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tressing and alarming, little like
that experienced when an elevator
shoots abruptly from the twentieth
floor to the first.
Fiercely she reminded herself
there was no reason why she should
care. What had her friendship with
Dunbar been except a few pleasant
hours spent together with lunch
con table between them?
She had been a fool-a fool-a
FOOL Young men of his type and
station thought nothing of saying
charming things to girls like her
self. She lad mistaken the merest
polite interest for something deeper
and more important.
Thus reason spoke. Susan's re-
bellious heart kept clamoring that
all this was wrong. There had
been between Robert Dunbar and
herself marvellous, perfect under
standing. Only for an instant, in
deed, yet it had been there and had
been recognized by the boy as well
as by herself.
She realized with clear, blind
ing flash of perception that it was
because Of Robert Dunbar that she
had refused to encourage either
Waring or Ben Lampman. She had
been, as the saying goes, waiting
for Mr.. Right to come along"
All, but Mr.. Right had come and
hadn't known her! What an idiot
she had been to believe all the silly,
old tales about true love.
IT IT
CHE twisted her lips in cynical
- smile. What, she wondered dis
mally, was the use of waiting and
striving and hoping if the one really
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CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

A LII the way down town in the
L N bus (she had insisted on going
alone. Susan marveled at the as
tonishing thing that had just hap
pened.
It was true she did not like Ben
very well. He was too moody, too
unexpected He did not, as Ray
would have said, know how to treat
q girl" His manner was abrupt.
Altogether he was an embarrassing
sort Of sutton Despite all this,
Susan felt fattered at his proposal.
After all, it meant something How
ever gawky or impossible a man
might be, proposal of marriage
nevertheless conferred a distinction
upon the girl who received it.
Not that I'm going about shout
Ing Ben Lampmans asked me to
marry him." she thought, half
ashamed of these rather ignoble
thoughts.
Still she was pleased and was con-
scious of a alf-formulated plan to
tell Ray about it in the sketchiest
way possible. Even Ray might be
impressed.
At this stage in her reflections the
bus reached the corner where she
was to alight. Down town was
curiously deserted in the early sum-
mer evening. She had only fifteen
minutes to spare and the station was
a good eight blocks away.
She hurried. It never would do
to be late when she was meeting
Aunt Jessie. Breathless, she reached
the big terminal with a few mo-
ments to spare, and stood outside
the iron gates with small group Of
stragglers as the train wheezed in.
There she was No, that wasn't
Aunt Jessie, after all Men and
women came trailing through the
gates. Clusters Of family groups;
dapper travelling salesman or two;
last of all, brisk and efficient and
scolding the red cap who carried her
baggage, was Aunt Jessie
She had not known she would be
so glad to see Aunt Jessie. Susan
felt an actual little rush of pain
full emotion at this sight of her
relative.
The lean, trim figure in its
slightly old-fashioned suit the dark
hair strained back under the blue
straw hat-these seemed dear and
familiar to the girl
Forgotten for the moment were
the old grievances as the two
kissed and chung together.
There was a suspicion of moist
ure in Aunt Jessies eyes as she
surveyed her niece.
Il declare, you've got real thin, -
she worried. mo telling how you've
been eating since I've been away"
CUSAN laughed and squeezed her
~ arm. In an instant they were
back on the old footing
You'd be surprised" she said.
Rose has cooked spinach and L
baked potatoes and the house is so
clean you won't know it,"
Aunt Jessie shifted incredulously
They had reached the main exit of
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EXPEDITION TO SEEK
ANCIENT ERA REMAINS
Ito Be Continued

