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things when you'd had a drink
too much"
That" said Scarlet, following
the girl, who backed gradually
against the wall, ''is another pair
OF shoes altogether, as they say
In Africa. told you to make
friends with Becky, and all you
did was make her hate you. You
could have had her confidence,
and found out all want to know
right from her, but you're a jeal.
Gus fool, and the upshot is you're
doing a detectives Job that means
work and care instead of one
that's dirt easy. But you're going
to. do it and do it my way. or
you'll find yourself right back
where you were when I picked
you up. Understand"
Yes, Dolling.
aside from that, have YOU
seen the papers? Durfee's been
beat up and cleaned out. THEY'VE
got that fool Hildebrand up at
the District Attorneys"
Yes, DoIling."
TITS worth his reputation to
oct SAC1A VI NtlS LuluSs nave,
said Mr.. Scarlet. calmly reach.
ing into the pocket of his packet,
the letters he has written to
Durfee. Here they are. The
rest is UP to you"
"Dolling," said the girl, her
eyes shining suddenly. You still
trust me, don't you? You wouldn't
give a delicate job like this to
that-that Becky?"
"Bah--she wouldn't take II.
She's full of idealistic annie.
sauce. However," he added,
She'll be over that before she
finishes with this boy she's stuck
on. And when that time comes,
sister, you'll look after yourself.
Becky at least knows when not
to talk"
The blonde girl put her arms
about Scarlett's neck and pressed
her cheek against his. Maybe
that's true. dolling," she muir
INJURED. but she don't love you
the way Violet does"
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the dark for an instant, stained
with tears.
Savagely he extinguished his
cigarette, and put an end to his
thoughts. The motor was pass
ing Fortieth street; people eddied
and swirled in the cold outside
of his warm cubicle. Inside,
some roses in a silver containar,
dropping a little from the heat,
shed an elusive fragrance. Esta-
brook ordered the chauffeur to
stop at a florists shop.
His own distaste dictated the
purchase Of a dozen immense
crysanthemums, yellow and
dusty brown. AS an after.
thought, rather sheepishly, he re-
membered that girls liked orch
ids. and had a corsage placed in
the long box.
The motor swung westward to
seventh avenue, southwark, then
westward again, into Charles
street. Estabrook signaled to the
chauffeur. The car stopped, and
half dozen dirty urchins, who
had been striking each other and
sprawling into heaps of discolered
snow. crowded about the door,
whining: Help you out. Mister.
Open your door, Mister"
The house itself, in last nights
darkness merely a darker blot
picked out with an occasional
square of light, was repulsive in
the brilliant winter sunshine. Its
brownstone front was stained
with CRIME and SCOT, showing
ridges of slithery black where
melting snow had cut burrows
down it's surface. The windows,
their shades drawn almost down,
were like blind eyes concealing
despicable thoughts.
A feeling of nausea gripped
Estabrook. At the moment he
had no pity for Becky, who lived
in this alien atmosphere of dirt
and sordidness. He had only a
sense Of his own ability to climb
those stairs and penetrate that
forbidding gloom-looking absurd,
with box under his arm.
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SHAW FLAYS
'SPORTSMEN'

Among the men who will have
to be wiped out is the sportsman;
the man without fellow-feeiinx
(for animalsl, the man so print
tive in his tastes that the destruc-
ton of life is an amusement to
him, the man whose outlook is as
narrow as that of his dog, says
George Bernard Shaw. He ia not
even cruel; sport il partly a habit
to which he has been brought up.
and partly stupidity, which can
always be measured by wasteful.
ness, and by lack of sense of the
Importance and glory Of life.
The horrible murk and CRIME
of the pottery towns is caused
by indifference to a stupid waste
of sunlight, natural beauty, clean
illness, and pleasant air, combined
with british appetite for money.
Wanton slaughter of birds iS
caused by indifference to the
beauty and interest of bird life
and song, and caIlousness to
glazed eyes and blood-bedabblei
corpses, combined with a boyish
love of shooting.
All the people who waste beauty
and life in this way are charac-
terized by deficiency in fellow.
feeling; not only have they none
Of st. Francis feeling that the
birds are Of our kin, but they
would be extremely indignant if
gamekeeper asserted any claim
to belong to their species. Sport
Is a sign either of limitation or
of timid conventionality ~
believe that the time will
come when a gentleman found
amusing himself with a gun will
feel as compromised as he does
now when found amusing him.
self with a whip at the expense
OF . child or an old lame horse.
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: Sea Treasure

