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Temperature and
Road Conditions

(Afsrcury resdings ~ .. M,
Bismarck--Cloudy, below; roads
fair.
st. Cloud Cloudy, 10 above; roads
fair.
Minot-Clear. II below: roads poor.
Jamestown--Cloudy, 3 below; roads
fair.
Fargo-cloudy, 3 below; roads
good
Duluth-Cloudy, 10; roads good.
Crookston--Clear, 10 below; roads
fair.
Grand Forks-Clear, 8 below; roads
fair.
Hibbing-Cloudy, 6 below; roads
fair.
Devils Lake--Partly cloudy, be-
low: roads poor.
Mandan--Cloudy, below; roads
poor.
Mankato-Clear, 8 above; roads
good.
Rochcster--Cloudy, Is above; roads
good.
Winona-Clear, 81; roads good.
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RESORT BURNS

RESORT BURNS
Washburn.-The pavilion and bath
ing resort at Painted Woods Lake was
destroyed by fire Friday night. The
resort was owned by DR.. W. L. Cor
don of Washburn. The loss was pro-
tected by insurance.
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FOR RENT-A small furnished apart
ment just completed. Large room
and kitchenette, outside entrance.
Rent reasonable. Phone 697-J or
call at 700 Ave. A.
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NAMED ON CHIROPRACTgC BOARD
C. L. Garner, Stark county, has
been aBBoiiitsd .Hy Governor S6slie
to five-year term ION the state
board Of chiropractic examiners.
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Too Late 70 Classify

LOST-A spare tire from Ford about
u mile east of Menoken. Finder
please return to 400 w, Rosser,
Bismarck, N. D. Reward. !,
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EPISCOPATE
DENIES PART
/. IN REBELLION

CONTINUED from. Da9e ono.)
have launched an earnest campaign
to reject him to the presidency to
succeed Gales.
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The California town Of Vallejo is
now being supplied water from dis
tant reservoir through one-piecc
pipe, % miles long. The pipe was
welded into the one piece.
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Chaplin Improved,
But Is Kept in Bed

New York, Jan, l7.-(R-Charlie
ChapliA, suffering from a nervous
breakdown here, was somewhat inn
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PIT THAT IN, TOO

