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Fl. WAYNE-TOmmy Stutz and AID Hermann will meet in a
match Saturday to decide city mat title. Stutz was injured in
contest between the two and Hermann won.
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The superlatve Of the huddle system-two couple in a coupe
In fact, it might be termed the bearhug huddle.
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on THE PATHWAY WITH JOHN ID.

There's going TO be a hockey "war" And does thu
the price of ice will be boosted?
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AS a golfer John d. Rockefeller has yet to make his
But he should worry. He can buy all the hol,
( he wants EN-.
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Fact Of the matter - the eminent John does own a e
Florida and he's down there now. He's probably playfr
annual winter tournament.
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The Wholesale League games re-
suited in three-time wins for Motive
Parts, NJ O'Connor and the House of
Crane over the Typo Service, Zenite
Metal and Van Camp Hardware. The
middle game of the House of Crane
and Van Camp ended in a tie, the
House Of Crane boys winning the
oll-off, IS to 60. The opponents of
Polk Milk will roll later. O'Grady Of
the House of Crane team carried
home high honors, with games of
204, 220 and 1873, for a total Of 607.
In the indianapolis Ladies
League games the Silver Flash
team was In wonderful form, win
ming three from the Folks MIX in
easy fashion on games of 851, 900
and 821. for a total of 2,572. From
all appearances these women
shooters mean To capture the PEN
nant. and If they continue shoot
ing as they are at present they
will succeed.
Baker Bros. and Capitol Furniture
teams also won their series from the
vollrath and J. J. c. teams. while
the A c. Bradley and Lucky STRIKES
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were taking two out of three from
the Shank Storage and National NAL
leables-
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Cummins. was a steady balancer for
the Purdue team. He had three field
goals and the same number OF foul
goals. Wheeler. the other star OF the
Lafayette fang. didn't shine Friday
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If he admires a certain trophy all he has to do is to purchase +
1t for competition and then proceed to win it in a walk. Wa
on the course and back.
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n he drops a money match in solitaire golf he can boos
of oil and get his losses back.
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Times Daily Dozen
Nv A. l.. WiIbert, M. A.

volutionary war were Of Irish
birth or extraction.
3. GEOGRAPHY. The South
produces about "a per cent Of our
total tobacco crop.
4. BUSINESS. Most of "call
money" loaned by banks to stock
brokers is used by them to
finance their customers purchases
of stocks on margin.
5. MANKIND. Allah Is the Mo-
hammedan word for God.
6. HUMAN NATURE. The en-
doctrinologists are those scientists
who believe that human behavior
is caused by the Chemicals secret
ed in the various ductless glands
of the body.
Z. GEN ERAL sc len c. r.
Nitrous oxide is commonly known
as laughing gas.
8. LAW. To say that a con-
tract is voidable means that one
of the parties can enforce the
contract IL he wishes or he can
void it.
9. CIVICs. Connecticut is call
ed 1.-The Nutmeg State"
10. ART. Walter Pater described
the portrait OF Mona Lisa" by
Leonardo da Vinci, as "this
beauty into which the soul with
all it's maladies has passed"
II. MUSIC. The ballet by
Igor Sravinsky called "Petru-
shaka" Is a wildly colorfuI and
tuneful portrayal of Russian folk
life.
species Of mosQFAto transmits
malariac
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I ever saw either of you. down
at The Galloping Hind"'
His Approval
Lee Rogers nodded his head
silently.
you said he had a lot of good
stuff in him. Well, he has, Lee;
really he has. know he's
capable OF splendid things Z he
ever really finds himself. That's
what l always wanted to help
him do. / wanted to sh,w him
the way"
You did help him." Lee Rogers
said, softly. He dies a better
man for having known you
And now Im dying, too.
Lee"
The hand between Rogers
palms relaxed slowly and, being
a medical man, he knew that this
was the crisis.
'Joslyn. Joslyn"! His anguish.
ed soul was in the cry you
can't die! 1t is not your time"
Even now as Lee Rogers
heart Chilled with the mightiesl
terror of his life, he was still
the alert, intelligent physician.
His fingers. swift and sensitive.
crept toward Joslyn's pulse. kept
firm touch on the fluttering ebb
of her earthly existence.
Nobody can live with a pulse
as weak as that! ne toad him
self, desperately.
All color now was gone fron
her face: the lids OF her closed
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/. LITERATURE. What Is
meant by Shavian wit?
