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have aged 10 years since she saw
hina last.
i've come to report, Mr.. Mas
terton," she said, that I've fir.
ished this vacation you insisted on
my taking, and which I didn't need.
But now / do want to get away-I
want to set married to Mike"
Who is Mike?" said Robert
blankly.
Mike Power? He's just the fin
est man that ever happened" said
Sadie proudly. Doctor Michael
Power, Of Denver. Known him
ever since I was q kid. He isn't
30 yet, and he's gotten every med.
zeal diploma there Is. He's taking
Z a Yaeatlon and he's going to Paris
to study, left him downstairs"
Masterton's face was gray and
drawn.
"8ut you aren't happy" she
said, land I've been chattering to
YOU about my happiness. Won't
you tell me Is anything wrong?"
Bitter Thoughts
Masterton hesitated. He had
meant to keep it from Sadie. But
his anxiety was too bitter, and
catching at any hope, he told her
how things stood with Cynthia.
might bring in Doctor Power?"
asked Sadie anxiously. "of
course"
Doctor Michael Power was
younger than Masterton, barely 80,
If anything a shade larger in limb
and reach. His eyes were steady
and gray and set very wide apart.
Though Facially a pure Celt, his
strongly marked features had in
them that curious suggestion Of
the Red Indian which is to be
found in a certain type of Amer
lean. and which seems native to
the soil Of some western districts.
He held cut his hand to Master
ton with a fine open gesture OF
greeting and sympathy.
I'm more grateful than I can
say, Mr.. Masterton," said he, "that
when Sadie was UP against mis-
fortune she met with SO white a
man as you. You see, she kept all
her troubles from me. But you
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Why in the dickens would / Be
pleased about it9'
he got up and shook himself.
shortly.
Il may as well forget you're
alive" he remarked when they
We're half way back to Locust
street in his used car, s'You
haven't any use for me-I NAV
as. we'll start looking around for
some other girl. There must be
others. if I'd only look for 'ena.n
''You talk like a six.vear.oId
spoiled child" Bobbie told him
sharply, running her hands
through her damp curly hair
"And don't kid yourself that I
care whether you start going out
with other girls. Andy. I'd be
glad il you found a nice one and
married her. I would, really"
She meant it, too, when she
said it,
CHAPTER v
BY tho end Of that first week the
Ransom family was used to the
idea Of Boobies going away.
Mr.. Ransom stopped talking
against it after little AIRS. Burrage
dropped In at the Locust Street
house one evening. She was such
a nice, gentle woman, and she
looked so pathetic when she talked
about her little daughter, Jean.
that he began to feel that Bobbie
would be safe and happy with her.
He was the kind OF eId-fashioned
man who thought well Of the
"clinglng vine" type Of woman.
and there was no doubt that Mrs.
Burrage knew just how TO cIinR.
She spoke OF my husband al IL
he were q king ameng men, and
she shuddered q little when she
spoke Of going away from home 60
long. Tears came Int her soft
eyes, too.
Go Be Continued TomeFrow)
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Robert! Come here a niinute!'
There was q creak in the hall,
and the dining room door
opened, and. Mr.. Ransom came in
looking shams.faced as he always
did when he had "sneaked off"
to the Widow Perkins house
without letting Aunt Gertrude
know he was going.
"Robert, ut dewng commanded
Aunt Gertrude, and then turned
to Bobbie;
"Bobbiea tell your father about
Mrs. Burrage."
Bobhia did,
you can't co." Mr.. Ransom
said decidedly. when she had fin
ished. II don't want you to go
away from home for six months.
Especially to a place like Holly
wood, No, you can't so. won't
have it." He shook his gray head.
Now, you may say 1t was silly
for a girl as old as Bobbie Ran
som to sit perfectly still ana let
her father and her aunt plan her
future for her,
She was 81. An age when a
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By John Goodwin

