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shaking, either with nervousness
or cold:
ct know there is some one an
the bedroom" she kept repeating.
With his automatic in his hand,
the house detective went through
the bedroom door. DIR. Cressy
followed. Together they made a
tour Of the rooms. They could
find no one. Nothing appeared
disturbed. The girls rings and
wrist watches lay on the bureau
as they had taken them off.
On the Ledge
whoever was in the room may
have climbed out on the ledge
and gotten in through a window
to one of the other rooms,
hazarded the detective. They
went over to the windows. One
was open from the top, one from
the bottom for air. They led
out on a stone ledge about foot
wide. This ledge began at the
girls room. led past the bedroom
Of the Echard suite and then on
past the windows of sos. where
DIR. Greasy had slept. The house
detective and DIR. Cressy crawled
out upon 1t. One Of the windows
Of the Echard's bedroom had been
left open. They entered through
il, the detective flashing power
full Mazda through first. They
switched on the lights and care
fully examined the bedroom, bath
room and reception room of the
suite. The door leading into the
hotel hall was locked. On the
outside, hung on the knob. were
some towels the maid evidently
had left late that night. intend
ing to bring them lin the first
thing in the morning. The door
could hardly have been opened
from the inside by an escaping
criminal without brushing these
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self on the door of the machine.
She stood there a moment with
her eyes closed, not hearing what
Douglas said. Then she went
with a swift rush UP the steps.
You think I'll let you go
alone now, Sandy? Have him
chase after your"
She made to protest when he
followed her into the room. She
turned to him with a frightened
look. II wonder why he had to
come back just at this time? Ho,
you'll have to take me far away,
Douglas-to forgotten earth"
1 could do that, Sandy
She came up and put her hands
in his. Isn't it odd. Douglas,
that you and 1 can't have each
other: That other people inter.
fere? All we want is each other
and we can never have this"
They drew each other, unawarle.
She went close and put her arms
about his neck.
He laughed. clasping his hands
behind her, flush. and sparkle in
his face. After all, who says we
can't, Sandy? We have each other.
Do you think Til let you go alone.
now? You need me. You've
never had anyone to really help
you Sandy, you want me don't
you? You don't want to leave
me. 1 can take you to the for
gotten earth. Will you
Gomez"
She drew his head down. Her
eyes burned into his: "I'll go
anywhere with you, Douglas. I'll
do anything for you. can't leave
you-I knew / Couldn't don't
want to leave you! Yes-come
with me-oh-I love you
She sat with her head flung
back, her hands covering her face.
kept murmuring till her throat
was dry as chalk: i've done it
Il knew I'd do fits not too
late
But at the thought that she
could still avert his coming, she
shuddered No--she'd not stop
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Follow the Mystery Of the Blue Scarab
and the Love Affair Of the
Beautiful Heroine

