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spirit. Silence tempered by the low
wailing of the Buddy in charge of the
saxophone and the unpleasant bowling
of his college friends, who had just
begun to sing the chorus, fell once
more.
This opens up a new line of
thought" said Pat, at length. Our
Miss Wyvern appears to have got the
wires crossed" She looked at him
meditatively. IT'S funny. Hugo seemed
so convinced about the way you felt"
Johns collar frightened up another
half-inch. but he managed to get his
HE was quite right about the way
I felt"
You mean Really?"
yes"
You mean you're -. fond of me?"
Yes"
But. Johnnie!"
Hang it, are you blind?" cried John.
savage from shame and the agony Of
narrowed feelings, not to mention COL
lar that appeared to have been made
for a man half his size. Cant you
see? Don't you know I've always loved
you? Yes, even when you were a
kid"
But, Johnnie, Johnnie; Johnnie!"
Distress was making Pats silver voice
almost squeaky. You can't have done.
was horrible kid. I did nothing but
bully you from morning till night"
II liked it,
But how can you want me to marry
you? We know ecah other too well.
I've always looked on you as sort
of brother"
There are words in the language that
are like knell. Keats considered
"forlorn" one of them. John Carroll
was of opinion that brother was
second.
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a moment: The bold simplicity Of the
move thrilled him.
What 1t amounts to-" continued
Ronnie Fish, SIS that your uncle is en-
deavoring to do you out Of q vast for
tune. tell you, the Hot Spot Is going
to be q gold minei To all practical
intents and purposes. he is Just as good
as trying to take thousands of pounds
out OF your pocket. shall point this
out to him, and I shall be surprised II
I can't put the thing through. When
would you like me to come DOWN."
"Ronnie," said Hugo, this is abso-
Lutte geniusi" He hesitated. He had no
wish to discourage his friend, but he
desired to be fair. There's Just one
thing-would you have any objection to
performing at the village concerto"
Il should enjoy it,
They're sure to rope you in.
thought you and might do the quarrel
scene from Julius Caesar again"
Excellent"
and this time" said Hugo sener-
ously. you can be Brutus"
mo, no" said Ronnie, moved.
eyes, yes!"
Very well. Then fix things I'D with
this American bloke and leave the rest
to me. Shall like your uncle?"
mo" said Hugo confidently.
"Ah, WELL" said Mr. Fish equally. 1T
don't for moment suppose he'll like
me-"
Ito be continyedl
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matte vision seen fitfully through the
crowd. She was laughing, and show
ing In the process teeth OF flashing
whiteness. "The girls the prettiest
girl I've seen for long time"
Pat gave an imperceptible start She
was suddenly aware Of q feeling that
was remarkably like uneasinesS. 1t
lurked at the back of her conscious
ness like small formless cloud.
Obi" she said.
Yes, the feeling was uneasiness. Any
other man who, at such q moment, had
said those words she would have
suspected of a desire to pique her, to
stir her interest by rather obviously
assumed admiration Of another. But
not John. He was much too honest
If Johnnie said a thing, he meant 1t.
A quick flicker of concern passed
through Pat. She was always candid
with herself, and she knew quite we'll
that, though she did not want to
marry him, she regarded John as
essentially piece Of personal property.
If he had fallen in love with her, that
was, of course, pity. But it would,
she realized, be considerably more of a
pity. If he ever fell in love with
someone else. A Johnnie gone out of
her life and assimilated into that of
another girl would leave frightful gap.
The Mustard Spoon was one of those
stuffy, overheated places. but. as she
meditated upon this possibility Pat
shivered.
"Oh!" she said.
The music stopped. The floor
emptied. Mr.. Molloy and his daughter
returned to the table. Hugo remained
up in the gallery in earnest converse
ton with his old friend, Ronald Over
bury Fish, a pink-faced young man Of
small stature and extraordinary solem-
nifty. He had been at school with Hugo
and also at the university. Eton was
entitled to point with pride at both of
them. and only had itself to blame If 1t
failed to do SO. The same remark APP
plies to Trinity College, Cambridge.
From earliest days Hugo had always
entertained for r. o. Fish an intense
and lively miration, and the thought
Of being compelled to let his old friend
down in this matter of the Hot Spot
was doing much to mar an otherwise
jovial evening.
