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Evening star., 1927-04-24

wouldn't like to see another boarder
here?"
His face fell.
.'Well. to tell you the truth.
shouldn't" he said Being in the
government service" this was Toby
Marsh's favorite piece of fiction), "a
sort of secret service, If you under
stand, | couldn't afford to have any,
body prying and spying around my
documents. And another thing, Miss
Florette, you can trust me, being q
man of discretion, If l may use the
expression, but could you trust some
stranger? / shouldn't like to know
that anybody went round saying that
he was boarding with the great La
Florettes mother"
Florette bit her lip thoughtfully.
She was interested in other matters,
yet gave the impression of being
wholly absorbed in this domestic
problem. In truth, her mind was far
away and was almost wholly taken up
with the news which her mother had
given to her.
Il think you're right Mr.. Marsh, F."
she said at last. with q dazzling
smile 1T wouldn't be a good thing.
Please think no more about it."
AS soon as she could get away from
the house La FIorette hurried back
to Van Campo, her confldant in most
matters, though she had decided in
the present case to keep her own
counsel. Still, he might help.
She got back to the theater where
he had his office, and, opening the
door without knocking, walked in
and stopped. Mr.. Van Campo had a
A cIG In
from the table and turned his dark
eyes upon her and for a second she
was nonplussed.
"Why-why. DIR. Latin" she STAN.
mered, Il didn't expect to find you
here"
The Doctors face twisted into some
thing which was intended to be a
smile.
Il have been talking to Mr., Van
Campo" he said "and, CuriOusly
enough, young lady, aboet your good
self"
About me?"
In her surprise she forgot her tire.
mendous discovery. She knew the
visitor slightly. had met him during
the period Of Betty Carew's engage
ment and had made no disguise OF
her hostility toward him. The mere
fact that he was related TO Betty was
quite sufficient to prejudice him hope
lessly in her eyes.
rs zat so?' she Iisped, returning
to her public role Of exiled French
woman. "Zat Is extraordinaire!
Latin was looking at her thought
fully.
you may think that the sugges-
tion / have made to Mr.. Van Campo
is fantastical, bizarre, but ] beg that
YOU will not too lightly dismiss the
scheme ] have put before our friend. "
Before she realized that he was on
the point Of departure, with a little
nod he was gone.
X X X
What was he doing here?' she
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aaw?" asked the astonished police Of
ticer.
ssIts a book that has the ritual and
system Of the Ragousas written down
10 the last dot The grand prior
wrote il, and the grand prior has 1t.
When the grand prior dies it will be
handed over to the new grand prior.
That is the story I've heard and 1t
sounds true"
rs there any graft in it at alp"
asked Bill.
Toby Marsh shook his head.
mo; that is the surprising thing
about the Ragousas. It's an honest
ko-heaven society; does whole lot Of
good, builds cottage hospitals for sea
kaen, donates lifeboats-mOst of its
lodges are in maritime towns and I
suppose a third of it's membership is
made up of saiIors-it runs an orphan
age at Newcastle and a home for old
sailors at Gosport. They're certainly
tough with members who get fresh or
who defy the rules, but so far as 1
know, even in this they have never
broken law. There have been no
khippings or burnihgs, and I haven't
been able to trace an old Ragousan
that has been ridden out Of town on a
rail. Oh, yes, tthey're all right.
only" He shook his head. =
"Only what?" asked Bill,
''Only / don't understand old man
Lafin being chief of the twenty third
negree. That isn't right to me-
Inspector Bullott was thoughtfully
buffing at his pipe.
1--WE been thinking over this MUIR
der" he said. Does it strike you
that Brother John may have offended
the Ragousans?"
Toby Marsh did not scoff at the
idea, as Bill expected.
II don't know" he said, rising; its
Evening star., 1927-04-24
GERMAN POPULATION
SEEKS THE OUT-O'-DOORS
Spring Sunshine Lures Young Ath-
letes and Others to Open
Country Diversions.

