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SO IN IA
A Story of Dangerous LOUe
Blu VIDA HURST

AT SIDNEY NAMES party SONIA
MARSH. II. and pretty is discovered
kissing JOE CARTER, in a dark bed
room.
Joe pleads with her to marry him to
escape the scandal in STOCKTON, but
Sonia refuses him as she has TOM
Through DR.. DON SALTWATER,
Sonia Sonia obtains position nj the San San
THOMAS. his uncle.
MAXINE LARUE. head of her de-
VIOLET. FERN and FRANKIE to her
liquor party. WALTER HENDERSON.
a wealthy bachelor of Berkeley. ex-
presses admiration for Sonia.
Maxine is irritated when her friend
MAC MacGREGOR takes JIMMY. her
office associate, to luncheon.
Sonia attends a dance at Giandija 8
with BERTHE DONOHUE where che
meets FRANKLIN CRANE. with, whom
she is Immediately infatuated She
hears that he, is their salesman who
gets drunk" but disbelieves it,, She
gathers from his conversation that he
Is from a wealthy family.
Sonia arranges to move into luxuri-
Gus apartments with Maxine.
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III n regular course, ana find It
Will usually have me well I'm less
than no time Now I never suffer
II take Black-Draught first.
II also found # fine to break up
a bad cold. In the winter time,
always keep box handy, so when
sneeze, or feel chilly down my spine.
take few doses Of Black Draught.
and that wards off the cold. We
would not be without Black,Draught
in our house. 1t is essential"
Thousands Of others would not
want to be without this well known
remedy.
Thedford's B1ack-Draught b
purely vegetable cathartic or laxa.
tive medicine, composed Of selected
medicinal roots and herbs, It's use
has brought relief in many cas-
similar to that described above. IN
1t. JA-43
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CHAPTER x

Sonia was up early on Sunday,
Eager to get away to her new home.
The thought of being able to live in
hat atmosphere Of color was delight
Jul to her beauty-loving soul. She
'elt Unfortunately grateful to Maxine.
stopping at a florists she bought a
punch Of yellow roses to take as a
oxen Of her appreciation.
Maxine was heavyoyed,
I'm glad you We come" she said,
DULY. I'd so crazy with many more
weeks like this.
Sonia was arranging her dresses
on hangers in the closet.
slave you heard anything more
from Mac?"
''Not a word. And believe me, II
he calls me now he Can go to. He
makes me tired.
II don't blam eyou one Bit" sym
pathized Sonia. There are too many
men in the world to stand for being
treated badly by any one Of them"
The reason for the quarrel was a
title vague to her, but she knew it
was connected with his refusal to
lake Maxine to lunch.
"What are we going to do today?"
asked Sonia.
Anything you like. I don't know
and don't care"
Secretly Sonia hoped Franklin
Crane would call and suggest an.
other engagement. but II O'Clock
,ame and the telephone was still
silent. She imgained Maxine was
listening for it, too, straining every
nerve.
Look here" said Sonia, sensibly.
Let's go out to the Chalet at the
beach and have our lunch. 1t isn't
expensive and the food is good.
went alone one Sunday. Then we
:an walk or sit in the sand"
Maxine cast a stealthy glance at
the telephone.
'Well, I sort of wanted to stick
around for a while. -"
ooh, come on! Snap out Of it,
larling"
So they went to the beach and
had lunch at little table overlook
ing the gray, restless ocean. Sky
and water were cloaked in summer
Fog. The wind swept the strand
almost clear of pedestrians. But
Sonia liked to walk at the edge OF
The wet sand, taking deep breaths
If the salt.laden air.
This just suits me-" she cried
tossing her head back against the
wind,
We'll, it doesn't me-" complained
Maxine. There's sand in my shoes
and the wind goes clear through
me. Let's find a place where we
san sit down"
They found a spot, partially pro
tected by the stone wall. Burrow
ing deep into the sand they lay
sach absorbed in her own thoughts
"A girl is a fool to care about any
man." Maxine said darkly. $50 lone
as you don't give a damn, you're sit
ting pretty, but once you let any
sentiment slip into it you're gone. -
There's no excitement in 1t un
less you do care to a certain ex
tent" put in Sonia thinking of
BERTHE and how much she disliked
TO be with him.
"Oh. you can like them and all
that, but this I-love-you-so-much-I
ould-die-for-you is the bunk"
IT think so, too"
Take everything and give nothin
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Here Is Success

