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NAssAt AtAAA AAkA - = - ~
of the dragons. Reports early to.
day were to the effect that, before
today's sessions close, DIR. Evans
will announce to the klonvocatiOn
the dragons action, will state that
he does not want 70 head anybody
IL the membership isn't with him.
and viii call for some expression
from the membership to let him
know whether he should accept or
refuse the offer Of reelection.
Acceptance Foreseen
Every indication at the lsIonyoca-
ton at the morning session, and
talk iii the lobby at the convention
hall, indicated that DIR. Evans Will
get rousing cheers and that ne will
then accept. Then viii come formal
ratification.
DR. Evans opened the early after
noon session. the first held jointly
by the mems and wOmen's kan,
in the auditorium at 1880 this after
noon with his annual address. In
this he stressed principally the
growth OF the hOOded order, praised
It's principles. euIOgized the loyalty
Of the State realms to the national
governing body and praised the
members 6f the klOncilium, his
Cabinet
The business of ratification of
election is scheduled to come later
ii the afternoon, although there
is d bare possibility that subjects,
not now on the> program, may be
introduced by members that will
delay the ratification incident until
tomorrow morning.
The morning session today was
devoted to the biennial reports of
the imperial officers who surround
DR.. Evans IN the government Of
the Khan. These reports. however,
or at least what was read Of them
in open session, went into few de.
tails. They consisted Of general
statements only.
Short On Figures
For instance, the report of the
imperial klayee, or treasurer, of
the order was read. In this he
told of the bookkeeping or account
ing system employed at the Atlanta
offices-how checks were counter
signed and how bills were accounted
for. The usual feature Of q treas
urer's report--receipta and expenGi-
lures was not present, except in
the general statement. assets have
shown q large increase" Not 4
figure Of any kind was mentioned
in the entire report that was read
to the convention.
The, report OF the imperial Xii.
graph, or national recording secre-
tary OF the order, gave more defi-
mite information as to the orders
finances than did the treasurer's
statement. although again figures
were entirely absent.
The kligraph reported that, due to
the formal organization of a num-
Der Of States into realms" when
they become self-governing under
their own dragons and handle their
own finances, the income from
propagation" showed a marked de-
crease. When realm has been
organized, however, its members
are subject to imperial taxes and
the kligraph reported that such
taxes showed a marked increase.
making up q large part of the de-
crease caused by the smaller propa-
cation receipts.
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Is Actor inner

BETTER KNOWN AS Bobby
Johnston, black faced song and
dance man with record IN the
movies, who Ii now . local IN
vestigatOr. Johnston won q
Times Herald Dempsey TunHley
fight ticket today. Who's nexta
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BAPTISTs TO HOLD NEXT
coNcLAvE IN RICHMOND

Richmond, has been selected as
the convention city of the twenty
eighth annual conclave Of the Lott
Carey Foreign Mission Baptist Con.
vention next year.
The session will open the first
Sunday in September.
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Wins Rifle Trophy

ny SCORING 70 bIIT,s-eyes ont
a I posaibIe 10, Lieut.. Lewis a.
Holm. u. s Marine CORPS, won
wimbledon Gun III The interstate
rifle t0urmamelit "a Sen Grit
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Send friend. III you can't 60
to the Dempsey Tunney fight
send q friend ON q Times.Herald
free fight ticket.
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Long before 8 o'clock the curbs
of the avenue were lined by vet
Grams of many parades. some women
removing their shoes for comfort,
For the children it was picnic day
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MOTION IS LOST
BY DAUGHERTY