Mrs. Cynthia MulhOlland, who had
every reason to be rid Of her
husband, deliberately gave him
poison which caused his death.
"The second-f0r We can rule
out accident az not worth consid-
ering as q possibility-is that
James Mulholland, having deter
mined to take his own life, de-
liberately poisoned himself in such
a manner as to make his wife
appear guilty Of murder. A venge:
ance or an act Of hatred, call It
which you like-whieh IL effective
must be infinitely more subtle ana
terrible than IL he had killed her.
This IL an answer which all men
would reject unless 1t were clearly
proved. It also seems very diff
ficult to prove.
His Opinion
James Mulholland died OF pol.
son. I'm an expert in toxicology.
The police doctor says that the
poison was cyanide, The police
case will be that Mrs. MuIholland
procured that poison and passed
it to the man with her own hands;
he thinking-being told, in fact
that it was medicine. But how
did it come to be in the house?
Nov. sir, you can't buy a
deadly poison like hydrocyanic
without the greatest difficulty ard
q doctors order.
Another thing-the peison that
killed Mulholland was made up in
5.gFain tablets to look like head
ache tablets. The poison would
be in powder form, crushed crystals
OF the acid-and to conceal the
powerful odour Of the cyanide, it
must have been filmed over with
gelatine, or some such thing and
then coated with sugar--Iet rs
say--to make it look white. In
fact. the things were disguised
capsules. rather than tablets. You
fellow that, sir?"
Yes" said Masterton. Go
on"
Very well, to make the tablets
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Her Folks Thought She Had Lost Her Mind When She De-
cided to Give Up Everything She Loved and Seeka
Career in the Moving Pictures

see Mrs. Burrage. It's very irn,
portant-business,"
"Who in the hotel bill Is Mrs.
BuFrage?" Andy wanted to
know, ana then went on without
waiting to be answered. "I'll take
you there on our way to the
Larkins pool"
He sat in his car outside Mrs.
BVrrage's virginia. white house,
while Bobbie was in it talking to
Mrs. Burrage.
And when she came out, he
asked her no questions but went
on singing some senseless ditty
about being crazy to stick along
no matter where she goes"
1t was after their swim in an
out-of-door pool that belonged to
Jack Larkins, some wealthy
friends Of Andy's who were in
Europe for the summer, that
Bobbie told him about Mrs. Bur.
rage and Hollywood.
They were sitting on the wide
diving raft, drying their hair in
the sunlight when she told him
about it. Between them, her hand
lay on the sun-baked boards Of
the raft, and over it lay Andy's
big brown one.
When do You ge?" he asked,
and B0bbie told him in three
weeks.
Future Prospects
''I'm to live in a family hetel
with her little girl, Jean. and
teach her and look after her."
she said. "she's going to pay nae
two hundred a month. Just think,
I'll be right there where all the
movie studios are. and perhaps
I'll get q chance to be in a pic
tqre. Don't you think it's per.
fectly wonderful, Andy?"
Andy Jerrold did not answer.
He just stared down at the clear
bright water Of the pool, and then
across it at the Larkins' deserted
house.
What are you 30 slum fer?"
Bobbie prodded him. Aren't YOU
pleased about it?''
He smiled. "Pleased?" he asked,
TITS nothing for me to write to
the newspapers about, Is lit Ny
girl going away for eight or nine
months to a burg like Hollywood?
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Making Career for Ones Self Is Not All Peaches and
Cream as Bobbie Ransom Found Out When She En-
tered the Movies at Hollywood

great many women are married
and mothers Of q baby or two.
Moreover, she was woman of
education and sense-a school
teacher who knew how to hold
her own among other school
teachers.
But Bobbie Ransom was two
distinct people. At school she
was Miss Ransom" d capable
up+to.date young woman who
knew what she was doing and
why she was doing It.
At home she was "Bobbie''-
I and TO Aunt Gertrude and her
father she WAS still the same
small girl whom they had raised
from helpless babyhood. A small
giri, unable to make her own de-
Scistons.
And so they were utterly at sea
q second later when Bobbie got
UP from the table and faced
them white-faced and stormy.
eyed,
"How do you propose TO stop
me, Dad3" she asked. And the
very question seemed to open
gulf between her and the other
two people in the room.
From across 1t. they stared at
her in establishment.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS." Mr.. Ran.
some stammered, at just won't
allow you to CO."
IF / were going any place but
Hollywood you would let me go,
wouldn't your" she asked coIdly
and clearly.
He shook his head. "a girls
place is at home until she mar
ries,r he said grayely. "A girl
should 20 straight from her faith
er's care to her husbands"
Bobbie laughed. "Stuff and
NONSENSE she answered. you
won't get very far believing Old
fashioned bunk like that. Dad.
Maybe they treated women like
that when YOU were young-but
it doesn't go any more. Women
do as they please these days, and
they don't ask anybody's per.
mission, either!'
Mr.. Ransom looked helplessly
at his strong-minded sister.
"Oh, it's true" Bobbie went on
gaily. Even Aunt Gertrude is
getting ready to SOW a wild cat.
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NOU Go On With The Story.

