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The Washington times., 1929-02-08
By ,Winifred Van Duzer

"Ah-strong as a horse, am.
You and that Blessing baby me,
is all. Sure L like It," he admitted
with something of his old.time
merry grin.
He was trying to throw her
off, holding something from her.
She said, You'd better tell me.
Danny" And when he pre-
tended not to understand. Il sup
pose it's them--over there. You
saw their light? You're surprised
that l know this; you wanted
TO keep it from me. You think
wouldn't wish to see this
through whatever cOmes?'
She gave him a long, puzzled
look and she fancied the thin face
relaxing. softening to a boyish.
gentle expression. You're afraid
of nothing" he said quickly. But
I'd not be having hurt come to
you through me. You've done
enough, Mary. I'm all right now;
it's only good sense for me to
move on"
"Where?" she asked, throat
aching. where DO you Wish 10
go? Not to them? You wouldn't
go back?"
He laughed and moved out to
sit beside her, speaking with the
hint of brogue she had come to
look for when he was deeply
moved "You ask that and I'll
tell you the truth. I'll never go
back. There was a lot of think
ing / did lying upstairs these
weeks. And remembering.
THE racket was a fine thing I
was thinking once. Bossing q
mob and handing the bulls the
laugh. There's been others
seen it that way. Friends Of
mine. high class crooks. They
ended wrong. A bullet in the
back some night, belize, or the
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would reach for Dicks hand. and
cling tight to it, like a person
who browns.
All the familiar evidence was
paraded in court. From the pistol
to the canvas sack, the chain was
forged. Dick had been one o.
the first witnesses. He had done
his best to weaken the States
case. and several of his replies
struck home.
The case dragged on, full Of
chickering's and tense moments,
full Of long wranglngs as to
legal procedure, full Of the laws
delays, and circumlocutions, and
follies. Women would hold their
breath in the crowded courtroom.
Newspaper artists and special
writer's studied the judge. the de-
fendant, the lawyers for por.
traituEe.
Would it ever end. Dick some.
times wondered Mary was be-
ing gradually tortured before his
eyes. Tommy Rand had some
how grown more mature. Tn.
suspected qualities. endurance and
pluck, and loyalty had pushed
their way to the surface of his
nature. He did his best to cheer
and protect his sister.
The defense's turn came at
last. Little Garrison displayed a
surprising mental agility. Again
and again he hammered home
the fact that there was no, pos.
sible explanation of how Law
son had come to descend in his
plane, that there was no way
Old Man Rand could have sig
nailed him to descend. that in
spite of the efforts of q dozen
detectives no trace of the stolen
money had been found.
Against the thunder of the
States case those few arguments
seemed no louder than whisper.
Garrison trusted most to his sum.
mary. his summary Of Old Man
Rand's long and honorable ca
reer, of his character, of the I'M
likelihood that such a man should
commit such a crime.
He spoke quietly, and with real
effect. The judge charged the
jury. and they withdrew. They
were out exactly two hours.
The foreman pronounced the
verdict: Guilty
A kind of sigh. a sigh as of
pentup suspense relieved at last,
ran around the courtroom. The
voice of the clerk rose monot-
onously.
Mary turned her white, stricken
face to Dick. Her lips did not
move. She was beyond tears, be-
yond any visible expression of
grief. He took her rm and led
her from the courtroom.
(Copyright, 1929. King Features
Syndicate, Incl
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Thrilling Mystery Story of Life Love and Danger in the Air Mai
Mary, Grief>Stricken, Is Led
From Court Room as
Jury Pronounces
Guilty.


