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she had a proximity denied the
others. Joslyn, her hands fever
ish. chung to the blonde desper.
You gotta come with u.s." Kit.
tie urged. you know old Kit
she wouldn't tell you wrong,
Joss, honey. Listen, I'm talking
like your mother would. You
remember your mother, don't
you? Listen-if your mother was
here tonight--that's the way I'm
talking to you, honey
That's enough Brierhalter
objected strenuousiy. Who are
you people, anyway, that you as
sumo so much interest in Miss
Poe? Not that it matters-be.
cause I'm asking you now-at
once-to clear out"
Kittie looked up, her strained
little face adamant.
"You go to hell!' she remarked
aggressively.
BrierhaIter turned to Rogers.
you're a man. 1 can talk to
you. I don't want any trouble.
of course. Nor do I think Miss
Poe is in as bad shape as you let
on. She's had a shock, yes; but
that doesn't concern you in the
least. It was, may state, pure
~ a personal matter. A day or
50, in my opinion, should see her
perfectly recovered, but, IL you
insist, I'll be quite willing to call
in any medical man you care to
suggest and put the case en-
tirely in his hands. Does that
satisfy you, sir?"
"Not on your nfe!' Lee Rogers
returned.
May I ask why not?"
"You may. I'm not going to
leave her here-since you insist
on knowing-because don't
think you're a proper person to
entertain her. I'm not acting as
physician now-I'm acting as
Joslyn Poe's friend. She's not
able to stick up for herself, and
I'm going to take her out with
us IL have to clean up the joint
to do It. May ] ask you, sir
is that clear?"
From the West
A sneer formed on Henry
BrierhaIter's lips. zone of these
bold heroes from the West, Ell?
Some of the 'ain't doin' right by
our Nell stuff"
He stepped to the wall and
pressed a concealed button. AL
most instantly a Jap servant re-
sponded.
please telephone for a police.
man." he said, crisply. "That,"
he added to Rogers, us perhaps
the quickest way to get you out.
For a. moment Rogers was non
plussed. This was a contingency
that. in his strong feeling. he had
not foreseen; 1t presented diff
culties that could not be solved
entirely by his devotion to Joslyn.
You can't get away with it,!
ne reiterated. Were going to
see this thing through"
Joslyn, with Kelvin's name and
49, AnAAaN n her GainA 1elt her
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condition at this hour OF the
night-cr morning. rather" Rog-
ers went on in his hardened
voice" It's evident to me that
there's q mystery here and that
you are altogether too anxious
you seem to be stepping bit be-
yond the bounds OF ordinary hos
pitality."
Strictly Business
Mortimer de Costa spoke up.
"I'm not in on this stuff. With
me. it's business. What want
to know. ur. Rogers, IL when
can Miss Poe go on with her re-
hearsals. That's the main rea-
son came along, anyway.
want to find out. Mercedes Is
going, to be sore as hell IL Miss
Poe flops on Us"
The possibilities OF Joslyn join
ing the act, Rogers told him,
were too remote to consider. A
month. at least, he predicted
would be required TO restore her
to health. :.
''That's all I wanted to know"
the dancing man declared. ITS
8. tough break for me, though.
He had his hat in his hand and
he moved, without hindrance
from anybody, toward the exit.
''wOMENm he muttered audibly,
a lifetime of scant understanding
in the word.
Kittie took up the persuasion.
With her arms around Joslyn
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DRTERHALTER grunted. What
~ are you trying to do. Doctor
Rogers - break down her viii
power? That's either mental sug-
gestion you're trying to useor
hypnotisn1. I'm not going to allow
e, however. Miss Poe is i'll and
you have no right whatever to
work any of this Coue stuff on
her against her expressed desire
She's told you she prefers to stay
here. That think, ends the dis.
cussion."
Joslyn was amazed that she
was secretly agreeing with Brier.
halter. He had expressed what
she might have said herself Il she
had had the mental energy TO
frame the thoughts and find the
words. This reaction startled
her and sher wondered Il she
might not be In a definite stage
Of degradation. Beyond a settled
determination TO resist the kind.
ness OF Lee Rogers she was I'm.
able to pursue the analysis far
Their.
