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Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1927-08-05

session, fine program prepared
by the entertainment committee
wa enjoyed by all present.
Mr.. Kelmer Roe of St. Paul con
Quoted services at the Community
Church. Sunday. Miss Alice Hake
of Manzanita was the soloisf.
Mr.. and Mrs. X. Andersen and
daughter, Helen and son, Marvin
We're guests at the c. Keen home,
Sunday.
Colonel and Mrs. Ruhlen of Ia
coma spent Tuesday with their son,
Carl NJ. Ruhlen and family.
Mrs. G. Mcconnell and 1 children
of Montesano is making prolong.
ed visit with her sister, Mrs. Al
Xix and family.
Mr.. Strom of Ballard has bought
the p Stero home on the beach and
removed here last week and plans
to make it his permanent home,
Mr.. and Mrs. Brooks have tax
en- the old Radin home while the
former is working in the shipyard
Mr.. J. Danielsen is spending the
week with his family while his
boat is being overhauled at Seattle
Mrs. Karen Danielsen was the
guest of friends on week end mo-
tor trip to the Mountain. Those in
the party were Mrs. Swartz, Miss
Billie Ross, Mr., Ernest Ross and
lhoryald Danielsen Of Seattle.
Mrs. f Harrison Of Tacoma was
visiting friends and relatives herr
Tuesday.
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BUILD AND LET BUILD

As far back as history begins
there have been persons who have
stood in the way Of progress,
some for reasons mercenary, Others
because of a real lack of vision OF
natural narrow tendencies.
1t is a matter of record that the
builders Of the ancient cities and
public Monuments, some of which
still exist were met by hundreds OF
obstacles placed in their way by
visionless men, who did not have
the future interests Of their com
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1927-08-05
The PATRIOTS PLEDGE
WHY NoT2

'When are we going 10 enter
tain the West Seattle Commercial
Club?" This question has beer
asked of us several times since VT
enjoyed the wonderful hospitality
of our neighbor across the sound
Ii seems that the question is
fairly put and should be answered
in a way that would leave nc
doubt Of the sincerity of the Is
land answer. Let's 90.
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(Too late for last week. J

Nioo lale IOt laSt week..
The Lundquist family Of Seattle
motored over for a visit with their
mother, Mrs. A. Holland, Sunday.
Mrs, G. Middleeoff spent the lat
ter part of last week with friends
and relatives at Puyallup and Sum-
ner.
Mr., and Mrs, Al Xix and son.
Leslie spent Sunday at Point De.
fiance and enjoyed the navy band
concert.
A number of ladies', members Of
the John Il. Thompson Auxiliary
pent Friday with Mrs. c. Keen.
Mrs. c. Keen has bought the X.
Andersen home and is planning ex,
tensive improvements before nov
ing his family to- their new resi-
dence.
Gordon Ruhlen and Arthur And
ersen have gone into the trucking
business, We wish them success in
their venture,
Mr.. and Mrs, A. j. Eddy and
Mrs. H. Keen were guests of Mr.,
Davis at the Radio broadcast of the
Bible Students lecturer at Toron-
to, Canada Sunday.
Mrs. Nellie Bell had as her
guests, Sunday, Will Bell and fam
lily of Seattle.
A number of women Of the com
munity met at the Hall Wednesday
where they spent a busy afternoon
making new curtains for the win
dows.
Clifford Petersen spent the week
end with his parents, Mr.. aud Mrs.
G. Petersen.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Ireland of Seat.
tie were week end guests of the lat
ter's parents, Mr. and Mrs r. Nil
sen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ingram. and Mr..
land Mrs,B. +, Scanlon Of Seattle
motorcd Sunday and spent the day
at Mineral Springs, The seanlsn
country home.
DIR. and Mrs. Miller who are sum
imcring at the N, Carlson home.
spent Tuesday ia Tacoma
Mrs II Keen of Meliig and Dock
ton called on friends while iu Dock
ton, Tuesday
Thomas and John Harrison of
Tacoma are spending part Of their
vacation 40 this place aud are
guests of their uncle and aunt. Mr..
land Mrs A j stuekey
The regular monthly meeting Of
| ihe Community Club viii be held
t the house Saturday night, July
80, 4 program prepared by The
entertainment committee win he
followed by the business session.
Mr. The0 Berry was bnsine,
Q Tacoma on Monday
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1927-08-05

Irish Honor First American Minister
Dublin Ireland paid unusual homo
to Frederick sterllng first minlste
from the United States Sterling wa
given q military escort aud proceodo
between rows Of bmIdinga decorate.
with american flags, when he wen
10 present hts credentials TO Guverno
General Timothy lioaly
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1927-08-05

