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KENTON
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terest Cleaned About Town


Kenton, March 22.-The Kentor
P. T. A. held its March meeting
Thursday evening the seventeenth
with Mrs. John Numbers, the pres.
ident, presiding. Mrs. Numbers
talked on Educating the Parent
This was followed by an address
THE Christian Influence of ST
Patrick" by Rev. Conrad Hamer
During the business meeting il
was decided to purchase a new
Dodge ball for the school, pay the
monthly electric light bill and
purchase new electric light bulbs.
the following are the delegates
chosen to attend the State Conven-
ton in April: Mrs. John Numbers,
Mrs. Homer Pratt, Mrs. Earl Cook,
The children's program consisted
of dramatizations, songs, rhythmic
activities and recitations. Mr..
Homer Pratt, who had charge of
the social hour proved a very able
entertainer His program which
consisted of Irish jokes and a st.
Patrick's contest was most effec-
lively presented and thoroughly
enjoyed by all.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest FARRELL en-
tertained at dinner at their home
on Sunday. Their guests were Mr.
and Mrs. G. w. Prettyman, Mr..
and Mrs. Edward Downes, Mrs.
John Ford, Mr.. Carl Prettyman
and Mr.. Malcolm FARRELL.
Miss Corinne Hilyard spent sew
eral days last week with Miss Su-
san Hurd near Wilmington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Attix and
Mr.. and Mrs. Dewey Crossley spent
lst Thursday in Wilmington.
Mr.. S. G. Walker and family
spent Sunday with her father, Mr..
J. E. Wiley near Clayton.
Mr.. G. w. Prettyman and fam
lily spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Ernest FARRELL.
Mrs. Addie G. Arthurs, Mr.. and
Mrs. J. D. Crossley and daughter
Caroyn motored to Collingsdale,
Pa, on Sunday to visit Mrs. Sallie
Moore and Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Daniels.
Mr. and Mrs. John Thomas en-
tertained at dinner on Sunday, Mr..
and Mrs. F. H. Zimmerman and
Virginia Of Philadelphia.
After dinner they all motored to
Clayton and were entertained by
Miss Celia Penney, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Coverdale, the latter
being parents of Mrs Zimmerman
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Miss Alberta Ely, who has been
i'll at her home is able to be out
again.
Mrs. P. r. Smith spent Satur-
day in Wilmington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Paige and son
Billy, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Brynes
and daughter Phyllis Anne, Miss
Edna Bailey, Mrs. Raymond Du-
hallway and daughter Doris, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Bennett Williams of
Middletown, spent Sunday with
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. H
Bailey.
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TAYLOR'S BRIDGE
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terest Cleaned About Town

Taylor's Bridge, March 22.-Mr.
Emma Landis of Philadelphia, j:
v spending some time with hel
daughter, Mrs. Wilson Keiser anc
Mr.. Keiser.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Latta and
family of MarshalIton, were Sun
day visitors with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. z. Latta.
Mr.. and Mrs Samuel Sweetman
spent Thursday in Wilmington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Carlin and
family Of Salisbury, Md, spent the
weekend with Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer
David
The Ladies Aid and Victory w.
G. 7. U. will meet Friday evening
with Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Dukes.
7 Mr.. and Mrs. John D. Steller and
family spent Sunday with his
brother, Mr.. Walter Steller and
Mrs. Steller in Essington, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin Wheeler
and son and Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene
Shockley and daughter, spent Sun
day with their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. William Foraker.
Mrs. Elmer David spent Wednes-
day in Wilmington.
Melvin Alfree of Middletown,
spent the weekend with Mr.. and
Mrs. Delbert Steller.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Keiser
spent one day last week with rel
atives in Hightown, N. J.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Cardrey
and family of Laurel, spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Dukes
and Mr.. Harry S. Woodkeeper.
Mr.. Stephen Clendaniel of Dover
is visiting his daughter, Mrs. Rob-
ert Davidson and Mr. Davidson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roland Johnson
have been visiting his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Herman Johnson in
Smyrna.
Mrs. Delbert Steller, Mrs. Lee
David and Mrs. William Alfree and
family spent Saturday in Whining
ton.
Mr.. William Daniels and family
spent Sunday with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Daniels near
Townsend.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Sudler and
son of Clayton, were Friday visit
ors with Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer
David.
Mrs. Robert Davidson spent
Thursday in Wilmington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee w. David and
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Harry David and |
daughter Nora, of Smyrna, spent |
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. S. A. /
David near Clayton.
Mr.. and Mrs. John r. Francis
Sr., entertained on Sunday Mr.and I
Mrs. Milton Latta and family of
Marshallton, Mr.. and Mrs. Leland
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WeSson's Oil

