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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-09-15

your going away? In your condi.
ton It's not SAFE"
Joslyn looked straight past him.
''Why do you stand in front of
me. when I want to walk out of
here?" she asked with the SIM
plicity of a child. !
Brierhalter detained her by the
arm.
You are not yourself" he
urged. ''This is simply madness
for you to walk out, straight
from a sick bed. Don't you un-
derstand that Joslyn?"
mo, I don't understand that.
What Is 1t you want me to?
Simply to stay" he said.
A guile, a cunning, got into
Joslyn's brain. If she could not
go straight through an obstacle
there were ways Of getting
around it.
TN come back" she declared.
the intensity of his reasoning.
you're not like anybody else on
EARTH" he said. ''What might
be simply idiotic in anyone else
may be the height of sanity for
you, Joslyn. And I don't want
you to feel any fetters-now. I
want you to feel free"
Free At last!
Joslyn nodded. az am Free"
II may be a fool but it's all I
can think of to do. There seems
to be nothing else to do-and
I'm going to let you go opt. But
you will come back, won't your"
Joslyn knew that she would
have to lie with sincerity and
she nodded her head. "Ill come
back" she promised, without
conscience.
The elevator that carried her to
the ground slid like plummet
dropping into a pit in a down
ward flow of smooth motion that
seemed apart from any natural,
hampering laws of life. Joslyn,
like a child on a holiday, expert
enced a primitive pleasure in the
purely physical sensation Of es-
cape. A dorman in livery swung
the revolving partitions Of glass,
and she stepped outside into a
fine warm mist that, later, would
be rain.
A few cents remained in her
purse and she decided to go home.
On the subway, which she found
without trouble, she felt only a
slight fatigue, although she had
walked several blocks to the sta
ton. On her own street she
found it necessary to drive her
body harder, to summon an in
creased draft of mental energy
to put. the power into her tagging
.nuscles.
Small ideas, in an unbroken
succession occupied her mind.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-09-15

the memory, the feel, Of Jim
Kelvin's kisses, the compelling
magnetism that had forever been
drawing them closer and closer.
His voice was so well-remem-
bered In her ears that she could
almost hear him speaking to her.
BY straining, by listening with
the closest attention, she might
even now catch the familiar in
Election. If there was pain to
death 1t had not yet struck JOS
lyn; its only effect, so far as she
could Judge, was that of some
pervading an a t h eft c that
numbed but did not destroy con-
seriousness.
She is Leaving
"Where can you go?" Brier.
halter was asking her.
I'm going away from here"
She looked at him with the
curious impression that the event
had poured itself into his being
had diluted him until he was
robbed of all potency to affect
her one way or the other.
II don't know where I am go
ing" she said with a complete
lack of interest in him or in the
question he propounded. (which
way is it to the elevator?
He doomed in front Of her,
blocking her path.
az want you to listen to me-"
he said. There is g. limit to what
I can accomplish and a limit to
what I am willing to accomplish.
You know that you are perfectly
free to do anything You like, don't
your"
yes"
"What I want to say is that,
while you may not believe it, /
had already made up my mind to
let my case with you-even be.
fore this news came out was
going to let my case with you
rest on your own desires. The
idea Of any mental compulsion ex-
hausted itself while you were i'll.
And I had intended to do the
right thing by Kenvin. Unfortu-
nately, things worked out other
wise."
Joslyn heard him but the sounds
that reached her ears were mere
words-not ideas. She wondered
vaguely what he was trying to
say and found 1t rather tedious
listening to him.
"Can you show me the way to
the elevater?" she asked with an
uncomplicated desire to be gone.
what want to say is that
you can have anything I've got
and use your own judgment about
whatever returns, If any, you care
to make. But If you don't want
to listen to that proposition, won't
YOU let me do something about
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-09-15

