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A Unique Achievement

Hitch your wagon to a star" was an old saying,
before the modern age began, but when the an
S1ents composed the saying they little thought that
3 some day man would almost do that very thing.
@9nly in tcdays instance man has hitched his air
plane to parachute and come safely to earth
- "A unique achievement it has been described.
But It is really than that 1t is another mile
Azstone and prominent one the road toward safe
navigation OF the air. In this instance giant par
Eschute brought plane and pilot. together weigh
ing 300 pounds. to the ground only fracturinp the
saAnding gear and scarcely EARRING the pilot
- The immense value Of this experiment is immed-
Ately SEEN II this can be done once it can be done
H4gain and the day may soon be here when every
airplane will have strapped to its upper wing and
52eady for instant use, parachute which, in the
sBvent Of any mechanical structural accident or
the failure OF the motor, will bring plane and pas
hlengers to earth without loss Of life.
All credit s due to R. Carl Oelze Of the naval re-
who pjloted the plane used in the test Oelse
killed" his motor 1t the top Of his climb and yanked
80 parachute cord, trusting his life 10 the suppo-
iticn of Harry A. Douchett. chief machinist's mate
the navy. inventor Of the parachute that II would
pssk The value q this application Of IN old idea
- obvions md Immediate stsps should Be taken to
sr6aet - squipmsnt T. anch point that Il can b
talled u airmail y1anes ard III other commercial
~ posssnesr planes where excessive weight win
= psesomt Ae>fastallation.
y elpite stsp forward, and ono that
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ing. and sat, almost motionless. Civ
! ing himself up to dreams far re-
, moved from detectives and murder
, mysteries.
How sweet and dear she was! And
that little wistful smile,-that alone
betokened her utter innocence. II
She had secret, it was that she was
shielding somebody, ease,-from some
mistaken sense Of duty.
Well. he would discover her Sec
ret.-rhe had u right to. for his mo-
tlves We're all for her good, his, inc
\: eres3s only hers, from now on and
q. sSenas day, this awful investigation
!, would be at an end, some day she
! would be free to go or come as She
ple2sed. Then she would 90 home.
and he would follow. He would meet
her people, interview her father, and
NIL would be shipshape and proper.
| Whether it was the mental picture
Of the wedding feast. or the increas-
ing chill Of the night air, something
turned his thoughts to the pantry
his 94nt had SO casually referred to:
H6 WAS just contemplating q move
, in that direction, when he saw some
one coming out Of the front door.
The door had been closed, though
not locked. and the one who came
through it was Bunny,--yes, surely,
Bunny!
He sat very still, his eyes almost
starting from his head. Was she,
could she be, walking in her sleep?
No, he saw at once that she was
not.
She Ind on a dark frock. and black
shoes and stockings, and she walked
slowly. looking about her as she
stepped.
Sne could not see Buck, as he sat
hack in the shadow, and he made no
sound. SO that she did not even pause
to look that way.
She went softly, slowly, but stead
lily on, to the edge Of the porch and
down the steps.
As she went down the path to the
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side gate, Buck rose and quietly fol-
lowed her.
He felt no hesitancy about doing
this, he was her protector and he
meant to watch over her.
1t was not necessary TO be very
cautious, for the soft lawn deadened
his steps, and apparently she had no
thought she was not alone.
Across the lawn she made for the
small piece Of woods that was not
far away.
In the shelter of 4 tree To-day wait
ed. and then as she went into the
woods, he cautiously followed, bu.
ut distance.
He had no wish to pry, but also.
he must see that no danger came to
her.
As she disappeared in the deep
shadows, he edged nearer, and saw,
with sudden pang at his heart.
that she met somebody, and that
somebody was a man.
Like a flash, Buck remembered the
letter Bunny had received ut lunch
time. How she had read it without
comment, but with, he remembered,
Q heightened color, and a queer lit
tie frOwn.
Could it have been from this man,
making an appointment for this
meeting?
Buck was sure that it not only
could have been, hut was.
His heart was torn with fears. He
tried to keep his faith in Bunny. but
she had left the house secretly. and
very late. She had, come to meet a
man who was waiting for her I'm
dark, lonely wood.
1t didn't seem rs II much more
were needed to make the girl blame
worthy beyond power Of explanation.
He watched through the darkness.
not daring, nor indeed wishing to 60
nearer; and it seemed to him that
the two human shadows merged into
one. As If Bunny had been lost in
the mans embrace and as il she
wade no resistance to such condi-
lions.
ioddy turned sick at heart. This
was the girl he loved, worshiped,
adored, to the point Of idolatry. But
this was also the girl he honored,
respected and believed innocent. Of
any guilty knowledge or connivance
in her friends death.
What was the truth? For once
Bucks power Of discernment was 1t
fault.
He knew not what to think.
what to. believe.
More than willing to give Bunny
every possible benefit Of the doubt,
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NAMES DANGER