'sYou can't get away with It.
Brierhalter," Rogers was saying
This girl ~ not responsible Tor
what she says at the moment"
I'll say she's not" Klttie
ehimed in.
Furthermore. it's open to Qies.
ton how she happens to be
found In your apartment in this
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A FIapper's Experiences With Her
leasure-Craving Mother Who
Thought She Could Stay Young

NIFTY, Glare wondered. had he
v insisted upon remaining with
her the evening befreo when he had
come to take Amy to Walls party?
was it .saIl in fun as he'd say
or did he wish to bother Amy; to
tilt at the possessive air she had
adopted toward him Iately2 Why
did Amy no longer urge her TO
capture him for a husband?
She sat down inside the hotel
door to think It over and q
taxi drew up to the curb. She
saw the dancing man she knew
as Tony get out: her mother fnl-
lowed; Amy matter-of-factly
opened her handbag and paid the
driver. Passing so close that
they might have touched her,
they went through the lobby to
the restaurant
Clare felt dizzy and cold. It
wasn't an accident. Amy's paying
IKE that. tipping the driver while
her escort stood by. Shed been
too casual about It. The girl
knew, all at once, that Amy had
done it before. Not only taxi
bills either: restaurants theaters,
wherever shed gone. frequently
these last weeks. with this man.
He seemed to faseinate her
some way: once she'd broken an
engagement with Satterly 10 see
him. II helped account for their
vanishing funds.
Around q palm q voice said.
s.1Tey, Bill, y see that? Another
rich dame an her gig. They
have .em gig for d pet, kinda.
Talk about millionaires an Fol-
lies uueens9 This ones card"
Toward evening Clare lay. face
downward, on the bed in the
andkerchief-sized room and
played little game in her
There vas pawn called
Amy in triangle formed by
three distractions. Satterly, Bond,
Tony. The object was to move
Amy. out OF the pocket without
stumbling the whole arrangement
into chaos.
THE trouble she unused, els
that the least touch may spill
them goodness knows where. /
suppose the right way would be
to lift Amy straight up and put
her down somewhere else. But
you can do that only in q game:
you can't 90 around jerking
people off their feet in real Hfep
The telephone buzzed; Maggie
who always screamed over the
wire because she distrusted 1t,
said Amy was Ill.
The girl flew across the hall
ana the maids voice trailed her
through the reception room:
''She,s took wit neurAlgy, poor
craytur, though It's small won.
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Most men and women past fifty
must give to the bowels some occa-
sional help, else they suffer from
constipation. One might as well
refuse to aid weak eyes with
glasses as to neglect a gentle aid
to weak bowels.
Is your present laxative, In what
ever form, promoting natural bowel
ssreguIarity"-or must you purge
and "physic" every day or two to
avoid sick headache, dizziness, bill
iousness. colds, or sour, gassy
stomach?
DIR. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin helps
TO establish natural. regular bowel
movement even for those chronical-
Iy constipated. 1t never grtpes,
aiaiksns Of uDsets the system. Be-
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8. GEOGRAPHY - Fur-trappers
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magnetic North Pole.
A. BUSINESS ~ International
debts. in the last analysis. are
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the debtor nation cannot find a
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S. MANKIND. The official re.
ligion of England is the Church OF
England protestant Episcopal).
8. HUMAN NATURE-"A fool
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man keepeth it It'll afterwards. :"
Bible, 2911.
I. GENERAL SCIENCE - The
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10. ART--Lorenzo Lotto Q480'
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the lips. "she doesn't know
what she's saying"
''1t's no use," Joslyn told him
and Kittie with . tired. labored
calmness which was the result
OF tightening her nerves, az the
strings Of q violin are frightened.
''It's all over. I've told the
truth. want you both to go.
I never want to see either Of
YOU again. You are both good,
too good for me. I'm here
for purpose"
She saw Lee Rogers face; Il
was no longer the countenance
she had known-it was suuken,
drawn with despair. IT cant
believe that" she said. This
must be an hallucination."