PUT THAT IN. TOO
waiter, you have forgotten one
thing in this bill"
as it possiblc?"
eyes. This morning the proprietor
said good morning to me and you
haven't put it down. "-Pasquino,
Turin.
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Mexico City, Jan. 17--tP)-Twenty-
seven rebels, two Officers, II soldiers
and policeman were killed when
federal forces commanded by Gem
eral Ferreira, military commandant
Of the state Of Jalisco, defeated re-
bcllion forces at Paredon, Iona
Largo, and Cispeadores FRIDAY night.
Special dispatches desesibe these en-
gagements. 4
From Dvrango, special dispatches
report q battle has been going on
since Sstnrday.at San Parole between
fedral 1psces commanded by General
Lopez and u ..bspd Of rebels undef
Tirso Gurrola and Damaso BarraxA.
Three MURDERED fsbels4ase reported to
be fightins desperately against 2bo
soldiers.
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there, feeling a little ridiculous.
1t was as If Georgia were hiding
from her, and she were some
angry parent. anxious to punish
q culprit. 1t was hard to say or
do anything. when George made
her look so absurd in her own
eyes.
The dining room was empty. but
a laugh came from the kitchen.
Where George was. someone
usually laughed. Ann pushed
open the swinging door.
George was sitting perched up
on a high stool. Martha, the big
cook. was grinning broadly.
''Oh, Martha, what's that"
George exclaimed, and as Martha
turned, George reached swiftly
and dexterousIy and fished u
doughnut from a big bowl on the
table. Her eyes were dancing.
1t wasn't necessary to steal the
doughnut-it was just more fun.
Ann smiled watching her, and
at the sight Of the smile, Georges
face became friendly.
oh, Ann, what do you think
Martha's been telling me. She just
said that"
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open the door. so that Ann had
no time to say anything. But
what was there to say? George
knew Ann disapproved. and Geor-
gle resented AIMS interference
But though she resented it. per-
haps she secretly understood it,
even felt a little guilty. When
Ann reached their room on the
third floor, George was nowhere
to be seen. Her hat was flung on
top of the dresser. The wide bed,
with it's faded, ceram-c olored
counterpart, the carpet from
which the nap had worn. the I'M
dersized closet-they were all so
familiar. so depressing.
No wonder George sought an
escape from the life that these
represented. With her youth.
her high spirits, how could she
be blamed from wanting those
pleasures which could be scattered
by good-looking. sleek men with
roadsters and enough spare cash
to show off?
Yet she must be talked to, she
must be scolded. 1t would never
do to let her have her own head.
Ann looked back over the last
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che had promised to finish sewing
for George that very night. and
departed downstairs. 1t was al
most time for dinner at Mrs.
Leary's. and probably George was
already in the living room. max.
ing fun of old Colonel Mont
gonery with his twisted mustaches
and his pretense Of a military
glory which was highly dubious.
Or she was talking excitedly may.
be to the two Spinsters from up
state. who always listened with
round eyes, and said "Oh" and
"Ah" in unison, like a chorus.
The Two SpinSters
But though the two spinsters
were in the living room, turning
over the pages of magazines, and
though Colonel Montgomery pulled
at his mustaches and Seemed to
dream of the battles at which he
had never been present. George
was not in view.
George been here?" Ann asked.
The Colonel with q military
gesture indicated in the direction
Of the dining room.
Ann solemnly made her way
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him into tearing up those checks
and calling it a day. You can do
it IL you want to. BEAU"
Sally's smooth forehead knotted
Itself into a frown as she read
the few badly written lines.
What a piece or crooked think.
ing Beau has donel There
had been no need to throw a
scare" into Ted Saloan after he
had the 800 to make good this
debt to him. All he had to
do, then, was to walk down stairs
and" give Ted the money and get
the two checks from him. And
in an instant he would have had
the whole mess cleared UP, and
been a free man!
Then why did he run away
without paying what he owed?"
she asked herself in that simple.
clear-thinking way of hers.
Suddenly she saw. Because he
needed some extra money for
his honeymoon and saw this way
OF getting it! I. And he was
depending on her to coax ard
cajoled Ted Sloan into tearing UP
the two checks that could send
him to Jail.
Sally's deep blue eyes re.read
the last sentences; I'm banking
on you to talk him into tearing
up those checks and calling it
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q day. You can do it II you
want to-"
For a fleeing second Sally
almost hated her brothe.. What
he meant was that she to use
her lure to keep TED from turn.
ing him over to the police. It
was a plain as plain could be
that was exactly what he meant.
And he knows that don't
like Ted" she said to herself.
But he'd ask me to do a thing
like THAR The very thought
made her feel guilty and ashamed,
/ somehow.
What are you going to do
about it?" asked the slow, silken
voice of Mile, in her ear.
What would you dor" asked
Sally, wildly. She was all at
sea. herself.
me? Why. I'd see Ted solan
and vamp him into tea ing UP
those checks that Beau's written
about" answered Mile. II don't
know what checks they are, but
I suppose BeAu's given a couple
of bad ones! 1t would be Just
like him, wouldn't it,"
Sally turned on her in mild hor.
ror. "Millie. you don't mean what
you're saying?' she cried. You
wouldn't vamp a man who you
detested. would your"
Mile laughed. I'D do most
any thing in a case like this"
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A vitality Human Narrative Based Upon
Dramatic Letters Received By
Miss Beatrice Fairfax

