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father had acknowledged him." She
bent a sudden, direct look on Evelyn.
"Of you, fraulein, he said nothing. Are
you his sister,"
Evelyn pulled off her left-hand glove
and held out the hand with the wed
ding ring upon it.
81 am married. l am Jim Layton S
wife"
Jim" Anna repeated the word in
a slow. meditative fashion.
Frau Blum" said Evelyn, I've
come here to ask you a question. May
I ask it? And before you answer it,
will you think what the answer means
to me? He says he doesn't know
whether he is Jim Laydon or Jack
Laydon. And II am Jim Laydon' S
wife. You can think what that means.
He's come back like this; and 1 don't
know whether I'm his wife or whether
I've been a widow for 10 years"
Anna Blum went on knitting.
"Herrje! You look so young" she
said.
Evelyn made an impatient gesture.
81 was IS when we were married.
I'm Is now, Frau Blum"
You look very young" said Anna
placidly
You have not asked me anything
yet"
NO, but I'm going to. And you will
you will try and remember, won't
you? It's so terribly important"
81 will do my best"
THE thing l want to ask is this.
His identity disc''-she put her hand
to her throat-"you know, the medal
with the name. They all had it-your
people, too. What happened to it?"
Annals gaze was candid.
Zach, ja-that? 1t was in my state
ment; the Herr Major can show it to
you. l took it from his neck and put
| it with his clothes at the top of the
waterfall where my poor nephew was
drowned"
Eyes, | know. But, Frau Blum-the
name. If you took it from him, if you
had it in your hand, there was the
| name on it. Didn't you-didn't you
see the name?"
Anna shook her head.
"All was as / told the Herr Major.
I took it from his neck. and / put it
| with the clothes by the waterfall,
There is nothing else to say"
Evelyn was leaning forward, her
hands stretched out, palm upward.
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took her red hands out of the steam
ing water and called:
"Hereinr'
The door was pushed little, timidly,
and there was a second knock. Anna
dried her hands and went to the door,
wondering who might be there. Not
some one from the village. No, GER
tainly not some one from the village
and Nina would not knock. She saw
Evelyn first as a slim, dark figure,
then as a girl with young, beautiful
face and anxious eyes. The eyes
looked at her, and a pretty voice said
in hating German:
Are you Frau Blum-Frau Anna
Blum?'
Certainly"
Anna still held the door in one moist,
steaming hand.
May I come in?"
Certainly" said Anna again, and
this time she let go of the door and
stood back.
Evelyn took the chair which Anna
set for her, and there was a little
silence. 1t was broken by Anna.
You are English. Fraulein?"
EYES," said Evelyn. Then she
smiled. "My German is SO bad; I have
Anna nodded.
Since you are English. it is because
of Anton you are come, na?'
Yes
Anna had remained standing by the
table. Now she drew forward her
usual chair, and sat down just where
she had sat on the night of the storm
while Manning questioned her. This
girl, too, would ask questions, no
doubt. Perhaps she was a sister. Yes,
she must be Anton's sister.
eff we are to talk, it will be better
If we can understand one another. -
she said. when l. talk like this, can
you understand me, Fraulein?"
Yes. I can understand"
Anna picked up her knitting.
THAT is famous. | will speak in
German, and you can speak in Eng
lish. Oh, yes, understand English
very well. 1 can even talk livery
much as you talk German, Fraulein.
But each will be happier in her own
language-nicht wahr?"
Evelyn said, "Yes," and was increas-
ingly aware of Annals command of the
situation. 1t was Anna, not she, who
would conduct this interview, and what
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NJ AIMING drove Evelyn out
M to the Koenigswald next
IN day. She had not seen him
4 4 alone since the evening be-
fore. AS soon as they were
clear Of the traffic she turned to him
and said:
az made a fool of myself last night
I'm sorry"
Nonsense" said Manning.
Evelyn laughed.
what a nice, polite host.
