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"A social Celebrity" at the Eltinge
today and Saturday, icnacts
the part Of a small town barber who
arrives in New York, and invests
his whole fortune in an outfit of
smart clothes.
Episode two shows our hero at the
apartment Of society youth, who is
very much impressed when he sees
the spruccly clad gentleman who has
arrived to shave him. Thinking to
amuse himself. he persuades Menjou
to pose as foreign Count lust for
tonight So. much against his better
Judgment, he is presented at a society
function as Count Havana de Maxim.
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AT THE MOVIES
At THE CAPITOL

Introducing Tom Tyler. the new
western" star, in his newest picture,
Lets Go Gallagher" which will
be shown today, Friday and Saturday
at the Capitol theatre. It's packed
with power! Bullying with laughs!
Ablazc with thrills! A romance of the
open range! A roaring good show!
An extra special addition to the
program is an Our Gang" comedy,
MARY, Queen of Tots" which finds
the famous little Had Roach's come
dians at their best in most unique
and amusing comedy. 1t IS said to
eclipse anything the gang" has ever
done.
ELTINGE THEATRE
Imagine situation like this.
Adolphe Menjou in his latest picture,
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in the store where he was employed
at that place, it is reported by
Coroner H. ]. Larson of Watford
City, who was called to Cartwright
to view the body.
Javena has been a resident of the
county for about IL years. He was
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formerly manager of store at Cart
wright owner by Carl J. Austad,
Spanish war veteran who, about three
years ago also committed suicide by
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glory Of the west" he said, zap
parently lives today only in moving
pictures.
THE trouble with the Bryan and
Brookhart west is not that it has
not had enough done for it, but
that it has hadd too much done for
il F."
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Cartwright Man =
Commits Suicide

Watford City, N. D., June lS-Fred
Javena Of Cartwright, committed
suicide by shooting himself yesterday,
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shooting himself with his army rifle.
Javena was administer for the Rus
tad estate. There is no known reason
for Javena AT.
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seen him before. ST feel all
right. when I don't move" she
said and was surprised to find
that her words were scarcely
above whisper.
You try to stay perfectly
quiet" the young man advised.
Don't strain yourself any more
than you can help. Your name
is Joslyn Poe, isn't it?"
yes
eve haven't your address on
our record. Where do you live?"
II don't know. I did know,
but it won't come to my mind
just now"
Where do you work? You
have a position Of some kind,
haven't you?"
Against her will and for no
reason of which she was aware,
Joslyn's eyes filled up with tears.
II think I did work some place
but I can't think Of it, now.
I've been sick"
"Amnesia," the woman said in
a low voice. Don't you think?"
The man nodded. But there
ought to be some way of getting
action on this case. Looks to be
a darn nice kid. Been sick, too,
it looks like" They both looked
at the paper clipped on the board;
the man touched the edge of
slip of paper that protruded from
under the larger sheet. Here
what's this?" A spring was
pressed back and the partly con-
cealed piece Of paper was re-
moved.
That's some of Miss Callahan's
work" the woman said, COM
plainingly. Its something fierce
the way she jazzes up these
charts"
A soft whistle came from the
mans lips. Here's something
funny. A check for $4,000 paya.
bic TO Joslyn Poe and signed by
somebody named Lee Rogers.
suppose she had it in her posses
sion and the office sent 1t out
here for a query"
With the check between his
fingers he gave his attention
again to Joslyn. "Do you know
Lee Rogers?" he asked.
She shook her head with the
faintest OF movements. II don't
know" she said, family. The man
clipped the check back to he
chart and handed the whole thing
TO the woman. THE only thing
to do" he stated. is to get In
touch with Lee Rogers through
his bank and get him down here.
VIII you attend to it, p.ease7"
.
The casing of pain that sur.
rounded Joslyn grew through a
passage OF time more pressing
and the rigid posture no longer
was any certain guarantee of
immunity. Sometimes the pain
mattered exceedingly and again It
was Of no consequence whatever
in the deep sinking into velvety.
restfui darkness. People-vagIe
forms-came to the side of her
bed and pressed her wrist; once
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bed coverings to show whether
or not she breathed at all.