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ner's cross examination of the
witness"
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what is locally called the old Sher-
win house, several miles out Oh
town. / took the wrong road
earlier in the night and, while
passing the Sherwin place, ! sud
denly heard screams in the garden
behind the high board fence. A
moment later q young girl ran
through the gate to the road. Two
men ran after her, caught her
roughly, and between them car
ried her back and shut and barred
the gate. i rushed over, knocked
on the gate and called out all kinds
OF threats. 1t had been securely
barred. None answered from with
in. but 1 could hear the girls sobs
strangled back as II through ter
ror. / had to rush on to my pa
tient, but intended stopping at the
first town and telephoning 1T TO
San Geronimo to have sometnlnS
done immediately. However, was
robbed and rendered unconscious
until morning.
The sheriff sized up DIR. Greasy.
He seemed interested but some
what dubious:
"What'd these here two men
look lilxe?"
Dr.. Cressy described with great
accuracy Drake and Lecay.
WAL said the sheriff as ne
rubbed the sprouting bristles on
his still unshaven chin, the dark
one certainly sounds like Mr..
Drake who rented the Sherwin
place, and the other like a guest
he sometimes has there-Lecay'
the name. I think. But / know
Mr.. Drake. He's, a generous
buyer in town, a gentleman and
an asset to this locality. cant
believe he'd have no young girl
locked up in his place. Must be
some mistake.
You may not know everything
about what Mr.. brakes doing at
the Sherwin place because YOU
meet him in San Geronimo spend
ing money freely a few times
month";" snapped DR.. Cressy,
thinking Of the cases OF liquor
piled solidly against. the walls of
the summer house and constantly
augmented by others brought off
the launch. He was becoming
wildly impatient.
I'm reporting something that
demands immediate investigation
If you wont investigate it, III
hire a machine and drive as fast
as 1 can to San Francisco and
have the police department there
investigate. When the girls
found I'll let all the papers in the
State know that | came to you
first and you refused to investi-
gate this thing in your own juris-
diction.'
'fOh, don't go off half-cocked,
young man." A slight flush
deepened the. brick red in the
sheriffs broad faoe. II amt re-
fused yet. Besides, no city police
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few hundred yards away, down a
gentle decliyity, was the high
road winding around the noun
tains. From its far side the
cliffs fell in steep angles to the
Pacific.
The sight of the road and the
cliffs suddenly caused to break
into DIR. Cressy's mind. with q
wild stream-rush Of images, the
events Of the darkness before the
coming OF this Arcadian morn.
The fall Of the mummy case over
the cliff, the finding Of the young
Egyptian. his death in the hut,
Lecay's attempt to murder him,
the great arm with the barbaric
jewel which had DETECTED the
descending stone-all these tore
like lightning flashes through
his awakening consciousness.
Were they all real? Were they
part of the stream of some
dream? He felt under his shirt
The blue scarab was gone. Tha.
was no dream. He had broken
his faith to Kathleen in that
matter. He rummaged wildly
in his inner coat pocket. The
folded wrapping paper. the little
sealed box the dying Egyptian
had given hin-yes, all, thank
God, they were there! This, too.
was no dream And his stiff,
aching body-T1o dream stuff I
here. And Kathleen's peril! All,
God. his beloved's peril-thfs was
only too terribly real!
He rose to his feet. picked up
his satcheI and, walking his stiff
body as If it were some ex-
traneous thing of which he was
keenly and painfully aware, went
down to the road. He walked
along the road slowly. rummaging
in his pockets to learn what
possessions had been taken from
him. There seemed nothing to
do but walk until he came to
town or a railroad station or met
an automobile. He found his
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! Peter Wilk one Saturday after
noon when he came to the library
to beg her to go for an auto
mobile ride rather wistfu1ly,
Peter thought.
I'm tell you'll give you
picnic. he said ''I won't inflict
myself upon you, though. IL it's
all right with you III ask that
wild crowd Of yours and we'li
have a steak supper out in the
woods. somewhere, that night.
You pick your place and I'll do
the rest
Fair enough agreed Peggy,
but there was no brightness IN
her voice
How could she tell Peter that
she didn't want to go on his pie
mic? She couldn't, so she said,
You're dear, instead, and
was amazed at the slow, painful
blush that redeemed his face and
disappeared into the top OF, his
collar.
On the afternoon of the 10th
she and Peter drove out to Blake's
Woods a full two hours before the
rest OF the crowd
It was one of those, heavenly
spring days that are fresher and
greener and SUMMER than any of
the days. that come in mid-sum-
mer. The clouds were silver
white and the sky was softly blue
behind them. 1t was a day to
make your heart sing, no mat
ter how badly life. happened to
be treating you-and Peggy ac-
tually did begin to sing with the
sheer joy OF being alive on day
like this as she and Peter rolled
along
Al Huge Fire
They built a huge fire in an
open space in the very middle
Of the wOoSs, and by the time
the sun had set and the night
was beginning to creep through
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THE BLUE BEETLE

