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HERE'S FOXY GRANDPA'S STORY

WHEN / told the waiter in q.
w restaurant where We were
lunching, that we would have
cold boiled lobster with mayon-
naise. Bobby's eyes lit UP with
!, delight, and he squirmed around
in his chair Impatiently until
the waiter brought us each
beautiful big lobster split down
the middle and spread on the
platter.
Bobby took his little fork and
commenced digging the pure
white flesh out of the shell of
the lobster and dipping each
piece into the mayonnaise.
DO you know" he said, the
nice thing about Holsters il there
is no bones In it, isn't it?"
That's right" said.
Look at all OF his legs, Foxy
Grandpa!
Count them, Bobby" I sug.
gested.
"Let me see" said Bobby.
bending over his plate. "aere
are five pairs o. IaSs with jolats
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81 anything but making money.
She oave Il was terrible trying
To i've with him. She was Just
crushed
Poor sensitive piantf coOed
Peggy. Rannv looked at her
sharply 20 zee e she was spool.
ing. him, but her eyes were gen.
tie az 4 child.s.
Trying to b Cheerful
Lets have her over % supper
on Sunday night. she suggested.
after moment 81 silenc sun
day night suppers are 90 easy 70
getI can Just throw some said
together and make some sand
witches ana cake
Ranny beamed locking more
IKE Greek rod than usual IS he.
strobe about the room ii his wllts
bathrche. collecting his cigarettes
and his matches and the detective
story he was reading
When he was asleep Peggy tip
toes acrnss the room and took his
watch from the pocket of his.
trousers she carried Il out into.
the living room ana pried of the
hack Of Il with her thumb nail.
The suapshot d Puss March was
stili III I'll
But / wonder how long Il win
stay there. Pe9gy thought So her
SELF. with the saddest little smile
you ever saw, AZ she went back
into the bedroom. Not very long.
probably. now that he's met this
Mrs. Er1clgett.
There had been time when
Ranny had carried herf own pic
tlife II the back 81 his watch.
But that time seemed very long
ago now lOng aao and far away.
There e sorrow that Is too great
for tear afd jealousy that eats
far down into the soul
Peggy knew both that night
both the sorrow and the jealousy.
But II was something else that
made her stare dryseye0 into the
darkness and wish that she could
shed the tears that would not come.
She was bitterly disappointed Ia
Ranny And e was dtsappoint.
Enent In him that WAS king
her heart She had thought him
80 fine, 50 god-lilxe. once upon
time. She had worshipped him
and now she only loved him
j could give him up TO q real
love AFFAIR.". she said 70 herself
clenching her hands so that the
nails cut little half moons III her
palms. but to watch him 70 on
18th t1.aea us14&y 1t&tla s.s.4soYs1ess
these beastly little thrills
The morning sunlight ended
Peggy's feeling Of unhappiness. as
: Il so often did
She was a naturally happy. gay
thing. and the Autumn brightness
and the smell OF burning leaves
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. might have been discussed be.
tween them.
yes, Tony : : You See
you see The brown bobbed
head was suddenly averted, but
not before he had caught a fleet
Ing glimpse Of blush which had
suffused It,. Tony--likes me.
He--he wants me to marry him. =
Real Love Blossoms
Jimpson felt an icy hand clutch.
ing at his heart, and as if with
pain he twisted quickly in his
seat. A man had proposed mar.
riage to Mavis. To his little
Mavis. A man Of about her own
age. A proper mate. Al nice
chap. A chap with prospects and
who came OF a nice family. A
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II love you. You know love YOU!
You know-yo know we promised
each other we would be married
when / was old enough. And now
I'm Is and"
'sAnd you've met Tony, and. you
like Tony. and he wants to marry
YOU. and you want to marry him.
il that it?"
He was turning the knife In his
wound with vengeance.
JiEnpsOn Realizes
A paroxysm Of sobs greeted this.
"oh. jumps! Jinps! Don't make
me say it, You've always been so
good to me. So lovely. So every.
thing. And do love youl truly
do. And viii marry you. / win.
And you'll take me away some.
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Tense Situations Thrilling CIimaxes and the AmOurs Of
Hot Headed Youth Feature This EngrOssng
and Exciting Serial Novel