90 to slep and feel SAFE Miss
Crittenden. both you and YOUR
sister. I'll be about al night.
I'll have the stairway watched
that's the only way one can get
up to this floor except BY the
elevator"
The old gentleman Of the dress
ing gown and cane now spoke,
sense Of suppressed outrage IN
his voice:
Il don't object to a hubbub and
screaming IL robbers come, he
announced like one reading a bill
OF rights Robbers are an &C
'cident, something that might be
put down as the will Of God, as
1t were. But I'm q very nervous
man. came to alifOrnia for ny
nerves. The raal1ag cement Of this
hotel assured me that this tower
annex was the quietsest floor In
the building only d handful Of
people. Tar above the street. And
here, my first night. I'm awakened
at 8 III the morning he looked
at q huge gold watch he drew out
OF the pocket of his dressing gown,
where he had evidently slipped II
for safety on leaving his room
'12 minutes past 8, he amended,
s'by this young lady screaming
and all for what? Nothing.
I'm very sorry. i1nurmured
Kathleen.
"she could hardly help It my
dear SIR" snapped DR.. Greasy.
"She expected to be robbed or
murdered; she could hardly con-
slider your nervous system. even
IL she had known It's condition,
at such q moment.
Wrong Digestion
'Robbed and murdered. bosh!
young ladies Of today eat IT.
regularly and live irregularly.
She'll be fast asleep having an
other nightmare while I'm wide
awake pacing the halls. / have
insomnia. sirIe And as If he had
announced signal distinction.
Ito old gentleman, with q final
thurnp OF his cane. turned his
back on the disturbers OF I'M
stable nervous systems and
marched off.
..Old crab = said Hazel. why
don't he take his nervous system
to q sanitarlum?''
'sWell, / hope I don't have Oc-
casion TO disturb it again. said
Kathleen ruefully.
The incident Of the old gentle
man had, however, served to
bring them all hack to normally.
The house detective left after
first sending Hazel in to test the
light in the bedroom. After
moments wait she switched 1t on
and off four or five times.
THE button stuck a little at
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: der. ''oh. God, isn't this awful
She put out her hands as
though she were showing things
from her. Then she told herself
distractedly: Il can't! ! never
CAM
She walked with short. troubled
steps back and forth, unaware
that she was talking to herself:
(. God, everything at once. I'll
have to go. Now! She turned
against the wall. hiding from her
vision the suitcases waiting to be
strapped
At Her Door
Douglas, returning for the third
time. went at last through the
long, high-ceiIinged hah.
He stood at her door. The blood
crowded about his neck. Where
in the world was she. He renem-
bered the sweet, pathetic look Of
her last night when she stood
there holding his hands; when she
Z said: "Good-by Douglas-good-
bye" And then: Il love all Of
you. I worship you. Oh. remem-
Der that I do"
But she wouldn't go off like
that! Leave him without a word
Just because they'd have to
wait longer
He tapped. No answer He
whispered: "Sandy-Sandy-are
you there"
Then he heard the step-her
quick, troubled steps ="
open the door" He twisted
the knob. 1t gave.
He flung into the room: Gee
whiz! Where in the world have
you been? Had me frightened to
death Sandy! Gee-you're
crying, Sandy
His own hazel eyes filled
quickly. but he came up laugh
ing and put his arm about her.
Gee, you're not crying, Sandy?
What are you doing with those
suitcases?"
She tilted her head with a val
liant effort TO smile. But he saw
the drawn, frightened line Of her
mouth.
whats the big tdea?"
Nothing, I'm going away
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him. - He wanted to come
-" He would come Why
shouldn't he!
At o'clock a special delivery
letter came for her. The black
heavy script Of Ramon's she knew
so well. She looked at it, cold
and mute, making sudden move
To tear II In two. Instead. she
went over and thrust 1t under
the scarf OF the bureau, telling
herself "I'll never open it! Never!
What has he to say?
She stood there, touching the
corner OF the envelope-jumping
as some one knocked at the door.
But It was only Judith. The
irony Of it-Judith coming with
bunch Of flowers
"I thought you, must he sick,
Sandy. I went to have lunch with
you and they said you didn't come
to work"
1--WE quit. Didn't they tell you
that?'
mo. only met one Of the
girls. Why have you quit"
His Decision
I'm going away. Things
haven't turned out so we'll.
want to get away"
II heard about It. Alice wrote
me. That's why I wanted to have
lunch with you. I'm sorry.
Sandy"
''Oh, are your why Should you
be sorry, Jude? It's better; isn't
1t better? Hem he happier with
your
Then she was Immediately
stricken and shamed. Such a
ching to say. And what they
were planning!
Judith's tan cheeks were abrupt
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HERE'S FOXY GRANDPA'S STORY

deal of good even If they may eat
a little grain or corn. Field mice
did a great work in Russia once"
What was that?'' asked Bunny
eagerly.
ut was some years ago near
Odessa, in southern Russia, where
the great wheat fields are.
Suddenly one day as if they
had fallen from the sky, appeared
hundreds and thousands of tiny
field mice. They swarmed over
the country and people couldn't
understand where they had come
from or why they had come.
But in some mysterious way
those little mice had discovered
that there was going to he
plague of locusts which would
have entirely destroyed the CROP
far worse than the mice would
have.
"It was found that there were
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followed Kat