With this wonderful medicine you
can overcome indigestion or dyspepsia.
catarrh of stomach or any abnormal
condition that keeps the stomach in
constant rebellion and one bottle viii
prove L.
Over 5000 bottles sold in one small
New Jersey town last year--and the
best druggists the country over conceda
that its phenomenal sales are due 10
the fact that the most stubborn chronic
cases are promptly conquered Ask FOR
Dares Mentha Pepsin, a pleasant %
take, health building stomach elixir
pharmacists anywhere In America guar.
anteaA
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-09-15

and not even life as Il Yves could
spoil Il quite.
She hadn't much to spend Tor
gifts but she bought slmBle
things for Maggie and Gruhs and
squares OF sheet linen to be en-.
broidered with Ted's monogram.
The Necklace
In d little shop she found q
jade necklace. inexpensive but
very lovely, which she thought
! would please her mother. There
were times when Amy's eyes
were the same lustrous green.
Knowing how positive were that
!. lady,s likes and dislikes, however,
she undertook IN b round about
way to discover il the necklace
were likely to be acceptable.
But Amy instantly understood.
Look here, she said. 'If you're
thinking Of going In for the SEN.
EEaaznental holiday stuff on my &C
count, DON'T It's a nuisance at
best and /, at least, am too mod
ern to bother with q silly old
custom.
''You mean wen not have any
presents, Mother %
Any's glance turned from tears
In blue eyes as she shrugged.
Well, that was that Clare was
too hurt to protest, yet she
couldn't let it go completely.
@But we can be together Christ
mas eve. cant we, Mother? It'd
be so sort Of lovely
"Oh, / suppose so, do wish
you'd grow up some timer
Christmas eve began gloomily.
Clare had brought in sprigs OF
fir and mistletoe which she scat
tered about the rooms. But her
mother paid no attention and the
fragrance of the green's only
seemed TO increase dreariness.
Maggie had gone home after
inviting Clare to attend midnight
mass at the Cathedral. sTis
lovely thing lamb, and one will
bring ye joy Of the Christmas
baby!'
I'd love 1t, Maggie dear. But
mother promised to be here to-
Maggie gave her a dark look
and left, mHttering. She thought
Of that look after when Amy
jumped up from the telephone
and began to toss evening clothes
about. She was thrusting nude
stockinged feet into gay slippers
when Glare perceived that she
was going out, after all.
But Mother. you said
ITO Be Continued TOmorrow.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-09-15

IVES, I had to-" The burning
- flood Of power that she had
sent coursing through her veins
and muscles still sustained her with
its mysterious potency. LET me
have the paper"
Miss Laws, with the supporting
presence Of her employer, began
to recover from her crushed ser.
Witty. 81 tried to stop her, sir,
but she wouldn't listen to a word
said"
you may leave us alone for a
few minutes, Miss Laws" Brier
halter told her, tonelessly.
"Give me that paper" Joslyn
demanded as soon as the door
was closed.
He hesitated. "You won't lis.
ten to me-you won't let me
guide you at this timer"
Joslyn's outstretched hand,
which had not fallen, was his
answer. His lips were without
color, were tight. From the sew.
eral newspapers he detached one.
Even as he handed It to her
Joslyn could read the colossal
black headline.
James Kelvin was dead.
Joslyn was conscious that her
forehead was glistening with
pinheads of sweat; her hands were
cold as though all OF their blood
had been drained out.
The details-it was an extra
edition-were necessarily brief.
Shortly before 8 o'clock that
night there had been the sound
of several revolver shots in a
Harlem side street. Persons run.
ming to the scene had found the
body Of James Kelvin, the famed
motion picture star, wanted for
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-09-15

In Bob's roadsterl It win be IN
the garage; they certainly used
Swans bigger car tonight. All
I've got to do now is have q
lot Of nerveY'
A sleepy Waterman who often
had seen her with Satterly al
lowed her to run the roadster
into the street and she knew q
moment Of panic as she shifted
gears. It was the first time she
had driven without Satterly be.
side her and the flying nymph on
the radiator cap looked q long
way off in falling snow.
She remembered that slippery
roads meant peril. There'd be no
60-mile gait tonight! But she
must hurry
In Harlem she climbed stairs
and routed out Maggie who NUT
tered prayers and soon was ready.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-09-15

