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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-01-11

Baseball's highest salaried player
and considered the greatest per-
former in the National League goes
to the Boston Braves as result of
swift closing of deal between John
McGraw and Emil Fuchs. Only
reason advanced for move is phil
anthropic-desirc on the part Of
National league officials to bolster
waning gate receipts in Boston by
injection of magnetic personality Of
former st. Louis stAS
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-01-11

Birmingham, Ala, will stare q
pro golf tournament In March with
| prixes Of 5000 cffcrcl 10 the
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-01-11
gents gents LAST

(By The Associated Press)
Jacksonville. Fla.-Sid Ter.
ris. Chapel Hill. N. C.. won
from Big Ben Pound. Florida.
(1O).
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-01-11

To Train In California
Roland Locke, who hopes to wild
the Olympic sprint EVENT. plans II
train in Californ' in 1928.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-01-11

Chicago-Bud Taylor. Terre
Haute. defeated Babe Ruth.
Louisville. (10). Les Mariner.
Chicago, won by = technical
knockout from Bud Doran, Chi.
cago. 60.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-01-11

A New York life insurance COM
pany claims that college athletes
have better prospect Of living q
long life than the average man.
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RnaA AnH Ra.l>.

0eBt 10 LII BAHIA
Danny Mccoy, Pacific coast fly
weight, is the best fighter in his
division, according to Fidel La
Barba, retired undefeated champion.
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4VVss 49, V"1O o
Referee-Slatte-y, Bismarck.
Umpire-Jacobson, Bismarck. $
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"Afrer giving birth to two children
| became SO nervous, suffered with
headache and backache and could
scarcely walk. didn't want anything
to eat and could scarcely do any
work. After taking a few bottles of
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
pound my appetite came back and
now | can do as much work as any
woman. | do all my housework, wash
ing and ironing, and am assistant
postmaster for my husband. | have
two big boys, one six who goes to
school and one four years old. | tell
my friends how the Vegetable Com
pound has helped me and recommend
it to them. Mrs. L. c. Machen,
HollinS, Alabama.
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his hand and held it tenderly
against her cheek always
look ahead never back
Are you happy?" Maisie asked,
looking at the big, square dia-
nnond Curtis had put on the third
finger of her left hand.
Because / have ring?" Joan
asked, smiling at it. A lovely
ring. A raiadrop on tiny plati-
mum myrtle leaves, twining round
her finger.
.'Yes--that and everything
But Joan only laughed, 'Of
course. At least l think / am.
they haven't given me time to
really stop and think about 1t.
Something every moment. Curtis
wants me to give up my work
now, but / want to keep it little
longer"
1T does seem too much. dearie,
working all day, and going out
every night. Seems to me some
times YOU look kind of feverish--"
ooh, no, Maisie. just happy
and rushed. And love to be
rushed. you know | do"
Someone was always asking her
IL she was happy, and now 1t
was Curtis, locking at her with
kind. light brown ayes, full OF
love, full OF devotion and some
thing else-yearning- sent
the blood to racing sickly in her
breast, and made the little fugi-
tive memories come out Of their
secret hiding places cali
ing calling
"Oh. I shouldn't keep thinking
of him-I shouldn't isn't fair
to Curtis why can't | for.
get like other people? Why do
have to keep on wanting some
one who doesn't wapt me?"
And aloud she sa3d, Are you
happy, Curtis?"
80 happy that am afraid to
believe it's true"
she slipped one slender arm
about his Shoulder, drew him TO
her. fiercely. protectively. Why
shouldn't it be true? Why
shouldn't Curtis be happy, even
If she couldn't? Why not give 10
Curtis what Bill didn't
want? Forget what might have
been forget
''Joan-are you listening?"
"Of course, I'm listening"
Joan. J. didn't tell you. but
got the craziest letter about a
week ago. At first / wasn't 90.
ing TO gay anything about it, bIt
] can't get the darn thing off
my mind, wondering who wrote
it you know.
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VotO Go On With The Story.
By Hazel Livingston
oyhose Serial sudiO" Nationwide succes
Read This First:

skeleton 25 years old. Joan's
mother stole her sweetheart, Peter
Hastings, Judge Hastings son.
There's our skeleton. My sister
veronica's escapade. Secret wed.
ding. Suicide. Nice story. Want
to hear some more about it be-
fore YOU let your son marry
Van Fleet?"
Mrs. Barstow thought she could
hear the little bent sister still cry
ing as she went down stairs, but
perhaps it was only the eucalyp-
tus trees whispering in the wind.
Evvie watched her go, still grim
ming. showing all her beautiful
blue white store teeth. i almost
wish I'd let Babe talk. Now were
going to have that in the family
: Joan's a ninny. She should
have married the first one . :"
* X
Congra tulations. eng cement
gifts. q tide OF felicity rolled over
Joan, almost drowning her in ex-
element.
They don't let me ever come
up for air."
wen, it's all part of it, sup
pose, Curtis said spontaneously,
and though she protested that he
never had a moment alone with
her, which he didn't, she knew
that he liked it. He liked things
done decently and in order. Liked
to think that .Toan's beauty was
creating a sensation. and the right
people were feting her.
Mothers set her heart on n
church wedding--did she tell you2
At the cathedral. the bishop and
everything"
i've been a bride so often.
Joan murmured, grinning. I'm
Francine's shop" she nastened tU>
add when ne didn'E smile. He
never saw the point in the things
that convulsed her with merri-
ment. Dear Curtis so
sensible so good
Lets not think about the shop
any more. Joan. That's all be.
hind US. Let's just look ahead"
''Yes-just look ahead" Her
eyes filled with tears. She took
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'TelI her about the way he
threw you over for Veronica. And
Veronica and young Peter in the
rose garden-that part is good"
"Ervie, Babe moaned. Stop.
II"
"You wanted to exhibit the fam
Nv skeletons, didn't you? I'm
helping you--so you won't forget
anything. Now if you feel able
to go on with it"
Still with the pink shawl over
her eyes the little bent old woman
crept out of the room. Lyla Bar
STOW heard her crawling up the
stairs whimpering as she WENT
like an animal who has been hurt.
"ouite an exhibition. Eyvie
said. She pulled large white
handkerchief out of her petticoat
pocket and blew her nose violently.
'souite worth your while coming
over, wasn't ii, Mrs.-ef-Blooms-
bury?''
"Ah. yes. Babe remembered it
by the second laundress. ! was
thinking of Bloomsbury. a second
girl we had
Miss Van Fleet. came here
as any mother gould
You must excuse me If I'm
g. little unsympathetic, Eyvie
grinned sardonically. Il never was
a mother"
II came here because my son
wants to marry your niece, Lyla
Barstow went on determinedly,
sand l came to ask you ques-
ton you have not answered yet"
Evvie stood up, brushed imagi-
nary crumbs from her stiff white
shirtwaist. II didn't consider it
necessary to answer an anony-
nous letter. she said, fixing the
younger woman with her beady
black eyes. "but since YOU insist,
do. Ny niece brought us no
trouble. She knew no soldiers,
sailors. nor travelling statesmen.
She knew no boys at all. nor men.
Your letter is a lie"
But your sister"
My sister, regret to say, is a
fool. She's still airing a family
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"Since taking Lydia E. aPinkham's
Vegetable Compound ! am gaining
fast. When l started taking it | was
always tired and worn out and had to
lie down at least an hour day. | am
Aoor,manager and on my feet good
deal and have to work at home some
too. A girl friend who had taken the
Vegetable Compound recommended
it as one of the best medicines. | have
taken three bottles and | have inn
proved in every way and am still
taking it. would be willing TO help
any girl who is suffering as | was by
answering her letter. Mamie E.
Browne, R6, Box 141A, Riverddle,
Roanoke Virginia,
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achs-with "Pape's Diapepsin." Thus,
their digestive organs are sOothed,
healed and strengthened in q wonder
full way, and normal healthy digestion
results.
Because it is 80 quick, so safe and
so sure in ending digestive troubles,
millions recommend "Pape's Dispep-
sin" "Pape's Diapepsin" is unequalled
as an Indigestion remedy and food
corrective, yet it costs only 90 cents
a package at all druggists.
If your stomach ever torments you
get "Pape's Diapepsin" at once and
recapture the pleasure of care-free,
painless digestion. You may have felt
that nothing can help your particu-
lar difficulty, but so have others to
whom this remedy proved a pleasant
surprise.
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We'll, you eat something. I'm
not going to have you go out Of
here without anythin' in your
stummick. You ought to look at
yourself in the mirror. Dark cir.
c1es under your eyes. pale as a
ghost. Hand shakin' SO you can't
hold your coffee cup. Now you
keep on loolxin' that way and Cur
tisll he finding himself another
girl
II wish he would" the words
came out of their own accord, ex.
plosively.
Maisie's spoon clattered into the
prunes, splashing the sweet brown
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'Thad suffered for several years. Az
last someone told me to get Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and
did. | keep it in the house all the
time. | would not be without it now,
as it has helped me wonderfully. It
sure is a woman's friend if ever she
had one. 1t strengthens me so that |
can do my work. have taken it off
and on for over 18 years. live on
farm and help do all my housework
besides raising chickens and working
in the garden. | am the mother of six
children and advise any woman or
girl to take the Vegetable Com.
pound" Mrs. O. G. Shannon, Oak
land, Missouri.
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CHATTER XIV