] you'd. been crying Tor week?
we'll
She paused 4 moment and then
went on: We'll. I'm going To-
RandalI's father about all this.
{ and I'm going now before I have
& chance to change my mind!
With one Of her quick jerlky
movements Aunt Agony set the
baby down on the floor among
his little toys and got up to 80.
That's nice baby! she said
sourly, looking down at his small
blond head, ssbut he looks entirely
too much like his dad to suit mel
AS they say. Like father, like
son. So I suppose he'll grow up
to let his wife support him the
way Ranny lets you support
llinl!r
with that hot shot she marched
stfffly into the bedroom 70 put on
her wraps.
Peggy followed her. with eyes
that sniouldered bliie-bIack IN her
face. she watched her aunt set
her pancake of d lost on the very
i top Of her head and lab the hat.
pins through Il. Aunt Agony was
one Of the few women left In the
world who still wore hafpins ana
corsets.
Look here. Aunt. Peagy said
to her. Even you cant say
things like that to me about
Ranny ana get away with III
Her voice was low and calm as,
the voice of any quiet person IS
when she II most excited. And
Peggy was not only excited now,
but angry right down to the tips
of her toes.
It's nobody,s business & 1 give
music lessons. she went on, but
Aunt Agony interrupted her with
d snort.
oh. isn't its' she cried Wen,
then I'll Just make Il my btlsi.3
ness, and We'II zee what Randali'g
father has to say shout his beau.
tiful son not giving yCu enough
money 20 Live onl Wen see.
She started out Of the the room,
but Peggy barred her path with
her arms stretched across the
doorway. She was shaking from
head to foot. but her voice was
no more than siIvery ripple.
No, she said, II won't let you
leave this house until you prom
lee me that You won't let Ranny's
father know that I'm giving music
iessons!,'
She had never talked this way
10 Aunt Agony before II al her
life. She had cbsyed her from
her earliest childhood. But now
she felt as X she were ready to
defy her or anybody else on earth,
to protect Ranny.
70 wouldn't do the least bit Of
good for you 70 so to Father
Phelps. anyway, Aunt Agony
she went On firmly. suppose he
did get angry I'd only have 70
work twice as hard az ! do now
until Ranny got another job"
She knew there was no answer
to that argument.
And Aunt Agony knew II. too.
She started suddenly on another
track.
Look at yourselfg' she Raid.
sweeping Peggy up and down with
her faded eyes. Wearing the
same clothes you had year and
q half ago before you were mar.
.ried. a fine market you've brought
Your beauty and brains to, haven't
your
she looked scornfully around
her at the tiny flat, with its
chap, pretty furniture; then at
the. baby playing on the floor with
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me? You promised. And ]
promised youR."
But then you were little
girl. And now you're grown up.
That kind Of promise made to
q little girl, and given by q little
girl is different than if--h the
girl was grown up"
That" she surprised him, lis
exactly what Tony said"
"Tcnyr'
Tony was the tall, good looking
young fellow who lived a few
doors away. A nice boy and q
friend Of Mavis'.
Jimpson remembered having
seen the two together often. But
with the blindness Of all parents
or guardians. he had never sus.
pected that love and romance
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chap. In short. who was ideal IN
every way for any girl. Any girl
except Mavis. No! No! That
wasn't fair. Any girl! And he
had asked her to marry him. And
now she was blushing and hiding
her face. That could only mean
one thing.
''Do-do you Tony?" he
asked finally, striving to keep his
voice steady.
"A vigorous nodding of her head
was her reply. He could tell she
was crying and that she did not
want him to see her tears.
VERY much?".
Again a nodding Of her head.
More than me?"
"Oh. jumps! Jimps!' She aban-
doned her efforts at concealment.
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thought suddenly how some old
painter o& Madonnas would have
loved "a put those clear. calm
eyes on canvas.
You're fool, that's what You
arel', she exploded, ITO let your
self be buried here IA this placel
with & voice like yours II YOU
must give these plano lesaons,
why don't you spend the money
on studying with Miss 6harp2
She says that you have q con-
cert voice and YOU could earn
more money singing at enc con
cert than you could earn giving
music lessons for 3 month!
That very thought had occur
red Ia Peggy more than once.
She had been slowly making up
her naind that as soon Is she had
bought some winter flanne1s -Or
Ranry. Junior. and paid the grO.
Gerry Bill tor last month, she would
take some more singing lessons
from her DId teacher
The s.F3uniness Friend
~ ought ID do ik--and / win
do q! she decided an hour later
e. she sat alone at the kitchen
\ table eating some toast that she
had made Tor her lonely supper.
Ranny had teiephoned that he
was going TO dine down town
with rs business friend.
Peggy. couldn't help wonders
ting II the business friend
wore long earrings that hung
down almost TO her shoulders.
1t turned out that she did
wear them the business friend
81 Ranny.
Her name was Jane Bracket,
ana when he came home at 10
that night he told Peegy ali
about her, standing ak the side
81 the bed: She listened calmly
holding her ma kline ii her
hand as II she wanted % so on
reading Il.
But, as q matter of fact, every
nerve IN her body was alive 70
the tale that Ranny was telling
her. II struck her suddenly that
he was telling It to her quite a.
son might have told his mother
about = new girl he had met.
Dad got in 8 new saiegWoman
today, ne began. Were open.
Ing tract Of land out near
Bedford, ana lie wanted some
extra people. This girl came III
very interesting type. Pe6gy
I'm going to bring her out to
dinner some night soon. I know
you'll be great friends she's
just the kind De y SRI Won Ike
Peggy wanted dreadkully to
remark that she loathed women
who wore long earrings, but she
managed to keep her tongue be-
tween her teeth.
Her zane Il Mrs. Brackett
June Bracket, Ranny said, get
ting up to take off his tie and
collar. sShe looks . bit vampish,
but she isn't
thought you liked little
fluffy girls like oh, like Pues
March. for instance,F Peggy an.
swered. opening her eyes limo.
Gently. What Ii this Mrs.
Brackets grass widow or an
honegt-and.truly one?
Ranny suffered ~ little.
'.W-wny, she divorced her hus-
band about year ago, think
she said,i' he admitted. She's q
very sensitive sort st woman.
and from what she says, he must
have been q great big bull.
necked fellow with no thought
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-06-05
You Will Want to Know Beautiful Peggy Starr Heroine
the Most Interesting Story Of Young Love Ever
Penned By Beatrice Burton.

