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In the Middle ages "%covent' or "con.
vent was used 10 describe a religious
assembly. Hence "Covent Garden"
from the garden Of "A convent that
once stood on the site Of the famous
London fruit and flower market. by
degrees "coven" came 10 be used to
describe any gathering Of twelve peo.
Pile with "A leader. In the case Of
witches. II came 10 stand for n com
pany OF twelve. with their chief i'm.
~personatlng or representing the devil
In England. every district seems to
have had Its coyen, and local meet.
ings were usually held once n week /;
but the sabbath OF witcheE," held
four times n year. and usually on n
Thursday. for some strange reason.
was the more important OF the gath.
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tatively. zone whose life means
to me more than my own"
The man does not live" Flint
wore rOundly.
He sits across the table" returned
Murray. MY g%randncphew and heir.
| will 90 so far as to assert that the
only reason | concern myself with
this exploit is that | may secure es-
ate and preferment for him."
Flint eyed him shrewdly, looked
from him "a me and from me to him.
"Your grandnephew, you say
Long John says you're choice o. him.
Still No | like not your terms. Muir.
ray. They offer TOO little"
They are the best | can offer"
answered Murray definitely. II will
add, that there may be no misunder.
standings, Flint, that the odd seven
hundred thousand pounds goes TO pro-
mote the Interest OF n cause. and not
to line the pockets OF Spanish Off.
cials, ns you may suspect and It Is
highly probable that considerable Of
my share will follow II. l pay seven
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NeW Rays DISCOVERED

Science has established the exist
ence Of new rays. stronger than ultra
N-rnys and 1000 times greater In
frequency. with ionlzntlon the snme
nj NIL times Of the day or night md
Of 1O.oOO.O00-y variety. They were
partly described by Or. II. A. MIllikan
" the California Institute OF Tech.
nology to the convention Of the Nh
tional Academy OF Sciences In Mndi.
son, Wis. lie has studied them since
the World war. beginning where
German scientists left on. Mllllkan
won the $4,000 Nobel prize for first
measurement Of the electron. The
rays. unnamed, nre due 10 atoms pass.
Ing owe to other atoms. with the sun
having no effect on the action. he
said. They appear throughout pace.
bombnrd the enrth from all directions
nt all time and have extraordinary
absorbing power.
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hundred thousand pounds, to be dl-
vided share and share by the two
ships companies, and your company
will incur no risk to win it."
Flint rose and settled his belt.
81 accept. for hat | can do no bet
ter" he said. But l must have the
hostage" He snapped his finger to-
ward me.
Come on, my lad, Wen show you
the life of real gentlemen adventur-
ers aboard the Walrus."
I'm no negro man to be bargained
over and passed from owner to
owner!" | exclaimed hotly. you can
make me go, but I'll not step will
lngly."
Flint was about 10 answer with a
squirt of oaths when Murray inter
rupted.
You anticipate matters" he re-
buked his associate. '"rhere is no Oc-
caslon for a hostage yet. We shall
sail at once for the Rendezvous. 1t
will be weeks, aye, months, before I
am in shape to sail west under His
PAMELA. Time enough then to talk
Of delivering your hostage"
For an instant Flint appeared to he
about to object to this view, but he
evidently decided it was not worth
another dispute.
Let 1t 60" he assented grufIly.
We'll settle the details at the island.
D-n me-" this with a sudden re-
vlval of frlendliness- 81 knew we had
not picked up that red-headed lad for
nothing 'Tis a sure sign o. luck"
And out he staggered from the
cabin. stamping and banging the door
and sprinkling curses freely as he
gained the deck and shouted for his
boats crew to row him back to the
Walrus.
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CHAPTER VII
A Wicked Old Mans Dream