This well known brand of cooking oil is going over
BIG. With each quart can we give you a Rubber
Apron. With each pint can Frying Pan
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DOVER
Some Items of Personal Doing,
Noted About the State Capital

Dover, March 22.-The cup win
ners at the contract bridge tourna-
ment, Wednesday evening, being
conducted by Robinson G. Walker,
We're: Mrs. II. V. Holloway and
Mrs. H. 3. King for east and west
and Mrs. Robert w. Usher and
Harry Jackson, north and south.
The tournament will not be held
next week, but the week following
Easter.
Miss Sarah G. Harrington, a
student at Vassar College, Pough-
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Sinex and daughter of Middletown,
Mrs. John Derrickson of Townsend,
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson David, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence johnson and
family.
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@a sIo9 og9istrate st.,,' \
General 7n Sessions Ir p q
Of the old ,scoral,.
part Of New sI,a'at y n
close close that raur's,la ea,a' b
second coldest j TTasaa!l.e'
two years, VA Hate&I
broke ali NAM \
: : ! , When ths d
70 about ten '+s d.. n'''
IT, These IS, weather s5s,, s5,,..q /
marked contra,,' '.aa,2
On Sunday. wssa y :. s>I
registered betrs., !.
halted the ,5ps ros. ''lt as .s
being being laid from M - q \.
week. Ss' h.
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TOWNSEND

Items of Personal and Social In
terest Cleaned About Town
Townsend, March 22.- Mr.. and
Mrs. Evan S. Mofitt and sons
Lawson and Evan, attended rec
emily the fiftieth wedding anniver-
sary of Mr.. Mofhtt's parents, Mr..
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in Amos :. the terrace. Linda sat
straight up in bed, her eyes suddenly
trimming, like child's with silent
tears.
There. Indy, thereI" Kathleen's
lovely white hand, so aristocratic, so
impersonal, patted her shoulder.
I'm not going to fuSS-but I do
want Toni" Linda burst out. Her
need was not for sympathy but for
comprehension. "Oh, I must see
him! mustl"
Very well. kitten, you shall. He's
having little breakfast now. He's
been pretty-buSy. this last hour or
two. Shall I call him?"
That was new idea An hour or
two! 1t had been eariy-before g.
breakfast? Her mother in-law, in
stinctively guarding her much har-
assed son. seized the opportunity.
He'll hurry back to you as fast
as he can, know. I made him eat
first and told him I'd go down for
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'THEY0TELL Ne ~ s. !
gaDAfxn &5IH29>01N

has welded the most influence in a
legislature.
One example Of this is the voting
OF state money for construction at
the state Playground, such as the
grandstand erected a year ago.
1t will be extremely difficult to
obtain passage of legislative re-
apportionment act in the coming
session and the Democrats, because
of their majority of 81 to 9 in the
house and 43 to in the senate,
must bear the brunt if there is
failure to act.
What the party leaders must not
and can not forget is that the bulk
OF the vote resides in the nineteen
counties with the largest popula-
lions and with conditions as they
are today it would not be difficult
for the opposition to stir up i'll
feeling.
That is one reason why the house
Speaker should be selected from a
populouS county, because the pre-
siding officer of the senate, Lieu
tenant-Governor- Elect Townsend
resides in rural community.
The fight will be worth the price
Of admission.
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NOV. q, 1892

cup Of coffee when he came up. So
he'll be back very soon"
r.
7 INDIA yielded. After all, perhaps
IL she really wanted few min
utes to collect her thoughts.
Now everything was in a tumble,
but she knew there was something
very special that she wanted TO tell
Tom, and he probably would have
much to tell her.
I'll just rest till he comes" she
said and observed with normal
shrewd penetration the satisfied
smile Of the victor. "Restl"s What
she needed was action-but she'd
have time to think things out
1t was in fact but a scant ten
minutes before quick steps in the
hall brought a flush to her cheeks
and Mrs Averill. rising with a re-
signed little sigh. met her son at
the door and slipped out as he came
it.
Ito Be Continued
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Megkgn7 MNHRDER%,s,'Ss a Gga