by the Associated Press
BERLIN April z3.-Thc German
passion for getting our into the open
+ asserting itself with accustomed
force this Spring as the sun continues
to rise earlier each day
The sport fever which I'm its iuteu-
siFe form is a post-WaF deveIopment.
has attacked many new victims this
year, and every spell OF mild weather
has been the occasion oE "a fg out.
pouring OF Young athletes to engage
i'm the various games and exercises
which appeal 20 The German sport
lover, among which tennis is a prime
favoritc. with golf as yet only q minor
diversion
The outdoor appeal is also strongly
to he observed i'm the city street
with the first mild days iu late March
the cafes set out their sidewalk tables
and the orgy Of outdoor eating and
drinking was on for the season The
mider April weather in the intervals
of showers, has intensified the craze.
and by the time the summer tourist
s 'asou ives a goodIy proportion nf
the residents of the larger cities and
numbers Of the smaller towns will bs
seen taking at least the greater part
of their light refreshments in tn"
open.
Evening star., 1927-04-24

asked, when the door had closed upon
the visitor. And what is this scheme
of his?"
Van Campo rubbed his bald head in
perplextty.
said. "He came In to see me about
getting an engagement for Carew and
/ told him frankly that ] was thinking
of ~utting you into the cast-which,
of course, I'm not--and that there
wasn't room in the same theater for
you and the girl. / Dragged bit
about your continental reputation and
told him you mixed with the best
people in town. | fact, / happened to
mention that you dined last night
with those two men from the Treas
ury. And then, before | knew what
was happening, he had asked whether
I thought you would help him in d
scheme Of his"
"A scheme?" she said, froWuiug.
What is it--a theatrical scheme?"
mo, that's the funny thing about
IL" said Van Campo shaking his
head. Gle wants to take a furnished
house i'm the West End-he suggested
Portmau plaCe-put you into it, make
you unlimited allowance, the idea
being that you give parties
ITO which he shall be invited I sup
pose?" said La Florette sarCasticaIly.
Nothing doing, Campe,'
NO, he didn't even ask that" said
Van Campe. 'In fact, he told me he
would not ask to be received. Tie
said all that he wanted was a little
which might come to you"
La Florette laughed
He's crazy, if that's all he wants, "
she said. Il can give him a whole lot
Of information that I got out of this
mornings papers,
Van Campo was looking thoughtful.
Il didn't like it at first" he said.
but the more think of it, the bigger
| opportunity it seems. You are badly
| in need of a boost. and that kind Of
social boost is the best thing that can
come to you. Besides which, there's s
nothing unusual in his suggestion.
| I know a family, and n good class
family, too, that is supported by a
stock broker for the information they
| can collect from their parties. Think
! it over" And then What brought
/ you here so late at night?"
| She Immediately recalled the object
/ of her visit
"Campe, you know everybody in
| town--who is Left Stone?'
JTe frOwned.
Left stone? The name seems ia
miliar. There's a Lambert Stone, an
American millionaire, who is friend
of De Fell's. But Left is a new one
on me. Why?"
She was not prepared to enlighten
| him. apparently
Couldn't you ask De Fell? He
knows the American crowd very well,
and if he's friend Of Lambert Stone
! he'd get to find out. Maybe it is some
| relation.
/ Van Campo iotted down the name
on his blotting pad and nodded.
! III see him in the morning" he
said. "And now, il you don't mind,
/ I've got an hours work to do before
Evening star., 1927-04-24

exclusiveness, she was supplying her
audience with details of crimes which
had evidently been objects of intensive
study. The story of Mrs. Dyer and
the hundred babies she did to death;
the cunning of Smith, the artist, who
drowned his wives in their baths, hav.
ing first insured their lives for re-
spectacle sums; the cOld-bloodedness
of Deemin, a famous cutter of throats,
who buried his victims under cement
Mrs. Hamshaw knew them all and
spoke of them with a certain melan-
choly pride, as though they owed not
a little of their notoriety to the fact
that she had taken upon herself the
burden of keeping their memories
alive.
1t had been Mrs. Hamshaw's fortune
as a girl 10 give evidence in a yeritab BILE
murder trial, and this experience was
probably responsible for the interest
she took in crime thereafter.
She had one paying guest, to the
presence Of whom her high-class
daughter offered no objection: for, de-
spite her mothers encomiums, Miss
Hamshaw was by n"ture mean and
had exact ideas abo the value Of
money. and Mr.. Toby arsh paid reg
ular.I and never gruTnbled about ex
tras,
Miss Hamshaw's rigid view on econ
ony was, if the truth be told, the
skeleton in her mothers cupboard,
and on the evening Bill Iolbrook was
initiated into the full membership of
the Proud Sons of Ragousa the elder
lady. a stout, n1orose woman with a
strong facial resemblance TO the late
Queen Victoria, sat with her plump
hands folded and a tear tricllling down
her large nose, listening with proper
humility to the admonitions of her
child.
Evening star., 1927-04-24
w. C.. T. u.


