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on the station premises unless he can
| prove he has business here"
Then Wade called up his chief at
| Scotland Yard.
II think I've located the barge. It's
| full of dummy packing cases that
form false roof for an inside canln;
Camouf1aged packing cases. I snail
want so men. sir. and they had better
be armed. The second barge may give
use some trouble"
He sent the detective along the tow
path TO watch the bargeS-a difficult
task, for the mist, which had cleared,
was thickening again. road ran
through the meadow to the place where
the barges we're moored. With the
forces available, this road could not
for the moment, be watched, and the
detective on the bank needed reinforce
ments. He was a long way from the
nearest telephone, and his position, as
| Wade knew, was extremely hazardous.
The mist was a part of heavy fog
that had descended on the suburbs OF
London. It delayed the arrival OF the
police tenders. and they came crawling
through Great NARROW an hour later.
BY this time the Berkshire police had
been notified, but county police re-
serves are not easy to reach and con-
centrate, and they were barely IN their
places when the London reinforcementS
crossed the meadow and Stormed the
first of the two barges.
AS he was rushing through the brush
wood, John Wade detected smell of
smoke 1t came from the second barge.
A moment later flames were darling from
the foreCaStle and through the in
terstices of the matches. Apparently no
one was on board, SO fierce was the
blaze that the police were driven back
to the deck when they tried to 60 be-
low.
The first barge was also burning
when Wade boarded it, but the police
were able to eXtinguish the flames. From
the forecastle small door led to COM
Portable Sleeping-quarters, apparently
for half a dozen men. The occupants
apparently had departed in such a
hurry that they left most of their be-
longings behind, but Wade had no time
to examine these. He passed into
second room and halted, amazed at the
luxury of it. This had been Lna'S
prisonl He would have guSSed that,
even If he had not seen her coat thrown
over a chair near her bed.
Climbing up the ladder to the deck,
he joined Elk on the bank of the river.
How could they have made such
quick getaway?" he asked
''They had half a dozen cars parked
in a shed on this farm" said Elk
quickly. "They must have scattered in
all directions, before the Berkshire
police arrived. I'm sending a message
to headquarters suggesting that all the
ports be watched"
Wade Smiled grimly.
Don't watch the ports-watch
London" he said, and he spoke
prophetically.
(T0 20 CoOtipuadl
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By Edgar Wallace.
lg forward to taking the o o'clock

F., ing forward to taking the O'Clock
walk"
Wade waited until the formal charge
was made in the morning, and, when
! the inevitable remand was granted, he
drove down to oxford. Somewhere on
! that river Lila Smith was a prisoner
| and he had feeling that he was des-
| tined to rescue her. He found mo-
| tor launch a local detective and an Of
| fetal of the Thames conservancy wait
! ing for him. and without delay the
6own-river trip began.
1t was a laboriouS business They
stopped four lows of bargeS between
, Henley and Hurley, and each barge had
to be searched. The work was all the
more tedious, because Wade was almost
positive, in every case, that the craft he
was looking, and the irritation OF Ger
tain Of the bargemen was accentuated
by the fact that several of them had
already received two police ViSitationS
in the past few days.
One of the bargemen, more polite
than the others, gave Wade a little in
formation.
There's a couple of big boats lying
up near NARROW" said the man
They've been don't know how long
coming up the river. passed en twice.
Are they tied to the towing path?"
asked Wade, interested.
The man shook his head.
'No--to some private land on the
right bank. I think they're all right
they've been in the river some time"
1t was late in the evening when the
police had worked through the town,
but Wade determined to push down the
river. AS the cleared Hurley lock, he
saw the two craft lying stem to prov.
They were closest to the bank, over
Swallowed by the trees that stood at the
waters edge. He saw lights burning on
both and decided to wait till the morn
ing before he made a closer inspection.
He motored to town that night and
early in the morning was picked up
at NARROW and went slowly up the
stream. A thin mist lay on the river
and on the meadows along both banks.
He made his approach under the stern
OF the rearmoSt barge and landed, de-
spite the printed warning that he would
be prosecuted for treSpaSsing.
The approach was difficult. There
was strip of thick underbrush between
the meadow and the waters edge, but
presently he found a narrow path that
led him to where a gangway spanned
the space between barge and bank.
On the poop of the barge man had
been performing his morning additions
He dried his face when Wade crossed
the gangway and greeted his visitor
with apparent unconcern.
Capt. James," he reported, when
Wade showed his credentials. Police,
are you? You're the third lot of police
who've searched this barge today"
He spoke with great elaboration.
Are you the master?" asked Wade
Something in the mans manner was
very familiar.
That's me, mister"
Been promoted, haven't your We
met not so long ago and then you were
a Waterman"
For a. moment the man was taken
aback; then he chuckled
Bless my life! It's the gentleman
who came aboard the barge after the
flood. Yes. sir; I'm the Waterman, but
always like to swank a little bit. The
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Y. w. C.. A.

