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Use Bond Ten Pay Service
Pay SO when you buy the rest in ten
weekly payments There are no interest
or carrying charges. ''Pay as you get paid!"
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Il IOMERUV|
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s The Leaders
National--Hafey. 15; Klein. Is: OFT.
IL. l.. Wilson, IL; o'Doul, IL; Hurst
IL: Jackson. IL.
American-Gehrig, II: simmons. Il;
Ruth, 10; E'oxx. 10.
League Totals
& Natfonal--a70.
y America n--tSa.
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'sI secured an eagle three.
thanks 10 splendid tee drive Of
nearly $50 yards and . beautiful
Inashie iron shot that just missed
hitting the pin, rolling about six
feet beyond the cup. i then
dropped my putt for q 3.
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..Strobel and McNerhany were
also on the green in two continued
sylvester, "but failed to sink. their
long puts. Paravano was on in
and dropped a long putt for his
birdie A.
The match finished all even, with
sylvester having a. medal round OF
49, McNerhany an 81, Strobel an s4
and Paravano an s..
] Another trick, which has hap
,pensd several times on local links
: this year, is driving your bali into
the pockets of your opponent. J. r.
Wheeler can lay claim to this honor
snoW:
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The one deserving the most
praise, however, is youthful
Gene Larkin, the red.haired as
sistant pro at Chevy Chase.
LariSin scored 154 to earn him
3 secOnd-pIace tie at the Oak.
mont Country Club. Pittsburgh.
and he may give \ creditable ac-
count when the big test arrives.
The Washington times., 1929-06-11

Playing BannOckburn with Il.
8. HandibOe, he slashed his ball
into the woods on the right OF
the twelfth hole.
The Washington times., 1929-06-11

The, National Open and ma
h tlOnaI college, championships
may conflict with the golf
schedule Of Maurice Mccarthy.
The latter is to defend his
college title on June "a at the
Hollywood Country Club. Deal,
IN. j.. June 24.2S. while the
7 National Omen begins June ~.
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sons Notes on the State of Virginia
Which Appear to Have Tendency to
Subvert Religion and Establish
False Philosophy" However, his most
important work. the one at least upon
which, he believed his fame as
scholar would be secure. was "a Com
pendius Lexicon of the Hebrew Lam
guage." He little realized that future
generations of Americans would re-
member him better as the author of
what he was accustomed to call "a
silly poem," the authorship of which
he refused to acknowledge for long
time
Yet such was the case, for short
time before Christmas in 1922, Doctor
Moore wrote for his children a Christ
mas poem and they were delighted
with the rollocking tale, as other chill
dren, not only in this country but in
many other lands. have been ever
since. A daughter of Rev. DR.. David
Butler, rector of. St Pauls church at
Troy, N. z, who was a niece of
Doctor Moore. was a Christmas guest
In the Moore home and made copy
of the poem in her album. The next
year she sent copy of it to the Troy
Sentinel and it appeared in that pa
per, prefaced by note from the ed
itor saying he did not know who had
sent it. BY the next year 1t had ap-
peared in many other newspapers and
magazines and within a few years it
had found its way into the school
books. By this time inquiries were
beginning to be made as to its author
ship and eventually Doctor Moore,
none too well pleased that his "silly
poem was so weIl-known whereas his
scholarly "Compendius Lexicon" at
tracted little attention, except from
other scholars, admitted it's authorship
and gave the autographed original
manuscript of the poem to the New
York Historical society.
In its original form the poem diff
fers slightly from the present version,
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TIE DESERT MOON MYSTERY

at Is all on the tnbie In her ROOM"
he said. "where put II for the coro-
ner's jury. You can go and see.
But. first, read this. II was tucked
inside her dress. The undertaken
found 1t. and gave II to me. dread
giving II to Danny"
De handed me a folded sheet of
paper. | opened 1t. and read:
Danny dear: II you ever read
this, shall be dead-murdered. Don't
have me buried here In this Godfor.
saken country. Take me to San
Francisco and have my body ere
mated love a fame. I hate the
cold earth
"YOu have had much trouble on my
account. old dear. Don't blame me
for having kept the fear and the.
dread of this thing. which | felt Ger.
tain was going TO happen. from you.
You. nor no living person, but one.
could have saved me.
Remember, Dan, that In spite OF
all the distress | have caused you,
and may still; be causing you. have
always, In my own way, loved you.
Gaby."
SAM" l said, II knew she was
afraid. yesterday. Oh. why didn't
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CHAPTER VII
A Confession.

