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Mr., and Mrs. Wheeler, mother and
father of Mrs Brainard, will occupy
the Brainard home while the Brain
ards are on their vacation.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1933-05-18

Sound investments: Bass drums and
slide trombones.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1933-05-18

Mr.. and Mrs, o. A. Stafford from
San Francisco visited Mr.. and Mrs.
r, e, Stafford over the week end.
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meath a chic hat. But her beauty
was professional, a type 10 which
Rankin was not partial. Her eyes,
too, reflected an innate lnsincerity
and the coarseness OF self
centered. heartless mind. She was,
the detective felt, shrewd and clever
rather than educated or intelligent
For a bare instant, a strange l.
sation of familiarity assailed him.
II was vague and aeetlng, this In.
explicable feeling that he had en-
countered his visitor before. But
he could not place her. Still the
notion persisted, troubling him sub
consciously, yet remaining tantaliz-
lngly beyond his ability to grasp It.
He motioned the woman to a
chair and studied her shrewdly as
he said:
You wanted to see me? My name
Is Rankin; ] am In charge OF the
investigation into Stuart Jordan's
unfortunate death. What can | do
for you. Miss ="
Mrs :" she corrected him
swiftly; she spoke agitatedly. as II
moved, In nervous. somewhat harsh
tones. Mrs. Jordan. You may not
know II. but Stuart was married.
Mr.. Rankin; and | am his wifel"
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water IN This district, Tor example,
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buy here contains just the right
proportion of "softener" to fit it.
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ever before. Everything will iron beau
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anywhere. And you'll never be both
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acquainted with the boy in the first
placer
Willingly. the actress complied
with a statement In some detail.
She first met Stuart, she related.
slightly over a year ago. at a party
held in private rooms AT one of 81.
Louis most exclusive hotels. The
party. gay. rather abandoned af-
fair. was arranged by Aberdeen stu
dents on lark. The preponder-
ance OF young men had necessitated
the presence of few extra girls
and though unacquainted with any
of them. Laura Dumont had. at the
invitation of several of the chorus,
attended to fill in. And there she
was paired off with Stuart Jordan,
reckless under the influence of
liquor and participating in the gen.
eral revelry.
She fascinated the boy and he
monopolized her the entire eve
ming. And, when the party was
over, be accompanied her to the
rooms she shared with another
member of the cast. He made a
date for dinner the following day.
subsequently. he became Increas-
ingly enamored; with a weeks va.
cation In which to entertain her.
they were together constantly al
dances and suppers after the show
Naturally she was not insensible,
she admitted. to his looks or posi-
tion-as the heir TO a fortune and
young man of breeding and social
standing.
Their courtship, If such it could
be called, was thus short and TEN.
pestuous On the day before he re,
turned to school, while moody and
impetuous at the prospect of leav.
ing her. Stuart proposed that they
elope. In anticipation. he had al.
ready obtained the marriage II.
cense. They were on their way to
late dance. and Laura consented
She understood that the nuptials
must be kept secret, at least until
the boy completed his school year
meanwhile, she was to quit the
show and settle In luxurious quar-
ters. But she discovered the real
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almost coincidental appearance Il
this particular Iuncture. Her move.
ments demanded tracing, first to dis
cover her whereabouts the Tuesday
evening OF the murder; and Just
as important TO explain 1er failure
to come forward sooner.
Yes. at the North civei docks al
twelve o'clock" the woman replied
to his query. 1.-The boat was due
at nine. but was several hours late
and ] took taxi directly to the
Pennsylvania station. But | rested
in the ladies' room and shopped
about the avenues bit before start
ing for Philadelphia"
"You had no inkling until then
of your husbands tragic death
on tuesday,"
Mrs. Jordan compressed her lips,
and an expression of pain flashed
across her lovely brow. She smiled
sadly.
mo. only learned of ii al four
O'Clock this afternoon. when | first
bought newspaper. You can i'm
agine the shock that first account
of a students death at Philadel.
phia"-she paused, shuddering-
land then to read IL was murder.
and the victim was Stuart"
"Yes. ii must have been dread
full" the detective agreed. "And
then you came Immediately to head
quarters?"
"By the very next train. at five
o'clock" Mrs Jordan replied. Il
have only just arrived and checked
my luggage at Broad street station,
Mr.. Rankin"
That Luggage. she described at his
request. consisted of two large suit
cases, one of black patent leather,
with heavy surrounding straps. and
the other. slightly smaller. made OF
brown imitation hide. held together
by clasps. She also had q brown
and well-worn overnight valise.
Before you came east. Mrs. Jor-
dan." Rankin then pursued. "you
lived In ST Louis, didn't your"
Since | married Stuart We
then took an apartment, not In his
name. of course, where he might be
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come of ninety-five hundred a
year."
$50 his uncle. MIR. Merrick, told
me. Did you ever hear Jordan say
anything that might supply clue
to his murder-speak of an enemy.
for instance?"
Mrs. Jordan was emphatic.
Never. Mr.. Rankin; it is as much
a mystery to me as ii is TO you"
We'll, am determined to solve
it" Rankin stated grimly. before
many days have passed"
Before he finished his interroga-
ton, he learned what her address
In the city would be-the Quaker
hotel. From there, she intended TO
notify Mr. Merrick of her connec.
ton with his nephew.
1t was from Mrs Jordan's letters
that he hoped to gather the facts
she had plainly concealed from him.
She was not al ease until assured
that he had not yet located them :;
evidently then, they would contra
dict at least some of her accounts
At the same time, strangely enough.
her manner had suggested she ex-
pected them to be missing-almost
that she was aware they had van
ished or that Mr.. Fletcher removed
them.
The lawyers chauffeur brought
the letters at nine o'clock; and i'm
mediately Rankin locked himself in
Captain Thomas office to subject
them to an uninterrupted study and
examination.
(To BE coETINUED.)
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CHAPTER X
The Past Indlscretlon.