That's just it, Mamie l said. "A
loving woman has not only to resist
the man she loves, but resist herself.
I'm very glad that he's gone, and as
for your not being able to live with.
out him, the great tragedy Of life Is
that hearts do not break so easily.
You have lived without him for q
long time before you saw him the
other night" admonished. 1T had
been two years since you ran away
from him in New York"
n know it, Judy. but you never
will know how I wanted him every
day and every hour while we were
parted. thought he had forgotten
me. Sometimes I almost believed
that he never had loved me.
snow that I know he had been
wanting me quite as much as ! had
longed for him, and had been .uu-
happy oil the time, It makes II Just
that much harder for me-"
She could not hold the tears back
any longer. She just put her Mad
down on my shoulder and sobbed. ~
soon as she could speak she said:
II am afraid, Judy, I'm afraid. I
just seem to feel that Roberts wife
il watching me every minute"
"Oh. you'll get over that" I said
comfortingly. "Are you sure that
you have seen her since he left p
"Yes, once. saw her in . car on
the other side OF the street as
came away from my music lesson,
and am sure that her car followed
me slowly as I walked to the room
! had rented in the Studio Of Music,
where I could practice and still keep
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(: This generation has great advantage over the
next one. What this one does. the next one Is IN
no position to say anything about until long after
it is too late to do anything. The next one can be
as sore as it likes about the way this has treated
il, but this will be dead; hence won't care boot.
/: For instance, Chairman Madden Of the appropria-
ons committee Of the house Of representatives calls
son President Coolidge to discuss details Of the
payment of the national debt. Congressman Mad
den points out that, at the present rate the whole
thing will be liqudated in about 20 years.
The idea Of a country without national deb.
rather shocks Congressman Madden. He never
heard Of such thing. Besides Europe will still be
remittng to US, annually, what she owes 1t will
simply pile up in the treasury temptation to con-
tress to waste, points out Congressman Madden 1t
will also be irritating to Europe to rolling
in money she is pnchng herself to supply us with.
to play at ducks and brakes with it.
Wouldn't it be better for all concerned queries the
congressman, to slow up the wpng out Of the
national debt? Pass some Of it on to the next gen
Grafton. It will be good thing for the next gen
eraton because then it won't have all that trouble
with extravagant congresses. Neither will it be
bothered by so much European jealousy.
Incidentally-ths is mere bagatelle-such a
policy will reduce this generations taxes Another
curious thng--Madden that Europe will
pay what she owes
It's convincing argument-for this generation.
The next might not be knocked over by it quite
readily, but it isn't necessary to convince the
next enc. 1t isn't here yet. Cheer up, however,
Next Generation! You'll have chance to do the
same thing to subsequent generations.
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how could he believe her in oil ways
innocent. when she would do such
thing as this?
He tried to find an explanation.
but IL this interview were in the in.
terests Of law and justice, why so
secret the meeting? Why 50 late an
hour! So stealthy a departure from
the house?
It was inexplicable. Tod began to
feel q rising anger,-yes, even his
Bunny could arouse his resentment
at this treatment Of his profile red
help. Why hadn't she confided in
him. and let him 60 with her to see
this man?
Then he bethought himself of an
other explanation, and his wrath
turned to great and grievous woe.
Suppose this man were Bunny's
lover! Suppose it all had nothing to
do with the murder mystery, but
that this chap, confound him, had
come from Bunny's home with mes
sages or warnings or helm Of some
sort in her dreadful dilemma.
Maybe they were affianced sweet
hearts. and the girl had only been
flirting with him, and, he had to I'D
init. she had done very little Of that.
Indeed, she had really repulsed
him. and it may have been only his
imagination that made hm hope she
would yet turn to him with love and
affection.
He knew little about her, his in
buttons might no. be true ones,
maybe she was the typical flapper
Of whom he heard so much and 80
often.
Well. he must know a little more,
and with feeling of defiance Of his
own better nature. he crept softly
nearer the pair in the woods.
They now sat on . fallen log, ear
nestly engaged in conversation.
He could not make out. the tenor
Of their talk. He hated himself for
trying to, but he. edged still closer,
and though he could see only Ahad-
owy outlines Of their figures, he at
hast managed to make out q few
words.
Don't you care!" Bunny said.
passionately, her voice raised q trifle,
rs II In amazed agony. "Have you
no pity. no regret? oh. | don't know
what to dol" =
/ "Dont do anything, DEAR" the
mans voice said.
Buck could not place that voice. IL
was unfamiliar, though be. realized
he might hsve heard il before.
But | can't be still aud say moth
ing--you see.--l noticed the putty
~ q: 4. -
TIE man, 1t that. clappe1 his hand
across her mouth. 81 s
"Hush!" he said, II faneled Ihesrd
q sound. Somebody may b. about"
Ito H C0atlaseaO
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Editorial Comment
Highways and Fire Protection
(St. Louis. Mo-. Globe Dem