The sheriff, the coroner. the under
taker, newspaper reporter. and an
other man that the coroner had
brought along for juryman. drove
up to the ranch at five O'Clock that
morning. Sam and the sheriff had
been friends for thirty years. Sans
money had paid for the coroner's
medical education. They. and the
others. were mighty sorry to have
to bother US at ALL and their sole
aim was to make as little trouble as
possible.
They interviewed each one of Us,
alone. but pleasantly and informally,
in the dining room; each one, that is,
but Danny-the coroner, visiting her
as doctor, said II would never do to
poster her, in the state she was in
and Martha, who was still asleep. and
whom they said It was no use to
wake They kept each of Us about
ten minutes. They brought in the
verdict of died by his own hand. for
Chad; and, murdered by person or
persons Unknown for Gaby. They left,
on hptoe. holding their hats In their
hands clear to the end of the drive
way.
The sheriff left. l am all but Ger
tain, with the strong conviction that
| had committed the murder, and with
the resolution that he would not do
Sam an i'll turn by deprivina him of
a good cook The coroner. and the
others. except the reporter. were sure,
think. that one of Us was guilty !;
but were thankful to goodness that
they had not found out which one
The undertaken did not leave with
the others. He was preparing the
bodies 70 take them to Telko; there
to wait the instructions that we
could not give until after we had
gotten In touch. If possible, with
Chad's people, and had come to a
decision about Gaby's burial place.
All the Nevada newspaper accounts
made much of the fact that the fiend,
who had committed the terrible muir
der on the Desert Moon ranch. had
made a complete escape. without
leaving any ciews of any sort
No cIewsI Lands aliveI The place
was positively cluttered with ciews !:
and most of them about as useful, In
the end. as clutter generally is.
asked Sam about the contents Of
Gaby's beaded bag.
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downstairs. ready to take my rest.
when remembered the attic, with
all its windows wide open to the
drenching rain.
My corns had been hurting me all
day; SO. Chad being handy. asked
him TO go and close the attic. He
went up the stairs. and almost at
once came back TO tie head Of them
to call down that the attic door was
locked
John drove fast; but we barely
ask a man to do anything about the
house for you, you dc II twice your
self | thought, again. how true that
was, as ! went on my aching feet
I'D the stairs to prove to him that the
door was not locked, never had been
locked. and. likely, never would be-
Il was locked Chad walked IN.
saying that be would see whether
some one downstairs had locked /:
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girls, bring that skunk here yester-
dayY'
81 did not, dad"
.He got here. then. as I've said all
along. Horseback, across the deserts,
And he murdered the girl. By Cd.
he'll hang for 1t, If II takes my last
dollar. He killed Chad. too. as much
as IL he'd shot him down. We aren't
overlooking couple of murders. NOT
here on the Desert Moon. Not right
yet She went out to meet him yes
terday, tell you She brought him
into the house, for some purpose;
through the back way and up into the
attic"
without anybody seeing or hearing
themT Hubert Hand questioned.
Nobody was looking nor listening,
as l. remember. 1 tell you. he killed
her there on the stairs. and he made
his getaway"
IF you think that" | said. "Why
aren't you out hunting him?"
"H-lp Sam exploded. "Why
amt l out hunting last nights light
ming? The girl had been dead any
way two or three hours-more likely
longer, when we found her. He had
that head start on US. He's gone
he went straight across the deserts.
HI bent for Sunday. He'll need
food. He'll need water. worse. I've
telegraphed to every. town within two
hundred miles of here. They are
watching. I've phoned every ranch.
I've kept that phone hot for SIX solid
hours. I've got posses at every water
hole"
after he murdered her, be walked
downstairs, with none of US seeing
or hearing him. and into the living
room or the kitchen. and put the key
in my pocket, Canneziano is not the
guilty man"
The telephone 5ell rang.
Hubert Hand and John followed
Sam into the living room | stayed
where was. had to have min
ute to think. The ashes on the bagf
The key in my pocketi Sami
If Sam, l thought, mad found II
necessary to murder Gabrielle Can.
neziano. he had probably done It to
keep something worse from happen
ing. Sickened at myself. for that
thought, found another way of
thinking. not much better.
II did seem TO me- remembering the
pipe ashes on top OF the bag, that
Sam must have been there on the
stairs al some time after she had
been murdered and before had
found her. He must. then. be keep
ing some secret concerning the muir
der. II did look as If considering
his talk, he must be shielding the
murderer, with every ounce of his
horse-sense and ingenuity, both OF
which ne had in plenty. But whom
would he shield to thar extent? Chad
alive or dead7 No. Martha? Yes
But Martha could not have done it
John? Not unless there was some
thing TO II that none of Us dreamed
of. Hubert Hand. OF Mrs. Rfckerf
No. Danny? thought not My
self | couldn't be sure.
The men came back into the
Kitchen. Sam looked ten years Older
than be had looked ten minutes be-
fore.
at was San Quentin" he said to
me. "Canneziano was positively not
released from there Until nine O'Clock
yesterday morning"
That" | said. "lets him out"
And" Hubert Hand said. lets
every man-jack of us here on the
place. in"
Habit was too strong for Sam
"'Well in" he quoted, with groan.
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CHAPTER Vl-Continued