''She locked me in. I tell you'll
Locked me into my rooni''
.Why not lock her in?" Sat
terly grinned at Clare. There's
plenty Of space upstairs. Unless
she'll join the party?''
ooh, lock her iny' Val ex-
ploded. She's always shopping.
Get her out of the way for
once"
s'Suit yourself" Glare answered
indifferently. only you see IL
I'm not back In Stamford at 2
O'cIock-that's about half an hour
isn't .it-someone ] left there viii
tell the police you're running a
bootIeggery out here. / sort Of
think they'll be Interested"
SatteFly cried, MY Lord-and
the cellar half full Of stuff YOU'D
better co." he said, jerking his
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-09-15

arm free Of Amy. ''These hick
cops are the devil! She wins.
Amy. On your Way!'s
Then Clare went cut and start
ed her engine.
The old year was drawing to-
an end. Light tWinkled In early
dusks and December was filled
with pre-C Christmas cheer.
Clare loved these days. She
loved to mingIe with hlrrying
crowds, catching some Of their
happiness az they rushed .nto
shops with gift-lists IN their
hands and came out Juggling buns
dies. She spent an entire morn
ing in q toy department, as de-
lighted with everything as the
children who crowded aisles.
Christmas always had seemed
mysterious and beautiful to her,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-09-15
To All Who Suffer Stomach
Agony, Gas and Indigestion
Peoples Drug Stores Make This Offer
Money Back If One Bottle of Dares Metha Pepsn Doesn't
Do You More Good Than Anything You Ever Used.

You can be so distressed with gas and
fullness and bloating that you think
your heart is going to stop beating.
Your stomach may be so distended
that your breathing is short and gaspy.
You think perhaps you are sHffocatlng.
You are dizzy and pray for quick re-
lief--what's to be done?
Just one tablespoonful OF Dare's
Mentha Pepsin and in ten minutes the
gas disappears. the pressing on the
heart ceases and you can breathe deep
and naturally.
Oh! what blessed relief: but why
not get rid OF such attacks altogether?
Why have chronic indigestion at ALT
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-09-15

the door without knocking. Sud
denly she was in the midst Of q
revel.
It was about as she'd guessed.
Val percIed tipsily on the piano
while Amy played and sang;
Ticly Swan sprawled; Satterly
stood with a bottle In his hand.
Her presence seemed to turn
them to stone in an instant:
then Amy screamed and they.
broke out in weird sounds.
Her Mission
''I've come to take you home,
Mother" was all she said.
Listen to her, Bob! What1l
we do? What win we do?"
Amy stumbled across the room
and shook his arm while Sat.
terly shook with amusement.
Throw her OUT suggested
Val, around cigarette.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-09-15
THE ACTON

CLARE EDDY. pretty. innocent
and romantic. lives with. her pIeaS-
ure-loving mother. AMY, and hos
step-father. DR.. PAUL DEAN
the small town OF Atkins. Ohio
Amy's sole mission in life seems
to be TO stave off old age and 70
surround herself with male adj
mirers 50 that she may have
on clare's eighteenth birthday,
she gives q s'coming.out" 1aPfS
to which she invites her own fat
set thus stealing" her daughters
SATTERLX Q New York wastreI
who At the same time Ii secFet1v
earryins on g slirtation vito
earnest and fancies herself In love
self into an orgy Of drinking enA
suggestive dancing. In the midst
OF which VAL HANLON, = mar.
ried woman and Amy's closest
friend. falls into Q drunken faint
The next day Clare looks back
on the whole thing 20 silly aud
cheap. She goes 20 her mother .
and suriy over an estraugemenf
with DR.. Paul. Clare recalls nuYns
erous affairs Amy has had. one
with fruit peddIef.
DR.. Paul finds Q letter from
Amy to her lover and the shock
ure. Just before be dies he warns
Clare TO burn the letter.
Glare burns the letter ana prom.
ises her father to fight 70 save
Amy from herself After the 81.
neral Amy ana Clare decide e
Paul leaves his property 20 Glare
and Ted. cutting Amy of with -
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-09-15

They took the road Ted had GOV.
cred when he drove Clare to the
hospital; the storm became b
binding fury against their lights.
In all the drifting white there
was no other car and that fact
alone, probably, saved them from
accident as they went zig-zagging
along.
Disaster almost claimed them,
however, before a hotel in Siam.
ford when Glare touched the
brakes and locked wheels swung
all the way around so the lights
pointed back over the road they
just had Travelled.
Maggie moaned, Saints be
above us alli'
FITS all right, dear. Wen go
In here and find out where the
place IS"
Satterly's place, It turned out.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-09-15