firmly in the doorway. It's as /
thought. All this noise and hula
baloo in the middle Of the night
for nothing, e1l?"
I'VE found nothing" DIR. Greasy
announced it shortly. He turned
TO the girls Did you miss any
thing-jewelry or money or any.
thing?"
NO. not a thing" kathleen an
swered.
The house detective turned to
Hazel
Just what was 1t you thought
you saw" he asked.
II saw nothing. was fast
asleep. 1t was Kathleen"
He turned 70 Kathleen. She
raised her head and spoke to DR..
Cressy. rather than the house de-
tective:1
II was awakened by something
brushing softly along the side of
my bed. / was frightened for a
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lunch tomorrow so that you can
kiss me good.by-sweetly the way
you do"
She looked UP and laughed.
With her eyes full of tears she
whispered: WHO could help but
worship you!"
He had no sooner left than he
imagined her stealing away,
imagined Ramon calling on her,
frightening her away. Then he
recalled that. she had said: II
ought to go to him. He needs
me most terribly. 1t would be
good way out for everyone"
She couldn't do such a thing!
Yet he fancied her in Los Angeles
and Ramon finding her there.
At, noon the next day he said:
I'm glad to drive you down,
Sandy. And that won't make it
hard for you. It's not like you to
make a tragedy of things. I'm
going to see that you don't I'll
stay there week or. SO till you
get get, Sc sett LED :, I know myself.
She thought. excitedly, "Ah,
know yourself, do you? But /
don't know myself. No, / won't
let you-I don't dare to let
you"
- But she listened to his plans.
drinking in -the sweet% fervor Of
his eyes ~
At g. o'clock they rounded the
corner on the way to Sandy's
house.
Ramon's car was at the curb.
Ramon stood with one foot on the
running board. waiting.
He saw them.
Without a moments hesitation
he sprang to the wheel sent the
car with a crazy bound onward.
It went zigzagging down the
street.
Fear Stricken
Sandy turned gray. With
dilated heart, she leaned out,
stared after him.
That was he, Douglas. He'll
kill himself" She steadied her.
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A Story of Swift Adventure, Tingling Romance,
And the Youthful, Pulsating Thrill Of True Love

" scarlet: eyes flashing. She -.
gan some hot impetuous phrase.
Then she saw the haggard misery
in Eandy's eyes ! the fever
in her pale face.
You're III. Sandy you
look very i'll. am sorry about
your affairs. Alice says it seems
hopeless, though she doesn't know
why. It doesn't seem fair that
your whole life is ruined. But
why do you need to go away"
II want to go. want to get
away from thingsn'
Do you mean You want to get
away from Douglas, Sandy? Is
he willing to have you do this?
Why should you have to start
again. Leave your work? Does
Douglas want thfs?"
''Ah-what is it to him? I'm 70
ing because Of hin-too''
And She thought hystericaIly:
That's true. I won't let him
take me. For once I'll measure
up! IN tell him."
Judith's eyes-Judith's fine. PAS
sionate eyes looking at her with
pity and love-ah. she couldn't
hear this look In .Judith's eyes.
She went up to Judith and said,
sobbing: I'm sorry came into
both your lives" united them
gave Douglas over to Judith.
The vision of this went like
dagger through her mind.
Judith going up the hill In Full.
ton street met Emma Keith. In.
nocently, Emma mentioned that
Douglas was going away-hiS
paper was sending him away. He
was leaving in the morning.
Then Judith knew Il all.
ITO Be Continued Tomorrow
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millions of locust eggs hung in
the little sacks in which they are
laid on all the grain and IL they
had Matched the spring crop
would have been a total loss and
all of the farmers would have
been. very poor.
But the little mice got busy
and ate up all the eggs because
locust eggs are one Of their fa-
Vorite dishes. The ones they
couldn't eat they stored for the
winter. So you see, they really
saved that whole part of the
country from great catastrophe. -
Foxy Grandpa" pleaded Bunny,
please tell the farmer that story.
1t worked. l told the farmer
what happened in Russia and he
said he had never heard of such
a thing but was glad to know 1t
and that he'd never poison another
field mouse as long as he lived.
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first, she calleu tiAr0u 2 "a
door, 'sbut It's all right nOs
~ Greasy hade the rirls rood.
80. 1870 -.s.,...... - ~. l...t si,tre
lil ~ sSalal s.S... :. Ma. -. ~. !,
fr1gheen0d tnen ~ run ONsk ~
knock az his door They crept mo
t1,ai,. halls again. Ieayirm 4Aa lights
,r.s..,,,ss n, - ,.es.av.fir,ys 3oorI1 and
tI 49,. 100, 1000. y. ana cso
4, q, 80 800 ~ s.hsira IS that they
n1isl1t have 8 clear run for the door
81 telephone.
1T was almost 4 o'clock when DR..
Grossly again fumbled into bed ii
the room of C.rittenden senior.
But etiil that nnaliRn destiny
which had designs on his sleep
was not propiefaf9d.
he had lust drOwsily decided
that he would provide himself with
4 flashIight and an automatic piu-
.foi TIE tIle house detective eyery
~anfle1nan ahoilld 70 provided with
81, autOnnatic and n flashitglit these
flavs. especially when engaged An
eoivineg I,nvsferfee- solving mister.
es-gnvsfertes- All his thoughts
we've haafnnfne To ruf together Like.
fna e1vea tn ilI.yvasl1ed clothes when
h vsa arouaed to taut wakefui.
1,ana Tvaa fhaf 4 elIrlt knocking
On Iata door? RE listened irltently.
n icaIl.e aQail,. 3, tapping or brush.
i1a a0ainef the door-haraly aud.
isle. He epran0 out of bed, put
on his Gown ana slippers ana went
to fha door. re nesitated Just am
S,-.sN,,& v.,txs. 80. 49, - -. tIan sl,SyI4
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done about the field mice which
were out in the cornfield, and
that he wanted his foreman to
scatter poison all over the field
and eXterminate them entirely.
Now, Foxy Grandpa, those
poor field mice have an awful
life. Every cat in the neighbor-
hood is after them. and they are
not only attacked from the
ground but they are always in
danger from air attack.
What do you mean, air attack,
Bunny?" ] asked.
Owls" Kissed Bunny.
Don't you know that owls are
just like flying cats and that one
owl will gobble up 40 mice in an
hour"
Mercy" I said, "Those little
fellows are up against it and the
sad thing Is that they do a great
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By Stella Wynne