2. HISTORY. Why did the
Scots adopt the thistle as their
national emblem?
8. GEOGRAPHY. Where do the
Hottentots live?
4. BUSINESS. What is the
fundamental principle upon which
the success of American industry
5. MANKIND. What is the tran.
silent population of New YORK
city?
that those who learn quickly fer'
get easily?
7. GENERAL~GCIENCE. Which
American was the worlds greatest
breeder OF plant life?
s. LAW. What Is meant by
consideration in the law of con-
tracts?
9. CIvICS. How many persons
are executed annually In the
United States?
10. ART. When did miniature
painting first come into vogue in
Europe?
MUSIC. How many symptom
les did Beethoven write?
IL, HEALTH. What does
Vitamin do for the body?
Answers to Yesterdays Questions
/. LITERATURE. Edmond Ros-
lands charming comedy. ICY
rano de Bergerac. - has been
caIled'"the finest dramatic poem of
the latter half of. the 18th cen
fury.
9. HISTORY. More than half of
the American soldiers in the Re-
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better and his head was clear OF
main he had not seriously thought
of a fractured skull.
His Dilemma
If she believed it. why did she
not treat him bit more con-
siderately? Bateese. with that
strength of an OK in his arms.
had no use for her assistance
with the paddle. she might at
least have sat facing him, even II
she refused to explain matters
more definitely.
A mistake. she called it. And
she was sorry for him! She mad
made those statements in a Tnat-
ter-of-fact way, but with a voice
that was like music. She Lad
spoken perfect English. but in hcs
words were the infection and
yeIvety softness of the Freflci.
blood which must be running red
in her veins. And her name Was--
Jeanne Marie-Anne Boulaini
With eyes closed. Carrigan
called himself an idiot for think
ing of these things at the presen'
time. Primarily he was man.
hunter out on important duty.
and here was duty right at hand.
a thousand miles south or Black
Roger Audemard, the wholesale
murderer he was after. He would
have sworn on his life that Black
Roger had naver gone at a
killing more deliberately than this
same Jeanne Marie-Anne Bollt1iT
had gone after him behind the
rock
Now that it was all over, and
he was alive, she was taking him
somewhere as coolly and as unex-
citedly as though they were re-
turning from a picnic. Carrigan
shut his eyes tighter and won.
dered il he was thinking straight.
He believed he was badly hurt.
but he was as strongly convinced
that his mind was clear. And he
lay quietly with his head against
the pack, his eyes closed, waiting
for the GOODNESS of the river to
drive his nausea away again.
He sensed rather than felt the
swift movement of the canoe.
There was no perceptible tremor
to its progress. The current and
a perfect craftsmanship with the
paddles We're carrying it along at
six or seven miles an hour. He
heard the ripping of water that
at times was almost like the
: tinkling OF tiny bells. and more
and more bell-Iil1e became that
sound as he listened to it. It
struck a certain note for him.
And to that note another added
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mass of velvety sable in the star
and-moon glow
Something told Carrigan she
was going to turn her face In his
direction, and he dropped his hand
over his eyes again, leaving q
space between the fingers. He
was right in his guess. She
fronted the moon, looking at him
closely anxiousIy, he
thought. She even leaned little
toward him that she might sec
morely clearly. Then she turned
and resumed her padding.
Quite Pleased
Carrigan was bit elated.
Probably she had looked at him a
number OF. times like that during
the past half hour. And she was
disturbed. She was worrying
about him. The thought OF being
a murderess was beginning to
frighten her. In spite OF the
beauty of her eyes and hair ana
the slim witchery of her body ne
had no sympathy for her. lie
told himself that he would give a
wear of his life to have her down
at Barracks this minute.
would never forget that three.
quarters of an hour behind the
rock. not IL he lived to be a hun
And IL he did live, she was
going to pay, even if she was
loyeiier than, Venus and all the
Graces combined. He felt irfi.
tated with himself that he should
have observed in such silly way
the sable glow of her hair
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much to let you go. It's your
heart-you've got to keep that
alive and beating. Nobody knows
what makes a heart beat. but
you must keep yours beating, be-
cause / love you. let 1t beat in
tune with mine, little girl. Oh,
Joslyn, honey-Can't you feel the
urge, the power I'm trying to
send out, the strength I'm trying
to give YOU
you do love me. don't you,
dear?"