"Can you hear me, dear?"
Eyes Jim"
Rogers pressed her hand gently.
"Not Jim Jim Kelvin's
gone. This is Lee Rogers
do you understand, dear?"
The lips moved and he bent to
catch the faint whispering.
Sometimes I can see Jim Kel-
vim he's right here. near
me, some place
"Joslyn, dear-you must rouse
yourself! Rogers urged. This is
your old pal, Lee. You've been
hurt, dear, in an automobile
smash. It's a bad hurt. honey
awfully bad, but you'll have q
chance to pull through If youth
only fight, Joslyn. Can't you
buck up, honey, and make up
your mind you won't go under?
I'll be right here with you-every
you've got to get well, DEAR"
he urged steadily.
minute Of the time"
The hand in his stirred
minutely.
II saw him on the street dozens
of times. But he couldn't see
me 4" he walked right on
mast ."
Rogers clasped both Of his
strong hands over the single pale
one that lay like a flower be-
tween his palms.
Don't you want to get well?
Well send you down home
we'll make everything so lovely
for you that each day will be
more delightful than the onet be-
fore. The whole world loves you,
dear, and we want you to get
well. Can't you promise to do
your level best?"
The print Of a smile came back
again to Joslyn's lips.
'"Were you looking for me, Jim.
when you passed me SO many
times on the street,"
1t Was Lee
She opened her eyes wide and
bright. looked straight at Lee
Rogers.
Don't you know me, Joslyn?"
he asked.
Eyes, of course, Lee. But I
didn't know you were here. Is
Kite with you?"
i've sent for her, dear. She'll
be right here to help you In
every way she can"
The frail hand he was holding
fluttered. "But 1 don't need any
help, Lee. Why, l never felt
better in my life. Did you see
Jim when he was here minute
ago? l hope you boys won't ever
quarrel again like you did down
at The Galloping Hind that night.
Remember it. Lee? So foolish.
all of us"
Joslyh's eyes grew merry.
"I've had a good time, no mat.
ter what happens. I'm glad [
came to New York. Lee. When ]
go back home and tell them
about the tall buildings they won't
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there was a sharp prick in her
barred arm and for a while her
heart seemed TO be pumping with
a bit more power.
Miss Poe" someone was say
ing to her from an incredible dis
lance, "can you tell us who this
ISL"
A Familiar Face
Directly above her was a face
that was mistily familiar. IF you
will think with all your might and
try to remember who this gentle.
man il you'll be able pretty soon
to remember, everything you've
forgotten. Think now, hard!''
Seconds stretched and passed
before gradually a tiny smile
gathered on. the blush lips.
II know Lee
Rogers"
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Go sharp and unexpected was the
- pang of suffering that she
groaned aloud. There was an
answering groan from the right
and she managed to turn her
head slightly without disturbing
the rigid posture that was her
only guarantee OF freedom from
torture.
Scarcely farther than the length
Of an arm was a high. narrow
white bed with form under
white covering and, on a pill
low, the bandaged head Of a
woman with a swollen face. AS
far as Joslyn could see the
row of white beds with their
burdens continued.
It was strange, but she could
not remember ever having seen
anything like it before and as
she puzzled and tried to imagine
the why OF the beds and the
Scrid antiseptic odor IN the air
Shs became aware that a man
ana a woman were standing be-
side her bed.
She's come in since my last
shift" the woman, who wore
a white cap, was saying. 1.-The
name on the chart is Joslyn
Poe, but there's a notation that
the Identification is questioned.
No address is given"
Figure in White
The man took over from the
woman a thin board on which
was clipped a sheet Of paper.
Like the woman, he. too. was
clad in white.
"Hmm-m-m-m-doesn't look so
good he murmured. "I'll want
to, look at the X-ray plates
when they're ready. Shame, isn't
It? These damn reckless drivers"
Don't blame the drivers" re.
turned the woman. Il was out
Afith a friend last Sunday. They're
positively begging you to crash
Into EN- on Long Island"
The man came up closer to
Joslyn and looked at her with
keen, speculative eyes. Feeling
sbetter?" he asked, with the
Wlsp OF a friendly smile.