outside filled her with heavenly
GLOW 81 WeIi-beln1
she sang as she bakIled the baby
and put the coffee Oh to boil.
she Asks Peter g Come
she wIiistied IS she heard Ranny
Is down the stairs and watched
t,is automobile Disappear around
the corner
There was joyful ut IN her
voice as she teIephoned ray 70 ak
her and her husband over to sup
per On Sunday night.
Il think I'll ask Peter. too. she
decided. There's no reason Tor
Rannv.s being Jealous o him.
Just viii ask him
she did and Peter aceepted
aIgI bring down some clQeE. ns
said. r made some down g me
farm.
PoRR telephones u.s. 80 ~
and asked her e come g me
Sunday night supper. too.
ssTsII send Ranny Tor ypu
1s,,ss elie said. and Fuss could
not keep the pleasure cut q nef
voice when she thanked her.
anrv win have quite tine
with his old flames here
and PuEe not to mention myself
with an Inward chuckls. as she
hung up the receiver MS new
Mrs. Bracket win haye g watch
her step II she wants g Keep
him vannped Well. anyway. z
win BE interesting e watch me
fur fiy
SHE honestly looked forward e
Sunday night. at first: Then she
beean to dread i.
The iaore Peggy thought about
Sunday night the more uneasy
she became. A. 4 matter g tects
she was more than uueaoy She
waA Just plain frightened sna
told herself
She knew that Fanny would
be perfectly furious when ne
found out that she had asked
Puss March to supper along NTH
this wonderful Mrs BrAckett @
his.
Then On Saturday afternoon,
when she was making cake
while the baby mapped. bril-
liant thought struck her She
laid down her spoon and mixing
bowl and ran g e telephone
L,olly.
Making THINKS Lively
Ny dear. she sald T. her.
I'VE done the most awfui think
Ranny asked this Mrs. Bfack-
ett who's working Tor your
father, 70 supper here On sun.
DAY night. and I've invited Puss
March to come, too.
The worst 81 e Is that told
Puns that I'd send Ranny 70
bring her over here. pegsE went
on after long moment And
now I'm afzaid to tell Rsnuy
about it'll think had better
Just spring Puss on him suddenly
when eile walks into the house.
So I thought maybe Won and
Thomas would come and pick up
PIss on your way. WIN you
for met
Lclly answered promptly. OF
course we win. she said. Any.
body else coming
Fay and Eddie and Peter
{ wink Peggy named them over
slowly and Lolly gave q little
giggIe.
no Be Confined on Monday
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The Story Thus Far