Manning scowled.
I'm not"
"You are. The perfect host. polite
and polished. You do Lacy great
credit. you know" Then her voice
changed. You hated it like poison
you know you did"
"Why dig it up?"
"Well, I just wanted to say"
She stopped, biting her lip; quite sud-
denly her smile came out-a delight
full smile, as suddenly as a Spring
day. 81 did make fool of myself.
and don't want you to have wrong
idea about what / said. l mean l
don't want you to think / just go
on being stupid and unhappy all the
time. I don't, you know: I'm
afraid / can't. Some people can, but
I can't. I can't go on being unhappy.
can be as miserable as any one
for a bit, but / can't go on with it,
II get bored"
He looked at her and saw her eyes
full of tears. and behind the tears
a twinkle She nodded at him and
winked away a very bright drop.
at get spasms of being lonely-like
toothache. And then it stops, and
everything seems pretty good again
you know. nice people like you and
Lacy, and ones bulbs coming up, and
kittens, and babies, and things like
that. / simply can't go on morbing.
Is that dreadful?"
Manning glared at the radiator cap.
For heavens sake, don't talk rot!'
he said vehemently. Thank good
ness, you're normal, and not one Of
those beastly, morbid people who
spend their time with their heads
screwed round backward looking into
the past. Women love doing it
simply love it, the same as they. love
making scenes"
Monkey
"You do. All women love scenes,
same as all men detest 'em. The
proper place for Woman-Woman
with a capital w, my dear-is melo-
drama. She loves every minute Of 1t.
because any proper melodrama is just
q series Of scenes one after the other,
all deuced painful and narrowing, with
the hero line bang in the limelight,"
Monkey, you fiend"'
He gave her malicious grin.
''You don't like it because it's true.
Talking of melodrama, / saw a top
ping one once, where the villain kept
on following the girl all round the
stage, and every time she said I'm
hand mel he came out with I will not
tell HERR / have killed HERR fatherrr'
in one of the best parade voices I've
exer heard. He'd corpsed the old man
a little earlier in the same scene. and
he and the girl had to dodge fathers
boots every time they crossed the
stage"
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He slowed down and pointed with
his left hand.
That's where the bank fell in.
Evelyn looked. Her mind filed with
the picture or the pitch-dark, rainy
night. They drove on in silence. When
the car stopped she got out without
a word, took off her fur coat and
threw it down on the back seat.
Sure you'd rather go alone?" said
Manning.
Eyes. quite sure
"WeH, it's no distance-straight on
up that path until you come to the
clearing"
Evelyn walked slowly up the path.
It was cold and damp among the
trees-cold and damp and still. She
wished that she had kept her coat.
She wished that she were already face
to face with Anna Blum. She wished
that she had not come.
Anna Blum was washing up. When
she heard the knock at the door she
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Anna desired to say would he said, no
more and no less,
Evelyn had not felt so much as
loss for years She sat with her hands
in her lap, waiting. Anna finished Il
row, and began another before she
spoke:
You wished to see me, fraulein--
To talk"
yes. Frau Blum"
Tell me then what it is that you
WANT"
Evelyn felt her color rise. a rush of
emotion gave her words. .
You saved his life-you took care
Of him all those years. wanted to
see YOU
Annals face did not change. The
needles clicked steadily.
is he well?' she asked.
Yes"
lie wrote TO me-" said Anna with
tinge of pride in her voice. He said
that he was well, and that his grand
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cold. still air She did not hnr<a
whether she spoke again 10 Anna. shA
went down the path with ono word
ringing in her ears-Pearl-Pearl--
Pearl. *.%.$
CTo Be Continued Tomorrow)
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BANDITS ROB THEATERs.
Two Box Offices Raided Within IS
Minutes in Chicago