The Emma Sanford Shelton Union
held its April meeting al the home
of Mrs. l.. +, Allen, 203 Floral street
with Mrs. Eva NJ. CrisWeu. the presi-
dent, in the chair. The service of
devotion was led by Mrs Mary Orr
Esrey. The secretary's report showed
excellent work done in all depart
ments The childrens department
the +. 7. L., under Mrs. Wiuklehause,
is gaining i'm numbers and growing I'm
interest. The Young Peoples Branch
of the w. &. r. L, is making plans
for great work this year The flower
mission department is doing much to
add cheer and lend aid to all who
are sick or in distress
The guests of honor were Miss
Clair Lusby. district superintendent
of the department of legislaGO and
Mrs. David w. Lum. who for many
years was missionary i'm India, and
for some years was national presi-
dent of the w. G. 7. II. of India.
Miss Lusby gave a resume of the
bills before the last Congress and of
the work done by the leaders in law
enforcement. Mrs. Lum, the prin-
CipaI speaker of the evening. gave
an educational and illuminating ad-
dress on the private and public life
of women in India.
Refreshments We're served at the
conclusion Of the program
The Mount Pleasant Union met at
the home Of Mrs A. g. Jordan on
the 10Th instant The meeting was
addressed by Harry s. Warner, edu-
cational secretary of the Intercol-
legiate Prohibition Association. an
organization which promotes discus
sions conducts surveys and provides
speakers on the subject of prohibi-
ton throughout the United States
and in foreign countries. "A great
need Of today" said Mr.. Warner, SIS
for methods that will make possible
group discussions Of this subject so
that opinions may he compared and
the facts in regard to prohibition
question be blished."
Considerable routine business was
transacted and topics rela tive to the
work were discussed. Thirty-two
were in attendance. 1t was decided
10 conduct the next session of the
union as a mothers meeting. Mrs.
Jordan was assisted by the w. G.
Evening star., 1927-04-24
CHAPTER XNIII.
Mr., T,affin's Offer.

II hope" said Mr.. Marsh, uucon-
sciously paraphrasing the remarks of
a great literary character, Il hope l
don't intrude?'
There was an awkward silence.
Come in, Mr. Marsh, said La
Florette. reacting instantly to the ad.
miring glance Of the newcomer. My
mater and / were having little pow
wow"
III it's a family conference--''
began Toby with gentlemanly deli
cacy.
"No-cone in. Mother and / were
discussing ways and means. You'll
quite understand my position; nat
urally / don't wish mater to take
boarders, not ordinary boarders; L
shouldn't like people in my set to
know that she took boarders at all. 3"
Naturally" murmured the lodger.
"But this is what they call in the
newspapers the age of--what is the
word? 1t begins with D?'
Democracy" suggested Toby cor
rectly.
That's the word We've got to do
something to keep the wolf from the
door. The mater says that you
Evening star., 1927-04-24
AMETHYST Long Popular.