Josiyn studied his face. but
she couldn't remember having
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NOW READ ON

; If he is dead-hee is up there
close to the trees"
'sBut he isn't dead,@ said Car
rigan. raising himself a little.
HE is here, hebind the rock
again"
In moment she had run to
where he was lying, his hand
clutching the cold barrel OF the
pistol which he had found in
the sand. his white face looking
UP at her. Again he found
himself staring into the glow
of her eyes. and in that pale
light which precedes the coming
of stars and moon the fancy
struck him that she was lovelier
than in the full radiance OF the
sun.
He heard a throbbing note in
her throat, And then she was
down on her knees at his side,
leaning close over him, her
hands cropping at his shoulders.
her quick breath betraying how
swiftly her heart was beating.
You are not hurt-badly?" she
cried. -
II don't know replied David"
You made a perfect shot. 1
think a part OF my head is gone.
AT least you've shot away my
balance, because / can't stand on
myIfeet."
Her hands touched his face.
remaining there for an instant,
and the palm of it pressed his
forehead. 1t was like the touch
OF cool velvet. he thought. Then
she called to the man named
Bateese. He made Carrigan think
of huge chimpanzee as he came
near, because of the shortness
OF his body and the length OF
his arms
In the half light he might have
been a huge animal. a hulAing
creature of some sort walking up
right. Carrigan's fingers closed
more tightly on the but of his
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But the next instant her Eat
tention was trailing off Into
blackness.
Little Joslyn Can you
hear me, dear?'
Beside her pillow. his voice
poignant with. appeal, Lee Rogers
tried with all of his vital force
to call her up from the pit into
which she kept slipping.
Once when she opened her
eyes. they were, momentarily,
bright with full flood OF under
standing.
"Lee-Lee. where have you
been so long. Oh, I've needed
you-needed you"
The dark eyes closed and
there. was no movement OF the
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automatic. The woman began to
talk swiftly in a patois Of French
and Cree. David caught the gist
of it. She was telling Bateess TO
carry him to the canoe. and to be
very careful, because m'sieu was
badly hurt. It was his head, she
emphasized. Bateese must be Care
full Of his head.
HER SILHOUETTE
David slipped his pistol into its
bolster as Bateese bent over him.
He tried to smile at the woman
to thank her for her solicitude--
after having nearly killed him.
There was an increasing glow in
the night, and he began to see
her more plainly.
Out on the middle OF the river
was a silvery bar of light. The
moon was coming up, a little pale
as yet, but triumphant in the
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Test Your knowledge With
Times Daily Dozen
by A. l.. Wilbert. M. A.

from prose ~ in the regular re-
currence Of accented syllables and
(2) in the proportion of accented
to unaccented syllables. .
Q. HISTORY. Cardinal Richelieu
(1585.1642) was the chief minister
Of state during the reign of Louis
XIII, and the real head of France
In everything but name.
8. GEOGRAPHY. Asia is more
than five times the size of the
United States.
4. BUSINESS. Great Britain
owns about one-third of the
worlds shipping.
S. MANKIND. The rose Is the
national emblem Of England.
6. HUMAN NATURE. ALTER
ego" means my other self" and
is used to refer to a very dear
friend.
z. GENERAL SCIENCE. Boric
acid or powdered glass are mixed
with paints to make them fire.
proof.
8. LAW. Any deed by which
two or more parties enter into re-
ciprocal obligations is called an
indenture.
g.. CIVICS. A member of the
United States House OF Repre-
sentatives serves for two years.
10. ART. Perugino Q446-152N
one of the outstanding italian
painters of the earlier Renais-
sance was Raphaels greatest
teacher
II. MUSIC. The true eloquence
of the English horns was first
brought out In the works of
Richard Wagner.
IL. HEALTH. Hay.fever Is
caused by the pollen (the very
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cHApTER V.

