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refusing every offer Of escort.
And he, too, had escaped from
the scene as soon as possible.
White faced and with
thoughts Of going out to walk,
walk and keep on walking until
he walked into the river, kept
flooding in upon him.
At last, in the sheer exhauS-
ton of misery, Joe slept in his
chair.
Joe! joel"
Joe awakened. There stood
his mother. Why haven't you
gone to bed, SOM" she asked.
And, without waiting for an
answer: There's a fire across
the street. The engines are
making a terrible racket. Where
do you suppose it is? There's
so much smoke. I can't tell by
looking from the window"
A fire across the street?
Alma lived-across the street.
Joe lcaped to his feet. I'm GO
ing to see, mother!" he cried
hoarsely. I'm going!"
He was down the stairs and
out of doors at top speed. He
ran to the other side, heading
for the house of his lost sweet
heart. The street was q bedlam
with putting engines. writhing
hose. police. gathering crowds,
sorry-looking people routed from
their beds.
Joe stopped in his tracks
The building where Alma lived
was on fire! He seized the arm
of a fireman. The rubber
coated figure shook him off.
Whats the big idea?"
"IS everybody 0ut?" shouted
Joe, fighting the din with his
voice.
Hope So" said the fireman.
Some carried down ladders.
Had a narrow squeak. Some Of
EN- being worked on by
ambulance surgeons now. but l
guess they'll all pull through"
Joe began to push through
the crowd at the fire lines. A
policeman seized him by the
collar. Get back there! What
you tryin' to do?"
Please" said Joe hoarSely,
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WHEN Alma promised to
W marry Joe there were two
bitterly disappointed persons in
the office of Shankton & Boyd.
They were Burton, Mr.. Boyd's
assistant, and Paula, typist-sec-
rotary to the head of the firm.
Alma was in the same office,
one of it's prettiest and most
efficient girls. Joe was with
Steele g. Strong, the electrical
engineers. across the hall, on
the twelfth floor of the Vista
Building.
Phil had wanted Alma, and
Paula had used all her feminine
wiles upon Joe-useleSSly. Fer
Joe had known and loved Alma
since they were little folks. Be-
sides that, Alma and Joe lived
almost opposite each other far
uptown, which, in a way gave
him another advantage.
But there were those among
the friends of the newly tn
gagged pair who shook their
heads in doubt, calling atten-
ton to the fact that both were
so bViously and intensely
Jealous that 1t would never
make a good match.
The days work was done.
Joe had called for Alma and
taken her away with him.
Paula stood in the outer office,
putting on coat and bonnet as
she gazed at the door through
which the happy couple had
gone. Phil, coming up beside
her. stood for moment watch
ing the expression on her face
the look of bitter envy.
Well" said Phil, what are
you going to do about it,
Paula?"
Paula came out of her pre-
occupation with a start.
DO? Do about-what?" she
asked.
PM gave a short laugh. You
know what l mean" he said. L
rather thought Joe was sweet
on you-onCe. Your face Just
now advertised your own feel
lngs. Are you going to let her
get away with it-and not raise
a finger?"
Paula took out lipstick and
carmined her lips. Then she
shrugged in assumed indiffer-
ence. Where did you get your
information?" she asked saucily.
"Oh, I know, all right. And
you know I'm right. Listen
Paula. You know she's a jeal-
GUS little fool, don't you? 1t
would be easy for a girl like
you to do something that would
cause break. Why don't you?
Well all be at the dinner
dance tomorrow night. You
can find an opportunity TOTO
stage a little petting party
and let her see it. Joe's as
madly jealous as she and stub
born as a mule"
Paula shrugged again. "And
what's your little game9" she
asked.
when Joe's thrown over you
will find out" said Phil.
At the rear Of the rustic road
house far out on the Merrick
road. where Joe's crowd was
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IT feel it So" said William
Bryce. Il feel that God is kind
II this Is what has happened"
would Guy Elliott threaten
your grandson with death"
Barbara Bryce stood during
this interview. She walked back
and forth, pressing her hands
together. Finally, utterly white,
she came up to Laura. She said,
in a strange, deathlike voice:
"Oh, tell me that Guy Elliott
WOULD demand money; tell
me that he IS capable Of max
ing that threat. Give me this
hope. 1 KNOW that he will not
kill my child. But tell me that
he CAN threaten him. Let me
hold to this!"
The two women stared into
each others eyes. Then Laura
said:
Would to God that I. too,
might hold to this hope. Then
nv girl also would be safe!"
She turned to Bryce.
Have you the $2O,OOo' Have
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$4,000; then she raised to
$4,000. The money would be
given to anyone who would
find Pat and bring the girl
to her, dead or alive.
The editors were kind, but
unconvinced. Young girls In
love are easily swayed by the
men they have chosen. And
young men in these murderous
days have done strange, mex
plicable crimes. Consider Loeb
and Leopold. Consider the good
looking Hickman. Too much
evidence-all the evidence at
hand still implicated Guy Ell
lott.
1T is not even established
that he was driving the planet"
Of all the merciless facts.
this was for Laura the most
awful.
Guy might not have been
the pilot when his plane took
off for that long and ominous
flight into the dark.
Then where was Pat? And
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"They work while you sleep"

