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The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-01-07

The photographs were hniAhed
and the group broke up. Miss Saun-
ders and Miss Tracy linked arms
and moved off toward the head
lands. Receding in the amber
light they were like a picture from
some antique romance-the noble
lady and her page. One in narrow
castings of crimson brocade, the
other In short swinging kilt and
braided jacket of more somber
gray. Shine, fascinated, watched
them pacing slowly over the
FURNISHED grass. He turned to 20
and saw that Stokes was watching
them, too, intent like a hungry dog,
the hand that held a stalk Of
%feathered grass against his lips,
trembling.
The photographer shouldered his
camera and went toward the.
house. He skirted the side bal
cony, the wide-flung doors giving a
glimpse Of an entrance hall, and
turning the corner emerged upon
the land front of the long, capa-
cious building. Hayworth showea
across the channel in a clustering
of gray roofs from which smoke
skeins rose straight into the suaye
f6se-@ashed sky. The Water rushed
between, a swollen tide, threads OF
white dImpled eddies, telling of its
Speed. @S
The door on this side Of the
house opened directly into the liv-
ing room. No hall within or porch
without interfered with the view;
the path ended unceremoniously at
the foot of two broad steps that :
led te the threshold. On the lower
of these steps Shine found a lady
smoking a cigarette, This
vas TIE Maria Of tie cast, Mrs.
Cornell in private life, Shine had
found her as easy AS himself, good
humoredly %loquacious and not in
In the prevailing discord.
An admirable person to clear up
He sank down beside
her on the box and took the
cigarette box she tipped toward
him. y ~~r-. -saSss~
Wouldn't you think" she said,
"a man as rich as this Driscoll
would fix up round here better7'
Shine, who had artistic re-
sponses, had long learned not to
intrude them on the uninitiated.
ITO BE CONTINUED.l
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-01-07
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY

IsF1HERE! That ends the bust
Il ness-the efficiency part. YoI
resign | resign It's all off
Now We re ready to take up the
other matter Here-where are yot
eoing9 Not much. sit right where
you are-Connie. Don't forget thai
you re mine 'affectionately.
Constance sank back and stared at
him AS she did so. the wild look
faded from his eyes. and he smiled
at her.
Now. Connie. he said, seating
himself on the desk and looking down
at her. I'm sorry if I scared you,
but il had to be done. I'm not crazy
I've just become sane. I've chopped
six years of efficiency out of my life
ard I'm beginning all over again."
She was simultaneously relieved
and alarmed.
Last night" said II. Hedge, you
turned the lights out on me. l don't
blame you. / was still an efficiency
engineer. I'm just plain Henry now,
and as such I'm entitled to a hearing.
| love you"
Constance watched him %curiously.
He was utterly unlike the efficiency
man. Somehow. his dark eyes had
changed. They were ardent. They
carried an appeal that even his voice
lacked.
Yes, Connie. love you. OF course
had to. Everybody has TO. sup
pose that's one of the things III have
TO put up with after were married.
She gaspcd and turned pink.
Certainly. after we're married.
We're going to be, you know No:
you mustn't run. dear You must
listen a minute or two. l love you.
That's three times I've said it; it
proves I've asst economy t. the
winds Doesn't it? I'll never econo-
mlze again, especially on that. 1
love you'll love you"
And Constance, for all her bewil-
derment. could see that II. Hedge
meant it.
You see, he went on, "it explains
lots of things. 1t explains why |
ordered one young man after another
cut of the house. was afraid one of
them would really get you. I don't
suppose l was giving them a sport
ing chance. But how could L? /
just had to have you. Connie. You
don't mirf my saying Connie, do
your"
She made no reply. being a trife
uncertain.
Now. as to the other part of it,"
h. said 1 mean the part about you
fooling me and making me believe
that YOU really liked all that eff.
ciency stuff You did fool me. of
curse But before YOU got through
you fooled Yourself. Connie.
Constance vas watching him
sharply
'Didn I YOU fool YOURSELF"
How she asked unwarlly
BY pretending that | was your
enemy and that you hated me. and
then winding up BY loving me.
'I-why-r
Her face famed again.
How dare you say l love you9"
Because I'm sure ST it," he an
swered happily
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-01-07
I GERALDINE
! BONNER