"a frienh of Bruce Barton
dropped into a London church
a few weeks ago and was
pleased and thrilled to learn
the subject of the sermon. 1t
was a sermon on Mr.. Barton's
spectacular best seller, THE
Man Nobody Knows" Mr.. Bar
toms new book. THE Book
Nobody Knows" is by way of
becoming even a better best
seller than his first book. No
author could want more than
that.
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~MON MON! (HE WAS SCOTCHMAN) YE ARE LONG BEFORE
ZE AUTOMOBILE"

ering the entire Is feet on his hands
and knees)
Unable to break off the habit all
at once. I crawled down to Albany
and caught the night boat back to
New York.
Editors note: Boats had by this
time been invented)
From New York l crossed to Jersey
by ferry and decided to enter Prince.
ton. as it was closer and | had heard
there were vacancies there on the
hockey team and the mandolin
eleven. Also I was attracted by the
promise of an occasional glimpse of
my late hosts daughters. Vera and
Bera Grudge, goods at Old Nassau.
Our hockey season began inau-
spiciously. In the. first place, the
athletic association had neglected to
provide a Puck and the local news
stands had sold out. On the opening
night of practice we played with a
COPY of Godeys Lady's Book. but II
proved unwieldy Moreover. it was
an open Winter in New Jersey and
the lake was not frozen over.
There is no ice" I said one eve
ming to Rera Grudge, who had in
ouired how we were doing. 1--WE
ought to ha~e some ice"
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tiers. as this seemed as narrow and
shoal a point as any other.
What's the idea?" inquired deep
voice. which / discovered belonged
to a white. bearded old fisherman who
was dredging for chocolate covered
almonds.
When I told him my plan, he tried
hard to discourage me.
You will never make 1t. No Yale
man ever has, and only Ave Prince
tonians."
What Princeton can do, so can
Yale"' l replied. and sang two stan
zas Of the Yale song, "Beulah, Beu-
lahr'
Covering myself from head to foot
with grease, l stepped boldly into the
treacherous stream. which at that
juncture is IS feet wide and knee
deep. In less than half day l was
on the west bank, but wish to state
that I owe my success quite as much
TO the encouragement given me by
Nhitemans Orchestra. which accom-
panied me in a tug, continuously play
ing Rocked in the Cradle of the
Deep and Abide With Me" as to
my fine physique and mastery OF the
crawl stroke.
Editors note: Mr.. Lardner was the
nret te emplcy the crawl etreke. COW
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Mrs. Rovar's Cook Book, and even
copy Of Dante's Inferno, only that was
really a candy box when you opened
the cover.
Yes indeed, do believe that parent
can't begin too young to build up a
community of interests with their
child, and J certainly want that my
son and l should have tastes in COM
mon such as classical music and art
galleries, and who should give them to
the child, only the mother? And Geo.
says yes, only where are you going to
get all them tastes, Jennie, | never
noticed them on you yet. And l says
that is because you don't know them
when you see them.
But in spite of us exchanging few
little conventional passes such as per
see above, / and George certainly was
agreed on the main subject, which was
to take advantage of having Junior
around the house all the time for three
mons and see whole lot of him.
Well, the first day of Juniors vaca-
ton, it happened / was kind of busy,
| had some baking to do and also it
was Thursday and 1 had to attend the
regular meeting of our Ladies Thurs
day Club. So l says to Geo. real
generous, now you take Junior today,
dear, seeing you are coming home
early. I don't want to cramp your
style any, so ahead, take him. don't
think of me. even. dear. l want the
boy to know his father.
Geo. says aw shucks, only he
said it in much stronger language.
aw shucks, he says, | can't today,
L was going to play foursome with
the regular gang. | don't see how
/ am going to get out of it. And
I says well, use opera glass. then.
and see a little ways ahead. |
thought you was going to be with
your boy at the very first opportun-
ity, or didn't you mean all you said?
And Geo says of course l mean
it, but for the luvva tripe. where
is the hurry, we got all Summer