Harvard Group TO sail Wednesday
for Yugoslavia.
By United Press
CAMBRIDGE, Mass, April 18.-
Bent on making an exhaustive sur
vey of a region known to be rich
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The dark shore doomed close as Jane, Lady
Greystroke, slid quietly over the stern of the
canoe into the chill waters of the lake. She
scarcely moved, other than to keep her head
above water, while the canoe was yet visible in
the last rays of the declining moon. Then she
struck out toward the southern shore. Alone,
unarmed, all but naked, in a country overrun
by strange beasts and hostile men, she yet felt.
for the first time in many months, a sensation
Of elatien and relief. She was freel
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the station and the youth carrying
the baggage murmuring something
about getting a taxi. Aunt Jessie
fixed him with an intimadating stare.
Nothing Of the sort, young manl''
she announced. You put my things
on the street car right across the
street and III be obliged to you"
She gave him tip with the air
Of dowager duchess and so bright
and fierce was her gaze that he did
not dare to grumble at the small
ness of it.
Susan watched this encounter,
amused. When they we-o settled on
the trolley, the bullying bags dis
posed at their feet, Aunt Jessie
turned to her and said challeng-
ingly:
Now tell me what you've been
doing while I've been away"
Susan had to think quickly. She
wanted to be honest with her aunt
but there were, after all, some
things she could not make her
understand.
The episode Of the evening with
Jack Waring and Ray Flannery, for
instance. Nothing had happened
nothing, really. She had been
foolish to go in the first place, had
acknowledged her mistake and was
sorry for it.
Rose had been sworn to secrecy
on the subject and Rose could be
trusted.
Feeling very small and uncom-
Portable, Susan said "Oh, Just
about the usual thing"
Aunt Jessie seemed satisfied. She
began to talk of Cousin Lucy's baby
and Johns new car and her sisters
operation. Susan drew a deep
breath Of relief.
ID ESOLUTELY, all this time Su-
IN san had been pushing the
thought Of Bob Dunbar into the
background. On the Monday after
her aunt's return the girl reached
the office few minutes ahead of
time.
This always was the best part Of
the day. Everything had a cool,
clean, washed air. Susan revelled
in the smallest of her tasks. Open
ing windows, brushing the week
end film of dust away from her en-
ployer's desk, sorting the mail and
putting the door on latch.
In the midst of these activities
the telephone rang. 1t was Mr..
Heath, announcing he had been de-
Iayed and would not be down until
1920 Susan's sense Of well-being
deepened.
Nodding good morning to Pierson,
she unfolded the morning newspa-
per and began idly to scan its col
umns. Scarcely ever did Susan
glance at the society pages, but a
new gossip department, written by
chatty person known to her read
ers as the Duchess, caught her eye.
AS sometimes happens, one name
resolved itself into the blacklist type
and leaped out at the girl She
read the paragraph with passionate
interest.
"a little birdy tells us wedding
bells are soon to ring for that dash
ing young sportsman, Bobby Dun
bar. Who the charming lady is
your duchess is not free to disclose,
but she has it on the best authority
that Mendelssohn's wedding march
will be played for Lord Robert be-
fore the leaves begin to turn.
by the bye, that lucky young
man is in Scotland for August, at
somebody or others handsome
shooting box. More anon"
Susan felt for one sick moment
as though her heart had plunged to
her shoes. The sensation was dis
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MGR HERK TODAY

SUSAN CAREY finishes business school
and secures lob as secretary 70
ERNEST HEAT. architect. JACK WAR
ING. divorced, tries 10 hirt with her.
but is rcbufed
BEN IAMpMAN. a moody Young mu-
tician. takes susan to a studio party.
but she does not eniov Il susan real
fyes she cares deeply for BOB DUNBAR.
YOUNG millionaire she met az business
school
ut lunch one dav Bob Is about TO tell
her something important when DENISE
NCKROYD society girl. interrupts
Shortly afterWard he sails for Europe.
Eusan's aunt with whom she lives. de-
partg and one night when she Is lonely,
The girl goes riding with Waring.
He kisses her and she resolves never
70 20 with him again. Susan spends an
afternoon with Ben and he asks her to
now 60 on WITH THE STORY
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By Ahern

A lion moaned to her right as she moved
slowly toward the wood. Again it moaned-
nearer. She sought a low hanging branch,
and swung easily into the friendly shelter of
the tree. The long and perilous journey of
the last few months had trained her muscles
and her nerves, and she found safe resting
place such as Tarzan had taught her was best.
There, thirty feet above the ground, cold and
uncomfortable, sh curled herself to sleep, for
her heart was VAIN with renewed hope
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Her blood tingled to the almost forgotten
sensation, and she almost gave glad cry as
she clambered from the quiet water, and stood
upon the silent beach Before her loomed
dark forest, joyous with the sounds of early
dawn-the free life of which she was now a
part And there came to her, possibly for the
first time since Tarzan Of the Apes had entered
her life, fuller sense of what the savage
jungle meant to hints lure and exaltation.
All If he were only by her side, now. She
aenged for no other JOY.
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BY Ahern