In the building of Mssouri's new hard-surfaced
highways probably little thought was given to the
increased protection that they would extend against
fire. None the less, this is of the numerous
advantages that have accrued from the program
that lifted the state out Of the mud. When blaze
discovered in De Soto at q. m. emergency
calls sent to the fire departments at Festus
and ut ST. Louis, and fire apparatus from these
cities combined with that at De Soto in fighting the
flames Without this aid, the damage, estimated at
$4,000, would doubtless have been much greater.
The distance from St. Louis to De Soto is about
forty-five miles. The two St. Louis fire trucks
that responded to the call for aid Travelled at high
speed, making the run, it is reported in ninety min
utes. 1t was splendid demonstration Of the abii-
ty Of local fire fighters to meet an emergency of
this kind, but it was equally fine demonstration
OF how distance is wiped out by good roads and diff
ferent parts Of state brought into close touch with
each other Concrete roads, extending over most of
their route and affOrding q roadbed as level as a
floor and considerably smoother than the average
city street made it possible for local fire fight
ing equipment to get there in ample time to render
service.
which metropolitan fire departments render as
sistance to outlying towns mperiled by flames inn
proved roads may tend as they do in other ways
to remove feelings of natural antagonsm that still
exist in some degree between people Of the country
and people of the cities. Nothing is SO likely to
suppiant such feelings with sense of unity and
good fellowship assistance efficiently rendered
in time Of danger.
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The Way of Human Nature
minneapolis Tribune)

The United States today stands rather aehast at
the contradictorness OF human nature. It has dis
covered that there is nothing more dangerous than
to do somebody a good turn.
AS the result of a certainly not nconsiderable
provocaticn we not long ago interviewed in general
european war; At the time INTERVIEWED two
groups OF nations were about deadlocked. Our in
'ervent'on soon forced decision the first group
gong down to humiliating defeat the second emery
lhs triumphant. One would assume, therefore that
the second group would feel for us sentiments of
undylnR gratitude, while the first group would
never cease to think Of us in any terms save those
oI eternai hatred. Yet strangely enough the first
group now manifests particular hostility towards
US; wn'ie the second group hardly ever let's day 90
Dv without giving us new evidence of it's fierce
dislike of us.
IS all very puzzlng. What would have hap
pened II we had reversed our course? Suppose we
nad loaned the central powers roughly ten billion
dollars; suppose We had furnished them with mil
non l'gnting men supplemented by promise Of
mHlons 70 follow; suppose we had turned the scales
~ tne'r FAVOR, making It possible for them to crush
nr.s'n' france and Italy to the earth. Suppose
'nat tne central powers had then destroyed or ap-
propr'a'ec the enemy fleets, seized the enemy col
onies, and imposed staggering indemnities mon the
conquered countries. Would we have been popular
with them! Apparently not Apparently they
wculo De mating America furiously because America
nsd NOT done more for them. And apparently the
conquered countries would be regarding America
w'tnout rancor and speaking Of it 10 rather decent
sort Of power.
Inc next time America Il asked 10 intervene IN 4
general war the question to be debated viii be this
Ian We afford to incur the fearful ill-wiM which
we snall inevitably bring down upon ourselves from
tne net'ons whose lives We savel.
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Her OtU,1 Wdy "a SIS!
my mother thinking that was work.