TTORROR-STRICKEN as she was
II over the old mans death,
Linda grasped the significance Of
those few broken words. He was
trying to tell her something.
He had told her-a little. "Over
-" "No-he-threw-" She was
sure she had caught that last faint
gasp. Some one had been there
he had not fallen--l
Instantly she was on her feet.
Grief and fury banished any
thought of fear. She mustn't stay
here-she couldn't help Cousin
Amos now-or ever-except by find
ing who was up there.
She was flashing through the cen
trail hall, quick streak of crimson
jersey and tanned flesh. Up the
stairs-no attempt now to hide her
flying steps. His door was exactly
as she had left it, barely ajar. No
one had come outl She pushed it
open and went in.
A silent, empty room. Straight
through Linda went, her mind on
one thing only, toward the open
easement.
She glimpsed the green lawn and
beyond the blue water of the Sound.
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a RIK
"A DAY
~ BRUCE CATION

IN 1.-THE Narrow Corner" Somer-
Il set Vaughan takes straight
away story of a somewhat stupid
young mans ENHANCEMENT with two
women and gives it an exotic and
romantic appeal by setting it in the
faraway islands Of the Malay pc
ninsula.
In its essence, 1.-The Narrow Cor
ner" is simply the story Of young
Fred Blake, son of an Australian
politician.
Fred gets entangled at home with
married woman twice his age; a
horrible creature who clings to him
like grim death and who sacrifices
her husbands life, her own repu-
tation, and Fred's future to her de-
vouring love.
Breaking away, Fred wanders
through the eastern islands, and
there, slowly regaining his self
respect, he casually engages in
an easy-come-easy-go affair-and
brings down a calamity which COM
pletely wrecks his life.
Probably no one but Somerset
Vaughan could make this tale into
f1rst-rate novel, which is just what
THE Narrow Corner" is.
He does it partly by means of a
brooding and thoughtful narrative
style which is delight on every
page; and partly by presenting the
whole story through the eyes of a
rowing doctor, who looks on all the
vagarieS of human life with Sc
rene detachment.
The result is that 1.-THE Narrow
Corner" is a rather remarkable
book. 1t is Vaughan at, or close
to, his best.
Published by Doubleday, Doran &
Co., the book is priced at $3.50.
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She even noticed, subconsciously,
that Tom had turned back and was
almost to the float. But nearest Of
all she saw broken, torn railing,
the top bar wrenched apart, the
narrow, graceful spindles careening
drunkenly in every direction.
She did not know whom she ex-
pected to see, but there was no one
on the balcony. The shock Of it
brought her to a rigid stop. She
came to herself-she must go back,
call Tom
CHE started to turn and in that
~ second caught dark blur NOV
ing behind her. Linda never had
consciously screamed.
Now she could not-yet her throat
CONSTRUCTED and her mouth opened
in silent, awful pantomime which
would have been scream had
breath been there to release it.
A cloth thrown around her neck
from behind prevented the sound
and, twisted tightly, prevented also
her turning head or body to see her
assailant.
She jerked forward, clutching at
the air. AS she flung back her head,
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prise or sympathy, she now acted as
though Linda had simply walked
from brief nap.
She was waiting, as it happened,
to see whether she would drop of
again or was really able to talk, but
Linda felt only the atmosphere of
casual calm. 1t braced her at once.
Well" she vouchsafed feebly,
here I ami"
Yes" Kathleen Averill smiled.
NO doubt about thatl"
How long have I been here?"
"Oh, ever since Tom telephoned
me-" Mrs. Averill dismissed the
matter Of exact time airily, but Lin
da was rapidly becoming her normal
and perSistent-Self.
'Tom-where is Tom? Why. he
was swimming-Oh!" The moment
her mother-in-aw had dreaded
came sweeping over Linda. Tom
so far away j.. that tight chok-
ing thing around her neck Cous-
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THE INDIANAPOLIS TINES

