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How Reformed Racketeer Forsakes His Gangster Pals
For the Life Of Country Gentleman
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Eddie made desperate effort
TO conceal his disappointment; he
looked straight At her, but Tom
Freeman was between them and
supporting her with an arm around
her waist
Whatever you decide. Miss
Thorndike is @. x. with me-, he
said.
Following them out to the car
he had no chance to assist her
into the seat. Freeman, with
every evidence 81 established al
lection, had her now completely
in his charge. Between the men
not a word was spoken. As the
engine was started the girl looked
at Eddie.
Thank Won for being so nice to
me, she said, -"and would You
mind doing me another favor
tell the folks am all right and
that Tom Ii bringing me homer,
Eddie grinned. I'll do that little
thing. (
He stood where he was and
watched the red tail light Of the
car 90 down the rlItted drive To
the road and turn toward her
home. But a few minutes before
his arm had been around her and
their lips had been crushed to-
getherald now someone else
had walked In and carried her
away from him with q minimum
of effort. For the first time. he
felt the sharp knife OF jealousy
twist in his heart. Tom Free
man He would remember
that name even ii it had
not been for Marian Thorndike
he would have disliked the man
from the way he looked the
way he talked 49,
Inside, he reached Marian's
father on the telephone. The
voice of the older. man was az
first distressed and then heartened
with relief.
You say she's with Tom
Freeman? Well. everything's all
right. then-Tem'lI take good
care Of her. Thank YOU very
much for calling up, Mr.--Mr.
what did you say the name
was?"
tRegan." Perhaps it was fancy.
but Eddie thought Thorndfke's
voice seemed to freeze with
disfavor.
Well, thank you. anyway Mr..
Regain"
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Nav. / guess you weren't,"
Tom Freeman told her, his voice
dissatisfied. WelI, il you are
able to move I've got my car
nut here.
ssOh, am all right" Marian
naid. 'I'm not really injured"
We'll get you home and find
out about that.
Eddie felt uncomfortable. You
needn't bother, Mr.. Freeman, ne
said. s.IslI take her home in my
buggy. was just going to any
how"
The look that Tom Freeman
gave him was coldly contemptous.
You just think youll take her
home. Z He returned again 70
Marian. Come on. I'll help you
!. ont to the car. Marian"
He stood beside her waiting for
I her to make move to rise, but
she was motionless and looked
ND at him with faint uncertainty
on her face.
-. don't think--I think had
ter ride home with Mr.. Regain.
ga. He's been SO nice to me
nd he was just going out 70
Nifclf up the horse
You're going home in my car, :,
N2enan said. decisiVeIy.
II Instructive dislike of tho man
AF strong TO he concealed, crowded
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Thrills Action Conflict and Romance Abound In This Serial
Of New YOrks Gangland and the Quiet
Countryside Of Virginia

reviewing the miraculous episode
that had occurred. He looked at
her lips now and could not help
yearning for them again. His
delight IN looking At her was
unbounded; she was not made Of
the same common clay As other
girls.
But even a. he talked with her
and secretly craved q repetition
III past delight he knew that she
was us far away ais ever-that he
would not have the cause under
any conceivable circumstances TO
strive for those magic lips IN.
She was simply beyond HIM and
he was amazed al the effrontery
Of his dream at his own daring
in thinking he might ever bring
the shrine Of love into those ex-
quisite blue eyes.
no Be Continued Tomorrow
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CHAPTER NINETEEN

