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Sally said nothing. Let him laugh,
let him enjoy himself. It would
be all the better when she told
him her resolve.
He drank the coffee at a gulp.
"And now for bed" he announced.
I'D like to see you first, sally
said quickly.
Here / amw
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He sat down in the reception
room, his long legs thrust out
before him. his hands pressed
lazily together in front OF his
mouth.
wen, my dear?
'Carlotta tells me you mean to
leave her. think you're not go
ing to. I think also you're going
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He slumped heavily into, a chair,
throwing a glance of amusement
at Carlotta as she WINGED.
"or is it some other reason, I"
he went on. Don't tell me Car.
lotta's been saying things about
me! Now you mustn't believe
Carlotta-she's imaginative.
He poured out a cup of coffee.
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WHAT HAS HAPP NED
FAR

FAR
Beck McCIOskey, young and
good.lO0king trying to make er
way alone i'm New York, finds
herself without position on New
Years Eve. Dan Scarlet, who
lives by his wits, sees her hud-
died In p doorway, and persuades
her to go to dinner with him.
He kisses her. She slaps his
face and threatens to brain him
with bottle. Scarlet sees
Becky in = new light. She tells
him she has no money and no
prospects. Then she sings a tic.
tie song for him. Scarlet realizes
that she has q beautiful voice
and makes = bargain to finance
her until she gets started IL she
will let him share in her profits.
Becky goes to her room and
prays the Lord to let her sing
well, give her enough to eat and
help her to meet man she has
seen making purchases in the
department store where she
worked, OF whom she has made
an ideal.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
GAINST their manner Becky
a used sarcasm which successful-
W curbed their ardor: she got the.
name Of a good girl to drive with
but a very bad girl to try to kiss.
Dan Scarlet, who lowered always
In the background of Becky's eX.
istence like some omin ous shadow,
her ways. Time was
passing. and the gold mine on
which he had counted was showing
no profit. Becky, at first filled
with gratitude at Scarlett's help,
was beginning to discover that
indeed bred contempt,
And, although she scarcely ad-
mitted 1t even to herself, it was
breeding a faint, unwilling fear,
Scarlet had never repeated .'1is
to make love to Becky,
but in his constant vigilance she
sensed a growing bond between
them, bond which already, US il
by some mystic presenca, she felt
to be a menace to future happi.
ness.
They had not known each other
long before Becky realized that
Scarlett's livelihood was not de,
rived wholly from the Selbert
salary. His movements were mys-
terious: one night, happening to
pass near his flat, she met him in
81 garb so astoundingIy in contrast
to his usual sleek habiliments that
her suspicious were aroused. He
knew strange people, shady people
And his character was curiously
Indispensable.
Pleasant enough when sober, q
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/. CHAPTER 80
IT see" said Sally grimly, after
pause, so you don't believe ]
would tell, do you?"
Shevlin shook his head weakly.
mo, my dear, frankly, ! don't"
You know you're rather stu.
pid," she said angriiy at that.
81 should think you'd be able to.
feel how sincere / am"
oh, you're sincere enough
you really mean to tell. You're
quite reckless enough to-"
Then what makes you think I.
won't?" Sally demanded In bewil-
derment.
I'm afraid you haven't thought
things out sufficiently
Sally shook her head. "Is there
any reason why l should hest
tate?''
"one or two. In the first place.
how do you think you could prove.
anything"
'Prove--that wouldn't be hard
Well, you don't think the peo-
pie you named would admit the
truth of what you said, do you?
Why, the amount Of capital and
the number of lawyers / would
have defending me would aston
ish YOU
IT wouldn't matter Sally said
bravely enough, though in the
face Of his amused indifference,
she felt less sure OF herself now.
I'D tell the truth--Id tell every.
thing in the end I'd be be.
neved.n
Perhaps you would" he ad.
mitted. Perhaps you would
Shevlin was battling her as he
always did. II seemed impossible
that anyone could be so cool and
undisturbed. 1t couldn't be mere
acting there was something be-
hind this manner Of his, that
made her threat seem now SO
puny. And she had dreamed Of
watching him lost color, STAN
mer out q plea for mercy
CTo Be Continued TolnorrOwJ
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the ant bites the edges of the on joining them together and
then is decapitated.