that prompted him to interfere. Doubtless
the British would be glad to question her. Tar
IAN not only recognized her but also the lion.
Like all jungle creatures. the ape-man had that
miraculous sense ofDscent--
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room he had has only . hand
BASIN
Il believe he may have gone
across the hall to take a tub bath
and used towel from the rack
there He was very tidy soul
apd think would bring the towel
back to leave the place clean for
any one else.
In that case. he easily might
have hung it where Rosie often
leaves clean tcwels-over the back
of that little rush bottomed chair
by the door.
I've thought all along that Who
ever was there simply stepped be-
hind the wardrobe there-what
other place would there be to hide
in nurry?-snd then when 1
passed, stepped out again. He
could have caught up a towel from
the back of the chair.
In fact, that's the only place he
could have got iC from, for he didn't
have time to 60 into the lavatory.
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Next. I think. said the big man
judicially, you tell me what it is
you have against the others. Is that
fair, Averill2p
Il suppose So" Tom tried 70
speak cordially Linda felt that in
his heart he still was far from
pleased that this had been forced
upon him. 81
I've spoken of the various quar-
rels the other three men had. It's
six of one and half dozen Of
the other leading up to this morn
ing.
But one clew came out Of the at
tack on Linda that Is tangible and
important. We have the towel with
which she was choked."
Shaughnessey listened in silence
to their account of its finding.
I've been thinking" said Linda
slowly. Cousin Amos was alone
here in the house last night. You
know that little lavatory in the
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Are My Ears Red?