My great-uncle sank into his chair
with a gesture Of disgust and poured
three fingers of brandy into a wine
glass.
"PhauEh - he exclaimed. AT
times l am n%auseated by the company
p%erforce I keep"
I laughed, and he put the glass from
his lips, peering at me across Its rim
as If surprised.
You find occasion for mirth in my
remark. Robert?"
NO" l said: a am only expressing
to you my feeling that You have as
little claim to possession of a sense
Of honor as the man who was just
here"
Murray's large face. with its pow
erful. craggy features. gIowed with
the radiance of an intense personal
conviction.
"What is honor7 Or dlshonor?
Certes. here we have a call for close
reasoning. No hasty generallties can
dismiss so veNed a problem, which
hath consumed the attention of gentle
men since gentility's institution. |
conceive OF honor ms the quality Of
being faithful to oneself, to the ethical
standard one has established for this
life we pass through so precariously."
$50 hat II n man practices dishon-
esty toward all save himself he pre-
serves his honor!" ! protested
"Now do you twist my thoughts"
replied my great-uncle. "And In the
same breath you raise a complement
tary question What is dishonesty-or
honesty? As / have told you before.
| take from those who have much.
those who prey upon others"
"You are clever with words" I
sneered; but I'll not be fooled. What
have you 10 say OF your craft In de
ludlng O'Donnell into risklng his
daughter aboard this treasure shlpi
DO you call 1t honorable to persuade
n foolish unbalanced fellow TO take
an innocent young girl out of a convent.
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SYNOPSIS

The story opens in New York,
about the middle of the Eight
zenith century. Robert Ormerod.
who tells the tale, is talking to
Peter Corlaer, chief of the trad
ers, and man of IN
strength, when Darby McGraw,
Irish bonded boy, brings news
that a pirate ship is of the
Hook" An old sea captain an
nounces he has been chased by
the notorious pirate, Captain
Rip-Rap. The older Ormerod
tells Robert the pirate is Andrew
Murray, his (Robert's) great
uncle, commanding the pirate
ship, the Royal James. Murray
is an ardent Jacobite. Next day
Robert and Darby encounter a
one-legged sailor, John Silver.
Robert meets a young m
from a Spanish frigate who is
seeking her father, Colonel
O'Donnell. Murray with a force
of sailors visits the Ormerod
house. He announces his inten-
ton of carrying off Robert, by
force, If necessary. promising him
a great future. The Royal James
and the Walrus, the latter COM
manded by Flint, Murray's part
ner In piracy, appear. Murray.
Robert and Peter board the
James.
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"T have been suffering for years
with female trouble. Was operated
on five years ago. 1t relieved me
some but l did not regain nv
strength. Two years later was
taken sick and bedfast several
months. I treated a long while
without much relief. l was dis
Outraged, my mind affected, so
nervous I could neither eat or
sleep and unable to do anything.
We tried several doctors but
one after another gave UP my case
as hopeless. Finally a good friend
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We have used your medicine
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Thrift Not Mere Saving

II Is well TO understand that thrift
means much more than the mere sny.
ing Of money. says Thrift Magazine. II
il unfortunate that 30 much OF our cur.
rent thrift educational effort is direct.
ed solely nlong lines OF money saving
Many people. through great patience
and %self-denlal. nre able 10 lay by u
comfortable sum. only 10 lose Il IN the
end through ill.ndylsed investment.
Thrift education should be conduct.
ed nlong broad lines. How to spend
and invest Is as Important rs how to
save.
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ton as a special tonic and nervine DOL
ing expectant periods, Then. in lad
years, my health went down and / dorl
believe | would have come thru al b.
had i not been for DR.. pieree's Fav
tie Prescription Jane Lee, 81
S. Second St. West.
Send l0c for trial pkg, of tablets 7
DR.. Pierce. Buffalo. N. Y.
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erings. Once In every seven years
there would be what was called n
Great Snbbath," at which all the
covens OF n wide district would con.
gregnte, and tradition has II hat ON
that occasion the chief witch or
Devil" himself was sacrificed.
, 1926-03-10

WIN pans dcupW
inward weakness
and DR.. Picresi
Fayorite Prescnp
ton restored me .
a perfectly We.
and normal condr
ton so that ! n
longer suffers
from these trouble
After | married
took DIR. Pierce
Favorite prcscupI
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Swedish mothers place money IN the
bnby's first bnth to guarantee It's
wealth In the future.
, 1926-03-10
Afectionate

Nora-Do you mean TO say that
Tour new boss is ~crosseyed?
pora-Well. | wouldn't like TO say
ne squlnts, but one eye is apparently
so beautiful It emit help looking at
the other.
, 1926-03-10

Salt Lake City. Utah-"I was 4
frail. delicate health before | married
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Murray tells Of his dream In
the next lnstallment.

ITO DE CONTINUED,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-05-16
.ELDR|DGE TO STUDY
MONTHLY REPORTS
Will Seek to Reduce Acct
dents by Examining Traffic
Data More Often.