PEGGY STARR has BEEN engaged to RANDALL PHELPS for
nearly when he asks break their engagement He
tells her With brutal fannss that he's u love with her ehu
Peggy gives him greatly TO the satisfaction of
her AUNT AGONY. the shreWd old maid who reared h Aunt
Agony that Ranny win stick WOap and she
dubs him goodfornothng besides She Peggy
sober PETER WK. bachelor of whom Ranny has
always been Jealous
Her opinion Ranny be Justified too when he and
marries Peggy after all for he
falls spell worries Peggy By going out
with and by pnkeF and losing Of money
UncOmpnng Peggy does her houseWok and gets along
little And lis rewarded. Tor when she tells
Rauny she going have baby he turns over new ea and q
nent o EDDIE CARTER, and shortly maretes i'm
Rannys young sister, LOLIY connection q TIE family
fathers chauffeur. THOMAS BOYLE. who
studying IaW the side MOTHER PHELPS vows she VIII
never forgive the pair. but she finally does.
Peggy become great friends and the night when
Peggys baby born i to Mother Phelps she telephones Tor
poker and Peggy doesn't know where
Is find him afterwad when FANNY. JUNIOR
has arrived returns his wfe9and
child with tears streaming down HIS face
Don't Peggy whispers 70 him. Tn % happy could die
right now
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Read This !!

RE yOu following the tenn
~ pestuous raarri2d career Of
Peggy and Rannvs
Are your synipatEles With
the little home body who is
trying "a every way to MAIN
tain the love and affections of
her youthful and handsome
hnsband9
Or dO You think nam1y hi
perfectly right II his efforts
"a break away from the
strnmgIhhold of married llfel
Lot q have YOUR oplnlonl
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-06-05
Peculiar Plant Diseases

MOSAIC diseases which affect plants called because
M leaves Of the plants attacked By them lose their color
IS aa angular patches giving remaining tissue pattern
which resembles mosaic pavement
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-06-05
This Day in Our History

tubs the anniversary Of treaty between the
Tpoi in 1906 by which that piratca
country all American prisoners and to abondOn
the asking Of tribute.
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!, you'd. been crying Tor : week.
Wefl-''
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EARLY CLOSE UP
Continued from Paae Ons)

will be followed by the legislative
appropriation bill and the $165, 000,-
600 public buildings bill. All of these
measures contain highly controversial
features and will call for considerable
discussion.
Farm relief legislation also still is
pending and there will be drive for
action before adjournment. The CO.
operative marketing feature is fairly
satisfactory to all sides, but the corn
surplus crop rider attached by the
senate agriculture committee is likely
to stir up a controversy.
The house agriculture committee
still has no report on a crop surplus
relief measure. House leaders hope
that this will be ready to be taken
up in the house Thursday and they
have tentatively decided to allow
four days debate on it.
The Muscle Shoals committee must
report on a contract. for leasing that
plant on Monday. but there is little
prospect that congress will act on
the report at this season.
The house plans to pass the bill
for the reorganization of the prohibit
ton unit in the treasury Tuesday,
but the senate finance committee has
yet to act upon 1t. Several other
administration measures for tighten
ing up the Volstead act have been
submitted, but their fate at this sea-
son is in the balance.
Having concluded the prohibition
hearing. the senate will turn to an
other this week-the investigation OF
the tariff commission, which will be
resumed before the special commit
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Bacteria One
Cause Heart Pains

Dallas. Tex, Apr. 22-(P)-Doc-
tors in the section on the practice of
medicine at the meeting of the
American Medical Association con-
sidered today the problems of heart
disease.
DIR. Eugene S. Kilgore of San
Francisco, explained how to diff
ferentiate between pains over the
heart that are actually due to dis
ease of the heart, and limitation"
pains. DR.. Walter L. Bierring Of
Des Moines. showed that ninety FIVE
percent of the cases in which there
was Inflammation of the lining of
the heart, resulted from bacteria
circulating In the blood and aris-
ing in inflammations elsewhere in
the body.
when the lining Of the heart is
once severely infected the condition
is serious, and few patients recover
completely" he said. THE sig
nificance of the Investigations lies in
the desirability of preventing such
infections by removal of bacterial
OSCILLATIONS from which they arise"
DR.. Joseph H. Pratt of Boston dis
cussed shortness of breath coming
on at night in persons with heart
disease. This usually is associated
with high blood pressure. and is an
| indication of serious weakness of the
| heart 1t sometimes comes on in
persons who are not short of breath
during the day. and is mistaken for
asthma, due to sensitivity of some
| proteid substance.
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Mexican Boundary
Line Hard to Keep