ENORMOUS quantities of val
~ liable chemicals are held in
solution in the waters Of the Dead
Sea. according to DR.. Thomas H.
Morton, who regards the historic
spot as a potential source OF great
wealth, capable of supplying the
world with important substances
for years to come, says Popular
Mechanics Magazine. Magnesium
chloride, potassium chloride COM
mon salt, usually pure, and mag
nesium bromide. serving for the
production OF various promides,
are among the chemicals found
there in great abundance. For
their separation, solar evaporation
is the chief factor employed. Near
ness to ocean transportation u
another favorable factor.
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talking too much. If I wasn't
controlling my temper right now
you'd be in no condition to do
any talking at all.'' =
The girl, stretching out her
pretty legs, returned pleasantly,
In that case l wouldn't be in
any condition to keep an eve on
your Becky McCloskey. And then
What?"
That's just what I've been
asking myself" said Scarlett,
divesting himself of his coat and
approaching the young woman
who. indeed, was the same young
woman, companion to Becky in
the ranks Of the Revue. whose
preference for perfume and
powder had irritated Becky's
soap-lovirg soul.
''Dolling," murmured the blonde,
Il can't fahncy what I've done
to annoy you"
Scarlet seated himself beside
her, and encircled her waist with
an arm which was less affection.
ately gentle than it appeared,
Smiling blandly at a faint squeal
Of discomfort, Scarlet turned the
blonde head up toward his.
Where, does Becky get this jail
bird stuff, sister," he inquired
gently, II don't know that rye
been talking in my sleep. And
Becky wouldn't know it If I did.
The truth is in order, sister.
nothing but the truth"
"Ouch," said the blonde girl
indistinctly, 100 don't,
dolling.' And then, with a sud.
den rush of honesty: YES, I did
tell her. Who the DEVILS she to
be high hating everyone, lust
because some society fellows
making eyes at her? I Thought"
you never think" interrupted
Scarlet, "And this is no time to
start trying. In the future"
Don't DAM The girl broke
away and stood, shivering, at the
other side Of the room. II didn't
mean to make you mad. Dolling.
You ought to understand that.
I've seen you do dumb enough
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girl of the slums. Estabrook.
with a heroic effort, managed to
laugh.
t'Well, that's a good one on me.
Ell, Davis?" he said, and got out
of the car.
The chauffeur laughed, too,
agreeably, in a comradeIy way.
and returned: That's a woman
all over, sir. Fourth floor back,
sir"
So Estabrook climbed the stairs
toward the forbidding gloom Of
the entrance, looking absurd,
. with box under his arm. And
just as he reached the haven Of
the doorway a SNOWFALL hit
squarely in the small of his back.
Presently, however. he came to
the fourth floor back. where O
gas jet flickered against dis
colored walls. He raped on a
door. There was no answer, so,
quietly, he opened the door, went
in, and closed it behind him.
Becky, still in that last years
dress which was several inches
too long, was crouched in the
middle of the iron bedstead. In
her arms there was a soiled rag
doll, its head hanging gawkily to
one side, a look of fatuous stu
pidity on its faded face.
Becky did not move when Esta-
brook came in, but a large black
tomcat emerged from under the
bed. and stalked toward him,
long tail waving in the air. Esta-
brook regarded it with the vague
distrust which a man so often
feels toward a cat, and Becky,
putting down the doll, said stiffly:
so you condescended to come
up"
Yes, since, you wouldn't con-
descend to come down. Esta-
brook set the box of flowers on
the floor, and, watching the cat
sniff it curiously, added, do you
mind if stay?"
CHAPTER IL
So, all unconscious of the scene
that Dan Scarlet was enactinE in
another part of the human honey
comb called New York, Becky and
Estabrook faced each other in
Becky's dingy bedroom.
There was little silence follow
ing Estabrook's remark, which
Becky took up by saying plain.
lively: Il should think you'd a
been taught to wait until you get
an answer when you knock on q
lady's door,"
Go Be Continued Monday
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) Scarlet kissed Violet in a per.
functory manner, and. having
given her the packet OF letters
which four men in a certain eel.
lar thought to be a heap of Gin
ders, he babe her leave him in
peace. Then, having helped
himself to a sustainingly large
drink of whiskey. he sat down
and wrote a short note. which
ran:
MY dear Becky-I've thought
over our little conversation and
decided that you were right. So
I'm wishing you the best of luck,
and saying good.by for the
present, as I'm leaving town to.
night for an indefinite time.
Yours till your dreams come true
ID. s."
CHAPTER XVI
Down to Charles Street, Divis--
I don't know the number. I'll
stop you when we get there"
Yes, SIR" said the chauffeur,
as the doorman in front Of Abe.
lard's apartment shut Estabrook
in with a click.
The heavy, handsome cabriolet
swung out into Fifty-ninth street
with a self-satiSfied growl, and be-
gan crunching solemnly over the
patches of ice that remained in
its path.
Estabrook lay back IN the cuSh-
ions. suddenly relaxed. He did not
know whether some obscure awak.
ening of the senses had taken
place inside him; he knew only
that he had never before appreci-
ated the solid, accustomed ease
of his motor. The large glass
windows were shut. so that there
was something a little absurd
about the red-faced, cold looking
pedestrians-the women bundled
in furs, clutching their hats while
their skirts whipped slender limbs
to a crimson glow; the men with
their collars turned up. and their
heads down, trucuIently breast:ng
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Davis he said to the chau-
ffeur. take those flowers up to
Miss McCloskey-takee them to
her room. And say that / am
waiting here, and that she shall
come down as soon as possible.
He watched the chauffeur make
his way between the brats, one
of whom-wfth slngularly vim
dictive expression-hurIed a brick
of Ice after the departing figure.
Estabrook, shuddering, looked
out the other size of the car,
and up toward the glimpse of
clean, ultra blue sky that hung
like pennant over the wall of
house tops. Opening a window
he breathed heavily of the fresh,
frosty air. His pulse was throb.
bling again. He waited, blank
with expectancy.
A voice interrupted his revery.
He turned to see Davis. the cot
fin like box still in his hands,
waiting respectfully.
Well, Davis? Is Miss McCIos-
key out?"
mo. sir" The chauffeur col
ored falntlY.
Estabrook looked impatiently
from the mans face, to the box.
why didn't you leave that?"
And, before Davis could reply:
What did Miss McCIoskey say?"
The chauffeur stammered, and
Estabrook, harsh with impatience,
snapped: Come, man, you aren't
dumb. Answer my questions,
please"
1t then appeared that Miss Nc
Closkey thanked Mr.. Estabreok
for the flowers, which she begged
him to save for her funeral, and
that Furthermore Miss McCloskey
wished Mr.. Estabrook to know,
with her kindest' respects, that if
he waited for her below he
would wait longer than did a
century plant for its blooming.
Behind his chauffeur's embar.
rassment Estabrook sensed amuse.
ment. His master was being
made a fool of-and by a little
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} So Martin had sailed, was al.
ready miles away from land! BY
this long and weary trip they had
precluded any possibility of meet
ing him. Dan Shevlin had thought
it out, sent them on wild goose
chase. knowing perfectly well
that by the time they had arrived
Martin would be gone, and it
would be too late to try to see
him in New York.
They drove back to the village
through the dark woods. AS If
by q desperate effort 'Carlotta was
trying to keep up Sally's spirits
and her own. But the plain truth
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NOuV Go On With The StOru.