ahead OF MS. And | said yes, dear.
but ! think we ought to start right
in with Junior before he gets
chance to commence running wild.
SO Geo. give a groan and a call for
Junior, and the two of them went
off and give me a chance to get
few minutes of peace and quiet and
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I do think that boy of mine Is ter
rible smart, especially when telling
my friends about what he said. At
the time he's saying it, l sometimes
wish he was outside, playing, instead.
But just the same, the first few
days Junior was home, both l and
Geo. lived up to our good resolu-
tions quite a lot. We even spoke
about it to each other to the effect
amt it a delight to hear his sweet
voice, eh? pid'ja notice how cute he
looked falling down them cellar steps?
And a whole flock of other parentlike
remarks. Then about the third or
fourth day Of vacation Junior come to
me one afternoon and he says, Aw Ma,
| amt got nothing to do. read to me,
will va Ma? Out of the big book you
bought? And l give one look at that
lazy young one that put him in his
place. Why Junior Jules. I says, you
know you can read to your own self
perfectly well: whatter you mean COM
ing around asking me to read to you?
Don't YOU know Mommer's busy? Run
along now dear, and play.
So Junior run along in and bothered
Pepper. instead. Say. Pop, says Jul
nior, when are you conner teach me
to play golf. Pop? Soon, son. soon,
says Geo., who was busy trying to
take a nap.
Yeh, says Junior. but when. Pop?
This afternoon? No, no, son. says
Geo. When? says Junior, tomor-
row? Well. maybe, says Geo. Then
will you make man out Of me this
afternoon? says Junior. jumping up
and down. do l get long pants with it?
Can I have a watch then? VIII l be
81 when you get through making me
it, Pop? Now, now, son, says Geo.
sure, sometime soon, run away and
play now, can't you see that Poppa
is busy?
And etc. So that is why l am glad
to see the commencement Of school in
sight. / got to admit where getting
Junior ready for it is lot of work.
I got to get his clothes mended, find
his books, dig up his overshoes and
scour out his lunchbox. There is
about one hundred things to get fixed
before he will he ready. But believe
you me, that job is nothing compared
to having him home on a vacation!
Copyright. 1921
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my breath. before starting for the
long distance chatting contest which
l hoped to win, over to the Club.
WELL that night when we all got
w home, thought l would start my
chubby stuff with Junior, and so /
says well, dear, did Pa teach you
anything about golf today? And
Junior says sure he taught me how
to carry a golf bag and let me prac-
tice with his. And George says ah,
yes, yes indeed, we had a real good
afternoon, didn't we. son? In fact,
I believe 1 will take him out with
me every time I play. all Summer.
And l says you will not do any
thing of the sort. George Jules, |
suppose il you took the child horse
back riding you'd let him carry the
horse! And George says all right
all right go on. pick on me, since
you're going to wise crack about
it. suppose l give the boy up to you,
tomorrow? And I says you better
had. / got a copy Of the encyclopedia
from man on the installment plan,
but we are not going to read it
that way. we are going to com
mence at the beginning and go right
on through, and tomorrow after
noon will be a good time to start.
So the next day l managed to
catch Junior before he could run
off, and 1 says to him, come on.
dear. Mommer's going to read you
nice story, won't that be nice?
And Junior says sure, Ma, but it
won't take long. will It? | wanter
go swimmin'. That wasn't a real
encouraging beginning. but l felt
1t was my duty to give Junior lit
tie culture If we both died of it, and
at the end of u Of hour, we pretty
nearly did.
Well anyways. after I had let the
poor child go l got sort of feel
ing of satisfaction out of having
read to him. and honest he was very
intelligent, the questions he asked,
all about look up about steam en-
gines, Ma. see is there something
about frogs. Ma. does a catfish
meow. Ma? See if swordfishes carry
sea bbar ds. will va, Ma?
He kept on like that until he had
me nearly crazy the little darling.
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A TIL {,