The Washington times., 1927-09-01
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PORTABLE artificial sunlight generator has been invented By
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two pounds and is small that fits into overcoat pocket
It also enits violet rays
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to stop-all these things you've
been doing"
DO you now? Well, thet's In
teresting. What makes you think
SOP
Sally leaned forward. Because
II you don't" she said quietly and
impressively, an tell everything
/ know"
'"TeIl everything you know"
ITO the police. Tell them you're
a blackmailer. You don't think
that would be hard for me to
prove, do your"
For a moment of incredulons
silence. Shevlin met her eyes.
Then to her utter dismay and
amazement. he burst into wild
guffaw of laughter. Throwing
hack his head. he laughed help
lessly and without the slightest
sign Of fear.
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The Broadway Adventure Of a Girl
With a Good Voice Who Sought
Eagerly For a Real Job

streak OF viciousness showed itself
after a few drinks had let down the
barriers of caution. Becky resented
his subtle air Of possession. the at.
titude that he took of owning and
directing her. But, In as much as
he made no direct, physical attempt
to establish that attitude, her hands
were tied. Still, as the summer
wore on, her dread Of Scarlet grew
into tangible thing.
They argued incessantly about
her voice.
You want to be singer, don't
your" he would demand. She said
he knew that. well, you can't
get trained without backing. And
you can't get backing If you make
these rich young bucks treat you
like you were made of gingerbread.
Why don't you go to some of tine
parties those guys throw? Pick
yourself nice millionaire and
make him pay for singing lessons.
You know how"
That's out, Dan, and you know
damn well it is
You think so, do you? Well,
say that unless you want to spend
your life in the chorus you'll have
to get yourself an angel, under
stand? And that's flat"
You're enough angel tor me,
You're stubborn little devil,
aren't your" Scarlet returned saw
agely. I'm inclined to think a
good thrashfng's what'd set you on
the right path
BeckX's eyes Widened, BUT she
held her ground.
Thrash away" she invited de-
family. Il didn't grow up with
out being hit, and hit hard l may
get a few bruises, but you'll get 4
lot more trouble than that il you
touch me-"
"WeTl see" Scarlet said. "Tn
give you little time to come 20
your senses. But think it over,
kid. / mean what say"
Scarlet stalked out, and Becky
hurried to the theatre, where the
rush for costumes had started.
CHAPTER 5
1t was a hot night, and the
long dressing room which the
show girls and chorus girls oc-
cupied smelled Of greasepaint, and
stale smoke. Between scenes the
girls changed costumes in the
wings-there was no time for a
return to the long room, but be-
tween acts there was always a
confused babble-laughter, gossip,
profanity.
Becky jerked angrily at the arm
Of a thin, affected blonde who
hahitually resorted to powder
rather than soap.
Violet Vincent! You got my
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Der 10 with a patriotic play called
Bunker Hill, or the Death of Gen.
Warren
H'TNHE season of 1914 began June
l6 and closed August 10. A few
days later the city was captured by
the British forces. 1t is not necessary
to state what damage was wrought by
them. The theater. however, escaped
destruction and the season of 1915 be-
gan June 20, Mrs. PIacide, Mr.. Emit
wisle and Mr.. Steward making their
first appearance in Washington. Sew
eral performances were given by the
Thespian Society for the benefit of the
poor, and at one given November 20
Gen. Andrew Jackson and suite were
present and an address of welcome,
written by Mr.. Lathrop of George
town, was delivered. In 1916, 1917,
1918 and 1919 the same company
played during the Summer and in 1918
and 1919 the theater was opened in
the Winter and Spring under other
management.
Mr.. Charles Incledon. the famous
singer from the Theater Royal, Covent
Garden. London. being in Alexandria
waiting for passage southwark, was
engaged for one night only and APP
peared February 26, 1918, as Bellville
in the opera, 'Rosina.' During the
evening he also sang Gays ballad
'Black.eyed Susan and a new patriotic
song composed by Mr.. Clifton of Balti.
more, called Here's Columbia. For
ever the Glory and Pride of the
Would March s. 1919. the celebrated
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globe King Neptune asserted his
sovereignty when the L. S. s. Eper-
vier, with IS guns and 12S men, sailed
out of the Western Straits into an
unknown fate. Lieut.. John r. Shu-
brick, her skipper, was intrusted with
an important mission. Aboard his
vessel were Master Commandant
William Lewis, bearer of dispatches
from Commodore Decatur and Lieuts.
