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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-15


JoHT cURTIs MoRGkN. IaSyef. dis.
covers she % IN love sIth Morgan. who
lE married and deeply FRI love uitG his
r-sutli1i wife IRIS Nan determines %
resign bat .pottpones her resignation
% her iu hIs defen1e Of supposed
friend BERT CRAWFORD. indicted FOR
croc7zlsmcrt
On the last dav n the Trial Nan
s'lmoles lpon positive proof % Crau-
ford guilt II IS 2 note from Crawford
% Iris and virtually admits his guile
sna ms ana mss plans 20 elope nhcn
Crawford leaves town and few dar-
.atTr IRIS departs for au alleged pleasure
Lriq IRIS announces her ceae-to- il p
.ffter mich clsveriy omits refcfeuce 10
CrsF-5rc. Sac hegs Morgan not % rsl-
rcr. Morgan o broken hearted Nan
EoeH 20 tho Morgan house while the
aver IS away on business. 20 organize
tns mouse keeping situation 30 that Nor
gan and The boy may carry or.
EoT SIX months Ran. ir the capacity
Do for the health and comfort of Little
curt and the man she loves she has
neFer been happier Morgan attl-ude
F.. oIe Of deep gratitude and friend
nip. When Nan RETURNS from the capi-
tal. where She took bar eTam.nat,o1s.
room with broken arm incurred .a
IN accident The next day a. -le
oTlcs Morgan tells Nan ~ bis .rfel-
ton % divorce Irls he shutters about
Tor nay 10 propose to Man telling hel
- his and fhs child need 81 her She
titlat'cn b. telling him She vil marry
him ID order uof 20 give 1u her leu-
round and deuzhtf1i Job 20 houspErepc-.
now GO on With THE STORY
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She had risen and was staring up
at him, now as pale as he These
were not idle questions, she knew.
Listen. Miss Hathaway. Would
you do somethnig-not for me. but
for a girl? Wait I'll try to ex-
plain" Colin Grant went on hur-
riedly. his voice low and almost fiat
with too much emotion. Like his
stories. she thought.
I've got a dinky little furnished
room over across the tracks. Four
dollars a week. Landlady name of
Barrett. She's half-blind and has
dropsy. and is pretty hard up. Espe-
cially since her granddaughter lost
her Job in a tearoon-
"Callle" Crystal exclaimed. seS-
ing a great deal in a lightning flash.
"Yeth. that's her name all right.
How did you know?" Colin Grant
asked.
I was at a house party on the
Jonson farm" Crystal explained
hurrleQly. A mysterious te4epHOIle
call came for Dick Talbot. who was
a member of the house party.
The girl said her name was Callie,
and that Dick must phone her at a
grocery store. Later he explained to
Tony-AIiss Tarver-that Callie was
q tearoom waitress whom he knew
casually. and for whom he'd prom
ised TO intercede if she lost her Job.
His father owns the tearoom.
He's a banker-but-what's wrong?
WHAT can I do?"
Cables in trouble" Colin Grant
explained CURLY. She tried to COM
nit suicide last night, and I pre-
vented her. I saw picture on her
dresser-she wouldn't tell me the
mans name, but it was inscribed To
Callie from Dick.
Il want you to go to see her first,
then get hold of this Dick chap and
make him do the right thing"
ITO Re Continued
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Williams

zical smile she loved and watched
for. Something drastic's got to be
done abou this Mr.. Morgan non
sense" he told her with mock Sc
verify, while the fond light deepened
and glowed in his black eyes.
Nan laughed, shakily. How gall
lantly he was trying to play up! She
mustn't fail him now. you've been
by boss so long it doesn't seem pos
sible to call you-John, I'd feel
frightfully impertinent."
Her husband chuckled and the ia
miliar sound was rich with genuine
amusement. Then we'll pretend
I'm still your boss, and that you'll be
discharged without a recommends
ton if I catch you calling me Mr..
Morgan again.
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IF the ghost Of wife who was
Il not dead had not been lowering
over them, Nan would have retorted
gaily: Il promised to love, honor
and obey didn't II" AS it was,
she answered with exaggerated
meekness. yes, sir-s mean, yes
John"
That's better! can see you're
going to be a-to be very docile,"
her neW-made husband applauded.
He can't bring himself to use the
word" Mans heart walled forlornly,
but she was grinning at him with
her gamin-like cheerfulness, as she
stepped into his car-their car now!
It was a new one. Iris had never
sat by his side on these taupe velvet
cushions
Filed in the tonneau was their
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OUT OUR WAY

