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MiLLlCENT GRAVES }emnIox-
err, GEORGE DRIMGoLD, tel,
her he has confession TO J;e,,to
end warns her against a woman -
black ermine coat
Milliccrt leaves the Office .,,,
sees such n woman. Later .bo
finds her purse has been ST.
and similar one substitutes I.
the elevator she meets a d;,t;n
guished-looking man of m;ddlo
age. .'-.
+ Returning to the office, Mill
cent finds Drimgold dead. In nar;,
she rushes away and registers At
a hotel under an assumed name
Next day she meets the STRANGER
again. He tells her his name l.
JARVIS HAPP. Happ sends her
to . beauty shop where, in spite
of her protests, she is transformed
into a brunei. '..
Hspp comes for her in his car
and introduces his son, NORMAN.
NOW co ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER VI
The big car purred smoothly
into motion. The chauffeur guild
ed it with deft skill through the
traffic.
Jarvis Happ turned to his son
and said, by way of explanation,
miss GRADES is the new secretary
| have engaged to take care of
my work at the house"
Norman surveyed her with in
terested eyes, and said 81 hope
you'll like it, Miss GRADES"
Millicent noticed the manner in
which Jarvis Happ had given her
an alias by simply changing one
letter in her name. So she was to
be Mr.. Happ's secretary-or was
she? This man was altogether too
smooth, too srtave to suit her. He
seemed to have carefully planned
a detailed campaign, every step of
which had been carefully mapped
out in advance. This campaign
had been laid without consulting
Millicent - the person most con-
cerned.
Once more all of her suspicious
came to the front. Why was Mr.
Happ doing this? What was his
interest in her? What did he
want?
She stared steadily ahead, say.
| ing nothing, but conscious of Nor,
man Happ's approving glance
studying her profile.
The young man made her
strangely nervous. He had all OF
the magnetic attraction of his ia
Their. coupled with the appeal OF
young man of her own age, and
there vas, moreover, a daring,
rollicking something in his eyes
a devil-may-care spirit of adven-
ture which made her feel that
sooner or later this man was 60
ing to keep her very, very much
on the defensive.
The ear sped along a boulevard,
swung to the right, turned once
more into private driveway. Ga
rage doors slid noiselessly open,
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July 1. 1867 marks the actual
y beginning of the Dominion OF
Canada. for on that day represent
atiyes of Upper and Lower Car
ada. united by one legislature but
divided on racial lines. organized
the first federal union in the Brit
ish Empire. Only four provinces
entered the union then-Upper
Canada as Ontario, Lower Canada
as Quebec, Nova Scotia and New
Brunswick. The other provinces
came in later and Newfoundland
still remains apart.
Signaling the fiftieth anniver-
sary of this historic event, Can
ada issued commemorative
jthree-cent stamp in 1917 illustrat-
ing the meeting of the Fathers
of the Confederation" In 1927
another commemorative issue in
cluded a set of five designs, one
repeating the issue of 1917.
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ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE

Having qualified as Administra-
trix. D. B. N. C. T. A., Of the
Estate of Emma Jackson Barton,
deceased, late of Henderson Coun-
ty, North Carolina, this is to no.
tify all persons having claims
against the Estate of said de-
ceased to exhibit them to O. B.
Crowell, Attorney of the Under
signed, at his office in the Jackson
Building, in the City of Hcnder-
sonvillc, North Carolina. on or
before the 18th day of March,
1896, or this notice will be plead
cd in bar Of their recovery All
persons indebted to said Estate
will please make immediate pay
ment.
This the 18th day Of March,
1885.
SARAH OPAL FOGARTY,
Administrative Of Emma Jackson
Barton, deceased.
3-I3-Wed-6tp
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him. A wooden-faced butler man
aged, without changing his eX-
preston in the least, to make
Millicent Graves feel like some
thing the cat had dragged IN from
a garbage pail.
"This way, please" he said.