I'm most frightfully sorry, Ronnie,
old thing" he said Immediately the first
greetings were over. II sounded the
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to laugh at you for? I'm much nearer
crying.
"Id do anything in the world rather
than hurt you. You must know that.
You're the dearest old thing that ever
lived. There's no one on earth I'm
fonder Of" She paused. But this
tit simply isn't on the board"
She was looking at him, furtively.
taking advantage of the fact that his
face was turned away and his eyes fixed
on the broad, swallow-tailed back Of
Mr.. Ben Baermann. It was odd. she
felt, all very odd. If she had been
asked to describe the sort of man whom
one of these days she hoped to marry,
the description, curiously enough. would
not have been at all unlike dear old
Johnnie He had the right clean, fit
look-She knew she could never give
a thought to anything but an out
door man-and the straightness and
honesty and kindness that she had
come, after moving for some years in
a world where they were rare, to look
upon as the highest of masculine quail
ties. Nobody could have been farther
than John from the little, black-mus-
tached dancing-man type that was her
the idea of becoming his wife was
just simply too absurd, and that was
all there was to 1t.
But why? What. then, was wrong
with Johnnie? Simply, she felt, the fact
that he was Johnnie. Marriage, as she
had always envisaged 1t, was an adven-
tUre. Poor coy. solid old Johnnie would
have to display quite another side Of
himself, If such side existed. before
she could regard 1t as an adventure
to marry him.
THAT man." said John. indicating
Mr.. Baermann, looks like black
beetle"
Pat was relieved If by this re-
mark he was indicating that he wished
the recent episode to be taken as con-
cluded, she was very willing to oblige
him.
Doesn't hep" she said. IT don't
know where they can have dug him up
from. The last time 1 was here. year
ago, they had another band, a much
better one think this place has gone
down. don't like the look of some of
these people. What do you think Of
4ugo'S friends?"
They seem all right" John cast
a moody eye at Miss Molloy, a pris-
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aged relative this afternoon about that
business. and there's nothing doing"
mo hope?"
None"
Ronnie Fish surveyed the dancers be-
low with q grave eye. He removed the
stub OF his cigarette from its 11-inch
holder and recharged that impressive
instrument.
did you reason with the old pest?"
You can't reason with Uncle Lester. "
IT could" said MT. Fish.
Hugo did not doubt this. Ronnie, in
his opinion, was capable of any feat.
Yes, but the only trouble Is" he
explained, you would have to do 1t at
long range. I asked II might invite
you down to Rudge. and he would have
none Of It,"
Ronnie Fish relapsed into silence. It
seemed to Hugo, watching him, that
that great brain was busy, but upon
what train OF thought he could not
conjecture.
Who are those people you're with?"
he asked ut length.
THE big chap with the fair hair is
my Cousin John. The girl in green is
Pat Wyvern. She lives near us"
And the others? Who's the stately
bird with the brushed-back hair, who
has every appearance OF being just
ABOUT TO ADDRESS q gathering OF con-
stituents on some important point of
policy?"
That's a fellow named Molloy-
Thos. G. met him at the fight
He's an American"
He looks prosperous"
He Is not so prosperous, though. as
he was before the tight started. took
thirty quid OF him.
Your uncle, from what you have told
me, is pretty keen on rich men, isn't
hep"
"All over them"
Then the things simple" said Rom
ME Fish. Invite this Mulcahy, or
whatever his name is, to Rudge, and
invite me at the same time. You'll flnd
that In the ecstasy Of getting q million
atre on the premises your uncle will
forget to make q fuss about my coming.
And, once I am in, I can talk this BUSH
ness over with him. I'll guarantee that
II I can get an uninterrupted half hour
with the old boy can easily make him
see the light"
A rush of admiration for his friends |
brain held Hugo silent for
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Continued From Yesterdays Starr
SIXTH INSTALLMENT.

+ COLD hand ciutcned at Johns
" heart He had not high opin-
"A ion of his cousins destinations,
4 \ but the thought of anybody
but hir self proposing to Pat
was revolving me.
,. 20. did hep"
eyes, he did For you"
For me? Y do you mean, for
me?"
9 I'm tel,-H you. He asked me to
marry you Lo1 very eloquent he was,
too. All TIE reol'e who heard him
and there must hGv been dozens who
did-were much in nressed.'
