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She glanced up quickly and then
down, suspecting he was laughing
at her. But she could not be Of
Tended because he had used her
name; it gave her small sense
OF warmth and contentt1ient some
way.
"Iris started it" she said fairly.
But I want you to finish it."
Think she can't take care Of
herself?"
That's just what I do think.
She's sort of impplsive. Wild
about anything new"
He laughed and turned toward
her. bending his head. His face
was so close that she saw little
golden flecks in his eyes-noted
the way the red hair seemed to
simmer on his temples:
: why. don't you put her wise,
Mary?' he asked calmly.
"Why--ohg' A strange, persis.
tent thrill was running over her,
a tingle of joy darting through
her pulses. She drew away and
spoke after q taut moment. You
know l wouldn't. It's your place.
But" she stood up and added
this out OF resentment for what
he had made her feel. II don't
suppose you viii. You'd be
afraid"
He was on his feet. all his
blithesomeness gone. and the long
fingers were like steel bands on
her arm.
me afraid? I'll tell her. Tip
her the worIsi Say"
She had touched his weak point.
she saw, stung his pride. But she
felt no triumph, only regret that
she must close door in his face.
So whitley tense he was that she
guessed it an uhaccustomed thing
for him to hold down his anger
as now he was doing. That he
should so consider her made her
wish to tell about the admiration
she had held for him from the
beginning.
I'm sorry, Danny. or course
you're not afraid. I think you
never would be OF anything. But
that isn't because you can make
people afraid of you. It's because
you're fine. ] mean 1t. You could
be wonderful IL you would"
He left as he had come, silently,
vaguely as a ghost while her palm
still vibrated to his touch. And
he went away smiling. Tilt to his
shoulders, a happy, carefree
rhythm about him. Mary Smith
sat down on the bench again and
a soft radiance, Intoxicating and
sweet rushed into her thought.
She waited after that for her
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happen" He looked at the
handouts, uneasily. "Rnt IL it's
the truth. II apologize for the
handouts. 0nly-well-"
Take them off, officer" said
the man with the gray eyes.
We wanted to go to police
station. anyhow,-to put In
complaint"
But the officer, not quite con-
vinced. said, "Of course, it might
be a dodge. how DO know you're
not a couple of slick ones? The
tales a bit too smooth"
He ushered them in to the
station.
The station, located In an up
town residential neighborhood,
was not good picking for re-
porters. Yet, somehow, Gene
We've knew that the three young
men who stopped playing cards
at a table In the corner, must be
reporters.
rs this the big raid you prom
ised us" one OF them said TO the
captain.
Look twice" said another. "a
juciy bit, | call 1t. Come on,
Captain. get the story
Mind your damn business,
said the captain. And then he
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said that the aviator, EndicCtt,
was aboard. That had been the
other time on that boat when
she was sorry she hadn't Travelled
first Gloss. She hadn't caught a
glimpse OF him. BY now he must
he hopping off" as they said,
TO Hollywood, where he was go
ing to do some stunt flying for
the movies. And that reminded
her. she had no idea what time
it was.
Automatically she looked at her
wrist. Then she remembered that
her wetch was gone.
TITS one a. m, Miss Endieott,"
said the man with gray eyes.
Then. for the first time, he ad-
dressed the officer. "How long
will it take us 10 clear mp this
business? / have an appointment
at a. m. that l can't very
we'll break
rs that so. Well. now, that's
too bad. that is. Appointments
at a. m. mustn't never be
broke. Oh no. Just you tell
that to the police captain, and
I'm sure he'll wind up the
machinery Of the law, just to
oblige."
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continued to the officer. You
weren't assigned to the raid
Where did you pick that up?
He pointed to Genevieve.
III you'd ask the lady to sit
down" put in the man with gray
eyes, "and get the story quickly.
and, please, unlock these hand
cuffs"
"Yeah?" said the captain.
''They got a smooth tale" said
the officer. 1T may even be
true"
And have an appointment
-" began the man with gray
eyes "In fact we both have an
appointment"
IF you would please get me
some woman's clothes" said
Genevieve.
"Yeah?' said the captain,
whats the charge, officer?'
well. disorderly conduct. IL
it's anything. OF course, here In
the bright light. the story don't
seem likely, but while the jane
was telling 1t on the way
Come across with your tale
said the captain. Make it
snappy. What's your name?"
please ask these men not TO
write about 1t in the papers"
Geneyieve began. And I'd
rather not tell my nanse-I told
it once to the policeman, and he
didn't seem to like it-I
mean
The captain laughed. Fat
chance! All the same" he added,
for her voice had somehow i'm
pressed him, "you might sit
down. Now. shoot
1t was terrible to tell it to this
crowd of men, every one of whom
was enjoying her predicament.