With rorderous steps he led
the way up Il wide flight Of stairs,
down q corridor. He opened
door, seemed to audibly sniff as
he said, "The rose room, Miss
Millicent Graves stepped into a
sumptuously appointed bedroom.
A tiled bath was visible at one
side. Wide windows furnished
plenty Of ventilation. She wanted
to exclaim with pleasure but, I'M
der the cynical eye Of the butler,
she stepped through the doorway
and into the room. The butler fol-
| lowed her, closed the door, stood
stiffly at attention.
She turned to face him.
begging your PARDON, MISS,
said the butler, his face keeping
the dour look Of on who has by
surprise bit into 3 lemon. 'If
you're going to be working here,
just word Of advice. The young
men have rivalry. Norman
won't notice you. Master Robert
will snub YOU when his mothers
around and try to make love to
you when she isn't. The master
will stick up for You if things go
| too strongly against you. As far
as the madam is concerned, don't
offend her, ard don't let her know
that Robert ever speaks to YOU"
MiElicent flashed him a sur
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manipulated by some mecnanlcal
means. The car stopped in front
of a portico and the chauffeur
jumped down to open the door.
Millicent felt very self-conscious
as Jarvis Happ handed her from
the car to the pavement. Norman
Happ pushed past them into the
house, saying. "Tll tell Cynthia"
The chauffeur caught Happ's
nod of dismissal, slipped back be-
hind the wheel and drove the car
through the open doors Of the
garage. The door instantly slid
shut.
Why" asked Millicent breath
lessly, care you doing this? What
arc you after? What 4. p"
His voice was vibrant with
power. 1t cut through her quick
questions as the PROV of a steam
boat cut through water. turning
1t up on either side in neat, grace
full waves.
There's no time for that now"
he said. Remember, you have
given me your references, and I
have hired you. Be careful to keep
things between us on strictly
business basis. Norman is inter-
ested in you. Stay away from
him. Keep away from Robert if
you want to hold your job. Use
your eyes"
who's Robert?" she asked.
"Cynthia's son."
who's Cynthia?" =.
'My wife"
"Then you've :"
EYES," he interrupted, give
been married twice. Cynthia is my
second wife. Norman's mother
died when he was ten"
"But what am I supposed to
do? Why did you do this?"
"You're supposed to do secre-
tarial work. and you'll work hard
at it. did it because / wanted
to. Now tell me, have you any
baggage anywhere? Have you left
any anywhere at all"
"Onlv the trunk and clothes in
my boarding house"
"Those," he said, care out of
the question. Say nothing about
them. I'll have some baggage sent
out tomorrow. You can go on
shopping expedition. And now
here's Cynthia.
The door opened. Norman
Happ, standing slightly to one
side, indicated Millicent with a
bow.
"Dad's new secretary" he said
Cynthia Happ stepped through
the door and stood, as cOldly pol,
ished the the facets of diamond
staring at Millicent Graves with
expressionless appraisal.
"Miss Grabes," Happ said. Mis-
GRADES, this is my wife"
Millicent bowed, muttered ne,
pleasure, and felt strangely Ill at
ease. -,
Cynthia Happ stood perfectly
still, surveying her as one might
look at a picture hung on the
wall then she nodded slowly. Sud,
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pri5ed glance. The mans express
sion did not change.
"And was there anything you
wanted, Miss" he asked.
ono" she said, and thanks.
But why did you 2"
"Very good" he said, and
placed his hand on the knob of
the door.
"Thc madam" he said, "at
times is a hell cat"
And, with that, he opened the
door with ponderous dignity and
took his livericd back out into
the hallway with the air of a
mortician officiating at a funeral.
Nillicent wanted to laugh, and
then she wanted to cry. Her
nerves were almost completely
unstrung. Events had been NOV
inc. with too bewildering rapidly
to enable her to keep up with
them.
She turned toward the mirror
and was staring at the unfamiliar
reflection when, without warning,
the door of her room jerked open.