CHAPTER v.
nARRIGAN'S first impulse, sud
" den as the thrill that leaped
through him, was to cry out to
The occupants OF the unseen
canoe. Words were on his lips,
bat he forced them back. They
could not miss him, could not
get beyond the reach If his voice
s-and he waited. After all, there
might be profit in reasonable
degree of caution. He crept back
toward his rifle, sensing the fact
that movement no longer gave
him very great distress.
At the same time he lost no
sound from the river. The voices
were silent, and the dip, dip. dip
OF paddles was approaching softly
and with extreme caution. At
last he could barely hear the
triclxle Of them, yet he knew the
canoe was coming steadily nearer.
There was suspicious secretive.
ness in its approach. Perhaps
the lady with the beautiful eyes
and glistening hair had changed
her mind again and was return
ing to put an end to him.
The thought sharpened his vi
eion. He saw a thin shadow a
little darker than the gloom OF
the river: it grew into shape:
something grated lightly upo n
sand and pebbles. and then he
heard the guarded plash Of feet
IN shallow water and saw some
one pulling the canoe up higher.
A. second figure Joined the
first. They advanced a few
PAGES and stopped In a moment
& voice called softly:
sM'sieu! M'sieu Carrigani
There was an anxious note IN
the voice. but -Carrigan held
his tongue. And then he heard
the woman say:
ut was here, Bateesel I am
sure Of it,
Anxious Words
There was more than anxiety
IN her voice now. Her words
trembled with distress. Bateese
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1.LITERA TUR e. Which
charming comedy by Edmond Ros-
tand has been called "the finest
dramatic poem of the latter half
of the nineteenth century?
Q. HISTORY. Which race fur
nished more than half Of the
soldiers on the American side in
the Revolutionary War?
8. GEOGRAPHY. What per-
centage Of our total production
of tobacco is produced in the
South?
4. BUSINESS. For what pur-
pose, chiefly, do stockholders Dor.
row "call money" from the banks?
5. MANKIND. What is the Mo-
hammedan name for God?
6. HUMAN NATURE. What
are the scientists called who be-
Heve that mans behavior is
caused by the action of the chemi-
cal secretions in the various duct
less glands of the human body
Z. GENERAL SCIENCE. Which
chemical is commonly known as
Laughing gas?"
8. LAW. What is meant by
saying that a contract is void
able?
9. CIVICS. Which is THE
Nutmeg State?
10. ART. Which celebrated por-
trait by Leonardo da Vinci has
been described as this beauty
into which the soul with all its
maladies has passed.?
IL. MUSIC. Which tuneful bal
let by Igor Stravinsky is vivid
representation of Russian folk
life?
IL. HEALTH. With insect
transmits malaria?
Answers to Yesterdays
Questions
/. LITERATURE. Verse differs
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Is Athabasca Landing. Bouiain
Boulain. The name repeated ~
self over and over In his mind
Bateese showed OFF the canoe. and
the won1an's paddle dipped In
and out Of the water beginning TO
simmer In moonlight. But he
could not, for q time, get himself
beyond the pounding Of that name
in his brain. 1t was not merely
that he had heard the name be-
fore. There was something sig
nfficant about II. Something that
made him grope back IN his mem
ory Of things. Boulain! He waia-
pered it to himself. his eyes on
the slender figure of the woman
ahead or him, swaying gently to
the steady sweep Of the paddle in
her hands. Yet he could think
OF nothing
IN the next instaIlmnent Marie
Anne assures Carrigan gfllat she
shot him.
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believe me. Mother might. but
father-no."
The trouble was to keep things
straight. Like Lee Rogers and
Jim Kelvin, for instance. They
were getting mixed up constantly.
Joslyn sighed. One minute she
was talking to Rogers and the
next Kelvin was rising up as
though he were In a dream. But
it was Lee Rogers who was hold
ing her hand-that was certain.
(To Be Continued Tomorrow
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fact that clouds had blotted out
the sun an hour before his time.
Between this bar Of light and
himself he saw the head OF
Bateese. 1t was a wild. savase-
looking head, bound pirate-fdsh-
ion round the forehead with a
huge Hudson's Bay kercIief.