Left alone in the old. tiinnly-lit
house, Eddie knew that on this
night sleep would not come
easily. to his eyes. He sat or
the edge of his bed and stared
out the window into the dark.
fragrant night.
The wonder of her kiss was
upon his lips. d lingering inioxi
cation that, somehow. lacked
reality. He had kissed her. but
she had not surrendered herself
by that token. Al tormenting
worry aroused speculation as
to whether she kissed other
guys like that, with so little
significance.
He reviewed the circumstances
and decided loyaIly-and without
gotism-that she was not free
with caresses. She had been
caught unstrung and off balance:
probably, she had been in a
hypnotic state. due to his rub.
bling her forehead and temples
to cure the headache.
1t all, no doubt. had been a dream
to her and he would not believe
that she was easy. She had been
In his house, had trusted him and
he had taken advantage OF mo-
mentary weakness. With other
girls he had known, a kiss, almost
inevitable, was an overture
beginning of other pleasures to
follow.
But he turned his mind reso.
lutely away from the tawdry back.
ground of his past and refused
to- vision Marian Thorndike against
it. His lips moved and he mar.
INJURED her name.
Marian"
The sound of it was so delicious
that 1t enchanted him with repe-
tition--it was a magic word, alive
with mystic powers.
Her face was before his eyes and
he had again the intense sensation
of her soft, warm lips pressed to
his own. There had been an in
stant when the wide chasm that
separated them had been bridged
but 1t had been only for mo.
mcnt. The chasm was still there.
A depression stole over him as
he remembered the authoritative
Marian. and her easy acceptance
OF it,, In his heart, Eddie had the
confidence to believe he was bet
ter man than the clustering, full
faced other; yet Freeman had the
assurance of a favorite sutton.
He had looked upon Eddie with
evident dislike and Marian had
gone home with him. even though
she had previously decided to ride
in Eddie's buggy.
Freeman had had an air of pro-
prietorship and she had been
acquiescent. Together they be-
longed to the same class. How
ever repellant Eddie found Free
man it was evident that. to
Marian. the man was on an es.
tablished footing. 1t was as
though they belonged to an ex.
elusive caste and that Eddie was
hopelessly outside the pale. He
could feel the muscles in his jaw
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any other Girl on earth! she
lived III 4 world OF books and
finer things Of life than his own
kind of girls did. There we're
taste and discrimination and
definite cnoosings between fine
things ana gross things that i'm
piled the highest development Of
intelligence and good breeding.
And the doors of understanding,
ne realized, were locked against
himbut Marian held the key and
II she 40 desired could reveal
to him hidden ta.easures beyond
the grasp of his seTlt irraagina-
ton He fnarveled q { the Wonder
Of II and gaspea He could hard.
" believe that few nights be-
fore she had been ID his arms
and that their lips had chung
warmly together
Despite his effort to keep his
mind off those past moments Of
delight he was unable to stop
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CHAPTER 20