The regular twilight music hour will
be held at the K street building this
afternoon at o'clock in the fourth
floor assembly room when the program
will be given by Miss Alice Edwards,
mezzo- soprano; Mrs. AlyS M. Rickett,
pianist and accompanist; Harvey T.
Townsend tenor, and w. Carl Smith,
pianist and accompanist. The hoStesse5
for the afternoon will be Miss Hattie p.
Anderson, general secretary, and Mrs
Alfred EaChuS.
There will be vesper service at the
Elizabeth Somers Residence this after
noon at $50. The Elizabeth Somers
Glee Club will give a program under
the direction of Miss Imogene Ireland.
Miss Ruth Harris will be the leader of
the vesper hour.
The Y. w. c. A. is one of the organ
izations sponsoring the meetings at
which DR.. Ida Scudder, president of the
Vellore Medical College at Vellore,
India, will speak while III Washington.
OF particular interest is the mass meet
ing to be held at the New York Avenue
Presbyterian Church Tuesday evening,
May IA. at o'clock, when the public Is
invited to hear DR.. Scudder speak or
THE Daughters OF India Answer
Mother India"
The board and staff members will be
guests at luncheon of Mrs. Harold E.
Doyle, 1918 Huntington street. for the
May board meeting May II. The
board meeting will open at 1890 am,
and luncheon will be served immedi-
ately after.
Committee meetings scheduled for
the week include the executive tomor-
row morning at II am, Tuesday the E
Street House committee at 2 pm. and
the Food Service No. l at 3 pm, Friday
the finance committee will meet at noon
and the music committee at $3.50 pm.
Chapters.
A new chapter has been formed.
making a total of 10 at the present
time. AS the chapter was formed May
day, it has taken that as its name.
The first meeting was held at the home
Of the new president, Mrs. Annie NJ
Bohrer, l0l u street northwest with Is
members present. Mrs. George Win
chester Stone, chairman of chapters;
Mrs Fred E. Wright, chairman of mem
bership, and Miss Virginia Wingfield,
secretary OF membership. met with the
new group to tell them Of the activities
of the association. Other officers
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shippers gone ashore to get some food