Neal, Yarnall and Drury. The vessel
passed the Straits of Gibraltar July
IL, 1916, for the United States. bearing
a copy of the treaty with Algiers, and
carrying 10 United States citizens that
had been liberated from Algerian
prisons. She was last seen by a
merchant vessel August 8, 1915. 1t
was rumored that she went down in
an engagement with the enemy, but
the Navy Department is without off
cial confirmation of this, and lacks
accurate information concerning her
last days. In 1917 Congress author
lied a measure for the relief of the
widows and orphans.
The u. s. S. Lynx, a schooner of 6
guns and carrying crew of SO, in jan
nary, 1920, sailed from Saint Mary's,
Ga, for Kingston, Jamaica, on the
way to the Balize. Lieut.. John r..
Madison was in command. She, too.
has place on the roster of ships that
have never reached their destination.
The U. s. s. Wild Cat, schooner of
guns and 81 men, under the direction
of Lieut.. James E. Legare, sailed from
Cuba for Thompson's Island, off F'Iori-
da, in 1924. The craft was a member of
the mosquito fleet" of Commodore
David Porter, employed In the West
Indies for the suppression of piracy
in 1924, but sappeared--where?
The brig Hornet No. 3. of 10 guns
and with 140 men aboard, under the
command of Master Commandant Ohio
Norris, disappeared in September,
1929. She sailed from New York in
February, being ordered to cruise off
the coast of Mexico. The last letter
from her skipper was written off
Sandy Hook, n. Y, on February 5,
1929. In September of that year she
was driven from her mornings off Tam
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actress, Mrs. BARLEY, from the Royal
Theater, Drury Lane. London, began
a four-nights' engagement, supported
by Mr.. BARLEY. On the night of
March ~ she appeared as Mrs. Bev-
erly, in Moore's celebrated tragedy of
The Gamester' and at the end of the
play recited a poem written expressly
for her by Tom Moore, entitled "A
Monologue,' expressive of the effect of
national music on national character,
in which was introduced the airs of
Greece, Switzerland, Spain, Ireland
and America.
March %, 1919, President Monroe
and family attended a benefit per-
Torrance given to Mr.. and Mrs. Rus.
sell. on which occasion The School of
Reform and 'Matrimony' were per-
formed. This appears to have been
the first mention of a President of the
United States attending the theater
in Washington President John Adams
visited The New Theater' in Philadel-
phia, February 26, 1900.
About z o'clock on the morning of
April 10, 1920, the theater was dis
covered to be on fire. In a very few
minutes the entire building was in
flames and in Is minutes the roof fell
in. A slight fall of snow the previous
evening partially protected the roofs
of the adjoining buildings from the
showers of burning embers. Repre-
sentative John Culpepper OF North
Carolina and several citizens stood on
the roof of the house nearest the
burning building and extinguished the
flames as they caught on the roof. 1t
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Indies, over whose treacherous,
watery wastes Redfern winged his
way. the distant Atlantic and Pacific
Oceans have claimed their toll.
The ship Saratoga, a craft of Is
guns, under the command of Capt.
John Young, sailed from Cape Fran
co.'s, Haiti, on March 20, 1881, with a
convoy of American and French ships.
The Saratoga became separated from
her consorts and was never seen
again. One of the Navy's new air.
plane carriers that will be ready
shortly for active duty will bear the
name Saratoga, reviving memories of
the eighteenth century craft that is
stepped in mystery. The Gen. Gates,
a vessel of IL guns that had been
built in 1877 was lost
The Pickering, a revenue cutter
brig of Id guns, with 80 men aboard.
sailed from New Castle. DEL, for the
Guadalupe Station in the West
Indies on August 20, 1900, under the
command of Lieut.. Benjamin Hillar.
What happened to her is a secret of
the wandering fields of barren foam"
On April 80. 1902, Congress passed
bill for the relief of the families of
those lost on the vessel.
X X
ONE of the greatest unsolved mys-
- teries of the naval service shrouds
the fate of the u. S. S. Insurgent,
equipped with SO guns and carrying a
crew of $40 men,. She sailed out of
Baltimore July %, 1900, down to
Hampton Roads. Va. and on August
of that year left that port to cruise
in the West Indies in search Of the
Guadalupe privateers. Capt. Patrick
Fletcher was her skipper, but what
his story is remains one of the secrets
of the bounding main.