Under their appraising eyes it
occurred to her that she must
look outlandish. She felt a pas
sionate desire for her own
clothes and a vanity case. The
man with gray eyes said in low
and reassuring voice, Courage.
/ believe you" And SO she be-
gan.
The other day, in Paris
At this point the door opened.
Another man-middle-aged sa1rewd
eyed, competent, entered. At
first he did not notice Genevieve
and the man with gray eyes. He
said to the captain. Thine for the
news to break?' and then, CATCH
ing sight OF the man with gray
eyes. he exclaimed:
'Why, Endicott. what are You
doing here?"
"Endlcott!" exclaimed the po-
liceman
''Endicott." gasped Genevicve.
''Endicott!' exclaimed the three
reporters.
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cousin to show the inevitable
signs of irritation. And waited in
vain. Iris came and went as gaily
as ever and IL she had experienced
any disillusionment gave no sign
Of it.
Well, then, had Danny Mullins
broken his promise? Was he stili
meeting Iris and allowing her to
thing whatever she wished? Mary
would not believe this. Gunn1an
he might be, but he was no liar.
Great sins were his but not petty
ones. Intuition declared that and
it never failed her.
Had he told Iris and was she
disregarding it? That seemed
more likely; it was a thing Igis
might do. In that case the coun-
try cousin would offer no mere in.
reference. After all 1t was her
funeral, she told herself.
But one day she overheard her
cousin telephoning the Emerald
saw her turn away with shrng'
That would mean she had not
reached Danny Mullins and Iris
confessed this with q disdainful
little laugh.
"The red.head's never in when
/ call. Suppose he's taking orders
from that green-eyed girl. funny
how q man will fall for a crea-
ture like her."
'I thought her charming, dear.
And probably they're suited to
each other"
.'oh, nonsense. Mimi! Common
little guttersnipe. Heavy ankles
frightfuli He could find someone
better than her"
You're jealous, Iris. Her
ankles are as slim as yours and
as well-dressed, too. And IL you
pull down your eyes that way
you'll get the crow's-feet you're
always talking about"
Don't be cat, darling, She
brushed aside the matter of Null
Inns. Want to come out with
me and sweet Cosmo?"
Mary did not. Iris was pleas.
anter to her fiance these days
and Mary hoped it meant some
thing. why don't you marry
the boy while I'm here? I'm
dying TO be bridesmaid.
mo chance. Even IL I were
ready to jump into the shackles
he wouldn't stand for it. There's
someone else, you see. A chorus
girl. The affairs only half
through and III Cosmo can't he
bothered marrying anybody till
it's over"
"But--oh--"
RO Be Continued Tomorrow
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"Smith--Genevieve Smith" she
managed to say. But somehow,
laughing had unnerved her
laughing, and the remarkable re
lief at feeling safe safe because
she was next to the man with
gray eyes. And for no sensible
reason. she was suddenly sobbing
against his shoulder. 'Oh, I've
had such a wretched, terrible
time. And now / don't know
what to do. they've taken all my
money and my clothes"
'Itll be all right" he said.
"Just take your time, and then
tell us all about it."
By now the policeman, hard
boiled as he was, felt somehow
moved by Genevieve's voice and
tears. Look here, baby, IL you're
on the level, you're perfectly safe
In q police wagon. But--say, i
you're on the level. why did
you give the name Of Smith, tell
me that?' The nninfon of the
law was suspicious again.
SMITH he snorted.
Easy. officer, said the young
man. There are people named
smith, you know
Yeah, especially when they get
into scrapes. and don't want their
real name to get In the papers.
smith,
At the mention OF papers. Gen.
evievei Strengthened up With sud.
den shock. II this got in the
papers,--if Cousin Agatha should
see it,-Cousin Agatha. oh mo.
that would be too terrible. Why
the shock would almost kin poor
old Cousin Agatha. And after
all Cousin Agatha had done fol
her,. The, papersi She must
think fast, She must convince,
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CHAPTER v


TN the patrol wagon she kept repeating "This man
hasn't anything to do with it. You mustn't arrest
: him. And yet somehow, she glad he
rested with her. for that she beside him. she felt
somehow safe-and this despite the fact that she
handeuffed, and her way to the police station
HE don't seem to be obiectn' none said the police
man. whats your name?"
