAN
At the landing just above the
lobby he listened till the elevator
was going up-listened till he
heard a man let the door swing
behind him
"Now-Oh, my Sandy a n
against me-walk-the car at the
corner"
He set her with hysterical ten
derness IN the car.
For a moment he ewept his
hands one after the other swiftly
through his hair.
The night went helter-skelter-a
dusty paper whirled against the
radiator.
He leaned down and whispered
in her ear, "Sandy-you1l be ali
right-you're all right now"
"Then he carried her up steps
the steps Of Hal Hume's flat
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HERE'S FOXY GRANDPA'S STORY

in Wonderland He began talk
ing to the little girl about the
story, not letting on that it was
he himself who had written the
book.
During the conversation the
mother said to him:
Isn't it too bad about Lewis
Carroll. Why. he's gone crazy,
said the woman. Il never heard
that said Mr.. Carroll without
changing his expression. oh,
yes said the lady, Ina quite sure
it's true
Several days after that the
postman brought the little girl a
package. She opened 1t and there
was a brand new copy Of Alice in
Wonderland and on the fly leaf
was written, From the author in
memory of a very pleasant jour-
ney'."
ooh, I'll bet that lady felt fool
ish," laughed Bobby, looking at
the book with new interest.
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A Story of Swift Adventure, Tingling Romance,
And the Youthful Pulsating Thrill of True Love
CHAPTER "

judith. Don't risk phoning from
the flat
He went with hunched shoulders
down the steps, taking a deep,
breath of the feggy air.
The morning paper at the door
step. He turned from it quickly
Morning paper wouldn't have
ANYTHING about Happened roo
late-11 o'clock when he left the
building.
A man swung past him whfstl
ing. Queer for a fellow to be
laughing to himself and man
living dead in an office-a pool
Of blood in the corner.
Yesterday he had gone to work
jubilantly, swinging his shoulders
great old world, after all.
Now his thought went Sinking
this CHASTITY, unbelievable trag-
edy hanging like an iron chain
about his neck.
For the first time in his life
he faltered talking to Judith.
Go Be Continued Tomorrow
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NOW CONTINUE

that overlook those in any way
connected with the disinterring or
the ancient Pharaoh, and people
were curious to hear something
strange and exciting
But DR.. Steritt seemed bent on
plodding along, with terrible mo-
notony, in the safe path OF history,
ruins and dynasties. He spoke
of the now historic fight between
Howard Carter and the Egyptian
government represented by its
Minister of Public Works, Marcos
Bey Hanna, but his discourse was
unleavened by the yeast of any
wit or humor. DIR. Cressy decided
that here was lesson for him
doctors should devote their
energies to problems medical and
surgical and leave the lecture plat
form alone. But suddenly his
attention was caught. He strained
to hear the lecturers somewhat
muffled voice:
Against the Law
''Of course, it's against the law
to take antiques out Of Egypt
without special permission, but
many have nevertheless been
struggled away. But you may
rest assured that Amon-Ka here
has a clean bill Of health. See,
here is the official seal of the
Service des Antiquities del
Egypt" He pointed out, both
on the shoulder of Amon-Ka and
upon the. mummy case gold seals
which indeed looked official. /
''You see," he continued. "I
came with authoritative creden-
tails and established by right to
buy and take from Egypt a
mummy. had been. commits
stoned to buy it for Eastlake, a
town OF some $4,000 people in
Ohio, where my father is one OF
the directors OF the museum. They
felt they had to have a mummy
after all this Tut-Ankh-Amen
agitation"
He went on to describe the an
tiquity and lineage of Amon-Ka,
but DIR. Cressy didn't pay much
attention to the lady's family tree.
He was mentally chewing over
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would take the three little sisters
for a row up the river.
'It was a burning hot summer
afternoon so hot that they
thought they would stop on the
river bank and rest. They all
left the boat and went up under
the shade of big haystack and
then You know how little boys
and girls are. When they were
all settled nicely, Alice said:
"'Tell us a story
"And that is how he started to
tell the famous story Of Alice in
Wonderland"
He must have been a very
nice man, Foxy Grandpa, to go on
and tell such lovely long stories"
"He was" I said, land I'll tell
you something very sweet which
he did for a little girl he once
met in a train.
"He saw this little girl and the
child was reading his book, Alice
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mo-" I said, Professor Dodg-
son, for that was his real name,
was never married. But although
he was an old bachelor, he loved
children. One day little girl
asked him to tell her a story, and
he did. That is why you and
thousands of other girls and boys
have that beautiful book to en-
Joy"
who was the little girl?"
asked Bobby.
Her name was really Alice"
said, Alice Liddell, and her
father was Dean Liddell."
This Is how it happened: Lewis
Carroll, for that is the name un-
der which he wrote, went to the
country house Of Dean Liddell
one summer to pay him a visit.
The dean had three little girls
and Alice was one OF them. 1t
was a very hot summer after
noon and Lewis Carroll said he
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sitting on one OF, the side seats
along the wall, this time properly
clothed In black instead of the
brocaded green dressing gown
with Tapping sleeves. His hand
still gripped his gold-headed me-
lacca cane as IL at any moment
he was about to rise and stamp
off In search of the sleep which
perpetually eluded him. One of
the side beams of the stereopti-
con Illuminated his face. Lecay,
evidently noting DR.. Cressy's
glance, spoke:
THAT old man." he whispered,
lis the bane of my existence. He
has sos, the room next to mine on
the eighth floor, and no matter
what / do or don't do, at all
hours of the day and night, he
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arms bearing her through dark
ness-through a tunnel.
She had a bewildered image or
Ramon pursuing them, plung1ng
after them, head down, a pistol
cleaning in his hands.
She said excitedly: Hurry.
Douglas. Where did he go? Did
you see him go? Hide-he wants
to kill me"
Her hand fluttered along the
covers. He pressed it between
his. You're all right. Sandy.
Oh. my, Sandyr' He covered it
with his lips. saying to himself
starkly: "God-Almighty God?'
Her shadow fun1bling along
that floor-her little hands reach
ing for the knob-those faint,
cheeping cries. But you're safe,
Sandy, darling. I've got you
safe"
Seven o'clock. Light of a
wintry February morning filing
through the window.
Go out, now, and phone to
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comes and knocks at my door and
asks me to make less noise, that
he can't Sleep"
DIR. Cressy suddenly saw the
face of the old gentleman afflict-
ed with insomnia flash into
flame of interest. At the same
moment he heard the lecturer
mention the name OF Kent Glen
denning. A little rustling went
through the house as people
Strengthened up and began to
show interest. He was saying:
"This was the time, after
Luxor, that 1 went into the val
ley of the tombs of kings with
my poor friend, Kent Glenden-
ming. / can hardly bear to men,
ton his name" This, indeed,
seemed the truth, for he had
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By Stella Wynne
Whose Stories Of Mystery an
Love Are Causing Wide
spread Comment


