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she had seen his face. 1t was
Clip Corso.
She turned up the avenue,
lettering, a prickling along her
spine. They intended TO follow.
Someway or other they had fig
ured out that about the Ring
home they might find a clew to
Danny Mullins whereabouts. They
wanted Danny for reasons of their
own. No doubt they had been
on the watch for weeks.
What could she do? They We're
more skilled at driving than her
self; they would take reckless
chances, disregard all laws. They
could endure more than she.
They had Drawn.
That called up a phrase: Brain
versus brawn." Outwit them.
Think; think hard
She drove idly through the
streets. always hoping a red, light
would hold them back. give her
a three minute interval to get
away. But the lights were with
them; In the windshield mirror
she could see the big car COM
ing. smoothly, unobtrusively. She
decided, in the end, that they did
not know she suspected their
presence and felt this to be in
her favor.
Then a plan formed vaguely
in her mind. She would cross
the river, lead them over into
Jersey where were long, clear
stretches of road and give them
a race. Her engine was better
than theirs, more powerful
With this is mind. Mary wended
through traffic to Forty second
street dashed for q ferry Just
about to pun out. Only then
did she realize what she had
done. The heavy touring car
occupied the last bit Of deck
space; already men were putting
up the chains. And, glancing
backward, she saw the limousine
draw to a stop on the pier, engine
racing as if with fury. Nothing
more to fear; in the 10 minutes
before Clip and his driver could
cross the Hudson she would be
far away.
she took this bit of luck for a
good omen and sang all the way
home, bursting in upon Blessing
and the sick boy jubilantly. But
Danny found no occasion for re.
They're wise now. i've got to
get out of here, Mary
Don't be silly. Probably they
onlv wish to help you. I'd have
said nothing If I'd known you'd
borrow trouble. Why should they
want to harm your"
seWhat a. you know! You got
sense. kid, Nothing's been said
ABOUT who's packing that safe
haul, has there?"
'tBut / don't see-you mean they
think YOU have 1t? They'd try to
find you for that?"
aThev viii find me. Those guys
afn't like the bulls; when they
start something they finish. 1t
amt only the dough; they figure
doubIe.crossed them. / got to get
going"
He struggled up, reaching for
the cigarette which was not there,
and began to stir around in q weak,
futile way. He had been sitting
in chair beside the bed for few
afternoons and had gained little
strength. but apprehension set him
shaking.
ITO be Continued Tomorrow
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at him with kind of swiftness.
He redeemed a little.
"See here, I don't see what right
you've got to question me"
''I want to know howp'
He looked sulky now. IT
won it," he said in a low voice.
''At Won Siechner's:"
''Von Siechner's?"
''He runs gambling place
here. It's nothing much-it's
just a.
She met his wavering eye.
you're lying to me. know
when you try to lie. You're ly'
ing now"
His lower jaw showed an
obstinate line.
"All right, then, I'm lying,
What are you going to do about
it,"
"Im going to make you tell me
the truth. II you won't, I'll tell
the truth to you"
In the violence of her emotion,
Mary was trembling, trying with
desperate efforts to control her
shaken nerves.
Dick sat by, ignored by both of
them for the moment. yet uncom.
Portable to the very heart.
"You saw Lawson the night be-
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Thrilling Mystery Story of Le Love and Danger in the Air Mail
Young Rand, Weakening,
Offers Alibi Involving
Prominent Social
MatrOn