GIVE always wanted to be q busi.
ness woman" she went on
with a quick nod. For years
I've been waiting for a chance to
take a business course"
Just as I've been waiting for
years to get a Yhack at Holly.
woodm Bobbie chimed in. II
tell you, Aunt Gertie, you can't
keep a good woman down."
"HollyWood!' echoed Aunt Ger.
trude in hollow tone, "Holly-
woods? Her eyes stared in su--
prise, and the corners of her
mouth went down suddenly as II
an unseen string jerked them
down,
Why, yes, Mrs. Burrage is go
Ing to Hollywood. She said So"
Bobbie answered. That's the
lovely part of the whole thing
that I'm going to get there at
1ast!'
The happiness in her face as
she spoke was not reflected in
her aunt's face. It remained
solemn and heavy.
Well, IL Mrs. Burrage is going
to Hollywood. / don't. think you'd
better go with her" she said
slowly. 81 certainly didn't sup
pose for one second that she was
going to Hollywood. Robert
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You'd better 30 and telephone
Mrs. Burrage that you cam go
with her, or / shall,'' he said az
II she had been 10 years old and
extremely naughty.
Again BObbie laughed.
"Do AZ you please" she told
him airily, ut won't do you any
good. Because am going over
to see her, and I'll tell her not to
pay any attention to you. So
you'll only be making a fool of
yourself II you talk to her"
She turned to 90.
Robbie, what's got into your"
he asked, holding the knob of the
door 90 that she couldn't go.
Don't you like your home?"
Love It," said Bobbie. '.Some.
times. But right now, / want to
go away from 1t for a while"
Her Opinion
"She'a just crazy-mad 20 get out
to Hollywood, with all those fly
by.night actors-that's what's got
into her, if you want to know
burst out Aunt Gertrude. "If
Mrs. Burrage were going to go to
some quiet place. you'd see that
she'd never go one foot with ner!
She's going just because she
thinks It's her chance to bleach
her hair and get into the movies,
the silly thing!"
"BIeach my hair. Aunt Cert.
rude? Why on earth would l
bleach my hair?" Bebbie asked,
drawing out a strand of it to lis
pale golden length. Don't be
silly, yourself"' She went upstairs
to get dressed.
At half past two another FUSED"
car drove up before the house,
From the window Of her bedroom.
Bobbie saw Andy Jerrold get out
Of ii and run up the front walk,
Until that moment she had fer
gotten that she had a date to go
swimming with him.
She went downstairs to him, all
in crisp white organdie that bill.
lowed around her like morning
mist.
"Oh, Andy, I'm so sorry" she
said. looking up at him with Dyes
that were like amber between
their thick theatrical.looklng
lashes, II forgot all about our
swim. and I promised to go to
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THE WEB OF FEAR

S6TN poisoning case, there is no
J. palliation 49, no excuse ~ no.
CLOSING over; no chance Of an
aequittal, through sympathy. It's
ths most fatal Of all IL backed by
hard evidence.
"YouIl be q witness-keep out OF
it till then. They'll have to call
you. And they may break you on
the wheel. Robert. Either way,
you'll probably come out OF It.
badly, Take McCall's advice and
keep right out Of it all till they
call you, Else you viii do more
harm than good"
Twenty minutes after Forbes
had left the house Sadie Hicks ar
rived.
Sadie, in her neat travelling coz
tune, her eyes bright and alert,
brought q breath Of freshness into
the room.
She put her small hand quickly
into MRstertoa's, She was shocked
at his appearance, He seemed to
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look like that is an experts job.
Did Mrs. Mulholland buy or
procure those tablets. as they are,
ready prepared? It's unlikely
but if she did the purchase will
certainly be traced. II she didn't
buy them, could she have obtained
that poison from a source that
most people would not have access
to? ! am afraid it will be shown
that she could.
you tell me she had two
years service during in the war
in Red Cross clinics. In such a
position there h no doubt what
ever she could have had access
to hydroeyanic-Which Ii a yalu.
able medicine IL properly admins.
tered--or any other drug in the
pharmacopeia. Alse with her
knowledge she could quite easily
make up those capsules, anywhere
and at any time"
tie Be Continued Tomorrow
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"HAD TO Be CARRIED
LIKE A BABY
Quickly put on feet again By
simple home treatment