She stopped, and, as far as such
thing is possible at IT, Mustard Spoon
when Baermann's Collegiate Buddies
are giving an encore of MY SWeetie
Is Wow" there was silence. Emotion
of one sort or another had deprived
Pat of words and, as for John, he was
feeling as ii he could never speak again.
He had flushed a dusky red and his
collar had suddenly become so tight
that he had all the sensations of a
man who is being garoted. And so
powerfully had the shock of this fear
full revelation affected his mind that his
only coherent thought was desire to
follow Hugo up to the balcony, tear
him limb from limb and scatter the
Pat was the first to find speech. She
spoke quickly, stormily.
Il can't understand you, Johnnie.
You never used to be such a jellyfiSh.
You did have mind of your own once.
But now 1 believe it's living at
Rudge all the time that has done it.
You've got lazy and f1abby. It's turned
you into a vegetable. You just loaf
about and go on, year after year, hav-
ing your three fat meals a day and
your comfortable rooms and your hot
water bottle at night -.
II don't!" cried John, stung by this
monstrous charge from the coma that
was gripping him.
Well bed-SockS, then" amended
Pat. you've just let yourself be cos
seted and pampered and kept in COM
fort till the You that used to be there
has withered away, and you've gone
blah. My dear, good Johnnie" said
Pat vehemently, riding over his at
tempt at speech and glaring at him
above small, perky nose whose tip
had begun to culver, even as it had
always done when she lost her temper
as child. My poor, idiotic, flabby,
fat-headed Johnnie, do you seriously ex-
pect a girl to want to marry man
who hasn't the common, elementary
pluck to propose to her for himself and
has to get some one else to do it for
him?"
II didn't"
You did"
II tell you I did not"
you mean you never asked Hugo
to sound me out?"
"Of course not. Hugo is a meddling.
officious idiot, and. if I'd got him here
now, I'd wiring his neck
He scowled up at the balcony. Hugo,
who happened to be looking down at
the moment, beamed encouragingly and
waved a friendly hand. as if to assure
his cousin that he was with him in
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balanced crankshaft, the extra. deep
8-inch frame are conspicuous among
the things that cannot be matched by
any other cars neighboring on the
new Dodge Brothers Six price.
Come into our salesroom and see
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that you will never be content until
you have one for your own.
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F. o. B. DETROIT. ConVeniens Terms.
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The new Dodge Brothers Six is an
extraordinary motor car because it
emb dies a whole bookful of
features that are extraordinary for a
car of anything like this price.
Its Mono-piece Body has no joints
or seams to squeak or rattle-pos-
sesses that unfailing rigidity and
sturdiness which is exclusive to sim
gle-piece construction.
The Dodge Brothers hydraulic f.
wheel misunderstanding brakes, the
oversize $50 tires, the 52-pound
7-bearing dynamically and statically
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reached out across the table and her
hand rested on his for brief instant.
I'm not laughing at you, Johnnie,
you-you chump. What would I want
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ooh, know. I was a fool. knew
you would simply laugh at me-"
Pats eyes we're misty. The tip of her
nose no longer quivered, but now 1t
was her mouth that did so. She
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Symbolism OF FFtCfuIhk IHSIdImtHIS.
John Carroll goes to London to meet Pa
tricia Wyvern, whom he loves. He hopes to
find courage to tell her so. He is accom-
panied by his cousin. Hugo Carmody. WHO:
marriage.
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A COLD hand Ciutcned at Johns
" heart He had not high opin-
"A ion of his cousins destinations,
4 \ but the thought of anybody
but hir elf promising to Pat
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ANSWER TO SATURDAYS PUzzL.

(To be continued.)
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Imperial Valley press., 1929-01-17
GOVERNOR DERN'S STAND

In urging his state not to ratfy the six state Colo
rado river compact least not before Arizona does,
and offering the plea that if Arizona ratfes will be
unnecessary for Utah to do Governor Dern appears
perfectly willing to permit his state to shrk respon
sbiity and absolutely ignores any consideration Utah
should have for the other states interested in the de-
velopment of the Colorado river.
The SWing-J Ohnson BILL passed by congress and
approved by the President, becomes effective upon
sign it, much the better. If, the other hand,
ratification of the compact by six states If all
Arizona prefers to continue its opposition to the BILL
her action will not prevent the other states from OBJ
tanning the benefit be derived from construction of
Boulder canyon dam.