a@ e.
suasion, for Miss Saunders accept
ed at. once. She was grateful tC
him and said so, and looked as II
she meant ii. So, In a glow of mu.
tual satisfaction. they walked TO the
door, Mr.. Walberg telling oyer SUCH
memReW q the cast as bad al
ready beeK engaged: Sylvannus
fTey .f9E TIE DUKE, Isae@sI Garnsel!
Sir Toby-p9 one could beat him,
had tie old English trsditi@-snd
Anne Tracy for Olivia. Al that
name Mss Saunders had ef-
4@t11ed IL syident pleasure, Anne
tf 'l|Ils sdsi l Il 'i TSIsSSa.. having her.
aAnd I'm going to give you my
best director. Hugh Bassett, II with
you and him they don't pull off a
success, the Maine public's dumber
than I thought"
Her buslness accomplished, Miss
Saunders went home. She lived In
one Of those midtown blocks of
old brOwn-stone houses divided
into fats. Letting herself In with
a latchkey she assembled the two
flights AZ a rapid run, unlocked her
door and entered upon the hot,
empty quietude Of her W do
main. She threw her hat on a
chair. and falling upon the divan.
opened the paper that she had car
rled since she left the Grand Central
station.
She folded the pages back at the
personal column and settled ove
it., bent, motionless, her eyes trav-
cling down its length. Suddenly
she stopped, focused on a para
graph. She took a pad and pencil
from the desk, drew a small table
up TO the divan, spread the news
paper on IT, and copied the para
graph onto the pad. 1t ran ss fol
lows:
Sister Carrie:
Edmund stony broke, but Al
bert able TO help him. Think we
ought to chip in. Can a date be ar
ranged for discussing his affairs?
Sam and Lewis"
She studied ii for some time, the
pencil suspended. Then 1t de-
scended, crossing out letter after
letter, till three words remained
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada" The
signature she guessed as the name
he went by.
She burned the written paper,
grinding II TO powder in the ash
tray. The newspaper she threw
into the waste-basket where Luella,
the mulatto woman who did up"
for her, would find it in the morn
She was certain Luella
was paid to watch her. But she
had continued to keep the evil
eyed creature, fearful that her dis
nissal would make them more
han ever wary. strengthen their
suspicion that Sybil Saunders was
n communication with her lover.
The deadly danger of it was
cold at her heart. She had heard
directly from him once, a letter
the day after he had fed the only
one that even he, reckless in his
despair, had dared 70 send. In
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-01-07

gel 81 actress who had q real twlK
brother, and maybe you'd do The
whole country yer and not find
that"
HE amt like her no way.'
growled old Gabriel from the
wheel. Il seen 'em both when they
wasn't acting. and he's an ugly
pup, that one"
Then, the boat grating on the
Tayworth wharf. Gabriel urged
them off. He hadn't got through
yet, got Ia go back for part OF the
company who were calculating to
get the main line al Spencer. and
after that back again for the Tracy
boy.
The swaying throng Of boats
emptied their cargoes and the
thick-pressed crowd, moving TO the
end of the wharf, separated into
streams and groups. Farewells,
last commencing comHenfs. rose
on the limpid ~sea-scented mir. The
waiting line of motors absorbed the
summer visitors. wheeled off and
purred away past the white cot
taees under the New England elms.
The ma!r?ns sank gratefully Upon
the Welding Cushions, rolling by
the dusty buggies, the battered
autos, the line Of bicycle riders,
iipto the quiet, creme country where
the SHADOWS were lying lopg and
clear. Yes, It had been 1 great
success; from first to 1asf fher1
hadn't been q hitch.
There vas one Outsider left on
the Island, Wally Shine, the
photographer sent by the Univer-
sal syndicate TO take pictures Of
what was a notable event" In q
place of which the public had
heard much and seen nothing. But,
unlike the other outsiders, his i'm
pressions. extending over a long
er period, had not been so agree
able. He had seen the actors at
close range, In their habits as they
lived, lunchsd With them, watched
the last rehearsal, taken a lot Of
pictures Of Miss Saunders in the
house and garden. And he had
sensed an electric disturbance In
the atmosphere, and come upon
evidences of internal discord.
That was at the last rehearsal.
when the poetic Viola had lost her
temper like an ordinary woman
and Jumped on the Tracy boy
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-01-07