'You are my very life itself,
Joslyn. Try-try-try to live be-
cause l love you sou
Light Of Love
The straining eyes of Lee Rog-
ers thought. for moment, that
a faint tinge of color came back
to the palhd cheeks.
81 love you, Lee al
ways did ." but there waS
something wild
in me that had to be burned out.
It's gone now, Lee"
"You are an angel!'
"No-just human. too human.
Lee. But the old dangerous fever
in my blood in my soul
is gone. 1t went with
jim Kelvin. 1 never really loved
him, Lee. He set me on fire
and the fire swept me clean
-" it burned out the faint"
Nothing matters, Joslyn. ex'
cept that you must live"
Unbelievably, the tide turned
brought sparkle to the dull
eyes, warmth to the cold hand,
ut would be stupid to die now,
wouldn't 1t. Lee?" A tiny smile
formed on the slowly reddening
lips. why, Lee, dear, I'm just
beginning to live now
for the very first time in my
whole life. And It's sweet--so
And Lee Rogers. as his medi-
cal insight and his lover-heart
told him that Joslyn had slipped
safely from the clutch OF Death
bent his head till he could kiss
her small warm hand.
"It is sweet to live" he whts-
pered. $50 SWEET
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itself. until in the purling rhythm
of the river he caught the muir.
muring monotone Of a name Bou-
lain Boulain- Boulain The name
BECAME an obsession. It meant
something. And he knew what H.
neant-if he could only whip his
memory back into harness again.
But that was impossible now.
When he tried to concentrate his
mental faculties his head aehed
terrifiealIy.
He dipped his hand into the
water and held it over his eyes,
For half an hour after that he
did not raise his head. In that
time not a word was spoken by
Bateese or Jeanne Marie-Anne
Boulain. For the forest people 1t
was not an hour in which TO talk.
The moon had risen swiftly, and
the stars were out. Where there
had been gloom, the world was
now a flood Of gold and silver
light. AT first carrigan allowed
this to filter between his fingers;
then he opened his eyes. He felt
more evenly balanced again.
Straight in front OF him was
Jeanne Marie-Anne Boulain. The
curtain of dusk had risen from
between them, and she was full in
the radiance of the moon. She
was no longer padding, but was
looking straight ahead.
To Carrigan her figure was ex.
quisitely girlish as he saw it Tow.
She was. bareheaded, as he n
seen her first, and her hair hung
down her back like a shimmering
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arm: Lee Rogers turned his face
aside as he caught a glimpse OF
the hypodermic needle injecting
the powerful heart stimulant. A
relaxation of the tenseness OF the
bedside group The pas
sage OF long, dragging minutes
the first responsive tele-
graphing of the feeble pulse.
Coming up a little"
Once more Lee Rogers was alone
with the spent, white form on the
cot. Nothing remained that the
others could do. From now on the
case was beyond human effort.
The end, If 1t came, would be
swift--could be held back no more
than q tide rushing out from q
shore.
He wondered II she would open
her eyes; would be able to recog.
nize him and speak. That. at
least, was possible.
.r'Joslyn!" 1t was hushed whis'
per.
Very slowly the waxen lids open.
ed. I'm so tired. Lee"
Clarity, intelligence-the evapo-
ration Of the foggy cloud that had
enshrouded her mind. So often,
like this. the mind cleared up for
the last few minutes
the final brave flicker of a candle
suffering to extinction.
"Lee-Lee, darling, am / dying?"
She was dying, and they both
knew it, but, like great truth
triumphing over a great error,
Lee Rogers spoke, not from his
- scientific mind but from the
depths of his racked. love.torn
soul.
mot yet, dear. love you too
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carrisan's blood. He began to
see where he had made 9 huge
error in not playing his part
more cleyerly. 1t was this girl
Jeanne who had shot him. 1t
was Jeanne who had stood over
him in that last moment Wnen
he had made an effort to use MS
pistol.
IT was she who had tried to
murder him and who had turned
faint.hearted when 1t came to
finishing the job. But his knowl-
edge of these things he should
have kept from her. Then, when
the proper moment came, he
would have been in position 10
act. Even now at might be pos
sible to cover his blunder. He
leaned toward her again, deter
mined to make the effort.
81 want to ask your pardon"
he said. MAY I?'
His voice startled her. It was
as il the singing tip of a whip.
lash had touched her bare neck.