To allow fult power 70 the wonder
ful virtues Of the amethyst, the gem.
according to a medieval custom, should
only be worn as ring to the third
finger Of the left hand But such is
its decorative quality that jewelers.,
despite superstition. have never lin
tied it's use From ancient Babylon
to the present day the amethyst has
appeared i'm every form Of ieweled or.
nament. from the crowns Of mon
archs to the simplest of brooches and
rings.
Evening star., 1927-04-24

can leave this darned office. I've
had the police here all day making
inquiries about that street murder"
"Here?" she said i'm amazement.
Yes: it appears that the murdered
man called at the Stage door this
morning to see Carew and found her
She'd come to the theater for her
makeup box. I was telling Latin
about it, but that didn't mean any
thing to him. | guess he wouldn't
really worry IL the girl was pinched. +"
II know somebody else who feels
exactly the same way" said La Flo
rette grimly.
Continued in Tornorrow's Starr
Evening star., 1927-04-24

I'm a millionaire. But salaries are not
what they were, and what with ny
fiat and my car and what not / have
a struggle to make both ends meet.
Thus La Florette, the thin-faced
dancer Betty had not been far wrong
when she guessed she was English,
for in real life she was plain Jenny
Hamshaw).
I'm sure I do my best to make the
money go round" said Mrs. Hamshaw
gloomily. There are times when I
wonder whether / wouldn't be better
off If / were dead and in my grave. ;"
To which suggestion Florette made
no very helpful reply.
"Mr Marsh wouldn't like another
boarder," the old woman went on,
"and I don't know that / could be
bothered I'm not so young as | was.
When I was a girl in Bath working
for the Carens-him that murdered
his wife and
Evening star., 1927-04-24
BY Edgar Wallace
A Thrilling Romance of Today
Copyright 1927 by Chicago Daily News. Inc.

"I'm not made of money. mother;
and, really, think I'm doing enough
for you. I've given you this house
least, / let YOU live rent free--and
I've spent hundreds on furniture. ana
I'm allowing you f3 a week"
Mrs. Hamshaw murmured some
thing about the high cost OF living
and was snapped TO silence.
"I haven't had an engagement thls
past six months--where do you thlnk
I get the money from? why doh
you get another boaTdeTo | suppose
beeause v0u see La Florette' in big
letters on the billboards you think
Evening star., 1927-04-24

T. U. members OF the Mount Pleas
ant NJ Il. Church South,
The Cleveland Park Union will hold
It's monthly meeting at the home of
Mrs. Arthur Pinkowsky. 2g23 Tilden
street. tomorrow at pm. All inter-
ested in the growth Of this new
chapter are urged to be present.
Evening star., 1927-04-24
tyontfnued from Yesterdays starl
FOURTEENTH INsTALLMENT.
CHAPTER XXI.
Jenny HamsIlaw.
YOBODY knows anything

an oR28E R26 are en3ss tss ns%ss5o s@sss:es@5 q
the Grand Lodge, where it
Y holds its meetings, who are
the tweuty-thirders ana
why. The only thing the poor s.nps
are sure about is that twice year
there is money for nothing for some
bodvl And for the rest, they're salts
fed to go on gripping and password
ing and secret-signing, and singing
their silly songs, and roofing fer theF
Killv.lodges = said Toby Marsh, lolilnE
at ease in the only comfortable chair
that Bill possessed.
"Who does know" asked Inspector
Bullott, taking his pipe from his
mouth.
THE grand prior, and nobody else
said Toby promptly. i've been into
this because I thought il was good
graft. I've nosed and I've pried and
I've brought the Sons of Ragousa
down to the book of the law.
''What the devil is the book Of the
Evening star., 1927-04-24
Red Head lI

queer 'Scuse me, folks, I've
got an appointment on the right side
Of the law. Know Jenny Hamshaw?
You've missed sump'n.
X
There were two subjects very dear
to the heart Of Mrs. Caroline Ham
shaw. The first Of these, the super
excellent qualities of heart and brain
in her only child: the second, murder
as a fine art.
When she was not extoIling the vir-
tues of her daughter and her social
triumphs her generosity, her sweet
ness Of disposition and her amazing
Evening star., 1927-04-24

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Evening star., 1927-04-24

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Evening star., 1927-04-24

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The border vidette., 1927-03-12
SUMMONS-No. 1853
In the Superior Court of Santa