OF course not being able to open
her eyes made it hard. If she could
do that she could speak things
would be all right. Another interval
Of nothingness, not unpleasant :. #.
but the impulse returned more
strongly.
Suddenly she was looking up at
the ceiling and its whiteneSs hurt
her. She made a little fretting
noise and shifted her head on the
pillow.
The sound brought instant action.
With a troubled, affectionate look,
some one was bending over her.
Linda's still slightly dazed regard
Travelled over the surprisingly young
face up to the smoothly waved gray
hair and down again.
"Hellol" she observed weakly.
Hello, Indy" Toms mother
was nice-he took things so for
granted. Always serene instead of
breaking into exclamations of sur
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Here's the Real Fiuht

sANf ~ ~ WV ttOOt y tAiIl
IT won't be taxation or stricter
= regulation of the utilities that
will cause the real fights in the
general assembly converting Jan. S.
Nor will the rabid friction develop
over such questions as old age
pensions or unemployment relief.
The conflict, instead, will come
as a result Of an attempt to re-
apportion the states legislative
districts.
Haunting the constitutional stip-
ulation that the state must be re-
divided legislatively every six years,
the general assemblies since 1921
have refused to reapportion
1t has been the rural legislators
who consistently have halted any
effort to give representation to
thousands of citizens, for if the
legislature acted the cities which
are the population centers would
be given an increased number of
representatives and senators.
Enumeration of all males, 81 years
or more, compiled by the state
auditor, reveals that nineteen coun-
ties are entitled to forty-nine men,
bers Of the house of representa-
tives, exclusive Of joint representa-
tives, while seventy-three counties
must divide the remaining flfty-one
seats.
This would place the control of
the house of representatives in the
urban centers, as they would lack
but two votes of a constitutional
majority.
The same enumeration would give
nine counties eighteen seats in the
senate, as against fifteen at present,
while the remaining eighty-three
counties would divide thirty-two
seats.
The answer is obvious.
The rural counties do not want
the cities to have this voting
strength, because switch in the
balance Of power once made would
end forever the agrarian domination
which in the past has resulted in
passage Of scores of measures IA
vorable to agricultural counties and
detrimental to the population CEN
ters.
There never has been a roll call
in either house or senate on ques-
ton concerning concessions to cities
which has not found the rural rep
resentatives, regardless of party,
aligned as a unit.
In fact, the farm bloc consistently
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BEoIN HERE To-Day

AMOS prApor,v aCDA1
LINDA AVERILL. falls TO his death
from the second floor balcony Of the
Averills Long Island home. Linda
reaches him just before he dies IN time
70 hear him gasp. He pushed me-
There are four guests IN the house and
III become suspects OF the murder. All
are strong physically. have violent tenn
Amos
The four are: Mr.. sTATLANDER.
lnn,iqdleveS manager Of the arm TOM
aNEhlLL works for: MARVIN PRATT.
NOS, handsome Belgian representing
european perfume manufacturer and
LIAM SHAUGHNESSEY, Irish writer and
lecturer.
Linda, realizing her cousin had tried
70 tell her he was murdered. rusnes up
tne stairs 70. the balcony. Some one
steps behind her. tries to strange her
and ahe falls in a faint
NOW GO ON WITH THE GTOpV
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Christened Patricia Olga her father had shors-
ened it to Pat" The nickname better suited the
childs spirited tom-boy nature. And as Pat she
was affectionately known to the officers and men
Of his famous regiment.
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gasping for breath, she had vague
impression of seeing Tom, miles
away, Ginning on to the raft.
Then water, air and land blurred
and darkened and seemed to rush
blackly at her with horrible dizzy
roar. Suddenly, as the roaring
grew unbearable, the tension was
broken.
Air came back to the gasping
lung%yet not quite in time. She
swayed, unconscious, on her feet
and pitched heavily forward into
abysmal blackness.
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Roland Candy Olgas father took his now
motherless children to live in London. There, he
put his two boys in school But the little girl,
who SO resembled his lost wife he liked to be with
him as constantly as his military duties per-
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CHAPTER TWELVE

A DOOR closed, very softly and
IA gently. To Linda, lying white
and motionless in the big bed, the
sound came faint but unmistakable,
piercing the nothingness in which
she seemed fathoms deep.
A door there was something
she must tell some one about
a door
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QLARNEY CASTLE near CORK,
- IRELAND, contains the Ia
nous BLARNEY STONE which is
supposed to give anyone who
kisses it powers of persuasive elo-
quence The KORAN is the MO.
HAMMEDAN SCRIPTURE. The
sketch shows an ACUTE ANGLE
OF 80 DEGREES.
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CHAPTER ELEVEN Ccontinue