that he had told her to watch the
personal column In q certain pa
per and had given her the names
by which she could identify the
paragraphs. She had watched,
and twice found the yelled mes
sage and twice waited III sicken-
ing fear for discovery. 1t had not
happened. Now he had grown
holder, telling her where he was
II was as If his hand beckoned
her to come. She could write to
him at last do II this evening, and
take 1t out after dark. Lying very
still, her hands clasped behind her
head. she ran ove In her mind let
ter boxes, post offices where she
might mail 1t. Were the ones In
crowded districts or those In Sc
Guided byways the safest? 1t
was like walking through grasses
where live wires were hidden.
A ring at the bell made her leap
to her feet with Wild visions of de-
tectives. But 1t was only Anne
Tracy, come In to e if she was
back from her visit on the sound.
1t was a comfort to see Anne, she
always acted as if things were just
as they had been and never asked
Disturbing questions
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-01-07

- had heard THIS and tkst, anl
Anne had told him the other. His
interest surprised Anne, he hadn't
shown much to her only a few la
comic questions. And she was won
derinE what was in his mind, as
she SO often wondered when Joe
held the floor. when a question en-
lightened her:
Have you got anybody to play
Sebastian yet7'
NO. l wanted that boy who
played with Sybil on the southern
tour last year, but he's In Eng
land. He gave a first-rate per-
Torrance and he surely did look
like her"
THAT was q lucky chance. You'll
search the whole profession before
you'll get anyone that looks like
SYPHILIS twin brother. Why, Mrs.
Gawtrey, the English actress, when
she was over here, had a boy TO
play Sebastian who looked as much
like her-wen, moi as much as |
look like sybff.'T-s's e.
Basseft had seen his object as
Anne had, and was considering. He
had been looking forward 10 the
week at Gull Island With Anne. It
l9omed IN his imagination as a fes-
tival. There would be a pleasant,
e9mpsaionabls group of people,
friendly, working Well together.
But Joe among them-
The boy. looking down at his
whats The matter with letting
me do it?"
doubt you could, but you and she
have about as much resemblance
as chalk and cheese"
zoe wheeled and, gathering his
coat neatly about bis waist, walked
across the room with a mincing i'm
itation Of SYPHILIS gait. 1t was SO
we'll done that Bassett could not
contain his laughter. Encouraged,
the boy assumed a combative at
titude, his face afame with
startled anger, and striking out, At
imaginary opponents. Shouted:
why, there's for thee, and there
and there and there. Are all the
people mad?'" Then as suddenly
melted 10 a lovers tone and look
Ing srdently at Anne said IF il
be thus TO dream then let me
sleep"
"Oh, he could play It," she ex-
claimed, and Bassett weakened
before the pleading in her eyes.
He understood how TO manage
Joe, he could keep him in order.
The boy was afraid of him, any
way, and by this time knew that
his future lay pretty well in Bias
sett's hands. If there was any
thing Anne wanted that was with
In his gift there could be no ques-
ton about Its being hers.
She was very sweet, murmuring
her thanks "a she went with him
TO the door and assurances that
Joe would acquit himself we'll. Bas-
sett hardly heard what she said,
looking into her dark eyes, feeling
the soft farewell pressure of her
hand.
Joe had left the sitting room
when she went back there and she
supposed he had gone TO bed. But
presently he came in, his hat on
again, and said he was going out.
She was surprised. 1t was past
but he swung about look
ing for his cane, saying 1t was too
hot TO sleep. She tried TO detain
him with remarks about the new
He answered shortly as was
wont TO her, treating it as a
small matter, nothing to get ex-
about-a also a familiar pose.
But she noticed under his nonchal-
a depressed satisfaction, the
glow of an inner citation in his eyes.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-01-07
BEGIN HERE TODAY