CHICAGO, December 10 Up -Da.
flying the large Sunday afternoon
theater crowds, several masked men,
believed to be members Of the same
gang, yesterday raided the box Offices
of two Loop theaters. and esca nod
with total loot of 81 900. The hold
ups came within 25 minutes Of each
other.
At the Great Northern Theater
Miss Violet Barnes, treasurer. vas
forced to surrender 81 600. Twantv.
five minutes later two men forced
their way into the box office Of the
La Sale Theater and forced Janes
Ruder. manager of the theater TO
give up $50. They overlooked most
Of the afternoon receipts at both
houses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-19

There are 10000 crippled children in
New York State. the cause being In.
fantile PARALYSIS.
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INSTAIIMENT Y

AZ AIMING drove Evelyn out
NU to the Koenigswald next
IV day. She had not seen him
alone since the evening be-
fore As soon as they were
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-19

Chemise, step-ins, bloom
ers and French panties in
heavy quality crepe de chine.
Dainty trimmings of en-
broidery, lace and applique or
plain tailored styles, if you
prefer. In soft pastel shades.
Sizes SO to A.
The Washington times., 1927-01-15


DADDY Browning stiI loves Peaches"
7 for her has . wistful yearning,
But ~ for his dear ma-ln-law
He'd like 70 see her burning.
AUNT DEDA.
40
When a boy was recently born
to Mr.. and Mrs. Ellsworth Ru-
NOR, Of Hollywood Calf, the
local newspaper headed the
item, Here's Another Rumor. z
NURSERY RHYMES
Little Jack HOeneR
Who once sat In Q corner
Eating his Christmas pie,
IL now Mister Jack HOrneF,
Dressed ~ chief mOurneP,.
For the fellow who drank his rye.
Marry, Marry, quite contrary,
And yOu'n have an early divorce,
This may sound phOney, but alimOny
WIN make Il right, Of course.
sILICUs.
The Washington times., 1927-01-15
FOUR ARE HURT
IN ACCIDENTS

Suffering from injuries received
when his automobile was struck at
First and II Streets Northwest by q
street car, Detective Michael ].
Dowd, Of the Sixth precinct, IL re
ported to be improving today In
Casualty Hospital. Dowd received
Commissions on the chest, cuts on the
body and possible internal injuries in
the collision.
Two women were slightly injured
last night when the automobile in
which they were riding collided with
another car on Fourteenth Street,
between Taylor and Upshur Streets
Northwest.
Mrs. Florence Scimar, 2S, 412O
Fourteenth st. N. W., and Mrs. Mack
Lazarow, so, 1851 Taylor st. N. W.,
were treated at their homes for cuts
and bruises. Miss Jennie Goldberg,
ALA Fourteenth st. N. W., drove
the car.
Ben Croduck, %, 1918 Minnesota
Ave. s. E., suffered a broken arm
when he attempted to crank his auto.
mobile at Third Street and Massachu.
sets Avenue Northwest.
The Washington times., 1927-01-15
YEGGS ROB TWO
MORE STORES
NELLIE +. ROSS

Working during the early morn
ing hours, safe crackers today en-.
tered two stores in the northwest
section Of the city, broke open the
safes in both places and escaped
with q total of $345. In both places
they left articles that may lead to
their Identification.
At the Thomas Electric Company.
1913 Ninth st. N. w, the burglars
broke through a rear window, pried
the safe open and stole about 5000.
Besides breaking the safe they
committed other depredations and
left a .22.caliber revolver on the
floor when they made their exit.
None Of the stock was molested.
The other shop entered was the
confectionery store Of Louis Beck.
styns. 5000 Connecticut Ave. N. w.
The thieves gained !. entrance by
breaking through a skylight.
The condition Of the safe would
indicate that 1t had been opened
with the combination, Beeckstyns
said, although a chisel was found
on the floor. Police also discovered
finger prints that may aid them In
apprehending the burglars.
The Washington times., 1927-01-15
D.. C. Bonniger, War Vet,
Must Stand New Trial
In Suit for 81, 700 Fund

e. G. Bonniger. who recently filed
suit against Gen. Frank T. Hines,
director Of the Veterans Bureau, for
s2,7OO insurance money withheld
from Bonniger by the bureau; was
brought into court yesterday on a
lunacy charge.
The Jury disagreed and officials Of
the Veterans Bureau announced
that they would try him again next
Friday.
Bonniger's fight for his freedom
and property have cost $500 to, date.
his attorney, George F. Curtis, esti-
mates.
"Bonniger viii most likely be de.
clared Of sound mind at the next
trial, but we shall go ahead just the
same" said the bureaus attorney,
w. r. Gould, who is assisting the
American Legion prosecution Of the
case.
Bonniger is disappointed at the
outcome Of the trial and is notice
ably disturbed at the thought Of his
penniless condition.
The Washington times., 1927-01-15

THE FAILING PRINCE
The Prince Of wales should take
lessons
From some guy who knows his onions,
Then maybe he win learn to ride q
horse
And not get % many falls and
bunl0ns. HOFFMAN.
The Washington times., 1927-01-15

Valentine has been out still
longer. He was, released May Is
last, and hasn't got all his money
yet. Here's an. extract from his
affidavit. showing what an ex
inmate Is up against when he tries
to cash In:
His Affidavit
James 3. Valentine being first
duly sworn on. oath deposes and
says:
]. Afdant states that after ire
Quent visits to the Veterans Blu.
reau by atlantis attorney, which
resulted on the 18th day OF June.
1925. in q check for $40 being
made payable to a.ffiant by the
Veterans Bureau, and while af-
Gant was in the office OF Mr..
Barker In company with said
attorney and Emilio Torres. one
M. T. McInerney, an employee Of
the Veterans Bureau ordered Of.
fiant to enter room adjoining
said Barkers office; in. this room
were four men, Messrs. Barker,
McHnerney, Mahaffey and XII.
gore /" said McIlerney asked
affiant = s7s what he was 10
pay his attorney > . : why at
fiant should not leave the city
at once, and. not pay his at
torney any fee whatever; that
said check was handed to affiant
= but he was thereafter re-
quested to deliver 1t to
Kilgore; that they requested him
to surrender said check stating
that they would return It to
him Monday morning : they
would take him In q bureau car
to Union Station and put him
on a train, and that he should
net pay his lawyer, anything.
3. Whereupon affiant informed
these said men that he was not
q crook; that he had agreed TO
The Washington times., 1927-01-15
'SLUSH BALLOTS
ARE TIED UP