A young man whom she had
never seen before strobe abruptly
into the room, slammed the door
behind him violently, stared at
her with slow appraisal, and
slowly nodded.
"Will you kindly explain" Mil
licent demanded, trying to muster
what dignity she could, exactly
what you mean by p"
The young man interrupted her.
"Hoocy," he said. "NiX on that
noise. Give me the low-down and
give it to NE fast. Aftcr you
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denly a smile twisted her lips. She
extended her hand.
my dear girl" she said, "come
right in and make yourself at
home. I've been trying to get
Jarvis to get ;a secretary for his
home work for long while. Pm
glad he's finally found one that
suited him"
She turned to her husband. 81.
1T was rather sudden, wasn't
it, Jarvis? 1 mean, finding one
who happened to suit you"
Milliccnt, to her surprise, heard
an entirely different tone of voice
issuing from the lips Of the man
who had figured so prominently
in her life during the past "a
hours.
"I'm not certain" he said cas-
ually, chat she'll do"
He turned and eyed her, much
as if he had been looking over a
horse he contemplated buying.
"At any rate" he said, "she's
the best available. Pm going to
give her thorough trial. Well
make her comfortable in the blue
room, and :"
The smile faded from Cynthia
Happ's face. There was no frown,
no expression of irritation, no
slightest sign Of annoyance, but
her voice was cold with fnality.
She said, "Not in the blue room,
Jarvis, my dear. Well put her in
the rose ROOM"
And Jarvis Happ made no at
tempt at argument.
eyes, my dear" he said, "the
rose room, certainly"
Once more the smile flashed
back upon Cynthia Happ's face.
It was smile of greeting. con-
tanning just the right mingling of
patronizing solicitude, just the
right touch of hospitality - the
correct greeting one would re-
serve for a secretary who must
be received, in many ways, as one
of the family.
"Come in, Miss GRADES. Win
ton will show you to your ROOM"
She took Millicent's arm. The
clutch seemed utterly without
warmth, yet seemed, IN some
strange way, to thrill the girl with
sense of latent power.
"WinIon," she said, "show Miss
GRADES to the rose room. And
where is your baggage, Miss
Grabes?"
at will be here tomorrow,
Jarvis said.
tNot even a suitcase for to-
night" his wife inquired.
This time Jarvis was firm. He
turned to face her. eve taken
the liberty. he said, "of having
clothes for Miss GRADES sent out
from one of the department
stores. You will find the pack
ages in care of the housekeeper,
Winton, and, you will see that
they are placed in Miss GRADES
ROOM"
He turned to Millicent and said,
'Tm very sorry your trunk was
unavoidably misplaced, but
think you will find a complete
outfit in the things which | have
ordered for You"
She would have said something,
but the expression on his face
caused her to remain silent.
He took a step forward, stood
politely to one side, waiting for
his wife and Millicent to precede
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murdered George Drimgold what
did you do with the shorthand
notebook in which you'd written
his confession"
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COUNCIL KEEPS
! TRUCK ROUTE

' ALEXANDRIA, July 10.-More
than so citizens appeared before
the city council here last night to
oppose a change in the present
truck route through Alexandria
and after much discussion the
CITY fathers left the present route
unchanged.
This route carries the trucks
going north to South Patrick
street on to Wilkes and into
Henry, north on Henry to Cam
eron, east on Cameron to Patrick
and north on Patrick to the
bridge where it joins the highway
again.
The council discussed the street
lighting contract now held with
the Virginia Public Service Com
pany. The light committee is
scheduled to meet with officials
of the utility company tomorrow
night.
The light committee is said to
consider q reduction Of So 1000 suf-
ficient to give the utility another
five.year contract for street lights,
and 1t is expectedAthis demand will
be met
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FISH RAPS HULL
ON ABYSS|N|A

: COLLEGE PARK, Md, July 10.