through the agony of purchasing
another, remembering all the time
your pride and JOY when you bought
wedding ring for Iris.
Iris-always Iris! Would they al
ways be haunted, as they we're TO-
day-their wedding day-by the
ghost of the woman whom Nan still
thought of as John Curtis Morgan's
wife? If only he would say some
thing, anything OF course this
was not the time or place for him
to draw her into his arms and
murmur. My wife" That, please
God, would come later, but
"A fine day" John Curtis Nor
gan observed in an artiflcially
cheerful voice as they stepped out
into the brilliant September sun
shine. He took her arm, Rugged 1t
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close against his side, as they de-
scended the long flight of dirty
white marble steps. 4 hope, Nan
dear, that this flood Of sunshine is
a good omen for-the future"
He said "the future" not our
future" But Nan lifted her head
CALAMITY, smiled up at him bril-
liantly, through sudden mist Of
tears. He mustn't know she was
hurt. Hadn't she known that things
being as they we're. every day, al
most every hour must bring its
hurts? And hadn't she elected to
be hurt rather than not have him
at all?
Thank you, Mr.. Morgan. =
she began.
A corner of the broad mouth
twitched and drew down IN the luiz-
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BY Ahern
By Martin
8v Blusser

bags, packed for the brief honey
moon which Morgan had insisted
upon. Curtis, now seven years old,
was to be left in the motherly care
of Maude O'Brien. The new school
term had started on Monday. Lit
tie Pat and Curtis we're still the
closest Of friends, the younger child
glorying in being bossed by the older
one, apparently not at all disturbed
oy the fact that his hero was only
the cook son.
why, you're going to the ofhce!"
Nan came to herself with start,
as the car turned down the familiar
block on which the Sanderson
building was located
TO Be COntinuea)
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CHATTER XIV lConnnuedl

CElt1E E1 AAF continued
Il was not often. however. that
the old man honored the younger
With visit to his offices. and some
how Nan received the impression
after a quick glance at her employ
er's face. that this was not a visit
At all, but a professional consulta-
ton.
And yet-there was no case in
Morgan's Office at the time that
seemed to call for Judge Jennifers
well-seaSoned advice. In fact. the
old man. grown weary of criminal
law. had been devOting himself al
most exclusively for several years to
the less Objectionable types Of d.
vorce suits.
The ConferenCe-if such If vas
lasted until almost noon Oddly
enough, Morgan did not accompany
his old friend to the door. did not
in fact, emerge from his private Of
fee. Judge Jennifer came out alone
and stopped before Mans desk.
We'll. well. Nan, my child, he
Tumbled, with grandfatheriy 3fTec-
ton, John tells me you're going to
be a lawyer. Been up to the cap
itsl to take your bar examinations.
You're a smart girl, Nan. and we're
proud of you, but" and he lowered
the rumble to a gusty, strangely
significant Whisper-"ta an old
mans advice and leave these dirty
criminal cases to the men. Marry
p lawyer raise up a boy to be a
lawyer. i! you've got to NEEDLE with
the law, but-leave the courtroom
fights to the men. my dear
You find me a nice young law
yer for a husband, Judge Jennifer,
and maybe I'll take your advice, -
Nan retorted hippantly, but she had
an uneasy suspicion that Judge Jen-
infer knew exactly what her hot
blush meant.
That's bargain-remember Sc
the old lawyer chuckled from The
doorway.
TOR nearly an hour there was no
L sound from the private Office Of
John Curtis Morgan Nan forced
herself to 60 on working at high
pressure but three times she made
typographical errors in letters she
was writing-an inefficiency record
she had never sunk to befor.
Somthing was afoot. Judge
Jennifer-divorce Light
poured in. Iris of CourSel She had
written to Judge Jennifer, as her at
torney, had asked him to approach
her husband on the subject of a
divorce. OF COURSE Oh, poor mani
Yesterday Curtis accident, which
might so easily have been fatal: to-
day this new blow. killing the last
stubborn hope the deserted hus-
band had chung to.
Tor six months she had fought
to give him peace and to help him
Danish the devils of despair which
had taken possession of him when
Iris had left him Now that battle
would have to be fought all over
again.
The buzzer at last. Nan caught UP
notebook and pencil and FASTENED
into the private office. but those
tools of her trade we're not needed
after all.
Have YOU lunched yet, Nan?
Then I wonder if you'd &c
with me? want to talk with
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CHAPTER XVI
"DO you take this woman to be
- vour lawful. welded wife?'