ing"
looked at Mamie with intersst
wondering what would happen II hs6
mother found out she was NO loneeo
WORKING. ] knew that Mrs. Ryley
would never believe anything but the
worst OF her own daughter II ahe
realised that Mr.. Tremain had loan.
cd her money enough to complete
her musical education.
Although didn't tell Mamie. I
was very much afraid that some day
Buddy Tremain's wife weuld make
trouble for her.
All the time We had been talking
] had packed up my few possessions.
for had determined TO move out 10
Joan's home that evening. Some
how ! was certain that We would not
60 abroad for some months,
! had just locked my trunk, strap.
ped my suit case and tied up my
hat box when Jerry called.
Father said you wanted to talk
20 me, Judy" said Jerry.
II only wanted to say that my
new employer insists upon my going
to the theater with her and some
friends tonight"
did you tell her that you had
promised TO 90 with me :"
Il couldn't very well do that,
Jerry"
Then you're going?"
why, Of course
"All right, goodbye"
And he rang off.
Copyright, 1925. NEA Service. Inc.)
TOMORROW: GonS .hva IN, Masnt.
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NOW co ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XxxvII

mar En- AAAVus
Buck looked after Bunny, sorcly
tempted to follow. but concluded not
to. feeling it was better to let her
think things over BY herself.
lie went back to his chair on the
porch, where sheltered BY the clus-
tering vines. he sat and smoked
numberless cigars.
His aunt came out and said, in her
crisn way:
"Come, To-day Boy, it's late. You
can think about her in your dreams
instead Of catching your death Of
cold out on this porch. Come along
in"
mo, Aunt EN-. You run along to
bed. and III 60 up when I get feady.
Leave the door open, I'll lock it when
/ 90 in"
"Oh, all right, have you own way,
but & you get hay fever. don't blame
DEAR III.
"Good night. Boy. You'll find any
thing you want in the pantry.r-if
10 be, you can think Of anything 50
prosaic - f0Od!"
Buck smiled at his aunt's intui-
tion. and left her raiMery man
swored.
He sat there for hours, unheed;nc
The flight of time. He. ceasAd saokr.
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BEGIN HERE TODAY

MRS. PRENTlSS sees lights
mysteri0usly appear and disap-
pear in the HEATH household
next door one night, and the next
DAY HarbOr Gardens, Long
Island, IL agOg with the murder
OF MfRA HEATH and the dis.
appearance Of her husband,
House guests of the Heaths
ere LAWRENCE lNMAN. heir
to sMyra's fortune. and BUNNT.
Moore, vivaciOus, goIde NJ
haired. to whom suspicion points
because Of her refusal to answer.
questions. s.
Myra Heath was peculiar. She
never used cosmetics, never wore
cOtOrs. She had q mania for COL
Iecttng glass, and it was q rare
old whiskey bottle from her col
lection that the murderers used
to kill her. Candles were burn
ing ut her head and feet and
nearby was card marked, "Thc
Work Of Perry Heath" Stramg-
est OF all, she was heavily made
W. Wstu bOOBCs
The peculiar thing about
Heath's disappearance il that all
the windows and doors had been
locked ON the inside the night
before and were found that way
IN the morning. Finger prints
OF Bunny Moore and Inman were
found on the bottle.
At the Country Cluh. the mmp.
der is discussed by SAM An
DERSON, Heath's rival for the
club presidency; AL CUNNING
HAM. who Is trying to solve the
crime, and others. Some believe
Heath the murderer. Anderson
disagrees. TODHUNTER BUCK,
nephew Of Mrs. Prentiss and in
love with Bunny, suggests to
Cunningham that Heath also
may have been murdered.
bunny 10 amazed to get a
phone call from Heath. He calls
her again, saying Inman Is
guilty. Bunny fafnts under .
yrilling by Detective Mott. In
man cOnfides to Buck that he
saw Bunny ascending the stairs
after the murder, and Mott ques.
ttOns all the servants. Katie, q
maid. tells Of, seeing q man leav.
ing the grounds the night Of the
murder. Mott IL inclined to
think Bunny is guilty.
Cunningham gets . note from
Anderson and goes to his house
where Perry Heath suddenly ap-
pears out Of the night and be-
gins to talk.
Anderson invites CUNNINGHAM
to his house and there, while
waiting for his host, Cunning.
hsm Is suddenly confronted by
Perry Heath, who disappears 4.
mystcriOusly Al he had appeared.
Shortly afterward Anderson
comes in and he upbraids Cum
ningham for not OBTAINING
Heath.
Buck determines to clear Bun
ny and has Z talk with her. hut
SHE refuses to he truthful. He
declares his love, but she signs
and turns away.
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TOMORROW: Geed.bye to. Mamie,