why can't you believe me. I
couldn't kill anybody. Id be
afraid to-
"Then why can't you explain
where you were that morning?"
II can, but don't want to-"
'Is that your final answer
Tommy"
"Yes."
CAN right, then"
What are you going to do?"
"What l said 1 was going to dol"
Then 1t was Tommy who cried,
"stop!' who burst out in a voice
of weakness and shame and fear.
"I-I'n tell you where was that
night, that morning. I was with
Mrs. Hamilton--Lois Hamilton. I
told her the jam I was in. She
lent me the money. IL stayed
there. Now you know"
How do / know it's true? How
can trust anything you say,
Tom?" He met her eyes with
miserable look, and did not pro-
test. Presently she went to the
phone.
What are you going to do?"
he cried.
I'm going to call her up and
ask her to come over"
You can't do that"'
GIVE got to-" said Mary Rand.
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gambling house. because father
sent word tot the town authorities
il you were permitted to enter
any of them, he'd spend every
cent and use every ounce of in
fiuence to close them down."
"Yon siechner's is different. It's
across the boundary line" Her
eyes burned him with contempt.
He flung at her with a sudden
spirit of perversity. "All right, I
didn't go % Won Siechner's.
said was going there, but I
didn't. And I'm not going to
listen to you any longer. I'm 60
ing to beat 1t right now" He
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turned and started for the door.
& she halted him with a cry.
"stop! Stop, / tell you. I'm in
earnest, Tom. / know now
know everything. You tried to
get money that night and went
to Lawson about it. Then you
must have lost your mind. You
went out there in the early morn
ing. He came down. don't
know why. But he did. You
killed him with that pistol. Then
you came back, and you had the
money, and you tried to burn
that canvas sack"
"Are you crazy?" he faltered.
"I-I murdered Lawson?" He
turned toward Dick. ibid you
hear. what she said: II killed Law
son! You--you don't believe that,
too. do YOUR" He swung back to
his sister. "I didn't! | didn't, /
tell you! wasn't near the place
that morning. I could tell you
where I really was
Where were your" That same
deadly quiet was in Mary's tones.
I'm not going to answer.
You can't answer"
AZ can. but WON'T
"You will answer"
'"You can't make met
"The police can and will!'
He took a step back. DO you
mean it? Do you really mean
you'd call up the police-ten
them-tell them all this--?"
Tommy, from the bottom of
my heart, pity you. But you've
done this thing. and you've got
to pay for it."
Bun / didn't do it, I tell you!
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'I want you to be with me
when I ask him." she said very
quietly. He would have been glad
to be anywhere else except in this
house at the moment, but he could
not refuse. He saw her go to the
head of the stairs and heard her
call Tommy's name.
And presently, while he waited
sick at heart, Tom Rand came
down. and his sister drew him into
the living room.
What do you want?" he asked
uneivilly.
ST want to find out something"
Mary said in that same tense, al
most monotonous way.
What about?" He had lifted
his head a little definantly, as in
tuitively aware Of the spirit in
that room.
She was thinking hard. Tommy"
she said at. last, didn't you tell
me two weeks ago that you were
terribly in need Of money!"
YES"
''And you don't need money
now? You're, all right now?"
"Yes: I fixed that all up.
s'How?" she shot the question
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ALIAS THE SPOOK

could be hidden there until the
stupid or careless or vindictive
police were obliged to take in
the one who actually committed
the wrong they wished to place
on him. II that one were Junior,
let him pay. This was only fair.
She told herself these things,
feeling a glow of delight.
Then an errand took her into
New YORK and destroyed tran-
quiIlity.
She accomplished some shop
ping and went to the Rings for
luncheon. Only Iris was at home,
immersed in drifts Of silk and
lace and ribbons.
Meaning something special,
dear? Not--weil, it can't be-"
Yes" The lovely face was
excited, touched by a rather hard
gayety. I'm two weeks. Youth
be bridesmaid, Mimi? We're
going abroad for year. Cosmo
isn't too joyous; all this sudden
> ness cramps his style. told
him to bring his girl friend along
IL he's going to be bored"
"Iris! What a way to get mar
riedr'
"Oh, weddings are all about the
same. You so through what's
expected of you. Sometimes I
wish--funny how Danny Mullins
vanished, wasn't it?''
do you still think of him?"
''No-yes-I don't know. The
way he looked that last night
sort of clipped the wings of ro-
nance"
Il don't believe you ever cared
for him. You were thrilled by
the thought of tanning gunman.
That is not love. Iris; not the love
that 'seeketh not her own
beareth all things. believeth all
things. hopeth all things, en-.
dureth all things. :"
Where did you hear that.
Mimi?"
Its from the greatest piece
of literature the world has ever
lSnown-St. Paurs Letter to the
Corinthians. Thousands OF years
old and still a living flame. :
think woman would have to
be capable of such a love to un.
derstand Danny Mullins. And I
think two who cannot feel 1t. at
least in part, have no right to
marry"
Perhaps" Iris was thoughtful,
rather sad. II never could,
though. I'm not blaming any.
one for what's lacking in me.
But"
She cried a little and Mary
offered no comfort. There was
nothing she could say. Junior,
too. had felt this thing that now
gripped his sister: he had mar.
veled at what a rich mans son
may miss. Now Iris was sens.
Ing the poverty of spirit which
great wealth had bred in her.
m sorry" Mary told her
cousin finally. ''but I'd rather
not be a bridesmaid. You won't
mind? feel that wouldn't
fit in somehow"
Don't. blame you, darling.
Wish me luck.'
1t was when Mary was easing
the car from the drive into the
street that she spied big, tightly
closed limousine parked at the
opposite curb. The driver was
muffled to the eyes despite the
soft May afternoon, and this drew
her notice; then she caught sight
OF a man in the back seat. He
put his head down hastily, but
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'I told. you 1 went to Won
Siechner's."
"And l tell you you're lying.
What do you mean by saying
that?" He was angry.
Mary's voice choked in her
throat. Only by an effort did she
manage to continue.
Tom. you didn't go to any
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fore he died, didn't you?" Mary
went on.
mo. Yes. What difference
does 1t maker"
You left your flask there.
That's how we found out. We
found out everything"
Unsteadily his hand went back,
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gripped a chair. He looked genu'
inely frightened now.
You didn't find out anything
he clustered. There wasn't any
thing to find out,
You told Lawson you were in
terrible need of money. He re-
fused to help you. You said you
wouldn't stop at anything"
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MENTAL science in studying the CONF
- moner tooth and gum disorders finds
their chief source to be a coating on teeth
known as film. Film, too, is the cause Of dull
discolored teeth
Thus removing film from teeth is the first
step in having gloriously white and healthier
teeth. Dentists urge you to employ the
special dentifrice known as Pepsodent.
Film lis Dangers
Run your tongue across your teeth and you
will feel this film. It absorbs stains from food
and smoking and turns white teeth dull. It
clings to teeth, gets into crevices and stays.
Film hardens into tartar Germs by the
millions breed in it. And germs. with tartar,
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BY Winifred Van Duzer
CHAPTER Sc