"DO you take this woman to be
- your lawful, welded wife?'
Nan Carroll did not look at the
man who stood tall, stiff and
straight by her side In an effort
to realize the unbeheyable-that she
was actually being married to John
Curtis Morgan-the girl concen-
trated all of her attention upon Jus
tice of the Peace Doheny. What
a round. red Jolly face he had,
though he was trying his best to
look as solemn as the occasion de-
handed
Is he going to say, No, no! It's
all mistake! I've already got a
wife, whom no court in the land
can divorce me! I promised to love
and cherish her until death do us
part. I can't make the same prom
Use to another woman The
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]RIWALeW WIVES
Q 1929 ~ Mex SERVICE INC.

vow" Morgan said. not looking up
as Il he were unable 70 meet hel
eyes
They had never lunched together
socially" before. not even since Mar
had worked herself into the curious
post Of l0ng-distance h0use-keepel
If his nome. and as she walked be-
side Morgan into the big, rather
magnificent dining room Of the
TraylOr Hotel. Nan felt ridiculously
self conscious.
Morgan tried. rather awkwardly
70 make an occasion Of their lunch
in the matter OF food, but Nan
chose a single dish and firmly re-
fused everything else.
Nan knew that he expected his
news TO be upsetting, for he con
scienti0usly gave her plenty o. time
10 cat before plunging into what
ever il was that he had to tell her
When he did begin it was abruptly
even harshly. I'm going TO apply
for a divorce, Nan. AS badly as
that
Nan felt for a moment as if she
were on the deck Of a tossing ship
Her hand CROPPED for her water
glass. found 1T. brought it so jerk
ily 70 her lips that a little of the
water spilled on the cloth. Thoughts
hurtled and clashed through her
mind Not Iris who wanted a
divorce! It was hel Why? What
Gid it mean? 80. She could not
speak
Judge Jenn1er assures me that
if can be-dOne very quietly, very
easily Morgan went on in a
strained harsh monotone. The
letter you know" He still could not
bring herself to utter Iris name
"And-desertion. It has been six
months-all that our divorce laws
require under the circumstances
The letter makes it-easy. I never
thought" His voice broke then he
cleared his throat sternly and went
on. But the petition can be heard
in chambers no publicity at all OF
course. NIy-she will be served by
publication since I don't know where
she is. It should all be over in a
month Judge Jennifer says. Over
.. he repeated.
z
A T the pam in his voice Mans
"A love for him rose to its greatest
height She would have been a foo,
not to have suspected why he was
divorcing Iris. whom he still loved
whom he probably would always
love But she loved him too much
to realize the JOY of the first hope
she had ever had any real right tt
feel. She leaned toward him, anc
her brown eyes were indescribablJ
tender.
Mr.. Morgan, don't let anyone
talk you into this if you don't really
want to DO it."
Morgan's lips jerked into sort o.
smile But until-thats done, Nan
can't do something else that
I really want to do, and that Curtis
very much wants me to do. It ISM
fair to you Nan. and I've sworn tt
myself a dozen times I wouldn't LEI
you 90 1t even if you we're willing
but-Im afraid you've encouraged
me to be selfish, Nan, dear! Be
/ fore 1 90 ahead with-with Judge
/ Jennifer's plans I'd like to know il
/ you-OtherWiSe 7 won't do it, Nan
/ no real reason
Mr. Morgan Nan interrupted
his flOundering speech, her voice
low but steady. we don't have K
put it into words. do We. But
/ whenever you want me-for any
thing And she smiled at hin
/ through tears that she hadn't in th(
/ least expected. for she was so very
happy.
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lTo Be Continued
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-04
LOUGHRAN PRAISES
HOFFMAN ANDHUNT
Light-Heavy Champ Sees
Two Youngsters as Corners
. in Fight Game.
BY TOMMY .LouGHRAN.