Salem, Or-The federal constitution
makes il incumbent upon Governor
Patterson 10 issue wrlts Of election q
fill the VACANCY reaulung from The
recent death Of Maurice Il. Crum
packer, representative n congress
from the third Oregon conGrassioua
dairict according TO legal opinion
prepared by the aitorneyfeneral a.
the request of Governor Patterson.
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No matter which way you drive
IL you dom drive ihe right was
il may be the way 10 iail.
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A Vivid Serial OF Adventure, Mystery,
Romance, Jealousy, Lore and Sacrifice

me the rest. What did the beg.
gar want for them?"
Nan replied. her voice scarcely
q breath.
Silence followed.
Then Godfrey Travers, very
pale indeed, said: "Come close to
me, Man." And when she had
obeyed, trembling, 'You could
never kill my love. dear one" he
whispered, "it's not your fault,
and it's noble Of you to tell me-"
He pressed his lips against her
hair, and, clinging to him, she
felt the heavy pounding Of his
blood. I'm glad you told me.
Jolly glad. You're to forget now"
''Forget?"
''Quite. Forget. Go to your
room and sleep. kiss me, dear
one Now do you be.
lever"
She stammered. ''And
and Scarlet? Oh Godfrey, # he
should do something terrible, hurt
you because Of me :"
Geoffrey's boys mouth was q
hard line. "Don't worry about
Scarlet, Nan. Oh the dirty" he
stopped, clicking his teeth to-
gether. "I don't want you to see
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outside the window rustled warn.
ing messages. Again and again
Nan conjured up the image of
her beloved Godfrey, and, mag
lining herself once more in his
arms, laid the dim spirits Of
fear. But presently she opened
her eyes upon her dark bedroom.
and the spirits Of fear arose
once more, and crowded at the
bedside.
She was conscious Of an ex-
hausted relief when the gray
dawn put the shadows to flight.
The light spread, turned from
gray to lavender, from lavender
to faint rose. from rose to gold.
Birds began to twitter in the
trees. It was another day. q
new, better day.
Now there were other sounds
outside the windows. The sound
Of tires crushing gravel Voices
on the terrace. Her brothers
voice, Abelard's suffering phrases,
Geoffrey's yes, unmistak-
ably, Geoffray's fresh, boyish
laughter. And. cutting her con.
sciousness like 4 knife. Scarlett's
deeper. harsher laughter, sardonic,
bitter.
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money and by talk about money.
AL day long he handled money
counting it, strapping it into
bundles with rubber bands, car.
rying it from one bank to another.
All day long it was in his hands,
In the hands of Beau. who was
constantly in need of it, no matter
how much he earned or how re-
Gently he had been paid!
Maybe he borrowed Il from
someone" It was Mrs. Jerome
who spoke. and, looking at her,
Sally saw her own terror mirrored
in her face.
HE must have" Sally answered
her, and tried to smile. HE has
lots of friends"
And so he had, she reflected.
But not the kind Of friends who
could lend him a hundred dollars
or so to squander on municipal In
struments and four-in-hands.
Beau's friends were like himself
poor and young and filled with
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looked at him. What's the mat.
teri"
Instead Of answering her ques-
ton he pulled up a chair and sat
down in It. Then he lit q Gig
arctic.
"It'Il keep the mosquitoes
away" he said. Gosh, they're
flying around like canaries out
there, aren't they?"
He pulled his chair close to the
couch. Say, listen, old dear, %
To Sally's quick ear his voice did
not sound so light and cheerful
as It had been a second before.
Say, listen, IL I had to have
some money suddenly, could you
lend me some?"
LEND you some?" Sally re-
peated, duly. Lend you some?
Why. no, Beau, you know 1
haven't any,"
She scarcely knew what she
said. 81 was right" she kept
thinking. IT was right! He's
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NOU Go On With The Story.