He was smiling when she turned.
In her face and eyes was re-
lief which she made no effort
to repress.
"You thought / might be
dead" he laughed softly. I'm
not, Miss Jeanne. I'm very
much alive again. It was that
accufsed fever-and I want to
ask your pardon! I think-I
know-that 1 accused you of
shooting me. It's impossible. /
couldn't think of tin my clear
mind. / am quite sure that I
know the rascally half-bre who
pot-shotted me like that. And It
was you who came in time, and
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CHAPTER 6

50 CHAPTER 6
A FEELING of irritation swept
"A over him, digust at his
own mental ilnpotency. And the
.dIzzying sickness was brewing in
his head again.
ST have heard that name-sone-
where before, ;. he said. There
was a space of~onIy five or six
feet between them, and he spoke
with studied distinctness.
POSSIBLY you have, m sieu.
Her voice was exquisite, clear
,as the note of q bird, yet so soft
and low that she seemed scarcely
ia have spoken. And 1t was, Car
rigan thought, criminally evasive
under the circumstances. He
wanted her TO turn round and
say something. He wanted, first
OF all. to ask her why she had
tried to kill him. 1t was his right
to demand an explanation. And l.
was his duty to get her back to
the Landing, where the law would
ask an accounting of her. She
must know that.
There was only one way In
which she could have learned MS
name and that was by prying
into his Identification papers while
he was unconscious. Therefore
SIle not only knew his name, but
also that he was Sergeant Carri-
gan Of tire Royal Northwest
Mounted Police. In spite OF all
This she was apparently not very
deeply concerned. She was MOI
frightened, and she did not ap-
near to be even slightly excited.
He leaned nearer to- her. the
movement sending a sharp pain
btween his eyes. It almost drew
! cry from him, but he forced
himself TO speak without betray-
ing it. ,
ssYoH tried TO murder me-ana
almost succeeded. Haven't you
anything to say2'
Not now, m'sieu-except that
il was q mistake. and / am sorry.
But YOU must not talk. You
must remain quiet. | am afraid
your skull is fractured.
Afraid his skull was fractured!
And she expressed her fear in the
casual way she nlSHI nave SpohS'
of a toothache. He leaned back
against his dunnage sack and
closed his eyes. Probably she was
right. These fits of dizziness and
nausea were suspicious. They
made him top heavy and filled
him with a desire to crumple up
somewhere. He was clear-mind.
edIy conscious of this and of his
fight against the weakness. But
I'm those moments when he fel.
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"VoU are holding my hand.
} aren't you, Lee?"

you are holding my hand
! aren't you. Lee?"
'sof course am. dear"
One nice thing about Lee Rog-
sers was that he was solid, de-
pendabIe-not always coming and
going like Jim Kelvin. With Jim
you really didn't know whether
..Fou were actually talking to him
or whether it was just a dream.
81 love you. Joslyn-Iu love
you till the time die" The
heart of Lee Rogers was in his
ssoice. "I tried to save you,
honey. from everything-but 1t
doesn't matter-so much-now.
= But ii was so different when
Jim Kelvin said things like that.
lie wasn't as staunch and GER
tain as Lee Rogers, but there
twas something about him that
Meached a different, a deeper
schord.
8 You can get well IL you'll only
make a stiff, hard fight for it.
You were all smashed up. dear.
Ebut that doesn't make any differ
Fence whatever to me. Wen go
away from New York where we
.can forget the past
= She was on the point OF asking
him IL he had been drinking
such foolish talk. Telling her
she was all smashed up and that
they were going to go away from
New York and forget the past.
Some of it, perhaps. but New
York was where she met jun
Kelvin and she was going 20 re-
tmember It always. always. al
WAYS.
Isn't that right. JIM" she
asked as his shadowy face came
Eneerer. He did not answer but
me held out his hand and when
Wehe went to grasp it there was
.:hothfng there.
rs "You see how he does me.
Lee?" she demanded. Always
Hplaying tricks! He's gone now,
Lees, so can tell you. You know
/ think the reason I've always
loved Jim so much Is because he
' needs me SO.
You see. he was spoiled by
30 much success and when troubla
came up he didn't know how 70
face It. Remember what you
told me about hirF. that first nie ut
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frightened him away, and saved
my life. viii you forgive me-
and accept my gratitude2'
She Is Relieved
There came into the glowing
eyes OF the girl a reflection OF
his own smile. IT seemed to him
that he saw the corners Of her
mouth tremble little before she
answered him.