She ignored his question. ''Why don't you explain YOU
had nothing to do with it? Why don't you tell him you
never me before?"
Because did. recognized you the moment l really
you, just after the bump. You the boat OF
course you don remember me, but saw you day"
81 remember yeu very well You-you had gray eyes,
And she laughed. They both laughed The policeman
said, Hey, what do you think this isl JOY ridef
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Genevieve looked at the man
with gray eyes, and the man with
gray eyes looked at the police
man with appraising eyes. A
total loss. his glance said.
Then, ignoring him, he said,
''Miss--er-E Endicott. perhaps It
would speed matters up a bit IL
you'd begin telling your story
now"
It was only q few minutes to
the police station. hut Genevieve
began at the beginning, the bank
in Paris, and running away from
Cousin Agatha. The policeman
who, at first interrupted every
few sentences with a sneering,
"Yeah?" finally sat forward. Once
he asked, Honest. is this straight
goods?" But Genevieve ignored
him. she was telling her story
to one person only.
1t was q very short distance
to the police station. but when
the wagon arrived, the policeman
did not get out. He sat, breath.
sing hard. and listening to the
tale. Sitting there in the patrol
wagon, Genevieve finished.
The officer said, My God,
: lady! Only such things don't
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which bothered the Spook. That
was fair enough and he liked
IT. But the restlessness, the
flat feeling-life going out OF
certain vital things-this filled
him with CONSERVATION and dis
gust.
Was he losing his nerve? This
question had occurred to him be-
fore and always. a. now. brought
a growl into his throat. Nerve,
was it? He had enough for
himself and the rest OF the mob.
Let anyone Come around asking
If he'd lost his nervei
Yet the mood put him at q
disadvantage. They would find it
out--didn't Spike just crack about
him turning soft?
A man leads a. mob because he
possesses q superabundance OF the
mob quality, feroeity - Danny
called 1t "guts. And the mo.
ment this begins to slip the
leaders mastery Is gone; he be-
comes pitiable thing. meat for
the pack.
The Spook had scared off Spike
and Clip all right but that hadn't
settled COky Jones and ii hadn't
struck down the restlessness. Bet.
ter keep out of Nell's way
He had been doing that lately.
Those green eyes of hers had a
Of sNR hnRfvnar int Ia -.
skirt Nell was a wise little guy.
Liked being the Spook's girl well
enough but she would turn on
him il she thought him sliding.
James were like that and this.
too. was fair enough. Nell was
a cute trick but she had no class.
The spook liked class in a
woman. The blonde queen had 1t
she was all class. Cool and
dainty looking, smiling at a bozo
when she danced. rubbing her
cheek along his coat. Made a
fellow want to catch hey up and
never let her 20.
He thought much about Iris.
but it was not those thoughts
which made him discontented.
There had been many girls in his
life, not all OF the underworld.
though perhaps none had fascih.
ated him\ in quite the degree the
silver-gilt daughter OF Sherwood
Ring did.
Tracing back the feeling which
gripped and numbed him, ne
placed the beginning of its pres.
ent siege as the morning of
the Ring job when he had talked
with the little brown one. Nutty,
chewing the rag that way, send.
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Eighteen, Year,Old American Girl
Escapes From Paris Chaperone
and Has Her Fling at
Freedom
Freedom
WHAT HAS HAPPENED so FAR

Rebeling against the constant of Cousin Agatha
and the routine life of erctusive European finishing
schools, GeneUieDe Smith, pretty 1SyeGr-od heiress,
fees Paris Oth 18 hundred dollar bius cheap cloth
ing pad strGU suitcase TraUeling steerdge she
handsome yong 9Uith grey eyes, In NeaO York she
Is Ggcao th the elatiom of her freedom But under
orld tari-driuer leads her unsuspectngy into White
Slave hOV$e achere she oUGkens from drpgged sleep
prisoner bereft Of clothing beudyeyed creature enter
GenepieUe traps him and succeeds oh glass dagger
strips of sheets IN rendering him helpless Escapn1
from the house the mans clothing she pursued by
the "Dude" and into the Of the man ,citk
the greg eyes policeman appearing arrests both as
underrord characters. E
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
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Danny would not have hesf-
tated once. Not only had the kill.
ing been cold.blooded and unnec.
essary but it brought about
breach between the Spooks and
the Old Man which had been
difficult to close. Coky was a.
lurking menace.
Now, however, the gangster
was ifres0lute. He had known CoiSy
for years. stood side by side with
him to fight the police and the
public, made a pal of the fellow
in the old days Some instinct
of loyalty went stinging through
him, made 1t hard for him to
say the word that would send
Coky up the river to burn.