kathleen. Hazel he called
out.
The white-haired man in the
dressing gown came up and stood
watching. him. The elevator OPP
orator and the house detective,
whom he had brought up from
the sixth floor on hearing the
screams, came running up. The
latter inserted a pass-key in the
door and it swung open. DR..
Cressy and he stumbled into the
dark reception room. The eleya
tor man hung hack timidly. The
man in the dressing gown stood
hack impersonally with an. air of
nobody shall catch me invading
q lady's room in the middle of
the night merely because she
screams. .
At this moment the door of the
bedroom flew OPEN, Hazel and
hare. dressing gowns over their
night clothes:
we couldn't light the lights.
We couldn't light the lights,
painted the younger girl, and
there was something in the
room
DR.. Cressy saw that instead Of
the four lights Of the central
chandelier of the bedroom being
switched on, only an emergency
candle, stuck hastily in q glass,
was burning.
The house detective had found
the button by this time and the
reception room lights flashed on.
Dr. Cressy saw that while Hazel
was red and flushed with excite
n1ent. Kathleen was very pale and
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nightmare" he surmised. she
must be awful nervous and dis.
turbed anyway by the death Of
her fiance. It's only natural that
she might get to imagining
things. .
Its possible the burglar, or
whatever he was. might have had
key, ran out the front door OF
the girls reception room, locked it
after him and gotten away before
anyone came" DIR. Cressy offered.
He hardly knew what to believe.
!. BY the time they returned Kath-
leen and Hazel had put on more
clothes. They san huddled together
Oh the reception.room davenport.
sorry looking pair, Outside the
open door the old gentleman in the
green dressing gown paced the
hall, swinging his cane as IL he
were on parade. He cynicafy
awaited the end Of their search:
"Well?" He planted his cane
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down, and fleeing man would
scarcely stop to lock the door
and rearrange them again.
They went out on the ledge
again. The windows leading from
the ledge into sos were both Sc
cureIy locked.
do you sleep in a Theoretically
sealed room. doctor2' asked the
house detective.
A Possibility
DIR. Cressy laughed as. clinging
precipitously on the ledge eight
stories above the ground, he shook
HIS unyielding windows. He had
been so tired and excited that
night that he had dropped asleep.
for the first time since he could
remember, without opening his
windows, for air. One thing was
certain mo fleeing burglar had
gone through them. The, house
detective looked puzzled.
Miss Crittenden maybe had
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moment, then / told myself not to
be silly--it was only Mimi, my
sister Mares Persian cat. She
sometimes walks along the ledge
and jumps In the window hsre.
l lay perfectly still without NOV
ing. Then It came again, and
a moment later / saw a tall
silhouette cross the window.
screamed. ] reached up and tried
to switch on the lights, but the
button stuck. / heard something
brushing through the darkness in
the direction Of the reception room,
1 think. Then screamed again.
must have buried my head in
the pillow. The next thing !
knew my sister was shaking me
and asking what was the natter
Well said the detective sooth-
ingly, IF any Raffles was prowl
Ing around it's certain he's not
here now-and guess he's
through for this might. You can
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dummy certainly looked de-
ID jected. If ever there was a
a sad looking rabbit 1t was
Bunny. He didn't sit up straight
and his ears were Hopping, and
he lost that smart debonair air
which his whiskers always give
him when they bristle--like
gentleman with waxed mus
tache.
Bunny" / said, you have
something on your mind besides
those long, silky ears. Tell me
about it. Perhaps / can help
YOU"
Foxy Grandpa, there's going to
be massacre around here"
What under the sun are YOU
talking about. Bunny?" l asked.
Last night I overheard this
farmer talking to his foreman.
He saAd that something had to be
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Bu~EZenOre Meherin

