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viii you come and watch the
sun go DOWN."
In everything she said there
seemed to drop sadness fated
meaning.
But Dearie laughed gaily when
Michael lifted her now. She said.
with a touch Of the old whimsi-
cal gaiety: What a sweet brogue
you have, Michael"
'That / have, Dearie," answered
he, profoundly touched. mis- was
almost the first time she had
ever bantered with him. He knew
that only those who love us
ridicule US to the face in this
fond, teasing way.
A little thing like this made
Roen happy all the next day. It
was 3 o'clock. She was alone in
the office. She was always CRATE
full for this. The telephone rang.
There came to her a message
short, stark message. The words
Of 1t she could never afterward
piece together-but only the dread
and the sinking of her thought.
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to welcome you, and if you
shouldn't like the place." he re-
marked one day. why, I'll be glad
to give you q passage home "
and you won't have to work it."
he added smiling. 'I'l have some
one to argue with. and that's work
enough"
But there were many things in
his character that repealed her
his colossal conceit, his immoral.
ity, his brutality toward men, his
Qualification of the senses as
against the soul, his unbelief, his
gross materialism.
Neither admired the ideals OF
the other, and though both were
young, vigorous and handsome,
yet there seemed to be no physical
attraction between them now. The
magnetism of sex was gone from
their intimacy.
Arson debated the question of
running the Aphrodite through
sixty miles Of Cape Horn west
ing'' was to be gained by taking
the Straits passage, but prudent
mariners avoided it-preferring to
keep to open water. The LIE Marie
route appealed to Arson from the
fact that it presented an I'M
known problem, and possibly be.
cause Mr.. French advised against
it.
Mary Phillips. warmly wrapped.
viewed the peak Of the southern
promontory through Anson's bin
ocMlars. $50 that's the Horn we
hear SO much about" she re-
marked. cit doesn't seem such a
wicked place, after ALL"
This Horn passage is greatly
over.estimated," observed Arson,
with a contemptuous gesture.
Three nights later the Aphro-
dite was plunging and leaping in
the heavy sea kicked up by a
squally sou'west blow. It was
dark, piercingly cold, and a sleety
rain showered the ship and made
life unpleasant for those on
watch. Cape Pillar and Magellan
Straits were well to the southland,
and If the wind held the Aphro.
dite would cross the latitude OF
so by the following noon.
Below in the cabin Arson, Mary
and the mate were having supper.
The glowing lamps, swinging in
their gimbals, the polished panel
ing Of the room, the thick carpets,
the cleaning brass rails Of the
sideboard. met the eye with a
sensation of pleasing comfort in
strong contrast to the depressing
conditions outside.
Suddenly came the squeallng
and cracking of overstrained tim
bers and the swapping Of bolts;
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She did not know just why she
was going there.
II want to check up on your
mothers application" the voice
over the phone said. els she quite
destitute?"
At this horrifying moment Roen
heard sharp, smothering gasp,
and knew that Eileen Budner, lis
tening in, had heard. In a few
moments whispered rumors would
be flying from one to another Of
the whole office force.
81 don't understand what you're
talking about" Roen interrupted.
You've made mistake. I'll call
and see you"
Now she was riding up hills.
Too late for the bus, the policeman
told her. Shed have to walk a
mile from the end Of the car line.
A good mile, said he, "for it's
over the hills to the poorhousew
The green hills were everywhere,
rolling serene and beautiful against
a turquoise sky. Little valleys
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) and hard. amusing eyes. Then he
turned about, leaning over the
rail, staring at the men forward.
Captain Salvation Campbell!' he
muttered grimly and with mar.
rowed eyes and jaws hard set. 81
fancy see myself " >" He
paused and added: "% in hell
firstv"
CHAPTER 50
1t was z in the morning and still
dark with gloom of the high lati-
tudes in winter. Mary, working
by lamplight in her pantry. looked
out through the square port along
the main deck as a burst of song,
came to her ears. A mob Of men
hosting the ulain.top gallant yard
were bawIing a chantey.
The transition from the warm
summer climate Of the Trade lati-
tudes to the chill OF a southern
ocean winter came quickly. Cape
Blanco, sighted on the far horizon.
ushered in the raw west and SOU
west winds blowing Of the Pata.
gonian wastes. 1--WE lived a cli-
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swung like hammocks in a summer