"NTOw. Mrs. Jordan. LET me un
~ derstand the facts" the de
tective requested courteously. You
say that for the past FIVE days. you
were at sea on your way east to
New York; On what boat did you
travelT
The steamship Florida" Mrs
Jordan replied. II booked my pass
age-second- -class-in ST Louis. from
New Orleans to New York. start
ed from St Louis by the Southern
express to New Orleans at eight-for-
ty last Saturday night; and reached
the docks Sunday morning about
two hours before the boat sailed. e"
And you've been on the water
since thenf You only got In AT noon
today?"
This was Rankin's most immedi.
ate concern-Mrs Jordan's sudden.
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SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS

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Phnadelphs
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by o. and
him.
unkno Arnold
The found
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the rarnh He also IL
idea Of Randa ID forced O
certificate Explaining suspicious actions Buckley eos: the forgery of
TO OF
hypOdermie needle detective had
O the He In
They from Jordan swhe
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with me, whenever he could get
away from Aberdeen university.
For the last few weeks, since the
end of January. I've had the place
shut up and moved to the Fenton
hotel. because that was easier than
TO 20 on housekeeping"
"Why did you decide TO come TO
Philadelphia just at this moment?"
Rankin probed shrewdly. HAD you
any particular reason for joining
Stuart?
II was going to rent quarters
here to be near him again." the
woman explained. He missed me
terribly and planned that we
should live together again this
spring, under an arrangement sim
liar to that In St Louis"
did you know of the boys i'm
pending initiation into the Mu Beta
Sigma fraternityT'
Mrs. Jordan responded reflective
ly. Merely that he had accepted
bid and was pledged to 1t, but
not the date he expected to become
member. That was all he wrote
me-"
al see" Rankin sat back in his
chair, nOdding. Nov, with regard
to your voyage" he proceeded
blandly, "a few details would be
useful to prove you were aboard
the Florida these last few days.
Merely as a formality"
"As a matter of fact, didn't
travel as Mrs. Stuart Jordan" his
visitor replied unhesitatingly. BE
fore my marriage, | was an actress
and played in various musical and
dramatic companies. | used my
stage name. Laura Du Monte. My
actual name is Dumont and | gen.
orally adopt one or the other"
"Still, no doubt some of the pas
sengers and the ships officers
would remember you and could
vouch for your movements. Whom
did you meet"
The actress shook her head and
smiled. Not many people, I'm
afraid. The truth Is I'm such a
miserable sailor that | was confined
to my cabin throughout the voyage.
So | saw only the nurse. Miss Anna
Sumner; Doctor ireland. the ships
physician. and the cabin stewardess,
Mrs. Amy Winters. who cleaned my
cabin and brought my food. But
they can certainly tell you all about
the trip"
"And what was the number and
location of the stateroom you occu-
pied?"
81 had Cabin % on c deck" Mrs.
Jordan replied promptly.
At Rankin's request, she pro
duced from her pocketbook the pa
pers of her passage. which offered
substantial evidence of her account.
1t was moi until the detective had
thoroughly examined all these
proofs and wrote down the names
mentioned that he broached another
subject of equal Importance.
"Now. Mrs. Jordan" he said
casually. tell me of your romance
with Stuart. so | can understand
the circumstances that led to your
marriage. How did you become
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reason for this arrangement, cora