"A Ietter-about me?'' she
couldn't meet his eyes. Fear
weighed them down. Fear CT
what the letter could say. Pan
icky, fluttering fear the
shame of having him know
But he couldn't know, nobody
new, nobody but Bill and Aunt
Eyvie. Aunt Evvie knew. she
guessed - and If Aunt Evvis
guessed why not someone else2
Or someone passing on the road
in the night, hearing their voices,
seeing them in the moonlight, the
clear silvery light bright as
day - someone might have
watched looked through the
cans in the hedge they
never thought of that never
though of anything that
might have happened.
The frightened thoughts scut.
tied. lightning fast through her
brain. The scarlet OF shame
flowed over her face. diffusing
it, right up to the roots OF her
hair.
"Why, Joan! You mustn't care!
You don't think for moment
that I'd believe the stuff
She made little clicking
sound in her throat, but her voice
wouldn't come. There wasn't any
breath.
Johnnie. II | had known you'd
care I wouldn't have told you. |
thought you'd think it was funny.
It was. truly it was. Let me tell
YOU. dear. Please. Something
about stealing someone's lover.
and running away with sailor
from Goat Island"
.What?' she raised her shamed
head stared at him incredulously.
A sailor? Why, Curtis-I--"
Didn't I tell you it was crazy?
Yes, sailor from Goat Island"
"A sailor" she echoed. Oh the
blessed relief OF 1t. Not being
found out. Safe. "a sailor"
She stopped again, catching her
breath. LYING. That was what
she was doing. Lying. Ma,IinG
him thnk "what wasn't true.
would you have cared
n IL were true?" she asked very
low. so low that he could hardly
hear the question.
"Johnnie" He strained her 10
him, smoothing her hair. soothing
her. you mustn't have morbid
thoughts like that | want YOU to
he always sunny and laughing, al
WAYS my own merry joan"
You didn't answer me, Curtis"
"Didn't answer you?'
when asked-if II would
make any difference IL IL
."
Johnnie, don't be absurd. For
heavens sake"
II know, but would 1t. Curtis
tell me would it mat
ter if"
'If You had run away with the
sailor? OF course, it would. You'd
be the sailors bride I suppose. and
I'd be out OF luck. Besides, you
wouldn't be Joan. you'd he some
one else. That's why it's so crazy
to argue"
But II I had?"
ooh. Johnnie, you don't get the
point. 1t was your goodness that
made me love you. The goodness
that is your beauty. Not the white
and gold OF your flesh. though
love that, TOO. but because you're
yourself - different from other
girls better -
She stiffened in his arms. Turned
cold and sick so sick
nauseated.
mo, not different Not bet
ter"
She'd have to tell him now. All
the stale, Sordid story that once
seemed so beautiful and clean.
Like a rainbow flashing suddenly
In the gray days of her loneliness
in the big house on the hill. A
rainbow that wasn't real at all,
only a flash Of cheap, colored light.
Curtis ---" She couldn't keep
her voice steady. because her teeth
we're chattering, chattering with
fear She knew how his face
would look when she made him un.
derstand at last. Made him PEE
her as she really vas. How can
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/ bear it? How can / bear 1t when
he knows -''
She lay on his shoulder, listen
ing, trembling, trembling sickly.
Curtis-Curtis' despair when he
knew. She hadn't been thinking
of that. Only her own. She could
bear it for herself, but for him
breaking his faith, spelling his
life
'.Oh. If I had known-if I had
known what it would be like--to
have to go on living, remember
ing. Aunt Evvie. why didn't you
tell me?--why didn't someone tell
me? IT wasn't fair-I didn't
know 49," Sick thoughts whirl-
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ing, whirling in circles. Circles of
pain. No way out now-unless
she broke Curtis heart!
"You shouldn't love me like
that, Curtis, because I'm not worth
it-realiy, truly, I'm not -
He only smiled, and kissed her
fingers gentIy-one by one.
X
THAT settles it," Maisie said
when Joan pushed her oatmeal
away untouched the next morn
ing. You've got to give up your
work and get some rest in the
mornings. When a girl cant
eat"
I'm just not hungry"
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Juice up over her SEARCHED clean
housedress.
Joan looked down at the ring,
blazing on her finger. Symbol OF
her pledge to Curtis. Symbol of
Curtis promise to her. Promise
of ease and wealth. of beauty and
the soft things of life. Slowly she
took it off. Placed it carefully on
the table beside her.
''Masie, / can't go on with 1t.
I've tried. III can't do it. I
can't"
TO be Continued Tomorrow
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No Need to Diet
at Any Age