JOHN w. BROOKE. widower
and hardware magnnte. ar
ranges with "a firm of efficiency
engineers t. operate his home
while he is away for two
months. His three grown chill
drcn, Constance. Billy and Al
Ice, combine to fight
II. HEDGE, efficiency expert,
assigned to take charge. They
nght Il losing fight Until Con-
stance decides to turn spy and
becomes Hedges secretary. She
finds notes on n book which
Hedge intends 10 write, refer
ring to the Brooke children ms
examples of the idle rich. h
dcnounces Hedge and o
his notes into h open fireplace.
Hedge acts M III demcntcd for
the next few minutes. He
throws NIL the files Into the open
fireplace. Then he orders Com
stance to write two letters; One
tenders his resignation to the
Economy and Efficiency Corp.
and tho other her own resigna-
tfon to him. He insists she sign
her letter "affecfionate1y.S
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-01-07

TFyf - WN.QSthFlCl
= What human being does no love
q mystery story? Especially one of
those affairs in which a puzzling
q group of people who have been
going along in a normal way, do
ing their daily tasks and with no
thought of anything more terrify-
Ing than the ordinary problems OF
existence. All at once a deed of
m~alevole1oe is committed which
tSrvs, No one Rae0i fn5s119s W. III ' bsabseHsy
AZ ssSheRP } fh sh1 Fly sgsEas s y pNs asBbBBSffs
emily honest. sincere members of
The group may come under suspi-
dion. New angles of the affair and
new mysteries develop, and a period
pf the most wracking suspense sSA
is.s FER 81
,,ls case theirs is np sIpsf-
detective with his msthematics, bis
chemicals, his measuring dsSisss
aompi tss saimio of t fs' az 4 ih asa Ssry
him, force him TO 8 confession. No
one but 3 few confused civilians
And 4 couple Of fairly astute law
cfncsrs, both OF the latter working
Variance of their theories obstruct-
Ing rather than aiding a solutioQ.
II was one OF those crimes which
He1nsd likely to remain 9 mystery
spIsss some accident Occurred 70
clear II up. And the accident did
occur; ons of the s%tranEest sccI-
dents ever written into q mystery
Plot. and so terrifying in its effects
That II brought y voluntary and
quite unexpected confession from
ths guilty party. And then the
reader gets another surprise, a real
n satisfying surprise, but 1T
would spoil the pleasure OF the
story TO reveal it here.
Geraldine Bonner has written
many clever stories and established
herself as a master Of thrill fiction
with her famous tale, The Girl at
Central" In The Leading Lady"
shs has produced an even more
compelling novel and one In which
she makes a blend of romance and
mystery that is highly agreeable.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-01-07

something about the place he stood
in-nothing, as far as Shine could
see. to get mad about. And the
boy had answered In kipd, like the
splitting of an angry cat. An ugly
scene that the director had to stop.
Then the man Stokes, who
played the Duke, q handsome, 70,
mantle looking chap-something
vas the matter with him. He had
a haunted sort of look, as If his
mind was disturbed, especially
when he'd turn his eyes on Miss
Saunders. His wife-the woman
they called ~Flora-was o., to him.
Shine saw her Watching him, side.
long from under her eyelids, the
way you watch a person when you
don't want them to see it.
The photographer was sensitive
to emotional stress and he felt 1t
here-below the surface-and was
moved to curiosity.
Evening star., 1927-10-04
GROCERY j0BBERs'
TRADE WAR ENDED
Wholesalers Agree to Stop Boycott
ting Cash-and.C Garry and Chain
Store Groups.