CHAPTER %
Marian came into the room and
Eddie. again. felt the swimming
sensation 81 bliss at the contact
Of her hand IN greeting II was
the first time Re had seen her
III her own home, and she blend
ed, with d feminine daintiness
into the home. like. vet dignified
proportioned high-ceilinged lixing
room and the subdued, gracious
furnishings.
In alight summer dress she re-
veaIed 4 cool loneliness that was
somehow less sophisticated that
the effect she produced when clad
ii riding clothes The thing he
admired 70 greatly about ner was
her seif.possession: III contrast,
he Imagined his own face Was
flushed ana there was danger
that ne might stumble on i rug.
81 &lnU ID So ~ f91ssS -
smoothly. You are just ii time
for tea.
IT was the first time in his
life he had ever had tea with
anybody: the custom had never
been practiced among his New
York associates and and the idea
of having tea bore. somehow. q
faint stamp OF effen1inacy.
Once they were seated however,
she made 1t easy for him to for.
get any embarra ssment. "a ling
ering uncertainty was still upon
him because Or her fathers fan
cied llOstility--he admitted that
he might have been unduIy sensi-
tive. Marian. though, was fasci-
natingly cordial.
She must have sensed that he
was slightly III at ease because
she kept the conversation, at once,
from anything personal between
them. There were q number of
books in the roomlate novels
and she asked him IL he would
care to read them.
This one. she said, picking
up a volume, II think is the best
thing / have read this year. 4
How different she was from
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and there radiated from him 4
graciousness that instantly put
eddie at ease. Few Of the PEG.
pie he had known in New York
possessed such gift. Even as
he liked Marian he approved Of
her father.
MY name Is Regain
So slight was the change IN his
attitude that Eddie could not be
sure that a change occurred at all;
8 yet. there was bare hint Of
aloofness or dislike, that had
sprung into existence.
'.Oh. yes. Mr.. Regana-I'll see II
: / can find my daughter. Won't
you sit down.
lie left Eddie alone and suddenly
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tighten and his teeth clamp to-.
gether. Then he fell asleep to
dream wild, flower scented dreams
that transported him to heavenly
realms.
An actual jov came to him the
next day: note from Marian
Thorndike was delivered BIZ the
postman and left In the tin mail
box at his gate.
Thank you a thousand times
for taking care of me as best
you could under the circun.
stances after the accident, she
wrote. II am still a little stiff
but no actual damage was done.
When you are passing our place
sometime I'd be glad If YOU
stopped in. !"
The missive filled him with
ecstatic joy He had the sheet
of paper In his hand and adored
the very formation of the letters
her hand had rested on the
fibre of the paper and given
1t an infinitely precise quality.
He read the words over five or
six times. A great admiration for
her. devoid of passion. welled up
in him.
What a girlr' he murmured.
What a darn fine girln'
She was generous. forgiving,
magnificently hospitable. Al great
urge burned him to rush to her
Immediately, but discretion re-
strained him. He would have to
meet her parents and he had a
feeling they would not like him.
Her father had hated old Penfield
Paradine and, no doubt, some
rancor would attack the Paradine
heir.
1t was barely possible, too, that
the invitation to call had been
merely perfunctory and gesture
of politeness. Maybe the hate had
been a mere matter OF form
maybe, these people down here
had a sort of courtesy that caused
them TO acknowledge even the
slightest favor by writing a letter
about it.
Eddie, frankly, didn't know
points of etiquette touching such
matters. He would have to send
off for book and read up on
the subject. But, balanced against
all this was the glorious possibil-
ity that Marion Thorndike had
meant every word she had writ
ten.
Three days passed since he had
received her letter and still he
darned not call. Every time he
tried to serve himself up he was
assaileds by uncertainty, by doubt
that undermined his detcrmina-
ton. He didn't know how soon
she expected him-if she expected
him at all, and he was afraid of
making a grotesque blunder. A
solution occurred to him and he
called her up.
Drop in any time you are
passing" she responded to his
inquiry as to when he could call.
He had felt uneasy talking to her
over the telephone, and without
meaning to, he had seemed abrupt.
But her voice was cordial
enough. Wearing his city suit.
which Tobe had cleaned and
pressed, Eddie turned his horse
and buggy in the lane that lead
up to the Thorndike home.
Everybody else in the county, ii
seemed. owned automobiles and
he was acutely conscious Of his
poverty. Not for himself did he
mind it so much, but he hoped so
poor a sutton would not embar.
rass Marian before her friends.
On one thing, though, he could
bank--she was a regular girl and
there was not trace of high. hat
in her makeup.
IL hiC -
and presented himself at the door.
1t was opened, not by a colored
servant but by a tall man with
white hair and a strong featured
face.
'T am calling on Miss Marian"
Eddie said.
The other invited him inside
ooh, yes-she's around some
place. I am her father"
He was pleasant spoken man
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Read This First

Eddie didn't drink did like comradhip Eddie
rackeeer Eddie regular
lows looked Eddie for he their
education gungir
Eddie's night
something within him
life leading
Eddie slipped
Il RATHER headed South. ss.e
ThOrndke Eddies drab
mad
struck il which Eddie
them trouble
hervtor went 70 Paadine house where they found the old
comfortable and Eddie invited 70
old mans guest.
the Parradin estate The former aceteer Immediately set
himself q country gentleman
an.ST cordially dislike each other.
i NO1D Go On With The Story.
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serpent that the snake
lis IS and sehpsns -
wambooded forth its Young awe A0aers
or vpers have W mark on the back Of the head.
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What Do You KnOU?
ANSWERS TO TODAY's TEST
Questions ON Editorial Page

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H. St Simeon intensely heated
condition of the earth's interior
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the whole house seemed to fill
with i frigid disapproval
New Britain herald., 1928-07-10

BTOL sTREET-rhree family. IS room house. steam heat. with five car gar age. Income pays 1oeo on investment, s2.ooo cash required. The Commercial Company. Room 4lc. Commercial Trust Co. Bldg.
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Farms For Sale

FARMS AND SUBURBAN PROPERTY- For sale and exchange for city prop erty. NJ. Parsons. 3i State St. Hart ford. Telephone .-S415
New Britain herald., 1928-07-10
Mortgages