CALLY rushed to her and put her
~ arms around her and begged
her forgiveness. Darling, you
know I didn't mean to be nasty!"
she whispered, while Mile and
Mabel, moved to sudden action, be.
gan to carry out the dishes. But
It makes me wild when haven't
got enough money to keep you
comfortable, and then Beau spends
all Of his on his own selfish self
I Just burn up when ! think Of
IT,"
After a while Mrs. Jerome dried
her tears and had a fresh pot Of
coffee.
1T doesn't matter, Sally" she
said with gulp. i've had so
many bangs and disappointments
in life that it takes lot to really
down me-"
She went on reviewing her
wrongs. It seemed hard, she said,
that they should have such
dreadful time of it all because
of their father-because he ran
away and left her to face the
music alone.
ITO think Of my girls having to
work in offices all day with lot
to tohacco-smoking men, she
sighed. Especially Millie-Millie,
poor little thing. is so attractive
to me"
Heaven alone knew what went
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white and her eyes were pools Of
shadow.
Bean" she said. teIf you're so
hard pressed for money, why did
you buy all those clothes today
and lend Mile the money for her
blue dress? = Beau. where did
you get the money for those
neckties and things? Tel me!'
Tell you what?''
where you got all that
money" Sally repeated patiently.
ooh, for the love OF little green
apples! Where d'you suppose I
got it?'' Beau answered sulkiIy.
You don't notice anybody hand
ing me out any greenbacks very
often do you? I earned 1t, Of
course"
Then. without another word, he
went into the house, slamming
the screen door behind him, and
left Sally to her mosquitoes and
her sleepless night.
Ito Be Continued Tomorrow
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hunger for the flashy things Of
life. For the things that mistaken
Youth yearns for-low-slung auto
mobiles, full liquor TASKS, nights
of music and uproar, and lesser
things like silk neckties and socks
to match.
That night Sally could not sleep.
She lay awake for hours in the
bed she had made up on the ham.
mock couch. staring up at the star.
powdered sky, waiting for the re-
turn Of Beau and Mabel from their
Saturday night pleasure hunt.
I've just got to have this out
with Beau tonight" she told her.
self over and over. Eve just got
to find out where Beau got the
money for Miles dress. I've just
got tor
But when she finally heard the
sound of his latchkey in the door
Of the fiat, she changed her mind.
No, won't say a word to him
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about It right now" she decided.
ut wouldn't do any good because
he probably wouldn't tell me any.
thing. anyway. . And IL he
thought 1 war accusing him Of
having taken II from the bank,
he'll hate me all the rest Of his
life, no matter whether he was nj
nocent or guilty"
She lay listening to the sound
Of his voice calling a cheerful
Goodnight" to Mabel, who was
to sleep in Sally's bed, as usual.
It did not sound like the
voice of a man who had any.
thing depressing on his mind.
Then she heard him coming
across the Hving-room carpet and
push open the screen door. He
leaned over the hammock couch
and laid his hand on her choul.
der.
Asleep, sally?" he asked
quietly.
mo" She sat bolt upright and
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get. / learned to love you, Geof.
frey"
He was silent, and her sobbing,
muffled, insistent, filled the room.
"You know have begged you to
stay here, have talked so much
about the peace. It's because I've
learned the real value, Godfrey,
because I loved you so much, and
wanted our love to be SAFE" She
clasped her hands, and presently
resumed: From the day Of our
parting until yesterday / had not
seen him. / had almost forgotten.
And then-he came. Godfrey,
would never have told you, would
never have killed your love for me,
If a dreadful thing hadn't hap
pened. He says he has still my
letters. / was afraid he would
bring them to you, didn't want
you to know. was afraid he'd
make some dreadful scandal, and
ruin us all. / would have kept it
from you, Godfrey, those foolish
letters"
She was silent, and Godfrey
Travers. leaning forward, jerked
up her chin, so that her eyes
looked into his.
TELL me-" he commanded. ''Tell
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taken some money from the
bank!" The thought was terror,
pure and simple.
Beau" She spoke sharply.
what do you want money for?
Are you in some kind of trou-
BILE? If you are, please do
tell me. / ought to know"
She laid her hand on his shout
der, but he shook it off and
jumped up, walking UP and down
the little porch like a Gagged fox.
holy cats! What's the matter
with your" he asked irritably. "I
ask you If you can lend me some
money and you proceed to throw
Is fits! II you can't lend me
any, say so, but don't put me in
the witness box about it,
He swung around upon her sud
denly. Have you got any? That's
all l want to know" he said.
Have you?"
Sally shook her head. In the
moonlight her face was dead
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By Rayner Seelig

Nan crept to the window ana
pulling the curtain side, looked
out. She wondered what Godfrey
would do and as she took in the
scene she wondered too how she
could ever have written to Scar
lett. They were getting into the
car now; she longed to call to
beg her husband to come to her
to calm the odd disquiet that
possessed her.
And then Scarlet glanced up
saw her white face. She shrank
back. heard the motor starting.
knew that the man she loved
and the man she hated were
slipping away out OF her reach.
CHAPTER 4e
Dan Scarlet, nicknaned the
Dandelion, said no word as the
chauffeur headed forl the Black
well Meadows whittier the host
had arranged the mornings sport
target shooting.
Abelard, seated between Esta-
brook and Scarlet In the ton.
neau. noticed with satisfaction
that their unexpected guest had
nothing to say. His eyes were
fixed on the Landscapes; Boris
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BECKY"