DLAIN talk will be the principal
L topic on the program when the
Republican state committee meets
here Tuesday, they tell me.
Chairman Ivan G. Morgan, the
well-known Austin letter writer, is
expected to be the principal sub
iect of this conversation, which will
be clothed neither in antiquities
nor subterfuges.
In fact, Chairman Morgan may
receive no small portion of the
blame for the alleged mismanage-
ment of the Republican campaign
in Indiana, and inasmuch as he will
be present in the room, his ears may
assume a color very much resem-
bling that of the beet
Among the high crimes and mis-
demeanorS which are scheduled tc
be charged against the chairman
will be that he did not advise with
the regularly elected committee
men, but joined hands and con-
ferred with nonrecognized and I'M
important Republicans.
That he permitted letters ap-
pealing to religious prejudice to be
sent out on state committee sta
tionary and over the signature Of
the committee.
That he established many nom
essential bureaus, and committed a
host of other errors in judgment.
No steps will be, taken at this
time to request his resignation, they
tell me, although anything may
happen if the discussion becomes
sufficiently heated.
Ostensible reason for the meeting
is to discuss organization for the
municipal primaries and campaigns
in more than sixty cities of the
state, but the district chairmen are
expected to avail themselves of the
opportunity to unburden themselves
Many of the committeeman feel
that with the proper leadership and
organization they have an excellent
opportunity to wreSt control of a
score or more cities from the Demo-
Gratis.
If a change in state chairmen is
deemed advisable, the choice will be
made from among members of the
committee.
4
Those receiving the most mention
for the honor in event of Morgan'S
resignation are Don B. Irwin,
Frankfort, Fifth district chairman;
Edmund j. Freund, Valparaiso, Sec
ond district chairman; Ewing En-
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But I'm not threatening you.
All this, as / said, is between our
selves, for the present, at least
Don't you think, however, for your
own sake you should give us youI
version-your side Of all these Incl
dents or accidents?
After tnat-my wife said you
limited at something you had to
tell"
The Irishman was silent a mo-
ment.
IT'S not l that should explain
myself" he said angrily. Il will not
be called to account for my actions.
I'm sorry you take that attitude,
answered Tom quietly. And YET
I'm not sure 1 altogether blame you
You must know, however
Shaughnessey. that it makes me less
willing to talk this over with YOU
than if you definitely cleared your
self of suspicion"
Talk it over or not, as you will,
answered the other. Twas not
I who suggested it,
Very well, Mr.. Shaughnessey
That is for you to decide
1t was hopeless. Linda saw that
whatever had gone wrong, their at
tempt to enlist Shaughnesssey had
failed.
She sighed unconsciously, nor
did she realize how disappointed
and appealing her voice sounded
as she broke the flat silence.
"Oh, dear!" she mourned. 81
hoped you wouldn't act that way;
It's. a worse mess now than it was
before, and thought you and Tom
and I were going to straighten it
all out.
Nov, you're cross and Toms
cross, and I don't know what to
do. Oh, dear!'
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HER detection was so unfeigned
i 4 that it seemed to penetrate
the militant egotism of the Irish
man. With one Of his mercurial
changes of front, he threw back
bis head with peal Of laughter.
TITS 10 years of age you are,
Mrs. AverilI, and not day olderi
Sure, who could be angry with a
mere child like yourselfl
IF you'll forgive me, after I've
apologized for resenting that your
husband gave me what I asked for,
Ill be glad enough to side with you
instead of against you-and that
goes until the police are called in,
if called they must be, and another
man marches of with them to the
lookup. Is it bargain?"
ooh, that's grand" Linda's eyes
fairly shone in the dark. "Sit down,
do Tom. pour some more Of that
punch. Now, Mr.. Shaughnessey
what comes next?"
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LINDA AvERnL believes her elder
" cousin, AMOS PEABODY. was
murdered when he fell from the second
story balcony Of the Averills' Long
Island home because OF few words he
rasped before HIS death Linda rushes
upstairs. Someone tries to strange her
and she faints
There are four guests in the house
all suspects Of the crime Tnev are
Mr.. STATLANDER. business associate
Of TOM hyERILL. CAPTAIN DE vos.
handsome Belgian: MARVIN PRATTs
tsHAUGHNEsSEY. Irish writer.
Since there is no evidence on which
TO oaSe an arrest. Linda and Tom. her
husband, agree they must keep the four
men IN the house until they have dis
covered who is guilty. They pretend TO
believe the death was an accident
They are aided IN their plan when
DIR. BOYLE. medical examiner, sends
word that every one must remain until
ne has questioned them. BOYLE is on a
hshing trip and can not return for
several hours.
attempt was made TO strange her
identified by a smear OF sunburn oint-
ment She learns that ROSIE, the maid
has promised to launder shirt for
snaughnessey.
Tom believes the shirt may be an i'm
At it. Shaughnessey discovers his
quarters have been searched. To set
matters right Linda tells him the whole
story and asks him TO help untangle
the mystery OF her cousins death.
Tom. Linda. and shaughnessey have
Tom explains why suspicion points 10
shaughnessey, the Irishmsn becomes
now co ON WITH THE STORY
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besides the danger of being heard.
And if it was either Mr.. De vos
or Marvin, why should either one
have brought a towel with him,
expecting me to come and get
strangled?"
"Excellently reasoned, cried the
1rishman, nov in thoroughly good
humor. "Yol should be a lawyer
or at least writer of fiction. Mrs.
Averill That sounds to me like
a perfect reconstruction! What
would you say, Averill2"
Just that" answered Tom warm
~. How that towel got there has
bothered me more than I've adj
mitted to you, Binks.
After all. as you say, no one
would bring q towel to strange
some one who isn't expected to turn
up at all. Now the question is
who took it away?"
Ito Be Continued
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ARIK
"A DAY
~ BRUCE CATION

WHATEVER rank history may
w give Winston Churchill as a
statesman, there is little doubt that
it will rate him very highly indeed
as a writer No other world leader
of recent years has had anything
like his literary gifts.
His newest book is "Arnid These
Storms" and it is something of a
disappointment. A series of sketches
about events too trivial to get into
his other books, it represents, so to
speak, a pocketful of small change.
1t is interesting enough, but when
yotl finish it you haven't read much
of anything.
Nevertheless, you won't go to sleep
over it.
Mr.. Churchill tells, for example,
about the one and only 'spy scare
in which he got involved-an occa-
sion when he and some naval Off
GERS found a Searchlight on the
roof of a country house near one
of the base so the grand feet, but
learned, after some fuss, that ii
was perfectly harmless.
He gives a very good description
of the German army'S spring often
Sive in 1918. and helps you to I'M
derstand why it failed. He tells
how close the submarine campaign
came to success and shows how it
finally was conquered.
He recites his experience as a
combat soldier, tells how he learned
to pilot an airplane, and explains
the joys of an unskilled amateur
painter.
It's fairly thin stuff, but it does
put you in contact with man who
has astounding energy and a great
zest for living.
Published by Scribners, the book
sells for $3.50.
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jet the lion have his way with her. What
was she but hated Red spy? Had he not seen
her in enemy headquarters comforting with the
high command? And later. masquerading as q
British ofacer9 It was the latter thought
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L1a~5tEH 6t7F1lz[WI,44N