"Then you don't deny" Hubert
Hand began Sam, who has enough
dander for John and himself both.
when necessary, broke in.
"JOhn doesn't have to deny any
thing. Marcus will be in the office
now, waiting for Twenty-one. Phone
down. Phones handy. Ask him
whether he tagged Twenty today, for
passenger, or whether be is going
TO flag Twenty-One."
Hubert went straight to the tele
phone. From his end of the converse
ton, we could tell that Twenty had
not stopped. and that 40 one was
waiting for Twenty-One.. He looked
foolish. when he turned from the tele
phone, and said. Take IL all back.
John My mistake"
Sam looked mighty serious. We'll
as good a plan IS any woulo be for
US all to go out and have a look
around for her"
"Oh" Danny exclaimed, sharply.
"Uncie Sam, you do think that she
has met with some mishapT'
Il think" Sam said. that she has
met with another machine and ridden
off in it But, better safe than sorry;
then we'll be fine and fit for the fire.
works. Ell. Martha?
Martha. who had been drowsy all
during supper. was half asleep on the
davenport. and did not answer.
Sans first plan, after he and HUI
bert had made a quick ride to the
cabin and back with no sight of Gaby,
was for the two of US to go down the
road in the sedan. Fortunately, he
decided al the last minute to have
John come with US to drive. Danny
came along with John. Chad and Hu.
bert Hand were TO scout around the
place on their ponies. Mrs Kicker
stayed at home with Martha
We drove 70 the highway before we
turned around. We had come back
about a mile, when the wind came
bowling up, blowing the sand and dust
In thick clouds, jerking and swapping
the sage and the greasewood. chasing
and bouncing the .tumbleweed balls
One OF my principles Is, that If you
made the ranch before the storm
broke. and, just as we reached the
front porch the rain came pouring
down as if all the sky were the nez-
zle of big faucet and someone had
turned II on. full force.
This will bring her in" Sam said,
as we ran up the steps. "She'll be
there, high and dry, when we get in"
She was not Chad and Hubert
Hand had come in. and they acted
as If. since we had set out to get
news of Gaby, IL was a wonder We
had not done it. Martha was sobbing
because she could not have the fire.
works.
Sam went and touched match to
the fire ready TO be started In the
fireplace. | ran upstairs and closed
the bedroom windows. ! had come
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capitulated and allowed the house to
be demolished, there was one good
reason why the story was more than
merely a local New York news item.
For the disputed building has right
fully been called .the birthplace of
Santa Claus" because in it more
than a hundred years ago DR.. Clement
c. Moore wrote a famous Christmas
poem in which for the first time the
American Santa Claus was described,
his mode of travelling was pictured
and the Iavishness of his giving was
made known. That poem was ''The
Night Before Christmas" which every
American has recited or heard recited
at some time or another. And for that
reason the news that ''the birthplace
of Santa Claus" was to be wiped out
of existence had nationwide interest.
Quite aside from his fame as the
author of "The Night Before Christ
mas" Doctor Moore was a notable
man. His father, Bishop Benjamin
Moore, the second Protestant Episcopal
bishop of New York and the third
president of Columbia university, as
sisted at the Inauguration of Washing
ton and administered the last rites to
the dying Alexander Hamilton after
the fatal duel with Aaron Burr.
Clement C. Moore was graduated from
Columbia university in 179S and was a
professor of Hebrew and Greek In the
General Theological seminary from
1921 to 1850. He was prolific writer,
one of his literary productions bearing
the imposing title of Observations
Upon Certain Passages In Mr.. Jeffer-
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SYNOPSIS