You make 1t all the harder
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4 - 8
der. I'm thinkin'. wit her COINS.
on"
II Glare had expected to view a
disheveled and pain-contorte
Amy she was disappointed. Her
first thought, standing beside
the was that illness became
the woman who looked up at her
from beneath q sheII-pink cap and
frills as delicately tinted as the
face they framed.
thrown across the counterpane
and Amy's shoulders were wholly
visible through the pink chit
ION, Light from q shaded lamp
gIowed dramatically on the
scene.
''She might be q French doll, "
the girl thought. a very expen-
siye doll in q foam Of lace. Moth.
ing disagreeable about her sick
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1. LITERATURE. Which Amer
lean author gained special distinc-
ton as a novelist Of old Louisl-
ana?
2. HISTORY. What was the ia.
nous slogan Of the third Punic
War?
8. GEOGRAPHY. Which Is the
largest city in South Africa?
4. BUSINESS. How much is
spent on foodstuffs annually In
the United States?
5. MANKIND. How many
members Of the English Parlia.
ment are representatives OF Labor?
6. HUMAN NATURE. What is
the chief cause Of mental staGna'
ton?
Z. GENERAL SCIENCE. What
are the names Of the three prlnci-
pal processes for the production
Of steel?
It hard to define the Ordinary
care and diligence required Of
an employer?
9. CIVICS. Which constitutional
amendment brought about the III.
rect election of u. 8. Senator'S:
10. ART. Which Venetian ar
fist shares with Titan the rspu-
tation OF being the greatest pOr-
trait painter OF his day?
IL, MUSIC. What Is the name
of the only opera Beethoven ever
wrote?
~. HEALTH. How many per.
sons, on the average, are on the
sick-list each day in the United
States?. ...,, ,...,..
Answers to Yesterdays Questions
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and he agreed to come. 4 BIT
unwillingly.
Amy's distress was rather
alarming when he drew up
chair and reached for her wrist.
She gave vent to me1odious little
means and gripped his hand
piteous1y. And while he sat, look
ing somewhat foolish with his
hand held fast. she launched
into an account Of her hardships
and worries.
''But Amy"
aNow don't be hard on me.
TED. I'm d wretched, lonely wO-.
man, horribly misunderstood.
This this pain In my head-it's
only b symptom Of something far
worse. Something serious coming
out OF all the mental strainl'
Al familiar note-Clare rec
ognized 1t at once. Amy had
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THE ACTION

CLARE EDDY, pretty. innoceaI
and romantic, lives with her please
ure-Ioving- mother. AMY. and ne
step-father. DIR. PAUL DEAN
the small town of Atkins. Ohic
Amys sole mission In life seens
surround herself with male adj
mirers so that she may have a
On CARES eighteenth BIRTHDAY,
aha gfvea 4 tscOminG~outp 1Arte
70 which she invites her own fat
set thus STEALING" her daughter.a
debut: Amy's latest crush e BOP
Who a the same time IL sectetis
clare. The gtrl hslieyes MIN -
earnest and fancies herself in love
with him. The party resolves IL
self into an orgy Of drinking snd
sggges.iys dsppcing; NI y the r raos
fled woman and Amyse closest
friend. falls into q drunken eaira..
The next day Clare looks hack
on the whole thine ae silly aaid
cheap. She goes 10 her mother
room and finds Amy unfspentant
aud surly over an ESTABLISHMENT,
With Dr. Paul Glare recalls nam =
er0us affairs Amy has had. one
with q fruit peddiers
Dr.. Paul finds i letter from
Amy 20 her lover and the shock
brings on an attack Of heart isle
IRE. Just before he dies he warns
Clare to burn the letter.
Glare burns the letter and prom.
fses her father 20 fight 20 save
Amy from herself. After the tu-
neral. Amy and Clare decide r.