The Reed sIush fund committee
met here today to determine the
legal method of selling the ballots
cast in Pennsylyania's recent sen.
atorial election, to be used in q re-
count in the contest brought by
William B. Wilson, Democrat,
against senator-elect william s.
Ware, Republican.
Summoning Mayor w. Freeland
Kendrick and Prothonatary John N,
Scott. Of Philadelphia. and five
members of the Philadelphia county
board Of registration commissioners.
the committee was to decide
whether It can get the Pennsylvania
ballots by subpoena served on the
city or county officials or whether
The Washington times., 1927-01-15

It must take formal court action.
The city officials have argued
that they had no power to deliver
the ballots to process servers sent
there yesterday.
With the Philadelphia question
settled, It was said. David n. Barry.
the Senate's sergeant-at-arms. will
continue on q round OF Pennsylva.
MIA. seizing ballots wherever re.
quested by the two opposing fac.
tons.
The Washington times., 1927-01-15
Vets ind Cash Hard to
Get In Lunacy Cases

This the tWentyorth of articles conditions
rounding ncy proceedings policies Washington This
the result of several weeks investigation By member of The
BY DONALD McDoUGAL
Cyrus Hart after years confinement was released from
St Ehzabehs September last and still looking for his
money He is another who hasn't gone back-yet''
Hes pertinacious old fighter and doesn't give up very
readily, with the IA years confinement dragging his
shoulders toward the ground
The Washington times., 1927-01-15
DR.. Curtius Seeks to
Form Minority Ministry

BERLIN, Jan. 15.-The efforts OF
DR.. Curtius to form a majority
coalition cabinet having been
wrecked by the refusal of the Cen.
trists to cooperate, it now seems
likely that minority ministry win
be formed.
Such a ministry would probably
have but a short life and would be
followed by a dissolution OF the
Reichstag and new elections.
The Washington times., 1927-01-15

Heed these courteous Voices Often.
Read the advertisements every day.
The Washington times., 1927-01-15
WARD oSEgn
~ BILL PRICE Sc y ~ ~.
RAPID BIRTH RATE

When Reuben came 70 town with .
smile that was Bland,
And sat IN the House gallery the
members gave him . hand
For there was no distinguished menu
Der there upon the floor
Who, like Reuben Bland, had children
numbered fhirty-tcuT.
Now q man with thlrty-fOur children,
say what you coEss
Must be 2 mass producer. and q large
family fan,
For 70 raise, feed and elothe, and
stand the noise and ruefiQn
Indicates he was not dietuFbed by
worry Of over production.
Crowned the Greatest Father. his
Iaurela safe and sure,
He had an ambition to next year ap-
pear With one more,
when along comes q colOred brother
to upset the leayen,
And claims HE Is 1T, for he's the
daddy Of thirty-seven.
The Washington times., 1927-01-15

Own your own home ana save your
self the trouble and worry OF moving
y0u want listed for sale In today's
Times and Herald Classified Section.
The Washington times., 1927-01-15
NURSERY RHYMES

CockTOGches do not sing,
Gs some people think. Then
Just rub their legs together.
Wooden legged coclroGches
are not allowed to take part
IN the community programs.
ABLE.
The Washington times., 1927-01-15

Well, anyhow, Count SGlm
will get the bGLm--oVer $780,
OOOaUorth. Kinder pays, after
all, to marry rich Increases.
rs moro profitable than pay
ing GlimOny. G. II. D.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-09-21