Laid up for two weeks with an attack
Of rheumatism or neuritis in the leaa.
3 Canadian writes all the way from
Moncton, N, B., to tell Of the quick
relief he got when he began using :
simple, old=fashioned home remedy.
81 could not walk for two weeks, y
he writes. II had to be carried around
like Q baby. But one bottle 81 Sloan's
Liniment put me on my feet again."p
Sloan's gives real heIn to an kinds
Of muscular pain because It stirs up
your body,s own curative forces Ia
drive out the germs and poisons that
cause the trouble. Just pat It On
lightly-and q healing tide of fresh.
germ destroying blood is sent tinqlingt
through the pain-Tiddah tissues. No
lubbingg It's the medicine itself that
does the work.
Soon the swelling and inflammation.
60 down. The aching stops. Almost
suddenly you find yourself really free
from pain, really comfortable ~ last.
Get bottle today and have e On
hand. AL druggists-s6. cents. I
The Washington times., 1927-03-24
ADVICE TO
>LOVELORN
BY Beatrice Fairfa,


nEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
H ! have known girl for \
year and a half. Many a tirn4
she has called me up, and I
have seen and spoken to her
often. But she will not go out
with me, She SAYS her parents
do not allow her to so out With
young men. Could you tell ne
what to do? / love her.
]. HARRY q.
Is she very young? If so. VsTy,
likely her parents are oppose -
her receiving attentions from
young men, and you will be wise
to respect their wishes and con-
tent yourself with. a pleasant
acquaintance with her until she
Is older.
In case she accepts attentions
from other men. however, it is
safe to assume that she is trying
to refuse your attentions and
friendship in way that will not
hurt your feelings. In that case,
devote yourself to other friends
and forget her.
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DO YOU KNOW
THAT


A study Of the work done by
a locomotive crew on an Eastern
railroad showed that in a 200
mile-run the two men performed
5,12S individual operations.
The British telephone company
operating at Buenos Aires with.
in year has installed about
$4,000 new lines in the city and
5000 more in the suburbs.
A New York inventors boat
that carries two persons can be
packed and carried on one mans
back.
OF English invention is a phono-
graph record so flexible that 1t
can be bent double without injury.
The Washington times., 1927-03-24
CANDY AS A
FOOD
DANDY ia serving as an aid to

AHDT il serving as an aid to
- speed cooking.
When unexpected guests de-
scend ana time is short, the
i1arrassed hostess can at least
hurdle the dessert problem.
So great has the variety of de-
icious and intriguing candies re-
cently become that CONNECTIONS
are serving more and more as
desserts. A telephone call to the
nearest dealer viii bring candies
of half q dozen flavors and va.
rieties which fulfill all the re-
quirements of a luncheon sweet.
Candy, which is the quickest
source of nervous and physical
energy, is assuming a new i'm
portance as a food. For the
hurry-up meal candy is the most
satisfactory food. Nothing is
more pleasant than to take cup
Of coffee and saucer Of candies
to the porch or library for an
informal dessert and chat.
AnvEnrIeEMENT
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LET SALLIES
HAVE EN-!

N opportunity to dispose of
- the waste material ana use
less articles turned ~ during the
spring clean n Cup process II
afforded Washington women by
an appeal issued by Brlgadier
MyieH Pickering, of the Salvation
Army Social Service Department.
The prigadier is asking for
donations of old newspapers. dis
carded garments. useless pieces
OF furniture, old books and maya
zines. Things OF this nature are
used in providing employment for
inmates OF the Industrial Home.
All donations will be cheerfully
called for upon receipt Of q tele.
phone call to Main 802S.
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Michael Power listened. his eyes
on Roberts face. Not once did he
interrupt.
1T is strange case--yet simpler
than it looks" he said, for there
are only two solutions possible.
The first--and the only one which
will be generally believed-is that
The Washington times., 1927-03-24

won't want to hear about that now,
and If you have trouble of your
own, may put myself at your
seryice?"
Its good Of you" said Master.
ton. returning the grip warmly.
II am going to tell you the
whole story, Doctor Power" said
MaSterton.
The Washington times., 1927-03-24
Read, This First:

BORBE RANSOM demurs little teacher whom you
Of
she has been dreaming Of going e Hollywood bFeak pces
And now ut ~ she firmly makea mp her mind to risk everything
s.f
The drawback ambition become film star 4 the
Iact that she has money fog she the soul Of and
father Midogsr lend her SOC SSt be finance
ANDREW JERR0LD f% The money much e the horror q har
settle down school teaching. IT 9N5 .7s 3 =
That Andrew Andy az Bobbs calls h dyes up
to
BObbie
and while he admits that could afford give her. he refuses
to SHOULD the 80
asks away from meWeH stay marry meg
The morning, Aunt Gertrude church with
the that certain MRS BURAGE d going California for
s JEaN Aunt Gertrude tells Bpbe that Mrs BuaGs mentioned
nan rings Bobbe PUSHES to answer IT, that it Mrs. Burage
The Washington times., 1927-03-24
The knowledge Test for
Times Readers

you person thinks vacuum an empty
where the Pope lives then these should unavel
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g. Edinburgh
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16. damage injury
IT. emphatic forcible
See tOmOrroWs paper to verify your results
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e. Edmond Rostand T. green liquor is. true
8, Helen Hunt jack 8. plant IA. false
8. disease ID. true
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5. Arthur Pnero II. front of building
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The Bees Eyes

AVE looked bee eye? II isn't easy for
II bee has Ave. Of which largest are at the sides OF
the head while the remaining three grouped center Of
the forehead. =
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ATuJUtt Q hItW0e tow eltIS OtW
WATERLOO BRIDGE. fine specimen Of engineering and
architectural Skill only little than century old,
whereas Taan Bridge which spans the Tagus Acantara in
SPAIN is 1900 years old
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-01-15
DUNDEE GETS :
DECISION, in
ROBERTS BOUT
FlO0red For Count of 8 in 4th
Round, But Has Opponent
Groggy at the Finish

New York, Jan. 15.---[P)-Joe Dun
dee of Baltimore today renewed his
challenge for the welterweight title
in the afterglow of smashing tri-
umph over Eddie Roberts of Tacov,
ma, Wash.
Emerging from the eclipse of
0ne-round knockout defeat at the
hands of Roberts six weeks ago, Dun.
dee last night pounded out 1O-rodnd
decision over his erstwhile conqueror.
Eight of the 10 rounds were credited
to the eastern fighter, and two went
to Roberts.
With pile driving "one-two" to
the chin, Roberts floored Dundee in
the fourth round for count of eight
and then battered. the Baltimore
fighter all over the ring for the re-
mainder of the round. But Dundee's
pluck and stamina carried him
through the storm, which overlap
ped the fifth round.
Bell Saves Roberts
In these two sessions, Roberts
fought himself out. During the re-
mainder of the battle he was out
boxed and outsmarted by the Balti-
moreap, who cut his rival about the
nose and mouth and had him Keeling
near the end of the contest. The bell
apparently saved the Tacoma fighter
from knockout in the eighth.
Ringside critics expire ssed The be-
lief that Roberts had been weakened
by making the welterweight limit Of
lat pounds. He appeared drawn too
fine, although he held a three-pound
advantage over Dundee. The far
west puncher made a favorable i'm
preston with his heavy hitting,
however, and will carry back home
about $4,000 as his end of the $62,-
535 gate.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-01-15
Edgeunont

IN Irene Johnson's birthday party was
well attended Friday night. About
80 boys and girls were present. A
j;s4lhs.time was reported by all. Cake
anu ice cream were served after
games were played.
4tah Schatz left this part for Nc
Ctusky, where she is working at the
IL Moore hotel.
Hank and Ed Schatz were visiting
with Lauritz Adams recently.
Settlieb Stinert's were Sunday aft.
csgIdnn guests at Karl Schatz.
~ ]. Il. Jones, the Alta merchant, had
relatives of South Dakota for guests
last week. Vera Jones accompanied
her cousins down to South Dakota.
A. few Of our young folks attended
the program at the pleasant View
school house the Gath.
The Edgemont r. +. A. meeting
will be hold at the north schoolhouse
next Friday.
Irene Johnson returned to James.
town where she is employed at the
doctors home.
John Pool, the teacher Of Edge.
mont School No. 2, spent Christ mas
ltay at his home in New Salem.