Danny would be all right now.
He would get well soon. Then
they would find a way OF moving
him.
Start out in the car some
morning. perhaps. Mary driving,
and head northward. Across the
border. into Canada. Montreal
would provide shelter. A boy
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IELeaalLu Used Stamps

On discovering recently htat postage stamps especially IN the
higher values with chemicals and Illegally ueo
again Con postal authorities suddenly issued six Oh ne"
design and had all the old types destroyed
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Mary, Knowing Tommy in
Need Of Funds, Accuses
Him Of Killing
Lawson
Lawson.
CHAPTER Xxx

~ ICK did not know what to say, or what to do That
revelation so sharp and unexpected, dark IN its
consequences, seemed to have taken away his wits.
Mary's face had gone white.
''Tommy-my brother! ="
She whispered as if herself though her eyes had not
left Dicks face.
''What are we going to do!" she asked duly.
ST don't know he said helplessy,
As his indecson had cleared her mind, she
Her voice very steady now.
"There's only thing do. Find out-find out
If it's really true-from his lips, If it is-!''
She did not finish, but Dick did not doubt the resolve
that herle
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Can Young Rand prove his
alibi? Read the exciting install.
ment of THE SKY RAIDER
i'm this newspaper tomorrow.
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DR.. Bisch's Daily Health Hint

hands often enough Cleanliness Of the
nails also exceedingly important Consider the things
touch during the and will realize the Importance of cleans
ing your hands frequently.
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+ lin on Teeth
Hoe it acts 1Vh0t 1t doe.
Film discoIors teeth and then destroys them.
Dentists urge special way to remove it.

are the chief cause Of pyorrhea. Film must
be removed each day. Ordinary brushing
fails to do it successfully. So dentists urge
the special flm-remoying dentifrice called
Pepsodent.
First, Pepsodent curdles film, then removes
it in gentle safety to enamel No other way
will make teeth as sparkling white. Write
for free Today supply to The Pepsodent Co.,
1l04 S. Wabash Ave-, Chicago, or ask your
druggist for full-size tube. Find out, without
delay, how white your teeth really are.
Pepsodent
The Special Film. Removing DeHt6ics
Evening star., 1929-12-14
CLASS AT UNIVERSITY
TOLD OF ADVERTISING
Col. Leroy W. Heron Addresses
Students Of Journalism at
George Washington.