had taken CALAMITY. But 1t was
plain now that her desperation
no longer found outlet in wild
hopes. Rather she had become
patient and sad, az IL she sub
mitted herself to the caprice Of
fate. But now that Old Man
Rand was trapped, now that he
no longer made a secret of his
innocence Of the crime, the strug-
gle was pitiful indeed.
She knew, as Dick knew, and
Tommy knew, that an innocent
man stood before the law in as
deep a mesh OF false circum-
stances as had ever been ravelled.
Today the trial would open.
Today Dick, and the Rands,
brother and sister, would turn set
faces towards a curious, sensa-
tion-seeking world.
Dick had packed few things,
looked al the field with an unsee-
ing eve. He knew the thoughts
that surged there, the resentment
and helplessness of these air mail
men at The calamity that had be-
fallen their leader.
Things were at loose-ends. The
morale Of the service was for the
moment utterly shattered. AS he
stood there, with brooding eyes,
Carmichael came up to him, and
dropped one hand on his shoulder.
The casual gesture warned him.
He had not suspected Carmichael
of possessing so much feeling.
And he felt that Carmichael was
making a kindly effort to take
his thoughts off the dark topic,
when the superintendent with q
forced laugh pointed out Perez to
him.
The swarthy little line chief
was running up and down like an
excited insect. He was heartily
cursing some workmen.
Look at him." Carmichael ex-
claimed. That fellow always
makes me laugh. Love the ships,
knows every splinter of them,
and yet never been up in a plane
in his lifei''
Dick knew the popularity Of
the line chief. II wonder why"
he hazarded.
Scared of them. Scared to
death of them. He'd rather be
bound between two wild horses,
/ believe" Carmichael declared.
1t was time TO go. Dick thrust
out his hand as il indeed he were
going on a long journey. Car
michael shook hands, and said
nothing. Futile wishes would
have been out of place.
So it was that Dick Trent went
to the trial of Old Man Rand of
the air mail.
The prosecution opened up its
case with a rush. Under the lash
of a fiery district attorney,
anxious to make a great name for
himself, Mary WINGED. She kept
her eyes turned increasingly on
her father. Now and then she
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ALIAS THE SPOOK

upon them here. No more hiding.
Now Danny could face the new life
he wished to make for himself.
Mary told him this, radiantiy.
But he said nothing was settled.
IF they're out to get me they can
make a charge. 1t would carry .
stretch in the Big House"
But that's unjust!"
1--WE been sort of thinking.
Did you ever figure out
how guy
"A man." she interrupted.
He grinned. How a man doesn't
get something for nothing? There's
no easy money. He wants place
to live. say, and clothes and food.
Well, he has to pay. So he finds
a job. He gives his work and the
boss gives him money and the
lla-fellow-gives the money for
what he wants. 1t goes around in
a circle. all alike on every side.
Balanced.
Everything is balanced. VIM
ter and summer, rain and sun,
what you want and what you get.
| dunno do you understand what
/ mean, Mary"
"Of course / do. 1t was written
in wonderful poem:
Earth gets its price for what
earth gives us,
hac Ia for
ner to die in;
The priest has his fee who
comes and shrives us,
We bargain for the graves that
we lie in:
Al the devils booth are all
things sold
Each ounce of dross costs its
ounce OF gold;
we pay.
Pleasure we buy with the whole
souls tasking
Only heaven is given away,
Only God may be had for the
asking!'
His face was rapt, filled with
solemnity. "Say, that's fine! That's
what II Tnean--you always have
10 pay ANUA 4CcLNE IL ID lhG
fellow; not sneak out on your
debts.
"You see, Mary? owe moth
ing on this deal, but there are
other debts. And what | was
thinking, If / gave myself up and
did my bit, it would sort of settle
in full for everything. Let them
hang it on rae, what mean. 1t
wouldn't be so long, maybe, with
time off for good behavior"
"Dannyr'
''Then / could go somewhere
new and I'd not be thinking all
the time I wasn't squared around.
She kept saying: "Oh, my dear!'
with a deadly stiffness in her
heart.
you think this right? Sure Id
want you pleased"
You couldn't do what
wouldn't believe right. We under
stand things alike now. I feel
this"
We'll, then"
They sat in a throbbing silence.
looking at each other. half afraid
to speak. Her lips shook and the
little smile she turned to him
was misty, filled with sadness, yet
with a high pride.
They planned. In the morning
they would leave. Drive back to
New York and he woulc see the
police official he knew best. the
precinct captain. She would go
with him; she insisted on this.
Middle afternoon Blessing
called the girl to the telephone.
Uncle Sherwood's voice came over
the wire in laughing. whimsi-
cal way.
''Hello there, Miss Fix'It. Pretty
tired Of the country, are you?"
Indeed not, you old darling''
TITS time. You may come
back to town now whenever you
like. And bring your young man."
The receiver slipped through
her fingers. went down with
clatter. She reached for II. gasp
ing, managed to say something
though her lips were numb. Il
don't understand"
CTo be Continued TOmOrrOwl
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Old Man Rand of the Air
Mail Is Tried for the
Murder Of
Lawson
What Has Happened So Far