found out afterwards that the trafrc
policeman was none other than A.
n. Iasker, famous two years later
as the designer and builder OF the
first boat At the time he spoke 10
me he was doubtless SO full or MS
dream Of boats that he thought they
were already actually in existence
On the corner of Hudson and Spring
~%reets I asked directions OF a friendly
looking vender of shoe laces.
Editors note: This was undouoteo-
" Mary Lewis) .
authors note: No. 1t was a man.
Editors note: NV mistake)
He told ME to walk way up past
Troy. on the east bank Of the river.
And look for an auto. After what
seanced to me rather tedious stroll,
7 nassed through Troy and began
looking all over for an auto, but
couldn't find one. l told my troubles
10 a farmer, who laughed heartily
and said:
"Mon, mon Gle was ScotchmanJ
va are long before re day OF re auto
mobile. Your New York friend meant
"A Mace in a river where IL may be
az ossed by wadinG.
Emba IRA ssed and Chagrlned. l Walk
Cd down to the river bank and 10
moved ny shoes. stccAuxs and 1lsf
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"A MAN NEARLY TWICE AS HIGH AS YOU ARE AND WEIGHING
THREE TIMES AS MUCH WILL INTERVIEW YOU"

whole lot of gOOd-and then We'll go
right into the arithmetic class.
Take your seat-yes, that little
wooden bench, you don't have Cush-
ion--and let's begin the arithmetic,
the very same thing that you must
have enjoyed so hugely in those old
days YOU talk about.
First question for you:
John has 81 marbles. but he gives
seven-ninths Of them to Edwin. who
in turn gives Arthur fOur-fifths of the
difference between what he keeps and
what John had at the start. How
many marbles has Edwin
What. You can't answer it? But.
my dear sir. that's the very kind of
thing that your little son Of 10 is do
ing every day. What? You say you
will get your stenographer to do It,.
Yes, but in school you don't have a
stenogra pher. Come along, try an
other.
Mary is 90 years old. Mary is
twice as old as Anne was when Mary
was as old as Anne is now. How old
is AIMEE"
Stuck again? And yet you are so
fond of explaining to the children at
home what whale you were in arith-
metic. I'm afraid that your chance of
getting out at is beginning to look
mighty poor. No game of golf for you
today. Not il that men II feet high
knows it.
Well. let the arithmetic go. Perhaps
next time you see your children work
Ing out homework" in a corner of the
living room. you'll be a little more
compa ssionate. But just before we
leave arithmetic would you like to
realize about how much Of it you real
ly have left? Thistle followingT-is
about your present size:
"A and B play billiards. A. having
made l. points. gains more. How
many has he now?'
Or perhaps you might even manage
this:
"A and B play bridge. A. having
lost 81 cents. offers in payment 81.
How much must B return tn a in or
der to equate the difference?'
So you can see just where you stand
as compared with the wonderful chill
dren Of ours. Let's go on to the next
class. Oh. you'd like to stop a few
minutes and light cigar. Can't be
done. Don't you remember that In
the dear old happy days. school never
stopped. You'd like TO telephone?
You are not allowed to telephone.
You've just remembered that you
wanted to go down the street and buy
some fishing tackle? Well. YOU can t
go down the street. Not till after I.
and perhaps not even then. Come on
into the next class and lets 80 on
with the dear old happy days.
This time e b geography. We are
going to learn the rivers OF South
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both ends meet. I now find out that
I could make some extra money by
taking in washing. | don't know any
people who send out their wash. -
please tell me the best way to get
i'm touch with those kind Of people.
will YOU? Yours truly.
|. NORESOPE.
Answer. Just put an add IN the
newspapers to read as follows: "A
Poor Widow Needs Washing" Then
give your address.
Dear Mr.. Wynn: | asked woman
| know where her brother was and
she said he was out West mining. |
asked her what he was mining and
she said. Mining his own business.
Don't you think she was fresh? Yours
truly. BCDA PEST;
Answer next week.
THE PERFECT FOOL
(Copyrieht 1921
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Fall Return of the Three RS Inspires Deep and Varied Thoughts
Perfect Fool Produces Clever Answers
To Various Ingenious Correspondents
BY ED WYNN.


~ EAR MIR. WYNN: A friend of
mine. who just came from
Los Angeles IN an automo-
IL bile, said he saw part OF
railroad track under water
when he was coming through Idaho.
He said he heard train whistle ana
he realized II was up to him to save
the train so he waved "clothes-pln
and when the engineer saw IL ne
stopped the train. Sounds like apple
sauce to me, doesn't it to you? Yours
truly. b. HAf We.
Answer. I understand your friend
thoroughly. The railroad track was
under water. he waved clothes
pin" and the engineer stopped the
train. Very simple. A 'clothes-pin'
means wash out on the line.
Dear Mr.. Wynn: | have an uncle
who swears from morning till night.
| never heard such language as he
uses. Where in the world do you
think he learned to swear like that!
Sincerely, HELEN DAMN.
Answer My dear Miss Damn, If
your uncle does what you claim for
him / assure you he could not have
learned it any place, it must have
been a gift.
Dear Mr.. Wynn: I read. in this
mornings paper, where boy Killed
his mother and father and the jury
acquitted him. How do you account
for that? Truly yours.
POLLY TICKS.
Answer. The jury probably was
lenient with him because he was an
orphan.
Dear Mr.. Wynn: I am tailor and
am at loss to know why | am hav.
ing so many complaints about my
clothes. The strange thing is that
my customers all say the same thing
They claim that my coats wear out
twice as quickly as the rest of the
suit. Can you possibly tell me how
to make my coats last? Yours truly,
A. STITCHENTYME.
Answer. Make your pants and vests
first.
Dear Mr.. Wynn: l met a boy al a
dance last night, and l like him very
much. During our conversation.
though. it seemed to me as If he was
Dragging a bit. He said that his
brother lives in England and that he
sits before the King and Queen every
day and keeps his hat on. Do you be-
lieve that? Sincerely,
ROCCA BIBABY.
Answer. Sure 1 do. He is their
chauffeur.
Dear Mr.. Wynn: ! am the mother
of a very bad hoy 10 years of age.
Yesterday his daddy gave him 10
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There Are Ways to Anticipate History
In the Careers of Some Great Writers