told YOU. Don't you remember
She broke from him. She hid
her face in her hands. Ramon
has come Douglas. Ramon is
back. I'm going away Now
I've got to get away
He looked at her standing there
with her pale, angelic face hid
den. Youth and all its flaming
tenderness swept upward from
his heart.
Rounding her! Coming here
and bounding her. How cruel the
world had been to her-dear. beau.
tiful thing with her soft, appealing
hands twining in his-her smooth
cheek near his own. Her cheeks
were wet now. He gulped.
He went up and put his arms
protectingly about her. You had
enough to bear, Sandy, dear.
You'd run away and leave me?
All. Sandy. you weren't going to
do this. You want to get away?
You've got to go away. Dear
Sandy, can take you. Dear
Sandy. do you think Id let you
go alone"
CHAPTER 81
N lO1Nl0I11' I1H LOLIO"Cu SOANiJ
IVA to the door Of her room.
But I've said good.by, Doug
las. And that's all"
He was alarmed by the high,
bright way she had been talking;
her quick, reckless laugh. And
he now said: You won't steal off
In the morning, Sandy?"
mot until Tuesday. can't go
till then"
And why shouldn't I drive
you down? Just make a lark Of
it. What harm If we have a
little joy out of it? I'll help you
get settled"
You're afraid can't make
out alone? Why do you think,
this? Because l needed a prop
before? Oh, I'm wiser now. 1t
would do no good to have you
come. Just another parting.
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BY Elenore Meherin.
Author of "Chickie," "Ann,
sAnn and PhiP' and
"Nora Lee"

CONTINUED from Saturday,
She ran her hand over his hair
IN a sudden maternal pity. Poor
fellow poor suffering spirit -
clamoring for peace-for glad
ness
You must take me home now,
Ramon.
will you come to dinner to-
night"
mo. can not"
Tomorrow. them?
I'm going away.
"where?"
ct want TO get away"
You won't tell me where? Tell
me. Sandy. ] won't bother you.
I promise not to bother you. All,
YOU think me a coward-you
think IL contemplate that / ask
for happiness. But is IT? / ask
very little. Only the right to be
near ynu-nothing else. You can
grant this. You surely can grant
She let her head rest against
the seat. She was almost faint
ing, feeling the weight Of his
hands like iron chains.
''You don't mean this first
meeting to be our last, Sandy?
Tomorrow? A whole year I've
waited. You can surely not re-
I fuse this little-tomorrow?"
She nodded. She said vaguely:
"Then it doesn't matter u
see that it doesn't matter"
And when finally he drove her
home and there was no car at
the curb she ran up the steps
without one backward look.
she went into her room. and
stood against the door, her fin
gers pressed to her temples. Ter
ribIe! Terribler' She saw Ra-
mons set. inaploring face-heard
that awful breaking Of his voice.
She felt like an anguish the
weight Of his head on her shout
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AT LAST!

Sandy" is being shown this
week at LOew's Palace Theater.
Madge Belamy, the dainty
screen star, appears as the
dashing bOb-haired heroine Of
ElenOre Melerin's engrOssing
serial.
Read the story of the adven.
lures of Sandy" in The Wash
ingtOn Times.
Then go to LOews Palace
and see the wonderful pictur-
iZatiOn of the narrative.
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The Most Sensational Detective Story
of the Day, Penned by
Clever Writer
THE STORY THUS FAR

Kathleen ctenden beautiful heiress returns from
trip abroad Accompanying her the taxi to her apartment IN
The Hotel Fairview is Kent Glendennng Enghman TO
whom Kathleen afanced Kathleen from the cab
Kelly, Gendennng
Cressy young physician takes charge
Macarthur gris
Kathleen Crey intrigued by the cmeand possibly by Kat
discovers the dead Engishman sending cryptic messages to
Greasy continues his search visiting the millinery shop Anita
Co friend Gndennng In his search stumbes
Suddenly he his throat
darkness. Gregory Sterritt
Cresss asaant Anita disappearance the
Blue Scarab.
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This Day in History

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