New York, Sept. 2.-Those garish,
carnivalisn electric signs that the
world has come to know as "the
great white way are surrendering---
az is all New York--to the GRAZING
necks Of the new steel giants.
Another generation. coming to see
the street Of frivols" will find
white way. but the gay" will be
missing.
The shadow Of the future already
begins to be cast by the gigantic
girders which slowly encircle the
Broadway zone, creating those an1.z-
ing canyons in which scurry the mid
get humans.
And with their coming, the old
order changes. Lighting effects are
created to match the majesty of
these weirdly beautiful achievements
Of the toiler. Most impossibly incon-
gruous would be an electric river of
toothpaste flowing across the side
Of one Of these skyscrapsrs. And,
eliminating the incongruity, there
i no place for signs on these 81 and
46-story buildings.
Lighting arrangements will take
on an artistic quality. Sheer breath
taking beauty will replace the gar
ts
diffused lights will throw streams Of
shaded gold into the angles and
towers Of. the new "zoning law"
architecture which gives SO cubistic
Q tone to Manhattan's present sky
line.
The man "who runs the bright
lights" was telling me about It the
other day. 49,
Oh. yes, there is such man. Only
he wouldn't recognize the title.
You see Broadway. like Main
Street, has nm improve associa-
ton, and there are men and COM
mittees who make its affairs their
interast. And one Of these considers
The matters Of signs and electric
light.
just now. lam told. the "brisht
lights" have reached satura*ion
point. =.
Like the victim, Of, some strange
fever that brings slow death, delir-
ium marks it, progress
And Broadway. at present, is q de-
lirium Of glaring signs.
In the days when the nsme "white
way" was becoming familiar to every
tongue, Broadway was content with
one or two giant signs and . myriad
lesser sparklers. Then the gyrations
OF couple Of chewing gum imps
conferred the attention Of the eye.
Now there 10 optical chaos. A scintil-
liant typewriter pegs off its endless
message, giant tube pours out end
less gallons Of beda3xled electric
toothpaste, peanuts dance the
Charleston and every available inch
OF space seems to have been grabbed
by the signsters.
But the shadows Of giants creep
slowly over the scene. The great
Paramount building begins to shut
out the sky at l4th street and l2nd
street begins to be thanked BY steel
mountains. At Lexington avenue
rises the Greybar building, which will
be the worlds most spacious struc-
ture. At Sixth avenue rises l2 stories
OF stone and steel; at ul6th street
the tower Of another stretches for an
the world like somsI stepH ',gira6fe:
the "SalmOn tower" will almost hit
the sky just across from the library
on 42nd. And 80 it goes. The i'm
vaders come one by one, casting their
shadows across the glaring brilliance
and forecasting the end Of the gay
white way" and the dawn Of the age
Of glow"
GILBERT SWAN.
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A THOUGHT

For there shall be 10 reward 70
the evil man the candle Of The
wicked shall BE- pat esG-Prev.
34:9A
Never let man imagine that he can
pursue . good end by evil means.
without SHINING against his own soul!
Any other issue II doubtful; the evil
effect on himseR 10 certain. =
Southey.