joyousness.
Its around there and down."
the conductor added. You'll see
the buildings"
She would have loved this breezy
walk for there was a buoyant
gayety in the clean air; inspiration
in the many trees rustling with
murmured song.
Now she ran. She stopped again
and again to ask, sickened: what
has she done? What does it
mean?"
She was not prepared for the
shock awaiting her.
Nearly four when she reached
the high grounds where the great
red brick buildings Of the Relief
Home now stand. In the fall of
1913 the foundations were ready,
but the old gray wooden buildings
commanded the site. And here in
1913 the county hospital had its
quarters.
Go Be Continued Tomorrow
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Where you'll you like to go?"
he asked Roen.
Anywhere" Dearie answered
with her gentle sadness. ANY
where-this is such a lovely day."
The car did not ride smoothly
as Burton's luxurious sedan.
Roen listened almost with pain
for the sound of the young, girl
ish laugh that Dearie gave when
she tied the lavender veil under
her chin and sank like a princess
to the deep cushions of Burton's
car. And she told herself obsti.
nately. "She just isn't feeling as
we'll"
The next Sunday when Michael
came again, Dearie said: "Let me
stay home, dear. 1 want to rest"
So they let the little car stand
outside the door. And Roen pre-
tended that she had things to
plant in the garden.
At o'clock Dearie said to her:
Il wanted you to have your
ride
Wen have it now" said Roen.
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CT Owe is the quintessence Of
IL goodness, Of nobility, Of
charity, Of chivalry," she explained,
keeping step with him in their
fore and aft pacings. "The mob
lest qualities of mankind are in.
stinctively regarded as God-like.
Love is the greatest of these and
Love is the superlative God-like
power. It is the highest God-like
quality. We all have it, but most
Of US regard it as of small value
in its application to life. Love
will level mountains Of hate and
prejudice, will abolish strife, con-
tention, envy, malice and the
things that interfere with peace,
liberty and happiness. That God
Is symbolical Of Love is truth
enunciated by all of the nobler
religions conceived by man.
Can't you see it, Arson? It's very
sinple!"
mo. I can't see It," he re-
turned. ''Your Love theory is
creed evolved by the physically
weak to ensnare protection from
the strong. Where did you get
your notions, Mary? You never
had them in Anchorville.
There was slight deepening
of the color in her cheeks follow.
ing this question: but there was
no faltering in her reply. "I
found the Great Truth while in
india" she said softly.
He gave her quick glance.
"Ah" There was an odd twinkle
In his eyes. Don't tell me that
you became Buddhist"
mo, Arson, I didn't become a
Buddhist, although the nobility
of Buddhism and its beautiful
teachings command my reverence
and admiration. Two hundred
years or more before the Chris.
tan era, Asoka answered the
question:: OF what does religion
consist?' and engraved in stone,
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matte year in sixty days" Mary
remarked. "It was spring when
we left New York. then we passed
through the torrid heat of mid
summer. and now we are expert
encing fall weather."
"And a few hundred miles more
southinR and well have the dead
of winter" said Arson. ''No more
deck chairing it until we double
Cape Stiff. We may be throwing
snow balls at each other on rare
day in June"
Since the eventfuI night off the
Brazilian coast Anson's spitefulness
had vanished and he was kindly
and solicitous toward her in con-
descending, big-brotherly way. He
berthed her in the spare room aft.
that she might enjoy more COM
fort and the warmth from the
stove in his apartment. He dele
gated the drudgery Of the pantry
to the ships boy and appeared
anxious to make amends for his
previous treatment Of her.
eff your friends in Santiago fail
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A pleasant voice said: This is
Miss Porter of the Social Service
Bureau of San Francisco Hos.
pital. Are you the daughter Of
Anna and the late Robert Ross 2"
YES" said Roen, startled.
And moment later, shaking
in every pulse, Roen was jabbing
the hatpins through her hair.
A moment later she was flying
down Montgomery Street-wonder
inF, blazing-fright and death set.
Ting on her heart.
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torted the younger man staggering
hastily to the forward companion.
There's no ice here this time OF
year" Within few seconds, he
was out on deck bawiing for Croe-
by in the wet blackness of the
night.
(TO Be Continued Tomorrow
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~ 4 4 r " BY
VA " Frederick liam
By
William