| By the Associated Press.
The trade war between a group Of
wholesale grocery johhers and cash
| and.carry iohhers and chain stores has
| been brought to an end by voluntary
| greement Of the defendants TO cease
the practices complained of, the Fed
! eral Trade Commission has an
nounced.
| The grocery iobbers. the commission
said, have signed an agreement to quit
| hoycoting the cash.and-carrv job.
bers and the chain stores and to per-
NIT them to obtain goods in any mar
ket they choose.
While the commission declined to
disclose the identity of the concerns. it
stated that other cases had been SINH
larly settled by mutual agreement in
line with the commissions policy of
aiding Self-regulation in business.
The others We're described as manu-
facturers of Women's and mems wear.
which they had been advertising as
silk" when as a matter of fact it was
not the product of the silkworm: a
cigar manufacturer, who had been ad-
vertising his products as of Cuban and
Havana blend when they were not
made from tobacco from the Island
Of Cuba. and a seed merchant who
claimed to he the exclusive producer"
when he was buying the seed and re-
selling it.
Evening star., 1927-10-04
ToDAY's ADJUSTMENTS. A

\,tioral-"The Zoo" comedy. a,
$50 pm.
BcIasco-"Synth SIM" comedy
drama. at $40 pm.
Poli's-Thurston, ma gician. at S:2t
pm.
keith's--Beatrice Lille, vaudeville.
at 2JS and Sis pm.
-''Yesterthoughts.' vaudeville.
continuous l 80 to IL pm.
Gaycty-T.anders Revue, extrava'
ganza. at 2:15 and Sis pm.
Strand-"Fads and Follies," musical
~ esentations, continuous 1880 to II
pm.
Fox-"What Price Glory" continu'
Gus II m. to II pm.
Metrop0litan-"The Prince OF Head
Walters" at 11:45 am, 1:43. $40, o:40'
7:40 and 9:45 pm.
Palace-"F'ireman Save My Child, "
at 1t:10 am, 1880, 2:35, 4:3o, s, and
10 pm.
Rialto-" Shanghai Bound" at II
a M, 12:4o, go. 4:15, $50, 1855 and
$50 pm.
Columbia - underworld" second
week.. at 11:15 am, lis, $40, 5;25,
7:l5 and 9:35 pm.
Little Theater-"4t the Gray
House," continuous l to II pm.
Tivoli-"Cheating Cheaters," at 2:35,
As, COS. and $50 pm.
.tmbaSsadOr-"The Prince of Head
Walters" at $50, sos and $50 pm.
CentraI-"Ten Modern Command.
ments," at 1890. >, $50. 5, $50, S and
$40 pm.
Wardman Park-'Variety." at and
. pm.
Evening star., 1927-10-04
BOY Patrol DUE
FOR DUTY monday
Cc:,3 C. eco Listed to Safe
uuord eci,ooi Children From
Traffic Menace.