In the Superior Court Of Santa
Cruz county, State Of Arizona.
Teoflo Otero, plaintiff, vs. Pas
tora &. de Parish, and her husband, !,
Byril A. Parish, defendants.
Action brought in the Superior
Court of Santa Cruz county, State
of Arizona, and the complaint filed
in the said comfy Of Santa Cruz,
in the Office Of the clerk of the
said superior court.
In the name of the State of Ari-
zona to Pastors G. de Parish, and
her husband, Byril A. Parish de-
fendant, greeting:
You are hereby summoned and
required to appear in an action
brought against you by the above.
named plaintiff in the superior
court of Santa Cruz county, State
of Arizona, and answer the COM
plant therein filed with the clerk
OF this said court, at Nogales, in
said county, within twenty days
after the service upon you OF this
summons. if served In this said
county, or in all other cases within
thirty days thereafter, the times
above mentioned being exclusive
of the day Of service; or Judgment
by default will be taken against you.
Given under my hand and seal
of the Superior Court Of Santa Cruz
county, State of Arizona, this 18th
day of October. 1925
Seal. RoBT E. LEE,
Clerk OF the said Superior Court.
11-20-5t.
The border vidette., 1927-03-12
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
In the Superior Court OF Santa

In the Superior Court OF Santa
Cruz county, State Of Arizona.
Estate of Albert H. Stone, de-
ceased.
NOTICE is hereby given by the
~ undersigned The First Ma
tional Bank of Nogales, admins
traitor with the will annexed of the
estate of Albert H. Stone, deceas-
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said deceased, to exhibit them. with
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administrator at the Trust Depart
OF The First National Bank of No
gales, Nogales, Arizona, the same
being the place for the transac-
tion of the business Of said estate,
in said county Of Santa Cruz.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
of NoGALEs,
By OrTo H. HERoLD,
Trust Officer
Administrator with the will an
nexed of the estate OF Albert HI.
Stone, deceased
Dated Nogales, Arizona, this 14th
dav of January. 1927. 1-15.5t.
The border vidette., 1927-03-12
IIl. ManInyentS New Ford
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to $250O monthly.
The border vidette., 1927-03-12
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NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
Nogales, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. oct'

Nogales. Santa Cruz County, Arizona. Octo-
20. 1916.
TO Mrs. E. E. Allen formerly Mrs. H. c.
Schough) her heirs or assigns:
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Hundred Dollars in labor and improvements
on the LIVE OAK mining claim recorded in
BOOK al Page 16 as will appear by certihcate
filed in the Office of the Recorder OF said county,
in order to hold said mining claim under the
nrovision Of Section 23z4 Revised Statutes OF
the United States, and paragraph 3a4s, Revised
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first publication of this notice you fail or re-,
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FARM WANTED by cash buyer.
Anv location if a bargain. Will
deal with owner only. Give best
cash price and describe. Address
IS. I. Reed, White River jet.
Vermont.
Evening star., 1927-07-17

had as their guest their daughter,
Mrs. Henry Martyr Baker of New
York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Morton have
leased an apartment. on St. John
street and with their daughter, Miss
Evelyn Morton. will spend the Sum.
mer in Annapolis.
Mrs. John Barker was the recent
guest of her mother. Mrs. Walter
Dulaney. at her home in Baltimore.
Miss Margaret Cameron Walton and
her sister. Miss Nancy Lane Walton,
sailed Thursday from New York for
Europe, where they will spend the
Summer and early Autumn.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Writ Wilmer have
been the recent guests of Mr.. Will
mer's brother.in-law and sister. Comdr.
and Mrs. Francis w. Rockwell.
Mrs. Emily Potter Noble of New
York, who spent the past year here
with her son. Lieut.. Christopher No.
BILE, left Monday for Warrenton. Va.
where she is the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. Samuel Appleton. Barly in Au.
gust Mrs. Noble will sail for Honolulu
to join her son-in-law and daughter.
Lieut.. and Mrs Harry A. Dunn.
Capt. and Mrs. Charles e. Conard
have had as their guests for a week
Mrs. TompkiDs. widow Of Capt.
J. T. Tompkins, U. S. ~, and
her daughter, Miss Josephine Tomp.
kins.
Mrs. Dinger, wife of Capt. Henry
Dinger, who has been visiting her
brother, Mr.. Joseph Mack, in his home,
at TorreSd3le, Pa. has returned to