Sam Stanley. wealthy owner of
the Desert Moon ranch, informs
his housekeeper, Mary Magtn
that his former wffe's twin
daughters, Danielle and Gabrielle,
are coming TO the ranch to live,
their mother being dead ard
their father. Daniel CanneZiano.
who had been the cause of Sans
divorcing his wife, in the peni-
Tertiary Sans adopted boy
John, has grown to manhood,
and girl. Martha. weak minded
Mrs. Ollie Kicker. Martha's nurse,
Hubert Hand and Chadwick eau
field are the other members of
the household The girls arrive
John becomes engaged to Dani-
ellie. Gabrielle seeks to win John
from her sister, and her actions
when she receives a letter from
France mystify Mrs. Magin. Sam
learns Canneziano is soon to be
released from the penitentiary
Gabrielle. with Caufield, goes in
TO the garden. Danielle, from
upstairs. calls to her sister. eau
field comes back alone. In a few
minutes Danielle comes into the
living room.
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Christmas Always One

HHRISTMAS in many places comes
~ with a furry Of snow and ice.
Part of its joy lies In the sound Of
carols upon the frosty air: the peal
Of glad bells across the snow; the
warm and welcome glow of bright
fires upon the hearth.
Christmas in other places comes
with soft, caressing winds; it is greet
ed by blooming flower and tree; by a
warm, fragrant atmosphere and smil-
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ing blue skies and bright sunshine.
But wherever and under what con-
ditions Christmas comes 1t is a well
come day. time Of gladness and good
cheer; of true and sincere friendli-
ness and good will. Under its infiu-
ence hearts thrill with happiness and
content. To the young it brings new
joy. to the old happy memories. Gil
mate or country has nothing to do
with 1t; 1t is the spirit and Joy Of the
time that makes merry Christmas.
So. whether one lives in the north
land or the southland, Christmas is a
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l Hurried to Her and Put My Arms
Around Her.
she tell us? OF course you men could
have saved her. Wig did she go out
alone to meet that fiend2"
Sans only answer was slow
shaking of his bowed head, and a
deep sigh.
Mary" he said, then, 'will you
give this note to Danny, and explain
to her how II isl"
"How what is?'
81 mean Well, she can't leave
the Desert Moon, now. to take the
body TO Frisco. Until we find out
who murdered that girl, not q man.
jack of US Is going to leave this
place, for any reason. Danny may be
as innocent as she seems to be, and
she may not She, nor anyone else,
can leave this place until we have
gotten to the very bottom of this
thing. That goes. This note, In Gaby's
handwriting. clears Danny of the
crime, If all the other evidence didn't,
which IT does We know thai she
did not kill her sister But, of all
the people III this house. she is In
the best position to know who did do
it. OF course, If she Is involved in
this she Is involved innocently. IL
she put the key in your pocket, while
we were out in the car, she did II
with no idea of what she was doing.
just the same. | want her right here
on the Desert Moon. for a while
Mary, you take the note TO her. and
explain. in your nice way"
''I'u give her the note, SAM" I
said But you'll have to do the ex-
planning yourself. III! tell you why
II isn't right for you to try to pro-
tect anyone, not even Martha, to the
extent of refusing TO allow one sis
ter to carry out the dying request Of
another sister,"
Sam dropped his pipe. AS ! saw
the tobacco and the ashes scatter,
was more certain than ever that |
was acting as decent woman should.
The doer opened, and Danny came
in She was so pale that her cheeks
had sort of q greenish tinge to them
Great dark circles spread far down
under her eyes that were red and
swollen from crying.
| hurried to her. and put my arms
around her. Sam turned away, as If
be could not bear to look at US.
| took her into the living room, and
sat down in big chair and held her
in my lap.
-If only" she kept saying. '.if only
she could nave left rs In her beauty.
She was so beautiful. Mary. And
now"
Remembering what had seen the
night before, knew that l must get
her mind into other channels If her
reason was to be saved. | thanked
my stars. when remembered the note
After she had read It, she cried
harder than ever; but I knew thar
ii was crying of saner sort
xviii you go with me. Mary?" she
questioned, when she had Quoted
some. ITO San Francisco7"
"WeHl have TO tails to Sam about
that, dear" I said 81 am afraid
that Sam wants US all to stay here.
for a while. Sam thinks that the duty
of each one of Us. right now. is to
stay here anc help to find the guilty
person."
"Does Uncle Sam think we will
find him here?' she questioned
There isn't anywhere else to try
to find him." I said "Did you know
about the key In my pocketT
She nodded Il knew about that"
she said.
-what else did You know aboutr
| asked
fTo BE CONTINUED,
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When Heart Rules