. Dick Trent yoa,tg and handsome, joins the Air Mail
SerUce looking for adventure. He finds 1t the t"st trip
night flight an binding storm over the Rocky
Mountains. By miracle he gets through dangerous
pass deliUers letter to the diss0le of Od Man
Rand OUner of the field and praise for sGUg the
youngster from dismissal Mary Rand 1Oh nOhon ne has
fallen in IoUe sdued from crash By Dicks herotsm IN
the air. Larson Dicks buddy on has last trip M the
service before marriage missing Joining the search
Dick sCoops doOn to find the plane chGrred and
Larson nturdered package containing $25O,0OO IS
missing. Old Man Rand is arrested for the crime achen
his Luger pistol is found near the body and the
scorched money bag Is uncovered IN has furnace. Dick
made miserable Uhen Mary hystericduy renotnces
her l0uc, blaming him for duplicating her innocent father
by finding the Lager pistol old Rand after talking 0ith
has TOmny qOho had been missing goes to jail
fusing to erpain his whereabouts the morning of the
crime. Dick and Mary reconced set 0ut to sOtve the
mystery of LaaOsons MURDER Suspicious of Carmichael
Field Superintendent 1ChO kneW OF the gold shipment,
Dick later conVnced of has innocence hen he init
mates LGacsos c0nvdnce Dick recalls LGCSOnS blonde
tiancee With her initials for clue they learn she left
for Haaooi. Jumping into plane Mary and Dick
to grief in field Continuing by train they locate the
grl Dorothy Curtis WhO Gngrity accuses Mary the
daughter of her tancees murderer Mary her Of
her fathers innocence Asked to help soUe the mystery
the blonde mentions mysterious 1Cho talked Of
nqoneV and lett flask IN LGWsOns 1t belonged to
Tommy Rand Accused By Mary he denies guilt of Lao-
sons murder gcing Mrs. Hamilton his abb. Mary
calls her p She admits Tommy spent the night at her
house. Young Rand realizing has father ja to
him, seeks Von Siechmer, of the gambling
house ohere Old Man Rand spent the night araiting for
Tommy VOn SiechneT taken to the JAIL fails to identify
Old Rand
Now Go On With the Story
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CHAPTER XIII

h dreariness.
Though spoke, if by tacit consent it was
safe to say that all Rand Field but thought
of just thing.
Today the trial of Old Man Rand to be formally
opened.
Dick had already made his arrangements He had bitter
thought been already summoned by the State of
its most important witnesses But he had talked to Car
michael and asked him for leave attend court from the
moment the case opened until it had closed way
another.
Carmichael had consented readily enough If they call
witness, shall have to CO. he said moodily with
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What Is the cruel fate fol.
lowing Old Man Rand? Read
tOnorrow's amazing install
ment of ''The Sky Raider" IN
this newspaper.
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CHATTER 50

Now everything was settled, No
more waiting under the shadow OF
death reaching far beyond = hos
pttal cot and laying its dark terror
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This Dan in Our History

William Teumssh Sherman celebrated general Of the eivn
born at Lancaster Ohio February 1920 he MADE
the famous the sea-" which practically decided the
outcome Of the
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DR.. Bisch's Daily Health Hint

Coughing sneezng should always be protected with hand
krchief to avoid the germs handkerchief
available the moment, the and mouth should be
protected with the hand
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recognize Old Man Rand haunted
him awake or asleep. He would
gladly have kept away from the
harrassing cruelties of the court
room, were it not the fact that
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HOW the Girl Herself
Settled IT