Ell Paso, Texas, April rs - (AD -
Keeping the international boundary
between Mexico and the United
States properly lined up" Is no
sinecure
At least, this is what George Curry
and Gustavo p. Serano, Uncle Sam 8
stake keepers" in the southwest
have found. Lightning. rivers and
other natural agencies as well IS
human hands keep them on the
jump continually lest the boundary
line stray afield.
A recent inspection Of the mark
ers between here and San Diego,
California, revealed the following
casualties:
one marker sunk without trace In
quicksands.
Another demolished by lightning.
A third covered up by excavators
In the Imperial Valley in California.
A fourth, at the Colorado River,
was all out of keller. A change in
the river course put 500 acres OF
Mexican land on the American side.
An inspection tour, takes the men
past 25S markers. Number l stands
Just up the Rio Grande from FL
Paso, while number 25s, the western
marble marker. stands below San
Diego.
Marker Number on their beat"
probably has seen the hardest wear.
1t has been the boundary Of many q
Mexican revolutionary camp and
finally became so battle-scarred that
q new shaft was erected.
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was increased to ss34,ooo.ooo by add
ing s16S, 100000, which represented
the first net export in gold and sill
yer since 1919. These exports last
year were 1851, 100000 while imports
reached s193,oOo,o0o.
This balance was sliced almost In
half by an adverse net of $343,0o0,-
900 in invisible trade. Amounts paid
out in foreign countries by Amer
lean tourists, immigrant remittances,
payments for foreign shipping and
other services totalled s1,21S,000,0oO
while individual loans, dividends on
foreign investments. payments LOT
use of American ships. expenditures
by foreign ourists here and reyalties
on American motion picture films,
The s4s1 600, 900 balance thus reach
ed was completely wiped out by the
excess of s494,000,000 which Ameri-
cans invested abroad over foreign IN
vestments in this country. The De.
tailed financial transfers included
purchases in this country OF s4ll'ooo,-
600 in securities, payments py ior-
eigners of $140.000,00O on maturing
bonds. and discharge OF s27.0oo'ooo
from the principals OF debts owed the
United States.
ted against an outlay OF $9o,ooo,ooV
representing purchases OF outs.anuans
securities from foreigners: $974,000.-
600 publicly subscribed for new for.
eien securities in this country, OF
whic 1920, 900, 900 was received by
foreign borrowers, after deducting
s54, o0O. 900 in commissions. and net
amount of So, 1000. 900 in United States
currency reimported.
This gave a net adverse balance OF
81 000. 600 provided all international
transactions were settled without re-
sort to deferred payments, and inter-
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trade with Foreigners
'eontInued from Page One)

.s,slsn countries" the Secretary
Of fn,,, was rejected by a net import
smornst one-fourth Of the estimated
abroaa' OF American currency held
movoS ana by the fact that the
pos,. ehent of Foreigners bank de-
ths al ~ this country declined for
s Hfst time since 1921.
f,,p,S Turing the year the United States
ys.tn er strengthened its internal in
hoIsiaeant position. Our total foreign
i0o ooSs =, now amount to about &c.,
thai having increased by more
Orr .si,lo0,O00,000 during the year.
yestnanal returns from foreign in
any ,ira are now greater than at
une in our history"
cura. .ne absence Of complete and. ac-
Son,S ngures which, it was said,
Doris snow total exports and i'm
"a snu Dotn visible and invisible, to
aerrorusa l' the statement, allowing for
The a.. and omissions" estimated
at s sanodr residual balance last year
StatsSS s'ovv.OoO against the United
was e., Inc same balance in 1924
yor s'4o00,O00 in this country's ia
DEM reaching the residual balance,
savora luz exper' first reduced the
sSSl aon NE merchandise balance Of
ng sS sU Noe to $666,OOO,000 by allow
70 he ss'v,yoo' 900. the same as in 1924,
he lsdp paced on the import side of
,ludina :, Tor smuggled goods, in
luctioe liquor, and S25,000,000, a, re-
he syno OF 100000 from 1924, on
eel nape side, for unrecorded par
for s roHe packages. The allowance
900 oon usgied goods in 1923 was s30.-
Tb beO an, and 1922, s2o.O 900 900.
all yis;hl nipined favorable balance on
eel post e items, including the par
-ss ana Struggled goods factors,
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Hold Funeral
Two Maine Priests

Bangor. Me-, April 24.-Funeral
services today for two parish priests
Of long service in this diocese
brought here Rt. Rev. John Gregory
Murray, Bishop of Portland, and
more than so of the Catholic clergy
of Maine. Services for Rev. Mat
thew w. Reilly of st. Dominic's,
Portland, were held at $50 this
morning in st. Johns Church. At
1880 in St, Mary's of the Assump-
ton, rono, services were held for the
late pastor, Rev. John NJ. Harring-
ton.
The body of FIR. Reilly lay in state
last night in st. Johns Church with