The Wasp Number Three was a
good ship of Is guns, with a merry
crew of 40 men, under the orders of
Master Commandant Johnston Blake
ly. The Swedish brig Adonis, return.
ing from Rio de Janeiro, reported hav-
ing seen her in October, 1914, but
what happened thereafter to the
Wasp is a blank
In far distant section of the
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fRebEcH Chu tof
dS~h rS~erlDe SeF sC&@Hr Fe1nlA Author

Spirit to search for the planes lost in
| the Pacific.
Paul Redfern, who started from
| brunswick, Ga, in the monoplane
Port of Brunswick. aiming to make
nonstop hop to Rio de Janeiro, 4,600
miles distant. was numbered among
the missing flyers soon afterward.
A tale that might well intrigue the
imagination of Jules Verne or a
Conan Doyle it is, for King Neptune
has long since been dealing thus with
craft that have f1nown the Stars and
Stripes.
following records in the Navy De-
partment tell part of the story of
nearly score of ships that have
sailed out of ports into unfathomable
mystery. The other part of the en-
gaging tale is in the keeping of the
men who sailed forth, blithely bent on
new adventures, who have never since
been heard from. These ships have
been spirited away, as it We're, from
the very face of the earth. sailing to
their doom with Old Glory whipping
gayly in the breeze. and indeed not
even trace of most of them has been
found through the years to give bit
Of hint to their fate.
King Neptune began his work of |
mystery with American vessels shortly |
before the ink with which the Declara-
ton of Independence. was written
could dry Great names and great |
ships are listed on the roster of those
Yankee naval vessels that have never
made port and have never given more
than a shred of evidence of what be-
came of them-three of them whisked
away in these days of radio and mod
ern conveniences.
The young republic recorded its first
loss in this fashion when the brig
Reprisal, with Lambert Wickes as it's
skipper, sailed in September, 1777.
never to return. Indeed, September
seems to be an Inflated month for the
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I was the Sylph No. 2. She was employ.
ed In protecting the timber supply
along the southern coast. A schooner
" one gun, under the command of
Lieut.. II. e. V. Robinson, she is SUD.
posed to have foundered in a gale i'm
the West Indies, but this entirely un.
official
The L. s. S. Sea Gull was schooner
pilot boat tender to the Wilkes expedi-
ton. She was equipped with two
guns and carried Is men and was COM
manded by Passed NTidshipmen j. w.
Reid and f. A. Bacon. She left for
Valparaiso in company with a vessel
named the Flying Fish on April IS.
1889. They parted company during
the night and the Sea Gull is sup
posed to have persisted in severe gale
that came on during the darkness.
from which the Flying Fish took ref
uge under False Cape Horn, but here
again official news is lacking. In 1S41
the u. S. S. Peacock was lost in the
Columbia River, but the cause is un-
known. g.
under the command of Lieut.. Albert f.
Downes, left Norfolk early in March.
1S43. to cruise on the coast. She was
off Charleston, S. c., March IL to IS.
She was last heard of through letter
mailed March IA, 1S43. at Charleston,
stating that the shrip would be at Nor
folk between April s and Is. What
has detained her all these years has
never been ascertained. In June, 1914,
the Navy Department abandoned all
hope for her safety.
One of the most battling blows King
Neptune ever struck the American
Navy was when the Albany No. /, Il
sloop of war carrying % guns and 21O
men, vanished. Her skipper was
Comdr. j. T. Gerry. The vessel sailed
from Aspinwall. Panama, September
20, 1854, for New York. The steamers
Princeton and Fulton We're sent i'm
search of her, but no tidings have ever
come to Washington, or elsewhere for
that matter, to tell the fate of the
Albany.
The U. s. S. Levant No. 2, a sloop
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of war of Is guns. of 792 tons, under
the command Of Capt. William Hunt.
sailed from Hilo, Sandwich Islands
NOW the Hawaiian islands,, for Aspin-
wall, Panama, on September IS, 1860.
when the storm clouds of the Civil War
were gathering over her own United
States. Vessels of the Pacific squad
ron searched for many months for her,
but the only trace ever found was an
oar and broken spar. supposed to have
belonged to the Levant. Fer officers
and crew numbered 210 souls.
X X X
KING NEPTUNE. surveying his
work of nearly century of
snatching American naval craft from
the ken of mankind with all hands
aboard. apparently relented. for from
the period just before the Civil War
until a few years. before the World
War threw the world into chaos laval
annals do not record the loss of sin
gle ship that cannot be officially eX-
planned. The Monarch of the Main.
learning OF mans new invention called
radio. thought he would spirit away
ships equipped with this device. and
he did
The tug Nina. under the command
OF Cnle1 BOdtSWaln JOhn =. CrOghan,
sailed out of Norfolk, Va, on March
Is, 1910, never to be heard from again.