FIRST AND SECOND MORTGAGE loans. P. J. MURRAY CO. INC. S25 Main Street. Telephone 2U3l
 FIRST AND SECOND MORTGAGE LOANS, Gleason w. ParGer Commer- cial Trust Building. S5 West Main St MONEY TO LOAN. second mortgages Schultz X Costello, Inc. 242 Main Street. Telephone a4.
 OUR FIRST MORTGAGEs yield 7qo in advance and are considered most eN- ceptional. Sold from s2U0 to q o0a Bodwell Realty Co.,. National Bank Bldg
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PLA1NvILLE. CoNN.-a0 acres, 10 room house. barn tractor. Price s6,50o Any terms. l.. W. Ferguson. 4s Main St., Southinkton. Phone o32
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IT. ACRES of land for sale. Water power saw mill Good fishing and swimming T. stagis. ac Newington Ave. Tels- phone 2S14-M
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BENEFICIAL LOAN SOCIETY

24l Raphael Bldg. second floor, s9 West Main st.. between Washington and Higl, streets. Open s:3o to 5: Saturday 30 to l. Licensed hy the State-Bonded to
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New Britain herald., 1928-07-10
EMPLOYMENT
Help Nanted-Ncn

SALESMAN and collector wanted, Apply 5S Church St SHORT ORDER cook wanted Tony's Lunch, Broad St
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\ FRIEND IN NEED

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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
Building Tots For Sale

BUILDING LOTS. Excellent locations. Prices reasonable. THE W. l.. HATCH CO. City Hall building. 20 West Main St. Telephone 3+00
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Fora New H0a Small Wish p % @ Aa rs You Will Find Assortment Will
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EMPLOYMENT
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EDUCATIONAL
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ALL TYPES or DANCING TAuGHT- Emerson Studio. 150 w. Main St. Les sons any time by appointment. Phone 61S or li35-W
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SLATER ROAD-Land 355 feet front by tt0 feet deep: partly tillable Price sl,soo Apply 300 Burritt St, End floor. Telephone 3214-J
Evening star., 1928-03-13
Nj u S [ C.
SCHUBERT CHAMBER MUSIC.

A Schubert centennial festival, COM
p;Sed Of three programs Of chamber
risic, TO be given in the Du Barry
rCorl of the Draper Building three sue
ceSstve Monday afternoons. was opened
Yesterday, with the initial program en-
tirely of music for this medium of eX-
preston, written By Franz Schubert.
The programs are being sponsored by
the Elena de Sayn String Quartet, with
assisting musicians. The audience yes
terday was evidently interested and
filled the hall to its capacity. This
room is not particularly happy choice
for chamber music. 1t is very long and
narrow. and gives one a rather smoth-
cred feeling; also. for those who happen
TO sit at the rear of the room the play
ers can be heard but only occasionally
glimpSed in pieceMeal fashion. Wash
ington certainly needs a hall available
for public use that is we'll equipped for
musical programs and also has pleas
ing atmosphere.
The assisting musicians yesterday
were Sophocles T. Papas, guitariSt, and
Nation Boyce. pianist. Quite interest
ing as novelty to local audiences was
the Quartet for Guitar, Violin, Viola
and violoncello." There were times
that the guitar part assumed the quail
times it provided a rounded legato ac-
companiment for the strings: still again
1t sliavely dominated the other instru-
ments.
The second movement of this, 'tema
con variazioni." was quite the high light
OF the afternoon from point Of view Of
ensemble playing and also for color and
charm. The minuet also was delight
ful and the following "lerto e pate
tico'' vas broken by untimely applause
OF the audience. making the compost
ton seem TO have six instead OF only
five movements. It Is certainly lovely
and melodious work.
The ''Nocturne for Violin, Violoncello
and Piano gave Miss Day opportunity
10 display especially some rich deep
tones and mellow iegato passages that
were well played Mr. Boyce played
a-peggios and runs on the piano with
rolIicking ri1ythms and Miss de Sayn
had numerous solo passages for the
violin
The last number was Quartet. Opus
l6i. for Two Violins, Viola and Celia. +"
Il vas played with much earneStnesS
and fervor. but showed that an initial
Evening star., 1928-03-13