ison, Vincennes, Seventh district
chairman, and Benjamin Huffman,
Rockport, Eighth district chairman.
Emison, injured in recent auto
mobile accident, may not care to
accept the post, even if it offered.
From what they tell me, John w.
Scott of Gary, aggressive First dis
trict chairman, who long has been
diScontented with the so-called
leadership of Morgan, may head the
verbal attack, which means that the
chairman will be in for a very dis
agreeable time, because Johnny
knows how to fay.
A good time is expected by all ex-
cept Morgan.
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! you step over me. across the ball
cony. into the empty nursery on the
other side.
You all knew it was empty, be-
cause my little boy was at his
grandmother's The door leading to
the service stairs is directly oppo-
site.
You could step across the hall in
a second. go down those stairs,
through the empty kitchen and out
the service door. which would bring
you round that end of the house
just as Tom ran up the lawn"
Shaughnesssey laughed shortly
And then--the talk with Rosie, the
shirt, the-I suppose you overheard
more than you say-the kissing and
coaxing. Yes. All very neat, Mr.
and Mrs. Averill. 1 congratulate
you
Shaughnessey rose suddenly, a
vast blur, darker than the dark air
about him. The only thing isl
didn't do it, Good might"
oh, wait!" Linda's hand was
again upon his sleeve. Don't be
angry, Mr.. Shaughnesssey! You
asked us to assume There are
things against the others, you know.
Plenty of things"
AS before, he seemed to waver.
Then he laughed again, but more
pleasantly.
Il hope the cases against them
are stronger-for your sake as well
as mine" he said. Surely. Mrs.
Averill, you can see how thin this
isl"
T linda rejoiced secretly in Toms
IL firmness of tone.
Not so thin, Mr.. Shaughnessey.
Think it over. You would certainly
be held if l reported it to the police.
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ASK FREE SPEECH ZONE
Civil Liberties Union Hopes 10 Get
Area Set Aside Ia canital


By Scripps-Hoseard Newspaper AHianes
WASHINGTON. Dec. IL. - Plans
to set aside free speech zone"
in the nations capital, similar to
Hyde Park in London, have been
started by the American Civn Lib
critics Union.
AT meeting of the Washington
committee of the union. q sub
committee was named to confer
with District of Columbia commits
sioners to secure some place where
massed and marching men might
encamp while lobbying congress for
relief and other matters. AT pres
ent there is no set policy for han
ding such demonstrators.
Several congressman are interest
ed in the move, among them SEN
ators Costigan and Mcclellan and
representative La Guardia.
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EJORDS are inlets or bays along
4 the mountainous coast OF
NORWAY. BENJAMIN FRANK
LIN never applied for patent.
The MUEZZIN is the Mohamme-
dan crier of the hour of prayer.
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NOW co ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER THIRTY-FoUR

TOM'S answer came evenly. Il
Il am not detective, amateur or
otherwise, and 1 simply am doing
what you asked me to do-assum-
ing your guilt and giving you the
complete picture of yourself as you
appeared to others since you have
been here"
Either realizing that there was
no quarrel there, or again COM
manding his rising temper, Shaugh-
Messy agreed to this with note
of apology in his voice.
Averill continued.
Coming to this morning, you
will remember l was in the water
when - the accident, as we have
called it-happened. Linda = Mrs.
Averill was directly under the
balcony. She ran upstairs.
From the raft saw her come
out on the little balcony and saw
her pitch forward and fall. I got
in as quickly as l could and ON my
way up the lawn you came strolling
around the corner of the house"
And how, pray, could / be up
there to pitch off the old man and
still come around the corner of
the house at the same time?"
Tom turned to Linda. Your
story starts here" he said.