Ring for a bell boy" was her view
Of the episode.
Perhaps 1 ought to explain, before
proceeding, that hockey was not
played quite the same way in those
days as it is now. The players num-
bered only two. and their positions
were, respectively, Go Way Back and
Sit Down. The records will bear me
out when l say that | was the best
Sit Down Princeton ever had, not
even barring F. Scott Fitzgerald. In
fact. 1 could hardly stand up during
my collegiate career.
Our first big game that season was
with Wesleyan. and we lost it by de-
fault, both my teammate, Carson
Hull 0ater known as Big Bill Ed
wards). and / forgetting all about it.
Some of the undergraduates got very
angry at us for this, and for many
days every time we would appear on
the campus they would point at us
and shout. You bad men, YOU
(To be continued)
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BY STEPHEN LEACOCK.

- ONE excellent people. as they
pass from youth to middle age.
begin to look back with regret
~ to their days at school. Inc
idea grows in their minds that
their school days were the happlest
period in their lives.
Many a prosperous business man
pauses in the intervals or MS iuncn
at the club, or stands a moment pen
sive on his golf course, to recall win
wistfrl longing the days when he was
how at school. Eyes. sir" he says
TO himself or to his neighbor. Il didn't
know it at the time. but those Ger
tainly were happy days" Ana MS
neighhor. between the puffs OF Ha'
vara cigar, agrees with him.
So let us see what it, was really
like.
Come back with me for one morn
ing in school.
You, my good friend, prosperous
business man and happy head OF a
household, you will be good enough
to transport yourself in fancy back
to your school days. Come along to
school with me and let us see now
you like it.
And, by the way, hurry up. School
begins at 9 am. and you have to
be there. I know that you generally
get to your Office at 9, but then II
YOU don't arrive there nothing hap
pens. This morning. If you are not
there at 9, there's going to be trouble.
A man nearly twice as high as you
are and weighing three times as much
will interview you about 1t. In pro-
portion to your present siZe-that is,
so as to reproduce your proper school
boy impression-he would be IL feet
high and weigh half ton. And his
proposition to you would be that If
you can't come to school on time you
and he will have few words to say
about 1t.
However. luckily we needn't worry
this time. BY good luck here we are
at school right on time. But, say.
for Heavens sake. throw away that
cigar, Have you forgotten that you
can't smoke in school.
Now you can stand up and pray
for FIVE minutes-that will do you a
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MOUNT WHITNEY'S crest. 1851
feet above sea level. the loftiest
peak in continental United States. will
soon be accessible without climbing
An aerial tramway Of cables stretched
from crag to crag will support cleo
trically propelled cars to haul passen-
gers up and down the mountain in a
fraction of the time required for the
foot journey and without the attend
ant risks.
The project, which will open a new
world to the traveller and the scientist
alike. Is expected to cost $3.50, 900, says
Popular Mechanics, and engineers de-
clare that it should be finished by late
Autumn. A Federal permit has been
granted. and orders for the ! 100 tons
of steel required have been prepared
The tram. although reaching nearly
two-thirds of a. mile higher. is similar
to that which has been operating safe
ly and successfully in the ChamoniX
Valley. France, to the top of the Au
guile du Midi. one Of the steep nee
dies of the Mont Blanc chain. There
two cables are supported by steel py
Ions or towers set where the contour
necessitates. and. the cars. of steel
and aluminium, with a capacity of 20
persons each. go up and down alter
nately, counterhalanclng in part and
passing each other midway.
The Mount Whitney skyway will re-
quire 63 supporting towers. engineers
calculate, from 40 to 80 feet high. and
placed 90 10 1000 feet apart, together
with two immense tension pylons. The
cables alone will weigh 315 tons.
Power will be furnished from one of
the Los Angeles stations.
The journey from the base station
to the top will be made in about an
hour and Is minutes. II is expected.
At times passengers will look down
from the cars on lakes and valley
bottoms nearly Il mile below them. AT
the crest of the peak a 40-room con-
crete hotel with cupola for observa
ton purposes will he erected. From
this roof of the United States" and
it's chilly atmosphere the traveller can
see one of the hottest spots in the