Bateese might have been old
Jack Ketch himself bending over
to give the final twist to a vic
tins neck. His long arms slipped
under David. Gently and with
but effort he raised him TO his
feet. And then, as easily as
he might have lifted q child.
he trundIed him up In his arms
and walked off with him over
the sand. f@a1a ~
- Carrigan had not expected this:
He was little shocked and felt
also the improperly of the thing.
The idea of being lugeda off like
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do you mind telling me who
you are. and where we are go
ing?" he asked.
II am Jeanne Marie-Anne Bou.
lain" she said. My brigade is
down the river. M'sieu Carrigan. =.
He was amazed as the prompt
ness Of her confession, for as one
of the working factors Of the
long arm Of the police he accept
ed It as that. He had scarcely
expected her to divulge her name
after the cold-blooded way in
which she had attempted to kill
him. And she had spoken quite
calmly Of my brigade. z
A Famous Outfit
He had heard OF the Boulain
Brigade. 1t was a name assoc
clated with Chipewyan. as he re-
membered tor Fort McMurray.
He was not sure just where the
Boulain scows had traded freight
with the upper-river craft.
Until this year he was positive
they had not come as far south
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him. she might at least have
assured him that she had made
a mistake and was sorry. But
she did not speak to him again.
She said nothing more to Bateese.
and when the half-breed deposited
him In the midship part Of the
canoe, facing the bow. she stood
back in silence.
Then Bateese brought his pack
and rifle, and wedged the pack
in behind him so that he could
Sit upright. After that. without
pausirg to ask permission. he
picked up the woman and car
ried her through the shallow
water to the bow, saving her
the wetting Of her feet.
AS she turned to find her pad
die her face was toward David
and for moment she was look
Ing at him.
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baby was embarrassing. even in
the presence Of the one who
had deliberately put him in his
present condition. Bateese did
the thing with such beastly ease.
1t was as If he was no more
than small boy. a runt with
no weight whatever. and Bateese
was man.
He would have preferred to
stagger along on his own feet
or creep on his hands and knees,
and he grunted as much to Ba-
teese on the way to the canoe.
He felt, at the same time, that
the situation owed him some
thing more of discussion and ex.
PLANTATION.
80 Her Advantages
Even now, after half killing
him, the woman was taking a
rather high-handed advantage OF
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with mincing steps and beating
heart into q cold, cruel torture
chamber and sits like q petrified
human with riveted smile on
ones face!
The photographer now has
studio that vies with the choicest
drawing rooms, and the camera Is
as inconspicuous as q potted
plant.
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have become 30 famous for their
artistic kind of pictures that + -
no longer your own picture tllas
you SIT and pay for, but their
picture. You are merely the
foundation. One cannot always
recognize the person the picture
Is 81. but one can always Tecug.
nize the photographer the picture
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You are greeted like an init
mate, chatted with and when you
are just beginning to wonder when
the business Of taking your pic
ture win begin you are informed
that the photographer has made
six plates while you were listening
to his tea chat!
The shock Of seeing ones proofs
has been lessened. The proofs
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are now retbuched. And they
make you look exactly as you al
ways wanted to lock.
There is no longer any such
thing as bad photograph.
No matter how horneIy you may
be. they can always diffuse, re-
touch, block In or out. and chif-
fon you into prize beauty
In fact, certain photographers
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your ears back to head rest and
disappeared behind the black cloth.
that covered his camerai
You had your choice Of three.
back drops. One was usually a
gray and white marble hall. the
other gray and white wood.
land scene and the third q plain
gray background
But now one no longer walks
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By Fay King

nHOTOGRAP1Y was once d
i job-but now it IS an art!
A trip to the local picture
taker was made as reluctantly as
a trip to the dentist.
One felt more like a crook than
a customer! The photographer
led You to the chair and strapped
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A New Dye

called neo-cyann that extremely valu-
"A photographng hitherto invisible mira
developed in this country 1t increases the
IS ensitivity of plates