the red and angry face OF a
goblin. This red face leaned out
the side of the car and yelled at
him menacingly:
"Climb down the cliffs there
until we pass, d'you hear?"
but, listen" DIR. Cressy took
a step forward.
Don't come an inch nearer or
III run you down. Besides,
got a gun. 1t takes morn a
yegg to scare mev'
A light suddenly dawned on
DIR. Cressy. With his burrcov-
cred, torn clothes, his touseled
hair, his dirty and scratched
face, he must indeed present
perfect picture Of an early morn
ing tramp. The young man at
the wheel, beside whom sat
scared girl, thought he was going
to be held up. !
For heavens sake, listen
yelled back DIR. Cressy, I'm not
a tramp and I'm not going to
hold you up. / was just held
up myself, beaten, and my car
stolen half an hour ago. I'm
pHySlcIdH anu was nurFyIHS "
an early morning call. See"
He held up his satchel and waved
it in the air for proof. AS the
young man still looked dubious.
he opened up the satchel and dis
played the instruments, the rows
of bottles, the rolls of medical
gauZe.
Sure, Lou, he's a DOCTOR" said
the girl; ''he amt no tramp. You
can tell by the way he talks,
DIR. Greasy quickly advanced
to the side Of the car. The
young man, now convinced that
he was a respectable citizen in
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trouble, turned all friendliness
and excitement
$50 you bin robbed and lost
your car? Gee, tough luck!
There's been several robberies
along this here very road in the
last few months. That's why /
was so leery when you jumped
out at me that way-still. even
il you had-a held me up,
couldn't dash on and run over
you like some 'ud "a done"
IF / could get to San Ge-
ronimo I'd be all right"
I'm passing through--hop in
All the way to San Geronimo
DIR. Cressy had to make up de-
tails Of the hold-up that hadn't
taken place, but which he had
thought the simplest way of ex-
planning his situation One could
hardly tell a prosaic young man
in Ford tale of mummies,
iinns and midnight murder.
AT San GERONIMO. which they
reached at o'clock, the police
station, to which his rescuer from
the road insisted on driving him,
was dark and locked up. Crimes
evidently were not committed at
so early an hour in San &C.
ronimo. The young man drove
him to the sheriff's house. told
him to report the robbery and
loss of the automobile. and. leav-
ing him on the steps, whirled
away with good wishes for the
speedy recovery of his property,
A sleepy-eyed maid. with
young baby in her arms taking
early breakfast from a bottle,
opened the door She looked
with suspicion at his torn clothes
and dirty face, but as all kinds
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of people call on a sheriff she
let him in and led him into g.
sitting room.
In five minutes the sheriff Of
the county entered, buttoning his
coat and Struggling and settling
his free BODY into binding clothes
for the day. He, too, looked
with suspicion at the doctors
bloodshot eyes and general dis
array. DR. Cressy searched des-
perately for a card. but these,
too. had slipped out with his
wallet. He was forced to intro
duce himself verbally:
II am DR.. Cressy, house physi-
clan at the F'airview Hotel in
San Francisco"
A Polite Sheriff
The sheriff looked as il it would
take a good deal more than the
mere WORDS TO convince him that
this dilapidated figure ministered
to the aches and pains of the
wealthy patrons of that fashionable
caravansary, but he returned
shortly and politely enough:
I'm Dave Lennard. Is there
something you want Of me?"
DIR Greasy had thought out the
story he was going to tell while in
the Ford. He explained his dis
heveIment and the loss of his coupe
as he had to the people in the
Ford-vhed been beaten and robbed
on a lonely stretch Of highway the
night before.
But all that can be attended to
later. sheriff. It's something that
happened previous to that which
is really important and about which
I've come to ask your assistance.
I'm convinced that a young girl
is held by duress and violence in
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that. Valentine Hauy was aston
ished1~
very soon Hauy exhibited his
pupil to the public, and as the
child read with his fingers every
audience was thrilled with adj
miration and gratitude to the
teacher.
"Devoting his life to working
out this method, Hauy finally
made it so perfect that he could
appeal to the public for money to
help him in his work.
"The subscriptions poured in,
and before Hauy died he had
founded the first institute for the
blind where they could be taught
to read. 1t was through his meet
ing with the blind beggar that
thousands of blind people have
been able to gain at least a little
happiness by reading"
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Tense Situations Thrilling Cimaxes and the Amours q
HOt-Headed Youth Feature This EngrOssIng
and Exciting Serial Novel