7 am glad you are feeling
better, rn'sieu.'
And you win forgive me for
for saying such beastly things to
your
She was lovely when she
smiled. and she was smiling at
him now. IF you want TO be
forgiven for lying, yes. she said.
II forgive you that. because it is
sometimes your business to lie.
1t was / who tried to kill you.
m'sieu. And you know it. !"
But"
"You must not talk. m'sieu. It,
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the moonlight. And her eyes.
What the deuce did prettiness
matter in the present situationY
The sister OF Fanchet. the m
robber, was beautiful, but her
beauty had failed TO save Fanchet.
The Law had taken him In spite
OF the tears in Carmin Fanchets
big black eyes, and in that par
ticular instance he was the Law.
And Carmin Fancfet was pretty =.
deucedly pretty. Even the did
Mans heart had been stirred by
her loneliness.
"A shameg' he had said to
Carrigan. "A shamer'
But the rescally Fsnchet was
hanged by tbs neck until. he was
dead.
Bad People
Carrigan drew himself up
slowly until he was sitting erect.
He wondered what Jeanne Marie
Anne Bouiain would say Il he told
her about Carm!n. But there
was q. big ,,ulf between the name :
Fanchet and Boulaln. The Fan.
chefs had come from the lance
halls OF Alaska They were bad.
both of them. At least, so they
had judged Carnin Fanchet-
along with her brother. And
Boulain-
His hand, in dropping TO his
side, fell upon the butt of his
pistol. . Neither Bateese nor the
girl had thought of disarming
him. 1t was careless of them, I'M
less Bateese was keeping a good
eye on him from behind.
A new sort of thrill crept into
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Is not good for you: Bateese. win
you ten eln'sieu not to taIkg's
Carrigan heard movement
behind him.
'M'sieu, you will stop q talk or
/ bral heeg head wit ze paddle
III my han'!" came the voice Of
Bateese close to his shoulder.
.sT1o I max re word plain 80
nn,sieu con1pren -
II get you, old man. gruhted
Carrigan. i get you both!
And he leaned back against his
dunna ge-sack, staring again az
the witching slfrnness Of the love
" Jeanne Marie Anne Boulafn AZ
she calmly resumed her paddiing
in the bow Of the canoe.
why should. Marie wish TO keep
Cardigan = pfisoner9
Copyright by Cosmopolitan Book
Corporation
To Be Continued Monday
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Facts in Brief

An organ made entirely of paper
is a feature OF a church in Bel.
GUM. The pipes are rolls Of card.
board and the sound Is said to be
sweet and powerful
The Swedish Polhem gold medal
for outstanding inventions has
been awarded only IL times in so
years.
Respiratory and rheumatic trou-
bies, cause more i'll health than
tropical disea ses in The northern
part of South America.
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1t would take more than a
champion cross, word puzzle wizard
to make out her handwriting!
In fact,s after not hearing from
her for ages, once had to take
her letter to a fingerprint expert
to find out who 1t was front
But Gertrude always uses beau
tiful stationery and that is one
sure clue to a letter from heri
But it's so exasperating when
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THE TAXI DANCER

eyes had a waxen hue. If she
breathed, it was imperceptible.
Two nurses came lowering around
the bed, Whitehead girls with Sc
rious, immobile faces. A regular
physician OF the hospital in a
white coat was at Lee Rogers ell
bow.
"Is there anything you want,
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/ have started a subscription
among Gertrude's friends to get
her typewriter
She wrote me letter once tell
ing me that she was arriving in
town, but not being able to mako
out the date OF her arrival !
worked steadily at the thing until
figured it out. and she raped
at the door just as had eliminat-
ed the last doubt and traced the
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Do You Know?

The sea food menu of Hawaii
includes 20 different kinds OF
marine algae.
A machine to measure the exact
color of different kinds of hay
has been invented to help local in
spectors in the grading of hay.
Fabrics We're first merceriZed in
1850, when John Mercer patented
his method OF chemically treating
them to impart a silky luster,
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DIR. Rogers? was about to sug'
gest digitalis -
Eyes, quickly, please"
Certainly, old chap. Wen have
to risk the reaction. though, the
probable collapse -
Wen risk itH'
The white-dressed group gather.
ed hurriedly around Joslyn's barred