To US it appears as though Governor Dern is will
ing to permit his state to stand in the way of its
ton of Boulder dam To jeopardze her future by
sde-steppng obvious duty is hard to reconcile with
state loyalty and governors duty to his state.
Governor Dern qualities his suggestion with the
statement he believes Arizona will sign. Why he
should himself about Arizona is difficult to
understand. Certainly Arizona has shown no great
solictude for Utah, any of the other states
The late President Harding said OCCASION
he would be proud to have such gigantic project
Boulder dam authorized in his administration Pres-
dent Coolidge showed himself desirous of aiding the
great constructive and progressive step by readily sign
ing the SWING ohnson bill
Governor Dern,s state has it in its power to cnch
the deal and permit active work Boulder dam to
start. The Governor apparently cannot the op
portunity presented to him.
More recent advice from Utah states that the legis
lature, considerable portion of it. is opposed to
Governor Derns stand and may pass bill providing
for immediate ratification. We hope that Governor
Dern will abandon his present position and if not that
the legislature will take the necessary action to pro-
tect Utah's future thereby showing that Utah is
much concerned with the welfare of five other states
it is with the future of Arizona
Imperial Valley press., 1929-01-17
SANDING BOBS UP AGAIN

Our old friend General Augustine Sandino, the
Nicaraguan rebel who succeeded in eluding punitive
expedition of United States marines, bobs up on the
again
The general led to believe had been prac-
tcally eliminated power in Nicaraguan affairs.
Indeed there were two three reports of his DEATH
which appear to be somewhat exaggerated for the gen.
eral is far from dead.
That he is very much alive and still to be reckoned
with is evident from the naive proposal which he sub
mits to President Moncada a means for nsurng the
peace of Nicaragua.
The general proposes that the province of Nueva
Segova be separated from the of Nicaragua, and
given to him to control.
President Moncada very properly considers the
proposal not only insulting but reasonable and calls
for volunteers to combat Sandino and his outlaws
Augustine asks Nicaragua to snuggle viper to her
bosom and then make believe the viper isn t there.
just what Augustine will do, that the offer he
made is refused he neglected to state in his
to President Moncada. Perhaps he will rejuvenate
the which marines believed they had ended.
In declining the offer and summonng force to
quell the ubiquitous Augustine, President Moncada
pursues the only consistent with his duty and
national honor We certainly wish him and his VOL
unteer army much better against Augustine
and his rebels than the lot of Uncle Sans "dev-
dogs
Imperial Valley press., 1929-01-17
Elks Official To
Be Here Tonight

William c. jerome, of Santa Ana,
district deputy grand exalted ruler
for California, south, will pay an
official visit TO Ell Centre lodge Of
Eias lor,ghl and special program
has been arranged by the lodge for
the occasion.
Tho visiting official will preside
during portion Of the regular lodge
meeting which win be called to
order promptly at 0 clock.
At the conclusion Of the meeting
a buffet luncheon viii be served by
the house committee under the di-
rcction Of /. \. Thomas.
Sunday delegation of local
Elks viii 90 to Yuma to visit the
lodgc there which viii be host 10
Murray T. Hurlburt Of New York.
grand exalted ruler Of the y. T. o. r..
The Yuma gathering viii assemble
in the club house there at $50 IL
Centre time. 1870 Yuma time. Final
arrangements for a motorcade to %
from here to Yuma will be made at
tonight 5 meeting.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-01-17

the kitchen, and, looking out from
the middle of the bunch of birch
trees where he now stood, Uncle
Wiggily saw the Fox, the Wolf and
the Bob Cat sinking along togeth.
er toward him.
"Dear mel" exclaimed the rab.
bit gentleman. "This is too bad!
All three hungry chaps at once, and
looking for me, l IN sure!' -
And, indeed, truth to tell, this is
Just what the Fox, the Wolf and
the Bob Cat were doing. The Bob
Cat, sitting on a hill far off, had
seen the rabbit hopping along the
snow toward the birch trees and
calling to the Fox and Wolf, near
by. the three Bad Chaps were now
close to the clump where Uncle
Wiggily was hidden.