The restless mood was on the
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spook; he twisted impatiently.
trying to throw 1t off. and the
others waited.
Whats the matter with you,.
Danny? Turnin' soft?" sneered
the gold teeth.
who says so? Say, you
The sudden brutality Of that
snarl caused O'Rourke to put hack.
back.
Now, Danny"
"I'li take care of Coky. You
lay off till give the office.
seer"
They were not satisfied but
they were subdued. They wan.
dered away and left him glover.
ing by himself.
No, 1t was not uncertainty
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the police officer that her name
was not Smith.
ITS not crime, is it office
she began, toto give name
that isn't your oWn29
1T don't help you none, the
police always find out. So you
might as we'll come clean at the
start
She thought swiftly. II must
invent name that won't make
Cousin Agatha guess that it's me.
And II they try to take my pic
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What do these shots mean?
Read Runaway" in this news.
paper tomorrow for thrilling i,
final instaIInent of this novel.
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Largest Oaks in England

The largest England standing in the
Castle, WehpooL They foud in number and it has
been calculated that between them they contain 1000 feet
humber. The circumference of the largest tree 40 feet
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Strangest Fish KnOwn

Of stranget fish to science is the hagfsh
Monterey Bay California 1t is blind, and yet rs
that fish found in the waters
has three hearts,
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destroyed the oil-soaked canvas, and
all that was left were the charred
bodies Of the youths and the gaunt
skeleton of the model house.
Frantic mothers and fathers
crowded the little mortuary here
this morning seeking the bodies of
their sons. One tall gray-haired
man stumbled from the hospital
where he had seen his 13-year-old
boy die from burns.
Bodies Charred
MY little boys clothes were all
burned and still smouldering as he
lay on the ground beside the blazing
mass when I got here" said the
grief stricken man. "Only last night
he was asked to take part in the
mock-tragedy and was so happy
that he went, even though I asked
him not to-"
The bodies we're 50 charred they
were difficult to identify and only
five Of the eleven dead had been
identified today including a mar
motor driver who had taken part in
the festival. Ronald Mitchell, pre-
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RUSSIAN CITY
HIGHLY EXCITED

TOKYO. July 12.-(P-Rengo dis
patches from Hardin. Manchuria,
say the Soviet Russian community
is highly excited because of devel-
opment in the Chinese eastern rail-
way controversy and many are flee
ing the city in an effort to reach
the border.
Advices from Changchun state the
Chinese have completed taking over
the railway works there and have
arrested several soviet officials,
sending them to Hardin.
Soviet reServists in the Chinese
eastern railway zone are reported
to have received orders to Join the
forces in Siberia.
A Manchuli dispatch, describing
the crossing Of the border by the
first Russians deported. quotes lead
ing officials as threatening: I'VE
are leaving empty handed. but will
return with rifles"
According to Japanese military in
telligence Soviet Russia has an
equivalent of six divisions along
the Siberian railway between Lake
Bai6al and Vladivostok. including
cavalry, artillery, tanks. aircraft and
railway engineers. Chinese troops
In Manchuria are estimated to be
an equivalent of Is divisions.
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budget up to this time, it felt that
economic interests of the city could
best be served by abolishing the Of
flee. He also was of the opinion
that the duties performed by Ford
can be handled adequately by the
other members of the office force
now employed.
Ford's Duties
Mr.. Ford's duties inclued the in
vestigat;on and approval Of all bills
presented to the city before they
were considered by the city COM
missioners, who then merely ordered
them paid. No bill was to be paid
unless approved by the auditor. Re
ouisitions for material also bore the
signature Of the official.
The motion to employ Ford met
with the instant approval OF all
members of the court present and
there was no debate on the matter
preceding the vote at the time OF
his election.
Commissioner Burt Hinkley would
not say anything about the row.
DO you wish to express an opin-
ion On the matter?" he was asked.
II DON'T know a thing" he e
piled.
Did you attend the meeting?"
Il don't know a thing about It,
Cobolini Speaks
Cobolini declared he had plenty
to say. "I voted for MT. Ford to
have that job, but I believe that he
also o~verstepped his bounds in as
Stunning too much authority. 1t is
my business as commissioner Of fl
nance to know about expenditures
and / know that the auditor order
ed Mr.. Munday to quit reading me-
tiers on street lighting and water
supplies at parks, that he said this
expense could be approximated in
a lump according to its allowance
in the budget.