shippers gone ashore to get some food
for breakfast
He had slipped on his coat as Wade
approached and had dropped his hand
in his pocket. 1t was this little trick
that made Wade ask:
What have you got in your pocket?
A gum"
The man laughed hoarsely.
mot me, mister. What do I want a
gun for?"
Wade saw piece of bandage at the
mans wrist.
Hurt your hand, have you?"
The Waterman withdrew his hand
from his pocket. 1t was heavily band
aged.
Dropped hatch on it the other
day." he said. What can I do for you
mister? Do you want to look at the
hold?"
Il thought I might" said Wade.
The Waterman walked slowly to the
open hatchway and shouted to some one
below. A slovenly-looking man appeared
Give me a hand to take of these
matches. Good thing We haven't got
bad weather.
They pulled two hatch-covers loose
and Wade looked down upon a number
of packing-caSeS. On the tops of these
were stenciled the name of an engineer
ing firm in Australia.
Take off the hatch-coverS aft" said
Wade. and they obeyed. shes riding
rather light"
We're on the bottom" said one of
the men easily. "We're going to be
lucky to get off, unless they let more
flood water down"
Wade waited while the hatch-covers
were replaced. and then he drew his
automatic from his pocket and regarded
1t careleSsly.
That's a nice gun" he said.
The Waterman was cycling him close
ly, but said nothing.
come with me on a little trip to
NARROW, will you?" said Wade.
"Why?" asked the other.
"You might meet your skipper"
smiled Wade.
He backed to the gangway, then
sided along to the bank, never taking
his gaze from the Waterman. The Sec
ond bargeman had disappeared.
II can't leave this barge" the
Waterman began.
He saw the police whistle go up to
Wade's lips.
IAN right" he growled. Some of
you policemen are mighty mysterious"
He followed Wade to the bank, passed
MN, ana walked aIleaQ. 1ney maze
wide detour, and now Wade's gaze was
on the underbrush that partially hid
the second barge. There was no sign
of life on 1t, no sound of any kind.
The Waterman was put aboard the
waiting police launch without difficulty.
While a detective kept his eye upon the
prisoner, Wade sat facing the barge,
knowing that many unfriendly eyes
were watching him.
But the fusiIlade that he expected
did not come, and he reached the shell
ter of NARROW and hurried his prisoner
into the police station.
IT want you for bank robbery" said
Wade, when the man had been search
ed and the contents of his pockets laid
on the inspectors desk. 1T seems
hardly worth while mentioning the
minor charge of inpersonating a SER
geant of the city police"
Good night" said the man scarcas-
tically You're getting to be a regular
Sherlock Holmes, Wade"
quite lot of people have told me
that" said Wade.
Cardlin-he was charged in that
name-made no statement, no excuse,
offered no defense, did not even pro-
test his innocence. When he had been
removed to a cell, John Wade offered
a few words of advice to the inspector.
Bring out your reserves for station
duty. I'll have this fellow shifted in
couple of hours. Don't allow anybody
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elected were Mrs. Edith o. King, vice
president; Miss Ruth Sherwood, secre-
tary, and Miss Mildred BENEFITS, treas
urer.
The Cleveland Park Chapter will hold
its monthly meeting tomorrow at pm.
in the home of Mrs. E. @. Schneider,
3211 Newark street. This will be a
good time" meeting.
Park View Chapter will hold its meet
ing tomorrow at l pm. at the home of
Mrs. John Vorekoeper, 1865 Brandy
wine street. This will be the last meet
ing until the Fall.
Health Education.
The outdoor courts in the rear of the
Blue Triangle Hut, at Twentieth and B
streets, are now ready. New tennis in
Struction classes for May will meet at
7.45 am. and 4:45 pm. on Mondays
and Wednesdays, Tuesdays and Thurs
days. Registration in these classes is
limited to II persons.
Information concerning these classes
and about the use of the courts without
instruction may be secured by phone
from the health education office, at
Seventeenth and K streets, between 9
in the morning and 9 at night. or at
the Blue Triangle Hut during the noon
time.
Business and Professional Women's
Department.
Tuesday evening will be Mothers
night on the B. and P. floor, where the
Amicitia, Hitika, K. G., Premiere, Tip
Top and Wohelo Girls will assemble TO
receive their mothers as their honor
guests of the evening. The program
will begin with dinner at 6:15, and the
club sentiments will find expression in
toaSts given by Anna Marie Clarke,
Laurel Kent and Margaret Ferris. After
dinner there will be a program of spe-
cial music, with Ida Larson as soloist
and Miss Imogene ireland leading the
whole audience in singing old favoriteS
and new. A special treat for the guests
Is to be performance of the Toy Sym
phony Orchestra.
The Blue Triangle Club will meet
Thursday evening, and after supper
Ruby Collins, who recently distinguished
herself as a member of the Blue Bird"
cast, always delights the girls with her
readings.
Next Sunday afternoon the Blue Tri-
angle Girls are to give tea in honor
of the Girl Reserve graduates of the
Washington high schools. The tea is to
be held from 4 to pm. in the assem-
bly, room on the 3. and P. floor A
program Of delightful music has been
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year. At pm. the Tri Hi Girl Reserve
Club of Business High School will have
election of officers who viii serve for
the coming year.
Friday afternoon at 2:I5 the Girl
Reserve Clubs at Hine, Stuart and Co.
lumbia Junior High Schools will meet
at the schools. At 3 pm. the Bor
Secour Girl Reserve Club of Central
High School will have a social service
meeting in the Girl Reserve Club rooms.
At the last meeting of the grade
school Girl Reserves. on Saturday morn
ing, the girls decided to have the new
hobby groups planned around outdoor
activities and to eliminate in hike in
the country on June /. Therefore the
groups will include trail makers" who
will lead the hike; mature lovers" who
will be thoroughly familiar with the
surrounding trees, flowers and birds;
camp cooks" who will plan and serve
the outdoor lunch, and the "flrst-aid
group" who will be prepared for any
emergencies and will also demonstrate
their skill in dramatic form.
Next Sunday afternoon the business
and professional department Of the Y.
w. c. A. will entertain the Girl Re
serves who are graduating from high
school at tea.
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CONTINUED From Yesterdays star.)
rWENrY-sECoND TNsTALLMENr.