1ENTY of people
past "three.score-
ahd-ten" eat what
they please with
out penalty. They
don't have heart
burn, or hatulence,
or any distress due
to excessive acid.
But they do take
care of their stom-
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From Youth Il: Age
IhhIDaI Praise lydia .9lllEllEl Vegetable 5l1r|1l!

in life when the girl
birth her first ch when reaches mid
Pkh Vegetable Compound helps restore
handy Countless thousands testify its WORTH
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CoIors of Opal

Opal coors than other gem.
Mix opal white bush-white and cheap you can
buy by the pound is sometimes used for ornamnng taOe
tops making heads
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What kind of letter.
tWhy, from some crank over
in Sausalito. Full of fantastic
stories, about you"
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This Day in History

Virgil Latin poet October ID, 70 B. CT
a the Of the from the town OF
Mantua He is best for his Aenid ana naIoy less
we'll known for his Georges and Eclogues
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noticed before she knows
there's more harmonious a
ana
The background
of itself spotted with eyets
fitted nothing
costume the necessary
Erb
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SULPHUR MINING ID
 RESUME IN NEVADA

SULPHUR, Nev., Jan. 26. R- Sulphur mining resumes; it's crews of men attacking vast deposits bringing back an industry almost forgotten in California and Neveda since the
 World War. X
 The Humboldt Sulphur Co.,, has just completed a plant costing $4OO,000 which will handle 25O tons of 25 per cent ore.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-01-26
TWO. CREWS WORKING

Conductor Amend hauled out the work crew train to the snow slide last night and returned again this morning. Oscar Pearson's crew of men were due to start work on the bridge at daybreak today On the other side of the slide, at Mile 49.4, Jack Hanson and his crew, from Anchorage, are engaged in clearing up the mess.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-01-26
TONY A | BUSY MAN

Tony Kvas, we'll known Alaskan chef who is now in the restaurant business in Kodiak, is building up a fine business in the thriving West ward town, according to recent ar- rivals in Seward. Tony sends his re- gards over to his many local friends.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-01-26
WATSON SOUTH MONDAY

Announcement is made today that the. s. s. Admiral Watson, of the P. s Co.,, will sail South out of Seward next Monday morning at g o'clock. A trair from the Interior is expected to arrive in Seward On Sunday.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-01-26
WAS ALMOST BLIND

Mrs. Olson, accompanied by her two sons, Lawrence and William, took passage on the Admiral Watson fer Seldovia, their home. During their stay in Seward, William, who was on the verge of blindness, was under treatment at the Seward General Hospital, and is returning home al most entirely recovered.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-01-26

On the north side of the big snow slide at Mile 4e.3 it said the depth of snow ranges from three to eight feet and that the length of the slide is approximately ITO feet. On the southern part of the slide it is con- siderably less.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-01-26
WILL SELL HOLDINGS

NEW YORK, Jan. 2s. Yielding to the decree of segregation passed ill 1920, Armor & Co.,, of Illinois will sell it's extensive investments in prfn- cipal stockyards of the United States.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-01-26

Noel w. Smith, general manager of the Alaska Railroad is due back in Alaska from the East on March 1. it is reported.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-01-26

Axel Thelander, was among those arriving in Seward last evening from Seattle on the Admiral Watson.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-01-26

Tho moon entered a new phase in is orbit today and evidently will bring some fair weather.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-01-26

Al meat and nothing else in the  Frye. Bruhn Meat Market.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-01-26

When you want good steak CT -oast, give Carstens cali.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-01-26

Cleanliness and the best of meats our motto. Frye-Bruhn.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-01-26