Ann had found her wanting. De-
hberately 1t passed on with more
pleasantness and returned to
George.
George was not introducing
them. Ann knew why. and was
angry. George didn't know his
name. A pick-up-that was it.
Ann had scolded George before
made her promise. George would
promise anything. Why shouldn't
she. when she forgot what she
had promised the next moment?
And Ann had felt like a prude.
and been silent.
Only this time-this time she
felt herself in the right. Men
like this man in the roadster,
sleek, lying, giving themself the
airs Of riches on tiny incomes, sell
fish, dishonorable, working like
wolves behind a mask.
George thought she knew every
thing. She wouldn't listen-she
might get herself in an unhappy
tangle through her reckless self
confidence.
Ann stood frowning, biting her
lip. The man in the roadster
shifted his gears.
Always there" he inquired
pointedly to George. ignoring Ann
calmly, AT that same place, 1
mean? Well, tomorrow ="
His voice trailed off. was lost in
the louder hum of the motor.
"Oh, yes; you'll see me therev'
George tainted him, a challenge
in every accent, promise and re-
fusal mingled in ner gay voice.
Her Charm
Strange how different people
we're. Ann couldn't talk like that,
couldn't act like that. 1t came
instinctively to George. No won.
der men liked her with her cheer
fulness, her charming imperti.
nence, her promise Of a chase
and an adventure!
The man in the car with a final,
careless nod had gone. Georges
face had lost it's fresh, youthful
vivacity-Georgie's looks were for
men. She could be serious enough,
natural enough, to women-even
her sister.
And her face was now a little
defiant. As II expecting Ann to
scold her or be cross, she had al
ready assumed q defensive hos.
9 tility,
She ran ur the stairs, burst
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there was faint sound within
the flat, the door opened and Ted
stood there in his bathrobe, star.
ing at her and much too surprised
to speak.
Has Beau seen you? Has he
given you the money?-that is. has
he given you a hundred dollars"
SaIly's words tumbled out Of her
mouth in queer, jerky little SEN
fences.
-"oh, sure, that's q game Of his
handing me out a hundred dollars
in the middle of the night" Ted
answered, his lips twisting in a
sarcastic smile. Sure, he gave
me the money! don't think"
Sally groaned.
"Oh, but / gave it to him, Tedr'
she half whispered, leaning against
the side Of the door. IL gave it
to him and he said he'd take it to
you and now's he gonei
Most of his clothes are gone! And
Mabel must be with him"
She stopped suddenly Oh,
but she mustn't do this. She
mustn't give Beau away like this!
Ted knew far too much about him
and his dishonesty as it was.
HE probably tried to wake you
up and couldn't" she said, re.
covering herself. ST had to pound
on the door for fully five minutes
before you heard me Just row.
He may have left the money
upstairs somewhere. III run up
and look"
But she knew that Beau had
not left it there. She knew ex.
actly what Beau had done with
the money. He had put it in his
pocket and gone to meet his
Mabel.
suspicious eyes told her that as
she looked back at him on her
way up the stairs.
st won't come down again to.
night" she told him in whisper.
"If your mother finds me out
here she'll never get over it.
- See you in the morning."
Ted's mother was just as afraid
that he would marry Sally as Mrs.
Jerome was afraid that Sally
would marry Ted and leave her
to shift for herself,
There was light in the kitchen
when Sally reached the living room
of the flat. And through the
doorway she could see Mile,
standing beside the table, holding
a bit Of paper in her hand.
"Sallyp' she cried, raising her
head at the sound of Sally's soft
footballs on the dining room rug.
"Come here and look at this.
Beau! He's eloped with Mabel!
Did you ever hear of such
thingp
Sally read the note, looking over
her shoulder. 1t was addressed to
her.
Dear SAL" Beau had written.
Sorry to have to borrow the
hundred, but it's Godsend to me
right now. Mabel and are 60
ing to get married some time be.
tween now and tomorrow morn
ing. We were going to, anyway,
pretty soon, but figured that if
] beat it now II might throw
scare into Ted Sloan.
TIN banking on ycu T. talk
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full debt to Ted Sloan? Where
had he gone? And
when had he packed his bags
and made his plans to go?
He must have slipped out of
the house while I was bathing
and changing my Clothes" Sally
said. to herself, slowly putting
the thing together like a paper
pattern.
Then another thought struck
her. Beau had been telephoning
Mabel when she came in 20 min
utes ago. They had been max.
ing their plans to get away then!
1t was just like Beau to run
away from the scrape he had got
himself into, instead of standing
pat and facing the thing. Beau
was weak and foolish. and there
was no getting away from 1t.
But he didn't have to go after
| gave him the money for Ted"
thought Sally, opening the empty
dresser drawers one after an.
other and closing them again,
He had the money to square
himself with"
But had he given the money to
Ted?S The sudden thought
that perhaps he had not, but had
kept it instead, took SaIly's breath
away for an instant The
hundred dollars she had borrowed
from Mr.. Peevey was a small
fortune to Sally. Wasn't 1t going
to take her a whole year to pay
1t hack at So a week? And what
If Beau had taken it along with
him instead of paying Ted Sloan?
"Oh, he couldn't have done such
a thing! He wouldn't nave dared
to do such a thing!" Sally +old
herself. But she wasn't really
sure that he had not taken it.
and with a rush Of her small
slippered feet she, was out of
his room. out of the flat and
down on the dimly-lighted first
floor landing. knocking at the
Sloans' front door.
After four or five minutes
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she drawled. Sally, you take
things so seriously. Suppose you
do let Ted Solan hold your hand
or pat you on the neck, or some.
thing. It's not going to hurt you
and it might do a lot Of good!
A girl can do most anything with
a man II she gets him gooty
over her"
She laughed again at the look
in her sisters eyes. Jimmy.
but you're good" she said. Pure
and cold as the Alpine snow
that's you, honey! Sometimes I
can't believe you're my sister,
Sally looked at her for q long
moment. trying to understand her
trying to see how Mile looked
at things-at life and love and
her own desires.
Then she picked up Beau's
little scrawl and walked out Of
the kitchen.
You're beyond me, Mile"
she spoke, turning her head to
look back at Mile, who was put
ing out the light. II don't get
you at all. Come on. let's go to
bed and forget this til to-
morrow"
CHAPTER Xxx
Sleep played hide-and-seek. with
Sally Jerome that night until the
wee small hour Of three.
Then, Just as she was doing
off, the slow, soft voice Of Mile
came from the darkness on the
other side Of the room, and
awakened her.
Its too bad I'm not the one
that Ted Sloan likes" she drawled.
isn't it,"
"why?" asked Sally after a
minute.
Because 1t wouldn't be any
trouble to me to get those checks
away from him." the young siren
explained. I'D just tell him that
If he cared for me he'd tear them
up and forget them Why
don't you tell him that? He's so
crazy about you that he'd do it if
you asked HMM the right way"
There was a long, heavy silence,
and then Sally spoke:
+ II couldn't take advantage of
his liking me, Millie.'' /.
The other girl laughed. "Yon
sure are Daft" she said serenely.
you'll never get to first base in
this world with ideas like that,
Sally. What do you suppose
a girl has looks for except to make
some man do the things she wants
him to do? And there isn't much
use In having Ted Sloan crazy
about you, unless you can make
him tear up the checks or give
them to you. / bet l could make
him do it, believe you mer'
In the shroudingg darkness Sally
shook her head, and her little
chin set it, If firmly. "The only
decent thing to do is to give Ted
the money that Beau got from
him--and it was more than 500,
Mile. 1t was a hundred and ten"
For a second she was tempted
to tell her the Whole story. How
she had gone to Mr.. Peevey for q.
loan. How she owed him 5000
now, In addition to the $40 that
Beau owed Ted Sloan--the $40
that she would have tevpay, as
she knew full well.
Two hundred and ten dollars"
shs groaned 70 hel self. ''I'Il never
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What Has Happened So Far:

SALLY JEROME pretty and clever the and manay
family father. who
mother for nine The family consists Of MRS JEROME the
for PEEVEY
In the fiat below the JerOmes lives TED SLOAN auoO
But the only in whom interested JOHN NYE,
estate office the hall from Mr. Peeveys in the NyeNay
building
Nye hires secretary, Mile
learns that his father
gins to shine him. bIndly
a sensible
heartsck and Jealous
Beau Of
rarely give anything
financial
and then she has to borrow from her AUNT EMILY JEROME
energetic spinsteF.
Beau suddenly blossoms out with flasy clothes lends
Mile and buys the liquor for party given by his
MABEL WIIMOT sally instantly suspicious mot only because
bank, where
but because he Ight.fngered q little boy.
The crisis a Saturday Ted
Sally GOODNESS tells
OF to make
trouble to from
Peevey and Beau take him. Beau
flat and Sally does him She his
he has bed by without knowing
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three years; remembering once
more her mothers death, the
quiet, fall dusk when the doctor
and the nurse had left the sick
room. and she had bent over the
pale, wasted figure. listening to
the faint voice. rs.
And she had promised-she had
promised to care for George,
watch out for her, see that no
harmful thing ever happened to
her.
George had been a frightened,
1ong-legged thing, thsn. and shy
yes, actually shy. And three short
years-three years OF Mrs. Leary's
boarding house. and Lester and
Robbins Real Estate and Insur-
ance-had made her into another
person.
Yet for all her capability, Geor-
gle knew nothing. Underneath
her flippancy, her casual daring.
she was as innocent as that shy,
long-legged little thing, who had
looked up at AIMS face with the
helplessness Of q small child that
night her Mother had died.
Ann took her things off, gave
a rueful look at the dress which
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Now you be getting out of my
Kitchen" Mrs. Leary said. "Or
else thereIl be no dinner. / can't
do anything with Martha. when
you're near"
George, I want to see you"
Ann said quietly az they crossed
the dining.room together.
"Oh, not now, Wait till after
dinner. Can't l have a little fun?"
Georgia pOuted.
But l want to see you now"
George went on. made her way
into thu living room, pretended to
stumble, caught Colonel Mont
gomery's arm. laughed at the look
of Mortified establishment on the
faces of the two middle-aged wo-
men whom life had passed by.
Impossible to say ~nything to her
now. impossible to do Anything
when she was so flagrantly re-
bellious.
Ann took q book and sat down.
AftIr dinner, she'd wait till after
dinner, and then have q real talk.
She wouldn't let Georges charm
alter her determination.
TO Be Continued Tomorrow
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You've been into my dough
nuts Martha broke in with a sud
den flash Of intuition. .-.
"Oh, Martha, how could you
accuse lady Of such a thing"
With the doughnut behind her
back, she slowly backed away.
The swing door flew open once
again, and Mrs. Leary, red-faced
and fat as Martha herself, came
into the kitchen.
Her face was tired also, and
worried, but at the sight of George
snatching a bite from her spoil,
and as quickly hiding it. she
grinned.
''You get no desert tonight for
that she declared.
TRY and stop me from getting
any" George mocke1 her.
A Sudden Move
Mrs Lezry, with an agility sur
prising for her size and weight,
sprang forward suddenly. George
turned to fly. was cornsred. Mrs.
Leary's arms went around she
bent her head; she kissed George
as she might have kissed a child
whose charm makes up for all its
badness.
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By Beatrice Burton