MYTH courage Of which only
w Dan Scarlet knew the exact
degree, he turned his back squarely
on the four men, and walked
steadily to corner of the gloomy
cellar where a small stove was
burning. When he again faced
the occupants of the room the
black box was empty. Behind
him, now merry glow rose from
the small stove. He looked from
one to the other of the four faces
before him. Then:
Boys" he said, "split your
profits in four and count me out.
And take my tip, If you clean up
on. this clear out Of the game
you're in. There's not one of you
has brains enough to keep out Of
the Jug"
With this statement, Mr.. Scar
lett pulled his derby hat a little far
Their over one eye, hitched up the
high belt of his green overcoat,
and with the same disarming smile
ne had practiced that morning on
John Estabrook, made his exit
from the cellar, walked UP the
stairs, and presently emerged from
the door Of a corner barber shop.
Some time later in the day he
appeared at the desk OF hotel in
Times Square, conservatively
dressed in blue serge and a gray
Fedora hat. Placing the large
bundle he carried on the desk he
paid his bill, went out by the main
entrance with the bundle under
his arm. and stepped into taxi
which he directed to drive to the
Ritz.
The taxi drove to the Ritz, and
Mr.. Scarlet got out. The bundle,
however, remained in the taxi,
and, although duly discovered. it
was never claimed. It was found
to contain a derby hat, a suit of
fine check, a high-waisted green
overcoat, a canary colored shirt,
and a pair of yellow chamois
gloves.
Meanwhile, Mr.. Scarlet. appar-
emily undisturbed by the loss of his
bundle, left the Ritz after pur-
chasing a package of expensive
foreign cigarettes. and, smiling to
himself, retraced his steps and
eventually let himself in at the
door of his own comfortable flat.
''Well, dolling-how's every iii
thing?" 'The speaker, curled COM
fortably on high couch and re-
Vealing several inches of bare leg
above her rolled peach-colored
stockings, lifted her blonde head
and smiled at Scarlet.
Mr.. Scarlet did not smile in
reply.
"Sister," he said. you've been
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-09-10
STRAWBERRY
FESTIVAL