Twelfth silk and Fine Linen
Thirteenth Fourteenth
Ivory. Fifteenth Crystal. Tween
tteth--C China. TWenty-fifthSil-
yer. ThirtietIl Pearl. Fortieth-
Ruby. Fiftieth- Golden. And
Seventy fifth Diamond.
wonder who ever figured out
q list like that? 1t certainly ought
to be revised don't you think 80?
For instance, instead Of cotton,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-09-15

the first anniversary ought to be
fine silks and linen. Because it's
on the first anniversary that the
young folks are starting to settle
down In their new home and 4
few sofa cushions and luncheon
sets would come in handy.
Paper il an right for the Sec
ond, as the house viii need to be
redecorated about then and wall
paper would come II pretty
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-09-15

NANCY
Leather Is dangerous thing
for the third anniversary, because
somebody Isl sure to give them
each q suit case and one Of them
might decide about this time to
go home to mother.
Fruit and flowers IS all right
for tho fourth, but I'd switch the
next six with the last six.
Woolens and willows and tin
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-09-15

was 3 half mile down the road
They had passed 1t on the way.
"An' what We be up till now,
me Iamb7 IT'S small chance
wen stand Wit the spalpeens."
IT thought OF that and you
must help me. Now listen, Mag.
gle; you're to stay here. I-1
going back alone.
Eye will noti''
i've thought It all out. /" She
explained her plan. I'm going
to finish this thing someway. DO
you see now?"
The woman wiped her eyes
and Clare hurried away.
The drive from the street to
the low. stone house, every win
dow alight, was the hardest. The
lawns were drifted, and no road
appeared. She made it, however.
and heard music as she opened
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-09-15

! ana rubber are more III line for
old age, when wooden underwear
ana q hotwater bottle and stuff
like that are much more APP
preciated, than gold and pearls
and rubies and diamonds.
But, after all, ii seems 60 me
that wedding anniversaries. like
birthdays, are best celebrates
when they are forg0tten in being
so like every other happy day.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-09-15
BY Fay King

FRIEND OF mine asked me
"A the other day IL I could tell
him what anniversary the TWEEN
tieth wedding anniversary is.
could not at the time, but was
glad to do a little research and
find that it Is the China Ami.
versary.
That's his, cue to send out a
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-09-15
Passion Beautiful Studio"
First OuaI Lathe

NE of modern woodworking machines the
" by William Murdoch; Scotchman,
matter necessity hat of climber to
journey In search of work
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-09-15

J set OF cups and saucers to his
friends on Sunday.
In case you have been out Of
a, list OF the anniversaries, too, I'll
copy them off for you here.
First Cotton. Second Paper.
Third - Leather. Fourth - Fruit
Sixth Sugar. Seventh Wooden
Eighth Rubber. Ninth-W
Tenth - Tin. Eleventh Steel.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-06-25
New Shenandoah Park
Has Fountain of Youth

Luray, Va.-Gurgling through sands
and flint rock of pearly whiteness,
the waters of spring in the foothills
Of the Blue Ridge of this county, an
analysis just made reveals specific
for goiter, govt, indigestion, rheuma-
tism and many other ailments.
Three-quarters of a century ago
these waters were believed to contain
curative properties for goiter, but the
recent analysis shows many other dis
eases will yield if the waters of the
spring are persistently drunk. The
spring is in separate mountain from
the Blue Ridge, but in a spur of that
mountain that will be embraced in
the Shenandoah national park area.
The owner of the land on which the
spring is situated says that natures
compound will make the spring foun-
tain Of youth to millions when the
Shenandoah national park is thrown
open.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-06-25
Find Sailors Prefer
Highbrow Literature