them as often as you please-or
give them freely to children or
old folks.
A coated tongue or a laden
breath is a signal for a candy Cas-
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with real licorice, making them
the ideal laxative for children.
Full nj dical endorsement
proves their principle is right;
the use of 20 million packages a
year proves their effectiveness.
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Relief from Ga.
Stomach Pains
Dizziness

The doctors tell US that 80 per
cent of all sickness is due to stom-
ach and bowel troubles. You can't
be we'll if your digestion is bad;
you are likely to get sick unless you
relish food and digest it properly.
Tanlac has a wonderful record
as relief from digestive troubles,
even those Of years standing.
Mr.. A. F. CasseIl, 1901 Waverly
Way, Villa Hts. City, Norfolk, Va,
says: "Spce I took Tanlac there's
no end to what l can eat-and no
sign of indigestion, gas, headaches
or any other trouble. Now my work
is not wearing on me-"
If you suffer from gas, pains in
the stomach or bowels, dizziness,
nausea, constipation, or torpid
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pure medicine, made of roots,
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if it doesn't help you.
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you this money in CASH."
With drawn lips he answered:
II have gathered $4,000 Of it.

With drawn lips he answered:
II have gathered $1,000 Of it.
I have posted rewards amount
ing to another $4,000. Money
for this 1 am holding. There is,
Of course, this house and sec
tionS Of my residence park
which can be sold. These will
realize many thousands. have
not yet accomplished the sale.
But I will get the cash."
Laura took bonds from her
bag. She laid them on the
desk near which Bryce stood.
When she did this, tears
rushed to his eyes and Streamed
down his face.
"Ah," said he, "you and I
know that money Is WORTH
LESS. God! How we know it
now. I would have paid back
that other. Let heaven bear me
witness. I would have paid"
Take the money. Let us
pray that 1t is not too late"
Barbara Bryce gave a cry.
She echoed:
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y
rs it possible there is NO
connection? That some fiend
has accomplished this? Then,
what has been the fate of the
girl and the man."
Facts showed clearly that the
threefold disappearance was
more than a weird coincidence.
First, there was the finding
of Guys automobile with the
Identification of the yellow hair
on the mat as the hair of Bar
bara Bryce's son.
Second. Guys plane was still
missing. The time at which 1t
took off fitted we'll with the
scheme of kidnapping. 1t gave
the man in the automobile. a
full hour and a half'S start. In
that hour and a half, Guy
Elliott-supposing he was the
man in the brown suit-Could
have driven the child to
lonely spot, tied him there
and hidden him. He could
then have driven in a second
machine to Mills Field. gotten
his plane and under cover of
darkness flown back to the
hiding place. recovered his
victim and escaped with him
In the plane.
1t was discovered that the
abandoned machine was found
near Colma, within quick walk
ing distance of a big, level
field. A skilled aviator like
Elliott could have picked out
this field and made landing.
Furthermore, the field could
be reached in half an hour
by automobile from Lafayette
Square. So there was time
enough for one man to have
kidnapped the child and still to
have reached Mills Field and
taken the plane before 5:45.
And. third, there was that
telegram from the Bottled
Company offering Guy the
great opportunity which his
contract with Bryce compelled
him to refuse. Naturally, he
felt revengeful. Bryce was shut
ting down his own plant, cuN
ting off Guys salary, yet de-
clining to release him for work
elsewhere. Plausible enough
that a hot-headed youth might
take extreme measures to force
Bryce'S surrender.
At any rate, this was the
most obvious explanation of the
threefold disappearance.
So generally was the theory
accepted that no one, excepting
Laura and DiCkie, felt any
great alarm for Pat.
And before that ransom note
arrived; before the mechanic at
Mills Field admitted that he
wasn't sure the pilot of the
plane was Guy-before this,
even Laura Dawn didn't vision
a CHASTITY fate for her daughter.
Regulating utterly Guys con-
nection with the kidnapping,
Laura was. nevertheless, certain
that Guy and Pat were lost to-
gether. Anxious, forbidding pic
lures came into her mind. Oh,
in a reckless moment these two
had taken off. had found it de-
liciouS and exciting to speed
through the black wilderness of
sky.
They mad lost count Of time
had flown on and on. Until,
perhaps, they were forced down
In some lonely, unknown region
and were now wandering there,
injured. hungry, lost. Terrible
rs was this vision, it held some
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TOO late oh, my
God!"
But they had to wait all
Thursday night All
Friday Friday night
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This Day in Our History