Traffic Director M. 0. Eldridge an
nounced his intention yesterday of
making thorough study of the
police departments monthly report
on traffic accidents with q view to ap.
plying some regulation to bring about
a reduction. Heretofore Mr.. Eldridge
has made his detailed study from the
departments quarterly reports.
The police department, through
1Iaj. Edwin b. Hesse, superintendent,
already has pledged it's cooperation to
Mr.. Eldridge in this move. The police
chief has sent to all commanding
officers instructions to have the men
on the beats make reports of the
traffic accidents which they investi-
gate complete in every detail.
Mr.. Eldridge pointed out that he
has been handicapped somewhat by
the failure of policemen to send to
headquarters complete reports.
The traffic report for the first four
months of the current calendar year,
Mr.. Eldridge said. recorded 1851
accidents where the striking vehicle
was a motor vehicle. and in 1856. or 81
per cent of them, no cause was given
by the police.
The quarterly accident report,
which Mr.. Eldridge is now Analysing,
shows that skidding and reckless
driving caused % per cent of acct
dents. Each is charged with IA per
cent of the total.
The report also shows that property
damage was done in 76 per cent of
the total CT ! ,451 accidents. Twenty
three per cent of the damages
amounted to less than $40. The
damage ran above 500 in 10 per cent
of the accidents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-05-16
WILLIAM TYLER PAGE RECOUNTS
TALES OF CONGRESS In OLD DAYS
Clerk of House Has
Served in Capital for
As Years.
Tells of McKinley's $40
Suit and Other
Incidents.

The steady march of evolutionary
changes in the Capital City from a
dusty, old-fashioned town of near
proportions toward the ideal metrop
oils planned by L'Enfant and other
far-viSioned men was strikingly de-
scribed by William Tyler Page, clerk
of the House of Representatives, in
an address before the Woman's Club
of Bethesda last week.
Mr. Page, who has served in the
Capitol for 45 years, told of days when
the supplying of wood for fireplaces
in the Capitol was "A big industry.
when it was a man-size job to light
the hundreds of gas jets that pro
vided a lurid, Pickering light for
night sessions at the Capitol, and
when carriages and one-horse street
cars were the mode.
Virtually all those who were mem
bers of the House at the time Mr..
Page took up his work there as a
page have long since passed on.
Foibles and incidents relating to them
were related by Mr.. Page in his
address.
Uncle Joe Last to 90.
Uncle Joe Cannon was the last to
GO" he said, God bless him. When
amid silence and supported by a col
league he walked down the main aisle
of the House the 4th of March two
years ago and out of the lobby door,
never to return-well. | felt like going
with him. 1t was a triumphant exc
duS He who had been stormy pc
trel for nearly half century was leav-
ing the scenes of victories and defeats
with the good will and affection of
all, regardless of party.
"A few days before he left I said.
Mr.. Cannon, I am sad to think you
are about to leave here. I shall miss
you sorely.' Well, my boy he re-
piled, I'm sorry too; but I'm an old
man. | ought to have quit sooner,
for I haven't been damned bit of
good around here for two years eX-
cept to help make a quorum When
he went out of Congress he had the
distinction of serving longer there
than any other man, and he was the
only speaker whom both Democrats
and Republicans alike honored with
public presentation of a loving cup"
Mr.. Page has been clerk in the
House for so many years traditions
have grown up about him. Even the
former Speaker Champ Clark was Gull
lible enough to ask, concerning one
of them: Mr.. Page. is it true that
you were born in the Capitol?"
To this Mr.. Page said he rejoined:
Not exactly, Mr.. Speaker. but like
our old friend and compatriot, John
Quincy Adams. I expect to die here"
Mr.. Page now occupies the very
room in which the illustrious Adams
died. This office overlooks the broad
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-05-16
BANQUET WILL BE GIVEN
FOR FATHERS AND SONS
Speakers Include DR.. Pierce. Ra bbis
Simon and Kronman and Other
Prominent Men.