"The advertising columns Of a news
paper are just as carefully edited as
the news columns" Col. Leroy w.
Heron, advertising manager OF The
Evening Star, yesterday told the class
in journalism at George Washington
University. He emphasized the fact
that the advertising department in
sisted on truth for the protection OF the
public.
Advertising today is the right arm
of business" said the speaker, main
tanning that the present period Of pros
perity in the United States is due to
much use to manufacture a product
unless the company can dispose Of Il" )"
He described advertising as 'the engine
of a great business" and recalled that
while it was once true that some per-
sons didn't believe in advertising" the
conditions had so changed that nov
everybody believes in it."
Taking up the interrelation Of the
Evening star., 1929-12-14
FOREIGN.
FRATERNAL AMERICANS
PLAN FLAG PRESENTATION
Fairfax Council to Hold Ceremo-
nies in School at Burke Tomor-
row Afternoon.
snecial Disnatch to The Star,

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FAIRFAX, Va, December 14.-Fred-
erick w. Eberhardt of Alexandra, ma
tional representative for Virginia for
the Order of Fraternal Americans, will
be the chief speaker Sunday afternoon
at the flag presentation ceremonies
which are to be held in the school
house at Burke by the Fairfax Coun-
Gil, Order of Fraternal Americans.
other speakers of Importance have been
invited, and the pupils of the school are
expected to provide a short patriotic
entertainment. M. D. Hall OF Burke has
been selected by the community to
make the speech of acceptance.
Members of the Fairfax Council are
requested to meet at Robey Hall at AS
and proceed in body to the. school
house at Burke, where the exercises are
scheduled to begin at 2 o'clock. G. G.
Carr and Clinton A. Lane OF Fairfax
are the committee in charge OF all ar
rangements.
Evening star., 1929-12-14
ALEXANDRIA.

ALEXANDRIA, Va, December IA
(Specia) "A joint meeting OF the d1-
rectors OF the Chamber of Commerce
of this city and Arlington and Fairfax
Counties will be held at 3 o'clock Wed
neSday afternoon at the George Mason
Hotel here for the purpose of discuss
ing the creation of the proposed Park
and Planning Commission for this sec
ton of Northern Virginia. Among
those scheduled to make addresses are
State Senator Frank L. Ball OF Arl1ng-
ton County, State Delegate j. Fred Blr-
relI of this city, State Delegate Hugh
Reed of Arlington and State Delegate
L. L. Freeman of Vienna, Va.
News has been received here OF the
death of DR.. Louis Eldridge Foulks,
former city health officer, at the home
of his son-in-law, Milton H. Foulks,
New Egypt, N. Y, Wednesday. DR..
Foulks was 76 years of age. His fu-
neral will take place from the residence
of his son-in-law this afternoon. The
deceased was health officer for eight
years, resigning in 1926 to return to his
home. While here he reorganized the
health department, and under his di-
rection a number of reforms were ac-
compliShed in the enforcement OF sanl-
tary laws.
Seven persons from this city were
dIuOIlS UIlC ~ Pooo VA ONONS
law examination held in Richmond
this week. There were Isl who took
the tests. Those of this city who were
successful are Leroy S. Bendheim,
Brinkley E. Callicott, Ira c. Cochran,
F. L. Link, j. Lee Smith, Louis D.
Socey and Claude r. Williford.
The directors of the Alexandria
Trust & Mortgage Corporation at their
meeting this week declared a Semi-an-
nual dividend of 8 per cent, payable
January /, on both the preferred and
common stocks, to stockholders of rec
ord December 2, 1929.
The annual ladies night of the Alex
andria- Washington Lodge. No. %, A. F.
and A. M, was observed at the George
Mason Hotel last night. G. Aubrey
Callahan, worshipful master, presided
over the meeting.
Llewellyn Powell, son of Dr. Llewellyn
Powell of this city will receive his star
award in scouting at the Boy Scout
court of honor, to be held tonight at
o'clock in the Westminster Building.
Others having received this honor are
Earl Myers, William Higgins, Charles
Fletcher, Jack Robinson and Randall
Book,
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several departments of o newspaper
Col Heron said: IF the people believe
In paper, it win have circulation. ana
If it has circulation, It viii be able to
get advertising. You cannot have .
newspaper without advertising, so IL
works around in circle and the publ
action cannot get along without any
one Of them" He pointed out that Q
successful paper at present made real
science of the task OF reaching con-
sumers, and conducted surveys for
advertisers, with the object Of determin-
ing the appeal that . particular piece
of merchandise would be likely to make.
He told the students of the various
classifications of. advertising in the
newspapers, described the way In whicn
current events were made to contribute
to success, and referred to the mass of
information to be found In the classt-
fed columns. News of the world IS
handled by the editorial department"
he concluded, land news Of business Is
presented by the merchants who make
use of the various pages"
Evening star., 1929-12-14
CITIZENS.
ASK zON|NG CURB.
Present Restrictions on Uses
of Property Under "ReSi-
Dental A" Schedule.
BY LESTER N. INSKEEP.
StaH Correspondent OF The Star.

ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT
HOUSE, Va, December 14.-The elimi-
nation of large number of the uses
permitted under the Residential A.
section of the tentative Zoning ordi-
nance was requested of the Arlington
County zoning Commission at private
hearing granted last night to a special
committee of the Arlington County
Civic Federation. The committee con-
sisted of Harry Fellows, Julian w. Simp-
son. L. c. McNemar and Mrs. Florence
E. Cannon.
Uses to Be Banned.
Among the uses which the committee
requested to have entirely eliminated
from the highest residential area were:
Sanitariums, hospitals for contagious
diseases, railroad or bus passenger sta
tions, static transformer stations, tele-
phone exchanges, stables, cemeteries,
apartment houses, truck gardens and
nurseries, dairy farming, live stock and
poultry raising, quarries and gravel pits.
Taking section No. of the tentative
ordinance, the committee included in
its consideration everything from para
graph No. 10 to and including para
graph %. The commission was asked
to exclude everything except para
graph No. IL, which refers to Federal
State and county buildings.
Referring to paragraph No. 16, which
refers to certain privileges with re-
snect to private garages, the committee
asked that this type of garage be linn
tied to commercial vehicles. 1t was
further requested that paragraph No.
l6. which refers to sign boards, be
placed in the ordinance as special
section, applying to the entire county
without regard to districts.
Would Halt Signs.
Such a change would, it was pointed
out. prohibit the erection OF any further
sign boards in the county, with the
exception of professional or announce
ment signs not over feet square and
signs advertising the goods manufac-
tured or sold on the premises upon
which the sign is erected or advertts-
ing for sale or rent the property upon
which the signs are placed.
It was called to the attention of the
committee that the paragraphs referring
to dairy farming, live stock and poul-
try raising were placed under the
Residential A. section so that all land
in the county now so used be properly
restricted at the time the natural growth
crowds out this type Of business to make
way for Subdividing.
The committee was informed that
its requests would be given careful
consideration before the ordinance is
placed before the board Of county
supervisors.
Evening star., 1929-12-14
STATE GAME BOARD
SITS IN ALEXANDRIA.
Virginia Commission Meets in
City for First Time in
Its History.
Special Dispatch to The Star.


ALEXANDRIA, Va, December IA
The first meeting of the State Com
mission of Game and Inland Fisheries
ever to be held in this city opened its
session here today with a discussion of
many important legislative matters per-
tanning to the regulation of game and
fisheries of the State. The meeting was
held in the Office of Judge w. S. Snow,
himself a member of the commission,
and was presided over by A. Willis
Robertson, chairman of the body.
The legislative report of the commits
sion. which will be submitted to the
governor shows an increase in the sale
of hunting licenses during the past
year. which totaled about $4,000, and
reported the receipts for the year as
$312 900, which is $4,000 more than
the receipts for the last similar period.
The commission adopted two regula-
tions: Highland, fishing; Roanoke. fox
hunting, and Green County, making
the season conform with the adjoining
counties of Madison and Albermarie.
Going Hunting.
Tomorrow the members of the body
will go duck hunting on the Potomac
River early in the day and will later
inspect duck blinds and migratory bird
conditions along the river near mere.
The session will end tomorrow
afternoon.
During the session today the commits
sion conferred with J. w. Schofield OF
the fish commission of Montana with
reference to the propagation of bass
and trout in Virginia waters during the
coming year. A delegation from Fairfax
County was received by the commission
and discussed the local game-warden
situation and the release of Mexican
quail, and recommended the reducing OF
the bag limit from Is to 10 per day.
The wild water fowl situation along the
Potomac was discussed by Col. H. j..
Stone before the commission, and the
adoption of certain regulations now in
effect in the back-bay area was urged.
The commission approved the annual
report of his activities, which will be
submitted to the governor and the State
Assembly. Included in the report are
recommendations for many changes
which would bring about the repeal of
80 game and fish laws and the recodify-
ing of all general statutes concerning
fish and game. 1t also recommends the
elimination of fees to game wardens of
$3.50 for killing dogs and substitutes a