On December 1917 President Wilson, in an address
the United States Congress- recommended declaration
against Austria Hungary. Austria Hungary ally Of
the German Empire during the World War.
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at 10 o'clock came the direc-
tions for the placing Of the
ransom.
To Be Continued Tomorrow
Copyright, 1879. KinG Features
Syndicate, Ino.)
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Startling Situations Thrill
Reader of New Novel
THE STORY THUS FAR
BY ELENoRE MEHERIN
Author of "Chickie" and Other Famous Ser

Mary Patricia DanOn, beautiful, young brunette meets
the lad of her dreams in the person of Guy Elliott,
qviator Guy developing perfect dirplGne IN the plant
of old William Bryce Happy days toHow ulth Pat and
GUY IN Love. Then Barbara Bryce, young 101doW
of Bryces son. with her seductive lure. Pat marVeLs at
Borbaras beauty and aOonders Guy is moved by It,
Later Guy receives vist from Barbara and her young
Burns 1Vorkma RACES about the untairness of wealth.
His invalid is dying for Oant of necessities. When
Bryce refuses loan, Burns leaves Swearing revenge
The nert night, in the factory Guy hears steaIthy
tootstep.
1t is Burns o0ho has robbed the safe. He is captured
by the 1Uatchmdn and arrested
Bryce refuses to ntercede for Burns and he IS put IN
prison.
In Pats home preparations being made for her to
to enter college. Hearing much gossip about the yoth
of today Mrs. Damn pray that Pat 0'H remain the street
girl she is.
Pats father dies Her mother ent1usts bonds LETT BIZ
the father to Brice orhO has lost heartily in the stock
market. Brice the bonds illegally.
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DR.. Bisch's Daily Health Hint

For very dry skim should not be used too often
but the face ceansed with cold cream almond oil olive
oil Gycerne and rose water makes very pleasant lotion
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NOW CONTINUE
CHAPTER 26

VHE ransom note upset the whole theory Of the kid
napng threw police and relatives back with un
~ solved and frightening mystery their hands
Everyone had been asking: What is the connection be-
tween the kidnapping of Billy Bryce and the simultaneous
disappearance of Patricia Dawn and Guy Elliott? These
two surely are involved
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-09
TWO CASINOS RAIDED
BY LOUISIANA TROOPS
Money Seized, Patrons Listed and
Paraphernalia Destroyed in
New Orleans Drive.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS, February 1.-Two
swift blows were struck at New Orleans
gambling during the night by State
troops and lone sheriff, who closed
two suburban casinos.
On orders of Gov. Huey P. Long the
troops swept silently down upon the
original Southport Club and at the
points of pistols stopped dice and
roulette operations and lined rs patrons
and 80 employees against the wall. They
took all Of their names, seized all money
and paraphernalia of the houses.
searched the employees for funds and
then released all except the proprietors.
The equipment was burned.
A few hours earlier Sheriff Frank ].
Clancy called alone at Riverside Inn.
a few hundred yards away, seized sci
on a dice table and arrested the pro-
prietor.
The Southport Club was equipped for
high-stake gambling. In one room
there were accommodations for 500
keno players, in another the walls
were lined with slot machines and there
were a dozen dice tables and a half
dozen roulette wheels. Lookouts were
built in at various vantage points with
pistols, sawed-off shotguns and rifles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-09