20 70 New York. In his will ~
paul leaves his property 70 Elare
and Ted. eutting Amy or with
When Clare leaves Atkins red
tells her she d going to marry
hir1. Glare consents. she u Pee
wiidered BY the swirl ana glitter
Of New York
satterIy calls Oh mother ano
daughter and introduces TICkY
SWAN. Amy tells Clare e ne
nice 70 Ticky who e D cee aMs
NOW CONTINUE
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ness: its pretty. like you see It
on the stage"
You don't seem sorry for me, "
Amy burst out petulantly, hold
ing the pillow to her cheek.
"Of course, I'm sorry. dear !
May bring you the warming
pad? Perhaps some hot tea--"
"Oh, tea! You're as bad as
Maggie. This terrible pain I've
got to have doctor. You'd
better call Ted.
Tedf But others are nearer
the house doctor? Ted may be
busy
FOR heavens sake. must call
him myself? You'd think now
when I'm III / might have
little consideration"
"Oh. / didn't mean-1 only
thought" She telephons6 Ted
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heart swell until. It seemed, It
must burst. With all his kind
ness Lee Rogers was setting up
an issue that might seal the
fugitive's fate. This. she knew.
was the end OF everything
''I tell you / won't go" she said
bloodlessly in her determination.
81 don't want to go I'm
here because I've come OF my
own free will to live with Henry
Rriarhalfer . ."
A sharp silence was broken
by a low, shuddering cry from
Kittie Lane.
"Joslyn! Joslyn! Oh, you poor
kid! You poor, poor kid
"She's out Of her headp' Lee
Rogers declared brayely, although
he was. all at once. white about
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by forcing me to keep repeat
ing myself,' JOslyn said 10 him.
II want you 10 realize that I'm
not worth the interest you're
showing. If explained you
wouldn't understand me. Won't
'sYou poor lid" kits said
IN dared voice. ''I'd have
bet my life on you" She slipped
IN defeat away from Joslyn'0 lin.
gering embrace. II could tell
you q lot about this sort Of life
If you'd listen !"
Go Be Continued Tomorrow
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Old-FOIks Need
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Not a "Physiic' >

sides, It is absolutely harmless and
pleasant to take.
Buy a large 60-cent bottle at any
store that sells medicine or write
Syrup Pepsin," Monticello, Illinois,
for a FREE SAMPLE BOTTLE
and just see for yourself.
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Zee "a Daddy paul demanded that.
Perhaps she'd ALLEVIATE AInys lose
her completely. After ali, Il might
Be the way 70 help herl
.sTed, I" she cried, Listen. Tedi
Mother, you must forgive me
for this; you're letting him think
he must make this sacrifice Tor
me! He wants to save the lap0.
ratory, to make something useful
and big OF it and It's true what
he says; you'd only throw L
away. Wei. III never let q cent
from IT be used for me
..If I'm burden I'm so away.
I.Ii 20 back To Atkins or-0r
somewhere. You can have what
Daddy Paul left me, al o1 VI!
I,Il work: ! can earn my way.
Youoh, you're making beIieve
lief You've no flgl1t~n right
She sobbed with both hands
agairst her throat and Ted spfaIlg
m as Amy screamed, You're
10 daughter of nainel I'm ~
through
RIO h Continued Tomorrow
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BY Fay King

NERTRUDE EDERLE expresses
VI her dislike Of evening gowns!
She il not alone in this, but at
that she is in better luck than
some. for the bathing suit and the
evening gown are SO much along
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struck ii over ana over ii knotts
controversies with Paul, always
effectively. Paul's judgment
warped by love, was ever ready
to go to pieces with the tear
OF losing her; he'd give In to
anything when she talked that
way.
.But not Tedl She mustn't do
II With Tedr, Clare struggled
with sense OF outrage. #
won't have III. won't let her
impose on him. There's nothing
much wrong with her; she only
wants her own way about some
thing
Ted was saying, IL your let
me take your pulse, please.
Amy wept a. little while his
eyes veered away from voluptnous
pink chiffon.
"Why." he demanded, ''in the
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, the same lines these days that she
would look az nice In the one a.
she does in the other!
But why should the bathing
girls have ali the best breaks?