v-ashiActen'& Tchcolboy Patrol, 6oo
or more S.:oAg. IS expected to start
nest Mnn;oy functioning in the pro
tec- ion OF the c..y's G5.GG0 school chill
d.en from TIC traffic menace.
Solion =. lily, supervising principal
e. thr Ft>l r.v.ai2n, Who was named
IL pr. r.ank y. Eal.ou, :5uperinten'
dent, to succeed the late Benjamin
>fu.&.n as G..el,or of the SchooihoN
Patrol. sal hn expects to call tnal
organization meeting Saturday. I. +.
J3ehlor Il the American Automobi!e
.t:.s ,t.ia:inn. Who has taken 4 major
roe in the pci r-c.inn C. the SchnolhoN
PatlF. vii attend this meeting. rs
viii '.i,e officers and school officials
Nnm'vaiions by Principals.
Pr,ncinalS III the various school
bJtitl;pgS aie nominating new patrol
lows. Tie principals nominate any
where f",H1 - IL. depending upon
tho ;yaf:c nr,n'em about the indi-
v,lual Ia hin&e. Mr. Ely states that
the great m ;n..ty of the patrol mem
havs Wit lie ! IS. hut where prinCj-
pals Gacide that girls can he used to
r,ci advantage they will be used.
Last No2Y SCNc.ll girls made enVlable
rccol is in tha patrol work. As was
the ease Il L year. the members of the
I,atrol carA W!ll he furnished with a
badge ANA sam Brown belt.
Iuty Is Outlined.
It will lie the duty of the patrol
bows and Girls to keep the children on
the sidewalk as much as possible and
escort them across the street. While
the patrol members have no power TO
make arrests. they are instructed to
take the license tag numbers of mo-
torists who ignore their admonitions.
Supervising Principal Ely said he
has spent considerable work on the
formation of this years patrol during
the Summer months, and he expects it
to be the largest and most successful
unit ever organized.
Evening star., 1927-10-04
COOLIDGE DEFINITELY
OUT, SPR0UL BELIEVES
Former Pennsylvania Governor
Says Mellon Can Have State
Support if He Wants It.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The people of Pennsylvania feel
that President Coolidge has taken
himself definitely out Of the 1928
presidential race, William B. Sproul,
former governor of that State. de-
clared yesterday after call at the
White House.
Referring to the Presidents state
ment of August 2, the former gov.
ernor said:
In Pennsylvania we feel that when
a New Englander says he does not
choose to eat pie for breakfast he
means he does not want any pie"
Mr.. Sproul represented sentiment
In Pennsylvania as leaning strongly
toward Charles Evans Hughes and
added that Secretary Hoover had
some strength principally because
he is better vote getter."
Secretary Mellon could secure the
support of the Pennsylvania delega
ton to the Republican national con.
vention, he said, if he wanted it.
Evening star., 1927-10-04
sAC0,0C0,000 TAX CUT
FAVORED BY SWANSON
Possible Without Hurting Flood,
Naval or Building Programs,
He Declares.

T. Congress can make substantial
reduction in Federal taxes at the
coming session without interfering
with appropriations for the public
building program, for handling the
Mississippi flood problem and pro-
viding for an adequate naval program,
in the opinion of Senator Swanson,
Democrat. of Virginia.
While those three programs repre-
sent large sums in the aggregate,
Senator swanson said, they are spread
over a period Of years. The Virginia
Senator believes it should be possible
TO make total tax cut of between
S4o0, 100000 and $500, 100000.
;. 1t is his opinion that the nuisance
taxes should be done away with, the
corporation tax reduced and some re.
lief afforded to persons with incomes
angling from $4,000 to s50.00o. SEN
ator Swanson declared his belief that
TOO much tax revenue has been de-
voted to payment on the public debt.
Evening star., 1927-10-04
ORDNANCE MEN TO MEET,
Industrial Executives and Engi
neers Visit Aberdeen Thursday.

Led by Secretary Dwight Davis of
the War Department and many high
ranking officers of the Army. more
than thousand executives and en-.
gineers of American industry will
visit the Army proving ground at
Aberdeen. Md, tomorrow. to wit.
ness probably the most spectacular
demonstration of this country's fight
ing equipment that has been staged
since the World War.
The occasion will be the ninth an.
nual meeting of the Army Ordnance
Association, composed of members
pledged to industrial preparedness
for war as the nations strongest
guarantee of peace"
A local ice cream cone vender who
goes about town with a pushcart has
q sign on the vehicle, ice Cream a la
te.'-kansas City Star.
Evening star., 1927-10-04
Thwarting the Back Seat.

From the Ohio State Journal.
We have our moments Of depres.
sion about the back seat. when we
think seriously of buying a closed car
with a rumble seat. but we suppose
she'd insist upon having a telephone
put in.
Evening star., 1927-10-04
Appreciates His Job Now.

From the Boston Transcript
Here's one mans vacation, as he
summarizes 1t: "A day and a half
spent going to place where / would
have nothing to do; nine days doing 1t;
two days with a headache from doing
nothing except overeating and a day
and n half getting back to where
could do something"
Evening star., 1927-10-04
Knockout Imminent,
ON the Boston Transcript

From the Boston Transcript.
Peaceful Old LaGy--Will you two
boys otsp fighting if l give YOU 10
cents each?
The Stronger Boy Make it quar-.
ter for the winner lady