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to the one where Catherine was i'm
prisoned. Mounting to the roof, he
climbed across until he was directly
over the window in which Catherine
sat keeping watch on the street.
From one bag Lawson took out a
stout rope and tied it about an iron
stanchion on the roof. The end of the
rope he dropped over and Catherine
caught hold of 1t. Down the rope,
together again.
Lawson's immediate program was a
practical one. He had brought a burg
lars jimmy and meant to break open
the veterans oak chest.
The couple had fiattered themselves
when they thought they had outwitted
not only the locksmith but the rest OF
the world. Morrison, the Waterman,
had been doing some watching on be-
half of his own jealousy. While Lawson
was on the roof c~ircumventing the lock-
| smith, Morrison went again in search
| of Shaw.
Again he found him and again Shaw
| hurried home. His own locks frustrated
| his catching Lawson in the fiat. When
the couple heard Shaw's key, Catherine
screamed. Lawson made for the win
dow and by the time Shaw got In Law
WILL Atd0 SAA1AlbCA w LA1C ACOAs
On the floor Of the living room lay
Lawson's burglar jimmy.
"This," said the locksmith holding It
up before GATHERINGS face, will put
your lover behind the bars. And as for
you'll do that for you myself"
AS yet he did not lay his hands on
her: he was reserving that pleasure to
the last. He locked her in again and
went to a neighboring blacksmith
When he came back to the house it was
with a dozen stout iron bars.
Some of these he fastened vertically
into the windows of his fiat, the rest
horizontally. When he got through
with his workmanlike job the window.
were as secure against escape or inva'
sion as those of a substantial prison.
Then he gave his daughter the beat
ing he had promise himself.
BY this time the neighborhood wa
interested in the proceedings. Thanks
to the sounds that came out Of the fla
and still more through the detailed re
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! "I1l take the place." said the car
penter, IF you let ME tear up THESE
boards and put down new ones"
And I'll pay for the jub!" the land
lord asserted. eagerly.
Davitt came down next day with his
| tools to tear up the floor. He began
| with the boards nearest the fireplace,
! where the widest gap showed. AS ne
, pried up the first board a musty odor
of the past arose. Under the board the
dust and fragmentary litter Of years
was caked.
Davitt wondered how it could have
got there.
He stopped, picked up the envelope
and found there vas a letter inside.
Father" 1t read, "you have kept
me from the only man I have ever
loved; kept me from him with blows,
locks and bars. Since I cannot have
him, life Is not worth living and I
have decided to put an end to an
existence which Is q burden to me.
My death 7 lay to you. When you read
this, consider yourself the inhuman
wretch who plunged the knife into the
bosom Of unhappy
"A
Davitt took the letter to the police
and thereby revealed to the world the
amazing tragedy that had been con-
cealed in what up to now Edinburgh
had thought Of as only commonplace.
It was easy now to piece together
what had tranSpired on the morning
of the tragedy. With more than enough
hatred to inspire an ordinary murder
Catherine had planned long how to kill
her father. Shaw must have had more
than a suspicion and wa on guard
against her.
With this simple psychology he could