"He is in there!' howled the
Bob Cat. eve will wait here until
he comes out and then we II have
supper"
"Now how can 1 fool those Bad
Chaps and make them run away so
l can hop out and go home?' said
Uncle Wiggily to himself. Then he
happened to think of the birch
trees. He knew he could easily strip
a piece of bark from a slender tree
and roll it up round, like POP
gun.
and that's what I'll do!' said
Mr.. Longcars. Crouching down so
the Bad Chaps outside the clump
of trees could not see him, Uncle
Wiggily made himself sort of pop
gun from a round roll of bark which
he gnawed from a birch tree.
"But what shall shoot for bul,
lets in my bark gun'' whispered
the rabbit. And then he saw some
icicles hanging from the tree
branches. "Broken pieces of icicles
will make fine bullets! said the
rabbit.
Quickly he loaded his bark gun
and, aiming one end at the Bob
Cat, who was sinking along behind
a bush, Uncle Wiggily blew hard in
the other end of the roll of bark.
Out puffed a chunk of iciclc, hit.
ting the Bob Cat on his soft and
tender nose.
ooh! I'm shot" he howled.
"And so am 1. And I!' howled the
Fox and Wolf in turn as Uncle
Wiggily aimed his bark gun at them.
And the three Bad Chaps were SC
surprised at being shot with ieic'e
bullets that away they ran and the
bunny could hop out of the clump
Of trees and 90 home safe. And he
toId Baby Bunty all about his ad-
Y nture.
Now if the window doesn't rattle
in The night and wake up the radio
g it sings in its sleep, next you
shall hear about Uncle Wigglly :
queer adventure.
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Oh. In. shot! he houled.

snow on the ground and maybe they
might chase you. But if you had I,
pop gun, even, you could shoot it
bang bang ana drive 'em away!'
"Well, Bunty, l haven t even a
pop gun!n chucklcd Uncle Wig
gilv. "But I guess I'll be all right
without it. Tata! See you later!''
And away he hoped.
Over the fields and through the
woods went the rabbit uncle look
ing fer adventures. And even
though he had laughed when Baby
Bunty spoke about the Bad Chaps.
Uncle Wiggily sort of looked around
every time he heard a noise. But
mostly it was the wind or an icicle
falling or a SNOWFALL rolling down
hill that made the sound.
Il don't believe any Bad Chaps
will bother me today,' said Mr..
Longears to himself as he hopped
over toward a bunch of tall. white
birch trees that were leaning crook
ed against the wind. "And | don t
seem to be finding any adventures
at all.'
just as the rabbit said that TO
himself, all of a sudden he heard a
noise which he knew wasn't made
by the wind, or by a broken icicle
or by a SNOWFALL rolling down hill.
1t was scritching, scratching
sound like a puppy dogs paw
nails clittering over the oilcloth in
Imperial Valley press., 1929-01-17
NOTICE INVITING PROPOSALS
OR BIDS FOR THE DISPOSAL
OF GARBAGE, RUBBISH, ETC,
IN THE CITY OF Ell CENTRO.

Notice Is Hereby Given that seal.
ed proposals or bids will be received
by the undersigned City Clerk Of
the City of FL Ccntro, up to the 9th
day of February, 1929, at 1880 p. M,
for the disposal of all garbage, rub.
bish and waste matter in said City,
from the first day of March, 1929,
to the first day of March, 1880, bids
on removal of garbage and removal
Of rubbish and waste matter to be
made separately, the bidder whose
proposal is ac> pted to enter into a
contract with the City to render
such services thoroughly and in a
manner satisfactory to the City
Council Of said City, and to give
bond in sum of at least fifty per
cent of the total amount af his bid,
for the faithful performance of the
conditions of said contract, on his
part, with sureties approved by said
City Council.
Each proposal or bid shall be ac.
companicd by certified check
equal to ten per cent of the total
amount Of such bid, payable to the
City Of FL Centre, or by bond for
a like amount and so payable, with
sureties acceptable to said Council
as a guarantee that if such bid be
accepted, the maker thereof will en-
ter into the proposed contract with
said City and give the required bond
for the faithful performance there
Of, such check or bond to be return
ed to each unsuccessful bidder i'm.
mediately upon the rejection of his
bid, and to the successful bidder as
soon as the contract, has been en-
tered into, and the bond for the
faithful performance thereof has
been given by him and approved by
said Council.
The City Council reserves the
right to reject any or all bids.
BY order Of the C.'y Council of
the City of FL Centre.
Dated this End day of January,
1929.
J. c. NEALE,
C'tv Clerk Of the CttJ Of FL Centric,
California. ftl3