Esht Heavyweight Champion. Of the World.
TIME latest young heavyweight to
score sensation is George Hoff-
man, former amateur cham
l. pion and winner of the golden
gloves. Hoffman turned down
an offer TO go with the Olympic team
in order to fight as a professional. For
a short time he seemed mediocre. Then
suddenly he found himself.
His knockout of Mike McTigue was a
feat for such a youEgster, fer, though
Mike is an old man in a ring sense, he
sim is shrewd and cagey and can
thump with his right. Hoffman fairly
paralyzed him.
Hoffman Stopped Snyder.
Next Angus Snyder came on the scene,
Snyder is a Canadian and had been an
amateur champion in his own right.
They had ballyhooed him for long
while before he showed up in New
York. His debut in New York was per-
feet He stopped Johnny Crosse, the
big Mount Vernon slugger. 1t made
Snyder with the fans. He seemed to be
headed for big things.
Hoffman was matched with Snyder
RECENTLY. and he knocked the Canadian
cold. That, think. was an even more
impressive performance than his VIC
tory over McTigue.
It may be that George is not headed
for an eventual championship. He
seems to think bit slowly, handicap
in the ring game, but he is con-
scientious. hard-hitting, fair-boxing boy.
He should go long way. even though
he never scales title heights.
Hunts Praises Sung.
Fellows from the. West keep singing
the praises of Babe Hunt. This young
ster is very highly rated by the experts
Not long ago he won on foul from
Young Stribling after giving the South
erner a tough battle. Hunt has not had
many fights, but he has acquitted HIM
self brilliantly in all of them.
It is from the ranks OF these young
sters that the stars of the future must
come. If they have the right stuff IN
them, they won't become discouraged oy
a beating here and there. The great.
est boxers who ever lived were whipped
on the way up. That is the price you
pay for experience. ~
Watch Hoffman and Hunt. They
may surprise you.
fcopyrisht, 1929. by North American News
paper Alliance.) F.,
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Whinnies From, the Barnyard

ders his home and there takes a daily
workout with neighbors.
In the matter "of taking Off weight.
though" Phillips added, I'm running
second to big fellow up the street
who says he has dropped IS pounds in
a week"
Little Miss Headley, on the business
end of things at the Peabody play
ground, probably sacrificed pound or
so the other day for the cause of barn
yard golf. Miss Headley- essayed to
build a regulation court all by her frail
lonesome and was having d mighty
struggle with pick and shovel in a
broiling sun when Dick Tennyson
showed up. The playground leader
promptly hied her away from there
and masculine hands completed the job.
Assisting Miss Headley in running
off the Peabody meet is a lad named
Eugene Jaeger who lost out in the tour
nament but was acclaimed the cham
pion sportsman of the neighborhood.
Gene made a. practice of picking up
his opponents shoes as well as his own
after every inning. Any horseshoe
finger will tell that's the acme, Of
politeness.
Winter Moore. who eliminated young
Jaeger, for several years has been the
unofdcial champion of the Peabody
bailiwick, but he nearly lost this stand
Ing when he met Gene. The score stood
1878 in favor of the latter when VIM
ter tossed on ringer for the winning
points.
An argument resulted the other day
when one players shoe came within an
eighth inch of being ringer and the
others was half an inch from the peg,
with the toe closest. The peg was
squarely between the heel calks of the
near-ringer.
The philosophers got busy on the
problem. 'Tf the object is to ring the
Deg, then the player who comes closer
to achieving that end should be the
winner" they reasoned.
But the rules have 1t that the shoe
closest the peg, no matter what part Of
the shoe, wins. That eighth of an inch
was as much as mile In the matter
of scoring q ringer and no part OF the
slipper was actually within an inch and
quarter of the stake. The shoe OPEN
ing is 31s inches wide and the stake
/ inch In diameter.
Luck and the rules were against the
chap who made the better toss.
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COlOred Horseshoe Chairman
Finds Unprecedented Activity