CHAPTER ELEVEN (Continued)
WHO could it bep Tom, prob
" ably, smitten with the same
idea and having stopped to invite
Cousin Amos to join them, called
in by the indignant old man to ac-
count for the noise and swing Of
the door.
Cousin Amos, of course, would
forget entirely, his insistence on
opening it, in spite of her express
request that he should not. Well
let Tom bear the brunt of dis
pleasurel
Perhaps he could brace it some
how to stop 1t for the moment. A
sudden appalling squeak filled her
with renewed alarm lest the sound
disturb Marvin Prrtt or De Vos.
Both OF them, she knew, had had
all thew wanted of Cousin Amos
In fact, she had promised that the
Belgian, at least, should not even
see again the man who had so af-
fronted him.
She pulled the room door gently
to until 1t all but latched and made
her escape unheard, running down
stairs rather amused than other
wise at Toms plight.
But the door on the terrace was
open and as she came out into the
early sun, she saw a white backed
jersey rising and falling in rhyth-
mic strokes as a familiar figure
headed out from shore.
Tom, no doubt of it-tired of
waiting for her and apparently
striking out for distant Connect
cut. She prepared to emit the
piercing yodel with which she was
wont to signal him and checked
herself only just in time as she re-
membered the hour.
But If not Tom, who was upstairs
with Cousin Amos? Had he been
taken i'll in the night and did he
need help? Should she go back?
A SLIGHT scuffle of feet over
4 n her head on the little balcony
startled her. Could the old man
have had fainting spell-a stroke
perhaps?
There was something strange
about that subdued, shutting soundl
If only Tom, swimming away from
her so unconcernedly, would turn
80 that she could wave him back!
Over her head there was a quick
tumble of steps, an exclamation, and
suddenly a cracking, rending, tear
ing sound. From above came hurt
ling Notwithstanding in
the air, not two feet from where
she stood, rooted and Mortified, I'M
der the projecting balcony-to
crumple in sickening distortion at
her very feet.
A white head moved feebly, face
turned toward her. Cousin AnosI
A step forward, and she was kneel-
ing beside him, tremblingly smooth
ing that drawn white face, breath
lessly gasping his name.
The eyelids quivered and the blue
childlike eyes looked up at her first
blindly, then with dazed recogni-
ton.
"Lindal" She bent down for the
painful whisper. "Over-over-"
Eyes, darlington fell over"
mo. He th-threw-"
HE who?"
There was no answer, nor could
Cousin Amos ever tell her more.
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EMBERS OF LOVE -
.SHOPPINC---Wth Alice and Evelyn
For Coats With Fur Cuffs

How foreminded lots of wom-
en- are this spring! The way
they're buying coats with fur
trimming concentrated on the
cuffs shows that! For they real
ize these coats have all the for
mality and richness of types
with fur collars-yet they don't
have that unnecessary warmth.
And there's nothing like a cool,
free neckline for comfort on a
really sticky day.
Something Doing Around Neck
But the necklines on these
coats aren't completely barren
and unbecoming. There's usually
a roll or rever collar of some
kind. Or, if the neckline's col
larleSS, there's soft scarf Of
the coat fabric or silk crepe
that can easily be detached
later on. Or the coat may have
one of those new high closingS
over on the shoulder, which can
be unbuttoned and worn in rev.
erS.
The Long and Short Of It
For the cuffs, long haired
furs-eSpecially fox-are used
the most, though occasionally
we'll see l.olinsky and galyac or
furS Of their order. And fur
cuffs are ever so much smarter
when they're fairly moderate in
size. Voluminous ones in doubled
or Swirled bands with tails
swinging, perhaps, are liable to
spoil the luxurious effect by
their bulkiness and weighted
down look. The brand-new
coats we're Illustrating today
have just the right kind Of fur
cuffS-besides being very good
looking in other respects.
Bell Bands
The graceful, almost bell.
shaped sleeves Of the coat on
the left are banded with
French llue fox-that attrac-
tive new light shade with blue
fox colored tips and shadows.
Aren't they a nice size?
There's a scarf just as we
mentioned assuring becoming
ness to the collarleSs neckline.
It's made of two-tone crepe,
harmonizing with the coat col
orS. In back, the sleeves are set
well into the shoulders with
squared seams. The other seam
ing runs vertically down the
hem but it goes pointed in
places. The coats held closed
the way most new coats are
by buttons over on the side.
Pointed to the Elbow
The cuffs on the next coat
are most original-not only be-
cause they're made of galyac,
but also because they're so
attractively shaped. They're
pouched a little and cut in
deep points that reach to the
elbow.
The sleeves, as you see, are
dolman and cut all in one piece
with the coat. And though the