1T certainly would have embar-
raised me to have been asked at
the end of the year by a citizen the
cost of watering and lighting the
fountain in Washington Square if
I had had to guess the cost. He
didn't consult the commission
about such a change"
Starck said he voted as he did be-
aus he thought it was for the
city's best interests and because it
would enable the city to keep with
in its budget for the first time in
years.
Mayor Cole later in the day de-
clared mo reference at all was
made to the city's budget up to the
vote On the proposition, directly
after which I left"
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work Of installing the fixtures was
begun.
These fixtures include a horse
shoe counter and a number of
stools, tables, pastry case, coffee
urn and all the usual restaurant
equipment.
But how different. The stools,
for instance, have leather seats,
comfortable backs and plenty Of leg
room.
Huge ceilings fans placed close
together will agitate the air and
ample ventilation is provided by
huge transoms.
Out in the kitchen there is an
enormous modern range as the CEN
ter piece, and around this will be
arranged all the devices necessary
to a complete service. Over this
domain will reign James Baldas,
the chef who is known to patrons
of the old White Kitchen as Jim"
Out in front will be Jimmy Lotus,
with his genial smile.
White conveys the idea of
cleanliness and light. Our place
will be both and cool besides says
Jimmie.
AIR LINES operating from the
Brownsville municipal airport are
modern and the best obtainable-
but news from Germany indicates
there may be need for a change Of
equipment if that standard is
maintained.
A report comes from Friedrich
shafen Of a hydroplane equipped
with II motors and a carrying ca
pacity of IS tons. There are &C
commodations for so passengers
and a crew Of ten. The motors will
develop 5000 horsepower and the
plane will have a cruising range OF
5000 miles with a speed Of 113 miles
per hour.
Passenger traffic by air through
Brownsville will have to grow con-
siderably before such planes are
needed-but that time vii. come.
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$4,000 VIII Be
Used to Purchase
Land For Indians

BEAUMONT, Tex, July 12-(P-
Expenditure Of $4,000 by the fed
eral government for land for Ala
bama and Coushatta Indians in
Polk county has been approved by
the attorney general, according to
information reaching Judge Thorn
as A. Baten, one Of the land own
ers from whom the tract was pur-
chased. That approval fulfills re-
uuirements of law and warrants on
the U. S. treasury department are
to be issued at once by the CON-
missioner of Indian affairs.
The land was purchased for ap-
proximately $3.50 per acre, about
two-thirds of it being in timber and
suitable for grazing.
The entire appropriation was
$4,000, the expenditure for land
leaving a balance of $1,000 for the
purchase of equipment. That is in
addition to an appropriation of
$4,000 recently made by the Texas
legislature.
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Today's NJ arketS
BULLS LIFT
EARLY MART
Market Turns Sharply Up
On Feverish Utility
Buying Friday

NEW YORK, July 12.-CR-The
stock market was lifted sharply
higher at the opening today, when
eessrish buying cropped out in the
utilities. A block of 11,600 shares
o. Consolidated Gas was taken at
49, a new top and up Z IL points.
Ablock Of 10000 shares of United
Gas Improvement at SO, a new high
and up ! IL points, and a block Of
$4,000 shares of National Power and
Light, up 8 Ia points. Public Ser
vice OF New Jersey, United Aircraft
and Montgomery Ward rose 2 to 8
points. Auburn Auto 4 IL, Union
Carbide 3 IL, and several issues
mounted ! to 2 points.
The impressive. bullish demon
Stration was inspired by the decline
IN brokers' loans, which, although
amounting to only $14,0 1000, came
after about a month of successive
large increases.
A block of 10000 shares of U. S.
Steel was taken at 200 IA, up Q Ia
points. UnderWood-Eliott : Fisher
rose points, Commercial Solvents
o, Midland Steel Products prefer
rec, Westinghouse Electric, Johns
Manvllle, General Electric and Ma
tlonal Supply 4 to 5. In the utility
group, Standard Gas and Electric
and American Power and Light also
reacned new record prices in mod
crate advances.
american Can once more reached
a e high record. with a gain of
ABOUT a point, and other shares
moving up l to 2 points included
american Telephone, Radio, Ana
conda, International Telephone,
Gold Dust, New York Central
American International. Northern
Pacific, Kroger Groceries, Gillette,
Safeway Stores, Bethlehem Steel
National Cash Register and Curtiss
Aero. Texas Corp, however, sag
ged nearly a point.
Foreign exchanges opened barely
steady. with cables 1-16 lower at
$4.85 LIS.