''I am a confirmed Psychologist.
Mummies might be said to be my
mania"
So long as he confined his
mania to dead beauties he had no
quarrel with hin4 But, DIR.
Cressy could not helping think.
ing, he looked like anything but
the type OF man who would be an
Psychologist.
The physician glanced around.
The ballroom was well filled. DR..
Steritt would not lose by his lee
ture. A few rows ahead he made
out the profile of Hazel Crittenden
against the straight line of her
bobbed red hair. He thought he
saw on her young, her almost
childish face, a look Of subcon-
scious strain and anxiety, as IL
something buried deep in her
heart was unquiet in the grave.
He saw again, more vividly than
the stereopticon picture, before
him, the scene of two nights be-
fore-the night Of the murder
when she had knelt and uttered
her broken and enigmatic words
beside the dead figure in the
moonlight.
Sitting next to her was Anita,
the little milIiner OF Polk Street,
the friend Of DIR. Steritt. Even in
that dimmed light he could catch
against the rondeur of her cheek
her most distinguishing feature
her extraordinarily long, silken,
ciried eyelasheS His eyes trav-
eIed over the rows of faces. Near
ly all the hotel people were here.
Word had gotten about no doubt,
that DR. Steritt had been with the
young Englishman Of the unsolved
sataxicab murder" on the Sumatra
and had accompanied him on his
trip to the second opening Of the
tomb Of Tut-Ankh-Amen. Much
had been made in the newspapers
of the mysterious and tragic fates
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what DIR. Steritt had just said.
Was it possible he wondered, that
under the protection of all this
legitimacy and these seals some
thing undecfared and unsealed
had been smuggled out OF Egypt
imbedded in the side Of Anon
Ka - something of far greater
value, for some mysterious and
unknown reason, than the mum
my itself?
He put up his hand and felt the
slight bulk and hardness OF the
blue scarab under his clothes. He
moved it slightly. He had caught
himself unconsciously doing this
quite often. He was furious with
himself, for he knew why he did
it. He imagined that the place
where the scarab rested against
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his body became the least bit
in the world warm, and he would
put up his hand and involuntarily
shift his position. What was the
matter with him? Was he becom-
ing a, neurosis? Had the answer Of
Kathleen that night she gave him
the blue scarab-"Perhaps it's
still alive"-falling on his mind
when 1t was oversensitized by
excitement and lack OF sleep I'M
bedded itself so deeply that his
subconscious, against all his con-
scious, reason believed it? He
vowed to himself that he wouldn't
move 1t again. He'd be believing
in witchcraft soon.
His glance, still drifting around,
lighted on the nervous old gentle
man of the eighth floor. He was
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take" Then Hal Hume turned
abruptly, a flood of scarlet on his
fine, open face. I'm the morning
you better get Judith. You'll
need Judith to nurse her."
Douglas sat at her bed, one
hand covering his face. Five
o'clock in the morning-the hour
they had planned to start. God,
what a thing to happen!
A few more hours and> the
janitor would probably be opening
the office door-come upon Ra-
mons body.
A picture of the lean, brown
face with a line of agony about
it's half-open mouth came to his
mind. He remembered kicking
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The Most Sensational Detective Story
of the Day, Penned by
Clever Writer
THE STORY. THUS FAR

kathleen Ctenden young heiress returns from
trip abroad Accompanying her the taxi to her apartment
whom Kathleen is afanced AS Kathleen from the cab
Kelly the notes his horror that
Dr. Cresy young hotel physician takes charge
of the body Detective Macarthur gril
leen tragic to investigate the mystery Cress
Engshman sending
mysterious "everne R. Lecay Cressy continues his search
visiting the millinery shop of Anita Cog friend of
In his search stumbes lnenbOund
Gregory dappearace
Blue Scarab An exciting Kathens followed
discovery had entered The intruder found
Just Dr. Cressy about his door
soey opened and in walked Kathleen her attractive form
with kimono said.
Kathleen gives the keeping
startled by notice $4,000 capture Genden
ning's slayer
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AT LAST!

SANDY" is being shown this
week at LOew's Palace Theater.
Madge BeIamy, the dainty
screen star, appears As the
dashing bOb.haired heroine Of
EIenOre Meherin's engrOssing
serial.
Read the story Of the adven.
lures Of SANDY" in The Wash.
ingtOn Times.
Then go to LOew's Palace
and see the wonderful pictur-
iZatiOn of the narrative.
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A Substitute for Wheat

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sbst;nte for wheat either should fa Auay
Is akin to Jobs tears the hard seeds OFTEN ussu aol
beads.