plates and cups were jolted from
the table, and a lamp globe jerked
from its socket to smash among
the crockery.
What was that?" calculated
Arson involuntatrily, leaping to
his feet, wide-eyed, alarmed.
ice! Ice! She's struck icer'
"Ice your grandmother re-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-07-12
NEW SERIAL OF A Mcf1ANS SACRIFICE
A Gripping Serial Of the Love Of a Girl
and Her Great Sacrifice, by the
Author of 'Chickie."
Read This First:

In first appealing lovely
Scott, college
month in the California redwoOd They enduring Mich
cheering ROen back to her Job private secretary
the Of
her invalid mother eaTi and her EnsOme little brother Jackie
dad entrus these two to the girls care She struggled 6rayey
down the future just when she staggering under her burdens
win him Roen cannot sacrifice Michael The night Of Mcaes
The day Burton also He outlines glowing
the things
Michael deafeng her
fhat he
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For those who afford painted portrait beautiful
possession and when the inspired artist has the right subject
hand it become famous and valuable to the world of
But aa The Romneys of today find few Lady Hamtons
speed their brush to ecstasy!
AS looks the famous paintings of the past wonders
it wasn't good idea pose goddses those ladies did
And would Napoeons mother his his have
been any lovely behold booegges bride
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Madame Recamer famous beauty often painted posed bit
stffy queer twists but her Chineseke garments gave good
line to her lovely form.
The famous portraits painted those times they
did not all look like taior dummies they today
the pictures attractive!
think ladies Of today who their portraits painted would
take tip from the ladies of old and
shepherdesses they satisfied pictures
and they would O. style.
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CHAPTER Xxx

CHAPTER AA
Roen felt an inordinate need Of
haste, as though she must run, as
though someone were flashing her
on. She went stumbling, asking
herself half aloud. Which way Is
it? I wonder which way go?"
She had to repeat her question
to the policeman, How could she
reach the County Hospital?
Would any car take herr"
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FRIGHTENED, Roen sped down
II the hall. She stopped in panic,
seeing Dearie's hat and coat on
chair-tossed there, the coat trail
ing on the floor as though she had
been too tired to care.
Dearie lay on the bed, her face
white as chalk. Roen stopped over
her, raising her in her arms.
what is the matter, dearest?
Dearie, where have you been?
What have you done?"
CHAPTER 10
Dearie lay back on the pillow
smiling wanly. Her lids closed.
They were waxy with a faint blue
tinge.
81 went to visit your fathers
grave" she murmured, her voice
vague as though it came from a
long distance.
you went all that way mother?
Alone? Why, what made you go
there today?"
IT. don't know. The ride was
pleasant. It's a long time since
1uyOhS Ac2 OCSA tACASS A100 q
wish to CO."
Roen went into the kitchen ready
to cry with the sense Of utter DESC
1ation. Her mother had never
taken such a trip alone. The strain
of climbing up the car steps must
have taxed bitterly her weak heart.
Why had she a wish to visit Bobby
dads grave today? Did she think
she was dying? Did she want to
die? Did she feel showed away
from her children? This sweet,
thrillingly lovely mother who only
a few years ago seemed the young
est thing on earth to her daughter
the youngest and the dearest.
There crept into Rooms thought
q secret terror that Dearie's mind
might suddenly have gone. Was
she brooding in this terrible way
because of Michael? Was she so
dreading the thought of depend.
ence? But she had been dependent
all her life.
But this must be the cause of
her deepening melancholy. Since
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An Unusual Jubilee

SEVENTY FIVE YEAR-0LD barber of Germany has cele
"A rated unusual jubilee his 5000h trip to the top of the
Kreuzberg mountain For five he has been ascending the
mountain twice weekly to shave the monks living in the coster
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This Day in Our History

IN JULY H. 1870 raised objection to the appoint
ment of Prince the throne Of Spain In order to
avoid the alternative Of Prince Leopold declined the throne
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By Fay King


T photography has advanced far beautiful
studies made these days. that the art of portrait
u painting has almost been lost.
The patient reuche the of eliminating all flaws
defects from the Photographic plate accomplishing what the
painter did with his brush dealizing subject
But still there GOODNESS prints
of dfused focusing and shadowy blends
wealth OF color
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Girl FREED
FROM PRISON
Is Arrested
Former Washington Univer.
sity Girl Arrested Again;
Shoplifting