"0NE day, by an accident, I met
~ Dan Scarlet. He was some
thing new, blaze Of color. all the
forbidden, the enticing things, en-
bodied in one. And he made love
TO me-; she felt Geoffrey's body
contract, but went on relentlessly,
''such love as I had dreamed,
never dared to hope for. 1t had
ali the glamour Of romance, all the
sweetness OF forbidden fruit. 1t
was as IL someone had opened
window from my castle of respect
able dul.ness onto the whole sunny
world Of adventure.
II flung myself headlong into the
romance without thinking. ! went
to his apartment. wrote him mad
letters. And then, on the very
night that we were to be married,
my eyes were opened to what he
really was. was terrified. ! ran
away. / tried to forget. / did for
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knew. And, wonder Of wonders,
Godfrey still loved her. But the
reason for alarm was not yet
gone. Godfrey had been so
strange, had seemed so placid, she
could scarcely understand 1t. But
then he had not seen Scarlet as
she had: did not realize to what
lengths he might go.
Sleep fled from Nan. In the
dark shocking images crowded
about her, grim, threatening.
Every shadow was a fantastic
monument Of terror. The leaves
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leaned toward Estabrook and re-
marked on the beauties Of the
countryside.
But Scarlet saw nothing u
the verdure Of the picturesque
roads or the nesting cottages
before his eyes was the pa.
thetic face Of Nan Estabrook,
the one woman for whom he
had ever felt the real thrill
that mortals CAN love.
Go Be Continued Tomorrow
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him again. understand. You're
to keep to your room in the
morning. TIL say you are Ill.
I'll manage" he added, ito pack
him off after lunch."
Nan, amazed at her husbands
assurance promised to obey him
implicitly. and when he had dried
her tears, and pressed her again
and again In his arms, she crept
back across the hall to her own
room.
With what different feelings
she viewed 1t nowl Godfrey
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An Amazing Narrative Of the Trials and
Pitfalls That Confront Our
Girls of Today
What Has Happened So Far:

SALLY JEROME 20 and clever and pretty the and main
family father
arated from mother
family consists MRS. JEROME. the twins BEAU
MILE Sally herseI Mrs. jerome enjoys health Sally
does the homework mornings and office MR. PEEVEY
downtown afternoons.
the flat below the lives TED SLOAN
Sally him working Sally refuses
because minds working after
doesn't him and because she hopes
babies when she does The only
e has hired the siren Mile his stenOgrapher and Mile wait
the position when his
mother who is i'll at summer resort Me out Of work, bOows
sally to tide all
row but Sally has only enough for the week Beau who seldom
cent toward the upkeep of the house, has spent all Of
on liquor for party given by MABEL WILMOT his best girl
ie toe, dead broke tries
forced to refuse him, too.
The night she
that he has long been craving M blossoms in brand
paue flannel Dress and Sally wonders where earth they
got the for their purchases.
Ted Sloan drawn by the sound Beau playing guitar,
upstairs Miles "sWeetiea
take her out for the evening e refusing
Speak Sally because she refused
dresses into bathing suit suy long enough
ask Sally to Into the living and entertain him while
finishes dressing.
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It is true that matter how faing and
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And behOOves all to emulate the good qualities
those and of concentrating their points
overlook their good qualities
Even an admirable devotion to
him, loyalty that unfortunately
Many whose morals lax still possess integrity
in their business dealings that is above reproach
than there
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in books. When of that pity he is
smart in and foolish other should
be like him his better judgment bunders
ways.
We too, could know and write down
quality admire in those dislike most.
And hguratvey stand aside and take look
ourselves and glaring
the o Improvement!
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BY FAY KING
HUNDREDS Of years there lived wise Roman EN-
peror who wrote interesting book Of his medatons.
began his book by enumang the good qualities
that he observed in his relatives and friends He does
ton their faults but to say that from this he
learned paenc from that he learned justices another
he learned honesty; from another tact. And
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This Day in Our History

E United States Academy opened Annapolis Mary
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the efforts George Bancroft the historian, who then
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CHAPTER XII
Sally's troubled eyes went from
Miles blank little face to her
mothers.
You doA'tt suppose" she said
very slowly, that Beau-You don't
think that Beau" And then
she stopped just there. She
couldn't put into words the
thought that was written In her
brain at that moment.
Had Beau come by that extra
money honestly? The
thought frightened Sally and she
was ashamed of 1t. too. But she
could not put it from her.
For young Beau worked all day
in bank down town.
All day he was surrounded by
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on in offices all day long, she de.
clared. She never had a minutes
peace while her girls were away
at work in them.
You don't need to worry about
us!" said Sally. mot right now,
anyway. But we've all got to
worry about Beau. "Where's
he getting all this money lately
this money that he's spending on
guitars and haberdashery, chr"
Startled, Mile came in from
the kitchen, dish.towel in hand.
by jinks, that's rightp' she
cried. HE has had a lot lately,
hasn't he? And do you know,
he let me have the money to buy
that blue flannel dress with!
Forty-five dollars!'
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A Strange Golf Fan

IN English golf pigeon found with broken
" wing One the club employees attended to it and though
long since able fly perfectly it leaves the 1t
watches their