<IT WANT you, Lane" said John
Wade. 1--WE don't care for a
discussion in public. do we?"
Il A taxicab, crawling along the
edge of the curb, moved up.
Wade opened the door and went in
ahead of the prisoner, gripping his
wrist. The detective, who had kept in
the background up TO now, followed.
Il don't suppose you've got gun?"
said Wade. by the way, We picked
up your taxi friend and found your ar
tillery parked under the seat"
Il don't know what you're talking
about began Lane.
$50 few people do" said Wade. eve
never arrested man yet who wasn't
innocent as a babe. You were seen
getting out of the cab and trailed up
the Haymarket. I did little work in
the Strand myself and picked you up
across the square. Your little soldiers
will cry for their colonel tonight"
You're talking Greek to me-"
''I've been taking lessons from Golly,"
said Wade cheerfully.
He was exhilarated by the extraordi-
nary good fortune that had placed In
his hands one of the most dangerous of
his enemies. For once, luck was on his
side.
At Cannon Row police station Lane
IL.
him--not so much as a spent cartridge.
You'll have little difficulty in prov
ing. your case, won't you?" said Lane
triumphantly.
For answer, Wade caught him by the
sleeve and jerked up his arm.
Look at his hand, Sergeant-powder-
blackened at the base of the thumb.
These old guns throw back. Where are
your rubber gloves, Lane-gone to the
wash?"
Lane smiled.
ct suppose you're going TO frame me.
What do you want me for?"
Accessory to murder" said Wade.
zone of your little friends from Mont
martre has told the whole truth and
nothing but the truth
Lane did not finch.
"You got them, did you? heard
that the police were looking for two
men-"
you heard nothing of the sort. Our
plans have been most closely guarded"
When Lane had been taken to a cell,
o thought struck Wade that made him
decide to have another word with his
prisoner.
I'm suggesting to you for your own
good, Lane, that you don't have your
meals sent in," he said.
Lane looked up with a smile.
"Ain fool?" he asked.
Elk had come into the station while
the prisoner was being charged.
"Took it very well, that fellow-a lit
tie bit too well to please me-"
What do you mean?" asked Wade,
In surprise.
Elk rubbed his chin thoughtfully.
You'd think, by the way he went on.
that he never expected to be charged
with murder and certainly wasn't look
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\ BEADS ARE MIXED.

Paris Women String Necklaces Hit
or Miss.
PARIS (P1.-Mixed coral and jade, or
their imitation. are among the recent
necklace fads. 1t is considered more
chic to string beads hit or miss than
to put first pink and then a green.
Women are picking up stray beads in
antique and Oriental shops with a view
to stringing their necklaces according
to their own ideas. Odd sizes as well
as mixed colors are in vogue.
Clouded amber and clear amber are
in demand to combine for choker
strings. Ivory beads and amber are an
other combination in use.
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arranged. and Miss Ruby Collins will
read a group of selections.

arranged. and Miss Ruby Collins will
read group Of selections.
Industrial Department..
Reservations for the Gettysburg trip
are now being made through either the
education or the industrial departments,
and the seats for the bus are being
rapidly filed. The start will be made
from the Y. w. G. A., Seventeenth and
K streets, promptly at 9 am. May %.
Thursday afternoon, If the weather is
fine. the Thursday Club will have q
picnic at Vacation Lodge, Cherry
dale, Va.
The afternoon students at the Amer
icanization School will be guests of the
industrial, membership and world fell
lowship committees for party Wednes-
day at 8 pm. There will be special
music and the guests will be taken on a
tour of the building.
Girl Reserves.
The Girl Reserves will hold their an
nual recognition service this afternoon
at $50 in Barker Hall of the Y. w. c.
A. Members from all Girl Reserve
clubs will participate, and will enter
tain their mothers at tea In the Girl
Reserve clubrooms after the service.
This ceremonial is one of the lovelieSt
SfNAAlS VA bAiO JChAT AIM CNCA NAAAA AhG-
serve is urged to take part and to bring
her mother.
Monday afternoon at PAS o'clock the
Adelphae Girl Reserve Club of Western
High School will have hobby meeting
in the Girl Reserve clubrooms.
Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock Les
Camerades Girl Reserve Club, at East
ern High School, will have special
program. At $3.50 pm. the Girl Re-
serves at Noel House will learn Girl
Reserve songs under direction of Mrs.
Burton.
Wednesday at pm the hobby groups
of the Dennison Vocational School Girl
Reserve Club will meet. These girls are
planning an exhibition of clog dancing,
dramatics and recital of the Toy
Symphony Orchestra to take place at
the end of this month. The Girl Re
serve Clubs at Langley, jefferson and
Gordon Junior High Schools are plan
ming interesting meetings for their club
period on Wednesday afternoon at 2:l5
At pm Wednesday the Semper Fidelis
Girl Reserve Club of Tech High School
will meet in the Girl Reserve Club
rooms
Thursday afternoon at AIS the Girl
Reserve Clubs at Powell and Macfar-
land Junior High Schools will meet
At $3.50 pm. the Fidelis Girl Reserve
Club at Eastern High School will hold
its last social service meeting for this
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MAN GIVES PINT OF BLOOD
AND WINS HIMSELF BRIDE
Iowan Aids Dying Man-Weds
Sister-Denies Heroism
in Gift.