pat-~ and I were partners
80, locked 1t her innocently:
NI - weeks afterward did
Pez<y wnOw that he had ar
RAGGED to be left there with her
pet he had worked i. shame
avYsI. we may as wen start
out to hunt the others, he sai0s
''tha s the game. isn't III
They started out.
The night was a. dark as the
pit, there in the woods.
Every now and then when she
looked up through the trees
Peggy could catch giance 81
tiny star, but there was no other
light.
Ranny held tight to her ARM
not rs protect her. but to support
himself. He was. he admitted
cheerfuIIy, the least bit HsQulffy
just Celebrating
How did you ard Fay happen
>to have anything to drink?g she
asked him as they went along
feeling their way through the
underbrush.
I'VE WeEe--CGleDIAb1nE SQ4ASl
thing, ne said thickIy.
There was q lOrg silence.
'sSay, what's the big idea q
this game, anyway he asked
suddenly. I'VE never could find
any Of these couples here Y the
darkness. Why, it's black a.
Calcuttay.
supposed to find Them, she an
swered smoothly What they
want Il to be let alone for what
you so elegantly call mugging
Hun. HUI, see. Ranny an
swered. And F'ay?she's with
Eddie Carter, isn't she she
picked Eddie for ner partner. il
{ remember
He sat down suddenly at the
base Of an invisible tree and
drew Peggy down on the moss
beside him.
VIlae do YOU suppose she
pulled On me tonight y he aslxed
after Feggy had spent q moment
81 two in puzzled silence say,
she's made up her mind not to-
get married In June, after all
that's what we were celebrae-
iii
He laughed
In the darkness Peggy's eyes
searched tor the white blur that
was his face.
She was too stunned to speak
She sat holding ner breath
while Ranny hunted for his eter-
MAJ cigarette.
Yeah the partys off, he
went on thiclly, when he heA
puffed IT into oblivion. should
worry But his voice had bit
terness in 1t
(Tc Be Continued Tomorrow
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By STELLA WYNNE

department kin go over me IN my
own county. Anyway. how do
know you're who you say you
are? Lots OF nuts come to me
with wild. stories.
eff you have a telephone II
call up the Fairview Hotel. The
manager. Mr.. Aimes, knows my
voice and will verify all say.
"Oh, / amt sayin' you was
lyin'- -alla was sayfn is that It
amt my business to jump IN and
believe every wild tale I hear first
al. / amt against talxin' d walk
with you over to the Sherwin
place an seem what's what.
In Deadly Danger
"a walk! Good Lord. do YOU
walk after criminals? The girls
in deadly danger. Haven't you
got some kind of a carr
The county provides a Ford,
but l got to buy my own oil and
gas. However, if you want we
kin ride
Better bring two or three
deputies" suggested the doctor,
II got all the deputies / need.
The sheriff pulled up his coat
and revealed a holster with
long.nosed revolver stuck in 1t.
Have you one for me?' DIR.
Cressy's gun had disappeared in
the nights melee.
you don't need none. A
nervous young fellow like you
that can hardly stand still I'D
be goin loco and shootin' up
honest citizens
Go Be Continued Tomorrow
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mic on time she said to them.
There's wonderful New Man
here tonight. too, Fay You'll be
sorry you were late when you
see him.
Fav laughed again. "AIl right,
III take him under my wing when
I get there" she replied, and
you can have RAINY. All he's
done is tell me how wonderful
you are ali evening I'm sick Of
the sound OF your name, TO tell
the truth yes, I'll be glad to give
your new man thrill.
She was AZ good as her prom
She took sally Marcl's New
Man away from Sally in five
minutes.
That's Question
How does she do it," Sally
asked Peggy as she helped her
unpacl box Of marshmallows
for roasting. She's not pretty,
or particularly smart
shes peppy!'' Peggy an
awered. That's why she's fas-
cinating. The men never know
what she's going to do next. She
keeps 'em guessing.
Sally fixed a marshmalIOw on
stick before she answered.
.yVelI. j wish you'd get this
{ man Of mine away from her
she said. g10Omiiy. I'm really
crazy about him, You see.
In five minutes Peggy had or
eanized q game Of hide-and-seek.
even hid in pairs" she told the
gay crowd, "a man with q girl
Fay. you start off with Ranny-
Fay shook her red head.
"I,lI be Eddie's partner. Siie
said, surprisingly.
When everyone was paired of
Peggy stood alone in the dull
glow OF the fire with Ranny
Phelps.
Il don't know how this hap
pened, she faltered II thought
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HERE'S FOXY GRANDPA'S STORY