Representative Fish of New York,
ranking minority member Of the
Foreign Affairs Committee Of the
House, minced no words last night
in an attack on the Administra-
tion in general and Secretary Of
State Hull in particular for the
''1ackadaiSical manner with which
they have handled the appeal of
the Emperor of Abyssinia to the
United States for an enforcement
of the BriandKellogg peace pact
against MuSsolini."
Speaking before the annual
convention of the Maryland Con-
gress of Parent-Teachers ASSocia-
tion at the University of Mary.
land, Representative Fish char.
iacterized Secretary Hull's reply to
Abyssinia as being "about the
weakest and most evaSive State
Department document on record"
He added:
"The United States had a
glorious opportunity to issue a
clear and bold statement that
would have struck a blow for
peace that would have been
heard throughout the world.
But instead, the Administra-
ton gives lip service to peace
and parrOt-like, repeats peace,
peace when there is no peace"
Representative Fish stated that
his was the first voice to be raised
to protest the State Departments
handling of the case, and added
that the Administration had been
"strangely silent on the side Of
peace"
After stating emphatically that
Europe is on the verge of a war
that may spread throughout the
world, he warned that it would be
best for the United States to stay
out Of any armed conflicts.
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ROAD.PER|L END
At AIRPORT. !. /!
SEEN NEAR

Pressed by department heads
and House leaders, the proposal
to close Military Road where it
bisects the observation-disclosures
Airport south of the Highway
Bridge appeared today to be on
its way to speedy enactment.
Introducing the measure about
two weeks ago, Representative
John McSwain CD of South
Carolina, chairman of the House
Military Affairs Committee, pointed
out that the traffic artery con-
stituted an exceedingly dangerous
hazard to landing planes.
The incident Sunday night,
when a landing passenger plane,
seeking to avoid the road, over
shot and crashed into a hanger,
attracted additional attention to
the hazard, and brought state.
mentS yesterday from depart
ment officials urging a speedy
remedy.
Letters have been sent to both
the House and Senate Military AZ
fairs Committees yesterday by an
interdepartmental group consist
ing of the Assistant Secretary of
War, Assistant Postmaster Gen.
eral, and the Director of the
Bureau of Air Commerce, urging
expeditions passage of the Nc
Swain bill.
Representative McSwain, to.
gether with Representative Jen-
nings Randolph CD of West Vir-
ginia, chairman of a House Dis
trict subcommittee which studied
the local airport situation, also
have urged the House Rules Com
mittee to grant a special rule call.
ing for consideration of the bill
in the next few days.
Senate and House leaders have
indicated a willingness to see the
measure speeded through both
Houses.
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Hon. George w. Offutt
District Building.
Dear George:

Hon. George w. Offutt
District Building.
Dear George:
There is serious problem in
Washington to which I wish you
would devote your attention. It's
the matter of brass rails for bars.
AS head of the Alcoholic Bever-
age Control Board, George, there
is no more fitting person than you
to take up this matter.
Now that the open bar Is back
even if you can't take a drink
over it-you should at least be
able to rest your foot against the
good old brass rail. But the brass
rail is almost as extinct as the
dodo bird in Washington.
Brightly Polished
Remember the brass rail in the
dear old days, George? How it
was located just exactly 8 inches
no more, no less-above the
floor. And how it sparkled and
cleaned, polished brilliantly by
some poor old bar-f1y who did the
job in exchange for a couple OF
drinks and a meal from the free
lunch counter.
It was a grand feeling to put
your foot on that rail and watch
the white-coated professor doing
his stuff on the other side of the
bar.
Well, George, under the new law
which your board has drawn up,
you can still stand and watch the
bartender mix, even if you can't
drink, the concoction in vertical
position. Maybe if you drink
enough you can drink it hori'
zontally. 1t has been done. You
will understand, of course, that I
speak impersonally.
But there are no brass rails. A
few places have sort of cast-iron-
pipe substitute. But who wants
to place his foot on an iron pipe?