until Bob nerved himself to ap-
proach the one thought on his
mind.
"Are you sailing on the
twenty-sixth, too?" he finally
managed to ask. II only she
would say yes, he thought.
Eleanor was silent for a mo-
ment and then she turned and
faced him sQuarely. He could
barely see the pale oval Of her
face in the dimness.
Bob" she said, "Im not
going to South America. Il
was only fooling YOU"
She stopped and turned her
face away.
At first he couldn't believe
what he had heard, and then
Sickening amaZement gave way
to q slowly mounting anger.
He shook with suppressed emo
ton.
So she had just been fooling
him-laughing at him-teaSing
him. And now he was IRE
Vocably committed to going to
South America. He had given
his word and he must go-go
though he went alone.
"Why did you do it?" he
asked. and was dimly surprised
at the strength and bitterness
In his voice. why did you
fool me? You must have known
that wouldn't have gone
without you"
He stopped abruptly. Why,
he had said it. He had told
her what he had believed he
could never tell her. He choked
and was silent.
Eleanor'S hands fluttered up
ward, then stopped and sank
again. She turned once more
to him.
"That's why I did it, Bob"
she said. so that you would
accept. So that you wouldn't
turn down this wonderful op-
portunity."
"But," he began, ''how could
you know. How could you"
Then she laughed, as he had
known she would. But what
was she saying?
"Oh, Bob, don't you think q
woman ever knows? Don't you
think she can understand what
A man is thinking when she
wants to understands"
"You mean" he began.
"I mean" she answered, that
I'm not going to South America
unless you ask me to Co."
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that, Pat. Takes away all the
spice and ,rollick. Why, II I
c1uld toss you this car without
mother and ! having to scheme
q bit, where would bO the thrill
Of it? Easy lives are bored lives
---an easy life is, but Q weak
substitute. for death. ] hope
you'll never have 1t, Pat.
''But listen, Pat-o1e favor
I'm going to ask. Don't drive
beyond 30 miles. Make that
your speed limit"
Couldn't you let me have
SSa" .
"No. Thirty win get you
anywhere quickly enough. Keep
up that pace through the days
and you'll find yourself speed
ing along no matter what desti-
nation you've picked. It's the
jump sparks that 60 80 today,
10 tomorrow and not at all
the next day that never ar
rive
"All right, then. 80"
"And you'll need to keep an
even pace with all this new
world opening. Pat"
dad, you don't feel that
you're giving me up to raging
sea the way mother does, do
your"
"Oh, the sea may rage, but
you're q pretty strong swim
mer. I think I'd trust you to
buck the current"
You're gorgeous" said Pat,
feeling gulpy. and blinking.
He thought her fine: ex-
pected strong, brave things Of
her and no ado about 1t. She
wanted to reach up and meet
this happy, beautiful trust.
She has Q quick toss Of her
head and looked with wet,
shiny eyes into her fathers
face. You're o peach, Dad.
Gee, II ! ever meet any one like
YOU"
you'll meet plenty"
''I guess so.''
"And did you remember what
I told you, Pat? Let him tell
It firSt?"
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For the Growing Boy
y Constance Cameron

It is interesting to read the
report made on q health
demonstration in CattarauguS
county, New York, whic h
brought out the fact that
smaller percentages Of purely
physical defects were found In
the city children than in those
living In the country. The
credit for this condition was
given to the work Of health
experts, clinics and regular
physical examinations OF city
children in the schools. But
there is more. Speaking Of the
city child, the report says that
it found more than four times
as many defects in the nervous
system"
Now If your child has q hol-
low tooth you can have it filled.
II he has bad eyes, q competent
oculiSt can fit him with glasses.
But nervousness is caused by
so many, many things and re-
QuireS so much patience and
thought to cure that it isn't
as insignificant as the simple
little sentence sounds.
Regular weighing can deter
mine quite Q good deal IS to
. child's state Of health, but il
not always infaIlible. For in
stance, II your child gets eight
or nine hours good sleep, eats
well but does not gain nor
mally, it may be from q nervous
upset Of some kind or other.
Try getting him to nap for an
hour in the afternoon, or at
least sit quietly and rest.
A right start in establishing
good habits In infancy viii OBJ
Viate the necessity Of constant
nAgging and fault-finding which
tends to make Q child nervous
and irritable.
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odsy: sg:,:, True THE GIRL ON THE JOB