1t pretty soon. can feel one
sighed as she went away to find
the morning paper.
She was comfortably reading in
her green velour chair when Sally
carried her coffee and toast to
her On q little tray.
Its Sunday. Can't I have
some eggs. too?" she asked, look
ing UP in the most woe.begone
way at her daughter. On Sun
day the family always had eggs
for breakfast as a ones-asweek
extravaganza.
Sally shook her head. At didn't
order any yesterday" she began.
And there's only one in the
house.
She stopped and then went on
quickly: "In fix it for YOU,
Mother. How would you like 1t
-poached?"
After all. she told herself. poor
Mother had so few pleasures that
1t was a shame to deprive her of
anything that she wanted to eat.
Far eating was a passion with
her.
''I'd like it fried" said Mrs.
Jerome. who had been forbidden
ever TO touch fried foods. by her
doctor.
"I'll tell her about Beau after
she's had her breakfast in peace"
thought Sally. as she watched a
lump Of butter sizzls in the frying
pan.
kAN
It was while she was toasting
a piece OF brG4d to serve with the
egg that she heard Miles voice
in a wild scream, coming from
the sitting ROOM
Go Be Continued Tomorrow
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SHOULDERS

CHE stepped inside and pressed
~ the button that controlled the
lights. They flashed up.
The minute Sally switched on
the lights. she saw that some
thing was wrong
For Beau's bed had not been
touched. The spread was as
smooth and white as a drift of
virgin snow.
His pajanaas were folded over
the foot.rail. and on the little
bedside table lay. a package of
cigarettes and an adventure"
magazine. J
But his dresser.top had been
cleared of everything except one
thing. The brushes were gone.
The whisk.broom. the jar of hair
pomade. and the tin of talcum
powder were all gone. Nothing
was left but large picture OF
Mabel Wilmot in a Dutch silver
frame.
Mabel had given it to Beau
the Christmas before, and Sally
knew that Beau priced it beyond
all other earthly possessions, just
as his passion for Mabel was far
and away the biggest thing in his
life.
Az she looked at the photograph
Sally knew that wherever Beau
had gone, Mabel was with him.
He never would have left that
picture behind, him unless his
Iady-love, herself. were with him
In the flesh! That much was
certain.
But everything else was mys-
kerv. Why had Beau
gone away when he had the
money 70 make good his disgrace