cealing the wedding until her nus
band reached twenty-five. only aft
| erward.
Laura DumOnt and the student
were married at midnight on Satur,
day. February eighth. year ago.
in East St. Louis. across the Mis-
sissippi river. And they spent their
first night together in neighbor.
ing hotel.
"Your marriage, Mrs. Jordan" 4"
Rankin spoke more gravely than
his query warranted. was II hap
by one? You had no serious differ
ences with StuartT'
According 10 Mr. Flercher's inter
probation, she had written her nus
band placatingly, as If following
some disagreement. Her letters. he
thought, conveyed the impression
of attempting to effect a reconcilia.
ton.
The actress was suddenly anx.
ious at the question; her effort &c
appear puzzled failed to ring trne
and she answered more vehemenIly
than necessary.
Happy, Mr.. Rankin? OF course
I il was, else | would never have
come east to join him"
Are you certain about thatf"
Rankin insisted. unimpressed. You
had no quarrels important enough
to cause n separatiOn-or even 0
@. divorceT"
mo, the notion is absurd" she
hesitated nervously. why you
surely had no reason TO think there
was trouble between US, MI. Ran.
kim"
"None particularly, except that
Stuart should have left you out
west. when he matriculated at
Philadelphia" the detective fenced
adroitly. "You haven't been living
with him since, and you waited so
many months before rejOining him."
The actress looked relieved at his
answer, disarmed by his caution In
not referring to the letters. about
which she seemed 10 have feared
he might know.
"Oh, that's easily explained she
said quickly. I'VE were both afraid
our secret would be discovered II
we continued our double life out
there. was fairly well known and
Stuart had a host of friends. so
close TO his home and college. In
this section of the country. how
ever. il was different"
"But besides that. Mrs. Jordan"
Rankin misled her still further. Il
found no letters from you among
his effects in the dorrnitorles. Your
failure TO write suggests some
strain in your relations.
She had completely recovered her
poise. You didn't? Then he must
have destroyed his mail" she de
clared glibly. for | wrote him al
most weekly. And he answered me
just as often"
"He also sent you a check each
month. didn't he? His check stubs
list a four r-hundred-dollar outlay
every month, but don't state for
whom II was"
"Yes, that was for me- They
were always made out 10 my order
as Laura Du Monte. You have
probably already learned that until
he was twenty-five. he had an In
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effort in recalling thc scenery. Next,
he alwayo assumes that his tee shot
is IL good one. This is not because
he always does hit good one in
real life, but because he has found
that the missing of drives has some
subtly wakeful influence.
"After that he says, with an en-
gaging modesty, 4 play to form and
allow for many lapses from grace.
He adds that he has found it great
fun. and that only very seldom has
he had to play a second round be-
fore sleep comes to his rescue"
Rushing this information to the
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-12-08
Finds Imaginary Golf
Conducive to Slunobcr

g "Poppies is nothing to it, quotes
British enthusiast who finds that
when troubled with insomnia, he can
put himself TO sleep by playing imag-
mary rounds of golf.
Aware that others prone to lie
awake may wish to adopt it, hu
manitarian golf correspondent, says
the Literary Digest. thus elucidates
his technique. First of all, he
chooses a course he knows we'll, since,
as | suppose, he wants to make no
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-12-08