requirement for most satisfying results
in chamber music Is constant and fire.
quent practice together. This quartet,
composed of Miss de Sayn, first violin;
Gwendolyn van HulSteyn. second violin:
Lydia Brewer. VIOLA and Margaret Day,
violoncello, has been together only a
comparatively short time. Miss de
Sayn's instrument Is too inclined to
stand out above the others. Mrs. van
Hulsteyn played her part more than
adequately. Miss Brewer is q real en-
semble artist with the viola. Miss Day
has never been heard to better ad-
vantage with the cello in ensemble
work.
The composer whose works will be
presented next Monday afternoon is
Johannes Brahms. Assisting the quar-
tet will be Armand Paquay, French
horn player, and Mfr. Boyce. H. F..
Evening star., 1928-03-13
EXPLOSIVES DEPOT
IN NEVADA FAVORED
Jcint Board Proposes Other
Plans for Storage of Mu-
nitionS Elsewhere.

Ey the Associated Press.
Enactment of legislation to establish
a western high explosive depot for the
Navy, preferably at Hawthorne, New"
was recommended to Congress yester-
day by the joint Army and Navy board
which has been conducting survey OF
ammunition storage sites.
Expenditure of $2,9S9.02l also was
recommended Ito correct unsafe conoi-
tions" at number Of Army storage
depots throughout the country.
The board also recommended that
suitable nlunition depot be provided 10
replace that at Pearl Harbor: that the
naval ammunition depot at Cavite be
relocated at Mariveles; that non-in-
fianmable shell storage be provided at
Iona Island. n Y, and Fort Miff1in, Pa.
It also urged that construction work
now in progress at Yorktown. Va, be
continued and that additional land be
acquired around the depot at st. Juliens
Greek. Va, adding: IF additional land
arovnti st. Juliens Greek is not pur-
chased, the permanent loaded projec-
tile storage be moved to Yorktown"
Evening star., 1928-03-13
WALES JOINS IN WELCOME
TO AFGHANlSTAN KING

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON. March 13.-The Prince
of Wales and party of high officials.
including generals and diplomats, went
TO Dover early today to welcome
and Queen Souriya to England.
They travelled in gayly decorated
special train of four cream-coloreG
coaches. They will bring the Afghan
rulers to Victoria station in 1t this aft
ernoon and there King George and
Queen Mary will greet them.
Evening star., 1928-03-13
LISMAN UPHOLDS ESCH.
Banker Criticizes Senate Opponents
of I. c. c. Appointee.

Interstate Commerce Commission
members should be appointed for life
like Federal judges are, in the opinion
of F. j. Lisnan, New York investment
banker and authority on railroad mat
ters, who spoke yesterday before the
Bond Club at meeting at the Carlton
Hotel, in which lie gave "reminiscences
Of Wall Street and the development Of
business since he has entered it. Mr..
Lisman considers that "the whole ques-
ton of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission is at stake" in the situation
brought about by the opposition of some
Senators to the confirmation of Com
missioner Esch for another term, due
to the way he voted in recent coal
rate case.
Mr. Lisman made it plain. in an in
terview. that he personally disagrees
with Mr. Esch's decision, but supports
his confirmation for the sake of prin-
ciple.
Evening star., 1928-03-13
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Blades, Package of
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for these excellent Swedish
charcoal steel razor blades. VIII
At Gillette razor.
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The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1928-08-10
INTEREST IN WHEELER
(Great Falls Tribune)

Interest in Senator Burton K.
Wheeler's campaign for renomin-
alton was not confined to his
home state. Throughout the ma
ton, particularly in the east, many
were wondering whether Mon
tana would turn down its Junior
senator because he had been UNI
usually active in national and for
eign affairs for a ''first-termer."
Montana's Endorsement OF
Wheeler in the primaries last
month was nothing less than en-
phatic. That he will be reelected
this fall is a foregone conclusion
among all those who know the
temper of our voters.
The senator's strength lies in
the fact that he is courageous and
independent. These qualities nave
Won admiration for him, even
among the conservatives of the
east. as is disclosed by editorial
comment.