not begin to imagine the grim and
devious plot she was Matching SINGLE
handed. Once her mind and desperate
will were made up, not only Shaw was
fooled; Morrison the neighbor, the po-
lice, the courts Of justice and the ma
chinery of execution were all ohedient
tools to her Vaccinations. .
1t was clear now that she had
forced the quarrel on the morning Of
the tragedy. With all the lei at her
command she maddened the man until
he beat her to the point Of bringing
blood.
When she cried out that he was the
cause of her death, she meant the words
to be heard. She knew ner cries would
waken Morrison. She knew he would
report what he heard.
The very blood her father drew
when he struck her was part Of her
plan. Clinging to him In her pre-
tended struggle she saw to 1t that her
blood should stain him.
Then in the midst OF her struggles
she fell to the floor as II lifeless.
She knew that he would rush out In
| alarm IN 0ot a doctor.
Her letter was undoubtedly written
and dropped between the boards even
before the last act of ner violent scene
with her father.
The moment he LETT the house she
began to groan, further to alarm those
who would be listening IN the staircase.
Then with what must have been an
amazing passion Of will, compounded
of despair of life and hatred OF her
father, she plunged the knife into her
breast.
THE letter, when its full implications
became realized. created consterna-
ton. Justice found ITSELF an accom-
plice to the murder Of her father
planned by Catherine Shaw-an In
nocent accomplish, perhaps. But what
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"I,m afraid It's not been stamped,
dear" said Angelina.
flush, hush!" said Edward appre-
hensively. Don't say anything like
that. Surely you know about the new
use Of endearing terms In public places
act! For goodness sake, be careful!"
He shivered with renewed apprehen-
ooh. hang it all, anyway" said An
gelina. There's q caretaker. ASK
him"
IT can't" said Edward. Don't you
see he's got a silence placard ON him2"
"Ask the policeman! And get run
into court for disturbing the police In
the course of their duty! No. thank
you'll" -.
"Oh, Edward" interrupted the girl,
"of course we can sit down. Don't you
remember this Is Wednesday morning
and under the new decisions of the
court people may sit in the parks at
any time from 10 am. to IL noon on
ooh, come" said Edward. "Hoorahl
Let's sit down. Isn't it fine to be free
like this?"
They both sat on the bench under
the trees. Angelina gave q sigh OF
relief.
I'VE were talking" she said, "about
how restricted everything Is nowadays,
and 7 must say T don't like it. ! won
der how it all began"
II read a lot Of the history OF 1t"
said Edward, when I was at college.
This present age of restriction seems
to have begun bit by bit-first one
thing got regulated and then another.
The more people got Of it the more they
seemed to want"
"How stupid" said Angelina. She
reached out and took his hand and
then hurriedly dropped it. "Gracious!'
she exclaimed, 81 nearly forgot again"
Its all right to take my hand. My
new license covers 1t. Here, hold 1t II
YOU like. You have to hold 1t palm up
and only S n Of yours and main
tain a mean personal distance OF 8
feet. But II you stick to that it's all
right"
Angelina took his hand again.
go on with what you were saying"
she said. about this age Of restric-
tion.n
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New Year Salutes.