FRESH KILLED CHICKENS FROM LONGS RANCH, AT-FRYE BRUHN.
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BANK STATEMENTS

washington Clearing H0u6es
s., ,45O, ,011.S1.
New York Clearing House bal
ance, $186, ,OO0, 600.
New York Clearing House ex-
change, 81, ,712. 600, 900.
Treasury balance, SAC, ,249, ,000.@l.
Customs. receipts, S2O,665. .496.O4.
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s At { BLASTED,
XMAS GIFT
STOLEN

The dull thud of muffled pound
ing at an early hour today awak.
ened residents in the vicinity of The
1400 block of r st. n. w. and
alarmed them when they were I'm.
able to find the reason for the
noise.
They called police OF the Second
precinct and the policemen sent out
to investigate the mysterious sounds
discovered that safe in the office
of l.. s. Julien, Inc, an automotiVe
accessory dealer. had been broken
into and the contents scattered over
the floor. The shop had been
broken into by "iimmying a back
window.
An ironic feature of the robbery
was that the robbers had used tools
that were in the shop to open the
safe.
Max Dingin, of the 4SOO block
Of Georgia Ave, the bookkeeper
of the firm, said that there was
about $500 in the safe. Papers.
ledgers and books of the firm were
scattered over the floor. Several
sweaters of employees were torn up
and used for muffling rags. A S35
onyx desk set. that was a Christ
mas present last year, for Mr..
Julien from his employees haJ been
stolen also.
Headquarters Detectives Sweeney
Darnell and Fowler, Investigating
Continued on Page 2, Column A.
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Prince George Leaves
New York on Dash
To Fathers Bedside

y NEW YORK, Dec. Is n.N.s9.-The
Cunard liner Berengaria, bearing
Prince George to the bedside Of his
failing father. steamed down the
bay early today and headed for
England.
Off Sandy Hook, the liner
plowed the waves at full speed. The
captain had promised to get King
Georges youngest son home in rec
Ohd time.
The 26-year-old Prince boarded
the liner last night cheered by a
eradio telephone conversation with
his mother in which Queen Mary
told him that the King was making
q gallant fight to recover from his
illness.
The Princes wish that mo fuss
be made over him" here was re-
spected and his visit was quiet
one. although a large crowd saw
him off at the pier last night. He
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column 81
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Explaining to Sergt. George
Little why she had broken a
promise fo him not to sell any
more whiskey. Mrs. Minnie
Epstein 38 of the loo block
. st. S. E., said according to
Sergeant Little, II have to do
something. | have five chill
.dren.
Mrs. Epstein's husband. Samuel,
has deserted her. she told police.
Hidden Vault
A hidden vault behind a false
panel in the home was found to
contain several gallons of alleged
liquors. Sergeant Little reported.
Mrs. Epstein pleaded not guilty
to possession of liquor in Police
Court today before Judge Ralph
Given and demanded a jury trial.
"A charge growing out Of an al
legged sale of liquor will be faced by
her daughter, Gertrude, Is, in
Juvenile Court
Following a conference between
Little and Assistant United States
Attorney David A. Hart, 1t was
stated that the entire family OF
Mrs. Epstein may be brought to
Juvenile Court on charges of being
destitute of a proper home.''
The Washington times., 1928-12-15

The girl is Elizabeth King
sentenced three years ago in Rock
vile to 10 years in the penitentiary
for smothering her two illegitimate
children. born nearly a year apart,
when they We're but few hours
old.
Miss King has been a model
prisoner" and Gov. Albert G..
Ritchie has announced that her
parole will be among the batch ne
will send as Christmas presents TO
inmates of the ''big house"
To Start Life Again
Once out of the penal institution,
Elizabeth King will cease to exist
and in her stead will be another girl.
The new girl, her name a carefully
guarded secret. will be ushered into
job where she will receive her pay
every Saturday night: where no one
knows her, and where she will have
a chance for promotion on her own
merits.
A home will be waiting her. For
month-maybe longer--she will be
under the care Of women skilled in
their profession. that OF handling
paroled women prisoners, at the
Prisoners Relief Society. There she
will become "acclimated to the out.
side" the most pathetic and heart.
breaking step in the sudden freeing
of convict, man or woman.
Once she becomes accustomed to
the outside she will be placed in
the home of an elderly married
couple. There she will attempt to
begin all over again.
DIR. Z. e. budding, president of
the Prisoners Relief Society, said
that all arrangements had been
made to care for the girl when
she is released.
All credit for the governors ac.
tion and the new aspect on life the
girl now has goes to Miss Carolina
Lazenby, retired Washington
school teacher.
It was Miss Lazenby, who became
interested in the unfortunate girls
! Continued on Page 2, Column L..