How about the girls who look
most charming in hiking togs7
why should they not have evening
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know what / was doing when
signed it over to you, Was
dazed with grief Tor Paul; !
wasn't myself!
And Ted would make no answer,
facing her with the soft light on
his set Jaw and the look of his
brother IN his eyes
For CIare's sake, Ted, you'd
not want her to suffer-
That made him angry and he
retorted that Clare had already
suffered. You'd 90 through the
thing like runaway flfvver. Dis
sipate it--throW e to the winds
Shed be hurt more than ever. :
StiII ne seemed to be wealken-
Ing. Not because of Arnyss wi1es
and not because ok sympathy
with her plight. But she kept
harping on the girls needs and so
he listened and permitted him
self TO be swayed as al men were
swayed by Mrs. Dean.
Ted should not be cheated into
doing this thing! Clare would
Illustrate 10 some way. her prom
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why not fashion . coat along That
line and look ae wen ct . ball a.
you do at the beach?
/ hope to goodness that by next
summer the styie experts VIII
have designed some decent SUM
rner outfit for man 80 that ~
can appear as cool and comfort
able as women do On hot daybs
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) gowns fashioned along those lines
50 they vim look as weir
Modern styles are being built
more ana more FOR comfort ana
convenience, and It II only Z mat
ter OF time when no standard style
will prevail FOR day or evening
and when. women, ana men, too,
win have the courage to wear
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name 81 al that's sensible don't
Won nut on some cIothesa That
fIufflf you've got neuralgia.
FianneIette they make night
gowns Of It, you know, With
sleeves and things
I'm not an old fright Flannel
ettel You talk a. II I were
thideousF
..Not at all. You're attractive
as can be, but
she smiled and twisted her TN.
gers around his arm. You've al
ways been good sport, Ted.
You want to help me- don't YOU
Glare and me
Then they were talking about
the laboratory.
III was b singular discussion,
the talk about the laboratory.
with Clare listening n1iserably.
Amy kept saying, II didn't
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noE .lL1ItlIlB :. :
habit.
One man ii q thousand looks
wei iii evening clothes
Now, on the other hand, q bath
robe or Iounging robe IS becoming
to every man. from plump
banker to the pugilist IN the pink
Of condition for his next fight. So.
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This Day in Our History

DETER sTUYvEsANT, the last Dutch Governor OF New Am
ke Stoned the articles of the colony to the
English commander on September g. 1864 The English imme-
diateiY changed the to New YORK
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Whist thsy IKE and what Il be-
coming.
IL the turtIe-neck sweater and
knitted can ana riding breeches
are more becoming to j Girl than
the fIlikftde friII stuff the Paris a..
eianern are turning out, she viii
have the courage 10 make her
evening gown along the lines e
Imperial Valley press., 1926-11-08
SEELEY

sEELEY, Nov. S.-Fred Mackev
has been confined to bed for the
past week.
/. NJ. Kilgorc and family, former
" of the Sceley community. but now
living four miles northwest of Impc-
rial, were hosts TO their many friend
Friday evening.
Rev. John c. Spencer and family
werc dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
.. \, Kirk and family Thursday eve.
ming.
Mrs. Eliza Ford, mother OF Mrs.
VI. Low and Ms Nellie >tuIIie, IS
back with her daughters af'cr .pcnd.
ing -four months in san niega.
John Hogan has rented the south
50 acres Of the Fred Henderson
ranch.
Friday was visiting day for the
Seelcy teachers. There was no
school in Scelcy that day, the teach
crs visiting other schools of the
county. Roberta Ferguson, Eliza
beth Darrough, Emma Mccain, Yer
non Kelly, Roy Busbv, Jimmie Tram
mel and S3clcv Ooftclc visited the
high school in Fl Centre.
Tho Ackcr ranch has been rcntsd
90 poultry raiser.
Mrs. Eliza Hcathlcy will takc
charge Of the Seclfv branch of the
county library, keeping it open Tues
DAYS and Saturdays. This will be
the arrangement until a new pastor
i, elected to the Union Congrcga-
tioual church of Scclcy.
Brulah and Melvin sheldon wcrc