PORTLAND, Sae. Jan. I. Twp
weeks after being released from tha
Washington State Penitentiary at
Walla Walla after completion OF "A
six months sentence for %~2nd lar
ceny, Ethel Dow. fged II years. for
mer University of Washington stu
dent, and daughter of Lorenzo Dow,
Tacoma attorney and former State
Legislator, was arrested charged
with shopliftng.
The police said she yietimized four
Portland stores.
Miss Dow 5obbed why did |
invite Jail bars again: Well need
ed the money The girls in the Walla
Walla prison ;olt me il was much
easier foe~rs,f.,gs-tey . tAaa charge 10
other peoples accounts, as did
before"
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new TALKING
SERVICE HAS
! INAUGURATION
Dream of Scientists Comes
Comes True; First Con-
servation Held Today

NEW YORK, Jan. 7.-The dream
of scientists became a reality when
the New London radiO-t tele-
phone service was naugurated at
S:1f O'Clock this morning, New
York time.
W. S. Clifford, president of the
American Telephone and Telegraph
Company exchanged greetings with
Sir G. Evelyn p. Murray, Secretary
of the British General Post Office.
Officials and reporters listened
with headphones.
Static made part of the conversa-
tion almost inaudible
Parts of the talk were yc"y clear.
The Associated Press received the
first radio-telephone news dispatch,
from London, at 1920 o'clock.
"Offcial announcement is made
that the Prince of Wales will visit
Canada and the United States naxt
summer
The Inauguration of the radio
telephone represents a 30 year
growth from a SO foot line to a
service capable of covering 5000
miles.
1t is reported here that ships
operators picked UP parts OF the con-
versatiUn this morning.
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BRITISH STILL UNDER
VAR ECONOMY RULES

unless boiled or made into mayon.
naise.
Chocolates can be bought in thea
ters until $50 o'clock, but not cigar.
cites or cigars.
Apricots, green figs and loganber.
ries can be bought at any hour. but
apples. bananas and lemons are for
bidden for four hours before mid
night
A shop may keep open after eight
to give chance to people to buy
cigarettes from an automatic ma
chine. but not for the sale of cigar.
cites from the store itself
Ii chemist is asked to sell
headache powder after s p. M. he
must be provided with proof that
reasonable grounds exist for be-
lieving" that the purchaser or some
other person has a headache.
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LONDON, Jan. T.-Britons never
will be slaves to prohibition. boast
many of King Georges subjects who,
nevertheless, still put up with anoma-
lous restrictions imposed during the
war as precaution against air raids
and to save fuel and coal.
The Daily Mail, which has revived
its campaign to abolish there re
strictions, imposed by "Dora"-De'
fense of the Realm Act-lists eX.
amples;
Sponge cakes may be sold until
$50 p. m, but the sale of buns has
to stop an hour earlier
Potatoes must not be sold in their
skins after p. m, but can be sold
as a salad
Eggs cannot be sold after s D. m.,
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Former Private
Care ''Orders''
To Pershing

LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. General
John J. Pershins has takeN orders
from former private.
The story has just been told here.
While hunting at Red Deer ranch,
Cherry county, Neb, last fall, as
the guest Of Mark W. and George J.
Woods, Lincoln capitalists, "Black
Jack Pershing saw flock of
ducks on some land nearby. The
owner of the land protested against
the partys trespassins
Il want those ducks for myself
and there's not many o. them" the
old plainsman asserted
well. we just wanted to shoot
a couple" said Mark Woods. "Thi.
is General Pershng with us and he
wants to try his aim. 1t was pretty
good in the old days and he thinks
it still is"
Pershing?" asked the farmer. well
shake hands with your old private
that used to peel potatoes for you
You may not remember me but
fought with you in the Sioux Indian
campaign. | was buck private in
the Seventh Cavalry at Fort Mo
brara (near Red Deer Ranch "
General Pershing and the Woods
brothers thus we're invited to shoot
as many of the birds as they desired
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Coolidge Makes Strong Plea
for Observance Enforcerment
Of Laws; Gives His Reasons