Luther Burbank's spirit is to go
developed new forms of beauty in
blossoms and new utilities in veget-
ables, grains and fruits is stilled. AL
most on the anniversary of the pass
ing of the plant wizard his wife an
nounces that all his experiments are
to be continued.
There are more than 900 of these
separate tests. One hundred of them
were at the point of successful COM
pletion when the aged lover of plants
passed on in the spring of 1926; about
400 were well under way on the farm
at Santa Rosa, Calf. The remaining
400 are on paper. All will be car
ried on, just as Burbank would have
continued with them.
So quietly that no one knew of it,
Mrs. Burbank began last year the
distribution of her famous husbands
two last-completed gifts to mana
new nectarine and a new asparagus.
He considered them his greatest de-
velopments, more important even
than the Burbank potato, the Bur-
bank plum, or the rust-resisting
wheat which is now being grown ov-
er hundreds of thousands of acres in
Northern United States and South
ern Canada. The nectarine is the re-
suit of eighteen years experiment.
Its fruit is nearly twice the size of
that of the nectarine now grown, with
firmer flesh, and a seed, or stone,
less than half the size of that of
the present fruit. 1t endures long
shipment, even when picked nearly
ripe, and is of a flavor closely re-
sembling that of ripe strawberry.
The new asparagus produces stalks
from eighteen to twenty-four inces
in length, with the tough, stringy
base entirely eliminated, so that the
whole stalk is edible. 1t adds to the
production of any area of asparagus
soil more than 100 per cent of the
present output.
Among the more important Of
those experiments which were on the
point of being given to the world as
completed developments when Bur-
bank died, are a fast-growing black
walnut, maturing in five years, COM
pared with the twenty to twenty-five
years required by the wild walnut; a
pine which provides a supply of soft
wood in less than half the time re-
quired by the present white and yell
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-09-21
Burba1k's Widow Goes
On With Wizards Work

low pines, a development Of the tam
arisk, well-known in India and Afri-
ca and grown largely as wind
break, and a new form of eucalyptus
of much more rapid growth than the
blue and red varieties now grown on
the Pacific coast. This last is in
tended in the main for fuel and post
supply on interior farms.
In the vegetable world, there is a
new rhubarb with stems from two to
three inches in thickness, tender and
edible all the way from root to leaf,
a distance of about twenty inches.
Aside from the new asparagus, al
ready mentioned, there is radish,
foot in length and three to four
inches in diameter, one of which,
sliced, will serve as many persons
as a dozen or more of the ordinary
kind. There is a beet six inches in
diameter, a turnip of the same size,
out of both of which, as from the
radish, Burbank took that pithiness
which spoiled so many of the larger
varieties of both vegetables. An art
ichoke, with a bud six inches in dia-
meter and flower ranging from
twelve to twenty inches across, in an
other. White oriions, producing
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-09-21

..atmal bulbs four to eix inches n
diameter by three inches in thick
ness, are among the virtually COM
pleted developments in vegetables,
and a peanut twice as large as any
now grown, with greater production
per plant, is included.
In the fruits, aside from the new
nectarine, which bids fair to rival
the famous Burbank plum, there is
mango designed to grow on dry
land, and in all the states from Ken
lucky southwark to the Gulf of Mex
leo and westward to the Pacific
coast. There are also two apples OF
which it may be said that there "aint
no core" and several new berries
developments of the strawberry,
raspberry, blackberry and of the cele-
brated "sunberry," which Burbank
produced a few years ago. Heavier
production and larger individual
fruits are promised from these ber-
ries.
Luther Burbank announced, short
ly before his death, that he would
present to the world, within the sue
ceeding year, at least twenty-five
new and commercially valuable trees,
fruits and vegetables, with a similar
number of Towering plants. While
that year has passed, it is Mrs. Bur-
banks belief that, from the nearly
completed experiments he left, she
will be able to offer twice this num-
Der within the next year.-Popular
Mechanics Magazine.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-09-21

Mr.. and Mrs. D. e. Sinclair and
family, Elr. aid MRS. r. N. Gibson,
Mr.. and Mrs. C. H. Leistikow, Mr..
and Mrs. R. A. Leistikow, Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Jensen and family, Mr..
and Mrs. John Bradish and family,
Arlene Sandberg and Viola Franta
spent last Sunday picnicking at RAM
sey State Park, Redwood Falls. DR..
and Mrs. c. L. Lynn of Redwood
Falls, former residents of this city,
Joined the party at 6 o'clock lunch
eon.-Wabasso Standard.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-09-21

Peing IN love is like having knock
in the MOTOR Of your car; you won
der, worry, and when you find out,
it costs you lot of money.-Ex.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-09-21

A sure sign of old age is when a
group of young folks ask you to
chaperone their party.-Ex.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-09-21

Before the era of radio, the only
place a man could hear an organ was
in a church.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-09-21

With TIE football season opening
soon, every college boy believes he
would be an ideal cheer-leader.-Ex.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-09-21

Phone your news to the Gazette.