At Christmas the heart dethrones
the head and the essentially great
ruler then comes into his own; 1t
compels US to do high things; it per-
mits US to do foolish things. 1t urges
Us, for one brief. glorious week. to
be gloriously, reckIessIy unselfish.-
The American Magazine.
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Old Date. for Christina.

Earliest records of the observance
of Christmas show that some com
munities celebrated the festival on
January l or 6. others on March %. the
.inie of the Jewish passover. and still
others on September %. or feast of
the tabernacle.
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Have Chri.tma. ann Year

Christmas is time of forgetting
small enmities; If we determine to
forget them all the year, we shall
be having Christmas throughout the
year.
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happy, merry day only in that meas
ure that we have allowed its beautiful
spirit to enter our hearts.-Katherine
Edelman.
&C. 1929. Western Newspaper Union.I
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Christmas Rules

NJ EVER send last years I'M
used gifts unless you have
a good memory.
Never give child something
You will not enjoy playing with
yourself.
Never spend Christmas
bonus before you receive 1t.
A wise wife never crosses her
husband when he Is being merry
Life.
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What Christmas Means

You will never know what Christ
mss means until yeu see il in the
light of the poor and needy.
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The Night Before Christmas


T,=I a was. even mou~e
" . The stockings he
oIas soon would be
children nj snu I'm
o danced through therh
Kerchief. n
a mi
ont OF
I
Away % he lew Ike a
nj he
Gave uster of mdd to bject.be Iow;
Wondering
a nd
With little old lively
a 4 m e st.
ian agile his .courses they came
and call Ter by
On.
To the top of the porch the waIli
awa ayv an!'
he
When with obstacle.
So to the house-top the coursers they hew
a o
N a
prancing little hOOf
around
INN a
He dressed all In fur his head to his foot
And his clothes all furnished with ashes
A o o
And he looked like peddler Just opening his pack
eye how how
a
lis droIH tile mouth drawn upIk a bow,
md the beardo hi hnwasas white the
a
4 a
e a nj n
jelly.
He chubby plump-a right jolly old elf
A a
1 nothing dread
a
al he hen a
And giving nod chimney
o to a
M away they all few ike the down of a
But I heard him excann. sights
@Happy Christmas to ALL and to all sood-nisht!"
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Christina. Carol.

English people have SING carols AZ
Christmas for more thaa . .h5psSAa
years.
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BY ELMO SCOTT WATSON

HEN recent press dispatches
carried the news that a New
York woman, Mrs. Tillie
Hart, who for four months
had withstood the siege of
a wrecking crew seeking to
tear down her home to make
way for a S25.000.O00 apart
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eTo BE CONTINUED,


The New foresf in England, with Its
10000 acres. is the largest In that
country.