WASHINGTON, jim 7.-Faiure
of law enforcement means failure
of the government, President Cool
idse said in Il letter read last night
at the annual banquet of the Citi-
zcns' Committee of One Thousand.
The letter said;
observance and enforcement OF
the law is exceedingly important te
the public welfare Of the nation
This subject | have often discussed
and desire to constantly empha-
size it.
1t is scarcely too much to say
It all over again. Rights and lib
erty of life itself are dependent for
protection on the public law. If
the law fails to be enforced. the
government fails itself; if it falls to
be observed, the very foundation is
weakened and destroyed.
mo country ever reached IA state
of perfect law observance and en-
forcement. Every first class gov
ernment makes an honest and intel
igent effort to enforce law stand
ards. Citizenship is very much low
cred when there is any general fail
ure to observe the law
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"Closed" Door
Open at Press
Conference

WASHINGTON, Jan. The big
of the presidents offices points its
hands to 11.55, if ii is Tuesday, or
to 3:55 if it is Friday.
Precisely then veteran White
House police officer call out
''IIaye all questions been passed
in? Times up"
His inquiry is directed to some
forty or more newspaperwrite
about to be received at the regular
bi-weekly press conference Under
a custom naugurated by President
Harding, the questions must be sub.
mitted in writing.
The clock pushes the indicators
five digits forward. to the fixed meet
ing hour. Automatically a door opens.
The correspondents file in to a big.
flag ornamented mahogany desk.
The door remains open. in actual
~ with "A secret service man stand
ing at the portal. But for all tn,
intents and purposes of this dispatch
it is closed, locked. and doubleseal-
ed. For what transpires next within
the room transpires in inviolable con-
fidence.
Fifteen minutes, maybe thirty, pass
by. Then the stream of callers em-
ergc. Some come out on a run, foe
they have news for the telegraph
wires that cannot wait.
The official spokesman" has spok-
ell
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Light Drinkers Seek
To Lift Belgian Ban

BRUSSELS, Jan. 1.-Two hundred
and fifty thousand thirsty Belgians.
annoyed with partial prohibition,
have petitioned parliament to do
away with it. Under the law, which
has been in effect several months,
it is impossible to buy a glass of
beer or wine. One must buy two
litres at least or go without
Protest meetings are being held
and resolutions adopted recommend
ing some sort of regulation short
of actually prohibiting the light
drinker from drinking lightly
Norway and the United States are
pointed to as examples of the effects
of prohibition, the vets of Belgium
declaring that in those two coun,
tries fraud and a moral crisis have
resulted from efforts to Danish IL
ullOr
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Francs Value Stays
Same in Night Life

PARIS. Jan. THE cost of night
life in Paris remains high despite
the mounting exchange value Of the
franc.
A small holiday supper for two at
one of the less expensive Montmartre
resorts cost. Convert charge 10
francs; consomme, % francs; foic
gras. 60 francs; two bottles cham
payne, $50 francs; government taxes,
120 francs; total. 575 francs. That
recently made about $22 in American
money. of which the luxury tax to-
tailed 81
Last year, with the franc at ap
proximately the same exchangt
value, the cost Of the supper would
have been about 1920.
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Baby Astrids Already
Appearing in Belgium

BRUSSELS, Jan. There are
already hundreds of little baby Asst
rids in Belgium. Parents have taken
a great fancy to naming their in
fant daughters after the Swedish
princess who has just become the
wife of the Belgian crown prince.
A village in the Belgian Congo has
also been named after her.
The discovery is announced by a
literary journal that the name Of
Astrid although thoroughly Scandi-
navian. was given to heroine in
book written by Guido Gezelle,
noted Flemish author, years be
fore the Swedish princess was
thought OF as consort for the
crown prince.
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CANDILL SAYS
PLAYERS PAID
Detroit CLUB

CHICAGO. Jan. 7=Arnold Chick"
.Gandill banished White SoX first
baseman, swore to an affidavit that
almost every White Sox PLAYER CON
tributed $45 to buy the four games
from Detroit in 1917. He said he
notified the Detroit players they
were paid for easing up"
Because Gandill failed to appear
in the hearing on the baseball sean
dal Baseball Commissioner Lands
postponed the hearing. Thirty Five
of the 81 players summoned were
present today.