now that Eleanor was going to
South America. He would be
near her for three months. And
much might happen in that
time. He might persuade her
to stay and marry him. Down
there he could talk to her,
when the others weren't around.
Maybe well sail on the same
boat" said Eleanor, breaking
into the enchanted vision Of
his thoughts. I'M ask Daddy
about it"
The next morning Bob, half
in a daZe, telephoned his &C
ceptance and began preparing
for starting his life anew. Then
he telephoned to Eleanor and
asked If he might come to see
her. "I want to talk to you
about the trip" he said.
He was nervouSly twisting
his hands after arriving at the
Chadwick home when Eleanor
came into the living room where
he was waiting.
Lets 60 out on the porch"
she said. "It's cooler out
there"
They sat In q wide, low ham
mock together, talking OF trifleS
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cards you get and be wise as
well as brave"
Cant q girl ever, EVER
come out wildly and just throw
her whole heart and soul into
it?"
I'm not telling you to be a
niggard with love, Pat. Love
with all your heart and soul, OF
course, when you meet the man
you really want. But don't be
o spendthrift.
wait until you're sure you're
getting the great return. Wait
until the man shows that he
values and consummately wants
your gifts. And let him ask for
them first. Let him ask many
times and In many ways. It's
only human nature to regard as
precious the things difficult to
get. SO hold back q little
even to the end"
CONFmENCES
81 tell you that I love you"
said Pat, dreamily. Does it
make you care any the leSs?"
"Oh, you don't make me too
sure, Miss Pat. You forget to
kiss me. I have to step to keep
myself in your graceS."
Gosh, I must be 0OODl !
don't hold much back that I
can see. Perhaps I'm an un-
conscious artist at loving? So /
Shan't have to worry! Thanks
for telling me.
''But dad, do you mean to
say that mother never let you
know she was simply nuts
about you? Well, If she never
told it, I'll let you In on it.
She thinks you're the whole
earth. She told me that moth
ing absolutely NOTHING
counted from the first moment
she looked in your eyes or you
looked in hers. And she re-
members exactly when that
first glance was"
Richard Dawn colored and
smiled and threw back his
head with a laugh. What
else did she say, Pat?" blue
eyes kindled.
"Oh, you conceited thing!
Your destiny Is settled. I'm
the person we're talking about"
She hooked her chin on his
shoulder. Her hair brushed his
cheek. He smiled, inhaling
the perfume and rubbing his
hand on her soft, brown neck.
Dad, after you wrote that
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mother and me with him.
Wen be there for two or three
months and maybe wen be
able to see something Of each
other"
''Where-where in South AM
erica are you going?" asked
Bob. He could hardly realize
the good fortune that had be-
fallen him and he was glad
that the dim lighting Of the
porch mantled the blush
spreading over his face.
Where are you going?"
countered Eleanor.
I'm going to Rio." he
answered. "That Is, III make
my headquarters there but
most Of my work will be up
country.
Eleanor laughed in that de-
lghtful way he loved to hear.
why, that's funny" she said.
''We're going to Rio, too. When
are you Sailing?"
ION the twenty-sixth," an
swered Bob. ''I'Il-1n wire
them in the morning that I'm
coming"
That quickly he had made up
his mind. He would accept
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A separate domain, even q
small room in which the child
can handle and explore with
out "don'ts" will help. Big,
sturdy toys which don't bring
forth warnings Of breakage will
help to keep him tranquil.
Uninterrupted play-the fin
iShing Of the work in hand
will work toward less nervous
strain and irritability.
A calm treatment Of acci-
dents, such AZ foreign objects
lodging in ears or eyes, will
avoid many an unpleasant
memory and upset which reacts
for a long time after the Incl
dent has passed.
Parents who are overanxious
to see progress in their children
many times force them to a
point where nothing results but
nervous strain. In the excellent
book, Safeguarding Children's
Nerves. we find: parents
should refrain from overstimu-
lating and overtiring an al
ready heavily taxed little brain,
and should never attempt to
teach the very young child the
accomplishments Of more ma
ture children"
While these articles are in no
sense supposed to be composed
Of book reviews, I cannot help
but recommend this volume to
parents Of all children, not
necessarily only those afflicted
with abnormal habits due to
nervousness. but parents Of any
type Of q child. The authors are
James ]. Walsh, M. D., and
John A. Fote, M. D., who have
discarded their technical YER
nacular and written simply and
directly Of the problems of
children. City parents of city
children viii be especially bene-
fitted by studying this material.
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A Supreme Romance of the
Air By Author of ''Chickie"

That's all. And you needn't
begrudee it to me. I've thought
gorgeous thoughts Of you ever
since. Dearest Of all beautiful
things, oh, beloved'-that'S the
way it began.
III Q man ever wrote such
glorious words to me, I'd die on
the spot"
'They will, Pat. Plenty Of
them WILL" said Richard. pene-
trantly aware Of her sweet,
glowing youth.
II hope So" sighed the girl.
"Oh, I hope It'll"
ITO BE Continued MOnday.)
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dearest letter, didn't she 60
quite out Of her head and let
you know you had her In the
hollow Of your hand?"
what letter?- She didn't
show 1t to you, Pat?"
"Oh, don't get alarmed,
though why you should be
stingy with your own offspring,
I don't understand. No. But
one day I was asking her just
what you looked like when you
used to come a-courting. She
told me where / could find
some old snap shots. I guess
she'd forgotten that they we're
done up in that letter. I
opened it. I saw the first line.
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They were parked on q little
plateau in the hills above San
Mateo. Through the sunset
haze the bay shimmered-the
boats skinned gracefully like
fairy things over the water.
Pat gazed into the distance
and the quiet. She sighed:
'Dad--isnit it mean and small
to calculate about love? Why
should q girl pretend and hold
back? II I love someone why
can't come out freely and tell
them?"
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were to give the car q thorough
tryout.
"Dad-but isn't it going to be
awfully hard on you paying for
this and keeping 1t up?"
"I've been lucky, Pat. The last
few months Bryce has tossed
me plenty Of work. I'm making
all the posters for his new resi-
deace park. I'm going to do all
the art work in the advertising.
So we can make the grade"
"EaSily?"
~"Well enough. We don't ever
want life to be easy. Never ask