A Very Sad Situation
And, George, I hear something
even worse. I hear that some OF
the new bars they are planning on
installing are going to have chro-
manipulated rails, with futuristic
designs on them. They will oe
awful.
You can see the futuristic de-
signs yourself after imbibing for
a while. But to see them before
you start is enough to discourage
any sincere seeker after alcoholic
Solace.
So let's get your board together,
George, and see if you can't pass
some sort of law or ordinance re-
quiring that the good old brass
rail be placed back in service.
And while you are about 1t,
George, how about putting the old
free lunch counter back? Not just
a bowl of pretzels. but a real
lunch counter. That's what this
country needs, George, a real free
lunch counter.
Did VOL ever bl1v a schooner of
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RULE REVISION
URGED IN FIRE
DEPARTMENT +.
-

Revision of the Fire Depart
ment manual liberalizing the gen
eral rules of conduct of District
firemen was recommended to the
District Commissioners today by
q committee appointed to make a
survey of the department.
The new regulations would re-
lieve the department of its pres
ent status as a collection agency
for debts incurred by firemen.
Under existing regulations a
fireman can be called before the
trial board on first default Of a
debt. The recommendations are
designed to bring the depart
ment's policy of collecting debts
in line with the general policy OF
the Federal and District govern
mentS. {
pointed out, contains many sec
lions that are excerpts from Acts
of Congress. 1t was proposed that
these be eliminated from the
rules and placed in the manual
as an appendix.
It was recommended that penal
ties for attractions of the depart.
ment regulations should be limited
to warnings or reprimands, or a
fine not to exceed 500, or reduc'
ton in rank Or salary, a combl'
nation of any of the above penal
ties or removal from the service.
Membership of the trial board
was recommended to consist OF
an assistant corporation counsel
an officer of the Fire Department
above the rank of captain, and
an assistant to the engineering
commissioner.
The committee asked that i'm
mediate consideration be given
to provisions for examinations for
promotions in the Fire Depart
ment and to the inclusion in the
next appropriations bill of items
for the increase of the personnel
of the Board of Police and Fire
Surgeons to permit retired fire
men to get medical treatment.
Members of the committee are
Paul E. Jameson, general counsel
of the City Fire Fighters ASso'
citation; Battalion Chief E. r.
Pierce, Battalion Chief L. L.
Woolard and Assistant Corpora
ton Counsel Edward w. Thomas,
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Press Club. and he's a real old
timer.
And, George, George is very
indignant over the way they fix
Old-Fashioneds these days.
Just a bit of sugar, and ice
and whisky and lemon peel is the
real way, he says, and not a
fruit punch such as they serve
now with orange slices and pine
apple and cherries and anything
else they can think of.
They have taken grand drink
and debased it, says George, and
he thinks there ought to be a law.
CARROLL PEEKE.
TIMES CITY STAFF
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NEW PARALYSIS
CASES WAVE

CHMOND, Va, July 10.
With IS new infantile paralysis
cases reported yesterday in Vir-
ginia and North Carolina, Federal
and State health authorities to-
day were struggling to prevent
further spread of the disease.
Since June l, IS cases have
been reported in Virginia and $50
in North Carolina. However, the
United States Health Department
was heartened somewhat by re-
ports that the spread of the dis
ease in North Carolina has passed
its peak.
Meanwhile, scientists are watch
ing the effects of the new monkey
serum which is being tried on a
large scale for the first time.
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SISTERS
BRIDESMAIDS

SOUTH BOSTON, Mass, July
10.-Seven beauteous damsels act
ed as bridesmaids when their love-
ly sister, Rose Manetta, became
the bride recently of William
O'Dell at the Gate Of Heaven
Church here.
Wedding guests gasped with adj
miration when the radiant bride
walked down the aisle to the
strains of Mendelsohn's Wedding
March followed by her equally
lovely sisters. They are the Misses
Mildred, Margaret, Vera and Helen
Manetta, and Mrs. Connie Martel,
Mrs. Mary Lowney and Mrs. The
reSa Hamels.