Toward the end of the eight
eenth century there lived in
France good man by the name
of Valentine Hauy. Much of his
time was spent in trying to make
poor people happy, and one of
his greatest interests was in the
blind.
"One day he was walking along
boulevard in Paris when he
came across a blind beggar like
the one we just saw. His heart
was touched by the misery Of the
man, and he reached into his
pocket to give the man some
money. He took out coin and
put 1t into the blind MANS hand;
and started off.
"Hauy had gone but a few steps
when the beggar called him back,
turned his sightless eyes toward
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You Will Want to Know Beautiful Peggy Starr Heroine OF
the Most Interesting Story Of Young Love Ever
Penned By Beatrice Burton.

the trees it was mass Of glow
ing er1bers just the kind Of fire
for ibroiling steaks.
Wouldn't it be fun to live like
this-out in the open, all the
time. Peter?'' Peggy asked, as she
began to- grease the frying pans
with a piece of buttered wax
paper. Don't you think it would
be lots more fun than being
mewed up in hoJIsesg
Peter looked at her solemnly.
II can't think Of nothing more
grand, he said. with a Queer,
thoughtful look, provided 1t was.
YOU that was living with"
Peggy glanced up at him,
startled. There was no laughter
in those teasing, violet eyes OF
hers now. Peter had never seen
them so grave in his life before.
I'D make a good husband,
Peg he promised, 'thomeIy men
make the grandest husbands in
the world, you know. They don't
step out
.sHushr' Peggy raised her
hand. let's not spoil things.
Being friends with you is the
incest thing in my life, Peter
but that's all it ever can be-just
friendship, see?"
If Peter saw, he didn't say so.
He silently. almost giunly, filled
his pipe and didn't open his
mouth until the first OF the pic
nickers arrived.
They were Sally March and a
AnxNy A ~nH~ cy.,1F.
said privately to Peggy. And
he's just mad about me-" she
added 81 suppose that the min.
ute Fay Shirley lamps him she'll
try to lure him from me, but
she'll have some time doing 1T!
Is it true that she and Randall
Phelps have, busted their engage
ment?''
! Peggy's heart leaped, but she
went on cutting bread and but
ter as calmly as. Werther's "Char-
lotte."
II guess they haven't she
said. when I asked them to
come tonight they said they'd
come together. That looks as IL
they were still pretty good
friends. doesn't it?''
- Sally nodded. Yes, but you
never can tell,' she said vaguely.
Sally had been engaged almost
as many times as Fay, herself"
However, at 8 o'clock neither
Fay nor Ran Phelps had arrived.
s'What1l we do about it?'
Peter asked Fay. coming up to
her as she stood a little apart
from the others. peering into the
darkness.
Lets eat. bawled the man
from Yale. I'm going to take
a mouthful of moss in a minute
il someone doesn't give me
FOOD.,
And so they gathered around
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watch in his pocket. II was still
going and registered five minutes
past 5. The flashlight, OF course,
was gone. His pocket handker-
chief was missing, and this he
weakly. resented, for he wished
10 wipe the dust. which he could
taste on his lips, from his face,
then bind the handkerchief tightly
around his throbbing head. His
searching hand went clear through
one outside pocket of his coat,
or, rather, the place where the
pocket had been, for it was
ripped completely off. He re-
membered he had transferred his
wallet to this .,ocket when he had
put The folded wrapping paper
and the little sealed box in his
inner pocket. He was without
money. That meant he must
reach a town where he could
telephone the Fairyiew TO teIe-
graph him funds.
A Car Arrives
II he could only meet an auto
mobile! A Ford, its lights still
burning, suddenly appeared around
a curve in the road.
DR.. Cressy stood a little to one
side land hailed it eagerly. But
the Ford didn't slow up as it APP
preached him. He realized sud
denly that it didn't intend to.
He stepped into the middle of
the narrow mountain road directly
in its path. He could hear all
the breaks grinding and squeak
ing as it's wheels slid through
the dust. 1t came to a, stop only
a few feet in front of him. The
red and angry face of the man
at the wheel, little broadened
and distorted by a flaw in the
windshield, looked out at him like