\ father and SON. banquet will be
given by the Alumni Association and
the brotherhood of the Washington
Hebrew Congregation at tn" Airing
ton Hotel tomorrow night at { O'Clock.
The speakers include Rev. Jason
Noble Pierce, pastor of the First Con
gregational Church; Representative
Jacohstein oil New York, Rabbits
Abram Simon and Harry Kronman,
Henry j. Kaufman. president of the
Alumni Association. and Charles
Goldsmith. Leo Pretzfelder, president
of the brotherhood, will be toastmas-
ter.
Prize essays written by boy mem
bers of the congregations Sunday
school on the subject. What My Dad
Means to Me-" will be read at the
banquet and prizes will be awarded.
Nick Altrock and Al Schacht. comedy
stars of the Washington Base Ball
Club, will be among the entertainers
and jazz band of the young men
and boys of the congregation will fur
nish music for the occasion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-05-16

Capitol plaza, where Presidents are
inaugurated. 1t is a part of the old
sandstone structure which the Brit
ish partially destroyed in 1914, and
directly beneath is the corner stone
of the Capitol laid by George Wash
ington in 1898.
Incidents which occurred during
tariff revisions were recounted by Mr..
Page, who witnessed seven general
revisons. In speaking of Mckinley S
tariff speech, he said:
Mckinley was answering Mills.
the apostle of free trade, who had
said that a working man in this coun-
try could not buy a domestic all-wool
suit of clothes for SO; thai the high
tariff on wool made it impossible.
Mckinley insisted that a good Atwood
suit of clothes of domestic make
could he purchased here for so.
Standing a few feet away from where
Mckinley was speaking was the
prosperous Boston merchant, Leopold
Morse, who chimed in in somewhat
broken English, He could not buy 1t
at my store for that Whereupon
Mckinley reached under his desk and
drew forth a long pasteboard box,
saying, Now, let's see about that.
Our friend from Massachusetts, Mr..
Morse. says this poor WorklnCman
could not buy an all-wool suit of
clothes at his shop for $40. ] won
der if the gentleman will recognize
his own. l have here a good-looking
suit of clothes
Displays $40 Suit.
mckinley then opened the box,
shook out a coat. vest and a pair of
pants. and passed them around for
inspection.
Now, here he said, is the re
ceipted bill for these goods
Some member cried read it.
well, he said, I had not intend
ed to embarrass my friend from Bos-
ton, but as he has invited this
will read
Then he read. Bought of Leopold
Morse & Co., clothiers. one all-wool
suit of clothes, $40 The laughter
and cheers that followed lasted for
five minutes, and Mr.. Morse was glad
to escape through the lobby door"
Turning TO recollections of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-05-16

Washington of the past century. Mr.
Page said:
II remember as a boy of having
bathed in old Tiber Creek. which
I flowed through the heart of the city
| and ] remember the wooden streets
the tinkllng of the One.horse street
car bells, dusty or muddy avenues,
which are now transformed into busy
highways, where traffic rules are dis
regarded.
"In the Capitol we had no tele-
phones, no electric lights, no force OF
clerks, no franking privilege, and let
ter postage was 3 cents. 1t was one
of my proud duties when darkness
came along to light the big bronze
chandelier with wax tapers, and when
the gas gave out, which it did fire.
Quently, candles We're at hand. When-
ever the House met at night 1t was
in dim gas light.
Steam radiators had not yet been
invented, but we had the big, wide,
open fireplaces. Carrying wood was
a big industry in the Capitol in those
days, but now the hearths are either
bricked up, screened or used as a
dumping ground for waste paper.
High Hats Gone.
IOIfS OtL'e~O
Prince Albert coat and the high silk
hat of those early days, and for many
years afterwards, have passed into
the limbo OF the forgotten. Brave
would have been the, Legislator to have
appeared at the Capitol not attired in
the conventional long black coat,
stoyepipe hat and expensive billed
shirt front broad black tie, and In
many cases the old-fashioned stock.
Today. the sack coat and the sott
hat there, as everywhere, are the
vogue"
The men Of today are working
under tremendous pressure with
modern facilities, whereas men of
former days had more leisure and
more time in which to develop their
talents, said Mr.. Page.
Secretary Hughes said. about a
wear ago, that at least One-half of the
time of public men of today is wasted
doing things that they should not
have to do. This is true of Congress
men in II marked degree. If there
are not in the House some rs men
on each side who could be pointed
out as potential Presidents, as in the
days of our youths, it is not their
fault 1t is the fault of the system
under which they are operating; they
are not given a chance to develop to
the full stature of statesmen.
Il hold no brief for Congress-;
neither am I it's apologist. 1t needs
no apology. Congress is a funda-
mental creation of the Constitution
1t is a free peoples institution. 1t
is the people in the composite: it is
no better no worse than the people
choose to make 1t. 1t represents the
sovereignty of the American people.
It's deeds are the peoples deeds. The
people make and unnake 1t. IT there
fore does not lie III the mouth of
Americans to criticise it. It is not
a thing apart from themselves. 1t
is themselves. and their criticism of
it is criticism of themselves. Other
wise government Of and by the peo-
pie is a mockery.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-05-16
COLORED CHOIRS UNITE.