TRANCE meets the New Year with q
\ flowing cup; to Scotland it brings
in the famous hagassis to q bagpipe
tune; in Persia it signifies the rebirth
Of all life; China's New Year sends an
old household god to the land Of spirits
while 1t establishes another deity on
the family hearth. In America, &C
companied by merrymaking or solem-
nifty, as the temper of the company
demands, another leaf in the book Of
life turns over. Varying calendars an
nounce the New Year at different times
of the year in different parts Of the
world, but everywhere as the day rolls
around 1t Is greeted with an outburst
Of celebration.
st. Sylvestre's day Is a saints day
no one ignores in France. Saints come
and 60 throughout the year, observed
with more or less devotion by pious
people of the nation, but when st.
Sylvestre's eve comes on the last day Of
the old year, families rich and poor are
prepared for its ritual.
Eight o'clock on st. Sylvestre's eve
takes the people to mass for the solemn
d~edicatory service for the coming year.
When the mass Is over gay the crowds
press homeward for the feast Of the
evening.
A tremendous dinner Is spread and
around 1t gather the head of the family,
his wife, their children, their children's
children and all the uncles, aunts and
cousinS-the honor Of entertaining fall
ing upon the Oldest OF the family line.
Mouton gigot Is the main dish OF the
dinner (since turkey and chicken are
little favored In Franco, accompanied
by glorified string beans and trufie
sauces, and q finale Of patisseries and
wine.
On the stroke Of midnight, which
approaches near the end of the dinner.
the city bursts forth with all the din
that whistles, drums, horns and shouts
can arouse. and everybody greets the
new year with q draught of champagne.
Wine may flow early in the evening, but
this king of beverages is reserved until
the lev year actually shows his face.
Upon the streets hilarity reaches its
height with the midnight bell. for then
the ancient order Of kissing comes into
its own.
AS on old Russian Easter, nobody
stands on ceremony, for tradition gives
him sanction to kiss the prettiest girl
in sight, whether he has ever seen her
before In his lfe-and right heartily
he does 1t. Dignity unbends ana beauty
lays OF its majesty for o few rollicktng
moments.
Youngsters, long since In bed, have
left their shoes, big and little. upon the
hearth, waiting for the ~giftgiverS and
before parents and relatives betake
themselves to q late bed they MI the
shoes with the years offerings Of toys.
candies and fruits.
Germany, whose st. Nicholas Is loved
even more than our Santa Claus, makes
no great stir over New Year now, but
there are many tales Of seasonal func-
lions In the old days under the mon
archy.
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ports which Morrison was glad to mar
with the others, the situation In the
| Shaw home was no novelty to the
~neighborhood. At first Morrison had
| been GATHERINGS champion, and the
| neighborhood, taking their clue from
| him, was tempted to call in the law
| against the locksmith. &
Now Morrison declared that It was
| the locksmith who was entitled to SYM
| pathy. Here was a man, Morrison
pointed out, who had served England
many years as a soldier. He had come
| home to do his duty by a wastrel OF a
daughter, who was repaying him by
taking up with a thief who had tried to
| savings. If the soldier hept his daugh-
ter behind lock and key 1t was only to
keen her from a life as a wanton. 1t
was too bad that occasionally the vet
eran lost his temper and had to beat the
girl, but with the kind Of mother she
had had, how, demanded Morrison,
could a father otherwise keep his daugh-
ter IN the path of virtue?
And the neighbors, who themselves
tried to settle human complexities by
the simple method Of laying violent
hands on their problems, were not too
outraged at Shaw.
\
HOWEVER, on the following morning
Morrison, who had just lain down
to sleep on his return from night duty,
was awakened by sounds coming from
the Shaw fiat, this time more violent
than ever before. He did not have to
put his ears to the wall to know that
matters had reached a climax on the
other side.
Catherine was not crying, but
screaming; and her words came clearly.
"You are the cause of my death!"
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Courtship Under Public License