Best known among the Navy's
mystery ships" perhaps, is the cele-
brated case of the collier Tyclops,
whose loss is considered to be one of
the greatest naval blows suffered by
the allies during the World War.
Built by a Philadelphia firm at cost
of 1922 500. the keel of the Cyclops was
laid in June, 1909, and she was launch.
ed and commissioned the year follow
ing. A vessel. of 1860 tons. she had
a length of SAP feet and breadth of
65 feet. Early in her career she was
based on Hampton Roads, doing duty
with the Atlantic fleet. When the
United States entered the World War
she wGs assigned to the Naval over.
seas Transportation Service.
In January, 1918. the Cyclops took
a cargo of coal to Brazil, discharging
1t at Bahia. At Rio de Janeiro she
loaded commercial cargo of 10000
tons of manganese ore and sailed
February 16. 1918, by way of the Bar
BADGES for Baltimore, where she was
due March 10. She arrived at the
Barbados March 8 for coal and left
Continued on Fifth Page)
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7pnes Record of Lost American Craft Grows in Flying Age

The Old Glory has Joined the
host of craft that have sailed
out, never to return. news dis
patches concerning the project
ed flight to Rome indicate. thus
adding yet another ship to
King Neptune's roster of mys-
terry tragedies. In this plane
were Philip A. Payne, Lloyd
Bertaud and j. d. Hill. They
took off after the following
story had been written, and the
world fears that their fate is
the same as that of other sail
ors of the sea and air who
never made port.
FeaSs for the safety of the Sir
John CARING. which flew out of
Harbor Grace. Newfoundland,
Wednesday, on the London, On
tario, to London, England,
flight. continue to grow. In
this ship" were Capt. Terry
Tulley. pilot. and Lieut.. James
Metcalf, navigator. who. it is
feared, have joined the other
missing airmen.
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full particulars see Mammoth Posters.
Frank Edwards, business agent
The Rambler has picked from
The Star of January, 1868. certain
news which may refresh your memory
of the old city. Under date of Janu-
airy 8 he found this: yesterday after
noon about 2 o'clock as a dozen or
more colored men were engaged under
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direction of Capt. Joseph M. Simms in
storing grain in the three-story ware
house of Messrs. Smoot & Spedden, on
the canal near the corner of n street
south and Third street east, the
chimney was heard to crack. The
walls fell and Capt. Simms was
killed. The American Hook and Lad
der Company police and citizens
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pico and nothing further has been
heard from or of her. An anchor was
found on the shore near Tampico,
November 2, 1929, credited as belong
ing to the Hornet, but this is one of
the very few vessels posted as miss
ing" whereof any trace has ever been
found.
Yet another of King Neptune's toll
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y ING NEPTUNE, monarch of the
u deep, has again risen in his
N power to smite craft that have
4 ~ dared enter his cherished do
main, this time aiming at
mans newest vehicle of transporta-
ton, the airplane, leaving the world
only with that cryptic message of
their fate, lost without trace"
Witness the mystery that shrouds
the whereabouts and latter days of
that gallant eagle of France, Capt.
Charles Nungesser, and his dauntless
colleague, Capt. Francois Coli, who
set out from Paris last May for New
York: of Miss Mildred Doran, the
Michigan school teacher, who gave
her name to the plane. Miss Doran
and was passenger in the ship"
that hoped to secure honors in the
Hawaiian air race; of the monoplane
Golden Eagle. likewise competitor
for the $4,000 Dole aviation prize,
and of Capt. William p. Erwin, pilot.
and Alvin Eichwaldt, navigator. who
took off in the monoplane Dallas
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United States Navy, and while most
of the mystery ships" were last
head Of in the region of the West
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-12

TOKYO. Dec. 12 Although pro hibition of alcoholic beverages L not at all imminent in Japan. na tive, prohibition workers are con stantly busy in their efforts to dry up the Empire.
 Recently the Japan Federation for. Peoples Prohibition won a slight victory when it induced the imperial population and food re' search commission to consider a memorandum urging as solu' ton of the empires food problem the abolition of sake, the nationa' drink. and other alcoholic liba tions.
 The prohibitionists contend that about 25.0OO, 900 bdshels of rice are used each year In the brewins of sake, which is q light rica