An Observation-Disclosures federation
of colored church choirs of the city
was orga niZed at a meeting Wednes.
day evening at Shiloh Baptist Church.
Ninth and p streets. The new organi.
cation will meet at the Third Baptist
Church, Fifth and Q streets, next
Wednesday evening at o'clock. T. H.
Ward of Shiloh Church was appointed
temporary president and Mrs. Hen.
rietta j. Harris temporary secretary,
to serve until a permanent organiza-
ton IS effected.
Churches whose choirs are regis
tered in the federation are Shiloh
Baptist, Union Wesley. First Baptist
Southwest: Third Baptist, Church Of
Our Redeemer. Metropolitan A. NJ. E.,
Vermont Avenue Baptist, Lincoln
Temple Congregational, Friendship
Baptist, Galbraith A. NJ. f. Zion.
Mount Moriah Pilgrim Baptist and
Mount Zion NJ. f. Communications
were received from representatives of
several other choirs which were not
represented, but which Endorsed the
movement
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-05-16
JUR|ES IN ILLINOIS
/ TO WIDEN INQUIRY
Probing of Prison Methods
and Sayings Indicate More
Indictments.
BY the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, May l5.-With special
grand juries idle today both in Chi
cago, where d panel is investigating
gang warfare and in Joliet, where
prison conditions are under scrutiny
because of the escape of seven con-
victs and the killing of a deputy
warden, interest was focused on pos
sible developments of next week. when
both bodies will resume their sessions.
c. II. Jenkins. head of the Illinois
public welfare department, is SEIZED
uled to appear Monday before the
VIII County grand jury at Joliet as
that group enlargeS its inquiry to in
clude n probing of methods and poll
cies at the two State prisons there.
The prisons have been blamed In some
quarters for alleged laxity. which may
have made possible the escape Of the
prisoners.
VIII Colvin, supervisor of paroles.
and Warden John l.. Whiteman, also
are under subpoena. The Joliet in
quiry has passed the investigation of
the escape and the murder of Deputy
Warden Klein. for which it indicted
the seven convictS Friday. Five are
back in prison.
Whether additional indictments Will
be voted depends, according to States
Attorney Rhen. upon the new leads
developed next week. Nathan Leo
pold's re-entrance in the spotlight
through the revelation that he wrote
a farewell note on the day his seven
comrades escaped, may cause his fur
Their questioning. He has not been
before the grand jury, but he was
questioned by the States attorney
early in the deliberations.
The Cook County grand jury.
whose summoning was precipitated
by the murder, apparently by gang
sters. of William II. McSwiggin, dep
uty States attorney, and two com.
radeS known to the police. also will
reconyene Monday. 1t returned ad-
ditional indictments yesterday, bring
ing its total true bills returned to
more than so Slayings attributed to
writs name anybody for any of the
more than 90 staying attributed to
gang warfare here since the beer
racket began to flourish.
No Pardon Mill Action.
The Cook County grand jury also
has yet to take definite action upon
evidence unearthed by it indicating
the existence here of pardon mill.
which operated to obtain pardons and
paroles for convictS.
The bombing of roadhouse on the
far South Side early today was feared
by police to have marked a new furry
in the war of gangster bootleggers.
The bomb rocked the vicinity of Home
wood, suburban race track site, and
did damage estimated at $4,000. An
other police theory was that road
house competition. stimulated by the
coming of the Summer season, may
have inspired the bombing.
The owner, John Nallordi. would not
throw any light on either theory.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-05-16

Five officers Of the Army have
been ordered to France for a course
Of instruction at French military in
stitutions Maj Harry A. Flint.
Cavalry, at Roswell. N. Mex, and Maj.
Sumner Waite. Infantry, at Fort
Leavenworth. Kans., have been or
dered to theEcole de Guerre; Capt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-05-16

Edward J. Glynn. Quartermaster
Corps. at the Washington general
intermediate depot. to the Ecole de
rIntendence; Capt. Adolphus w.
Roffe, Cavalry, at Fort Riley. Kans.,
to the Cavalry School at Saumur;
First Lieut.. Neal ID. Franklin, Infhn-
try, at Camp Meade, Md. to the Tank
School at Versailles.