$40 o'clock to the members Of the
board of trustees, faculty and officers OF
the George Washington University.
Mrs. John F. sippel, president of the
General Federation of Women's Clubs,
was guest of honor at a tea and
musicale given by the National MUSIC
League at Hotel Astor February Z: she
was also the speaker and guest OF honor
at a luncheon of the Priors' Club at the
As,s; February 8.
Miss Bertha Moves, Miss Grace Den
ham. Mr., Charles Moore, Mr.. Duncan
Phillips, Mr.. Selim Gardia. Mrs. Eugene
Byrnes and Miss Mary Kelly are among
those sponsoring the subscription course
of six lectures on the modern trend In
art music, literature and the drama,
which the American Association OF UNI
versity Women IS presenting through
committee headed by Mrs. E. G. Nourse.
The members of the committee are
Mrs. F. e. Harrington, Miss Jean Dean
Cole, Mrs Ernest Lewis, Mrs. John E.
Paul, Mrs. Harold G. Moulton. Mrs:
Karl Fenning. Mrs. l.. Underhnl and
Mrs. A. E. Groupner.
The association will present Mr.
Aaron COPELAND, composer and interpre-
ter of modern music, February is, at
| the Y. w. c. A. auditorium In a lecture
on Appreciation of Modern Music"
with Illustrations at the piano of several
modern composers Members Of the
association and the general public will
attend.
The February meeting of the Georgia
State Society will be held in conjunc-
ton with the Emory Glee Club concert
in the large ballroom of the Mayfower
Hotel the evening of February 81. The
Glee Club will render two-hour pro-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-09

Racing dogs in Europe are being
given artificial sunlight treatments.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-09

Second and g streets northeast, at 8
o'clock, for the benefit of the school.
The members of the cast include Miss
Catherine Calvert, Miss Elizabeth Daw-
son, Miss Catherine Geoghegan. Miss
Marie Kane, Miss Alice Keegan, Miss
Margaret Kennedy, Miss Dorothy Lana
han, Miss Catherine McGlynn, Miss
Catherine Richard, Miss Mona Walsh,
Miss Rita Walsh, Miss Mary Wolfe and
Miss Frances Young.
The Theta Delta Chi Fraternity will
entertain the members of the George
Washington University faculty at tea
tomorrow afternoon, to z o'clock, at
the chapter house, TIA Rhode Island
avenue.
At the Monday afternoon tea of the
American Association of University
Women MIR. Max Jordan, correspond
ent of the Berliner Tageblatt, will
be the guest of honor. Mr.. Jordan
will speak on current events. Mem
bers of the association from Trinity
College will be the hostesses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-09
Five Brothers, Sisters Wed.

Seeing his three sons and two daugh-
tiers married on the same day was the
recent experience Of a city official in
Brittany. The brides of two of the sons
were sisters, and the bridegroom of one
of the daughters was the brother of
these two brides. Thus five children of
one family and three of another were
married at once.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-09
AIDS BANKING SYSTEM.
Filipino Senate. Passes Four Bills
Sponsored by Gov. Stimson.

MANILA, February 9 (P.-The In
sular Senate today passed four bills de-
signed to modernize and strengthen the
banking system of the Philippines. The
measures, sponsored by Gov. Gen. Harry
M. Stimson, were passed by the House
yesterday.
The bills would create bureau of
banking and the Office of banking COM
missioner, regulate banking corporations,
permit the lending of larger sums than
the law now allows and authorize local
banks to establish branches abroad.
Both Houses today passed bill Great
ing an Intermediate Court of Appeal,
which presumably would serve to relieve
the insular Supreme Court Of some of
its burdens.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-09

The marriage of Miss Virginia Mason
daughter of Mrs. Mason and the late
Brig. Gen. Charles Field Mason, to DR.
Montgomery Blair, jr., son Of Mr.. and
Mrs Montgomery Blair, will take place
Johns Church, the Rev. De Vries Of
ficiating.
A reception will follow the ceremony
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-09
GIVEN TO WIFE,
MAN ASKS INJUNCTION
Chemist Charges Divorce Decree,
Ordering Him to Pay $50
Month, Is Illegal.