COUNCIL BLUFFS. Iowa GA
pint of blood won a bride for Harold
Fair, announcer and musician at radio
station KOHL.
While visiting friend in Mercy Hos
pital Fair met pretty Ruth Greggerson
of Evanston, ILL.,, and learned that her
brother was dying because doctors could
not find the right blood type for a
TRANSMISSION.
He offered his services and physi-
clans. after tests. told him he could save
the young mans life. A TRANSMISSION
followed and the girls brother recov-
cred. 1T wasn't any hero's act,-I
wanted to know that girl better" he
says. I'D have given my right eye If
1t had been needed" Now he will have
lifetime to know her. She became
Mrs. Fair q few days ago
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synop.Is Of Preceding 1nstaIlments.

In an effort to find Lila Smith, whom he
believes to be Della Pattison, an heireSs.
and who has been lured from the place OF
safAty in which he had hidden her, John
Wade OF the London police almost loses
his life; He is convinced that there is
connection between her captors and a gang
(ro1tir,,.I r--a... x1..4.~sz...s c4.-N
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You are paying for them
But are you getting
Straight Eight advantages?

If YOU pay $685. or
more Cor an aI1t0maOo
bile, yOIs are entitled TO
the finest and most adj
vanced motoring ad.
vantages, possible only
I'm Q Straight Eight.
The advantages of a Straight Eight
are not just talking points"
They are instantly noticeable the
minute you get out Of any other
type of car and start driving a
Straight Eight.
Many people, who In other re-
spects want and appreciate the
best that life affords, have not yet
graduated to Straight Eight auto.
mobiles. Either they have never
driven Straight Eight and do
not know from experience how
much smoother, finer and more
restful Straight Eight motoring is.
Or, they have been enormously
informed that a Six 10 more
economical than a Straight Eight.
No one can tell you the driving
difference between a Six and a
Straight Eight. That is something
you must experience. Once you
have driven the Auburn Straight
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that Auburn production has been
more than doubled this year to
date, the growing public demand
for the greater value for less cost
obtainable only in Auburn cars,
has caused most Auburn dealers
to be from two to four weeks
behind in deliveries.
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Eight, you need no salesman to
explain its advantages. They
are SO pronounced as to preclude
argument.
AS to economy
Auburn not only has acquired
leadership in developing more
efficient, reliable, endurable
Straight Eight motor cars, but also
has conclusive1y demonstrated
that the Straight Eight is as econ.
omical to operate and maintain
as Six cylinder cars. In addition,
the Auburn Straight Eight will
bring a higher resale value,
making it therefore, both In
initial cost, and because of the
greater enjoyment You get dur.
ing its ownership, the, finest
motor car investment you can
make. ~
You are invited to compare the
Auburn Straight Eight with any
other automobile anywhere near
the price. Come and drive it. Go
over it with microscopic care,
then if the car does not sell itself,
you will not be asked to buy.
We must urge YOU however, to
anticipate the date you would like
to have your new car and place
your order now. Despite the fact
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The Advantages of a Straight
Eight sVhen Translated into
Road Action include:
Greater ef9iclency
Quicker pick mp
Faster acceleeataOm
Greater reserve aor
hills and emergencies
Less gear shifting
Easier control
Safer handling
Less strain
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
And Q minimum Of ee.
fort ON drivers part