the police station" He took out his
watch as he spoke. ct Is five minutes
after IL, and you'll have to answer to
a charge Of unduly restraining a public
bench"
Edward began to cry.
Good Heavens" Angelina exclaimed
do fetch a doctor! I'm afraid he's
got an attack of child mindedness."
mo, mol" sobbed Edward. Its not
that. But 1t means that my proposal
was made under illegal circumstances,
and it's invalid and I'll have to get a
new license and try somebody else"
Fetch a perambulatorl" said the girl.
Hes got it"
Copyright, 1890
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FLOOR OF THE EAT

occasional rock or perhaps the wreck
of some ship. This plain continues on
with scarcely a break half way across
the Atlantic. A great ridge of noun
tains is now crossed which extends
south from Iceland and virtually divides
the ocean in two. It is almost exactly
parallel with the eastern shores or
contour of Europe and Africa. In e
eral places this ridge rises above the
level of the ocean as at the Azores.
It is estimated that II all the noun
tains on the earth were leveled of and
used to fill in the valleys the earth
would be covered with q vast plateau,
while the oceans would have an average
depth Of $500 feet.
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THE new methods of surveyin

THE new methods Of surveying the
l. floor of the ocean by means of
sounding devices has at last made 1t
possible to chart the deepest waters
in the world. Soundings have been
taken as deep a. $500 fathoms. AS n
crosses the ocean one sails e noun
tains, valleys and plateaus in remark
able variety.
As one sets sail across the Atlantic,
of the United States he passes first
over the continental slopes" which
extend far out like a great shelf. Be-
| yond this q vast plain Of remarkably
uniform depth is encountered. It is fiat
and featureless. interrupted only BY an
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issteps of Justice-The Strange Case of William Shaw
An AmmngE EPISODE dL~@ and rhine in the Sums Edinburgh Where Retired Sodn and 0chmnhm Imprisoned
HsDaAtra d Wm Hanged hr Hr Nur~-TheS Second Series of1ue Detectives Stories

would have been excusable in an indi-
vidual was objectionable In an institu-
ton that must never do wrong, limo
Gently or otherwise.
william Shaw's body was exhumed
from its grave of dishonor. The gov
eminent took charge Of the second
funeral. A great crowd attended, as If
the public. too, felt involved in guilt to-
ward the dead. His old regiment sent a
squad and gave its former comrade a
military funeral. Three volleys were
fired over his grave and the flag Of his
country and the regimental colors were
seven times waved in his honor.
THE END.
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Students from 81 cities attended tbs
thirteenth annual session Of the Ncrths
ern New England School Of Religious
Education
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BY STEPHEN

Y goodness!" said Edward to
IS n Angelina as they turned
AVA from the crowded street
lV into the little shaded park.
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PUT Sunday in a dance hall she
met a sleek young mar by the
name of Lawson. His speech was
smooth, his hair was glossv, his clothes
professionally attractive and the young
man himself was good looking and per-
6uasive. He danced ingratiatingly and
Wooed swiftly.
He told Catherine she was the one
woman of his life, and whether she be-
lieved it or not 1t set her heart pound
ing. For the first time in her life
Catherine felt she loved some one more
than herself. The realization Of it left
her breathless and robbed her of her
sense of self.
He asked her about her home life
and she told him, hoping he would
offer to take her out of it. File die
not. He promised to visit her wher
her father was away. He came tho
following day. and it was then tha1
the jealous Morrison next door saw
who was his successor.
Lawson made the most Of his frs
visit. Along with his love-making h,
showed a strong interest in the eco
fnomic side of GATHERINGS home life
What did they live on? he asked.
Fathers pension, and what h
makes as a locksmith," she told him.
Does he spend all he makes?"
NO, mes 100 stlngy. He keeps put
ting money away for a rainy day"
so? Where does he keep it?"
"In that oak chest"
The neighbor Morrison worked as
night Waterman, and had plenty o
leisure during the day to spy on Cath
crime. When he saw her come hom
coward noon with the handsome youn
Lawson the sight did not make hin
happy.
He went into his living room an,
pressed his a to the flimsy wall tina
separated 1t from the living room O
the Shaw fiat. Near the fireplace o
the latter the wall was fiimsier thai
elsewhere: Morrison had long befor
discovered this and whenever he want
81 r. know Ia detail what was goin
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CITATION By PUBLICATION

80 A0AN
To the Sheriff or any Constable OF
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You are hereby commanded TO
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AS BROWNSVILLE DIVISION.
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CONFERENCE

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PAYMENTS

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The Washington times., 1929-11-23
STUDIES
ADVERTISING

The directors Of the National
Association Of Real Estate Boards
at their regular quarterly meet
ing in Chicago, authorized the
Appointment Of a special COM
mittee, which includes the aSso-
cations standing advertising com
mittee, whose work it will be to
make a study and survey OF ma
tional advertising.
The special committee is asked
to make recommendations as to
the feasibility of a plan for a
comprehensive campaign to ad.
vertiSe real estate nationally
The committee is to present the
recommendations to the directors
of the national association at the
mid-winter meeting in Phoenix,
Ariz.. January %. % and "a.
Louis G. Palmer. chairman of
the advertising committee. De,
troit, Mich, has been named
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G. Clark, Cleveland, Ohio; c. B
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This study of advertising was
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favoring a plan for national ad-
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