MO time-saving, abor-saving development of recent
years has brought forth such chorus of approval as
Proctor CANDLES amazing new Laundry Soap Discov
ery Everywhere after trying it women excaimng-
"WiH the tO01aderS Of science neOer cease?"
For this remarkable invention an utterly new-ype
laundry soap. soap that mutples itself 500 TIMES in
suds Which means you get at least twice much suds
omoldstylesoaps. Asl faserOasng still tChterscas
ing soap that's utterly SAFE for coors fabrics and hands
This remarkable new discovery is called OxYDoL. And
you'll find to your surprise that it makes other soaps
-"granuated" bar or fake-hopeessly out-of-date.
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London Times. the correspondent
makes a little suggestion of his own.
"A far better plan he announces,
would be to 20 to bed and then
give audiences, one at a time, TO a
series of players who have had bad
luck Surely such n narrative ought
to numb the too active senses, if any
thing can"
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Women believed they had the fastest
soap alreadyl Then found it was slow,
alongside OXYDOL. For OxYDOL utter
ly banishes boiling. 1t ends washboard
scrubbing. 1t cuts soaking time to Is
minuteS-gets clothes out far sooner.
They believed they had the whitest
washes they could possibly get. And
are now amazed by washes A to 5
shades whittier than before.
BY impartial scientific test, ONE wash
ing with OxYDoL gets clothes whittier
than to washes with other soaps.
But that's not all!
You'll find clothes actually last longer,
washed with this new soap. That the
daintiest colors DO NOT fade. That it
is easier on hands than any soap
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Moratorium
Wife-An that you are you owe to
me, John.
John-If that was all l owed |
could quit work tomorrow.
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new LAUNDRY SOAP BREAKS ALL RECORDS |
FOR FAST WASHING and WHITE CLOTHES
- Soaks Out Dirt In IS Minutes -
Yet Is Utterly Harmless to Color Fabric and Hands

you've ever used. For strong agents, no chemical
bleaches are in OxYDoL. Just pure soap elements so
blended with others to protect clothes against fading
OxYDoL simply can't hurt anything clear water won't!
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DLSSOLVES Dirt-In Any Water
Hard or Soft

It's creamy "free-actng suds dssolce dirt out in IS
minutes. No boiling no bacbreaking scrubbing is nee
essary. Nor any watersofener" either. For the right
amount of water-softener is already there
Different from ordinary soaps OxYDoL is specially fitted
to water conditions in each district where it Sold The
The Washington times., 1933-05-03
ONCE OVERS

You know persons well pro-
vided for in every way but
health, and afflicted with all
ments that give them not one
moment free from pain and
worry.
Would you trade your good
health for all the money they
possess?
You know Of families where
the children often go to bed
hungry.
Your children have not been
subjected to that hardship.
When you think Of those who
are more afflicted than you are,
your own troubles will not seem
so large.
In fact with health, other
troubles are insignificant.
Think Of this and don't COM
plain 80 much.
copyright, 1888. King Features
Syndicate, Incl
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There much in outward formaty and appearance that
ipresses the average mind The smaller that average mind
the is impressed and the gigantic majority Of average
minds rather small
The British show wisdom and appreciation Of facts in the
way they "do up those that represent the laws majesty
Pictures in this column illustrate it, It is all very we'll to
say Mature unadorned is best adorned but that doesn't
apply to judges
These pictures English Judges including The Lord Chief
Justice Of England who looks solemn his title
taken in solemn judicial procession very important
occasion.
Nothing left to the feeble imagination Of the spectator
He is to know that these that convict him. acqu him.
hang him set him Free IMPORTANT and they made
to LOOK important
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Put People to Work."
Aid American Ships
By James T. Williams, Jr.