New York.-A third mate calling on
1.-THE Lady of the Lake" and the Lay
of the Last Minstrel" to add strength
to his sea-going remarks is something
new under the ocean sun.
Yet these are among the softening
changes wrought by the American
Merchant Marine Library association,
which, according to it's director, Carl
w. Shattuck, has scattered 25O,000
books aboard $4,000 ships riding the
seven seas.
sometimes four months at a
stretch without touching shore, the
sailors of the chantie are thus able to
alternate their skipping on the
decks by lying down below with
books that range in choice from a
Meade's First Reader or Zane Grey
thriller to Wells Outline Of History
or Villa Gathers The Professors
House,
"There are grammars and books on
How to Write They are for the
young fellow on board-there's always
at least one-who is going to sea just
to write sea stories. They read Con-
rad, Captain Rosenberg, and Captain
McFee. The older sailor asks for
books on farming, keeping the dream
of farm at the back of his head for
the day when he will come ashore"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-06-25
CLAIMS DISCOVERY
OF NEW ELEMENT
Scientist Declares Substance
Is Radioactive.

Cornish, Me.-A new radioactive
element is alleged to have been dis
covered by DR.. William Teg of Cor
nish, formerly of New York, director
Of biological research institute here,
which he founded.
Doctor Teg declares he has sue
ceeded in isolating this element,
which he calls brodlum, after 16
years work In the United States and
abroad. The substance is an alkali,
said to be closely related to the So
dunn and potassium groups.
Brodium is found principally in
naineral form, and the pure element is
described as brownish-gray sub
stance which smells like pungent
earth and is soluble. The metal has
an atomic weight of 2.25, slightly
more than radium, plus.
1t is everywhere present, the doc
tor declares, and acts against gravity.
Radioactivity, it is stated, causes it to
give off what the doctor has termed
terrestrial rays" and these rays, he
nelleves, supply energy to all living
things. The rays are said 10 cause
the capillary action by which plant
life feeds on its sap, and provide the
nervous energy for the human body.
The doctors theory is that brodium.
q widely distributed element, gives off
rays to all forms of life. Plants as
simulate these rays through their
roots and leaves, and the element be-
ing more active in water, the action
is facilitated in the sap. The human
body absorbs the rays; which are
everywhere in the air, through the
nerve tips.
Doctor Teg says that various scien-
lists have investigated and several
are now, working with him looking
into the new element. He mentions
the Atomic Research association of
Detroit as Investigating his findings
and scientists in Kansas City as max
ing experiments.
His own labortory is an old farm
house which he has improved himself.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-06-25
SHIP TAKES CARE
OF SECRET CABLES
Is Really "Oculist of the Coast
Artillery"

Boston.-A little gray steamship
with a queer signal hanging from its
masthead may be seen now and again
in the great ports of eastern and
southern United States. Yet thou
sands Of travellers who view it never
suspect that this vessel, the only one
of its class, is vitality concerned in
the defense Of the American coast.
The ship is the United States steam
ship Joseph Henry. Its work is the
maintenance Of a secret system Of
submarine telephone cables that en-
ables the coast artillery to train its
big guns on targets out at sea. The
Joseph Henry, anchored here or there
or busily steaming about its business,
Is the only visible evidence Of these
underwater communication lines.
1t might be appropriately called
1.-THE oculist of the coast artillery"
The eyes that help find the range of
distant targets are located far away
from the harbor fort, sometimes on a
neighboring promontory; sometimes
on an island in the harbor. The
cables are the nerves that carry the
range-fnding observations to the
brain that fires the big batteries.
The fact that these underwater
cables exist is no secret Their exact
location, however, is military secret.
They are laid so that they are out of
the way Of shipping lanes and anchor
ages. Nevertheless. every so often,
some vessel fouls one Of the cables,
or a new cable must be laid, or
cable develops leak.
If this situation occurs anywhere
from Portland, Me-, to Galveston
Texas, the Joseph Henry appears on
the scene. 1t is designated a mine
layer, although it never laid mine
and probably never will.
A hundred and sixty-five feet long
and displacing COL tons, its only dis
tinguishing characteristics are a huge
reel or windlass, mounted horizontal
ly on its forward upper deck, big
sheave on forward boom. and an
other pair Of sheaves at the bow.
1t looks like navy ship, but 1t is
operated by the army, being attached
to the Seventh coast artillery at
Sandy Hook. The crew consists of
enlisted coast artillerymen and war;
rant officers under Capt. T. r. Parker.
1t is supposed to carry crew Of 25,
but the vessel is generally short
handed. When not working, it ties
up In the shadow of the Statue Of Lib
erty at Bedloe's island.