Walter +. Baughman, a chemist in
the Department of Agriculture yesterday
filed suit in the District Supreme Court
for an injunction against Marguerite E.
Baughman, who, he charges, obtained
an illegal divorce against him in Reno,
New, last year in which decree he was
ordered to pay $50 per month for the
support of his child. The court is also
asked to prevent the wife from enforc-
ing the collection of two judgments rem
dered against him in the Municipal
Court based on the Reno decree.
Through Attorney F. Regis Noel. the
husband says ne was married January
81, 1920, and that while he was Ill his
wife went to Reno and obtained the de-
cree. She was not resident Of that
State, 1t is alleged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-09

Mrs. Edward Hale Campbell, wife Of
the Judge advocate general OF the
Navy, will be at home this afternoon in
her apartment in the Wardman Park
Hotel. Mrs. Campbell VIII receive
again on February % for the last time
this season.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-09

gram, and dancing will follow until
1880. The advace sale Of boxes and
reservations indicates an enthusiastic
get-togeYher of Georgians and their
friends with this well known glee club.
The ST. Joseph'S Dramatic Club will
give play Little Miss jack" Monday,
February IL, at st. Joseph's School Hall,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-09
WILL INVADE INTERIOR.
Kelly-Roosevelt Research in Indo-
China Progressing.

HONGKONG, China. February up.
"A wireless message today from Harold
Coolidge, leader of the Kelly-Roose-
welt Field Museum expedition to Hanoi
and French Indo China, said the party
was preparing rapidly to proceed into
the interior.
The governor general of French Indo-
China had extended every courtesy to
the expedition including exemption of
duties and levies, 1t was said. The expe-
dition expected to proceed Immediately
to Loakay, Tongking, on the Yun-Nan
frontier, from where they expect to
leave February IS for the West.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-09

MANAGUA, Nicaragua, February 9
P). Nicaraguan health authorities
hope to avert a serious smallpox cpl
demic through quick distribution of
$500 vaccine tubes received yesterday
from Panama. Admiral Sellers OBJ
tanned all tubes available from the
Army and Navy stores in the Canal
Zone and from the authorities in Pan
anna.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-09
~ Rothstein Witnesses Called.

NEW YORK, February 9 (P). -
Twenty-seven persons. friends and &C
quaintances of the late Arnold Roth
stein, slain New York gambler, were
ordered yesterday by Surrogate O'Brien
to appear in court next Friday to tell
what. If anything, each knows of Roth
STEMS business affairs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-09
N FRS. COOLIDGE and the ladies
NW of the Presidents cabinet were
IVt entertained at luncheon today
4 i by Mrs. Kellogg, wife Of the
~

The Minister of the Nationalist parry
ef China and Nine. G. G. Wu enee vel
tanned informally at tea yesteIuay ,a a.
ernoon in their apartment IN the ward
man Park Hotel.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-06

Mr.. Hoover shortly after bis inau-
guration.
Sees RsiI Opposition
"But one cloud appears upon the
horizon which is only worthy Of note
because it has been observed and
referred to recently by those high
in official position. In the early
days Of the present movement. .
than a decade ago, the opposition
Of railroads to waterways was fire.
quently encountered. In recent
years X has been III not entirely
quiescent at least Intellectual. Now
that many or u inland waterways
are rapidly nearing completion and
others in a state Of near-completion
are handling a considerable volume
Of commerce, opposition from this
quarter is again developing.
"There is not. OF course, and new
CT has been any desire upon the
part Of the advocates Of waterways
to do anything to iniure the rail-
roads. On the contrary. they have
always insisted and now insist that
in the development and use Of our
waterways full protection shall be
accorded to the railroads by as
surfing them by law Of an adequate
return upon their investments.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-06

journment OF the last session adm
carrying the authorization OF new
projects totaIing about $4s .000. 10000.
While it was agreed that the friends
of waterways are in sufficient num-
Der in both the house and the SEN
ate 10 pass the measure eve over q
presidential veto, il was concluded
that better policy would probably
be not to press for the passage Of
che bill at this time but 70 await
he special session which il II un-
derstood will be called By the pres
i~dent-elect, probably in the early
spring. to consider farm relief le-
gislation.
"Mr. Hoover has heen an enthux-
iastic and persistent advocate Of the
improvement and development of
waterways as a measure of farm re-
lief and those who are in close
touch with the situation feel that
shortly after his induction into Of
flee he will announce a definite pro-
gram which will insure early action
on a broad scale particularly in res
pect 10 the mississippi River Sys-
TEN" Of which the Intracoastal Can
al is a part. Certain influential in
terests in the middle west propose
70 seek such a announcement from