London Conference to de-
prive our shipping Of
Government aid.
He quoted the declaration
of the British Chamber Of
Shipping that Britain's pre-
dominance on the sea must
be preserved at all hazards.
The plants Of British ship
ping magnates would lead
one to believe that Uncle
Sam was actually chasing
John Bull, off the Seven
Seas.
What are the facts. Brit
ish ships today are still
carrying 60 per cent of the
exports and imports Of the
vast British Empire. They
carry so per cent of the
commerce of all the world.
And of the exports and
imports of the United States,
during the last ten years,
British ships carried by
value 30 per cent and
American ships 30.2 per cent.
Last year British ships car
ried about 30 per cent Of
our total foreign commerce
and our own ships carried
about 80 per cent.
Any proposal, either at
London or at Washington,
to hamstrlng the upbulldlng
of our merchant marine by
treaty or by legislation will
be resisted to the uttermost
by the Administration and
the Congress if this national
problem is approached from
an American point of view.
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LISTEN, WORLD!
By Elsie Robinson

His knowledge Of men and
life.
And it was Jewish tenderness
and love of justice that made
Him despise the cruelty Of
Rome, the viciousness Of his
own corrupt Sanhedrin ma
chine.
AND TT WAS JEWISH COUR'
AGE-BLOOD HERITAGE OF
ALL THOSE TORTURED,
DRIVEN SOULS WHO HAD
GONE BEFORE-WH HIC H
GAVE HIM THE STRENGTH
TO DIE FOR THE THING HE
LOVED AND, DYING, GASP:
FATHER, FORGIVE THEM:
THEY KNOW NOT WHAT
THEY DOL"
I am not q Jew. But I am
a Christian. And for all that
Christianity means to me or to
the world I must be grateful,
not only to that young Jew Of
Nazareth, but to all Jewry.
For, while the rest of human
ity worshiped its little mud
idols with obscene rites, lusted
and looted like the jungle beasts
which they were, the Jews took
the Law from Sinai, built the
Altar, kept the Faith.
Through desert exile, through
incredible persecution, still the
candles burned. While the
power that was Egypt scattered
like her desert sands, and the
glory that was Rome sprawled,
a putrid corpse, in her stone
cutters, the Jews, without
wealth. without power, without
a nation, still held on. And to-
day our civilization rests on the
traditions which were taught
that little Hebrew boy in the
shabby home Of a Jewish car
penter.
Corruption and conniving
amongst Jews? Where isn't
there corruption and conniving?
What race has a monopoly on
that? But against that record,
put this: What race has given
to the world such beauty, such
song, such vision, such sensi-
tive communing with the
eternal mysteries as the Jew?
AND WHERE, IN ALL THE
LENGTH AND BREADTH OF
CHRISTENDOM. CAN YOU
FIND A SETTLEMENT WHERE
THE HOME LIFE OF THE
JEW DOES NOT SHAME THE
HOME LIFE OF OTHER CITI.
ZENS?
Throw out the Jews?"
It can't be done. Thank God
It can't! For the Jew is more
than a man of certain faith
or certain blood. He is a symbol
the sign, made manifest in
flesh, Of a dream which has
filled the heart Of man since
God first breathed His fire
into a lump of clay. And as
long as our hearts shall grope
for beauty and order, for love
and law, the Jew will go on
until at last there is no Jew
and no Gentle, only all Sons
Of God.
copyright. 1888, King Features
- Syndicate 1nc.l -, ---II
The Washington times., 1933-05-03

Congress is not going to
get the consent Of Presi-
dent Roosevelt to "quit
work" this month or next
unless it enacts into law the
major measures which he be-
lieves are essential to meet
the greatest challenge be-
fore his Administration.
This challenge Mr.. Roose-
velt thus defined in his in
spring inaugural address:
"our greatest primary
task is to put people to
work. This is no unsolvable
problem if we face it wisely
and courageously."
By forcing an increase in
commodity prices, private
enterprise, it is hoped, will
be given an impetus, the
wheels Of industry and COM
merce will be speeded up,
and the ills of agriculture
will be alleviated.
In this way it is believed
that many of the millions
Of our unemployed will soon
find the jobs they have thus
far sought in vain.
But the Roosevelt pro-
gram for the relief Of un-
employment is not going to
stop with indirect measures
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Your Good Luck


Often you are tempted to
complain Of your ell luck"
You have had setbackS and
misfortunes which have robbed
you of much Of the joy, COM
fort and satisfaction you en-.
joyed previously.
You are so absorbed in your
own troubles that you don't see
right around you those who had
much more Of sorrow and hard
ship than you.
You may be in a bad way
financially. but think Of the
homes where death has visited
and taken away loved ones and
bread winners.
Think Of those in poor health,
unable to procure what their
condition requires.
If your health Is good, you
have the most valuable Of
assets.