A NEW kind Of a strawberry
"A festival, started four years
ago, will shortly give the Ozark
mountain Of Ozark, Mo-, a $50, 900
church, free of all membranes,
according to this seasons balance
sheet of Rev. J. J. Parten, of
that town, which he has given
to the American Magazine.
Moreover, the strawberry festival
has made a prosperous community
out of a district where poverty
stricken farmers once tried to
wrest a living out of the stony
eoil.
Rev. Parten's church, when he
became pastor, was in such a
dilapidated condition that it was
believed for a time that it would
have to be given up. But the
minister persuaded his board to
authorize a new structure to
compete with modern counter
attractions and, before the board
knew it, a fine new church
graced the village square and the
congregation was $4,000 in debt.
Rev. Parten then asked for a loan
of ten acres Of land with which
to help pay the debt. He planted
the acreage in strawberries and,
in the second year there was an
excellent crop, which was picked
by parties % young people or.
ganized from the church and
Sunday school.
The application Of modern grow.
ing and marketing principles
Melted the pastor 1925 per acre
the first bearing year and the
yield has been increasing since.
When the berry season was finish.
ed this year the pastor showed
receipts for $4,000 paid on the
church debt. More land has now
been turned over to him and the
early settlement Of the entire debt
II assured. the preacher declares.
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, ton Carlotta had given: What q
fool was-what an utter fool!'
She remembered the furious five
minutes in which they had tried
to wrest from the old man some
further scraps Of information,
where Adrian Martin had gone,
what hotel he would be at. But
the old man could tell them moth.
ing except that Martin had plan.
ned to leave his train. only to
board his steamer. He would be
on it tonight most likely. What
the steamer was, he did not even
know, and he was obviously hon.
est.
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The knowledge Test For
Readers of The Times

Do you know:
l. What does the expression esprit de corps" mean?
g What is another word for samovar?
g. In what country is the volcano PopOcatapetl?
a. What is corporal punishment?
What island the entrances Of the Gulf of Mexico?
g. What is a fertile place desert called?
4 Z In what State is Notre Dame University?
Complete these quotations.
g. misery acquants with strange -" Shakespeare
g. II could not love thee dear, much
Lovd / not more" Loveace.
TO- "When ignorance 5 bliss,
IT'S folly to be ." Gray. '..
Match correctly: .-s
H. eff Winter Comes" Anatole France
IL. code Grecian Urn" Alfred Lord Tennyson
b. Penguin Island" A. S. M Hutchinson
ID "The Ancient Mariner" Henry James
To- "Locksley Hall" Charlotte Bronte
IS. "The Turn Of the Screw" John Keats
IL: "Jane Eyre Samuel Colerdge
See Mondays paper to verify your results
Answers to yesterdays test
l. Washington Irving Oliver Wendell Holiness g. Anna
Sewe Frances Hodgson Emerson Hough Booth
Harrington; Kentucky g. India; Spain; Africa H. France
T. Begum 49, Cake a. Koran; 15 In low voice; 49, Goat
sand r. Usually pale yellow sometimes reddish brOwnish
shade; ID, Bagpips ,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-09-10
The Broadway Adventure of Girl
With a Good Voice Who Sought
Eagerly For a Real Job
What Has Happened So Far:

Becky McCOey goodlOOng trying way
alone New
makes love to her but discovers
Tor realizes to
her for share in her profits
eCts influence she joins Broadway chorus He upbra
picking out millionaire adrer and getting
At studio party given by Boris AbelaFd friend
Becky thrown into fountain with
and Asrd angy sends his guests and has her taken
him and he kisses her She stands dazsd and tells him
HE tells her she has wonderful voice takes her shabby
love with him Scarlet urges her t. get what
viii marry her Becky greatly worried cone Abeard
the social chasm between thm mad Later
Estabrook tells Boris he fond of Becky urges him to
her gently. While they
Boris that chorus girl friend Of Hndbrand Of EstabrOo
robbed. little
the thieves have the Jewels Scarlet berates them % 4
Stuff" tactics. " t"ei" AOF '"eir
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Automatic Sky Camera

THE highest peak mechanical perfection aerial photography
has been attained used at the British royal
air forces school photography The pilot button and
electric operates the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-09-10
Wireless Concerts on Trains

PASSENGERS the Moscow Lenngrad express enjoy
Broadway The authorities installed
experimental equipment this ra with wall plugs
compartment for loud speakers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-28
BRYN PRESENTS HIS.
LETTER OF RECALL
Much Pomp at Retirement Of Nor
wegian. Minister-To
Live Here.

Halvorsen III. Bryn, for many years
the Minister from Norway, presented
to President Coolidge at the White
House his letter of recall yesterday
afternoon. Immediately afterward he
formally retired to private life as a
result of his difference of opinion with
his own government over some Nor.
wegian shipping plans that are being
pressed against the United States.
The retirement of Mr.. Bryn was
marked by the usual display of gold
lace and pomp that attends the return
of a Minister or Ambassador to his
home country. In this instance, how.
ever, the Minister merely retires &c
his Washington home for indefinite
stay in the United States, having
elected to continue his residence in the
city that has been his home for more
than a decade.
Mr.. Bryn, in full uniform, was at
tended by his legation staff. similarly
uniformed. The state Department s
attaches in conventional afternoon
frock coats looked rather chilly in
the cold, biting wind without the
added protection of overcoats.
The President was attended by his
military and Navy. aides and other
officers in dress uniform. The cere-
monies were brief. Mr. Bryn and his
suite arrived at the White House at
$3.50 and Is minutes later departed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-28
GOULD CASE SOON
READY FOR SENATE
Committee Concludes Hear
ing on Bribery Charges
Against Maine Senator.

The Senate privileges and elections
committee probably will make a re-
port to the Senate next week on the
case involving bribery charges against
Senator Gould, Republican of Maine.
The committee last night heard con-
Guiding arguments
The committee abandoned hope of
receiving testimony from former Pre-
mier Flemming of New Brunswick
concerning the 500, 900 campaign con.
tribution Of the Gould railroad inter
ests to his party. his physicians ad-
vising Mr.. Fleming was i'll.
In closing argument Frederick ".
Hinckley, chief counsel for Gould, de-
clared that the Senator's innocence
had been proved conclusively and
that the case would fall flat in a
court Of law" .,...t.
Like Facing Highwayman, He Said.
He compared Gould to a man with
a highwayman's pistol at his head and
said that the 100000 had been paid in
1912 to save Gould and his associates
from ruin.
Martin Paskus of Gould's counsel
commended the Senate. had no power
to judge the fitness of a person elected
to that body, or to refuse a seat to
d EoSudlOT DeCduS6 Oh any dCC COLl-
mitted prior to his election. BY per-
hitting Gould to take the oath, he
argued, the Senate already had passed
on his qualifications, and it can only
expel a Senator for committing an
offense against the Senate.
Senator Walsh Gives Views.
different line of argument was
taken by Senator Walsh, Democrat,
Montana. who is prosecuting the case
for the committee. He held that the
payment of 100000 would have con-
stituted a bride Of Premier Flemming
even if it had been made at the pre-
mier's request to a charitable organi-
zation. He said he never had contend
ed that Gould actually handed the
money over to Flemming. but that
the evidence showed that he had
agreed to pay it.
Mr. Walsh took the position that
the Senate was the sole judge of
it's membership and had authority to
expel a member for just cause.