Bruce playground results follow; A.
Smallwood defeated j. Valera. 81 to
10: T. Ford defeated s. Jack, 2l-18;
Harry Brown defeated Z. Chase, 2l-7;
r. Hill defeated r. walker, 81 to ID:
w. Burnett defeated j. Holmes. 2l-l4;
G, Daugherty defeated r. Thomas,
A. Irbey defeated r. Burt, James Coop
er defeated M. Gam.
Shaw playground reports:
John Tyson defeated william Hos
ton, 2l-3: c., Brown defeated II. jack
son. 2l-9; J. Hyson defeated c. Jones,
2i-5. The Bareback Club is beginning
to meet real opposition at the Garnet
Patterson playground j.. White and
w. Hamilton are showing excellent
form. Hamilton, q left~hander, Is WIN
ming his games with ease.
Most Brentwood. Md, contests are
close. Julius Wheeler reports the fol-
lowing results: -
Samuel williams defeated Lloyd
Tilghman. 2l-l2; Bernard Tilghman
defeated Frank Lancaster. 21-16; Felix
Tilghman defeated Arthur Ransom.
21-13. The Tilghman brothers are in
the. semi finals and 1t looks like the
finals will be Q family affair.
Phyllis .Wheatley Y. w. c. A.. Ninth
street and Rhode Island avenue. is out
to capture the women'S championship.
Ida May Hall announces the following
to represent the Y. w. c. A. group:
Hilda Ware, Beatrice Russell, Elsie
v. Harrison. Mary J. Bowie. Elsie
Harrison Is the Y. W. c. A. star. A
close game is looked for in her match
with Shelley Covington OF the Bureau
of Engraving group.
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MANDELL is |RKED
OVER DULL FIGHT
BIames 0vertraining - Will
Get About 1890 for
Beating Canzoneri.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
~HICAGo. August Sammy
Mandeil, world lightweight
champion, will receive approx
~ imately $4,000 for polishing
off Tony Canzoneri In their 10
round title engagement in the Chicago
Stadium last night. The challenger
will be enriched to the extent of $23, $50.
These figures are based on the I'M
official receipts, checked up today by
the Illinois State Athletic Commission.
The gross receipts were reported to
be $l36,191.26. with State and Federal
taxes amounting to SIC, 428,68. The net
receipts. with the State and Federal
taxes deducted. amounted to $115,-
1928. The total paid attendance, ac-
cording to unofficial figures, was TO-
7l3, with possibly 5000 complimentary
ticket holders.
MandelI Downhearted Victor.
Mandell and Canzoneri were under
stood to have received go per cent Of
the net receipts, with 40 per cent 60
ing to the champion and 20 per cent
to the challenger.
Mandell was downhearted winner.
He said today he was not himself and
that he would not have blamed Eddie
nduS, Ills Uld41dbcAs Ii kAdAIC 1Add bOSoCo
him out of the ring. The champion APP
peared to have been overturned, and
his marvellous cleverness alone carried
him to victory
Whether it was the grind of taking
off weight or the long seige of train
ing that Mandell undertook as bally-
hoo for the flight, 1t was apparent
that he was not nearly as strong as
he was against Jimmy McLarnin, his
last serious opponent in a champion
ship fight. Mandell appeared to be at
his best only In the intermediate
rounds. He started slowly, but fought
himself into his old form by the sixth
round. Then he began to fade.
Blamed Training Grind.
Mandell blamed the long stretch of
training for his dullness In the ring.
He spent nearly three weeks in prepa-
ration, but says he never again will
put in more than 10 days for ring
engagement.
Mandell intends to keep busy and
Is giving consideration to meeting
Jackie Fields, the new world welter-
weight champion. Paddy Harmon,
president of the Chicago Stadium Cor
poration, is interested in the match.
Mandell beat Fields here year ago
and believes he can do 1t again.
The lightweight champion returned
to his home In Rockford Ill. this aft
ernono to spend a few days with his
wife and child.
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HYATTSVILLE LISTS
THlRD-ROUND TILTS

EVANSVILLE. Md, August S.-Ten
third-round matches are scheduled
Monday evening in the horseshoe pitch
ing tournament being conducted in
Magruder Park here under the auspices
OF The Star. One contestant has drawn
q bye for this round.
Several encounters of more than usual
interest are listed. These include the
matches between Merle Heilman and
LIE Roy Trott. Oscar K. Hiser and At
wood Bassford and Louis Norris and
Herbert Slinkman.
Other contests listed are:
Howard Steele VS.. Marvin Lewis, g.
H. Franklin VS.. Charles Norris, Stanley
Lewis VS.. T. D. FARRELL. Lester Robinson
VS.. Gambler Hoffman, Dolphin Weber VS..
Charles Parrish, Albert Lewis VS..
Francis James, Hugh Waldrop VS.. win
ner OF Fred Glasgow John Schoenbauer
match and Robert Arson, jr., bye.